My Master Is a Great Dragon, Clinging to Me Every Day! - Chapter 6

Fortunately, Xu Zhiyi managed to stop in time.

There was only 0.01 millimeters left before their lips touched, but… they did not.

Whew—

She rejoiced inwardly for one second.

She was a straight girl. How could she possibly have such sinful thoughts just because her master was beautiful? She would never do that.

However, before Xu Zhiyi could praise herself inwardly for being a proper gentleman, An Chengxi’s hands cupped her cheeks again.

The faint scent of wine sprayed lightly across her face.

“Yi’er, if you were always this obedient, Master would not have to worry so much.”

“Stay by Master’s side like this, all right?”

When people were drunk, they really did talk nonsense like this.

Clearly, just a second ago, she had been saying she would send Xu Zhiyi down the mountain. Now she had started asking her to stay. Xu Zhiyi found that she really could not understand her.

In the original novel, the female lead’s master was a serious figure. No, that was not quite right either. In short… she had always believed in governing through inaction.

She would only step forward to punish her disciples when they caused serious trouble. Occasionally, she could also be strict in her demands, such as… when the female lead and male lead started dating?

But that did not have much to do with Xu Zhiyi. After all, according to the current timeline, the female lead would only return to the sect in about one or two months.

At that time, she would just happen to run into Xu Zhiyi being punished.

However, thinking about it now, Xu Zhiyi should have already avoided that disaster. Any punishment involving the sect’s water dungeon was absolutely unnecessary!

“All right, all right, Master is right.”

“This disciple only listens to Master’s words.”

That was what she said, but there was really no need to use her tail to tie Xu Zhiyi to her side, right? Xu Zhiyi somehow felt as though they were playing some kind of letter game.

No, she could not keep thinking like that. That would be truly terrible.

As though it could really understand what she said, that soft, limp tail suddenly loosened from around her waist.

It fell limply beside the bedframe, its white length dragging on the floor. It actually looked rather pitiful.

Xu Zhiyi looked again at her master lying on her bed. An Chengxi’s brows were slightly furrowed, but judging from her appearance, she had clearly already fallen asleep.

Xu Zhiyi sighed. She only felt that her waist had been bound until it was sore and weak, with a faint lingering ache.

Sure enough, drunk people had no sense of restraint, did they?

Stretching out two fingers, still a little shaken, Xu Zhiyi kindly picked up Master’s tail and placed it on the bed.

She glanced at it.

Then Xu Zhiyi felt that this was somewhat inappropriate, so she opened the quilt and stuffed the tail inside. She even patted the quilt afterward.

That was more like it.

Then she stood up and looked toward the table. Today, Master must have come to inspect how much she had copied. If… she made excuses again today, she would definitely be scolded again.

But Xu Zhiyi was also unsure how fast she should be. If she was too fast, that would not quite fit the original character setting either.

And so, she found a blank blue booklet from the drawer and spread it out on the tabletop. Then she poured some water into the inkstone and picked up the ink stick on the table.

She ground the ink by hand.

Picking up several sword manuals from her room, she opened one and looked through it. The words inside were obscure and difficult to understand.

However, as she kept reading, she could barely make sense of them.

Looking at the long sword she had placed in the room, this cheat was now in her hands, but whether she could keep up would depend on her own basic ability.

How melancholy.

Still, Xu Zhiyi did not get discouraged because of this. Wasn’t it just studying? As a scholar with more than ten years of excellent study experience—

The beginning was always the hardest.

Then she would copy while practicing the moves once.

After finishing an entire set of techniques, Xu Zhiyi picked up her sword and demonstrated them once inside the room. At first, she was still clumsy and awkward, but her movements were light.

She was afraid of making too much noise and waking the sleeping master.

As time passed, Xu Zhiyi was able to complete a whole set of sword moves. Moreover, this sword came with its own imposing force. Using it felt as smooth as a fish returning to water.

She flourished the sword, watching the mist evaporate from the blade.

At least it counted as a small cheat.

Things were not too miserable after all.

…

In the haze of sleep, An Chengxi rubbed her forehead, then touched something slightly hard. Only then did she realize something was wrong.

This did not seem to be her room.

Nor was this her bed.

Supporting herself against the bedsheet with one hand, An Chengxi held her forehead and circulated the spiritual energy in her body. Only then did she conceal her form again.

It was starting again.

When dragons were growing, she would be unable to control the spiritual energy leaking from her body. Sometimes… she would even transform back into her original form.

Dragons had long lifespans. They only reached adulthood at eight hundred years old, far longer than humans.

From the time her master picked her up until now, eight hundred years had already passed.

She was still not very used to her gradually maturing body. It was becoming harder and harder to control, and there were even desires she could not clearly explain.

She had just gotten up when she saw a woman’s light, graceful figure moving before her.

However, although the form was there, there was no energy behind it.

To put it simply, it was only a flashy posture without any real damaging ability. But if this was from a beginner, it could already be considered a great success.

Panting, her chest rising and falling slightly, Xu Zhiyi wiped the sweat from the corner of her forehead. Only then did she realize that the person on the bed had already woken up.

“Master… you’re awake?”

Oh no. She had accidentally practiced too diligently.

Xu Zhiyi did not quite dare look directly into An Chengxi’s eyes, afraid that she would reveal a flaw. If she was questioned, how should she answer?

All sorts of questions surged into her mind.

“Since when were you this diligent?”

Sure enough, the deadly question she had imagined came.

And so, in a moment of inspiration, Xu Zhiyi tossed the sword aside.

“Isn’t it because… Master personally supervised this disciple? That is why this disciple became so diligent.”

Such glib words did sound like her usual style. An Chengxi looked at Xu Zhiyi for a long time before finally speaking.

“Your lower stance is unstable, and your attacks are not clean. Most importantly, your gathering of qi is inadequate.”

“Mobilize the spiritual energy in your dantian and pour it into the strength of your arms. Only then will your sword moves have force. Do not rely solely on the ferocity of the weapon.”

“Demonstrate it again for Master to see.”

Back when the sect selected newly admitted disciples, her senior brothers and sisters had all said not to take this person. She was so foolish that even the spiritual-root test could not detect anything.

But An Chengxi had never believed Xu Zhiyi was bad material.

As long as she spent time carefully carving and polishing her, Xu Zhiyi would surely become someone great in the future.

“All right…”

This time, Xu Zhiyi did not hide anything. She used all her strength, wanting to push this move to her own limit and strive for perfection.

She was only a modern person. Of course, she could not let Master see that she was no longer the former Xu Zhiyi.

After watching the entire set of sword formulas, An Chengxi frowned.

Although Xu Zhiyi had corrected all the places she had pointed out earlier, she was still lacking that certain level of mastery.

An Chengxi stood up and smoothed the wrinkles on her clothes. Still, compared to Xu Zhiyi’s previous attitude of refusing to practice swordsmanship, this was already much better.

“Practice more.”

Her evaluation consisted of only those four words.

Xu Zhiyi did not say anything. This… meant she had not been exposed yet.

It seemed the original owner really had been lazy.