Chapter 389: Is It Uncle-Master or Senior Lingzu?

Under the night sky, two figures drifted in on the pale moonlight.

If not for the golden-brown braised chicken drumstick in her hand, this scene could almost be called "breathtakingly beautiful."

Chi Jiuyu ate with grease running down her chin, and Zhang Yunlu trailing behind her was no different.

"Uncle-Master, how come you're here?"

Saying so, she took another bite, her eyes full of curiosity; by contrast, Zhang Yunlu was far more composed.

"Naturally, I'm here waiting for you two."

Under the security guard's somewhat dumbfounded gaze, Xu Xing rose from his chair.

Uncle-Master?

Those two young ladies who had descended from the sky…

No way!

Being able to fly meant they were at least at Foundation Establishment, and an address like "Uncle-Master" was generally used by junior members of a sect to address their elders…

Golden Core?

Impossible, impossible!

Could it be a Nascent Soul?!

Holy crap!

He had actually just been chatting with a Nascent Soul cultivator?!

"Uncle-Master knew we were coming?" Zhang Yunlu asked.

"Mm, I'm also staying at the Yuling Interstellar Hotel," Xu Xing said with a smile.

"Eh! Then didn't you notice us long ago?"

Chi Jiuyu stepped forward, tossed the bone in her hand into a nearby trash can, then took out her identity jade tablet.

"I am an Inspector of the Xiang Jianzong, here to investigate the students' cultivation progress."

Xiang Jianzong… Inspector?

The security guard's hands began to tremble; if this one was an Inspector of the Xiang Jianzong, then the one she addressed as Uncle-Master…

He didn't even dare keep thinking about it.

He hurriedly set down his thermos, rubbed his hands together, and examined her carefully: "Welcome for your inspection, I'll right away…"

If even an Inspector of the Xiang Jianzong dared to say so, it basically couldn't be fake.

"No need for all that trouble, I'll take a look and be on my way," Chi Jiuyu put away her jade tablet.

"It's necessary, it's necessary, I'll notify the principal right away."

emm…

Chi Jiuyu thought it over, and ultimately did not stop him; forbidding him from making the call would only bring him trouble.

"Then we'll head in first, ha!"

"Please, please!" How would the security guard dare to stop her.

"Old Liu," Xu Xing suddenly spoke.

The security guard called Old Liu froze, then felt a little panicked—could it be that what he'd just said had offended this senior?

"Don't worry, I just want to tell you, don't let your son keep taking that pill anymore."

Huh?

"I'll do as you say, I'll do as you say!"

A pill?

Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu fell into thought.

Soon, the two followed Xu Xing into the school.

Old Liu watched their retreating figures, breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately recalled what Xu Xing had just said.

Could that pill really have a problem?

Thinking this, Old Liu turned and walked into the security booth, and began contacting the principal.

On the Fourth Planet of Yuyao, a Golden Core Stage cultivation was still quite decent, so he was in charge of the entire school's security, and his authority was not small.

……

……

Moonlight spilled down, illuminating the various scenes of the school.

On the playground, one could see some students chasing and roughhousing, waiting for evening self-study to begin.

But there were also some rather "grindy" ones, sitting cross-legged in quiet corners cultivating their Qi.

Cultivation was like this, especially in the early stages—if you didn't grind, plenty of others would!

The soft grass sank slightly underfoot; Zhang Yunlu gazed at this familiar yet unfamiliar scene, a flicker of nostalgia passing through her eyes.

Once upon a time, she too had been one of them.

"Uncle-Master, what did you mean about that pill just now?" Chi Jiuyu was asking Xu Xing about the pill.

Right now she was focused on the mission—a serious Yu!

"The pill, well… it means you have to investigate it yourselves."

"Oh! Uncle-Master, that's no fun! If you already know, just tell us!" Isn't this all for the sake of the Xiang Jianzong!

"Heh, don't you want to become Sect Master? You still need my help with something this small?" Xu Xing looked at her with a half-smile.

Chi Jiuyu: "……"

That one had struck right at her weak spot.

"I believe clearly assessing the situation and resolving problems swiftly is a necessary virtue for a Sect Master," she said solemnly.

This guy is quite the smooth talker.

Xu Xing still said nothing.

Chi Jiuyu's taut little face once again piled on a smile: "But well, since it's Uncle-Master testing whether I have the ability to become Sect Master, then I definitely have to accept the test!"

So, Uncle-Master, you'll definitely support me becoming the Xiang Jianzong's Sect Master, right!

She said silently in her heart.

"I never said that."

"Aiya, Uncle-Master, look, out of the vast starry sky you could still run into your two favorite junior disciples — this is fate!"

Not a single error in any chapter's content!

"So?"

"If we do a beautiful job, give us a little reward!" Chi Jiuyu pressed her advantage like a snake following a stick.

As for face?

What is face? It would only be an obstacle on her path to becoming 'Rich Jiuyu'.

"What else could you want? Didn't Ye Shijie already agree to give you a medium-class starship? And you don't seem to lack anything either — could it be you want a large-class starship?"

"Fine…" The words reached her lips and abruptly stopped.

A large-class starship was something she absolutely couldn't pilot — she'd have to pile on ship-spirits by the dozen.

Even if she really got a large-class starship from Uncle-Master, at most she'd just sell it.

But if she sold the gift Uncle-Master gave her, the ending would definitely be getting hung up and beaten by Master…

No no no, and that would be too much of a loss!

"I haven't decided yet, I'll choose later, okay?"

"Fine!" Xu Xing glanced at the sky. "If this matter is handled beautifully, I'll grant you one request."

"Thank you, Uncle-Master!" Chi Jiuyu beamed.

Everything that had just happened was taken in completely by Zhang Yunlu.

Worthy of Ye Shijie.

If it were her… those words definitely wouldn't have come out of her mouth.

No wonder Ye Shijie Li said that Ye Shijie was especially good at winning the favor of those great elders.

She seemed to understand how those two phoenixes from before had come about.

"Yunlu."

Zhang Yunlu started: "Uncle-Master?"

"How do you feel about your parents' matter?"

Chi Jiuyu closed her mouth and looked at her as well.

At Xu Xing's sudden question, Zhang Yunlu was also a bit dazed; she opened her mouth but didn't know how to answer.

The matter of her parents…

Sad?

Heartbroken?

No, it seemed neither.

"I… don't know."

Yes, even she herself didn't know.

Compared with her older brother's hard-to-conceal grief, her only feeling was a certain emptiness in her heart.

"Uncle-Master, am I very heartless?"

"No, it's only because you were too young when they left."

It's a bit cruel to say, but the fact is exactly that.

Before Path-Unification, time is enough to grind away those already vague memories.

"Right! Little Yunlu, how could you possibly be heartless!"

"A person's life will become different because of all kinds of experiences; time is too cold, everything will become unlike the very beginning — especially for people like us."

High-level cultivators have long lives, witness all manner of things, and their thoughts will change because of it.

"So, simply follow your present true heart."

Zhang Yunlu was lost in thought; Chi Jiuyu nodded as if half-understanding: "So Uncle-Master, at the very beginning did you like Master or Ancestor Ling?"

Huh?! (End of this chapter)