CH 92

Gu Xuandu temporarily wouldn’t be hearing him call him senior. He didn’t know how many days he needed in order to change from the size of the palm to big.

After being nourished for a period of time near the soul-nurturing wood, Gu Xuandu’s soul had become much more stable. However, once he grew to the size of a palm, he no longer grew any more, but his memory was still slowly recovering. Although these memories were still a jumbled mess, he had remembered a lot about Lin Rufei and what he had experienced before.

And Lin Rufei’s plan to leave Kunlun had also been put onto the agenda.

Lin Bianyu and the others were deeply worried about their youngest brother’s proposal to continue to send invitations. Apparently, they had learned from Fu Hua about what Lin Rufei had experienced along the way. It was simply a series of twists and turns, experiencing eighty-one[1] difficulties before finally delivering the invitations to the families.

When Lin Bianyu listened to this, he was very upset and muttered, ‘Xiao Jiu, it seems to be quite difficult for you to send the invitations. How about I help you send the rest and you just stay on Kunlun properly?’ 

Lin Rufei looked at Lin Bianyu helplessly, “Second brother, those are all coincidences. Are you telling me that when you sent out invitations, you didn’t encounter anything?”

Lin Bianyu shook his head, “No.”

Lin Rufei then looked at his eldest brother.

But who knew that Lin Minzhi would also shake his head, albeit a bit more seriously, indicating that he also had been very stable all the way and that the most troublesome thing he encountered was only a few small demons who tried to take advantage of women. None of which were as plentiful as Lin Rufei’s journey.

Lin Rufei stared and he was a little incredulous: “So looking at it like this, I am simply a calamity star?” From the moment he visited Xie Zhiyao, no matter where he went afterward, there was always an accident. 

Lin Bianyu quickly defended his family’s little cub and said, ‘How is Xiao Jiu a calamity star? It’s just that Xiao Jiu’s luck isn’t too good and coincidentally encountered accidents whenever he visited a residence.’ However, in the end, sending invitations was indeed too dangerous and it was better for him to do it.

Lin Rufei carefully considered for a while, but finally refused Lin Bianyu’s proposal, insisting on sending the invitations by himself. Seeing that Lin Bianyu could no longer persuade him, he had to give up and sat silently on the side, sulking.

Lin Minzhi sighed. He was at least better persuaded than Lin Bianyu. He muttered helplessly that if Lin Rufei really wanted to go, then he must be careful in everything and to always put his life first, not to be careless.

Lin Rufei——agreed and then also set a departure time with Lin Minzhi.

After that, he turned his head to try and coax his second brother. Although Lin Bianyu was angry, in the end, he couldn’t let his family’s most beloved youngest brother suffer. He frowned and sighed: “Xiao Jiu has grown up, he already has his own ideas. Brother can’t stop you anymore, just please be more careful when you travel outside, if you are injured, the family will be heartbroken.”

Lin Rufei obediently agreed.

Once June was over, it was soon early Summer. Lin Rufei had his luggage prepared and climbed onto the horse. A palm-sized Gu Xuandu was currently hiding in his chest and from time to time, he would peek his head out to look curiously at the outside world. This time Fu Hua and Yu Rui would have liked to follow, but Lin Rufei’s attitude was firm and refused no matter what. He simply said that he wanted to travel lightly[2]. Furthermore, there weren’t that many invitations left and after he delivered them all, he would return. 

“Young master, you must come back early.” His maids cried as they gazed at Lin Rufei with sadness. Lin Rufei smiled at them and replied, “Okay.”

The horse then leaped with the raised of the whip and the stallion galloped, following the mountain path all the way down Kunlun.

The cherry blossom forest, which had been previously scorched black, was now lush and green. It looked like it wouldn’t be long before the original appearance was once again restored to this land.

Xiao Xuan was a little sleepy. Rubbing his eyes, he burrowed himself into Lin Rufei’s bosom, curled up into a ball, and slept. Lin Rufei was busy rushing as he went over the plans he made in his mind several more times.

Now that he had the memory of the Heavenly Ruler, he knew exactly what could be used to build Gu Xuandu’s body. So this time, his goal wasn’t only to deliver the invitation, but to also gather materials. However, in the end, he was no longer the powerful Heavenly Ruler of that year. He was just the youngest son of the Lin family on the Kunlun Mountains who had no power. Thus, because this journey was going to be difficult and dangerous, Lin Rufei was also not too confident. But looking down at the little man sleeping in his embrace, the sorrow in his heart turned into a gentle smile on his lips.

