Stopping her feet in mid-air, Yin Luo can't help but inwardly let out a long sigh. Regardless of how careful she has been in every possible way, she's still caught. Immediately putting on a smile that covered her entire face, she turns her head around. "Uncle Fu, I'm.....taking a casual walk, just a casual walk!"
"Uh....he he!" The corner of Yin Luo's lips twitched.
"Of course, of course!" Yin Luo starts nodding her head like a chick pecking at rice. Anyone can pick up the accusation in Fu Shu's tone, Yin Luo obviously understood.
2nd Master? Why doesn't she feel at all like she is a master here?
Yin Luo answers lightly, nodding her head with much effort and avoiding looking at the repulsion on his face. Yin Luo pulls a smile allowing herself a fleeting moment of deliberate joy, bright? Is that a compliment? In the last 100 years, it's the first time he has given her a compliment by himself, and it's also not before her Lord Honor's presence!
Yan Fu couldn't help but crease his brow. Two that are unquestionably from that same vein, why is the difference this great? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out another sigh, apparently not having any more patience for the person in front of him. "It's good that 2nd Master is understanding!" After saying that, unwilling to even spare another second, he immediately turns around and walks off. *Uncle Fu's full name.*
A small hand impulsively slips into her bag again, taking out another piece of preserved honey and pushing it into her mouth, letting the flavor slowly spread inside her whole mouth. She's heard that preserved honey are the sweetest thing, that eatting it would fill you with sweetness. She stuffs a few more into her mouth.
Single handedly forming a seal, she repeated an incantation several times before the object in her hand let out a dim light, flew out in mid air, and grew into agigantic gourd.
Pulling the red strap on the gourd, it rocks around a bit before rising upward and slowly ascends into the sky. During the entire flight, an entire trip of rocking, it acted like a cradle.
The weather looks like it's getting close to afternoon. Yin Luo can't help but sigh again. Continuing on like this, it's not even sure if she can make to the Jade Pool in time. However, if today her Lord Honor is the one riding this gourd, it wouldn't even take half of an hour to get there! But of course she wouldn't require the use of a spellbinded vehicle since a cloud would be even faster.
"Her Lord Honor is sure impressive!" Yin Luo mumbled to herself, her face to the sky, again taking out a piece of preserved honey and popping it into her mouth. Just while she's in a trance, suddenly a strong gust of wind swept across and two figures flashed by. In her moment of unstableness, she nearly falls head-down to catch the sea view. With frantic hands and feet, she quickly held onto the red straps of the gourd, barely stablizing her body. Above her head came an cocky voice in annoyance.
"So.. Turns out to be the rumored disowned God!" She smirked, her cold bell-like laughter ringing. "It's been some time that there's been such talks that on the Divine Mountain there are two masters, the last of the Gods, yet even between sisters the difference is great. The elder sister's powers uncompariable among the 6 realms and the younger sister being rather clumsy. I thought it was just casual talk..." while speaking, she takes a glance at her gourd, eyes slightly squinting, and continues smiling rather mischievously, "If I haven't seen the mark of the Gods on your forehead, I'd really think I had saw wrong, so...one can actually be this clumsy! No wonder everyone refers to you as the disowned god.'"
"Excuse me, but would the two of you happen to be the immediate disciples of the immortal Yu-chi?
"So I really guessed right, it's honor to meet you, truly an honor!" Yin Luo mannerly made a gesture to greet them. "I've heard of the immortal Yu-chi's great name for some time. In our realms there has always been few female immortals and I hear that the imortal Yu-chi is a prominent figure in the midst, with her profound enlightment that not many can rival. Below her there is only two immediate disciples. Yuan Fu Qi, Lee Pei Bai! I've heard that the two have shown exceptional pace, in just a span of a hundred years and to have already reached soaring measures, truly rare talents. I assume that you must be the two?"
Yin Luo rubbed her nose again and reached up to touch the faint mark on her forehead, consequentally not catching onto the later half of her words. "You're too generous with your praise! Your great names have reached my ears for some time already. Today I have definitely witnessed an excellent display of xian character! The two of you were able to observe the mark on my forehead with just one glance proves that those comments are not false. Very admirable, truly admirable!" She gestured again, trying hard to express her good intentions.
Lee Pei Bai glances down at the hand on his arm, his brows tightened, and retrieved his arm without a warning. Staring in the direction of the gourd, at Yin Luo who still continues nodding, the expression in his eyes deepens in thought. A disowned God? This girl, whom even him with one glance can see that her powers are weak, and possibly not even comparable to that of a lowly xian? Yet she is a God?
