Seeking the Tao in the Mortal World

Chapter 173: Not A Passerby

Qin Yi was walking toward the back of the house with Qing Cha in his arms. When he heard the door opening, he stopped and turned around. Qing Cha's hands and feet were still fluttering in the air, but the scene seemed to be frozen.

They looked at each other for a while, then Qin Yi said shamefully, "I... uhm, if you hear something strange, it's not what you think."

Ju Yunxiu snappishly said, "Then why are you still carrying Qing Cha!"

"Oh." Qin Yi carefully put Qing Cha down, and Qing Cha shouted, "That pool is for washing brushes! Stupid Master's Junior Qin!"

It's just for washing brushes. Can you please stop using ambiguous words that are easily misunderstood...

Fortunately, Qing Cha is here to be the third wheel. If I were to face Ju Yunxiu alone, it would be super embarrassed.

In the next second, Ju Yunxiu said, "Qing Cha, go outside and do your homework. Master's Junior Qin and I have words to say."

Qin Yi watched with tears as his only supporter ran away.

The room fell silent, leaving Ju Yunxiu and Qin Yi facing each other.

"I know that was not your painting. It was my Master's painting."

Qin Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Before he could breathe out, Ju Yunxiu said, "So actually those sexual tools are yours."

Qin Yi almost choked himself when he exhaled, and his old face turned red from holding his breath.

"In the past, if I heard Qing Cha say something dirty outside the door, I would definitely not think wrongly, but today I thought wrongly." Ju Yunxiu squinted at him and said, "Your image has been ruined, Junior Qin."

Qin Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You understand very well, Senior Ju."

Ju Yunxiu snorted. "Is it the posture of the monk and the woman that you learn every day?"

"Don't wrong me. I haven't seen the image stored in the mirror!" Qin Yi was really wronged, because he didn't know how to use that thing. Liu Su wouldn't teach him!

Speaking of which, Elder Wu was quite awesome. When he looked through the ring, he could even see the image in the mirror. What an experienced old man...

"It doesn't matter whether you have seen it or not. I know you are well-informed than the monk." Ju Yunxiu said expressionlessly.

"I told you that I didn't write it..."

Ju Yunxiu waved her hand, "Whether it was written by you or not, you just didn't intend to pretend to be a gentleman, and you even wanted to leave directly, right? Annoying me one last time before you go is really what you were after.."

Qin Yi was stunned, but that was true.

I didn't want to stay at first. I stayed overnight just because Liu Su wanted to know more about the way of painting. I could leave after watching the painting soul, otherwise I wouldn't give away any stories...

On the contrary, Ju Yunxiu didn't mind this and kept me as a protector...

Ju Yunxiu said, "That is to say, you were more knowledgeable than those lewd monks when we first met, but I kept you instead. They didn't know, and you didn't know either?"

Qin Yi truly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "I didn't think too much about it. I felt so embarrassed for a moment."

Ju Yunxiu smiled and said, "Anyway, since I kept you, I won't care about this. Regardless of whether you have bad intentions or evil techniques, you know nothing about the power of the Radiant Yang Stage."

Qin Yi nodded and realized this problem.

Zheng Yunyi and Xi Xiangzi intended to embarrass him in front of everyone or falsely accuse him of learning the Temple Great Joy's technique. In fact, there was no actual harm. Myriad Tao Immortal Palace was not an old-fashioned sect. It wouldn't evict someone because of watching those things. Their intention was to make him too shameful to stay or Ju Yunxiu drove him away out of vigilant. This was just a part of the sect dispute. After realizing that Qin Yi had the possibility of expanding the sect, they didn't want him to stay here.

As long as he was thick-skinned enough and Ju Yunxiu didn't take it to heart, then even if their plan succeeded, it would be meaningless, which was why the chess fanatic said it was a 'trivial matter'.

In Go term, it was gratifying to win, but there was no loss to lose. It depended on how Ju Yunxiu handled it. As long as she didn't care, nothing would happen.

But did Ju Yunxiu really not care? The blush of her face seemed to show that she was just forcing herself to calm down...

Yes, she cared about another thing...

Ju Yunxiu continued saying, "The problem now is not that, but the painting. Everyone thinks it is yours!"

Under the premise that everyone thought Qin Yi had a crush on you and was forced to confess in public, Ju Yunxiu had to react. Either reject his confession or keep him by her side, which was equivalent to accepting confession.

Qin Yi didn't know how to answer, and Ju Yunxiu didn't know how to deal with it. They stared at each other again, speechless for a while.

The key was that Ju Yunxiu also wanted to know deep down her heart if this was really just an accident or if Qin Yi did it in concordance to his true heart.

Otherwise, why would he exchange the painting instead of just the sword?

If he meant it, how would she deal with it?

——It was gratifying that if he came for her.

——If he wasn't, it was ruthless to her.

Ju Yunxiu's thoughts were chaotic. She knew that her thoughts were contradictory, and she expected Qin Yi to give an answer without having to think about such confusing matters by herself.

Qin Yi also found himself at a fork road. How he answered would affect the development of his relationship with Ju Yunxiu in a completely different direction.

Regardless of whether she was a mature royal sister, she was also a Huiyang boss, the sect master, powerful and aloofness.

She was also a literary girl in essence.

Literary girls were sensitive and graceful, and their emotions could easily get tangled. Their hearts were filled with the word "romance" that had never appeared in their world, and they yearn for it very much.

They could play music together and share painting experiences with each other, which was very romantic.

If he answered that 'the painting isn't mine, so what do you want?' or 'expelling me from the sect in name only or ordering me not to come near Mount Passerby', she would be disappointed.

That would ruin her good impressions of him.

Otherwise, she could announce it on the spot. Why should she wait until now?

Then, if Qin Yi answered 'just pretend that the painting is mine' to confess, he was too shameful to say that. After all, that wasn't his intention, and Ju Yunxiu might not accept such a confession.

None of the plans was appropriate, so he couldn't say anything. The two of them could only look at each other for a few minutes. In the end, there was a little disappointment in Ju Yunxiu's eyes.

After all, he was just a passerby, the name of his mountain had said it clearly.

She slowly turned her head and sighed, "Forget it. Let them think whatever they want… Don't say anything and don't answer anything. It will disappear naturally."

It was not only the opinions of outsiders that naturally disappeared, but also their relationship. From then on, they would embark on different paths.

Qin Yi's heart skipped a beat, and he blurted out uncontrollably, "No..."

"Huh?" Ju Yunxiu turned to look at him.

"That painting was not painted by me..."

Ju Yunxiu's eyes showed extreme disappointment. She snorted and was about to leave.

"That painting was not painted by me, and the person in the painting isn't Senior Ju who I'm familiar with. That is not what I want..." Qin Yi swallowed and finally said, "I want to paint a painting of Ju Yunxie whom I'm familiar with.”

Ju Yunxiu's face suddenly turned red. There was no longer disappointment in her eyes, but panic, "You… you..."

"Uhm..." Qin Yi smiled. "Didn't you ask me to paint when you tested my painting skills? Senior Ju, you are being nonprofessional."

"Bah!" Ju Yunxiu responded, "Your painting skills are too bad. You need to practice for another ten years before you can paint me!"

She regained the graceful demeanor like usual, but there was still a blush on her face and there was a hint of happiness in her eyes.