After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master-Chapter 137 - Playing the Flute

Chapter 137 Playing the Flute

Jiang Huai diligently started making fish slice porridge in the kitchen.

The fish slice porridge wasn’t complicated. Jiang Huai had expertly sliced the Snow Spirit Fish, while the bones were fried to a golden hue to make fish broth. After filtering out the bones, he used the broth to cook the porridge, then added the marinated fish slices to boil until cooked. The fish slices were tender and smooth, the porridge base was fresh, fragrant, and soft, and with a few sprinkles of chopped green onion, the dish looked especially appealing.

There were also a few small dishes on the side, containing fried peanuts, golden beans, and some pickled vegetables.

“There’s too much to finish, take the leftovers to Wen Wanwan,” he said.

Unexpectedly, Chu Xianning took the initiative to bring up this matter. Jiang Huai was momentarily stunned, then nodded lightly and casually asked, “What does Master think of Wanwan?”

“More diligent than you.”

Jiang Huai was momentarily lost for words. Chu Xianning drank the last spoonful of porridge and then took out the Dragon Blood Elixir that Jiang Huai had given her earlier and swallowed one.

After taking the Dragon Blood Elixir, she felt a slight, indescribable heat in her body. Jiang Huai, carrying the food container, left the courtyard, while Chu Xianning went to the bathhouse. She shed her clothes and immersed her pale body in the cold pool water, slightly easing the heat.

She vaguely felt something strange about her body, as if the Dragon Blood Elixir had also triggered the monthly drawback of her Flower Spirit Body. She brought her fingertip to her lips and bit it lightly, the slight pain helping her regain some clarity.

Soon she stepped out of the bathhouse and started practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard. Jiang Huai returned a bit late because he had spent some time chatting with Wen Wanwan.

As he opened the door, he was cautious, worrying that his master might lash out at him in a fit of emotion due to the Dragon Blood Elixir. What if she used the excuse of him entering the courtyard with his left foot first to beat him up?

Fortunately, Chu Xianning wasn’t so unreasonable. At the moment, she was sitting by the stone table, brewing tea. Jiang Huai approached her, and for some reason, thinking that Chu Xianning might be slightly more irritable than usual, he suddenly felt an inexplicable desire to provoke her.

“Master...” Jiang Huai hesitated.

“Speak.”

“I’ll be descending the mountain in a couple of days, and it’ll be half a month before I return. Shouldn’t we open two more of the remaining four acupoints first?”

Chu Xianning turned her face away, pondering seriously for a moment. After a while, she looked back at Jiang Huai with eyes both sincere and innocent. She hesitated for a moment before asking,

“Which two?”

“The ribs and lower abdomen? Just change into a dance skirt with a chest wrap, I’ve prepared it,” Jiang Huai tentatively asked.

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He clearly remembered that among the four acupoints, the ribs, coccyx, inner thighs, and lower abdomen remained. Naturally, he wanted to proceed step by step. Otherwise, mentioning them might cost him his life with Chu Xianning.

“I have a dance skirt,” Chu Xianning said with a faint glance, standing up and walking back to her room.

Jiang Huai scratched his head.

For thirteen whole years, he had never seen Chu Xianning in a dance skirt.

When Chu Xianning changed and came out of the room, Jiang Huai’s gaze instantly fell on her. Even though he tried hard to restrain the greed in his eyes, he couldn’t help but stare the moment he saw her.

Chu Xianning wore a two-piece dance skirt; the top was a moon-white chest wrap that fully enclosed her bust, and the bottom was a hazy snow-colored gauze skirt with a high slit that revealed glimpses of her thighs as she moved. Jiang Huai’s voice stuttered,

“Why does Master have such a dance skirt?”

“It was a gift from Luo Yueguan, the first time I’ve worn it,” Chu Xianning’s expression was indifferent and cold, showing no blush or embarrassment.

She looked at Jiang Huai, slightly lifted her chin, and a hint of displeasure showed in her eyes.

“Don’t stare at me.”

Jiang Huai hurriedly averted his gaze. Chu Xianning sat down on the stone chair, and Jiang Huai had already placed the massage oil on the table. Chu Xianning sat still like a sculpture, while Jiang Huai’s hand holding the oil bottle trembled terribly.

Was he really going to touch Master’s waist? And the soft, slippery lower abdomen? Hey, Master’s belly button is so cute; I want to poke it.

At this moment, Jiang Huai’s mind was filled with all sorts of strange thoughts, and the system in his ear started to ding incessantly. He couldn’t help but sneak a peek, then suddenly became lost in thought for a moment.

【Master Chu Xianning’s Flower Spirit Body gives her more desires than an ordinary woman. She suppresses all excess desires with her Taoist techniques, hiding in the secret chamber under Guangxue Mountain once a month to quietly resolve them.】

【The dragon blood in the Dragon Blood Elixir causes the body to heat up and the mind to become restless. Taking the Dragon Blood Elixir these past few days has made Chu Xianning’s Taoist techniques slightly unstable, and the restraints she placed on her body have also loosened a bit.】

【Detecting evil thoughts in the host, a mission has been issued: While opening acupoints for Chu Xianning, say some sweet words to make the already emotionally unstable Chu Xianning develop a fondness. Once her heart is moved and her Taoist techniques naturally shatter, it will cause the desires of her Flower Spirit Body, which should have erupted tomorrow, to emerge today. Let her be overwhelmed with shyness when you notice, and from then on, she will no longer be able to face you with the pure stance of a master.】

【Reward: high-grade experience scroll*3.】

So that was the drawback of the Flower Spirit Body.

