After Transmigrating into a Novel as the Master, I Was Forced into Love by the Yandere Villain - Chapter 13

Bai Qiuluo stood with his hands clasped behind his back. Traces of cold indifference were vaguely discernible upon his paralyzed face, which remained incapable of forming any genuine expression.

“This disciple originally thought my comprehension was simply lacking, never imagining that my state of mind failed to match.”

Shen Wang’s brows and eyes were wreathed in smiles, presenting an image of refined and restrained modesty. Yet within his eyes lay a calm, unruffled placidity, as though nothing in the world could ever capture his attention or be taken to heart.

His layered bangs fluttered lightly across his brow, while strands of ink-dark hair danced in the wind against the backdrop of the snowy scenery, radiating a faint, cozy warmth as though edged with a shimmering layer of golden light.

The summit of Tianxia Ravine remained blanketed in perennial, unmelting white snow. Both master and disciple stood clad in pristine white robes, positioned one directly behind the other in a silent standoff.

“On this upcoming journey into the Illusory Moon Valley mystic realm, you must ensure your junior brother and junior sister are properly protected. This mystic realm will also serve as a valuable trial to temper your own state of mind.”

Bai Qiuluo gave a calm, detached nod. Keeping his back turned to Shen Wang, he allowed a trace of nervous tension to leak through the depths of his gaze.

Ever since he discovered Shen Wang’s true identity, he had constantly felt as though the youth was a ticking time bomb, bound to detonate in a catastrophic explosion at any given moment.

“Does Master have anything else he wishes to say to me?”

Tilking his head slightly, Shen Wang wore an expression of simulated innocence. He stood towering over Bai Qiuluo by more than half a head, looming directly behind him and completely blotting out his slender silhouette from view.

Bai Qiuluo choked up momentarily. The words of genuine concern that used to come so naturally now stubbornly refused to cross his lips no matter how hard he tried.

Sigh, why is the disciple I raised so meticulously actually an avatar dispatched by the Demon Venerable?

That well-behaved, obedient, and sensible disciple of mine, he truly vanished into thin air just like that.

Bai Qiuluo sighed heavily to himself internally, yet the words that ultimately escaped his lips instead sounded chillingly cold and devoid of human emotion:

“The path of cultivating immortality is, at its core, a struggle to contend with the heavens and wrestle with the earth. If you are unfortunate enough to perish within the mystic realm, it will only prove that your own mastery was lacking, and you can blame no one else.”

Hearing this, a deeper, more fathomless darkness pooled within Shen Wang’s gaze. A wicked, seductive smile curled the corners of his lips, setting a tempest of volatile impulses churning in his chest.

He genuinely wondered what success rate he would have if he suddenly launched an attack on Bai Qiuluo right this second and dragged this man back to the Demon Realm by force.

A swift glance toward the defensive array formations ringing the perimeter of the peak caused Shen Wang to dismiss the thought just as quickly as it arose.

He needed to lure Bai Qiuluo completely out of the Xuantian Sword Sect first, where he could properly lay an ambush and snatch his master back to the Demon Realm without interference.

“Thank you for your guidance, Master.”

Host, you’ve clearly been blessed with a fine pair of lips, so why on earth do you have such a terrible time speaking properly? Saying something like that is only going to provoke him further—don’t even dream of completing your three-day sleeping mission now.

Prompted by some inexplicable trace of good intentions, Little A popped up out of nowhere to issue a sudden warning.

“If the mission can’t be completed, then I simply won’t do it. It’s just a random bodily remodeling; I refuse to believe it’s anything so terrifying.”

Oh~

Faced with Bai Qiuluo’s stubborn bravado, Little A merely tossed back a light, airy “oh” before happily resuming the crunching of its cyber-melon seeds.

“Then I shall no longer intrude upon Master’s quiet reflections.”

A profound, unspeakable excitement simmered in the stillness of Shen Wang’s eyes. He found himself growing increasingly intoxicated by Bai Qiuluo.

This reaction was akin to discovering that a rabbit, traditionally known for being docile and meek, possessed teeth sharp enough to bite back.

Executing a formal bow, Shen Wang’s figure vanished in a fluid motion as he retreated straight back to his independent annex.

Meanwhile, inside the adjacent annex, the male and female leads were huddled together in secret, peeking stealthily out from behind the window frame.

“The distance is too great, and the entire peak has been sealed off by array restrictions I can’t hear a single word of what they’re saying.”

