Chapter 21

“En, I also don’t like that Lin Xu. He really deserves a thrashing,” the old man muttered as he moved to jump up from the roof, then disappeared in the air after a few landings. Not a single person saw him at all.

“Who’s there? Show yourself!” Mu Qianyue suddenly paused in her footsteps, a hint of viciousness flashed in her eyes. She could sense an aura in the air. Although that aura was concealed well, she still captured it.

Recalling the scene in the medicine shop earlier, Mu Qianyue’s countenance suddenly turned icy-cold. After leaving the shop, she had purposely made a few detours in case that person had sent someone to follow her. She didn’t expect that someone was still relentless in their pursuit of her.

“Hehe… Lass, your reaction isn’t bad.” A deep and resonating male voice rang out. It didn’t sound familiar at all.

Furrowing her brows slightly, she looked up and saw a shadow coming down from the air. The person’s clothes were so battered that he looked like a beggar. He had a big gourd attached to his waist and his hair was messy like bales of unkempt hay.

Mu Qianyue’s lips twitched when she saw this. If it wasn’t because of the strength this old man had displayed, she almost assumed that he was a beggar.

“Why are you following me?”

“Hehe, it’s nothing. I’m just lonely so I wanted to take in a disciple for fun. I think you seem interesting and fit my tastes. You will do.” The weird old man went straight to the point, his small, long, and narrow eyes gleaming, as if he found some treasure. But why did his expression look so vulgar?

Take in a disciple for fun?

Do you think that taking in a disciple is for your amusement?

And what did he mean fits his taste? Did this weird old man have some kind of strange fetish?!

Mu Qianyue couldn’t help but murmur in her heart. She couldn’t be bothered with him and tossed out the words ‘not interested’, before she turned to leave.

“Hey hey hey… Don’t go.” Seeing that Mu Qianyue was leaving, the weird old man quickly followed behind her, saying, “I haven’t finished yet. It’s not a loss to be my disciple. You just need to offer me good wine. Wine is the love of my life, other than that, I don’t have any other requests…”

Mu Qianyue looked up toward the sky speechlessly, stopping in her footsteps. Taking out 100 gold coins, she stuffed them into his hands without any hesitation. “Go and buy yourself some wine to drink.”

So it turned out that this was a drunkard!

Uh… Dongfang Ao was stunned as he looked at the gold coins in his hands. A crafty smile tugged at his lips, somewhat mismatched with the bitterness in the depth of his eyes. This lass couldn’t be treating him like a beggar, could she?

“Oh my… My granddaughter doesn’t want her grandfather anymore. I’m alone and pitiful… I went through so much to bring her up… Wuuu…” That heart-wrenching cry rang out behind her, sounding extremely aggrieved.

Mu Qianyue stopped in her tracks helplessly after seeing those strange, contemptuous, and judgmental gazes from the people around her. She turned and looked toward the old man who was sitting limply on the ground, seemingly not caring for his image at all. “What on earth do you want?”

If it wasn’t because this old man didn’t seem to reflect any malicious intentions through his gaze, she would have kicked him and sent him flying!

In response, Dongfang Ao only grinned and said, “Of course it’s to take you in as my disciple. I’m a seventh-grade Pill Apothecary!”

A seventh-grade Pill Apothecary?!

Mu Qianyue’s small mouth was slightly agape as her expression was one of shock. She suddenly seemed to recall something and asked, “You are Dongfang Ao?”

There weren’t more than five seventh-grade Pill Apothecaries in the Heavenly Martial Continent, out of which, Dongfang Ao was the most renowned. Rumor had it that he was eccentric and was crazy for alcohol as if it were his life. Therefore, Mu Qianyue immediately thought of him.

Haha… To think that she could recognize him! Dongfang Ao was elated and his face continued to wear an arrogant expression. “That’s right! That’s me!”

Mu Qianyue’s lips twitched once again after seeing his proud expression. He was really the same as the rumors made him out to be.

“It’s not a loss to acknowledge me as your Master, right?” Wasting no time, Dongfang Ao struck while the iron was hot.

Stroking her chin in contemplation, a gleam flashed past Mu Qianyue’s eyes. “What benefits are there to acknowledge you as my Master? If there aren’t any, I’m not doing it.”

Dongfang Ao unconsciously shivered after seeing the young girl’s calculating expression, just like a crafty fox. “What… what benefits do you want?”

“Uhh… I haven’t thought of one yet.” She frowned and went deep into thought again.

Gulp… After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he asked, “Then are you still going to acknowledge me as your Master?”

Seeing that Mu Qianyue seemed to be deep in thought, Dongfang Ao quickly continued, “I can impart my lifelong experience in refining pills to you. Furthermore, no one can bully Dongfang Ao’s disciple! I don’t care! I’ve decided that you’re my disciple! That’s that!”

“Mm, alright then. I’ll reluctantly acknowledge you as my Master.” Mu Qianyue said, looking reluctant.

Hearing that, Dongfang Ao was stunned. Shouldn’t he be the one to be taking her in reluctantly? Why did it seem as if she was the one suffering a loss here? Ah, forget it! It was all fine as long as he could take her in as his disciple! To think that she could already refine an Essence Cultivation Liquid with such strong medicinal effects when she was just an insignificant Apothecary. Most importantly, this lass’s character was very much to his liking.

“Master, please accept three bows from your disciple.” Mu Qianyue wore a solemn expression and gave Dongfang Ao three kowtows. It was one thing to be joking around, when it was time to be serious, she wouldn’t skimp on the necessary courtesies.

“Hahaha, alright.” Dongfang Ao laughed happily and said, stunned. “Lass, I still don’t know what your name is.”

“Mu Qianyue.”

“Mu Qianyue?” Dongfang Ao frowned, feeling baffled. He liked to travel in his free time and had stayed in the Phoenix Shadow Nation for quite some time. Therefore, he had some understanding of the things in the Phoenix Shadow Nation, especially about Mu Qianyue. Wasn’t this lass called trash by everyone? He heard that the person who had once been the number one genius in the entire Phoenix Shadow Nation was tested to be born without a martial soul!

Her engagement with the Crown Prince, Nalan Yu, had been annulled a few days ago, and she was later on betrothed to the blind Prince Jing, becoming the joke of the Phoenix Shadow Nation!

However, it seemed that this lass was a little different from what the rumors made her out to be. She was clearly a sixth-stage True Cultivator. No matter what, she was now his disciple and he had to take care of her. Who said that his disciple was trash? They must be blind!

“That damned Nalan Yu has no eye for others. How dare he insult my disciple! Come, Master will bring you to beat him up right away. Let’s show him why the flowers are so red! He must be sick of living to dare to bully my disciple!” Dongfang Ao rolled up his sleeves while saying angrily.

Hearing that, Mu Qianyue’s lips twitched. She didn’t expect him to know her.

“There’s no need for that, Master. I really don’t care for an ungrateful and hypocritical man like him. He isn’t good enough for me either.”

“Haha… That’s right. That guy really isn’t good enough for you. You’re a lot stronger than he is, and your future achievements will definitely surpass his! When the time comes, you can look for a man who is 1,000 or 10,000 times more outstanding than he is and drive him to death!” Hearing Mu Qianyue’s words, the fury in Dongfang Ao’s heart dissipated a lot. Nalan Yu would definitely cry to death after finding out that she was a Pill Apothecary.

Hehe, he was definitely anticipating the arrival of the day!

Mu Qianyue’s lips twitched, but she did not respond.