Chapter 27
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"Welcome back! Brother Shu, you took so long!" Feng Shiyao's greeting to Shu Yidan was like a wife greeting her husband home after a late night.
"I am back… Yeah, some matters happened and it took a little more time." With the earlier comparison, Shu Yidan's greeting was like a man fresh from cheating on the wife with a secretary.
It was a small bedroom but it was Shu Yidan's bedroom. It was almost bare of decorations. A bed, a cupboard and some chairs and tables, all a similar shade of white.
On the bed, a little girl was soundly sleeping. Seeing Xiaoyi's content expression like a cat who was full, Shu Yidan was nonplussed.
"She gave you trouble?" Shu Yidan asked with a wry smile.
"Not at all…" Seeing Shu Yidan raise his eyebrows, Feng Shiyao hastily amended, "Actually, she challenged me, we sparred 8 times and… she only went to sleep after she won the 9th time…"
"Heh, I know it is shameful to lose to a peak Qi Refining cultivator… But don't forget, she is the Sect Master's disciple. Her bloodline descends from Sword Immortal Mountbatten, and the Sword Intent she inherited from him can chop through Dao Domains like butter…" Shu Yidan said with a smile. 'Anyway, it is good that you lost in 9 spars. This idiot beat a Nascent Soul to death by battling for 3 days and nights, it would be terrible to return to a spar…'
"Anyway, her ability to disregard ranks in cultivation during battle is too much, you don't need to worry. It is lucky for me that my 5-year long preparations for facing her were enough…" Shaking his head, Shu Yidan ended.
"Wait, you knew of her and had been preparing for that encounter?" Feng Shiyao said with a shocked expression. Suddenly, the matter of his 5-year seclusion made sense.
"I didn't exactly know of her. It was more of a… premonition. Every person has a gut-feeling of some sort, right? Sometimes they are true, sometimes they are false. The Sect Master was wandering the world so it wouldn't be surprising if he chanced on a good seed…" Shu Yidan licked his dry lips for a moment before returning, "And with the Sect Master's guidance, it would only be natural for that seed to be able to mature, perhaps having the ability to match me or surpass me. All sword cultivators are battle-focused and can leapfrog above their cultivation to some extent, after all."
"So you entered seclusion on a mere feeling? Well, that feeling was completely true, so I can't fault you…" Feng Shiyao spoke with a pout. She couldn't help but resent being shunned for half a decade.
"No, you absolutely can fault me. Because I kept away from you believing a premonition of my own as well." Shu Yidan's words turned Feng Shiyao's face pale. "Actually, all those years back when we first dual cultivated… I had the feeling that your body was seized by the Yin-Yang Conception Gate's Nascent Soul Sect Master."
"Well you certainly aren't a body being puppeted around by a Nascent Soul. I am sorry for my wrongful mistrust of you." Saying this, Shu Yidan kneeled before her and bowed.
"W-wait, get up! Don't kneel before me!" Feng Shiyao said in a panicked tone.
"I'll kneel until you forgive me!" Shu Yidan said with firm tone, and only when Feng Shiyao said those magic words did Shu Yidan raise himself.
"…You shouldn't kneel like that." Feng Shiyao said with a whispering voice.
"Eh, who is gonna tell on us? We are Dao Companions, after all. We aren't husband and wife like the mortal world, we are equals. Moreover, your cultivation is currently higher than mine!" Hearing Shu Yidan's reply, Feng Shiyao couldn't speak a word back.
"…That woman, she did place her Divine Sense within my body while implanting mental triggers. She certainly has plans of possessing me. Your premonition wasn't wrong…" Feng Shiyao spoke in a grim tone.
"…Don't worry. I applied some seals on those mental triggers. They are dormant. Since they haven't dispersed, your Sect Master still doesn't have any idea we've figured out her tricks." Shu Yidan's reply brought a smile of relief from Feng Shiyao's tensed expression.
