Extra 6 (Beware of the lightning substitute)
Xu Nanjia is the first disciple of Gu Chen, who is respected by all the immortals. For a long time, he has also been Gu Chen's only disciple.
Until one day, he discovered that his master had brought back a mysterious "mortal"...
“Your Majesty, have you not come out of retreat yet?” The sect’s third elder frowned and paced in front of the Wuchen Palace.
Xu Nanjia said, "No." Forty-nine days ago, the master brought back this unconscious mortal and went into seclusion in the Wuchen Palace. He has not come out yet.
The third elder said anxiously: "But the Demon Realm has been experiencing strange phenomena for the past two months, and Your Excellency has not come out of seclusion..." Speaking of which, Your Excellency went to the Demon Realm forty-nine days ago to investigate the cause of the strange phenomena and discovered this mortal.
Just as he was saying this, the gate of the Wuchen Palace finally opened, and an immortal who was as cold and pure as the moon and untainted by dust stepped out of the palace, accompanied by a tall and extraordinary mortal.
The Third Elder was eager to report the unusual movements in the demon world to Gu Chen. However, when he saw the face of this mortal clearly, he gasped in shock and could not even utter a word for a while: "You, you..."
But Gu Chen interrupted him and said calmly: "From now on, Qin Li is my disciple."
"Congratulations, Master, on having a great disciple!" Xu Nanjia scratched his head. He felt like a loser, and his Master taking in another disciple wasn't a big deal to him, but he didn't know why the Third Elder had such an expression?
This mortal was also very humble and polite. He bowed to the Third Elder and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Greetings, Third Elder, and Greetings, Senior Brother."
The third elder subconsciously stepped aside.
Xu Nanjia returned the greeting, "Junior Brother Qin, you're welcome."
But he only saw the master glance at the new disciple and said, "Ali, except for me, no one in the sect needs to bow."
Xu Nanjia instantly felt the difference in how his master treated this disciple. After all, as his master's disciple, there were few people in the entire sect who had a higher seniority than him. However, he was polite to the sect master and elders, and his master did not stop him from performing the salutes.
Hearing Gu Chen call this mortal disciple "A Li", the Third Elder's expression became more complicated, but he still bowed and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty." He looked at Qin Li, as if this mortal was still completely unaware of everything.
Gu Chen said: "I already know everything about the demon world, you don't have to worry."
The third elder nodded: "Yes."
Xu Nanjia hurriedly said, "Master, I have some doubts these days..."
"Just ask the Third Elder." Gu Chen said, and took Qin Li back to the hall, "Retreat."
Xu Nanjia continued to scratch his head and looked at the Third Elder: "Third Elder, what on earth is this..."
The third elder turned and walked down the mountain: "Nanjia, this is not something you can know."
Xu Nanjia: “…”
In the days that followed, Xu Nanjia felt even more strange. Although his master had been kind enough to accept him as a useless disciple, in essence he was a very distant person, cold and difficult to approach.
But since he accepted Qin Li, he kept him in the side hall of Wuchen Palace every day, personally took care of him, "taught" him hand in hand, and spent countless rare treasures on him.
Although Qin Li was indeed very talented, and under the guidance of his master, he quickly got rid of his mortal body and made continuous progress, the elders' expressions would change drastically when they saw him, but this would not happen to other disciples.
He even opened the private vault of the Immortal Chongxiao and gave Qin Li many high-grade magical instruments, elixirs, and natural treasures accumulated by the Immortal Chongxiao. How could this not be shocking?
Qin Li said: "Master, you gave me Chongxiao Xianzun's things, won't he be angry?"
Gu Chen said coldly: "He is dead."
It was not until the sect master returned to the sect after handling the affairs that he saw several elders with complicated expressions and asked, "What happened to each of you?"
The third elder said, "Uh... Your Majesty has accepted a new disciple."
The sect leader said in surprise: "After so many years, Your Majesty is finally happier?" It was a special case that Your Majesty accepted Xu Nanjia. Now, Your Majesty took the initiative to accept this person. When he returned to the sect, he heard from his disciples how carefully Your Majesty taught him. It was estimated that Your Majesty was really ready to pass on his legacy.
The Third Elder: "..., you are a little happy, right? But this mortal looks exactly like Immortal Chongxiao. I think Your Excellency..."
Sect Leader: “? No way, there are people who look like Immortal Chongxiao over the years, but who can compare with Immortal Chongxiao? Immortal Chongxiao is a figure of the same generation as Your Excellency. It is impossible for Your Excellency to be interested in these substitutes.” Immortal Chongxiao was Your Excellency’s best friend, who died in a battle with the demon world. Since then, all of Your Excellency’s contemporaries have passed away, leaving Your Excellency alone and lonely for a thousand years.
