Chapter 52 (Part 2)

“Little Junior Brother, come here.”

Lingji beckoned to Yu Yu.

“Eldest Senior Brother? No, no, no. I can’t.”

Yu Yu immediately understood what Lingji meant and hurriedly shook his head.

Eldest Senior Brother wanted him to go over and absorb the spiritual rain so that he could quickly improve his cultivation. After all, everyone in the entire Taizhen Immortal Sect knew Yu Yu had a wish to advance to Nascent Soul and grow into an adult.

Lingji cherished his junior brother and was willing to give half of the spiritual rain to Yu Yu, but Yu Yu could not truly treat himself as an ignorant child and happily accept the spiritual rain Eldest Senior Brother gave up.

“Little Junior Brother, hurry and come. Once you absorb the spiritual rain, you’ll be able to advance to Golden Core.”

Lingji knew his little junior brother’s wish was to grow up. Half of the spiritual rain could save Little Junior Brother a great deal of time. Even if absorbing half less meant Lingji would later need to spend twenty or thirty years stabilizing his realm and cultivation, he still felt it was worth it.

If Little Junior Brother could advance to Nascent Soul one day sooner, he would suffer one day less of hardship.

But Lingji had forgotten that if he could think on Yu Yu’s behalf, what about Yu Yu himself?

Naturally, Yu Yu would also refuse for Lingji’s sake. Even if accepting it could save him a hundred years, he still would not agree.

“Eldest Senior Brother, as long as you absorb the spiritual rain, you can stabilize your cultivation and realm after ten days to half a month of seclusion. Compared to me using it to advance to Golden Core, of course it’s more worthwhile for you to use it to stabilize your cultivation and realm!”

Yu Yu shook his head. Not only did he not step forward, he instead retreated several li. Seeing that the spiritual rain was about to disappear, Lingji could not wait any longer and could only absorb all of the spiritual rain in one breath.

“Master, Martial Uncle, Eldest Senior Brother, forgive Lingji for being rude. Little Junior Brother, wait until your elder brother comes out, and then I’ll speak with you.”

After Lingji absorbed the spiritual rain, he gave Qingyang and the others a salute, then turned and returned to the cave residence that had been struck until only half of it remained. He now needed to stabilize his cultivation and realm.

Before leaving, he also left a message for Yu Yu, telling him to wait until he came out.

“Little Yu’er, you did very well.”

Qingyang came to his little disciple and reached out to stroke his head.

If his little disciple had accepted his eldest disciple’s spiritual rain, he would not have said much, because it was a matter of mutual willingness. But in his heart, he would have been very disappointed in his little disciple. A truly kind person with their own bottom line would not do such a thing.

Fortunately, his little disciple had withstood the test and had not disappointed everyone.

From then on, everyone doted on Yu Yu even more.

Even spiritual rain, something outside cultivators would fight until their heads bled to snatch, could be given up when it was within easy reach. What else could move him enough to make him disregard affection and betray everyone?

“Master, in this world, I don’t have relatives or friends. Master, my senior brothers and senior sisters, and my martial uncles are my relatives and friends.”

Yu Yu lifted his head and said with a smile.

Spiritual rain was certainly precious, but relatives and friends were priceless treasures.

“Taking you in was the luckiest thing in this master’s life. Eldest Senior Brother, look how good my luck is! I merely went out for a stroll and received such a good disciple.”

Qingyang picked up his little disciple and spoke smugly to his eldest senior brother.

“Will you die if you go one day without showing off?”

Qingsheng was very angry. Looking at his junior brother’s smug appearance, he regretted not swinging his hoe faster back then.

To prevent his master from getting beaten up by a martial uncle who was about to lose control, Yu Yu hurriedly changed the topic so that a bloody incident would not occur in a moment.

“Master, Eldest Senior Brother will probably need another half month before he comes out. Let’s go help him choose a place to build a new cave residence!”

Yu Yu’s suggestion received everyone’s unanimous approval. If Lingji had not needed to go into seclusion to absorb the spiritual rain and stabilize his cultivation and realm, he would not have returned once again to that cave residence that had been struck until half of it collapsed.

