The Cub I Raised Turned Out to Be a Reborn Boss (GL) - Chapter 13

Jiang Yixue calmly sent the steward away and secretly instructed him to directly send someone to deliver the Heavenly Scorpion Grass to Song Xi without saying what it was.

When the steward left, he was still completely confused. But he had come today to curry favor with Jiang Yixue, so of course he would obey Jiang Yixue’s words one hundred percent.

Jiang Yixue was in a terrible mood. Her mind was full of the tangled red strings from the game. The entire framework of this otome-game world had been built for romance. If she was not careful, the red strings between the male leads and the heroine would get tangled together, and Jiang Yixue would be in trouble.

Just as Jiang Yixue walked back in deep thought, she heard Song Xi say, “Senior Sister, I already understand those moves from earlier. You don’t need to teach me anymore.”

As she spoke, she picked up the sword and walked to the middle of the courtyard. “Senior Sister, I’ll demonstrate it for you.”

No matter how profound the Wanxue Sword Technique was, it was still only a basic sword technique.

With Song Xi’s insight, she had actually learned all of it after watching it once.

Earlier, first, she had been worried there was something wrong with the sword technique; second, she had not wanted to reveal any flaws, so she could only pretend she did not know how.

But Song Xi suddenly had a bold idea. She wanted to deliberately reveal a small flaw and test Jiang Yixue.

In her previous life, Jiang Yixue had been extremely jealous. Although on the surface she would praise disciples who performed well, in truth, she could not tolerate anyone else’s excellence at all.

Perhaps this test would be a little dangerous, but Song Xi simply wanted to make herself completely give up.

The Wanxue Sword Technique had an endless, unbroken momentum, but in Song Xi’s hands, it carried a different kind of force. Her sword carried killing intent. As the edge of the sword swept past, the spiritual energy fluctuations it stirred brushed across the treetops. Falling leaves drifted down like fluttering butterflies. Her pink clothes could not hide her bright beauty and sharp aura.

Clearly, her strength was not high, yet in Song Xi’s hands, this sword technique produced a lofty, majestic aura again, an inviolable presence.

Jiang Yixue was stunned by what she saw.

Was this the heroine’s comprehension ability?

It had only been a short while, yet not only had Song Xi learned the Wanxue Sword Technique, she had also incorporated her own understanding into it.

After withdrawing the sword, Song Xi slightly calmed her breathing. While demonstrating earlier, she had been observing Jiang Yixue from the corner of her eye the whole time.

Seeing that Jiang Yixue was still lost in thought, she reminded her aloud, “Senior Sister, I’ve already learned it. Can you let me go see Li Wan now?”

“Of course, of course you can.”

Jiang Yixue came back to herself and asked with a bright smile, “How did Xixi learn it so quickly? Didn’t you say earlier that you couldn’t understand it?”

Jiang Yixue did not suspect at all that Song Xi had been acting. Her mind was completely filled with one thought—

Did the heroine have some kind of cultivation-related golden finger that the game had not directly explained?

It would be great if this cultivation golden finger could be borrowed. Then she would no longer have to fear dying at the hands of those four male leads. She could cultivate into a top-tier expert, settle everything, flick her sleeves, take Song Xi away, and never get involved in this chaotic whirlpool again.

“I just suddenly knew how.”

Song Xi deliberately gave an unclear answer.

For the sake of testing her, Song Xi not only spoke vaguely, she also deliberately acted unnatural, making it look as if she were hiding some kind of secret.

How could the heroine’s golden finger be casually revealed?

Jiang Yixue came back to her senses and also felt that she must have been possessed just now.

Even if Song Xi said it was because of her divine bloodline, could Jiang Yixue really dig it out like Wei Qi?

Jiang Yixue frowned slightly. Calculating the time, Wei Qi, one of the four male leads, was almost due to appear…

From the moment Wei Qi appeared, he knew Song Xi possessed a divine bloodline. From the very beginning, his motives were impure.

