The Cub I Raised Turned Out to Be a Reborn Boss (GL) - Chapter 12

Song Xi silently took a step back and, for the first time, directly refused Jiang Yixue.

“No.”

Jiang Yixue frowned and asked, “Why?”

“I think I can learn it slowly.” Song Xi casually found an excuse. “I can learn by myself. I don’t need Senior Sister to teach me.”

In truth, Song Xi simply did not want to have close physical contact with Jiang Yixue.

Jiang Yixue was such a hypocritical person. After being loosely held by Jiang Yixue just now, Song Xi already felt as if she were unclean.

Jiang Yixue’s expression suddenly turned cold.

“Song Xi, if you don’t practice this sword technique properly today, don’t even think about seeing Li Wan again.”

Although Song Xi was soft and adorable, and Jiang Yixue’s heart softened easily toward such a Song Xi, she would absolutely not be careless when it came to educating a child.

Song Xi possessed a divine bloodline. Regardless of whether she became involved with the four male leads or not, she would definitely become the center of a chaotic storm that involved the whole world. Song Xi had to have the ability to protect herself so she would not end up passive and helpless.

Song Xi did not speak. She lowered her head slightly, her dense lashes pressing down and hiding the darkness in her eyes. The corner of her mouth held an almost imperceptible cold smile.

A threat?

Jiang Yixue was threatening her with Li Wan.

Li Wan had previously been sent to the medicine hall on Wanxue Peak. The medicine hall was a forbidden area, and without permission, Song Xi could not enter without authorization. Because of that, she had never known Li Wan’s condition.

Song Xi was now absolutely certain that there was indeed something wrong with this sword technique. Otherwise, why would Jiang Yixue repeatedly use both coercion and persuasion?

But Jiang Yixue really had grabbed her weak spot.

Li Wan…

She was like a scar carved into Song Xi’s heart.

Li Wan had lost her mother when she was young. Her father found her a stepmother, but her stepmother treated her very badly.

In order to get money for the younger brother at home to attend school, her stepmother actually sold her directly to a brothel.

Li Wan was unwilling to accept that fate, so she secretly ran away halfway there and survived by begging along the road.

In the end, by coincidence, she encountered Yuqing Sect recruiting disciples. And she actually had a little bit of talent for cultivation, so she came to Yuqing Sect.

In Song Xi’s previous life, Li Wan’s cultivation had been crippled by Yan Zi and Yan Ming on the martial stage, and she was expelled from Yuqing Sect.

She had nowhere to go. Even Yuqing Sect, her final place of shelter, had abandoned her.

By the time Song Xi had the ability to go look for her, Li Wan was already a corpse lying in the street. This became a hurdle Song Xi could never overcome in her heart.

No matter what, since she had been reborn, aside from definitely killing Shendaozi, Song Xi had one other wish—that Li Wan could live a safe and peaceful life.

Jiang Yixue using Li Wan as a threat thoroughly stirred the killing intent in Song Xi’s heart. A slight chill appeared in her lowered eyes.

Seeing Song Xi lower her eyes for so long, with the hair by her temple blocking her expression, Jiang Yixue could not tell whether she was sad.

Jiang Yixue could not help beginning to soften. She almost never said anything harsh to Song Xi. Those words must have frightened her.

After sighing slightly in her heart, Jiang Yixue still kept her expression stern and suppressed the softness in her heart. When it came to something related to Song Xi’s future safety, she absolutely could not give in. Educating children required both gentleness and firmness. Spoiling them all the time would ruin them.

“As long as you learn the first three moves today, I’ll take you to see Li Wan. If you still haven’t learned them by sunset, then you won’t get to see her.”

For Li Wan’s sake, even if there was a pit in front of her, Song Xi had to jump into it. Lowering her head temporarily was for the sake of future revenge.

Song Xi lightly bit the tip of her tongue, then nodded.

“All right.”

It really was not easy to make this stubborn child lower her head.

Jiang Yixue let out a breath of relief, then still pretended to be serious.

“Hold your sword properly.”

“The starting move is like this. First, you use the blade to thrust…”

As she spoke, Jiang Yixue wrapped around Song Xi’s body from behind and held Song Xi’s arm. With gentle strength, she guided the Zhanmang Sword in Song Xi’s hand, repeating the steps from earlier.

Without spiritual power being infused into it, there was naturally no sword radiance. The speed was very slow too, so it did not stir up the sound of wind.

Because she was guiding Song Xi’s hand, Jiang Yixue’s movements were no longer as smooth and continuous as before.

This set of sword techniques no longer had the endless, unbroken flow that the Wanxue Sword Technique should have, nor did it have its sharp characteristics. It had completely become somewhat neither fish nor fowl.

At first, Jiang Yixue was still explaining each move one by one. But as the guidance continued, Jiang Yixue’s words slowed, then gradually stopped.

Snow had never only been sudden, continuous snowfall and cold wind.

Snow itself arrived silently, descending into the human world with a light and effortless force that could move a thousand jin with four liang…

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged toward Jiang Yixue from every direction.

Her movements completely stopped. She closed her eyes slightly and entered a mysterious meditative state.

“How could this be?”

Song Xi murmured to herself, the complexity in her eyes growing stronger and stronger.

Of course she knew this kind of meditative state of sudden enlightenment. This was something that could only be encountered by chance when someone was fully focused on cultivation.

This seemed to prove that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the sword technique just now, and that Jiang Yixue truly had been teaching her cultivation wholeheartedly, without even the slightest distracting thought.

At a time like this, the meditative state was very easily disturbed. Once disturbed, not only would advancement fail, the person might even suffer internal injuries from backlash, or even damage their foundation.