When choosing the new cave residence, Qingyang considered that he would ascend in at most a hundred years, and Shengyang Hall would belong to his eldest disciple in the future. Therefore, this cave residence only needed to be as large as Lingji’s original one. In addition, Lingji and his little disciple had an excellent relationship, so in the end, he chose a place not far from Yu Yu’s Bamboo Courtyard to build the new cave residence.

The main reason was still that he wanted his eldest disciple to look after his little disciple more often. His little disciple’s Bamboo Courtyard was far from everyone else, up on the mountaintop.

Logically speaking, this bit of distance was nothing to cultivators, but it could not withstand an elderly master’s love of worrying!

His little disciple was young and kindhearted, so Qingyang was always afraid he would be bullied.

In reality, the disciples who had been thoroughly tricked by their Little Martial Uncle hugged their empty storage pouches and wept bitterly.

Who was bullying whom here? Senior Granduncle, you can’t speak against your conscience just because Little Martial Uncle is your disciple!

Qingyang did not care. He only knew his own little disciple could not be bullied by others. Otherwise, he would personally come knocking and beat them back.

Those words were a little excessive. Who in the entire Taizhen Immortal Sect would dare bully Yu Yu? Who did not know he was the entire sect’s darling?

The previous generation’s sect darling had been his master. Who had the ability to provoke two generations of sect darlings in a row? Did they not want to stay in the sect anymore, or were they hoping to reincarnate early and get a better rebirth?

After choosing the location, Qingyang directly summoned the Golden Sun Sword and worked away at the mountain itself. Then, with one sweep of his wide Dao robe sleeves, a cave immediately appeared. Inside, there were three bedrooms and two halls, a full seven or eight hundred square meters in size.

“Master, when can this disciple learn the Universe Within the Sleeve?”

When Yu Yu saw his master’s move, the Universe Within the Sleeve, his eyes lit up.

This move could be considered an ability that combined offense and defense into one. It could hold people, it could hold objects, and more importantly, it could also kill people.

Qingyang was very average at other spells. He had barely mastered more than a few of them. Only this Universe Within the Sleeve had been practiced with real care, because this divine ability had many uses and could be used to trick people when necessary.

Ahem. As expected of master and disciple. No wonder people often said that those who were not of the same family would not enter the same household.

When it came to tricking people, master and disciple thought almost exactly alike.

If you could save a little effort, why insist on taking things head-on?

Master and disciple both expressed confusion over this. Could it be that you had to bow and exchange greetings before a fight? As long as you could kill the other party, who cared what method you used? If it worked, it was fine.

“You can’t learn this unless you’re a Daoist Lord. Little Junior Brother, you still have a long way to go!”

The one who answered him was Lingbao. He had been coveting this move for a long time too, but just like Yu Yu, his realm was not high enough, so he could not cultivate it at all.

Damn. It actually required the Tribulation stage before it could be cultivated. This Universe Within the Sleeve divine ability was kind of amazing!

Unfortunately, he could not learn it. Yu Yu regretfully turned his head away and stopped thinking about it, lest the more he thought about it, the worse he would feel.

“Little Junior Brother, don’t be discouraged. With your current cultivation speed, I believe you’ll become a Daoist Lord in a few hundred years. Then you’ll be able to learn it.”

Lingbao really knew how to poke at someone’s sore spot. Yu Yu was so angry that he grabbed his hand and bit down.

“Stinky Senior Brother, if you don’t know how to talk, then don’t talk.”

He only knew how to provoke him. The moment Yu Yu thought about having to be a child for another one or two hundred years, he could not even eat.

It was all the vermilion fruit’s fault. It was also his own fault for being dizzy with hunger. Why had he gone and eaten the vermilion fruit?

The fruit was a good fruit. The problem was that he had eaten it at the wrong time, causing him to be unable to grow up and leaving him stuck in a child’s body.

Being a child was truly inconvenient. Just like now, his master could scoop him up in one move and hold him in his arms, while Yu Yu had no way to resist.

