TDCM Chapter 41

 Chapter 41 - Substitute Carry-On Grandpa  

Fang Die was very happy hearing his words. The two a bit more before they reluctantly took their leave. Ye Chenyuan watched as they left. Their figures supported each other as they walked into the distance. For some reason, a new longing was kindled in his heart.

—Wouldn’t it be great if, one day, he could be so close to Master, walking side by side?

Yuan Chu was already asleep when Ye Chenyuan returned to the Sky Pearl. She lay sleeping on a warm jade. The warm spring water soaked into her skin made it ever more pure and glowing with moisture. It looked so soft that one wanted to take a bite of it.

“Is Master alright?” Ye Chenyuan asked Venerable Li.

He snorted. “Don’t worry! A villain like her is unkillable!”

Ye Chenyuan smiled faintly. He sat next to Yuan Chu to meditate. But before he did, he couldn’t help thinking to himself, deeply moved. This period of time had passed so effortlessly and wonderfully. The days he used to have to fight for resources and escape death were over. It was just like a dream. He used to be able to see cold in the world in every moment, seeing the defensiveness and killing intent in everyone.

But now, it was different. With Yuan Chu here, he felt a continual warmth of humanity. Because of her beauty, through her, he saw even more beauty.

It was so good with her around.

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Three days had already passed by the time they returned to the sect. Once the sect master knew Yuan Chu had destroyed someone’s family in the process of giving them birthday felicitations… he was, for once, speechless.

Yuan Chu’s expression begged him to reward her for her contribution to her humanity. Moqi Tingfeng stared at the little girl. He suddenly wanted to get this villain far, far away from him.

“Ah… You did well!”

Yuan Chu’s eyes widened, glistening as she waited for her reward.

On his seat at the front of the Palace of Mystery, Moqi Tingfeng felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, Yuan Chu’s shining gaze poking at him.

“It must’ve been a tough journey. Go back and rest! Remember to cultivate!”

With this, he turned and disappeared.

That’s it? Yuan Chu blanked. She ran so far, yet she didn’t get any reward.

She didn’t realize that from Moqi Tingfeng’s point of view, those Joyous Union Fruits were her rewards. With the fruits, even if she gave away her ten-thousand-year spirit essence, it was fine.

Yuan Chu was very dissatisfied with this result. Ye Chenyuan saw her defeated face and thought the sect master yelled at her.

“He didn’t!”

Yuan Chu glanced back at the Palace of Mystery where it lay shrouded in ethereal mist, muttering, “Just that Uncle Sect Master is too stingy. I finished a task and he didn’t reward me!”

Ye Chenyuan saw her pout deepen, and a pampering smile appeared on his face. He looked down at the unhappy little loli, his voice soft with warmth.

“He won’t give you a reward, but I can… I’ll steal some cloud swan eggs and roast them for you. How does that sound?”

Yuan Chu recovered immediately upon hearing this. Her eyes shone at him.

“Little Yuan Yuan, I knew you were the best! I want two!”

Venerable Li silently swallowed a mouthful of blood. For some reason, he had a feeling that if Ye Chenyuan kept mingling with Yuan Chu, she’d lead him astray. Could this child still be saved?!

Soon, three day had passed. It was a dark and windy night when Yuan Chu ran away with Ye Chenyuan...

“Uncle Sect Master is so boring. He wanted me to go into seclusion! This is the prime of my life! How could I go into seclusion! Come, Master will bring you out to practice!”

Venerable Li couldn’t help saying, “Little Yuan does need the practice, but there will be a ghastly effect with you there!”

Yuan Chu snorted. “You think I don’t know it’s bad? But he’s only at Qi Refining right now, so I’m gonna take him out to gain experience. Once he’s stronger, I’ll let him go by himself. Did you think I was going to go everywhere with him and coddle him rotten?”

Venerable Li sneered. “From the moment he recognized you as his master, he already turned rotten!”

“Hey! Watch how you speak, you old undying! Don’t believe I can scatter your soul?”

“Do it then! Little pervert, I can still defeat you without a flesh body!”

Just as the loli and ghost were about to fight, Ye Chenyuan pitched in.

“Then, Master, where are we going to increase our strength?”

Yuan Chu immediately brightened at his question.

Thinking back to last life, although she was never able to rob him, she knew all of his opportunities by heart! She was the one to ask!

Now, they were going to reap the treasures in advance! Wow, sharing them three to seven, she could get quite a bit!

Thus, under the guidance of his trouble-loving master and unreliable carry-on grandpa, Ye Chenyuan faced the unknown cultivation world full of expectations.

Time passed in an instant, and it was now three years later.

One day, in a strange cave.

Venerable Li’s voice suddenly rang out in Ye Chenyuan’s mind. “Wait, I seem to sense something unusual from the cave on the left…”

But before he could finish speaking, Yuan Chu lazily piped up from where she sat cross-legged on her sword eating fruit. “Little Yuan Yuan, walk to the left. Turn right at the intersection, then left. Go through the third door; there’s treasure there.”

Venerable Li was shocked! He shut up, embarrassed.

Another day, they were walking in a forest.

Venerable Li suddenly said, “Wait!” Afraid Yuan Chu would find out first, he lowered his voice and quickly told Ye Chenyuan in his mind, “There’s something strange in these woods. I think I sensed something unusual.”

But when she saw Ye Chenyuan lagging behind, she turned her flying sword around, frowning.

“Why did you stop? Go forward ten steps. Exactly, right there. Jump twice, there’s a small inheritance down there. I’ll wait for you outside.”

Then, Ye Chenyuan disappeared from in front of Yuan Chu. Venerable Li was so angry he gritted his teeth. He was the one who felt it first!

And yet another day, Ye Chenyuan was buying medicinal ingredients at the market. Suddenly, Venerable Li’s spirit shook!

“I’m right! I sense something! There’s a treasure…”

Who could have known that before he could finish speaking, Yuan Chu grabbed a black object and asked, “Boss, how much is this?”

The boss noticed Yuan Chu’s unusual temperament and prepared to give her a high price. In the next instant, a spirit stone crashed down on his booth.

“One spirit stone. If you don’t sell, I’ll beat you up!”

The chubby boss wanted to cry, but no tears came. He looked at her, eyes full of fear. “The manager will arrest you for fighting in the market! This is coerced trading!”

Yuan Chu gave him a toothy grin. “I’m a Nascent Soul! The one in charge of this market is only at Core Formation. I’ll beat him up the same if he comes over. So, are you selling?”

Yuan Chu released her pressure. The Nascent Soul power made the chubby boss throw himself at her feet, his attitude a complete turnaround.

“Take it! Please come again!”

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