Chapter 5: Do Not Join the Jade Pure Palace

Yun Yi looked up at her words, his eyes shining like stars as he fixed his gaze on her face, speaking slowly and clearly, “As long as you don’t become a disciple of the Jade Purity Palace!”

“Is that all?” Luo Qingyao immediately smiled with delight. That was exactly why she wanted this—to avoid becoming a disciple under the Jade Purity Palace’s master.

“Mm!” Yun Yi nodded earnestly, his expression resolute.

“Deal!” Luo Qingyao agreed without hesitation.

It turned out their goals were aligned all along—why hadn’t he said so earlier?

“You really agreed?” Yun Yi now looked somewhat incredulous. “You truly promised not to apprentice under the master of the Jade Purity Palace?”

“Yes, I did!” Luo Qingyao nodded with amusement. In truth, she had never intended to apprentice there in the first place.

“No, how can you agree so readily? You must understand, the Jade Purity Palace is one of the three great powers in the world. Although it consists entirely of women, its strength and reputation are no less than the other two major factions. In fact, even the combined forces of the Carefree Pavilion and the Netherworld Valley don’t compare to the Jade Purity Palace’s renown.

“All women aspire to join the Jade Purity Palace, and you even have the promise of the previous palace master. You…” Yun Yi suddenly found himself unable to comprehend the young woman before him. He had toiled day and night for days to prevent her from joining that cold and heartless Jade Purity Palace, yet it seemed she never intended to become a disciple at all!

Luo Qingyao raised an eyebrow, teasing him with a playful look. “What’s this? Young Master Yun, you want me to join?”

“Impossible! You can join any sect, but under no circumstances the Jade Purity Palace!” Yun Yi blurted out without hesitation.

Of course, what he really wanted to say was that she couldn’t join any sect—she could only join his!

Yun Yi had long since decided on Luo Qingyao the moment she emerged from the temporal tunnel. Of course, that was on the condition that she was the perfect seed.

At present, Yun Yi knew she lacked spiritual roots and could not cultivate, but he had yet to see her perform the Lingbo Wei Bu, so he still harbored some uncertainty.

“Oh? Why not?” Luo Qingyao asked feigning ignorance, though she understood perfectly well.

“Don’t you think about it? What kind of place is the Jade Purity Palace? The rumors outside sound good, but it’s really a woman’s tomb. Once you enter, you’re trapped there for life!

“Moreover, no romance, no love, no poetry or moonlit nights. You face a bunch of old hags every day, and in the end, you become an old hag yourself. Watching younger women become old hags like you—that’s no fun, is it?”

Luo Qingyao couldn’t help but burst out laughing. She had never considered any of that. She only felt anger when the Jade Purity Palace’s master showed no intention of accepting her and even insulted her, making her say she wouldn’t apprentice there first. That’s why she wanted to play along with the master.

But seeing Yun Yi’s expression, she suddenly felt a mischievous urge to tease him. She pouted deliberately and said, “That’s not necessarily true. Doesn’t the Jade Purity Palace have a rule? Any disciple who becomes the top person of her generation is allowed to go out into the world to gain experience.

“Since they’re allowed to experience the world, of course that includes love and desire—the very romance you say is forbidden. And every disciple sent out for worldly experience from the Jade Purity Palace, whether in beauty or cultivation, is unmatched in the world. Countless men vie for their attention, hoping to win a single smile.”