Chapter 24: In That Moment Where Mu Chen Is Distracted, Take the Chance–Kiss!

小徒弟藏在房中欺负一只鸭子，穆辰心情十分微妙，看顾云玦的眼神也很是莫测。

His little disciple was in the middle of the room and bullying a duck. Mu Chen’s mood was very subtle, and Gu Yunjue’s expression was also hard to tell.

顾云玦掩下眼底的深意，笑眯眯的跑过去，拉着穆辰的手亲昵的喊师尊。

Gu Yunjue concealed the deep desires in his eyes and ran over beaming, pulling Mu Chen’s hand and intimately calling out master.

穆辰刚想教育几句，这时管善端着一盘糖糕过来，弯腰见过礼之后笑着道：“少主，您要的糖糕。”

Mu Chen had just thought of wanting to lecture him. Right at this moment, Guan Shan brought a plate of sugar cakes over, bowing for etiquette and then happily said, “Young Master, the sugar cakes you wanted.”

穆辰走进来摸着顾云玦的脑壳，冷着脸问：“少主？”

Mu Chen entered and stroked Gu Yunjue’s head, asked with a cold face, “Young Master?”

“小宫主太难听了，”顾云玦撇撇嘴，“听起来像小公主。”

“Young Palace Master is too unpleasant to hear,” Gu Yunjue pouted, “It sounds like a little princess.”

TL note: Young Palace Master (xiǎo gōng zhǔ) is a homonym for Little Princess (xiǎo gōng zhǔ).

穆辰抬手在其脑壳上拍了一记，反问：“你现在不就被当成公主养么？”

Mu Chen lifted his hand to swat at the other’s head and asked, “Aren’t you being taken care of like a princess right now?”

“师尊，”顾云玦抓住自己脑壳上的手，有些无奈的捏了捏，感受着掌心细腻的触感，忍不住又靠近了些，仰着脸问他：“那您岂不是老公主？”

“Master,” Gu Yunjue grabbed the hand on his head and couldn’t help himself from kneading it, sensing the palms’ elegant feel. He couldn’t help himself from moving closer, facing up, he asked, “Then wouldn’t you be an old princess?”

“老？”穆辰拉下脸，有种想把这个小崽子拎起来打屁股的冲动，竟然说他老！他哪里老？和他同样修为的人分明都是老头子！

“Old?” Mu Chen frowned. He has the urge to pick up this child and spank him. To go as far as to call him old! In what way is he old? The people that have the same cultivation as him were all old man!

“即使师尊变老变丑，徒儿还是最喜欢师尊。”顾云玦观察着穆辰的脸色，很喜欢把这个清冷的人逗弄出不同的表情，或喜或怒，都能让这张绝色的脸增添几分颜色。见穆辰脸色微缓，顾云玦继续道：“等我长大了也要把师尊当成公主养，养在富丽堂皇的宫殿之内，师尊每天什么都不做，看着我便好。”

“Even if master becomes old and ugly, disciple will still like master the most.” Gu Yunjue watched Mu Chen’s face and enjoyed teasing this cold faced person into making different expressions, even adding any expression to this beautiful face. Seeing Mu Chen’s complexion relax slightly, Gu Yunjue proceeded to say, “When I grow up, I will treat master like a princess and keep you inside a sumptuous palace. Master doesn’t need to do anything, you only need to watch me..”

TL note: 富丽堂皇 – sumptuous mansions – splendorous and majestic

穆辰脸色又冷了下来，那是猪，那不是公主！

Mu Chen’s face cooled down again. That’s a pig, not a princess.

TL note: pig = zhū猪, princess = gōngzhǔ 公主

他张了张嘴，很想纠正一下顾云玦的想法，可想到小徒弟敏感的性子，用他少有的词汇量，又不知道怎么在不伤害其的情况下开口，于是一下子愣了神，面色纠结，眉头微蹙，有些烦躁。

He opened his mouth, wanting to correct Gu Yunjue’s notion. Thinking of his small disciple’s sensitive temper and using his rare vocabulary, he did not know what to say that would not hurt his feelings. As a result, his expression cooled suddenly all of a sudden, his face twisted, his brows slightly knitted, appearing somewhat irritated.

