“…Just pretend that nothing has happened? You, you still acknowledge me as your apprentice? Didn’t Shizun say before that I am an evil disciple and wanted to drive me out of the door?” Lu Xiao stared at Qiu Yutong blankly and for a time, his expression became extremely complicated; in his dark eyes, there seemed to be extreme joy and faint loss.
His restless look was a bit like when he was a child.
Looking at him like that, Qiu Yutong couldn’t help but soften slightly, and even his voice softened, “That was just a momentary remark made in anger. Although… Although you did such bad things in order to get revenge on me, I also once felt sorry towards you. We are even with each other, so we will still be shizun and disciple from now on, okay? “
Lu Xiao pursed his lips, lowered his eyelashes silently, and said nothing.
“Think about it for yourself.” Qiu Yutong estimated that this kid still had some preoccupations, so he didn’t force him. He sighed softly, and slowly finished the half of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in his hand.
Sigh, even if his disciple was bad, he was still his own little disciple. He had worked hard to raise him for more than ten years. He was indeed sorry towards him, and the cakes made by him were so delicious…
After Qiu Yutong finished eating the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, Lu Xiao still lowered his eyes, as if he hadn’t figured it out yet. Qiu Yutong didn’t bother to pay attention to him and looked up outside the water pavilion.
At this moment, it was a midday moon, and the cold and bright moonlight, like the gauze on the highest of fairies, was gently sprinkled on the quiet lake, and a shimmering silver light appeared.
Next to the water pavilion, there was a large green lotus leaf with a few pale pink flower buds, swaying slowly in the night wind. The lotus leaves were gently rubbing against each other, making a rustling sound. Apart from that, the lake was completely silent, and there was no other sound.
Qiu Yutong looked at the large lotus leaf in a trance, and involuntarily thought of some extremely distant past events, which seemed to have happened in a previous life, “A long time ago, I took you to stay in a rural farmhouse. You got up in the middle of the night to practice swordsmanship, but accidentally fell into the lotus pond behind and got all covered in mud… Xiao-er, do you remember?”
Lu Xiao’s eyelashes trembled slightly, as if he was shaken by the long-lost name “Xiao-er”.
After a long time, he nodded very lightly, “I remember. I was only nine years old at the time, and there was a move ‘Yue Luo Wu Ti’ that I couldn’t learn. I was very anxious, so I got up in the middle of the night and practiced swordsmanship. As a result, I stepped into the lotus pond. Later, Shizun jumped into the water and picked me up. “
Qiu Yutong looked at the lake, recalling the embarrassed appearance of a young Lu Xiao at that time, and couldn’t help laughing, “At that time, you were like a little mud monkey, with only two eyes left, and looking at me pitifully… I didn’t know if it was a traumatizing experience or not. You couldn’t learn that move ‘Yue Luo Wu Ti’ later. By the way, have you learned it now?”
Lu Xiao whispered, “No.”
“You haven’t learned yet?” Qiu Yutong raised his eyebrows and stood up.
He stretched his arm lightly, and then suddenly a clear whistle sounded. His right hand was slightly raised, and the incomparable sword, Tianzhao Yunhai, immediately appeared in his hand!
“Xiao-er, look properly!”
With these words, Qiu Yutong had already risen from the ground. His whole person was incomparably light, like smoke, and like a swallow, he swept atop the clear and crystalline lake!
He had never worn shoes, a pair of snow-white bare feet, lightly tapped from the lotus leaf, but even the crystal dewdrops rolling on the lotus leaf were not disturbed. He was like an exiled immortal coming to the world, and like a ghost, he was light and weightless.
Under the cold and hazy moonlight, suddenly, Lu Xiao saw a misty sky-blue sword aura suddenly lit up, crisscrossing the sky for a while, and the sword light filled the sky!
Tianzhao Yunhai’s sword energy was sometimes ferocious like a magnificent army with thousands of men and horses, at times it was silent like falling flowers and water, sometimes it was extremely fast, sometimes it was extremely slow, and a figure in white clothes like snow, in this criss-crossing sword energy, almost seemed to be flying away from the wind, making it impossible to tell whether this was a human or a ghost, or whether it was a demon or a fairy?
Lu Xiao stood up involuntarily and stared at the extremely handsome figure, almost forgetting to breathe.
This was the Shizun who raised him, and this was the person he wanted.
