Chapter 69: “Master, you’re finally in my hands“
Translator: Claire.KK
After giving the disciple a sound thrashing, Mu Chen felt a lot better. While eating the barbecue, Mu Chen glanced at Gu Yunjue and sighed again. Little disciple did have an attractive appearance. He looked less evil than in his previous life. With a prominent forehead and two brilliant eyes dazzling like stars, he was like refreshing breeze when he laughed and like a dignified king that people would submit to when he was serious. And he looked even more attractive in this life--tall and slim and good-looking. No wonder some female cultivators had a crush on him.
‘Why the little disciple can grow so well is all because he has been raised well by me.’
Mu Chen stuffed a large piece of meat into Black Egg’s mouth, not noticing that the poor thing was almost chocked by the meat. He just felt a little suffocated, thinking that such a perfect cabbage he planted that might eventually be plucked by other pig.
Perhaps when little disciple became more sensible, he would fall in love with a gentle and generous girl. He would love her with all his heart and soul while she would take good care of him and feed him only the best. He would be drowning in her love and regret what he had said to this master these days. Things would become so awkward between them that the little disciple would move out from Yanyang Palace and build a home of his own. Yanyang Palace would be empty and cheerless again.
Jing Ting was gone; Jing Ming was gone; even the farmer in charge of the herbal field had left. The day the little disciple left, he would be all alone again.
Essentially, man is a kind of gregarious creature. He who alone would look forward to be accompanied by somebody. He who becomes used to companionship would be afraid of losing it.
The more Mu Chen thought, the more irritable he became.
Having ate enough, Mu Chen clapped his hands, stood up and looked to the west in the direction of Green Red Valley. His delicate face was full of annoyance!
Gu Yunjue gracefully landed behind him, stretched out a finger and drew a circle on his waist naughtily. He smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Mu Chen was prodded at the itchy point, so he turned around cold-faced, having an impulse to beat him. The little disciple's skin had become immune to master’s punishment. However hard Mu Chen beat him, he just would not give a damn. What should he do with this evil disciple?
Gu Yunjue pulled him back and made him sit down on the chair. He gently coaxed, "Don't worry, Master. I'm here."
Mu Chen looked down at the puzzle ring and felt that the little disciple had no credibility in saying that. At the critical moment, it was still up to him. In case his devil cultivation was exposed, it might bring a disaster to them.
"Why don't you talk?" Gu Yunjue squatted down, pressed his hands on Mu Chen's knees and looked up into Mu’s eyes.
Mu Chen's hands stiffened for a moment, and there seemed to be a trace of hesitation flashing through his eyes.
It was reasonable to say that what he raised should belong to him. According to the routine practice of the immortal world, as Master, he had the right to decide the life and death of his disciples.
Suddenly an idea came into his mind that he could keep little disciple by his side and let him accompany him forever. Anyway, the little disciple couldn't reveal his identity here, so it was safer to make him stay.
Yes, if he had any wrong ideas, just beat him and give him a lesson! Anyway, a disciple was never allowed to fight back. Mu Chen silently took a look at Black Egg as his eyes darkened. He thought, "We can sign a Master-Servant Contract if things go wrong and let him obey me forever!"
"What are you thinking about, Master?" Looking at Mu Chen's changing expression, Gu Yunjue squinted his eyes and asked softly.
Suddenly, without hesitation, Mu Chen stretched out a finger and poked between Gu Yunjue's eyebrows where a red mark was left. He said imperiously and coldly, "Put a stamp on you and I'll treat you like I treat Black Egg in the future."
"What?" A deep and magnificent laughter rang beside Mu Chen's ear, and he paused a minute with his heart lurched on hearing this disciple’s confident tone. "Master, are you afraid of my leaving? Are you jealous just now?
Mu Chen snorted, "I’ve raised you up."
"So I'm yours? As you said before, Master, you are responsible for me."
"Shut up or kneel down." Mu Chen became angry from shyness. What he had said didn't mean the same thing as what the bastard said.
Gu Yunjue stopped talking, but pulled out a piece of Memory Crystal. In the crystal, a cultivator in white appeared, shouting out in a domineering manner, "I brought him up! He is mine!"
