Chapter 243 The Ruthless Senior Brother of the Path of Heartlessness, Used as Cannon Fodder (Part 26) and...
After spending half the day playing tricks on his second uncle and racking his brains, Heng Mo was quite happy to finally be able to play with his simple-minded third uncle.
"Third Uncle, don't worry. I've heard a little about that matter. Master has already taken the Ice Crystal Snow Lotus and entered seclusion." He pointed to the secluded chamber where he was in seclusion. "Third Uncle, would you mind accompanying me to protect Master?"
The tables and chairs that had been set up earlier were not moved, and they were now filled with new snacks. The Third Elder had no reason to refuse, and even took out the wine that his little apprentice, Shen Ting, had specially brought back for him when he returned from his trip.
Heng Mo stopped him from pouring the wine: "I heard from A Ting before that Third Uncle didn't finish telling Fourth Uncle's secret last time, and he's been thinking about it ever since. I wonder what this wine will bring..."
His tone was suggestive, and since this wine was something Heng Mo and Shen Ting had bought together during their training, the Third Elder quickly understood the implication. He muttered a couple of "brat"s and put the wine away again.
The reason Shen Ting was able to get the Third Elder drunk was not because alcohol could intoxicate a Nascent Soul cultivator, but because Shen Ting had maliciously added a spiritual plant fruit called "Immortal's Intoxication." It is said that a Mahayana cultivator once ate it and was drunk for three days and three nights, hence the name.
The leaves of this spiritual plant are commonly used as an aid in alchemy; it's grown in medicinal fields. The fruit has a strong wine-like smell that even an ordinary person can detect. No cultivator would be so foolish as to put this thing in their mouth.
Only Shen Ting, that oddball, heard about the legend of "Immortal's Drunkenness" and soaked fruit directly in alcohol. After the Third Elder drank it, he thought it was a special wine that Shen Ting had bought. He was so dizzy that his little disciple even managed to get information out of him about the girls he had a crush on.
This time, Shen Ting didn't soak the wine in Immortal's Intoxication, but he still bought a strong liquor from the cultivation world. His third senior uncle had important things to do later, so it was better not to drink.
After all, he had never heard of any cultivator breaking through while drunk, so he was just in case.
Heng Mo listened as the Third Elder munched on dried meat and muttered about how to deal with Shen Ting when they got back. He showed no remorse for betraying his friend and even thoughtfully brought the Third Elder a cup of taro pearl milk tea with a new flavor.
The glutinous rice flour and brown sugar pearls have a brownish-red sheen, are sweet and soft, and each one is round. The taro paste is also delicate and smooth, with a silky texture. Paired with the rich milk and tea aroma, the Third Elder, who admires Hengmo's craftsmanship the most, naturally left his cup empty to show his appreciation.
The Breakthrough Pill, mixed in with a pearl, was swallowed by the Third Elder without any warning. Not long after, another person appeared in another cultivation chamber where the Seventh Elder was in seclusion.
Heng Mo calmly squatted in the yard and continued eating sunflower seeds. Seeing how enthusiastically he was eating them, Lin You specially went to the system store to buy him a lot of new flavors of sunflower seeds, weighing several hundred kilograms.
Xuan Ling's martial arts skills were too high, so she couldn't take direct action. Lin You was well aware of her own limitations when it came to using her brain; she was definitely no match for the Second Elder, and even Xiao Mo was better at scheming than her.
She'll probably win this mission without lifting a finger again, so I'll just have to do some logistical work, at least make sure she has enough food and drink.
Heng Mo had no idea what his senior Lin was imagining. After receiving the several hundred kilograms of melon seeds, he assumed that senior Lin wanted to eat melon seeds but was too lazy to crack them open, so he quickly peeled a plateful for her and handed it to her.
Lin You held the plate, but ultimately didn't say that she was just feeding the child. After all, as a parent, she couldn't be too disappointing.
