"Head... you... you want to accompany me to do what?" Little Kai stammered, "I... I promised to visit as a guest, no need to be so polite."
Lantian Yu let out a long sigh, looking relieved, but also a bit disappointed. She looked at Little Kai strangely for a while and said in a low voice, "The Sect Master really agreed?"
"Of course," Little Kai nodded firmly, "I agreed."
In Little Kai's heart, he couldn't help but wonder, "This Head Lantian must have been muddle-headed by cultivating, speaking in such strange ways. No wonder Liuyun Shuixie ranks last among the six major sects. Now I'm in mid-air, life and death are in her hands. No matter what she says, it's better to go along with her, otherwise, if she throws me from mid-air, it would be terrible."
As they were talking, the Seven Treasures Golden Boat had already descended from the Tian Du Yin Peak. In front, a large group of people were heading towards the back mountain villa. Daoist Songfeng was leading the way.
"Let's hurry and catch up," Little Kai looked at Lantian Yu's unhurried pace and couldn't help feeling anxious. "Otherwise, shall I go on ahead?"
Lantian Yu smiled and reached out to grab Kai's hand. Suddenly, a rush of heat surged through and Little Kai felt light, as a figure flashed by. Lantian Yu had already floated past with her feet off the ground. Before Little Kai could react, he felt a force in his hand and, involuntarily, was also pulled along, flying forward and catching up with everyone, flying to the forefront of the group.
Huangbei walked beside Xuefeng, her eyes fixed on the hands of the two interlocked, unable to hide a frown and a stronger sense of disgust, thinking to herself, "They're really getting along quickly."
Daoist Songfeng kicked open the door of the villa with haste and dashed inside. Passing through one gate after another, he finally arrived at a cave entrance and said, "Yuan'er is right here."
Everyone stopped in confusion and looked inside the cave, each one speechless.
The cave had an extraordinary natural beauty, formed entirely from a single piece of stone, and it was adorned with countless stalactites. In the central position of the cave, there was a cushion, beside which was a small table with several simple small dishes, containing seven or eight mantou buns that looked dried out and discolored, indicating that they had been left for many days.
Near the small dishes, there was a large earthenware jar emitting wisps of hot steam, indicating it held a simmering pot of meat. And scattered on the table were some chicken bones, indicating what had happened.
Presently, there was indeed a young man in the cave, presumably the Yuan'er mentioned by Daoist Songfeng. However, this "self-reflective" Yuan'er was not facing the wall or reflecting on anything, but was completely absorbed in a small handheld device the size of a palm, incessantly pressing on it. The small device emitted occasional melodious music and cheers.
"Oops!" Little Kai couldn't help but burst into laughter. The sound was all too familiar to him. It was the background music from the King of Fighters series of fighting games, and the small device, without a doubt, was a handheld gaming console.
Everyone was looking on dumbfoundedly when the young man suddenly slapped his thigh, shouting, "Damn, I died again. Iori is such trash!" then shook his head in disappointment.
With this shake of his head, everyone noticed that his hair was dyed in various colors—red, yellow, green, and blue—scattered haphazardly on his head. It didn't look like that of a cultivator, but more like a technicolor rooster.
Daoist Songfeng's face had turned completely livid, his lips trembling. He raised and lowered his hands, looking on the verge of an outburst, seemingly eager to slap the young man.
"Master... Master," Xiaolin gently reminded with caution, watching her master's expression, and said timidly, "You have to lift the prohibition first."
A faint, almost invisible smoke floated at the cave entrance—the prohibition laid down personally by Daoist Songfeng. Daoist Songfeng took a long breath, trying to calm his emotions, and stepped forward to break the prohibition with a sword. He then walked over and grabbed the young man's arm firmly!
The young man swiftly looked up, and with an incredulous expression, opened his mouth wide, exclaiming, "Master, how did you get here?"
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“Humph, why can't I come?” The current head of Huangshan had a ferocious expression, with no trace of the demeanor of a master of cultivation: “Honestly tell me, where did this chicken come from, where did this game console come from, and tell me, what's the deal with reading novels? What exactly have you been doing in this cleansing cave?”
“Heh heh, Master, to be honest, I really haven't done much,” the young man's eyes quickly turned, immediately smiling: “Master, I genuinely intended to come in and face the wall, but you see, the time is still long, isn't it? You said you would keep me here for a year, but it's not even been a month yet, so your disciple... your disciple... your disciple occasionally took a break to study some miscellaneous subjects, which is understandable, right?”
Daoist Songfeng's nose was crooked: “Miscellaneous subjects, what do you mean by miscellaneous subjects? Divination, astronomy, music, games, and clay-pot chicken? If you don't tell the truth today, I will definitely expel you from the sect!”
The old Daoist also became overly angry. He didn't consider that if he really expelled this disciple, who else could inherit that mahjong set in Huangshan?
But when these words were spoken, the impact was indeed significant. The young man immediately became honest, starting to confess honestly: “Master, it's like this. When you told me to come to the cleansing cave to face the wall for a year, I thought and considered that it would be really difficult to endure for a year, so... well, I suddenly remembered that you had given me a storage ring as a gift, so I went down the mountain to buy a lot of food and drink, as well as a game console and novels, and put them in the storage ring, and then... I got locked in here.”
The young man honestly took out the storage ring: “There, you see, I bought a thousand chickens, and there are still nine hundred and eighty-six here. I... really haven't eaten that much.”
Daoist Songfeng grimly took the ring and probed into it with his divine sense, breathing deeply. His body even began to tremble, and he gritted his teeth, saying, “Hmm, not bad, really good. Not only is there chicken, but also seafood and barbecue, even hot pot and gas cylinders are prepared, tut... There are also playing cards, mahjong, comics, DVDs... even a home theater has been moved in, of course, there are also ten storage batteries...”
Everyone looked strange, on one hand astonished at the fact that there was such a wayward disciple in the cultivation world, and on the other hand, they felt that Daoist Songfeng's knowledge of mundane things was truly expansive.
It took Daoist Songfeng a good five minutes to finish sorting out the items in the storage ring. Then, he suddenly turned around, drew out his long sword, and declared loudly, “Esteemed predecessors of Huangshan, I, Songfeng of Huangshan, have accepted this unruly disciple. It is truly an embarrassment to the world. From today onward, I will announce here in the cleansing cave that from today onwards, the unruly disciple Yao Yuan will be expelled from the sect...”