Misunderstanding!

Two quarters of an hour later, two tired figures, a man and a woman, appeared at the foot of the peak’s trestle road. 

Lin Huaian, being a boy after all, was physically stronger, so he could barely hold on, but Li Tao was different.

“Hey, Junior Sister, you…” Lin Huaian breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to call out to Li Tao to see how she was, but when Li Tao’s figure appeared in his field of vision, Lin Huaian suddenly felt that he couldn’t speak.

It was a girl who was as limp as pudding all over.

Li Tao’s face was flushed, her whole body was soaked in fragrant sweat, and mist appeared on her slender eyelashes.

She gasped for breath, supporting herself with her left hand against the stone wall, but her body was still fluttering in the cold wind, as if she would fall to the ground with another gust of wind.

Her eyes were already a little blurred, and the figure of Lin Huaian in front of her began to blur.

Lin Huaian hadn’t turned his head once along the way. Li Tao looked at his indifferent back and gradually realized that this descent from the peak was not a simple stroll. Lin Huaian could obviously fly with his sword, using sword flight, but he insisted on walking down the peak. There must be a profound meaning in this, and she had to emulate it! [Sword flight literally means “controlling sword flying,” which refers to flying on a sword, a common trope in Chinese cultivation stories.]

So she forced herself, or rather, barely managed to persevere until now.

She finally reached the ground, but she began to feel dizzy, and she didn’t even have much strength left to speak.

“I…” Li Tao struggled to say that she was fine to Lin Huaian, but at this moment, her left hand slipped, and her body suddenly fell backward uncontrollably.

In the moment before falling, Li Tao closed her eyes. She was so embarrassed.

Senior Brother would definitely think she was weak and disgraceful, and just leave her here, right?

After all, this was Senior Brother Lin Huaian.

Unexpectedly, the ground didn’t seem very cold and hard, and the feeling of falling wasn’t very painful.

It even felt a little warm?

Li Tao opened her eyes and found that she hadn’t fallen to the ground, but had been caught in Lin Huaian’s arms from behind.

“Tell me if you can’t hold on,” Lin Huaian couldn’t help but feel a little sorry for the tired girl.

He reached one arm across her waist and the other across her shoulder, barely managing to catch her in his arms.

“How can Senior Brother be the same as you? You could have just used your flying sword to come down and wait for me!”

Li Tao was already stunned, and couldn’t even say a word, because what was Lin Huaian doing?

You’re Lin Huaian, the one who has committed all kinds of evil deeds in the Heavenly Inscription Sect, with an arrogant and bullying personality, right? 

How could you catch me, hug me, and be so gentle to me?

Shouldn’t you have thrown me on the ground and laughed contemptuously, saying that trash wasn’t worthy to be with you, and then just walked away?

And what did Lin Huaian just say, “How can Senior Brother be the same as you?”

Sure enough, Lin Huaian had overcome the Sacred Body problem. What did he mean by “not the same”? How many realms was he stronger than her?

“Sigh,” Lin Huaian was a little troubled.

He simply sat down and gave Li Tao a lap pillow. Li Tao didn’t react and just fell down.

She stared blankly at Lin Huaian’s face in front of her, wondering if she was dreaming.

“We’ll leave after you’ve rested enough. Follow Senior Brother to the training ground. Don’t make a fuss then,” Lin Huaian didn’t pay attention to what Li Tao was thinking.

He was only thinking about the Children of Destiny he might meet later, so he earnestly instructed, “What we want today is a low profile, understand?”

Li Tao nodded subconsciously.

Lin Huaian, satisfied, gently stroked her head.

The latter’s face immediately flushed with shame.

She didn’t expect Lin Huaian to have such a side.

What was this, like petting a cat? Should she cooperate a little?

Li Tao turned her head, her face red, and very softly made a small sound: “Meow…”

“…Hmm?”

Lin Huaian noticed something was wrong, but it wasn’t from Li Tao.

He turned his head and looked not far from the trestle road at the entrance of the peak.

Several passing trainee disciples were staring straight at the two of them, completely dumbfounded.

Lin Huaian felt something was wrong and quickly wanted to clarify, but the disciples, seeing his actions, all let out a few wails and fled in a panic.

