
"So you're not going to change your decision?" lan Xihe asked looking at her mischievous disciple who was still lying on the ground.
"Yes, the student's decision is unanimous."
The mischievous disciple lying on the ground looked at the sky with a smile of his own as if he was remembering something.
Seeing that, Lan Xihe flicked her finger at the nose of the mischievous disciple.
"Aiya!— Master, please don't be rude to an injured student!" grunts the mischievous disciple who was none other than Yan Xu.
Lan Xihe giggled while covering her mouth. He had never refused to accept Yan Xu's decision to take part in Su Yueyin's transfer exam, only that he was a bit annoyed that the rogue disciple was already no longer dependent on him.
If only that unruly disciple begged to overturn the Eternal Luo Sect to have Su Yueyin's move watered down, Lan Xihe would not hesitate to do so. After all, he had already given Su Yueyin an invitation to board the same ship.
It was only fitting for Lan Xihe as fellow passengers to help each other, right?
"This teacher of yours is feeling a little sad because his naughty student is no longer dependent on his dearest teacher~" Lan Xihe said in a contrived tone.
"really?"
Beyond Lan Xihe's expectations, Yan Xu had instead reacted otherwise. Instead of giving sarcasm or a joke back, he looked serious and there was a sad expression on his handsome face.
Lan Xihe felt intrigued by that face, so she decided to play further.
He nodded with a frown like a child. In fact, her face was very beautiful, still like flawless porcelain even though she was pouting.
Looking at his teacher's face, Yan Xu countered with a guilty look of a child to his parents.
'Want to play a role? You picked the wrong opponent!' unlike the outside face, this was the rotten heart sound of the unruly disciple to avenge his teacher.
Playing further, Lan Xihe instead let out tears in both of her eyes. He cried like a child who was heartbroken for not buying toys.
"Yahoo!!! Naughty Student! Where is the promise that you say to always depend on your teacher!— hwaaa! Hicks! Hwaaah!"
The roaring cry of a fairy with an everlasting robe of all white and her delicate white skin, lacking a crack like porcelain, exuded peerless beauty.
Seeing his teacher cry even though he knew it was just contrived, made Yan Xu unable to bear it.
He immediately sat opposite Lan Xihe and wiped the tears from both of his cheeks.
"Teacher, please don't cry. This naughty student is very sorry for what he did."
"No! A liar! Hwwwaaaaaaa!!!—uph!"
In order to silence his teacher, Yan Xu hugged the elf inside his wide breastplate.
In a small voice and in pain, he said, "Please don't cry. Seeing Master grieve, really makes the Disciple feel pain."
"...."
No matter how strong Lan Xihe was, she was still a girl. Getting the sudden treatment that was out of the ordinary of his student, made Lan Xihe too late to put up a counter-resistance.
The man he always played with despite knowing the truth about himself, the man who always tried hard and tireless, a student and his lover in his previous life, and who was, that was a Yan Xu to Lan Xihe.
'He's still the same as always, or am I the only one who gets this treatment?'
Lan Xihe asked herself. Despite treating every passenger of the ship fairly, she was still a girl who had the thought of being loved more than anyone. The thought was only on Yan Xu because he knew the rogue disciple well.
If it were other men, let alone care, staring at them alone would not interest Lan Xihe regardless of how handsome the assets of the men in Xuanyuan realm were.
Immersed in his mind, he did not realize that they were still in the same position without moving in the slightest.
'Just for a second, it's okay?'
Lan Xihe still wanted to be in the arms of the man who used to be her lover. He still felt the warmth from Yan Shen whom he knew.
Meanwhile, Yan Xu on the other hand could only give up on the barrage of arrows that were coming and stuck in his head.
For some reason, the gaze that was watching him was more intense than before. They seemed to want to tear Yan Xu apart to hundreds of pieces.
'It's just my feeling, right? Divine consciousness is unlikely to kill someone, right?!'
Yan Xu wondered if he had missteps. However, in his heart there is satisfaction in being able to accompany his teacher to play as far as he can.
'It is very difficult to understand a woman. Are they serious or just joking? I don't know. But ... why ... Why do I feel deja vu when I'm with Master?'
