Chapter 34
Cassel was just about to write when they heard footsteps outside the door. They looked over and saw Bai Yi walking in with a fan. After calling him "Senior Brother", the fan fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
Cassel looked at Bai Yi in confusion: "What's wrong with you?"
Nie Wuhen straightened up and looked at him indifferently.
Bai Yi came back to his senses and touched his nose awkwardly. He bent down to pick up his fan and said with a dry laugh, "Nothing. My hands were weak and I couldn't hold the fan. What are you doing? Are you practicing calligraphy?"
He walked around to Cassel's side and was about to look at the paper on the desk - Nie Wuhen took it away expressionlessly, folded it a few times casually, and put it in his sleeve.
Bai Yi: “…”
"Nie Wuhen taught me how to write. Well, this is what I wrote." Cassel felt that Nie Wuhen might think that his handwriting was too ugly and it would be embarrassing to show it to Bai Yi, so he simply took a pen and planned to write Nie Wuhen's name, but he forgot halfway through.
Bai Yi looked at the words that looked like a landscape painting and was at a loss for words: "Did my senior brother teach you?"
Cassel's face turned red: "I could do it just now."
"Bai Yi," Nie Wuhen said, "You still need to practice ten scrolls of calligraphy that your master asked you to practice."
"Hey! Stop spreading rumors!" Bai Yi shouted, "Isn't he my senior brother? Didn't you promise to keep it a secret for me?"
Nie Wuhen was too lazy to pay attention to him. He walked outside, and halfway there, he seemed to remember something, turned around to look at Cassel, and walked back.
Bai Yi, who was about to go out to talk to Nie Wuhen, said: "..."
He now seriously doubted whether it was the right decision for his master to let Nie Wuhen practice the ruthless way.
"Caselle," Nie Wuhen lowered his eyes and looked at him, "Wait for me, I will get you the most delicious candied haws in the world."
"Wait?" Cassel looked up at him in confusion, "Why do you have to wait? Isn't that candied haws very far away?"
"Well," Nie Wuhen's eyes fell on his face and he spoke slowly, "Very far. About half a year."
Cassel exclaimed, "Ah!" "Then I don't want that candied haws. The candied haws you gave me are the most delicious, why should I go outside to find it? Don't go." He was panicking and wanted to stand up directly, but Nie Wuhen raised his hand and pressed his shoulder to prevent him from getting up.
Cassel was even more confused, even a little overwhelmed: "Are you going somewhere...Are you lying to me?"
Nie Wuhen was silent.
His silence was a tacit agreement in Cassel's eyes. He immediately got angry. For the first time, he lost control of his temper. Just like when he got angry in the devil's hell before, he threw the pen hard: "Why did you lie to me?"
The surroundings were quiet.
"Why? I've been behaving myself." Cassel didn't understand. He didn't understand why Nie Wuhen still wanted to leave even after he had done so much, and didn't even tell him where he was going. He was like a pet, being teased by Nie Wuhen. When he was happy, his fur was stroked, and when he was unhappy, he was pulled and thrown aside! He tried his best to please Nie Wuhen, but in the end, he still didn't believe in himself!
Cassel couldn't hold back his tears, and he wiped them away while choking and saying, "I know magic, I can definitely help you, I'm not a useless little devil, my blood can also be useful, you can take me with you, as long as you don't abandon me..."
Bai Yi was dumbfounded.
Nie Wuhen bent down, took out a handkerchief, wiped his tears, and sighed, "I'm going to practice, do you want to follow me?"
Cassel looked at him with tears in his eyes: "I want to follow you."
"Aren't you a devil?" Bai Yi interrupted, "How can a devil go there?"
Cassel grabbed Nie Wuhen's handkerchief and lowered his head to wipe his tears: "What will happen if the devil goes there?"
Bai Yi spread his hands and smiled, looking like he deserved a beating: "You'll die."
Cassel: "...Then I won't go."
Nie Wuhen: "..."
"I thought you two had agreed on this on the way, how come after all this time I still don't know anything," Bai Yi said leisurely, "But, brother, you too, there's nothing to hide."
Nie Wuhen sighed and said, "I didn't hide it."
How can you just talk about something that has not been confirmed?
"Then why don't you say anything?" Cassel wiped his tears and turned away from him. "If you don't say anything, how can I know what you are thinking?"
Nie Wuhen became even more silent.
Cassel bent down to pick up the pen and rubbed it with a grunt. His clothes and palms were covered with ink. His chin seemed to be still wet. Cassel wiped it again unconditionally. Before he could say anything, Bai Yi over there had already burst into laughter.
Cassel realized what was happening and immediately covered his face, saying fiercely: "Don't laugh!"
But Bai Yi was still smiling.
Cassel was so angry that he turned around and ran outside, almost tripping while running! Nie Wuhen moved instantly and helped him up.
