Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 287: Romantic Rival

Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr

The Immortal Fortune Conference's tournament had finally begun. Peng Yaolong was first up, and the Basking Moon Sect side was full of cheers.

But Tang Jie chose to sit with Xu Miaoran and talk with her. Xu Miaoran had already dropped her disguise and returned to her original appearance.

Tang Jie was clutching Xu Miaoran's hand as if he was afraid that she would run away. "Hurry and tell me. Why did you only come and see me now?"

Xu Miaoran harrumphed. "You think I didn't want to keep a watch over a lecher like you a little earlier? But the moment I arrived at Red Plum Ridge, Senior Brother Lan and the others caught me and had me train with them. It's only now that they've finally let me go."

Tang Jie was very unhappy. "When did I become a lecher?"

"That's exactly what you are. You already have me… and you come here and try to marry the little palace lord!" Xu Miaoran glared.

Tang Jie seemed drawn to the first part of her sentence. Perking up his ears, he asked, "Who did you say I already have just now? I didn't quite catch it."

Xu Miaoran blushed in shame and kicked him. Tang Jie threw his head back and laughed, his heart rejoicing.

Although the two of them had been exchanging letters for some time, they were still rather restrained when they spoke to each other. While they both liked each other, neither of them was willing to make that last step. For Xu Miaoran, it wasn't that she lacked the courage. She just wasn't sure about her own feelings. The more Horizon Ocean Pavilion emphasized one's authentic feelings, the more she felt like she didn't understand herself.

It was the exact opposite for Tang Jie. He was very sure that he liked Xu Miaoran. Perhaps because of the era he was born in, most of the women here were too rigid and inflexible for him, and those that weren't were of the conspiring sort. Women like Xu Miaoran—candid but not depraved, smart but not cunning, fiery but also cognizant of her limits—were few and far between. But he had made an enemy of Godhead Palace, a

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