Chapter 7 Part 1
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Chapter 7: A Kiss From An Lan (2) (1)
One begets two, two begets three, and three gives rise to all things.
By evening, even the Mountain Guarding Magic Array of the Duxian sect had hung up large red lanterns to celebrate the new year.
The residents of the town at the foot of the mountain stared, wide-eyed, toward the Duxian sect.
If they heard correctly, the sound was fireworks.
Crackle!
The night sky was clear.
At the top of Qiongming Peak, everyone, including An Lan, sat in a circle. The table was full of dishes prepared personally by Bai Lian.
“Master, please!”
An Lan was somewhat uncomfortable.
She didn’t know why, but she instinctively resisted it all.
Her body was so tense that her buttocks barely touched the seat, as if relaxing would cause her to be pierced by something.
She was out of tune with the excitement.
She felt like a puppet under the gaze of those bright eyes, as if she were being manipulated by Bai Lian.
She wanted to run away multiple times, but when she saw Bai Lian’s smiling face, she remembered how Bai Lian had been all alone for the past few years.
Just… this time!
Really.
An Lan was annoyed.
This time she wasn’t joking – next year she would certainly not come to this meaningless gathering again.
She was An Lan, she was the master of Qiongming Peak, not its mascot!
An Lan forced herself to endure her physical and mental discomfort and began to participate in the New Year’s Eve dinner with her disciples.
She thought this was probably the first time she had done something she didn’t like for someone else.
[Because of Bai Lian.]
This dinner must be quite good.
Her disciples kept praising Bai Lian’s craftsmanship.
Look how happily they’re laughing, as if experiencing the most joyous thing in this world!
So An Lan also began to laugh.
Let everybody be happy.
Unfortunately, she actually didn’t taste anything.
An Lan lowered her head.
She felt like she was chewing rice.
Just eat it.
The more she ate, the happier Bai Lian would be; when Bai Lian was happy, she felt at ease.
With the idea of making Bai Lian happy, An Lan wolfed down several plates of dishes.
More! More!
“…”
Bai Lian stared at An Lan blankly.
Hey.
“Master?”
She called out.
Although she didn’t know what happened, An Lan was chewing on a plate covered in oil stains as if it were a pancake.
Carb——
The plate cracked on the spot.
Click——
An Lan chewed the broken pieces of the plate even more finely.
Seeing An Lan was about to swallow the plate, Bai Lian rushed over quickly.
Is that enough?
She grabbed An Lan’s chin.
“Master, what are you doing, Master!”
An Lan finally regained her composure.
Five pairs of eyes were fixed firmly on her.
It’s weird.
She slowly lowered her head and looked down at the plate which was already missing a piece.
An Lan was overwhelmed when she realized what she had just done.
She had spent more than four hundred years building a majestic image, yet it collapsed in a second!
It’s over.
She’s going to die!!!
At this time, Ling Xuan climbed up to the edge of the table and said seriously, “Master, eating a plate will make your stomach hurt!”
Restart, my life!
An Lan raised her hand.
With one slap, she could wipe out the entire Duxian Sect from the East Divine Land.
However, she woke up just in time. There was no need for such violence.
She changed the direction of her waving hand.
This palm strike was extraordinary!
An invisible power mixed into the wind, and when it blew, the memories of An Lan eating a plate were wiped from their minds.
Bai Lian was also stunned for a moment; she felt something touching her.
“…”
Okay.
An Lan let out a sigh of relief.
She hadn’t done this in a long time and had almost forgotten she had this ability.
She was a Heavenly Lord!
She had the power to manipulate the river of time. Even though her strength had diminished greatly, modifying memories was still not much of a challenge.
An Lan calmly placed the repaired platter on the table.
“I’m full.”
She said.
“Master?”
Bai Lian called out.
“What’s the matter?”
Suddenly, a new task option appeared in front of Bai Lian.
[Task 1: Ask the master why she wants to eat the dish (Reward: Six Water Divination Pill).]
[Task 2: Wish her a happy new year with a smile (Reward: +1 Soft Skill)]
Huh?
Bai Lian was amazed by the reward of Task 1.
This was actually an extremely rare Medicinal Pill that could help people survive the Yin Fire Disaster and forcibly break through to the Soul Changing Stage!
Its price was no lower than an ordinary medium-grade Spirit Tool.
She understood.
She didn’t dare to continue exploring An Lan’s scars.
If An Lan became annoyed, she might kill everyone on the spot!
She smiled and said, “Happy New Year!”
Puff~
An Lan breathed a secret sigh of relief.
She had almost thought that Bai Lian’s memory hadn’t been wiped.
Don’t frighten yourself!
An Lan also squeezed out a smile. “Happy New Year to you too.”
She turned to her other disciples and said, “Don’t worry about me. If you want to eat, continue eating.”
“Mm-hmm.”
Xiao Jinse, who was in the middle of competing with Su Youwei for food, hurriedly nodded her head.
Ling Xuan then immediately lifted up the plate.
“The chicken legs are all mine!”
Yu Ying patted Ling Xuan on the back. “Eat slowly, no one will compete with you.”
The calmest one was none other than the jade rabbit.