“All right, all right, Senior Brother said the wrong thing. How about I apologize to Little Junior Brother?”

Lingbao smiled good-naturedly as he spoke. The hand that had been bitten did not hurt at all. First, Little Junior Brother had not used any force. Second, he was a Soul Transformation Zhenjun. Little Junior Brother’s few baby teeth could not even break through his defense.

“Hmph. That’s more like it.”

Fortunately, Yu Yu did not know what Lingbao was thinking. Otherwise, he would not have haughtily accepted his apology. He would have pounced over and bitten him a few more times.

What did he mean, his baby teeth could not break through his defense?

This senior brother could not be kept anymore. Give him away!

Lingji had passed his tribulation, and they had already helped him dig out his cave residence. Everyone had nothing left to do, so Qingsheng and Lingbao said their goodbyes one after another and returned to the main peak.

Before leaving, they did not forget to pinch Yu Yu’s fair, tender, fragrant, and soft little face, making him so angry he wanted to bite people again.

“Hahahaha!”

They left laughing loudly, leaving Qingyang behind to soothe the furious Yu Yu.

“All right, all right. Don’t be angry. Next time, Master will help you beat them up.”

Qingyang patted his disciple’s back and comforted him.

“…”

Yu Yu gave him a sideways glance. Those words sounded fake the moment he heard them.

“Ahem. Fine. Those were just words this master used to comfort you.”

Qingyang could not keep pretending. His little disciple was not truly a five-year-old child, and he could not fool him.

“…”

Damn. Had every single one of them agreed on this today? Why did they all want to trick him?

“Master, I’m going back.”

Yu Yu struggled out of Qingyang’s arms, jumped down, and ran back to the peach grove to play with Yuanyuan and the Azure Spirit Bird.

“Yuanyuan, Biling!”

Qingyang looked at his suddenly empty embrace and gave a soft laugh.

“Heh.”

“Ying!”

“Chirp!”

Every time Yu Yu called out, Yuanyuan and the Azure Spirit Bird answered. One bear and one bird even ran or flew toward Yu Yu’s direction.

“Hehe, did you two see just now? My Eldest Senior Brother became a Tribulation-stage Daoist Lord. Isn’t he amazing?”

Yu Yu hugged the bear and the bird close and began praising Lingji.

That was his Eldest Senior Brother. He was incredible!

“Ying, ying!”

Nanny-Dad’s Eldest Senior Brother is so amazing! Yuanyuan thought about how it had been brought back by Lingji and the others, and its heart was full of gratitude toward them. Otherwise, it would never have been able to live its current life of eating and sleeping, then sleeping and eating.

“Chirp!”

Eldest Senior Brother is great, but Master isn’t bad either!

The Azure Spirit Bird had never met Lingji. The tribulation lightning just now had scared it and Yuanyuan so badly that they had hidden inside a tree hollow and had not dared to come out. It was rare for the bear and bird to get along peacefully.

However, it still knew how powerful a Tribulation-stage Daoist Lord was. Now its master not only had a powerful master, he also had another powerful senior brother. Just who could be more formidable than their master?

“Thank you.”

After hearing the bear and the bird praise Lingji and him, Yu Yu’s mood quickly improved, and he put them down.

“Come on. Let’s go cultivate.”

Yu Yu still had not forgotten his cultivation. Earlier, he had been interrupted by Lingji’s tribulation lightning. Now he would make it up.

“Ying.”

“Chirp.”

The bear and bird followed behind him to the place where Yu Yu usually cultivated, each lying down on one side. Borrowing the spiritual energy gathered by Yu Yu’s cultivation, they cultivated along with him.

Their master was already working this hard, so naturally, they could not slack off either.

Active cultivation and cultivation that relied only on absorbing spiritual energy while sleeping naturally had different results. They hoped they could grow up sooner and help their master do more things.

Jingxin was in the Bamboo Courtyard processing the harvested spiritual herbs, then brewing them into medicinal juice himself and drinking it.

This was how he had been getting through these days: picking spiritual herbs, decocting the medicine, and drinking medicine. Three steps.

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