Chapter 19: The Furious Slap of the Female Disciple

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However, Qin Xingchen already had a fiancée, so he had to resist such temptation firmly.

“Ahem... Well, I still have matters to attend to, so I must be going now.”

Qin Xingchen coughed a few times, pretending to clear his throat as he prepared to leave, but Jiang Rong stopped him.

Jiang Rong grabbed his arm and rubbed against it, saying, “Master, even if you must leave, you should at least tell me who you are and where you live, right?”

Qin Xingchen replied, “I am an outer disciple of the Moon-Watching Sect. If you ever need anything, you can come find me there.”

“What!” Jiang Rong looked surprised. “Master, you’re only an outer disciple of the Moon-Watching Sect?”

She truly hadn’t expected that someone as skilled in alchemy as Qin Xingchen would be merely an outer disciple of a second-tier sect. How could that be possible?

Qin Xingchen said, “That’s right. I’m just a small outer disciple of the Moon-Watching Sect. If you regret apprenticing to me, it’s not too late to reconsider.”

Jiang Rong hurriedly explained, “Master, I didn’t mean it like that. I just thought, if you ever feel it’s not good to stay at the Moon-Watching Sect, you could come to the Ten-Thousand Gold Trade Guild. I’m the president there, and I could let you be the president! As long as you don’t mind.”

Qin Xingchen said, “Jiang Rong, don’t think I’m unaware of your little schemes. To lure me into joining the Ten-Thousand Gold Trade Guild, you’re willing to offer not only your body but also the position of president. You really spare no effort.”

Jiang Rong smiled brightly, “As expected of my master—nothing escapes your eyes. But master, everything I do is willingly done.”

Qin Xingchen snorted, “Enough of this. I’m leaving now.”

“Master, wait—”

Just as Qin Xingchen was about to turn and leave, Jiang Rong stepped forward and took out a spatial ring, handing it to him. “Master, this is for you.”

“What’s inside?” Qin Xingchen asked as he accepted the ring.

Jiang Rong smiled faintly, “There’s a small flying spirit ship and some spirit stones inside. The Ten-Thousand Gold Trade Guild is about several hundred miles from the Moon-Watching Sect. You can use the spirit stones to power the ship. You should be able to reach the Moon-Watching Sect before nightfall.”

Qin Xingchen was momentarily taken aback, then nodded slightly. “Good. You’re thoughtful. I’ll accept it for now.”

Jiang Rong laughed, “Master, no need to be so formal with your disciple. I told you, everything I have is yours. Whenever you want, you can take it, including my body, Master!”

“Ahem... I’m going now.”

Qin Xingchen coughed awkwardly twice and then turned and walked out of the alchemy room.

With a woman as enchanting as Jiang Rong, if he didn’t leave now, he might really find it hard to resist.

“Master, let me see you off.”

Jiang Rong quickened her pace and followed him.

After Qin Xingchen exited the alchemy room and returned to the courtyard, his gaze involuntarily turned to the flowers by the window of Jiang Rong’s room. He said, “These flowers must have been planted deliberately by someone. You don’t need me to say it—you must already know someone intends to harm you, right?”

Jiang Rong was momentarily stunned, then nodded slightly. “It’s someone from the Ten-Thousand Gold Trade Guild.”

Qin Xingchen said, “As long as you know in your heart, that’s enough.”

With that, he left the courtyard and headed toward the Ten-Thousand Gold Building.

Jiang Rong followed closely behind.

Soon, the two of them returned to the first floor of the Ten-Thousand Gold Building, to the guest hall.

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“Master!”

Upon seeing Qin Xingchen and Jiang Rong, Su Jingya and the others hurried over.

They had also noticed the changes in Jiang Rong.

Her complexion was rosier now, her figure slightly slimmer than before, and her overall aura had improved remarkably.

But that wasn’t the main thing...

What caught their attention most was that the proud peaks on her chest had actually diminished somewhat.

Su Jingya and the others were quite astonished.

How could they have suddenly shrunk?

What had the master and Qin Xingchen been doing for nearly two hours?

“Ahem…”

Noticing their attention had shifted to her chest, Jiang Rong blushed slightly, coughing softly a few times before regaining her usual dignified composure.

Su Jingya asked, “Master, what were you two talking about for so long? We’ve been waiting for almost two hours.”

Jiang Rong replied, “Jingya, didn’t you say Master Qin is an alchemist? After Qin purchased five types of herbs from me just now, I took him to test them. The tests confirmed that Qin really is an alchemist—and a second-rank one at that.”

