I Want to Save My Face!

After watching Lin Huaian walk away with his hands behind his back, looking dejected as he disappeared around the corner, Ji Xin glanced at the disciples in front of him, who were still trying to recover from their shock.

He coughed softly and, using his spiritual energy, transmitted his voice to them: “You all should leave quickly.

Next, I, as your sect leader, need to have a detailed discussion with these two eminent cultivators regarding your senior brother’s future.”

A detailed discussion, about Senior Brother?

And with two great cultivators of the Southern Heaven Holy Lord level?

Upon hearing this, the disciples couldn’t help but gulp.

Senior Brother was indeed a reincarnation of an ancient immortal, enough to alarm such beings.

One must know that there are less than five cultivators in the Void Refining Realm in the entire Holy Yan Dynasty.

Yet now, three of these five were going to discuss Lin Huaian together?

This only showed how powerful Senior Brother truly was.

From their perspective as cultivators, it was simply… terrifying!

After instructing the disciples, Ji Xin turned to look at Li Tao, who seemed to be sulking, and Si Qingxue, who looked lost without Lin Huaian, staring blankly at her sword sheath, seeing nothing but lost in her thoughts.

It was worth noting that Ji Xin had never seen Li Tao like this before.

According to the Southern Heaven Holy Lord Lu Xing’s deduction, Li Tao’s past life was likely that of a celestial maiden from the Immortal Realm.

Thus, in this life, she was destined to be a solitary star, an orphan since childhood, without support in the mortal world, only her cultivation realm increasing rapidly.

Li Tao actually caring about something other than cultivation was extremely surprising to Ji Xin.

As for Si Qingxue… this child didn’t seem to have realized that the peerless sword cultivator was herself.

Her confidence hadn’t grown at all.

The only change was in her eyes.

Compared to before, Si Qingxue’s eyes were no longer confused, replaced by respect, and boundless admiration and reliance.

These two disciples each had extraordinary backgrounds, yet one was so infatuated with Lin Huaian that she wasn’t even cultivating anymore, and the other was cultivated by Lin Huaian to be who she is today.

What cultivators cared about most were two words: opportunity.

When the opportunity arrived, everything would naturally fall into place.

Therefore, every great achiever was accompanied by great fortune, what was commonly known as the chosen one of heaven.

Li Tao and Si Qingxue were such people with great opportunities, yet these two chosen ones seemed to care so much about Lin Huaian, and even their own opportunities were now intertwined with Lin Huaian’s.

Originally, from the day Lin Huaian’s holy body collapsed, Ji Xin had stopped harboring any illusions about him, and had begun to treat Lin Huaian as an ordinary mortal along with the elders.

But facts proved that Lin Huaian was not only not an ordinary mortal, but also the best among the chosen ones, the most extraordinary!

If Lin Huaian were just a mortal, then his original life should not have been related to the chosen ones at all.

He wouldn’t have had a deep friendship with Li Tao, nor would he have cultivated Si Qingxue to what she was today.

Lin Huaian, who had already left and was walking alone on a small path, didn’t know that his status was rapidly rising in Ji Xin’s heart.

But if he knew Ji Xin’s thoughts, he would probably be afraid.

Because Ji Xin deserved to be a Void Refining cultivator who could know the destiny of heaven, and his thoughts were completely correct.

Simply put, according to the original plot, if Lin Huaian had no turning point after his holy body collapsed, then he would have been taken in by Yun Ling as a cauldron and never seen the light of day.

Li Tao would never have seen her senior brother start cultivating diligently, and Si Qingxue would have awakened alone today.

Everything should not have been related to him, the cannon fodder villain.

This was opportunity.

In other words, this was the heavenly secret.

“Si Qingxue,” Ji Xin said to Si Qingxue, watching the disciples gradually leave the martial arts field, which was slowly becoming empty.

“Aren’t you going back to report the good news to your family?

Although the Si family is one of the five great families in the capital, with a profound foundation, the addition of a congenital sword ancestor body is still a joyous event that will receive the highest attention.”

After all, although the strength of the Holy Yan Dynasty could be considered strong in the entire Eastern Xuan Continent, it wasn’t strong enough to have reincarnated immortals running all over the place and congenital sword bodies found everywhere.

“Ah? Ah, yes…” Si Qingxue nodded with a low mood.

“I’ll prepare… my mother should be very happy.”

Ji Xin noticed that Si Qingxue didn’t mention her father, and thought that this was probably Si Qingxue’s own secret, so he deliberately ignored it.

“I will prepare manpower and tools for you.

You can’t fly with a sword yet, so use the sect’s Void Ark.”

Although she was a congenital sword ancestor body, physique was physique, and realm was realm.

Si Qingxue being a congenital sword ancestor body didn’t conflict with her still being at the first level of the Entering Life stage.

Only cultivators above the Connecting Life stage could control flying swords.

Si Qingxue obviously didn’t expect Ji Xin to be so generous and caring towards her.

Her big, watery eyes blinked, and she finally realized that her identity was now vastly different from before.

She hugged the iron sword in her arms, pursed her lips, and didn’t know what to do for a moment.

Seeing Si Qingxue like this, Ji Xin understood that she just needed some time to adapt, it wasn’t a big problem, so he turned to look at Li Tao again.

Li Tao was obviously sulking.

But the problem was that Ji Xin had never seen Li Tao sulk before.

Or rather, Li Tao had always been a proud fairy, even if she was in a daze, people would mistakenly think she was comprehending the laws of heaven and earth.

She had never been as simple and easy to understand as she was today, like an ordinary little girl.

Thinking of this, Ji Xin couldn’t help but feel emotional.

Was this Lin Huaian’s power?

Even fairies would be made upset by him?

“Li Tao,” Li Tao turned around looking aggrieved after hearing Ji Xin’s voice.

Ji Xin reached out and stroked his gray hair, and said sternly,

“For deceiving your teacher, you are punished to hone your swordsmanship in the back mountain for three days.”

“I, I understand, Master…” Li Tao looked even more aggrieved, because going to the back mountain to hone her swordsmanship meant that she couldn’t leave the back mountain for three days.

But this was also her own fault.

She lied to Ji Xin that she was going out to travel, but secretly sneaked into Lin Huaian’s cave to sleep in his bed for a day and a night.

It was actually quite embarrassing to be discovered doing such a thing…

“Alright, you two can leave.

Si Qingxue, the elders have already chosen two people to accompany you to the capital.

They are both female cultivators who are only forty years old but still look almost like they just came of age, like your older sisters.

Go to the elders’ hall to receive their help.”

If they were male cultivators, Si Qingxue might feel uncomfortable instead.

This was also what Lin Huaian had hinted to him before he left.

Ji Xin clapped his hands, thinking that Lin Huaian was so meticulous.

He exhaled a breath of white air, and swept away his horsetail whisk.

An ancient array emerged from the ground.

He motioned for Si Qingxue to stand on it.

The latter hesitated for a moment, her eyes fixed on the direction Lin Huaian left, looking particularly reluctant, but she still did as she was told.

Si Qingxue disappeared into the array, and appeared in the elders’ deliberation hall of the Forbidden Purple Tower in the next moment.

Li Tao walked towards the back mountain.

Ji Xin was a little curious why she didn’t fly there with her sword, and insisted on walking.

Wasn’t that stupid?

However, two great cultivators in the Void Refining Realm had already received his instructions and officially entered the main gate of the Tianming Sect.

Ji Xin didn’t have time to pay attention to Li Tao at this moment.

He had been suppressed by Lin Huaian for a whole day today, and now he had to get back all the lost airs and face from these two people who had come to the door!