That fight just now... really exhausted her.
Although... her senior brother was very kind, his teaching style was cramming. Seeing that she was learning quickly, he wanted to show her everything he had learned in his life. Later on, she was no longer learning with her brain but copying with her instincts. It is unknown how much she will be able to remember in the end.
No, he truly lives up to his reputation as the man who once prepared a grueling training plan for her.
Tu Longjian looked up at Song Liqing's figure beside him. Even sitting down, he was still as sharp as a sword drawn from its sheath, only he was missing an outer robe, which made the sword seem more human.
She inexplicably thought that if her senior brother's true form was a sword, then his scabbard (outer robe) was currently placed under her.
Seeing that Tu Longjian was staring at her, Song Liqing, who was carefully wiping her sword, turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Senior Brother, thank you." Tu Longjian said sincerely.
A slight smile curved Song Liqing's lips. The bright afternoon sun cast a warm glow on his icy face.
"No need, I haven't felt this relaxed in a long time."
"Your talent is very strong, I'm waiting for you to beat me."
Tu Longjian looked at him against the light and squinted: "Yes."
She didn't realize that her confident demeanor was quite charming.
Seeing the fine sweat on her forehead, Song Liqing was stunned for a moment, then reached out and wiped it away as if possessed.
Only after he finished did he realize that his actions were a bit out of line. At one point, he could even count the eyelashes on Tu Longjian's eyes.
Song Liqing turned her head away, pretending to continue wiping her sword, but her mind was blank, and she could only feel her heart beating faster in her chest.
A gentle breeze flowed by, lifting the hem of Song Liqing's dress to reveal a delicate bell hidden beneath. The bell jingled softly in the wind, but neither of them noticed.
On the other end of the fire bell, Gan Xiuming was forgotten in the darkness, frozen in place, maintaining the same posture.
Only when the fire bell rang and then stopped ringing, as if malfunctioning, did he move slightly, his eyes flashing with anger, and he shouted, "Master, I know I was wrong! Chunxiang betrayed me! Please let me out!"
"Ha, I told you long ago that women are all bad."
The Poison Peak Master appeared inside the Cliff of Repentance. He stroked his beard, narrowed his cold, triangular eyes, and placed a bottle of medicine in Gan Xiuming's palm.
"Fighting among fellow disciples is forbidden within the sect. Lure her outside the sect. This medicine can aid in dual cultivation. Use her as a furnace to drain her dry. I have a way to protect you."
A hint of surprise flashed in Gan Xiuming's eyes, but he still accepted the medicine, thanked him with a gloomy face, and then rushed out like a whirlwind.
The Poison Peak Master laughed loudly, slapped his hand, and said, "That's more like my disciple. He's ruthless when necessary, and he won't let those who bully and humiliate me get away with it."
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[Warning: Gan Xiuming's favorability has fluctuated drastically, -50, remaining favorability 40]
[Warning: Gan Xiuming's favorability -40, remaining favorability 0]
[Warning: Gan Xiuming's favorability -100, remaining favorability -100, modern space locked.]
Tu Longjian was lazily lying on the rock, not wanting to get up, when she suddenly opened her eyes upon hearing the system's mechanical announcement.
What happened? What's going on?
Because Gan Xiuming's favorability rating changed too drastically, the Long Aotian Conquest System quickly arrived and launched into a tirade of abuse.
【What happened to you? Weren't we almost done with the romance? How did your affection level turn negative?!】
"I don't know either," Tu Longjian said in a deep voice.
"Junior sister, I'm leaving now." Song Liqing sheathed her sword, stood up, and said goodbye.
"Wait, don't forget the outer robe." Tu Longjian quickly got up, picked up the outer robe, performed a cleansing spell, and handed it to Song Liqing.
The system chattered nearby: "What kind of time is this? You still have time to be all lovey-dovey with this guy?"
[Wait... Could it be that Long Aotian No. 1 saw you messing around with another man, even taking your clothes off, and that's why your favorability rating plummeted?]
“How could that be? We didn’t do anything, we were just practicing our swordsmanship…” Tu Longjian retorted, while Song Liqing put on her outer robe, the hem of which fluttered, and she spotted a familiar bell with her sharp eyes.
"Senior Brother, could it be... the Fire Bell?"
Song Liqing picked up the Fire Bell with his slender fingers and replied, "Yes. I only remembered later that the Fire Bells are a pair, but I forgot to tell you."
Tu Longjian had a guess in his mind: "Could it be that the Fire Bell and the Fire Spirit can communicate with each other's visions... no, I mean, their voices?"
If there were any visual evidence, Gan Xiuming wouldn't have reacted so strongly to seeing the two practicing swordsmanship; he likely only heard the sounds and misunderstood something.
[You're doomed. You'd better hurry up and appease Long Aotian. Why give up being a proper harem heroine and insist on becoming his enemy?]
"Alright, I'll handle it. Don't worry about it. Since I can raise the favorability rating, I can naturally raise it back."
[Hmph, that's for the best. I'll be monitoring it from the backend.] The system, fearing it was consuming too much energy, seemed to have encountered some trouble and hurriedly returned.
Tu Longjian was not flustered. Gan Xiuming had already been poisoned by the Heartbreak Grass, and he could not escape her grasp.
She bid farewell to her senior brother and headed out of the peak to find Gan Xiuming and see what was going on.
She had only gone halfway when she was intercepted by An Lan.
An Lan's usually nonchalant face showed a hint of anxiety, and his usual unhurried demeanor vanished. He leaned towards Tu Longjian, and although a trace of awkwardness flashed across his face, he still spoke seriously:
"Junior sister, come with me quickly."
Seeing his unusually serious demeanor, Tu Longjian decided to tease him: "This is the first time I've seen Senior Brother Cong so serious."
An Lan moved her lips, her usually eloquent mouth suddenly stammering, and could only say dryly with a hint of pleading, "Don't laugh at me. Master, something happened to him."
"What? What happened to Master?" Tu Longjian was very surprised. In her eyes, Yan Xiuzhu was very powerful and seemed to be in his prime. How could something have happened to him?
As soon as Tu Longjian returned to the sect, she was summoned by the sect leader and exchanged pleasantries with many fellow disciples. After returning to Xufeng, she was stopped by her senior brother to give her gifts, so she was completely confused about the current situation.
“I just saw my senior brother, why didn’t he tell me?”
"My senior brother has been on missions all these years. He got stuck on a very difficult mission. It is said that he obtained a true spiritual treasure after completing that mission."
"But that's not the point. He's oblivious to worldly affairs, so it's normal that he doesn't know. Master's condition has suddenly worsened, so please come and take a look."
Tu Longjian sensed Gan Xiuming's location; he was still quite far from her. So she followed Cong Anlan to visit her master first.
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