顾云玦好笑的看着他这个模样，黑色的眸子里闪过笑意，他认真的夸赞道：“师尊现在的样子真可爱。”

Gu Yunjue laughably looked at the other’s appearance, and a smiling expression flashed through his black eyes. He earnestly praised, “Master’s appearance right now is adorable.”

缩在一旁努力降低自己存在感的黑蛋再次用翅膀捂脸，这太不要脸了，连自己师尊都敢调戏，不过穆辰未必听得出来。

Black Egg who was shrinking away at the side to reduce his existence brought his wings to cover his face again. These actions are too shameless. His master even dared to take to take liberties with the other; only Mu Chen didn’t necessarily hear them.

果然，穆辰终于接上话了，立马给顾云玦纠正道：“夸赞别人的时候不能只用可爱两个字，明天背诵一百个成语，晚上考你。”

Sure enough, Mu Chen eventually resumed talking, swiftly correcting Gu Yunjue and said, “When praising others, you should not only use the word ‘cute’. Tomorrow, recite one hundred proverbs. I will test you in the evening.”

顾云玦乖巧的道：“师尊说的是，徒儿记下了。”

Gu Yunjue cutely replied, “Master’s words are right. Disciple will remember it.”

穆辰坐下来，见桌上的笔墨未干，提笔画了一株药草，开始问顾云玦这两天所学，顾云玦对答如流，把药草的用处说的一字不差。

Mu Chen took a seat and saw that the brush and ink on the desk have yet to dry. Writing down a medicinal herb, he began to ask Gu Yunjue to study it. Gu Yunjue quickly responded, saying the medicinal herb’s use word for word.

穆辰满意的点点头，夸赞道：“不错，从明天开始，你可以去藏书阁挑些喜欢的书籍和功法，拿着我给你的牌子，喜欢什么拿什么。”

Mu Chen was pleased and nodded his head, and commended the other, “Correct. From tomorrow on, you can go to the book pavilion to pick out some books and cultivation methods that you like. With the plate that I gave you, take whatever you like.”

把门内的藏书阁说的像自家书房，也就穆辰敢这样说。

He spoke as if the inner sect’s book pavilion was his personal study. Only Mu Chen would dare to speak this way.

顾云玦笑眯眯的答应，崇云门底蕴丰厚，上一世穆辰就给他权限，任他在里面出入自由，倒是找到不少好东西。

Gu Yunjue beamed and agreed. Lofty Cloud Sect’s was generous with their inside information. In his previous life, Mu Chen gave him entire access, letting him freely go in and out and find many good things.

考完了功课，穆辰这才站起身，临走时又看了眼缩成个球的黑蛋，还是忍不住对顾云玦教育道：“这黑蛋……黑蛋也是个有生命的东西，你少欺负它。”

Finishing the task, Mu Chen stood up. Before leaving, he looked back at Black Egg who was still shrunken into a ball, and couldn’t help to educate Gu Yunjue, “This Black Egg… Black Egg is also a living thing. You should bully it less.”

黑蛋：“……”有生命的，东西……

Hei dan: “……” living thing…

顾云玦抓起黑蛋搓了搓，抛向空中又接住，抓在手心笑的像个活泼的孩子，“徒儿跟它闹着玩儿呢。”

Gu Yunjue grabbed Black Egg and kneaded him, threw him up in the air and caught him. Catching him in the palm of his hand and smiling like a lively child, he said, “Disciple is playing games with it.”

穆辰好不容易见小徒弟像个正常孩子一般调皮，脸上终于露出笑容，“知道分寸就好。”

It was hard for Mu Chen to see the small disciple as a normal and mischievous child, his face eventually exposed a smile, “It’s good that you know how to act properly.”