Jiang Huai’s hand trembled even more. Damn it, why was his first thought about what sweet words to say, instead of ignoring these tasks like he used to?

Damn it, but what sweet words could he say?

Besides... if the sweet words were a bit too much, Chu Xianning might turn against him on the spot...

Jiang Huai’s head was spinning, and he hesitated for a moment. Chu Xianning glanced at him, “What’s wrong with your hand?”

“This... I don’t know why... today it seems... inexplicably... trembling badly...”

“Then shall we open the acupoints another time?”

“No!” Jiang Huai immediately responded.

“I’ll be descending the mountain in two days for more than ten days. It’s naturally better to open Master’s acupoints earlier. The sooner they are opened, the better for the old injuries. Today!”

“Oh.”

Chu Xianning responded indifferently, not arguing further, just sitting quietly there, the wind blowing her hair by her cheeks, her eyes as cold as ever.

“Master, wait for me to steady... it won’t tremble in a bit...”

“No rush,” Chu Xianning replied indifferently.

Jiang Huai quietly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He shifted his gaze to Chu Xianning’s face, trying to find some comfort in her cold eyes. But the sight of her eyes as cool as a secluded spring, and the dance skirt that somehow exuded a charm, and the glimpse of her waist out of the corner of his eye, made his hand tremble even more.

You’re too weak, Jiang Huai!

“I didn’t know before that Master could dance...” Jiang Huai tried to say something to distract himself.

“Didn’t you spied through the small hole in the window lattice when you were injured?” Chu Xianning looked back at him indifferently.

Somehow, he always felt there was a faint, almost imperceptible smile on Chu Xianning’s lips as if she found his current embarrassed state amusing.

“Master knew?” Jiang Huai’s eyes widened.

“I just didn’t bother to scold you,” Chu Xianning replied coldly.

In fact, Jiang Huai knew she was aware because it was only during the time he was seriously injured that Chu Xianning would dance a little after practicing her sword at night. After he recovered, she stopped even practicing her sword at night. The matter had been unspoken between them, but today Chu Xianning brought it up herself.

Did this mean that their relationship had drawn a little closer?

Jiang Huai’s mind began to fantasize for no reason, and after a moment, he knocked on his head.

“When I was at Qingxuan Sect recently, I heard Aunt Luo mention... there was a dance competition held by some fairy, and Master won the top prize. It made Luo Yueguan so jealous, she said that if you hadn’t participated, the top prize would have been hers. She also said you were so generous that you gave the prize to her. Her tone was as sour as vinegar that’s been aged for decades...”

Chu Xianning was silent for a moment, “I just wanted to join her in the competition to increase the chances of getting that Nirvana Pill. I didn’t need the Nirvana Pill, so I didn’t intend to take her prize.”

“Of course, I know. Heh, Luo Yueguan is such a miser.”

“Luo Yueguan is actually very good to her friends. It’s just that she’s had a rough past, so sometimes she seems sharp and harsh. Don’t think too badly of her.”

“No, I was just saying. Aunt Luo has been quite good to me too.”

Thinking of this, Jiang Huai’s head still hurt. It was more than quite good; he was still pondering how to lower Luo Yueguan’s 87 favorability towards him. He felt he hadn’t done anything special for Luo Yueguan, yet her favorability towards him had skyrocketed. If only he could see Chu Xianning’s favorability towards him, would it be 70? Or 75? Could it reach 80?

But Jiang Huai felt that affection wasn’t something that could be measured with vague numbers.

“So, do I have a chance to see Master dance in this skirt again?” Jiang Huai suddenly changed the subject.

Chu Xianning looked back at him, and after two breaths, she answered, “No.”

Jiang Huai obediently shut his mouth. He certainly wouldn’t complain about Chu Xianning being stingy. The fact that Chu Xianning would wear a dance skirt for him to see and let him open her acupoints, he was already somewhat flattered.

Accustomed to Master’s cold violence, suddenly getting a little benefit completely overwhelmed him. Too weak, Jiang Huai Jr.

“By the way, besides dancing, what else can Master do?” Jiang Huai asked curiously.

He really didn’t know Chu Xianning well enough because she rarely talked to him about her past. Chu Xianning hesitated for a moment, then replied indifferently, “Playing the flute.”

“Huh? Master can play the flute?”

“I studied it for a short time.”

“I want to hear it.”

Jiang Huai looked at Chu Xianning with anticipation.

After a moment of silence, she took out a bamboo flute from her purple talisman. The flute was exquisitely made from fine materials. Chu Xianning brought the flute to her lips and began to play softly.

Jiang Huai sat quietly to the side, the flute music quietly spreading through the courtyard. Chu Xianning played a serene and melodious tune, the notes flowing beautifully.

The wind fluttered her white skirt, the gauze hazy, and her legs appeared and disappeared beneath the hem.

He gradually became entranced, the serene flute music seeming to dispel all the restless thoughts in his head, leaving only Chu Xianning’s cold eyes in front of him.