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Chapter 427 - 380 Master and Disciple

Chapter 427: Chapter 380 Master and Disciple

As the first ray of morning light pierced through the horizon from east to west, Bodhi Wu Yin slowly opened her eyes after a night of chanting and cultivation, the figure of Su Liuli came into view.

Following her gaze, one could clearly see Su Liuli, with her arms wrapped around her knees and her head buried down beside the grass on the right, staring blankly into the horizon to the east.

"Sigh."

Seeing this scene, Bodhi Wu Yin couldn’t help but sigh deeply to herself.

Last night, after telling Su Liuli the truth about Ye Fan eliminating the Nanqinghong’s Southwest division, she gave Su Liuli a chance to choose. Finding her utterly conflicted, she let Su Liuli think it over and decided to give her an answer in the morning.

Now, seeing Su Liuli zoning out, Bodhi Wu Yin felt she already knew the answer.

"Master... have you finished your cultivation?"

Seemingly sensing Bodhi Wu Yin’s gaze, Su Liuli suddenly turned around, saw Bodhi Wu Yin looking at her and asked slightly panicked.

Bodhi Wu Yin nodded and sighed, "I assume you have made your decision, haven’t you?"

"Yes."

Upon hearing these words, Su Liuli took a deep breath and nodded firmly, saying, "I will not go to him; I will continue to practice cultivation with you."

"Uh..."

Hearing an answer that was completely opposite to her expectations, even Bodhi Wu Yin, who was as steady as a rock and not easily swayed by joy or grief, was slightly astonished.

"If I’m not mistaken, you haven’t forgotten him."

After her initial surprise, Bodhi Wu Yin thought for a moment and said, "And when you found out that he eradicated the Nanqinghong division to save you, you found it even harder to let go of him, right?"

"Yes."

After a moment’s hesitation, Su Liuli still nodded in acknowledgment.

"Then why do you still choose to continue cultivating with me?" Bodhi Wu Yin was puzzled.

"As you said, I indeed cannot let go of him. When you told me all about it, my first thought was to go and see him."

As Su Liuli spoke, she couldn’t help but cast her gaze eastward, her expression becoming complicated. "But... that was just a momentary impulse. Reason tells me that he and I can never be together."

"Why?" Bodhi Wu Yin kept inquiring.

"I could hurt my cousin sister mercilessly and give up everything I can just to be with him. But my identity has doomed the impossibility of our relationship—I am the illegitimate daughter of Bai Guotao, and he is the illegitimate son of Ye Wenhao, and he has also returned to the Ye Family. Even if he truly cares for me and wants to be with me, I presume Ye Wenhao and the rest of the Ye Family wouldn’t agree."

"To my knowledge, he is a very assertive person, and his relationship with the Ye Family may not be as good as you suggest. With this in view, even if his father and the whole Ye Family are against it, as long as he is willing to be with you, he will most likely stick to it till the end," Bodhi Wu Yin said with surprising conviction.

Huh?

Startled by Bodhi Wu Yin’s words, Su Liuli was slightly taken aback; she had never considered that Ye Fan would defy the wishes of Ye Wenhao and the entire Ye Family just to be with her.

"Since he doesn’t care, why should you?" Bodhi Wu Yin seemed to sense Su Liuli’s heart stirring and deliberately prodded.

"I can’t do that."

In the end, Su Liuli still shook her head, rejecting the temptation that Bodhi Wu Yin had suggested.

"Why?" Bodhi Wu Yin asked.

"Because that would put him in a difficult position, and I don’t want to make things hard for him," Su Liuli said with a hint of bitterness on her lips.

"Hard for him?" Bodhi Wu Yin appeared thoughtful.

"Yes."

Su Liuli nodded, her mind clear, "Even if, as you said, his relationship with the Ye Family isn’t as I’ve suggested and he might disregard the opinions of the other Ye Family members, I know that his relationship with his father is very complicated, and he definitely wouldn’t want to go against his father’s wishes!"