"And now that MY Sect Master has returned, her days aren't long. An Early Nascent Soul cultivator like her… well, a flick of the Sect Master's finger is enough to cripple her and Xiaoyi will beat on that crippled whore until she kicks the bucket. It isn't a major problem, not at all." Shu Yidan's reply brought a wan smile from Feng Shiyao.
"Heh, everything seems so easy now. Back then, the only option before my sight was to cultivate hard, cultivate until I could reach Nascent Soul and destroy that woman myself…" As if to dismiss the thought of this path of certain death she would have been forced to take, Feng Shiyao shook her head.
"If you want to cultivate to Nascent Soul yourself and kill her yourself, it isn't a bad idea either. You have a Dao Domain after all, and you can breakthrough easily with some pills. But don't forget, your cultivation was guided by her and she has certainly left some nasty surprises for you. For your safety and my peace of mind, I'll have to insist for you to switch your cultivation techniques." Shu Yidan's tone was earnest. "Since the Sect Master has returned, I'll see to it that you get the best techniques the Sect has, as fast as possible."
"…Well now, that's way too big of a favor. How can I even repay you?" The pout on Feng Shiyao's face became more enthralling.
"As I said, it is for my own peace of mind. Having a Dao Companion who is cultivating techniques which have been specifically taught to her by a person who intends to tear away her soul and seize her body is stressful for me too, you know?" Shu Yidan's expression was indifferent as always, but Feng Shiyao felt her heart beat faster.
"…Thanks." Feng Shiyao couldn't speak more. But something about the way which she looked at Shu Yidan, her gaze, seemed to change.
Shu Yidan was a villainous cultivator of a xianxia world, not the abusive male lead of a romance world! He hadn't even read any romance-genre novels after his dog eyes were blinded by Fifty Shades of Grey!
However, he knew some information from forums! If this were a romance novel, Feng Shiyao would be the female lead who after many trials and tribulations, had finally managed to take the attention of the abusive male lead.
What the hell! He wasn't abusive at all and neither was his predecessor! Five years of cultivation seclusion was a short, short time!
Shu Yidan hastily said, "…Yeah, but this isn't out of pure goodwill either. Having a Nascent Soul cultivator as a Dao Companion increases my influence… That's the level of an Elder, you know?"
Feng Shiyao nodded, but her gaze didn't waver hearing it. It even seemed to grow stronger…
Bearing that gaze, Shu Yidan made a decision.
…Well, now that the female lead had been through one trial and gained the abusive male lead's attention, it was time to reaffirm that she had only gained his attention and not his heart…
"…Speaking of other things, the Sect Master told me to take a concubine for bearing my child." On hearing Shu Yidan's statement, Feng Shiyao's smile disappeared and her expression turned indifferent.
"The reason why you cannot… well, you don't need me to explain, do you?"
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"Welcome back! Brother Shu, you took so long!" Feng Shiyao's greeting to Shu Yidan was like a wife greeting her husband home after a late night.
"I am back… Yeah, some matters happened and it took a little more time." With the earlier comparison, Shu Yidan's greeting was like a man fresh from cheating on the wife with a secretary.
It was a small bedroom but it was Shu Yidan's bedroom. It was almost bare of decorations. A bed, a cupboard and some chairs and tables, all a similar shade of white.
On the bed, a little girl was soundly sleeping. Seeing Xiaoyi's content expression like a cat who was full, Shu Yidan was nonplussed.
"She gave you trouble?" Shu Yidan asked with a wry smile.
"Not at all…" Seeing Shu Yidan raise his eyebrows, Feng Shiyao hastily amended, "Actually, she challenged me, we sparred 8 times and… she only went to sleep after she won the 9th time…"
"Heh, I know it is shameful to lose to a peak Qi Refining cultivator… But don't forget, she is the Sect Master's disciple. Her bloodline descends from Sword Immortal Mountbatten, and the Sword Intent she inherited from him can chop through Dao Domains like butter…" Shu Yidan said with a smile. 'Anyway, it is good that you lost in 9 spars. This idiot beat a Nascent Soul to death by battling for 3 days and nights, it would be terrible to return to a spar…'
"Anyway, her ability to disregard ranks in cultivation during battle is too much, you don't need to worry. It is lucky for me that my 5-year long preparations for facing her were enough…" Shaking his head, Shu Yidan ended.
