Chapter 2: Limitless sword sect(II)

The Limitless Sword Sect is the head of the four major sects and six major schools in the cultivation world, known for their sword techniques. Over the past several thousand years, many powerful cultivators have emerged from this sect.

The Sword Sect is divided into seven peaks, each guarded by a senior elder of the sect. Disciples of each peak typically practice in their own living quarters.

Wenjian Peak is the only place in the Limitless Sword Sect where Xie Changzhou resides. It is also the highest peak in the entire sect, with a misty aura surrounding it when viewed from afar.

“Young lady, your meridians are damaged. There is a hot spring in the rear mountains that can nourish your meridians.”

“The sect only accepts disciples once a year. If you wish to become a disciple, you will have to wait for six months. I am the only one living on Wenjian Peak, so you can rest assured that you can stay here. If you need anything, you can come to me.”

Xie Changzhou turned around and looked at her with a calm and peaceful expression. His eyelashes, as black as crow feathers, covered his glassy eyes.

Sui Ning waved her hand casually and smiled, “Thank you, Jianzun. I feel fine and don’t need anything.”

“My name is Sui Ning. You can call me Ning Ning.”

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As a lover of all things fluffy, Sui Ning couldn’t resist it.

The little cutie kept whimpering and looking at Xie Changzhou with pitiful eyes.

Sui Ning stared at Xie Changzhou with wide eyes, and the two of them locked gazes. Xie Changzhou clearly understood what she meant.

“Can you hold it? Come on, hold it!” Sui Ning urged.

Xie Changzhou: “…”

He sighed softly and bent down to pick it up, his slender fingers gently stroking its soft fur.

It immediately made a purring sound, comfortable in his arms.

Suining: “I want to touch it too.”

Sensing Sui Ning’s gaze, Xie Changzhou glanced at her calmly and explained, “Its name is Ah Yan, a divine beast of the tiger clan.”

The system explained to Sui Ning, “The divine beast tiger looks like a tiger with wings on its back. It is one of the ancient divine beasts, but it was wiped out due to some circumstances. Only this one remains by Xie Changzhou’s side.”

Sui Ning stared fixedly at Ah Yan in Xie Changzhou’s arms, her eyes filled with desire.

Xie Changzhou couldn’t help but smile. He shook his head helplessly and handed Ah Yan over to Sui Ning.

Xie Changzhou couldn’t help but want to laugh. He shook his head helplessly and handed Ah Yan into the arms of Sui Ning.

“Here, hold it.”

Sui Ning’s round eyes widened, and she immediately took Ah Yan in her arms, examining it with great interest.

Ah Yan didn’t struggle at all. Xie Changzhou calmly gazed at it, and it completely let itself be handled.

But… it had to be said that this woman’s massage technique was quite enjoyable!

Ah Yan expressed: “Actually, it’s not bad to be handled.”

Sui Ning smiled and was filled with joy.

Xie Changzhou’s distant gaze paused on her for a moment, then he softly spoke: “Miss Ningning, I have something to do, so I will take my leave. Let Ah Yan keep you company.”

Sui Ning raised her head and smiled lightly, her tone somewhat perfunctory: “Okay, go take care of your business, Jianzun.”

System: [..you’re here to win him over.]

Xie Changzhou was silent for a moment, sighed helplessly, and turned to leave.

As he turned to leave, an expression of rare confusion appeared on his usually calm and composed face.

Sui Ning’s appearance was too coincidental. He didn’t believe her words, but Sui Ning didn’t have any demonic aura, so she shouldn’t be from the demon realm. However, it couldn’t be ruled out that she was a cultivator who had defected from the demon realm.

Since she said she wanted to come and apprentice under him, he took the opportunity to bring her along and purposely arranged for her to be by his side to observe her true intentions.

But he had never seen a spy so interested in Ah Yan.

Her temperament was too unpredictable, and he couldn’t quite figure her out.

His only responsibility was to guard the world of cultivation, neither killing indiscriminately nor letting anyone go. If Sui Ning had any ulterior motives, he would not hesitate to kill her.

