Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Disciples must be responsible for their junior sisters
Ji Chu looked at Immortal Huiyuan.
This was her first time meeting her master as a disciple.
The immortal at the top had white hair and a solemn face. His demeanor was awe-inspiring, but there was a hint of fatigue from being confined to trivial matters for a long time between his brows. He seemed much closer than the fleeting glimpse he had in his previous life.
No one spoke for a long while, and Ji Chu's anxious heart gradually relaxed. She quietly asked the senior brother sitting next to her:
"Brother, why isn't Master talking? He looks so tired."
Immortal Huiyuan was also paying attention to Ji Chu. He was curled up in his seat, looking up at him. His round eyes were like grapes, and he looked very smart and cute.
But he was a simple-minded person. He was scared to death of Meng Yuci just now, but now he unconsciously moved closer to his senior brother.
Does he look tired?
After hearing Ji Chu's words, Immortal Master Hui Yuan remained motionless like a mountain, but he was actually sighing in his heart.
He is really old, and the fatigue on his face can no longer be hidden.
But should he speak first?
Meng Yuci brought this person here rashly and scolded him until he looked aggrieved. Could it be that he wanted him to coax him?
Immortal Huiyuan turned his gaze to Meng Yuci, and indeed saw a look of asking for help in his eyes.
He suddenly burst out laughing.
Unexpectedly, Meng Yuci, who has always been cold and reserved, would one day come to him for help after making someone cry.
This is really rare.
Immortal Huiyuan knew immediately that Ji Chu must have known about the backlash of the barrier.
His eldest disciple is a notorious person, and I'm afraid he will scare people before he even explains.
Never mind. This is the first time in hundreds of years that this disciple has asked him for help, so I might as well help him this time.
Then he said:
"You two come here today..."
Meng Yuci suddenly interrupted: "Master."
Immortal Huiyuan paused and changed his words:
"I summoned you two here today because I have something to explain."
Ji Chu waited a long time for her master to speak, thinking he was lying. Unexpectedly, Immortal Huiyuan actually had something to tell her. Her expression suddenly grew serious, and she looked upward with a burning gaze.
Immortal Master Huiyuan felt enormous pressure immediately when he saw his little disciple's extremely solemn expression.
He really wasn't very good at coaxing children. After all, Meng Yuci had been a taciturn and cold-blooded "little adult" since he was a child. He never needed to be coaxed, and naturally, other disciples in the sect wouldn't let him coax him.
As for assigning tasks... He had only met Ji Chu a few times, and she was only a disciple in the Profound Realm. What important tasks could he assign to her?
But his young disciple looked so expectant now, and he couldn't just make an excuse for a trivial matter to get rid of him. For a moment, he felt like he was in a dilemma.
It’s all Meng Yuci’s fault for causing such a sudden incident.
Huiyuan Immortal Venerable secretly gave Meng Yuci a reproachful look and decided to kick the ball back. So he said:
"...Let your senior brother tell you."
Meng Yuci: "..."
Ji Chu turned his sharp eyes to him again.
He met her sparkling eyes and felt a little stuck for a moment.
Things that are too difficult are not suitable and will put too much pressure on her;
Something too casual is not appropriate either, as it will disappoint her and make her feel looked down upon.
It would be best if she wanted to do it anyway, and you could also give her some support along the way.
After a pause, Meng Yuci said calmly:
"At this Immortal Questioning Conference, you represent the honor of Master and me, so you must not slack off."
Ji Chu was shocked when she heard this. She didn't expect that her master would pay so much attention to the Immortal Questioning Conference. In her previous life, she was depressed and didn't even participate in it. This must have disappointed her master.
So she immediately became very motivated, not only to see the divine bone, but also for the face of her master and senior brother!
Ji Chu clenched his fist and promised:
"I will definitely get a good ranking and will never let Master and Brother down!"
Upon hearing this, Immortal Huiyuan nodded with satisfaction.
Any master would feel relieved that his disciples have such a strong desire to improve themselves.
In addition, Ji Chu was already very cute, but he had not accepted any disciples for many years. The only disciple he raised personally was a cold, independent and unkind person, making it difficult for him to satisfy his desire to raise a child and enjoy family happiness.
