Ch182 - Mufeng makes Amends

Edited by Zaki

Ten days later,

Seeing Shen Xin walking in with a food box in her hand, the Third Elder couldn’t help rolling his eyes. “How many times have I told you, don’t bring in things from him, why don’t you listen?”

“Master, what the Sixth Junior Brother brought today is not refreshment.” After saying that, Shen Xin opened the food box, took out a glass jar from the food box and placed it on the table.

Seeing the Flower Fire in the jar, the Third Elder frowned. “I don’t want his stuff, give it back to him.”

“Master, Sixth Junior Brother knows he’s wrong, so please forgive him.” Liu Mufeng had come to bring refreshments to the Master every day for ten days, which was considered a good attitude in admitting his mistake.

“Don’t speak for him. Take the Flower Fire back to him, I don’t want his things.” Looking at Shen Xin, the Third Elder was very firm.

“Oh, the quality of this Flower Fire is indeed a little worse, but it’s just right for me to stuff my teeth.” Saying that, a palm-sized cyan Tiger flew out from within the Third Elder’s sea of consciousness. It directly swallowed the Flower Fire in the glass jar.

“You…” Looking at his own Beast Fire, the Third Elder looked gloomy.

“Master, why are you getting more and more stingy? Isn’t it just a Flower Fire? Why are you glaring?” Looking at his Master, the Tiger said with a broad grin.

“Xin‘er,go to the trading area and buy a Flower Fire and return it to him, I don’t want anything from him.” The Third Elder frowned, his face very gloomy.

“Master, since the Sixth Junior Brother honored you, you can accept it if the Tiger likes to eat it.” Looking at her Master, Shen Xin said helplessly. She couldn’t help thinking,‘This man, he is as stubborn as a cow, he will not turn his head even if he hits the south wall.’

“You can’t buy this type of Flower Fire. It has a different taste from the ones I usually eat. You don’t have Flower Fires of this quality in your sect.” Speaking of this, the Tiger licked his lips.

“Oh?” Hearing this, the Third Elder couldn’t help but raise his brows.

“Master, that kid must have something good on him. Go kill him and take the things from him.” Looking at the Third Elder, the Tiger urged.

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“Lord Qinghu, you said that the Sixth Junior Brother has a genuine treasure, do you know what it is?” Looking at the Tiger, Shen Xin asked curiously.

“I don’t know what it is, anyway, that Flower Fire was very delicious. It was different from other Flower Fires that I have consumed before.” The Tiger couldn’t specifically point out what was different.

“Then, why don’t I go and ask the Sixth Junior Brother?” After thinking about it, Shen Xin decided to ask.

“You’re not allowed to ask. I, Jiang Yuantu, is also an eighth-level alchemist, a cultivator of the Spiritual Venerable Realm. What’s the point of thinking about what’s in my disciple’s hand? I can’t afford to lose face.” Looking at Shen Xin, Jiang Yuantu said coldly. .

“Oh!” Seeing that the man was angry, Shen Xin nodded and didn’t dare to say anything more.

“Master, why are you so stingy?”

“Shut up.” With a scolding, the Third Elder directly collected his Beast Fire into the sea of consciousness.

“Master, then, shall I go buy a Flower Fire and give it back to Sixth Junior Brother?” Looking at her man, Shen Xin asked.

“No need, his Flower Fires are better than others. If I bought him an ordinary Flower Fire, it would be like taking advantage of him. Open the protective formation tomorrow and let him walk in by himself. I will give him the spirit stones as payment in person.” Looking at Shen Xin, the Third Elder said so.

Hearing this, Shen Xin was stunned for a while and then secretly smiled. She couldn’t help thinking:‘This hard-mouthed and soft-hearted man must have seen Liu Mufeng giving him things every day, and thought about forgiving the other party.’“Master, why don’t you give Sixth Junior Brother a chance and let him explain. It’s not right for you to shut people out indiscriminately like this.”

Hearing this, the Third Elder’s face was a little strange. “Hmph! Let’s see.”

Looking at the man who was obviously already soft-hearted but still had a hard mouth and did not admit it, Shen Xin laughed helplessly. Master, he was such a person, his heart was hot like a fire, but his face was covered with a thousand-year-old ice layer that couldn’t be melted.

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The next day, Liu Mufeng arrived at the gate of the Third Elder’s Palace on time, and saw Shen Xin who was waiting by the side. “Senior Sister, please give this to the Master.” After speaking, Liu Mufeng sent another Flower Fire.

“No need, go in yourself. Master is willing to see you.” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Shen Xin said with a smile.

At that, Liu Mufeng was stunned for a moment, then smiled. “Thank you, Senior Sister.”

“No need to thank me, I didn’t do anything. Ten days have passed, and Master’s anger has subsided a lot. You can go in and explain it to the Master shortly.” Shen Xin said while looking at Liu Mufeng.

“Yes, I know Senior Sister.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng said yes. He followed Shen Xin into the Palace.

Sitting on the chair, seeing Shen Xin and Liu Mufeng walking in one after the other, the Third Elder’s expression was as cold as usual, but he no longer had the anger he had ten days ago.

“Disciple greets Master.” Bowing his head, Shen Xin and Liu Mufeng saluted together.

“No need to be polite.” Waving his hand, the Third Elder spoke indifferently.

