10: Chapter 10 The moonlight is so beautiful tonight...

Chen Yan listened to the scolding from his Revered Master, Leng Qingshuang, but instead of being afraid, his heart blossomed with joy.

"Holy crap! Revered Master was actually peeking at me!"

"Sigh~ My charm is truly unstoppable; even my cold and aloof Revered Master can't hold back."

He turned around, gave Leng Qingshuang a brilliant smile, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and respectfully called out:

"Yes! Revered Master! This Disciple will continue to Cultivate right away!"

As he spoke, he struck an even more twisted pose, feeling the Spiritual Qi beginning to flood into his body again, feeling both pain and pleasure.

Though he Cultivated, he dared not speak aloud, but in his heart, he activated his Rebellious Disciple harassment mode.

"Revered Master's hair looks so smooth, I wonder what it feels like?"

"Revered Master's eyelashes are so long, like two little fans, fanning my little heart until it goes pitter-patter~"

"Revered Master's lips, so moist~ I wonder what it feels like to kiss them?"

"Strange? Does Revered Master's face look much ruddier today? She feels even more beautiful~"

"Oh no, Revered Master is looking over here!"

"She must have been conquered by my heroic posture!"

"Revered Master, don't hold back, if you want to praise me, just say it out loud! This Disciple will gladly accept your praise!"

[Detected host's Rebellious Disciple behavior, Rebellious Disciple points +668!]

Leng Qingshuang was currently sitting on the bluestone, feeling like she was sitting on pins and needles, feeling like she had thorns on her back, unable to sit still!

She wished she could seal her hearing, or just sew Chen Yan's mouth shut.

Although he hadn't opened his mouth at all.

But those inner voices were inescapable, a thousand times, ten thousand times more annoying than talking out loud!

Every sentence, every word, was like a light feather, constantly teasing her heartstrings.

Making her feel ashamed, angry, yet helpless!

Due to her status, and also because eavesdropping on inner voices was such a disgraceful act, she couldn't explicitly state it.

She could only force herself to endure it.

This feeling was even more agonizing than fighting the Demon Venerable for three days and three nights.

This training session lasted for an entire afternoon.

Until dusk.

Chen Yan finally finished his session, slowly exhaling a breath of turbid Qi from his chest!

With a low shout from him, a crisp explosion sounded within his body.

At his Dantian, nine Qi cyclones spun rapidly, and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi rushed into his body like a swallow returning to its nest!

"Pop!"

Breakthrough!

Qi Refining Level 9!

Chen Yan happily clenched his hands, feeling the surging power within his body!

Overjoyed!

Relying on the Sword Heart Tempering Method, he had broken through six levels in just a few days!

This cultivation speed, even in the most basic Qi Refining Realm, would be enough to shock the entire cultivation world.

But here at the Ninth Peak, only this Revered Master and Disciple knew of it.

Chen Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead, a satisfied smile on his face, and said to Leng Qingshuang with a smile: "Revered Master, this Disciple will go make you dinner!"

Leng Qingshuang watched his back, her tense body finally relaxing.

She let out a long sigh of relief.

Forcibly enduring Chen Yan's inner voice harassment all afternoon without being able to stop it was even more tiring than fighting an enemy for three days and three nights!

The sun set in the west.

Golden afterglow sprinkled on the peak of the Ninth Peak.

It also stretched Leng Qingshuang's figure long and thin.

She did not return to the bamboo house immediately, but slowly stood up, casting her gaze toward the direction of the Forbidden Ground behind the mountain.

In that instant.

Those eyes, originally cold and bright, instantly dimmed.

The cold shell on her body also seemed to shatter at this moment.

Revealing a deep sorrow.

...

The night was like ink, the moon as cool as water.

With the day's bustle over, the Ninth Peak was now shrouded in tranquility.

Only the occasional chirping of insects sounded exceptionally clear.

When Chen Yan finished cooking, he found that Leng Qingshuang was not in the bamboo house at all.

He scratched his head, somewhat puzzled: "Strange, it's so late, where could Revered Master have gone?"

"Could she be sneaking off to eat alone behind my back?"

"That shouldn't be right, with Revered Master's cold and aloof nature, she doesn't even like to eat meals, let alone snacks."

Just as he was planning to go look for Leng Qingshuang, from the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a black figure walking alone toward the Forbidden Ground behind the mountain.

The figure was thin, and under the moonlight, it appeared even more lonely, making one feel particularly heartbroken.

Chen Yan raised his hand, about to call out, when suddenly, the System's notification sound rang in his mind.

[Detected that the host has a strong desire to tail the Revered Master, launching new task: Tail!]

[Tail: As a qualified Rebellious Disciple, how can you not know the Revered Master's little secrets? Please tail Leng Qingshuang into the Forbidden Ground behind the mountain and investigate her unknown side; Task completion reward: Movement Technique -- Flowing Light!]

Chen Yan looked at the task content, his eyelids twitching wildly.

"I don't! You're spouting nonsense!"