穆辰走后，顾云玦轻抿着嘴角，两根手指捏着黑蛋的肩胛骨处，轻轻将其拎起来，看着对方生无可恋的眼神，他温和道：“黑蛋，我让人给你做了糖糕，不是来者不拒吗？快趁热吃。”

After Mu Chen left, Gu Yunjue simply flattened the corners of his mouth. Two of his fingers pinched Black Egg’s shoulder blade for punishment and lightly lifted him up. Looking at the other’s unrequited eyes, he gently said, “Black Egg, I had people make sugar cakes for you. You shouldn’t refuse them, right? Hurry up and eat them hot.”

黑蛋几乎郁卒，它跟着穆辰回来本是想在这个安逸的地方平安长大，等有自保能力再回去横扫魔界当上盛世魔君，从此以后三界横着走，凤凰见了它都要喊爹。然而理想很丰满，现实很骨感，现在却成了阶下囚，被当成灵宠养，还吃糖糕？它现在扁扁的鸭子嘴吃个毛的糖糕？一吃就粘嘴！它只想吃灵魂，却邪恶越好！

Black Egg was almost depressed. It followed Mu Chen home because he thought that this comfortable place was safe to grow up. Waiting until he can defend himself and then return to sweep across the Devil Realm and become the Devil Monarch in a golden age. From then on, he will cross the three realms, and all phoenixes that see him will call for their father. However, dreams are very plentiful while reality is terribly bony. Right now, he has become a prisoner, taken to be a spirit pet to raise, and even eating sugar cakes? Its flat duck mouth is eating a coarse sugar cake? It sticks to your mouth as soon as you eat it! It only wants to devour souls, the more wicked, the better!

半夜，顾云玦趁穆辰入定之后设下结界，把黑蛋从鸡笼里掏出来，一想到自己像个傻瓜一样牵着一只丑到爆的杂毛团子满山转悠，就想把这黑毛团子捏死。

In the middle of the night, Gu Yunjue took advantage of Mu Chen entering meditation and left the boundary, taking Black Egg from the chicken coop. When Gu Yunjue realized that he looked like a fool pulling an ugly enough to explode mixed feathery dango and wandering around the mountain, he wanted to pinch this feathery dango to death.

黑蛋再次化身被遗弃在寒风中的鹌鹑，瑟瑟发抖。

Black Egg was once again the embodiment of an abandoned quail in the wind, shivering.

管善悄无声息的出现在顾云玦的房间，恭敬的弯下腰，低声道：“少主，已经准备好了。”

Guan Shan quietly came out of Gu Yunjue’s current room. As he respectfully bowing down, he said with a low voice, “Young Master, it’s already ready.”

顾云玦点了点头，抬手一挥，护魂铃在掌心出现之后悄然放大，转瞬间，三人的身影都消失在原地。

Gu Yunjue nodded and waved his hand. After his Protection Soul Bell appeared from the hollow of his palm, it quietly enlarged. In an instant, three figures faded away from their positions.

护魂铃内，自带空间，一半鸟语花香，灵泉在侧，另一半却是无尽的灰色地带，这是缺失的坤铃导致空间残缺，只有找到另一半，乾坤护魂铃才算完整。不过，现在来说，瞒着穆辰做点其他事情的空间倒是有了。

Inside in the Protection Soul Bell was a personal space. Half of it was of birdsong and fragrant flowers with a spirit spring on the side while the other half had an endless gray area. The lack of the Earth Bell had severely damaged the space. Only when the other half is found will the Universal Protection Spirit Bell be considered complete. However, for now, there’s room to do some other things while keeping Mu Chen in the dark.

顾云玦挑起嘴角，淡淡的道：“开始吧。”

Gu Yunjue smiled and indifferently said, “Begin.”

管善道了声是，起手布阵，顾云玦捏着黑蛋，一脸轻松的围观。

Guan Shan let out a sound of agreement, raising his hands to create an array. Gu Yunjue held Black Egg and watched with a relaxed expression.

