The whole family is full of evil disciples, Master, don't panic, your disciples are here

"Then tell me why you came back to look for me?"

Ji Xiuzhu's tone was calm, and no emotion could be heard from it.

When Cui Yunshen heard this, he frowned slightly.

He didn't know how to tell Ji Xiuzhu the truth, but after thinking it over, he was about to speak.

But he heard a rustling sound behind him. Cui Yunshen had no choice but to leap forward and disappeared on the spot.

Ji Xiuzhu heard the sound and immediately looked towards the direction of the rustling sound.

"Master, why are you here? I just heard some noise over here, so I came to take a look. I never thought that it was Master who was here."

Cui Yunshen was holding a basket in his hand, in which was a bunch of unburned incense and something wrapped in brown paper.

When Ji Xiuzhu listened to Cui Yunshen's words, he instantly understood that the real boss had arrived.

Although she failed to find out the truth from Cui Yunshen, she at least learned one thing.

That is……

Nothing!

Ji Xiuzhu shook his sleeves, then cleared his throat and asked, "You want to pay tribute to my elder sister, so I was worried about you being alone, so I came to watch you. But the wind was blowing hard just now, so I thought it was a bad guy, so I attacked him. But at least nothing happened. You look like this, have you finished paying tribute?"

As Cui Yunshen listened to Ji Xiuzhu's words, he discovered that there were a number of fallen trees around him, still emitting a crisp and fresh fragrance.

"So that's how it is." Cui Yunshen responded softly, but a hint of sadness flashed in his eyes.

"My sister used to love sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. She would buy some as snacks every time she sold herbs. So, every time I come, I will bring some. This time is no exception." As he said, he took out a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake from the kraft paper in the basket and handed it to Ji Xiuzhu. "Master, there are some left from the memorial service for my sister just now. This is the sweet-scented osmanthus cake I made specially for my sister. Would you like to try it?"

As soon as Ji Xiuzhu heard Cui Yunshen say it was osmanthus cake, he immediately became interested.

You know, she is the one who loves osmanthus the most.

There is nothing she dislikes as long as it is made of osmanthus.

She fumbled to take the osmanthus cake handed to her by Cui Yunshen, then put it in her mouth and took a bite.

The moment the pastry was chewed, the fragrance of osmanthus instantly spread to her mouth and nose.

For a moment, Ji Xiuzhu was in a trance, as if he had returned to his childhood, helping the director of the orphanage pick osmanthus flowers.

At that time, it was the first time since she could remember that she helped the dean pick osmanthus flowers.

The child was young and naive, and she didn't know that one only needed to pluck the small flowers of osmanthus, so she hugged the entire osmanthus tree and tried to pull it up by the roots.

But he was still young and could not pull out the tree trunk at all, and instead he rubbed his hands red.

After learning that the osmanthus flowers did not need to be uprooted and only the small flowers needed to be picked, she actually lowered her head out of shame for the first time.

After picking osmanthus flowers, the dean made her delicious osmanthus steamed cake, which tasted exactly the same as the one Cui Yunshen handed to her at this moment.

Tasting the old flavor in his hand, Ji Xiuzhu couldn't help but raise a smile at the corner of his mouth.

Cui Yunshen looked at Ji Xiuzhu's handsome face, which was filled with a smile, and couldn't help but laugh too.

Ever since he became Ji Xiuzhu's disciple, he and Ji Xiuzhu have been together day and night for seven years.

During this period, Ji Xiuzhu always had a bad attitude, and even when he smiled at her, it was a fake professional smile.

This was the first time he had seen such a sincere smile.

"Master, are you satisfied?" He reached out and gently pulled off a grain of residue on Ji Xiuzhu's mouth, then asked softly.

Only then did Ji Xiuzhu realize that he was lost in his memories.

So he put the remaining bite in his hand into his mouth, and then nodded to Cui Yunshen.

After she finished the cake in her mouth, she asked slowly and embarrassedly: "I wonder if you have any left. I think it tastes very good and I want to eat another piece."

