NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 38 - Having a Forked Tongue
The original crowd was automatically divided into a path.
A young man dressed in black and armed to the teeth, only a few years older than Xiao Lingchen, walked up with a dark face.
His eyebrows were drawn with ink and his eyes were like stars. He was clearly handsome, but his gloomy face made everyone around him silent, afraid to make a sound.
Xiao Lingchen was confused:
“Who are you?”
The young man in black said:
“I am Jiang Yu, the eldest disciple of Elder Yunzhu, the head of Great Bamboo Peak!”
Ning Huanhuan on the side immediately whispered a reminder:
“This Jiang Yu is the most talented disciple of our Taixuan Sect in hundreds of years. Like you, he has the Heavenly Spiritual Root. At the young age of 180, he has already reached the peak of the Ninth Level of the Dao Palace, and is only one step away from the realm of shattering delusions.
“It is said that when the disciples were selected that year, he was arrogant and wanted to be admitted under the Grandmaster, but was rejected and had to be admitted under the Elder, the head of the Great Bamboo Peak, Elder Yunzhu.”
“After that, his cultivation progressed rapidly, and he was regarded by everyone in the sect as the person most likely to become the sect’s next Holy Son.”
“But after you appeared, the wind in the sect changed again.”
“Some people say that your talent is far superior to Jiang Yu’s, which is why you were coveted by the higher-ups in the sect, and the Grandmaster even took you on as his personal disciple. What’s more, some are even speculating that you are the next candidate for the position of the sect’s “Holy Son”.
“In other words, you have taken away all his glory, and I’m afraid he already bears a grudge against you!”
“…
Ning Huanhuan originally wanted to warn Xiao Lingchen to be careful, but then she thought, “Xiao Lingchen is the one who killed Luo Xiaohu, who even broke through the delusional realm.
Why should she worry about Jiang Yu, who is only in the Ninth Realm of the Dao Palace?
So she simply withdrew her words of caution.
Xiao Lingchen nodded, then looked at Jiang Yu and said,
“Is there something on your mind?”
Jiang Yu got right to the point and said,
“I heard that on the day of the disciple selection, you showed extraordinary talent and were coveted by all the sect elders.”
“Today is a rare opportunity to see it for myself, and I want to see what kind of talent has earned you such treatment.”
“Do you dare to fight me?”
“Don’t worry, I will not use cultivation to bully you.”
Jiang Yu said contemptuously,
“I will suppress my realm to match yours, no matter what realm you are in.”
“How about we fight based on our talent and what we have learned?”
When these words were uttered, the entire audience went into an uproar!
At the same time, it aroused the strong curiosity of the surrounding disciples.
Obviously, they all wanted to know what kind of talent Xiao Lingchen had that was coveted by all the sect elders.
In the end, even the mysterious Grandmaster, who never took on disciples, made an exception and took him on as his disciple.
Xiao Lingchen chuckled slightly and said,
“Jiang Yu, are you jealous of me?”
“What…”
Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment.
Before he could continue, Xiao Lingchen spoke up:
“You’re jealous of my talent, my treatment, the fact that I was sought after by the elders and accepted as a disciple, and that I ended up under the Grandmaster you couldn’t get, becoming his personal disciple.”
“So when you saw me today, you couldn’t wait to challenge me, to defeat me, to prove to everyone that your talent is not inferior to mine.
“In the end, you’re just jealous of me.”
After Xiao Lingchen finished speaking,
the scene fell silent.
Jiang Yu’s face immediately turned ashen!
In fact, everyone knew why Jiang Yu had gone after Xiao Lingchen.
But no one expected Xiao Lingchen to be so blunt about it.
At that moment, the veil of shame seemed to have been torn away from Jiang Yu. Being exposed as jealous of his fellow student made him look extremely petty and ashamed.
“You, you’re talking nonsense!”
“I, Jiang Yu, was born into a respectable family. Since I was young, I lived a life of luxury, with lots of money and clothes given to me.
“After embarking on the cultivation path, I too have been on a path of meteoric success, and I have never encountered any bottlenecks.
“I will turn 180 this year, and I am already close to breaking the illusion. With my talent, I will be able to fully cultivate the Ten Realms within ten thousand years, attain the Dao, and become immortal. My future is limitless. Why should I be jealous of you?”
Jiang Yu replied.
But the more he replied, the more guilty he looked.
Xiao Lingchen smiled and said,
“You see, you are panicking.”
Jiang Yu immediately blushed.
Xiao Lingchen continued,
“If you don’t have it, then that would be best.”
“The Sect Martial Arts Tournament is approaching. Instead of bullying the younger generation here and picking on my junior brother, you’d better use the last day to improve your cultivation.”
“When the Sect Martial Tournament starts, don’t let the Taixuan Sect lose face.”
After saying that,
Xiao Lingchen walked past Jiang Yu and headed toward the inside of the sect.
Jiang Yu’s face turned green and purple as he was lectured, and he finally left angrily.
Ning Huanhuan followed Xiao Lingchen’s side and sighed bitterly:
“What you just said was indeed a bit heartbreaking.”
“I’m afraid Brother Jiang has already been driven mad by you. You two have definitely fallen out now.”
Xiao Lingchen shrugged:
“So be it. What should I be afraid of?”
“If he really is such a petty person and is looking for trouble, I wouldn’t mind teaching him a lesson for the sect.”
Ning Huanhuan smiled.
Of course, she wasn’t worried about Xiao Lingchen.
“Well, finally back.”
“I’ve been gone for so many days, I should go back and report to my master and elder sister.”
“So they won’t worry.”
Xiao Lingchen nodded:
“Go.”
The two said goodbye to each other.
But then Xiao Lingchen was stopped:
“Right.”
“Are we still meeting tonight?”
“By the river?”
How could Ning Huanhuan not understand what Xiao Lingchen was referring to?
The scene at the river that day immediately came back to her mind.
Her face immediately turned red, and she said angrily,
“I don’t want to see you!”
and left.
Ning Huanhuan ran away as if she were fleeing.
She left Xiao Lingchen with an evil smile on her face.
“A woman with a forked tongue.”
“I don’t think you can resist.”
………………………….
When they returned to the back mountain,
Jiang Luoxian was meditating on the futon in the wooden house.
When she saw Xiao Lingchen return, her originally frosty face seemed to waver slightly, like a dragonfly skimming the water.
After sitting down, Xiao Lingchen bowed:
“Master, I’m back.”
Jiang Luoxian gently nodded and smiled:
“You seem to have changed a lot after being away from the mountain for months.”
Jiang Luoxian’s smile was still as beautiful as ever, incomparable.
Seeing it again, Xiao Lingchen still couldn’t take her eyes off it.
It wasn’t until Jiang Luoxian lightly coughed that Xiao Lingchen came to his senses.
He hurriedly replied,
“Indeed, after months of being away from the mountain, I have experienced a lot and grown a lot.”
Then, as if they were just talking about everyday things, Xiao Lingchen told Jiang Luoxian about everything that happened to him after he left the mountain.
Jiang Luoxian also listened attentively, and sometimes she would smile with relief.
She was genuinely happy to hear about Xiao Lingchen’s growth during that time.
She felt a sense of accomplishment, as if her son had grown up.
After finishing his story,
Xiao Lingchen turned the Creation Cauldron in his hands.
“Master, this is the Creation Cauldron I got from Qian Yun Mountain.”
“I refined half of the Creation Qi inside and cultivated an immortal body.”
“I deliberately reserved the other half of the Creation Qi and brought it back to give it to you.”