Chapter 332 - 160: Master’s Old Flame, a ’Master Xie’ to Break 3 Great Limits?

Chapter 332: Chapter 160: Master’s Old Flame, a ’Master Xie’ to Break 3 Great Limits?

"Otherwise, your Master wouldn’t have stagnated for more than a decade, only barely breaking through the threshold of a Grandmaster by the time he took you as his disciple."

"He is far too proud."

"Back then, I inherited the Ancestral Blood just to one-up him. But after all these years, even in a situation like this, he never once thought of contacting me."

"I only found out about it after I arrived in Jiangyin Prefecture."

"He deserved to die in obscurity."

As she said this, Xie Fuyao’s eyes turned icy.

Ji Xiu, however, felt his heart skip a beat. He was a bit stunned. ’This seems completely different from what my Master told me.’

He had thought that this Master Xie, after meeting his Master Duan Chenzhou, had looked down on him from on high and tried to make him marry into her family.

But now, it seemed that wasn’t the case at all.

’Still, it probably isn’t a good idea to ask about such private matters to her face.’

’But Granny Shi spoke up just now, and she clearly knows this Master Xie. I can probably ask her about it later...’

As these thoughts ran through his mind, even though he knew nothing about their past, Ji Xiu carefully considered his words. He looked at Xie Fuyao with a determined gaze and spoke as if he knew their story:

"Back in Anning County, I heard Master Duan mention ’Master Xie’."

"I also know a thing or two about Master Duan’s deeds when he was young."

"Thinking back now... he probably didn’t want you, Master Xie, to see him after more than a decade, to see how a man who once stood shoulder to shoulder with you had fallen into such desolation with the passage of time, right?"

"If he had managed to break through the Six Great Limits and emulate the manner of Ancestral Master Wang Xuanyang, wouldn’t he have triumphantly set foot on the Jade Universe Ancestral Land to seek out an old friend!"

"Master Xie, that is the way of a true man!"

Ji Xiu spoke with conviction, his words sincere and heartfelt.

Xie Fuyao’s eyes widened slightly. She fell silent for a long time, lost in thought.

"He... he mentioned me to you?"

The woman murmured to herself, then suddenly clenched a fist inside her sleeve, only to relax it a moment later. A look of relief appeared on her face.

"Then my years of arduous Cultivation to reach this point today have not been in vain."

"Back then, your Master told me to my face that I wasn’t even as resilient as some woman from a mere Grand Lineage in Jiangyin Prefecture who had joined a School."

Xie Fuyao frowned and gave a cold laugh, her words laced with jealousy.

But just as Ji Xiu swallowed nervously, her expression softened.

"But I can’t accept being called ’Master’s wife’. Don’t address me like that in front of outsiders again. There is nothing between your Master and me."

"However, that ’Feathered Immortal Robe’ of yours was indeed made by me."

"Come with me, little disciple."

"You no longer have a Master, but you are, after all, learning a technique I passed down. If you are willing, I can take you in as my disciple. The resources to break through the Great Limits in the future, to grasp the True Intent of the ’Four Seasons Rotation’ within it, and to forge a Treasure Body..."

"...I will find them all for you."

"Even if you want to marry a Miss Xie, I can arrange it for you!"

One tempting offer after another was laid out, making Ji Xiu’s heart pound and his eyes go wide.

’Can’t call her that in front of outsiders, which means I can call her that when there are no outsiders.’

’And you still say there’s nothing between you two?!’

’Oh, Master, Master...’

’If you weren’t not-quite-dead, I might have just kowtowed right here and now!’

The scales in Ji Xiu’s heart had tipped completely. If his master wasn’t still able to make a peep, and if the final decision didn’t require him to know the full story, he would have been ready to sell his master out!

While feeling secretly regretful, Ji Xiu could only shake his head.

"Thank you, Elder Xie, but my master’s kindness to me is as weighty as a mountain."

"If there wasn’t such a deep connection between you two, I’m afraid I cannot obey your command to switch allegiances."

After speaking, Ji Xiu bowed low, which made Xie Fuyao’s beautiful eyes light up with even greater satisfaction.

’What a good child.’

’If Duan Chenzhou had even a fraction of his disciple’s...’

’Hmph.’

At this thought, the woman felt a flicker of annoyance, but her expression returned to normal in an instant.

"Your Master and I do have a deep connection, one that was personally arranged by your Ancestral Master."

"So..."

"There’s no need for you to distance yourself so completely, kid. In any case, I won’t stand by and do nothing about your affairs."

Xie Fuyao gently took out a ’Gilded Invitation’.

"Hold this ’Xie Family Token’."

"From now on, whenever any Xie Clan member or any of our garrisons see this, they are to treat it as if they were seeing me, Xie Fuyao, in person."

"I’ll be staying in ’Jiangyin Prefecture’ for a while. You can bring this and come find me. I will teach you the complete Feathered Immortal Robe!"

"If I leave later and go to ’Cangdu’, you can come visit if you get the chance."

Taking this Gilded Invitation.

Looking at the token, which shimmered with a brilliant light, was carved from jade, and faintly glowed with the radiance of a ’Daoist Technique’...

...the great weight in Ji Xiu’s heart...

...suddenly lifted!

’Master, you don’t have to go looking anymore.’

’Your disciple went and found your wife for you, and even managed to secure the method for breaking the limits while I was at it!’

...

「Jiangyin Black Market, Gold-Selling Cave.」

At that moment, Duan Chenzhou, who was being extremely careful and was not wearing his ’Celestial Killing Star’ mask, was pondering how the Black Market would handle the Wanted List for ’Ji Xiu’...when he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He shivered, and his brow furrowed sharply.

"I have already reached the level of a ’Qi Cultivation Grandmaster’. Before long, I’ll be able to use the gifts the old man left me to build on my foundation and advance even further. Why would I shiver for no reason?"

"Is someone thinking about me behind my back?"

Duan Chenzhou, feeling a bit paranoid in the Black Market, looked left and right, but saw no one paying him any mind, so he could only give up resentfully.

A moment later, he saw a ’Wanted List’ being taken down and voided...