"Moreover, he was an orphan for twenty years; he finally recognized his father, how could I disrupt their father-son relationship?" Su Liuli said and suddenly felt a pang of heartache, her voice dropping, "As much as I really, really want to be with him, I cannot destroy his relationship with his father and hurt his already lonely heart again! I absolutely cannot!!"

This time.

Bodhi Wu Yin fell silent.

She could clearly feel the depth of Su Liuli’s feelings for Ye Fan; likewise, she could see that Su Liuli had truly decided to follow her path in cultivation.

"Liu Li, do you know why I wanted to take you as my disciple the first time I saw you?" After a long silence speaking with a complex expression, Bodhi Wu Yin asked.

Su Liuli shook her head, indicating she did not know.

"Because you possess the rare Glazed Body Body."

Bodhi Wu Yin revealed the mystery.

"Glazed Body Body?" Su Liuli was perplexed.

"In this world, there are some rare constitutions; for example, Ye Fan is an Extremely Yang Body, your cousin is an Extreme Yin Body, your good sister Situ Ruoshui is a Mental Body, and you are the Glazed Body Body."

Bodhi Wu Yin explained, "The Glazed Body Body, with a heart as clear as Liu Li, is pure and flawless and is the most suitable special constitution for Buddhist cultivation techniques. As long as one can let go of all emotions and desires and forget worldly attachments, reaching a selfless state, the Buddhist cultivation will achieve great success, becoming the legendary Buddha."

"Buddha?"

Su Liuli was utterly lost.

"Buddha, shortened to ’Buddha,’ means ’enlightened one.’ A Buddha embodies ’cessation,’ ’realization,’ ’merit,’ ’four bodies,’ ’five wisdoms.’"

As she spoke, Bodhi Wu Yin expressed a profound longing in her eyes, "Of course, that’s the ancient interpretation. To me, Buddha signifies a realm higher than the Gang Qi Realm. Nobody knows about that realm; it is the lofty aspiration of all Martial Artists. That realm is referred to as ’God’ by Martial Artists, ’Immortal’ by Taoists, and naturally, ’Buddha’ by the Buddhist sect."

"I see..."

Subconsciously, Su Liuli echoed her response, then quickly felt something was amiss. "So, by your words, master, I could become a cultivator even stronger than a Supreme Strongman of the Gang Qi Realm?"

"Yes."

Bodhi Wu Yin nodded his head, then shook his head, "The premise is that you can abandon the seven emotions and six desires, achieve a state of inner clarity, and reach the realm of selflessness."

Embarrassed, Su Liuli lowered her head; it seemed to her that reaching this realm was almost impossible.

"Buddhist cultivation stresses that everything should follow fate; originally, if you couldn’t let go of him and wanted to seek him out, I wouldn’t have compelled you."

Seeing this, Bodhi Wu Yin gave a bitter smile, "Now, although you can’t let go of her, yet you’ve decided to follow me in cultivation and convert to Buddhism. That shows you still have a connection with Buddha—let’s just let everything follow fate then."

"Mm."

Su Liuli nodded vigorously.

"If you cannot transcend the tribulation of emotion, how can you become a Buddha?"

Looking at Su Liuli’s somewhat puzzled expression, Bodhi Wu Yin sighed silently in his heart. He didn’t say anything more but simply started walking, leading Su Liuli towards the west.

...

At noon, a plane from Nanming heading to Chuandu, the capital of Shuchuan Province, landed on time at Chuandu Airport. Ye Fan was the first to walk out of the airport corridor and hurried to the exit, only to see a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes holding a sign with the name Ye Fan on it.

"Hello, I’m Ye Fan. You must be Mr. Li?" Ye Fan hurried over and initiated the conversation.

"You... Hello, Mr. Ye!"

The middle-aged man was initially startled, then immediately bowed in response, "Chairman Chu sent me to wait for you here, to hand over the keys to a Range Rover to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man handed the Range Rover’s keys to Ye Fan.

"Thank you."

Ye Fan accepted the car keys and smiled his thanks.

