Chapter 1025 Can they be subdued?
As dawn breaks, the morning dew begins to fall, and a chill creeps into one's heart.
Xie Zheng held Song Chunxue's hand, his no-longer-young face filled with deep affection, a hint of grievance, and a touch of sadness.
We agreed to leave the day after tomorrow, so why did it start a day earlier?
Not only did they steal his snacks, but they also changed his itinerary.
But Master Han was now his master, so he could only hold the person in front of him with reluctance, unable to speak for a long time.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have drunk any alcohol. Ah Xue, this drinking session was such a waste."
Xie Zheng's voice came from above her head. Song Chunxue found it amusing, and felt a bittersweet feeling in her heart, like she had eaten a hawthorn.
She was also very reluctant to part ways, but they each had their own plans and couldn't stay together peacefully for the time being.
"It's better to come a day early, so you won't feel even worse today. We've already had our drinks and sung songs. I know you're very talented, Master Xie. Next time we meet, would you please sing a couple more songs for me?"
“Alright, next time I’ll play you a piece called Phoenix Seeking Its Mate,” Xie Zheng said solemnly, leaning close to her ear. “Next time we meet, let’s become Daoist partners, shall we?”
"Okay, sure." Song Chunxue smiled. "I'll wait for you."
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Several young disciples woke up in the morning and found the courtyard unusually quiet.
The morning sunlight slanted across the courtyard, casting dappled shadows that were quite picturesque. The clear spring breeze seemed to wash away the weariness of just waking up.
Changfeng smelled the aroma and turned to go to the kitchen.
"Master, why don't I smell the burning firewood today? Didn't my uncles get up for tea?"
Song Chunxue got up and lifted the pot lid, revealing steaming hot steamed buns and dumplings inside.
“Except for your seventh senior uncle, the others have already left.” Song Chunxue opened another pot. “I’ll be leaving by tomorrow at the latest to take care of some things in Zhuanglang County. Are you planning to stay here, or come with me?”
"What about my seventh senior uncle?" Changfeng scratched his forehead. "Tudan'er is planning to stay here and help you oversee the construction of the new house. We want to personally supervise many of the procedures."
"We'll discuss it together later. You guys go wash your faces first, then we'll eat. I'll prepare the dry rations you'll need for the next few days."
"Okay, I'll go wake them up right away."
Changfeng was very reluctant to see them go and was not used to them leaving without saying goodbye.
When Wuji and Yebai learned that their master had left without even saying goodbye, they were initially stunned, and then felt like crying.
“How could Master do this? This training has been long enough, hasn’t it? I want to go back to the capital too,” Wuji cried. “I want to go back and see my fellow disciples at Baiyun Temple, and my senior and junior sisters.”
Ye Bai quickly calmed down. "I think you just miss your junior sister and are worried that her family has arranged a marriage for her and that she'll be getting married soon."
Wuji raised his hand and slapped him, "I'm not like that. I've always treated my junior sister like my own sister."
"What junior sister?" Tu Dan'er suddenly sat up on the kang (a heated brick bed), as if he had risen from the dead. "Where is there a junior sister? Is she pretty? Can I meet her?"
He wiped the drool from his mouth with his sleeve, tilted his head and leaned against Wuji, "Can you marry me? From now on, please call me Wangchen. If you call me Tudan'er again, I'll take your balls out."
Wuji pushed him away with disgust. "There are plenty of bird eggs in the tree. Take a few back and cook them. Stop talking such vulgar things, or I'll beat you up next time."
"Vulgar?" Tu Dan'er slammed his head on his shoulder again. "Then why are you hugging me so late at night..."
Wuji covered his mouth, "Don't talk nonsense so early in the morning. Your master has also abandoned you."
Master has left too?
Tu Dan'er jumped in surprise, grabbed his clothes and shoes without even putting them on, and ran out of the house, calling out, "Master, Master?"
With a thud, he ran barefoot to the north room and pushed open the door.
"What are you shouting for? Get out!"
"Oh, Master, you didn't leave."
"Close the door!"
"Yes, yes, Master, you can continue sleeping." Tudan'er stood outside the door and said solicitously, "Master, you drank last night, didn't you? The room smells really bad. I'll go and make you a bowl of hangover soup."
"Thump thump thump!"
Soon after, Tu Dan'er returned, and the sound of his heels hitting the ground was like an earthquake.
"You made me get scolded by Master." Tu Dan'er grabbed Wuji by the neck. "Although my Master was fierce to me, he didn't abandon me. Your Master left without even thinking about his two disciples. Humph!"
After saying that, he put on his shoes and socks, patted his bottom, and swaggered out, beaming with pride.
Wuji and Yebai exchanged a glance and then pounced on him together.
As if he had anticipated this, Tu Dan'er felt the wind behind his ear and took off running.
"Stop right there, you little brat!"
"Hahahaha, can't catch up." Tu Dan'er arrogantly turned around and mocked them, "You bunch of weaklings from the capital, you can't even run fast, where did you eat?"
Wuji and Yebai rolled up their sleeves and pointed at the person who had climbed up the poplar tree, "If you're so capable, come down here. What's the big deal about running up there? So what if you can climb trees?"
"Hehehe, you think you're so great? Come on up here if you dare." Tu Dan'er smoothed the stray hairs from his forehead and mocked, "You two probably haven't climbed trees much, have you? You didn't even learn how to climb last time in the forest."
"If you two can climb up, I'll reluctantly catch two rabbits for you today to comfort you after being abandoned by your master, how about that?"
Wuji gritted his teeth, "You just wait!"
He refused to believe that if Tu Dan'er could climb a tree, he couldn't.
Having been away from the capital for so long, he was no longer the clueless little Taoist priest he once was.
Bored, Ye Bai turned around and said, "You two play, I'm going to get something to eat."
He reminded them, "When the craftsmen arrive, get to work as soon as possible."
Wuji, defying all superstition, has already begun climbing the thickest poplar tree.
He got a leg cramp halfway up the mountain.
Meanwhile, Tudan'er had already climbed very high, almost to the treetop.
Zhang Chengxuan got up to drink tea and was eating a steaming hot steamed bun.
Changfeng ran in, "Uncle-Master, Wuji and Tudan'er are fighting, and they're stuck in a tree and can't get down. You should go and take a look."
Zhang Chengxuan raised an eyebrow, unable to imagine what that scene would be like.
They are cultivators, after all, capable of flying on swords and soaring through the air; how could they possibly be hanging from a tree?
But when he arrived at the poplar tree that one person couldn't wrap their arms around, and saw Tu Dan'er and Wu Ji clinging to each other's arms on the straight trunk, he was utterly speechless.
"Hey, you little rascal, have you provoked Wuji again?"
Tu Dan'er said guiltily, "I didn't, Master. Please save him quickly, he has a leg cramp."
"And what about you?"
Wuyou darted out, shouting, "I'll catch him!"
Zhang Chengxuan leaped up the tree trunk, grabbed Wuji by the collar and pulled him down. Tudan'er let go and fell onto the widened Wuyou Sword.
As everyone sat around the table drinking egg drop soup, Song Chunxue said worriedly, "I feel like they've become even harder to manage since Master Han and the others left. If I leave, can you handle them, Senior Brother?"
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