Chapter 151: My Name is Jiang Xuan, From Qinglin... - Ah? The Wives I Abandoned Turned Out to Be Real

Chapter 151: My Name is Jiang Xuan, From Qinglin... My name is Jiang Xuan. I don't know who my mother is, but my father loves me dearly. I've never experienced what it means to desire something one cannot have. Because I know that whatever I want, my father will grant me. However, when I was eight, my father brought a very beautiful fairy to our home. She told me she was the third elder of Shushan, and her name was Bai Ningshuang. Master Bai owed my father a favor from years ago. It's said that he gave her a magical treasure called the Wood Spirit Pearl to help her overcome a celestial tribulation, thus she agreed to take me as her apprentice. I didn't want to leave home. At that time, I didn't understand the look in my father's eyes—a look filled with helplessness. Upon arriving at Shushan with Master Bai, I behaved well. By the time I turned eighteen, I had begun to master the basic Shushan techniques. One of the Shushan cultivation techniques had the power to retain my youthful appearance, so from then on, I would always look like an eighteen-year-old girl. For the following decades, I followed my master, vanquishing demons and witnessing firsthand their cruelties. This made me think of my father. My father is also a great demon, and I am a demon as well. I once asked Master Bai if I was a demon. Master Bai, however, told me that since my mother was human and my father had taken human form when I was born, I am also human. Undoubtedly human. Learning this made me very happy, and I cultivated even more diligently. Yet, for some reason, Master Bai never interacted with male cultivators, only associating with female spirits. Later, I heard from others that Master Bai practiced the path of detachment. Before achieving mastery, she must not develop feelings or contact with men, lest her cultivation fail. Thus, I had very little experience communicating with men. But soon, an opportunity presented itself. Every decade, I was allowed to return home to visit my father. Before my return this time, Master Bai advised me to dissuade my father from absorbing human lifespans through female ghosts. What my father did seemed ridiculous to me; I didn't understand his motives. So I flew to Qinglin County, intending to visit and close down a brothel. However, when I arrived, I found a severely injured man lying at the entrance. Curious, I approached to check on him and even used a Huangting pill to save him. But he behaved like a madman, starting to gnaw at my foot. Feeling his saliva soak my embroidered shoe gave me chills. I felt unclean! Fearing further contamination, I abandoned my plans to shut down the brothel and rushed back to the Gen Di Ghost Market to change into a new pair of embroidered shoes. I chose to burn the soiled shoes. Yet for some reason, a part of me longed for him to chew on my shoe again. This desire took root in my soul, and I could not shake it off. It seemed it had become my obsession, my inner demon. That evening, upon learning of the incident, my father had the man captured and brought to me. Seeing him shackled, I felt an inexplicable worry. I wasn't sure what to do next. However, the man's behavior frightened me, though my father surprisingly admired him. After pulling me into a chamber, he started teaching me ways to handle men. These lessons made my face flush with embarrassment, and I wondered where my father had learned such things. In the end, my father cursed Master Bai, blaming her for misleading me, leaving me at seventy without having ever interacted with a man. Now, he saw this lustful rogue as an opportunity. An opportunity to dispel my allure towards men. My father instructed me to tame this rogue. Then he vanished, leaving me nervously pacing in the hall. Later, I found him lying on the floor, seemingly asleep. Nervously, I sat on a chair, contemplating my father's teachings when the man seemed to sniff out my presence, astonishing me by finding me. In panic, I removed my embroidered shoe, ordering him to bring it with his mouth. I expected him to resist. After all, it concerned a man's dignity. Master Bai said that men hold their dignity in high regard. Yet, to my surprise, he willingly complied, kneeling like a dog and bringing my shoe forward. But in trying to make him put it on me, something went amiss. Instead of slipping it onto my foot, he enclosed my foot in his grasp. I'd never experienced anything like this. I didn't know what it was. But I knew I was done for. I might never forget this sensation. Influenced by Master Bai, I always believed that no man would die for a woman. But I saw possibility in this man. He might truly die for me. No man had ever dared to defy my father for my sake. But he might. Would he die for me? I asked him this directly. With my foot still in his mouth, he mumbled an indistinct response. "I would die for the fairy!" Satisfied with the answer, I promptly kicked him out of the Gen Di Ghost Market. I was relieved. Thank goodness he hadn't soaked my shoe with his saliva, or I would have needed another new pair. In the following days, I continued to allure him with my feet, growing increasingly accustomed to the feeling... But over time, I noticed something amiss. His life seemed to be nearing its