Chapter 38 (Part 2)

After meditating for a little while, it felt as if bugs were biting her beneath her butt, and no matter what, she could not sit still.

Every time she wanted to leave her cave residence to go play, she would think of Little Junior Brother’s words. Lingfeng forcefully endured it and did not dare take even one step out, forcing herself to return and meditate.

From wanting to go out after sitting for less than fifteen minutes at the start, to now being able to cultivate quietly for three days without moving at all, this progress could be said to have advanced by leaps and bounds.

“Little Junior Brother asked you to go eat. He’s cooking personally today.”

Only after his sister questioned him did Linglong state his purpose for coming.

“Why didn’t you say so earlier? What a waste of time.”

Lingfeng pushed her brother aside and, with a whoosh, left her cave residence.

“As expected, it’s still the familiar recipe. As long as Little Junior Brother is mentioned, this sister of mine doesn’t care about anything else.”

Linglong slowly finished drinking his tea. Only then did he rise, straighten his clothes, and fly toward the bamboo courtyard.

By the time Linglong arrived, their master had already been there for a while. At this moment, he was sitting in the courtyard, drinking tea while teasing the little iron-eating beast.

“Woof.”

The little iron-eating beast had been teased by their master until it barked like a dog. It seemed this two-legged human had frightened it quite badly.

“Master, if you keep teasing it, Little Junior Brother is going to charge out and kill his way over.”

Lingzhen stood off to the side and painstakingly advised their master. Just now, Little Junior Brother had already charged out once and said quite a few things to Qingyang, telling him not to scare the little iron-eating beast.

Unfortunately, their master was not the sort of person who listened. The more you told him not to do something, the more he insisted on doing it.

“Hmph. Where does your Little Junior Brother still remember this master of his? All he cares about is this little iron-eating beast.”

As soon as Qingyang arrived, he saw the little iron-eating beast sleeping on his little disciple’s bed. On top of that, Yu Yu’s attitude toward it was truly far too good. As his master, how could he not get jealous?

“Master, Little Junior Brother made your favorite red-braised pork and fried spiritual chicken.”

Lingji carried out the dishes that had already been finished and showed disdain for his master’s childish actions. He was at least an eminent figure of the cultivation world. Could he be a little more mature?

What kind of ability was bullying a cub?

“Hmph. At least he’s filial.”

Qingyang said this arrogantly. It was fine as long as his little disciple had not forgotten his master after getting an iron-eating beast.

“Little Junior Brother has always been very filial. Master said it wrong.”

Lingji refuted his master’s words. Among these disciples, Little Junior Brother’s filial piety could rank first.

It was not that the others were unfilial toward Lingji. Rather, when it came to being filial toward Master, Yu Yu’s thoughtfulness was something no one else could learn.

Before Master even arrived, Little Junior Brother had already arranged the menu. The dishes he made first were also the ones Master liked to eat.

“Of course I know Little Yu’s filial piety. Do I need you to tell me?”

Qingyang absolutely would not admit that he had said the wrong thing. Instead, he rolled his eyes at his eldest disciple and argued stubbornly.

“…”

All the disciples fell silent. If he were not everyone’s master, today he would absolutely have received a sword from them. How could his skin be so thick?

Master was clearly the one who had said the wrong thing, yet he turned around and said Eldest Senior Brother was wrong.

“Master, don’t bully Eldest Senior Brother.”

Yu Yu roared from the kitchen.

Without him, this sect family really would fall apart. If their master went one day without angering someone, then he was not Daoist Lord Qingyang.

“I know. Little Yu, go cook your dishes!”

Qingyang did not get angry even after being roared at. He directly took out a bottle of wine and ate the dishes his little disciple had made while drinking.

All the disciples were speechless at this series of self-directed actions. Silently, they moved the little iron-eating beast away and placed it in the nest Little Junior Brother had just made.

