Chapter 025: Lickspittle x Scoundrel x Saintly Syndrome (7)

Chapter 025: Lickspittle x Scoundrel x Saintly Syndrome (7)

At this point, no one in the sect advised anything but to sever ties and cut off emotions, urging them not to entangle further.

Feng Qinqin, who had witnessed everything, always straightforward and outspoken, recounted every word of the conversation without omission.

Men and women in the sect all sighed at Rong Zijin's magnanimity and were also angry that Si Jinghua would be so self-destructive, abandoning her like this.

Independent and spirited female cultivators came to console Rong Zijin, urging her to let go of this doomed relationship and resolve her distress early.

"Since he is fickle and refuses to change for you, let him go!"

"There are plenty of good partners in the world, Senior Aunt Rong. Just find another one with clear eyes!"

Rong Zijin sobbed, "But Jinghua... he's so pitiful..."

"He has been plagued by death since childhood, with neither his father nor mother caring for him, and very few friends."

The Immortal Venerable cried, tears streaming down her face.

"If... if even I abandon him, who else in this world will remember him! Love him!"

The female cultivator felt a lump in her throat and turned to leave.

You have a good temper! You can be compassionate to him!

Feng Qinqin watched anxiously, afraid she might give the wrong advice, and could only grind herbs daily to help her master apply them to her eyes.

Over time, she began to secretly inquire whether her master had been bewitched.

Xiao Baiqiong was also there, crunching on a fresh cucumber.

"Yes, you and Uncle Si should be together forever. In fact, you can't bear to leave him."

"Baiqiong, you always understand my heart." Rong Zijin, with red eyes, tugged at his sleeve. "My heart hurts so much, save me! What should I do?"

Everyone advises me to leave him, to die of heartbreak and cut off emotions. But Baiqiong, only you know how deep our feelings are. How can Rong Zijin and Jinghua ever separate?

System: "Uh-oh, your master is coming to seek emotional support from you."

Xiao Baiqiong blinked, and suddenly a gust of wind and sand obscured his figure.

No chatting today, time to be a monkey!

Feng Qinqin entered with medicine and saw a familiar scene: "Senior Brother! You're not going to—"

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

The golden-haired monkey swung through the curtains and disappeared into the dense forest outside the study. "Chirp? Chirp chirp!"

The little girl was so angry she wanted to throw the bowl of medicine.

"Senior Brother! Come back! Now is not the time to turn into a monkey!"

Ever since long ago, Rong Zijin had gotten used to confiding her troubles to her eldest disciple for comfort.

Even when Xiao Baiqiong was a child, he understood her difficulties, hugging her and saying not to be sad because Baiqiong was there.

Seeing her trusted disciple suddenly turn into a monkey and fly away left Rong Zijin stunned.

She lost her confidant and stood there dazed, as if her soul had left her body.

Feng Qinqin felt everyone in the sect was going crazy and hesitated to enter.

"Yes, I should sever my emotional ties and let him go!" Rong Zijin suddenly said. "Qinqin, after applying this medicine to my eyes, I will go into seclusion and never ask about the mundane world again!"

Feng Qinqin: "Good! Master! That's great!!"

News of Rong Zijin's seclusion quickly reached Si Jinghua's ears.

After leaving the sect, he spent his days indulging in wine and music, with a different dancer in his arms each day, whose name he did not even know.

In extreme debauchery, his heart bled.

Zijin, you don't understand how much I love you.

Zijin, what has become of everything now!

Si Jinghua's eldest disciple, Sheng Jun, was busy attending to matters and occasionally passing messages to his master, firmly believing that his master had been wronged by villains.

"Master, look, everything has gone according to Xiao Baiqiong's wishes, showing he has harbored improper intentions towards Yiyue Immortal Venerable for years!"

Sheng Jun said indignantly, "He drove a wedge between you and Senior Rong, forcing him into seclusion and locking away his emotions. He is truly devious!"

Si Jinghua woke up from his drunken stupor, dazed. "Zijin, he really doesn't want me anymore?"

"Of course not!"

Si Jinghua sat up abruptly, fully sober.

He doesn't want me anymore.

He really, really doesn't want me anymore?

In an instant, the man felt as if he had fallen into an icy abyss and plunged into flames.

Sheng Jun cursed, "Rong Zijin said he would sever his emotional ties and retreat into seclusion, never to ask about the mundane world again!"

"Drip! Drip! Defense breach value increased by twenty! Total eighty-two!"

The system looked at the monkey basking in the sun.

"Is being a monkey that enjoyable?"

The monkey's tail swished, too content to even speak.

With his senior disciple's reminder and warning, Si Jinghua thought it over and finally saw through everything.

Yes, Xiao Baiqiong, it's you.

The malice in his eyes deepened, and demonic energy began to swirl around him.

It was you who wormed your way between Rong Zijin and me, speaking so persuasively that my heart was thrown into turmoil, and he was left in tears!

Xiao Baiqiong, you villain, if not for you, how could I have fallen so low!

