Taiyi Dao Fruit

Jiang Li saw this, stretched out his hand to scoop up the moonlight, and placed the swath of moonshine on his thigh, achieving unity of knowledge and action, and once again feeling it firsthand.

"Very smooth."

Jiang Li waved his hands over the lute and gently strummed, finally verifying it himself, expressing his utmost recognition of Tianxuan.

"You impudent disciple!"

Tianxuan chided with a laugh, yet she wasn't annoyed, and with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, she said, "How dare you deceive your master, you truly have a rebellious streak."

"If Master speaks like this, your disciple must protest," Jiang Li's hands didn't stop moving, and his face was full of innocence, "I have made achievements for the Sect and shed blood for it, has Master forgotten?"

As Jiang said this, he fiercely patted his leg as if to vent his indignation.

Without him, Jiang Li, Tianxuan would not have easily noticed the Emperor's scheme, let alone force the Emperor to retreat to South Garden for recuperation. Not to mention the arrangement of the Heavenly Monarch within the Sect, if Jiang Li hadn't hurried back to the Sect then, perhaps it would have been Tianxuan who was driven out of Dinghu Sect.

I, Jiang, have made so many achievements, what's wrong with having a hobby? Is it just talking back to Master?

"So you don't deny deceiving your master?" Tianxuan asked in an even voice, but her face slowly flushed.

"How can this be called deceiving the master? As the saying goes, there's no room for two suns in the sky, and in Jiang Li's heart, there is only Master as the sole sun, devoted only to showing filial respect to Master," Jiang Li said earnestly.

"Didn't you say before that there's only one sun in the Sect?"

Tianxuan rolled her eyes at this and stretched out her leg to kick Jiang Li, "This disloyal disciple, if I had known you were so dishonest, I should never have taken you as my disciple."

"Not taking me as a disciple would have been a great loss."

Jiang Li said with a smile while assuming the posture of capturing a dragon and seizing a serpent.

"That may not be the case."

Tianxuan denied, her eyes swirling with emotions, "If you weren't my disciple, I could have devoured you outright."

Saying so, she opened her mouth and mimed a bite with a growl.

"Hiss—" Jiang Li sucked in a breath of cool air.

One can only say that Tianxuan is indeed worthy of her name; Jiang Li had thought that his martial sister's paper tiger attack was already strong enough, but there was someone even stronger.

Others might surpass their predecessors, but his martial sister, on the contrary, might find it difficult to surpass Tianxuan in this lifetime.

She even dared to mention the old cow eating tender grass.

She had previously ridiculed the Princess for doing the same, but when it came to herself, she didn't shy away from it at all, nor worried about being ridiculed by the Princess in return, openly declaring her intent to do the same.

Had Jiang Li not been in a master-disciple relationship with Tianxuan, perhaps Gongsun Qingyue would have had nothing to worry about, only to be devoured by Tianxuan, changing from the future affiliated son-in-law to the current one.

Such an attack was too strong.

A breath of cold air entered, chilling to the bone, immediately followed by a burning sensation throughout his body. Jiang Li grabbed a cup of wine and downed it in one gulp, then swept up the fairy in his arms.

Waving his hand, he sent out a gust of wind, accurately opening the window to Tianxuan's bedroom, and with that, Jiang Li flew into the room with her in his arms.

"You impudent disciple, what do you think you're doing?"

"Of course, I'm following Master's order, eating respectfully and honestly."

"You rebellious disciple, you really do have a rebellious streak, you just said that I was your only sun."

"Well, doesn't this mean that I'm offering the sun to Master?"

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The Jade Tower swayed as if struck by a strong wind, but, fortunately, at the crucial moment, Primordial Qi surged and stabilized the structure, preventing the tower from collapsing.

In reality, there were no conditions like those in the Illusion Realm; no matter what was done, it couldn't be destroyed.

However, reality also had a sense of authenticity absent in the Illusion Realm. Although there was no difference in the physical sensation, the psychological feeling was different.

This led to the silent night being filled with the sound of enchanting immortal music which escalated over time.

Suddenly, the volume increased, as Tianxuan had somehow arrived at the opened window without notice.

Still dressed in her palace attire, with the front of her robe partly undone, her hands resting on the window sill, she gazed at the bright moon with a dreamy look in her eyes.

Jiang Li was right, the moonlight tonight was particularly mesmerizing, whether it was the moon above or the moonlight below.

"Hmm?"

Tianxuan's eyes suddenly cleared.

