TEMBMBIWB Chapter 21
by VolareYue Shanglan glanced at Tan Zhui, and the White Deer Immortal softly said, “This Shou Liu beast skin, besides suppressing the Xiu Luo Clan, is also warm and beautiful. My disciple likes it very much, so I thought of finding some to make him a close-fitting small armor.”
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiao Die’s eyes lit up, “You are master and disciple?”
Tan Zhui: “Indeed.”
Yu Xiao Die: “Master and disciple are good, master and disciple, younger…it will definitely sell well!”
Tan Zhui: “?”
Yu Xiao Die reacted and quickly said it was nothing.
“That Shou Liu beast skin is indeed in my hands, but it is in my treasure vault. The demon beast guarding my treasure vault has a strange temper, sometimes obedient and sometimes rebellious. I can’t guarantee its mood.”
Yu Xiao Die smiled, “How about this, you let Brother Liu first paint you in a portrait. When the time comes, as long as you can make the gate-guarding beast submit, you can take whatever you want from the treasure vault.”
The demon beast guarding the treasure vault was not simple, it was a relic.
Also known as the pearl-spitting beast.
This demon beast was very well-known in the three realms.
But this relic was an ancient demon beast, having lived for three thousand years.
Its temperament was eccentric and it was very greedy for money.
Letting it guard the treasure vault was because of its iron-fisted nature. Trying to pry anything out of its hands would be as difficult as reaching the heavens.
Yue Shanglan raised his eyes and looked, he could not help but transmit his divine sense to the side, “This Yu Xiao Die, is she asking us to subdue the relic for her? I’m afraid the Demon King thinks she’s indulging in luxury all day, so he sent that relic to guard the gate.”
“If we can subdue the relic, it will be a good thing for her. If we can’t, she also has an excuse. She’s really cunning!”
Tan Zhui raised his eyes slightly, “It doesn’t matter, not a threat.”
The White Deer Immortal slowly reached out his hand, and the young man smoothly grasped his sleeve.
Tan Zhui: “A-Sheng, are you willing to enter the painting with your teacher?”
Sui Chunsheng immediately said, “Of course I’m willing! Apart from the murals in the sect, I’ve never been in the same painting with my master!”
Yu Xiao Die giggled, “Brother Liu! You must paint well this time!”
Liu Family’s Third was so frightened by her smile that his snake tail trembled.
“I understand…”
Saying that, he said to the master and disciple pair, “You two cultivators, just sit down on the side, don’t mind.”
Tan Zhui pulled Sui Chunsheng and slowly sat down on the long chair.
Yu Xiao Die looked at the painting while looking at the master and disciple pair.
“You two get closer, I think there’s still room for one more in the middle.”
“Oh dear, don’t be so stiff, this cultivator, why are you wearing such a stern face…”
“Young man, don’t keep staring at your master, give us a front view…”
“Good, that’s right, just like that.”
Under a series of instructions, the White Deer Immortal and his beloved disciple lightly leaned shoulder to shoulder, their hair tips entangled, and their expressions softened.
Sui Chunsheng couldn’t help but look to the side. The painting session was long, and Tan Zhui was already a bit sleepy, lightly leaning against the armrest of the long chair.
Sui Chunsheng pulled on a corner of his master’s sleeve, the two of them were very close.
After a long time, Liu Family’s Third stretched his back, his snake tail swept across the ground.
Liu San: “It’s done.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Xiao Die immediately leaned over to check.
Tan Zhui didn’t know when he had fallen asleep, he slowly raised his eyes upon hearing the sound.
Sui Chunsheng tugged at Tan Zhui’s sleeve, Tan Zhui became clear-headed, lowered his eyes and patted the back of the young man’s hand.
“It’s so beautiful!” Yu Xiao Die exclaimed, almost drooling.
The master and disciple pair raised their eyes to look. On the pure white sheepskin, two figures leaned on each other. The white-clad young master was like an immortal, his eyes slightly closed, his lips and teeth like jade. The young man gently grasped the white sleeve, his eyes fixed, a pair of almond eyes filled with water, like a ripple of autumn waves, smiling.