而此时，万里之外的季清远却突然感觉到一阵心悸，他站起身，还没来得及反应就感觉神魂仿佛被人抓住一角，死死的往外拽。季清远惊恐的感受着自己的神魂被抽出体内，身体颓然倒下，迅速化作一堆魔气缠绕的枯骨。

Right at this moment, Ji Qingyuan, who was thousands of miles away, suddenly felt a burst of palpitations. He stood up and had no time to react before he felt as if someone has caught his spirit soul in a corner and is firmly pulling it out. Ji Qingyuan felt terrified as he sensed his spirit soul being pulled out. His body collapsed and quickly turned into a pile of dried bones with devil qi.

他现在权利已经被御天翊全部收回，念在师兄弟一场，只被御天翊囚禁，有幸留下一命。灵脉已废，神魂还在，靠着这个希望季清远苟延残喘。之前和他交好的人因为避嫌全都和他保持距离，曾经有多么风光，现在就有多么落魄，季清远独居一个密室，根本无人发现他的情况。即使被发现了也会被当成被魔功反噬之后，魂魄俱灭，查无可循。

His current powers were already retaken by Yu Tianyi. Thinking about the events with his fellow apprentices, only to be imprisoned by Yu Tianyi, he is fortunate to be able to leave behind something. His spirit veins have already been crippled, but his spirit soul was still there. Depending on this hope, Ji Qingyuan continued to struggle at death’s door. The people he was on good terms have all distanced away from him since he was avoiding suspicions. He was once well-regarded, but now he’s been cast away. Ji Qingyuan lived alone in a hidden chamber, naturally with no one to discover his circumstances. Even if he were found, it would be taken as a counteract from devil cultivation, his soul would be extinguished, and there was no way to verify it.

看着渐渐凝聚成型的人影，顾云玦捏着黑蛋晃了晃，笑的温和，“吃了他，你就能进阶了，我可不养废物，你最好争气L一点。”

Looking at the figure that gradually formed, Gu Yunjue held Black Egg and shook it. With a smile, he gently said, “If you eat him, you can then advance. I’m not raising waste, so you better work hard.”

黑蛋眼睛都亮了，扑棱着翅膀眼冒红光的看着季清远的魔魂渐渐成型，飞到空中虚空一转，变作一只黑色的乌鸦，猩红的眸子，金色的嘴巴，头顶三撮金毛渐渐化成飞腾的火焰，若是现在的样子，还是比平时稍微美化了几分——魔界深渊恶魔，幼崽期的三足金乌！

Black Egg’s eyes brightened, and he flapped his wings, his eyes gave off a red glow as he looked at Ji Qingyuan’s devil spirit forming before him. Flying into the air and turning, he transformed into a black crow with scarlet eyes, a gold beak and the three tufts of good feathers gradually changed into a soaring flame. His present appearance was, nevertheless, somewhat more beautiful than his regular appearance – Devil Realm’s Abyss Demon, a young Three-legged Golden Crow!

季清远开始还有些迷茫，不知道自己身处何处，再看清顾云玦的时候，他瞬间认了出来，“你是穆辰的徒弟！”

At first, Ji Qingyuan was confused, not knowing where he found himself. Once he saw Gu Yunjue, he instantly recognized him: “You’re Mu Chen’s disciple!”

顾云玦笑眯眯的挥挥手，黑蛋饿鸟扑食的冲上去，饿了太久，它早就等不及了，尖锐的嘴巴叼住季清远的神魂，狠狠的撕下一口，伴随着季清远无法反抗的惨叫，它舒爽的呻吟一声，紧接着更加疯狂的扑上去。

Gu Yunjue smiled and waved and the hungry bird Black Egg rushed up. Starved for too long, it couldn’t wait. His sharp mouth gripped Ji Qingyuan’s spirit soul and ruthlessly torn out a mouthful as the helpless Ji Qingyuan screamed. He snorted and urgently pounced with even more craziness.

