TEMBMBIWB Chapter 40
by VolareSui Chunsheng whispered, “Master.”
The White Deer Immortal’s spiritual power soothed him, smoothing over the wounds on his body.
In the instant the youth was sent flying, the Tansue Sword unleashed a set of sword techniques, like pear blossoms falling in the rain, countless frost pillars like swords, all firing at once, nailing Bai Huan to the wall.
Before Tan Zhui could even make a move, the battered and bruised creature was already sucked into the spirit bag that had fallen to the ground.
The bulging spirit bag jumped a few times on the ground before falling still.
Everything was within the youth’s control.
Tan Zhui realized this, and couldn’t help but feel relieved, it seemed he had been too anxious.
Sui Chunsheng was overjoyed to see his master, he subconsciously grabbed his master’s sleeve, wanting to whine about how much he was hurt.
But then he suddenly thought of something, and the youth ultimately held back.
Tan Zhui noticed the injuries on his body, lowered his head to look at the youth’s somewhat bloody chest. The other wounds had already been soothed by the White Deer Immortal’s spiritual power, but the palm print on his chest still showed no signs of healing.
The White Deer Immortal’s expression softened, he used a cleansing technique to wash away the blood from the youth’s chest, and reached out to stroke the youth’s chest.
Spiritual power flowed from his fingertips to soothe the gruesome wound.
His master’s hand seemed to touch him, and yet it was as if it was separated by spiritual power.
This vague sensation caused the youth to shiver.
The two were very close, the youth’s body almost completely encompassing the White Deer Immortal in an embrace, the youth was half-kneeling on the ground, looking down.
Tan Zhui bit his lip slightly, he only had thirty to forty percent of his cultivation left, and using his spiritual power to soothe the wounds at the moment was actually a bit reckless.
He felt a kind of silent depletion.
The White Deer Immortal was completely unaware of how alluring he appeared to the youth at this moment.
Sui Chunsheng only had to lean in slightly to place a kiss on the White Deer Immortal’s forehead, and with a slight bow, he could take a bite of his ear.
It wasn’t until Tan Zhui felt the youth’s warm breath that he came back to his senses.
The youth’s burning gaze was fixed on him, as if wanting to see right through him.
He also didn’t know that what the youth was lamenting in his heart at this moment was that being injured gave him a reason to be so intimate with his master.
The two walked out of the cave together, Yue Shanglan had been waiting outside for a long time, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the two of them.
The demon princess had already arrived with the demon elders and soldiers, and had searched the entire habitat, but had not found any other remaining Xiu Luo remnants. In other words, only Bai Huan had been affected.
Coincidentally, the Little Hibiscus Immortal had entered Bai Huan’s cave.
After listening to the demon elder’s report, Tan Zhui returned to the fox cave’s small courtyard to concentrate on treating and bandaging his beloved disciple.
Someone, with a smile on their face, slowly climbed up to the window of the courtyard, wanting to observe secretly.
The White Deer Immortal was very perceptive, and noticed the hidden gaze, which seemed to be fixed on his beloved disciple.
He secretly raised an eyebrow, casually picked up a piece of gravel and flicked it out with his finger.
There was a “Ouch!” from outside the window.
It was Yu Xiao Die’s voice, she had been hit by the gravel and was about to fall.
Tan Zhui immediately reacted, and flew out to grab her arm.
Through the sleeves, Yu Xiao Die felt the warmth of the White Deer Immortal’s palm.
Her cheeks flushed, and she looked at the aloof immortal in front of her, hurriedly lowering her eyes.
Tan Zhui let go of her hand after she steadied herself.
He nodded slightly, “Sorry, I didn’t know it was the Eighth Princess.”
He wasn’t lying, he had just thought it was some unruly demon servant, he didn’t expect it to be Yu Xiao Die.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have flicked the gravel.
Yu Xiao Die already had a large bump on her forehead.
The White Deer Immortal took out a bottle of medicine and handed it to her, “Princess, you should apply the medicine as soon as possible.”
Yu Xiao Die then came back to her senses, the pain also followed, she winced and gasped, looking up to meet the youth’s resentful gaze inside the room.
Yu Xiao Die immediately shivered and hurriedly said, “Sorry for disturbing the High God! High God, please continue! I’ll leave first!!!”
Before she had finished speaking, she had already disappeared.
