Free Web NovelChapter 1732: Chapter 1342: Knocked Down! Is Moonbathing Fun?
The kind of training that leaves only blood and hatred, the kind that made him countless times consider betrayal, is vast and inescapable...
However, until he endured it, and became the hall master’s trust...
Until the old hall master died, and he became the hall master’s right-hand man...
Until he learned many secrets unknown to most of the Sand Sea’s people...
The Sand Sea Wolf Tribe, Ancient Country Royal Family, Shi Clan’s mission...
Everything went beyond his expectations and was crueler than he could have imagined...
At that time, he only realized that being loyal to the Ancient Country, sworn to guard the Shi Family, was more than just an oath of allegiance. Protecting the Shi Family meant protecting everyone, including himself...
But now, none of this matters anymore!
He only hopes that everything has an outcome, whether good or bad...
"Let’s go, let’s go, such an opportunity, if missed, won’t come again!" Just as Duo Shu was deep in thought, the Medicine Immortal Old Man already scooped him up and dragged him towards those two sunken patches of pasture...
The night on the grassland carries a chill different from the south; around, the smell of fresh grass was distinctly audible...
Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue lay face-up under the cover of waist-high pasture, surprisingly quiet, neither speaking first to break the peace after the battle...
The two did not want to talk and wished to stay quietly for a while, but someone just would not let them get their wish!
For example, that suddenly ringing, old voice...
"Oh ho! Look, look, who is this? Tsk tsk... Isn’t this the famous Undefeated War God of Great Zhou, Crown Prince Mu?" An old figure, hunched and peering, with a face full of sardonic sneers, appeared in Zhou Mu’s line of sight...
In the moonlight, Zhou Mu only felt that the Medicine Immortal Old Man’s grizzled beard and hair were quite dazzling!
Very dazzling!
Circling Zhou Mu once, the Medicine Immortal Old Man did not stop, and circled Shi Wujue once as well, with the same expression on his old face as before, his mouth restless, "Master of Linyuan City, the unparalleled person of the world, tsk tsk... why are you lying here?"
Standing aside, not brazenly spectating like the Medicine Immortal Old Man, Duo Shu’s mouth twitched at these words!
Lying on the ground, Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue heard this and their nonpareil faces involuntarily twitched slightly, tilting their heads, glanced at each other...
However, because of the obstructing pasture, they did not see each other’s expressions clearly...
But, a pair of feet, in a very considerate manner, while circling them, intentionally or otherwise, trampled the grass growing between them flat...
With the obstructing pasture gone, Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue clearly saw the helplessness on each other’s faces...
Medical Immortal Wu Xi!
Aren’t you asking the obvious?
Why were they lying here?
To be able to launch two needles simultaneously, striking them unnoticed in their melee, toppling them, besides this Medical Immortal Wu Xi, who else at this time would use silver needles as a hidden weapon? A small thing like this would naturally not be used by experts or used with such precision, only by a skilled doctor who practiced acupuncture!
The one who struck them from behind is Wu Xi!
Besides him, no one else!
At the moment they collapsed, their hearts skipped a beat!
Thinking...
That the silver needle was sent by another person...
Another person that they absolutely did not want to face under such circumstances...
The very one who stirred them to be at swords drawn...
However, hearing the Medicine Immortal Old Man speak, they suddenly felt relieved!
As long as it’s not her!
It could be anyone, even an enemy, as long as it’s not her!
If it were her, the three of them would indeed become an unresolvable deadlock!
Thankfully, it wasn’t her!
Exchanging a glance, Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue immediately withdrew their gaze, the two having a tacit understanding, chose to ignore the Medicine Immortal Old Man’s words!
The Medicine Immortal Old Man, known for his age without dignity, trampled the pasture such that those two lying on the ground, unable to move, could finally see each other, making him feel accomplished!
Yet, the intense enmity expected from enemies meeting did not occur; the two youths who had just been at each other’s throats only looked at each other impassively, then withdrew their gazes, making no further move...
This...
"Hmph! Clearly two wet-behind-the-ears kids, pretending to be old scholars with a profound air, really annoying to look at!" The Medicine Immortal Old Man couldn’t help but curse under his breath, extended a foot, and kicked the person on the left, then the person on the right, eyes glinting with interest, "Your posture is quite commendable, but you haven’t answered my question yet? Why are you lying down? Could it be you’re tired from fighting and thinking of basking in the moonlight?"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Just as the Medicine Immortal Old Man’s words fell, two light and breezy voices responded.
