Chapter 155

Chapter 155: Master and Disciple? Against All Propriety?

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Yet… Xinlian slowly lowered her hand in the end.

She had been tormented day and night by the flame poison of the ancient demonic beast for a full 500 years. Only the person before her could reduce her suffering and allow her to sleep peacefully.

Moreover, she truly couldn’t bring herself to harm this adorable little pillow.

Then, she had another thought. Even if Lin Muyu were completely corrupted by demonic energy, with the child’s current cultivation level, she would be absolutely incapable of causing any substantial harm to Qinglan Sect in the short term.

Dealing with it later wouldn’t be too late, would it?

With this in mind, Xinlian took a deep breath and once again slowly channeled her pure spiritual energy into Lin Muyu’s body, hoping to find a glimmer of life.

“Her divine sense and spirit root are actually protected?”

The probing results made Xinlian breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed her little disciple truly had great fortune. As long as the divine sense and spirit root weren’t contaminated by demonic energy, there was still a chance to save her.

However, the method of saving her…

Xinlian’s brows furrowed slightly, a trace of complexity flashing in her eyes.

……

In the chaos, Lin Muyu groggily opened her eyes. The tearing sensation coming from her meridians throughout her body still made her scalp tingle involuntarily.

“Mm… where is this?”

She struggled to sit up, her gaze slowly sweeping around her surroundings.

The scene before her was hazy yet familiar, until her sight fell on that patch of tender green not far away.

A familiar little sprout stood upright in a halo of light, having grown considerably since the last time she’d seen it. Its emerald leaves were even gently swaying, greeting her.

“It’s Little Sprout!”

Lin Muyu’s heart shook. Had she returned to that mysterious space again?

She endured the pain in her body and walked step by step toward Little Sprout’s direction, her footsteps somewhat unsteady from weakness.

“Say, how did you also get entangled with that Seed of Demonic Corruption?”

Just then, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind her, carrying a few parts helplessness and reproach.

Lin Muyu whipped around, only to see a familiar figure standing behind her. However, faint black energy swirled around the figure, and her face bore obvious dissatisfaction.

“Wait, Original? Why would you…”

Lin Muyu looked at the demonic energy wreathing the original’s body, her pupils dilating slightly, full of shock.

The last time they met, the original’s body had clearly still been filled with pure spiritual energy. How had she become tainted with demonic energy now?

“What else could it be?”

The original rolled her eyes, her tone carrying a bit of teeth-grinding frustration.

“It’s all to absorb part of the demonic energy erosion for you! Otherwise, do you think with your measly cultivation level you could still be standing here talking properly right now? Tell me, how did you manage to get tangled up with this Seed of Demonic Corruption too?”

This barrage of questions left Lin Muyu hanging her head lower and lower, her cheeks burning.

“I’m sorry, I was too careless.”

Lin Muyu’s voice was weak.

She had thought that pig demon corrupted by demonic energy had escaped by accident, and she had accidentally stumbled upon the demonic clan’s conspiracy.

Now thinking back, it was clearly a case of ulterior motives.

Those demon beasts’ accidental infection operations, how could they be alerting the enemy? They were bait deliberately set by the demonic clan, with the purpose of luring Qinglan Sect disciples down the mountain.

They would then secretly select disciples with special constitutions and quietly plant Seeds of Demonic Corruption in these people’s bodies. Even if the constitution wasn’t suitable, they could still embed demonic energy for easy control at any time.

When the demonic clan launched a major attack in the future, these disciples planted with demonic energy would become their moles inside the sect, dismantling Qinglan Sect’s defenses from within!

Realizing this, Lin Muyu felt a chill down her spine. These demonic clan members were actually this cunning.

“Alright, don’t blame yourself too much. You can still be saved.”

Seeing Lin Muyu’s eyes full of regret, the original couldn’t bear to reproach her further and stepped forward to gently stroke her head.

“I can still be saved?”

Lin Muyu jerked her head up, a glimmer of bright hope instantly appearing in her eyes.

But then she remembered the original’s earlier words and hurriedly asked:

“Right, you just said I was also entangled. Does that mean you were also hit with the Seed of Demonic Corruption? Also, what exactly is your body’s constitution? Why can it not only improve cultivation through that kind of thing, but also adapt to demonic energy?”

After speaking, Lin Muyu puffed out her cheeks, staring at the original with a somewhat displeased expression.

Half the disasters she’d encountered along this journey were inseparable from this special constitution. Shouldn’t she properly ask the original about it?

She should understand her own constitution very well, right?

“Those things… mwah~”

The original pondered for a moment, but instead of answering, she suddenly stepped forward and with lightning speed lightly pecked Lin Muyu’s lips.

Before Lin Muyu could react, her figure began to turn transparent, leaving behind only a phrase tinged with laughter:

“You’ll know in the future~”

“…?”

Lin Muyu froze in place, her fingers unconsciously touching her lips that had been touched. A wave of heat instantly spread from her cheeks to her ears, her small face flushing bright red.

After quite a while, she finally reacted, both angry and annoyed:

“This girl, really! Acting like a riddler again, huh?”

But before she could fully digest this sudden stolen kiss, the original’s figure unexpectedly appeared before her eyes again, dropping one final sentence before disappearing once more:

“There’s probably only one method that can save you right now. The question is whether your Master is willing or not.”

“Wait, explain it clearly, hey!”

Lin Muyu hurriedly reached out to grab her, but only caught empty air.

So this girl could come see her anytime, yet she deliberately liked to take advantage and then hide!

Too much!

Lin Muyu was somewhat angry, but also somewhat curious about what exactly this method was.

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Qinglan Sect, inside Lin Muyu’s small room.

Xinlian placed Lin Muyu’s body on the soft bed.

She took down the wine gourd from her waist, tilted her head back and took a gulp of strong liquor. The spicy liquid slid down her throat but couldn’t suppress the irritation in her heart.

She sat at the bedside, quietly watching her pale-faced disciple on the bed, her eyes full of conflict.

“If I forcibly use my spiritual energy to suppress the demonic energy in her body, it will definitely trigger a demonic energy rampage, and then she’ll only die faster…”

Xinlian murmured to herself, her fingertips gently brushing across Lin Muyu’s cheek.

“So she can only rely on her own spiritual energy to slowly suppress it. Although this is just a newly-born Seed of Demonic Corruption, with her current strength…”

Her train of thought gradually became clear. To save Lin Muyu, she had to help her improve her cultivation in a short time, relying on explosively increased spiritual energy to gain control over the Seed of Demonic Corruption. Only this way would there be a chance to prevent her from being corrupted by demonic energy.

But as soon as this idea emerged, Xinlian couldn’t help but knit her brows tightly.

She knew very clearly that the Seed of Demonic Corruption in Lin Muyu’s body had already occupied her meridians and dantian. Ordinary methods simply couldn’t allow spiritual energy to circulate smoothly, let alone improve cultivation.

Currently, the only method that could let her rapidly improve her cultivation was to rely on Lin Muyu’s own special constitution!

Thinking of this, even Xinlian, who had long stood at the pinnacle of this world and weathered countless storms, couldn’t help but blush slightly.

After all, for these thousands of years, she had devoted herself entirely to the Dao, focusing only on cultivation. She had never experienced such things, let alone… doing that kind of thing with her own disciple.

She was also somewhat hesitant. Would dual cultivation between master and disciple be somewhat against all propriety?