When Cui Yunshen saw his master looking like a foodie, he instantly smiled but did not laugh out loud.

He reached into the bamboo basket, took out the piece of kraft paper, and then gently placed it in Ji Xiuzhu's hand.

"This is all that is left over from today's sacrifice. It's a little cold. If you don't mind, Master, you can eat it all. If you still feel it's not enough, I will make it for you every day from now on."

After Cui Yunshen finished speaking, he slowly withdrew his hand, but as he withdrew his hand, there was still a smile on the corner of his mouth.

And hidden in that smile was actually full of doting.

Ji Xiuzhu took the brown paper. Although his face looked a little dull, he felt happy in his heart.

She raised her hand and patted Cui Yunshen on the shoulder, then smiled like a child: "Then I would like to thank you, my good disciple."

At this moment, a breeze blew by, bringing a little coolness and a little excitement to the boy.

Cui Yunshen stared at Ji Xiuzhu while he was eating, and actually felt a moment of happiness passing by.

At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten his elder sister's last words to him.

He didn't want to remember any of the nonsense about going to Zhongzhou.

At this moment, his mind was filled with his master's smile.

It's quite strange to say, because Ji Xiuzhu's daily interaction with him was limited to teaching.

But he actually felt that every moment he spent with his master was like déjà vu.

In particular, when he saw Ji Xiuzhu's affirmation of his cultivation, he actually had a sense of narcissism and pride like a peacock spreading its tail.

Cui Yunshen looked at Ji Xiuzhu quietly, and an inexplicable warmth surged in his heart.

At this moment, he decided to put aside his worries for the time being and enjoy the time with his master.

"Master, how about we find a place to sit for a while, and then go back after you finish eating?" Cui Yunshen suggested.

Upon hearing this, Ji Xiuzhu felt that what Cui Yunshen said made sense, so he nodded, and the two of them walked to a nearby big tree and sat down.

As soon as he sat down, Ji Xiuzhu couldn't wait to open the kraft paper, then picked up one of the pieces of osmanthus cake and put it to his nose to smell it.

After smelling the faint fragrance of osmanthus, Ji Xiuzhu put it in his mouth and chewed it with satisfaction.

But as he was chewing, Ji Xiuzhu suddenly realized that he looked a little ugly for eating alone, so he moved the brown paper closer to Cui Yunshen.

Cui Yunshen was startled at first, but then he was relieved. He slowly took out a piece of osmanthus cake from the kraft paper, and said to Ji Xiuzhu calmly, "Thank you, Master."

Ji Xiuzhu listened to the noise and slowly took back the brown paper. She noticed that Cui Yunshen was a little unhappy, so she ate the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in her hand and asked, "Little boy, are you worried about something? Don't hold it in and get sick. Talk to your master."

Cui Yunshen heard this and hurriedly shook his head and said, "No. I don't have any worries. It's just that I'm about to leave Shenzhou and go to Tianyuan. My strength is low, I'm afraid..."

Upon hearing this, Ji Xiuzhu sighed and said, "Are you afraid that your fellow brothers will laugh at you?"

Cui Yunshen was stunned for a moment. He didn't look up, nor did he answer. He just lowered his head, with loss in his eyes.

"Don't worry. Your brothers have all been here since you were a child. They all know how difficult it is to practice cultivation. So, let alone you have just entered the Golden Core stage, even if you are only in the Qi Refining stage, or even if you are a useless person with no cultivation at all, they will not say a word against you. Even if they do, they won't dare to do so as long as I am here."

As he spoke, Ji Xiuzhu stuffed a few more bites of osmanthus cake into his mouth.

"You are under my protection. No one dares to bully you except me."

Ji Xiuzhu's mouth was full of osmanthus cake, and his words sounded unclear.

Seeing Ji Xiuzhu looking like a child, Cui Yunshen actually laughed out loud for the first time in his life.

Hearing Cui Yunshen's laughter, Ji Xiuzhu chewed the food in his mouth and smiled with a crooked mouth.