end, and he wouldn't live much longer. I sought my father for answers. He told me he had long known the mortal's life was short, which was for my own good. To prevent me from developing deep feelings for him. How could a mere mortal marry his daughter? We argued vehemently, but I couldn't save him, and I watched him die before me. Angry with my father, I left the Song Dynasty and returned to Shushan in the Earthly Immortal Realm. Not long after, Master Bai delivered devastating news: my father failed his celestial tribulation, perishing in Qinglin County. Moreover, Shushan learned of my father's actions, deciding to expel me after deliberation. I saw an unwillingness in Master Bai's eyes and felt the same. But this was the decision of all the elders and the headmaster. I had no choice but to leave Shushan, feeling that everything in the world was meaningless. I ended my life by leaping into the Han River... "Let it all end..." In an ancient-style maiden's chamber, a youthful girl with a face as radiant as the new moon and skin whiter than snow awoke. Jiang Xuan gazed at the familiar surroundings, struck by fear. Why am I still in Shushan? This room was where she'd resided during her cultivation in Shushan. Questions flooded Jiang Xuan's mind, leaving her unable to sort through the confusion. Something was wrong. Very wrong. Could it be that Master saved me again? With this thought in mind, Jiang Xuan got up, dressed, and headed towards the door. Yet as she neared the exit, she halted abruptly. Since Shushan had expelled her, wouldn't revealing herself create trouble for Master? At that moment, a stunningly beautiful woman, as radiant as the dawn, approached Jiang Xuan's room. Master? Startled, Jiang Xuan hesitated, unsure whether to face her master or pretend to be asleep. Her master must have used tremendous power and rare elixirs to rescue her. She was unsure how to repay such a debt. While Jiang Xuan wrestled with her choices, Bai Ningshuang arrived. Despite her eight centuries on the path of detachment, Bai Ningshuang still cared deeply for her disciple. Her detachment only severed romantic connections, leaving other emotions intact. As Jiang Xuan stood nervously, Bai Ningshuang approached, a curious light in her eyes. "Xuan'er, why haven't you left?" "Huh?" Jiang Xuan's heart clenched with emotion. "I, I'll leave now." Noticing something amiss in Jiang Xuan's demeanor, Bai Ningshuang continued, "Weren't you going to visit your father today?" "If you're feeling unwell, you can return tomorrow." "By the way, here's a bottle of Huangting pills for you to give to your father," Bai Ningshuang said, handing over a porcelain bottle with her alabaster hand before turning to leave. "There are many matters to attend to at the sect, so I'll be off." Jiang Xuan stood there, dazed, nodding as she accepted the bottle. "Alright, Master." Only after Bai Ningshuang walked away did Jiang Xuan awaken from her stupor. She was back. Back to the day she was supposed to visit her father! An overwhelming sense of regaining something lost washed over Jiang Xuan. She couldn't believe it—she had returned! With this realization, Jiang Xuan quickly packed her belongings. She was going back! She was heading for Qinglin County! She had to stop her father and shut down the brothel completely! As for that short-lived rogue... For some reason, Jiang Xuan sighed deeply. In this lifetime, perhaps it was best not to acknowledge him... ... In a grand mansion in Lin'an Prefecture, Su Mo was currently practicing swordsmanship under Xu Miaoyin's guidance. He had already mastered the Innate Lesser Yang Sword Technique to perfection. However, the real reason he continued to have Xu Miaoyin instruct him was to spend more time with her. At this moment, Su Jin approached and, seeing Su Mo and Xu Miaoyin practicing together, a hint of envy flashed on her face. "Young Master Su, the lady has awakened and is asking for you." "Langxue has woken up?" Su Mo nodded immediately. "Alright, I'll go right away." "Miaoyin, you should come too." However, Xu Miaoyin remained where she was, gently shaking her head. "Fei Mei just woke up. What's the point of me going? You go keep her company." Seeing this, Su Mo stepped forward to hold Xu Miaoyin's delicate hand. "Miaoyin." "Go on." "Okay!" Following Su Jin, Su Mo arrived at Fei Lingxue's room. The mansion they're residing in was Ye Liuying's private residence, very discreet, and no one would associate it with them. Entering the room, Su Mo saw Fei Lingxue lying on the bed, supporting her beautiful head with a delicate arm, her raven hair cascading like a lake around her. Her expression was relaxed yet enticing. For a moment, Su Mo stood mesmerized, forgetting to move his feet. At that moment, Fei Lingxue beckoned with a playful gesture. "You rascal, come over here." "Hmm!" Su Mo hurriedly approached, sitting at the bedside to carefully examine the beauty before him. "The liquid golden elixir wasn't wasted after all; your skin is even more radiant," he remarked. "Your martial arts must have improved too. Let me check." Fei Lingxue's expression suddenly turned cold, fixing her gaze on Su Mo. Su Mo felt a pang of guilt under her gaze, nervously twisting the bedspread in his hands. "What’s wrong, Lingxue?" "When you fed me that golden elixir, did you slap me?!" (End of chapter)