TEMBMBIWB Chapter 9
by VolareTan Zhui didn’t delay and said directly, “I need to refine a magical artifact recently and would like to borrow a furnace from the fairy.”
Hua Zhi couldn’t help but wonder, “As far as I know, the furnaces on Fangcun Mountain are already top-notch.”
“What I have, how can it compare?”
Tan Zhui chuckled and said, “The magical artifact I’m refining is too sharp. Most of the furnaces on Fangcun Mountain are the same. If I use them, I’m afraid it will harm the user.”
“Therefore, I want to borrow the South Sea Biluo Cauldron from the fairy.”
What the White Deer Immortal said was not false. The materials for refining this magical artifact were all of the divine fire attribute, and their nature was stubborn. Putting them together was already too sharp. Although it did not affect the life-saving characteristics.
When the divine nature was triggered a few thousand years ago, the divine fire that erupted was hard to resist and could be described as a great killer.
But little Hibiscus’s primordial spirit attribute was currently divine wood, and the attributes clashed, which could harm him.
So the best thing to do is to use a corresponding furnace to neutralize it.
The White Deer Immortal indeed had a very good North Mountain Snow Peak Cauldron, but its coldness was too heavy, and he was afraid of suppressing the divine power of the magical artifact itself.
But he had once heard that Fairy Hua Zhi had the South Sea Biluo Cauldron of her mother clan.
The South Sea Biluo Cauldron was gentle in nature and flowed slowly like water, making it the most suitable one for refining this magical artifact at the moment.
Earlier, the White Deer Immortal had considered it. So, when taking out Ao Yin’s double pupils, he had to force himself to kill it, just to take out its heart blood in exchange for the South Sea Biluo Cauldron in Fairy Hua Zhi’s hands.
Hua Zhi, who was immersed in the joy of obtaining a rare treasure, took out the South Sea Biluo Cauldron.
“Since the Divine Lord needs it, take it.”
As expected, Tan Zhui smiled slightly: “Thank you, fairy. I will return it after my seclusion.”
Yue E looked at the Divine Lord’s back and couldn’t help but say: “Immortal, yesterday the Divine Lord was injured just to kill that Ao Yin, right? The Divine Lord specially found this Ao Yin’s heart blood for you…”
Hua Zhi lowered her eyes and looked at the golden jade glazed object in her hand, and whispered, “It was just to exchange for the South Sea Biluo Cauldron. This White Deer Immortal is like this, always unwilling to owe others favors, so he doesn’t hesitate to be injured to obtain the Ao Yin’s heart blood.”
The more he acted like this, the more the White Deer Immortal distanced himself from her in essence, unwilling to have even a tiny bit of debt.
Just like the White Deer Immortal, seemingly approachable, but in fact rejecting people from a distance.
This person’s heart is cold.
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The White Deer Immortal obtained all the materials and the most suitable South Sea Biluo Cauldron as he wished, and immediately headed towards the seclusion place behind the mountain.
He couldn’t wait to make a life-saving magical artifact that belonged to Little Hibiscus.
As a result, he met his beloved disciple on the road.
Tan Zhui’s eyes lit up, and his gray-blue eyes curved into a smile.
“Ah Sheng.”
The young man smiled brightly and handed the bag in his hand to the White Deer Immortal.
“Disciple made some new candies, hoping Master will like them. When Master takes medicine, he can have one. Disciple didn’t make them too sweet, to suit Master’s taste.”
Tan Zhui looked through the opening of the bag and saw the colorful candies, and his heart couldn’t help but jump with joy.
“Well, I like them,” he said softly.
“It’s good you came, otherwise I would have had to look for you.”
Sui Chunsheng was surprised: “Does Master need something from disciple?”
“Does Master need me to help with anything? Or do you want disciple to play chess with you? Or accompany you down the mountain to slay demons and eliminate evil…”
A hint of barely suppressed excitement flashed across the young man’s face.
Tan Zhui gently shook his head and simply said, “Master will be in seclusion for seven days. You just need to guard the mountain gate.”
The smile on the young man’s face stiffened, and he couldn’t help but lower his eyes.