“Ahhhhh, Senior Brother is back! Senior Brother is back! Help!!!”

“WTF, WTF, a lone man and a woman, in the woods, what’s going on? So Senior Sister and Senior Brother are in that kind of relationship?!”

“Senior Sister’s face was so red just now, so red!!!”

“Defiling my dream lover, Lin Huaian, I’m going to kill you!”

“Senior Sister, my Senior Sister…”

Listening to the content of these people’s screaming like ghosts, Lin Huaian completely petrified on the spot.

Misunderstanding, a huge misunderstanding!

He covered his head, thinking that he was done for. Li Tao was the inviolable fairy in the hearts of almost all the male disciples of the entire sect.

As the Senior Brother, he certainly knew this.

He didn’t have much interaction with Li Tao on weekdays, but today of all days, such a scene was seen by others. What to do?

Would there be few Heavenly Inscription Sect disciples coming to seek revenge in the future?

Not to mention the future, what about his plan to go to the training ground later? In this situation, he would definitely be eaten alive if he went to the training ground!

Lin Huaian’s brain crashed.

The girl in his arms heard the voices of those disciples and her face turned even redder.

She curled up her body to bury herself completely in Lin Huaian’s arms.

“Junior Sister, we’re finished,” Lin Huaian covered his face, “Our reputation is ruined!”

“Actually… it doesn’t matter.” Li Tao said softly, shrinking in Lin Huaian’s arms.

“It doesn’t matter? This is your reputation!” Lin Huaian was shocked.

“Usually, many people come to me from time to time to give gifts and pursue me. Every time I reject them, but the people who come are still endless, and I can’t drive them away no matter what.” Li Tao seemed really troubled.

Lin Huaian understood. He swallowed and asked, “Junior Sister, are you going to use me as a shield?”

“Yes.” Li Tao nodded.

“I disagree.” Lin Huaian refused at the speed of light.

“Why?” Li Tao was stunned. Before today, the two of them hadn’t had much interaction.

This was also the first time she had shown this appearance in front of Lin Huaian.

Li Tao thought that Lin Huaian would be somewhat interested in her, but she never expected that Lin Huaian would reject her?

She was also a young girl, after all. Li Tao was very clear about her charm, so she couldn’t understand Lin Huaian’s decisiveness even more.

“There’s no reason, I just disagree,” Lin Huaian thought, “I’m a cripple, afraid of being sought for revenge, but you’re a cultivation genius, you’re not afraid.”

He then continued, “Let’s take some time in a few days, and we’ll go together to clarify the situation to all the disciples of the Heavenly Inscription Sect.”

Li Tao looked at Lin Huaian’s extremely sincere and righteous expression for a long time, and suddenly understood Lin Huaian’s thoughts–

This was for her!

Li Tao understood.

This rumor was all beneficial to Lin Huaian, he could have more people’s admiration and a stronger reputation, and could even take advantage of the name of pretending to be a Taoist couple to do this and that to her. Only for Li Tao, this rumor was all bad. 

She would bear the notoriety of being a fairy in front of people and a slut behind their backs, and would lose the trust of the male disciples up and down the sect, while the female disciples would add fuel to the fire of her failure.

The clear heart of the Dao would be tarnished, causing her to end up with nothing…

So what Lin Huaian was so insistent on meant that he, Lin Huaian, could not care about his reputation, but you, Li Tao, are a girl, you are now at the height of your popularity, you can’t let your reputation be damaged, and you can’t let yourself bear the title of treating people one way in front of their faces and another way behind their backs!

This was all for her!

Li Tao suddenly felt a little touched, because she never thought that one day, she could be so cherished by a man, and treated so attentively.

She sat up and suddenly hugged Lin Huaian tightly, whispering in his ear: “Please rest assured, Senior Brother, Li Tao will definitely protect you in the future, no one can touch you!”

Lin Huaian quickly raised both hands over his head, fearing that he would touch any part of her body, to show his innocence.

Li Tao seemed a little dissatisfied, but she just hugged Lin Huaian tighter.

Although he didn’t know what the situation was, since Li Tao had said so…

It seemed that today, he couldn’t temporarily return home.