TEMBMBIWB Chapter 22
by VolareSui Chunsheng moved closer, pulling out the Cheng Huang: “Do you remember the way? Which way should we go?”
The Cheng Huang chirped twice and shook its head.
Sui Chunsheng: “Can’t count on it.”
Tan Zhui chuckled, closed his eyes, and used his divine sense to observe the aura.
His mind flashed through every plant and flower in the dense forest. Finally, the White Deer Immortal frowned slightly and slowly opened his eyes.
Sui Chunsheng: “Master, is there anything unusual?”
Tan Zhui looked at the little hibiscus, his brow relaxed: “For the time being, we can’t get out.”
Sui Chunsheng was surprised: “Master, what does that mean?”
Tan Zhui glanced at the Cheng Huang beast and said, “This golden light flowing barrier is different from the previous entry barriers. It’s not something you can just enter at will. There are thousands of dense forests within the barrier. Even if you deviate by an inch, you will enter another dense forest, and these dense forests are not connected. You can only find a way out and enter again.”
Sui Chunsheng pondered for a moment, grabbing the Cheng Huang’s horn: “Where’s the exit? Has the paste in your head dried yet?”
The Cheng Huang looked wronged and grunted twice.
Tan Zhui: “Ah Sheng, don’t bully it. Let’s look for it together.”
Sui Chunsheng pinched the Cheng Huang’s horn and let it go.
The Cheng Huang hopped twice, followed behind the White Deer Immortal, and did not forget to secretly stick its tongue out at the young man beside it, making a series of noises.
Tan Zhui had just observed the aura and found that the trees in this dense forest were dense. There was only a clearing next to the Black Water Abyss in the south, and the forest had no visible boundaries.
They could try to fly out of this ten-thousand-foot-deep mountain gully by sword.
Sui Chunsheng: “Master, I’ll try first.”
Tan Zhui nodded, “There are unpredictable mechanisms in the treasure guarding dense forest, be careful.”
Sui Chunsheng chuckled in response, drawing his Tansue Sword and flying up.
The young man stood alone on the frost sword, soaring through the clouds.
But in less than half a moment, the figure fell from the sky.
The Tansue Sword’s blade was unstable, shaking violently. The young man flipped over and landed, subconsciously grabbing the hilt of the Tansue Sword, involuntarily shouting.
Tan Zhui looked over at the sound, his eyes trembling: “Little Hibiscus!”
The young man gripped the wildly fluttering sword hilt tightly, forcing a smile: “Master, I’m fine! The smoke above this dense forest is strange, affecting the Tansue Sword, it will be fine soon!”
Tan Zhui used a sword finger to cast a stabilizing spell, a spiritual light landed on the Tansue Sword.
The Tansue Sword suddenly trembled, instantly losing all power and falling straight down.
Tan Zhui was shocked, flying forward.
The young man fell out of control, involuntarily exclaiming, instinctively grabbing haphazardly. As he fell, he caught sight of a white figure, and shouted: “Master!”
The next second, his entire body uncontrollably slammed into the White Deer Immortal, and the two of them tumbled down together.
The Cheng Huang rushed forward, the two intertwined figures rolled down, and were finally caught by the Cheng Huang’s hem, which prevented them from falling into the Black Water Abyss.
Sui Chunsheng was completely pressed down on the White Deer Immortal, instinctively wanting to prop himself up, but a sharp pain caused him to fall back onto Tan Zhui.
Tan Zhui couldn’t help but grunt, their noses brushed against each other.
“Ah Sheng, you’re injured.”
Sui Chunsheng grimaced in pain, scrambling to get up.
“Master, I’m sorry, your disciple didn’t mean to overstep.”
Tan Zhui sat up and shook his head, “It’s fine, let me see your hand.”
When they first entered the dense forest, Sui Chunsheng had bumped his shoulder. He had then hung on the Tansue Sword and then rolled down here.
Finally, he was snagged by branches several times.
No matter how good his physique was, he couldn’t withstand it, and he directly sprained it.