He didn’t know how long it took when Qiu Yutong suddenly let out a clear whistle. Tianzhao Yunhai directly reflected the bright moon in the lake, and slashed it into two halves!
“Boom!!!” As the sword energy fell, a huge wave several feet high suddenly rose on the lake, almost covering the sky and the moon! !
Then, Qiu Yutong suddenly retracted his sword and stood on the lotus leaf. The huge waves crashed down, the lake surface gradually returned to calm again, until finally there was no trace, as if the sword energy that had just filled the sky, was merely an ethereal dream.
Qiu Yutong closed his eyes and realized something just now. Then, with a slight indifference, he jumped back to the water pavilion and said with a smile, “Have you learned it this time?”
Lu Xiao stared at him, his dark eyes almost bottomless: “Yes.”
As expected of his little disciple. Qiu Yutong was very satisfied and nodded, “Since you know it, you should go back and comprehend. I’m tired today, and want to rest early.”
Lu Xiao was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, “Shizun wants to drive me away?”
“Uh, do you still want to talk to me all night? But I’m a little sleepy… Besides, your three palaces and six courtyards, more or less, have to be taken care of,” Qiu Yutong was a little embarrassed.
“I don’t…” Lu Xiao said eagerly, but he seemed to remember what he had said, and suddenly fell silent again.
“Don’t have what?”
“Let’s not talk about that.” Lu Xiao pursed his lips, “In short, I’m going to rest here. If Shizun doesn’t like it, I won’t go into the water pavilion, and I’ll sleep on the couch outside, that’s all.”
Qiu Yutong glared at him, feeling annoyed yet comedic, “You are a devil emperor, yet you are sleeping on someone else’s couch in your own palace?”
“Since this is my palace, I can do whatever I want.”
His little disciple had always been very stubborn, and Qiu Yutong had no choice but to reluctantly agree. Lu Xiao seemed very happy, and quickly laid the bedding for him. He brought hot water and a towel over, wiped his face and washed him.
Lu Xiao had been very attentive since he was a child. Qiu Yutong was used to being served by him. For a while, he didn’t feel anything at all. After he wiped his face, he let go of his long black hair, took off his robe, and put it on the screen. He then turned around and found that Lu Xiao was staring at him blankly.
“What’s wrong? Is there anything?” Qiu Yutong blinked suspiciously, followed the other’s gaze and touched his neck.
As soon as he touched it, he let out a soft “hiss” in pain, and then suddenly remembered what Lu Xiao had done… When he did that kind of thing to him before, the scoundrel was going crazy while facing his neck. He was kissing and chewing, and it was estimated that there were a lot of bruising and purple scars. The collar of the robe was high, so he couldn’t tell. At this time, he was only wearing his inner shirt, and his neck was exposed.
Lu Xiao stared at his snow-white neck covered with bruises. His eyes seemed to be stuck. He couldn’t move, and even his breathing was a little tight.
“What are you looking at?! Look at what you did!” Qiu Yutong was a little annoyed and a little embarrassed. After what happened, he had put a lot of effort into using almost all of his self-control, so he could still face Lu Xiao calmly now, yet this kid was still acting like this, it’s just, just…
“You are not allowed to look at it, do you understand?”
“Yes.” Lu Xiao lowered his eyes in a panic, and he was a little overwhelmed. He composed himself, but reluctantly endured, and served Qiu Yutong in bed. He gently tucked the quilt in. From beginning to end, he was polite, and there was no overstepping behavior.
Then, Lu Xiao lightly blew out the candle and said softly, “Shizun, go to sleep.”
“En, you should also sleep earlier.” Qiu Yutong heard him rustling out of the room, and felt a little relieved. He was really tired today, and was soon was in a daze.
He didn’t know how long it took. In the haze, there was as if a few cold and slender fingers touched his forehead lightly, then touched his cheek again as if to test whether he had a fever.
“Oh…” Qiu Yutong felt a little uncomfortable when the slender fingers froze, he couldn’t help twisting. He turned over in confusion and tried his best to shrink into the bed.
Qiu Yutong actually still had some pain, but the pain was just too embarrassing, and he wanted his reputation very much, so naturally, he wouldn’t say it when he was awake, but when he was sleepy, and he was gently touched by those familiar long fingers, it was as if he had returned to that unbearable night. His little disciple who was hurt by him tossed him extremely rudely, almost deliberately humiliated him, until he broke down and cried… Even in his sleep, Qiu Yutong could not bear it. He couldn’t help frowning deeply and muttering softly, “It hurts… no, no more…”
His voice was very soft, and he was trembling slightly, as if it was unbearable. His long black hair was scattered around his snow-white neck, barely covering up the large bruises that had not yet faded away.
