Chapter 226: Soone Else’s Disciple
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Ay~ Why did I get a disciple like you?” Lord Daoist Jinghe stared at her, shaking his head and sighing at the sa ti. “Such a person like , wise, et cetera, et cetera...”
“Master!” Mo Tiange glared at him. “I just wanted to ask a few things; do you have to act like this?”
“Ay~ So unfilial~ To actually speak like this to your master...”
“Master!” Don’t tell he hasn’t finished sighing “ay~”!
Lord Daoist Jinghe snuck a glance at her. After seeing her anger-filled face, he finally snickered cheerfully and said, “Tiange... Your master feels the way you’re acting now is more like your usual self. You see, seeing you suddenly kneeling and asking to be punished, Master’s heart was scared...”
“...”
Mo Tiange had nothing to say. What kind of master was this? Did he an that if she wasn’t fierce, he’d feel at a loss and uncomfortable all over?
“Enough!” She then put on a serious expression. “Master, I’m asking you—when I wasn’t here, was everything alright? What about Zhenji? Has he built his foundation?”
“Oh, very good, everything is very good. I didn’t let anyone touch anything in your small cave. Zhenji already built his foundation the fourth year after you left—he’s fared extrely well.”
Mo Tiange felt a bit relieved to learn that Zhenji already built his foundation. Although that year, she’d secretly left so Foundation-Building Pills for him, Zhenji’s spiritual roots were rather bad after all, so whether he could successfully build his foundation or not was hard to say. Twenty two years had passed; Zhenji ought to be in his forties now, so it would certainly be troubleso if he still hadn’t built his foundation—so cultivators were unable to build their foundation not because of their advanced age but rather, it was usually because they failed too many tis, causing their ntal states to destabilize, gradually increasing their distance from the Foundation Building realm.
“Master, so you’ve been teaching him all these years?”
“Ah? Teaching him? When did I ever have that kind of intention?!” Lord Daoist Jinghe carelessly waved the book he was holding.
A deep wrinkle erged on Mo Tiange’s brows. “Could it be that you’ve been letting Zhenji fend for himself?!!!”
Upon seeing her furious expression, Lord Daoist Jinghe chuckled fawningly then said softly, “Disciple... don’t get angry. Although Master didn’t take care of that stupid boy, I got soone to take care of him. Rest assured!”
“Got soone?”
“Yep; your senior martial brothers were idle, so I got one of them to look after that child on your behalf.”
“...” This was indeed sothing he’d do. Back then, didn’t he also throw her into Martial Uncle Xuanyin’s care for quite a while? Later, it was only because sothing else happened that he finally had no choice but to recognize her as his disciple.
Mo Tiange heaved a sigh then said, “Master, since you’re not going to ask anything, may I go back first to get so rest?”
“Sure, sure.” Lord Daoist Jinghe hurriedly nodded. “Rest well. If anything happens, I’ll have them call for you.”
“Oh, right, which senior martial brother is Zhenji with now? I’ll go and bring him back first.”
“Well...” Lord Daoist Jinghe stared at her while saying cautiously, “Zhenji’s already forty years old now; he’s not a child anymore—you still want to bring him back? Leave the man so dignity!”
“No matter how old he is, he’s still my nephew,” said Mo Tiange. Besides, based on their ages, she could really be Zhenji’s mother. As that thought crossed her mind, she shot him a skeptical glance. “Master, be honest, what did you do to Zhenji?”
“I really didn’t do anything!” Lord Daoist Jinghe said with righteous indignation and put on an earnest expression. “I’ll give soone to call him back in a mont, alright? I guarantee you’ll be able to see him in a while.”
Mo Tiange stared at her master for a while but she eventually nodded. “Alright. I hope Master isn’t lying to .”
“Hehe, how could I? Quickly go and get so rest! You look exhausted.”
He spoke with such a dubious concerned tone, but Mo Tiange was finally convinced. “Alright.”
She turned around and started to walk away. After several steps, however, she turned around again. “By the way...”
Lord Daoist Jinghe was startled. “Huh?”
“Master, why are you so startled like that?”
“I’m not. When was I startled?” Lord Daoist Jinghe stroked his nose. His gaze was shifting around. “I told you I’d call Zhenji back; do you still have any problems?”
“... I just wanted to ask—in the end, what major event was there that the school sent out the Group Summoning Talismans?”
Lord Daoist Jinghe imdiately cald down upon hearing this question. “About that... it’s indeed a major event, but it’s not a bad thing. The matter’s quite complicated, so I’ll talk to you about it later—go and get so rest first.” This ti, he looked very uncompromising.