The third elder said, "But this mortal not only looks like the Immortal Chongxiao, but also has a similar demeanor and temperament. If he were not a mortal, when I saw him, I almost thought he was the reincarnation of the Immortal Chongxiao. It's not surprising that Your Excellency would be fascinated by him."
The Great Elder shook his head and sighed, "In fact, he looks like Chongxiao Immortal Venerable. It is his blessing to be able to please His Majesty. As long as His Majesty is happy, that's all."
The clan leader said, "I'll go see how similar this Qin Li is."
When the sect leader arrived, Gu Chen was taking Qin Li to a secret place in the sect to soak in a spiritual spring.
Spiritual spring water is extremely rare. Although it is the private property of His Majesty, it is not easy for ordinary disciples to obtain a bottle. However, His Majesty brings people to soak in it every day. This level of favoritism is indeed extraordinary.
The dense forest of towering spiritual trees was filled with the refreshing and elegant sound of the zither. When the sect leader heard it, it evoked his distant memories. At that time, he was still a young man who admired the Lord. When he paid homage to the Lord, he often saw Chongxiao Immortal Lord dancing with a sword and the Lord playing the zither. After Chongxiao Immortal Lord's death, the Lord never played the zither again.
Unexpectedly, a thousand years later, such a mortal disciple could be accompanied by the sound of the Master's piano while bathing in the spiritual spring.
Qin Li's face was blurred in the mist. Gu Chen stopped playing the piano, walked to the pool, lifted Qin Li's chin and looked at his face.
Qin Li didn't say anything, just looked back at him quietly.
A thousand years was too long, Gu Chen couldn't help but lean over and kiss his lips.
Qin Li reached out, pulled Gu Chen into the pool in an instant, and kissed him back hard.
Then he whispered, "Master, did you accept me as your disciple just to do something like this?"
Before the sect leader reached the edge of the pool, he heard the sound of the piano stop, and then there was a loud and intense sound of water splashing in the pool.
Then, a vague and sacred command came from the forest, saying: "Retreat."
The sect leader quickly said, "...Yes." But is this master-disciple relationship a proper master-disciple relationship? No, was the friendship between the Lord and Chongxiao Immortal Lord a proper friendship?
Qin Li kissed Gu Chen's slender neck and said, "Master, are you asking me to leave?"
Gu Chen glanced at him, stroked his face, and ordered, "Continue."
The Wuchen Palace is located on the top of the mountain, covered with snow all year round and extremely cold. Although the spiritual spring gathers the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it is even more bone-chillingly cold.
Gu Chen murmured, "It's too cold..." He didn't know whether he was talking about the spiritual spring or the long years.
Qin Li hugged him tightly and said, "Master, you feel cold even though your body is protected by spiritual energy?"
Embraced by Qin Li's hot body, Gu Chen said nothing more.
Qin Li took off his hairband, covered Gu Chen's eyes, and said, "Master, I don't like the way you look at others through me. Can you do it with your eyes covered?"
Due to the gap in their realms, Gu Chen could easily annihilate him, but at this moment, he let him do what he wanted.
Qin Li kissed his back and asked:
"Master, am I like him?"
"Master, would he do this to you?"
Gu Chen said coldly: "He died before he could do anything. What do you think he was thinking when he died?"
Qin Li said: "He must be very sorry that he is just your close friend in the end. He should have taken that step. Otherwise, it shouldn't be me who is satisfying Master now. So Master wants me to make up for this regret on his behalf?"
"Hmm...ha..." With his eyes blindfolded, his other senses were magnified and Gu Chen's breathing became disordered.
Qin Li did not continue, and said: "Master, are you going to call me Ah Li now, or call me by his name?"
Gu Chen's tone was already somewhat annoyed, and he said, "Li Tingqin, stop playing. If you want to continue pretending, get out of here..."
Li Tingqin, also known as Qin Li, said: "I thought... Ah Chen, you specifically accepted me as your apprentice because you thought it would be more interesting?"
Being touched somewhere that had never been touched by anyone before, Gu Chen snorted and sneered, "I thought you thought it was more fun to be a mortal in the mortal world."
He took off the hairband covering Gu Chen's eyes, kissed him lightly on the lips, and said, "I'm a little worried that I can no longer stand on equal footing with the immortals." Because he had fallen once, he was no longer satisfied with being a close friend. He wanted Ah Chen to truly become his Taoist partner.
Gu Chen looked at him for a while, kissed him back, and asked, "Will dual cultivation be faster?"
Li Tingqin chuckled and said, "Then let's give it a try." Fortunately, Ah Chen thought the same as he did, so why should he worry about those unimportant issues?
The cold spring water became warm, and Gu Chen no longer felt cold...
