Lina was fiercely protective. As Yunshu's master, how could she possibly be okay with her running off to find a man at night?
Especially when the kid didn't know the truth about herself.
That child was like an innocent little deer. If someone took advantage of her... Lina refused to think further. She clenched her fists and strode toward Heavenly Jade Peak.
She'd protect her precious disciple no matter what. Even if the sect master showed up, it wouldn't matter. She'd said it!
"I'm going to bring Yunshu back."
The female disciple watched her master's intimidating aura and sprouted question marks above her head. She suggested nervously, "Master, isn't that unnecessary? It's good for senior and junior brothers to bond, right?" At least that's how it worked in all the books she'd read.
"What do you know!"
Lina couldn't explain this to an outsider, so she just glared.
The female disciple knew her master's personality well. Her mind raced and she immediately came up with a reasonable possibility: Master was worried that Senior Brother would force himself on Junior Brother! Well, with Junior Brother being such a premium trap, he really could face that kind of danger. Over the years, she'd bought and carefully collected every single book featuring Yunshu as the protagonist. While the cultivation world had plenty of handsome men and beautiful women, delicate beauties like Yunshu were incredibly rare.
Senior Brother Sulan x Junior Brother Yunshu, she could totally get behind that!
By the time she snapped out of her mental theater, her master had already vanished.
...
A crescent moon hung high in the sky, its cold light spilling across the earth.
Sulan looked up at the sky with a blank expression, his eyes unfocused like someone whose sanity points had hit zero. He kept muttering words like "crystal clear," "illusion," and "dark and profound."
He must have been careless just now and fallen victim to some kind of mental attack or gotten trapped in an illusion. That's why he'd been so shaken.
A spark of insight flashed through his mind. He connected the dots, and the answer became crystal clear.
So that's your game, Yunshu! Your thousand-layer schemes are impossible to guard against!
First you came to challenge me, but I cleverly defused that crisis. Then after sparring with me, you had a breakthrough and created weird rumors to draw fire my way, making all the young talents in the sect treat me like an experience mob to farm! When that didn't work, you decided to attack my mind, trying to make me mentally surrender and become obsessed with men.
If I wasn't someone who'd lived two lives with extensive experience and strong mental resistance, your devious chain of plots might have actually succeeded!
Sulan, thinking he'd figured out the whole scheme, regained his composure.
Damn it!
People who play tactical games have such dirty hearts!
"Oh my, Senior Brother, why did you suddenly turn around and run?"
Yunshu, now dressed in the plain robe, had followed him. From the short jog, his cheeks were slightly flushed and his eyes looked dewy and moist.
Sulan sneered inwardly. Hmph! The same move won't work on me twice!
"Senior Brother, all those bottles and jars in the bathhouse are so amazing, especially that bath oil, it felt so good to use!"
"..."
"Senior Brother, did you blend all those yourself?"
"..."
"Senior Brother, why aren't you talking?"
"..."
Sulan didn't want to deal with this scheming boy, so he went full wooden mannequin mode. No matter what the other said, he responded with silence.
Seeing that Sulan had zero reaction, Yunshu almost wondered if this was just a shadow clone he had left behind.
Maybe Senior Brother felt embarrassed about what just happened?
Yunshu thought this as he scratched his short hair.
What was there to be shy about? We were both guys anyway (wrong).
Just then, a rectangular token in Sulan's chest began flashing red repeatedly.
This token controlled all the formations on Heavenly Jade Peak. This reaction meant someone had forcibly broken through the peak's barriers.
Sulan's eyes sharpened.
Trouble's coming!
He gripped the token and teleported directly to the incident location.
...
Worried about her precious disciple's safety, Lina simply bulldozed through with her overwhelming advantage.
The next moment, Sulan appeared before her, blocking her path.
Night wind blew past them. Red robes and white robes fluttered dramatically, as if an invisible battle line stretched between them.
As the junior, Sulan bowed respectfully. "Master Yu Lina, what urgent matter brings you to Heavenly Jade Peak so late at night?"
"Where's Chu Yunshu?" Lina had no mood for pleasantries and demanded aggressively.
Sulan's brow furrowed slightly.
While his master was away, first this sissy boy came for an extended visit, then this crazy woman arrived with an accusatory attitude looking for someone, following certain web novel patterns, he'd been set up!
"Please wait here. I'll go bring him." Sulan planned to find an excuse to retreat first. Escaping from a Level 6 probably wasn't happening, but at least he could call for help from his master or the sect leader.
"Ha! Think you can run? Not so easy!" Lina raised her hand and shot a golden light at Sulan.
"Senior Brother!" Sumin arrived after hearing the commotion, but she was still a step too late.
She watched helplessly as her Senior Brother got hit by the golden light.
She really couldn't do anything at all!
She pointed at Lina, so distressed she could barely speak through her tears.
"You... evil woman, what did you do to Senior Brother!"