Heng Mo was bored and started researching how to use his spiritual power to peel several melon seeds at once. Since his second senior uncle had already said that Xuan Ling had entrusted them with finding a solution, he decided not to mess around with it himself.
Pretending to be a green tea b*tch and staging a self-inflicted injury is quite tiring. If Master knew that he planned to use his words to ruin Xuan Ling's reputation, he would definitely be unhappy.
Moreover, he didn't tell Senior Lin that he planned to provoke Xuan Ling into injuring himself, preferably with an injury as difficult to heal as his master's, and then use this as a reason to bring up Xuan Ling's past experience of harming people and stealing treasures, which has now resurfaced.
He bought a whole bunch of photo stones, intending to capture Xuan Ling's true colors from every angle, but unfortunately, he can't use them now.
Heng Mo complained to Lin You with some regret. He thought he could have a leisurely half-day, but before long, the Fourth Elder came to visit again.
Compared to the Second Elder's meticulous mind and every move he made was full of profound meaning, the Fourth Elder seemed more unrestrained and carefree.
The plain-colored robe was embroidered with a subtle lotus pattern on fine silk of the same color. A delicate jade pendant hung at her waist, and her hair was tied up with a black jade lotus crown. Even the tassels on her hairband were woven from iridescent ice silk.
The Fourth Elder's clothes hung loosely on his body, and his hair was only half tied up, giving him a casual yet dashing air.
He casually grabbed a handful of pine nuts from the table, peeling them as he looked at Heng Mo and laughed, "A newborn calf isn't afraid of a tiger, huh? If we had your abilities back then, we wouldn't be in this situation..."
The Fourth Elder didn't say what he wanted to say, but shook his head. His smile remained unchanged, but Heng Mo always felt that there was a hint of bitterness in that smile.
Heng Mo looked bewildered, as if he hadn't understood the unspoken message. He lowered his head in shame and obediently admitted his mistake: "Second Martial Uncle has already reprimanded me. I acted impulsively and made my Martial Uncles worry. I will definitely be more careful in my actions in the future."
Seeing his sincere remorse, the Fourth Elder swallowed his words of admonishment and instead comforted him:
“Your second uncle may seem strict, but he loves the younger generation very much. Although he can be a bit harsh with his temper and a bit cunning, if you ever do anything wrong, just go to him and he’ll cover for you.”
After this explanation, Heng Mo and Lin You were momentarily confused as to whether he was praising or criticizing the Second Elder.
Seeing Heng Mo's indescribable expression, the Fourth Elder added, "Although he will cover for you, the punishment might be more severe than the sect rules."
Heng Mo smiled somewhat awkwardly. His fourth senior uncle's explanation was quite good, but there was no need to explain again next time.
The Fourth Elder, however, seemed to take it to heart and recounted the heartwarming story of how the Third Elder was always instigated by the Seventh Elder to fight with the Second Elder, and then tricked and punished by the Second Elder, yet he never learned his lesson.
Heng Mo: ………
Is this something I can even listen to?!
If the soundproofing of this cultivation chamber is poor, and the three people inside who are in seclusion hear these words, then he will probably soon experience what it's like to be punished by his second senior uncle.
Heng Mo hurriedly took out a plate of lotus flower pastries, trying to shut the Fourth Elder up, in case he heard any more of the elders' bizarre past stories.
Some secrets, even if you want to know them, you can't be the first to know. Fourth Uncle's gossipy nature will definitely get along with Shen Ting. He'll introduce him to his friends later.
They're all junior disciples, surely Fourth Uncle wouldn't favor one over the other?
Despite his complicated thoughts, Hengmo still managed to act like a good boy. The plate for the lotus pastry was a vibrant green porcelain plate with lotus leaves. The lotus flower was as big as two palms, with layers upon layers of petals. There was even a small lotus seedpod on the stamen in the middle, and even the lotus seeds on the seedpod were lifelike.
"Fourth Uncle, please try this pastry. It was made especially for you because Third Uncle mentioned your preferences. I originally intended to send it to you, but I didn't expect you to come at such a coincidence. It's fate."
