Their eyes met...
Seeing the faint affection in Qin Wan's eyes, Ji Jue's gaze darkened, and he suddenly smiled.
"Master."
"Hmm?" Qin Wan looked at him in confusion.
"By the River of Oblivion, on the Stone of Three Lives, my predestined marriage with my master—what are your thoughts now that you know the truth?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Wan was taken aback and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
"Has Master not made up his mind yet?" Ji Jue asked again.
Qin Wan pursed her red lips and remained silent.
Seeing this, Ji Jue was not in a hurry, nor did she urge her. "Master can think about it slowly. I will wait for you."
As she spoke, Ji Jue continued to ask further questions.
"In the Heavenly Demon Realm, I was tormented by my inner demons. At the moment I succumbed to demonic possession, did my master know what I was thinking?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Wan looked at him with a puzzled expression, as if waiting for his response.
Ji Jue stared intently at her, "Master, do you want to know what your disciple's inner demon is?"
Qin Wan was silent for a moment, then nodded gently, "I want to."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Jue's cool fingertips landed on her brow, and an unfamiliar scene appeared in her mind.
This is Ji Jue's memory...
He took her consciousness into his sea of consciousness to explore his past memories.
After learning the truth in the Heavenly Demon Realm, the demonic energy remaining in Ji Jue's heart began to run rampant, eroding his reason.
On the banks of the River of Oblivion, the scene on the Three Lives Stone is repeated time and again.
Then, the scene shifts to scenes in the training room after he takes the Marrow Cleansing Pill.
His body was burning hot, his body temperature was rising, and Qin Wan's cool fingertips that landed on his brow became his salvation, leaving a deep mark on his heart.
Master...
A match made in heaven...
He and she shouldn't have been master and disciple...
He and she were destined to be together...
If it weren't for the interference of the Ling family patriarch, would he have been able to let go of that extremely faint thought in his heart while in the training room?
He pulled her into his arms...
There was also their joint battle in the Heavenly Demon Realm, where she shielded him from heavenly lightning.
He was willing to go against the entire Tianyun Sect for her sake, even though he was questioned and attacked by the sect leader and elders.
For him, Qin Wan risked her life to undergo tribulation, enduring countless near-death experiences to strengthen her body.
For him, she was willing to sign a life-and-death contract with him, and even practice ancient forbidden techniques, and take action against her senior brother Ling Mubai, with whom she had grown up.
To protect him, she was practically going against the entire world...
Ji Jue didn't believe it; Qin Wan's feelings for him were purely those of a master and disciple.
And that Marrow Cleansing Pill... Was the extra "Sentiment" plant really an accident?
Master is a dignified Nascent Soul True Monarch who has refined countless pills. Would he really be so careless?
If so many things hadn't happened afterward, if Qin Wan hadn't sacrificed so much for him, he might have considered his "feelings" as a minor mistake.
But she did so much for him...
She shielded him from swords, helped him overcome tribulations, summoned heavenly lightning to temper his body, and even signed a life-and-death contract with him, along with ancient forbidden techniques…
He's not stupid.
[Ji Jue's favorability increased by 5, current favorability is 80.]
Ji Jue's inner demon... is it her?
Qin Wan was startled. She suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Ji Jue with disbelief.
"Master, this disciple cannot do it." Ji Jue gazed at her with tender eyes.
She is his inner demon.
To overcome one's inner demons, one must be able to slay them with a single sword strike.
Even knowing it was fake and not her, he still couldn't bring himself to do it.
His master treated him so well, how could he bear to hurt her?
and……
Only a master transformed from an inner demon would indulge his truest thoughts, and would say and do things according to his wishes...
For example, only when he was troubled by his inner demons would his master look at him affectionately and call him "A-Jue".
Only his master, who was actually a demon in his heart, would touch his face affectionately, speak softly to him, and say things like "I miss him."
Only his master, transformed from a demon in his heart, would take the initiative to nestle in his arms, her fair and slender hands silently encircling his strong waist.
Master...
He likes his master.
He wanted to obtain his master.
He couldn't bear to hurt his master.
Therefore, even though he knew it was a demon in his heart, and even though he knew it was all fake, he willingly allowed himself to be troubled and bound by it.
So what if one falls into demonic possession?
He cultivated immortality for her, and he fell into demonic possession for her as well.
For her, he would gladly accept anything, even his life, let alone falling into demonic possession.
Qin Wan opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.
She remained silent for a long while before softly murmuring, "We are master and disciple, this is wrong..."
"A teacher for a day is a teacher for life..." an elder.
Elders are like fathers and mothers...
Moreover, she is so much older than Ji Jue.
Seeing Qin Wan's resistance, Ji Jue interrupted her first.
"Does Master mean that once a teacher, always a wife?"
Qin Wan was taken aback.
wife?
After understanding the deeper meaning behind Ji Jue's words, Qin Wan's pupils contracted.
“A-Jue, you’ve finally overcome your inner demons, you shouldn’t continue like this.”
"You should cherish the talent that God has given you, cultivate diligently, and strive to avenge the Ji family as soon as possible."
Qin Wan was clearly avoiding the topic and changing the subject.
Upon hearing the words "Ji family," Ji Jue's eyes darkened.
Noticing his unusual mood, Qin Wan quickly explained, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it..."
Seeing the undisguised concern and worry in her eyes, Ji Jue's gaze grew even more intense.
Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, Qin Wan was struggling with how to explain and comfort him when suddenly she felt a pulling force on her waist...
My body fell forward uncontrollably...
When Qin Wan came to her senses, she was lying in Ji Jue's arms, looking flustered.
She looked up at Ji Jue in shock...
However, before she could utter a reprimand, Ji Jue lowered her head and silenced her slightly parted red lips, which were about to speak.
"Hmm..."
Qin Wan was forced to swallow the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
"Let...let go..."
“Ah…Ah Jue…”
Qin Wan struggled fiercely, but Ji Jue didn't force her too much. After a light kiss, he released her.
Qin Wan hurriedly took two steps back, widening the distance between herself and Ji Jue, her eyes filled with disapproval and a hint of displeasure.
"A-Jue!"
Qin Wan tried to reprimand her sternly, but although her voice carried a faint chill, it sounded strangely charming to Ji Jue.
It was as if Qin Wan was being coquettish with him...
Thinking of this, Ji Jue's eyebrows curved slightly and the corners of her lips curled up.
A faint, warm touch lingered on her thin lips, and a subtle, delicate fragrance lingered around her nose.
Master... It smells so good, it's so soft.
He likes it.
I want more!
Thinking of this, Ji Jue's eyes darkened.
[Ji Jue's favorability increased by 5, current favorability is 85.]
"What were your thoughts just now, Master?" Ji Jue interrupted Qin Wan again, changing the subject.
Upon hearing this, Qin Wan was visibly taken aback.
What are your thoughts?
What does he mean?
Qin Wan looked up at Ji Jue, and in the instant their eyes met, she clearly caught the faint smile in his eyes and the burning heat that made her blush and her heart race...
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