Chapter 1101 - 604: Reasonable Speculation (Double-Length) (Part 2)

Why?

Shi Qingjun couldn’t understand Ah Qing’s thoughts, but she didn’t plan to understand either, because Ah Qing was already a woman, and you should never try to understand a woman’s thoughts, even if you are a woman yourself.

"Don’t look at me like that." Ah Qing stretched lazily.

Even though both of them knew without speaking, yet... Xu Chang’an was watching her on stage at the moment. Just thinking of him brought an irrepressible blush to her face, so how could she be willing to discuss him with another woman?

Thus, there wasn’t any extraneous thought; Ah Qing simply didn’t want to discuss her beloved with a ’rival’ more than necessary, and that’s all.

Of course, necessary discussions still had to happen; otherwise, there would be nothing to talk about.

"It seems you understand him far less than I do." Ah Qing suddenly said.

"Mm." Shi Qingjun didn’t refute her; she thought so herself, but she still had doubts: "So, do you know his purpose?"

"Who knows." Ah Qing shrugged.

She did have suspicions, but why share them with a rival?

For instance, she knew Xu Chang’an and Yun Qian most desired a peaceful life.

If the Holy Sect and Chaoyun fully engaged... the first thing affected would be the peaceful life the young master wished for, so... before anything happened, as long as unstable factors were removed, his life shouldn’t be impacted.

Assuming Xu Chang’an was the Heavenly Dao Incarnation, then his thoughts would be supreme, and naturally, the world would operate according to his wishes, thus the truth in Ah Qing’s heart was —[The removal of First Seat was due to its threat to the peaceful life of the young master and lady.]

Thus, she herself, who initiated the war, suffered from the Dao Rhyme Cage.

Therefore, her third Qiankun Realm, the basis of her confidence, vanished from the world.

And all this was for the stable life the young master desired.

Hmm... these were purely her speculations, without any evidence, just Ah Qing’s self-assumed thoughts.

But they made a lot of sense.

She could elevate the young master to an immensely high position in her heart, which made Ah Qing very happy just by thinking about it, as for nearly being killed as the culprit...

Even if Xu Chang’an was the Heavenly Dao Incarnation, without a doubt, he wasn’t aware of the Dao Rhyme Cage incident, in fact, his coming to shield her inadvertently saved her was a subjective act.

One was inadvertent, the other was intentional, naturally the latter weighed more.

So, Ah Qing expressed there was no problem at all; she didn’t care in the least.

Thinking here, Ah Qing looked at Shi Qingjun, this candidate rival, and really felt displeased.

The secret of the young master was best known only by herself, yet she had to share it with this woman... truly annoying.

But nothing can be done; even if she was unwilling, Ah Qing still shared things with her.

In truth, the reason wasn’t because she wanted to be a responsive elder sister to Shi Qingjun.

The reason was that she didn’t want Shi Qingjun to get too close to Xu Chang’an out of curiosity — if she didn’t satisfy her doubts, Shi Qingjun would undoubtedly seek out Xu Chang’an’s secrets, and if in getting too close, she developed feelings for the young master, then what?

Hence, with no alternative, Ah Qing could only proactively reveal some of Xu Chang’an’s secrets, satisfying Shi Qingjun’s curiosity, to keep her as far away from her beloved as possible.

Staring intently at Shi Qingjun.

’Troublesome woman...’

If she could defeat her, Ah Qing really wouldn’t mind driving this woman far away now, but the fact was, she didn’t have the strength, so she could only watch Shi Qingjun’s curiosity about Xu Chang’an, even...

In the future, orchestrated by her aunt, she would probably have to perform a dance for this woman, sing a play for her?

’Humiliation.’

’Truly humiliating.’

But...

Ah Qing sighed softly, gently patting her slightly heated cheek.

For the young master, everything was fine.

Besides, Shi Qingjun was at least someone she once admired, performing for her... was no big deal, let it be repaying her for guiding the lantern along the way.

