The Beautiful Boss's Personal Bodyguard
Chapter 489 - 488

Chapter 489: 488

"During the kowtow, the old woman looked at him and asked, ’So you really don’t want to be my disciple?’"

Ye Tian made a face as he kowtowed, and said, "I just feel it’s awkward to take a woman as my Master. If I had known it would be like this, I would have just taken that old man in the tower as my Master. At least he’s a man and we’d have something to talk about. Even if he treated me poorly, I could fight back. But fighting back against you would get me accused of bullying a woman - I can’t digest such an accusation."

He continuously kowtowed eighteen times, which made his head dizzy before it finally ended.

The old woman handed over the three lit incense sticks and gestured for Ye Tian to place them in the censer. Ye Tian stood up, shook his dizzy head a bit to clear it, then took the incense with one hand and directly put them into the censer. The old woman didn’t mind his disrespectful attitude and method. Seeing that he had offered the incense, she sat on a cushion with her back to the incense table, "Sit down, I’ll now explain the rules inside the sect."

Ye Tian glanced around, "Aren’t we calling Jenny in?"

"No need."

He moved over a stool with three legs and sat on it. The scene was somewhat comical - traditionally the Master would be the one sitting high up, but now the disciple was sitting on a chair while the lecturing Master was cross-legged on the ground, which felt somewhat against the norms.

The old woman raised her head and said, "Kid, feel awkward?"

"Not at all. I feel quite comfortable."

"Thirty years ago, this would have been a serious crime of disrespect and insubordination."

"Give me a break! Me, insubordinate? What kind of ’superior’ are you?" Ye Tian, unconvinced, thought to himself that even the old man in Nushen Tower couldn’t handle him, let alone this little old lady!

This kid was hard to persuade, and the old woman had gotten a taste of it, too lazy to argue these unimportant matters, she coughed and started explaining to him the important things to note for the big meeting seven days later. Ye Tian sat with one leg over the other and his chin propped up, half-heartedly listening. These matters were too far beyond what he had expected; he only planned to sneak some items out of the temple, who the heck would’ve thought not only did he not manage to sneak things out but ended up being detained! If Chu Tianying and Gui Xiao were to find out, he’d be utterly embarrassed.

"Are you even listening?!"

Ye Tian twisted his neck, "Go on, I’m listening!"

Just as she was about to argue with him, but seeing what a case he was, the old woman held back her words, gave him an exasperated look, and then passed the stick she was holding to him, "Take this. If you can’t win during the competition in seven days, you can still use this stick to smash around. I’m just worried that in the heat of the moment you’ll end up biting someone without any weapon in hand. Losing is one thing but that would be outright disgraceful!"

Ye Tian glanced at the stick and turned his head, "I don’t want it."

"Why not?"

"It’s too ugly."

"Do you want a better-looking one?"

"No."

The old woman’s face turned somewhat ugly.

"I don’t want to participate in any competition, and I know what I am myself. You use me to make up the numbers, and although you have your reasoning, it’s merely a relationship of using each other. And it’s you using me, not the other way around; it can’t be said to be mutual, it’s purely one-sided exploitation."

Seeing her lower her head and support herself with that stick without reacting, Ye Tian continued, "Although I have learned the Panchen Finger, you also know, these are of no real use. If you insist that I am your savior or something, then either I’m crazy or you are. How could a great Sect rely solely on the power of one person for salvation. Those are the Buddha Bead Relics, you know very well how many covet them, I don’t believe I can fulfill your wishes, and I don’t want to. Even if you force me to stay on the field... I’m sorry, I won’t do anything. I just want to live the rest of my life in peace, Esoteric Master, I’m sorry, I can’t help you."

Supporting herself with her white stick, it gradually began to lean, hanging limply along with her arm, eventually the stick was placed on the ground by those powerless arms, and instantly, this seemingly young old lady seemed to have lost all her energy, her hunched body looking even more frail and delicate, sitting cross-legged on the cushion she seemed less like a person and more like a pile of humans.

So pitiful. That kind of pitiful that comes from being eroded by time and utterly drained after exhaustion.

"You should leave. I was too demanding. You’re right, everyone has their freedom, young man, it’s this old woman’s mistake. Go on, the only thing I want to ask of you is not to tell anyone else about what I’ve said here today. This is the secret of our Esoteric Sect."

Ye Tian nodded, unceremoniously. It’d be strange if he was courteous; he suffered a lot along the way, endured even more hardship, he even pities himself, how could he have the heart to pity others.

"Master, I take my leave."

Ye Tian saluted with cupped hands and slowly withdrew.

The hunched body sitting on the cushion seemed drained of all strength; Ye Tian looked at her with some remorse, shook his head to clear his mind, then walked out gratefully, fearing that a longer look back might change his mind.

Pushing open the door, a cold light flashed, damn! What is this thing! Before he could react, the cold light had already crossed in front of him, practically touching his nose!

Just out of the tiger’s den and into the wolf’s lair, damn it, are they really determined to finish me off here!

If it were the Ye Tian from before, who upheld materialism, the thing lying on the ground now would definitely be a corpse. Unfortunately, the Ye Tian who had just encountered new experiences was no longer that person reliant solely on himself; this flash of white light was destined not to take his life.

Panchen Finger, from below upwards, emitted a Clear Wind Gang Qi, colliding with the white light in the air, neutralizing each other. A wave of Essence dispersed in the yard, and Ye Tian was repelled by the air vibration, stepping back twice and stopping only by grabbing the doorframe. And there in the yard lay Jenny.

Just as Ye Tian was about to rush over, he suddenly stopped, sensing that something was off. Jenny’s position lying in the center of the yard seemed cunningly deliberate, clearly a set trap.

"God Slaying Array. Kid, is this for you or for me?"

Unexpectedly, the Esoteric Master, who had been sitting paralyzed on the cushion, was now standing by Ye Tian’s side, looking at Jenny lying in the center of the yard. She refrained from any reckless movement, glanced at Ye Tian beside her and said, "Unexpectedly, you really are a coveted piece, too bad, uninterested in this."