Chapter 49 (Part 3)

Seeing how exhausted his young disciple had been made Qingyang’s heart ache.

“Yes. This grand-disciple will remember.”

Wuchen naturally agreed. Even if Grand Martial Uncle had not said it, he would have arranged things this way.

“All right, go back. I won’t keep you.”

After getting the answer he wanted, Qingyang waved his hand and drove him away.

It was the same style of shooing people away. After Wuchen left, he did not dare complain and obediently returned to the main peak to report.

“You’re back?”

Lingbao sat in the main hall, playing chess against himself. As soon as Wuchen entered, he tossed aside the white stone in his hand and listened as his disciple recounted the process of Little Junior Brother treating patients.

“Master, Little Martial Uncle’s healing arts are too powerful. No matter what illness it is, he can cure it. It’s just that they consume spiritual power especially quickly.”

Although Wuchen did not understand the medical cultivator system, he could still see Yu Yu’s talent in this area.

The ability was useful, but it consumed too much spiritual power. An ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator would not be able to last very long at all.

Yet their Little Martial Uncle had cured all the patients in one go. After it ended, he was only a bit tired.

“There are many secrets on your Little Martial Uncle, but as far as we’re concerned, they are all good things. Don’t ask about them either, because from what I can see, Little Junior Brother himself may not necessarily know.”

Like his master, Lingbao was good at observing. He had long since discovered that there was something unusual about Yu Yu.

Good talent, good luck, all the good things gathered on one person. It made him unable to stop himself from beginning to worry for Little Junior Brother.

There was no free lunch in the world, nor would pies fall from the sky. So all these good things might very likely be part of a conspiracy.

But what was there on Little Junior Brother that could be plotted over? Lingbao could not figure it out and decided to find an opportunity to ask his master.

Even if there was some scheme, it would have to wait until after Little Junior Brother grew up. What he needed to do now was properly develop the Taizhen Immortal Sect and safely hand it over to the next generation.

Ten years. On Blue Star, how many ten-year periods did a person have in total?

In the Holy Feather World, cultivators with good talent, resources, and backing had countless ten-year periods.

As for Yu Yu, ten years meant the tenth year since he had transmigrated.

This year was also the Taizhen Immortal Sect’s disciple-recruitment ceremony. Yu Yu rarely skipped cultivation and planned to go watch the excitement. He had never seen how the sect recruited disciples before.

“Who are you?”

Yu Yu had just walked out of the bamboo house when he saw a youth not much older than himself standing in the courtyard. In his hand, he was holding Yuanyuan.

“Wu.”

Yuanyuan kept scratching at him with its claws, but after scratching for a long time, it had not even broken the skin.

“Ying, ying.”

Milk-dad, this person is bullying me.

“Here, take it. It bit me the moment it saw me. I wasn’t bullying it.”

The youth understood Yuanyuan’s words and hurriedly explained.

“Since you weren’t bullying it, then Senior, please return Yuanyuan to me.”

Yu Yu extended his hands, and Yuanyuan was tossed into his arms.

“Ying, ying.”

Milk-dad, this person suddenly appeared in our courtyard, so I bit him. It wasn’t Yuanyuan’s fault.

Yuanyuan hugged Yu Yu’s neck. It was not the one who had bitten first. The other party had suddenly appeared, and it thought he was a bad person.

“I know Yuanyuan is a good child. Go back inside and play by yourself first. I’ll keep you company later.”

Yu Yu believed what Yuanyuan said. It was not the kind with a personality that would actively attack people. If it did, there was definitely a reason.

After he put it on the ground, Yuanyuan rubbed against Yu Yu’s lower leg before slowly crawling back into the house.

It would not be able to help milk-dad by staying here, so it was safer to go inside.

“Lingyu, I’ve been observing you for several years. Did you know that?”

The Xuanzhen Mirror’s mirror spirit looked at Yu Yu and suddenly spoke.