This piece of memory was very precious. It was one of Gu Yunjue's important collections.
Mu Chen, "......"
WHAT！AN！EVIL！SPAWN！
‘I’d better simply kill him!’
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Many cultivators had arrived in Green Red Valley. Although the secret boundary had not yet been opened, many people had already been waiting, including those who were observing secretly.
Where there are people, there are rights and wrongs, so then there are conflicting interests, then people will be divided into gangs to seek protection, and then there will be conflicts and fights. Anyway, there would always be enough reasons for killing people openly and competing for treasures.
Every stranger would be a key factor in breaking the balance. So when new faces appeared, everyone would pay close attention to them.
When Gu Yunjue pushed Mu Chen's wheelchair out, they immediately attracted the attention of others. Someone recognized Mu Chen at once.
Eight years ago, at the Pills Concocting Competition, Mu Chen won the first prize. However, he disappeared after the award ceremony because of the interference of some devil cultivators, and no one knew whether he had returned to Lofty Cloudy Sect or not. Some people said that he appeared in Shuangji City some time ago, but everyone thought it was a rumor. After all, Mu Chen was so highly respected a pill alchemist that whatever he wanted, someone would offer it to him. Therefore, he did not have to run so far in person.
However, Mu Chen appeared unexpectedly now.
Mu Chen looked around and saw that many people were watching them nervously. He frowned slightly. Instead of seeing that five brothers and sisters they’d met a few days ago, he saw an acquaintance there.
Ying Lixun.
In his last life, he got Jade Zoysia Pungens from this person, so when they met in Pill City, he left a trace of divine sense on him. They looked at each other. Ying Lixun greeted him with his hands folded in front, smiling gently and gracefully.
Mu Chen looked away coldly. ‘Nothing in this world is free. Who knows what kind of evil thoughts are hidden beneath the smile?’
Instead of looking at the crowd, Mu Chen looked at the scenery in the distance.
The scenery on the left and right sides of the valley was quite different.
On the left, the mountains were green and full of vitality, with all kinds of lush trees, flowers and plants.
On the right, not even a blade of grass was seen. In a broad view, there were only red rocks spreading for hundreds of miles.
"Red on one side and green on the other. No wonder it's called Green Red Valley." Mu Chen said.
"Anyway, we're not in a hurry. We can look around." While Gu Yunjue's words were still in the air, Ying Lixun came over and said enthusiastically, "Brother Mu, long time no see."
As he approached, Mu suddenly remembered that exploded cauliflower and couldn't help smiling with the corner of his mouth curved.
Ying Lixun felt suffocated and nervous as the dangerous air around Mu Chen that he had felt eight years ago came up again. He looked like a good man which actually was his mask for feigning, but in fact he was very lewd and stingy. By virtue of his pill alchemist status, he often deceived some young boys, took their Essence of Yang, and then abandoned them. He had no moral integrity and he might have also practiced some devil cultivations to achieve his goals.
In the last life, Mu Chen killed him because he could not bear to see him harm those young boys and butcher spirit beasts to concoct pills.
Mu Chen still didn't like him in this life even though they had met earlier than in the last life. So he always showed a cold look toward Ying Lixun. Now when he suddenly smiled, Ying Lixun could not help being obsessed with him, feeling that Mu Chen with maturity looked much more charming than those teenagers.
"Hum!"
This cold hum awoke Ying Lixun from his daydream.
Gu Yunjue raised his hand and slapped Ying Lixun who was directly blown off by an overwhelming strand of spirit power. Ying Lixun bumped into the mountain severely. With a loud “BANG”, red dust mixed with blood flew up, splashing on people who could not escape in time. But no one dared to complain. That was exactly how it looked in this world. The strong were respected and the weak were despised. This man could slap a Demigod Stage cultivator away, demonstrating that he was very powerful indeed.
Gu Yunjue touched Mu Chen's smooth hair, which made him feel a little better. His sneer chilled people, "We don't know you well. Get away. And I don't like your eyes." If he hadn’t noticed a trace of divine sense left behind by Mu Chen in this person, he would have killed him just now. He did not understand why Master allowed this kind of bastard to be alive.