Slowly, the feelings he had once gone through as Yan Shen began to assimilate when Yan Xu had been around his teacher for longer.
White hair is different, but the nature and how it acts also teach very similar.
Noticing his feelings starting to eat away at the thought, Yan Xu immediately calmed down by saying that it was not— ....
'Maybe ....'
Possibilities that exist from nothing. That also applies to itself as a transmigrant from life on Earth.
'Is it not impossible that he might be reborn in this world?'
Earning points that he had never thought of made Yan Xu's heart beat faster than before.
Realizing something was different, Lan Xihe asked, "Are you nervous about embracing a beautiful fairy in your arms?"
"Rumpy? Only a bone-repeating life without skin would not feel nervous when a fairy was in her arms."
"Basic of a good woo."
"If all men are equal in the eyes of women, then that is how it is. Perhaps, Disciple is indeed a reliable seducer."
"Ftt! No man would proudly say that to a woman other than you."
"of course! Isn't that what makes Pupil more unique than most men?"
"If you continue again, I'll hit you a thousand times more painful than I did."
"Geez, Master, stop being so grumpy. That'll add wrinkles to your face."
"It's better that way than being a meek and boring girl" Lan Xihe snorted.
"boring? Whatisit? Pupil thought, Gentle Master is also very sweet— aiya!"
Even though it looked like an ordinary pinch, the power Lan Xihe used could easily crush a huge rock. It was only natural that Yan Xu was in pain because his endurance was still not comparable to Lan Xihe's horsepower.
Once again, Yan Xu received a sudden revelation.
Right, that revelation had made him not want to think about matters relating to the dao pair.
'When a woman is stronger than a man, it is certain that she will die on her first night. Death on the first night, your wife was widowed on the first night, it will only make your name a subject of ridicule until hundreds of millions of years pass.'
Yan Xu had been convinced by the revelation. That was why, he did not want to put his heart on the dao pair. It wasn't that he wasn't normal, it was just that he didn't want to die the first night.
Even though he was immortal, Yan Xu would never reveal the secret to anyone including his daemonic partner.
......................
Finished jokingly, now the teacher and the student both had serious expressions on their porcelain faces.
"Teacher, does Master have any information about the exam that the Disciple will be conducting this time?" asked Yan Xu.
"As far as I know .." there was a short pause before Lan Xihe continued, "There is only one place to carry out the hardest test in one go. Precisely, as the old man and his wife said, The Crossroads of the Underworld."
Lan Xihe took out a map of the Northern Continent and her slender index finger pointed towards a country.
"Dragon Empire Long Tanjiao ..." Yan Xu muttered softly as he read the name listed on the map.
Nodding lightly, Lan Xihe continued her explanation, "Starting from here, you will head over there and face various problems on the way. You could say, your test is not only at the Crossroads of the Underworld, but the journey itself."
"As expected of a one-way exam. It was only fitting that most people would fail before reaching the ultimate goal of the exam."
"Un, It is impossible for the sect not to take into account the hardships it would take to pass the ten exams carelessly. Not to mention in every trip, there will be many problems approaching. Let's take an example, when you head to the Northern Continent, not far from the land border of the Eternal Luo Sect there will be a middle-sized country that is fighting against a small country around. When a secondary world country was at war, it was already the rule that a cultivator did not pass through their territory. So, your journey will be hampered until the war is over," Lan Xihe explained ending with a shrug of both shoulders.
Holding his chin, Yan Xu nodded then said, "So, Disciple must defuse the war first in order to pass. The problem was, according to the rules of the secondary world, a cultivator could not directly interfere in the war between countries. Otherwise, the violating cultivator would be a fugitive for the entire sect of the cultivation world."
"Not only that, you should also pay attention to the attitude in the secondary world as it is carrying the name of the Luo Immortal Sect. Although we are often taken for granted, no sect upholds more the values of the rules than our sect."
Sighing in a small breath, Yan Xu replied to his teacher's rant, "Well ... It is one of the wonders of the world that we are one of the peaks of the sect."