Mo Tiange thought that although her master was unruly, he never wasted any ti when dealing with serious matters. That being the case, she better follow his orders.
“Okay then. Master, I believe you this ti; you can’t disappoint .”
“I know!” Lord Daoist Jinghe impatiently drove her away. “You just got back, but you’re already bothering people like this—quickly go back and rest!”
That look of his... She really didn’t believe he was hiding nothing! Nevertheless, she just sighed inwardly then started to make her way towards her Mingxin Residence.
Once she left, Lord Daoist Jinghe hastily called out: “Mingxia!”
“I’m here, Grandmaster!” Mingxia hurriedly ran over.
“Quickly go to that stinky brat and bring Zhenji back!”
...
Mo Tiange naturally had no idea what Lord Daoist Jinghe said after she left. She walked into her small cave only to find that nothing had changed.
The pond in front of the house, the dicinal field at the back of the house, a row of five small rooms... Inside the small sitting room, there were still a table, several old chairs, and a tea set. Above the table, there were two books that seed to have been randomly thrown there—those were the books she regularly read in the past. Inside the concocting room, there was still that coarse pill furnace she bought for fifteen spirit stones the very first ti she began to learn how to concoct pills. As for the refining room, she never used it before—it was still completely empty without even a single thing inside. In the bedroom, Zhenji’s bed was still there but there were no other commonly used items. Last but not least was her cultivating room. It still looked the sa as before, but it had been neatly tidied up.
Apparently, people often ca and cleaned up the place when she wasn’t there. She naturally didn’t think the maids would’ve done that out of kindness—her master must’ve ordered them or Zhenji must’ve cleaned the house on his own, right?
Thinking about it made a slight smile blossom on her face. She then picked up an animal skin book from the bookshelf and began flipping through its pages randomly. In the end, there were still people who were concerned about her there.
“Auntie, Auntie!” A sowhat unfamiliar voice rang out from outside.
Mo Tiange turned around and saw a young man running over from the doorway of the concocting room. He looked about twenty years old; his facial features were delicate and pleasing to the eyes. Once he smiled, two small dimples instantly erged on his cheeks.
“Auntie!” He seed extrely happy to see her. Mo Tiange originally thought he would jump to her like he used to, but in the end, he just ran to her side. “You’re finally back!”
The Zhenji in front of her was already a Foundation Building cultivator. He still looked young, and his temperant also remained warm and kind. However, the vibe he gave off was much more mature than before.
She looked at him for a long ti but eventually, she only said one sentence: “Zhenji, you’ve grown up.”
Ye Zhenji scratched his head, smiling with embarrassnt. “Auntie, you were gone for such a long ti—I naturally grew up. Oh, right! Why didn’t you send any ssage back for so many years? Did you run into danger? Was there a problem? I was worried to death, but grandmaster said I was worried for no reason...”
Mo Tiange sat down on a praying mat. When she saw him spontaneously sitting across her and launching a torrent of questions about what happened after she left, she felt her heart was filled with warmth—it was as if she was under the warmth of the winter sun.
“Auntie, why aren’t you saying anything?” Ye Zhenji finished shooting off his barrage of questions and finally realized she was silent.
Mo Tiange, who was smiling all along, finally answered, “You seem so happy when you talk, so Aunt just lets you talk to your heart’s content first.”
“Auntie!” Ye Zhenji showed a long face. “Why are you just the sa as master?!”
“Master?” Mo Tiange raised her eyebrows slightly.
Nevertheless, Ye Zhenji ignored her question and once again questioned her impatiently: “Auntie, you still haven’t told how you fared these past twenty two years!”
“I...” She smiled then took a mont to ponder her answer. “I indeed ran into so problems, but I also obtained so fated chances and eventually got through safe and sound. I didn’t get in touch with you guys because I was trapped sowhere for a very long ti. But it’s all in the past now; there’s no danger anymore.” After telling her story casually, she asked back, “What’s going on with that master you spoke of? All these years, who’s been teaching you?”
“It’s my master!” Ye Zhenji seed to be a bit confused by her question. “Auntie, after you left, it took several years before I finally succeeded in building my foundation. Once I built my foundation, grandmaster felt impatient with and sent to my master’s place.” At this point, he pursed his lips; obviously, he was very dissatisfied with his grandmaster’s actions. A mont later, however, he smiled again and said, “Fortunately, although master seems very fierce, he’s actually very kind. All these years, even though he was very busy, he always looked after ...”
