The Legendary Son-in-law of the Emperor
Chapter 795 - 792: Master and Disciple

Chapter 795: Chapter 792: Master and Disciple

Although he was furious inside, Huang Yue dared not say anything more.

Just now, he had dared to confront the old man only because he had Ye Xuan’s support. Now that the misunderstanding was cleared up, if he argued back again, he was sure to get his butt kicked by the elder.

When he was a child, this old man used to beat him severely; even thinking about it now made his scalp tingle.

As Huang Yue had said, this old man named Jiao Yiqiu was indeed Huang Yue’s master.

Of course, they had the reality of a mentor-disciple relationship but not the title.

In their words, one did not wish to take an old madman as a mentor, and the other did not wish to take a little troublemaker as a disciple.

In fact, both were clear in their hearts that certain things were real without having to follow formalities.

Some things are best left in the heart.

Huang Yue knew in his heart that without the old man, he would have died in the war long ago, and he would not have the skills he possessed now.

And the old man also knew that without Huang Yue, he would still be a sulky solitary old man.

So, indeed.

It’s actually about the people they care about the most; it’s just that their way of associating is somewhat bizarre.

There you go.

Upon landing, Huang Yue and Jiao Yiqiu began staring at each other again.

"Bring that copy of Mountain and Sea Strange Stories," Ye Xuan instructed Huang Yue.

"Yes, senior!" Huang Yue respectfully said, and immediately went to retrieve the book.

"Mountain and Sea Strange Stories?" Jiao Yiqiu was quite surprised but then glanced at Zhou Youwei beside Ye Xuan and immediately understood.

It seemed the senior was indeed here to woo the lady.

Generally, only outsiders enjoyed reading Mountain and Sea Strange Stories; actual practitioners of the Mountain God Dao found it nauseating.

He could see the curiosity in Zhou Youwei’s eyes, evidently the reason she had come.

However, understanding this didn’t mean he would say it out loud, especially since he had already offended them with his previous words, and if he spoke out again, he would be the one reprimanded.

Jiao Yiqiu held his peace.

With this thought in mind, Jiao Yiqiu grinned like a chrysanthemum, stepped forward, rubbed his hands together, and looked at Ye Xuan with a sleazy face, saying, "Senior, do you have any other instructions?"

Ye Xuan shook his head slightly; his main reason for coming to World Mountain was to broaden Youwei’s horizons.

Mountain and Sea Strange Stories was most suitable for this purpose.

As he had said before, in this world, myriad spirits coexist, only dwelling in different places.

Between the mountains, vegetation grows, fish thrive in waters, mountain spirits and wild ghosts haunt.

On many great mountains, such as Flood Dragons and Big Pythons, dwell and cultivate while in the vast rivers and oceans, Flood Dragons that travel through rivers to the sea exist.

All of these are recorded in Mountain and Sea Strange Stories.

Knowing more, one would know how to react when encountering them.

"Senior, you didn’t originate from World Mountain, did you?" Jiao Yiqiu asked softly.

"Of course not," Ye Xuan shook his head.

Jiao Yiqiu displayed a knowing look; he had guessed that Ye Xuan was not from World Mountain, otherwise he would have recognized him.

"Then, senior, from which great continent are you?" Jiao Yiqiu asked. "It couldn’t be Qing State Continent, where the practitioners of the Mountain God Dao are most numerous, could it?"

"No," Ye Xuan shook his head again. "You don’t need to guess; it’s not something you can guess at this time."

"Alright, alright." Jiao Yiqiu said with a smile plastered on his face, though his curiosity about Ye Xuan’s identity deepened.

Later, he would ask little Yue.

Seeing that Jiao Yiqiu had not let go of his curiosity, Ye Xuan said nothing.

In his early years, he came into contact with the Mountain God Dao via the strongest Earth Ancestor of the Mountain God Dao...

However.

He had been to World Mountain.

He had met the Mountain God of World Mountain once.

This time, another purpose was to meet this fellow again.

But it seems that it was not meant to be.

From the recent greeting of the East Desolate Mountain God, Ye Xuan could tell that the Mountain God of World Mountain must be in a deep slumber, probably about to endure the Divine Tribulation.

A Mountain God in such a state could not show themselves.

"Senior, the Mountain and Sea Strange Stories has arrived!" Huang Yue returned with a thick ancient tome.

Ye Xuan took the Mountain and Sea Strange Stories and slowly said, "You go ahead."

"Then we will not disturb you further, senior."

