Qin Keqin's Secrets

Lu Qingyun smiled as he took a deep look at Qin Keqin. It was indeed her. Then he said, "If I am not worried, why you are so worried for me?"

 Qin Keqin chuckled softly, "Who says I am worried for you? I can see that even though your cultivation level is lowly but your skin is certainly quite thick!"

 Then she took a curious look inside as she looked at Elder Ouyang, Ouyang Xue and Lie Xingyuan. Finally she had rested her eyes on Lie Xingyuan as she asked, "Mm, what's your name?"

 Lie Xingyuan was frightened out of her wits. It was as though she had just received a death sentence by asking for her name. With trembling lips she answered, "Lie…Xingyuan…"

Is the sect leader going to punish her?

Lie Xingyuan could only think of the worst.

 Qin Keqin muttered, "Lie Xingyuan. I will remember your name."

 Then she turned to Lu Qingyun and smiled, "Shall we take a walk outside?"

 Lu Qingyun was only too happy not to say no, so he quickly said. "Alright. If my cultivation master wants me to go up to the mountains of swords and under the burning ocean, I will do so as well."

 Qin Keqin smiled gently as she turned around to walk away and she was followed by Lu Qingyun.

 When they had left the room, Elder Ouyang, Ouyang Xue and Lie Xingyuan were finally able to breathe normally.

 Elder Ouyang muttered, "I have no idea why the sect leader will be here…"

 Lie Xingyuan was bitterly saying, "Why am I here in the first place. I am a goner now…"

 Ouyang Xue was still startled from her first time experience in meeting Qin Keqin, "I have heard that the sect leader is very beautiful. It is really no exaggeration. Even the number one beauty in the city pales in comparison with her…"

 Elder Ouyang nodded as he muttered, "I've heard that she shares some resembles to our founder Fairy Jade Light as well."

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Qin Keqin had put on her curtain veil and a face veil as she walked in the city street with Lu Qingyun.

 Although no one could see her face but her enticing grace caused many heads to turn in her direction and to admire her beautiful elegant grace. 

 Moreover Lu Qingyun was also a handsome young fellow and he had also attracted many onlookers as well.

 For some reasons, Lu Qingyun was completely in love with Qin Keqin not because she was pretty but he felt that somehow he had known her for a long time. As a matter of fact, while the others were awed by her extraordinary beauty, he was the only one who had failed to see that.

 As they walked together, Lu Qingyun was curious about her. So he asked, "Master, your cultivation level is so much higher than me. What is your cultivation level now?"

 Qin Keqin took a glance at him and she seemed to smile, "Mm, just call me Keqin, will you? We are not in the cultivation sect now and I will call you Qingyun. Didn't you promise me that when we are in the Iron Tower?"

 Lu Qingyun said awkwardly, "That is before I know that you are my acting sect leader and now you are also my cultivation mistress…"

But he quickly said shamelessly, "Keqin…"

 Qin Keqin paused in her tracks as she chuckled softly, "You sounded a little forced."

 Lu Qingyun smiled awkwardly, "I need some practice. It sounds a little weird when you are now my protege cultivation mistress."

 Qin Keqin nodded lightly before saying, "I am at the upper fifth realm golden celestial level now. Does this answer your question?"

She had naturally lied to him; her cultivation realm is extremely high. In fact, she is a 7th realm peaked great saintess. 

This was something that not even the grand elders in the Heaven Ridge Villa knows as well. 

As a matter of fact, she was also the Fairy Jade Light and not her daughter as claimed. 

 Lu Qingyun was startled, "That is pretty high."

 Qin Keqin had a faint smile behind her veil, "But don't you ever ask me about my age. That is a taboo."

 Lu Qingyun nodded. She was probably many centuries older than him and that was why she was reluctant to discuss her age. But that was alright to him because he did not mind.

 He asked, "It must be quite difficult for you to cultivate to your level. I guess that you must be a monstrous genius and had reached the fourth realm immortal celestial level quite early. You don't look old at all. It must be quite hard during your early cultivation days."

 Qin Keqin rolled her eyes before saying, "Not so. I was born Xiantian so I started off at the third realm. When I was eight, I was already a fourth realm immortal celestial. At twelve, I was already a fifth realm golden celestial…" She wanted to say that she was a seventh rank sacred saint at age eighteen but stopped short of it.

 Lu Qingyun was completely stunned by her as he stared blankly at her…

 There were celestials that were born Xiantians and their cultivation level would begin at the third realm but those were few and far between. Even if they were born Xiantians, there was a huge impasse at the fourth realm that may take a long time to overcome. As for the fifth realm, he had certainly never heard of anyone achieving that when they were only twelve year of age. Even the youngest ever record was the Nine Celestial Goddess but she was an oddity.

 The disparities between them were just too great…

 Qin Keqin seemed to know his thoughts as she said quietly, "Don't let it bother you. It isn't important to put such trivial thoughts in your heart."

 Lu Qingyun was smiling weakly as he thought, "Easy for you to say so casually that it is only trivial…"

 He decided to be a little thick skin and asked, "Erm, since you've already known that I am a lowly cultivator, why did you choose me as your core disciple?"

Secretly he was hoping that she would say she had fallen in love with him at the first sight of love but he knew that it was impossible. There must be other reasons.

 After all, he had not totally forgotten what his old master had taught him; there are no free lunches in the world. As for the other advice that his old master had taught him, he had totally forgotten in front of Qin Keqin.

 Qin Keqin rolled her eyes to and fro as though she was thinking hard before she looked at him with a soft chuckle, "What if I tell you that I have fallen in love with you at first sight?"

 Lu Qingyun was startled. His first thought was, "Impossible! She is only pulling your leg. Please wake up! You are only dreaming that she would say that and even if she did, it is only just a beautiful dream."

 But he ended up saying, "I like you too…"

The moment that he had said that, he had quickly realized that he may have said the wrong thing and he had quickly regretted it.

 Qin Keqin was giggling as she looked at him with her mesmerizing alluring eyes, "Is that so?" She was secretly delighted. Did he just profess his love for her?

 He had a woeful expression on his countenance. Was she mocking him now?

 Because of the beautiful look that she had given him and that her reply was merely, "Is that so." he had thought that she was only teasing him. He had never thought she would be equally shy as well and merely say something indifferent to him.

 Qin Keqin was now waiting for him to say more…

 Just as Lu Qingyun was feeling extremely awkward, he was suddenly interrupted by a familiar mocking voice. "So, look who we have here?"

 It was Tang Bufan and with him was a pretty maiden. From the attire of this pretty maiden, she appeared to be from the Heavens Ridge Villa.

 Lu Qingyun guessed that she must be a maidservant to Tang Bufan since he was after all a core protégé.