Chapter 13: Disciple’s Butt May Not Be Touched (1/2)

Mu Chen held onto the storage ring as he inspected it. The storage ring was a very common one. Mu Chen used his divine senses to investigate deeper into the ring. The space that was within the ring didn’t appear to be very large. Inside the ring, there was only a small piece of jade, it was a map.

On the back of the jade piece, there was crooked writing that shaped itself into a few letters that read, ‘When you come looking for me, remember to bring two Dragonscale Carps, with some pepper and salt.’

Mu Chen: “……” The map did not tell him where he had to go in order to hand this stuff over. There wasn’t any useful information left behind. His Master had even wanted for Mu Chen to bring him two salted Dragonscale Carps once he ascended… Very good, this gift was very valuable!

Since Mu Chen was unable to make sense of the gift, then that meant that it wasn’t time for his understanding yet. Mu Chen glanced over the map and placed it into his consciousness. He clenched his teeth together and pinched the jade piece until it turned into fine powder. Yes, it wasn’t time yet! He still needed to prepare the salted fish and give a one hundred plus years old salted fish to Master. In the case that he dies earlier than expected, then he could have his disciple give the salted fish to his Grand Master.

A faint layer of red gradually rose onto Mu Chen’s face. He felt angry about all of this!

Gu Yunjue waited until it was evening to secretly investigate what the bottle held inside. He was only able to find the bottle on top of Mu Chen’s table with a bloomed flower inside of it.

Gu Yunjue had a tiny bit of a headache. He had used the divine sense of his Immortalization Stage in order to find that bottle. There was clearly something important in that bottle. His Master had already taken that item away without leaving any clues behind about it. If there was anything dangerous about that item, then he would be unable to protect him. Could the only solution be that he had to search his Master’s soul?

Gu Yunjue held onto his forehead with his hand. He felt as if he had gone crazy!

When Mu Chen returned to his room, he found his little disciple “tweaking his ears and scratching his cheeks.” His disciple looked like a naughty little monkey. With a cold expression, Mu Chen asked his little disciple, “What are you doing? Have you finished your writing exercises?”.[1]

“I did finish writing it.” Gu Yunjue’s expression quickly changed. He obediently pulled out his written exercises from his storage ring. The strokes of his words were so crooked that they resembled bean sprouts. They weren’t pretty at all.

Mu Chen looked at the words that Gu Yunjue had written and immediately thought back to the letter Dan Yangzi had left behind for him. When he looked back at his little disciple, he held some disdain within his eyes. It was really ugly! The IQ of his Master and Gu Yunjue must be the same since their letters were both similar in their ugliness.

Gu Yunjue’s smile turned a bit stiff. His little Master was not inclined to hide his mood. His Master’s disdain could not be any more obvious.

The expression on Mu Chen’s face turned cold as he held Gu Yunjue on top of his leg. He then ordered someone within the palace to get some ink, a brush, and some paper. He then gave the brush dipped in ink to Gu Yunjue. He adjusted his disciple’s posture so that his disciple was properly holding the brush. He placed his larger hands onto Gu Yunjue’s smaller ones, and wrote out the three characters for Gu Yunjue, (顾云玦).

Mu Chen’s characters looked just like his character- slender, strong, distinct, and severe. It carried some type of lofty and unyielding character that was hard to describe.

“This is your name. Now, write it again.” Mu Chen believed that he should be very strict as a Master.

Gu Yunjue obediently wrote the characters again. Although, he still wrote it crookedly on purpose, it was still way better than the characters that he had written before. Mu Chen rubbed his disciple’s head to show his satisfaction. “This one is pretty good. As long as you’re making progress.”

Mu Chen had heard that the best strategy to take with a child that could become warped easily on accident was an ample amount of patience. As Mu Chen had expected, his little disciple happily leaned against his chest after he had praised him. Although his disciple’s back was still thin and weak, it was not like the fragile state it was before. Mu Chen did not know if the reason for this was because he had been raising his disciple well. However, he felt that his disciple had gained some extra meat, especially in the bottock region.

Mu Chen reached out to rub his disciples buttocks. He confirmed that his disciple had grown some meat onto his bones. Tomorrow, Mu Chen will continue to feed him more.

Mu Chen felt the little person on his leg shift his bottom and unhappily patted it. “Growing?”

Gu Yunjue let out a word through his gritted teeth. “….Mas-ter!”

Mu Chen looked at him in confusion. The expression in his eyes looked honest and just.

Gu Yunjue quietly rested his hand onto Mu Chen’s thigh. As he rubbed Mu Chen’s thigh, he smiled to himself. “How do you write Master’s name?”

Mu Chen hugged Gu Yunjue tighter. He felt that his little disciple resembled a naughty monkey. The moment that Mu Chen stopped holding him tightly, his little disciple would then take those chances to grope around. Mu Chen continued to hold onto Gu Yunjue’s hand, and used it to write down his own name.

“The characters for Master look really nice. I want to hang them up onto the wall.” His small hand was still groping around.

Mu Chen’s mouth twitched, hearing those words. He no longer cared about the naughty little claw. He gently told Gu Yunjue, “If you practice well, then you can write some better looking characters.”

In Gu Yunjue’s past lifetime, his written characters were bold, severe, and outstanding. A spearhead was also hidden within those characters. No wonder his little disciple was this generation’s number one. He was outstanding in many ways. If he hadn’t been exiled from the Immortal Realm, then he would have been the leader of this generation. Mu Chen’s train of thought floated around. For Gu Yunjue to have become that way, he must have been lured into the devil cultivation. Mu Chen remembered that there had been a devilishly gorgeous person by Gu Yunjue’s side earlier. It must have been a honey trap that the Devil Realm had set up in order to get rid of his disciple.

In the future, Mu Chen needed to strictly check up on the people by his little disciple’s side.

Gu Yunjue kept his head low while a smile that he was unable to hide graced his face.“Master, what did Grand Master leave behind for you in that bottle?” Gu Yunjue asked while using the brush to copy down the characters of Mu Chen’s name.

Mu Chen held onto his chin and tilted his body to watch his disciple write out the characters. When he heard the question that Gu Yunjue asked, he blinked a bit and said with a dull tone, “It’s nothing. Children like you don’t need to worry about that.”

“Your disciple is curious though.”

“You’re curious? If people are too curious, then they could lose their lives. You need to keep that in mind for the future. If things do not concern you, then you should not worry about them.”

Instead of getting information out of his Master, he got reprimanded. Gu Yunjue had no choice but to continue writing. He was only released once he had filled the entire sheet and got that sheet checked by Mu Chen.

Mu Chen looked at the written characters that were left on top of the table. His bad mood had become more muted. His little disciple’s characters were really ugly. Even the characters written with his feet wouldn’t be this ugly. How did this child obtain his writing skills in his past lifetime?