No matter how hard things were, he would do it. Just like Gu Xuandu, who had been waiting for him for a hundred years.

Time flew and in a flash, it would soon be the next sword competition.

(t/n: nani?! Σ(っ °Д °;)っ that’s a bit abrupt…I was hoping to get details about LRF’s journey and how he built GXD’s body……but I guess not…)

The Kunlun sword competition occurred once every four years and it was a grand event celebrated on the entire Kunlun Mountains. Before the competition even started, it was already a lively scene above the mountains and below the mountains.

Lin Bianyu just so happened to have to receive several sons of various families, so early in the morning, along with a few Kunlun disciples, he headed to the gate. His eyes wandered over the hawkers coming and going at the mountain gate and just as he was thinking about something, his shoulder was suddenly tapped by someone. Lin Bianyu was startled, he actually did not feel someone come up behind him. Stunned, he turned around and saw a smiling face.

“Xiao Jiu!!!” Lin Bianyu uttered in amazement.

“Second Brother!” It was indeed Lin Rufei’s voice. He was wearing a white outfit and was still wearing the same cloak he wore when he left the mountains with a face full of smiles.

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Lin Bianyu asked: “Why didn’t you tell me when you came back? Did you receive the letter I sent to you before? Why didn’t you answer my letter when you received it? Where did you go, how come it took you so long to come back——” This series of questions showed the inner anxiety that Lin Bianyu had. 

Lin Rufei laughed: “Don’t worry, didn’t I come back in good shape?” He then blinked and whispered, “I also brought someone back with me.”

From Lin Rufei’s shy eyes, Lin Bianyu felt something off and hesitantly asked, “Brought someone back? Which……family’s young miss?”

“Not a young miss.” Lin Rufei answered.

“Then what is it?” Lin Bianyu asked.

“It’s a gongzi.” In a shy tone of voice with some decisiveness, Lin Rufei’s hand reached out and pulled someone along. It was someone who had been standing behind him for a while and he introduced, “Second brother, this is my lover, Gu Xuandu.”

Lin Bianyu’s eyes widened and he didn’t speak for a long time.

This Gu Xuandu was obviously the palm-sized little man from before, but at this time, he had grown into a full adult appearance. Wearing a bright red outfit, he was currently looking at him with a smile. His appearance was actually very good and his pair of narrow phoenix eyes were slightly curved, as if it was a new cycle of the moon. It really was the color of Spring flowers.

However, when the two of them stared into each other’s eyes, they both saw a hint of unkindness. But the unkindness in Gu Xuandu’s eyes seemed to have just been Lin Bianyu’s imagination and with a blink of an eye, he called out innocently: “Brother-in-law.”

“Who is your brother-in-law?” Lin Bianyu clenched his teeth and was close to drawing his sword.

Gu Xuandu, however, didn’t mind his disgust at all and smiled straightly with his narrowed eyes.

Lin Rufei was afraid that Lin Bianyu would have a fit on the spot, so he hurriedly said that he was a little tired and would go back to rest first and that he would talk about this matter later. Although Lin Bianyu was deeply concerned, when he finally saw Lin Rufei after a long time of no contact, he also didn’t have the heart to be too harsh. After hearing him say that he was tired, he told him to go rest and then gave an unkind glare at Gu Xuandu.

Gu Xuandu looked innocently and stretched his hands.

Lin Rufei was afraid that the two of them would quarrel and hurriedly pulled him away.

Today, Lin Bianyu didn’t give anyone a pleasant expression. Even when he saw guests coming over, he only barely pulled the corners of his mouth, giving a hard smile. The onlookers were baffled, muttering that something big must have happened on Kunlun, otherwise, why would the Lin family’s second son, who was usually very amiable, have this look?……

After finally finishing his business, Lin Bianyu headed straight to Lin Rufei’s courtyard. But just as he entered, he noticed that Lin Rufei was eating with Gu Xuandu. He sat down opposite the two of them and slapped down his sword, Tian Xiao, onto the table and mumbled darkly, “I need an explanation.”

Lin Rufei replied, “Second brother, don’t be anxious, I’ll tell you slowly.”

He weighed his words carefully then talked about what he had encountered during the past few years. After leaving Kunlun, he had delivered the rest of the invitations and as soon as he had finished delivering them, he had planned to come back. However, something unexpected happened along the way. He somehow met a cultivator with bad intentions halfway on his journey home and fell into a secret realm. He stayed in the secret realm for a long time before finally escaping, and later on, for personal reasons, he headed to Bu’e, which then enabled him to come back in time. During the middle of his journey, there certainly were matters that delayed him from coming back soon. The words he said were few and in reality, quite an understatement, but what wasn’t difficult to hear from his tone, were the hardships he had faced. As Lin Bianyu listened, his heart ached. Lin Rufei was born on Kunlun, and since young, he had never suffered such grievances.

