Xia Jin’s Infatuation

Xu Jinghuai again swept his gaze with his peripheral vision. Uncle Huang’s kneeling motion was a bit too loud, attracting the attention of many diners in the restaurant.

It probably wouldn’t be long before Xia Jin’s parents were alarmed.

Xu Jinghuai sighed inwardly.

‘Whether it’s Uncle Huang or Xia Jin, why do I feel like they see me as some kind of demon disciple who kills without batting an eye?’

‘Although I’ve been a slacker and out of the public eye for quite a while… I’m still considered the light of the righteous path in the current Cangnan Realm, right?’

After a brief internal grumble, Xu Jinghuai temporarily put aside the distracting thoughts in his head: “Uncle Huang, this Venerable sees my disciple calling you that. Since that’s the case, this Venerable will also call you that. You wouldn’t mind, would you?”

Uncle Huang repeatedly shook his head, a little overwhelmed, “Not at all, not at all! Immortal Master doesn’t need to worry about such things, you can call this humble one whatever you like.”

“Hmm, let’s not talk about that for now, Uncle Huang, are there any empty seats left in the restaurant?” Xu Jinghuai asked.

Just now, he thought he heard another stomach rumble.

His disciple was still hungry, no more delays.

Uncle Huang scratched the back of his head, stood on tiptoe to look around, and said with a slight embarrassment: “I’m sorry, Immortal Master, there don’t seem to be any empty seats on the first floor.”

“However, Immortal Master, don’t rush, this humble one remembers that the private rooms in the store should be empty. Please follow this humble one, Immortal Master.”

Xu Jinghuai grunted, signaling the other party to lead the way.

Led by Uncle Huang, they bypassed several tables of diners, until they reached a corner on the first floor, where a screen was placed.

Uncle Huang pulled back the screen, and sure enough, behind it was a large, empty round wooden table.

Xu Jinghuai fell silent.

Alright, he had originally thought the private room would be an actual separate room or something, but he didn’t expect it to just be a large table casually shielded by a screen.

‘Was his expectation too high after all?’

‘Well~ it’s fine as long as there’s a place to sit, why ask for so much?’

“Immortal Master, young lady, please be seated.”

Uncle Huang assiduously pulled out chairs for Xu Jinghuai and his disciple.

Xu Jinghuai and Xia Jin took their seats one after another.

Uncle Huang handed over the menu, tentatively asking, “What would Immortal Master like to eat? I’ll immediately tell the cook to prepare it.”

Xu Jinghuai glanced at it, then handed the menu back to Xia Jin: “Uncle Huang, just have the cook prepare some of the dishes your young lady usually likes.”

“She’s starving.”

Xia Jin’s small face flushed, and she held the menu to cover her face, as if that could prevent others from seeing her embarrassment.

Of course, Uncle Huang wasn’t blind. Upon hearing Xu Jinghuai’s words, he instantly understood, said “Alright, Immortal Master and young lady, please wait a moment,” then pulled the screen shut and rushed off to the kitchen to find the cook.

Within the small “private room,” in the blink of an eye, only the large and small figures remained.

Although there was a screen, besides blocking the view, various noisy sounds could still be heard from outside.

Xu Jinghuai thought for a moment, took out a dark array plate, and lightly brushed it with his hand. A small soundproofing spell array instantly enveloped this little “private room.”

The spell array took effect, and the outside sounds instantly vanished.

This array plate wasn’t made by Xu Jinghuai himself, but a gift from the Peak Master of Spirit Array Peak, who was on good terms with him in Wuling Immortal Sect.

It was embarrassing to admit, but his mathematics was too poor, resulting in a complete lack of array formation mastery. He couldn’t even accurately calculate the construction of basic array foundations.

There was no helping it; array formations were simply too brain-cell intensive.

It was rumored that the Peak Master of Spirit Array Peak, when he first achieved the immortal realm through array dao, was only a little over two thousand years old, and his head was already bald at such a young age.

Comparable to the programmers who studied coding before his transmigration.

Xu Jinghuai wouldn’t learn array formations unless he was out of his mind.

Back to the main topic.

After the soundproofing array activated, Xia Jin noticed the surrounding sounds disappearing and was a little confused, not knowing what had happened. She frequently looked towards the screen, seemingly wondering why it had suddenly become so quiet outside.

“Rest assured, they haven’t left.”

Xu Jinghuai spoke: “I used a small trick to temporarily prevent outside sounds from coming in, Disciple, look.”