Cassel whispered thank you, then pulled his hand back and ran outside.
Nie Wuhen looked at his empty hands and felt empty inside. He couldn't describe the feeling.
Bai Yi laughed so hard that tears came out.
Nie Wuhen looked at him, closed his eyes and sighed in his heart, patiently waiting for Bai Yi to laugh enough before saying: "Where is Master?"
Bai Yi coughed twice, wiped the corners of his eyes casually, and said: "Master is waiting for you in Luoyu Tower. I will take good care of him, just relax and suppress your inner demons."
When Nie Wuhen left, Cassel hid behind the banyan tree and watched him furtively. When he saw Nie Wuhen paused, he hurriedly shrank back, patting his throbbing heart, and then poked his head out again.
Hey, where are you?
Cassel was suspicious.
Until someone patted his shoulder and called him, he was so scared that his wings shrank and he turned around to look at him.
Nie Wuhen's hands froze in mid-air. He hesitated: "Did I scare you?"
"I'm scared," Cassel nodded aggrievedly, "Why did you come here suddenly?"
Nie Wuhen didn't know how to respond, so he could only change the subject and said, "Why are you peeking here?" He stretched out his hand, put his fingertips on Cassel's cheek, and rubbed the black ink, "It can't be wiped off."
"How can it not be wiped off?" Cassel rubbed his cheek and said, "I'm not peeking here, I just... I just want to hug this tree."
Nie Wuhen withdrew his hand and looked down at him with a very serious expression. He said nothing, just looked at Cassel.
Cassel flinched a little at his gaze: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"I have the best candied haws," Nie Wuhen cleared his throat and said, "I can assure you that it is absolutely unique in the world. So -"
He deliberately slowed down his tone and spoke word by word, as if he wanted Cassel to hear clearly, "Don't eat other people's candied haws."
Cassel wanted to ask more, but Nie Wuhen seemed to know what he wanted to say, so he continued: "The candied haws that Bai Yi gave you don't count."
Cassel uttered an "oh".
Outside the banyan tree, Bai Yi was calling for Nie Wuhen to come out quickly.
Cassel urged him to hurry over, but Nie Wuhen didn't move. He still kept his head down, staring at Cassel without blinking, and slightly exerted force on the hand holding the Wuwang Sword.
"I..." Nie Wuhen took a deep breath and uttered a word after a long while. He remembered what Cassel said - if you don't say anything, how do I know what you are thinking.
But then I thought again and felt that it was unnecessary. Things have already been decided, there is no right or wrong.
Cassel waited for him to finish, and then saw Nie Wuhen repeat that he had the most delicious candied haws, and asked him not to think about other people's candied haws, then he straightened his collar and turned to leave.
Cassell: ""
The cold wind blew and snow began to fall.
Later on, Kassel stayed here bored, from day to night, and then from night to day.
After a long time, without seeing Nie Wuhen, Cassel couldn't stand it anymore. He watched Bai Yi walk over with a giggle, gave him a bunch of things and put them on the table, and said earnestly: "Little devil, don't run around, understand?"
"Where are you going?"
Cassel felt uncomfortable. Apart from the hot springs, there is this place, and the other option is to follow Bai Yi to make medicine. But ever since the last time he helped Bai Yi watch the fire and accidentally fell asleep, and almost blew up the entire Yundian, Bai Yi refused to take Cassel there no matter what.
"Where else can we go?" Bai Yi waved his fan, walked outside, and said, "Of course, I'm going to make pills. These things are enough for you to eat for a month. This month, I'll be here less often. I'll need a month to make that pill."
"When will my tentacles grow out?"
“…Soon.”
Cassel: "Why are you saying this again?"
"Then what can I do?" Bai Yi said, "You are from another world. The elixir is sometimes useful to you and sometimes not."
In the past, adding a trace of demonic energy would be effective, but after staying at the top of the cloud for a long time, Bai Yi discovered that sometimes even adding demonic energy would not work. Bai Yi himself also had a headache.
"Then can I go down the mountain?" The two were silent for a while, and Cassel mustered up the courage to ask again.
Bai Yi smiled gently and refused without saying a word.
Cassel looked lonely.
Anyway, Cassel couldn't stay in this place anymore. He was the only one in such a huge Yuanqi Pavilion. No one talked to him and no one paid attention to him. What was the difference between this and Barbatos putting him in solitary confinement?
So as soon as Bai Yi left, Cassel hurriedly put on a robe to cover his wings and was about to leave. But when he passed by the banyan tree, he slapped his head and remembered that he seemed not to have watered it today.
Cassel ran back panting to fetch water and watered the banyan tree with three buckets of water. Then he wiped the sweat off his face, said goodbye to it solemnly, turned around and left.
There was no wind, but out of thin air, the tree trunks that had just sprouted tender buds shook a few times like cat ears and let out a long sigh.
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