Chapter 350: 350: You’ve exposed yourself
"Do you think the Grandmaster doesn’t know?" Gong Leitian maliciously blew a puff of smoke into Mu Mingyu’s face.
Mu Mingyu disliked Gong Leitian’s behavior, frowned, and stepped back: "Does Great Aunt know?"
"Yes!" Gong Leitian’s face showed a somewhat wicked smile, "Otherwise, do you think with the Grandmaster’s hundreds of years of experience, she can’t see through the mind of a youngster? We’ve all underestimated her. But as long as we don’t touch her bottom line, she generally pretends not to see."
"We? Did you disguise yourself so perfectly before because you thought she hadn’t noticed? Have you suddenly become so presumptuous because you know she noticed? How did you find out?"
"You want to know?" Gong Leitian winked at him ambiguously.
Mu Mingyu felt uneasy, but couldn’t resist his curiosity: "I want to know."
Gong Leitian suddenly grabbed his collar and pulled him forward, their upper bodies almost touching, a wave of heat radiating from him that wasn’t unpleasant, but made him flustered.
Mu Mingyu was startled and quickly wanted to retreat, but Gong Leitian’s words stopped him: "Don’t you want to know? Then don’t move."
Mu Mingyu forced himself to calm down: "Can’t you just speak without being this close?"
"But what I have to say requires being close to be clear. Why are you so nervous? I’m not going to eat you, and rest assured, I’m not interested in men."
Mu Mingyu was speechless. This isn’t about interest; any normal adult man would be startled if suddenly pulled like that by another adult man, right?
And doesn’t he find this posture very strange?
But he quickly had no time for random thoughts because Gong Leitian whispered something in his ear, causing his eyes to widen suddenly: "You... you actually dare?!"
He couldn’t believe it; Gong Leitian actually dared to do such a thing to Great Aunt?!
Okay, even if it wasn’t to her directly, but just fantasizing in his mind, that’s still too...
"It’s blasphemy, you know? You..."
"What’s so strange about it?" Gong Leitian released him, laughed, and said, "I’m a normal man, and normal men have personal needs. Is it strange to fantasize about my beloved woman?"
"But the person you’re fantasizing about is Great Aunt..."
"She was already Grandmaster when I fell for her; what can I do? Liking someone is liking someone, can I control who I like? If so, would it still be called liking?"
"..."
"You’ve liked people before, haven’t you? Can you control it every time you fall for someone?"
Mu Mingyu shook his head. He had just never fallen for someone he shouldn’t.
Gong Leitian took a puff of his cigarette, and the flame flickered in the dark, "Yes, falling for someone is beyond our control, it’s predestined by fate. Honestly, I never thought the person I fell for would be her... you know, I actually grew up listening to her stories!"
Mu Mingyu was a bit surprised.
The Hidden Immortal Sect annually adopts orphans with cultivation talent for the continuation of the sect’s bloodline. Gong Leitian was one of the lucky ones, fortunate enough to become a Direct Disciple of a Peak Master.
His master was also a ’Qiu Fan,’ collecting many legends about Mu Qiuniang and objects she reportedly used, frequently telling him ’The Legend of Qiuniang.’
Those legendary stories about her cultivation were like mythologies to him as a child, as if opening up another world. Gradually, he too became fascinated with this legendary ’Grandmaster,’ hoping to be like her, to battle three as one, to challenge cultivators with higher cultivation levels, to cultivate as easily as eating and drinking.
If Mu Qiuniang lived only in legends, that would be all. Until one day, he unexpectedly learned from his master that this Grandmaster from hundreds of years ago was still alive?!
"Master, what did you say? Grandmaster Qiu is still alive?!"
The 13 or 14-year-old Gong Leitian widened his eyes, hardly believing it. Weren’t those just legendary tales his master told? From hundreds of years ago, and the protagonist was still alive?!
His master gave a mysterious look: "Little fool, why else do you think there are so many legends in the Hidden Immortal Sect? Why is Grandmaster Qiu’s the most popular? Other legends are invisible, but this Grandmaster is still alive in this world and can be testified by us personally."
"Then why have I never seen her? Are you not fooling me again, Master?" Gong Leitian was reluctant to believe it; wasn’t there a place in the Hidden Immortal Sect he wasn’t familiar with? He even knew the cave mansion where Grandmaster Qiu once cultivated, but it was a forbidden area fortified with a strong array, prohibiting outsiders from entering.
Otherwise, he would have long gone in for a look around.
"Do you know why you can enter places cultivated by other Grandmasters, but not Grandmaster Qiu’s?"
"Why?"
"Because occasionally, Grandmaster Qiu still comes back to live, and we can’t let you youngsters mess up her cave mansion, right? Moreover, there are a few cute little demons inside Grandmaster Qiu’s cave mansion~"
"Little demons?!" Gong Leitian’s eyes widened even more. After cultivating for over a decade, he’d only heard of demons, never seen one. He hurriedly asked, "Master, can you take me to see the demons?"
"I’ve never seen them myself, so don’t even think about it!"
Gong Leitian was dissatisfied: "You really are fooling me, how do you know there are demons in Grandmaster Qiu’s cave mansion if you’ve never seen them?"
"I haven’t seen them doesn’t mean others haven’t," said the master amusedly, "The Senior Uncle at the neighboring Fire Cloud Peak once fed them. It’s said one of them is a very beautiful lotus demon, blooming throughout the year, with fragrance wafting far..."
Watching his master’s infatuated expression, as if he really smelled it, Gong Leitian was speechless.
"I’m going to ask the Senior Uncle at Fire Cloud Peak; Master, you’re definitely fooling me again."
"Go, go, hurry up, always saying I’m fooling you, what have I fooled you about?"
"Last time, you tricked me out of my drumstick." Gong Leitian complained.
"Was it necessary? It’s just a drumstick, haven’t I always fed you and clothed you well? Get going, remember to bring a bottle of wine for your Senior Uncle, he loves to drink."
"Got it!"
After that, Gong Leitian really did take a jug of wine to Fire Cloud Peak and asked the Senior Uncle guarding the entrance about Grandmaster Qiu’s cave mansion.
Upon hearing this, the Senior Uncle smiled, "Was it your master who told you? That old rogue always incites his disciples to inquire about Grandmaster Qiu. Not one of your previous senior brothers didn’t come to me with a wine jug asking."