Chapter 114 Pouring you tea: Just kidding.

Separated by a door, the person who closed the door collapsed to the ground with their eyes closed, like a jade mountain collapsing, their snow-white robes blooming like a white lotus.

There was no one to serve her in the Immortal Pavilion, and no one could open the door. She forced herself to return to the strongest part of the barrier, where she immediately lost consciousness.

Before losing consciousness, Xi Congshuang's only thought was that forcibly using spiritual power really hurt.

That kind of pain is unbearable for ordinary people. In everyone's eyes, Xi Congshuang was standing perfectly fine, able to talk and laugh, as if she just couldn't see anything and remained calm and composed.

He was actually enduring the excruciating pain of his meridians about to burst, and what was even more painful was that his damaged spiritual palace could not withstand this pure spiritual energy.

The icy spiritual energy that was close to her couldn't find a place to refine it, so it swirled around in the ruins of her spiritual palace, constantly rushing around. She had to spend some time suppressing the pain, sorting out the spiritual energy in her meridians, and dealing with everyone on the surface.

If you can't control yourself, you'll inevitably vent it out, leading to a vicious cycle.

Xi Congshuang was temporarily unable to control her cultivation instincts, and every moment she was exposed to the outside world, she was constantly absorbing ice spiritual energy.

For a cultivator who has cultivated for many years, purifying the spiritual energy that matches their own from the five elements is simpler than breathing. Just as a person cannot stop breathing, she cannot control the pure spiritual energy flowing into her meridians.

If Xi Congshuang had less talent, and had gone through the purification process like a beginner, it would have lessened her suffering considerably.

That's just how things are in this world; what is honey to one is poison to another.

"..."

After a moment of silence, there was no movement from either inside or outside the door.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

There was another rapid and loud knocking on the door, but no one answered, as if the person outside didn't exist.

After a while, the knocking started again. After it was repeated three times, and it was clear that no one inside would respond, everything fell completely silent.

After an unknown amount of time, the person lying on the ground finally stirred.

As Xi Congshuang, who had fallen against the door, regained consciousness, the shadows before her eyes became even more blurred. She vaguely realized that this was a side effect of using her spiritual power.

After a while, Xi Congshuang raised her hand and pressed it against the cold ground to prop herself up. Her slender back arched, and her full set of white hair cascaded down to one side.

The messy draft was blurred and she couldn't see it anymore, but fortunately, the pain from the shattered spiritual palace subsided.

She felt that this was related to the formation inside the Immortal Pavilion. Due to the time constraints, her divine sense only covered the area for a moment, and the entire Immortal Pavilion was also within the range of her divine sense. She noticed that the entire Immortal Pavilion was shrouded by the Spirit-Replenishing Formation.

The formation controlled the concentration of spiritual energy within the Immortal Pavilion, but cultivators could not survive without it. They could only absorb it silently into their bodies to barely maintain a balance.

This prevented Xi Congshuang from dying, but also made her life uncomfortable.

No wonder the young palace master rarely leaves the Immortal Pavilion; when she does, it causes a huge commotion, making the disciples inside the sect terrified of her.

The Immortal Pavilion was her natural prison, a prison that even the young palace master herself was unwilling to leave.

However, this was a formation that the young palace master had haphazardly developed when she was sixteen years old. She had used it on her injured spirit pet that she had raised for many years, but now it was being used on herself, becoming the last barrier to save her life.

After resting for a while, Xi Congshuang felt that she should have the strength to move.

Now that it doesn't hurt anymore, does that mean I can still try it?

Undeterred, Xi Congshuang channeled her spiritual power into the two magical artifacts on her eyes and ears. Unlike the clearer draft she had seen last time, her vision went black.

The sudden, sharp pain made her clench her teeth and groan. The highly skilled cultivator broke out in a cold sweat and it took her a long time to calm down.

After casting a cleansing spell on herself, Xi Congshuang opened the door. With a thud, something fell onto her lap, hitting her thigh with the back of her head.

"..."

