“Huh? This bad disciple actually dares to scheme against that bad woman?”
Su Ling'er was dumbfounded.
She never expected that her newly initiated Junior Brother, not only wanted to be a Rebellious Disciple, but also dared to harbor thoughts about that notoriously fierce Shibo (Senior Martial Aunt).
It was truly an eye-opener, like a small knife scraping a butt.
Suddenly, she spoke again with some dissatisfaction: “Why doesn’t this stinky Junior Brother have any thoughts about me? He only focuses on Master and that bad woman.”
“I’m pretty good too.”
Su Ling'er’s quiet mumble echoed in the room.
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“Wife? Heh heh, you’re truly bold, aren’t you…?”
Upon learning the meaning of this unheard-of address, Tantai Jinglian’s beautiful face revealed a smile capable of charming all beings.
In the candlelit room, she was currently leaning on the bed, her long hair spread out casually, her posture languid.
Beneath her fiery red dress, a pair of long, voluptuous, jade-like beautiful legs were elegantly crossed, and further down were a pair of exquisite jade feet not covered by shoes or socks.
“You want to have both? That depends on your ability.”
She murmured softly, not overly concerned about Chu Ge’s bold ideas in the Diary Copy.
“Heh heh, I wonder what kind of expression Shimei will have when she sees these things?”
She murmured softly, as if anticipating a very interesting scene, the smile on her face growing wider.
Meanwhile, the Shimei Tantai Jinglian spoke of was feeling somewhat uneasy.
“Having both? This disciple! He just entered the sect and already has such thoughts? He’s truly audacious!”
Luo Huangjun lightly rebuked, seemingly extremely angry, but in reality, it was more to vent the intense restless emotions in her heart.
The thought that her disciple, Shijie, and even more strangers were also reading the contents of the diary made a flush of shame spread through her heart.
And when the phrase “Master and disciple intimacy” flashed through her mind, she felt an inexplicable sense of unease, along with a novel and stimulating sensation that she found hard to describe.
She dared not imagine how she, as Master, would respond if Chu Ge truly launched an offensive against her.
Just then, a notification sound rang in the minds of Luo Huangjun and the others who were bound to the Diary Copy.
“Ding, detected that the Diary Master has upgraded the System, and the number of Diary Copy bound users who have interacted with the Diary Master has met the requirements. The Copy will be synchronized and upgraded, enabling new functions.”
“Bound users will receive random rewards daily after reading the diary, which will be influenced by the Diary Master’s favorability.”
“Friend function enabled. Diary Copy bound users within a certain range can add each other as friends.”
And Su Ling'er, who was also in the Taihuang Hall with Luo Huangjun, fell into a daze upon hearing the notification in her mind.
“Ding, detected a Diary Copy bound user nearby. Do you wish to add as friend?”
Could it be…
Master also has a Diary Copy???
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Time moved to daytime.
Inside Taihuang Hall.
“Aperture Opening Realm, where Qi flows throughout the body, circulating internally, connecting the small world of the human body with the great world outside…”
Luo Huangjun was explaining the essentials of Aperture Opening Realm cultivation to Chu Ge.
Although she didn’t require Chu Ge to Cultivate immediately, some Realm analyses still needed to be understood in advance.
Chu Ge listened attentively, nodding occasionally.
Su Ling'er, on the other hand, was somewhat disinterested; she had already heard these words countless times and had long since surpassed the Aperture Opening Realm.
Although Luo Huangjun was explaining cultivation content to Chu Ge, she still kept a sliver of her attention on him.
Looking at his earnest face, she recalled some information she had seen after the Diary Copy’s functions were updated earlier.
Diary Copy Bound User:
Name: Luo Huangjun.
Appearance: 10 (Note 1: Maximum appearance score is 10, determined by the Diary Master Chu Ge’s aesthetic judgment.
Note 2: This score is a comprehensive evaluation including appearance, physique, temperament, and many other aspects.)
Favorability: 71 (Like)
Note: Favorability is divided from top to bottom as follows:
Blood Feud (Negative numbers)
Hatred (0-10)
Hostility (11-20)
Disgust (21-30)
Annoyance (31-40)
Indifference (41-50)
Good Impression (51-60)
Trust (61-70)
Like (71-80)
Admiration (81-90)
Infatuation (91-99)
Undying Devotion (100)
Note 2: You can view other people’s appearance scores and the Diary Master’s favorability.
‘What should I do…?’
Luo Huangjun thought, feeling troubled.
A favorability of 71 was already quite high.
Of course, she also understood that Chu Ge’s current “like” for her might simply be a liking for her external appearance and personality, more of an appreciation than a romantic liking between a man and a woman.
However, she and Chu Ge had only just begun to interact, and it was still a Master-disciple relationship; perhaps it was mostly appreciation for now.
But what if this favorability continued to rise…?
Her gaze fell on Su Ling'er beside her.
Name: Su Ling'er.
Appearance: 9.7.
Favorability: 66 (Trust)
Yet, Su Ling'er and Chu Ge had interacted more deeply and conversed more frequently than she had; yesterday, the two had even explored the Taihuang Holy Land together.
Logically, Chu Ge’s favorability towards Su Ling'er should be higher.
But in reality, Su Ling'er was 5 points lower than her.
This made her involuntarily think more…
‘Forget it, let nature take its course…’
Luo Huangjun sighed inwardly.
Ever since this Diary Copy and Chu Ge appeared, her inner thoughts had been several times more active than before.
Her once unperturbed state of mind had rippled several times in recent days, all related to Chu Ge.
She didn’t know whether this was good or bad, so she could only let nature take its course.
Luo Huangjun didn’t realize that her willingness to let nature take its course was, at its root, because she harbored no ill will towards Chu Ge; on the contrary, she also had a good impression of him.
Otherwise, if someone she detested appeared before her and caused her such unease, she would have long since ended it with a single sword strike, rather than being so indecisive and repeatedly conflicted.
“Master? Master?”
The call woke Luo Huangjun from her contemplation.
Only then did she realize that she had, for the first time, zoned out. Coming back to her senses, she looked towards Chu Ge, who had called her.
Her gaze met Chu Ge’s bright, star-like eyes.
The air seemed to freeze; in just that fleeting moment of eye contact, Luo Huangjun felt her cheeks begin to warm.
“T-that’s all for today. This Master suddenly remembered some matters to attend to.”
Uttering this, she hastily turned around, her figure gradually becoming ethereal until it vanished.
In the air, the cool, subtle fragrance emanating from Luo Huangjun seemed to linger.
Chu Ge was a bit puzzled, but in that brief moment of eye contact with Luo Huangjun, he keenly caught a fleeting flicker of panic in her eyes.
However, he didn’t know why this panic arose, so for now, he could only set aside his conjectures.
Turning to Su Ling'er beside him, Chu Ge spoke in an inquiring tone: “Shijie?”
Su Ling'er withdrew her equally perplexed gaze.
She had a feeling that Master’s retreating figure just now seemed to have a hint of fleeing in disarray.
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