The Master Always Thinks I Have Improper Intentions Toward Her - Chapter 1

Jiang Qianxun had ascended.

Accompanied by boundless radiant light and bursts of immortal music, she gradually rose toward the heavens. The Lingxiu Sect beneath her feet grew smaller and smaller. Her fellow disciples all looked up at her, and from the distance came voices calling her name, whether it was the Heavenly Emperor or the Empress, she wasn’t sure, but the caller sounded several times, seemingly filled with great anticipation for her arrival.

Her heart was brimming with peaceful happiness.

How should she put it? This could be considered a successful “landing” on the shore of stability. From now on, she could live a relaxed life, sipping tea, guaranteed a harvest regardless of drought or flood, dignified and stable. She would never have to be nagged by her parents again.

But her joy did not last long. Before she could even see what the Celestial Realm looked like, she felt a heavy blow to her head, followed by the sudden explosion of an old hag’s roar: “Jiang Qianxun! Who permitted you to sleep in class!”

She clutched her head in pain as ripples of laughter echoed in her ears.

Opening her eyes, she saw the teaching elder, Fu Xin, standing before her seat, her face displaying an extreme, furious impatience.

Fu Xin taught the Chronicles of Sect Establishment in the Cultivation World. Although she looked young, her hair was styled with meticulous rigidity, her clothes were old-fashioned and somber, and she never wore a pleasant expression. She radiated the aura of a stern Dean, making anyone who looked at her feel instinctively guilty.

Jiang Qianxun hurriedly forced a smile, hoping to offer a few words of apology, but the other woman gave her no chance. She snapped directly: “Don’t try to argue. I’ve been standing beside you for half a day and saw everything clearly. Get out! Now!”

What!

She looked at her partner in crime, You Caiwei, who shrugged and mouthed: “I called you, but you didn’t wake up.”

Jiang Qianxun finally understood that the voice in her dream had been You Caiwei. Since things had reached this point, there was no use making excuses, she lowered her head and walked toward the door.

As she left, she heard Fu Xin’s sharp voice: “Hmph, incorrigible and beyond saving! The rest of you, don’t laugh. You are all one in a ten thousand talents. If you are as lazy as she is every day, you will eventually fade into the crowd. Even the best aptitude is a waste!”

The others, naturally, answered in unison.

Jiang Qianxun felt a bit indignant. She didn’t sleep every day; she just couldn’t be bothered to listen to history class. She came here to cultivate immortality, not to research cultivation history. What was the use of listening to that? Instead of that, it was better to find a place to practice properly.

If she hadn’t stayed up so late practicing last night, she wouldn’t have fallen asleep in class. Therefore, she wasn’t lazy, if anything, she was too diligent.

She worked so hard because she wanted to ascend as soon as possible.

From the day she transmigrated here, she understood that ascension was the only way out. Whether she wanted to return to reality or survive in this world, the most necessary thing was to ascend!

After ascending, she would be able to see the truth of this world and find hope of returning. Even if she couldn’t go back, she would have a “civil service position,” becoming immortal and eternal.

Moreover, cultivation was the simplest career she had ever seen. There was no need for tens of millions of people to squeeze through the single-log bridge called the National College Entrance Exam. After graduation, there was no need to compare family backgrounds or emotional intelligence. Working hard for yourself was enough. Everyone started at the same starting line, it only depended on aptitude and diligence.

She had a single spiritual root, so her aptitude was fine. That left only diligence. she would seize every spare moment to cultivate, no matter how hard or tiring, as long as she had a breath left, she would crawl up and continue.

She did indeed grow very quickly.

Compared to her classmates, she was already leading the pack. Unfortunately, it still wasn’t enough. She felt that her cultivation speed was still too slow.

At first, she didn’t understand what was wrong and simply increased her training intensity. But later, she realized it had nothing to do with diligence. Diligence had a limit, and she had already reached it.

Relying solely on hard work, the speed one could achieve had a ceiling. She had already done her best among her peers, and then… she didn’t know what else to do.

She tried many methods but all in vain. She realized that trying things blindly like a headless fly was meaningless. She needed a real teacher who could guide her, answer her questions, and point out her flaws.

As a Heaven-grade spiritual root holder, she did, of course, have a Master.