Tan Zhui was stunned for a moment, until he heard the youth inside the house softly gasp.
It was then he remembered that the hibiscus’s wounds had not been bandaged properly.
The White Deer Immortal quickly walked back, finishing the bandaging of the final wound.
Not far away, the demon princess who was watching through a thousand-mile eye clicked her tongue twice, “You have no humanity, Little Immortal, your methods are comparable to that of a high-level tea master. That pure and bright immortal, you’re gonna be the end of him.”
After a short rest, they dared not delay, and returned to the Nine Heavens.
This incident made everyone nervous, after all, this demon realm experience was within the joint jurisdiction of the Nine Heavens and the demon realm, and the aura of the Xiu Luo clan had appeared again, which was not a good thing.
In the last secret realm trial, many disciples from various families were killed, but this time, only the Little Hibiscus Immortal had suffered an unexpected misfortune and been injured.
Everyone suspected that the Xiu Luo clan was targeting Sui Chunsheng.
After all, the Little Hibiscus Immortal still had a Xiu Luo Demon Soul within him.
The White Deer Immortal pondered for a moment, and could see from everyone’s expressions what they were all worried about.
Tan Zhui opened his mouth, “These things, including the last secret realm trial. They are all related to the Nine Heavens, including all the sect leaders and immortals present.”
As soon as he said this, there was an uproar below.
But no one dared to refute him, after all, these two experiences were handled by them together, and this time, they had paid even more attention and guarded against it, just to avoid the same thing from happening again, but the result was still unavoidable.
This was enough to prove that among these people, there was a traitor who had colluded with the Xiu Luo remnants.
Elder Zhou You of the Heavenly Medicine Sect was the first to respond, “The High God is right, this matter is indeed full of doubts, and we all are related.”
“This matter is not just aimed at the Little Immortal, if the Xiu Luo remnants are given the opportunity to make a comeback, it will be a disaster that will affect the entire Nine Heavens, and even the entire three realms.”
Speaking, Elder Zhou You said solemnly, “I suggest that the major sects investigate each other.”
The Hundred Phoenix Sect also followed, “Right now, we do indeed need to conduct a self-investigation.”
Kunlun Void also agreed.
Some sects remained silent, but most of the sects followed suit.
Tan Zhui looked towards the Heavenly Lord beside him, his voice was calm, “Does the Heavenly Lord have any objections?”
Heavenly Lord Qing Sheng frowned and said, “Investigate, all of you must investigate thoroughly. If there is anyone found to be colluding with the Xiu Luo remnants, they will be killed without mercy!”
As his voice fell, everyone’s expressions were aghast.
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Fangcun Mountain.
It had been a relatively peaceful time.
The Xiu Luo Demon Soul in Hibiscus’s body had not stirred during this period.
The White Deer Immortal had been devoted to cultivation recently, and had already secluded himself twice in just a few months, fortunately, his progress had been rapid.
Perseverance was also Tan Zhui’s talent.
Perhaps it was his innate understanding.
Sui Chunsheng still had to go to the Heavenly Medicine Sect often during this time, and sometimes went down the mountain to travel with Yong Lan and Si Feng.
In order to train the youth’s mind, the White Deer Immortal had also relaxed his restrictions on the youth a lot, things that were not allowed before could now be done.
It seemed that even if the Little Hibiscus Immortal went down to the mortal world with Yong Lan to visit brothels, experience what it was like to have beauties by his side, and see what a courtesan looked like, he, the White Deer Immortal, would not interfere too much.
These immortals sometimes also had desires.
There were plenty of frivolous and pleasure-loving disciples.
The White Deer Immortal often comforted himself like this.
But not only did his disciple not turn bad, but he often pulled Yong Lan, who wanted to go down to the mortal realm for drinks, and Si Feng, who was obsessed with sword practice, to help the cultivators in the middle and lower realms to slay demons and eliminate the demonic aura.
He was pure and upright, and did what was right.
In just a few months, the reputation of the Little Hibiscus Immortal had already spread throughout the three realms, and it could be considered that he had brought honor to Fangcun Mountain.
However, Tan Zhui noticed that his beloved disciple had been injured frequently in recent days.
But fortunately, none of the injuries were serious, mostly just superficial wounds.
But he still felt that his beloved disciple was meticulous, and he should not have returned with injuries every time.