Saying that, Xu Jinghuai extended his hand, and with a flick towards the screen.

Following the path of Xu Jinghuai’s hand, everything first turned into a misty blur, then slowly became transparent. Looking through it, they could directly see the people outside.

The restaurant was still filled with diners feasting heartily, appearing very lively.

It was just that the people in the scene were clinking drinks or conversing, but no sound reached their ears.

Xia Jin had never seen such a technique before. She stared intently at the transparent screen, full of novelty at everything happening before her.

Xu Jinghuai felt a little amused and asked, “This spell, Disciple, do you think it’s powerful?”

Xia Jin nodded, her tender, soft voice filled with admiration: “Mmm-hmm! Very powerful! Jin’er has never seen such an immortal spell! Immortal Master, how is this done?”

“Hehe~ It’s just a small spell that can be mastered at Foundation Establishment. If you want to learn it, Disciple, when you break through to Foundation Establishment in the future, your master will teach you.”

“Mmm! Thank you, Immortal Master!”

Xia Jin’s small face once again flushed with a touch of red, though this time it was from excitement and enthusiasm.

Xu Jinghuai chuckled softly. He found this girl increasingly endearing.

Of course, perhaps it was because he had been alone for too long…

He leaned back against the chair, changing to a slightly more comfortable and relaxed sitting posture. The lazy demeanor gradually overtook the subtle, formidable aura of a superior being he had shown to outsiders, reducing the sense of distance.

There was no helping it; his chronic laziness was flaring up again.

‘Well~ it’s really been a long time since I’ve traveled far. The amount of exercise I’ve had today alone is probably equivalent to what I’ve had in the past decade or so.’

‘Ugh, so tired…’

‘After taking Xia Jin back to Youyun Peak, I’ll just lie in bed for a few days…’

‘Eh?’

Speaking of sleeping, he had always been alone on Youyun Peak. The entire mountain only had one small house, and only one bed.

Xia Jin came along, where would she sleep? She couldn’t possibly sleep with him.

‘Hmm, I’ll have to find Old He again and bribe a few disciples from Forging Peak to act as laborers to build a house for Xia Jin.’

‘Anyway, the disciples of Forging Peak are best at such strenuous work; no matter how much they are put through, it will be fine.’

Having roughly planned out the upcoming arrangements in his mind, Xu Jinghuai rested his chin on his hand, then began to think about another matter.

It was also related to his disciple.

He figured he would be meeting Xia Jin’s parents soon, so he had to prepare his words carefully to reassure Xia Jin’s family to entrust their daughter to him.

After all, there were some things they needed to be mentally prepared for…

While Xu Jinghuai was pondering, Xia Jin, sitting by the dining table, retracted her gaze from the screen and looked towards Xu Jinghuai, who was not far away.

Although for Xia Jin, in less than half a day of short acquaintance, she had seen the Immortal Master’s face quite a bit, and she knew the Immortal Master was handsome, she hadn’t dared to examine the Immortal Master’s face carefully from a perfect angle due to shyness and restraint.

At this moment, as Xu Jinghuai was thinking to himself, it provided Xia Jin with an excellent opportunity.

Xia Jin cautiously picked up the menu, pretending to look at the items on it, then slowly, little by little, her gaze moved off the menu and stopped on Xu Jinghuai’s face.

However, she quickly darted her gaze back down, like a startled rabbit, tightly focusing on the menu in her hands.

Time slowly passed. Not hearing Xu Jinghuai call her name, Xia Jin realized she hadn’t been discovered and once again mustered her courage.

She slowly moved her gaze off the menu again, little by little, tentatively looking at Xu Jinghuai’s face.

This time she lingered longer, finally beginning to properly observe Xu Jinghuai.

The man before her had fair skin, delicate features with a hint of handsomeness, and a touch of gentleness amidst his charm! His hair was long and dark, tied back with only a pink hair tie. His eyes, bright as stars, shimmered with a watery gaze, yet held a hint of languor.

The aura he exuded was complex, like a mixture of various temperaments, but amidst the gentleness and handsomeness, he also possessed his own unique ethereal and elegant charm! He was clearly an immortal master who had reached an extraordinary realm beyond the grasp of ordinary people, an existence that ordinary people could hardly hope to reach, yet he showed no arrogance in their interactions.

He radiated a comforting familiarity.

‘Immortal Master… he’s truly so perfect…’

Xia Jin unconsciously began to swoon.