The Fourth Elder truly loved lotus flowers. These lotus flower pastries, both in appearance and with their delicate lotus fragrance, perfectly suited his taste. Heng Mo, who was standing next to him, even thoughtfully served him lotus seed soup.
Since cultivators aren't afraid of overeating, Heng Mo obediently sat to the side, occasionally refilling his teacup, watching as the Fourth Elder ate all the lotus seeds off the small lotus pod.
Lin You said helplessly, "Can't you do it one at a time? Your master doesn't have a fourth secret training room."
Heng Mo didn't think there was much of a problem. He simply sent the Fourth Elder to the room where he usually had classes, set up a soundproof array and a spirit-gathering array, and then connected the defensive array there. That was it.
Xuan Ling naturally noticed that several elders were all heading towards Heng Mo's side, but he arrogantly assumed that they were just trying to persuade Heng Mo to give up the Ice Crystal Snow Lotus, just like they had tried to persuade the Seventh Elder.
Xuan Ling was quite certain that the cultivation world was in decline, and no sect could resist the temptation of a cultivator breaking through to the Tribulation Transcending stage. Moreover, the other party was just a mere Qi Refining beginner disciple who hadn't even formally begun his cultivation.
The sect leader felt something was amiss. Even if the second, third, and fourth junior brothers needed to put on an act for Xuan Ling, they shouldn't have stayed there for three days and three nights. Weren't they afraid that Xuan Ling would notice something was wrong and misunderstand that they were protecting the junior brother?
After thinking it over, the sect leader suddenly realized, could it be that Xiao Qi really did eat the Ice Crystal Snow Lotus, and those people were really protecting her?
Unlike the Second Elder's insightful observation, the Sect Leader always believed that Heng Mo did not possess the Ice Crystal Snow Lotus and was merely playing a trick on Xuan Ling.
The Third Elder was simple-minded and didn't think too much. He took Heng Mo's words as fact and believed that his master had indeed eaten it.
The Fourth Elder didn't take the Ice Crystal Snow Lotus seriously. He just felt that Heng Mo was acting too impulsively, so he was just putting on a show for Xuan Ling while also giving him a lecture.
Before she could even mention the Ice Crystal Snow Lotus, Heng Mo sent her to a temporary secret chamber to advance her cultivation with a Breakthrough Pill disguised as a lotus seed snack.
Just as the sect leader was scratching his head in frustration, wondering whether he should go to the Seventh Elder's mountain to investigate, a familiar yet powerful sense of oppression spread from the Seventh Elder's mountain, only to quickly recede.
That was the Second Elder's aura, but the intensity of that pressure clearly exceeded the range of the Nascent Soul stage. Could it be that he had broken through?
As the sect leader hurried toward the Seventh Elder's mountain, he inwardly complained about his second junior brother. He usually seemed like a cautious person, but how could he be so unreliable at such a crucial moment?
I asked you to protect your junior brother, but instead of breaking through earlier or later, you chose to break through on someone else's mountain.
Could it be that the junior brother's territory has better feng shui?
After a series of wild thoughts, the sect leader quickly arrived at the Seventh Elder's mountain. Contrary to his expectations of a lively place, the huge courtyard was empty except for Heng Mo, who was squatting on the ground, idly practicing peeling melon seeds with his spiritual power.
The beautiful glass jar was already filled with seven or eight pounds of sunflower seeds, which looked like they had been shelled for quite some time.
Upon seeing the sect leader, Heng Mo quickly patted his clothes and stood up. He then naturally closed the glass jar and casually stuffed it into Lin You's storage bag, who was hiding nearby.
The sect leader looked around with some confusion, not seeing anyone else, and asked in bewilderment, "Why are you the only one here? Where are your master and three senior uncles?"
The aura of his second junior brother's breakthrough that he had just sensed came from this mountain peak, there was no mistake.
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Author's Note: [Owl emoji]
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