Tan Zhui carefully examined the young man’s arm. The young man gritted his teeth to endure the pain, but still couldn’t help but groan.
Tan Zhui: “Ah Sheng, it’s dislocated, you have to bear with it.”
Sui Chunsheng frowned tightly: “Master, is my arm broken?”
The next second, Tan Zhui suddenly exerted force, and a crisp sound came from his arm.
Sui Chunsheng didn’t even have time to cry out in pain; his arm was already restored.
Tan Zhui: “Don’t talk nonsense, I can fix it even if it’s broken.”
Sui Chunsheng realized what had happened, his eyes slightly lowered: “Master’s hand is really ruthless, it hurt your disciple to death.”
Tan Zhui wiped the mud off his face gently, and said softly: “I’m sorry, I’ll be gentler next time.”
Sui Chunsheng grabbed his sleeve, “Your disciple doesn’t want Master to apologize, Master should just dote on me more in the future.”
Tan Zhui couldn’t help but reach out and tap his forehead: “You, am I not doting on you enough?”
Sui Chunsheng helped him up, “No matter how much of Master’s love your disciple receives, it’s never enough.”
Tan Zhui: “Slick tongue.”
Sui Chunsheng looked around and took off his cloak, wrapping it around Tan Zhui.
“Master, I just tried to explore, and we can’t get out of the dense forest above. If we forcibly break through the smoke, I don’t know which forest we’ll fall into.”
He took out his handkerchief and wiped his master’s hands, removing the mud from the man’s pale knuckles.
“Master, do you think this Eighth Princess did this on purpose?”
Tan Zhui chuckled and shook his head: “The mechanisms of this treasure guarding dense forest are all from that relic beast. It has nothing to do with her. She is also hoping that we can break through this treasure guarding dense forest.”
Sui Chunsheng: “We can’t get out for now, and there are no demons or monsters around, so it’s relatively safe.”
Tan Zhui nodded: “It’s getting late, let’s rest here first.”
Sui Chunsheng was just about to respond when his face fell, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Tan Zhui’s eyes trembled, and he rushed forward: “Hibiscus! What’s wrong with you?”
The young man was also shocked, tightly grabbing the White Deer Immortal’s sleeve.
Tan Zhui used his spiritual power to examine the young man’s meridians, his expression becoming more serious.
“The Xiu Luo aura is not abnormal, but a burst of poison meridians has emerged.” Tan Zhui said in a low voice, and then said: “When did you…”
Before he could finish his words, Tan Zhui felt a dull pain in his chest, and a hint of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Sui Chunsheng was shocked: “Master?!”
Tan Zhui understood in his heart: “It’s the fog from the clouds just now.”
“It’s fine, it’s just a poison that suppresses cultivation, it’s not too severe.”
The White Deer Immortal squinted his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice: “But if that’s the case, this dense forest is probably not that safe. Since the prey’s limbs have been bound, the hunter should also be ready.”
Sui Chunsheng used his sleeve to wipe the blood from the corner of Tan Zhui’s mouth, “Master, it’s your disciple’s fault, it must have been the smoke attached to me that disturbed Master.”
Tan Zhui: “What nonsense.”
“That thing, even if you don’t actively provoke it, as long as there’s a rain or a gust of wind, it will gradually invade the body. As long as we are in this dense forest, we won’t be able to resist it.”
Tan Zhui looked sideways at the young man’s expression, his vision blurred, he couldn’t see clearly.
He reached out and touched the young man’s hair, “Ah Sheng, don’t worry, we’ll take it one step at a time.”
“With Master here, I won’t let anything happen to you.”
Sui Chunsheng: “As long as Master is here, it doesn’t matter if I die right now.”
Tan Zhui couldn’t help but pinch his face, and said sternly: “Don’t say such things in the future.”
Sui Chunsheng smiled brightly, and hurriedly said: “Okay, Master, don’t be angry, your disciple won’t say it again in the future.”
