After Transmigrating Into a Pirated Novel to Teach Them a Lesson - Chapter 16

But even after coaxing her for quite a while, Liu Changning still showed no intention of sleeping. She called, “Master.”

Fu Chenxue said good-temperedly, “What is it?”

Liu Changning held her hand. “I can’t sleep. Master, will you stay with me?”

“Your master still has to send Immortal Master Ye back later. Be good and hurry to sleep.”

Liu Changning could only turn over gloomily. “Then Master can go. I’ll sleep right away.”

Fu Chenxue did not notice Liu Changning’s little thoughts and stood up. “Mm. Rest soon.”

After saying this, Fu Chenxue pushed open the door and left. She quickly walked back to the main hall, thinking that Ye Luofeng was probably still lying on the table.

Sure enough, the moment she entered, she saw Ye Luofeng holding a wine cup in one hand and a wine jug in the other—already dead drunk.

Fu Chenxue: “…”

She resigned herself to walking over and supporting Ye Luofeng. “Stop drinking. I’ll send you back to sleep.”

Ye Luofeng looked up at Fu Chenxue and rubbed her brow. “Chenxue…”

Fu Chenxue led her out of the room. “You drank so much. It would be strange if your head didn’t hurt tomorrow morning.”

Ye Luofeng was slightly taller than her and was currently stumbling forward, mumbling words that made no sense. “There are some things I really wanted to explain clearly to you. I went to the Yubing Sect several times to find you, but you weren’t there. Sigh…”

Fu Chenxue was completely confused and could only say, “Whatever you want to say, you can say it now.”

When Ye Luofeng heard this, she sobered up by more than half. She silently glanced at Fu Chenxue, then awkwardly looked up at the sky. Fu Chenxue had no choice but to look up at the sky with her.

The night wind blew, making the peach blossoms rustle. After a while, Ye Luofeng finally spoke.

“What happened three years ago in Kongling Valley was my fault. I accidentally ate Muxiang Powder, and I even bullied you… I always wanted to explain this matter clearly to you, but at that time, the Muxiang Powder left me in a terrible state. I truly had no energy to care about anything else, so I left you behind and returned to the medicine temple to cultivate again…”

Fu Chenxue: “???”

What? Bullied?

What new melodramatic plotline was this?!

Fu Chenxue was shocked. At the same time, she asked an incredibly stupid question. “Wait, this bullying you mentioned… what does it mean?”

Ye Luofeng looked somewhat uncomfortable. “Chenxue, stop pretending about that part of the past. I genuinely want to explain things clearly to you. I cultivate the Unfeeling Dao. If you are with me, do you know what will happen in the future?”

Fu Chenxue: “…”

Ye Luofeng said, “To break through to the Soul Transformation stage through the Unfeeling Dao, one must personally kill one’s Dao companion to prove the firmness of one’s Dao heart. I am unwilling to do such a thing, so I do not want to fall in love.”

Fu Chenxue hurriedly drew a clear line between them. “No, if you want to cultivate the Unfeeling Dao, then cultivate it. I don’t care.”

Ye Luofeng looked deeply at her. “Even if I kill you, you don’t care?”

Fu Chenxue’s face darkened. She only wanted to shake Ye Luofeng by the shoulders and shout, wake up! Why would I care about something that has nothing to do with me?!

“In any case, I came to find you because I wanted to clear this matter up.” Ye Luofeng continued, “From now on, we will still be friends. I will not overstep the line at all.”

That was exactly what Fu Chenxue wished for. “Good.”

But what exactly did Ye Luofeng mean by bullying? Fu Chenxue felt she had to understand this clearly, so she asked again, “By the way, that bullying you mentioned just now… what exactly happened?”

Ye Luofeng thought she was still trying to gloss over it and said with some difficulty, “Back then, while chasing a demon beast, I mistakenly entered Kongling Valley and accidentally fell under the effects of Muxiang Powder. I lost consciousness. You happened to live there, and when you saw that the injured person was me, you saved me and even helped me detoxify…”

“When I woke up that day, I saw you sitting by the bedside, and your clothes were disheveled. I…”

!!!