"Wait, you knew of her and had been preparing for that encounter?" Feng Shiyao said with a shocked expression. Suddenly, the matter of his 5-year seclusion made sense.
"I didn't exactly know of her. It was more of a… premonition. Every person has a gut-feeling of some sort, right? Sometimes they are true, sometimes they are false. The Sect Master was wandering the world so it wouldn't be surprising if he chanced on a good seed…" Shu Yidan licked his dry lips for a moment before returning, "And with the Sect Master's guidance, it would only be natural for that seed to be able to mature, perhaps having the ability to match me or surpass me. All sword cultivators are battle-focused and can leapfrog above their cultivation to some extent, after all."
"So you entered seclusion on a mere feeling? Well, that feeling was completely true, so I can't fault you…" Feng Shiyao spoke with a pout. She couldn't help but resent being shunned for half a decade.
"No, you absolutely can fault me. Because I kept away from you believing a premonition of my own as well." Shu Yidan's words turned Feng Shiyao's face pale. "Actually, all those years back when we first dual cultivated… I had the feeling that your body was seized by the Yin-Yang Conception Gate's Nascent Soul Sect Master."
"Well you certainly aren't a body being puppeted around by a Nascent Soul. I am sorry for my wrongful mistrust of you." Saying this, Shu Yidan kneeled before her and bowed.
"W-wait, get up! Don't kneel before me!" Feng Shiyao said in a panicked tone.
"I'll kneel until you forgive me!" Shu Yidan said with firm tone, and only when Feng Shiyao said those magic words did Shu Yidan raise himself.
"…You shouldn't kneel like that." Feng Shiyao said with a whispering voice.
"Eh, who is gonna tell on us? We are Dao Companions, after all. We aren't husband and wife like the mortal world, we are equals. Moreover, your cultivation is currently higher than mine!" Hearing Shu Yidan's reply, Feng Shiyao couldn't speak a word back.
"…That woman, she did place her Divine Sense within my body while implanting mental triggers. She certainly has plans of possessing me. Your premonition wasn't wrong…" Feng Shiyao spoke in a grim tone.
"…Don't worry. I applied some seals on those mental triggers. They are dormant. Since they haven't dispersed, your Sect Master still doesn't have any idea we've figured out her tricks." Shu Yidan's reply brought a smile of relief from Feng Shiyao's tensed expression.
"And now that MY Sect Master has returned, her days aren't long. An Early Nascent Soul cultivator like her… well, a flick of the Sect Master's finger is enough to cripple her and Xiaoyi will beat on that crippled whore until she kicks the bucket. It isn't a major problem, not at all." Shu Yidan's reply brought a wan smile from Feng Shiyao.
"Heh, everything seems so easy now. Back then, the only option before my sight was to cultivate hard, cultivate until I could reach Nascent Soul and destroy that woman myself…" As if to dismiss the thought of this path of certain death she would have been forced to take, Feng Shiyao shook her head.
"If you want to cultivate to Nascent Soul yourself and kill her yourself, it isn't a bad idea either. You have a Dao Domain after all, and you can breakthrough easily with some pills. But don't forget, your cultivation was guided by her and she has certainly left some nasty surprises for you. For your safety and my peace of mind, I'll have to insist for you to switch your cultivation techniques." Shu Yidan's tone was earnest. "Since the Sect Master has returned, I'll see to it that you get the best techniques the Sect has, as fast as possible."
"…Well now, that's way too big of a favor. How can I even repay you?" The pout on Feng Shiyao's face became more enthralling.
"As I said, it is for my own peace of mind. Having a Dao Companion who is cultivating techniques which have been specifically taught to her by a person who intends to tear away her soul and seize her body is stressful for me too, you know?" Shu Yidan's expression was indifferent as always, but Feng Shiyao felt her heart beat faster.
