Cultivation: Starting from a Mortal Bone

”Sect Leader, Qin Yu really can’t leave you here alone. Let’s go together.”

Liu Zixiao spoke straight up as if she didn’t see that fierce glare from the Sect Leader at all, and even deliberately winked at Qin Yu.

Qin Yu also knew, if he wanted to take Su Xihe away, he had to...

Expose the whole thing.

At that point, he probably wouldn’t need to do anything—Sect Leader would run away faster than him.

”You... What do you want?!”

Seeing Qin Yu walking toward her, Su Xihe’s pupils shrank, nervous and yet there was this tiny... inexplicable feeling in her heart.

Touched?!

With all the startled eyes on them, Qin Yu stepped forward and naturally took the Sect Leader’s small, cool hand into his.

”What the hell!”

Su Xihe closed her eyes, her long eyelashes fluttering nonstop, totally betraying how underneath her calm exterior, she was an absolute mess inside.

Social death!

Su Xihe felt like she was roasted alive on the fire, standing there totally uneasy.

She couldn’t even imagine how this will get twisted into all sorts of wild tales within Yunlan Domain later on. There’d probably be a whole bunch of new storybooks by tomorrow, right?

Like...

”The Bad Sect Leader Forced Her Disciple Into Bed”

”My Sister and I Serve the Same Man”

”Brother-in-law! He’s My Personal Property!”

So damn annoying!

She obviously hadn’t done anything!

This is all that rebellious disciple’s fault!

It’s that brat who rammed into me, okay? If people wanna blame someone, they should blame this master-offending punk first!

Wuwu!

”Sec...Sect Leader?”

”Q-Qin Yu, that’s your master!”

”Wait, something’s up, something’s really up!”

”Don’t tell me even the Sect Leader is...”

Seeing Sect Leader’s little hand held by Qin Yu, inside and outside the whole Cyan Mountain Sect instantly quieted down, and then an earth-shaking uproar followed.

Even all the Cyan Mountain Sect Elders were dumbfounded, faces full of utter disbelief at this whole scene.

This Sect Leader, who always kept up her authority and dignity, when had she ever shown off this shy little lady side?!

But still.

Su Xihe’s tacit response already explained everything!

Between the two, their relationship was clearly not just as simple as master and disciple anymore.

”Just as I expected!”

The Great Elder, while shocked, seemed to have guessed this all along.

They’d always wanted to push their juniors to Qin Yu, precisely because they’d seen what kind of guy he was.

Living with Su Xihe, rumored to be the number one beauty, and he’s really supposed to keep his hands to himself?!

Damn, bro.

So they’re already together, huh!

Actually, he could understand if it was just Liu Zixiao and Qin Yu together, but Qin Yu’s identity was special after all.

Sisters sharing one husband.

This kinda thing wasn’t even rare, honestly.

But Su Xihe and Qin Yu, they’d actually done the formal master-disciple ceremony, you know!

Disciple, disciple.

Why does that word even exist? ’Cause the master is basically half a... for the disciple...

And the Sect Leader could accept even this?!

Feeling all kinds of feelings, the Great Elder’s face twitched a bit.

He’d thought at the time that Qin Yu had lured away the Demon Sect Leader, but now it looked like Cyan Mountain Sect had it even worse!

Sect Leader, Saintess, plus an Elder to boot!

This is literally wiping out the whole nest.

Su Xihe took a deep breath. What had to be faced couldn’t be dodged forever. She was still the Sect Leader, she couldn’t just walk away like this.

Some stuff still had to be explained.

She slowly opened her tightly shut eyes, gaze landing on the Great Elder, and, keeping her voice steady, said, ”Great Elder, from now on, the future of Cyan Mountain Sect is in your hands.”

”What?!”

The Great Elder, who had been happily watching the drama, stared blankly at her words.

Why me, of all people?

He was already so old, he was hoping to retire peacefully for a few years!

At no point had he ever actually wanted to replace the Sect Leader.

”Sect Leader, this old one really cannot accept this task. The position of Sect Leader concerns the rise and fall of the Sect, it’s no trivial matter. Please think carefully and discuss at length!”

The Great Elder bowed respectfully.

”This decision is made. No more arguing! As for all other matters in the future, that’s for you as the new Sect Leader to figure out.”

