Peerless Heiress - Chapter 139
"What treasure?"
"Little girl, do you still remember my little cauldron?"
How could I not remember? Qingyan pouted. Wasn't it that black thing that he always protected like a treasure, yet always made her put it away? It was still in her 21st-century little room, in the bottom drawer of the left-hand cabinet.
Chapter 321: Heavenly Furnace and Earthly Cauldron
"Could it be that this alchemy furnace is the same thing as your small cauldron?" Qingyan asked suspiciously.
“Exactly.” Master nodded, beaming with pride. “This one is called the Heavenly Furnace, and mine is the Earthly Cauldron.”
"Oh." Qingyan nodded.
She received a sharp tap on the head. Her master glanced at her sideways and chuckled, "What's with that expression? Are you upset because you saw me stealing Master Mo Yu's things?"
Seeing that she had been seen through, Qingyan said bluntly, "Master, speaking of which, you just absorbed someone's spiritual net, and they were crying their eyes out. You steal their treasure in the blink of an eye. Isn't that too unkind? Even a demon shouldn't do this. Why don't you just give it back to them?"
"Girl, I'm your master! Are you just favoring Mo Yu and ignoring me?" The master's eyes widened, looking as if she was about to cry.
What does Guan Moyu have to do with this? Qingyan's lips twitched. "It's not someone else's spirit network. You're not my master anymore, you're just a little pine fox now."
The master stopped, turned to look at Qingyan, his eyes deep and shimmering, but his expression was unreadable. He spoke softly, "Girl, do you think I've fully recovered?"
"You..." Qingyan was stunned.
“You’re too naive. That old Taoist is just a mortal with hundreds of years of cultivation. He can only preserve half of his appearance. How much spiritual power does that so-called spiritual network have?” Master sighed. “I can only appear for half an hour each day. During that half hour, my abilities are no different from those of a mortal. That spiritual network is only useful to me for that long.”
"...But what does this have to do with you stealing his alchemy furnace?"
“My previous cultivation was always related to the Earth Cauldron, so my spiritual power contains the natural spiritual power of the Earth Cauldron.” Master suddenly smiled mysteriously. “Girl, do you know that in ancient legends, the Heavenly Furnace and the Earthly Cauldron, when combined, can possess the power to change the world. Now, although my own spiritual power is completely sealed, the Earthly Cauldron spiritual power dormant within me may be stimulated by the Heavenly Furnace.”
Qingyan was overjoyed, "You mean, with the Heavenly Furnace, you can start cultivating?" In that case, wouldn't Master's spiritual power recover quickly?
Overjoyed, she hugged her master's arm and shook it with delight.
"Ah, that's wonderful, Master."
Chapter 322: Trouble Ensued
A smile appeared in the master's eyes as he looked down at Qingyan, his smile warm.
“But,” Qingyan hesitated for a moment, “Mo Gu Zi…” Before she could finish her sentence, the ground beneath her feet suddenly shook violently, and Qingyan almost fell. She quickly grabbed her master’s sleeve.
Mo Gu Zi, who was chasing closely, was caught off guard and fell onto Si Chi behind him, causing them to scream.
"Master... Master, get up!" The scholar, his face flushed, desperately pushed away the old Taoist priest who had sat on him and then forgotten to get up, and whispered.
The old Taoist priest frowned, gazing into the distance. There, at the entrance to the valley's passageway, spiritual energy was surging, stirring the earth's energy, causing spirit beasts to scatter in fright, and lingering shockwaves still echoed in the air. He remained astonished for a while, then suddenly asked in a deep voice, "Little bookworm, when did you enter the valley?"
"Huh? Yesterday?"
Just as I thought. The old Taoist nodded, succinctly and to the point, "You brat, you've gotten yourself into trouble."
"Trouble...trouble? What...what trouble?" The scholar stammered, looking completely bewildered.
The old Taoist turned back, looking at his disciple with immense sympathy, a hint of excitement hidden deep in his eyes, his tone full of schadenfreude, "Silly boy, you brought outsiders into the valley... Let me tell you, that kid Mo Yu has always been awkward and arrogant, a smiling tiger, even I'm afraid of him, ah, ah, ah, wrong, of course I'm not afraid of him, I only let him..."
A suspicious blush rose on his face. He scratched his head awkwardly, then became excited again. "Well, I've never seen him so angry before. I guess this is the first time he's used the stone flute. Hehehe, great! You wait, he'll skin you alive after this!"
"Ah...?" The scholar shrank back, his face paling, but his eyes remained blank. "Master, Master..."
The old Taoist priest was extremely pleased with himself.
That brat Mo Yu, who is supposed to be his disciple, has never gained the upper hand in front of Mo Yu since childhood. He has only ever been able to put Mo Yu down. Now, finally, there is someone who can take his place and be bullied by Mo Yu. He can watch the show with a smile on his face. Wow, this feeling is so good!
Chapter 323: The Uninvited Guest
If only he had known, he should have taken on a disciple sooner. He suddenly remembered a phrase his white-bearded master used to say all the time, something like, "If the master is in trouble, the disciple will serve him." Come to think of it, he was always being bullied by that kid Mo Yu; wouldn't it be perfect to have a disciple to take his place?
He's so smart, hahaha.
The old Taoist was so happy he wanted to jump for joy, completely ignoring the pitiful look in his little apprentice's eyes. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a girl in green carrying a snow-white pine fox, running towards the source of the surging spiritual energy at the valley entrance.
"Ah, my Heavenly Furnace! Give me back my Heavenly Furnace!" The old Taoist was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening, let out a scream, and chased after it again like a wisp of smoke.
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"Why wouldn't I dare?" Ru Ying said coldly, facing the angry gazes of the crowd, and smiled leisurely. "If you dare to hurt her again, I dare to kill the Emperor of Huai. Why don't you try?"
The valley is as beautiful as a fairyland. A gentle breeze blows, and the falling flowers occasionally make a deep, muffled "thud".
Yuwen Ke and Ru Ying, the rulers of two great nations, stood facing each other coldly at the entrance of the valley. Their eyes swirled with a fierce, turbulent power.
A faint sigh came from the peach grove on the left, followed by the melodious sound of a bamboo flute.
Ru Ying suddenly turned her head away and slowly walked towards the exit of the valley through the passageway. She walked very slowly, her back stiff, but she did not look back.
We kept walking...
The remaining people looked at each other in bewilderment.
Yuwen Ke's anger suddenly subsided. His black-clad figure stood subtly within the slightly recessed inner wall of the passageway, his presence almost imperceptible, as if blending into the surrounding landscape. His eyelashes were lowered, his lips slightly pursed, and his solemn expression indicated that he was listening intently. The sound of the flute was soft, almost imperceptible, yet impossible to ignore—melodious, ethereal, confident, and composed.
As the music ended, a clear voice drifted from the peach grove, "This is the first time we have had guests in the Valley of Mystery, which has stood for a hundred years. They are uninvited guests, so please forgive us for not being able to receive them. Everyone, please return home."
The generals were all startled. Mo Yu! That was Mo Yu's voice!!