Chapter 39: Teasing Master Deserves Punishment

Staring at Xia Baiqian’s unsettling expression, Chu Huaizhou instinctively swallowed hard.
Those words… why do they sound so familiar?
He could clearly feel her soft curves pressing tightly against him.
Worse, her astonishing flexibility molded every inch of her to him, leaving no gaps.
Despite the warm, fragrant embrace, Chu Huaizhou had no room for stray thoughts.
This was his third time facing such a scenario since losing his memory.
Huaizhou, what are you doing?!
After much probing, he’d nearly confirmed Leng Qingqiu wasn’t his dao partner.
Now his second disciple pulls this? How did you raise these disciples?

The usually bubbly, rabbit-like Xia Baiqian, always hopping around him with cute antics, now showed a completely different side.
Her predatory expression was hard to face.
A bad thought crept in.
Could it be… after three hundred years, Xiao Baiqian’s turned yandere too?
This can’t be right!

The crimson-robed monsters behind them weren’t idle by choice—they couldn’t move.
From the rift Xia Baiqian had opened, a pair of scarlet compound eyes glowed in the dark.
Then five pairs, ten, a hundred—dense enough to make anyone with trypophobia faint.
The monsters, though dim-witted, weren’t stupid.
Sensing a terrifying force locking onto them, they froze.

Chu Huaizhou, seasoned by recent events, thought he knew how to handle this.
Noticing her gu had the monsters pinned, he ignored them, meeting Xia Baiqian’s gaze with a playful tone.
“Baiqian, lying’s not a good habit. Teasing Master deserves punishment, you know.”
Confident in his authority over his disciples, he aimed to test her reaction, true or not.
He couldn’t let her lead him around like Leng Qingqiu did when he first woke.
Baiqian didn’t seem as severe as Qingqiu.
If she was yandere, he’d nip it in the bud with firm discipline.

But at “punishment,” Xia Baiqian’s breathing quickened, her body tensing, cheeks flushing.
Her mind conjured vivid images.
Hmph~ Master… so proper usually, but wanting to…
Master, naughty!
Her passion surged, and she turned her focus to the robed monsters.
No outsiders can see my moments with Master~

With a thought, countless gu surged from the rift, their bizarre, vivid forms screaming danger.
Like a locust swarm, they overwhelmed the monsters, who’d dominated the auction hall moments ago but now seemed insignificant.
Their flaming bodies shrank, their explosive transformation ability fizzling.
Red gu with intricate patterns emitted strange light, absorbing the monsters’ eerie powers.
The monsters’ fiery heads showed fear, flames flaring as they tried to teleport away.
Translucent, oddly shaped gu quivered, and though the monsters flashed, they stayed rooted.

Ji Yifei, eagerly watching, had hoped to leverage his tip to the monsters, using his status to “save” the cute girl after Chu Huaizhou’s death.
But the scene defied expectations. Those gu… unique, yet recognizable…
Thud—
He collapsed, trembling.
In Tianxing Continent, gu cultivation was once a minor path, capped at Spirit Severing.
Then a girl revolutionized it, rivaling top sect techniques.
Her sect, too fearsome, was barred by the seven immortal sects from taking disciples—only she remained.
Ji Yifei’s father had described her gu, matching these exactly…
The woman who shook the cultivation world, acting so intimate… could only be with that person.
They don’t know I snitched, right? If they find out, I’m dead.
He finally realized he’d provoked someone untouchable.
Too late—a black-gold gu with sharp mandibles flashed before him.
The once-arrogant Ji Yifei paled, forcing a smile, trembling.
“S-Sorry! I was wrong! Please spare me, treat me like a bug—no, a fart!”
But gu don’t listen, even if they understood.
“My family has spirit stones, tons of treasures, pills—just let me—AAHH!”
He died ignorant of Chu Huaizhou’s true identity, thinking Xia Baiqian was the scariest.
He’d never know the trouble he’d brought his family.

Seeing Xia Baiqian’s beaming smile and sensing the terrifying gu army, Chu Huaizhou broke a sweat.
Was I too harsh?
Punishment? They were close master and disciple! He should’ve been gentler.
Reason took a second to prevail, his calm cracking slightly.
He gave an awkward smile, hands settling on her slender waist, patting gently as if to say, “Don’t be scared, I was just joking.”
“If you’re my dao partner, what little habits of mine do you know?”

Xia Baiqian, seeing his forced calm, giggled.
Master’s like a little lamb now, so easy to handle~
She shifted from neck-hugging to cradling his head.
“Of course I know Master’s habits~ I know you sleep on your side, love touching Bai Li’s fluffy tail while sleeping.”
Her voice, usually bright and cute, turned soft and dense as she leaned closer.
“I know you sleep with your legs out, smacking your lips.”

Chu Huaizhou’s heart raced. Why do these habits sound so… specific?
Are these from normal sources?
They were true—he did sleep like that.
But Bai Li could’ve spilled those to her.
Her final words shattered his composure.
Her lips nearly brushed his ear, her sweet breath like a devil’s whisper.
“I also know you always stare here, calling them my ‘little ice creams’~”
Her lace-stockinged foot maliciously grazed his calf.
“Every few seconds when we meet, you sneak a glance~”