“Xuexue!” Seeing Yun Qingxue look at him, Jin Lin quickly waved his hand and used a teleportation technique. In the next second, he stood just two steps away from her. Grinning, he revealed a row of neat white teeth as he happily gazed at Yun Qingxue.
Yun Qingxue also smiled, her voice as clear and melodious as a nightingale’s. “Jin Lin.”
Jin Lin’s smile grew even brighter. Suddenly, as if remembering something, his eyes burned with tiny flames as he glared at Mo Changxing.
This guy had really screwed him over earlier!!!
“Xuexue, let’s catch up later. Right now, I have a little personal score to settle!”
Personal score?! Mo Changxing looked at Jin Lin in confusion, then followed his fiery gaze back to himself.
Between senior brother and Jin Lin… what kind of conflict had arisen while she was in seclusion?!
Meeting Jin Lin’s hostile stare, Mo Changxing frowned, unable to comprehend what nonsense the Dragon King was up to now.
Seriously, if anyone should be settling scores, it should be him! His original plan to bet with their master and free Qingxue had been ruined by this guy. If the barrier hadn’t suddenly opened on its own, he might still be worrying about how Qingxue had been doing all this time, his heart still hanging in suspense!
“There is indeed a personal score to settle!” Mo Changxing suddenly grinned, exuding a dangerous aura.
A tense, perilous atmosphere filled the air, as if sparks of battle were crackling and popping.
Yun Qingxue frowned, sensing the hostility. Her previously joyful mood, buoyed by the skills she had learned during her seclusion, instantly sank to the bottom.
One was her senior brother, who had guided her to their master and cared for her endlessly. The other was a friend she had met during her escape, someone who had treated her with genuine kindness and never held back!
Now, these two seemed to be at odds! Whoever got hurt, the one who would suffer the most would be her!
“Senior brother, Jin Lin—” Yun Qingxue quickly lifted a foot, intending to step between the two and separate them, but her arm was suddenly grabbed.
She turned her head and saw the handsome, smiling face of the Purple Melody Sage.
In that split second, Jin Lin and Mo Changxing leaped into the air, darting to the side as they began exchanging blows.
Yun Qingxue shifted slightly, trying to break free from the Purple Melody Sage’s grip. “Master, senior brother and—”
“Young people sparring isn’t a bad thing!” The Purple Melody Sage grinned like a sly old fox, utterly relaxed.
Those two brats had tried to team up and scheme against him, despite having zero coordination between them.
Hah… serves them right. If they couldn’t even work together properly, they shouldn’t have tried to team up in the first place!
“Come, come, my good disciple. To celebrate you finishing the first batch of books I assigned, let’s sit here, munch on some melon seeds, and enjoy the free show!”
With that, the Purple Melody Sage actually handed Yun Qingxue a handful of melon seeds.
“Master, you knew I’d finished all the books you gave me?” Yun Qingxue was surprised, though it made sense that the Purple Melody Sage would be fully aware of her progress.
“Of course.” The Purple Melody Sage spat out some seed shells with zero decorum, his eyes fixed on Jin Lin and Mo Changxing’s fight. “My barrier wouldn’t have lifted unless you finished all those books. Mo Changxing may have exceptional talent in magic, but he’s no match for your master! The barrier I set couldn’t be broken by him.”
Yun Qingxue instantly understood.
The Purple Melody Sage offered her the seeds again. “Disciple, want some? Just watching is kind of boring.”
Yun Qingxue: “…”
Though her master’s demeanor reassured her that nothing too serious would happen between the two, her heart still raced as she watched them fight. Munch on seeds? Enjoy the show? How heartless would she have to be to do that?!
“Master, I’ll pass.”
“Ah, disciple, let me tell you something. Even though you’ve mastered the art of fasting and no longer need food to sustain yourself, eating can still be cultivated as a hobby. The path of immortality is long—without hobbies, it’d be so dull!”
Yun Qingxue: “…”
So… was her master encouraging her to embrace being a “foodie”?!
“Jin Lin, kid, water manipulation may be your forte, but after all this fighting, you’re still just playing with water. Can’t you switch it up? I recall your dragon clan has fire-attribute members too! Hurry up and try something new!
And you, Changxing. As my eldest disciple, can’t you do better? Fighting for so long and still at a stalemate—I give you zero points! Go all out and take down that water-playing brat! Ugh!”
At the end of his commentary, the Purple Melody Sage spat out a mouthful of seed shells with gusto.
Jin Lin: “…”
Mo Changxing: “…”
Yun Qingxue: “…”
Why did all three of them suddenly realize that this sage master had a strong, chaos-loving personality…?
“Hey, water-playing kid, can’t you come up with a more creative attack?” Though he found the Purple Melody Sage’s antics tiresome, Mo Changxing had to admit his comment about Jin Lin’s water obsession was spot-on! Of course, aside from that one remark, the rest was nonsense—best ignored.
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