“Your Senior is the first disciple I accepted and I had been rather exasperated with your Grandmaster at that time, so I randomly picked out a disciple from among the new batch of freshmen and took him in, thinking to groom him into someone with unparalleled power to win me some pride. But I had never thought that before the time was ripe, I lost the chance to do that.” The corners of Su Ya’s mouth curled up into a bitter smile and she poured a big mouthful of wine down her throat, like she wanted to let the burn from the wine drive off the depressing feeling in her heart.
“Your Senior wasn’t as smart as you are, and not as trouble free as you are. He would cause me trouble every few days and he made quite a number of people to become displeased with him at that time when he was in the Cloudy Brook Academy. He took every chance he had to go pick a fight with those other rascals in the academy which infuriated me so much that I wished I could just trample him into the ground and give him a sound thrashing. But…..”
“He wasn’t all that bad. Although not as considerate as you here, he still knew to be respectful and filial to his Master.” Su Ya said with her chin propped up by an upturned palm, sipping at her wine while she revealed what had happened to Jun Wu Xie, memories that no one else knew about.
Su Ya’s temper then, had been more explosive than it was now, her interactions with her disciple at that time, usually done through her fists. Jun Wu Xie knew the kind of power that Su Ya possessed and a single punch from her would cause even a strong and well built man to vomit out blood.
In the beginning, Jun Wu Xie’s senior fellow disciple was basically the most frequent visitor to the Cloudy Brook Academy’s Medical faculty where he would be sent there for treatment every few days when he was beaten up till he vomited blood.
If that had been anyone else, one would not have been able to endure such harshness and run away in escape.
But every single time, after that person had been treated, he would run back to Su Ya’s side with a laugh, and no matter how tyrannical Su Ya was towards him, a smile would still hang upon his face, never complaining a single time, remaining like Su Ya’s tail on her back, following behind Su Ya wherever she went.
But Su Ya would still be the same as before, unable to control her own temper and the strength that she had, making the life of that person just pitiful.
Someone had once spoken to Su Ya about that, saying that that was not good. But Su Ya had thought nothing of it.
One was happy to lash out, and the other happy to be beaten. What’s wrong with that? Moreover, this was just between them as Master and disciple, and her disciple had not said a single word in negativity, so why should these nosey bunch be cackling about it at all?
Things continued on like that and although Su Ya did not show any mercy, she nevertheless did everything she could in instructing her disciple. That person’s powers grew exponentially and it was until the third year that that person had acknowledged Su Ya as his Master where he had on Su Ya’s birthday brought out a pair of embroidered crabapple flower Cosmos Sacks he had made personally, gifting one to Su Ya, and keeping the other one for himself.
After that…..
Some things began to change.
The subtle changes happened little by little, and the flavour of things between the Master and disciple changes as well.
Su Ya had thought that she might very well succumb under the hands of that brat and not never thought that things would turn out like that in the end.
Volume 17
Chapter 1636: “Heart Breaking Parting (4)”
The Cloudy Brook Academy would open up their doors for a period every month and disciples whose powers got acknowledged would be able to temporarily leave the premises and return home for a couple of days before they came back.
Su Ya’s disciple did not leave the Cloudy Brook Academy much only till he was almost into his fourth year that he started to leave on the days the academy opened its doors. In the beginning, Su Ya did not pay it much attention but every time her disciple came back, he acted somewhat abnormally, the smile on his face becoming a little strained when he faced her.
Su Ya had asked him about it before but did not manage to get anything out of him. That person pretended like nothing had happened before but….. Su Ya could feel that her own disciple was intentionally or not, distancing himself from her.
They were obviously no longer purely just Master and disciple but that person had suddenly politely and seemingly in an attempt to alienate her, addressed her as Master, his gaze tinged with a trace of avoidance.