Her Master was named Shen Qingchen, the Sect Leader of the Lingxiu Sect. It was said she was a genius rarely seen in ten thousand years, reaching the Foundation Establishment stage before the age of five. By just over five hundred years old, she had already stood at the peak of the Immortal World.

Currently, she was a half-step Immortal.

Many people dreamed of being her disciple. Jiang Qianxun was lucky enough to be placed under her door, but she was only an inner disciple in name. Her age and level were insufficient, before reaching Foundation Establishment, she could only attend classes with everyone else in the academy.

To become a direct disciple, one needed to at least reach Foundation Establishment and require a great stroke of luck. Not all inner disciples could become direct disciples. Currently, she couldn’t even make her face familiar to her Master, she estimated the other woman didn’t even know her.

She had thought of ways, chance encounters, visits, and so on but they all ended in failure. For one, the Master was the Sect Leader and was busy with sect affairs, having no time to see a minor disciple. Secondly, the Master’s personality was extremely cold and she spoke very little; usually, by the time they made eye contact and managed a nod, the Master had already flown hundreds of paces away.

She eventually understood. Master was high and mighty, cold and distant. Though she possessed boundless beauty, she was not someone she could approach.

She could only give up on that idea.

After standing in punishment at the door for a while, Jiang Qianxun secretly slipped away and headed toward her secret base. Since she had escaped class, she couldn’t go back to the dormitory or the martial arts arena. She could only find a hidden place to cultivate in secret.

Her base was at the edge of the cliff outside the martial arts arena’s outer wall. The place was very small, only about three square meters, but it had a stone platform on the ground and a tree overhead, giving it an ancient charm. The spiritual energy was as abundant as inside the arena, it was a small world belonging only to her, undisturbed by others.

Just after sitting for a while, she heard a sound.

The sound was very close, but it didn’t come from inside the arena. It seemed to come from beneath her feet but that made no sense. Beneath her feet was a sheer precipice, and below that was the Dragon Trapping Abyss. There was a mountain protecting formation above the abyss, what could climb up from below?

Unless the mountain protecting formation was broken.

The moment that thought arose, her spine went cold. One must know that what was trapped in the Dragon Trapping Abyss were not dragons, but countless demons and monsters. Once these things came out, they would be attracted by the continuous spiritual energy within the Lingxiu Sect.

Was that sound the noise of a demon climbing up?

Jiang Qianxun didn’t dare delay. She immediately climbed the ancient tree toward the outer wall. She had to inform the elders of the anomaly she discovered right away. Regardless of whether her guess was correct, it was good to be vigilant.

Unexpectedly, just as she poked her head over the wall, she felt her foot being grabbed by something. She looked back and saw a thorny vine slowly winding its way up her leg. She kicked twice but couldn’t shake it off, so she gritted her teeth and pinched a hand seal to burn it.

“Qianxun? What are you doing here?”

A voice suddenly came from inside the wall. Jiang Qianxun looked up and saw that the newcomer was Ling Xuan. Like her, Ling Xuan was a transmigrator. She was likely having class in the arena and ran over to talk after seeing her head pop up.

“Pull me up quickly! A thorny vine has caught my foot!” Jiang Qianxun said urgently. “I don’t know if there’s a problem with the mountain protecting formation. Quick, quick, quick! We have to notify the elders!”

Ling Xuan was also startled and hurried forward to grab her hand.

To their surprise, the thorny vine below seemed to understand their conversation. Two more vines suddenly climbed up, one yanked Jiang Qianxun hard toward the ground, while the other crossed the wall to grab Ling Xuan.

Jiang Qianxun took a nasty fall. Seeing this, she grabbed the root of the vine and pulled, dragging down the one that had climbed the wall.

“Qianxun!” Ling Xuan shouted from the other side. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine!” Jiang Qianxun yelled back. She immediately realized that Ling Xuan was only in the Qi Refining stage and couldn’t help much by staying. It would be more efficient for her to go find an elder.

So she quickly explained her plan. Ling Xuan hesitated: “Are you really okay by yourself?”

“I’m fine, it’s just a few vines,” Jiang Qianxun urged. “Go, stop dawdling! If the mountain protecting formation really broke, the whole Lingxiu Sect will be affected!”