神魂被一块一块撕裂的痛楚让季清远凄厉的惨叫起来，惊恐和绝望让魂魄的味道更加鲜美，引得恶魔乌鸦撕咬的更加疯狂。

Ji Qingyuan released a mournful scream from the pain of his spirit soul being torn piece by piece. His fear and desperation made his soul even more delicious, leading the Demon Crow to bite even more fervently.

顾云玦回想起穆辰见到他被偷袭时那愤怒和绝望的眼神，再看眼前的人绝望的模样，心情不错的勾了勾嘴角。小师尊还是太善良，一剑杀了他，岂不是太便宜了？

Gu Yunjue recalled Mu Chen’s angry and desperate expression when he was (GYJ) was sneak attacked. He then looked again at the desperate look of the person before him and smiled happily. His small master is still too kindhearted. To kill him with a single sword blow, isn’t it too cheap?

心情愉悦的回到自己的房间，顾云玦找出一个白色的卷轴，面带笑意的将其铺在桌上，挽起袖子，提笔蘸墨，细细描绘一幅美人沐浴的美图，妙至巅毫，连肌肉的纹理和锁骨的线条都惟妙惟肖，可见在他脑中记忆多么深刻。

Returning to his room in a good mood, Gu Yunjue found a white scroll and placed it on the table with a smile. He rolled up his sleeves, dipped his brush into ink, and delicately depicted a beautiful picture of a bathing beauty. It was wonderful. The texture of the muscles and lines of the clavicle were true to life, clearly illustrating his mind’s profound memory.

正是穆辰。

It looked precisely like Mu Chen.

穆辰所说的顾云玦会比他更好，就是这个原因，顾云玦不仅写字狂放大气，入木三分，作画的笔力更是少有人及。

Mu Chen said that Gu Yunjue would become even better than him. Because of this, not only is Gu Yunjue handwriting unrestrained and impressive but also written in a forceful hand. Even more, few people can reach his level of paint strokes.

TL note: 入木三分 (rù mù sān fēn) – Written in a forceful hand – profound/penetrating

画完了之后顾云玦眯起眼睛笑了笑，满意的挥了挥袖子，将墨里的水份烘干，将卷轴小心的卷起来，用一条红绳拴起来，单独放在一个空间戒指里，以后有关小师尊的东西，都要分类单独放，不能被其他东西弄脏了。

After painting, Gu Yunjue narrowed his eyes and smiled. He waved his sleeves with satisfaction and dried the ink. The scroll was carefully rolled up, tied with a red string, and placed alone in a spatial ring. In the future, things that are related to his little Master must all be set on their own since other things must not soil them.

抱起自己的枕头，顾云玦走向穆辰的房间。

Carrying his pillow, Gu Yunjue headed towards Mu Chen’s room.

打坐中的穆辰睁开眼，看着半夜跑来找自己的小徒弟，张开双臂，等着对方扑过来，摸了摸小孩儿脑门上的汗，担心的问：“做噩梦了？”

Mu Chen, who was meditating in the middle of the room, opened his eyes, seeing the small disciple who ran to find him. He opened his arms, waiting for the other to throw himself over. He wiped the sweat from the small child’s forehead and anxiously asked, “Did you have a nightmare?”

顾云玦委屈的点头。

Gu Yunjue felt wronged but nodded.

穆辰倒下后，把小孩儿搂进怀里，温和的道：“那师尊搂着睡，不怕了。”

After Mu Chen fell over, he drew the small child into his embrace, and gently said, “Then Master will hold you as you sleep. Don’t be afraid.”

顾云玦笑着扑过去，搂住穆辰的腰，抱的紧紧的。穆辰心疼的抱紧他，安慰：“不怕。”

Gu Yunjue pounced over, embracing Mu Chen’s waist tightly. Mu Chen lovingly hugged him closer, and comforted him: “Don’t be afraid.”

