Chapter 3138: My Wife and I Roleplay Daily Life 23

After three months, the new disciples finally passed their probationary course exams, each joining a different peak under the Nine Peaks Sect. The initiation ceremony was lively, with all the peak masters, whether in seclusion or not, making an appearance.

Another three months later, the sect's senior brother Shen Guiyan, who had followed his master, the Frost Cold Sword Venerable Gu QingShang, down the mountain for training, finally returned to the sect. His timing was perfect; in a few days, the Nine Peaks Sect's direct disciples would lead a team down the mountain to enter the secret realm.

According to the sect's Star-Brushing Elder, the Demon Emperor is about to break the seal and appear in the world.

This secret realm happens to lie within the territory of a great cultivator who ascended near the Demon Realm; perhaps the immortal soul left by that great cultivator foresaw the Demon Emperor's emergence and deliberately opened the inheritance. Within the secret realm, treasure spirit stones abound, but only three people can ultimately obtain the inheritance.

On the day Shen Guiyan returned, wearing a crimson-purple robe matching his master's color, just a few months of training made this seemingly steady senior brother become noticeably more gentle; his brow lost some youthful sharpness and gained composure from experience, perhaps because life down the mountain was more relaxed than in the sect.

Ye XiaoMan was the first to jump up from the stone steps and greet him: "Senior Brother!" The others followed, crowding around and chattering.

Shen Guiyan nodded to each in response; Gu QingShang stood aside waiting a moment, then Ye XiaoMan and the others stepped forward again to bow to the Frost Cold Sword Venerable. Gu QingShang gave a faint nod, his expression as cold as ever, showing no embarrassment; he lifted his gaze to Shen Guiyan and said nothing, just staring at him.

The sect's senior brother, usually so dignified, ended up blushing bright red at the mountain gate.

Under everyone's gaze, Shen Guiyan stepped forward, lowered his head, and kissed Gu QingShang's forehead.

Only then did Gu QingShang seem satisfied, turning and heading back to the Main Peak first.

As soon as he left, eight heads turned in unison to stare at Shen Guiyan. "Huh?"

Shen Guiyan coughed lightly, his gaze sweeping over the junior brothers and sisters before finally settling on Jin Chen as his shield.

"I've been down the mountain for months; I don't know how Chen'er and Chenshu's relationship is progressing."

This topic‑changing tactic is really not clever; Jin Chen's skin is thicker than his.

Over the past two months, his relationship with Chenshu is no longer as tense as before, something the whole sect can see and welcome. He openly put his arm around Chenshu's shoulders, leaned into him, and said with a grin, "Things are moving fast; we just need Chenshu senior brother to announce to the sect that we'll become Dao partners."

Chenshu also chimed in, "I just don't know whether the senior brother's and the Sword Venerable's Dao-partner ceremony should be held on the scale of disciples or on the scale of peak masters. Do you have any ideas, senior brother?"

The two of them exchanged remarks seamlessly, perfectly in sync.

Shen Guiyan: "……"

Shen Guiyan was practically ripe.

"All right, let's go see the Sect Leader first."

The group chatted as they walked toward the Main Peak. The Lingxiao Immortal Sovereign summoned the direct disciples of each peak to the Grand Hall to discuss the matter of entering the secret realm in a few days.

After several months of silence, the ever‑studying 11 suddenly spoke: "Task Bearer!"

Jin Chen was still quite surprised; as he walked with his senior brothers and sisters toward the Sect Leader's Grand Hall, he asked it in his mind, "How are you? What have you learned?"

Today 11 finally completed its training, full of confidence, ready to give Jin Chen the highest‑quality arch‑nemesis mission guidance. But as soon as it came online, it saw the scene of Jin Chen embracing Chenshu's shoulders.

11: "Task Bearer! What are you doing!"

11 said in a voice on the verge of collapse: "Task Bearer, you can't keep doing this; your relationship with your arch‑nemesis has strayed from the correct path. I've studied so long just to correct your deviation."

"Some task bearers, in the name of arch‑nemesis, actually behave like a married couple!"

Jin Chen raised an eyebrow: "Then tell me, what should the correct path be?"

11 replied with the knowledge it had painstakingly learned: "When you meet your arch‑nemesis, you must fight, with the determination to win!"

"Haven't we fought enough?" Jin Chen countered.

11 fell silent for a moment: "Right……"

"And what else?"

"When you meet your arch‑nemesis, you must do disgusting things to them! For example, intentionally, vilely, making them lose face through physical contact, or verbal mockery!"

As they spoke, the group had already arrived at the Sect Leader's Grand Hall.

The peak masters and direct disciples took their seats one after another, preparing to discuss the matter of entering the secret realm in a few days. The hall was already filled with many people; the Lingxiao Immortal Sovereign sat high at the head, conversing with several peak masters nearby.

Jin Chen glanced at the seating arrangement, insisting on pulling Chenshu up from his seat to sit in Jin Chen's own spot, right before everyone's eyes.

Chenshu was quite calm, neither resisting nor getting angry, and took Jin Chen's seat. A few gazes swept over; the Lingxiao Immortal Sovereign also glanced, then continued explaining the secret realm affairs. Each peak's master listened as they should, and drank tea as they should.

Jin Chen then came over and sat beside Chenshu, propping his chin on the armrest, and continued in his mind to ask 11: "And what else?"

11: "……" This isn't right. This feels off.

"You're disturbing him! Mocking him!" 11 shouted desperately.

Jin Chen turned his head with interest, nudging Chenshu with his elbow, about to say something, when Chenshu grabbed his wrist.

"All right," Chenshu said without turning his head, pressing lightly on the inner side of Jin Chen's wrist, and whispered, "Listen to the Sect Leader's admonition first; we can talk after it ends."

"Oh." Jin Chen shifted his posture, smoothed his colorful ceremonial robes, and obediently closed his mouth.

11 sank back into withdrawal, wondering where the problem lay.

It was clearly following the standard procedure of the arch‑nemesis system to guide the task bearer, yet when put into practice it turned out completely different.

11 stubbornly said: "I've studied many human relationship cases and found that arch‑nemeses also share a common interaction pattern: competition!"

"You can compete with him in the secret realm! Vie for treasures! Vie for inheritance! Vie for anything that can be contested! Only then can you embody the essence of arch‑nemesis!"

Jin Chen also replied calmly: "Sure, sure."