Hearing Ling Xuan’s response as she ran away, Jiang Qianxun took out a sword to cut the vine on her leg and climbed the tree once more. halfway up, a charming female voice suddenly rang out. “Have you considered that there might be more than just a few vines?”

Along with the voice, several demonic charms shot toward her back. These charms were swift and fierce, if she didn’t dodge, she would be pinned into a pile of mangled meat. But she was in the tree, if she wanted to dodge, the only way was down.

Gritting her teeth, Jiang Qianxun leaped and ducked into the corner formed by the tree trunk and the wall cliff. This was the only place nearby to hide, a dead end with no retreat, but she had no choice now. If she remained exposed outside, she would surely be dead.

The demonic creature had already taken human form; its cultivation must be higher than hers. In a direct confrontation, she had no chance of winning. But if she couldn’t stop it, the creature would surely chase after Ling Xuan.

If Ling Xuan died, the sect would be in danger.

The creature understood this as well and did not intend to entangle with her. Instead, it prepared to jump over the wall to chase Ling Xuan. How could Jiang Qianxun let it succeed? She immediately drew a formation with her blood, performing an Imprisonment Array to trap it back.

But her cultivation was too low, she could only maintain it for three seconds.

After three seconds, she would have no other way to follow up.

The Qi Refining stage was just that weak, possessing almost no combat capability. This was already the only useful array she could use. During the array’s duration, she had to stay nearby, which meant while she provoked the opponent, she also trapped herself.

The demon, as expected, said exasperatedly: “What use is a three seconds imprisonment? When I get out, I’ll tear you into ten thousand pieces!”

Jiang Qianxun naturally knew she was in grave danger. She couldn’t help but sigh in her heart. She hadn’t expected her transmigrated journey to end so simply. All that talk about ascension and becoming an immortal was apparently just a dream, no wonder she had that dream earlier.

Maybe if she died, she could return to reality?

Thinking of this possibility, she actually became energized and said: “A small person like me is not worth pitying. But before I die, I will definitely blow up my spiritual sea to perish together with you! If you want to invade the Lingxiu Sect, you’ll have to step over my corpse!”

Just as she finished speaking, the imprisonment array vanished.

Hearing her say this, the demon hesitated for a moment.

Killing a Qi Refining stage disciple was easy, but being caught in a self-explosion was a bit not worth it. Although the opponent’s self-detonation might not kill it, no one wanted to fail to steal spiritual energy and get heavily injured instead.

Seeing that the threat worked, Jiang Qianxun’s spirit rose.

She then spoke more boldly: “Also, if you kill me, my Master definitely won’t let you off! You might not believe it, but I am the disciple of the world’s number one immortal, Shen Qingchen. She only needs to move one finger to turn you into dust!”

The demon was originally somewhat wary, but hearing her underestimate it so much, its anger flared. Screaming “Impudence!” it lunged toward her. This strike held nothing back, it was a killing move.

The large tree nearby instantly collapsed, crashing into the cliff and falling toward the abyss. There was no longer any barrier in front of Jiang Qianxun. A powerful aura of intimidation swept over her, making her body almost unable to move.

She exhausted all her strength to form an array to block it, but it was like an ant trying to stop a carriage. Her body felt as if it were being sliced by countless blades, the pain almost unbearable. But worst of all, the opponent was aiming for her heart.

She was going to die.

Jiang Qianxun was absolutely certain.

But she didn’t want to die yet. She hadn’t…

Jiang Qianxun suddenly couldn’t think of what her last wish was. She had lived for so long, and as a child, her life was nothing but studying. After graduation, it was nothing but preparing for civil service exams. Even after transmigrating, she only cared about this one thing. She was like a machine that only knew how to learn; even her hobbies, wishes, and everything else were hollow and pale.

Was this what she had been pursuing?

Before she could think of an answer, the sharp claws reached her eyes. The opponent’s speed was very fast, so fast that she didn’t even have time to self-destruct. Yet she saw many things clearly, as if in slow motion. The time before death was so long, she could even see the sharp cold light on the claws and the demonic energy swirling around them.

Then, suddenly.

It was truly sudden.