Su Ya did not understand what was happening till one day, when one of the times the periods the academy opened their doors ended and she did not see that person return. Till the very end when everyone else had come back, he still did not appear. She stood at the main gates of the Cloudy Brook Academy waiting from dawn to dusk, till the moon hung high up in the night sky, waiting till the night fell completely silent and that person still did not come back.
Finally, it was Su Ya’s Master who handed a letter to Su Ya.
The letter had been left behind by that person, saying that he had already gotten the Headmaster’s permission, to be able to graduate from the Cloudy Brook Academy and leave the place. A man’s ambition lay outside in the wide world and he was not willing to be constrained within the tiny Cloudy Brook Academy. He was thankful to Su Ya for having groomed him but destiny had decreed that they part then, to be separated on different ends of the world, and for her to take good care of herself.
Su Ya read the letter repeatedly over ten times at least, scrutinizing every single character over and over again, unable to convince herself that her disciple had left like that…..
And she as the Master, was the last one to find out about it.
[Why didn’t he tell her?]
[She was sure she had told him that if the day came that he needed to leave, she could go together with him.]
[But in the end, he had abandoned her, to carve out a path on his own.]
Su Ya’s voice became a little choked as she spoke right at the very end. She gulped down the fine wine throwing her head back, her eyes closing slowly, with a faint trace of tears right at the corners of her eyes.
“Jun Wu, you must remember this. If in the future you come to meet a scoundrel named Yan Bu Gui, you must help this woman tell him this. That this woman does not have such an ungrateful disciple.” Su Ya said with reddened eyes, spitting her words out through gritted teeth.
[Yan Bu Gui!] Jun Wu Xie was completely taken aback.
[It really is Yan Bu Gui!]
Jun Wu Xie had guessed that Su Ya and Yan Bu Gui had known each other but never would she have thought that there would be such a deep grudge between the two of them.
The two of them were both Jun Wu Xie’s Master and although she had not had much of a chance to interact with Yan Bu Gui, Jun Wu Xie however did not feel that Yan Bu Gui would be such a ungrateful person. He had undertaken such a great risk to go save Qiao Chu and the others, to have even brought them up. Such a person would definitely not be one who, towards a Master he was indebted to, to a person he loved, just sever all ties so callously.
There must be some kind of reason or misunderstanding behind all this.
Jun Wu Xie did not tell Su Ya she knew Yan Bu Gui. She had to get to the bottom of the matter first.
To Jun Wu Xie, she wished very much for Yan Bu Gui and Su Ya to be able to reconcile and before she was able to get a clear picture entirely, she did not want the situation to take a turn for the worse in anyway. Even though Su Ya’s words were highly resolute, Jun Wu Xie could still feel that her grief and hatred, stemmed from the regret and her reluctance to part from the past.
Su Ya had never let it go all this time and her obstinacy had been brought about from her obsession about the matter.
“I will.” Jun Wu Xie nodded.
Su Ya smiled and rubbed Jun Wu Xie on her little head.
Volume 17
Chapter 1637: “Heart
Breaking Parting (5)”
“Let’s not talk about all this already. That bastard is nowhere as good as you. Come come come, your Master will give you something.” Su Ya swept away the depression she was feeling and she pulled out a bangle from her Cosmos Sack. The bangle was forged from gold and it was inlaid with various gems, highly eye catching.
“If you have a chance to go to the Spirit World in the future and the people there dares to stop you, you just show this to them and they will definitely let you right in. This woman has nothing much else to give you and let this be considered as the last gift to you from your Master.” Su Ya said as she pulled on Jun Wu Xie’s little hand, putting the gold bangle on. The gold bangle was not small but when it was put on Jun Wu Xie’s wrist, it suddenly shrank by a size making it just right .
“Little brat, if an opportunity arises, your Master will go see you, but do not come back to this Cloudy Brook Academy anymore or you’ll be thrown right out.” Su Ya said with a laugh.
Jun Wu Xie looked at the bangle on her wrist and her heart filled up with warmth.