Mo Tiange suddenly had a bad hunch in her heart. “Who’s the master you’re talking about?”
“Who else? Don’t I only have one master?” Ye Zhenji said, looking completely bewildered.
Mo Tiange sank into silence. A wrinkle gradually erged on her brows.
“Auntie?” Ye Zhenji cautiously called.
“Nevermind.” She slowly showed a smile. So matters had nothing to do with Zhenji—she was just being sched against by that embarrassing old man. This was really strange; she’d avoided that senior martial brother in everything as she didn’t want to have anything to do with him in the slightest—why did that cheap master of hers want to include her in his sche instead? He’d done it now; the nephew she brought up as a disciple suddenly beca soone else’s disciple just like that. Zhenji now called him “Master, master,” so affectionately, completely different from how he used to be...
The mont she realized what she was thinking, Mo Tiange was stunned but she soon smiled mockingly at herself. What kind of ntality was she having now? Was she jealous? Because she hadn’t been back for more than twenty years, Zhenji might think another person was as important as her, so she felt unhappy? Or was it because—the person was him?
She suddenly realized her thoughts were sowhat in the wrong. It was as if so of the emotions, which she’d controlled very well, ca loose in spite of herself the mont she ca back. She couldn’t help but raise her eyes and look around. Clearly, there had long been no trace of him here...
“Zhenji,” she asked slowly, “How have you been doing these years? How has your master been treating you?”
Seeing as she didn’t seem unhappy, Ye Zhenji’s nerves finally loosened. He thought for a mont before answering: “When Auntie sent to Ye Clan that year, I stayed with them for half a year before I ca back. Since I had Xiaohuo with , nothing occurred on my journey back. After I ca back, I passed the test smoothly and obtained a Foundation-Building Pill. Once I got grandmaster’s approval, I entered Closed Door ditation to build my foundation, but it ended in failure.”
Ye Zhenji spread his hands out, but Mo Tiange asked with confusion, “Didn’t I give you so things and tell you to use them when you built your foundation?”
“Auntie, are you talking about that bottle of dicinal pills?” Ye Zhenji scratched his head, saying with embarrassnt, “I... I was too excited the first ti, so I forgot about it.”
“...” Seeing how he looked made Mo Tiange helplessly shake her head. “You... you could’ve just forgotten anything, but you actually chose to forget such an important matter.”
Ye Zhenji said, “I never tried building my foundation before, so I was too excited then...” At that point, a smile also blossod on his face. “After I failed, I finally realized Auntie had secretly left so Foundation-Building Pills for . However, everyone knew I failed, so it wouldn’t be good for to enter Closed Door ditation again. Besides, entering Closed Door ditation again right after failing to build my foundation was indeed not good, so I waited three years... This ti, I finally succeeded.”
“En, you’re not completely stupid after all.”
“Auntie!”
Mo Tiange couldn’t help but laugh when she saw his blushing, awkward expression. “Alright, alright—please continue on.”
Ye Zhenji glanced at her in embarrassnt then continued his story: “After I built my foundation, I ran into a lot of problems in my cultivation, so I went to ask grandmaster about them. In the beginning, grandmaster still guided in detail but later, grandmaster beca impatient because I asked too many questions. He then said my master was already in the late stage of the Core Formation realm but he had no disciples taking care of him; he asked how I could be so idle while I was my master’s disciple. After that, he just tossed away to my master.”
“... Then, how has your master been treating you?”
“Master’s very good.” When he said “master,” Ye Zhenji’s expression was no longer disdainful like it was twenty years ago. Rather, it was filled with veneration. “Master doesn’t really like to talk and he also doesn’t really like to co into contact with other people. Those who don’t know him would think he was cold and arrogant, but in reality, it’s not like that at all. When I first went to him, I didn’t understand anything, so I was really scared of him. Later, however, I felt master was really kind. He was very busy, but he was always patient when he taught about cultivation—he never once got impatient with . Grandmaster told to attend to master, but master didn’t even let serve him tea or water...”
Ye Zhenji spoke without ceasing for a long ti, but Mo Tiange didn’t say anything until the end.
“Auntie? Are you unhappy?”
A long ti later, Mo Tiange finally heaved a sigh. “No; this situation for you... is very good.”
She could only let that old codger have his way now. It was very likely that when he first suggested this matter, he harbored no good intentions, right? Never mind then; she ought to be happy that soone was treating Zhenji well. As for that old codger... Hmph! he shouldn’t think he’d really won!
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