Into the slow motion frame before her eyes, an extremely fast figure suddenly inserted itself. The contrast was so strong that she instinctively moved her gaze. Her own movements were very slow, in the time it took her to lift her head, the demon in front of her had turned into a mist of blood.

In the midst of the dancing blood mist, she saw a person.

This person wore the white sect uniform with a light blue gauze outer layer. The robe had wide sleeves, her posture was lithe, and her beautiful hair fluttered gently in the breeze. Upon landing, she didn’t stir any dust; her steps carried a purity that was extreme and untainted.

When she settled, Jiang Qianxun finally saw it was Shen Qingchen.

The Master was exceptionally beautiful, her furrowed brows adding a touch of sharp authority. Her gaze lingered on her for a few moments, a hint of surprise in her eyes, which then turned into concern. She asked softly: “Are you injured anywhere?”

Jiang Qianxun didn’t know how the Master appeared here. Although she had no visible wounds on the surface, she had suffered many internal injuries from the demonic energy invasion. This was also due to her low cultivation. She wanted to reply, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she spat out a mouthful of blood and her head began to spin.

The Master immediately stepped closer to support her and tucked a pill into her mouth. The clean, slender fingers pulled away from her lips, stained with mottled blood.

“Dirty…” Jiang Qianxun felt a bit guilty.

“It is nothing,” the Master replied softly. She looked down toward the abyss. On the blood-red barrier in the abyss, a gap had vaguely appeared, and countless demons were crawling out from it.

No, she couldn’t delay any longer.

“Can you still hold on?” Shen Qingchen turned back, but before she could finish the question, the little disciple had fainted. Left with no choice, she could only summon her spiritual pet and let it take her back to heal first.

As for her, she leaped down to repair the gap.

Other elders received the news and rushed over. The young disciples still in class didn’t know what had happened. When they looked out curiously, they saw a white Qilin in the sky, carrying a person toward the main peak.

“Look… isn’t that Jiang Qianxun?”

“It really is. Why is she on the Sect Leader’s white Qilin?”

Amidst the various theories, You Caiwei let out a “holy crap,” and then, her inspiration suddenly exploding, she took out a pen and paper and began to write feverishly.

Jiang Qianxun, after being carried back, slept for five solid hours. She slept so long partly because of excessive blood loss and partly because the effects of the top-grade Rejuvenation Pill were too potent.

Upon waking, her whole body felt itchy.

When wounds heal too quickly, a person feels very itchy. But her injuries were internal, and she couldn’t reach them no matter how she tried. It was incredibly painful, so she had to get up and walk around. But just as she stepped off the bed, she stepped on something furry.

She was startled and locked eyes with the innocent white Qilin lying on the floor, which had been napping and was suddenly stepped on.

The white Qilin tilted its head at her, seemingly asking what she wanted. Jiang Qianxun stared at it for a moment, then suddenly let out a loud scream, frightening the Qilin into bristling its fur and standing up.

No, no, no! Where was this?

Jiang Qianxun finally realized that this was not her dormitory at all, but a completely strange place. A carved bed, velvet carpet, plus the curio shelf filled with treasures opposite her and the white Qilin looking at her warily nearby, the conclusion was obvious.

This was her Master’s bedroom!

She became unaccountably nervous. A few hours ago, she was still worried about not seeing her Master; now, she had suddenly slept in the other’s bed…

Was this… was this appropriate?

She guessed that the white Qilin must have misunderstood and brought her here when it should have sent her back to the dormitory. She felt like she had accidentally entered someone’s house when the door was open; she wanted to touch things but was afraid the owner would suddenly return.

Forget it, better not touch anything, it’s impolite.

She shrank back onto the bed, and the itching inside her body began again. After thinking for a moment, she decided to get out of bed and walk.

But walking didn’t stop the itching; it was so painful.

The white Qilin saw her making faces, as if her back was very itchy and she couldn’t reach it, so it stepped forward to help her scratch. This scratch finally hit the itchy spot, and Jiang Qianxun cried out in relief, urging it to continue.

The Qilin’s claws were large, so it didn’t hurt, only occasionally, the touch of the rough paw pads felt a bit strange. After scratching for a long time, Jiang Qianxun felt better. Just as she was about to say thank you, she saw the Qilin turn its back, seemingly ignoring her.

