The Beautiful CEO’s Close Bodyguard
Chapter 486 - 0488: Setting Up Traps

Chapter 486: Chapter 0488: Setting Up Traps

After teasing, the child turned and ran away.

Master Guangde came out of the wooden hut, smiling warmly at Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian, looking them over carefully. He then said, "Not bad, just one soak and your complexions have improved a lot. Do you feel some of your strength returning?"

He asked.

Chu Ge took a deep breath and indeed felt a surge of strength, perhaps due to his urgency to recover his martial arts, this modest recovery was far from satisfactory for him.

Chu Ge also knew that such matters could not be rushed, and he was aware he shouldn’t hold out complete hope. Yet, once he started, he couldn’t help but harbor some expectations.

Huo Tianqian also took a breath and tried it out, circulating his energy and pushing out with a palm.

Seeing his own physical changes, Huo Tianqian, with a face full of surprise, looked at Master Guangde and then at Chu Ge, "I actually feel my strength has returned?"

In the two days since losing his martial arts, he always felt as if all his strength had been drained from him, feeling listless and even lacking spirit.

After finishing the medicinal bath, he had felt subtle changes in his body, but at the time, the sensation was not profound. Now, after the Sulfur Bath, his body was obviously different from before. Could this mean that a couple more soaks might restore his martial arts?

Huo Tianqian looked at Master Guangde with a gaze full of hope, his heart brimming with gratitude.

Master Guangde smiled faintly, "This is just the first stage; what follows will be even more difficult than today."

"No matter! As long as it can restore our martial arts, we can endure no matter how tough it gets!" Huo Tianqian confidently declared.

If he could persevere, it went without saying for Chu Ge as well.

Master Guangde sighed softly and, to be honest, he was only hypothesizing with this method and not certain if it would truly drive the toxins from their bodies. Yet seeing their fervent hope for the recovery of their martial arts, he found himself hesitating to be transparent about it and crushing their spirits.

He pondered for a moment but eventually said nothing, instead, he made a gesture of invitation, "The lunch for you two has been prepared by this old monk, please follow me."

They had been trapped in the Mysterious Formation since early morning and had soaked for so long that they were genuinely hungry.

But now with no sense of time, Chu Ge did not know the hour, only realizing that since morning, aside from a few sips of water, he hadn’t once felt hungry.

Even now, as he caught the faint scent wafting in the air, it did not stir hunger.

It was like the days when he had his martial arts, rising early to train, where, even drenched in sweat, after hydrating he wouldn’t feel the slightest bit hungry.

Upon entering the house and seeing the roasted hare and several vegetarian dishes on the table, Chu Ge rubbed his belly and finally felt a bit of hunger.

Huo Tianqian, a straightforward man, was perhaps starving and ate without any decorum.

The child had already eaten but, seeing Huo Tianqian’s appetite, couldn’t help licking his lips; as a little monk who had always followed a vegetarian diet with his master, he now saw someone voraciously eating meat in front of him, lips greased with fat.

After all, he was still a child, and his eyes grew wide with longing.

Chu Ge noticed the child hiding at the door, glanced at the food on the table, and then asked the child, "Have you eaten already?"

The child obediently nodded, eyes still fixed on the meal, the aroma of the hare’s meat undeniably enticing.

Even having eaten his fill, he couldn’t resist the urge to come closer and nibble once again.

Chu Ge beckoned to him, "Would you like to come in and eat a bit more?"

Huo Tianqian also noticed the child; he paused his eating, heh’d at the child, and said, "Little monk, want to join and eat some? This hare meat is really fragrant and tender. To be honest, Master Guangde’s culinary skills are pretty impressive, not at all inferior to those five-star chefs outside."

The child looked at him with disdain, "You’re really unsophisticated! I’ve had better things than this!"

Huo Tianqian was puzzled, "Child, haven’t you always stayed here without leaving? Besides the food Master Guangde has cooked for you, what else have you eaten? Who could cook better than Master Guangde?"

The child held his chin up proudly and whispered a nod, "Of course, the skills of my grandmaster are not something ordinary people can compare to."

Chu Ge was slightly taken aback; the grandmaster the child mentioned must be Master Guangde’s senior brother, right?

The one who passed away five years ago, who was also poisoned and had his Ancient Martial Arts sealed.

Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian exchanged glances, not knowing quite what to say for a moment.

Suddenly, Master Guangde’s voice calling the child came from outside; the child responded and scampered away.

After Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian finished their meal and left the wooden hut, there was no sight of Master Guangde and the child.

The two wandered around; in truth, this place had everything, akin to a miniature Earth and Heaven, with none of the outside world’s clamor, absent of the bright lights and wine, and free from all the trivial material possessions.

Master Guangde’s own vegetable garden was nearby, with chickens, ducks, and geese free-ranging contentedly, basking in the sun beside the garden.

Chu Ge looked up at the sky, which was clear and boundless. Still unable to determine the directions from the position of the sun, he was unable to discern the current time.

Huo Tianqian scratched his head in confusion, "Mr. Chu, what are you looking at?"

Chu Ge shook his head, "I just feel like time here stands still; look, the sun was already in this position when we bathed, and now three hours have passed, but the sun still hangs there, unchanged."

Huo Tianqian looked up, squinting against the bright sunlight. He yawned due to the glare and rubbed his nose, also realizing this point, "Could time here be static?"

That shouldn’t be possible; it would defy common sense.

Chu Ge gently shook his head; in their world of Ancient Martial Arts, too many things were beyond understanding or even imagination. Yet, the idea of time stopping was unheard of.

"Only Master Guangde probably can explain this to us."

Chu Ge said.

Huo Tianqian nodded in agreement, then looked around somewhat gloomily, "But we’ve looked all around and haven’t seen Master Guangde, nor the shape of that child. Mr. Chu, where could they have gone?"

Chu Ge had no intention of venturing out to find them; Master Guangde was a recluse and must have set up many mechanisms around the area to avoid detection and save troubles.