Chapter 36

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The Clouds Return (4)

“Junior Sister? Little Junior Sister?”

Pei Yu returned to her senses, looking at the smiling girl in front of her, feeling quite uneasy in her heart. When she grows up, she will look better than this person, her cultivation base will be higher than her, and she will practice seriously. Why does the master still accept others? Didn’t she say that she only needs her to be an apprentice?

Rong Jibai didn’t understand why the younger sister was silent, thinking she was probably shy, so she took her little hand and smiled: “Don’t be afraid, Senior Sister is not a bad person.”

Pei Yu wanted to withdraw her hand, and tried several times, but failed. “Where is the master?”

Rong Ji laughed for nothing, “She, she’s playing mahjong.”

Pei Yu frowned suspiciously, “Playing mahjong? What is that?”

“It’s gambling.”

Pei Yu stayed there, a layer of water vapor slowly became trapped in her eyes, and she couldn’t say anything: “She left me here… to gamble on her own?”

The girl gradually paled, her eyes sparkling, her hands twisted around her clothes, she looked like weeping.

Rong Jibai quickly comforted: “Sister, Junior Sister, don’t be angry. Master, she has this temperament. Don’t be angry, I will help you scold her when I go back.”

Pei Yu listened, took a deep breath, and trembled: “I’m not angry.”

You are so wronged that tears will flow out, isn’t that angry?

Rong Jibai secretly scolded Huai Bai for being unreliable, patted the girl’s back softly, and said softly: “Well, you are not angry, you are not angry, who is lucky if you are angry?”

When Pei Yu heard this, her heart suddenly felt. If she is angry, isn’t this group of senior sisters and brother wishful for her? Maybe Master still feels that she is not well-behaved and sensible enough, and no longer feels sorry for her. This life is different from the previous life, Master has so many apprentices, she has to work hard to win Master’s favor.

After she figured it out, she felt a lot more relaxed, pulling Rong Jibai’s white sleeves, “You are not allowed to scold Master!”

Rong Jibai chuckled and said, “Okay, I’ll listen to the Junior Sister.”

She was very happy that she finally had a little junior girl, and this junior girl looked good, like a sculpture made of ice and snow, and she was fancy and well-behaved. Who wouldn’t like it?

She was just a little thinner than she should be.

“I will take you out on the street.”

After giving the jade pendant to The Clouds Return’s shopkeeper and asking him to hand it over to Yu Chisu, Rong Jibai walked the street with Pei Yu, wearing a red suit hunting like a fire, flying through the crowd like a red butterfly.

While walking, she didn’t forget to inform about each of the peaks of Gushan one by one.

The six peaks of Gushan are Feiyu Peak, Baidai Peak, Zhuoyu Peak, Huangzhong Peak, Lingsu Peak, and Shouxian Peak. Except for Shouxian Peak, the other five peaks all have special training. Feiyu Peak and Baidai Peak are the most powerful, and the peak owners are called Dao Senior and Sword Senior. Zhuoyu Peak mainly cultivates instruments, Huangzhong Peak practices tuning, and Lingsu Peak is good at alchemy.

After the inner peak disciples enter Gushan, they will first uniformly practice the Six Ways of Dao at Feiyu Peak, and then choose their own teachers according to their preferences, but if they are selected by the peak masters, they do not need to choose by themselves.

Rong Jibai thought for a while, and then said, “Except for the people with upturned noses at Baidai Peak, Gushan is still pretty good. But in the future you will come to trouble with Baidai Peak. Don’t be afraid. Just run, come back and tell us, the senior sisters will help you find a place.”

Pei Yu knew that the disciples of Baidai Peak had always been arrogant. Perhaps due to the short-term protection and domineering of the peak owner Ding Fenghua. In her memory, the people of Mount Baidai had never cared about Shouxian Peak, let alone provoked them. They felt that this was a surrender of status.

“Will they come to make things difficult for us on purpose?”

Rong Jibai only thought she was afraid, and smiled: “Don’t be afraid, just use some shameful means, we are not afraid of them.” Thinking of this, she clapped her hands, “But when you go to Feiyu Peak to learn the Six Ways of Dao, be careful. They love stumbling at that time the most.”

Pei Yu nodded. She didn’t want to cause trouble for the master, but if someone took the initiative to start things, she wouldn’t be afraid.

The sky suddenly rolled up auspicious clouds, and the steep mountain peaks lit up with golden light, which was a bit dazzling in the sky, and dyed half of the sky golden red.

Everyone covered their eyes with their hands, so that they would not be pierced by the strong light to burn their eyes.

Rong Jibai said: “Ding Fenghua that old thing…” She remembered that there was a younger sister next to her, and changed her words: “Sword Senior has broken through.”

Powerful exits or breakthroughs often evoke visions of heaven and earth, and if they wish, they can be covered by the turning of their minds. However, Sword Senior Ding Fenghua has always been arrogant, and if he makes a breakthrough, he can’t wait to announce it to the world, which is the opposite of Dao Senior who keeps his breakthroughs confined.

