Senior Sister Is Too Weak and Cannot Take Care Of Herself (Transmigration) - Chapter 37

“You… you are excellent just as you are!”

The red-robed Qin Su seemed to be comforted by Tang Huan’s reaction. She no longer conjured up those old, tired romance stories, but when Tang Huan, because of the difficulty of the sword moves, pleaded with her to lower the difficulty, she still coldly and heartlessly refused her request.

“The future in the secret realm is uncertain. Didn’t you say you wanted to protect me? You still need to improve your strength as soon as possible.”

She occasionally allowed Tang Huan a break. Perhaps inspired by Tang Huan’s mentioning Liu Fei’s actions, the red-robed Qin Su began to perform an illusion in the air. In the illusion, the white-robed Qin Su would make the same mistake in her moves as Tang Huan. Then, a stern-faced Liu Fei would use his sword moves to pierce the white-robed Qin Su through the chest.

The after-effects of this illusion were incredibly powerful.

 The next day, when Tang Huan went to spar with Liu Fei, she would think of him piercing Qin Su with his sword in her dream. Her sword moves were filled with a murderous intent.

“Senior Sister, did I do something wrong?” Even Liu Fei, who was usually oblivious to everything, noticed Tang Huan’s odd behavior. After they finished sparring, he didn’t immediately leave. Instead, his brow slightly furrowed, and he asked with his sword in his arms.

“No, it’s nothing. I just went through some things recently, and I’m not in a good mood.” Tang Huan naturally didn’t want to tell him the reason. She gave a dry laugh and changed the subject. “Junior Brother, I’m going to the secret realm soon. I want to invite a few fellow disciples for a get-together before I leave. Do you have time to come?”

Liu Fei blinked. It took him a while to process what she said. He couldn’t help but stare at Tang Huan. He had been in the Tianxuan Sect for several years. Liu Fei wasn’t out of touch with the world. It was just that in his heart, worldly conventions didn’t matter. He only wanted to focus on his dao. So, ever since he joined the sect, he had been focused on his dao. He believed that everyone he met on this path was a passerby. Other than the elders who had taken him in, he never made any friends. He was only focused on challenging others to improve his cultivation. After a while, he became famous, and no one dared to approach him. He had thought Tang Huan was also a passerby. Even though they had gotten along well for the past two days, he thought that it wouldn’t be long before Tang Huan would also despise him and avoid him like all his other opponents.

But Tang Huan had seen how he was when he was pursuing Ren Jingmu for a match, yet she still invited him. A rare sense of confusion rose in Liu Fei’s heart. He frowned slightly, and for the first time, emotion filled his light-colored eyes.

Tang Huan could easily see through Liu Fei. In a way, Liu Fei was like a blank canvas. She could see his emotions just by looking at him.

“Thanks to you letting me win, I have a chance to enter the secret realm,” Tang Huan said sincerely. “I hope you won’t refuse. I know you’ll say it was a trade, but in my heart, you truly helped me a lot…”

Liu Fei didn’t say anything. He thought for a long time, looked at Tang Huan, pursed his lips, and then nodded.

Tang Huan breathed a sigh of relief. With Liu Fei on board, she didn’t have to worry about the other two. Tang Huan began to prepare the ingredients for the get-together. After saying goodbye to Liu Fei, Tang Huan took the list of ingredients she had prepared and went to Wang Mengyao’s cave. Since it was for the New Year, she had to have a New Year’s atmosphere. A lot of things could only be found in the bustling mortal world. Tang Huan couldn’t go down the mountain, but Wang Mengyao could. Because of her father, she could get anything Tang Huan wanted.

Tang Huan never expected to run into Ren Jingmu on her way. The moment Tang Huan saw Ren Jingmu, she immediately became alert. Her mind raced as she came up with a bunch of sarcastic remarks. After all, Ren Jingmu would often scold Tang Huan in a passive-aggressive tone. The old Tang Huan would be caught off guard and couldn’t retort. Now that Ren Jingmu had just lost, Tang Huan had every right to get back at him.

But to Tang Huan’s surprise, Ren Jingmu didn’t mock her as she had expected. Ren Jingmu walked past Tang Huan as if she weren’t there. When she looked closely, she saw that Ren Jingmu’s face was incredibly pale and his eyes were dazed. His clothes were also different from his usual attire. His collar was high and his clothes were a little messy. Tang Huan had never seen Ren Jingmu like this before. It seemed like yesterday’s defeat had really hit him hard. But Tang Huan didn’t feel any sympathy for him. In the cultivation world, losing was a normal thing. Who hadn’t lost before? Since Ren Jingmu was the protagonist, he had experienced far fewer setbacks than the average person. The fact that he couldn’t even handle this little setback made him unworthy of being the protagonist.