He raised his head and carefully looked at Lin Rufei, only to find that Lin Rufei’s body seemed to have become much better than before. At least his breath was not as weak as when it had been when he was a teenager.

The two continued to talk while Gu Xuandu was eating on the side.

After Lin Bianyu finished listening, he pointed with his hand: “Then what about him?” 

Lin Rufei muttered: “He……he somehow, grew up.” He did not dare to tell Lin Bianyu that he had gone out to construct a physical body for Gu Xuandu, so he made a random excuse, intending to muddle through with it.

However, Lin Bianyu was not that easy to fool. With his eyes narrowed, he then coldly stated: “In fact, how he grew up, I do not care very much. I just care about how he became your lover.”

Lin Rufei was speechless. He smiled bitterly and called out to his second brother.

“Xiao Jiu don’t blame me for being bad-tempered! You are young and you don’t know the dangers of the Jianghu. The people in this Jianghu are sinister and the ones they like to cheat the most are the little gongzis like you who don’t know the world.” Lin Bianyu was already very unhappy when he sent Lin Weirui off to get married, but now that Lin Rufei brought back another one, he simply could not bear it, “This gongzi, what is your name and where are you from?”

Gu Xuandu replied frankly: “My name is Gu Xuandu, both parents died, and I am now a wandering swordsman.”

“Oh? You also use the sword?” Lin Bianyu asked, “Since we both love swords, would it be possible for you and me to have a sparring session?”

Lin Rufei stared with wide eyes and hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade him. And only after he had said all the good words he could manage, did he finally dissuade Lin Bianyu from this idea. However, it was obvious that Lin Bianyu wasn’t very willing and if Lin Rufei had not stopped him, he would have really pulled out Tian Xiao and killed this bastard with one strike.

Lin Rufei sent Lin Bianyu along his merry way before finally letting out a long sigh of relief. However, Gu Xuandu laughed and wrapped his arms around Lin Rufei’s waist from behind before rubbing their heads together.

Lin Rufei turned his head to look at him, “You’re not angry?” Gu Xuandu’s temper wasn’t too good and those who offended him never had a good end.

“Why should I be angry?” Gu Xuandu asked, “I should be happy that someone is spoiling Xiao Jiu.”

Lin Rufei hesitated, “Really?”

“Really.” Gu Xuandu said seriously, “The thing I am most worried about is Xiao Jiu suffering.”

Lin Rufei’s heart softened at this and he twisted his head to drop a kiss on the tip of his hair.

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This sword competition, which happened every four years, was more lively than usual. Probably because this sword competition was filled with familiar people, Lin Rufei also went to join in on the fun.

He saw Liu Rugong with Luo Shen, saw Fu Yu holding onto Mo Mo, and he also saw Xuan Qing, whom he had not seen for a long time.

With the memory of the Heavenly Ruler, Lin Rufei also knew that Xuan Qing was once an old friend of the Heavenly Ruler and knew about the secret matter that there were two Heavenly Rulers in the world. However, Xuan Qing never mentioned it and when he saw Lin Rufei and Gu Xuandu, he simply bowed to the two of them and said, “Long time no see.”

“Long time no see.” Lin Rufei smiled, “Why did Master Xuan Qing suddenly want to attend this sword competition?”

Xuan Qing replied, “I just miss my old friends. I figured it was about time, so I wanted to come and see them.”

Lin Rufei said, “You came at the perfect time.”

Kunlun had set up a sumptuous banquet for all the guests, but right after Lin Rufei found himself a seat, he felt that the situation wasn’t quite right. He was surrounded by old acquaintances he hadn’t seen in years, all staring at him intently.

Liu Rugong was the first to stand up. He headed over to him with a smile as he raised his cup in a toast, saying that he was grateful for the portrait of Luo Shen painted by Lin gongzi and every time he gazed at that portrait, he would reminisce, making it hard for him to sleep.  

Other people could not see, but Lin Rufei saw clearly. Behind Liu Rugong, was a familiar-looking burly man with a look so hideous that it could stop a child crying in the night. In the end, he was also still slightly guilty. Without a reply, he raised his cup and drank the wine.