Sui Chunsheng couldn’t help but grab his sleeve and softly said, “Master, you have been so busy these days.”
His eyes twinkled with light, somewhat aggrieved as he asked, “Master, what have you been busy with recently? Can you tell disciple?”
Tan Zhui touched his beloved disciple’s head.
This was a movement that he used to do frequently when Little Hibiscus was young. As Little Hibiscus grew older, he somewhat restrained it.
The young man’s hair was very soft, and it felt very good.
The White Deer Immortal couldn’t help but rub it a few more times and chuckled, “I’ll tell you when I come out of seclusion in seven days.”
“Really?”
“That’s a promise.”
The young man was easily coaxed and immediately smiled, “I’ll wait for Master.”
So, the White Deer Immortal went into seclusion at the back of the mountain, and Sui Chunsheng almost ate, lived, and cultivated in the thatched hut at the back of the mountain.
He refused to leave even half a step.
Yue Shanglan leaned against a mountain wall, drinking while looking at the young man meditating in front of him, and sighed, “Little Chunsheng, you’re going to stay here for seven days?”
Sui Chunsheng didn’t even raise his eyes, completely ignoring him.
Yue Shanglan clicked his tongue: “Your master asked you to guard the mountain gate, but you’re good, all you know is to guard your master.”
“I see, you little brat, you haven’t weaned yet.”
Sui Chunsheng raised his eyes, and coldly said, “Wherever Master is, I will be there.”
Yue Shanglan chuckled a few times, tilted his head back, took a sip of the wine in his hand, and mumbled, “Little kid.”
“When you have a Dao companion in the future, you won’t cling to your master like this anymore – there is a saying among mortals, ‘Once you have a wife, you forget your mother.'”
Sui Chunsheng just thought he was talking nonsense and ignored him completely.
Yue Shanglan had to find some other amusement. The corner of his eye happened to glance at the stone wall beside him, where ten or so runes were carved. They looked like they had been carved recently.
He casually raised his eyes and glanced at the young man, scoffing, “Little Chunsheng, did you carve these?”
The young man glared at him: “Don’t touch them.”
Yue Shanglan raised his hand: “I didn’t touch them, look how precious you are.”
“What did you carve, a puppy?”
The young man said angrily: “It’s a white deer!”
Yue Shanglan blinked, he really couldn’t tell it was a white deer. It looked like all kinds of little puppies, cute but also ugly-cute.
He couldn’t help but chuckle, “You carved your master so ugly, you’re really filial.”
The young man glared at him.
“I miss Master.”
Yue Shanglan thought he had gotten wine in his brain, and it took him a while to react.
“How old are you, still so clingy?”
The young man ignored him.
He had missed his master especially during this period, even though only a few days had passed.
Every time he missed him, he carved a white deer on the mountain wall.
Now, the small mountain wall was already filled with carvings.
Yue Shanglan blinked.
“You think about it eight hundred times a day, what’s in your brain? All of it your master?”
“Yes,” the young man answered promptly.
Yue Shanglan: “.”
He couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled, and went up to put his arm around the young man’s shoulder, raising an eyebrow: “You…”
The young man looked at him, and couldn’t help but feel nervous being stared at like this.
Yue Shanglan hesitated for a moment, and then said, “Do you want to go down the mountain with me to have some fun?”
The young man looked at him, puzzled.
“You’ve been locked up on this Fangcun Mountain by your master for too long, all you see is him and a blockhead… a child should go out and play around.” Yue Shanglan said, suddenly thinking of something, and said excitedly: “Let me tell you, recently, a few courtesans in the mortal realm have become famous, and those mortals are flocking to them every day. It just so happens that today I will take you down to have a look and broaden your horizons!”
“You, who are just master, master, master all day, won’t be able to accomplish anything.”
Sui Chunsheng rolled his eyes at him, “So what?”
“You little kid, do you know what men should be thinking?” Yue Shanglan said.
Sui Chunsheng: “Slaying demons and eliminating evil, breaking through realms, rising to the heavens, treading the path of cultivation…”
Yue Shanglan couldn’t help but flick his forehead with his pinky finger, and said, “Your master is constantly instilling these old-fashioned things in you, forget about them, forget about them.”
