"Sure enough, Ah Bai would like a sword that you'd also like." Zhu Pingniang said, raising her hand to tuck a few strands of loose hair behind her ear.

Xu Chang'an's eyes at this moment were like those of a child seeing a rare toy.

That's how young girls are; when they see something shiny and beautiful, they always love it.

Although Xu Chang'an is not a girl, he's a Sword Cultivator... Even if he has yet to take the first step as a Sword Cultivator, who wouldn't love a sword?

Seeing Xu Chang'an obviously moved but staying silent, Zhu Pingniang smiled and threw him a flirtatious glance.

"Come on, do you like it or not?"

Xu Chang'an: "..."

Without a word from him, Zhu Pingniang once again grasped the sword hilt and made a rather amateurish sword flourish, leaving streaks of moisture in the air with the black and white blade.

As the sword sang in the gentle breeze, the moisture slowly enveloped Xu Chang'an, bringing a warm wetness that felt like a fine mist, the vapor swirling around.

The pavilion wrapped in curtains, with mist surrounding, looked at first glance like a hot spring bath.

Under Zhu Pingniang's deliberate manipulation, the spiritual sword's moisture gathered into clouds, converging on Xu Chang'an, turning into nimble little fish that occasionally touched Xu Chang'an's hands before darting away.

Zhu Pingniang indulged her mischievousness, teasing Xu Chang'an with Spiritual Power as if it were a young girl, adding a unique twist.

As the mist enveloped, it dampened Zhu Pingniang's temples slightly, and she smiled at Xu Chang'an, saying, "Don't hold back anymore. If you like it, just feel it."

Xu Chang'an sighed lightly, lifted his head, and seriously said, "It's truly a good sword."

"You're only stating the obvious." Zhu Pingniang clicked her tongue, twisted the sword, and returned it neatly to its sheath.

"The one I give you, how could it not be a good sword? If it weren't for you being so disappointing, why would I seduce you?" Zhu Pingniang snorted, then furrowed her brows.

She suddenly realized.

An Immortal Reincarnation, inexplicably, had a mediocre Water Attribute talent.

Shouldn't it bypass the Five Elements Attribute and directly explore the source with a more astonishing talent?

The Spirit Platform was undoubtedly terrifyingly stable, yet the talent was so mediocre.

Water Attribute Spiritual Power claimed to be versatile, touching a bit of everything, but it falls short in all aspects until reaching certain Realm.

But water as yin did reflect his feminine disposition.

Zhu Pingniang recalled something, her slender finger pointing at the Spirit Sword: "It has no Five Elements affinity, only inclined towards the Yin Yang Dao... in your hands, it might not be called a Yin Sword."

"...?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand." Zhu Pingniang tilted her head, and at that moment, after she removed her hairpin, the little white flower that Xu Chang'an personally placed on her finally fell.

"Senior... no, Ms. Zhu." Xu Chang'an earnestly said, "You've invested so much effort into this sword, Chang'an has no right to keep it to myself."

"If I give it to you, how could it be called keeping?"

Zhu Pingniang carefully caught the flower and placed it on the black piece on the chessboard before looking up to explain.

"This sword doesn't favor the Five Elements, it encompasses Yin and Yang. Later, I asked the sect leader for a touch of Realm to forge into it." Zhu Pingniang touched the air with her finger.

A strand of Yin Yang Qi fell to the ground, instantly spreading into a Yin Yang Array, a small Tai Chi Diagram of black and white spinning faintly in her palm.

"Nothing surpasses Yin Yang, and to this day, only the sect leader can perfectly control the Yin Yang Dao."

It's like Shi Qingjun, sometimes gentle as water, sometimes explosive as fire; essentially, they're Yin Yang transformations.

"On the path of Yin Yang Dao, clearly Ah Bai is more suited to receive the attention of the sect leader." Zhu Pingniang sighed. "But in reality, the sect leader invested more resources in me instead. Guess why?"

"..." Xu Chang'an was momentarily stunned, then thoughtful.

"Don't play dumb. You already came to me asking for the Yin Yang Dual Cultivation technique." Zhu Pingniang clicked her tongue.

"Because you're from the Hehuan Sect," Xu Chang'an sighed.

"Exactly, enveloping Yang with Yin, nurturing Yang with Yin, merely dabbling in the surface of Yin Yang Dao." Zhu Pingniang sighed. "Ah Bai had such admiration for the sect leader, yet the one chosen by the sect leader wasn't her... but me. How can I have the face to give this sword to her?"

What would it mean?

A challenge?

It's just a pity; she knew Li Zhibai admired the sect leader and went to the trouble of seeking a Realm out of respect, but now it's wasted, only benefiting Xu Chang'an.

"?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Chang'an was taken aback for quite a while and then dumbfounded.

His teacher wasn't someone petty.

Yet, Xu Chang'an suddenly thought it might not be the case.

The wine Zhu Pingniang gave to Li Zhibai, which the mistress later handed directly to Qinling... it's hard to say.

"With your relationship with the teacher..." Xu Chang'an was going to say.

"What relationship do I have with her?" Zhu Pingniang interrupted. "Ah Bai knows Zhu Tongjun, not me."

Xu Chang'an: "..."

Zhu Pingniang spread her hands: "Besides, I certainly know Ah Bai wouldn't give it a second thought, much less envy me for anything, but... do you remember what the girl in my shop said when she gave you silver notes?"

Xu Chang'an understood.

What she gives isn't based on what you want, but on what she has.

Li Zhibai might not mind, but Zhu Pingniang couldn't get over the fact that she took Li Zhibai's opportunity.

He didn't think Zhu Pingniang overthought, on the contrary, he realized... Miss Zhu's feelings for his teacher were indeed ardent.

"Of course, most importantly, even if this sword were given to Ah Bai now, she can't use it." Zhu Pingniang stretched lazily, tilting her head as she said, "If she can't use it, why should I forcibly give it to her? Just to be used as a base for the Alchemy Furnace?"

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