"Where is he?!"

"He seems to have turned back into a monkey again," Sheng Jun said uncertainly. "I heard that yesterday he led a troop of monkeys from the mountain to gather wheat in the fields, and many people went to watch the spectacle."

"Master, your severe injuries have not yet healed; your body is still weak. Do not let that little beast upset you."

"Even with only forty percent of my power, it is enough to tear him apart. Do not stop me!"

In just two or three hours, Si Jinghua found the golden monkey, used a spell to trap it in a cage, and brought it back to Luoyuyuan.

The man wiped his long sword, glaring hatefully at the cage.

I will flay your skin, extract your tendons, drink your blood, and devour your flesh. You cannot escape this fate!

Before the execution, he had questions to ask.

"What did you do to me?"

The monkey opened its round eyes, not understanding.

"Quack?"

"Now I have lost my love forever, fulfilling your curse," Si Jinghua said. "You never actually lifted that world-ending love curse, did you?"

All of this was within your calculations. What a well-played game.

"Quack?"

"Still pretending to be stupid at the brink of death?" Si Jinghua sneered. "Your powers end here."

"Quack?"

"Stop quacking!! You're a monkey!! Not a frog—what are you quacking for!!"

In a fit of rage, the man slashed the cage with his sword, shattering it. He forcibly pressed a spell onto the monkey's forehead, forcing it to transform back into human form.

"Speak! I want you to confess all the sins you've committed over the years!"

Xiao Baiqiong cleared his throat and said, "You're right."

Si Jinghua pressed the tip of his sword against Xiao Baiqiong's throat, his eyes bloodshot: "Good, continue. I want to hear every detail."

The system said, "Oh, Little Junior Sister has noticed something amiss and has sent someone to save you. Buy some time, say anything."

Keding: "Alright, say anything."

"You're right," Xiao Baiqiong said. "But spring noodles should be mixed with penguin meat because according to Ugandans' daily routines, excavators should now rise in Antarctica and learn advanced hair-cutting techniques."

Si Jinghua stood stunned, thinking his ears were deceiving him.

What is this person saying?

"From a long-term perspective, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, and neon don't match COS90°. Esports competitions must use vinegar, otherwise, they risk being dominated by Hu Qing's solid suits. The steel bars I ate have been digested into post offices, and in a quantum state, everyone is a toilet."

"Speak clearly, every word, clearly!" The man clenched his teeth and grabbed Xiao Baiqiong's neck. "I want you to confess what you did to me and Rong Zijin, making us love each other but suffer!"

Xiao Baiqiong paused and said, "Let me tell you, you don't know what I told you. You don't know, do you? You simply don't know!"

"Junior Sister is here!" The system reported while marveling, "Young people's culture is truly abstract."

Just then, a barrier appeared between the two, and an elder shouted, "Si Jinghua! If you want to go mad, fine, but why involve Rong Zijin's disciple? What crime has he committed?"

Si Jinghua, hearing his name, slowly raised his head: "Who is going mad?"

South of the barrier, Xiao Baiqiong, dressed neatly and respectfully, bowed deeply. "Thank you, Elder, for saving my life."

North of the barrier, Si Jinghua was covered in wine stains, his mind hazy.

The elder spat, "Stop disgracing yourself and acting crazy!"

Si Jinghua stumbled forward, pointing at Xiao Baiqiong: "He, he, what did he say just now? Did you all hear it?"

The elders present sighed repeatedly, unwilling to argue further with this drunkard.

Xiao Baiqiong cleared his throat and said, "Uncle Si, I said that you and my Master were meant to be together. I hope you cherish him, respect him, and treat him better."

"Bullshit!" Si Jinghua, with an excellent memory, repeated verbatim: "You clearly said that spring noodles should be mixed with strange goose meat, and excavators should rise in Antarctica!"

"And you also said that sighing sheep with milk don't match broad-cheeked ants!"

The system: "After all, they are ancient people, their vocabulary doesn't include those things."

Keding: "He tried so hard, I'm so moved."

Si Jinghua repeated the absurd words he had said and looked up at the others, noticing the pity in their eyes as they gazed at him.

He was being treated like a madman—everyone had already deemed him insane!!

No, was he really mad? Was he insane, or was Xiao Baiqiong the one who was insane?

He couldn't tell, he couldn't tell anymore!!

Sheng Jun had just rushed back to the sect and saw his master staggering and disheveled on the ground. He immediately ran over, trying to help him up, filled with grief and anger: "You beast, what sorcery did you use this time to drive my master to such madness!"

Si Jinghua collapsed on the ground, completely giving up on defending himself.

"Beep, twenty points of mental breakdown! Total now one hundred and two!" the system said: "I feel like this ATM isn't working well. Shall we go to the next world?"

"Not yet," Keding said: "I'm trying to grasp the essence of this game!"

System: "I don't know what the essence is, but I do know that your mental state is exceptionally good."

"Flattery will get you nowhere," Keding said gently: "We college students are all like this."