Yue Shanglan had drunk several pots of wine on the side, his stomach was round from drinking. He raised his eyes in a daze and couldn’t help but be stunned.
Yue Shanglan: “Little Chunsheng’s gaze…”
“This painter really knows how to set the mood.”
Wugen muttered a few words.
Tan Zhui was stunned for two breaths, and sighed lightly, “It’s well painted, the princess’s painter is truly a master of strokes.”
In this painting, the two did not seem like master and disciple, but there was a different kind of affection.
The White Deer Immortal’s heart inevitably quickened a bit, and the hibiscus fragrance emanating from his side, like the warmth of the young man, lingered on his hair tips.
Yu Xiao Die was very satisfied and threw a bag of spirit stones to Liu San.
Liu San had been coiling on a tree stump for a long time, and was really exhausted. He curled up the spirit stones and slipped away.
Yu Xiao Die: “Since that’s the case, tomorrow morning, I’ll take you to the treasure vault. But let me say this first, that place is quite dangerous, and it’s also guarded by a Short Life Cliff, and there’s a relic guarding the gate. If anything goes wrong, it’s none of my business.”
Yu Xiao Die repeatedly instructed, it seemed that she was also afraid of the treasure vault.
Tan Zhui remained expressionless, “Thank you, Princess.”
Yue Shanglan was drunk, stepped forward and put his arm around Tan Zhui’s shoulder, waved his hand and said, “As the saying goes, the master leads you in, cultivation is up to you. Princess, you just take us there, as for the treasures, it depends on our abilities.”
Tan Zhui disliked the smell of alcohol on him and moved aside.
Sui Chunsheng grabbed Yue Shanglan and pulled him away from the White Deer Immortal.
Wugen stepped forward to help, unceremoniously grabbed the man by the neck and dragged him out.
…
The group made an appointment with Yu Xiao Die to go to the treasure vault to find treasure the next day.
They returned to the fox cave courtyard.
Wugen threw Yue Shanglan onto the grass nest bed, immediately exhausted and sweating profusely.
Through the grass-woven screen, there was a candle in the room, somewhat dim.
Sui Chunsheng looked through the screen and saw the White Deer Immortal leaning by the bed, taking out a golden jade medicine bottle and swallowing two Taoist pills.
The young man showed worry, “Did master’s old ailment act up again?”
Tan Zhui looked to the side, only then noticing that there was only this grass-woven screen separating their beds, as if they were sharing the same bed.
He chuckled softly, “It’s nothing, just an old ailment.”
Sui Chunsheng moved closer, lowering his voice, “Master, let me massage you, to ease your discomfort.”
Tan Zhui lay down on the bed, touched his hair, “No need, I’ve already taken the medicine, it’ll be fine in a moment.”
Sui Chunsheng subconsciously rubbed his head against the White Deer Immortal’s knuckle, the cool touch brushed his cheek, the young man simply grabbed his master’s wrist.
Tan Zhui’s old ailment had flared up, and he was a bit sleepy after taking the Taoist pills.
He only felt the young man clutching his hand, the warmth enveloping him, and he was too lazy to struggle.
He lightly raised his eyes, but finally couldn’t suppress his drowsiness, and sighed softly, “Clingy.”
The young man smiled, getting even closer, and simply said, “Master, sleep.”
Tan Zhui had already closed his eyes, and his breathing had become steady.
Sui Chunsheng gently kneaded Sui Chunsheng’s knuckles, but the White Deer Immortal did not respond.
The young man’s actions became even bolder.
The grass-woven screen concealed these transgressions, only the uneven breathing of several people could be heard.
…
Early the next morning.
The master and disciple pair woke up early, Yue Shanglan was hungover and still in bed, Tan Zhui instructed Wugen a few words and then led Sui Chunsheng to leave.
Tan Zhui had originally planned to go by himself, but who would have thought that Little Hibiscus would wake up even earlier than him, and after Little Hibiscus did a little act of coquetry, the White Deer Immortal was helpless.
