Looking at her serious expression, I didn't know what to say.
"Can't you just treat the time when I'm in my status as the Sacred Venerable as me being at work, and now as me being off work?" I said helplessly.
"No. You always try to exploit loopholes, and then you end up making me become like that too," Xian Li chided.
I spread my hands and could only say, "The Sacred Venerable doesn't need to sleep or rest?"
Xian Li fell silent.
I took her hand and said, "If I took you out like this, I couldn't act too close to you, could I?"
"Of course not! The disciples would see us!" Xian Li said anxiously.
"This little world is supposed to be a private space. Can't we even enjoy some time as a couple? It took me so much effort to shed the Sacred Venerable's disguise," I said speechlessly.
When Xian Li met my gaze, she immediately turned her face away. "At home, do whatever you want... But outside, can't you act a little more proper?"
I laughed, speechless, and after a while said, "Wouldn't that be boring? Shouldn't life be exciting everywhere?"
"No! Can't you stop teasing me?" A flush spread across Xian Li's face.
I knew that if I kept teasing her, she would probably go berserk, so I could only reassure her again and again.
Of course, some demands couldn't be left out. For example, she couldn't restrict harmless things like holding hands.
Her sect did have one advantage: it was lively.
Besides the daily lessons, there were occasional lectures on the Dao. Xian Li truly lived up to her role as a teacher, conducting herself with meticulous propriety, which made it hard for me to undermine her.
So unlike when I stayed in the