“Yes.” Responding, Shen Xin took a step and walked behind the Third Elder.

“Master, this disciple has refined a Flower Fire.” After speaking, Liu Mufeng took out a Flower Fire and placed it on the table in front of the Third Elder respectfully.

Glancing at the Flower Fire floating up and down in the glass jar, the Third Elder waved his hand. “No need, take it back and feed it to your Beast Fire.”

At that, Liu Mufeng frowned. “Why, Lord Qinghu doesn’t like to eat the Flower Fires I refined?” The Beast Fire in the hands of the Third Elder was the Cyan Tiger Mystic Fire, it was not a secret in the Zunhuang Continent. Liu Mufeng had already known this for a long time, so he had specially refined the Flower Fire suitable for the mystic tiger and sent it over.

“I like it, I like to eat it, but you have too few Flower Fires, do you still have any more?” Flying out from the Third Elder’s sea of consciousness, Qinghu directly swallowed the Flower Fire on the table.

“Yes, there is one more.” After speaking, Liu Mufeng immediately took out another Flower Fire.

Qinghu rushed over and ate the other one as well. After eating the two Flower Fires, Qinghu burped. He circled around Liu Mufeng. “Boy, if you still have any good things, take them out to honor your Master. Don’t you know what it means to be filial to your Master? It’s a waste for a low-level alchemist like yourself to have precious spiritual treasures. Hurry up and take it out, otherwise, I’ll burn you with a mouthful of fire.”

“Come back, what nonsense are you talking about?” With a scolding, the Third Elder raised his hand and grabbed Qinghu back directly.

Lying on the shoulders of the Third Elder, Qinghu looked at his Master with a depressed expression. “Isn’t this for his own good? Look at him, a Spiritual King Realm cultivator, can he guard the treasure if he is that weak?”

“Don’t talk nonsense, go back.” Looking at Qinghu, the Third Elder scolded coldly.

“Oh!” Glancing at the Third Elder helplessly, Qinghu had no choice but to return to the Third Elder’s sea of consciousness.

Looking at the two empty jars on the table, the Third Elder frowned. He directly took out 30,000 spirit stones and placed them on the table. “Take these spirit stones and consider that I bought the three Flower Fires. In the future, don’t send any more Flower Fires.”

Looking at the thirty thousand spirit stones on the table, Liu Mufeng frowned deeply. “Master, what are you doing? As a Master and apprentice, do we need to have such clear distinction? Isn’t it just right for the apprentice to honour you?”

“I’m not old enough to need my apprentice’s filial piety.”

Looking at his Master’s indifferent face, Liu Mufeng lifted the lapels of his clothes, bent down and knelt down. “Master, it’s this disciple’s mistake that broke Master’s heart. It’s the disciple’s fault that he has failed the Master’s expectations.”

Looking at his apprentice who was kneeling and admitting his mistake, the Third Elder’s expression changed. “Forget it, that’s it for the matter. You can go back. You don’t have to send things every day in the future. You can make alchemy when you have time, and don’t waste time refining Flower Fires.”

“No, Master’s kindness to me is as heavy as a mountain. It’s because the disciple is not good and has let down the ardent hope of the Master. It’s the disciple’s fault, please forgive me, Master.” Bending down, Liu Mufeng repeatedly kowtowed.

“There is no need to go this far. I do think highly of you, but saying that my kindness to you is as heavy as a mountain is not true.” In fact, the moment Liu Mufeng knelt down, the unhappiness in the Third Elder’s heart had already vanished. It’s just that he was a person who was not very good at expressing himself. Sometimes he would say one thing and mean another, giving people a feeling that he was very difficult to get along with, but in fact he was not that kind of person.

“Master taught this disciple to refine the Spirit Beast Pills step by step and also gave 50,000 spirit stones to this disciple for alchemy purposes. These things may be trivial to the Master. However, to this disciple, they are of great significance and the gratitude is heavy as a mountain. When I was five years old, my parents died. My Grandfather and four Uncles were dismissive of me because I was a waste of five spiritual roots. In the Liu family, I ate the coarsest food and got the least spirit stones. Other Cousins could get 100 low-grade spirit stones every month, but I was only given ten low-grade spirit stones. In the 40 years since I was five years old, there have only been two people who have truly been kind to me, one is my Dao Companion Jiang Xu, and the other is you, Master.” Kneeling on the ground, looking at the Third Elder, Liu Mufeng said word for word.

Hearing Liu Mufeng’s words, the Third Elder frowned and was speechless for a while.

“Sixth Junior Brother, you also lost your parents at the age of five?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Shen Xin felt that the two were somewhat in the same boat. She had also lost her parents at the age of five, only she was luckier than Liu Mufeng. She had met her adoptive Father and Master. But Liu Mufeng was only surrounded by relatives who hated him.

“Yes, my Eldest Uncle and Second uncle killed my parents for the spiritual plants in my Father’s hands. So, when I was ignorant and didn’t understand what family love was, I have already lost my parents forever. I lost the right to be loved by my parents.” Speaking of this, Liu Mufeng sighed softly. The original owner lost his parents at the age of five, and he was born in an orphanage. There was no difference between the two, they were both orphans.

“Sixth Junior Brother.” Hearing Liu Mufeng’s words, Shen Xin’s eyes reddened. More than anything, she felt that she and Liu Mufeng had similar experiences.