After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master

Chapter 161: Outside the Secret Realm

Outside the Immortal Spirit Secret Realm.

When Jiang Huai and Wen Wanwan arrived, the place was filled with big shots.

Ziyun Pavilion had provided guest rooms for these elders waiting for their children outside the secret realm. Ziyun Pavilion even set up a small gambling house for these big shots to pass the time.

Luo Yueguan was naturally waiting outside the Immortal Spirit Secret Realm. When Jiang Huai found her, she was sitting at a gambling table with few chips left in front of her. Despite Luo Yueguan’s still calm and elegant demeanor, Jiang Huai seemed to read a hint of impatience in her eyes.

When Jiang Huai’s presence appeared next to Luo Yueguan, she turned to look at him, and in the next instant, Jiang Huai was pulled to her side. Luo Yueguan reached out and touched him, her palm moving across his chest as spiritual energy immediately penetrated Jiang Huai’s body. Jiang Huai was taken aback at first, but then saw the concern in Luo Yueguan’s eyes.

“How’s your... body?”

“Huh?” Jiang Huai looked at her, puzzled.

“Nothing’s wrong.”

“The outside world says you only have five years left to live, is that true?”

Luo Yueguan’s voice became a bit urgent. Jiang Huai immediately reached out and gently placed his hand on her shoulder.

“No, they say that, but I’ve already found a life-extending spiritual fruit, there’s nothing to worry about.”

Luo Yueguan used her spiritual energy to thoroughly explore his body again, confirming there were no signs of his life force dwindling before finally relaxing.

She withdrew her hand and patted her chest lightly, then looked at him reproachfully.

“Do you know how scared I was when I received your news?”

“How did you find out?” Jiang Huai was surprised.

“Guangxue Sect’s Saintess Xu Qing has recounted everything that happened in the secret realm. Now, the whole Eastern Region knows you killed the inheritor of the Refining Yin Demon Gu and have only five years left to live. Countless eyes are on you. It’s fine that you’re okay, but have you reported your safety to your master?”

Jiang Huai scratched his head, “Not yet, I wanted to come and pick up Qingyu and Bai Li first, I didn’t have time to return to Guangxue Mountain.”

“It’s said that many families have already sent life-extending spiritual medicines to your Guangxue Mountain. Even if your master stays behind closed doors, she should have heard the news by now. Aren’t you afraid she’s worried?” Luo Yueguan glanced at Jiang Huai, causing him some headache.

How could he have expected the news from the Daoji Ancestral Land to spread so quickly?

It hadn’t even been three days, and when he had lost his cultivation before, only the people of Yuelan Continent knew about it quickly.

It took a while for other continents to receive the news, and they didn’t pay much attention. But now, Luo Yueguan, who was outside the Immortal Spirit Secret Realm, knew about it, so wouldn’t Chu Xianning...

Jiang Huai quickly looked up at Luo Yueguan.

“Then please send a message to my master for me, tell her I’m all right, and she doesn’t need to worry.”

“It takes time to send a message over such a distance, and besides... is that how you plan to send a message to her?” Luo Yueguan’s eyes twinkled with amusement.

Jiang Huai was taken aback, “Then what else should I send?”

“First tell me, why did you save those cultivators in the Daoji Ancestral Land?”

“Because that beastly evil cultivator beat me up badly, I couldn’t calm my hatred without killing him.”

“Is that all?”

“I am Chu Xianning’s direct disciple, and at the time, I also weighed the pros and cons. The chances of winning were not small, so I decided to take action. If it had been a certain death or a slim chance of survival, I would have definitely played it safe. Why are you asking all this? Hurry up and send a message to my master.”

Luo Yueguan watched Jiang Huai’s anxious demeanor but didn’t seem to be in a hurry herself. She gently reached out, pulled Jiang Huai by the shoulder, and made him bend down so she could whisper in his ear.

“Don’t you want to... tell your master that it’s because of her teachings that you willingly stepped forward? If the rumors about your remaining lifespan being only five years are true, perhaps with your master’s cold exterior but warm interior and her dislike of owing anyone, once you return to the Tianxuan Sect, she might just pin you down on the bed to heal your injuries, right? Once you’re healed, your lifespan will naturally recover...”

Jiang Huai gave her a deep look.

“Even if my master wanted to heal me alone, that wouldn’t be enough, would it?”

“Do I look like someone who would refuse you?”

Luo Yueguan’s lips seemed to accidentally brush against Jiang Huai’s ear, tickling him. Jiang Huai shivered slightly and broke free from Luo Yueguan’s arm, standing up straight.

“No need, just directly send a message for me, tell my master that I’m fine, and she needn’t worry. I’ll explain the details of what happened in the secret realm when I return to the Tianxuan Sect.”

“So stupid,” Luo Yueguan looked at him with dissatisfaction.

She thought her strategy was flawless, having a tight grip on Chu Xianning’s character. That proud woman could put herself in danger, but she would never want others to be implicated because of her. Jiang Huai was her direct disciple, and this was the first time he had followed her old path due to her teachings, ending up with his cultivation wasted.

Now, with only five years of life left, Chu Xianning’s guilt must be overflowing.