She got up and walked to come before Su Ya before kneeling down solemnly and silently kowtowed three times loudly before Su Ya, every single knock resounding clear.
Su Ya watched beaming with smiles, her eyes filling up with tears.
Before Jun Wu Xie left, she left Su Ya a bottle of elixirs. That was cultivated from Little Lotus’ lotus seeds and they could be used to retain one’s life at the most critical junctures. That elixir was extremely difficult to cultivate and every single pill needed five lotus seeds to make. Till now, Jun Wu Xie had only managed to cultivate only five of them and she had left two of them with Jun Xian and Jun Qing while she gave the remaining three to Su Ya.
After bidding her final goodbye, Jun Wu Xie returned to her room. The freshmen within the loft building were a little flustered. They didn’t want to have to leave so fast as they felt that their cultivation training was still not enough and they no longer had the chance of remaining in here.
When she came just before her door, Jun Wu Xie sat Gu Xin Yan just opposite her. She stood quietly before her door and under the raucous clamour that was going on around her, her gaze remained fixed upon the figure of Jun Wu, looking like she had something she wanted to say to Jun Wu.
Jun Wu Xie was in no hurry to leave and just looked back at Gu Xin Yan where they stood facing each other.
Truth to be told, if one put aside Jun Wu Xie’s enmity with the Twelve Palaces and based just on Gu Xin Yan herself, Jun Wu Xie would feel that Gu Xin Yan wasn’t all that bad a person. If all of this had happened at another time and they held other identities, the two of them might very possibly become companions.
A pity…..
Gu Xin Yan looked at Jun Wu Xie for a long while, like she wanted to imprint the image of Jun Wu deeply into her soul. After that, she just lowered her head and silently turned around to go into her room to pack her things.
Jun Wu Xie then returned to her room as well.
It was till the room door was shut, that Gu Xin Yan leaned her back upon her door and started sobbing soundlessly, the strength seeping out from her body as she slid down weakened to the ground with her back against the door. She fell to the ground and clasped her hands over her mouth tightly, not letting the sounds of her sobs spill out.
Gu Xin Yan knew clearly that while within the Cloudy Brook Academy, no matter what happened between the Blood Fiend Palace and Jun Wu, they would still occasionally be able to see each other. Regardless that she might only be able to steal a glance at him from afar. But once they all left the Cloudy Brook Academy, with her being the daughter of the Blood Fiend Palace’s Palace Lord’s daughter, there would only be enmity towards Jun Wu, never would it be again be this quiet and tranquil.
Even when she had not even spoken a word with Jun Wu over this period, it was better than having them be against each other.
Parting was the most heartbreaking and it was not known within the Cloudy Brook Academy, just how much of sorrow and pain there was.
At the moment when the sun was setting, all the disciples of the Cloudy Brook Academy had no choice but to pick up their baggage to leave this already familiar mountain wilderness, to step forth into a future that truly belonged to themselves.
Volume 17
Chapter 1638: “Heart Breaking Parting (6)”
The Cloudy Brook Academy’s decision was known by the Twelve Palaces and the Nine Temples earlier and they could not enter Mount Fu Yao so they could only remain at the foot of the mountain to wait to pick up their disciples and bring them back.
Qiao Chu and the other companions each found their own way to slip away from the crowd where they gathered to meet with Jun Wu Xie within the thick woods.
It was already winter and there was a flurry of snow, a white blanket covering over the evergreen trees, wrapping everything in silver and white.
“We’re finally out.” Qiao Chu lamented as he stretched his limbs. Under the cover of the tree’s leaves, there wasn’t a single snowflake upon his body as he looked smilingly at Hua Yao and the others standing around him.
This would be the last time they gathered before going to the Twelve Palaces.
“After this, it’s time to see what we’re capable of.” Fei Yan said feeling rather restless with eagerness. They had had to hide their strength for many years waiting just for this moment for revenge. From the moment that they set foot inside the Twelve Palaces, the fire of vengeance would truly begin to burn with a blazing rage.
