My Master Is a Great Dragon, Clinging to Me Every Day! - Chapter 4

The next day.

An Chengxi rested her head against her hand, her fingers pressed to her temple, as she looked over Shuanghan Peak’s daily expenses. Her brush was full of ink as she outlined several lines of writing on the yellowed paper.

“Does she know she was wrong?”

A nominal disciple standing in the hall stepped forward, lowering her head and not daring to look directly at Lord Hanshan, who sat in the center of the hall.

“Senior Sister said she knows she was wrong.”

No matter how she answered, it felt like a dead end, so she could only pick something pleasant to say. Thankfully, Lord Hanshan had always had a fairly good temper.

Even when she was angry, she would not punish insignificant nominal disciples like them.

“Then has she copied the books she was supposed to copy?”

The hand An Chengxi held the brush with paused. She could already guess the answer. Zhiyi had always been the kind of person who pushed things off and made excuses. Even when taught spells and sword formulas, she would fish for two days and dry the nets for three.

She had only entered An Chengxi’s sect rather early.

An Chengxi had once considered sending her elsewhere. Although her senior brothers and sisters had agreed on the surface, they always had all kinds of excuses. Either the timing was not good, or that day was inauspicious.

And so the matter had been delayed until now.

In her heart, she also understood that her senior brothers and sisters disliked Zhiyi’s foolish aptitude. They were afraid she would suffer if she went to someone else. In the end, An Chengxi still could not harden her heart.

“This… this… this disciple does not know.”

“That is Senior Sister’s private matter.”

The disciple spoke hesitantly, clearly hiding something.

An Chengxi could only raise her hand and set the brush aside. She stood up and walked over to the disciple.

“Forget it. You have worked hard today. Go rest first.”

“I will personally go see how well she has been facing the wall and reflecting on her mistakes.”

…

Xu Zhiyi had just woken up from sleep and could only sigh. Ancient quilts really were comfortable. This cool, smooth silk—

It was countless times better than the cheap black-hearted cotton quilt she used to cover herself with.

However, the most urgent thing right now was to clear herself of suspicion from that day. Otherwise, she would really be in for it.

The moment she thought of the sect’s water dungeon described in the original novel, Xu Zhiyi shook her head again and again. Absolutely not. Hard pass.

She rubbed the corners of her sleepy eyes.

Xu Zhiyi had just gotten out of bed when she heard footsteps in the hall. Someone arrived in front of her bedroom door.

Then came a knock.

“Yi’er, are you awake?”

It was her master’s voice. Xu Zhiyi would definitely not mistake that. She immediately climbed out of bed to open the door.

Halfway there, she realized the soles of her feet felt cold. It turned out that in her hurry, she had forgotten to put on her shoes.

“I’m coming right now! Master… please wait a moment!”

She pushed open the bedroom door.

In her rush, Xu Zhiyi crashed straight into An Chengxi’s arms. A faint orchid fragrance drifted over, sweeping into her nose.

So… so fragrant.

It almost made it hard to breathe.

Her body swayed, and An Chengxi quickly supported her. Their bodies pressed together, and Xu Zhiyi’s face flushed red.

Just now, she seemed to have touched something she should not have touched!

“S-Sorry, I didn’t mean to… Mas… Master!”

Xu Zhiyi was so anxious that she started stuttering.

“It is fine. Master does not blame you.”

“Have you finished copying the sword formulas and writing the letter of repentance I punished you with?”

Her gaze swept toward the table. The window was slightly closed, and the morning sunlight spilled inside.

The desk was completely empty.

There was nothing there, only a few lonely brushes hanging nearby, swaying in the breeze from outside the window.

“N-Not yet. Master, could you give this disciple a few more days? This disciple promises to hand it in tomorrow… tomorrow night!”

Oh no. Last night, she had fallen asleep the moment her head hit the pillow and had almost forgotten about this entirely. Xu Zhiyi frantically tried to make up for it.

She was not afraid of copying books.

Back when she was in school, she had copied plenty of things. She could be said to have mountains of experience. But… brush calligraphy was probably much harder to write.

“It seems you truly do not take your master’s words seriously?”

An Chengxi stretched out a finger and pressed it against Xu Zhiyi’s shoulder. Her fingertip touched the thin gauze sleeping robe on Xu Zhiyi’s shoulder.

“Although you and I are master and disciple, there is no need for us to be this intimate.”

Her words carried a slight sternness.

Xu Zhiyi had just been about to continue pestering her softly, but then she thought again. Although the original novel had only mentioned this background supporting character of hers a few times through other people’s mouths, she was clearly the vicious female supporting character type.

And so—

After painful reflection, Xu Zhiyi felt that if she continued being this polite, her master would definitely see through her identity.

When the time came, if Master decided that she was a thief who had seized her disciple’s body and cut her down with one sword, that would truly not be worth it.

“Why are you spacing out again? These past few days, you keep losing focus. Is it because of what happened that day? Are you still frightened?”

Seeing Xu Zhiyi standing there, lost in thought, An Chengxi clasped her hands behind her back and walked to the table, then sat down.

She reached out and picked up the upside-down teacup on the table. This was something she had given Xu Zhiyi for her birthday.

She had not expected this child to have kept it so well.

A trace of warmth could not help flowing through her heart again.

Had she been too harsh on her these past few days?

Perhaps Zhiyi had only been frightened that day when she suddenly revealed her true form.

But what made An Chengxi somewhat angry was that she was not some white snake at all.

…Forget it. In the past, Master had also called her that.

She picked up the teapot and poured herself a cup of tea.

After walking over earlier, she now felt a little thirsty. An Chengxi did not think too much and directly drank it down in one gulp. But immediately afterward, she sensed that something was wrong.

This was clearly not the taste of tea.

It was more like the taste of wine.

“Master, what’s wrong?”

Xu Zhiyi also noticed that something was off. She sniffed and caught the faint scent of wine in the air.

Didn’t people say that ancient wine had low alcohol content?

No, wait. She could not use common sense to think about this. This was not ancient times. This was a cultivation world.

“Why is there… wine in here?”

And it was Qiongxian Jade Brew at that.

Qiongxian Jade Brew smelled only faintly of alcohol. If one did not pay close attention, it was impossible to notice. When drunk, it only had a light qionghua-flower flavor.

Moreover, a single pot contained spiritual power equal to ten years of cultivation. It was extremely expensive and had been sold out all year round at Wanbao Pavilion.

An Chengxi had a poor tolerance for alcohol. In the past, when she drank one pot with her senior brothers and sisters at a banquet, she had become thoroughly drunk, swaying as if floating.

Where had Xu Zhiyi gotten this pot of wine?

Could she have bought it with her own allowance?

Supporting her forehead with her hand, An Chengxi tried to recover her reason, but even when she looked at her disciple, her figure seemed to blur and double.

Heavens knew, Xu Zhiyi really had no idea there was wine inside. Last night, she had fallen asleep right away and had not even drunk the tea on the table.

Who knew there was wine in here!

The original owner really got her into deep trouble.

So she hurried over and snatched the wine cup from her master’s hand. Xu Zhiyi nervously swallowed, looking at her master’s flushed cheeks.

…Honestly, the original owner’s master really was beautiful.

So beautiful she did not seem like someone from the real world.

Xu Zhiyi, what on earth are you thinking?!

She shook her head, throwing all the messy thoughts out of her mind. Xu Zhiyi raised her hand and gave a light cough.

“Master, are you… all right?”