Chapter 18 (Overhauled)
Footsteps were heard and Lian Yu raised his head.
"Master."
Gu Yuan smiled brightly.
"You're looking for me?"
"I have something to ask of you."
Lian Yu paused, then suddenly raised his hand and measured above Gu Yuan's head. The last time they met, Gu Yuan was about the same height as him, but now it seemed that he was a little taller than him?
"Have you grown any taller?"
“Master!”
Before he could finish his words, a white figure rushed out of the bedroom and suddenly pulled his hand back.
Qin Yi hugged his arm and hid most of himself behind him.
"How come Master only knows how to touch his head and not mine?"
"I don't……"
"Master took advantage of my weakness to flirt with someone else!"
"I……"
Even if Lian Yu had eight mouths, he couldn't beat Qin Yi.
He pulled his arm out of Qin Yi's arms and smoothed Qin Yi's hairy head.
"Okay, I really have something to talk to Gu Yuan about. You can go back and continue to rest."
Qin Yi looked at Gu Yuan warily.
Gu Yuan smiled brightly.
"Then come back early."
After saying that, Qin Yi returned to the bedroom reluctantly, looking back every few steps.
"Master said he has something to ask of me. What is it?"
Although the two are no longer nominally master and disciple, Gu Yuan still calls Lian Yu Master.
"Qin Yi's eighteenth birthday is in two days, so I'd like to borrow your kitchen to make a birthday cake for Qin Yi."
"Birthday cake." Gu Yuan looked confused.
Lian Yu thought for a moment about how to explain to Gu Yuan: "In my family's tradition, every birthday is celebrated with a kind of cake called birthday cake. The meaning of this cake is probably to bring good luck to the birthday person."
Gu Yuan suddenly started staring at Lian Yu.
Lian Yu touched his cheek curiously. Was there something stuck on it?
Gu Yuan suddenly sighed.
"Well, now I feel that even if I had come a few steps earlier, it would still be too late."
Um?
Lian Yu tilted her head, somewhat confused about what Gu Yuan was talking about.
"nothing?"
Gu Yuan waved his hand in relief and opened the kitchen door for Lian Yu.
"What ingredients are needed to make this birthday cake? Master, please tell me everything and I'll get them."
Lian Yu nodded. He counted on his fingers and was about to count them one by one when he suddenly felt his body getting hot.
He raised his hands to hold on to the wall.
The poisonous insect began to drill into his heart again.
Cold sweat slid down Lian Yu's forehead.
“Master!”
Gu Yuan noticed something unusual. He quickly supported Lian Yu, but was stunned when he saw Lian Yu's abnormally red face.
Gu Yuan heard his heart beating faster.
“…Don’t worry about me.”
Lian Yu pushed him away.
"You go out first, I'll be fine for a while."
Gu Yuan came back to his senses at this moment.
His hand hung in the air for a few seconds, as if he was in a struggle between heaven and man.
Suddenly, he grabbed Lian Yu.
Lian Yu was forced to meet Gu Yuan's gaze.
The young man's lips were trembling, not sure whether it was because of excitement or because he had mustered up courage.
"Master, how can I help you?"
Lian Yu was confused for a moment.
"What are you doing!"
Qin Yi rushed forward and pushed Gu Yuan away.
No one knew how long he had been following the two of them, or how much he had overheard.
Lian Yu's side was soon replaced by someone else.
Qin Yi pulled him and walked out in silence.
"Master, let's go back..."
Lian Yu could no longer hear what was said afterwards.
He stared at the back of Qin Yi's neck. The snow-white flesh swayed under his eyes like a tempting pastry.
Refine him into a furnace.
An almost metallic voice sounded in Lian Yu's mind.
Lian Yu shuddered suddenly.
He was discovered by Tiandao.
The Way of Heaven is the rules that govern the operation of this world.
Like the Time Management Bureau, the existence of Tiandao is to ensure that the plot develops as planned.