As for their master eating first, everyone expressed that there was no need to mind.

He was an elder. If he wanted to eat, then let him eat!

Yu Yu even stir-fried two side dishes to go with the wine and carried them out.

“Not bad. Little Yu’s skill is getting better and better.”

Qingyang took a bite of the drinking snack and nodded in satisfaction.

“Thank you for Master’s affirmation. I’ll continue working hard.”

Yu Yu was not angry either. Elders eating first was also a kind of etiquette. They could not very well make an elder wait for them juniors.

As for drinking wine, Yu Yu would not say anything about that either.

He himself did not drink, but he also would not stop others from drinking.

This spirit wine had been brewed using the spiritual plants Yu Yu grew. It had reached the level of high-grade spirit wine. No wonder Qingyang liked drinking it.

All the wine Yu Yu brewed had been confiscated by Qingyang. Even Lingji had not received a single bottle.

Because of this, Yu Yu had no choice but to brew several more jars. Since all the best spiritual plants had been used, the quality of the spirit wine brewed later was not as good as the first batch.

Qingyang was happy, and Lingji and the others had no complaints either. Lingji in particular rarely drank to begin with. In front of Yu Yu, he did not touch even a drop.

Although Yu Yu kept saying that he was not a child, and it was fine for Eldest Senior Brother to drink because he would not learn bad habits from it.

But Lingji was extremely stubborn in this regard. If he said he would not drink, then he would not drink. The wine Yu Yu gave him was all sent to Lingbao.

Then he squeezed a large sum of spirit stones back from Lingbao and gave them to Little Junior Brother. In any case, giving it away for free was impossible. The teachings of their Holy Sun lineage did not allow disciples to suffer losses.

Although spirit stones had been dug out of him, Lingbao was not annoyed. As long as there was good wine, it was fine.

Lingbao had not expected that aside from the Dao of planting and culinary skill, their Little Junior Brother was not inferior in winemaking either.

The spirit wine brewed like this was only one step away from high-grade spirit wine. But in terms of flavor, it was no worse than high-grade spiritual plants.

No wonder Little Martial Uncle wanted to monopolize the spirit wine Little Junior Brother brewed. He had to go speak properly with his master. Little Martial Uncle could not be allowed to enjoy it all alone.

Lingbao’s eyes turned, and he came up with a good idea. It was just that the timing had to be grasped well. It could not be too early or too late.

And Qingyang, who was eating the delicious food his little disciple had made and drinking fine wine, still did not know that he would soon welcome a group of senior brothers coming to snatch his wine.

Even Lingji himself had not expected that when he had given the wine to Lingbao back then, it would draw out his martial uncles.

Because the wine had already been given several months ago. After several months of storage, and with the spirit wine accelerated by time, drinking it now would make the flavor just right.

That was right. The flavor was indeed just right.

Having calculated the timing, Qingsheng brought several junior brothers and came straight to the door to snatch wine.

Wine—they all loved it.

Especially after they drank the spirit wine Lingji had given Lingbao, their interest in the high-grade spirit wine at Qingyang’s place became even greater.

They had not been in a hurry before because the spirit wine still needed to be stored for a period of time before its flavor could reach its peak.

Today, the moment they heard that Lingji and the others had returned from outside, they knew the time had come. Their little martial nephew would definitely personally cook a feast to welcome his senior brothers home.

Junior Brother Qingyang would definitely be unable to resist taking out the wine to drink. Wasn’t this timing just perfect?

“Good wine. I’ll have Little Yu brew a few more jars later.”

After Qingyang finished a small bottle of spirit wine, he could not help taking out a large jar. That small bottle from earlier was only enough for him to taste the flavor.

“It is indeed good wine. Junior Brother, you mustn’t be stingy. We senior brothers have wanted to taste it for a long time.”

Qingsheng and the others suddenly appeared in front of Qingyang, frightening him so badly that he nearly dropped the wine jar in his hands.