Speaking of, is this what it means to be a woman?

Originally hoped for harmonious relations with her, now are ’foes turned by a man’?

This is what it means to be a woman.

She must be a qualified woman.

"Shi Qingjun, I have something to ask you." Ah Qing suddenly said.

"Ask me?" Shi Qingjun was puzzled.

"You gave the young master a piece of Glazed Jade with your aura merely for cultivation, with no substantive effect?" Ah Qing looked at her.

"No."

"Just as I thought." Ah Qing pouted and immediately said: "Someone like the young master, being a mere nobody in Chaoyun Sect, isn’t it quite unfair?"

She was unhappy looking.

No matter what, he was her beloved, even though due to Xu Chang’an’s personal reasons he didn’t want to stand at the peak, but due to his immense talent being valued, envied, respected... that was certainly necessary.

After developing feelings for Xu Chang’an, Ah Qing secretly investigated him.

Not to mention the reputation of Muyu Peak, even his talent seemed hidden, watching her beloved struggling on the mountain and being slandered felt wrong, even a bit anger-inducing, made her want to step in to stand up for the young master.

And the disturbance of Xu Chang’an’s cultivation was hidden by Shi Qingjun, thus this anger fell on Shi Qingjun.

"Not good... is it?" Shi Qingjun tilted her head.

She didn’t think so.

She didn’t think hiding his cultivation disturbances was a mistake, though she hadn’t thought much about it initially, just subconsciously didn’t want him to expose too many ’Immortal Reincarnation’ traits yet.

But as time passed, as she gained more understanding of Xu Chang’an’s character, she began to believe her actions were correct; with Xu Chang’an’s personality, he would definitely not want this anomaly to be exposed in front of everyone.

So she believed she hadn’t done wrong.

Beside her, Ah Qing watched Shi Qingjun’s expression changes, clicked her tongue: "You... I understand your mind, the young master is indeed a gentle and understated person, but some things don’t need to be upfront, hiding true capabilities and having a noble identity isn’t mutually exclusive, right?"

"...?" Shi Qingjun had a question mark on her head.

She was a bit dazed.

Is this important?

Visibly not affecting him, providing a hidden identity...

Does this have any significance?

Indeed, she couldn’t completely understand Ah Qing’s thought process.

"You... forget it." Ah Qing shrugged.

She had said what she should, if Shi Qingjun couldn’t comprehend giving the young master a rare blessing, that’s her own problem, she had done her best.

Just like she had designated Xu Chang’an the ’First Seat’, does Xu Chang’an know?

No.

First Seat had no impact on his life either.

But Ah Qing herself would be thrilled, because she provided the young master a rightful position, not like Shi Qingjun, who pressed him too low...

Surely, as an admirer, Ah Qing would be displeased.

Had she known Xu Chang’an might be delighted, she, as the Sect Leader, would have taken a step back.

With the young master’s skills, not saying as Sect Leader Yun, secretly giving him an item truly symbolic of Shi Qingjun’s identity should still be possible... like when everyone looked down on the young master, yet he pulled out a personal item of Shi Qingjun’s, something like that... would be very interesting.

Wouldn’t be more useful than a broken Glazed Jade Pendant?

Though compared to the Heavenly Dao topic earlier, this matter indeed wasn’t necessary to discuss, just something she remembered and casually mentioned.

"Oh."

Ah Qing thought of something else.

Since she wasn’t enemies with Shi Qingjun, some things could be "conspired" with her.

"The First Seat of the Holy Sect is no longer vacant." Ah Qing narrowed her eyes: "Shi Qingjun, you should also tell the people below Chaoyun, say if they encounter the First Seat of my sect in the future, they should honor it, go around it."

"?" Shi Qingjun looked at her in confusion.

Below?

Talking about grievances between the Demon Sect and Chaoyun?

What does it matter to them?

"My First Seat’s name is now ’Young Master.’" Ah Qing reminded her.

"...Alright."