Chapter 6 - Volunteering as a Disciple (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
When Shen Ying woke up, the sky had already turned dark. The rabbits were nowhere to be found, and there was no one in sight except for a man who was still in a bloody white set of clothing sitting opposite of her, looking at her with a perplexed expression on his face.
Shen Ying was blank for a moment before recalling who this person was. Oh… it’s that pit guy.
“What happened to the rabbits? Where have they gone?” She turned around to take a look and then realized that the cottage was already fixed. It had become even bigger than before—from a small straw cottage, it had transformed into a huge five-room straw house. What a great bunch of rabbits!
“After they were done with fixing your house, they were afraid of disrupting your sleep, so they went back first.” Yi Qing explained as he pointed to a pile of food ingredients, “This was left by the Rabbit Monarch who said that this is today’s portion.”
“Oh.” Shen Ying scratched her head and stretched her lazy bones. She walked to the pile of ingredients and conveniently picked up one of them. Her brows furrowed as she said, “Why is it carrots again? Sigh… They are indeed a bunch of rabbits. Yesterday it was red turnips, today it is white radish. Holy shit! There’s also green turnip. Don’t tell me they are giving me purple ones tomorrow?”
Yi Qing followed behind her with an array of thoughts surging in his mind. Even a ten thousand-year-old Ice Ginseng and thousand-year-old Green Spirit were treated just like normal carrots—she was indeed a hidden expert.
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“Forget it, I shall make do with this and just eat it.” Thinking it was really just carrots, Shen Ying sighed. With a carrot in hand and a vegetable basket in the other, she munched on the carrot as she prepared to go into the house. However, when she turned her head around and saw Yi Qing, she paused for a moment.
“Hey? Why aren’t you going?” She chewed on her carrots, making loud crunching noises as she said, “You can walk, can’t you? You want to stay here and freeload? I only have carrots.” She then offered the basket towards him, signalling for him to feel free to take any.
Yi Qing’s heart was warmed and he immediately saluted her with cupped fists. “Thank you Senior, but my meridians have already been recuperated. I do not need this.”
“Oh.” Shen Ying had no idea what he was saying but could only guess that he meant he did not want to eat. “In that case, goodbye!” she said, keeping the basket. She then turned towards the house.
“Senior Shen!” he shouted after her hurriedly.
“Huh?” Shen Ying turned her head around once again and asked, “Is there still anything else?”
Yi Qing furrowed and relaxed his brows in turn, seeming to be very conflicted. His expression kept changing from hesitance to worry, then it showed adoration followed by anticipation and so on. After a while, he seemed to have finally mustered up courage and dropped down onto his knees, respectfully giving a bow. “Senior, please accept me as your disciple!”
“Huh?” She was immediately dumbfounded. What was going on? What disciple? What did he hope to learn from her? To be a total lazy shut-in?
“I am an itinerant cultivator with no home, sect nor master. Currently, I am a Golden Core Sword Cultivator wholeheartedly seeking the Dao, and my wish is to use the sword in my hand to eliminate all the heretic spirits in the world.” Yi Qing earnestly said, “I am so lucky to have gotten to know you Senior, and I truly admire Senior’s righteousness. Pardon my boldness in asking you to accept me under your wing, but I do hope that you will allow it.”
He then conscientiously gave her three loud kowtows with a face of eagerness.
“Are you… kidding?” Shen Ying’s mouth twitched. Was this person alright in the head? He did seem to have an allergy towards carrots. Could this be some kind of post-allergy symptom?
“Senior.” His expression grew more solemn as he continued, “You and I were complete strangers, yet you rescued me in a time of danger, aided in my recovery and took care of me in all other aspects. I am afraid that I will never be able to repay all your kindness in this lifetime.”
“So… you want to bite the hand that fed you?” Did he actually want to rely on her? She was already destitute. What a funny way of thinking he had!
“Senior please do not be mistaken,” he explained hurriedly. “I truly admire you, Senior, which is why I want to learn under your wing. It is not solely because of your cultivation, but more so due to my respect for your virtues and ethics.”