Xi Congshuang looked down and saw a ball of red light lying on her legs, the light spreading out in a way that resembled a fluffy Pomeranian.

She knew that the person leaning on her lap was also looking up at her.

"..."

Su Wenxin was indeed watching her. A whole night had passed, and this person had only just woken up, yet appeared behind the door as if nothing had happened. So, Su Wenxin had done it on purpose last night.

Xi Congshuang neither moved nor retreated, but placed her slender hand on the door and asked, "Why are you sitting here?"

Su Wenxin: "I knocked on your door, but you ignored me, so I can only wait for you here."

He sounded very well-behaved and obedient, but taking advantage of the fact that he was blind, he freely stared at her face.

Speaking of this detestable young palace master, he has a thousand faults, but he is good-looking, with long eyebrows and eyes and lips like flower petals. If he were released, he might really be worshipped as a god.

Xi Congshuang smiled upon hearing her words.

Su Wenxin, who was never one to hold her temper, puffed out her cheeks and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at your dishonesty." Xi Congshuang said leisurely, and tapped her forehead accurately with her knuckles. "You've almost figured out where my Immortal Pavilion can go, but you talk like you're honestly waiting for me all night. Isn't that dishonest?"

"!" How did she know?

She had indeed gone to all the places she could last night, and the cranes below were all asleep, so she had no choice but to come back here to wait for someone.

Su Wenxin immediately distanced herself from her, raised her hand to cover her forehead, and stared at her from two steps away: "You can't even see it, how do you know? What did you put on me?"

As she spoke, she began searching her body, even taking off her hair bun, leaving no inch unchecked.

Hearing the rustling sounds, Xi Congshuang suppressed her smile: "I didn't put anything on you. The Immortal Pavilion is my place, and I know who comes here."

The rustling sound stopped, and Su Wenxin withdrew her hand with a hint of disbelief. If Xi Congshuang could see it, she would have seen the disbelief written in her eyes.

Even if someone put something on her, there was nothing she could do; the other person was much stronger than her, and she couldn't fight back.

Xi Congshuang lifted her leg and stepped out of the threshold, slowly walking away: "Come here."

Without hesitation, Su Wenxin got up and followed Xi Congshuang, brazenly looking at the back of the person in front of her, whose body was as white as snow, and finally her gaze fell on the ends of the snow-white hair that reached her waist.

Her white hair was tied up several times with a silver ribbon, the longer ribbon hanging down her back, a little longer than the ends of her hair, swaying as she walked.

The headband was made of some unknown material, seemingly woven from millions of shimmering silver threads, reflecting starlight-like light as it moved.

She had never seen a sparkly headband before and really liked it.

Su Wenxin was so engrossed in staring that she didn't notice the person in front of her stop and bump into her back again, catching a whiff of a cool fragrance.

But soon, she covered her nose and backed away.

"Why aren't you watching where you're going?" the person who was bumped said, without any hint of blame in their tone.

Before Su Wenxin could feel embarrassed, Xi Congshuang reached out and accurately grabbed her shoulder, pushing her towards the table.

It turned out that Xi Congshuang had unknowingly led her to another room, where there were many spiritual fruits on the table, the food that she had been looking for all night.

“Disciples from the sect will regularly send spiritual fruits to the Immortal Pavilion. I won’t eat them; you can take them all.” Xi Congshuang groped her way to the other side.

As she passed the table, her knee accidentally bumped the corner, causing the entire table, on which the spirit fruit was placed, to shake. She merely frowned and found a seat.

She obtained the topographical map when her divine sense covered the entire Immortal Pavilion, but since it was her first time being blind, there were still some obstacles when she actually took action. Sure enough, she bumped into the corner of the table during her first experiment.

That table was so heavy that it hurt her a little when she bumped into it, but it didn't hurt as much as when she used her spiritual power.

After sitting down, Xi Congshuang rubbed her knees under the cover of her wide sleeves, not revealing her vulnerability.

