Chapter 47: Kiss
At nineteen, Yu Nianzhen was an unparalleled sword.
He was tall, his body was lean, his face was all sharp edges, and his brows were curved swords.
Most of all, he exuded a regal aura with a hint of sheathed danger.
Unfortunately, he wore a red robe embroidered with silver flowers and carried a tan gourd on his waist!
This contradiction of temperament and dressing created a discordant image that was difficult to accept.
’Master Yang is too mean.’ Jiang Yue thought as he looked at Yu Nianzhen.
His lips curled in amusement, but he didn’t dare to laugh.
Instead, he focused all his attention on Yu Nianzhen’s expressionless face.
"Are you happy to see me?" He asked.
"Happy."
Jiang Yue smiled, and his eyes filled with mischief.
"Why don’t I see it?"
Yu Nianzhen was silent for a moment.
During the five years of seclusion, he interacted with his master less than five times. Because of this, his introverted disposition grew a little more detached.
He became unwilling to interact too much with the world and was intolerant of distractions.
Fortunately, his heart still beat faster when he saw Jiang Yue.
His lips curled upwards, and he took a step toward Jiang Yue.
Before the other could react, he was pulled into a hug, and his head fell on a firm chest.
"I missed you every day." Yu Nianzhen whispered.
Jiang Yue didn’t say anything, but his face flushed to match Yu Nianzhen’s robe.
He circled his arms around the other’s waist and angled his head above his heart.
This moment was like home.
Although he didn’t show it, the last five years were difficult.
He was still new to the world, and the only person who mattered had endured such an inexplicable tribulation.
Every moment of the last five years was filled with desperation, but at this moment, his heart finally found a perch.
"You worried me." Jiang Yue said.
"I know, I am sorry."
Yu Nianzhen wanted to assure him that he would never worry him again. However, he didn’t want to make a promise he couldn’t keep.
Jiang Yue heard the unsaid meaning, and his eyes reddened. Deep helplessness flooded his heart, and he tightened his arms around the other.
However, there was nothing to be done.
They hugged in silence for a long time until Jiang Yue mumbled something against Yu Nianzhen’s chest.
"What did you say?"
"I want to eat."
Yu Nianzhen frowned when he heard that.
He had just come out of seclusion and didn’t have ingredients in his courtyard.
However, Jiang Yue wanted to eat, and Yu Nianzhen was willing to feed him.
"Wait a while, I will go to the resource hall to buy some ingredients."
"I just returned from a mission, and I killed some demonic beasts along the way."
Jiang Yue waved his hand, and a snake fell from his storage bag.
The snake was a high-rank class one silver crowned snake. It was twenty metres long and thicker than an adult man’s waist.
"Are you sure you want to eat this beast?"
"I have heard that the meat of a silver crowned snake is especially delicious." Jiang Yue had stars in his eyes when he said that.
Yu Nianzhen looked at Jiang Yue, and mischief flashed in his dark eyes.
"Have you also heard that snakes, especially the silver crowned snake have a particular effect?"
Jiang Yue blushed.
In his excitement, he had forgotten about that. However, he stilled himself after thinking about it.
"So what if it has that effect?"
Yu Nianzhen was startled. His pupils dilated, and he turned a helpless look at Jiang Yue.
Five years ago, his master had ’talked’ to him about adult affairs.
He knew that origin yin and origin yang were important to a cultivator.
Because of that, it was advisable to preserve origin yang until twenty-one to avoid damaging one’s foundation.
That said, how could Yu Nianzhen accept Jiang Yue’s teasing without doing anything?
He held Jiang Yue’s chin and tilted his head upwards. Soon after, his lips fell on a pair of warm ones, and both sighed in pleasure.
The feeling was better than they remembered from their past life. Better than their imagination in the past few years.
Jiang Yue closed his eyes and pressed himself against Yu Nianzhen.
Yu Nianzhen groaned, and his tongue pried open the luscious lips pressed to his own.
Their tongues tangled in a wild dance and ignited an uncontrollable passion that left them breathless.
They moved closer to each other and had the meaning of letting the world burn.
However, a subtle force pushed them apart just before they ignored the consequences.