Fu Yu also came and Mo Mo was still by his side, only, he was now a teenager. Probably because he had been following Fu Yu, he no longer had a silly look on his face. Fu Yu didn’t say anything as he raised his glass and drank. How could Lin Rufei not give face? So he returned with another glass. 

Then came the eldest son of the Meng family and the She family’s She Jingxian, one after another and one cup after another. Lin Rufei had always been a bad drinker and very soon, his cheeks surfaced with redness as his consciousness also began to blur. But since they were finally able to get together after a long time, how were the people willing to let Lin Rufei go? In the end, Lin Rufei was finally drunk out of his mind. Gu Xuandu was watching this entire process with a smile on his face, like he was watching the fire from the other side of the river[3], until Lin Rufei began to grunt and pout. Then he finally helped him refuse the drinks before picking up Lin Rufei and leaving the banquet.

Lin Rufei was drunk and his cheeks were scarlet. He leaned on Gu Xuandu’s shoulder and muttered that he couldn’t drink anymore.

Gu Xuandu asked, “Are you sure you can’t drink anymore?”

Lin Rufei looked at him in confusion and nodded seriously.

“Then let’s not drink anymore.” Gu Xuandu’s gentle voice soothed.

The two of them headed back to the courtyard and he gently lowered Lin Rufei onto the bed. Gu Xuandu looked at him, “These years have been hard for you.” Lin Rufei, however, didn’t respond to his words. He simply reached out and hugged Gu Xuandu’s waist tightly, “I’m sorry.”

Gu Xuandu asked, “Why do you want to apologize?”

Lin Rufei said, “Only after going through what you’ve been through did I realize how much you’ve suffered.”

Gu Xuandu lost his smile: “It’s all in the past.”

Lin Rufei mumbled, “Really?”

“Of course.” He straightened his hair and smiled gently, “Although there are still some small troubles, I’m really happy now.”

“Small troubles?” Lin Rufei looked up blankly.

Before he could finish his sentence, there was a sudden knock on the door. The sound was very nonchalant as Gu Xuandu spread his hands, “Look.” And he stood up and headed over to open the door, and as expected, he saw Lin Bianyu standing outside the door with a gloomy face, saying, ‘why did you close the door? Xiao Jiu is drunk, you can’t take advantage of him while he is drunk.’

Gu Xuandu couldn’t help but laugh at his comment.

Lin Rufei’s cheeks reddened even more and asked what his second brother was doing.

Lin Bianyu exclaimed angrily: “This, this is not decent! Even if you want to be together, you have to be married!”

Gu Xuandu said, “Then I will come to you tomorrow to send the betrothal gift!”

Lin Bianyu roared: “Why should you send the betrothal gift——”

Gu Xuandu didn’t really care: “Fine, then tomorrow I’ll ask Xiao Jiu to send the betrothal gift.” The corner of his lips hooked up as he laughed, “Brother-in-law, more anger is detrimental to the body.”

Lin Rufei nodded blankly next to him, saying, ‘second brother, don’t be angry, Gu Xuandu will be a good daughter-in-law.’

Lin Bianyu was furious that he actually started laughing. Slamming the door, he left Gu Xuandu standing in place laughing, as tears fell from his eyes.

He turned back to the bedside, lifted Lin Rufei’s chin, and asked in a warm voice: “What does Xiao Jiu intend to give as a betrothal gift in order to marry me?”

Lin Rufei replied righteously, saying that if he wanted to marry the Heavenly Ruler, then he naturally could not use mortal items. And that that thing, must be the Heavenly Ruler’s favorite.

Gu Xuandu asked, “For example?”

Lin Rufei smiled slyly and pointed to himself: “For example, how about me?”

“Very well.” Gu Xuandu leaned over and dropped a kiss on his lips, “Then……it’s settled.”

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(t/n:) And that’s the end of the main story guys!! Congratulations for making it to the end, but don’t worry, there are still seven extras after this. I will be releasing them all in the next day so that you guys don’t have to wait too long! Thank you for reading CBUaWS 

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The author has something to say:

This is the end! Thank you guys for accompanying me during this period of time. I’ve always wanted to try a variety of subjects, from transmigration to spiritual, from spiritual to farming and then back to traditional. With you guys with me, I have been very, very happy and I will see you guys in the next book! I will put in effort and give you guys all a kiss one by one  = 3 = Extras will not be released daily and will probably be uploaded intermittently!

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[1] The saying here is basically a multiplication table saying (where 9×9=81) This simply means that he had to go through (nine sets of nine) 81 challenges. (Just means hard challenge to put it briefly). 

[2] Travelling without any burdens. 

[3] Idiom: delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves.