Chapter 2152: Chapter 2100: Haggling

Yan Xuehen was about to go crazy. She felt an incredible amount of guilt precisely because of what had happened to her disciple. That was why she'd experienced cultivation deviation and almost died. And yet as soon as she woke up, she found herself completely naked and lying in Zu An’s arms. However, she knew that he had only did so to save her, so she couldn't really say anything.

She'd thought to herself that this had to be the absolute last time. She couldn't continue this sinful relationship. But how could she have known that there would still be a large number of White Jade Sect members standing guard outside?!

When he sensed the shock and nervousness Yan Xuehen's body was signaling, Zu An shivered. However, he still tried to calmly explain, “There was no way around it. Unfortunately, your status is just too high in their eyes, and all of them treat you as their goddess. They wouldn’t feel at ease at all leaving you alone with me, and insisted on standing guard outside. They even sent in a female elder to monitor us.”

Yan Xuehen followed his line of sight and saw Elder Qi lying in the corner. She was horrified, asking, “What did you do to her?”

“Don’t worry, I merely struck her fainting acupoint,” Zu An replied while guiding her internal energy to move with him.

Yan Xuehen quickly clutched her mouth, while her other hand hit his chest. She was a bit embarrassed. She was now really glad that she'd covered her own mouth and hadn’t made any noises even when she was still in a daze. Otherwise, if those outside heard her, she would really want to just disappear forever.

Even so, she really couldn't handle this man’s incessant teasing. Not only did he not exercise restraint, he was even going further and further! This fellow seemed to have seen through what she was thinking, and wanted to make her make noise on purpose!

He’s really an annoying person!

She reached out to try and push him away several times, but unfortunately, her arms had never felt so powerless.

No, if she really thought about it, she had always been quite powerless whenever he bullied her like this... He really did have some crazy innate talent. In this kind of situation, she had always felt as if her entire body was being completely penetrated from from to end, causing her mind to go blank as if she would faint at any time.

She really was a bit curious how, despite her high cultivation, as well as the amazing strength and flexibility of her body, she still couldn't handle it. Just how had those women with ordinary cultivation survived this thing?

“Are you really trying to heal me or are you deliberately bullying me?” Yan Xuehen asked with a trembling voice.

“I’m treating you, of course,” Zu An said. He knew that in her current state, he couldn't be too rough with her, so he became more gentle.

When she sensed the love he was expressing, Yan Xuehen sighed. She held onto him tightly. In the end, she still couldn't refuse him.

Zu An moved close to her ear and said with a smile, “It’s okay if you don’t hold it in. I already set up a sound-blocking formation. They can’t hear anything.”

Yan Xuehen’s eyes widened.

This guy didn’t tell me all this time on purpose!

But she was still grateful that he wasn’t the impulsive and hot-headed type. He wasn’t someone who would use this kind of opportunity to show his dominance over her in front of the rest of the White Jade Sect.

She grinned. A bit of a stubborn look appeared in her eyes as she replied, “But I don’t want to!”

“Then it seems I haven’t been working hard enough.” Zu An harrumphed.

The ki inside Yan Xuehen’s body had already been pretty much sorted out. It was now as calm as a sea, as peaceful as a blue sky with white clouds.

And yet suddenly, it was as if a torrential rain poured down. Wild waves came one after another, not giving her any chance to catch her breath. As time went on, a faint, beautiful song suddenly emerged from the midst of that sea. At first, it was suppressed and the sound was brief, but it gradually became clearer and more wonderful.

Legend had it that there was a kind of songstress in the sea that could draw in sailors with her beautiful song, and then she would lure those sailors and their ships to destruction. However, this song was even more amazing than that, and the person was far more beautiful as well.

“Your… soundproofing… If your soundproofing formation doesn’t work, then I’ll definitely… definitely…” Yan Xuehen struggled to say; her face was completely red, and her eyes were a bit watery.

“What will you definitely do?” Zu An replied as he looked down on her from above while feeling a mysterious semse of success. The goddess who was normally far above in the clouds now seemed to be under his complete control, as if he was responsible for her very life or death.

“I will definitely kill you with a single sword slash!” Yan Xuehen finished as she got up and bit down hard on his shoulder.

“I heard that White Jade Sect Master Yan’s sword technique is amazing. But what do you think of my humble self competing against your sword technique with my spear technique?”

“Didn’t I already help you evaluate your stick technique?!”

“After receiving pointers from Sect Master Yan, I suddenly came up with a new set of spear techniques. I need the sect master to see if there's any other room for improvement.”

“You’re so annoying…”

…

After who knew how much time had passed, someone suddenly knocked on the door. Yan Xuehen shivered, then quickly grabbed her clothes to cover herself.

Zu An looked outside impatiently and asked, “What is it?”

“I wonder how our sect master’s condition is right now. Has the regent’s treatment gone smoothly?” the white-robed elder asked with some hesitation.

Yan Xuehen thought about how there were many sect members standing guard outside, and yet she'd been here inside speaking nonsense with Zu An. She was so embarrassed she buried her head into his chest. Her hand reached out and gave his waist a pinch.

“Sss~” Zu An sucked in air through his clenched teeth. He loosened up the soundproofing formation slightly and said, “Don't worry, elder. Everything is going well. Your sect master is recovering well and is quite vigorous.”

The white-robed elder was stunned.

Why do your words sound so strange?

He quickly asked, “Elder Qi, do you need any help inside?”

Zu An immediately understood what was happening. He knew that the people outside were worried about there being no news even though the three of them had been inside for so long. They naturally wouldn’t trust the words of an outsider like him and instead tried to confirm the situation with the middle-aged elder.

Yan Xuehen immediately became nervous. Elder Qi was unconscious right now, so how could she possibly reply? If they thought that something had happened to Elder Qi because they couldn't hear her reply, they would rush in to save her…

She didn’t dare to continue thinking about what would happen then. It was just too terrifying.

Zu An moved over to her ear and gently kissed her beautiful earlobe, asking, “What are you standing around blankly for? Hurry and reply already.”

Yan Xuehen was stunned.

I really am out of it. I’m already awake, so why would we have to wait for Elder Qi to reply?

As such, she took a deep breath and did her best to calm down, saying, “Elder Ming, I am fine. It is all thanks to the regent for saving me.”

When they heard her voice, cheers of joy immediately came from outside. Elder Ming’s tone seemed to be happier too as he said, “I am extremely grateful that the sect master is fine. The regent truly is extremely skilled.”

Yan Xuehen gave the man behind her a guilty look.

This guy really is extremely skilled in certain aspects.

She quickly said, “My injuries previously were too serious, so right now, the regent is assisting me in repairing my meridians and needs a bit more time… Huh?”

It turned out Zu An had started feeling a bit mischievous when he saw a bit of flirtatiousness in her usually cold eyes…

“What’s wrong, sect master?” Elder Ming asked nervously when he heard something strange in her voice.

“It’s… It’s nothing. Speaking to you just now made my internal energies act up again,” Yan Xuehen said, biting her lips tightly. Her beautiful eyes were wide, as if she was threatening Zu An to behave himself.

Zu An looked at her with a smile. He was gentle, yet decisive. Why would he listen to her in this kind of situation?

Yan Xuehen’s red lips widened. Fortunately, her cultivation and willpower were astonishing, so she didn’t make any sound.

“Then we won’t disturb the sect master’s treatment any longer,” Elder Ming said; he was startled and quickly excused himself. He also had the other sect members move further away.

If they became the reason for the sect master’s injuries remaining, that would absolutely be an unpardonable sin.

But why is the sect master’s voice shaking a bit?

It’s probably because of her injuries.

After all, Yan Xuehen’s cold demeanor had left too deep of an impression on them, so none of their thoughts went in that direction.

…

When Zu An sealed the soundproofing formation again, Yan Xuehen’s fists continuously struck Zu An. She exclaimed, “Do you really have to humiliate me like that to feel happy?”

Zu An took her tightly into his arms before replying, “How is that humiliation? It’s just that you seemed to want to leave me again, so that was why I wanted to completely set you free.”

Yan Xuehen immediately became quiet, because she really had thought of this as their last time. She definitely couldn't make this mistake again.

“Chuyan already left me, so I can't let you leave me too,” Zu An said, looking at her with a firm expression.

“But I’ve really let Chuyan down. After what already happened to Chuyan, I can't continue to repeat my mistakes,” Yan Xuehen said, clear streams of tears running down her beautiful face.

“I already said that was unrelated to you. What we should focus on the most right now is how we can save her, and not enter a vicious cycle of self-blame,” Zu An said with a serious expression.

“We do have to save her, but we can't continue the wrongdoing either,” Yan Xuehen said, her expression also firm.

When he saw that her expression this time was different from before, Zu An became silent. After a bit of time, he suddenly undid the soundproofing formation.

“What are you doing?!” Yan Xuehen was startled and quickly sent a voice transmission.

“Since this is the last time, I’ll have to make it an unforgettable one,” Zu An said, his smile a bit ambiguous.

Yan Xuehen was speechless.

“Are you doing this because you want them to know about our relationship, so that way, I would have no choice but to accept this reality and continue my relationship with you?” Yan Xuehen’s face turned cold as she said, “If that's really what you think, then I’ll give you what you want! I’ll let everyone in the world know that I’ve already been won over, and then I'll end my own life to cleanse myself of my guilt toward my sect.”

Zu An seemed to have already anticipated that she would say that and said, “ If you end your own life, you might fix all of your problems, but what about Chuyan? Then, everyone in this entire world would mock her for having her man stolen by her master. You don’t want her to become a laughingstock of the entire world, do you?”

“You…!” Yan Xuehen stared at him and asked, “Just what do you want?”

She could indeed choose to end her own life, but if that would only result in such a miserable fate for Chuyan, she would be filled with endless guilt.

“Don’t leave me,” Zu An said as he looked into her eyes.

Yan Xuehen trembled. Even though she was really reluctant, her reason still won out and she said, “No, this is the last time we’ll be together.”

“Then it’ll have to be the last three hundred times. Then, I won’t bother you anymore,” Zu An could only answer her like hat.

Yan Xuehen almost laughed in anger. “You can even haggle with this kind of thing?”

“Why not?”

“No way!”

“Then a hundred times.”

“No.”

“Ten times. You can agree to ten times, right?”

“Three times at most!”

“Fine, three times. Deal!”

When she saw his smile that was as crafty as a fox, Yan Xuehen suddenly realized that she seemed to have fallen for his tricks. She was already no longer refusing him as firmly as before. He'd managed to exploit an opening.

Three times, repeat three times; three times, how numerous they are!

But deep inside, she really didn’t want to leave him…

At least this way, I’ll have an excuse to console myself…