Lan Xihe nodded in agreement even though her expression said otherwise.
The teacher and the student had the same thought.
'Luo Eternal Sect's outer appearance was really troublesome!' That's how they think it is.
Then, Lan Xihe resumed.
"To be able to interfere, it's not difficult for you to have the Jiang family's help."
"Yes, the disciple will not deny it. Seeing their development, Jiang Nan said that they had transacted with the demon race. Disciple did not know if it was a moderate faction belonging to Yaoyao or the others."
"Not to think about. After all, the Jiang family has absolute loyalty only to you."
Sensing the doubt from Yan Xu's tone, Lan Xihe asked him not to think too much about it.
Yan Xu understood the intent of his teacher's remark just nodding silently. He did not want to act too rashly by using the influence of the Jiang family openly. It is better to act quietly than to attract too much attention.
Cards in the secondary world were nothing that could be used as he pleased, otherwise others would be aware of Yan Xu's true identity.
He who knows how the consequences must be faced if his true identity is revealed, will certainly not let it happen.
Leaning his body on the trunk of a large tree, Yan Xu looked at the ceiling as he said, "There is only one favor that can remove the difficulty on the way to the exam location."
Hearing that, Lan Xihe immediately asked, "Demon Queen Xia? Xia'er, right?"
Yan Xu nodded in agreement and continued, "It's only him who is unrelated to anyone. According to the information that Disciple saw from Yaoyao, she seemed to still be sitting quietly on her throne."
As Yan Xu said, Demon Queen Xia did not move the slightest bit from her throne. Rough work such as adding followers and the legal order, all of it is taken care of by Yaoyao and her followers. There was nothing important to work on as he was both the brain as well as the symbol of strength for the moderate faction to remain in existence until now.
Based on the last conversation Lan Xihe had with Demon Queen Xia, the girl was also confused as to why Yan Xu looked afraid of her. Seeing the opportunity brought by his own naughty students, of course Lan Xihe would not miss the opportunity.
Lan Xihe elbowed Yan Xu while saying, "Then, just ask him for help."
Yan Xu immediately refused firmly, "No, there is no way he will hear to help the Disciple."
Hearing that rejection did not make Lan Xihe surprised because it was only natural that Yan Xu would feel afraid because what they were talking about was a queen of the demon race. Given Xia'er's strength far surpassed Yan Xu's, making Lan Xihe have to rack their brains so that they could get a chance together on the exam trip.
As a teacher was also a lover in his previous life, Lan Xihe was very familiar with Yan Xu's overly cautious nature.
'Like a shy big cat, he wouldn't throw himself into the danger zone unless he had insurance to save his life.'
No matter how many times they clashed techniques with each other, Lan Xihe was convinced that Yan Xu's natural nature was growing more dominant due to the constant getting a deadly blow from him. Lan Xihe's other goal from making her battered frequently, was for Yan Xu not to play the role of a hero and die leaving her.
For the sake of selfishness in his heart, he does not want to leave or be left behind by the person he has always loved even though one day, the secrets they keep will certainly be revealed in his time.
Unwilling to waste a lot of time convincing Yan Xu, Lan Xihe sent a direct message to Xia'er asking him immediately to his position.
Knowing that his teacher was doing something, Yan Xu frowned and said, "Teacher, don't tell me you're calling him here."
"Indeed!"
Wush—!
Yan Xu immediately performed a soul pursuit technique but the nape of his neck had already been caught first by Lan Xihe thus only creating wind pressure.
"Gu-guru, the best Master doesn't act rashly. N-wouldn't it violate sect rules if you invited an outsider without permission?"
The Yan Xu that was caught had run out of sense and continued to give reasonable opinions of his sweet mouth.
However, all of that was in vain as Lan Xihe replied.
"No need, he's not an outsider. He was one of the Elders of the Peak Wind."
'Damn it.' This was the first time Yan Xu had said an expletive in the morning.
He was very surprised by the fact that the Wind Peak itself had universal standards and knew no race restrictions!
Yan Xu : "Umm ... Is it too late for me to draw the sentence that Demon Queen Xia is the only relevant help?"