Chapter 84: The Duped Fairy Fengya (Fourth Update)

A few seconds later, Zhu Ling said: Master, I’ve found several books suitable for the Iceborn Constitution. If you truly feel bad, then give them to her.

Fairy Fengya agreed without a second thought and then used her Divine Sense to take out those books.

Because they were chosen by Zhu Ling, Fairy Fengya did not check the contents before tossing them to Ye Wenxin.

“This Humble Master has been in closed door training lately, there is no meeting gift that can be given. Take a look, see if these manuals suit you.” Fairy Fengya assumed a master’s arrogance, but as she thought about Fairy Fengya’s age, Ye Wenxin felt very awkward.

“Thank you, Master…Let’s see…” Ye Wenxin still assented, knowing that anything from Fairy Fengya must be fine goods, but the more she looked at those titles, the odder they seemed.

“Damn!” Ye Wenxin could not hold back a shout upon looking at the contents, which was honestly a little too much for her eyes to handle.

Although Fairy Fengya thought it strange, she assumed Ye Wenxin was too surprised by her generosity, paid it no mind, and continued to stoke the fire.

“Master, I’ve made my choice.” After a while, Ye Wenxin selected a book with a gold cover and returned the rest to Fairy Fengya.

Fairy Fengya nodded, but seeing Ye Wenxin’s flushed face, she felt strange and was unable to resist taking a few more glances at the books.

Reading the title again, she finally understood that ‘Damn’ was not borne from surprise or excitement, rather, the books Zhu Ling had chosen were all basically dual cultivation books.

But in order to maintain her face as the master, also worried that Ye Wenxin might fall into Qi Deviation like herself, Fairy Fengya flipped open one of the books, and the more pages she turned, the more she felt a peculiar emotion surfacing.

Zhu Ling: Mistress, you’re getting emotional.

Zhu Ling rushed to warn Fairy Fengya, prompting Fairy Fengya to quickly apply the Nine Tribulations Exorcising Curse to calm her mood. She dared not read the contents of those dual cultivation books, intending to put them away, until she caught Ye Wenxin playfully looking at her.

“As expected of Master, just a glance made me blush and my heart race, but you actually read it all seriously,” Ye Wenxin sincerely admired. Dual cultivation books were no less potent than martial arts manuals, they came with the Spring Return Pill’s special effect, and even Ye Wenxin must recite sutras to stay in control.

Just look at Fairy Fengya, she had no reaction at all, making Ye Wenxin realize that some people were just unbeatable.

Fairy Fengya suffered in silence. To learn the Nine Tribulations Exorcising Curse, one must not be swayed by emotions. Thankfully her temperament was like this from the start, so she managed. But she never expected that tonight, she would be affected emotionally by a mere book.

Zhu Ling: Master, I suggest you read more of these books.

Fairy Fengya: Why?

Fairy Fengya continued her conversation with Zhu Ling, but could not understand why Zhu Ling wanted her to read such shallow books.

Zhu Ling: Mistress’s cultivation of the Nine Tribulations Exorcising Curse prohibits emotional involvement.

Fairy Fengya: Right, and that’s why I always have you warning me not to get emotional.

Zhu Ling: But you’ve promised your disciple, that you’ll dual cultivate with her once she reached the Nascent Soul stage.

Fairy Fengya: Was that not what you told me to say? Besides, with her current cultivation level, without hundreds of years it’s impossible for her to reach Nascent Soul.

Fairy Fengya felt that Zhu Ling had changed as of late, ever since she started falling into Qi Deviation, Zhu Ling suddenly became increasingly frivolous.

Zhu Ling: No, she has great talent, and that book she chose would increase her speed. In less than a year, she could reach the Nascent Soul stage.

Fairy Fengya was suddenly speechless, but she was not disposed to arguing, and thus did not say anything.

Zhu Ling still used a gentle voice to continue, saying: So you must adapt to the dual cultivation book’s contents as soon as possible, this woman is not only greatly talented, she’s particularly clever as well; the chosen dual cultivation manual is suitable to be used by two women.

Even Fairy Fengya could not stay completely calm at this.

Zhu Ling: Mistress, you’re getting emotional again.

Fairy Fengya: Zhu Ling, if you say another sentence halfway, I will discard you.

Zhu Ling: ……

As the farce ended, Ye Wenxin, who was completely unaware of Fairy Fengya’s mental interaction with Zhu Ling, was still reading that golden-colored manual.

The name was [Record of a Hundred Flowers], which was originally chosen by Ye Wenxin because it sounded nice. However, upon seeing the content, Ye Wenxin truly regretted it.

What was with ‘Record of a Hundred Flowers’? It was basically just lilies blooming everywhere, with images of two women wrestling.

“So this can still be done between women,” Ye Wenxin could not help but exclaim, as the book opened up a new world for her. Naturally, this remark was also directed at Fairy Fengya.

However, Fairy Fengya remained as aloof as ever. Thinking about her own passivity just now, Ye Wenxin felt indignant and approached her again, proactively placing the book in front of her.

“Master, take a look…”

Fairy Fengya’s gaze calmly swept over the women wrestling in the drawings, her eyes showing no ripples of emotion. Ye Wenxin could not help feeling a bit embarrassed, but she still plucked up the courage to say, “Master, I think you need to see more of these things. In the future, when we’re dual cultivating, we might need to try out these poses.”