Huh? What was going to on?

Before she could react, she saw the Qilin glance back at its own back. The meaning seemed to be that it was her turn to scratch it.

Jiang Qianxun had no choice but to comply. However, the Qilin’s back was very wide, like a small mountain. She scratched until her fingers were cramping and had only barely finished the lower half.

She couldn’t reach the upper half, so she dragged a stool from nearby, standing on it to barely reach but even then, it was just barely. After scratching for a while, she found that she couldn’t reach below the neck no matter what, unless she climbed on.

Speaking of which, could she ride it?

It wouldn’t throw her off, would it?

Jiang Qianxun explained the general idea and asked for its opinion. The white Qilin didn’t shake its head; it only gave her a faint glance, which seemed to mean it was okay.

So she hugged its neck and slowly climbed up. Just as she sat firmly and was about to scratch, the Qilin suddenly stood up and ran toward the door. She was tossed off, crashing into the curio shelf next to her, leaving her dazed and dizzy.

Fortunately, she didn’t knock anything down.

Just as she thought that, she suddenly saw a shabbily bound book under the curio shelf at eye level. She reached out to pull it out and see, but suddenly heard a faint voice say: “What are you doing lying on the floor?”

Jiang Qianxun quickly pulled back her hand and scrambled up, saying: “Master, you’re back! That, my sleeping posture isn’t good…”

She couldn’t very well say she fell off the Qilin.

Shen Qingchen stared at her for a moment, then suddenly said: “Did you see it?”

“Huh?” Jiang Qianxun was confused.

“Nothing,” Shen Qingchen said immediately. “How is your body?”

“It’s already better.” Jiang Qianxun hurriedly jumped on the spot to show she was fine. “By the way, I haven’t thanked Master for saving me. Disciple Jiang Qianxun kneels to thank Master.”

“I only rushed there because I sensed the demonic energy.” Shen Qingchen stopped her and said: “If you hadn’t risked your life to block that demon, the other disciples would have been in danger. Speaking of which, why were you there at that time?”

Jiang Qianxun scratched her head, not knowing if she would be punished for saying it. Shen Qingchen, seeing her hesitation, said: “If it’s inconvenient, then never mind.”

“No, no, I just…” Jiang Qianxun gritted her teeth and said: “I fell asleep in class and was kicked out by the elder. I wanted to find a quiet place to cultivate, so I went there.”

Shen Qingchen was a bit surprised. Others escaped class to slack off, why was this little disciple doing it to cultivate?

But after testing the other’s cultivation, it did match up.

Compared to disciples of the same period, her cultivation seemed much deeper. It was unknown how many days and nights of hard work she had put in to achieve such a result.

She began to look at her in a slightly different light.

“That… Master.” Just as she was about to speak, the other also spoke suddenly, so she stopped and waited for the other to speak first.

“I… can I come to you for guidance in the future?”

Jiang Qianxun had gathered a lot of courage to make this request, because she knew that her presence here was entirely due to various coincidences. If she missed this opportunity, she would likely return to her previous life.

They might never have a chance to meet again.

So she had to speak up, even if she were rejected.

Would she be rejected? Jiang Qianxun didn’t know; in fact, her request was somewhat unreasonable, and being rejected would be expected.

“You may,” the other said softly.

“Really?!” Jiang Qianxun was overjoyed.

Shen Qingchen nodded and took out a jade token to hand to her: “Since you are both studious and resourceful, it’s fine to make an exception for you. However, you must never let anyone else know about this.”

“Of course!” Jiang Qianxun happily took the jade token, feeling as if she had received a ticket to immortality. She knew that the person in front of her was the closest to ascending, getting her guidance would surely lead to a new breakthrough.

“Thank you for your great kindness, Master. In the future, I will definitely follow Master forever!”

After Jiang Qianxun left, Shen Qingchen stood in place for a long while. Suddenly, she turned and knelt by the curio shelf, pulling out a book from underneath.

The book was crudely bound, yet she had lovingly covered it with a book jacket. On it, seven words were written in neat small regular script: “The Overbearing Disciple Falls for Me.”

In the silent night, Shen Qingchen let out a soft sigh of relief.