Xu Nanjia felt it was even more strange. Before, his master would bring his junior brother out to practice, but now he just took his junior brother to retreat in the Wuchen Palace and didn't come out every day.
When he asked the sect leader and elders what they were doing, they just sighed and shook their heads, telling him not to worry about it.
Xu Nanjia really didn't understand, and when his master finally came out of retreat, he immediately went to the Wuchen Hall to pay him a visit and ask for advice on the problems he had encountered in his recent cultivation.
He quietly raised his eyes and peeked, and found that the master was playing with the relic of Zhongxiao Immortal Venerable again. He had heard from the elders in his early years that this was Zhongxiao Immortal Venerable's natal sword, and the master often put it together with his own sword. Unfortunately, Zhongxiao Immortal Venerable would never come back, and the master was often sad about this...
After listening to Xu Nanjia's question quietly, Gu Chen said, "This kid's style is more like yours. Please give him some guidance."
Xu Nanjia was wondering which senior the master was talking to, but he only saw Qin Li, who was serving beside the master, hugged Gu Chen and kissed him, saying, "Okay, Master, rest assured, I will do my best to serve you."
Xu Nanjia's face suddenly changed, he drew his sword and shouted angrily: "Qin Li, how dare you! You you you! You are betraying your master and ancestors!"
Gu Chen held his forehead and said helplessly: "You are still addicted, right? Don't scare my apprentice."
Then he said to Xu Nanjia, "Nanjia, call me Master's Wife."
Xu Nanjia's face flushed, but she couldn't call out: "Master, Master..." How come the master, who had only accepted her as his disciple not long ago, had become his wife?
When the Third Elder heard that Xu Nanjia had gone to the Wuchen Palace, he hurried over and said, "Nanjia, come down the mountain with me quickly and don't disturb your master's retreat."
Xu Nanjia was a little unsure about how to face this junior fellow disciple, and said, "Master, I will take my leave..."
After he got down the mountain, he heard the third elder explain the whole story.
Xu Nanjia had a complicated expression and said, "So Junior Brother is actually the substitute of Chongxiao Immortal Venerable..."
Just now, Master was wiping Zhongxiao Immortal Venerable's natal sword while flirting with Junior Brother Qin Li, saying that Junior Brother Qin Li was Master's wife... I heard that the natal sword has a spirit, how painful it must be to see such a scene...
I just wonder if Junior Brother Qin Li knows the truth?
However, it's good that Junior Brother Qin Li can make Master happy. Xu Nanjia will not go to Qin Li and say anything. He will just pretend that he doesn't know about this matter.
However, there is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. The great favor that the Lord showed to this mortal disciple could easily attract the attention of others. For example, the demon world had been restless for years, and after discovering that Gu Chen favored his mortal disciple, they felt that they had finally found his weakness, so they naturally started with Qin Li.
When the demon general from the Demon Realm sneaked up to Qin Li and saw Qin Li's face, his legs went weak and he almost turned around and ran away. Back then, Li Tingqin almost killed his way through the Demon Realm, and the previous Demon Lord died in his hands.
However, Qin Li's aura was far weaker than that of the Chongxiao Immortal Lord Li Tingqin back then, which calmed him down.
The demon general looked at Li Tingqin and felt that he had discovered a shocking secret. He persuaded Qin Li to betray Gu Chen and promised him a high position in the demon world.
Qin Li was unmoved and said, "Master is very good to me, why should I betray Master?"
The demon general grinned and said, "Very good, it seems that you haven't discovered it yet. Do you know that he treats you like this just because you look like an old friend of his..."
"I know." Unexpectedly, Qin Li smiled and said, "It is the greatest honor of my life to be able to serve Master on behalf of Immortal Chongxiao."
The demon general was so angry that he said, "How can you be so shameless as a grown man? Don't you feel ashamed to be a substitute?"
Qin Li said: "As long as Master is happy."
Demon General: "You, you, you! Chongxiao Immortal Venerable has a noble character and noble bearing, and is admired by both worlds. I don't know how you are like Chongxiao Immortal Venerable?! Your master is really blind and doesn't pick at all!"
Unexpectedly, Qin Li raised his voice and said, "Master, he said you are blind."
The demon general disappeared instantly.
Gu Chen walked out slowly and did not chase after him. He said, "The new Demon Lord of the Demon Realm is about to appear. The Demon Realm has been making a lot of moves recently."
Li Tingqin said: "It's me."
Gu Chen: “…” So this is the reason why Li Tingqin’s rebirth in the demon world caused strange phenomena in heaven and earth?
Li Tingqin said: "So Master, wait for me to marry you."
Gu Chen began to regret accepting this "disciple" and said, "...don't call me Master anymore."
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