Seeing that the red dot of light hadn't moved, seemingly frozen in place, she asked, "Why aren't you eating? Aren't you hungry yet?"

Instead of rushing towards the food, Su Wenxin looked back and saw that Xi Congshuang had opened the door behind her. It turned out that there was a restriction here, which was why she couldn't find this place.

Upon hearing Xi Congshuang's question, she snapped out of her reverie and shook her head. Then, remembering that although this person was agile, he was genuinely blind, she added, "No."

She sat down and began to eat.

How could I not be hungry?

I don't know how long it's been since I've tasted the flavor of food.

Before being sent to the Flying Immortal Palace, Su Wenxin was a criminal who had been imprisoned in the dungeon for several months. She was only given one Bigu Pill a day to satisfy her hunger and had long been tired of the bitter and hard-to-swallow taste of the medicine.

Xi Congshuang sat calmly to one side, waiting for her to finish eating.

After organizing the relevant information, I roughly understood why the disciples of the sect said he was an incorrigible person.

Su Wenxin was originally from the Su family, a prominent family of cultivators on the Xuankun Continent.

The former patriarch, Su Yingben, was a close friend of the Palace Master of Feixian Palace. Three hundred years ago, they worked together on the battlefield to kill the Demon Lord, winning the final victory and forcing the remnants of the Demon Clan to retreat into the Demon Abyss.

She had a deep affection for Na's lord, and they conceived a daughter using a spiritual treasure. She eagerly awaited the birth of her daughter, but Su Ying failed to transcend her tribulation before the child was born and perished.

The lord turned to the next head of the Su family, and the pipa was taken by a different lover.

Just then, Su Wenxin, who was about to be born in the Lingbao, was snatched away by the Crimson Gold Bird Demon who had been waiting for a long time, and never returned.

The Crimson Gold Bird Demon is naturally drawn to dazzling things. Perhaps it was the spiritual energy fluctuations of the magical treasure when Su Wenxin was born that attracted the Crimson Gold Bird Demon, which seized the opportunity to snatch her away.

Fifteen years later, a disciple of the Su family went out to gain experience and discovered a girl who looked remarkably like the former family head. After comparing her appearance with the girl, he concluded that she was Su Ying's descendant.

The lord rushed over upon hearing the news and also recognized her as Su Ying's daughter. Not only did she look exactly the same, but her spiritual roots were also identical to hers, so he was determined to bring her home.

So he joined forces with his disciples to kill the bird demon and brought Su Wenxin back to the Su family.

They thought things would end happily, but little did they know that Su Wenxin had been taking a demon as her mother all these years, and had been taught to hate her relatives and even want to attack her biological father.

She almost succeeded in killing her biological father, but was ultimately injured and prepared to be imprisoned in a forbidden area as punishment.

It was only because the Palace Master of Feixian Palace happened to be passing by that he took the person back to Feixian Palace out of consideration for their past relationship. After imprisoning the person for several months until the storm had passed, he released the person.

Su Wenxin was still not satisfied. She had been raised by a bird demon and was used to being free. She neither recognized her biological father nor admitted her crimes. The Palace Master of Feixian Palace punished her by making her a test subject for medicine for the young Palace Master.

For several months, Su Wenxin took advantage of the opportunity to move freely after the drug trials to figure out the route out of Feixian Palace, which led to today's events.

If things continue as they were, the young palace master will not descend from the Immortal Pavilion today, and Su Wenxin will still be captured and taken back.

Years later, her eyes were gouged out by the palace master, who was desperate for a cure. At that time, she was being punished for multiple crimes, including escaping, stealing magical artifacts, and killing disciples.

However, before executing her, her eyes were removed, and this was done in secret, unknown to all the disciples in the palace.

Who would have thought that Su Wenxin could survive after having her eyes gouged out, her spiritual mansion shattered, and being thrown out? She fell into a secret realm of opportunity, and after emerging again, she was completely possessed by a demon and even gained cultivation.