“Yeah, I’m a fool,” Jiang Huai nodded but didn’t argue with Luo Yueguan.

Speaking of which, Luo Yueguan was strange. Why was she always thinking about getting him to do bad things to Chu Xianning?

He had fantasized about such schemes during sleepless nights, even imagining his master pressing him down out of guilt, blindfolding him, blushing as she took the initiative to heal him.

Then, when his master was moved, he would quietly remove the blindfold and embrace her... But these were just fantasies.

Fantasies are great, but if he were to obtain his master’s body through such despicable means, what would happen afterward?

His master would be very sad. She didn’t have many relatives or friends in her life. If she were to be schemed against by a friend and deceived by her only direct disciple... that would be too much.

Luo Yueguan, who was sitting upright, now felt an indescribable sense of relief upon seeing Jiang Huai. Her legs crossed under her purple dress, her delicate ankles adorned with the latest silver high-heeled shoes from Ziyun Pavilion, the sharp tips glinting coldly. She crossed her arms over her chest, looking at Jiang Huai’s anxious expression.

In the next moment, she suddenly understood Jiang Huai’s intention.

Jiang Huai probably knew he could do it, but... he truly liked Chu Xianning.

Luo Yueguan suddenly felt a sourness at the tip of her nose and a tightness in her throat.

She turned her face away, “Long-distance messaging consumes the soul, and my soul is already weak. When you return to the Tianxuan Sect, you can explain to your master yourself.”

“Aunt Luo? Please... help me out... I’m begging you...”

“I won’t listen,” Luo Yueguan turned her face away, not looking at him.

Jiang Huai came behind her, gently placed his hand on her shoulder, and earnestly began to knead. The scene in front of them had an inexplicable atmosphere of maternal affection. After Jiang Huai massaged for a while, Luo Yueguan reluctantly spoke.

“Are you sure you want to tell your master you’re fine?”

“Absolutely sure.”

“Oh,” Luo Yueguan responded indifferently and finally stretched out her hand to form a seal, wrapping her divine sense in her soul, and remotely locked onto the energy of Chu Xianning at Tianxuan Sect’s Guangxue Mountain.

“You’ll receive her response in three hours.”

“Aunt Luo is so kind.”

Jiang Huai gently patted Luo Yueguan’s back, chuckling, “When will Qingyu and Bai Li come out?”

“They’ll be out by tomorrow morning,” Luo Yueguan’s gaze returned to the card game in front of her.

Several Seventh Realm cultivators were eyeing Jiang Huai curiously, looking at the direct disciple of the now well-known Chu Xianning of the Eastern Region. The woman opposite Luo Yueguan, now slightly impatient, urged.

“It’s your turn, Luo Yueguan. Are you still playing? If not, make room and don’t stick around.”

Luo Yueguan looked at her cards with dissatisfaction.

“You play this round.”

With that, she tossed her cards onto the table. Jiang Huai curiously glanced at the woman who had spoken to Chu Xianning earlier, also a woman dressed in jade-colored finery, with delicate and fair features and a voluptuous figure, her cultivation unfathomable, clearly another powerhouse waiting for her juniors here.

And the game they were playing on the table was... Texas Hold’em.

Jiang Huai saw the emblem of Ziyun Pavilion on the back of the playing cards, indicating that the cards had special methods to shield against spiritual energy and soul detection. These powerhouses were playing with the cards as if it were a high-stakes game. Jiang Huai leaned behind Luo Yueguan, curiously asking.

“How much have you lost?”

“What are you talking about? Just lost a few hundred thousand spirit stones, I’ll win them back soon. Go away, don’t jinx me and ruin my luck,” Luo Yueguan scolded, leaning back on the table, while Jiang Huai gently massaged her shoulders, smiling helplessly.

Chu Xianning’s entire fortune was only two hundred thousand spirit stones, and Luo Yueguan seemed unaffected even if she lost hundreds of thousands of spirit stones. Indeed, comparisons can be disheartening.

He remained silent and stood quietly behind Luo Yueguan with Wen Wanwan, watching her game. However, Luo Yueguan’s luck seemed particularly bad, and as her chips dwindled, she puffed up her cheeks in frustration, looking like a sulking hamster. Jiang Huai glanced at her, momentarily mesmerized.

Huh, the old lady is always acting cute.

After losing her last chip, Luo Yueguan stood up without any complaints, simply saying, “You play, I’m a bit tired.”

The woman opposite her, however, flashed a smile, “Oh, finally admitting defeat, huh? You couldn’t beat me in brains, and now it seems your luck isn’t enough either. Maybe you should go back and practice more. Maybe after a few more years of hard work, you’ll be qualified to play a few moves with me.”

Just as Luo Yueguan was about to react, she took a deep breath and said nothing. It wasn’t for any other reason than not wanting to lose face in anger. She and this woman had been adversaries for more than a year or two; they had been at odds since they met hundreds of years ago, and it was the same now.

Luo Yueguan chose silence, the greatest contempt, and stood up to glance at Jiang Huai, “Let’s go.”

Jiang Huai and Wen Wanwan obediently followed her back to their room.