Chapter 38 : Tu Bu Yu 2 (1/2)
Chapter 38 : Tu Bu Yu (2)
Nan Huai Ren was only envious, he did not want to become a victim of the Revolving Crescent Sun Merit Law. Everyone knew that cultivating this method would result in a trap, set up by its effect that was impossible to get out of, becoming a piece of trash in the end.
Seeing Nan Huai Ren’s expression, Li Qi Ye only smiled and didn’t say anything else.
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The next day, Li Qi Ye woke up early, as usual, to cultivate. However, when he opened the door, he was startled because there was a man standing quietly outside.
It was an old man, around the age of fifty to sixty. He was wearing a robe made out of vines, his face was lean without any facial hair, but his eyes were extremely alive. Although he was old, his back was straight and his spirit was high.
“Senior, good morning!”
The old man respectfully clapped his hands when he saw Li Qi Ye.
“Uh!”
Li Qi Ye didn’t know what to say. He was always calm and collective while looking at life, but he was at a loss with the current event. If the boy Nan Huai Ren called him “senior,” it would be acceptable; however, this was an old man, around fifty to sixty years old, respectfully calling a thirteen year old boy like him, “senior”; such a strange thing.
Li Qi Ye regathered his wit and said:
“Elder, you must be mistaken, I am not your senior.”
The old man looked around, and turned his gaze back to Li Qi Ye and asked:
“This place is the Prime Disciple’s peak?”
“Yes!”
Li Qi Ye truthfully answered. If this old man didn’t have such a good spirit, he would think this was an encounter with a mentally ill patient.
“You are the Prime Disciple of our Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect, correct?”
Li Qi Ye obediently answered honestly again:
“Yes, I am Li Qi Ye.”
The old man smiled and formally bowed his head, then said:
“Then it is correct. This is your peak and you are the Prime Disciple, which means that you are my senior.”
“Uh!”
Li Qi Ye suddenly became silent, he was certain that the old man didn’t have the wrong person. But in the end, to have such an old man calling him senior felt very strange and uncomfortable.
“Sorry, sorry, I’m late!”
At this time, Nan Huai Ren breathlessly rushed in from the outside, and smiled.
When Nan Huai Ren arrived, he saw Li Qi Ye and the old man standing still in front of the door. He coughed awkwardly, then did their introductions:
“Big brother, this is second brother. Second brother, this is…”
“I know, he is big brother!”
Before Nan Huai Ren could finish, the old man interrupted him and earnestly replied.
“Uh, nice to meet you, second younger brother!”
Li Qi Ye hesitantly gave out a courteous response.
The old man nodded, revealing a very nice smile, and said:
-Senior, this younger brother’s name is Tu Bu Yu. I am also the second disciple of the Sect Master. Since you are the Prime Disciple, you are the eldest brother of all of our third generation disciples.
Seeing his kind smile, Li Qi Ye’s head was shaking. He wanted to yell: Uncle, I am only thirteen years old and you are fifty to sixty years old, please don’t play coy in front of me and call yourself “younger brother.”
Finally, Li Qi Ye invited Tu Bu Yu inside the house, then he dragged Nan Huai Ren to the side and asked:
“What is going on?”
Having a younger brother like this old man, Li Qi Ye was at a loss for words.
“Uh!”
This time, it was Nan Huai Ren’s turn to not know how to answer. It took a while before he calmly responded:
“Brother, a couple of days ago, I already told you that second brother was coming back.”
Li Qi Ye, of course, knew about the second brother coming back because Nan Huai Ren had told him this, but he didn’t pay attention. He thought that the second disciple of Sect Master Su Yong Huang would be around thirty years old, at the most forty. But this younger brother in front of him was at least fifty years old. He was surprised and startled to have a younger brother this old.
“Brother, he is indeed Tu Bu Yu, the second disciple of the Sect Master.”
Nan Huai Ren said with confidence. The truth was, before, the Sect Master only had Tu Bu Yu as a disciple; Li Qi Ye had only recently went under the Sect Master’s wing.
Li Qi Ye contemplated for a moment. He had not met his master yet, but only this fifty year old second brother.
However, it was true that he was the Prime Disciple and with that status, all third generation disciples – despite their age – had to call him “big brother.”