Chapter 315: I Have This Friend

The questions came quickly, not giving Long Qing’er any time to catch her breath, but the content was very dull. Long Qing’er relaxed, thinking Jin Xiaoqin was asking such gentle questions out of consideration for her dignity. However, the next moment, Jin Xiaoqin suddenly dropped a bombshell.

“You like Fairy Fengya.”

A flash of panic appeared in Long Qing’er’s eyes. Before she could speak, her body gave her away. When she finally spoke, her words were completely at odds with her body’s response.

“I only respect my master,” she said, while her body desperately betrayed her true feelings. Ye Wenxin found the intricacies of human psychology fascinating. She also noticed Long Qing’er frantically glancing in Fairy Fengya’s direction, as if afraid her words might be misunderstood.

“You see the result, don’t you?” Jin Xiaoqin turned to Ye Wenxin, making it clear that this whole demonstration was to help Ye Wenxin understand the flaws in behavior and speech.

Ye Wenxin nodded. “I understand. But, Old Jin, aren’t you afraid I could actually deceive you?”

Jin Xiaoqin smiled confidently. “Even if you live for hundreds of years, it’s simply impossible—”

Before she could finish her sentence, Jin Xiaoqin was suddenly pressed down.

Ye Wenxin was looking affectionately at her. Jin Xiaoqin was taken aback, perhaps because she had never been treated this way before. When she looked into Ye Wenxin’s serious eyes, there was no hint of joking.

As Jin Xiaoqin became nervous, she heard Ye Wenxin say, “I like you, Xiaoqin.”

Goosebumps rose all over Jin Xiaoqin’s body. She wanted to curse at Ye Wenxin, but her face blushed before she could, completely taken by Ye Wenxin’s lie.

Ye Wenxin grinned with satisfaction. “You see, Old Jin. People always seem so knowledgeable when talking about others, but when it comes to themselves, they’re no different.”

Feeling a little smug, she subconsciously pinched Jin Xiaoqin’s butt. Jin Xiaoqin, fuming with embarrassment, pulled out her greataxe. When she looked again, however, Ye Wenxin had already fled, and only a snickering Long Qing’er remained.

Jin Xiaoqin was mortified, and seeing this junior still watching her, she coldly spat out one sentence: “You have enmity against Wenxin.”

Long Qing’er’s smile froze, proving Jin Xiaoqin right.

Seeing her reaction, Jin Xiaoqin added, “You can be hostile to others, but please remember moderation. Wenxin is my disciple, and as long as I’m still alive, I will protect her.” With her greataxe in hand, she aggressively left.

Long Qing’er hesitated to speak. Ultimately, she just watched Fairy Fengya in the distance, pondering who knows what…

Night truly arrived, and Ye Wenxin, rubbing her sore butt while lying on the ground, reprimanded Jin Xiaoqin for her misdeeds. Jin Xiaoqin rolled her eyes at her. “While I’m not asking you to strictly adhere to those rules and regulations, there should still be a distinction between master and disciple.”

Ye Wenxin felt a bit disgruntled, but seeing Jin Xiaoqin genuinely upset, she reluctantly held back her protest. She lay under the down quilt, scanning her surroundings to ensure there was no immediate danger, before saying, “But nowadays, I hear that master-disciple romances are quite popular.”

Jin Xiaoqin glared fiercely at her, and Ye Wenxin realized she had misunderstood her meaning. She hurriedly explained, “It’s not that I have such thoughts about my master. It’s just that my roommate loves reading novels where things like ‘overbearing immortal lord falls in love with me’ happen, and many master-disciple pairs turn into Dao couples.”

“That’s just fiction, not reality.” Jin Xiaoqin’s voice trembled with anger, feeling like Ye Wenxin was not going to let her off easily.

Ye Wenxin felt even more embarrassed. She was actually referring to her own situation with Fairy Fengya.

Although Jin Xiaoqin’s temperament suited her well, Ye Wenxin was accustomed to seeing the women on the Unparalleled Beauty List and spent days around outstanding beauties. She was numbed to modestly pretty women like Jin Xiaoqin.

“I was just curious. My friend said her master required her disciple to reach the Golden Core stage before becoming her Dao companion.” Ye Wenxin could only resort to making up stories to gauge Jin Xiaoqin’s moral views.

Jin Xiaoqin’s eyes widened, and she involuntarily raised her voice. “How shameless!”

Ye Wenxin bobbed her head, increasingly feeling that Jin Xiaoqin was morally upright. Hearing this, even Fairy Fengya in the distance seemed to realize something, and looked in their direction.

“Who the hell would be blind enough to want you as their Dao companion!” Jin Xiaoqin’s next words were even more biting. Ye Wenxin had hoped to hear more comforting words, but after listening carefully, she realized Jin Xiaoqin was also scolding her.

“I was talking about my friend.”

Jin Xiaoqin chuckled without replying. She just looked at Ye Wenxin with a disdainful expression, understanding that Ye Wenxin’s earlier mention of a friend was actually referring to herself.

“Hey, what if someone really used their beauty to recruit me to be their disciple?” Ye Wenxin kept feigning innocence, wanting to see how Jin Xiaoqin would respond. After a few seconds of silence, Jin Xiaoqin continued, “You can’t force fate. But is there really such a shameless person in this world?”

Ye Wenxin couldn’t help but burst into laughter. She had to cover her mouth to stifle it, and finally managed to restrain her obvious amusement.

“Your master isn’t bad either; beautiful as a flower.” After Jin Xiaoqin pondered seriously for a few seconds, she unexpectedly also used her beauty to lure her disciple back.

But hearing this self-praise and looking at Jin Xiaoqin’s delicate face, Ye Wenxin quietly took out a bottle of Beauty Preserving Pills from her bag of holding.

“Master, here are nine Beauty Preserving Pills. If you take them, you might make it onto the list,” Ye Wenxin teased. Despite Jin Xiaoqin’s lack of interest in pills, her eyes lit up at the mention of the Beauty Preserving Pills.

She reached out, her expression showing a hint of hesitation.

“Since I didn’t give you an apprenticeship gift, how about these Beauty Preserving Pills?” tempted Ye Wenxin. Jin Xiaoqin eventually nodded in agreement, but she still sounded a little nervous. “If I eat these, how far up in the rankings can I be?”

Ye Wenxin almost laughed again, but she strongly suppressed it and said, “Mm, number 101.”

Jin Xiaoqin didn’t react at first, but as the words finally registered, she suddenly realized the implication behind them. The master and disciple started squabbling, drawing a deeply envious look from Long Qing’er.

Long Qing’er stared at Fairy Fengya in the distance, as if unable to imagine she would ever such a moment with her own master.