If he was wrong… that would be the best.

Xie Changzhou’s face returned to calm, his gaze serene and determined.

Sui Ning had been at the Limitless Sword Sect for three days now.

Since Xie Changzhou said he had left, she had not seen him since.

Now she lounged on a recliner under a pear tree in the courtyard, with Ah Yan lying on her, contentedly being petted by her.

When she was almost dozing off, the system finally couldn’t take it anymore.

“[You’re here to capture Xie Changzhou, and it’s been three days and you haven’t even seen him.]”

Sui Ning lazily replied in her mind, “The legs are on Jianzun; what can I do if he doesn’t come back?”

System: “[That’s your excuse for being lazy? Why don’t you go find him?]”

“He already suspects that I have ulterior motives. If I rush to find him now, won’t that just confirm his suspicions?”

System:…what she said makes sense.

“Ah…”Sui Ning sighed softly and finally stood up from the lounge chair.

The system was overjoyed: “[Are you going to find him?]”

“No, I’m hungry. I’m going to catch some rabbits.”

When Sui Ning mentioned catching rabbits, Ah Yan in her arms let out a howl and eagerly jumped out of her arms, flapping its little wings as it ran towards the back mountain.

Yesterday, Sui Ning had taken it up the mountain to catch rabbits and barbecue them! It didn’t know what kind of sauce she used, but the rabbit meat she barbecued was especially fragrant and was the best thing it had ever eaten.

Ah Yan was excited. This woman was good at massage, and her barbecuing skills were even more advanced.

It declared that this woman would be under its protection from now on!

System: It’s so depressed. Why did the transmigration agency choose such a waste of a person!

When Xie Changshou returned to Wenjian Peak, he smelled a delicious meat fragrance as soon as he landed.

He was a cultivator who had already crossed the tribulation and no longer needed to eat, and Ah Yan often went to the back mountain to catch prey to eat, so there was no need to cook.

Therefore, there was no chef on Wenjian Peak.

So, was it that woman who made the meat fragrance?

Xie Changzhou carefully confirmed and finally determined that the aroma was emanating from Sui Ning’s courtyard.

He took a slow step forward and walked into Sui Ning’s courtyard, where the aroma of roasted meat wafted into his nostrils.

There was a stone table in the courtyard covered with plates of sliced meat, and sitting beside it were Ah Yan and Sui Ning.

Each of them had two bowls in front of them, and there was a wooden rack with a bamboo stick on it, which held slices of meat.

They were… roasting meat?

Years ago, Xie Changzhou traveled around the world and saw people grilling meat. However, they would usually just skewer the whole animal and grill it, unlike now, where they grill individual slices of meat and occasionally brush it with an unknown sauce.

When Ah Yan smelled the familiar aroma, he ran towards Xie Changzhou with his short legs.

Sui Ning turned her head to look.

Xie Changzhou stood tall and straight, with his wide robe hanging down, making him look majestic. The moonlight shone on his clear face, and his expression was calm, as if he were a banished immortal.

Sui Ning couldn’t help but ask the system a question: “Are you sure the transmigration agency didn’t make a mistake? Look at him; he doesn’t look like a villain at all. Could it be a work error?”

The system was dissatisfied with her questioning: [“The transmigration agency wouldn’t make such an important mistake. It was said that he became a villain due to a lack of love and the devil in his heart during his cultivation. He hasn’t reached that point yet, so why are you in such a hurry?”]

Sui Ning: “Tsk.”

On the other side, Xie Changzhou picked up Ah Yan and rubbed his head, then looked at Sui Ning with a gentle expression.

“Miss Ning, are you hungry?”

Sui Ning felt a bit awkward. She was on someone else’s turf, roasting someone else’s rabbit, and eating things that immortals like them would surely look down upon.

It felt like she was doing something wrong and getting caught.

“Yes, a little bit,” she stiffly nodded, and tentatively asked, “Would Jianzun like to try it?”

