#492 - Chapter 492: Lack of talent and poor health

Ji Hongluan and Yuan Kou Xuan played around for quite a while, but in the end, Yuan Kou Xuan successfully suppressed Ji Hongluan.

Ji Hongluan, pinned underneath, still said with some dissatisfaction:

"Xuan'er, you're cheating! If you have the ability, release this palace and let's fight again!"

Yuan Kou Xuan didn't give Ji Hongluan a kind look: "Tell me, how am I cheating?"

Ji Hongluan blinked her eyelashes: "You're taking advantage of someone's misfortune, you don't have martial ethics."

"You're the one falsely accusing someone first. Master is watching from the side. It was clearly you who flew into a rage out of humiliation and pounced on me. Now you can only call this reaping what you sow!"

Yuan Kou Xuan said with a cold expression.

"Clearly, you're the one who complained to your master!" Ji Hongluan retorted.

"Where did I complain? Are you ashamed that you've become my disciple?" Yuan Kou Xuan said unhappily.

"…"

Ji Hongluan was momentarily speechless, but she quickly found a breakthrough, retorting:

"This palace became your disciple to learn your moves and then suppress your master, didn't I? But it turns out I can't suppress him at all, so this palace suspects that you didn't teach me the real stuff. This palace suspects that you're keeping secrets, therefore, this palace has decided to retract my previous words about becoming your disciple!"

"Clearly, you're just useless."

Yuan Kou Xuan said without any politeness: "Don't worry, you don't need to retract anything. I've already expelled you from the sect. I don't have a disciple as mediocre as you!"

Ji Hongluan felt greatly insulted, her willow eyebrows stood on end, and her beautiful eyes glared angrily:

"You!"

"You what? Master, come quickly! Your disciple has already subdued Senior Sister Hongluan, come and step on her!" Yuan Kou Xuan called out to Xu Yang.

Ji Hongluan was quite frightened: "Xuan'er, how can you do this? This palace was just exhausted, you know."

"If you were really exhausted, Senior Sister Hongluan, how could you have had the strength to grab me just now? So you must be pretending." Yuan Kou Xuan had no intention of letting Ji Hongluan go, wanting to teach this rebellious disciple with a rebellious bone in her head a good lesson.

"Really?" Xu Yang quite liked teasing Little Hongluan, blinking his eyes and deliberately approaching.

"Really, really, why would this palace lie to you?" Ji Hongluan was so frightened that she trembled.

"A woman's mouth is a deceiving ghost, Master, don't believe her, come quickly, your disciple is holding her down!"

Yuan Kou Xuan couldn't even communicate with Xu Yang with eye contact. Their minds were connected, and they could understand each other's thoughts with just a word. The master and disciple cooperated very well, teasing Ji Hongluan like crazy.

"Xuan'er, are you trying to kill me? What's your grudge against this palace that you're trying to harm me like this!" Ji Hongluan was both surprised and scared.

"No grudges, no resentment, Senior Sister Hongluan, what bad intentions could I have? I just want to see you and Master be more affectionate!" Yuan Kou Xuan said with a flat tone.

Ji Hongluan couldn't do anything to Yuan Kou Xuan, so she could only grit her teeth and threaten Xu Yang without any temper:

"Evil disciple, if you touch this palace again, this palace will… will ignore you in the future!"

She didn't even believe her own words.

But Xu Yang seemed to believe her. He looked at Yuan Kou Xuan and said:

"Disciple, did you hear that? If I touch her again, she will ignore me in the future, so give me some face and let her go!"

"Pa!"

Yuan Kou Xuan slapped Ji Hongluan, then released her, saying:

"For Master's sake, I'll let you go this time, Senior Sister Hongluan. If you dare to provoke me again next time, I definitely won't let you go."

Ji Hongluan wanted to retort, but she was afraid that Yuan Kou Xuan would press down on her again, and she couldn't resist, so she simply stopped talking, closed her mouth, glared at Xu Yang slightly, and then hid to the side, giving the two of them space.

"Don't blame the road for being uneven if you're no good, Senior Sister Hongluan, watch carefully."

Yuan Kou Xuan decided to teach Ji Hongluan by example, lest she talk nonsense outside and tarnish the reputation of the sect.

Ji Hongluan snorted and didn't speak, but she turned around and stared intently, as if to say, 'This palace wants to see how amazing you are, can you even fly to the sky?'

Yuan Kou Xuan had no shame at all, hugged her master, leaned her chin on Xu Yang's shoulder, and softly asked:

"Master, what do you want to do about Little Bei Feng?"

