Chapter 445: Chapter 220: Palace Master Xiao Arrives
The bathroom of the Fire Phoenix Boat’s cabin.
After a quick shower, Dongfang Xinglan dressed while her gaze seemed slightly absent.
’For Lu Jin’an, status, fame, power, money... he lacks none of these. Even when it comes to women, his Master is a stunning beauty, so ordinary women definitely won’t catch his eye.’
’What the Eastern Dynasty has, he also has, but what the Eastern Dynasty doesn’t have, he certainly has as well. It’s not an easy task to win him over.’
Dongfang Xinglan fastened her belt, sighing lightly in her heart. Although the plan already had a rough outline, implementing it would still be very difficult.
If he is willing to work for the Eastern Dynasty, how could we keep him here?
Dongfang Xinglan looked at her own hands, and suddenly a thought popped into her mind.
Defeat him until he begs for mercy?
That might be a good method, after all, as the Saint Heir of the Wandao Sect, he surely wouldn’t want his glorious and heroic image to be tarnished.
So threatening him with that might be a feasible plan.
’However, that can only be a last resort. If discovered, the Wandao Sect would definitely eradicate any trace of the Eastern Dynasty’s existence to conceal the matter.’
Dongfang Xinglan had already heard about what happened last night. With just one assassination attempt, the Wandao Sect trampled Lingshan’s reputation into the ground. If Jin’an was beaten within an inch of his life, how could the Wandao Sect stand idly by?
Moreover...
Lu Jin’an’s personal strength is undoubtedly higher than I estimated, otherwise how could he become the Saint Heir of the Wandao Sect?
Even though he’s in the Imperial Capital Shengjing, capturing him would still be incredibly difficult.
Because Dongfang Xinglan doesn’t know how deep Lu Jin’an’s foundation as a Qi Cultivator runs.
’I need to find a way to make him willingly help... but what could possibly attract him?’
Dongfang Xinglan walked out of the bathroom, and as she pushed open the door, she saw Master Pei kissing Lu Jin’an at a distance, then pulling him into the room.
???
She immediately widened her eyes; so this is the kind of relationship between Master and disciple!?
A Master violating the code of ethics, with a rebellious disciple... is this so scandalous?!
Dongfang Xinglan’s expression slightly changed. If this were in the Eastern Dynasty, these two would definitely be the subject of public outrage.
Is it so open outside the border?
If not, could this be used...
Dongfang Xinglan shook her head, thinking that if she used this threat, she might not even be able to return to the Eastern Dynasty.
"Phew..."
Dongfang Xinglan took another step forward, thinking there’s no rush. After all, to implement the plan, she had to wait until Lu Jin’an entered the Eastern Dynasty anyway.
Outside the border, she had no means against him.
Dongfang Xinglan walked out of the cabin, and Lu Jin’an was being pulled into the room by his Master.
"Master." Leaning against the door, Lu Jin’an looked helplessly at Pei Wanyu, who cornered him: "Disciple is about to leave, but you pull me back again...
are you afraid that Disciple will be attracted by Dongfang Xinglan, who just finished her bath?"
Pei Wanyu, supporting herself on the door, looked at Lu Jin’an with a teasing smile: "Although she is cross-dressing, she is still a woman, and she’s not bad looking either. ’Fresh as a blooming lotus’, isn’t that right?"
"No interest." Lu Jin’an replied dispassionately: "Disciple is not someone who loves everyone he meets. Back in the Nanzhuo Domain when Nanzhi was given to me, my feelings for her weren’t that deep either."
The implication was that no matter how Master described it, he was uninterested.
"Oh?" Pei Wanyu took a step forward, bending her right leg into the space between his legs, her red lips inching closer to his neck: "Then how did you come to like her?"
Lu Jin’an opened his mouth, but fell silent again.
If he had to say when he began to have feelings for Nanzhi, it was when she sealed his cultivation and wanted to make him her Lifebound Sword Spirit.
From that moment, Nanzhi offered him something different from their usual respectful relationship... something novel.
Though it was a dangerous situation, Lu Jin’an admits that at that moment he felt intense curiosity about Nanzhi.
This might not purely be called liking, but it indeed made his heart skip a beat.
However, this ’heartbeat’ wasn’t due to Nanzhi’s intention to forge a Lifebound Sword Spirit, but rather ’this woman has such a side too’.
Nanzhi was like this, Senior Sister was like this, and Master... also was like this.
Yet the ’heartbeat’ Master gave him was much gentler in comparison, and just the roles of Deputy Sect Master of the Wandao Sect, Master, and Senior Sister’s mother were enough to make his heart skip a beat.
But Lu Jin’an also understood that this ’heartbeat’ had prerequisites: his own confidence.
Otherwise, ’heartbeat’ would be just a joke.
Lu Jin’an wouldn’t tell Master the reason he started to like Nanzhi, not only because he couldn’t, but also because every time he recalls the moment of his ’heartbeat’, he can’t help but think of his older sister.
In the Yulin Domain, Qin Ningxu said, "You’ve been influenced by her, so you like older women" something like that.
So now whenever he thinks of why he started to like Nanzhi and others, he feels a bit uneasy.
Because it seems his older sister was right.
He was deeply, deeply influenced by her...
Even though he didn’t want to admit it, the current Lu Jin’an knew that denying it was futile.
Because the first impactful ’heartbeat’ was given by his older sister ten years ago.
Looking at Master’s charming face, Lu Jin’an smiled wryly: "Like is like, Disciple’s feelings are probably somewhat different from others’."
Recalling his ’sparring’ with Nanzhi in the Nanzhuo Domain, it really seemed to be a ’madman and madwoman’ scenario.
"That is indeed the case..." Pei Wanyu nodded.