This was a good opportunity to show her care for him. Xie Changzhou had never eaten these things before, and the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach!

Sui Ning’s eyes lit up, “Jianzun, I’m very good at cooking.”

The excited whimpers from the little spirit beast, Ah Yan, in Xie Changzhou’s arms, agreed. It was also thought that the meat this woman roasted was very good, especially with the dipping sauce!

Sui Ning’s gaze was sincere, and Ah Yan in his arms kept digging its claws into Xie Changzhou’s chest, wanting him to sit down and eat with them.

Xie Changzhou froze for a moment as he touched Ah Yan’s hand.

She quickly took advantage of the situation, saying, “I made so much, and Ah Yan and I can’t finish it. Won’t that be a waste?”

Well, regardless of her intentions, he had been poisoned when he was young and had survived until now. His body was already immune to poison, and even if she poisoned the food, it wouldn’t harm him.

He nodded slightly and said, “Hmm, thank you, Miss Ning.”

“It’s not a trouble at all,” Sui Ning laughed and ran into the house to get utensils for Xie Changzhou.

Xie Changzhou held Ah Yan in his arms and sat down, looking at the two bowls in front of him. One of the bowls was filled with a powdery substance that he had never seen before. It smelled a bit pungent.

He looked at Sui Ning, who was busy flipping the meat next to him, and pointed to the bowl in front of him with his slender fingers.

“Miss Sui Ning, what is this?”

Suining smiled slightly and said, “That’s cumin and Sichuan pepper powder, both of which I picked from the mountain behind us and ground into powder myself. They’re delicious for dipping grilled meat.”

“This is a skill my parents taught me when I was young.” She bent her eyes mischievously and winked at him, saying, “I guarantee that even Jianzun will want to eat it again after trying it.”

Xie Changzhou was slightly stunned and felt like laughing. “Then I’ll try it.”

He followed Sui Ning’s method and wrapped the grilled meat in the dip before putting it in his mouth.

The rabbit meat was grilled to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside. With Sui Ning’s special dipping sauce, it removed the original gamey taste of the meat and left a fresh, slightly spicy aftertaste.

“Cough, cough.” Xie Changzhou was caught off guard and choked on the sauce, coughing uncontrollably.

He covered his mouth, turned his head, and his cold face turned red.

Sui Ning quickly poured him some water and gently patted his back behind him.

She didn’t know he couldn’t handle spicy food so well!

Xie Changzhou took a gulp of water and finally felt the spiciness on his tongue ease a bit.

He had been eating very lightly before entering the sect, and in the hundreds of years since then, he had never eaten anything except for drinking tea. Suddenly, eating something so spicy was a bit overwhelming for him.

“I’m sorry, I was rude.”

Sui Ning quickly waved her hand and said, “No problem; it’s my fault for not realizing that the Jianzun can’t handle spicy food. I’ll make you a new dipping sauce without the Sichuan pepper.”

After taking the newly prepared dipping sauce from Sui Ning, Xie Changzhou was momentarily stunned before smiling, “The food over on your side is really interesting, much more diverse than what we have over here.”

Suining laughed it off, saying, “We’re closer to the Shu region, so there are still many delicious things to eat over there. I’ll slowly make some for Jianzun in the future.”

Xie Changzhou was slightly stunned, his glass-like eyes fixed on Sui Ning’s face.

At that moment, Sui Ning was feeding Ah Yan some meat; her eyes and brows were lively, like those of a naive girl.

Just now, Ah Yan also told him that for the past three days, Sui Ning had been sleeping in the courtyard in the morning and taking Ah Yan up the mountain to catch rabbits and pick fruits in the afternoon with no suspicious behavior.

Was he wrong to suspect her?

But the timing of her appearance was just too coincidental.

As he was lost in thought, he met Sui Ning’s gaze. She smiled and gestured for him to eat the meat, her eyes filled with sincerity and purity.

Being stared at so attentively by a woman made him feel uncomfortable, and his ears grew warm. He awkwardly averted his gaze.

Oh well, there was still a long time to observe her.