The other party’s hand paused slightly, and it seemed that even his breathing stagnated for a moment, but he didn’t do anything, just gently tucked the quilt in, and then hurriedly exited the interior as if he was running away.
……
Wu Liu was a marsh crow. He transformed a hundred years ago. He was extremely talented and very smart. He was completely different from his stubborn younger brother, Wu Qi.
But these days, Wu Liu felt that his smooth sailing life was severely challenged.
As the saying goes, a talented person chooses a patron of integrity, Wu Liu always felt that his decision to follow His Majesty the Yutian Devil Emperor was absolutely correct. But these days, when he was reporting the military situation, his wise and shrewd majesty’s mind kept wandering again and again.
“What’s wrong with His Majesty recently? He’s always preoccupied,” Wu Liu couldn’t help complaining to his younger brother.
And his foolish younger brother looked confused, “What did you say? I think His Majesty is the same as usual, brother, are you oversensitive?”
But today, looking at Lu Xiao, who was on the throne, Wu Liu finally couldn’t bear it any longer: “Your Majesty, are you listening?”
Lu Xiao was stunned for a moment, and finally came back to his senses, “What did you say?”
Wu Liu couldn’t help but sighed, “What troubles Your Majesty recently? You might as well say it, maybe the two of us can also help come up with ideas?”
Lu Xiao seemed to be really distressed, but he didn’t immediately reject Wu Liu’s suggestion, he hesitated for a moment, and suddenly asked a question that was irrelevant, “Wu Liu, I heard from the people below that you are very popular with women in the devil world?”
Wu Liu was stunned. He couldn’t fathom what the Yutian Devil Emperor was thinking, he could only cautiously say, “Uh, it’s normal.”
Lu Xiao waved his hand, “Don’t be afraid, I have no other intention. I just want to know, if a man likes someone, and then because of some things, he offends that person and lies to that person, but that person still doesn’t know the man’s intentions… What should I do at such a time?”
Wu Liu was confused, so he could only pick up the key points and ask, “How did you offend? What lies did you tell?”
Lu Xiao’s expression froze slightly, and he simply didn’t talk about the word “offend”, and said directly, “What lie did you tell… Well, it was the man who told that person that he already had a wife and concubine, but he didn’t.”
“Say he has a wife and concubine? Why is this man telling such a lie?” Wu Liu frowned suspiciously.
He was just about to ask a few more questions when suddenly, his scalp tightened, and he remembered what Qiu Yutong said – “Where are Lu Xiao’s three palaces and six courtyards?” He suddenly understood something extremely remarkable; he was speechless and didn’t dare to answer.
Wu Qi looked like he didn’t know why, and said carelessly, “It just so happens that if the girl is jealous or sad, it means that she also likes that man.”
Lu Xiao pondered, “Jealous? Sad?”
“…” Wu Liu had already understood in his heart. At this moment, he was about to cry without tears. He couldn’t help but secretly poked his brother’s waist. Brother, don’t mess around in this terrible muddy water!
Wu Qi glanced at his brother inexplicably, then turned to Lu Xiao and said, “For example, you can find a few brothel girls who can sing and dance well, pretend they are a concubine, and see how the girl reacts…”
Wu Liu shouted sharply, “Wu Qi, what nonsense are you talking about in front of your Majesty?!”
In fact, the folk customs of the devil world are bold and unconstrained, and there were not too many men and women that were so conservative. Although Wu Qi’s suggestion was absurd, it was not impossible. At this moment, he looked at his fierce brother in confusion, almost aggrieved, “Am I wrong?”
When the two brothers looked at each other, Lu Xiao suddenly spoke up.
“Looking for a few women? That’s not necessary…” The Yutian Demon Emperor pondered for a while, then suddenly said, “I remember both of you are Marsh Crows who became demons and are the best at transforming?”
Wu Liu stared at Lu Xiao, and suddenly felt a sense of impending disaster, he swallowed dryly. Just as he was about to humbly decline, Wu Qi already nodded happily, “Yes, yes, my brother and I are very good at it. Flowers, birds, fish, worms, men and women, young and old, we are omnipotent, and we can imitate to perfection!”