Sui Chunsheng wanted to push the person away, but he was clinging on tightly.
“Then what should I be thinking?”
“Of course, it’s about romance! Beautiful women, fine wine, beautiful scenery…” Yue Shanglan chuckled, sizing up the young man in front of him.
“Your master has raised you to be graceful, innocent and naive, just that your brain hasn’t opened up yet.”
“I’ll take you for a walk and I guarantee you’ll understand.”
The young man waved his hand, “No, thank you.”
Yue Shanglan: “Don’t want fine wine?”
Sui Chunsheng: “No.”
Yue Shanglan: “Don’t want to see beautiful scenery?”
Sui Chunsheng: “No.”
Yue Shanglan: “Don’t want to see beautiful women?–”
The young man finally paused for a moment.
Yue Shanglan was overjoyed and leaned closer, “I knew it, no man could resist this…”
“I’ll ask you three questions.” the young man suddenly said.
Yue Shanglan: “Go ahead.”
The young man asked, “Those beautiful women you speak of, or those you have seen, can their figures compare to my master’s?”
Yue Shanglan pondered and said truthfully: “No, they can’t.”
The young man asked the second question: “Can they compare to my master’s skin which is like snow, his slender waist and thin back?”
Yue Shanglan shook his head again, “Can’t compare.”
The young man asked again: “Then are the faces of these beautiful women more beautiful than my master?”
Yue Shanglan thought about it, but couldn’t lie and flatter, so he had to sigh, “Who can compare to the face of this Heavenly Realm Divine Lord…”
Sui Chunsheng waved his hand, “Then I won’t go.”
Yue Shanglan wondered, “Could it be that if you can’t find someone more beautiful than your master in the future, you won’t form a Dao companion?”
Sui Chunsheng: “Yes, that’s right.”
Yue Shanglan was speechless: “Then you can spend the rest of your life alone.”
One late night.
This was the seventh day that the White Deer Immortal had entered the secluded mountain cave.
Sui Chunsheng sat cross-legged on the mountain wall, meditating, but not sleeping.
Tonight, the full moon hung high, and the clouds surrounded it, unwilling to obscure even a little of its light, circling like bird wings.
Suddenly, a clear breeze brought the scent of eaglewood.
A figure in white walked out of the cave, ethereal as he stepped onto the full moon.
The young man immediately opened his eyes and flew over.
“Master!”
Tan Zhui smiled slightly, noticing the food box in the young man’s hands.
He had been trapped inside for seven days without anything good to eat, and seeing the food box, his expression became relaxed.
“Master, let’s go to the pavilion and have something to eat.”
The two sat in the pavilion at the back of the mountain, with the cascading waterfall behind them.
Tan Zhui did not speak while eating, until he had filled his stomach.
He glanced at the mountain wall, noticed the mottled carvings under the moonlight, and swept over it with a clear vision spell.
His gray-blue eyes trembled as he saw the carvings on the mountain wall clearly.
“Did Ah Sheng carve this?” Tan Zhui asked.
Sui Chunsheng’s cheeks flushed red, “Yes. I missed Master these past few days, so I would carve one.”
Tan Zhui studied them for a long time and said, “They are very cute.”
“Ah Sheng, why do you carve puppies on them when you miss master? Do you like puppies very much?”
Sui Chunsheng: “.”
“Master can ask the Shepherd Immortal to bring one over, he often raises some small animals,” Tan Zhui said.
The young man couldn’t help but pout, “Master.”
Tan Zhui: “Hmm?”
The young man: “That’s a white deer.”
Tan Zhui: “?”
The White Deer Immortal then realized, seeing his beloved disciple with a wronged expression, he couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed.
“So it’s a white deer, Ah Sheng carved it so realistically, so white and… very white.”
The young man muttered, “Never mind,” and then said, “Master, you said that after seclusion, you would tell me what you’ve been busy with recently.”
Tan Zhui smiled without saying anything, and took out a box from his Qiankun ring.
It was a small, delicate box made of nanmu and gold silk, and looked like it was used to hold hairpins.
The young man’s face lit up with joy, “This is?”
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