The divine bloodline in Song Xi’s body would only mature after she reached Spirit-rank cultivation. So when Wei Qi encountered Song Xi while she was still young and saw that no one was teaching her, he secretly taught Song Xi a cultivation method. That cultivation method came from the same source as the one he cultivated himself. One was the Yin volume, and the other was the Yang volume.

The person who cultivated the Yin volume would be suppressed by the person who cultivated the Yang volume for the rest of their life.

In the game’s choices, only by choosing to cultivate the Yin volume could Wei Qi’s main route be opened. In his main route, Wei Qi directly took action and dug out Song Xi’s divine bloodline, leading into a deeply abusive romance.

Seeing Jiang Yixue once again lost in thought, Song Xi could not help tightening the hand hanging at her side.

Jiang Yixue could not tolerate an outstanding genius appearing in Yuqing Sect. Then Jiang Yixue was very likely thinking about how to frame her right now.

Song Xi suddenly regretted it a little. She must have been possessed just now. How had she dared reveal a flaw in front of Jiang Yixue when her cultivation was still low?

Jiang Yixue’s expression was grave. She crouched down slightly and looked at Song Xi at eye level.

Neither of them spoke. The air seemed to freeze faintly, and neither knew what the other was thinking.

Just then, Jiang Yixue suddenly smiled and reached out to rub Song Xi’s head. “You actually learned it so quickly. Xixi is amazing!”

Her pale eyes seemed to light up with clean, bright moonlight. A leaf drifted down lightly, stirring gentle ripples that spread outward in circles, all the way into Song Xi’s tense heartstrings.

Her smile was sincere. In her pale eyes, there was only Song Xi’s reflection, without the slightest trace of falseness.

Song Xi opened her mouth. “I…”

Jiang Yixue interrupted her, saying seriously, “You must remember not to expose your talent in front of outsiders. If you want to cultivate any technique, you can ask Senior Sister for it. Don’t trust strange, improper people.”

“Strange, improper people?” Song Xi asked in confusion.

Jiang Yixue nodded, her face full of certainty. “The kind of people who suddenly pop out and say they can help you become stronger. You absolutely must not believe them. These people have bad intentions.”

For some reason, Song Xi always felt that Jiang Yixue knew something.

In her previous life, Song Xi had indeed encountered a strange person on Yanshan. But at that time, she had been single-mindedly waiting for Han Yansu to return, so she had not listened to him.

That person had worn red robes. His appearance was bewitching, making it difficult to tell whether he was male or female. His smile carried a captivating, wicked air. At a glance, he did not look like a proper person at all.

But later, when Song Xi thought back to that person’s aura, his strength was definitely not low. The promise he made to help her become stronger was something he certainly could have fulfilled. There was no such thing as a free meal falling from the sky. Behind the benefits, there would definitely be an unseen price. Song Xi did not feel regret over it either.

Could that strange person have approached Jiang Yixue?

Had Jiang Yixue resisted the temptation of strength offered right before her eyes and instead taught Song Xi swordsmanship with all her effort?

Song Xi bit the tip of her tongue and asked softly, “Senior Sister, do you think a person can really change completely?”

“Of course they can. They absolutely can. Extremely and definitely can.”

Jiang Yixue’s tone was especially decisive. “Actually, it isn’t that they changed completely. It’s just that they hid themselves too well.”

“You’re still young. You absolutely must not casually trust other people. It’s very easy to be deceived. Those improper people will pretend to be righteous and dignified, treat you well, and then stab you in the back when you aren’t prepared.”

The moment Jiang Yixue heard Song Xi’s question, her head began to hurt.

This child was good in every way, but she was far too innocent.

With such a mindset of believing in the goodness of others, sooner or later, she would suffer a loss.

So, in order to make Song Xi remember and to make her words clear and easy to understand, Jiang Yixue added some artistic effect to her words.

“When the big gray wolf catches the little white rabbit, it disguises itself. So you absolutely must not casually trust the kindness people show on the surface. Who knows? They might be a big gray wolf hiding evil intentions.”

Song Xi: “…”

Although she did not understand what Jiang Yixue was saying, for some reason, she felt as if Jiang Yixue were talking about her.