"Which other master has such a troublesome disciple? This seat is tired every day." A languid voice floated in the courtyard.
Yu Nianzhen had black lines on his face, and Jiang Yue was amused.
Although things seemed uncontrollable, he wasn’t worried they would go too far.
Master Yang should also know his disciple’s character. Even if he didn’t interfere, Yu Nianzhen wouldn’t go too far.
However, Yang Xu now lived for messing with his disciple, and he was very unwilling to let him have his way!
"I will cut him into a thousand pieces one day." Yu Nianzhen threatened.
"Other masters’ disciples are so good, why is mine so bloodthirsty? I worry every day that he will fall into the evil way." Yang Xu’s voice was full of unbearable grievances, and Jiang Yue couldn’t help but laugh.
When supreme elder Yang acted this way, he reminded him of mother Yu in their previous life.
"If master Yang doesn’t mind, master can eat with us."
Yu Nianzhen looked at Jiang Yue when he heard his invitation.
Although his face was expressionless, his eyes were filled with grievances and resentment.
However, Jiang Yue ignored him and sank his consciousness into his storage bags.
He had killed many demonic beasts, and he found many more in the storage bags carried by his mission targets.
Because of this, he had a lot of demonic beast meat that could be used in the place of the silver crowned snake.
He collected the silver-crowned snake into his storage bag and removed another beast.
This one was a three-mountain boar, and it was a peak rank class one demonic beast.
"Did you kill it by yourself?" A voice asked, and before Jiang Yue could answer, Yang Xu arrived in the West courtyard.
"I did."
Yang Xu turned to his disciple and sneered.
"Your dao companion is in the ninth level of the origin forging realm. What about you?"
Yu Nianzhen frowned.
He was only in the fifth level of the origin forging realm and couldn’t compare to Jiang Yue.
"All you do is write calligraphy and don’t know to improve your cultivation."
After his tribulation, Yu Nianzhen realised a lot of benefits while he was unconscious.
One of the things was how to turn his body and soul into a sword body and sword soul to match his sword origin.
However, the process was not easy. It took three years to achieve the entry-level of the technique.
After that, he spent two years comprehending and practising the ten sword arts he redeemed from the martial hall.
Because most of his time was spent on swordsmanship, his cultivation had lagged behind.
However, Yu Nianzhen wasn’t worried.
The more he practised the sword, the more he realised that his sword realm was more important than his cultivation base.
When his sword realm increased, it would naturally drive his qi cultivation.
As long as his swordsmanship was sufficient, his state of mind would be clear, and he wouldn’t encounter bottlenecks when breaking through.
At the moment, he was a little behind Jiang Yue, but all he needed to do was meditate to accumulate qi.
"I am so hungry." Jiang Yue interjected when he saw that the master and disciple were about to start arguing.
Yu Nianzhen glared at his master and then lifted the three-mountain boar. He led the way outside and started a fire to roast the boar.
"Disciple in law, what news do you have from outside?"
Jiang Yue blushed when he heard Yang Xu’s address. However, he was happy, and he did not hold back.
He spoke about the sea beasts’ invasion and the thousand herbs garden that was about to open.
"We are about to be rich." Yang Xu said happily.
"I have heard that the thousand herbs garden has a lot of rare herbs." Jiang Yue also had the same thought.
Although the sect would take a portion of the herbs collected in the secret realm, the remainder was not a small amount.
All the herbs they did not need could be sold for spirit stones or exchanged for contribution points.
"Disciple in law is too tender."
Yang Xu was in a good mood, and he sipped from his wine gourd.
"Both of you are blue stars and don’t need the placings to enter the secret realm. When we get the secret realm tokens, we can auction them for a lot of spirit stones."
Jiang Yue had forgotten that blue stars could enter secret realms without tokens.
Now that he remembered, he couldn’t help but be excited.
Even Yu Nianzhen was excited.
For once, he saw that his master was pleasing to the eye and gave him a nod of approval.
"There is no time to waste. I will talk to the sect master to secure a way for Nianzhen to earn a placing."
After saying that, Yang Xu no longer cared about eating.
He disappeared on the spot, which earned another nod from Yu Nianzhen.
