Martial Arts, the Little Master of the Ancient Tomb, Becomes Stronger When You Drink

91: Chapter 91 Tong BaixiongOver a month later.

Su Xuan, Lin Chaoying, and Dongfang Bai were seated around a round table at the head of the main hall.

Su Xuan’s large hand rested on Dongfang Bai’s wrist, a faint smile hanging on the corner of his mouth.

After a short while, under the expectant gazes of the two women, Su Xuan said with a smile, ”The heat energy has mostly dissipated. Continue like this, and in just over a month, Sister Xiao Bai will be fine.”

Hearing this, Lin Chaoying let out a sigh of relief. ”That’s good.”

”Smack—”

As soon as the words left her mouth, Lin Chaoying suddenly noticed something. Her jade-like hand ’firmly’ slapped down on Su Xuan’s wrist. ”Why haven’t you let go after finishing the examination? How long do you plan to hold on?!”

Lin Chaoying found her little disciple was becoming more and more mischievous.

Recently, it seemed he even had designs on her own sworn sister.

This absolutely would not do. The one and only good cabbage, how could she let her little disciple root it up again...

Su Xuan sheepishly withdrew his large hand, muttering awkwardly, ”Your disciple was just afraid something might be wrong. I thought I should double-check...”

”Hmm?”

”Ahem... Master is right...”

A subtle blush flashed across Dongfang Bai’s pretty face. She pretended nothing was amiss and naturally withdrew her jade-like hand, acting as if she hadn’t noticed anything.

The main hall fell into silence for a moment.

Time ticked by. Just as Su Xuan was thinking of a topic to break the awkwardness,

a clamor of noise suddenly came from outside the hall.

”Elder Tong, you cannot enter. The Cult Master is handling important matters inside...”

”Move aside! Don’t block the way! Brother Dongfang! Brother Dongfang! I’ve come!”

”Ah, Elder Tong! If you act like this, the Cult Master will be angry...”

Amidst the commotion, a big man dressed in black robes with a thick beard on his face pushed open the main hall doors and strode right in.

Behind him followed a maid with an anxious expression.

As the hall doors opened and her gaze met Dongfang Bai’s, the maid was so frightened she immediately knelt down.

Tong Baixiong, however, looked delighted. ”Brother Dongfang, I’ve come to see you!”

”The medicinal herbs you wanted are right outside the hall. I checked them myself—there are even two stalks of thousand-year Spirit Medicine...”

Tong Baixiong spoke as he walked towards them.

His gaze fell upon the three people: Dongfang Bai and the others.

Seeing the stunningly beautiful Dongfang Bai and Lin Chaoying, Tong Baixiong’s eyes lit up, flashing with a trace of greed.

As he walked, he suddenly noticed something. Tong Baixiong halted abruptly. Looking at Su Xuan, who was sitting beside Dongfang Bai almost pressed against her, his expression turned unpleasant as he ’demanded,’ ”Brother Dongfang, who is this brat...”

Before Tong Baixiong could finish his sentence, Dongfang Bai interrupted with a frown. ”Enough!”

”Dongfang...”

”Tong Baixiong, do you still see me, this Cult Master, in your eyes?!”

Dongfang Bai’s voice was extremely icy, causing the surrounding temperature to drop several degrees.

Meeting Dongfang Bai’s cold gaze, Tong Baixiong’s heart tightened. He quickly lowered his head and said respectfully, ”This subordinate wouldn’t dare. Greetings, Cult Master!”

”Did I permit you to enter?”

”No.”

”Then why aren’t you rolling out?!” Dongfang Bai’s phoenix eyes blazed with anger. The more she looked at Tong Baixiong, the more displeased she felt. ”Punish yourself with thirty strokes of the cane. Otherwise, you will be expelled from the Sun Moon Holy Cult.”

”Yes!” Tong Baixiong’s face darkened. Gritting his teeth, he agreed. Before leaving, he couldn’t help but shoot another glance at Su Xuan.

After Tong Baixiong left, Lin Chaoying frowned slightly, her pretty eyebrows drawing together. ”Xiao Bai, who was that person?”

Hearing Lin Chaoying’s voice, Dongfang Bai’s expression softened. A slight smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. ”Just a sect Elder. Sister Lin, you needn’t bother with him.”