"…Thanks." Feng Shiyao couldn't speak more. But something about the way which she looked at Shu Yidan, her gaze, seemed to change.
Shu Yidan was a villainous cultivator of a xianxia world, not the abusive male lead of a romance world! He hadn't even read any romance-genre novels after his dog eyes were blinded by Fifty Shades of Grey!
However, he knew some information from forums! If this were a romance novel, Feng Shiyao would be the female lead who after many trials and tribulations, had finally managed to take the attention of the abusive male lead.
What the hell! He wasn't abusive at all and neither was his predecessor! Five years of cultivation seclusion was a short, short time!
Shu Yidan hastily said, "…Yeah, but this isn't out of pure goodwill either. Having a Nascent Soul cultivator as a Dao Companion increases my influence… That's the level of an Elder, you know?"
Feng Shiyao nodded, but her gaze didn't waver hearing it. It even seemed to grow stronger…
Bearing that gaze, Shu Yidan made a decision.
…Well, now that the female lead had been through one trial and gained the abusive male lead's attention, it was time to reaffirm that she had only gained his attention and not his heart…
"…Speaking of other things, the Sect Master told me to take a concubine for bearing my child." On hearing Shu Yidan's statement, Feng Shiyao's smile disappeared and her expression turned indifferent.
"The reason why you cannot… well, you don't need me to explain, do you?"
"Welcome back! Brother Shu, you took so long!" Feng Shiyao's greeting to Shu Yidan was like a wife greeting her husband home after a late night."I am back Yeah, some matters happened and it took a little more time." With the earlier comparison, Shu Yidan's greeting was like a man fresh from cheating on the wife with a secretary.It was a small bedroom but it was Shu Yidan's bedroom. It was almost bare of decorations. A bed, a cupboard and some chairs and tables, all a similar shade of white.On the bed, a little girl was soundly sleeping. Seeing Xiaoyi's content expression like a cat who was full, Shu Yidan was nonplussed."She gave you trouble?" Shu Yidan asked with a wry smile."Not at all" Seeing Shu Yidan raise his eyebrows, Feng Shiyao hastily amended, "Actually, she challenged me, we sparred 8 times and she only went to sleep after she won the 9th time""Heh, I know it is shameful to lose to a peak Qi Refining cultivator But don't forget, she is the Sect Master's disciple. Her bloodline descends from Sword Immortal Mountbatten, and the Sword Intent she inherited from him can chop through Dao Domains like butter" Shu Yidan said with a smile. 'Anyway, it is good that you lost in 9 spars. This idiot beat a Nascent Soul to death by battling for 3 days and nights, it would be terrible to return to a spar'"Anyway, her ability to disregard ranks in cultivation during battle is too much, you don't need to worry. It is lucky for me that my 5-year long preparations for facing her were enough" Shaking his head, Shu Yidan ended."Wait, you knew of her and had been preparing for that encounter?" Feng Shiyao said with a shocked expression. Suddenly, the matter of his 5-year seclusion made sense."I didn't exactly know of her. It was more of a premonition. Every person has a gut-feeling of some sort, right? Sometimes they are true, sometimes they are false. The Sect Master was wandering the world so it wouldn't be surprising if he chanced on a good seed" Shu Yidan licked his dry lips for a moment before returning, "And with the Sect Master's guidance, it would only be natural for that seed to be able to mature, perhaps having the ability to match me or surpass me. All sword cultivators are battle-focused and can leapfrog above their cultivation to some extent, after all.""So you entered seclusion on a mere feeling? Well, that feeling was completely true, so I can't fault you" Feng Shiyao spoke with a pout. She couldn't help but resent being shunned for half a decade."No, you absolutely can fault me. Because I kept away from you believing a premonition of my own as well." Shu Yidan's words turned Feng Shiyao's face pale. "Actually, all those years back when we first dual cultivated I had the feeling that your body was seized by the Yin-Yang Conception Gate's Nascent Soul Sect