Chapter 72: Once Mu Chen got caught, we would definitely show him our good hospitality (1/2)
Translator: Claire.KK
Mu Chen had always believed that invisible dangers were indeed dangerous. With that thought, Mu tried to educate his disciple, in a cold voice, “I shall get square with you when we’re out. Now behave yourself!” Contracting the fire ball into a smaller one again, Mu Chen threw it up and was going to take it with him. Should anyone try to do him any harm, he would burn him into nothing.
With Mu’s direct reply, Gu Yunjue took the hand off Master’s waist and grabbed his hand. A smile worn, Gu presented himself an elegant and righteous young man again. Seeing this, Mu Chen’s lips cramped and eyelids twitched. ‘The bastard’s face changes so fast. Hadn’t I worn the Heart Bong Ring as he did, I would have mistaken him as an ever-changing demon. Yet he would have been a pleasing one.”
After hurting and being hurt and cuddles of consolation, the two seemed to have put the kiss incident behind and got reconciled. And there was something more between them. As of what it was, Gu Yunjue was quite clear. He was beaming like bathing in the warmth of west wind. As for Mu Chen, he spoke no word and kept a cold face, his hand grabbed. Finally, his attitude softened. The master and disciple maintained the silence, with Gu holding Mu’s one hand and Mu holding the overwhelming fire ball on the other hand. They set off to search for Azure Fire Sword. It looked like everything went on well.
Mu Chen broke the silence and suddenly asked after a while, “Did you notice that there were more fights lately?” These cultivators were insane. They hailed fighting and killing, and even indulged themselves in infighting.
Gu Yunjue turned his ear, listened attentively and snickered, “Because they are too bored to stay idle. They had to do something, like killing each other.” Mu Chen threw a glance at him, “In your previous life, I guess you didn’t wreak havoc on Three Realms out of boredom?”
Eyes shining, Gu Yunjue shook Master Mu’s hand a bit, as if he was a kid who had found an enjoyable toy. “Master, don’t you agree that it’s quite interesting to see a bunch of masked bastards killing each other?”
Mu Chen put on a cold face, musing, ‘What they do has nothing to do with me. No matter who they are, gentlemen or villains, I don’t care as long as I’m not related. Should the unruly disciple want to…’
Gu Yunjue stopped, grabbed Mu Chen by the shoulder and turned around, face to face with him, saying, “However, I’ve something more worthy to be cared. Don’t you agree?” With this, Gu looked into Mu Chen’s eyes, so profoundly and seriously that Mu froze for a while. Having given him enough teasing, Gu Yunjue poked Mu’s eye lashes and chuckled, “You’re so pretty.”
Mu Chen was speechless at his frivolity and couldn’t help considering to give him a good beating, or even beating him to death. Death would make this master released for good.
With the help of Gu Yunjue’s memory of his previous life, the two easily found the Land of Inheritance. Gu looked around, nodded and said, “Among all the caves, the Land of Inheritance lies in the third one. The legacy should be inherited before the Azure Fire Sword could be taken.”
Mu Chen raised his eyebrows and demanded, “Get it straight.” Gu Yunjue replied diffidently, “One has to exercise Soul Devil Cultivation to get the Azure Fire Sword. I inherited the Soul Devil Cultivation here in my previous life. ”
Mu Chen grinded his teeth and blurted, “I should have broken your legs then, so that you couldn’t have messed around.” Gu Yunjue faked a surprise, “Should that have happened, Master would have to foster me forever?” “I’d rather do that,” snapped Mu Chen with his cold face, feeling dilemma in his heart. “Fostering him forever would be much better than seeing him wind up horribly.”
“Alas! Well noted,” said Gu Yunjue joyfully. A memory crystal ball appeared in his hand and recorded whatever Mu Chen said just now. “Master has promised to foster me through all my life. Here is the proof and I will not let it go in case you regret it.” Mu Chen was driven speechless. Talking about twisting the truth and seizing the chance, Mu was no match with his disciple.
The two moved on and called for Protection Soul Bell. Once being called, the bell suddenly appeared and then flew into the darkness of the cave. Gu Yunjue gave Mu Chen’s back a pat and smiled, “Master, please watch my back for me.”
Mu Chen waved and grumbled, “Be assured. Your Master won’t let anyone slip in, not even a fly.”
“OK, then. Don’t leave, Master. And don’t be soft-hearted when engaged in a fight. I’ll leave Black Egg to you…”
“Get lost,” Mu Chen growled and kicked him into the cave. ‘The older he is, the noisier he becomes. I should have fed him more rice cakes. It’s said that they make kids reticent.’
After Gu Yunjue disappeared in the cave, Mu Chen stood rigid for a while and suddenly loosed up in a relief. ‘My disciple is hopelessly twisted, which is different from his previous life. I have raised him up for two lives, painstakingly, yet he has yearned to marry me! There are few female cultivators in Immortal Realm as the further they go, the more difficult they are to lift up their cultivation. It’s too easy for females to get distracted and too many of them have got stuck in Late Nascent Soul Stage. Therefore, male cultivators tend to find a male partner to walk along the long treacherous road to immortality. A master-disciple romance does exist but is extremely rare, for it’s against the ethics of human relations.’
Mu Chen couldn’t not help but recall what he had done that could possibly result in his disciple’s affection. ‘Am I a pervert? Hadn’t I seduced an innocent young man? Am I robbing the cradle? Me, in my one hundreds, him, in his twenties!’ Mu Chen rued adopting a disciple at such a young age. Cultivators usually apprenticed disciples at least when they were over 500 years old. But how lonely would they be for them to do so then?
Mu Chen rubbed his chin, caught and entangled with deep thoughts. ‘As a Master in the relationship, I should have taken the lead in keeping the distance. My disciple, however, has been too passionate. He has been pestering to act like a spoiled child and ask for kisses. Have we agreed on keeping the distance? Why have things gone wrong?’ Mu Chen was caught with uncertainty, as if there was a mouse crawling up and down his heart.
At the moment, a red arrow shot up into the sky and exploded into a piece of red cloud a hundred miles away. It’s the signal asking for help, by the disciples from Lofty Cloudy Sect! Warmth in Mu Chen eyes disappeared immediately and the familiar indifference returned. He calmed down finally. In no time appeared another signal from the same spot. Mu frowned a bit, ‘Something is not right.’ In a while, quite a few arrowed shot up at regular intervals, urging for a rescue.