Just before, in the cool pavilion, someone had silently appeared.

Gongsun Qingyue held the Wordless Heavenly Scripture in her hand, pointing it toward Tianxuan, imprinting the beauty of her master onto the scripture.

"What a wicked disciple!" Tianxuan scolded, "Is this how you use the Heavenly Book?"

She tried to maintain the dignity of a teacher, looking down from on high at her disciple, with an air of accusation.

However, Gongsun Qingyue just lifted the Wordless Heavenly Scripture again, letting Tianxuan see her own current state.

Not to mention the vibrant charm in those alluring eyes, her face flushed like rosy clouds; let's talk about the bosom supported by her hands...

Having such an image imprinted by the Heavenly Book, Tianxuan felt ashamed and annoyed just thinking about it.

Even though it wouldn't make much difference if it were kept, and Tianxuan could easily capture the same expression on Gongsun Qingyue's face, it was of no use. Gongsun Qingyue was like a person with nothing to lose, already at the bottom of the master-disciple food chain. In such a situation, a bite at those above her was a victory.

And there's another thing—Tianxuan's pettiness.

Gongsun Qingyue knew too well what kind of person her master was; she was simply someone with a small heart—her breast size matched her pettiness.

Thinking this, Gongsun Qingyue straightened her chest, looking defiantly at Tianxuan.

After so many years, Gongsun Qingyue had won twice. The first was the incident of the big ball hitting the small ball, and this was the second time. Such a meaningful victory needed to be recorded in the Heavenly Book.

"Wicked disciple!"

Upon seeing her disciple's look, Tianxuan knew what she was thinking and immediately tried to seize the Wordless Heavenly Scripture. But as Tianxuan began to gather her qi, she suddenly inhaled sharply, gritting her teeth, not sure whether from anger or from some shock.

Seizing the opportunity, Gongsun Qingyue took off running.

After all, she had what she came for and should...

The stars in the sky simultaneously shone down, streams of Star Essence Qi binding Gongsun Qingyue tightly.

Silently, a shadow emerged from Tianxuan's body, overlapping with her own form, the moon transforming into a crown and the stars into a robe. Indeed, she was using a Third Grade Dao Fruit, like an external cheat.

To hold onto this wicked disciple, Tianxuan was decidedly ruthless, using the Dao Fruit Divine Power against a fifth-rank practitioner—a total overkill for capturing a chicken. Yet, she achieved her goal.

The starlight bound Gongsun Qingyue, making this filial disciple realize the predicament, her almond-shaped eyes widening.

"Wait..."

"Come here, my wicked disciple."

The starlight chains wrapped around Gongsun Qingyue, and with a toss, she was thrown into the Jade Tower, caught by Tianxuan.

"Feeling smug, aren't you? Now you'll have something to cry about."

Tianxuan sneered, using her disciple as a cushion for her back while keeping her from touching Jiang Li, and said fiercely, "You like to see your teacher embarrassed, don't you? I'll let you watch for three days—"

Her voice suddenly rose.

"How dare you—"

Too fast, too powerful, much stronger than before in the Void Illusion Realm, and a hundred, a thousand times more so than that time in the Liangzhou Cave.

Tianxuan had not expected Jiang Li to suddenly intensify the offensive, almost unrecognizable as someone injured.

"The Eight-Nine Profound Skill, the supreme Dharma Protection Divine Skill of the Mystic Sect—get to know it."

Jiang Li's voice came from behind.

The Eight-Nine Profound Skill, enhancing every aspect, growing stronger with each battle, an experience from one fight readily applicable to the next—be it warfare or muddy struggles, Jiang Li could confidently say he feared no one. This was the confidence granted to him by the Mystic Sect's supreme Dharma Protection Divine Skill.

Moreover, having a special buffer with the master-disciple team in play.

The offensive surged like waves, each stronger than the last, the sea roaring with terror as if nothing could compare.

Tianxuan struggled to estimate, and it seemed, probably, maybe, perhaps... she couldn't last three days and three nights anymore.

"Junior brother, you did this on purpose." Gongsun Qingyue realized at that moment.

She thought he was standing up for her, but he had ulterior motives.

Indeed, there wasn't a good person in this Sect.

No sooner had she finished speaking when the teacher and disciple collapsed together.

It was a night of the phoenix flute echoing and the light swirling in the jade pot; a night where dragons and fish danced.

With the moon waning and the stars sparse, dawn approaching, there was no hindrance to the clear chants encircling the jade bed.