In fact, Mu Chen just forgot to withdraw the divine sense.
Mu Chen had no intention of stopping his disciple at all. He was even a little relieved that Gu Yunjue had not killed him directly, which meant he was much kinder than before. But this Ying Lixun was not a good man. If this guy dared to do bad things again, he would kill him directly so as to avoid every unnecessary trouble.
Unconsciously, Mu Chen's demands on little disciple became lower and lower.
Some people had wanted to get close and say hello, but now they abandoned this idea and just looked on aside.
Ying Lixun sat down and took several pills to adjust his breath secretly. He closed his eyes to hide his hatred. When he lost to Mu Chen eight years ago, he wanted revenge. This time, he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get close to Mu Chen when they arrived at the secret boundary. Unfortunately, he was humiliated by Gu Yunjue and his plan didn’t work.
If he got the chance, he would never let them go!
He suddenly felt hot when he thought of the pills he had got. ‘Mu Chen! Mu Chen!’
Being shocked by Gu Yunjue's slap and strength, no one dared to disturb them in the next few days. Others, however, struggled every day. People fought openly and secretly, guarding against each other. Some early-stage cultivators were even killed. This was the cruelty of this world. To live, they had to compete for resources in a danger of losing their lives at any time.
On the morning of the fourth day, the people of the four Sects arrived at last. This time, the leader of Lofty Cloudy Sect was a second-generation disciple of the main peak, who wasn’t familiar with Mu Chen. After greeting Mu Chen, the leader took a rest aside, appearing to be very serious.
Finally, half a month later, when the sun set, clouds were burning like fire and the boundary between heaven and earth was blurred, leaving only a fascinating red.
Four black whirlpools appeared in the red clouds—the gates of the secret boundary, opened!
At the same time, a black stele rose quietly from the top of the hill, with three words written on it: Heaven Fire Boundary!
A hint of mockery flicked in Mu Chen's eyes as he watched the cultivators rushing into the secret boundary. Among these four gates, there was only one leading to life and the other three to death. Who knows what the gates they were rushing in would lead them to?
Gu Yunjue chuckled softly. His smile looked evil and dangerous. He seemed to have found something interesting again and watched people fly into the secret boundary. He himself was not in a hurry at all.
Almost everyone had gone. Mu Chen asked, "Which one shall we enter?"
"A road that no one has ever traveled." Gu Yunjue pulled Mu Chen and instantly arrived at the top of the hill and landed next to the stele.
"Heaven Fire Boundary..." Mu Chen looked at the lower right corner of the stele and wondered, "Is it related to the Heaven and Earth Bell?"
"Eh?"
"Look at this, isn’t it like Heaven Bell?" Mu Chen waved his sleeve and cut off a stone in front of the stele, revealing the full extent of it.
Gu Yunjue frowned. In the last life, as soon as he was thrown out of here, the secret boundary collapsed, so he didn't notice this pattern at all. At this point, it did look like the Heaven and Earth Bell, except that there was one more pattern on it than those on the Heaven Bell.
"Anyway, just go in and see." Gu Yunjue's eyes turned slightly dark and he felt that there was something he hadn't found in this place.
Looking at Mu Chen, who was curious, Gu Yunjue put his arms around his waist and exhorted him, "From now on, Master, you must listen to me."
Mu Chen nodded. Little disciple was more familiar with this place. For safety’s sake, he should be the director.
Gu Yunjue struck at the stele. After the stele was broken, a black hole appeared silently—this was the real gate leading to life, the others in the sky were only baits. This secret boundary was actually a place for inheritance. This was where he got the Soul Devil Cultivation!
The moment they jumped down, Mu Chen opened his eyes wide in surprise and asked incredulously, "How can this be?!"
He couldn't awake any glimmer of his spirit power!
Gu Yunjue held Mu Chen tightly in his arms as they landed and brushed against his ears with his nose smilingly. Romantic air-flow stirred Mu Chen's sensitive nerves. Gu Yunjue's voice was low, husky and alluring, "Because this is the Road of the Ordinary. On this road, all spirit power will be suppressed. You and I are two ordinary mortals right here. Master, you’re finally in my hands."
Mu Chen, "..."