Chapter 128 The Master's Hand is Warm and Soft
"Master, the Palace Master is mysterious and unpredictable, and also skilled in astrological divination..."
After returning to the Clear Wind Sect, seeing Zhimeng like a frightened bird, Gu Qing couldn't bear it and gave a subtle reminder.
He hoped Zhimeng would stop opposing Jiang Yu.
He had figured it out.
Jiang Yu appeared as a goddess on the surface, but was actually extremely black-bellied inside, treating Zhimeng as entertainment.
And Zhimeng, although also black-bellied, insidious, and cunning, with Jiang Yu's strength displayed there, Zhimeng competing with her was purely asking for trouble.
"I know."
Hearing this, Zhimeng nodded with an ugly expression.
How powerful Jiang Yu was, she knew better than anyone.
After all, having competed with Jiang Yu for so many years, she had never gained any advantage, instead suffering many losses.
But she would not give up.
Jiang Yu was the enemy of her life.
If Jiang Yu didn't die, her thoughts would never be at peace.
"Senior sister, I'm here."
Jiang Yu's voice arrived before she did, and when she appeared, her beautiful divine face showed concern.
"Senior sister, why is your complexion so poor? Do you need me to refine some pills to nourish you?"
Poor complexion?
Are you saying I'm old and fading?
Zhimeng was so angry she almost lost control, her hands hidden in her sleeves clenched and then relaxed, as she said coldly: "No need. If that disturbs your retirement, how rude that would be."
"Senior sister, you've misunderstood."
Jiang Yu said with a smile: "This junior sister is merely cultivating her heart in the mortal world, experiencing the myriad states of life."
"By the way, senior sister, have you found out who stole your Primal Mother Qi?"
Damn it, I really can't tolerate this anymore.
"Master..."
Gu Qing quickly pulled back the rampaging Zhimeng, standing in front of her, looking at Jiang Yu with frustration.
"Palace Master, your astrological divination is so powerful, why don't you try to divine it? If even you can't figure it out, then this person must be a heaven-defying great power."
Jiang Yu: ...
She blinked, her eyelashes like two small fans, her beautiful eyes gentle as water, containing bright starlight.
"Could this kid suspect it was me?" she secretly guessed.
Then she quickly denied this thought.
After all, everyone knew that she and Zhimeng were evenly matched. Under the circumstance of comparable strength, it was impossible to silently swap the jade bottle.
Zhimeng thought so too.
If Jiang Yu really had that ability, it would mean Jiang Yu's strength was above hers.
But they had always been difficult to determine a winner, old rivals.
So she subconsciously ignored Jiang Yu.
Her first thought was that the Primal Mother Qi had leaked its aura, was sensed by an old monster, who then acted to steal her Primal Mother Qi.
And this person was very likely an existence beyond the Divine Fire Realm.
The reason for not appearing was to avoid being detected by the Heavenly Dao, which would bring down the ascension tribulation.
Or perhaps they were heavily injured and could only do some shady deeds.
"Without any information, I cannot calculate it."
Jiang Yu shook her head, pretending to be regretful: "What does junior nephew think this person is?"
[Detected that Jiang Yu is using the Heaven Sight Earth Hearing divine ability to eavesdrop on the host's inner thoughts, triggering Super Counter Armor, counter-eavesdropping on Jiang Yu's inner thoughts.]
Gu Qing: ...
This is really hard to evaluate.
Gu Qing didn't want to bother with this cheating scoundrel, and pulled Zhimeng to turn and leave.
"Wait."
Jiang Yu called out to the two, looking at Gu Qing with confusion in her eyes.
"This shouldn't be, why can't I eavesdrop on this kid's inner thoughts? Let me try again."
Hearing Jiang Yu's inner thoughts, Gu Qing asked without changing his expression.
"Does the Palace Master need something?"
Jiang Yu took out the dragon pearl: "Speaking of which, I haven't given you a gift from an elder yet. This dragon pearl is of little use to me, so I'll give it to you."
Having taken Zhimeng's Primal Mother Qi, she felt it wasn't right to take it for nothing.
Giving the dragon pearl to Gu Qing was just right.
Zhimeng looked at her with disbelief in her eyes. That was a Mystic Soul Realm treasure, enough to help someone break through the Divine Fire Realm, or even surpass it.
How could Jiang Yu bear to give it away?
"Thank you for the Palace Master's generous gift!"
Gu Qing pretended to be grateful as he accepted it.
Although the dragon pearl was of little use to him, after all, he had the Golden Gourd and the immeasurable Primal Mother Qi in his Wishful Space.
He didn't need the dragon essence within the dragon pearl to improve his cultivation at all.
But it was undeniable that this dragon pearl was exceptionally precious, countless times more valuable than a divine artifact.
"Still can't hear it, how strange, how strange!"