"Mr. Ye, the car is at exit C2, with the license plate number XXXXX. Do you need me to take you there?" asked the middle-aged man, who had been instructed by Chu Ji only to provide Ye Fan with a Range Rover and did not know what Ye Fan needed the Range Rover for. He hesitated briefly after seeing Ye Fan take the keys.

"No need, thank you," Ye Fan shook his head, thanked the man again, and with a smile, he shouldered his bag and walked towards exit C2.

Just as the middle-aged man had said, there was a Range Rover parked right outside exit C2. It looked as though it was a brand-new vehicle.

Seeing this scene, Ye Fan couldn’t help but marvel at how meticulous Chu Ji was in her arrangements.

After a moment of appreciation, Ye Fan did not delay. He quickly opened the car door, entered the car, started the vehicle, and drove away from the airport.

As the sunset gradually descended behind the mountain tops, Ye Fan drove the brand-new Range Rover all the way to the foot of Spirit Mountain.

After parking the car, Ye Fan jumped out and looked at Spirit Mountain shrouded with green trees. The anticipation of meeting Chu Xuanji sent a surge of excitement through him—this descent from the mountain had been the longest separation between him and Chu Xuanji, and he was eager to see his mentor!

In his excitement, Ye Fan didn’t linger; he dashed into Spirit Mountain like a Spiritual Monkey, sprinting as if flying through the mountains, straight to the valley where he and Chu Xuanji used to live.

Unlike his previous returns to Spirit Mountain, this time he did not hear Little Wolf’s excited howls—Little Wolf was still in Ao Xiang Villa in the East Sea.

When the sunset had completely fallen behind the mountain tops and darkness enveloped the sky, Ye Fan appeared like a Phantom outside the valley.

Within the valley, three wooden houses stood quietly. One of them had candlelight shining through, appearing especially eye-catching against the night sky.

"Old man, I’m back!"

Seeing this, Ye Fan knew Chu Xuanji was most likely indulging in his precious ancient books. He shouted excitedly and quickly rushed towards the wooden house with the candlelight.

There was no response. Inside the wooden house, Chu Xuanji, who had been lying on a vine chair and snickering, immediately straightened up, suppressing his smile and picked up the ancient book he had tossed aside when he sensed Ye Fan’s presence, pretending to read it seriously.

"Old man, can we not pretend?"

A moment later, when Ye Fan arrived at the door of the wooden house and saw the old man’s pretense of being engrossed in scholarship, he couldn’t help but feel amused.

"Back already."

Chu Xuanji struggled to contain his smile, deliberately putting on a stern face and pretentiously placing the ancient book aside.

"Sheesh, with your strength, I bet you sensed me as soon as I entered the Enchanting Soul Array, didn’t you?" Ye Fan said contemptuously and gave the middle finger.

"Ahem..."

Chu Xuanji’s face reddened slightly as he pretended to cough, disguising his embarrassment, then seriously asked, "Did you complete the task?"

"Whether I completed it or not, don’t you already know?" Ye Fan replied, not amused.

"Here, hard work deserves reward. This is for completing your task."

Chu Xuanji chuckled, waved his hand, and a current of Gang Qi materialized, sweeping two Plant Essences from the corner of the wooden house towards Ye Fan.

"Master, thank you."

Gazing at the two Plant Essences floating in front of him, Ye Fan did not reach out to take them but looked towards Chu Xuanji’s frail figure, feeling warmth in his heart and his eyes moistening.

Master.

After a half-year separation, hearing this once unfamiliar title, Chu Xuanji felt a sharp jolt in his heart, then teased, "Why have you become so sentimental this time down the mountain?"

"You can rest assured, I won’t let you down in the Qing bang competition!"

Ignoring the question, Ye Fan clenched his fists, determination etched into his face.

"The Qing bang competition?"

Chu Xuanji’s smile faded, and he stood up, walking towards Ye Fan. With a fond touch to Ye Fan’s head, he said with depth, "That’s just your new beginning!"

...

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