Such a good opportunity was right in front of her.

For some unknown reason, Song Xi suddenly hesitated for an instant.

Sudden enlightenment came quickly and left quickly. In the very instant Song Xi hesitated, Jiang Yixue had already woken up.

Jiang Yixue sensed her current strength. She had broken through from mid Spirit rank to the peak, though there was still some distance before Heaven rank.

Thinking of the strength of the four male leads, this bit of cultivation was not enough. Jiang Yixue felt no pride or satisfaction at all.

“Xixi, let’s continue.”

Only then did Song Xi come back to herself. Her palm was aching.

When she had fallen into thought just now, the hand holding the sword had unconsciously tightened, and the patterns on the hilt had pressed deep red marks into her skin.

Jiang Yixue was now recognized as a genius within the sect. Song Xi was Han Yansu’s only personal disciple. If she performed excellently, she would be enough to threaten Jiang Yixue’s position as Young Sect Master.

No matter how one looked at it, Jiang Yixue should not be teaching her everything without reservation.

There was nothing wrong with the sword technique.

Then did that mean all those acts of kindness toward her were also real? Had she been judging Jiang Yixue with malice all this time?

Once this thought appeared, it grew wildly in her heart and spread uncontrollably.

But clearly, in her previous life…

Song Xi’s mind fell into endless conflict.

Just then, a knock suddenly sounded from outside the door.

“May I ask if Senior Sister Song is here?”

Jiang Yixue frowned. She thought Lin Chen had returned. But after listening several times, she realized this voice was unfamiliar. For a moment, she could not think of who it was.

Jiang Yixue said, “Xixi, keep practicing first. I’ll go see who it is.”

Then she turned and walked toward the door.

When the gate opened, the person standing outside was the steward who had sold Jiang Yixue the Purple Moon Flowing Light Dress at the Rare Treasures Pavilion some time ago.

Seeing that Jiang Yixue was the one who opened the door, the smile on his face deepened.

“Young Sect Master, is Senior Sister Song here? Some time ago, Senior Sister Song went to the Rare Treasures Pavilion to buy Heavenly Star Grass. At the time, the pavilion’s stock was incomplete. Now it has arrived. I’ve already reserved it for Senior Sister Song. We’re only waiting for her to go pay and collect it.”

“Heavenly Star Grass?”

Jiang Yixue frowned. What did Song Xi need that for?

If Heavenly Star Grass suffered even the slightest damage, all of its medicinal power would be lost. That meant Heavenly Star Grass could not be used in medicine.

But Heavenly Star Grass was also very special. If swallowed whole, it could instantly repair all injuries. Its medicinal power was gentle and had no side effects, making it more useful than healing pills. So when there was no stable environment to rest and recover from injuries, one Heavenly Star Grass was almost equivalent to another life.

Song Xi had always been inside Yuqing Sect. Why would she need something like this?

Jiang Yixue immediately thought of Lin Chen…

Lin Chen was going to the Qingyang Mountain trial. No one knew what dangers he would encounter during the trial, and there would be absolutely no truly safe environment for healing.

Could Song Xi be buying it for Lin Chen?

Jiang Yixue asked again, “How many contribution points does one Heavenly Star Grass cost?”

“Three hundred thousand.”

After the steward said this, he hurriedly added, “Heavenly Star Grass is rare. This time, there is only one stalk, and its quality is very high, so the price is a little expensive. But I know that for Young Sect Master and Senior Sister Song, it is not considered expensive, so I held it back before it was even put on the shelves.”

Jiang Yixue’s face instantly darkened.

The contribution points she had given Song Xi had been spent all at once, and she had actually spent all of them on a wild man.

Jiang Yixue spent a full half an incense stick’s worth of time accepting the fact that Song Xi had only met Lin Chen a few times before quickly falling into a hopeless love-brain state.

The steward still maintained a smile across his face.

Not long after he sold the Purple Moon Flowing Light Dress to Jiang Yixue, Jiang Yixue took over the position of Young Sect Master.

He had been worrying that he had missed a good opportunity to curry favor when Song Xi came to buy Heavenly Star Grass. Reserving goods had actually exceeded his authority. By doing this and taking the initiative to come to the door, he was showing his stance.

He had originally thought Jiang Yixue would definitely look at him differently because of this matter. But now… Jiang Yixue seemed to be in a bad mood?

“We don’t want it.”

Jiang Yixue said coldly. Just as she was about to close the door and send the guest away, she hesitated and said, “Do you have Heavenly Scorpion Grass? I’ll buy one stalk.”

Heavenly Scorpion Grass and Heavenly Star Grass looked extremely similar. Ordinary people could not distinguish them at all, but the medicinal properties of the two plants were completely different.

Heavenly Star Grass was used to repair injuries. It was extremely rare and very valuable.

But Heavenly Scorpion Grass was very common and had little medicinal effect. Its only function was to speed up the flow of blood in the body, causing a person to fall into a brief excited state during battle. After a short while, a wave of weakness would follow.

Jiang Yixue was the one leading the Qingyang Mountain trial that Lin Chen was going on. For Xue Qiancheng’s sake, Jiang Yixue would do everything she could to keep him safe. Buying him something this expensive was a waste. It would be better to save the money to buy Song Xi pretty little dresses.

As for replacing the Heavenly Star Grass with Heavenly Scorpion Grass, Jiang Yixue admitted that she was a little jealous.

Why did he get to rely on his male lead status and so easily win the heart of her family’s cabbage? She had worked so hard and gotten nothing. Jiang Yixue felt unbalanced.

It seemed Song Xi and Lin Chen were still too close. The Medicine Hall was on Wanxue Peak, and the distance was too short.