The weather had been cool recently, and the morning breeze was a bit biting.
Sui Chunsheng helped Tan Zhui tidy his cloak, and in the distance, the demon princess’s carriage slowly drove over.
Yu Xiao Die was still cheerful, and before the carriage had even stopped, she could not help but jump out of it.
The group followed Yu Xiao Die to the depths of the demon clan’s mountain valley.
The demon clan’s treasure vault was in the deepest part of the demon clan’s dense forest. Only the demon clan’s royalty could open the cave’s secret chamber.
Yu Xiao Die stood above the mountain valley, her fox tail almost not hidden.
“Look, do you see the golden light flowing below? That’s this princess’s treasure vault cave. The terrain in the mountain valley is steep, so it’s not convenient for this princess to accompany you,” Yu Xiao Die said.
“But don’t worry, I’ll have my mount take you down.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she blew a whistle toward the forest behind her.
The whistle sound cut through the sky, startling two small birds on the branches.
A black and yellow demon beast with horns rushed out of the forest. It was not large, but slender, and its personality seemed as cheerful as its master.
Upon seeing the two of them, it did not forget to come forward and sniff their scent.
Sui Chunsheng was tickled by its whiskers and subconsciously pushed it away.
But the Cheng Huang demon beast thought he wanted to reach out and stroke it, so it tilted its head and rubbed against him again.
Yu Xiao Die patted its rear and said, “Da Huang, take these two to the treasure vault, be careful, and don’t get lost again this time.”
The Cheng Huang demon beast chirped twice as a reply.
The master and disciple pair flew up, and as soon as the people landed on its back, it immediately jumped up and rushed down towards the cliff with ten thousand feet drop.
The Cheng Huang was riding the clouds, moving very fast.
The two of them were completely unable to react. Their figures trembled slightly and they almost slipped down.
Yu Xiao Die’s voice sounded from behind them: “Good luck!—”
Sui Chunsheng subconsciously grabbed Tan Zhui’s hand, pulling the man into his arms.
Tan Zhui leaned on the young man’s chest. In the rush of the wind, he seemed to hear the young man’s heartbeat, heavy and forceful.
He was moved by this heartbeat and actually forgot to struggle for a moment.
The two of them were close together, and were taken by the Cheng Huang demon beast into the cliff.
Just as they were about to break through the golden light flowing barrier, suddenly a gust of wind rose from all directions and swept towards them.
Tan Zhui’s eyes darkened and he patted the Cheng Huang’s back.
The Cheng Huang chirped twice, its claws stomped hard on the barrier twice, and was suddenly swept into it by the gust of wind.
Sui Chunsheng quickly hugged Tan Zhui tightly, and felt dizzy, and his vision went black.
The two of them fell into the dense forest along with the Cheng Huang, their bodies bumping, branches scratching, and rocks falling.
The Cheng Huang screamed, falling into the bushes.
Sui Chunsheng was planted into the muddy bushes, tightly holding the person in his arms, his shoulder seemed to have hit a rock, and he could not help but let out a muffled groan.
“Master, are you injured?” The young man’s voice was urgent.
Tan Zhui climbed up from Sui Chunsheng, and said in a deep voice, “It’s nothing, this teacher is fine.”
Hearing the young man gasp in pain, Tan Zhui noticed the rock under the young man.
“Hibiscus, are you hurt?” Tan Zhui quickly pulled the man up and reached out to check.
Sui Chunsheng shook his head, “I just bumped into something, I’m fine.”
The Cheng Huang crawled out of the bushes, its horns tangled with evening glory branches and leaves. It squeaked for a while, its little face was wrinkled, and its ears drooped, looking very aggrieved.
Sui Chunsheng glanced at it, “How can you be as unreliable as your master, you’re still lost.”
The Cheng Huang seemed to understand, it chirped twice, looking very unconvinced.
Tan Zhui looked around. They had indeed landed in a different place, and he did not see any sign of the treasure vault.