You Can’t Win Against Me

Roughly an hour later, Chen Xueli, who had gone to see the Sect Leader, finally returned.

However, she didn’t take her joking words seriously, nor did she make Su Wanqing fulfill her parting words.

Presumably, her Master must have deeply remembered the feeling of being hit and would probably not flirt around again.

Of course, that should be rephrased, given her dearest Master’s circumstances.

It’s impossible not to flirt when outside, but at least she should remember not to find another junior sister for Chen Xueli.

However, Chen Xueli also understood that Ning Yuer’s situation was too special, and such a problem probably wouldn’t arise again in the future.

“So, the Sect Leader wanted you to get an early understanding of the Elder Peak Master duties?”

“Mm, after all, I’m already in the Golden Core stage, and it seems there are still many unresolved candidates for the other Peak Master positions.”

“Coupled with my young cultivation age, I will definitely not stop at the Golden Core stage in the future, so the Sect Leader’s actions are understandable.”

“Tch—”

“She simply wants you to share some of her burden, so she won’t have a shortage of candidates for elder positions later.”

Upon hearing this, Su Wanqing was displeased because she understood the Sect Leader quite well.

It seemed that the Sect Leader saw Chen Xueli already possessed the strength to inherit an elder position, and with Su Wanqing having just taken a Heavenly-grade spirit root disciple, two Golden Core cultivators in one lineage was a certainty.

That’s why she intended to separate Chen Xueli into her own faction, letting her cultivate Ning Yuer as her successor.

“Is Master jealous?”

But Chen Xueli’s focus was oddly specific. She immediately caught the sourness in Su Wanqing’s words. Of course, to be precise, it wasn’t sourness, but Su Wanqing’s sense of injustice.

But she still twisted Su Wanqing’s meaning, just to see her Master’s reaction.

“Who… who’s jealous!”

“Don’t talk nonsense! Be careful or I’ll spank you!”

In an instant, Su Wanqing bristled, as if someone had touched a raw nerve.

“But it’s really hard to say who would spank whom now, Master.”

Seeing her Master’s reaction, Chen Xueli was overjoyed.

It seemed she had hit a nerve, and although the jealousy wasn’t strong, it meant her chances were growing.

“You…!”

“Who cares about you? Get out! This master needs to rest.”

Su Wanqing was so angry she was speechless.

She wanted to retort but couldn’t, because what this rebellious disciple said was true—it was hard to say who would win in a fight.

Although she was this girl’s Master, she had been completely defeated by her in terms of strength, unless this rebellious disciple willingly complied, otherwise…

“Heh~”

“Then disciple will first go see the junior sister Master chose for us…”

Chen Xueli didn’t linger. She immediately got up, intending to leave.

However, before stepping out, she leaned against the doorframe, turned to Su Wanqing, and smiled.

“Let’s see what our good ‘sister’ has become after two months, shall we?”

She deliberately emphasized the word “sister,” as if to remind Su Wanqing of something.

“Sis… sister…?”

Su Wanqing mumbled, almost unconsciously, and soon realized what that rebellious disciple meant.

That word “sister” sounded just like an address for a future little…

“Wait!”

But by the time she reacted, Chen Xueli had already left.

And being injured, it wasn’t convenient for Su Wanqing to move, so she could only let her disciple go cause trouble.

“Alas—”

Su Wanqing sighed helplessly. Her greatest fear had come true.

Neither the villainess female lead nor the righteous female lead was an easy opponent.

Indeed, the two of them were natural enemies.

Although Ning Yuer’s personality wasn’t particularly scheming, Su Wanqing knew that when this girl turned bad later, she wouldn’t be inferior to Chen Xueli.

Watching Chen Xueli head straight for Ning Yuer’s room from the window, Su Wanqing could only pray they wouldn’t start fighting like she and Shen Xianyue had.

She subconsciously murmured:

“Is this a shura field?”

Because she had entered the Golden Core stage, Chen Xueli, when Ning Yuer left, had used her spiritual sense to detect where she lived.

She went directly to the little girl’s dwelling.

As soon as she pushed open the door, she saw her junior sister meditating peacefully.

Seeing the drastic change in her appearance, Chen Xueli couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment.

Indeed, it was very similar to her own experience.

However, her hair color hadn’t changed, only her black eyes had gradually turned red.

And even without Ning Yuer opening her eyes, she could tell that her eyes should have completely turned bright golden.

So she was still a little beauty.

She never imagined that the once thin and grubby girl would now be her junior sister from the same lineage.

Chen Xueli was now very certain that her junior sister definitely possessed a cultivation method similar to hers, though it probably wasn’t a demonic one.

“……”

Seeing that Ning Yuer seemed to be in deep meditation, Chen Xueli didn’t disturb her. She simply sat by and waited for her to awaken, while observing her cultivation method.

As Ning Yuer cultivated, a faint golden light shimmered around her, the exact opposite of Chen Xueli’s.

And judging by the flowing, fresh aura, the cultivation method she practiced should not be the Emotionless Path, nor the Passionate Path.

The spiritual energy of the Emotionless Path was quite cold, while the Passionate Path’s spiritual energy had a warm aura.

It seemed this was the neutral cultivation method from Master’s book.

The thought of Master carelessly throwing an Emotionless Path cultivation manual at her back then made Chen Xueli feel a little helpless. It seemed Master had learned her lesson from Chen Xueli’s own example.

Recalling Su Wanqing’s clumsy attempts to teach her back then, Chen Xueli couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Hehe~”

After all, it was her first time being a master, so it was understandable.

“Little Junior Sister, Little Junior Sister, you are truly too lucky.”

Looking at Ning Yuer, who was sitting on the bed, Chen Xueli rested her chin on her hand and sighed twice.

“Not only did you encounter Master and undergo a complete metamorphosis, transforming from a mortal into a cultivator with a chance to embark on the path of immortality, but you were even accepted as a disciple by Master.”

“The mistakes Master made with me, she probably won’t make again. But precisely because I was her first, my importance in her heart is completely incomparable to yours.”

“You—cannot win against me.”

“Hmph.”

After speaking, Chen Xueli, regardless of whether Ning Yuer heard her, snorted coldly in mockery, as if asserting her sovereignty.

An hour quickly passed. Finally, Ning Yuer awoke from her meditation.

The moment she opened her eyes, she saw Chen Xueli in the room.

The instant their gazes met, the atmosphere in the room became charged with gunpowder, ready to ignite with the slightest spark.

“Chen… Senior Sister?”