Pei Yu looked at the celestial phenomena, and she saw that Ding Fenghua was not only in a retreat, but also had a small breakthrough in his cultivation, which was probably in the mid-nascent soul stage.

Rong Jibai muttered softly, “I’m going to be blinded, can we not make such a big show? Is the breakthrough great? He doesn’t learn from Dao Senior.”

Speaking of Dao Senior, her face is full of respect.

Dao Senior Ning Xiao is a strange person from the immortal gate.

When he was a boy, he was not as stunning as Huai Bai and others, and even in the Sword Test competition, he never won the top spot. When Huai Bai started, he had built the foundation to perfection, and when Huai Bai reached the golden core, he still built the foundation to perfection.

At that time, everyone laughed, saying that the Dao is not as good as the sword, and that the Feiyu Peak lineage is afraid that it will die in the hands of Ning Xiao.

But Ning Xiao was never angry, and only laughed at these rumors, and treated the younger brothers and sisters with care and gentleness meticulously.

When things happened in Shiling, the Zhuangzi Saints and Mo Sect joined forces to persecute, asking Gushan to hand over Huai Bai.

The three elders of nascent soul squeezed the battle, and the top of Gushan was rolling with clouds like a sea, and the black wind blew.

Ning Xiao, who has always been low-key, smiled and walked up to the clouds, waving his sleeves lightly. The three nascent soul elders immediately vomited blood and were seriously injured, and the formation suddenly dissipated.

Only then did the world discover that this inconspicuous Dao Senior did not know when he had reached the nascent soul consummation, and he was the strongest person in the immortal gate.

After three hundred years, no one dared to commit another crime against Gushan.

Pei Yu didn’t have much intersection with Ning Xiao in her previous life, but she really admired him.

During the tribulation of Gushan, the black cloud was like a heavy city, and Ning Xiao, with the power of one person, withstood 3,000 sky thunders and protected Gushan for a day and a night, and finally disappeared in the thunder.

He had a chance to escape, but chose to die with Gushan.

Even when Pei Yu was went over three thousand souls, Ning Xiao’s soul was not found——he had been bombarded by thunder to the point that no ghost was left behind.

Rong Jibai pointed to Gushan, where the long steps are like white snakes, winding up and extending into the clouds. “After three days, there will be a Heavenly Stairs Trial. There are a thousand steps in the Heavenly Stairs. The more you go up, the more difficult it is. You can enter the outer peak when you climb three hundred steps, and you can enter the inner peak when you climb six hundred steps.”

She patted Peiyu’s shoulder, “Junior Sister, it’s easy to climb three hundred steps, and six hundred steps is also easy. There is nothing to worry about.”

If the ranks were easy, how could so many people squeeze their heads to try to make it to Gushan.

Pei Yu asked: “You… teacher, how many steps did you ascend back then?”

Rong Jibai did not hear her entanglement in her address, and smiled: “Senior Brother and Second Sister are both more than 800 steps, and Cang Hai is more than 700. I stopped at 600.” She stretched out her waist, “It’s all passed, why do you still have to work hard?”

There is no expression on Pei Yu’s face, but her heart is unavoidably shocked. She did her best back then, but she had only walked more than six hundred steps. In her impression, it was very rare to be able to go up to seven hundred, and it was the talent that the six peaks were eager for. And her senior brother and second sister, they can actually go to more than 800 ranks?

She glanced at the long Heavenly Stairs, still remembering how she worked hard and clenched her teeth to climb step by step. She was not a person with extraordinary talents. In the end, it was all based on her temperament and tenacity. She climbed the stone steps with her hands and swallowed her mouth full of blood. She slowly climb these six hundred steps.

But now is different from the past, this Heavenly Stairs is not worth mentioning to her today.

After going through the sea, she realized that the peak that she thought could not be crossed was just a small stone.

(T/N: she’s saying after seeing the world, Gushan was small in comparison)

Rong Jibai was afraid that she would be under too much pressure, so she persuaded her: “Little Junior Sister, don’t worry too much, just treat it as an ordinary mountain climbing. Yes, wait for me.” She squeezed into the crowd, like a mud cow into the sea. It’s almost gone.

Pei Yu frowned uncomfortably looking at the bustling crowd. She originally thought that the few people who had robbed her of the Master were all heinous villains, but Zhao Jianyi looked good, and this girl named Rong Jibai was also quite good. She couldn’t move her will to kill.

But if they compete with herself for the respect of the master, what should she do if the respected master no longer likes herself?

Before long, Rong Jibai walked out holding the snow-white pastry wrapped in lotus leaves in both hands. The sweet-scented osmanthus cake is decorated with sweet-scented osmanthus, and you can smell the rich aroma when you get closer. She stretched out her hand, and said with a smile: “This sweet-scented osmanthus cake is the best. Junior Sister, you can try it, it’s still warm!”

Pei Yu didn’t take it immediately, just looking at the snow-white sweet-scented osmanthus cake, a little startled.