Moreover, everyone said that the Little Hibiscus Immortal was outstanding in appearance and superb in swordsmanship.
The demons and monsters in the lower and middle realms were not a threat at all, so why was he injured repeatedly?
Tan Zhui pondered for a moment, and couldn’t help but begin to suspect that the Xiu Luo Demon Soul had damaged his mind when it had acted up last time.
Why was he becoming more and more clumsy?
Until once again, Sui Chunsheng returned to Fangcun Mountain with a body full of injuries.
Tan Zhui was both surprised and also treating his beloved disciple’s injuries.
He sized up the youth’s expression, and tentatively opened his mouth, “Why are you injured this time?”
Sui Chunsheng was a bit helpless, because he was indeed doing it on purpose.
Especially now that he had experienced it so many times, he had already used up all the possible excuses, he had even said the phrase “I was not careful” more than a dozen times.
The excuses he was using now were becoming more and more unreliable, such as sand getting in his eyes, or being stepped on by Yong Lan, causing him to lose focus.
Seeing him frown in thought for a long time, and he still couldn’t come up with an excuse.
Tan Zhui couldn’t help but sigh, and his strength under his hands also increased a bit.
He didn’t know if it was because his master was looking at his disciple with an attitude of ‘this is a lost cause’, that the youth immediately sucked in a breath.
Tan Zhui raised his eyes to look at him, “Why do you do it on purpose? Is the healing medicine that I refine like rain?”
Sui Chunsheng knew that he had been seen through, and was a little ashamed.
But he still whispered in grievance, “I just want to find an excuse for Master to care for me.”
Tan Zhui actually knew this, but hearing the youth say it himself, his heart still trembled, and his ears began to burn.
His throat moved, and the words of scolding rolled on his tongue, “It is Master’s fault.”
Sui Chunsheng immediately said, “It’s not Master’s fault, it’s that your disciple is getting greedy, taking a mile for every inch given…”
Tan Zhui sighed again, “In any case, harming your own body is the most foolish thing to do, do you understand?”
Sui Chunsheng’s eyes turned red with grievance, but tears didn’t fall, they were contained in his eyes.
But it was precisely this way that made his round almond eyes look pitiful, causing people to feel soft-hearted without realizing it.
Especially the White Deer Immortal, who was the most vulnerable to this.
Tan Zhui couldn’t bear it, and said softly, “If you want Master to accompany you in the future, you can just say it. Master… will care more in the future.”
The two’s gazes met, and the atmosphere around them gradually changed.
The candle beside them crackled.
It was like the sound of a wet surface being stuck to and then torn away.
Just then, a bird call interrupted the two of them.
Tan Zhui came back to his senses, realizing the feelings from just now, and hurriedly turned to look outside the window.
He saw a fiery red bird landing on the windowsill, chirping at the two of them and shaking its wings.
Tan Zhui looked at the unfamiliar bird, “This is…”
Sui Chunsheng was the first to recognize the bird, and muttered in confusion, “Isn’t this the Eighth Princess’ messenger bird… why is it here at the Waterside Residence?”
Tan Zhui’s eyelashes trembled slightly, judging from the youth’s appearance, this wasn’t the first time they had been sending messages to each other, but he was completely unaware of it.
His heart sank.
The youth took off the letter attached to the bird’s chest, casually took out a piece of pastry for it, and the bird happily picked up the pastry and flew away.
Sui Chunsheng hurriedly opened it and glanced at it, immediately his face flushed red.
He knew that Yu Xiao Die was up to no good!
The picture above showed two figures intertwined, he only glanced at it once, and he knew that it was himself and his master.
The youth immediately felt embarrassed and ashamed, and hurriedly stuffed it into his chest.
He stole a glance at Tan Zhui, and after confirming that he hadn’t noticed, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Tan Zhui lowered his eyes, noticing that after looking at the letter, the youth’s face had turned red, and he was secretly looking at him.
It looked like a child who was secretly sending letters with their beloved girl, and afraid of getting caught by their elders.
Tan Zhui picked up the teacup beside him, wanting to use the slightly cool tea to soothe the inexplicable sour feeling in his heart.
Who knew that the candle flame would burn the back of his hand.
In a daze, the sensation of pain brought him back to his senses, and he whispered in pain.
The youth immediately came up to him, holding the White Deer Immortal’s burnt red hand, “Master!”
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