No one could have anticipated that the Saintess would fall for it.
From the situation of their battle, Xu Lexian had an overwhelming advantage over Tang Xin. The latter’s various techniques were easily countered by the former.
In a normal fight, it probably wouldn’t take more than three moves to determine the victor.
White smoke began to rise slowly from the Saintess’s golden robe.
“You…”
Looking at the disgusting green slime on her body, the Saintess spoke in a tone that was terrifyingly suppressed.
“How dare you use such a technique!”
With the situation escalating, Tang Xin disregarded everything and surged forward, aiming to touch the Saintess’s body and end the match.
It seemed that having a prior agreement was crucial; it wasn’t just the Saintess—anyone who found themselves in such a predicament would be furious…
Just as Tang Xin’s hand was about to make contact with Xu Lexian’s thigh—
“Gathering Spirit’s Voice!”
Boom—
A heavy sound, like a hammer, resonated as if it had fallen from the sky, echoing in the minds of every cultivator present. Tang Xin was jolted by the sound and fell back to the ground.
Above Xu Lexian’s head, a guzheng formed from condensed spiritual energy appeared.
She approached the guzheng and plucked at the strings in front of Tang Xin.
Swish—
A dark blue blade of light materialized out of thin air, locking onto the person on the ground and shooting forward with a speed that seemed to tear through space.
“Damn!”
Seeing that her opponent was serious, Tang Xin immediately retreated.
In the previous exchanges, the Saintess had clearly held back; using her full strength against someone of a lower realm was, for someone as proud as her, a sign of an unworthy victory.
But if you provoke someone, that’s a different story.
Bang! Bang!
Using the Seven Lotus Steps, the senior sister of the Xuanling Sect narrowly dodged the blades of light while shouting,
“Mind your image!”
The corrosive slime’s effects were still unknown, but the item description stated, “Can corrode any material clothing.”
Ordinary clothes would likely disintegrate in just a second in front of such an inexplicable magical item.
Naturally, the Saintess’s golden robe couldn’t be ordinary clothing. After coming into contact with the green slime, it didn’t immediately disintegrate; instead, it sizzled and smoked like a hot iron meeting water.
However, the item card was still superior. After a brief resistance, the golden robe began to reveal the image hidden beneath it, and it was only a matter of time before it was completely exposed…
At Tang Xin’s reminder, Xu Lexian also realized her situation and dispersed the guzheng, forming hand seals.
“Colorful Light Protection!”
One after another, colorful beams of light gathered around the Saintess’s body, quickly covering all areas except for her head.
“Hmph!”
She huffed at Tang Xin and turned to dash away from the training ground.
[Main quest completed, reward: Dispelling Powder.]
“Is it really possible to do that…?”
After provoking the esteemed Saintess, couldn’t there be a little benefit scene left behind?
…
A little while later, after tidying up, the Saintess, as if nothing had happened, reappeared in the training ground.
“You lost,” Xu Lexian said, arms crossed. “Even using such… despicable means, you couldn’t touch a single finger of mine.”
“Loss just means I lost,” Tang Xin said without feeling embarrassed at all. “If I could win against the Saintess, wouldn’t the Xuanling Sect be overrun by all sorts of people trying to poach them tomorrow?”
“You…”
The Saintess was well-versed in many things, but encountering someone like this—who was all bluster without any real justification—was a first for her.
Why did it feel like she was the one who had lost?
However, looking at it from another angle, a disciple from a humble background at the Foundation Building stage (compared to those from Sacred Immortal Mountain) was actually able to provoke her anger.
At Sacred Immortal Mountain, her status was revered; aside from a few powerful figures with real authority, she had no reason to fear anyone.
In the outside world, her identity meant that others would be eager to curry favor with her, and they certainly wouldn’t dare to oppose her.
The fact that someone could make her angry was, to be honest, somewhat impressive.
“I thought you were just like those boring sect disciples,” the Saintess said with a slight smirk. “I didn’t expect you to be somewhat interesting.”
Upon hearing this, Tang Xin felt a sense of foreboding.
Could it be that a plot like “the domineering Saintess is fixated on me” was about to unfold?
“You’ve admitted your defeat, so you should accept the punishment!”
“Punishment?” the Xuanling Sect chief disciple retorted. “You never mentioned anything about that!”
“Is that even necessary to say?” Xu Lexian replied in an irrefutable tone. “I told you that winning comes with rewards, which means losing comes with punishments; you just didn’t realize it yourself.”
“Isn’t that just setting me up?”
Tang Xin complained.
“Setting you up?” The Saintess turned her head, glancing around at the crowd, and said with a half-smile, “Does anyone have an objection? If so, feel free to speak up.”
The training ground was so quiet that even the sound of the wind blowing was clearly audible.
An objection?
Who would dare to voice an objection against the Saintess of Sacred Immortal Mountain?
If anyone did, there would likely be an additional faceless corpse in the Xuanling River at the foot of Xuanling Sect by tomorrow…
“Not having it means everyone agrees with my point of view.”
Xu Lexian shrugged.
“You’re just eating from both sides, aren’t you?”
Tang Xin glanced at the silent disciples of the Xuanling Sect.
Then everyone tacitly turned their heads to the side…
“Hmph,” seeing this, the senior sister of the Xuanling Sect could only express her dissatisfaction, “If I can’t provoke you, fine, I just knew I couldn’t trust you big shots…”
“Don’t worry, it’s not a big deal, just a little punishment.”
Xu Lexian thought seriously for a moment.
If she returned to the Sacred Immortal Mountain, she would have to endure the flattery of various people every day, navigate the complex web of human relationships, and analyze this and that.
Before, she thought patrolling was too boring, so she wanted to go back to the mountain to rest. Now that she had found something interesting, then…
“How about this,” Xu Lexian said with half-closed eyes, “you can be my maid for a few days.”
“Maid?” Tang Xin frowned, “But I’m the chief senior sister of the Xuanling Sect. If I become a maid, how will I survive in the Xuanling Sect in the future?”
Being a maid, is that even a good thing? She was just worried about how to get close to her! How could she complete the main storyline goal without getting close?
Tang Xin somewhat understood this person’s character.
She couldn’t just go along with her wishes; otherwise, she would find it uninteresting… This kind of person is commonly known as being bored.
“What’s wrong with being a maid for a few days if you lose the bet?” Xu Lexian walked over and carefully examined the senior sister of the Xuanling Sect, “Not bad, at least you look pleasant enough. Arrogant as you are, I didn’t notice your face is quite cute.”
“Saintess, I…”
The official maid nearby, hearing that she was about to be dismissed, hurriedly stepped forward and said anxiously.
“You have nothing to do with this, go join the others,” the goddess directly interrupted her, “By the way, tell them that I will be staying at the Xuanling Sect for a few days, and just say… to engage in in-depth exchanges with the Xuanling Sect and discuss the trend of peace in Qingzhou.”
When the Saintess spoke, no one dared to oppose her, and the maid had no choice but to retreat dejectedly.
“I’ll leave my daily life at the Xuanling Sect to you,” Xu Lexian said, looking at Tang Xin’s face with a meaningful expression. “The chief senior sister of the Xuanling Sect…”
