Vol 1 Chapter 24 (1/2)
Chapter 24
Volume Ⅰ Chapter 24
That day, young master Yan didn’t even come out of his room to take his meals—if those meals could even be called human food
He sullenly grabbed so
Though the Taoist children had cleaned his rooht that the quilt stank and that the hard bed was unco, and noburnt it couldn’t drive away his sullenness
In short, this da er able to contain hi to bother his master on the principle that if he was unhappy, he’d make other people unhappy too
Leaving the Taoist children behind, Yan Zheng stormed around the inn like a headless chicken
Because the inn was too shabby and the shopkeeper looked like a bandit, nobody other than them had put up in this inn As he passed by the ees which looked like haunted houses, Yan Zheng found his poor master in the innermost one
But after spotting Muchun Zhenren sitting with the shopkeeper, Wen Ya, he didn’t rush forward
It was one thing to troubledidn’t want to humiliate him in other people’s presence
However, as Yan Zheng hi Master Yan dithered for a while before he reached into his pocket and took out a cicada’s wing
Needless to say, this thing wasso that after threading a line through the holes it could be worn on the neck To a certain degree, this wing could impede other people’s senses so as to conceal the user’s existence
Yet surely just what sophisticated toys was Li Yun capable of ’s function It would have an assured effect if the wearer were standing far enough and was sufficiently careful, but functions like vanishi+ng the wearer orthe wearer completely invisible were impracticable
After rebuking Han Yuan for using it to steal a bird’s eggs,Yan Zheng had taken this convenient tool for his own
Yan Zhenge and climbed over the fence of the broken yard He hid behind the cottage, waiting to juue with his master as soon as Wen Ya left
Yan Zheng had maintained his swordplay practice all year round, so he wasall that hard And under the cover of the cicada’s wing, he successfully ed to not disturb the two Taoists
Yan Zheng found a place to sit down so that he could wait for hiscould finally complain to him
Right at this ’s ears
Wen Ya said, “I had a vision last year I ondering what it was about, and now you tell me it’s the Heavenly Monster The birth of the Heavenly Monster, the rage of the Monster King, and the rebellion of those monsters—they must have resulted in a bloodbath in the Demon Valley If HE had failed to put down the revolt and take the egg out… A Heavenly Monster born in blood… Tsk, it would have beenof which, where’s the Heavenly Monster? Did it hatch?”
Muchun Zhenren calht here in your inn I’ll have to see her in a moment, lest she piss on your bed”
Wen Ya: “…”
Presently Muchun Zhenren
spoke again in a sterner voice when Wen Ya was distracted Yan Zheng could even hear that his volume lowered “Do you knoho that de was? And what connection did he have with our sect? Why was he willing to save our sect at the cost of one of his spiritual souls?”
Wen Ya: “Didn’t he tell you?”
Muchun Zhenren sighed “Even though he is a strong de one’s soul would inflict serious dae on anyone I haven’t seen him since that day”
Hearing that, Wen Ya pondered before he said, “He asked me to hand THAT over to you and claiht you knew him”
Muchun Zhenren said, “There have been many betrayers since the establishrounds of two lord Beis, and there are yet many others who have kept their identities hidden… After all these years, how could I knoho he is?”
“He hasn’t shown ill intentions, at least,” said Wenya “It’d be better for you to think about how to deal with your old friend rather than worrying about a fragmented soul”
Wen Ya deliberately lowered his voice on “old friend”, which sounded gloo this big man’s fear
Yan Zheng was shocked
Old friend?
When Muchun Zhenren re unconsciously straightened and craned his neck closer
Finally, Master spoke
“Brother Wen Ya,” said Muchun Zhenren calmly “If I… please take care of these kids for me”
Wait, what did that mean?
Yan Zhengained froot he was eavesdropping Hiswith bated breath
Wen Ya laugheddidn’t knoho exactly he was
“Come on I’m just a nobody; how can I shoulder such a responsibility?” said Wen Ya “What a place your Fuyao Mountain is! There’s always an evil cultivator in every generation How could a nonentity like ot a blockhead illing to carve charms onto his own soul to defuse the disaster for you? You may as well ask him for help,” said Wen Ya
Muchun Zhenren knehat he meant, so he switched the subject tactfully
They started chit-chatting faux-sprightly The tworiver about all the trifling stories in the cultivation world from the past 500 years