Fan Chen shook his head in disappointment. Catching sight of Shen Wang departing the annex, Su Yuanyuan immediately snuck like a thief into Fan Chen’s quarters, excitedly grabbing his sleeve and dragging him over to the window to spy.

Watching master and eldest senior brother standing one after the other near the edge of the cliff, Su Yuanyuan’s eyes flashed with a peculiar excitement, and her expression turned remarkably strange.

“Don’t you think Eldest Senior Brother and Master look remarkably well-matched standing together?”

“???”

Fan Chen stared at Su Yuanyuan with an expression of utter bewilderment, genuinely struggling to believe that such unhinged, wild words had just tumbled from the lips of his usually gentle and well-behaved junior sister.

“Junior Sister, do you have any idea what you’re saying right now? If Master ever catches wind of this, a severe round of punishment is guaranteed.”

Because the interference of the villain had been entirely absent, the romance between the male and female leads had naturally devolved into a classic bickering dynamic. They would constantly quarrel and brawl, only to be promptly seized by Bai Qiuluo and tossed into the back mountains to undergo brutal tempering.

Both of them held a love-hate relationship toward these punishments; the back mountains were crawling with fierce beasts at the late Foundation Establishment stage, while the two of them had initially been thrown in as mere mid-Qi Condensation novices.

Yet it was precisely because they fought their way through these life-or-death trials that their cultivation progress had skyrocketed with terrifying speed.

“What’s there to be afraid of? The fierce beasts in the back mountains aren’t even a match for me anymore.”

Waving her hand dismissively, Su Yuanyuan glued her gaze back to the window, her expression growing even more eagerly enthralled.

With the entire peak locked down under restrictions, spiritual sense was rendered completely useless, forcing them to rely solely on their naked eyes to observe.

Completely oblivious to the actual conversation that had transpired, Su Yuanyuan could only watch as Shen Wang bowed respectfully before turning around to return to his own quarters.

“Why didn’t Eldest Senior Brother head over to Master’s dwelling? Did the two of them have some kind of falling out? Ever since the Sect Grand Tournament, those two haven’t slept side by side even once.”

Su Yuanyuan murmured thoughtfully, rubbing her chin as her mind drifted back to the mortal romance scripts she had secretly read, which invariably featured a grueling phase of heartbreaking angst before the star-crossed lovers could finally find their happily-ever-after.

Could it be that Eldest Senior Brother and Master were about to act out a dramatic saga of that exact caliber?

“Have you seen enough?”

Just as Su Yuanyuan lost herself in her wild, elaborate fantasies, Bai Qiuluo’s silhouette fluttered down to materialize right outside their window.

Startled, Su Yuanyuan let out a yelp of surprise before snapping into an adorable, deer-caught-in-headlights expression, staring at Bai Qiuluo in nervous trepidation.

“M… Master…”

Her tongue tripped over her words in sheer panic. Beside her, Fan Chen displayed commendable backbone by stepping forward to shield Su Yuanyuan behind his frame.

“Please forgive us, Master. Junior Sister and I were not intentionally eavesdropping.”

As Su Yuanyuan watched Fan Chen’s broad shoulders block her from view, an unexpected ripple of warmth stirred deep within her heart.

“As punishment for your eavesdropping during the mystic realm expedition three months from now, the two of you are required to secure the Yuehua Sword Art no matter what.”

With a flick of his wrist, Bai Qiuluo tossed out two jade pendants. Flawless white jade engraved with exquisite carvings, the talismans glowed faintly with potent protective restrictions.

“These jade pendants contain three strands of your master’s supreme sword intent, which will automatically trigger only when your lives are in mortal peril.”

“Thank you, Master.”

Bai Qiuluo fixed his steady, placid gaze upon the male and female leads for a brief moment, terrifying Su Yuanyuan into shrinking her neck back like a frightened turtle and burying herself further behind Fan Chen.

Satisfied that the romance between the male and female leads was developing along a steady, predictable track, Bai Qiuluo swept his sleeves through the air and turned to stride back toward his private dwelling.

Host, I must ask, are you choosing to reject the three-day sleeping mission? Just a reminder: if you let seven full days pass without completing this mission, the bodily remodeling will trigger automatically, oh~

Little A’s mechanical voice sounded positively giddy, as though it could hardly wait to witness Bai Qiuluo undergo his horrifying transformation.

“I am not rejecting it; I’m simply waiting for the task to expire automatically in seven days.”

Hugging an ostrich-like mentality of denial, Bai Qiuluo figured he would stall for as long as humanly possible even if he had no intention of completing the quest, dragging out the inevitable was a victory in its own right.