Master.""Well you certainly aren't a body being puppeted around by a Nascent Soul. I am sorry for my wrongful mistrust of you." Saying this, Shu Yidan kneeled before her and bowed."W-wait, get up! Don't kneel before me!" Feng Shiyao said in a panicked tone."I'll kneel until you forgive me!" Shu Yidan said with firm tone, and only when Feng Shiyao said those magic words did Shu Yidan raise himself."You shouldn't kneel like that." Feng Shiyao said with a whispering voice."Eh, who is gonna tell on us? We are Dao Companions, after all. We aren't husband and wife like the mortal world, we are equals. Moreover, your cultivation is currently higher than mine!" Hearing Shu Yidan's reply, Feng Shiyao couldn't speak a word back."That woman, she did place her Divine Sense within my body while implanting mental triggers. She certainly has plans of possessing me. Your premonition wasn't wrong" Feng Shiyao spoke in a grim tone."Don't worry. I applied some seals on those mental triggers. They are dormant. Since they haven't dispersed, your Sect Master still doesn't have any idea we've figured out her tricks." Shu Yidan's reply brought a smile of relief from Feng Shiyao's tensed expression."And now that MY Sect Master has returned, her days aren't long. An Early Nascent Soul cultivator like her well, a flick of the Sect Master's finger is enough to cripple her and Xiaoyi will beat on that crippled whore until she kicks the bucket. It isn't a major problem, not at all." Shu Yidan's reply brought a wan smile from Feng Shiyao."Heh, everything seems so easy now. Back then, the only option before my sight was to cultivate hard, cultivate until I could reach Nascent Soul and destroy that woman myself" As if to dismiss the thought of this path of certain death she would have been forced to take, Feng Shiyao shook her head."If you want to cultivate to Nascent Soul yourself and kill her yourself, it isn't a bad idea either. You have a Dao Domain after all, and you can breakthrough easily with some pills. But don't forget, your cultivation was guided by her and she has certainly left some nasty surprises for you. For your safety and my peace of mind, I'll have to insist for you to switch your cultivation techniques." Shu Yidan's tone was earnest. "Since the Sect Master has returned, I'll see to it that you get the best techniques the Sect has, as fast as possible.""Well now, that's way too big of a favor. How can I even repay you?" The pout on Feng Shiyao's face became more enthralling."As I said, it is for my own peace of mind. Having a Dao Companion who is cultivating techniques which have been specifically taught to her by a person who intends to tear away her soul and seize her body is stressful for me too, you know?" Shu Yidan's expression was indifferent as always, but Feng Shiyao felt her heart beat faster."Thanks." Feng Shiyao couldn't speak more. But something about the way which she looked at Shu Yidan, her gaze, seemed to change.Shu Yidan was a villainous cultivator of a xianxia world, not the abusive male lead of a romance world! He hadn't even read any romance-genre novels after his dog eyes were blinded by Fifty Shades of Grey!However, he knew some information from forums! If this were a romance novel, Feng Shiyao would be the female lead who after many trials and tribulations, had finally managed to take the attention of the abusive male lead.What the hell! He wasn't abusive at all and neither was his predecessor! Five years of cultivation seclusion was a short, short time!Shu Yidan hastily said, "Yeah, but this isn't out of pure goodwill either. Having a Nascent Soul cultivator as a Dao Companion increases my influence That's the level of an Elder, you know?"Feng Shiyao nodded, but her gaze didn't waver hearing it. It even seemed to grow strongerBearing that gaze, Shu Yidan made a decision.Well, now that the female lead had been through one trial and gained the abusive male lead's attention, it was time to reaffirm that she had only gained his attention and not his heart"Speaking of other things, the Sect Master told me to take a concubine for bearing my child." On hearing Shu Yidan's statement, Feng Shiyao's smile disappeared and her expression turned indifferent."The reason why you cannot well, you don't need me to explain, do you?"
