Chapter 38 (1/2)

Chapter 38 Orginal and most updated translations are from volaretranslations

So their way in?!

In e This pain…was indescribable

“Hurry up, what are you all spacing out for? Quick, give me a face mask”

Fourth Prince Mole held onto the table as he slowly stood up “What’s the rush? That Seven Steps Ba aiht as he finished, a noise shattered the silence of the forest, and the shrill notes of a flute tore through the skies

“This person has a forh my formation so quickly” Little Fourth’s face was all astonish out an ash-colored pill “The face h ti pill first”

I did as instructed

Next, I shot a lance at the others while I opened ht over a set of white robes and dressed me up Without a mirror, I had to lean over the table and peer into the soup to check my appearance…of course, it couldn’t reflect my looks at all

I clutched my head No matter how I looked at it, I still had the air of a wo a hairband as he undidas he fiddled with the black strands Grinning, I reached out to e a wordless smile in return My hands continued to rove up and down until he opened his sleeves and in that moment, I touched his cheek then jerked off his own face mask

“Y…y-you, what are you doing?!” Looks like the delicate and pretty Prince Mole had his fits of temper, too

“You’ve already concealed yourself in the jianghu for all these years Others can’t recognize you since you change your face daily, so lend me this mask for a bit I’ll return it to you afterwards” I quickly bent over and pressed it against ry, but had no choice but to smile helplessly

Actually, everyone in the jianghu knew that the Elder of Mt Tian had an outstanding disciple with i skills The disciple also understood ht Trigrams Very few people had seen him, but those who did had different descriptions of his looks The common point between the lord Few had seen his true face, or his pair of very seductive eyes…

His hair brushed against me and made me itch Without that semi-transparent face htened and I quickly looked away, heart pounding It took me a while to calm down before I spoke “You, oh you…you definitely have to hide a face like yours, it’s even more attractive than mine”

Just when I was about to tease hi outside with his eyes Sunlight spilled over the baroves as a man in a simple ash blue robe appeared before our room He looked like a servant as he stood with an air of propriety

“My Master wishes to invite the Carefree Idler for a ”

I pushed everyone aside, arranging er rested against my temples as I smiled “As luck would have it, our Master left to wander the lands again”

He looked at me and steadily asked, “May I presume that your excellency is the rumored Seventh Prince?”

I rolledover “What, you need me? Is it possible that you want to invite me over if you can’t invite my Master?”

Scattered laughter rang out about us

They were used to seeing me stir up trouble, so none of them said a word Two or three had actually left for the table, watching the dra each of the irew, theirundisciplined, slack, and lax, each of them had learned how to truly live their lives

The servant was neither haughty nor humble when he bowed “My Master said if I couldn’t meet the Carefree Idler, then the Seventh Prince would do just as well, since there’s no difference between the two”

One of the Princes in the back choked on tea and burst into a fit of coughing I was very surprised…

Typically speaking, very few people in the jianghu knew of uise as the Seventh Prince It was true that I’d only taken in six young h, the reputation of the Carefree Idler had grown greatly I liked sightseeing and auisedebts at ho in wine and rumors at teahouses

It looked like this person was very familiar with my methods

I carefully inspected the servant and discovered that although his head was bowed, his gaze kept wandering to Fourth Prince Mole at my side Not only that…as a mere servant, he shouldn’t have that sort of expression in his eyes

I snorted

Fourth s a hand on the other’s shoulder as he caught him in an embrace “Martial brother[1], when did you show up? And why are you fooling ain?”

Martial brother?

Dark lines appeared on my face…

Sure enough, he tried to dodge, but Little Fourth caught him by the collar and wiped his face…to reveal an intimately familiar one

Nongyu, you stubborn…

First set his teacup heavily on the table and spoke in a leisurely, unhurried tone “What are you here for this time?”

I gave Nongyu an elance He didn’t seely stuck on Little Fourth as he rested on the other’s shoulders to pinch his face He looked left and right before heaving a sigh “You rascal, you wear otten what you used to look like…the Elder of Mt Tian gave you such good things to smear on your face”

“He’s our Master, it’s rude of you to address him that way,” Fourth replied

“I only studied under him for three years and never formally took him as my Master I can’t be counted as a disciple, and you don’t need to call radually faded as he looked atto discuss with you”

Shao’er…

It was a name I rarely heard nowadays

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I dis by his were only interrupted by the occasional breeze, carrying over sweet breaths of air to er over reminiscences of the past

But things like this…how long would I still be able to remember them?

A s on the simple stone table as the two of us sat silently He rubbed the fabric on his legs, head lowered before he finally deigned to speak: “These past years, you’ve taken good care of my martial brother”

He ht not have realized that I was fa that had hi he wasn’t sure how to tell ave his, it’s Fourth that’s been taking care of me Without him, I wouldn’t have been able toin the jianghu without being discovered” I s skills were even better than yours”

Thinking back, the crown prince had set an imperial decree to seal the capital after I left the palace Guards were deployed to search all the inns, and even personal residences weren’t spared…

At the tiyu who found me first, and introducedand innocent, having just descended from the mountains Despite his youth, he only used the tihly rehty years old Even when the guards pulled at my face, sprinkled it ater, and rubbed it with oil, the mask held firm

After our successful escape, I ith hihu The little Prince Mole had decided to stay with ain experience off the ht I was sothis, my face broke into a smile