"Shi Xiong!" Seeing that he wasn't going to wait for her, Yuan Fu-chi angrily stomps a foot and immediately chases after him. Before leaving, she still manages to roll her eyes at Yin Luo.
"This Yuan Fu-chi is a beautiful woman. Even....when a beautiful woman rolls her eyes she still looks good." She pinched her own child-like face, and laughingly muttering to herself "Just whose family's child is this who hadn't grown up? Just why did I get a face like this?" If only she was 1% of what her Lord Honor was, than she could probably be proud for a while also! Giving another two pinches, she shakes her head and sighs.
Aye~! Who told her to not master the skills? Inproficiency, improficiency eh, maybe she should consider changing a teacher. That is if said person does not personally kick her to feed the fishes.
She hastily tied it around her neck, properly tied it good. Once the jade is near her body, the light mark on her forehead can be seen gradually disappearing. She let out a long sigh. Getting around like this should be more convenient. Her only objective was to get peaches so occurances like what just happened is better left avoided.
Just floating above in the center of the endless abss is the Jade Pool Xian Mountains, with five rays of colorful light surrounding it, exudes a soft distinctive elegance of Xian-ness. Legend has it that this mountain was here since the opening of heaven and splitting of earth. A spiritual mountain that was formed by the combined forces of the surrounding life energies. So, only it alone is able to float above the endless abyss.
She can't be this unlucky, can she? As a burst of panic shot into her heart, she doesn't hesitate and immediately starts silently reciting some incantions, but it appears that the gourd just won't listen to her and continues systematically shrinking. In a short span of time it has already become too small to support her weight.
While preparing to descend into the sea for a baptism, her eyes quickly fluttered closed, although she was previously ready to accept this fate, she has suddenly went into a mental and physical trauma, how can she forget, below here....just below here, is the endless abyss!
The sound of the loud howling wind passes by the ears. The body continues to fall down in a straight line. Even though knowing that it wouldn't be likely of her to lose her life, she still can't help but be flustered, and being in this state of panic causes her to completely forget those few already inproficiently learned incantations.She closes her eyes on reflex, awaiting to be immersed into that darkness.
A spread of white quietly drifts down with the sound of a crane's cries, a few peach blossom petals, and that faint fragrance in the air. White robe rivaling snow, just a quick movement of his hand, and he has has already stopped her fall. Like a floating cloud drifting towards that white figure, in an eye blink of an eye, has already fallen into his arms. A perfect catch.
This spectacular handsomeness, as if born to be a tribulation to all women, every gesture is a form of unrivalable elegance. It's as if just silently standing there is also a scenery to behold.
Looking at that face, she suddenly became envious of those petals resting on his shoulders.
In all six realms, there's a person like this? She searched in her centurys of memories, and still no impression.
Yin Luo's immediate response was to raise her hand to block, but seeing a look of doubt pass onto his face, forces her hand down. Realizing their exceptionally intimate posture, her face blushes and she brings her head down. "Thank you!"
"It was just a little task only, no needing to be thanked." The man civilly replied, and with a wave of his hand can see from below a light flying upward, he easily caught it in his hand, and handed it over to Yin Luo. "Does this spellbinded instrument belong to you Miss?"
"The Purple Jade Gourd, is indeed a rarely seen spirited object!" The man complimented, "This instrument is quite loyal, only recognizing one master, Miss is fortunate to have the privilige. It's definitely something to be cherish, make sure not to lose it again."
The man looked surprised, and looked back at the jade gourd in his hand, his brows tightened slightly and said "Perhaps Miss has used the 'Spirit Incantation' on it before?"
"The Spirit Incantation is a spirit-bestowing spell, but this Purple Jade Gourd is already spirited object. To use such spell on it would cause it to counteract. So it's return into a normal jade state is likely the result of using such incantation. Miss, are you sure you have not used such incantation?"
"Don't worry, with such a spirit as it, in two hour's time it should be back to normal!"
She turns her head to look at the Jade Pool still at a distance. Does she want to swim there?
Escort? He wants to escort her? Yin Luo is slightly dazed. That wall in her heart, on natural impulse stands up. She spontanously asks "Do you have something that you cannot resolve?" If there is, she would try her best.
"Isn't that it? If not, than it must be that there's someone you want to meet!"
