Chapter 44: What? You Want Me to Go On an Expedition?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Four years later, in the herb fields of the Pharmacist Valley.
“What? Master, what did you just say? Can you repeat it?”
Elder Han looked at Lu Yuan, who was in disbelief.
“I said that I’ve already spoken to the sect leader to arrange for you to go to the Great Xia Kingdom s Devil Slayers Division in the capital. You’ll temporarily be the director of the Devil Slayer Division there,” He said with a blank expression.
When Lu Yuan heard this, he immediately pointed to his face and said, “Master, are you sure you’re not joking with me? You want me to be the director of the demon Slayers Division? What kind of trash am 1? Do 1 have it in me to be the director of the Devil Slayers Division? Obviously not!”
Hearing Lu Yuan belittling himself like this, Elder Han’s face immediately turned ugly.
What did he mean he was trash? Wouldn’t that make him, who accepted trash like Lu Yuan as his direct disciple, a trash breeder?
…..
He could scold himself, but please don’t implicate him. The master won’t pay for the disciple’s actions!
At this moment, Lu Yuan did not seem to understand the seriousness of the matter.
He ignored Han Yuanshan’s increasingly ugly expression and continued to express his opinion.
“Master, it’s not like you don’t know my situation. Although 1 do have a little talent in pill refinement, and 1 did win a drop of the bird-type demon king’s blood essence from you four years ago, thus successfully reaching Foundation Establishment for my wind spiritual root, in terms of fighting, I really can’t compare to the other disciples! In a place like the Great Xia Kingdom’s Devil Slayers Division, how could they let a useless person like me become the director?!”
“Master, please take a good look at me. Do I look like someone who can lead a group of cultivators and help the Great Xia Kingdom to vanquish demons and devils? If you really let me lead them, the Great Xia Kingdom will be destroyed! Who knows, maybe even the sect will be implicated in the end! Master, in my opinion…”
“Shut up!”
Seeing that Lu Yuan was about to continue chattering, even the kind Elder Han was starting to get annoyed.
He abruptly left his seat and strode to Lu Yuan. Then, he pointed at the latter’s nose and scolded him.
“Lu Yuan, put away your cautious mentality! Don’t tell your master that you can’t do this or that. I’ve seen your situation over the past few years. I’m too embarrassed to even say what you’re thinking right now. Just tell me how many times you’ve left the sect in the five years since you came to acknowledge me as your master.”
Uh…
Facing his master’s powerful words, Lu Yuan’s imposing manner instantly fell by a notch.
Han Yuanshan had been holding back his anger for a long time. He might as well use this opportunity to vent all his anger at once.
“You’re not answering, right? If you’re not going to answer, I’ll answer for you! Other than the first year’s assessment, in the following four years, other than going to see your partner Ye Tingyu, you never left the sect at all. Your activities were always within the sect. And if we start counting since you entered the sect… Ten years in the Qi Cultivation Stage, five years in the back mountain, and five years as a direct disciple. Twenty years! It’s been twenty years! 1 can’t believe that you’re so steady that you haven’t left the mountain for twenty years!”
“I have met countless people, but I’ve never seen a cultivator as afraid of death as you! I can understand why you didn’t go down the mountain when you were in the Qi Cultivation Stage. You had to concentrate on your cultivation at that time, so it was normal for you not to go down the mountain when your strength was not enough.”
“I can also understand why you didn’t go out when you were grounded. After all, that was the sect’s punishment for you. It’s just that after I truly understood you, I suddenly felt that when you heard the punishment of house arrest, you probably laughed out loud in your heart.”
As he spoke, Han Yuanshan stared into Lu Yuan’s eyes.
Being stared at by him like that, Lu Yuan’s eyes wavered as he said with a flushed face, “I, 1 didn’t laugh in my heart at that time! I was obviously scared at that time. Yes, I was scared!”
However, facing this explanation, Han Yuanshan had a look of “sure, continue to bluff”.
Damn it, to think he was seen through!
Something was wrong, something was very wrong.
Was this still his good master, Han Yuanshan? Why was he so different today? Could it be that he was possessed?
Perhaps he had guessed Lu Yuan’s thoughts, but Han Yuanshan went to the point aggressively.
“Put away your unreasonable speculations. I’m not possessed, nor have I gone mad. I’ve been wanting to say these words for a long time, but I just couldn’t find the opportunity. Lu Yuan, oh, Lu Yuan, I know your usual character. You’re steady. But you can’t be that steady!”
