Chapter 265: The Yandere Demon Lord 19

 Su Muyan’s face instantly turned pale.

Her master had once told her:

For a sword cultivator, the sword was life itself.

One must become one with the sword.

But now—

Her own sword had been knocked away by someone else.

Worse still, this sword had been personally gifted to her by her master.

For a moment, Su Muyan clenched her fists tightly.

She had lost.

And she had lost quickly… miserably, even.

…

At that moment, Lin Tongyin gave a calm salute.

Only then did Su Muyan finally recover from the shock.

She nodded stiffly toward him before bending down to pick up her sword and walking back toward Shuiyue Shangxian with her head lowered.

“Master… I’m sorry.”

“I lost.”

Her expression was full of shame.

Seeing her nearly burying her face into the ground, Shuiyue Shangxian said gently:

“It’s fine.”

“He has already cultivated the first layer of the Canghai Sword Technique.”

“It’s not strange for you to lose to him.”

Hearing this, Su Muyan finally felt slightly better.

…

Meanwhile, Lin Tongyin unconsciously looked toward Tang Wan.

At that exact moment, Tang Wan flashed him a bright smile—

Then secretly gave him a thumbs-up.

Seeing this, the corners of Lin Tongyin’s lips unconsciously lifted slightly.

His mood immediately improved.

…

After Su Muyan’s defeat, no one else dared challenge Lin Tongyin again.

Thus, he naturally secured first place among the Qi Refinement disciples.

Then he returned to Tang Wan’s side.

The moment he approached, Tang Wan immediately smiled proudly.

“Tongtong, you were amazing!”

“You really do resemble your master!”

Lin Tongyin desperately suppressed the upward curl of his lips.

“It’s because Master taught me well.”

Tang Wan chuckled inwardly.

Honestly speaking, she hadn’t really taught him much at all.

She’d only supplied him with sword manuals and resources.

…

Afterward, master and disciple continued watching the remaining matches together.

Once the Sect Competition ended, Tang Wan sent Lin Tongyin to collect his rewards and prepared to return with him to Yunhua Peak.

Unexpectedly, at that moment—

Li Yan suddenly rushed over and blocked Tang Wan’s path with a flushed face.

“F-Fairy Tang!”

“I’m Li Yan!”

“I wish to take you as my master! Please… please accept me!”

Li Yan had clearly gathered all his courage just to say those words.

…

Li Yan?

Tang Wan immediately recalled that in the original plot, Li Yan had secretly collected Lin Tongyin’s corpse after his death.

Thinking of this, Tang Wan suddenly smiled.

“It’s not impossible for me to accept you.”

“However, Tongtong is already my personal disciple.”

“And for now, I do not intend to accept a second direct disciple.”

“So if you truly wish to worship me, you may only become a registered disciple.”

Tang Wan thought quite reasonably about it.

Lin Tongyin practiced swordsmanship alone at Yunhua Peak every day.

Surely he must feel lonely sometimes.

If she found him a companion, he’d probably be happy, right?

…

Hearing Tang Wan agree, Li Yan’s eyes instantly lit up with excitement.

“This disciple is willing!”

“Thank you, Master!”

Thus—

By the time Lin Tongyin returned after receiving his reward, he was immediately greeted by Li Yan’s enthusiastic and extremely loud:

“Senior Brother!”

…

At that exact moment—

Ding! Lin Tongyin’s favorability -1.

Ding! Lin Tongyin’s favorability -1.

Ding! Lin Tongyin’s favorability…

Tang Wan: “…”

What exactly had she done wrong now?!

Why was his favorability suddenly dropping again?!

After taking a slow breath and forcibly suppressing her irritation, Tang Wan smiled gently toward Lin Tongyin.

“Tongtong, you’ve always practiced swordsmanship alone at Yunhua Peak.”

“Now that Li Yan is here, you’ll finally have company.”

“Aren’t you happy?”

Lin Tongyin paused briefly.

Then he lowered his head obediently.

“Thank you, Master.”

“This disciple is very happy.”

Happy my ass.

Damn Li Yan.

Just wait until I deal with you later.

Master belongs to me alone.

I alone am enough.

…

On the way there, they had traveled as master and disciple alone together.

But on the way back, Lin Tongyin remained gloomy the entire journey.

Fortunately—

After learning that Li Yan was merely a registered disciple and not a direct disciple, his mood improved considerably.

At least…

He was still Master’s only true disciple.

Li Yan wasn’t worthy of comparison at all.