Chapter 11 : Chapter 11
Chapter 11: Borrowing the Tiger’s Power
Ye Liuyun let out another sigh.
“Alright, alright. I was wrong before. I should not have been so arbitrary. By the way, Aoxue, now that you are a direct disciple, my safety will depend on you from now on.” Ye Liuyun suddenly hugged Lin Aoxue’s legs and spoke with great seriousness.
Lin Aoxue was startled by Ye Liuyun’s sudden action.
“Hey! What are you doing? Get up! Have some dignity, will you?” Lin Aoxue said while rolling her eyes and struggling.
She understood Ye Liuyun’s personality very well. When Ye Liuyun started acting shamelessly, she was absolutely first-rate at it.
“Hehe! Alright, alright. I was just teasing you. Come on, let us go out for a walk. You just joined Yunxia Sect as well, so you probably have not looked around much either,” Ye Liuyun said with a grin as she stood up.
“That was exactly what I was thinking. By the way, my master said that you actually have cultivation at the Spirit Stream Realm. What is going on with that? You have been hiding things from me,” Lin Aoxue said.
She had not come here merely to see Ye Liuyun.
She had come to demand an explanation.
“Ah? Well… about that… you are one to talk. You were cultivating long ago too. Why did you not tell me?” Ye Liuyun immediately turned the accusation back on her.
Lin Aoxue, who had been speaking confidently, suddenly fell silent.
After all, she had also failed to tell Ye Liuyun immediately that Yun Yun had taught her cultivation techniques and accepted her as a disciple.
Both of them had kept secrets from each other.
“Well… fine. I was wrong too. Mainly because I promised her that I would not talk about it casually. If you promise someone something, you cannot break your word. Right?” Lin Aoxue admitted.
“Hmph. Then you should understand me as well. I also have secrets. I promised someone that I would not casually reveal her identity to others. But I can tell you one thing—I started cultivating when I was five years old,” Ye Liuyun said honestly.
When Lin Aoxue heard this, she immediately became unhappy.
“What? When you were five? That is several years earlier than me! Oh, I understand now. That was the year when you suddenly became obsessed with alchemy. Could it be that the mysterious person who accepted you as a disciple was an alchemist?”
“Now that you mention it, I have to question that senior. How exactly did she teach her disciple? She allowed her disciple to recklessly refine pills and even turn herself into a woman,” Lin Aoxue said angrily.
In her opinion, if that accident had never happened, she and Ye Liuyun would already be husband and wife by now.
At this moment, Lin Qingyou, who was hidden inside the ancient storage ring on Ye Liuyun’s finger, looked extremely aggrieved.
“That cannot be blamed on me! It was your little husband who was messing around on her own. What does that have to do with me? Besides, she never even accepted me as her master,” Lin Qingyou’s voice echoed in Ye Liuyun’s mind.
Hearing this, Ye Liuyun was secretly delighted.
She particularly enjoyed seeing Lin Qingyou suffer like this.
“Ahem… I will pass on your complaints word for word if I ever meet her again,” Ye Liuyun said solemnly.
“Hmph! That is exactly what you should do. By the way, is your master a man or a woman? If it is a man, then he must be an old fossil. If it is a woman, then she must be an old hag. This is really infuriating,” Lin Aoxue grumbled angrily.
Indeed, from Lin Aoxue’s perspective, the matter was certainly worthy of such complaints.
However, at that moment, Lin Qingyou finally lost her patience.
The phrase “old hag” was even more damaging than Ye Liuyun’s usual “old demoness.”
Suddenly, the ancient ring on Ye Liuyun’s finger emitted a streak of green light.
The light whipped through the air like a lash and struck Lin Aoxue’s shapely backside from another angle.
“Ow! Who hit me?”
Lin Aoxue felt a sharp strike on her rear and immediately jumped up while clutching it.
She quickly turned around to look behind her.
But there was no one there.
When Ye Liuyun saw Lin Aoxue react so dramatically, she immediately glanced at the ring on her finger.
