Chapter 486 - 485: I Said My Daoist Art Was Fine, But He Said I Didn’t Understand Love

Chapter 486: Chapter 485: I Said My Daoist Art Was Fine, But He Said I Didn’t Understand Love

How could Jingyue possibly hear Su Qi’s roar of fury? And even if she did, she wouldn’t have cared.

Jingyue would only think that as her older sister, she had given Su Qi the Saintess’s authority, so her younger sister should be happy.

If she wasn’t happy, then she should go find her husband.

She had specially arranged for the couple to be all lovey-dovey and deepen their bond. As an older sister, her heart was in the right place.

Of course, Jingyue had no time for such thoughts. Her life was truly hanging by a thread right now. She had just relied on a single burst of power to take down everyone.

Now that burst was gone, and she had to recover. She didn’t know if she would make it through safely.

If she didn’t, she’d probably die.

And if she died, her little sister Su Qi... well, she was no longer the most suitable Candidacy Saintess.

’That male Candidacy Saintess is getting off easy, getting the Saintess position just like that.’

The thought of it made Jingyue indignant. ’No, I have to give it one more push.’

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Meanwhile, Jiang Zuo remained completely oblivious to the consequences of his actions.

He had only considered whether things were convenient for Su Qi; he couldn’t care less if it was convenient for Sister Jingyue.

As for the two people before him now, Jiang Zuo knew who they were without having to guess. One was Qin Qianning, and the other was the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion.

"This rockery was refined from frost-ice I found in the Northern Heaven Land. Although it isn’t cold to the touch, it has the effect of stabilizing space."

"This Deep Sea Cage relies on it for stability. No one would ever imagine that this is the true core."

"Plus, I hid it exceptionally well. No one would know even if the rockery shattered."

"I think my approach was pretty clever."

"More importantly, if you fall off the rockery, you’ll be cushioned by its power," the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion explained.

Qin Qianning gave the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion a sidelong glance and finally said, "Couldn’t you just have used a normal rockery?"

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion shook his head and chuckled. "Eldest Young Master Qin said you used to climb rockeries all the time as a child, and you were always fall— Oof, it’s been so many years. Are you still stepping on people’s feet?"

By now, Qin Qianning had already stomped the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion’s foot into the water and frozen it solid.

"My brother was lying! I never fell. He just didn’t want me climbing all over the place. He’d conjure up winds every day to make me fall, and he wouldn’t catch me so I’d become afraid of falling," Qin Qianning exclaimed in dissatisfaction.

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion tapped the ice on his foot. After it completely vanished, he said, "Actually, you did fall once, back when you were too young to know better. You broke your leg that time. Afterward, Eldest Young Master Qin did all that to make you remember that you *could* fall, just to prevent it from happening again. He really worried himself sick over you."

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion had barely finished speaking when Qin Qianning stomped on his feet twice more. This time, both his feet were frozen solid.

"Since you two are so close, you can have each other." With that, Qin Qianning turned to leave.

But before the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion could go after her, Qin Qianning turned back around. "Right, where’s the entrance?"

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion said, "You need me to lead the way. It’s not that easy to get in otherwise. First, unfreeze me."

Qin Qianning looked at the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion and said, "My brother told me that when I’m out with you, I should keep my distance. A girl shouldn’t be so forward."

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion tapped the ice on his feet again, saying with a sigh of resignation, "Did Eldest Young Master Qin really say that?"

Qin Qianning said with a beaming smile, "Yes, sixty thousand years ago. Are you scared now?"

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion, clad in white robes and exuding an Immortal Spirit Aura, said confidently, "I’m not scared in the slightest. Unless you go run and tattle on me."

With that, the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion took Qin Qianning’s hand and led her inside.

Jiang Zuo followed behind them, but he couldn’t help frowning as he passed the rockery.

This rockery seemed to be just a normal rockery now.