Zhu Ling: Mistress, you’re getting emotional again.

In Fairy Fengya’s mind, she heard Zhu Ling’s voice again. Even if she was Fairy Fengya, it infuriated her half to death. Despite Zhu Ling always helping her in scheming, she never expected to end up with a disciple even more cunning than Zhu Ling.

“Master, there’s no mention of cultivation restrictions, so maybe we could…” Ye Wenxin gloated even more, but as she said this, she saw ice forming beneath Fairy Fengya’s feet, instantly freezing the burning campfire in front of her.

Ye Wenxin immediately shut her mouth, knowing that Fairy Fengya was angry.

But precisely because Fairy Fengya was angry, Ye Wenxin felt even more pleased with herself.

If she could not kill Fairy Fengya, Ye Wenxin thought making her angry was not a bad option either. She hummed a little tune, watching the women in the depictions with even more relish.

In fact, Ye Wenxin had also swiped a medical book.

The book provided a profound understanding of Qi Deviation, but Ye Wenxin did not want Fairy Fengya to discover her diligence, so she concealed it.

Next, the two of them remained silent, passing the night peacefully.

Ye Wenxin stayed up all night studying. Considering she had classes in the morning, she could not help but yawn, contemplating whether to skip class.

Fairy Fengya, on the other hand, maintained her meditation posture, holding a book in her hand. It appeared to be a sword manual. Curious about its contents, Ye Wenxin used her Divine Sense to investigate, only to find strange images of men and women wrestling beneath the serious sword manual.

Ye Wenxin suddenly realized she had never truly understood Fairy Fengya. She had thought Fairy Fengya was genuinely pure and uninterested in matters of romance, as rumors suggested. Now, she realized Fairy Fengya had been pretending all along.

Unfortunately, even if Ye Wenxin were to reveal this, nobody would believe her. She deliberately approached to observe Fairy Fengya’s reaction.

“Master, what are you reading?”

Fairy Fengya just gave Ye Wenxin an apathetic glance and then produced another manual from her hand.

This manual was filled with a strange power, and Ye Wenxin looked at it with curiosity, reading the contents written on its pages.

“Nine Tribulations Exorcising Curse.” As she uttered these words, she touched the book, and a dragon leaped out from it, diving straight into her mind. Ye Wenxin was caught off guard and fell flat on the ground, feeling a rush of information about the Nine Tribulations Exorcising Curse flooding her mind.

The Nine Tribulations Exorcising Curse was an ancient cultivation method left behind by an immortal before ascension. It consisted of nine layers, and once cultivated to the ninth layer, one would be invincible. Moreover, the curse had a special interaction with demonic cultivation methods.

[Especially effective against blood curses, such as the legendary Flower Burial Cultivation Method.]

Seeing her own cultivation method being cited in the manual, Ye Wenxin widened her eyes in disbelief.

She still could not figure out why Fairy Fengya had shattered her bones with a single palm back then. Now, looking at it, Flower Burial seemed to have completely scared her off.

Once again, Ye Wenxin felt relieved that she had not impulsively fought Fairy Fengya. If what the manual said was true, then Ye Wenxin would have been completely restrained.

With this thought in mind, she was glad she had chosen to incapacitate Fairy Fengya rather than kill her.

Ye Wenxin’s emotions grew even more complex as she looked at Fairy Fengya, but she still spoke up to express her gratitude.

“Thank you, Master, for teaching me this cultivation method.”

However, considering the contradiction with Flower Burial, Ye Wenxin dared not try it and could only express her gratitude for Fairy Fengya’s kindness.

Fairy Fengya remained silent, adjusting the position of the book slightly and continuing to read intently, completely ignoring Ye Wenxin’s words.

“Well then, Master, I’ll go back to class now. And please, don’t tell anyone that I’ve become your disciple. I still want to live a few more years,” Ye Wenxin added before jumping down from the mouth of the cave.

With a splash, she fell into the waterfall, feeling the chilling water all around her. Ye Wenxin dared not linger, beginning to run as if her life depended on it.

Meanwhile, Fairy Fengya stood at the mouth of the cave, softly uttering one word.

“Idiot.”

Her voice remained faint, but once again, the gentle words of Zhu Ling echoed in her mind.

Zhu Ling: Mistress, you’re getting emotional again.

Fairy Fengya did not respond. She returned to the cave and retrieved the hidden wrestling book, studying its contents intently.

Zhu Ling: Mistress, I was actually just joking earlier.

Fairy Fengya paused in her reading, then calmly removed the necklace from around her neck and tossed it away.

Zhu Ling: Mistress, please don’t discard me! I’m sorry!

Zhu Ling: Mistress, please don’t get emotional!

Zhu Ling pleaded, unable to understand why Fairy Fengya, who always maintained her composure, was showing emotional fluctuations repeatedly.

Upon hearing this, Fairy Fengya retrieved the necklace, but this time she took out a firestone and placed the Zhu Ling Necklace on it to roast.

Despite hearing Zhu Ling’s wavering voice in her mind, Fairy Fengya ignored it and continued flipping through the dual cultivation books. Whether Zhu Ling was deceiving her or not, Ye Wenxin’s constitution was too special, and as her master, Fairy Fengya had to thoroughly understand it, as well as the matter of dual cultivation.

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TL note: Changed Zhu Ling’s address for Fengya. Master (former), Mistress (current). Relevant chapters already edited.