When the sect had been purged, he had already been filled with curiosity toward this boy. It was just that he was the sect-protecting treasure, so it was not appropriate for him to appear before a junior for no reason, even if no one would criticize him for doing so.

But he was the sect-protecting treasure. He had an image to maintain. How could he casually appear before a junior?

Of course, he had not given up either. He had merely changed to secretly observing Yu Yu, until finally, when he felt satisfied, he appeared before Yu Yu.

Naturally, there was also the reason that the disciple-recruitment ceremony was approaching. He had come out for a stroll, and conveniently given himself a relaxing little vacation.

“Senior is the mirror spirit of the Xuanzhen Mirror, right?”

Yu Yu saw through the other party’s true form at a glance. His heavenly eye was not affected by the world. Even an immortal artifact could be seen through.

In his eyes, the mirror spirit’s true body was a round mirror, very easy to recognize.

“Yes.”

The mirror spirit did not deny it. He knew Yu Yu had a heavenly eye, so naturally, his true form could not be hidden from him.

“I remember that in order to preserve its immortal power, the Xuanzhen Mirror usually needs to sleep. Could it be that Senior has been awake all these years?”

Yu Yu’s mind turned very quickly, and he immediately discovered the bug.

“Oh my, the immortal stones of the immortal sect aren’t enough for me to use, so I can only sleep to preserve my immortal power. But before I descended to the lower realm, Master gave me a pile of immortal stones. Even if I used them for another thousand years, they wouldn’t be exhausted.”

When the mirror spirit said this, his eyes were obviously dodging.

“In other words, Senior deceived my martial uncles. You clearly had enough immortal power and didn’t need to sleep at all, right?”

Yu Yu pointed out the matter the other party had been concealing all along, making the mirror spirit’s face look even guiltier.

“Master gave them to me. He didn’t give them to the sect. If they want me to work, they have to give me some benefits, right?”

At first, the mirror spirit sounded somewhat lacking in confidence. The more he spoke, the more confident he became, until in the end, he simply admitted outright that he had privately swallowed the sect’s immortal stones all these years.

“I recorded all of that.”

Yu Yu took out an image-recording stone and waved it in front of the mirror spirit.

“So. Despicable.”

The three words were almost squeezed out by the mirror spirit one by one through gritted teeth.

“Not as much as you, Senior.”

With a turn of Yu Yu’s hand, the image-recording stone was put away into his little secret realm under the mirror spirit’s gaze of wanting to snatch it.

“If you dare try to grab it, I’ll cry.”

You are an immortal artifact, and it is true that your strength is powerful. But I don’t need to fight you to leave you suffering in silence.

“…”

For the first time, the mirror spirit discovered that there was actually someone more despicable and shameless than he was. When it came to playing tricks, even he, the spirit of an immortal artifact, had to admit defeat.

He wanted to use an illusion realm to deal with Yu Yu, but suddenly remembered that the other party had a heavenly eye. Illusion realms were useless against him.

Thus, the mirror spirit’s greatest trump card could not be used either. Snatching it by force was even more impossible. This boy was too sinister. If he cried and made a fuss, the unlucky one might very well be the mirror spirit himself.

“Speak. Senior, after observing me for so long, what do you want to do?”

Yu Yu made it clear that he was not giving this sect-protecting treasure any face at all. Yes, he was an immortal artifact, but he had secretly observed him from the shadows. It could not possibly be because Yu Yu was good-looking and the mirror spirit wanted to look a few more times, right?

“Wuwu. I didn’t want to do anything. I was just curious about how people from other worlds are different from people of the Holy Feather World.”

The mirror spirit cried. Although he was old and an immortal artifact, he had actually always stayed within the sect, and his mentality was about the same as a child’s.

He had thought that no one in the sect could restrain him. Even when Qingsheng faced him, he could only watch him make trouble with helpless eyes.

He had never expected to be handled by a child now. More importantly, once everyone looked at their sizes, as long as Yu Yu cried, everyone would believe that he had bullied the child before him.

Heaven knew the one who was truly being bullied was him, all right?