At least, he couldn’t see any connection between it and the surrounding space. It must have been replaced at some point.

The idea that he might have missed it was impossible. Even if he couldn’t resist the Spatial Power, that didn’t mean he couldn’t perceive or understand it.

It was like seeing a ten-thousand-zhang-tall handgun; just because he couldn’t wield it didn’t mean he didn’t know how it worked.

Paying the rockery no more mind, Jiang Zuo caught up to the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion.

As they walked, Qin Qianning asked curiously, "Would my brother really suppress you?"

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion nodded. "Remember that time I suddenly disappeared for a thousand years?"

Qin Qianning thought for a moment. "There was that one time you went into seclusion without telling me. I was so angry."

"But my brother said you’d run into a major, unexpected problem, which was why you needed to go into seclusion."

"That’s not what happened?"

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion nodded, a bitter expression on his face. "That’s right. It wasn’t seclusion at all. Eldest Young Master Qin suppressed me. I couldn’t get out."

"That day, I once again experienced the full extent of Eldest Young Master Qin’s power. I never want to experience that feeling again for the rest of my life."

Qin Qianning was confused. "But why? Did you make my brother angry?"

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion shook his head. "Not exactly. It was probably because Eldest Young Master Qin didn’t have a Daoist partner."

"Or maybe he just didn’t understand these sorts of things."

Qin Qianning’s face was a mask of confusion.

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion said, "Do you remember the day before I disappeared? You went back with red eyes, didn’t you?"

Qin Qianning suddenly seemed to recall something. She shyly lowered her head, staring at her two index fingers as she gently tapped them together.

Then she said in a light tone, "Well, you sweet-talked me back then. I couldn’t help it for a moment, and when I got back and ran into my brother, I was too embarrassed to say anything."

"Exactly," the Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion said, sounding utterly helpless. "Eldest Young Master Qin thought I’d made you cry. In a fit of rage, he suppressed me on the spot. I resisted, of course, but not only was it useless, I also got beaten black and blue."

"The most frustrating part was when I told Eldest Young Master Qin that it was love, he told me that my method of casting Daoist Arts was flawed."

"Then I said there was nothing wrong with how I cast my Daoist Arts, but Eldest Young Master Qin just told me that I didn’t understand love."

"..." ’How wronged I was back then.’

"He suppressed you for a thousand years just for that?" Qin Qianning said, her cheeks puffed out in anger.

She felt she needed to go back and argue this out with her brother.

The Lord of the Immortal Spirit Mansion turned his head and gave a dry laugh. ’A thousand years?’

’She was thinking too small.’

’At the time, Eldest Young Master Qin wanted to suppress me for ten thousand years for starters, just to see if his sister would forget about me.’

’If she did, he’d continue the suppression.’

’The fact that I got out in a thousand years was a true blessing.’

But as for why he was released after only a thousand years, he still didn’t know to this day.

Mostly because he never dared to ask, afraid that Eldest Young Master Qin would try to "reason" with him.

Eldest Young Master Qin was great in every respect. He was a bit serious, but still friendly enough. He also possessed an innate, infinite charm and was a role model many aspired to be like.

But he had one flaw: you should never try to reason with him.

Especially not about anything related to his little sister.

He would make it very clear that whatever he said was right.

Jiang Zuo watched them, feeling that this Qin Tian character was really quite interesting.

’I’d really like to meet him. Too bad he died so young.’

’Otherwise,’ Jiang Zuo thought, ’I probably could have been friends with that Qin Tian.’

’And if that didn’t work out, I could have reasoned with him.’

’I’m sure I could have gotten through to him.’

Jiang Zuo figured that once his Cultivation was restored, he could try reasoning with Jian Shisan.

The real obstacle to his friendship with Jian Shisan, however, was Su Qi. She was an especially difficult person to handle.

’It seems I’m the one who’s going to get a lecture.’

Jiang Zuo felt he would have to find a way to deal with that when the time came.