She could eat meat, but she preferred Spiritual Herbs.
After Bai Lian prepared a bunch of high-grade Spiritual Herbs for her, she shied away and ate the grass silently beside the table leg.
“Haw –”
As the jade rabbit ate, she hummed a happy and contented melody..
What a joyful New Year’s Eve!
After sitting for a while, An Lan excused herself to take a walk to aid digestion and found herself at the crooked neck tree.
Bai Lian didn’t notice anything unusual.
Even though she was watching An Lan constantly, she couldn’t see into her heart.
At 11 pm.
The evening wind made the roof tiles creak and rattle.
Ling Xuan, who had walked over from the side, suddenly reached out and tugged at Bai Lian’s sleeve.
“Elder Martial Sister.”
Bai Lian crouched down and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Ling Xuan approached Bai Lian and said, “I just saw Shifu hiding under the tree eating watermelon by herself.”
“?”
An Lan loves to eat melons, watermelons, cucumbers, and cantaloupes.
On her hand was etched a red scythe mark. According to her character profile in the game, it’s actually a small world with an area no smaller than the Sand Region.
An Lan had moved the small world from the space turbulence and converted it into her melon and fruit cultivation base.
If she were to release all the fruits and vegetables from the small world, it would be enough to crash any country’s produce market.
“Quick, go stop the Fifth Martial Sister.”
“All right, all right.”
“Keep talking and you’ll get a watermelon rind thrown at your head!”
Bai Lian said, “You can stay here with the other Elder Martial Sisters. I’ll go check on the master.”
“Okay, Elder Martial Sister.”
Ling Xuan nodded quickly.
Initially, she wanted to ask her master why she wasn’t in good spirits; however, their relationship wasn’t very close, and she was still quite young, so her master would likely give her a dismissive answer and send her away.
After consideration, Ling Xuan decided that Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian would be most suited to handle it.
Sometimes the Master can be particularly stubborn, but whenever Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian speaks up, she reluctantly complies with a disgruntled expression.
Ling Xuan thinks her master is peculiar.
She feels that Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian acts more like a proper master than her actual master.
“Without Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian, our Qiongming Peak might collapse!”
Just then.
Ling Xuan was deep in thought when Yu Ying called her over to light fireworks together.
“Fourth Elder Martial Sister, I’m coming.”
She rushed over.
…
An Lan sat perched on the crooked neck tree.
The ground beneath her was littered with watermelon rinds, yet she continued eating watermelon quietly.
Half an hour later, a familiar voice echoed from below.
“Master?”
Ah!
As if Bai Lian had startled An Lan from below, An Lan jumped up immediately, and the watermelon in her hand flew straight into the valley.
“What are you doing here?”
An Lan furrowed her brows, looking distinctly annoyed.
Bai Lian’s mind was elsewhere.
She had gotten this close without her master noticing. If she had actually reached up to touch her master, she might not have sensed it.
Something must be wrong.
Thankfully, the Fifth Martial Sister had observed carefully and spotted the issue.
She secretly felt relieved.
Bai Lian didn’t rush to respond to An Lan.
She lightly leaped up next to An Lan.
Speaking from below versus speaking side by side created entirely different atmospheres.
But…
Here came the problem!
An Lan was relatively light, so the crooked neck tree could support her weight.
But when Bai Lian sat on it too, the tree instantly snapped.
“Are you an idiot?”
An Lan immediately used her mind power to levitate the falling branch.
She glared at Bai Lian fiercely, showing no courtesy.
“…”
Never mind.
She didn’t want to get angry over such a trivial matter; better to discuss important things.
“Master.”
Bai Lian turned her head and gazed intently at An Lan.
Her face was beautiful.
The most striking feature was An Lan’s eyes, which sparkled like stars.
But what warmed Bai Lian’s heart were the small crescent-shaped Yin Fish and Yang Fish at the corners of An Lan’s eyes.
The reason her eyes were marked with a ★ was that An Lan had a similar mark herself.
Seeing this made Bai Lian feel deeply connected to her master.
She was at one end, the master at the other, with a great bridge between them for communication.
Bai Lian asked, “I’ve wanted to ask for a while now. You don’t like such crowded environments, do you?”
‘It’s none of your business!’
An Lan wanted to snap back at Bai Lian.
But ultimately, she held her tongue.
She lowered her head, realizing that Bai Lian had actually noticed her mood!
It was clear that Bai Lian had been observing her carefully!
Good.
Actually, An Lan disliked people entering her space without permission, a trait stemming from Yan Yue.
But considering that Bai Lian’s observation showed she cared, An Lan suppressed her anger.
You can’t have everything!
Rather than being ignored by Bai Lian, she now preferred having her constantly nearby.
Hmm.
One Bai Lian was enough.
“I hate crowds,” An Lan replied evenly.
Bai Lian hadn’t expected such a direct answer from her master. She had planned to act pitiful to soften the master’s mood.
Initially, An Lan hadn’t intended to be so forthright, but then she remembered she could erase Bai Lian’s memories and decided to speak her mind.
So when Bai Lian asked confusedly “why,” An Lan quickly switched to her ‘combat mode’.
It’s buzzing.
