4 Cute Disciple, Dashing Master (1/2)

It didn't take long for Yun Bei Fen's uncle and his family to get up. The farewell was a short one, too. In the end, even though this was the child of his brother he was still quite relieved to not have to take care of him any longer.

Seeing his attitude, Baili Chao didn't feel bad about taking the boy away either. He would certainly have a better life in the Teng Yong Sect than he'd have in this Xiao Xi Town. He only had to make sure that he taught the child well.

Thus, on a sunny morning an old man in a pristine white robe left with a small boy on his arms that was huddled up in an oversized gray coat. The boy was happily looking around when they left, curiously taking every new sight in from the streets to the houses to the trees outside of the town.

”What? Have you never been out of your house?” Baili Chao couldn't help but wonder. This was a young child. Normally, he should be running around with other children and discover everything around them. Why did his little disciple seem as if he knew nothing outside of the house where his uncle and aunt lived?

Yun Bei Fen shook his head. ”I've stayed with uncle and auntie.”

”You've never gone to play with the other children?”

Yun Bei Fen shook his head once again, very much like a rattle drum. ”No. The other children don't like me. They said I'm cursed.” He lowered his head and tugged at the gray coat.

”Why that?”

”Because of father and mother! We went out when there was a storm once but then he never came back and it was only me from then on. So other children said I'm bad luck. Do you want the coat back? If you don't, something might happen to you, too.”

Baili Chao shook his head. ”No, there's no need. Didn't I tell you that I'm a cultivator? A cultivator won't have a problem dealing with a measly little storm. So, you can just keep the coat. Someday when you're a mighty cultivator as well you can give it to somebody else.”

”Mn. I will.” Yun Bei Fen pulled the coat tighter around him. If his first father had had something like that, then maybe he would still be alive. It was a pity his second father had only come to the door of his uncle's house yesterday. Now it really was too late.

Seeing a small child this dispirited really made one's heart ache. Baili Chao stopped walking and looked up at the sky. ”Fen'er, did you ever wonder what it's like to fly?”

”Fly?” Yun Bei Fen looked up, too, and shook his head. ”No, never.”

”Would you like to know?”

Yun Bei Fen pondered a while and finally nodded. Flying sounded like it might be fun.

Baili Chao smiled and put him down. ”Alright, then watch this!” He took out his sword, stepped on it and willed it into the air.

Yun Bei Fen's mouth formed an O and he watched how his new-found father floated through the air around him.

Baili Chao laughed at his dumbfounded expression. ”Your master is really dashing, ah?”