The old face immediately froze, the Medicine Immortal Old Man looked down, at Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue’s faces, made even an old man like him lament the unfairness of the heavens, blinked suspiciously, "Was it you speaking?"
Finished speaking, without expecting their answer, he turned his head to look at Duo Shu...
Duo Shu shook his head at the Medicine Immortal Old Man, indicating that it wasn’t him speaking...
The Medicine Immortal Old Man saw this and his old face immediately looked awkward...
What does this mean?
He had asked that question as a tease...
How could these two unusually quirky kids respond so openly?
"... So, is moon-gazing fun?" The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, the Medicine Immortal Old Man’s entire old face was very animated. After a while, he returned to his senses and awkwardly asked.
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Yet again, two voices echoed lightly in response, ringing in the Medicine Immortal Old Man’s ears!
This time, the Medicine Immortal Old Man saw clearly—it was these two like-jade boys lying on the ground, faces turned toward the sky, who spoke!
Godfather!
Look at this synchronized tone...
This clearly means his plan to watch a good show is foiled!
How could this be?
This was so inconsiderate!
The Medicine Immortal Old Man couldn’t help but show a trace of unwillingness on his face!
After pondering for a moment, the Medicine Immortal Old Man started to pace again, looking at the two on the ground, shaking his head and sighing, "Hey hey hey, this is really ruining the mood, one is a Langyuan Immortal Blossom, and the other two are flawless jade—how could this be solved? They are bound to have a showdown to determine who’s superior and what’s genuine!"
What the Medicine Immortal Old Man said was understood by everyone present!
The Langyuan Immortal Blossom naturally referred to Gu Changsheng, and the flawless jade referred to the two of them, as they were indeed comparing superiority and genuineness just now!
But what’s the difference?
The two lying on the ground, without needing to look at each other, were of one mind and made a choice...
Continue moon-gazing!
Ignore him!
The Medicine Immortal Old Man had hoped that these two talented prodigies would react with anger and shame at his taunting words, so that he could use it against them in the future, right?
Because, these quirky boys were indeed flawless jade, almost without any shortcomings, let alone anything to hold against them!
This is bad!
This is really bad!
It’s taken away so much of his fun!
Yet, he had spoken such teasing words, and the reactions of these two were truly disappointing to him!
This is just too calm and composed!
Following their gaze, the Medicine Immortal Old Man couldn’t help but look up at the moon hanging in the sky, holding back several times, yet couldn’t suppress his breath, feeling somewhat depressed and said, "Is the moon really that beautiful? Could there possibly be my apprentice living in the moon, causing you two to be so captivated!"
As soon as the Medicine Immortal Old Man spoke, the two who were indifferent on the ground immediately turned their heads, sharp eyes towards him, and even Duo Shu standing beside him looked at him in shock...
Zhou Mu looked at him because, earlier, he had only hinted at things without naming names, but now this was too much, as his apprentice was Changsheng...
And Shi Wujue and Duo Shu looked at the Medicine Immortal Old Man because...
Only they knew...
That in the moon, indeed, lived a Changsheng...
Or rather, an image of Changsheng...
The three of them had different thoughts, but in the eyes of the Medicine Immortal Old Man, it became distorted!
The Medicine Immortal Old Man looked at their once indifferent eyes which had now changed, feeling his life complete, and couldn’t help but stroke his gray beard, saying, "Now that’s right. At such a young age, with matters of love and hate, what’s the point of burying things deeply? If you don’t want others to know, does that mean it doesn’t exist? In this way, having a fight is good, putting everything out in the open is better than letting it become a heart knot over time..."
Is this...
A hint?
Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue both had a flash of realization in their eyes...
While Duo Shu’s eyes had a flash of disbelief...
This Medicine Immortal Old Man had been in his sight since entering Linyuan City, and he had openly and secretly observed him many times; he just didn’t anticipate that this normally unorthodox Medicine Immortal Wu Xi could actually say such... such seemingly insightful words...
It wasn’t just Duo Shu who was a bit in disbelief, even Zhou Mu was somewhat skeptical...
In his impression, his little woman’s master was even less reliable than his little woman...
But unexpectedly, the person who came to resolve his impasse with Shi Wujue turned out to be him!
However, after the Medicine Immortal Old Man finished speaking, the seriousness on his old face didn’t last long. More accurately, his expression had never been serious...