The first thing she did after she came out was to massacre the Su clan. The second thing she did was to wipe out the entire Feixian Palace. The palace master's eyes were also gouged out, and in front of her, she poured demonic power into the young palace master's body, causing him to explode and die.

From then on, the world had one more ungrateful person, Su Wenxin, and everyone wanted to kill this great demon.

In fact, Su Wenxin did indeed die under the siege, and the operation of the small world came to an abrupt halt, falling into a cycle once again.

Xi Congshuang's thoughts returned, and she reached out to the table, groping for the teapot.

Judging from this, the Palace Master of Feixian Palace's actions were indeed not very wise; the daughter of an old friend should never be treated this way.

Finally, they even had designs on her eyes, gouging them out and replacing them with the young palace master's, thinking she was doomed.

Who knew that Su Wenxin had a special constitution, born with the ability to protect her heart meridian when she was on the verge of death, and thus had a sliver of hope for survival.

It seems that I am still playing the villain this time. Fortunately, it is not too late. Su Wenxin was only a drug user for a few months.

The unseen person moved slowly, groping gently until her slender fingertips finally touched the teapot. She lifted it up, while her other hand groped for the teacup.

As Su Wenxin watched, her hands slowed down, her attention completely drawn to the other person.

Her dark eyes, like mirrors, reflected Xi Congshuang's figure as she slowly lifted the teapot, carefully pouring warm spiritual tea into the cup.

It's not so much in their actions, but these details reveal that the young master is indeed blind.

The person pouring the tea seemed oblivious to the gaze directed at her, and continued drinking her tea. After finishing one cup, she felt it wasn't enough and fumbled to pour a second one.

So slow.

Su Wenxin couldn't stand her slow pace any longer. She reached out and snatched the teapot and teacup from Xi Congshuang's hand, poured a cup of hot tea into it, and picked it up to hand it over.

"Are you going to put something in there?" the person with white blindfolds asked, pointing to her nose with a smile. "I can smell it."

"..."

Isn't she blind? How did she find out?

The feathers had absolutely no smell. She carefully sniffed them.

Xi Congshuang tapped the table: "I'm thirsty."

Su Wenxin poured herself a cup of spiritual tea, silently put away a wet, crimson-gold feather, and poured herself a new cup of tea.

He pushed it over, saying sullenly, "Here you go."

The feathers of the Crimson Gold Bird Demon are highly poisonous. The young palace master's cultivation is high, so he will only be paralyzed and faint for a while, but will not die from the poison.

However, she was much stronger than the head of the Su family. The man who claimed to be her father drank a large cup without realizing what he had eaten. He passed out and was even choked awake by the blood he vomited, shouting that Su Wenxin wanted to kill his father.

When the Su disciples saw that their master was covered in blood, vomiting blood, and that Su Wenxin was carrying valuables and preparing to escape, they immediately believed his story and arrested Su Wenxin.

"Very well-behaved." Xi Congshuang picked up the teacup, took it, and drank. "Aren't you curious how I found out?"

Su Wenxin was a little nervous, but still asked, "How did you find out?"

Xi Congshuang: "There's a demonic aura about it. I could smell it when you took it out."

Su Wenxin became even more nervous and subconsciously tried to hide the feather in her sleeve. However, the person across the table no longer mentioned where her feather came from, nor did they ask if it was the feather of the Crimson Gold Bird Demon.

Seeing that Su Wenxin remained motionless, Xi Congshuang asked, "Have you finished eating?"

Su Wenxin glanced at the remaining spiritual fruits on the table. She felt that her spiritual energy was abundant, and eating more would be bad for her. Although she was reluctant, she could only say, "I'm done eating."

"Let's go now that you've eaten. Let's go see where you'll be living in the future." Xi Congshuang still didn't ask about her feathers and got up to leave.

This time, she accurately avoided the corner of the table she had just bumped into and walked out without any hindrance.

Suddenly remembering something, Xi Congshuang turned back to the reluctant Su Wenxin and said, "I will lift the restrictions here for you, and you can come and go freely from now on. If anyone causes you trouble, just blame it on me."