Su Xihe had originally wanted to keep up her almighty Sect Leader aura, but her hand was still firmly gripped by that rebellious disciple. She tried to pull away, but it was totally stuck, so she could only shoot a resentful glare at Qin Yu.

”Does anyone have objections to the Great Elder succeeding as Sect Leader?”

”We respectfully obey the Sect Leader’s command!”

All the Elders replied in unison.

The departure of Su Xihe and Su Xiyue had, no surprise, caused massive loss to Cyan Mountain Sect. Any Immortal Sect in this situation would have a huge succession crisis.

Fortunately, although Qin Yu was leaving, his reputation remained—a rock-solid backing for Cyan Mountain Sect!

”If anything comes up in the future, just send me a message!”

Qin Yu also solemnly made this promise, finally putting Su Xihe’s last concern at ease.

After all, after mooching off Cyan Mountain Sect’s resources for so many years, just leaving like this felt kind of wrong.

Yan Yu saw all this in her eyes.

She could tell that Qin Yu’s feelings for his Dao Companions really came from the heart, not some act.

Whether it was the grand wedding in Demon Sect, or what he was doing now in Cyan Mountain Sect, everything was about easing his Dao Companions’ anxieties.

Such deep and genuine affection—really rare these days!

No wonder, even when she knew his Root Bone might not be so great, the Empress still gave him so much patience.

That was probably the main reason.

After getting everything sorted out, Su Xihe honestly couldn’t stay here a second longer.

She was barely keeping it together, almost fled on the spot!

...

The flying ship soared into the sky.

Standing at the prow, the Su sisters looked back, watching the familiar mountain gates fade away into the distance, memories flashing through their minds like a slideshow.

Some good ones, some bad ones.

But in the end, it was still the place where they grew up.

”You... let go!”

Su Xihe was just winding herself up for a bout of nostalgia when a strong arm suddenly wrapped tightly around her slender waist.

”Master, are you reluctant to leave Cyan Mountain Sect?”

Qin Yu hugged her lightly from behind, his beautiful master who belonged only to him, and took a deep breath in.

Smells sooo good!

Feeling Qin Yu’s warm breath at her ear, Su Xihe’s proud little face uncontrollably flushed crimson, like a peach blossom in the morning sun, stunningly beautiful.

”You rebellious disciple! Hurry up and let me go!”

When Su Xihe’s gaze accidentally caught her little sister Su Xiyue awkwardly looking away, she felt even more embarrassed and just wanted to escape from Qin Yu’s arms ASAP.

But the more she struggled, the tighter Qin Yu’s arms became, almost as if he wanted her to melt into his bones.

”I...”

Su Xiyue wanted to step back a bit, but Qin Yu just pulled her in too.

Sisters gotta stick together, obviously.

”Swoosh!”

In the blink of an eye, everyone vanished from the flying ship and entered the Lifebound Space.

Inside here, since the scenery was almost the same as the Sect Leader Peak of Cyan Mountain, it actually felt like they’d never left at all.

Out of nowhere, a wave of emotion swept over Su Xihe’s heart.

She’d never really understood before why Qin Yu insisted on making the inside look exactly like the main peak.

Now, she finally knew why.

Everything Qin Yu did—he did for her.

[Su Xihe Romantic Point: 70 (Deeply Moved)]

Qin Yu didn’t even care that Yan Yu was still standing right there—he just clung to his master, Sect Leader, like a koala.

He found that he especially liked Su Xihe’s haughty, queen-like version—the kind of almighty Sect Leader vibe.

The loftier and more elegant she was, the more Qin Yu was addicted to her.

Maybe to keep herself from falling over, the master could only put her arms around her rebellious disciple’s neck too.

Watching Qin Yu walk over, Liu Zixiao tried to scoot aside, but Su Xihe just egged on her bratty disciple to nab her too.

If it hadn’t been for this troublemaking woman, she wouldn’t have been so embarrassed just now with zero chance to save face!

Now that she thought about it, Su Xihe still felt a little mortified.

Hmph!

The main culprit still wants to run?!

For scenes like this, Yan Yu was already jaded. In fact, she’d even summed up some of her own experience.

Having children and such clearly wasn’t as dull and boring as Sister Yan Zhi made it out to be. Qin Yu and his Dao Companions all seemed... super into it!

Once they arrived at the Imperial Capital and met Sister Yan Zhi, she’d have to set the record straight for her!