And their plan, would begin in earnest.
“Little Xie, you’ll be remaining within the Spirit Jade Palace?” Fan Zhuo asked as he looked at Jun Wu Xie. They all had their objectives but Jun Wu Xie would be taking a different line from all of them.
“I do not know yet. That is what I have decided for the moment.” Jun Wu Xie said softly. She composed her emotions before raising her eyes to look at all her young companions.
“The incident between Qiao Chu and Lin Hao Yu will surely cause the Flame Demons Palace to fight the Blood Fiend Palace and you guys should set your sights properly on your own targets then.”
Qiao Chu had continually bashed up Lin Hao Yu in the Cloudy Brook Academy and besides venting it out on him on behalf of Jun Wu Xie, there was a deeper motive behind it.
The Flame Demons Palace and the Blood Fiend Palace are almost equally matched among the Twelve Palaces and they both seek to gain the top position’s throne. But the two powers had not blatantly gone against each other on the surface but had only secretly schemed against each other behind the scenes. Lin Hao Yu is the grandson of an Elder in the Blood Fiend Palace and Qiao Chu is new found strength that the Flame Demons Palace are paying much attention to. Among either one of them, they both carry a significant amount of weight within the powers they serve respectively and the grudge formed between Qiao Chu and Lin Hao Yu within the Cloudy Brook Academy would definitely be brought over into the two palaces.
Especially now that Lin Hao Yu had gone bonkers. It did not matter whether his insanity had been caused by Qiao Chu or whether it had been due to Jun Wu Xie’s actions but the Blood Fiend Palace would not let things lie.
And this was the first seed that Jun Wu Xie had buried among the Twelve Palaces.
To incite the Blood Fiend Palace and the Flame Demons Palace into battle.
And this was just merely the beginning.
“Rest assured. We know what we should do and since we’ve come all the way here, we will definitely make them pay back for everything one by one.” Qiao Chu said through narrowed eyes. He still could not forget the annihilation of his father and his entire family clan, and the nightmare of having seen his mother die before his eyes.
All of this, had been caused by the hand of the Twelve Palaces.
In order for them to gain and reap more benefits, they had had no qualms about sacrificing people who were absolutely loyal to them. The debt of blood they left owing must be sought back one by one.
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The flurrying snow flew and the people from the Twelve Palaces waiting at the foot of Mount Fu Yao did not know that they would soon invite destruction to go back with them to the respective palaces they served.
The gears of destiny were turning and Lady Fate was slowly weaving everything in the future together.
After a short moment of discussion, Qiao Chu and his companions quickly split and went their own ways to quietly blend in with the crowd going down the mountain, taking the first step towards their road to vengeance.
Jun Wu Xie stood within the mountain and the snowflakes fell gently, causing her shoulders to become covered with a layer of pure white.
“Young Miss.” Ye Sha and Ye Gu silently appeared. Ye Sha then draped the cape he had prepared over Jun Wu Xie’s shoulders.
Volume 17
Chapter 1639: “Heart Breaking Parting (7)”
Jun Wu Xie stood there within the mountain for a rather long period as she stared in the direction of the Cloudy Brook Academy. After a long long while, she turned her gaze away and then walked off towards the Spirit Jade Academy.
In the Cloudy Brook Academy, Su Ya sat drinking with her heart heavy. Her little disciple has left and the Spirit Mastery faculty was completely empty once more. Having gotten used to having the presence of such a person around and then now reverting back to one year ago where she was all by lonesome. Without knowing why, the quietness of this place suddenly seemed to feel so suffocating.
She looked at the stairs and kept thinking when would the figure of Jun Wu appear from there once again, quietly going about the chores without a word and carrying the little blanket to come cover her.
Her chest felt so stuffed up it was agonizing and Su Ya suddenly stood up, to take big strides out of the Spirit Mastery faculty.
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