"System, are you poisonous?"

"You want me, a Qi Refining Level 9 noob, to tail a Mahayana Stage Sword Venerable?"

"If you think I've lived too long, just say so! No need to be so roundabout!"

But although he was furiously complaining in his heart, his body very honestly followed.

Come on!

This is a movement technique!

Just looking at the name makes it seem very powerful!

Basic cultivation common sense: All martial arts in the world, nothing is unbreakable, only speed cannot be broken!

With his current low cultivation, relying only on the Sword Heart Tempering Method and the Mystic Ice Water-Dividing Sword Art, his attack is sufficient, but his self-preservation is lacking!

With this movement technique, if he can't beat someone, he can at least run!

Isn't this an essential skill for home life and robbing houses?

As the saying goes, people die for wealth, birds die for food!

For the sake of a self-preservation movement technique, go for it!

Chen Yan cheered himself on, then hunched his waist and followed stealthily.

Fortunately, although this damn System was a pit, it was reliable at critical moments.

It actually automatically helped him shield his aura.

Otherwise, let alone tailing and tracking, the moment he stepped out of the bamboo house, he would have been discovered by Leng Qingshuang.

Forbidden Ground behind the mountain.

It was a restricted area of the Ninth Peak!

Usually, Leng Qingshuang strictly forbade anyone from entering, Chen Yan included.

But this place was overgrown with weeds and rugged rocks, not any blessed land.

There was only a small mossy path, winding its way toward the cliff at the very back of the mountain.

Chen Yan followed Leng Qingshuang here, currently hiding behind a large bluestone, carefully poking out half his head.

He saw that on the edge of the cliff, a wordless stele stood.

There was no decoration on the stele.

Not even a name.

Leng Qingshuang was currently standing quietly in front of the stele, motionless.

The evening breeze blew her black hair, and in the cold moonlight, she appeared even more lonely.

She did not speak.

She just reached out a hand like suet jade, gently stroking the surface of the stele.

Her movements were gentle and nostalgic.

The current Leng Qingshuang was no longer the high and mighty Sword Venerable Shuanghua whose sword light could chill nineteen continents.

She was just a woman who had let down all her defenses, full of exhaustion and loneliness.

Chen Yan, hiding behind the bluestone, was stunned.

The only desire to complain in his heart vanished at this moment.

What emerged was an inexplicable soreness.

This soreness blocked his chest, making him feel breathless.

"Whose... grave is that? A Dao Companion? It doesn't look like it..."

"Revered Master's expression, it doesn't look like she's looking at a lover, it looks more like... she's looking at her family..."

"She looks so lonely..."

Chen Yan looked at that desolate back, and a touch of heartache suddenly arose in his heart:

"She looks like a homeless little cat..."

"All alone, no one to love her, no one to care for her, how pitiful..."

"I really want to... take her home and raise her..."

At this moment.

Chen Yan wasn't thinking about any tasks, nor was he thinking about any Rebellious Disciple points.

He was simply feeling a bit of heartache for this usually cold Revered Master.

However.

Just as he was letting his thoughts run wild, he didn't notice that Leng Qingshuang by the cliff suddenly stiffened her hand that was stroking the stele.

Little, little cat?

These two ordinary words carried a surging power that pushed open her memories that had been sealed for many years!

Three hundred years ago.

On a day when heavy snow was falling.

That woman who always smiled gently saw her shivering in a corner in a cold alley.

She looked at her, the gentleness on her face seeming to melt the ice and snow of winter, and smiled:

"Are you alone? Why are you like a little cat that has lost its home?"

"Why don't you come back with me!"

"My surname is Leng, from now on you will take my surname! Let's call you..."

That woman looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky and pointed casually, and the snowflakes condensed into two words in the air: "Let's call you Leng Qingshuang!"

That was the warmest thing she had ever heard in her life.

It was also her only salvation in this life.

Three hundred years.

She had thought she had forgotten this scene.

But she didn't expect.

To hear these two words again from the heart of this Rebellious Disciple who was full of nonsense.

For a moment.

The sealed memories rushed in like a tide.

Leng Qingshuang's eyes were actually slightly hot.

[Detected host's Rebellious Disciple behavior, Rebellious Disciple points +1000!]

Chen Yan was still immersed in the feeling of heartache for his Revered Master when he was startled by the sudden System notification sound.

"Holy crap! You scared me to death!"

"I was just sighing in my heart, how is that Rebellious Disciple behavior?"

He shrank his neck and hid behind the bluestone again.

Before he could quietly retreat, a cold voice came from the front.

"Come out."

The voice was still cold, with no joy or anger to be heard.

Chen Yan's heart jumped.

Oh no!

I've been discovered!

System, is your aura-shielding function fake?

Why did I get exposed so quickly?

He dragged his feet as he stood up from behind the rock, scratching his head, and smiled awkwardly:

"Hehe, Revered Master... that, the moonlight tonight is truly beautiful..."

"If I said I came here to admire the moon, would you believe me?"