When Ji Hongluan heard this, she became a little angry, her body was trembling slightly, wanting to reach out and pinch Xu Yang's thigh, and teach this lecher a good lesson, but she was afraid that if she reached out, she would be considered to be joining the battle, so she could only hold this anger in her heart, until her cheeks were a little bulging, like a pufferfish, which looked very cute.

Xu Yang thought for a while and said:

"Master respects Little Bei Feng's decision. Since she hasn't mentally prepared herself yet and doesn't plan to be honest with you, then you should pretend that you don't know anything and treat her the same as before."

He was afraid of overdoing it. Little Bei Feng was introverted and shy, unlike the other disciples who were so flamboyant, so he had to give her some time to adapt.

"Okay, okay, your disciple will pretend not to know."

Yuan Kou Xuan pursed her lips and agreed:

"By the way, Master, when are we going to the Upper Realm?"

Xu Yang explained with a smile.

A hint of doubt appeared in Yuan Kou Xuan's eyes, and she said: "Why is that?"

"Huang Wu Jiu of the Ghost Phoenix Clan said that if they return, there will definitely be strong people in the clan to meet them. Master doesn't want to bump into these strong people for the time being, as it may cause more trouble, so Master rejected this plan."

Yuan Kou Xuan was about to speak when Ji Hongluan's jealous voice came from the side.

"Who is this Huang Wu Jiu again? Her name sounds like a woman. Is she pretty?"

Xu Yang looked at Ji Hongluan and seriously replied: "She is a servant I forcibly took in when I explored the Immortal Emperor's tomb before. As for whether she is beautiful or not, I don't know. I can only say that in my eyes, all the women in the world are not as good as you!"

At this time, Yuan Kou Xuan couldn't help but glare at Ji Hongluan: "Master's answer, Senior Sister Hongluan, are you satisfied now!"

"Hmph, what does it have to do with this palace? Your master can take in whoever he wants, this palace can't stop him anyway." Ji Hongluan snorted prettily.

"You can't stop him, you can't even last for two hours, you little good-for-nothing!" Yuan Kou Xuan said.

Ji Hongluan: "…"

She felt insulted again, but she couldn't refute it because that was the truth.

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, Xuan'er, Little Hongluan, for my sake, let's each take a step back and get back to the main topic!" Xu Yang mediated.

Hearing this, Ji Hongluan turned her body again, leaning against the bedding.

Yuan Kouxuan restrained herself from reaching out to pat him and said to Xu Yang:

"Master, if we can't mix into that group of beings from the Upper Realm and go to the Upper Realm with them, do we have other ways to go to the Upper Realm?"

Xu Yang nodded and said:

"Master has already found a way to go to the Upper Realm."

"Is it dangerous?"

Yuan Kouxuan was most concerned about this. If it was dangerous, or the risk was too great, it would be better to stay in the Lower Realm.

"It shouldn't be dangerous," Xu Yang said.

After all, Chen Xu was just the son of a Heavenly Immortal. Even if someone was there to meet him in the Upper Realm, he should be able to deal with it easily with his current cultivation.

"Mmm, mmm." Yuan Kouxuan was relieved, and then, she tried hard and said:

"Master, just now, Sister Hongluan's version was a pirated version, so it didn't work. Next, this disciple will let you see what the genuine version is."

Ji Hongluan was a little speechless and muttered in a low voice: "How could this palace's version be pirated? It's clearly exactly the same as what you taught."

Two hours later.

Ji Hongluan's eyes widened, and she stopped arguing, her eyes filled with disbelief:

"How is this possible? Why can you last so long and not be tired?"

"Because you learned it wrong!" Yuan Kouxuan wiped the sweat from her forehead and said.

"This palace studied hard!" Ji Hongluan repeatedly emphasized this point.

"Then that means your talent is not good." Yuan Kouxuan stabbed Ji Hongluan's heart with every sentence.

"Your talent is not good." Ji Hongluan was so angry that her chest heaved.

Yuan Kouxuan straightened her back slightly, looking down at Ji Hongluan, without saying a word, just giving her a cold glance.

Ji Hongluan: "? ? ?"

"Even if your talent is good, you can't say that about this palace!"

Her voice suddenly weakened a lot.

"Sister Hongluan, I'm just telling the truth. Besides, think about it, you've been in the Great Ascension Realm for so long, and you still haven't broken through to the Tribulation Transcension Realm. This shows that your talent is really not good," Yuan Kouxuan said truthfully.

"You… you!"

Ji Hongluan trembled with anger, her eyes were red, and she was about to cry. She looked at Xu Yang beside her and said aggrievedly:

"Xu Lang, why don't you quickly control your disciple? She actually said that about this palace!"

