My Master Is a Great Dragon, Clinging to Me Every Day! - Chapter 24

After saying that, An Chengxi produced a white silk ribbon in her hand and carefully wrapped it around Xu Zhiyi’s wound.

Xu Zhiyi did not dare move at all.

She let Master hold her hand. After the medicinal powder was sprinkled on, sure enough, the burning sensation in the wound lessened a great deal.

The wound also gradually stopped hurting.

“Thank you, Master.”

“This disciple… this disciple feels much better now.”

Looking into those eyes, which seemed to contain a layer of mist, Xu Zhiyi felt they were extremely gentle.

She felt somewhat embarrassed and wanted to pull her hand back, but Master held onto it. Those fingers had clearly been a little cold before, but now they seemed to have warmed up.

“Master, can you let go of this disciple now?”

Xu Zhiyi awkwardly wanted to avert her gaze, but facing Master, she did not dare to. So she looked especially uncomfortable, her feet shifting hesitantly.

“Of course.”

“You performed very well today. What reward do you want?”

Why did it seem like, in Xu Zhiyi’s eyes, An Chengxi was some man-eating demon? An Chengxi felt a little helpless. She leaned forward slightly, and the distance between the two of them grew smaller and smaller.

She placed Xu Zhiyi’s hand back down and loosened her fingertips. That cool sensation immediately vanished from Xu Zhiyi’s palm.

Why did Xu Zhiyi feel as if she had not had enough of it?

“Spacing out again?”

“If you want something, just tell Master directly.”

“As long as it is something Yi’er likes, Master will think of a way.”

An Chengxi leaned closer. In front of most disciples of the Yunling Sword Sect, her image was that of the unsmiling, solemn Lord Hanshan.

She truly lived up to the word “cold” in the name Hanshan.

But why was she always so teasing in front of Xu Zhiyi?

“I don’t want anything… Winning honor for Master is something this disciple ought to do.”

“It is also something this disciple did for herself.”

Xu Zhiyi wished she could immediately find a hole and bury herself in it.

Refusing Master’s gift like this should not count as breaking character, right?

She found an excuse for her embarrassment.

An Chengxi saw through her worries at a glance. Perhaps Yi’er simply did not want the gifts she gave her.

“Very well. Since you do not want anything, Master will not force you.”

“When Yi’er finds something she likes later, you may tell Master then.”

She seemed to have long grown used to Xu Zhiyi refusing her. An Chengxi did not get angry. She only looked at the green leaves outside the corridor.

She should have grown used to this long ago, shouldn’t she?

“Master, this disciple did not win because she wanted to ask for a gift. This disciple only wanted… those people to stop calling me a waste.”

Xu Zhiyi could not suppress what was in her heart and still added a few more words. Forget it… if her character collapsed, then it collapsed. She truly could not bear to see such a good master look disappointed and lonely.

“Yi’er, are you worried Master will be sad?”

Her brows and eyes remained gentle.

An Chengxi turned her head and continued looking at Xu Zhiyi’s face. There was a hint of a young girl’s shyness there.

Xu Zhiyi shook her head, then after a moment, nodded again.

If it were an ordinary person, they really would not be able to tell what this girl Xu Zhiyi was thinking. But An Chengxi felt that her guess was correct.

“All right. Return to Shuanghan Peak first.”

A flash of white mist passed by, and a silver-white sword appeared before Xu Zhiyi’s eyes.

“Master… the arena matches haven’t ended yet…!”

She was once again pulled onto the sword by Master. Xu Zhiyi nearly lost her balance and had not even finished speaking.

Weren’t there still matches left to watch? She had won this round and did not need to fight again, but there was no rule saying elders could leave halfway through!

Master supported her waist, slender fingers resting against her slim waist and holding her firmly.

“I will fly slower.”

Then she quickly let go again.

Knowing Xu Zhiyi was afraid, An Chengxi pressed two fingers together and slowed the speed. A fresh breeze brushed past their robes.

She was, by nature, a dragon who soared between heaven and earth. She had never felt that flying was difficult.

But to Xu Zhiyi, this was something she had almost never tried before. Although she had already floated in the sky several times, adapting to it would still require quite some time.

The speed truly was not very fast, but Xu Zhiyi was still nervous. Without realizing it, she began picking at Master’s belt with her fingers, feeling the fabric rub against them.

Clearly, just now on the stage, she had looked like a fierce and mighty tiger. How had she now turned into a cat again?

“Actually, Yi’er performed very well today. You do not need to put too much pressure on yourself. Ji Ming is Senior Brother Chiyan’s second disciple, and he personally taught him step by step.”

“Since you were able to beat him, I imagine Senior Brother Chiyan’s expression tomorrow will be quite interesting.”

When An Chengxi said this, she was only teasing her.

“Master, why… would you say that?”

Could it be that Elder Chiyan was terrifying?! Was he very vengeful?!

He could not possibly be that petty, right? She had only beaten his second disciple.

An Chengxi continued teasing her.

“I suppose he will certainly come bother me tomorrow morning and ask whether I fed Yi’er some kind of medicine.”

“But if Yi’er meets Senior Brother Chiyan, do not be frightened by his aura. He is merely bluffing. His temper flares three feet high like fire.”

“If you are truly frightened, then call Master.”

“Master will definitely hurry over to save you.”

In the past, she would not have spoken this much. But An Chengxi wanted Xu Zhiyi to no longer be so guarded around her.

Before, she had also asked herself honestly:

Had saving Xu Zhiyi, who was then a mortal, and bringing her back to the mountain been a wrong decision?

Perhaps Xu Zhiyi should never have had her seven emotions and six desires severed. Perhaps she should have remained in the mortal world, marrying and living a human life.

An Chengxi had never regretted saving her life, nor had she regretted accepting her as a disciple. She only worried that she had deprived Xu Zhiyi of the right to choose.

She had originally been a quiet child. If she had made a decision against her own will because of An Chengxi, then perhaps she had been destined not to suit the Yunling Sword Sect.

If Xu Zhiyi were allowed to choose again, perhaps she would not choose An Chengxi as her master.

Really?

Master, if you say things like that, I might really take them seriously.

If Elder Chiyan holds a grudge and chases me down to avenge his disciple, Master, you must keep your word!

A fierce battle between heaven and man had already begun in Xu Zhiyi’s heart. In truth, what Master said just now was not unreasonable. In the original novel, Lord Chiyan had an extremely explosive temper and had caused He Fengyue quite a bit of trouble.

Could it be that because Xu Zhiyi had taken the female lead’s place in this arena match, that bizarre plotline of being hated by someone had transferred onto her?!

Just as she thought of this, Master’s flying sword stopped. Xu Zhiyi, who had once again been distracted and was worrying whether Elder Chiyan was following behind her, staggered several steps when she got down.

That was right. Making a fool of oneself was exactly like this.

Once there was a first time, there would be a second.

Making a spectacle of oneself was not something reserved for foreigners.