Huang Yue had intended to say it was nothing, and he would just wait here, but Jiao Yiqiu spoke first, quickly pulling Huang Yue aside.

After they had moved away from the pavilion, Jiao Yiqiu put his arm around Huang Yue’s shoulders and said, "Little Yuezi, tell me honestly, where did you meet this senior?"

Huang Yue rolled his eyes and said, "Why are you still the same as before, completely oblivious to the outside world?"

Jiao Yiqiu replied irritably, "Why bother with those trivial matters? Sleeping is much more comfortable."

Huang Yue was defeated by his old companion, speaking listlessly, "The senior is someone I met outside Hengduan Mountain. You should be able to tell that I, now, am almost half as strong as you, right?"

Jiao Yiqiu took a good look at Huang Yue and nodded, "Old man here was wondering, tell me about it."

"Want to know?" Huang Yue raised an eyebrow.

"Nonsense, why else would I ask you?" Jiao Yiqiu glared at him.

Suddenly, Huang Yue’s expression became serious, and he spoke in a low voice, "Listen carefully, I’ll tell you..."

Seeing this, Jiao Yiqiu also turned solemn and leaned closer to Huang Yue.

"It’s like this," Huang Yue said.

Then, with a whoosh, he ran off into the distance, laughing loudly as he watched Jiao Yiqiu who was stunned in place, saying, "I’m not telling you!"

The moment he finished speaking, he ran off.

Jiao Yiqiu stood there, watching Huang Yue run away, his face turning from green to white, he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn you, little Yuezi, I’ll catch you today and show you what’s what!"

"Don’t run!"

The master and disciple chased and played under the setting sun.

Of course, in the end, Huang Yue was beaten black and blue and had no choice but to admit defeat and disclose the matter.

The two sat on the edge of a cliff, dangling their legs.

"Little Yuezi, you have the chance to become an Earth Ancestor, you must work hard," Jiao Yiqiu said, rarely displaying a face full of satisfaction as he looked at Huang Yue.

Huang Yue had already told him.

The whole thing was because he had enshrined three major mountains within Hengduan Mountain.

The mountains inside Hengduan Mountain were extraordinary.

Even Jiao Yiqiu had not managed to succeed in the past, and it was only by a twist of fate that he had enshrined one. His own disciple had enshrined three, no wonder his strength had almost caught up to half of his in such a short time.

Especially knowing that Ye Xuan had helped, Jiao Yiqiu was even more shocked.

And Huang Yue also revealed another point to him.

The senior might very likely be a formidable existence at the Earth Ancestor level.

Such a character, even now in World Mountain, there is none!

"If our World Mountain could have an Earth Ancestor, we could strut proudly at the Mountain God Realm rituals,"

Jiao Yiqiu sighed, "Speaking of which, there’s only half a year left until the next Mountain God Realm ritual."

Hearing this, Huang Yue also furrowed his brows.

Although he had never attended the Mountain God Realm ritual, he had heard about it from Jiao Yiqiu since he was young.

The Mountain God Realm ritual was actually a ceremony co-celebrated by all Mountain God Dao, but as time evolved, it turned into a clandestine conflict among the major Mountain God Dao.

It was the so-called conflict of honor.

As a member of World Mountain, Jiao Yiqiu naturally experienced that atmosphere, so it was quite distressing.

When he was young, Huang Yue’s goal was also to become an Earth Ancestor and redeem the name of World Mountain.

Unfortunately, he stopped talking about it as he grew up.

Earth Ancestor, it seemed too distant.

Without millions of years of cultivation, it was just a daydream.

"Hmm?"

Just then, Jiao Yiqiu suddenly turned pale and grunted softly.

"What’s wrong?!" Huang Yue’s expression changed slightly, his concern evident.

Jiao Yiqiu’s gaze fixated towards the east, he said solemnly, "Someone has erased my enshrinement at Heavenly Chisel Mountain!"

"Is it some Mountain God Dao person from another continent?" Huang Yue’s expression turned ugly.

"They dare to act in advance when there’s still half a year left!" Jiao Yiqiu gritted his teeth.

"I’ll go find them!" Huang Yue abruptly stood up.

"Damn it, this old man can still handle this little issue, you just stay put," Jiao Yiqiu snorted coldly, taking the lead to fly off, disappearing from sight.

Huang Yue opened his mouth, just about to say ’be careful, old man’, but then he thought of his master’s capabilities and he held back his words.

With the old man’s capabilities, he would surely reclaim it within minutes.