Chapter 47
After feasting his eyes for a few days, Jiang Lianyue took Liu Wu away.
Watching Liu Wu leave with a look of reluctance, Jiang Chen could only sigh softly.
Black silk and such didn’t matter.
What matters is that it is better for Liu Wu to follow Jiang Lianyue than to follow him, a villain.
He had the Jiang Family as a backing, but Liu Wu did not.
This seemed like a heartless trade, but in reality, Jiang Chen was doing it for Liu Wu’s own good!
“Alas!”
Continuing his contemplation, Jiang Chen sighed deeply.
An Eldest Senior Brother who cared so much for his underlings was indeed rare.
As the sigh faded, he touched the black silk in his pocket.Hmm, it’s smooth. Collection +1!
“Maybe one day I can ask if the other Junior Sisters and the master need underlings…”
Jiang Chen murmured to himself.
Suddenly, there is a flash of red, and then Xiao Hongyi appears at the side.
“You seem to be quite enjoying your wall-facing punishment.”
Her voice was somewhat cold.
“Master, you are mistaken.”
Jiang Chen shook his head, “I was merely having a normal conversation with Fifth Junior Sister.”
A normal conversation?
Xiao Hongyi was so amused she almost laughed.
Is normal communication supposed to involve physical touching?
Does a normal conversation require one to specifically put on black stockings?
If she didn’t know that after going mad, Jiang Lianyue would only listen to Jiang Chen, and it was only when she was with Jiang Chen that she would act somewhat normally.
Otherwise, Xiao Hongyi would have definitely intervened!
“Have you thought about the consequences once Lianyue recovers from her madness?”
Xiao Hongyi asked again.
To this, Jiang Chen just curled his lips.
So what if she recovers?
Throughout the nine reincarnations, Jiang Lianyue has never shown him a friendly face.
If that’s the case, what difference does it make if she hates him a little more?
After all, none of this was his initiative!
Xiao Hongyi shook her head, not knowing what else to say to Jiang Chen.
Eventually, she got to the point: “Qingning has encountered a prodigy from a lower domain who wishes to join the Jiuyan Sect. Since Qingning has no plans to return to the sect for now, you need to set off immediately and bring that person back from the Hengduan Mountain Range.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
He killed Ma Wu, and Jiang Lianyue and Lin Mubai went mad one after another.
These were all plot developments that were not found in the original story.
He was worried that these events would affect Lin Feng’s entry into the Jiuyan Sect, but it seemed that there was no impact so far.
Jiang Chen also thought about how to deal with the plot after Lin Feng became a disciple.
There was no way he was going to be slapped in the face again. He was fed up with that, but he couldn’t lose his villain character either!
Satisfying both wasn’t difficult, it was just that throughout the nine reincarnations, Jiang Chen himself never had the power to turn the plot around.
But this life was different! He was a man with a system!
Although the system was a bit unreliable, it was incomparable to the previous nine lives!
At this point in the original story, Jiang Chen was only at the middle stage Initial Formation stage, while Lin Feng was at the early stage.
And the plot was after the villain Eldest Senior Brother Jiang Chen arrived at the Hengduan Mountain Range and saw Qingning’s favorable impression of the protagonist, he became jealous and made things difficult for Lin Feng, even going so far as to attack him after thinking he was a whole realm higher.
The result?
As the protagonist, Lin Feng was adept at fighting above his level, and he easily repelled Jiang Chen, thus slapping him in the face!
Jiang Chen suspected that the author of the original story wrote about his Core Formation being destroyed perhaps as a setup for the protagonist to slap him in the face.
The initial plot won’t change in this life, but the outcome will!
Jiang Chen’s combat power was now far beyond the original setting.
With Lin Feng’s Initial Formation cultivation, there was no way he could force Jiang Chen back. Even using his trump cards, it would be the same!
The only thing to be careful of was Lin Feng’s Son of Destiny protagonist setting.
However, as long as he didn’t push Lin Feng into a corner and knew when to stop, there shouldn’t be any unexpected situations.
Of course, all of this was Jiang Chen’s speculation.
As to what would actually happen, he wasn’t completely sure in his heart.
After all, in the nine cycles of reincarnations, he knew the development of the plot and wanted to counter it in advance. But in every life, Lin Feng’s actions would exceed expectations, and sometimes characters or items that weren’t written in the plot would appear.
Therefore, he had to play it by ear.
If Jiang Chen couldn’t defeat Lin Feng even with the system, then he would just leave Jiuyan Sect and hide outside until the grand finale, when he would reappear before Lin Feng.
“You have another task. You must bring Mubai back!”
Xiao Hongyi added.
“Lin Mubai? Didn’t you tie him up, Master?”
Jiang Chen was startled.
Mentioning this matter gave Xiao Hongyi a headache.
Since being tied up, Lin Mubai had been behaving himself and hadn’t thought about harming himself again.
However, Lin Mubai’s madness intensified yesterday while several of the guarding elders were discussing Lin Feng.