“Cultivators have always been fighting against the heavens, the earth, and humans. Only then will we have a chance to ascend and transcend. But you, you don’t go out of the mountain gate, you don’t do any missions, and I haven’t even seen you sparring with other disciples. What do you want to do? What the hell do you want to do? Are you going to hide in the mountains and refine pills for the rest of your life?”
“What’s so bad about refining pills…” Lu Yuan muttered softly.
“Eh? What did you say? Speak louder! Didn’t you eat?”
Looking at Han Yuanshan who was obviously in a fit of anger, Lu Yuan did not dare to say anything more.
Speak louder? If he really say it out loud, he was afraid that his master would kill him on the spot.
Han Yuanshan looked at Lu Yuan, who had lowered his head and was silent. He pinched the space between his eyebrows.
“Lu Yuan, don’t blame me for scolding you. It’s been twenty years. You’ve been in the sect for twenty years. It’s time for you to go out and take a look. Although pharmacists don’t need to fight much, we are still cultivators. What we cultivators seek in cultivation is to live as long as the heavens and earth, to be free! Not to be afraid of this and that, and be cooped up in one place. Listen to me. Go down the mountain and go on an expedition.”
“I don’t ask for you to stay long down there. Ten years, just ten years. Ten years is like a snap of your fingers to you. After you come back, even if you want to stay in the sect for a hundred years, I won’t say anything more to you.”
After hearing that his master wouldn’t scold him anymore even if he stayed in the sect for a hundred years after his return, Lu Yuan’s spirits were immediately lifted.
“Master, are you serious?”
“Very much so.”
“Then you can write a written pledge or swear on your Dao heart?”
Han Yuanshan was speechless.
Outside Han Yuanshan’s herb field.
“Senior Brother Bai, is Junior Brother Lu still inside?”
“Yes, he was just called in by master. It seems that master has something to tell him. Junior Sister Mu, how about you go in later?”
Mu Qiqi nodded. However, just as she was about to say something, a terrifying explosion suddenly came from the herb field.
The sudden explosion frightened the two and they shrunk their necks.
Then, they stuck their heads out in unison and looked into the door curiously.
“Murder! A master is going to kill his disciple! Someone, come quickly!”
In the herb field, Lu Yuan had turned into a green flash of light. While he ran, he shouted.
Behind him, Han Yuanshan, who was flustered and exasperated, used his pill fire divine ability, which was a rare sight. He chased after Lu Yuan relentlessly.
The explosion had been caused by Han Yuanshan’s outburst of pill fire.
Mu Qiqi and Bai Dafei were dumbfounded when they saw this.
Then, the two seemed to have thought of something and looked at each other with tacit understanding. They had silent communication.
Mu Qiqi, “How is it? Should we interfere?”
Bai Dafei, “A master beating up his disciple is not easy to interfere with, right?”
Mu Qiqi, “Then. We’ll just pretend we didn’t see it?”
Bai Dafei nodded frantically.
Then, the two heads that were sticking out quietly retracted back.
In the process, Bai Dafei even secretly locked the door from the outside.
As the courtyard was sealed by an array, Lu Yuan, who could only leave from the main entrance, ran to the main entrance.
However, just as he was about to push the door open, he suddenly realized that the door was locked!
“Who is it? Who the hell is so wicked? Why the hell did you close the door in broad daylight? Open the door!”
When Bai Dafei heard this, not only did he not open the door, he even silently stretched out his leg and used all his strength to block the door, preventing Lu Yuan from breaking out.
Not long after, the sound of beating and Lu Yuan’s wails could be heard.
Hearing the commotion, Bai Dafei apologized in his heart, “Junior Brother Lu, I’m sorry. Master is currently in a fit of anger. If he doesn’t vent his anger this time, I might be in trouble later. So this time, I’ll have to let you bear the brunt for now.”
On the other side, when Mu Qiqi heard the sound of Lu Yuan being taught a lesson by his master, the smile on her face was beyond happy.
It was similar to when Lu Yuan was a student in his previous life. When he saw his teacher teaching other students a lesson, he gloated over their misfortune as if it was none of his business.
Of the four people in the Pharmacist Valley’s herb field, two were watching the show, one was in a fit of anger, and the other was being beaten.
A world where only Lu Yuan was hurt had been achieved!