The most important thing was that she couldn't win an argument. She didn't understand why Xuan'er was so good in all aspects, whether it was her physique, cultivation talent, or her verbal skills, she was so sharp-tongued that she couldn't argue with her at all!

Xu Yang also didn't expect this day to come.

Before, Little Hongluan relied on her cultivation to bully Xuan'er, but now, she was bullied by Xuan'er in return. This can only be said to be retribution, it's not that it won't come, it's just that the time hasn't come yet.

Regarding Little Hongluan's request, Xu Yang naturally couldn't remain indifferent. He could usually bully Little Hongluan, but he couldn't bully her too hard, even if Little Hongluan's personality had a bit of masochistic tendencies.

Xu Yang said to Yuan Kouxuan:

"Disciple, you can't say that about Little Hongluan. After all, she is the master of a sect and the head of the Ji family. She is usually busy with official duties. How can she have time to cultivate? So, it's understandable that her cultivation progress is a little slow. It's not that her talent is not good!"

Ji Hongluan nodded repeatedly: "That's right, that's right. This palace is usually busy with official duties. How can I have time to cultivate? Xu Lang understands this palace!"

When Yuan Kouxuan saw her master blinking at her while speaking, since that was the case, for the sake of her master's face, she would not press her advantage and would temporarily let the other party go this time.

Seeing that Yuan Kouxuan finally stopped arguing with her, Ji Hongluan was not ignorant and took the opportunity to step down, pulling Yuan Kouxuan's hand and asking her to teach her well again. She wanted to suppress Xu Yang once no matter what.

Because Ji Hongluan took the initiative to admit defeat, Yuan Kouxuan was also very generous, telling her what she had done wrong just now and helping her correct some mistakes.

This made Ji Hongluan regain her high spirits and looked at Xu Yang from time to time, as if she was eager to try, but then thought that her body had just recovered from a state of fatigue, so she decided to suppress Xu Yang next time.

Although Ji Hongluan and Yuan Kouxuan discussed how to suppress him in front of Xu Yang, Xu Yang didn't care at all, because his cultivation and physique were here, and he was not afraid of any methods, unless Little Hongluan's cultivation could surpass him by a lot, otherwise Little Hongluan would never want to suppress him in this lifetime.

Xu Yang listened for a while and provided some guidance based on his own experience, but once the women started discussing, there was nothing for the men to do. The two discussed fiercely and were very exclusive, pushing Xu Yang out in disgust.

Seeing that he was actually disliked, Xu Yang had no choice but to go to the residence of other disciples to seek comfort.

First, he went to Situ Qingqing's place. Situ Qingqing didn't dare to neglect him and called her friends, directly summoning Ruan Yu'er, Qin Kewan, and Xu Dongying, only Xue Jinli was missing.

Ruan Yu'er frowned and said, "Where's Little Jinli?"

"Yes, is Senior Sister Jinli not here?" Qin Kewan also said.

"Senior Sister Jinli wouldn't be in seclusion, right?" Xu Dongying guessed.

Situ Qingqing looked at the communication jade slip in her hand and received a message from Xue Jinli, saying:

"Senior Sister Jinli said that she is not feeling well and cannot come!"

"Not feeling well? Aren't we cultivators?"

Ruan Yu'er felt that the excuse Little Jinli made was really outrageous.

"Senior Sister Jinli, is she afraid!"

Qin Kewan said.

"Probably."

Xu Dongying recalled for a moment and felt that Senior Sister Jinli might be afraid.

"Forget it, never mind her. Didn't we persist last time without her? So, it's the same whether she's here or not." Situ Qingqing put the communication jade slip back into her arms and said indifferently.

"Wait, why don't you invite Sister Xinya? I just found out that there are only the Sect Master and the Eldest Senior Sister in Ziyun Tower!"

Ruan Yu'er said this.

"Is that so? Then I'll try to invite her!"

Situ Qingqing's eyes lit up and said.

Xu Yang, who was on the side, listened to the whispers of the disciples, and only felt that they were a little too solemn. He was not a beast who only knew how to act recklessly, so why be so cautious?

After a while.

Tushan Xinya finally arrived.

"Okay, okay, Sister Xinya, let's start quickly, don't keep Master waiting!"

"Sister Xinya, you've come at the right time!"

"Sister Xinya, we have to rely on you this time, we'll support you!"

"… …"

Tushan Xinya came in a daze, and then was inexplicably pushed to the front by everyone. Looking at Xu Dagge, who was not far in front of her with a smile on his face, she had no choice. Since she had come, she could only bite the bullet and be a pioneer.