Leveling Up by Kissing My Disciple - chapter 21

Inside the Cave Abode, Bai Yue looked at her Disciple’s tense and jittery demeanor, sighing silently in her heart.

She understood that any words of comfort would be powerless and pale at this moment.

After a moment of contemplation, she finally made a decision, her voice firm: “Chenxi, tomorrow morning we’ll set out and return to that Purple Flower Secret Realm.”

“We’ll hide there for a while. Once that strange feeling on you completely disappears, we’ll come out again.”

Bai Yue had thought of this as the safest solution for now.

That Secret Realm, isolated from the world, was the safest place for them.

However, returning by the same route would still take quite a long time.

“Alright.”

Mu Chenxi nodded immediately.

She had actually already considered this herself, but hadn’t expected her Master to think the same. That tacit understanding between Master and Disciple brought her a measure of comfort.

“Don’t worry, we’ll retrace our steps. Nothing will happen.”

Bai Yue reassured her again, then patted her own soft thigh. “You can’t cultivate right now anyway. Let me comb your hair to help you relax. Come, lie down.”

“Thank you, Master.” Mu Chenxi obediently lay down, resting her head on Bai Yue’s thigh.

Her Master’s thigh was soft, and her cheek pressed against it, feeling its warm temperature.

Bai Yue used her fingers as a comb, gently running them through Mu Chenxi’s long blue hair.

Under that gentle touch, Mu Chenxi’s taut nerves finally relaxed a little.

Yet, the strange sense of unease lingered, unable to be completely dispelled.

Just then, the abrupt drowsiness from yesterday struck again.

Mu Chenxi shuddered all over and suddenly sat up from Bai Yue’s embrace.

“What’s wrong?” Bai Yue was startled by her movement.

“I feel sleepy again.”

Mu Chenxi forced her eyes wide open, a trace of panic in her voice.

“That same drowsiness from yesterday is back.”

“I can’t sleep. I need to watch over Master.”

This bizarre situation left Bai Yue at a loss for how to respond. She could only meet Mu Chenxi’s gaze in silence, feeling helpless inside.

Mu Chenxi tried her best to keep her eyes open, resisting the wave of sleepiness, but a blurry image suddenly flashed through her mind.

It was a figure engulfed in raging flames, face obscured, desperately struggling within the fire.

“Chenxi! Run!”

“Run!”

In her mind, Bai Yue’s desperate, trembling voice echoed, striking heavily at Mu Chenxi’s heart and sending a shock through her.

“Master!”

She cried out involuntarily, instinctively gripping Bai Yue’s shoulders tightly.

Bai Yue’s shoulders ached from her grip, but she didn’t care at all, only asking anxiously, “Chenxi, what’s wrong?!”

“I saw… I saw Master burning in the fire… You told me to run…”

Mu Chenxi’s voice trembled, her recently calmed emotions seized by fear once again.

“It’s alright, it’s alright. It’s just a hallucination. See, I’m perfectly fine.”

Bai Yue immediately pulled her into her arms, gently stroking her back in an attempt to soothe her terror.

Mu Chenxi hugged Bai Yue tightly in return.

At this moment, she was completely flustered.

“Master, let’s not rest. Let’s leave right now, alright?”

She buried her face in Bai Yue’s neck, her voice shaking. “Let’s return to the Purple Flower Secret Realm as soon as possible.”

“Alright.” Bai Yue could feel her Disciple trembling in her arms; of course she couldn’t refuse.

With her Master’s agreement, Mu Chenxi hesitated no longer.

She sprang up, summoned her Flying Sword, swept Bai Yue up, and rushed out of the Cave Abode, flying desperately toward the Purple Flower Secret Realm.
In the biting night wind, her anxious voice came: “Master, you can hold me and rest like you did during the day. I will suppress the Fire Poison for you. I will keep up this speed, and before long, we’ll return to the Purple Flower Secret Realm. Once we’re there, we’ll be safe.”

She wasn’t just saying this for her Master to hear-it was more like she was comforting herself.

“Mm, I’ll listen to you.”

Bai Yue gently embraced her from behind, pressing her cheek against her back.

In truth, she wished even more that Mu Chenxi could stop and rest properly, instead of remaining so tense like this.

She was truly worried that Chenxi would collapse under the strain.

And so, Mu Chenxi carried Bai Yue, flying on the Flying Sword from night into day, and from day back into night.

When night fell once more, that familiar drowsiness struck again.

She forced herself to land on a mountain peak, her body trembling and taut as she fought against the sleepiness.

This time, the images that flashed through her mind were even clearer than before.

She saw it clearly-the familiar face within the flames.

It was Master!

“Chenxi! Run!”

“Run!”

Bai Yue’s desperate cry rang out again, making her body tremble violently.

She snapped back to herself, hugging Bai Yue tightly from behind, trying to dispel her own unease.

Bai Yue also gently hugged her back.

However, Mu Chenxi did not pause for even a moment.

She quickly let go of Bai Yue, her voice trembling, “Master, let’s keep going. We have to hurry, we have to get there even faster!”

She took to Sword Flight once more, moving even faster and more urgently than before.

In the blink of an eye, another day and night passed.

The moon at the horizon had already begun to wane from full to crescent.

For the third time, that vision abruptly surfaced in her mind.

This time, something appeared that filled Mu Chenxi with despair.

She saw her Master burning, and also saw clearly the place behind her Master.

It was a Flower Sea-a Purple Flower Sea.

That familiar Purple Flower Sea!

The Purple Flower Sea she thought was safe was actually her Master’s burial place!!

“Chenxi, run!”

“Run!”

Mu Chenxi’s body swayed violently atop the Flying Sword, nearly falling off.

Her face turned as pale as paper in an instant.

“Wrong! Wrong! Wrong…”

She uttered a trembling sound.

“What’s wrong?”

Bai Yue was shocked and hurried forward to steady her shaking body.

“There’s danger in the Purple Flower Secret Realm! Master, we can’t go! We can’t go to the Purple Flower Secret Realm! Absolutely not!”

Mu Chenxi’s tone was urgent and chaotic. She gripped Bai Yue’s shoulders tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force.

“Alright, we won’t go. We won’t go to the Purple Flower Secret Realm.”

Bai Yue was in pain from the grip, but her heart was even more anxious about Mu Chenxi’s state.

Chenxi was acting far too abnormal now-she could break down at any moment.

“We must stay away… stay away from the Purple Flower Secret Realm… Let’s change direction now and return to the Ancient Battlefield!”

Mu Chenxi pulled Bai Yue, abruptly turning the Flying Sword, and once again flew toward the Ancient Battlefield.

Not only that, but now she was desperately craving power-she needed great strength to protect her Master.

She began frantically stuffing all kinds of Elixirs into her mouth, trying to forcibly raise her strength.

She gripped Bai Yue’s hand tightly, as if trying to draw strength from Bai Yue to elevate her Sword Dao cultivation.

However, this kind of forced growth only resulted in her Spiritual Power running wild and out of control.

With a “pfft,” Mu Chenxi spat out a mouthful of blood.

Her aura instantly weakened, and her cultivation even showed signs of falling.

This was clearly a precursor to Qi Deviation!