She knew Lin Qingyou must have exploded in anger.
“Kid, you had better make your little wife shut her mouth. Otherwise, the consequences will be yours to bear,” Lin Qingyou warned angrily.
Ye Liuyun quickly tried to smooth things over.
“Hey, Aoxue, what is wrong with you? Are you having some kind of seizure?” Ye Liuyun said while pretending to be confused.
“No! Someone really hit my butt! It feels like it was struck by a whip. If you do not believe me, take a look. See if there is a whip mark,” Lin Aoxue said as she turned around and lifted her hips slightly so Ye Liuyun could check.
Ye Liuyun immediately rolled her eyes.
Then she raised her hand and gave Lin Aoxue’s rear a firm slap.
SLAP.
“Ow! You jerk! Why did you hit me too? Was it you messing with me earlier?” Lin Aoxue jumped up again while clutching her rear.
“Who hit you? Are there ghosts here? You must have imagined it,” Ye Liuyun said with her arms crossed.
Lin Aoxue froze for a moment.
She carefully reached back to touch the spot again.
It seemed that the burning sensation had already disappeared. Earlier it had felt extremely painful.
That was because Lin Qingyou had used a soul whip formed from spiritual power.
It struck Lin Aoxue’s soul directly, causing pain for only a moment without leaving any physical mark.
“See? You do not feel anything now, right? Come on, let us go outside and take a look around,” Ye Liuyun said quickly.
She did not want to continue that topic.
If Lin Qingyou became angry again, who knew what she might do next?
Over the years, Ye Liuyun had been disciplined by Lin Qingyou many times.
However, Lin Qingyou also could not do much to her.
No matter how much Ye Liuyun insulted her, Lin Qingyou could hardly kill her.
Over time, she had gradually become immune to Ye Liuyun calling her an “old demoness.”
“I am not joking! Someone really hit me earlier,” Lin Aoxue insisted as Ye Liuyun pushed her out of the cave residence.
“Alright, alright. I believe you. Let us just assume there really was a ghost. Stop worrying about it,” Ye Liuyun said with a grin.
Lin Aoxue had no choice.
Since she could not figure out what had happened, she could only assume it had been her imagination.
As soon as the two of them stepped out of the cave residence, Ye Liuyun immediately felt numerous gazes fall upon her.
Her eyes shifted slightly.
“In my current state, I am perfectly suited to act like a naive and innocent girl. I should let them think that is exactly what I am like. Yes… that is the plan,” Ye Liuyun chuckled inwardly.
After muttering to herself, she suddenly looked toward the disciples who had been staring at her.
“Ahem! Hey, what are you all looking at? Stop staring at me with those strange expressions. Do you see this person here? She is a direct disciple personally accepted by the Sect Master—Lin Aoxue. She is my younger sister. You had better treat me politely,” Ye Liuyun said proudly while introducing Lin Aoxue to the disciples staring at her.
The moment Ye Liuyun said this, everyone present revealed shocked expressions.
“Greetings, Senior Sister Direct Disciple.”
The male disciples immediately withdrew their gazes and bowed respectfully toward Lin Aoxue.
Lin Aoxue felt somewhat uncomfortable receiving such formal greetings and glared at Ye Liuyun.
“Junior brothers and sisters, there is no need to be so polite. In the future, when my elder sister interacts with you, I hope everyone will show her some tolerance,” Lin Aoxue said quickly.
“Hahaha, of course, of course! If anyone dares to disrespect your elder sister in the future, they will be making an enemy of all of us,” some clever male disciples replied with flattering smiles.
Lin Aoxue nodded.
Then she grabbed Ye Liuyun and quickly left the area.
On the surface, Ye Liuyun looked extremely pleased.
With Lin Aoxue’s status backing her up, those strange gazes would likely become much fewer.
As for the other disciples, none of them truly took Ye Liuyun’s words seriously.
After all, Ye Liuyun’s appearance was extremely deceptive.
The impression she gave people was that of someone completely harmless and innocent.