But judging by height alone, no one would believe Yu Yu had bullied an immortal artifact. After all, just based on strength, that could not possibly make sense.

Yet the truth was that he had been bullied. Not physically, but mentally.

How could there be such a terrifying little child? His mind had more holes than a sieve. Even he, the grand spirit of an immortal artifact, could not outplay him.

“Oh. Then did you observe anything?”

Yu Yu asked curiously. If he had not never imagined that he would be monitored inside the sect, he would have discovered the mirror spirit’s existence long ago.

After all, his heavenly eye was like a cheat. As long as he paid attention, he could soon discover that he was being watched. The mirror spirit had precisely counted on the fact that he would not think too much, and that was why he had monitored Yu Yu every day.

“No. You’re the same as everyone else. Your talent is just a little better, your luck is a little better, and the good things in your bag are a little more numerous.”

At this point, the mirror spirit thought of the stellar meteorite. If he had swallowed it, he could have raised his strength another step.

Back then, when he saw that boy take the stellar meteorite away and refine it into his bonded spiritual weapon, his heart had ached so badly.

There was also that broken branch from the Tree of Life. Just seeing it had made him extremely tempted. They were all treasures rarely seen in the world.

“Senior had best restrain yourself a little. If you keep staring at my bag, I really will cry.”

Yu Yu took out a piece of spiritual ginger. If the mirror spirit still did not restrain himself, he would rub ginger juice on his eyes.

“…”

The mirror spirit’s body stiffened. Now he had been completely and utterly handled by Yu Yu.

Never mind that he was the sect-protecting treasure. Yu Yu was the master’s junior successor. If Master learned that he had bullied a child, even if he had not succeeded in bullying him, Master would still have a way to punish him from the Immortal Realm.

“I know.”

The mirror spirit said it in a huff. He had roamed freely across the Taizhen Immortal Sect for ten thousand years, and today, he had been completely controlled by a tiny little thing. The key was that he could not even get angry. The boy opposite him knew how to fake-cry.

Who did not know now that this boy was the Taizhen Immortal Sect’s group favorite? His master, Qingyang, was the previous generation’s group favorite, and he was this generation’s group favorite. He had even affected the next generation.

Three generations doted on him alone. It could be said that in the Taizhen Immortal Sect, Yu Yu got whatever wind or rain he wanted. If anyone dared bully him, Yu Yu would directly call for help.

It did not matter if I cannot beat you. My senior brothers, senior sisters, master, and martial uncles can beat you.

One had to admit, although this move looked somewhat shameless, it was truly very useful.

In terms of strength, the mirror spirit was not afraid of Qingsheng and the others. But he was also afraid that Qingsheng and the others would call for help.

If they truly angered Qingsheng and the others, and they directly contacted the upper-realm sect, then even if he was the mirror spirit, he would have to drink a pot of penalty wine.

“Then I also hope there won’t be a next time when it comes to monitoring.”

What observation? It was just monitoring described in a nicer way.

He could choose not to fuss over what happened before. But now that he knew, if the mirror spirit still dared do this, then he could not blame Yu Yu for being impolite.

The Xuanzhen Mirror was not an irreplaceable existence. It should not be difficult to have the Patriarch change it for another one.

It was only that in the past, the Taizhen Immortal Sect had never bothered to quibble with the Xuanzhen Mirror. They felt some of his willfulness was nothing more than a small matter. In any case, he only woke once every ten years, so there was no need to take it seriously.

Now that they knew the Xuanzhen Mirror had concealed such an important matter as the immortal stones and even began monitoring Yu Yu, even with Qingsheng’s good temper, he would punish this dishonest mirror spirit if he found out.

“Got it. Do you think I’m very idle? If I hadn’t been curious about your identity, I wouldn’t have done this.”

The mirror spirit lowered his head. In the past, after he finished working, he would directly fall asleep. This time, he had stayed outside without sleeping for several years because he was curious about Yu Yu, this person who had transmigrated here from another world.

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