But since he entered this world, the plot has deviated so much from its original course that it has attracted the attention of the Heavenly Dao. Now, the Heavenly Dao is forcibly correcting the plot.
So the poison broke out in him without any inducement.
Tiandao was using that voice to urge him to get the plot back on track.
This can't go on any longer.
Lian Yu suddenly broke free from Qin Yi's hand.
"I'm not going back yet..."
As he spoke, Lian Yu kept backing away, and suddenly he lost his balance and fell backwards.
Then he fell steadily into a solid embrace.
Gu Yuan held him up and helped him steady himself.
"If Master needs it..."
Gu Yuan blushed honestly.
"I also want to help Master in some way."
Qin Yi stepped forward and grabbed Lian Yu's arm.
Her face was forced forward, and a strand of long hair slipped down from Lian Yu's bun and fell on her temples.
Qin Yi stared at him intently.
"Master doesn't want me, does he want that person?"
What the hell is going on?
Lian Yu felt like his head was about to explode.
"You all let go—"
But the next second, the unspoken words were drowned out by the touch of lips and teeth.
Lian Yu was almost suffocated by Qin Yi's kiss.
A cool breath instantly rushed into the body, and the heat was suddenly suppressed.
Lian Yu shivered with pleasure.
Qin Yi hugged him tightly and looked up at Gu Yuan.
"Just you."
Qin Yi raised his eyebrows, and there was a chilling gloom in his eyes.
"Did you help?"
——
Time flies, two days pass in the blink of an eye.
In the blink of an eye, it was Qin Yisheng's birthday.
The clouds grew thicker, but no rain fell.
The air was so thick it was almost suffocating.
"Qin Yi."
The continuous rain awakened the young man who was sitting in the yard in a daze.
The boy's shoulders trembled violently, and then he ran over: "What's wrong, Master?"
The atmosphere between the two of them was a little awkward after they came back that day. This was probably the first time in the past few days that Lian Yu took the initiative to talk to Qin Yi.
Qin Yi's eyes were full of cautious expectation.
Lian Yu felt inexplicably guilty after seeing this.
He looked away and raised his chin towards the room.
"Come in."
Qin Yi followed him into the room, puzzled.
The moment the door opened, Qin Yi's eyes widened slightly.
Incense was burning quietly in the room.
There was a snow-white object on the table, shaped like a two-story attic, with a bright red candle on the top of the attic.
“This is…”
But soon, when Qin Yi discovered that there was someone sitting at the table, his face changed.
"Why are you here?"
Qin Yi questioned Gu Yuan with a sour face.
"Happy birthday."
Lian Yu spoke up, interrupting the awkward atmosphere.
"Forgive my clumsy hands, it's not pretty."
Looking closely, I realized that the attic was built clumsily and had collapsed in half due to the heat from the lamp next to it.
There was a faint smell of decadence and decay.
The irritation on Qin Yi's face disappeared.
"Did Master make this? It can't be bad looking. I, I like it very much!"
After saying that, Qin Yi quickly picked up a ball of cream that was almost melted with his fingertips and put it into his mouth.
A bit of white was stained on the boy's bright red lips.
Lian Yu reached out to wipe it off for Qin Yi.
Qin was stunned.
There have been so many intimate moments, but Qin Yi still blushed at this time.
"Okay."
Gu Yuan suddenly spoke.
"Let's get started now. If we don't start now, the other half will collapse."
Gu Yuan lit the red candle on top of the cake.
The flame wavered briefly, then burned steadily.
Qin Yi knelt down beside Lian Yu.
"Master."
Qin Yi touched the candle flame through the air, and the flame was reflected in the boy's bright eyes.
"What is this for?"
"Make a wish, then blow it out."
Lian Yu looked at Qin Yi across the candlelight.
I feel complicated.
Qin Yi tilted his head and looked at him with a confused look:
"Will it come true if I make a promise?"
"Sincerity is the key to success."
Perhaps he was very satisfied with Lian Yu's answer, Qin Yixiao curved his eyebrows.
"Make a promise! Make a promise!"