Su Wenxin was silent for a moment, and as Xi Congshuang turned away, she said, "Aren't you afraid that I'll go out and cause trouble, kill someone, and then pin the blame on you?"

Even her own biological father said that about her, that she was a troublemaker who liked to cause trouble and make others worry.

Not only that, but he also killed her adoptive mother, who raised her, right in front of her, claiming it was for her own good.

Xi Congshuang: "Well, there's nothing I can do then. You're someone I brought back, so I should take responsibility for your mistakes..."

Su Wenxin scoffed inwardly, thinking that everyone said the same thing, but later they would all say that she had recognized a demon as her mother and was an incorrigible person.

"If I can't bear it, then we'll have no choice but to defect from the Flying Immortal Palace together and wander the world," Xi Congshuang slowly finished her sentence.

Su Wenxin: "...?" This is not the answer she had heard before.

Xi Congshuang saw the blurry red light pause and couldn't help but smile.

She spread her hands, looking helpless: "But as you can see, I am blind. If I wander outside, you will have to take care of everything. I will have to rely on you, who is healthy, for everything."

Su Wenxin: "..."

Isn't Feixian Palace a prestigious and righteous sect? Why can she say these things so confidently?

Xi Congshuang turned and went out, and Su Wenxin chased after her: "You're such a big person, do you still need me to take care of you? Just throw me out there, then you won't have to live a life of hardship."

“There’s an empty room on one side of the Immortal Pavilion. I remember there’s a robe I wore when I was young inside. You can wear that for now,” Xi Congshuang replied as she walked.

Su Wenxin: "You don't really want me to compensate you for taking your pills, do you?"

Xi Congshuang continued speaking to herself, "Once you've rested enough, I'll find you a suitable cultivation method so you can start practicing."

Su Wenxin got angry again and stood still: "You're not listening to me at all."

After the person in front of her took a few steps, she turned around and asked, "Um, are you going to hit me?"

Su Wenxin was angry but honest: "I can't beat you."

Xi Congshuang: "Indeed, if you cultivate diligently, you might be able to successfully ambush me one day, and then you can leave in the meantime. I won't tell anyone."

Su Wenxin was completely fed up. She realized that no matter what she did, the other person wouldn't be angry at all.

She dares to say she's going to launch a sneak attack? Is she really the young master of a prestigious sect?

Seeing that the person was about to disappear from sight, Su Wenxin still followed, and then saw the hair ribbon on her back.

Having been raised by the Crimson Gold Bird Demon for many years, she had indeed picked up some of its habits, developing a great interest in the young palace master's sparkling hair ribbon.

But that won't work.

Su Wenxin withdrew her outstretched hand, satisfied as her fingertips touched the hair ribbon.

She had no interest in stealing magical treasures; even if her foster mother tried to persuade her, she wouldn't steal them, and she certainly wouldn't now.

She is human, whether she was raised by humans or by a golden bird demon who likes to steal treasures, it doesn't change the fact that she is a person with her own thoughts.

The person in front suddenly turned around and grabbed Su Wenxin's hand, which she hadn't fully pulled back.

"wait……"

She was startled and subconsciously looked up to see Xi Congshuang's reaction, wanting to explain that she had only accidentally bumped into it and had no intention of taking it.

Xi Congshuang hummed, "Hmm?"

The feeling of being enveloped was once again overwhelmed Su Wenxin.

She seemed to be "watching" her, still with her eyes covered by a white blindfold and her eyes closed.

His long, slender hand grasped Su Wenxin's wrist through her sleeve and pressed it against the closed door.

Xi Congshuang said, "Input your spiritual power."

When her palm touched the cool temperature, Su Wenxin instinctively used her spiritual power. The small fireball was completely absorbed by the deep array, and she could feel that all the restrictions on it had disappeared. The place that had kept her out yesterday was now open to her.

Su Wenxin turned her head in surprise.

With just a push, she could open the door and walk inside.

“This is your place to stay. Open the door yourself,” Xi Congshuang said.

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