“Careful.”

Qingfang moved quickly and caught the wine jar, then took out several wine cups he had refined himself and poured one cup for each of the senior and junior brothers. Although those wine cups looked small, the space inside them was extremely large. One cup per person immediately made half the ten-jin jar of wine disappear.

“Eldest Senior Brother, why are you here?”

Qingyang’s face turned green. Especially when he saw his wine being divided up by his senior brothers, it was no longer green but black.

“If we didn’t come, how could we drink such delicious wine?”

Qingsheng sat in the seat where Qingyang had just been sitting, ate a bite of food, then drank a sip of wine. His movements were extremely natural.

“…”

Qingyang watched as the dishes and wine he liked all entered his senior brothers’ stomachs. He hurriedly joined in. If he did not fight for it, there would be nothing left.

“Little Junior Brother, the martial uncles are here.”

Lingfeng and the others had swiftly hidden in the kitchen as soon as Qingsheng and the others appeared. The visitors had not come with good intentions, so they should let Master deal with the martial uncles himself.

Yu Yu was still holding a ladle in his hand when he heard that the martial uncles had come to visit.

“All right. You take the dishes out first. I’ll make a few more dishes.”

Yu Yu divided the dishes into two portions. One portion was carried out for Master and the martial uncles to go with their wine, while the other was kept in the kitchen so that later, the senior and junior disciples could eat together.

As for why they were not eating outside, Yu Yu expressed that juniors should not get involved in the matters of elders.

Not only did he not get involved himself, he also detained his senior brothers and senior sister with him.

If they did not want to become punching bags, then they should not appear in front of Master and the others at a time like this.

When it came to reading faces, it still had to be Yu Yu.

After the dishes were all served, they moved a table to the kitchen doorway and ate while watching the show.

“Wow, Master’s move, Flying Dragon Invincible, snatched the chicken leg from First Martial Uncle’s hand. Amazing, my Master. He even dares snatch something from First Martial Uncle.”

Linglong gnawed on a pig leg while broadcasting the battle between Master and the martial uncles.

“When did Master gain a sword technique called Flying Dragon Invincible?”

Everyone looked at him in unison. How come they did not know Master had a sword technique called Flying Dragon Invincible?

“Oh, I made it up. I couldn’t tell what sword technique Master used just now.”

Linglong said this with an innocent expression. He even blinked, trying to act cute.

Speechless, got it? If you couldn’t tell, you just made things up. Do you believe Master will make you swing your sword one hundred thousand times later?

“Stop blinking. No matter how much you blink, you’re not Little Junior Brother. You’ll only hurt people’s eyes. No one will think you’re cute.”

Lingfeng directly roasted her own brother. He did not have a delicate appearance to begin with. Doing that kind of movement not only failed to look good, it was even a little ugly.

“Don’t you know what you look like?”

Linglong did not mind his sister’s roasting in the slightest. He was busy watching the show. Whether he was ugly or not was not up to his sister. It was up to the female cultivators who wanted to be with him.

“Bastard.”

Seeing that Linglong did not care at all, Lingfeng directly snatched the roasted pig leg from his hands. One spiritual pig was not very big. Half of it had been given to the elders’ table, and half was at their table.

Linglong had directly monopolized one front leg. The hind leg tasted better, so Eldest Senior Brother had given it to Little Junior Brother. Little Junior Brother had not monopolized it either. Instead, he had divided it into several portions so everyone could eat together.

“Little Sister, you really aren’t cute.”

After losing the pig leg, Linglong complained once and then let it go. In any case, he still had the pig head to gnaw on.

His actions successfully left the fellow disciples watching the show dumbfounded. This person really did not care about his image at all.

The food Yu Yu was holding in his chopsticks fell. Earlier, hugging a pig leg and gnawing on it had still been watchable. Now he was hugging a pig head and gnawing on it. That was truly impossible to watch.

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