Chapter 67 (1/2)

“Can you be my master?”

The sudden question shocked Huangfu Xin’er. She came to her senses after quite a while and uttered. “You…” She finally nodded her head.

Su Wan sneered and scanned the crowd. She did not want to take a disciple but it was the rule. She casually pointed at a person down below and said, “You.”

Shangguan Yan raised her head, pointed at herself and said, “Me? Are you sure about that?” Su Wan frowned and said, “Cut the bullsh*t. Come and salute to your master!”

“Aye, master!” Shangguan Yan rolled her eyes and walked up while shaking her head. Su Wan was extremely impatient and said, “I picked you, which means I think highly of you. But what do you mean by your expression?”

Then, the other four True Disciples had also picked their disciples and were saluted. Chu Biefu then said, “The freshman competition is over now. Three days later, the disciples recruited last year will have a qualifying trial to the Violet Manor. You can come and watch the games.”

After saying so, the freshmen were quiet, yet the other disciples of the Skygale Sect went into an uproar.

“Isn’t the name of going to the Violet Manor set a few months ago?”

“What the hell is going on here?”

Su Wan smiled coldly and gave Huangfu Xin’er a glance. Huangfu Xin’er instantly turned pale with cold sweat on her forehead. She raised her head and looked at Chu Biefu, saying, “Senior Brother Chu, isn’t the names set already?”

Chu Biefu smiled and said, “Due to some personnel changes a few days ago, it is necessary to re-select again. Junior Sister Huangfu, are you okay with this?”

Huangfu Xin’er now looked more terrible. She had just been injured, and the injury before recurred. How could she win three days later?

Xiao Chen also had found out the scheme within. He whispered to her ear, “Fear not. I’m here with you.”

Huangfu Xin’er was startled and then looked at the one beside her. It was the disciple she had just accepted, but why his simple words had made her feel at ease?

Xiao Chen smiled gently and nodded to her, telling her not to worry. He then glimpsed at Su Wan and thought that this woman must have been making troubles for Huangfu Xin’er. However, now she accepted Shangguan Yan as her disciple, she would suffer a lot.

“Senior Brother Chu, my master says that she’s okay with this.”

Chu Biefu looked at him and nodded without saying anything.

The dusk fell gradually, and Xiao Chen followed Huangfu Xin’er up the mountain. All along the way, there were trees, grass, the scent from flowers, and dancing colorful butterflies. The sound of the waves and seagulls rose from afar. The two people kept silent.

Suddenly, a weird voice rose from behind. “Wow, look at the handsome little disciple you’ve picked there.”

Xiao Chen turned around and saw the True Disciple that picked Shangguan Yan today. He said, “I don’t care who you are, but you’d better leave my master alone.”

Su Wan glared at him, saying, “How dare you to speak to your martial uncle like this?!” She then looked at Huangfu Xin’er and said coldly, “Junior Sister, it seems that the little disciple you’ve received has poor manners. You’d better teach him well. If someday he lost an arm or leg, don’t say that I haven’t warned you!”

Xiao Chen shot her a cold glance and said, “I think it’s you that don’t know the manners.” Huangfu Xin’er pulled his arm and said, “Let’s go, Han Chen.”

When they arrived in the courtyard, Huangfu Xin’er turned and said, “Senior Brother Chu’s cultivation is far beyond mine. But why did you refuse him?” Xiao Chen did not answer, so she continued, “You shouldn’t have turned him down in front of so many people. Su Wan was right. You really don’t understand things.” She then turned and walked into the room before she came out with a fire-red jade plate.

“You chose me to be your master, and I haven’t got anything valuable to gift you. This is the Fire-heart Jade. It came from the fire stones in the wild north. It can keep you warm. Take this.”

Xiao Chen didn’t refuse. He took it over and instantly felt warmth.

“I’ll tell you some sect rules and basic cultivation methods first.”

Huangfu Xin’er had been lecturing for three hours, and night already fell. The light gradually dimmed in the courtyard, so they could not see each other’s faces clearly.

“Let’s call it a day. You can go back now.”

Xiao Chen nodded and turned to leave. When he walked to the gate, Huangfu Xin’er suddenly said, “By the way, the back mountain is a forbidden area of our sect. Ordinary disciples cannot go anywhere near there.”

“Got it.”

When Xiao Chen returned to the hillside not far from his dormitory, the night completely shrouded the place. The full moon rose from the sea level and made the sea flash.

The next day, Xiao Chen went to Huangfu Xin’er’s courtyard and saw her fixing a broken zither. His hasty steps suddenly stopped, and he stood like a piece of wood at the gate. The zither was the one he gave to her.

“How was it broken?”

Huangfu Xin’er was startled and then hurriedly took the zither into the room. She came out a moment later and said, “Let me teach you some other skills today.”

An hour later, Xiao Chen had not heard what she said and kept thinking about the broken zither. He asked, “Was it Su Wan?”

Huangfu Xin’er raised her head and said after a while, “Don’t offend her. Her cousin will come in a couple of days. That man has high cultivation which is higher than my Senior Brother Qin. As for me… I may not be able to go there, which is also good. In this case, they won’t trouble you after I’m gone.”