Tang Huan scoffed at Ren Jingmu in her heart, then flew her sword to Wang Mengyao’s cave. Wang Mengyao immediately agreed to host the get-together after hearing about Tang Huan’s plan. She took Tang Huan’s list of ingredients, and the two of them chatted for a while, setting the date for three days from now. Tang Huan then said goodbye to Wang Mengyao and flew back to Baiwu Peak.

When she entered the cave, Tang Huan saw a very dejected Xuan Niao (Black Bird). This bird had never liked Tang Huan and would always cause a ruckus whenever it saw her. But now, it was covering its face with its wings and curled up in a corner of Qin Su’s room. It looked like it was in a lot of pain.

“What’s wrong with Xuan Niao?” Even though she didn’t like this annoying bird, it was still Qin Su’s pet, so Tang Huan couldn’t help but ask.

“It’s nothing. It’ll be fine in a couple of days,” Qin Su said softly, glancing at the “I want to die” look on Xuan Niao’s face.

 Ren Jingmu had come to the foot of the mountain earlier, but for some reason, he didn’t come up. Xuan Niao had found him and immediately flew down to him. Even though its cultivation had been sealed, its senses were very sharp. It could smell that Ren Jingmu had lost his life essence and had been with a woman. It couldn’t accept it and was on the verge of a mental breakdown. Xuan Niao was a very loyal and proud spirit beast. When the person it loved lost their purity, that person lost their biggest appeal to it. After it sulks for a while, it will finally be over its infatuation.

Since Qin Su, its owner, had said so, Tang Huan didn’t pry any further. She cooked dinner for Qin Su as usual, chattering away about her day. She naturally mentioned that she had invited Liu Fei.

Qin Su listened to Tang Huan’s preparations for the get-together with a smile. She didn’t understand why Tang Huan was so excited about this get-together, but she liked the lively way Tang Huan talked about it. Of course, it would have been even better if Tang Huan didn’t mention a certain person. After dinner, the moon had already risen.

A huge, silver moon hung above Baiwu Peak. Tang Huan was in a good mood. She couldn’t help but practice her sword arts under the moonlight.

“Junior Sister’s sword arts are getting better and better.”

“Junior Sister has a pure heart and is focused on her dao. She doesn’t get caught up in love and hate, so her progress is incredibly fast…”

“I heard that Elder Zhang, who practices heartless sword arts, broke through to the Nascent Soul stage recently. Is a person’s cultivation stronger when they don’t get involved in love?”

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Tang Huan was in a great mood. She performed a few sword techniques in the courtyard. Qin Su was very encouraging and praised Tang Huan in different ways. Tang Huan didn’t catch the subtext in Qin Su’s words. She said things like “I’m just so-so” and “I still need to work harder,” but her face was flushed with excitement, and she was happy all night. When her consciousness was pulled into Qin Su’s Spiritual Realm by Qin Su, she was still incredibly excited.

When she faced the incredibly difficult sword moves that red-robed Qin Su gave her, Tang Huan was full of enthusiasm.

“Why are you so happy?” Qin Su didn’t really understand Tang Huan’s happiness, but Tang Huan’s happiness made her happy, too.

“How would a manifestation of my consciousness understand!” Tang Huan raised her head and once again “scoffed” at Qin Su. But even as she said that, she couldn’t help but show off. “Senior Sister’s smile today was so beautiful, and she praised me again…”

Tang Huan didn’t have many people to talk to about her feelings. Her only friends were Wang Mengyao and A-Qi. But if she shared her feelings about Qin Su with them, they would misunderstand. Tang Huan reluctantly chose red-robed Qin Su. After all, red-robed Qin Su was a manifestation of her subconscious. No one was safer than her own subconscious.

“But Senior Sister was wrong about one thing,” Tang Huan said, practicing her sword arts. She was chattering to Qin Su as if she were talking to herself. “Senior Sister said my progress was fast because I don’t get caught up in love and hate, but I actually understand human emotions very well!”

“For example, I can clearly tell if Senior Sister is genuinely happy or just pretending,” Tang Huan said, puffing out her chest. “Senior Sister was genuinely happy today.”

“Senior Sister is so good to me. I’ve always wanted to bring her the best of everything I could get in this world,” Tang Huan sighed, still practicing her sword arts. “But Senior Sister has everything she needs. She makes everyone she meets happy, but she’s not happy herself…”

“I want to give her back the happiness she’s missing.”

As the red-robed Qin Su narrowed her eyes, Tang Huan, for some reason, felt a little shy because of her face that was so similar to Qin Su’s. But she still couldn’t help but speak. “I want to give her all the joy that mortals have. The noise, the fun, the friends, and the family. I want to bring all of that to Senior Sister…”