“What!”

Su Jingya, Lu Zitian, and Chen Lixue were all shocked.

Only now did they fully believe that Qin Xingchen hadn’t lied to them.

He truly was an alchemist.

And a second-rank alchemist at that!

Such a young second-rank alchemist had a boundless future ahead.

Lu Zitian looked at Qin Xingchen, clasping his fist. “Master Qin, would you honor us with a visit to my Lu family?”

At the same time, Chen Lixue said, “Master Qin, my Chen family also welcomes you to visit.”

Their intentions to win him over were obvious.

But Qin Xingchen said, “Sorry, both of you. I will definitely visit one day when I have time. But tomorrow I have matters to attend to, so I must decline your invitations for now.”

Su Jingya asked, “Master Qin, what urgent matter is there? Do you need my help?”

Qin Xingchen smiled faintly, “No need. Tomorrow is the birthday of the Moon-Watching Sect’s patriarch. The sect leader asked me to attend; I can’t be absent.”

After bidding farewell to everyone, he turned and left the Ten-Thousand Gold Building. Then he took out the flying spirit ship Jiang Rong had just given him, used the spirit stones to power it, and boarded it. The ship soon rose into the air and quickly flew away from the Ten-Thousand Gold Marketplace.

Seeing this, Su Jingya was astonished.

She recognized that the flying spirit ship belonged to her master.

She hadn’t expected her master would even give her flying spirit ship to Qin Xingchen.

What had the two of them been doing during those two missing hours that made her master favor Qin so much?

...

When Qin Xingchen flew back to the Moon-Watching Sect, it was already late evening.

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As he approached the gate of Cloud-Hidden Peak, harsh and unbearable insults reached his ears.

“Yu Yumeng, you ugly woman, what are you hiding in Cloud-Hidden Peak for? Come out and face the music!”

“You ugly bitch, it’s bad enough you look horrible, but you even dare to appear in the sect’s marketplace to buy things? Truly shameless. If I see you there again, I’ll beat you every time I see you! You disgusting thing!”

“Did you hear that?”

“Hmph, ugly and quiet, too scared to talk back when insulted. You’ll just be a pathetic, worthless bitch your whole life!”

“Oh, and I heard your useless fiancé Qin Xingchen secretly went to the Fallen Shade Mountains yesterday to look for something and still hasn’t returned. Do you know why? I might as well tell you—he’s probably dead in those mountains by now, ha ha...”

The two inner disciples hurling insults at Yu Yumeng in front of Cloud-Hidden Peak were about eighteen or nineteen years old.

At that moment, a slender figure immediately ran out from within Cloud-Hidden Peak, shouting in defense, “You’re lying! Xingchen won’t be hurt. He definitely won’t be hurt!”

One of the inner disciples stepped in front of Yu Yumeng and sneered coldly, “He won’t be hurt? Hmph, he’s just useless. Anyone who enters the Fallen Shade Mountains is surely doomed. Besides, if he’s not dead, why hasn’t he come back?”

“No, no!” Yu Yumeng became more agitated. “He promised me he would come back!”

The inner disciple sneered, “An ugly freak is just an ugly freak, always lost in fantasies. Let me slap you now to sober you up!”

She raised her right hand and slapped toward Yu Yumeng.

But just as her palm was halfway through the motion, it was caught by a hand.

The newcomer was none other than Qin Xingchen!

Qin Xingchen grabbed the inner disciple’s arm and squeezed hard. “Who did you just say is dead?”

“Ah!”

The inner disciple screamed in pain, then Qin Xingchen kicked her away.

“Qin... Qin Xingchen! It’s you!”

The other inner disciple stared at the suddenly appearing Qin Xingchen, utterly shocked. “Aren’t you that useless wretch who—”

Smack!

Before she could finish, Qin Xingchen slapped her across the face.

She was sent flying backward, her body rolling and landing not far away in a pitiful state.

Struggling to stand, she glared angrily at Qin Xingchen, “You useless wretch, how dare you hit me! You—”

Before she could finish, Qin Xingchen appeared before her again and slapped her down to the ground once more.

“You—”

As she looked up at him again, a bright red handprint was already on her cheek.

Qin Xingchen slapped her down again, then looked down coldly. “I usually don’t hit women, but... any woman who dares to hit my woman is no longer a woman to me—she’s probably... a corpse! So if you dare bully my woman again, be careful, I might really turn you into corpses! Now get lost!”

The terrifying aura emitted by Qin Xingchen scared the two women so much that without a second thought, they fled immediately.