Chapter 3151 — The Matter of Those Years
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Ah?" Xiao Taohong was startled for a moment. Let a man take liberties with her? To speak plainly, Xiao Taohong was unwilling at heart. She was a very conservative person; though she and Kang Jingming had not yet gone through the final step, her heart already leaned toward him. How could she be willing to have any skin-to-skin contact with another man?
Yet Kang Jingming had said he would not mind, and, most important of all, once this matter was done, she could be with Kang Jingming! At that thought Xiao Taohong felt a stir of excitement, and also of hesitation; for a moment she could not make her choice.
"Xiao Taohong, think on it—so long as you are willing, you can be with me for the rest of your life!" Kang Jingming said temptingly.
"All... all right, I will do it!" Xiao Taohong gritted her teeth and nodded.
"Wonderful, Xiao Taohong! Then we can be together for a lifetime!" Kang Jingming said. "Go back and make your preparations; I will take you out. As for the reason for your leaving, do not tell the young sect master Tian. I will have Ancestor Xuanchen ask for leave on your behalf!"
"Ah... all right..." Xiao Taohong nodded. Though she loved Kang Jingming, and this time believed what he said, she no longer possessed that former unthinking, blind obedience and trust toward him.
This time Kang Jingming had told her not to tell Tian Chan, but Xiao Taohong resolved that once she returned she would tell Tian Chan everything! Because she did not wish to hide it from Tian Chan! However much she loved Kang Jingming, Tian Chan was still her mistress, and that would never change.
Kang Jingming, however, did not know that Xiao Taohong harbored thoughts of her own. Seeing her nod, he took it that he had once again talked her round until her head was spinning, and so he went off happily to make his preparations and draw up his plan.
And Xiao Taohong went straightaway to report to Tian Chan.
In Tian Chan's room, she was refining elixirs together with Ancestor Xuanzhen for the Cloud-Tier Island plan. Another elixir had just been completed; Ancestor Xuanzhen put it away, then wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "If only we could make a few third-grade automatic elixir cauldrons. That first-grade automatic cauldron is plainly far more advanced than mine. With that first-grade automatic cauldron, anyone who knows how to refine elixirs can do so, whereas with this one you cannot—it still demands a certain skill."
"Master, who exactly is that person? Since she is so formidable, why did you not take her as your disciple?" Tian Chan was puzzled. Since this person had a gift for elixir refinement as well, would it not be far more convenient, having taken her as a disciple, to study these matters of automatic elixir refinement together in the future?
"She has a master..." Ancestor Xuanzhen said with a bitter smile. "And her master is the sort of person I cannot afford to provoke!"
"She has a master? Who is her master?" Tian Chan was slightly taken aback. This was the first time Ancestor Xuanzhen had spoken to her of bygone matters; in the past he had never mentioned such things.
"In those years, there were two very formidable people in the jianghu, known as the Twin Vajras. I trust that is not unfamiliar to you?" asked Ancestor Xuanzhen. (To be continued)