Jiang Yu left with confusion.
Finally having sent this great deity away... Gu Qing breathed a sigh of relief, his peripheral vision catching Zhimeng's unnatural expression.
Only then did he belatedly realize that he had been holding his master's jade hand all along.
Believe it or not, his master's hand was warm, moist, and soft, feeling absolutely wonderful.
Gu Qing quickly let go, somewhat flustered.
In the heat of the moment, he had been afraid the two would start fighting, creating an uncontrollable situation.
If they truly fought with lethal intent, Zhimeng would undoubtedly be the one injured.
So he had subconsciously intervened to stop them, without thinking much about it.
However, a disciple holding his master's hand was a matter that could be either minor or significant.
Gu Qing quickly glanced at her, and seeing she wasn't angry, immediately changed the subject. "Master, that small amount of Primal Mother Qi is gone, but I still have much more Primal Mother Qi."
"Mmm!" Zhimeng responded absentmindedly, her gaze darting away.
Seeing this, Gu Qing had her take out the Chaos Cauldron, since even a wisp of Primal Mother Qi was as heavy as a thousand jun, containing innate Dao rhymes that couldn't be contained by ordinary treasures.
Under Zhimeng's astonished gaze, Gu Qing directly gave her ten trillion wisps.
To Gu Qing, Primal Mother Qi was like air—inexhaustible and limitless—so he felt no pain at all in giving it away.
After giving it, he ran away.
"Pfft!"
Seeing Gu Qing's hurried steps, as if he were fleeing in defeat, Zhimeng couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Then she helplessly supported her forehead.
Just now, her heart had actually started racing, which shouldn't have happened.
She had long severed emotions and love; to her, romantic feelings were but floating clouds.
Back when she killed her childhood fiancé, her heart had been completely unmoved as she calmly stripped away his pure yang essence.
She had also stripped away the pure yin essence of his good sister.
The mutual complement of yin and yang helped her cultivate the Taiyin Taiyang Chaos Record, completely transforming her physique into a Yin-Yang Chaos Body.
Afterward, she had even annihilated her fiancé's entire family.
She had committed such a crazed act without any psychological burden.
Yet now, her heart was in turmoil just from her disciple holding her hand—truly, she was regressing as she lived.
Shaking her head, Zhimeng calmed her emotions, scanned the Chaos Cauldron with her divine sense, and saw the massive amount of Primal Mother Qi.
She pursed her lips, silent for a long time, thinking to herself: "What a filial disciple, though a bit fickle. But that's of no consequence. If Lin Xuan had half of his sense of responsibility, perhaps I wouldn't have killed him back then..."
She knew her fiancé Lin Xuan loved her very much, but before that, he had been the fiancé of that detestable sister of hers.
Only after breaking off the engagement with Luo Rou did he become engaged to her.
He claimed he only saw her detestable sister as a sibling.
How ridiculous.
Lin Xuan already had so many "sisters"—did he really see them all as just sisters?
Zhimeng didn't believe it.
He was simply eating from his bowl while eyeing the pot.
In truth, this wasn't necessarily a problem.
If feelings were mutual, it wouldn't hurt for Lin Xuan to have more Dao companions.
After all, they were all cultivators with long lifespans and difficult, perilous paths. Having Dao companions to support each other would be a good thing.
But Lin Xuan had insisted on breaking the engagement, betraying the sincere feelings of her detestable sister.
Only she was allowed to bully her detestable sister. Whoever dared to touch her, she would kill them.
"Huu!"
Zhimeng let out a long breath, retracted her thoughts, and looked at the Chaos Cauldron, her eyes gleaming with a cold light.
To dare steal from her—she had never suffered such a great loss in her life.
Just now, she hadn't thought much about it, subconsciously believing that anyone who could silently steal the jade bottle must be absolutely stronger than her.
Now that she had calmed down, the more she thought about it, the more something seemed off.
After all, existences beyond the Divine Fire Realm were restricted by the rules and mostly lay in their coffins, avoiding the heavenly secrets, or hid in formations that isolated them from the heavenly secrets.
How could such a great power appear in a mortal realm?
Zhimeng felt it was most likely someone who had awakened a special innate talent divine ability and was cultivating their heart in the mortal world, or perhaps the remnant soul of someone beyond the Divine Fire Realm.
In any case, she could handle either possibility.
With this thought, Zhimeng immediately crossed through space and time, arriving at that mortal city, and took out the Primal Mother Qi.
She wouldn't be able to swallow this insult until she found this person.
Zhimeng's expression was as calm as water, her divine soul perceiving the surroundings, the Chaos Heavenly Blade within her ready to strike.
Having experienced countless battles and possessing unparalleled combat strength, she refused to believe she couldn't defeat a coward who hid their head and showed their tail.
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