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第二天一早，穆辰坐在窗边看丹方，镜明拿着根绳子从宫外蹦跶进来，兴高采烈的问：“黑蛋呢？我找到了新的绳子，还有铃铛！”

Early the next day, Mu Chen sat by the window reading pill formulas. Jing Ming was holding a rope and bounced as he entered, and asked in high spirits, “Where’s Black Egg? I found a new rope that even has a little bell!”

一大早上就这么吵，穆辰微微蹙了蹙眉。

With it being so noisy already this early in the morning, Mu Chen slightly frowned.

顾云玦看到他这个表情，淡淡一笑，走过来说：“昨晚它说是要闭关进阶，我放它去了后山。”一个化神期的神魂，哪是那么容易吃光的，最起码要一个月的时间，黑蛋才能吸收干净。

Gu Yunjue saw this expression, faintly smiled, and walked over and said, “Last night it was it wanted to enter seclusion to advance, so I let it go behind the mountain.” A demigod spirit soul, how could it be so easy to eat it all together. At least a month was needed for Black Egg to absorb it cleanly.

镜明失落的把绳子收起来，暂时用不上了。

Jing Ming was disappointed as he put the rope away, unable to use it for the time being.

穆辰对镜明勾了勾手指，后者赶紧跑过去，低着脑袋求蹭。

Mu Chen beckoned Jing Ming over with his finger, and the latter quickly ran over, lowering his head to be rubbed.

穆辰拿出一块玉牌，吩咐道：“你陪云儿去趟藏书阁，让他挑些喜欢的东西，有人敢抢，打回去。”

Mu Chen took out a jade plate and instructed, “Accompany Yun er on his trip to the Book Pavilion and have him pick out some things that he likes. If anyone dares to snatch them, fight back.”

顾云玦走过来给穆辰理了理衣襟，满怀期待的问：“师尊不跟徒儿一起去吗？”

Gu Yunjue walked over and tidied up Mu Chen’s lapel. Filled with expectation, he asked, “Master isn’t going with disciple?”

“为师要炼丹，让镜明陪你。”

“Since Master needs to concoct pills, let Jing Ming accompany you.”

顾云玦又替穆辰理了理头发，继续问：“那中午徒儿回来陪师尊用餐。”

Gu Yunjue tidied Mu Chen’s hair and continued asking, “Then at noon, this disciple will return to eat with Master.”

穆辰点头，心不在焉的说：“去吧。”

Mu Chen nodded and absent-mindedly said, “Go then.”

顾云玦眯了眯眼睛，掩下眼底的不满，凑过去捧住穆辰的脸，在穆辰呆愣的那一瞬，凑过去——亲！

Gu Yunjue narrowed his eyes, covering up the dissatisfaction in his eyes. Taking advantage of a chance, he cupped his hands around Mu Chen’s face. While Mu Chen was foolishly staring blackly, he took another opening – kiss!

穆辰：“……”

Mu Chen: “……”

作者有话要说：　　不负责任小剧场：

Author’s Comment: Doing a small show of not bearing responsibility.

黑喵：“特么哒！我写不下去了！辰辰被变态亲了！！”

Black Meow: “Damn it! I can’t write anymore! A pervert kissed Chen Chen!!”

穆辰：“马上就V了，你不能萎。”

Mu Chen: “It will soon be V. You can’t drop it.”

黑喵：“可是要写一万字！我一想到他要长大了我就不想码字啊(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻”

Black Meow: “But it’s having to write 10 000 characters! Once I think that he’s going to grow up, I don’t want to write anything ah!” (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

穆辰：“写不下去的时候，看看你家那只被割了蛋蛋、戴着伊丽莎白圈、还能巴拉着栗子满客厅跑的猫坚强，你有什么理由写不下去？”

Mu Chen: “When you can’t write anymore, look at your strong house cat that has been castrated, is wearing an Elizabethan collar, but is still able to play with chestnuts in the living room contently. On what grounds can you not continue?”

黑喵：“……”你说的好有道理，我竟无言以对_(:з」∠)_

Black Meow: “……” What you say makes sense. I am unexpectedly left speechless. _(:з」∠)_