He began spouting nonsense and even threatened the elders that if they didn’t release him, he would destroy his own Dao foundation and ruin his Core Formation!
The elders didn’t want Lin Mubai to waste his potential, so they reluctantly untied him.
After being released, the elders breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that Lin Mubai didn’t have any extreme reactions.
But unexpectedly, Lin Mubai suddenly launched a sneak attack!
He knocked out the elders with the back of a knife and then fled the sect!
At that time, Xiao Hongyi was discussing matters at the main peak, and by the time she learned of the incident, Lin Mubai was long gone without a trace.
“Jiang Chen, both Lianyue and Mubai have gone mad one after the other, and both have left the sect. Is it because I, as their master, didn’t care for them enough on a daily basis?” Xiao Hongyi asked softly.
Her beautiful eyes closed as she spoke, and her delicate face showed many shades of sadness.
Seeing this, Jiang Chen felt a pang in his heart.
Dropping his usual frivolous demeanor, he said seriously, “Master, you don’t need to take all the blame for your disciples’ mistakes onto yourself. You’ve been great, and it’s we who have failed to appreciate your earnest efforts.”
Hearing this, Xiao Hongyi opened her eyes.
She gave Jiang Chen a deep look, feeling that her eldest disciple seemed a bit out of the ordinary. “If you know that I have been earnest, then how dare you steal my personal clothing?!”
Xiao Hongyi’s eyes widened in exasperation.
“Uh…”
Jiang Chen was at a loss for words and awkwardly chuckled, “Master, isn’t that all in the past?”
“In the past? Hmph! I’m going to punish you severely today!”
“Ah? Another punishment? I’ve already been facing the wall for many days.”
“Horse stance!!”
Horse stance? What kind of new punishment was this? Jiang Chen was speechless and pleaded pitifully,
“Master, can’t we choose another form of punishment? I’m a Core Formation cultivator. What’s the point of doing horse stance!”
Xiao Hongyi didn’t reply and just clenched her fist. Jiang Chen had no choice but to comply.
Normally he was a head taller than Xiao Hongyi, but in the horse stance, he could only look up at her.
“How long do I have to do this? Master, I’m feeling dizzy…” Jiang Chen continued to play the sympathy card.
“Sigh.” Xiao Hongyi sighed softly.
She raised her hand and tapped Jiang Chen’s head, then suddenly stepped forward and pulled Jiang Chen’s head into her embrace.
This abrupt gesture took Jiang Chen by surprise.
At that moment, he finally understood. Xiao Hongyi didn’t want to punish him; she wanted to hug him.
The reason she asked him to do the horse stance was because of the noticeable height difference between them, and as the master, Xiao Hongyi naturally couldn’t throw herself into his arms.
“Jiang Chen, I don’t need you to be a paragon of virtue, I just hope you can stand with a clear conscience between heaven and earth.”
“I don’t know why, but now in the Ninth Peak, you are the only disciple I have left, and you too will leave tomorrow. I truly can’t bear to part with you…”
“You are my first disciple, and I have always been quite partial to you.”
“This is because, although everyone says you are beyond redemption, I don’t believe so. As your master, I know that there are still people and things you care about the most in your heart.”
“Promise me to take good care of Junior Brother and Junior Sister and shoulder the responsibility of the Ninth Peak’s Eldest Senior Brother.”
“As long as you have a heart inclined towards righteousness, I will stand in front of you even if the Empress herself comes to trouble you!”
The words of Xiao Hongyi echoed in his ears one after another.
The emotions contained in these words made Jiang Chen’s eyes instantly moist.
He suddenly couldn’t bear it.
He couldn’t bear to let Xiao Hongyi continue to be disappointed and couldn’t bear to see her so sad…
But wouldn’t that just lead to an endless cycle of repetition?
Suddenly, Jiang Chen stood up and broke free from Xiao Hongyi’s embrace.
Ignoring Xiao Hongyi’s bewildered gaze, he grabbed her wrist, pulled her into his arms, and held her tightly.
Feeling the warmth from Jiang Chen’s chest, Xiao Hongyi’s cheeks instantly flushed red.
She could have easily broken free with her strength, but she sensed that Jiang Chen’s body was trembling slightly.
Before she could recover, she heard Jiang Chen say:
“Master, whether it’s a hundred years or a thousand years. No matter what happens in the future, no matter how disappointed you are with me.”
“I just want to say…”
“If one day, I am no longer in this world.”
“If one day, you find yourself all alone.”
“If one day, you wake up from your grief and anger.”
“Please remember this saying from your disciple…”
“I won’t let you die! Never! Even if you end up hating me for it!”
Xiao Hongyi didn’t understand these words.
Although she didn’t understand, she felt the desperate emotion that Jiang Chen was pouring out.
After a moment’s hesitation, she honestly leaned her head on Jiang Chen’s chest, gently patted his back with her jade hand, and comforted him.
“Silly disciple, your master will not die.”
Jiang Chen remained silent.
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