"Thanks....thank you!" Yin Luo hurriedly gave her thanks.
He lightly waved his hand, white robe flapping, like clouds passing before one's eyes. The patch of cloud below his feet suddenly split in half. Half staying where in it's original place, while the other half accompanied her and continued floating towards the Jade Pool not far in the distance.
She tightly clenched onto the side of her robe, only looking at his face, holding in her breath, and waiting for his response, waiting for his face to surface an expression that would be similar to that of others, maybe a look of disgust or disdain, or even a look of scheming calculation. She is Yin Luo, Yin Luo from the Divine Mountain, the disowned God Yin Luo.
It was until standing below a Peach Blossom tree at the Jade Pool does Yin Luo finally seem to have found her breathing back. She gradually bends her head down to look below her feet, those clouds were already gone, yet she can still feel the warmth there.
Does he not know her, or... does he not dislike her?
Just because she fell down, so he saved her, and not because any other purpose, and especially not because of the person behind her.
But, would it be like that?
Suddenly she thought of that good-natured lowly Xian from one hundred years ago who would touch his shiny white beard, a face full of good intentions, of that time when he told her that he was willing to follow her. She was also like right now, with flowers ever blooming in her heart. No matter what way she looked, the world was such a beautiful place. One hundred years to a God or Xian is really not much, the flowers in her heart would just be ever blooming and blooming. In a blink of an eye, that person has already become a guest under her Lord Honor's door. It's already impossible to find traces of those once compassionate brows and kind eyes. Nowdays she even has to acknowledge him as Uncle Fu.
In the future, she will work harder on this stepping board mentality, adapting to that stepping board fate!
Of course, she would not be conjouring up other unrealistic day dreams. That type of person who's not even stained by a speck of dust, even if right now is only a small Xian, his future is not to be limited. She better just watch from afar, and just drool. As for other thoughts, even if there are, she will have to strangle them while they are still sprouts.
"Teacher, Teacher,...Teacher!" In the peach forest, someone rushes by with urgency, carrying it in his tone. Seeing Yin Luo standing there dumbly, he pulls her by the shoulders, and vigorous shakes her,
Yin Luo was surprised for a moment, looking at the impatient youth before her and immediately, very politely shook her head.
"Uh...." Her lips twitching, Yin Luo trying hard to keep the smile on her face, must be kind, must be friendly, "Right here, one can easily see everything with just a glance, does it look like there is anyone? Besides, I don't know your teacher!"
Not knowing his teacher, is it that strange? "Honestly, don't know!"
"Uh...." The corner of her mouth still twitching, Yin Luo wiped the sweat on her forehead and nodded.
Yin Luo's smile froze on her face, saying repeatedly in her heart, must stay kind, must be friendly.
Yin Luo's head fills with black lines again. Taking a glance at the ranting person besides her, must she stay here to listen to his complaining? Taking a step backward, another step, to a safe distance. Just when she's about to turn around, the person who was supposely drowning in his own sorrows suddenly stands up, and grasp her hand.
"Jade....Jade..." Perhaps it's been too long since she's come out. Contradicting expressions for emotions have become popular.
"Uh, Uh,.."
"I currently don't belong to a sect yet!"
"No...."
"But...." Yin Luo points at a narrow passway.
"That way...."
Yin Luo didn't even have enough time to reply and was already dragged out of the forest, glancing at that distancing narrow way, and taking a glance at this rightously stern youth. She actually wanted to just say...that there was a shortcut.
"Yah, I am Gu Chian Fan, what's your name?"
"Yin? Nevermind, let's just call you Xiao Yin!" *An friendly addressing, taking one's surname and putting a little in front of it. Hinting you're younger than me.*
"You have to follow closely. If you will get lost or hurt, I won't be helping!"
"No worries, as long as I'm here, no one dares touch you!"
The next few chapters seem shorter. I've already have Chapter 3 done and working on Chapter 4. Just to give an idea, there's a total of 84 chapters to this story. It's not really long, the length is only between Tong Hua's Da Mo Yao and Yun Zhong Ge.
I really hope to finish this within 4 months. IF my summer school schedule allows me. Luckily that's not until July. =)
Xians are immortals who were once Humans or Yao who have gained enlightenment.
Yao are more associated with the negative side, but there are some who have abandoned their evil nature and want to walk in the road to enlightenment. They like Xian, God, and Mo are also long living immortals.
Hope this helps.