When he suddenly saw such a well-behaved little apprentice, he couldn't help but feel a bit of fatherly love for him.
Then Immortal Huiyuan raised his finger slightly, and a plate of red fruits appeared on the table in front of Ji Chu.
Meng Yuci was a little skeptical about Ji Chu's words.
After all, Ji Chu's flying sword skills were so poor, and looking at her cultivation level, she wasn't even at the fifth level of the Profound Realm. Many disciples were looking forward to showing their skills at the Questioning Immortals Conference, but she only managed to get a thousand points at the last minute.
However, since she was determined to get a good ranking, he could teach her. After all, her swordsmanship had been complained about by Elder Xu many times, and he didn't want to listen anymore, so he decided to take charge.
Ji Chu still didn't know what his senior brother was planning, and was looking at the fruit that suddenly appeared in front of him with curiosity.
It is the same red as hawthorn, with a clear and attractive color. It looks very similar to the red spiritual fruit used to feed rabbits, but it is larger and lighter in color.
She picked one up and took a bite, and immediately her mouth was filled with sweetness.
There is refreshing air in the fruit. After swallowing it, all the meridians in your body will feel refreshed.
"This is Panpan Fruit. It has some refreshing energy. Children in the cultivation world love to eat it."
Immortal Huiyuan watched her eat one and asked gently:
"Do you like it?"
“I like it!”
Ji Chu thought the fruit was so delicious. She had never eaten such delicious fruit in her entire two lifetimes. She was very polite and ate most of the fruit on the plate.
Seeing this, Immortal Huiyuan was even more pleased.
This is what raising a child should be like!
He sighed in his heart.
Unlike Meng Yuci, who grew up eating wind and drinking dew, he has no interest in things that children like.
When I first saw him, he was just a half-grown child, lonely and quiet, and only focused on practicing. I was afraid that he would go astray, so I tried to coax him with panpan fruit.
Unexpectedly, the other party was not only indifferent, but also looked at him with a suspicious expression as if to say, "Master, how could you like these things?" and politely refused:
"Snacks are not beneficial to spiritual practice."
He made himself look bad, and then he gave up the idea of treating Meng Yuci as a child, and got along with him as "peers".
Now that he saw Ji Chu, he finally regained some of the belated "warmth". With a raise of his hand, there were many more plates of fruits and snacks in front of Ji Chu.
“Thank you, Master!”
Ji Chu was like a mouse that had fallen into a rice jar, squinting his eyes in happiness in front of the table full of fruits and delicious food he had never seen before.
However, just as she picked up two fruits and before she put them in her mouth, a slender and strong hand reached out and "confiscated" everything on the table in front of her.
Ji Chu turned around and met his senior brother's dignified gaze. The joy on his face froze for a moment.
Before her senior brother could speak, she quickly stuffed the only two remaining fruits in her hand into her mouth.
Meng Yuci was unable to stop her, and with a look of surprise on his face, he turned to his master and said:
"She's not focused on her cultivation to begin with, how could Master use these snacks to distract her?"
Immortal Huiyuan: "...It's just a few snacks, why are you so harsh..."
Meng Yuci had never expected that his master, who was always rational and steady in front of him, would become so doting on his disciple when teaching Ji Chu, so he criticized him:
"Her meridians were almost fully repaired, and much of her spiritual energy had yet to be internalized. Suddenly swallowing the refreshing energy of the Panpan Fruit, she felt refreshed for a moment.
"I know that Master cares about his disciples and wants to give them all the good things. But she is young and ignorant, and it is difficult for her to control her appetite. She doesn't know what is important and what is not, so she eats whatever she can..."
Ji Chu lowered his head in shame after hearing what he said.
There was no way to refute it, she really intended to eat it all...
Meng Yuci continued:
"She swallowed too much pure energy, which accumulated in her body and was difficult to absorb. This would only cause her meridians to become blocked again."
After saying this, he said with a serious face:
"Since Master has entrusted Junior Sister to me, I must be responsible for her. Master, please do not act on your own."