In the two live of reincarnation, except for the master, no one has treated her so well… The bowl of hot fish soup in the memory has made her pay enough to make her no longer dare to accept the kindness of others.

Seeing that she hadn’t moved for a long time, Rong Jibai wondered: “Don’t you like to eat sweet-scented osmanthus cake? It’s quite delicious, we all like it.” She picked up a piece and put it to the child, “Try it? It’s fragrant!”

Pei Yu’s eyes flickered slightly, and she asked softly, “Why, why should you buy it for me?”

Didn’t they meet for the first time?

Rong Jibai was stunned. It seemed that she didn’t understand the meaning of her words. After a while, she smiled and said, “You are my younger sister. Isn’t it a matter of course that the elder sister treats the younger sister? Under the same door, we are a family.”

Family……

Pei Yu’s always cold eyes added a bit of light, as if she had crushed the stars in the sky and scattered them in a cold river of autumn water. She slowly lowered her head and wanted to take a bite, but suddenly stopped and asked, “Does the master like to eat too?”

Rong Jibai smiled and nodded, “Of course.” As if she had expected what the child would say, she continued: “This is what I bought for you, and I will bring another to Master when I go back.”

When Pei Yu heard the words, she let go of a bit of distraction. Since Master likes to eat, then she… it doesn’t matter if she tastes what Master likes. She lowered her head and took a bite, leaving a small tooth mark on the pastry.

Rong Jibai’s peach blossom eyes kept turning, watching the child’s lips and her shining eyes, a slight warmth suddenly appeared in her heart. The child’s eating is very gentle, nibbling gently, chewing carefully and slowly, and cautiously when swallowing, just like a suckling cat.

“Junior Sister, what else do you like to eat, I’ll buy it for you? There is a fried chestnut on the corner that is delicious. By the way, do you like candied haws?” Before Pei Yu could speak, she asked herself, “You should like it, kids like to eat it.”

Pei Yu gently wiped the residue at the corner of her mouth, shook her head, and whispered, “No need, thank you.”

Rong Jibai did not listen, and took her hand and ran to the streets and alleys to buy. When they walked to the small courtyard, they both had a lot of snacks hanging on their bodies, and they probably couldn’t finish them for many days.

Rong Jibai placed the snacks in a large wooden box in a familiar way, and explained: “Junior Sister, don’t look at this thing inconspicuously, but as long as the food is put in, it won’t rot. The Senior Brother originally named it Lanke Ren, but the master calls it a refrigerator.”

The four corners of the wooden box are inlaid with spiritual stones, and a magic circle is drawn on the top. The runes are carved into petals, which are huge but exquisite.

“If you are hungry, take something to eat from it.”

Pei Yu nodded.

Rong Jibai led her to the bedroom again, saying, “There are only four rooms here, one each for Master, Senior Brother, and Second Senior Sister, and one for me and Cang Hai. This is where Master lives. You can take a short stay. When the big brother comes back, let him build a room for you.”

Pei Yu opened her eyes and looked around carefully. This bedroom is quiet and elegant, and the interior fragrance floats, which shows the master’s intentions. She asked softly, “Do we live here?”

Rong Jibai made the bedding for her, “I don’t come often, but I will come here to rest or play during festivals. This is our secret base for Shouxian Peak, and everything in it is arranged by our own hands.” She took out the Zhougong apparatus on the bedside again, and after introducing the usage in detail, she smiled and said, “It’s getting late. Junior sister, let’s rest earlier.”

Pei Yu accepted the Zhougong apparatus and responded in a low voice.

After Rong Jibai left, she lay on the soft bedding, with a scent pouring in the end of her nose, and couldn’t help blushing.

This is Master’s bedroom, is she sleeping on the same bed as Master?

She only has respect and admiration for Master, but since she heard that the Blood Demon is Master’s former Daoist companion, her respect seems to have slowly changed. It was like the first stage of the bright moon that needed her to look up to see it, but it suddenly flew into her arms, leaving her six points at a loss, three points fearful, plus one point secret joy.

Pei Yu rolled a few times on the quilt, she was already very tired, but she still couldn’t sleep. She stood up and got up, picked up the notebook on the head of the bed.

The script was written by a person named Jiyu Sheng. It recorded many interesting stories. Pei Yu had a lively expression without knowing it. When she turned to the chapter “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, she suddenly realized that the emperor’s new sword used by Master that day meant this.

Master, new clothes…

She shook her head quickly, stopped her conjecture, and turned another page. This story is about a favorite concubine, who is proud to show off because of the emperor’s favor.

Pei Yu put down the book and thought in a melancholy way, how can she win Master’s favor alone?

Maybe she had thoughts day by day and night by night. That night she had a beautiful dream. In the dream, Master left all the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes to her. The brothers and sisters all looked at her with tears, so she said: “Since I have entered the master’s door, I have been favored by the respected master alone. The senior brother and sisters are three thousand, yet the respected master spoils me alone. I advise the respected Master to share her favor, but she does not listen!”

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