Lin Chaoying, however, shook her head. ”That man was terribly disrespectful towards you. If it’s inconvenient for you to deal with him, sister will help you kill him.”

It was fine if Lin Chaoying didn’t speak. Once she did, she sealed Tong Baixiong’s fate on the pillar of death.

If Tong Baixiong knew that speaking a few words would lead to someone wanting to kill him, who knows what he would think.

Dongfang Bai smiled and shook her head. Looping her arm through Lin Chaoying’s, she explained, ”If it were an ordinary person acting like that, I would have long since killed them. However, this man did me some favors in earlier years. Remembering that, I have never moved against him.”

Just as her words fell, Su Xuan’s voice came from the side. ”If that’s all it is, then it’s fine. I just fear he might have other intentions.”

Seeing the two women look at him, Su Xuan placed the teacup in his hand to the side and looked at Dongfang Bai. ”If I guess correctly, this man is also interested in Sister Xiao Bai.”

Hearing Su Xuan bring this up, Dongfang Bai, for some reason, suddenly felt a surge of disappointment and nervousness in her heart. ”Little Su, you...”

Dongfang Bai was no fool. How could she not have known Tong Baixiong’s intentions all these years?!

Back then, Tong Baixiong saw her potential and repeatedly helped her, a sort of ’investment.’

Leveraging these resources and her own talent, she advanced rapidly, both in position and aptitude.

Tong Baixiong’s status within the sect also grew increasingly solid.

It would have been fine if things continued like that. But when she became the Cult Master and revealed her identity as a woman,

Tong Baixiong seemed bewitched. Every time he saw her, his eyes would shoot out two blazing gazes.

Previously, because she had just assumed the Cult Master position and the various factions within the sect were unstable, Dongfang Bai had never acted against him.

But this time, Tong Baixiong had truly crossed her line.

He actually dared to be so disrespectful in front of Sister Lin and Little Su.

Especially hearing Little Su mention this, Dongfang Bai’s heart couldn’t help but feel somewhat distressed.

Dongfang Bai didn’t know why either. Perhaps it was because Su Xuan had been...

Ugh~ In short, she just didn’t want to hear Su Xuan bring this up.

Thinking this, a barely noticeable hint of grievance flashed in Dongfang Bai’s beautiful eyes. Her jade-like hand gave Su Xuan a push. ”Go get your medicinal herbs. Always talking nonsense here.”

”Alright, alright, I’ll go, okay?” Su Xuan mentally noted down a mark against Tong Baixiong, then stood up.

Just as he prepared to step away, Dongfang Bai’s voice came again. ”Leave the wine before you go!”

Su Xuan turned his head and grinned. ”I thought you didn’t want it!”

Though his words said one thing, Su Xuan’s hands were not slow.

With a wave of his large hand, about a dozen or so bottles filled with wine appeared on the table.

As soon as the bottles were placed on the table, a faint aroma of wine wafted out.

It stirred the cravings in Dongfang Bai’s belly.

Dongfang Bai pretended to be annoyed, waving her hand to shoo Su Xuan away, but her sparkling eyes remained fixed on the wine.

Recently, for some reason, Dongfang Bai had suddenly developed a fondness for this wine.

Truth be told, it was all Su Xuan’s fault.

Whenever he had a spare moment, Su Xuan would drag her to drink.

He wouldn’t let her leave until they had drunk for two or three hours.

And he always came up with all sorts of strange antics to tease her.

Sometimes, Su Xuan was like a little brother, evoking a surge of ’maternal’ affection in Dongfang Bai, making her feel very protective.

Other times, Su Xuan could be quite domineering, insisting on having his way. Once he said something, it had to be done according to his words, and not doing it was not an option.

And still other times, Su Xuan would suddenly become somewhat mature, staying by your side like a big brother, drinking and talking heart-to-heart with you, soothing the pain in your heart.

Now, Dongfang Bai somewhat understood why the entire Ancient Tomb Sect doted on Su Xuan.

It was truly because Su Xuan was too skilled. He had completely figured out a woman’s heart.

Even she often had some strange thoughts.

But each time, fearing Sister Lin might misunderstand, she forcefully suppressed those thoughts deep in her heart.

Dongfang Bai paused, sweeping away the impure thoughts in her mind. A shallow smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. ”Sister Lin, let’s have a drink.”

”Alright~”

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