Gu Yuan started to make a fuss.
The young man raised his hands as instructed and closed his eyes.
The candlelight reflected on the boy's straight and upturned nose, which looked pious and holy.
What is your wish, Qin Yi?
A drop of candle wax slid down, leaving a bright red scar on the cake.
The room was quiet.
Lian Yu lowered his eyes.
Qin Yi had been lying on the table without him knowing when, with half of his face immersed in the candlelight, looking furry.
There is a drug in the fragrance, it is caused by the continuous rain.
Lian Yu stretched out his hand, as if wanting to touch the boy's soft cheek, but in the end he just placed a small wooden box next to the boy's hand.
There was a light click, and Qin Yi frowned slightly, but did not wake up.
Inside the wooden box was a bright red pill, which Lian Yu had refined using blood.
This pill containing the blood of the ultimate fire can help Qin Yi better control the extreme cold energy in his body. With this pill, things like the day he fought with the giant beast will never happen again.
This was also the last thing Lian Yu could do for Qin Yi before leaving.
The shadow of her long eyelashes fell, covering the surging emotions in Lian Yu's eyes.
——
It was very dark in the cave, so dark that it blurred the passage of time.
There was only a fire burning endlessly in my body.
The wound where the blood was drawn began to sting again, accompanied by a piercing itch.
Lian Yu bit her lips tightly.
After finally enduring a wave of excruciating heat, the salty and fishy smell of blood spread in my mouth.
Lian Yu leaned exhaustedly against the stone wall, gasping for breath.
Ever since it was forcibly corrected by the Heavenly Dao, the poison has been breaking out every day.
"Tutu, is it open today?"
The time tunnel can be opened a limited number of times each day. If you fail to successfully open the tunnel within the limited number of times, you can only wait until the next day.
Tutu shook his head.
"Damn...Space-Time Administration."
Lian Yu had already cursed a thousand times in his heart.
Such a large organization cannot even catch a defector. Sooner or later, the Space-Time Administration will be finished.
[Xiaoyu, hold on! There is still hope for tomorrow]
Tutu retrieved two pictures of blue and red cheering sticks from somewhere and waved them to cheer Lian Yu up:
[Come on! Come on!]
tomorrow?
Tomorrow and tomorrow.
Lian Yu leaned his head against the cold and damp stone wall.
For the past month, even the rain has been trapped in this illusion he created.
That is this cramped and dark cave.
Lian Yu's current spiritual power can only support him to build this simple shelter.
It’s not that he deliberately abused himself, but apart from this place, he couldn’t think of any other place that Qin Yi couldn’t find.
But the more likely possibility is that Qin Yi never thought of coming to find him at all.
His thoughts were interrupted and Lian Yu suddenly laughed at himself.
"You're just being sentimental."
Perhaps the other party has long been tired of dedicating himself to his life for the sake of cultivation. Qin Yi is probably now capable of protecting the people important to him.
[What's so self-indulgent?]
Tutu tilted his head.
"nothing?"
Lian Yu was about to shake his head when his heart suddenly ached.
It felt like a hand was squeezing his heart, sharp nails digging into his flesh, causing him so much pain that he couldn't breathe.
Sweat instantly soaked his back, and Lian Yu suddenly tightened his chest.
[Light rain!]
Lian Yu had never had such a severe attack before. Even Tutu, the system, became panicked:
[What’s wrong with you? ! ]
Lian Yu wanted to say it was okay, but the pain forced him to grit his teeth.
He curled up.
Sweat trickled into his eyes, blurring his vision.
Suddenly, a pair of moon-white boots came into his sight.
"Master."
It was a sound that Lian Yu hadn't heard for so long that it felt unfamiliar.
Qin Yi squatted in front of him. Behind him, the edge of the illusion had been torn, emitting a faint red light.
The boy seemed to have grown up overnight.
“You…how…”
Lian Yu's words were fragmented, but Qin Yi understood them.
"Master, I told you I'm very good at finding you."
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