Since I met Meng Yuci, even as his master, I have never seen him speak for such a long time. It was because of the matter of his junior sister that Immortal Master Huiyuan was stunned.
Immortal Huiyuan: "..."
Ji Chu: “…”
No, Master, please take care of my brother! You are the Master! I want some snacks!
Huiyuan Immortal Venerable knew that Meng Yuci took better care of Ji Chu than he did, and he was indeed too busy to attend to many details. He was afraid that he would accidentally kill the child, so he simply waved his hand:
"Never mind, just watch..."
"Thank you, Master."
Meng Yuci was satisfied and once again became the taciturn, indifferent and cold sword king. He turned to look at Ji Chu with a ruthless look on his face that said, "Don't even think about getting a bite today."
Ji Chu "lost his beloved" and felt that his "future was bleak", so he lay on the table in despair.
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However, after this incident, Ji Chu's grievance and anger were indeed alleviated a lot.
Perhaps it was because of the Master's kind attitude and the genuine concern of her fellow disciples, or perhaps it was because she felt the harmonious atmosphere of a true "disciple-master's school" that made her reluctant to give up this sense of belonging that she could "rely on and trust."
——The “sense of belonging” that she had always wanted in her previous life.
So on the way back, she finally stopped arguing with her senior brother about whether they were familiar with each other or not, and instead walked happily while looking around.
Meng Yuci glanced at her.
Ji Chu refused to fly the sword again no matter what, and insisted that "walking together can enhance the friendship between fellow disciples", so Meng Yuci agreed.
I've scared people enough today, there's no need to hold on to it any longer.
Ji Chu was like a bird out of a cage, flying to the left and then to the right, a little too happy.
Meng Yuci followed her for a while, then suddenly asked:
"Are you still angry?"
Ji Chu originally wanted to say "I'm not angry", but then he thought that forgiving his senior brother so easily was being too lenient with him.
After all, he killed her without any explanation in his previous life, and this is a great grudge!
But when she looked back at her senior brother's calm and peaceful expression, she felt that remembering this grudge was a bit meaningless.
Senior brother had no idea that he had killed her.
After thinking it over, Ji Chu stood still, extended his hand to his senior brother, and said:
"Don't be angry, brother, give me the Shaowei Sword."
Meng Yuci lowered his eyes and saw her slender fingers, pink palms, and a pair of very clean and beautiful hands without a trace of blood.
He didn't ask why, but summoned the Shaowei Sword and placed it on her open palm.
Ji Chu didn't expect him to be so straightforward, even giving his natal sword as soon as he asked, so he asked again with concern:
"Brother, are you really willing to give it to me?"
"There's nothing to be reluctant about."
Meng Yuci's voice was faint, and his drooping eyelashes trembled slightly, casting a small shadow under his eyes, like the fluttering wings of a butterfly, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
"Shaowei Sword means concealment, which is actually not suitable for you."
He spoke in a slow and calm tone:
"If you need it, I will find a suitable one for you later."
His words made Ji Chu unconsciously feel anticipation.
In her previous life, her meridians were blocked, and she was destined not to become a good swordsman. Out of inferiority, she deceived herself and refused to learn swordsmanship. She had never had a sword that suited her, and Chen Ke would not find a sword specifically for her.
If it were my senior brother... what kind of sword would he find for her?
Coming back to her senses, she saw that her senior brother was still looking down at her, with unchanging concentration and calmness in his eyes.
Ji Chu's mind moved, and he looked down at the Shaowei sword in his hand.
This immortal sword, filled with murderous intent and with countless dead souls shed by its blade, this cold sword that had killed her in her previous life, now obeyed the will of its master, restrained all its sharpness and sharpness, and lay quietly in her hand like an ordinary object.
——As if it could be destroyed at any time.
Ji Chu looked at the scabbard in silence for a moment, then grasped the hilt with one hand and decisively drew the sword out of the sheath.
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Author's words: Ji Chu: Master let me eat! Why should my senior brother stop me?
Brother: Really? (Looking towards Master)
Master (guilty): ...Is it bad for children to eat too many snacks? I don't quite understand either, so I'd better listen to your senior brother.
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