My Master Is a Great Dragon, Clinging to Me Every Day! - Chapter 14

After longing for the stars and waiting for the moon,

Xu Zhiyi finally reached the day when her punishment of reflecting behind closed doors ended. Her miserable days of hiding in her room and secretly working herself to death were finally over!

While she was at it, Xu Zhiyi wrote down all the medicinal pills she was missing, planning to go to the sect’s Alchemy Hall to purchase them when she had time.

After organizing the list, Xu Zhiyi also planned to buy a few medicinal herbs and start refining pills from the lowest level.

Recently, Xu Zhiyi had also read quite a few books related to medicinal pills. Mainly because she had been so idle in her room that mushrooms were almost growing on her.

She discovered that the gap between basic medicinal herbs and finished pills was not just a little bit. The most important factor depended on the skill of the alchemist.

If an alchemist’s technique was poor, then even a thousand-year-old spiritual plant would explode the moment it entered the furnace. Neither the pill furnace nor the medicinal herbs would survive.

Moreover, the older a spiritual plant was, the denser its spiritual energy became, and the harder it was to refine. Some thousand-year spiritual plants could even develop their own consciousness.

For example, a ginseng doll would probably not be far from transforming into human form.

She stuffed all these things into her storage ring.

Then, full of excitement, Xu Zhiyi opened the door, intending to welcome the fresh air. However, the instant the door opened,

Xu Zhiyi felt as if she had bumped into something hard, yet somewhat soft. When she opened her eyes and looked—

Oh no! Something was very wrong!

“Master… why are you outside?”

That collision made Xu Zhiyi’s heart tremble with fear. If Master had not been a dragon, she probably would have already gotten a nosebleed, with blood flowing nonstop.

An Chengxi rubbed her forehead and inhaled sharply. Of all places to bump into, Xu Zhiyi had bumped into her dragon horn. That spot was currently growing a horn, so it was extremely painful.

If Xu Zhiyi had used just a little more force, An Chengxi would probably have revealed her true form on the spot.

Enduring the pain,

she straightened her robes, lifted her eyes, and looked at Xu Zhiyi. She still had a stern expression, with no extra change on her face.

“Today is the day your confinement is lifted.”

“Master came here especially to remind you…”

Actually, it had been some days since she last saw Xu Zhiyi. She kept telling herself not to summon Xu Zhiyi unless there was a reason, and to let her properly reflect for a few days.

So she had stood outside Xu Zhiyi’s door for a while. She had just raised her finger to knock on the vermilion wooden door when the door was pushed open from the inside.

…

Xu Zhiyi obediently listened to Master finish speaking.

Right now, she did not want any accidents to happen. If Master waved her hand and extended her days of reflection indefinitely,

then her life would truly be plunged into darkness.

“Master came to tell you one thing. In the next few days, the sect will hold a comprehensive aptitude assessment for disciples.”

“Yi’er, your junior sister has been exhausted from traveling. This time, you will go in her place.”

…!?

Wasn’t this stealing the protagonist’s halo? Xu Zhiyi remembered that in the novel, it had always been the female lead who passed through every trial, defeated every opponent, and finally took first place, becoming peerless alongside the male lead.

Unexpectedly… Master would actually assign such a wonderful opportunity to her this time.

A fresh breeze blew beneath the eaves. The emerald-green pines planted in the courtyard were lush and full of life, their leaves rippling like green waves and swaying gracefully.

Seeing Xu Zhiyi standing frozen in place, An Chengxi sighed.

She knew that the rumors in the sect had placed too much pressure on Yi’er, causing her to have no close friends within the sect.

Even with her own junior sister, Fengyue, the two would quarrel every few days. They had smashed plates, bowls, tables, chairs, benches, brushes, ink, inkstones—

they had almost demolished the entire place.

“If you do not want to go…”

Wait, who said she did not want to go?

For such a huge opportunity falling from the sky, it would be a waste not to go.

“No, Master, this disciple is willing to go!”

Her attitude sincere, Xu Zhiyi grabbed the sleeve of An Chengxi’s azure-blue elder robe. The robe was embroidered with the patterns of the Yunling Sword Sect, with long tassels on both sides, the blue faintly threaded with gold.

It looked especially noble and imposing.

An Chengxi’s palm was held. For a moment, Xu Zhiyi forgot the propriety between master and disciple. She stood on tiptoe, her body leaning slightly forward, almost touching An Chengxi’s nose.

Fortunately, she only curled her lips into a smile. Her lashes curved as she smiled at An Chengxi.

“Since that is the case…”

Xu Zhiyi, who had originally wanted to thank Master, forcibly held back her smile. Her expression changed on the spot like a Sichuan opera face-change, her facial control worthy of a top acting student.

No, she had been too pleased with herself. Her fox tail was practically sticking up. She had to remember the character image from the original novel. This was what it meant to survive!

“Master need not say more. These things were originally what this disciple deserved. I imagine… Junior Sister must also be exhausted from traveling overnight. As her senior sister, I naturally pity her greatly.”

“Now that such a mentally exhausting task has fallen before us, even if this disciple must die ten thousand deaths, she will not refuse.”

Of course, there was no such thing as dying ten thousand deaths.

Xu Zhiyi brewed an entire pot of rich green tea. Even she could smell the overflowing tea fragrance, let alone others.

“Yi’er is thoughtful indeed. Since you speak so beautifully, Master has high hopes for you.”

Oh no. It seemed she had ridden the tiger and now could not get off.

Seeing that she did not speak for a long time,

“What is it? Do you have no confidence in yourself?”

“Then in that case, Master will go find…”

An Chengxi lightly brushed her sleeve. Between her clear, moonlit brows was a faint hint of teasing. A plain peachwood hairpin was inserted into her silver crown, and auspicious clouds were engraved across the crown.

“Of course I do, Master.”

Xu Zhiyi hurriedly grabbed Master’s azure-blue sleeve and could only pat her chest in guarantee.

…

Standing on the sword blade again, Xu Zhiyi pressed two fingers together. Compared to her first time flying on a sword, she was already much more familiar with it.

Feeling the wind whistling past her ears and looking at the sect beneath her feet, she thought it truly was—

In the heavens stands the White Jade Capital, with twelve towers and five cities.
An immortal strokes my head, and I bind my hair to receive eternal life.

This was Xu Zhiyi’s first time arriving at the sect’s main hall since transmigrating into the book. Vermilion lacquered wood, cyan glazed tiles, and the sect’s banners snapped loudly in the wind.

“Yo, isn’t that trash?”

“We haven’t settled the matter of you playing us last time. So, your punishment of facing the wall is finally over?”

Two men with their hair tied up stood there, holding their swords in their arms and raising their heads to look at the flying sword slowly descending from the sky. Their words carried obvious mockery.

Who in the sect did not know?

Within their Yunling Sword Sect, Lord Hanshan’s eldest disciple had the worst aptitude.

Because of that, whenever Xu Zhiyi left Shuanghan Peak, the voices criticizing her behind her back never stopped for even a moment.

“Wait, Senior Brother Xu. After this woman comes down later, let’s teach her a lesson and let her know that we brothers are not so easy to fool.”

If Xu Zhiyi had not urgently informed everyone that day that there was an important matter to announce, most of the disciples would not have rushed to the great hall just to witness the drama of master and disciple turning against each other.

Who would bother with Xu Zhiyi, the sect’s number one useless waste?

Just looking at her a few more times felt unlucky.