“Master, the sky is getting darker, and it’s getting colder around us. Master is afraid of the cold, your disciple will go chop down some trees to build a small house to settle down.”
Tan Zhui smiled slightly, looked sideways, “There is a dilapidated house in front, it will be good after a little repair.”
Sui Chunsheng: “Okay, I’ll listen to Master.”
The young man moved quickly. Although his cultivation was limited at the moment, he could still use a cleansing technique to clean up a bit and repair the broken windows and roof.
As dusk fell, the small house was already repaired.
Sui Chunsheng quickly ran over to greet Tan Zhui, pulling his sleeve: “Master, it’s ready, I also built a fireplace in the house, the house is already warm.”
Tan Zhui followed the young man into the small house. Although the small house was narrow, it could be considered small but complete.
A desk, two chairs, a small window, and a bed board.
Although the bed board was narrow, the young man had already laid out bedding, making it comfortable.
Sui Chunsheng took out a plate of pastries from his sword’s Qiankun space and poured a cup of warm tea.
“Master, eat some pastries, take a rest for a while.”
Tan Zhui smelled the sweetness, his eyes curved.
“Good Hibiscus.”
Tan Zhui took a light bite of the pastry. It was red bean cake. Although the ingredients were simple, it was fragrant, soft, and sticky, and the taste was very good.
He took one bite and knew it was made by his beloved disciple.
Tan Zhui smiled: “When did Ah Sheng prepare this?”
Sui Chunsheng chuckled, moving closer.
“Your disciple borrowed another family’s kitchen yesterday and made some extra pastries for Master. Thinking that Master would be greedy, I made them.”
Tan Zhui smiled. He had already finished one piece of pastry.
As if by some ghost, the White Deer Immortal blurted out: “The one who knows me best is Hibiscus. If there were no Hibiscus, my life would be so boring…”
Sui Chunsheng’s eyes trembled, and his heart felt as if someone had gently tickled it.
The young man’s cheeks turned visibly red.
“Master, your disciple will always be with Master…”
Sui Chunsheng chuckled softly, his gray-blue eyes lowered, “Hibiscus, don’t say silly things.”
“When you come of age, if you fancy a certain fairy, I will go and ask for her hand on your behalf…”
Before he could finish his words, the young man grabbed Tan Zhui’s wrist.
The force was not light, Tan Zhui’s eyelashes trembled slightly, his gray-blue eyes raised, but he could not see the young man’s expression.
But he seemed to feel the unique Hibiscus fragrance of the young man, invading him, wishing to engulf him entirely.
Tan Zhui trembled deeply, and murmured softly: “Hibiscus…”
Sui Chunsheng regained his senses in a moment, his hand loosened, his voice was a bit muffled: “Master, your disciple doesn’t want a fairy, nor does he want marriage. Master, don’t drive me away.”
Perhaps it was this inexplicable aggression from the young man that caused the words that were rolling on the White Deer Immortal’s tongue to not be spoken.
“Master, it’s getting dark,” Sui Chunsheng said.
Tan Zhui raised his eyes and looked out the window. There was only this one small window in the house. It was already dark outside. Inside the house, only the light from the flames of the fireplace remained, flickering and casting shadows.
The pair of gray-blue eyes became even more dim.
Sui Chunsheng quickly took out a night pearl and placed it on the desk.
Tan Zhui said softly: “It’s getting late, let’s go to sleep first.”
Tan Zhui slowly got up and walked towards the bed.
Sui Chunsheng was stunned, looking at the narrow wooden bed.
Tan Zhui looked at him standing there, “Hibiscus, sleep together.”
The young man opened his mouth, his face surprised: “Master, your disciple shouldn’t overstep.”
Tan Zhui chuckled: “When you were a child, you always clung to me, wanting to sleep on my bed.”
“It’s fine, there’s only this one bed here, I can’t possibly let you sleep on the floor.”
The White Deer Immortal sat on the bed, patting the space beside him.
“Just squeeze in with me.”
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