Fu Chenxue’s scalp tingled when she heard this.

Disheveled clothes? Muxiang Powder? Damn it… the name Muxiang Powder sounded strange. Could it be some kind of aphrodisiac? Had the original owner and Ye Luofeng really done something?

But then she thought again. That was not right. Ye Luofeng cultivated the Unfeeling Dao. If she had really done that with the original owner, her Dao heart would have been destroyed long ago. How could she still get along with her so amicably?

The two were probably only tangled up verbally. As for the so-called disheveled clothing, it was most likely a trick the original owner used to make Ye Luofeng stay.

Fu Chenxue breathed a sigh of relief. Although this plotline was very devilish, fortunately, nothing had happened. She answered vaguely, “What happened in Kongling Valley was only a small favor. You don’t need to keep it in your heart.”

Ye Luofeng said sincerely, “But on the day I woke up, you cried and made a fuss, saying you wanted to be with me. You even said you became a medical cultivator because of me, and that in this life, it had to be me… As long as I showed the slightest hesitation, you threatened to die and refused to let me leave…”

“I truly didn’t know how to handle it, so I pressed your acupoints and returned to the medicine temple.”

“…” Fu Chenxue was nearly struck dead by this piece of the past.

Had the original owner read too many melodramatic storybooks? For heaven’s sake, could people stop repaying life-saving grace with marriage already?!

She understood now. It was the original owner’s strange, stubborn entanglement that made Ye Luofeng feel like she had bullied her, which was why Ye Luofeng chose to leave. As a result, the original owner became heartbroken. When she returned to the Yubing Sect, she happened to arrive in time for the disciple-recruitment ceremony and met Liu Changning…

The storyline had connected.

Fu Chenxue was deeply embarrassed and was just thinking about how to explain when a familiar voice suddenly came from behind her.

“Master?”

Fu Chenxue broke out in a cold sweat and turned her head to see Liu Changning standing behind her.

When had Liu Changning come over? How had she not noticed?

She walked over. “Changning, why did you come out?”

Liu Changning had already become very familiar with the path today. Because Fu Chenxue had been gone for too long, she had wanted to come out and find her. Who knew she would hear Master and Ye Luofeng chatting here?

She could not see, and she walked slowly. Even with her excellent hearing, she had only faintly heard a few words about Kongling Valley and the Unfeeling Dao.

Fu Chenxue rubbed her cold hands. “Didn’t I tell you to wait for your master in the room?”

Liu Changning said warmly, “Because Master was gone for too long, and Immortal Master Ye was drunk. I was worried something might happen.”

When she said the words “Immortal Master Ye,” Liu Changning deliberately emphasized them.

Seeing that their conversation had been interrupted, Ye Luofeng could not say anything more. She could only say in a low voice, “Chenxue, I’m going back. About Kongling Valley… I hope you can forgive me.”

Fu Chenxue: “…”

Stop bringing it up, stop bringing it up. Wouldn’t it be better if everyone just forgot about it?

Unexpectedly, Liu Changning happened to hear those words. She asked curiously, “Master, what kind of place is Kongling Valley?”

Ye Luofeng turned and left. Fu Chenxue explained awkwardly, “Kongling Valley is your master’s old residence. I lived there for a while in the past…”

Liu Changning seemed to want to ask clearly. “Did Immortal Master Ye also live there?”

“No… It was just that Immortal Master Ye happened to pass by, and your master took care of her for a few days.” Fu Chenxue supported Liu Changning and changed the subject. “You walked such a long way. Are you tired?”

Seeing that Fu Chenxue cared about her, Liu Changning originally wanted to say she was not tired. But when she thought of how Master had taken so long to come back because she had been helping the drunk Ye Luofeng return to her room and had even chatted with her for so long, she felt unhappy. So she simply pursed her thin lips.

“I’m very tired. My legs are numb from walking.”

Fu Chenxue felt very distressed and went around to stand in front of her. “Then Master will carry you.”