The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 146

Chapter 146 : Giggling

“The person I’m looking for is someone that has a multicolored soul. It’s just that I never expected…” Hearing his guess, Ling Xiao didn’t deny it. Instead he beamed gently while looking at him. Although he didn’t finish the sentence, his gaze was definitely one of doubt.

The one being doubted, You XiaoMo, immediately turned into a prickly hedgehog. Doubting his soul was tantamount to doubting his human worth and that was unforgivable!

“You, you, you…what do you mean? How am I not like someone who has a multicolored soul? If you don’t give a clear answer today, I won’t bird with you from now on.” The meek You XiaoMo suddenly gave a little show of the fierceness of a wife.

Ling Xiao laughed out loud in amusement. He pulled him into his arms and molested him one more time. What was the meaning of this ridiculous ‘bird with you’? Why did the way he spoke seem more and more amusing?

“You still haven’t answered my question.” You XiaoMo, who was confined in his arms shouted while feeling depressed and resentful.

It was very difficult for him to give a show of force in front of Ling Xiao and the result…ah, naturally fighting strength was an extremely important factor. Before he could adopt an imposing manner for just a bit, he was already overpowered.

“Actually I should have thought of you a long time ago.” Ling Xiao suddenly sighed softly.

Although You XiaoMo was only a level three mage right now, his rate of advancement was definitely unprecedented. Even if it could be attributed to his practicing of the Heavenly Soul Scripture, if he didn’t have an exceptional and extraordinary innate talent, there was no way he could have risen from an ordinary person to a level three mage in under a year. Even in the plane he was before, there had never been someone who defied heaven in this way.

All these things clearly showed that You XiaoMo’s innate talent definitely couldn’t be the green soul they had determined it to be during the previous evaluation. He actually only started to have doubts not too long ago but it was still not too late now.

You XiaoMo raised his head, not understanding why he suddenly sighed.

After thinking it through, Ling Xiao suddenly lowered his head and looked at him, saying in a serious tone, “Xiao Shidi, looks like for Kong Wen’s request, you can only pretend to fail to meet it.”

“Why?” You XiaoMo asked resentfully, although he knew that Ling Xiao wouldn’t say these words for no reason.

“Your innate talent is not the same as it was before. According to principle, those with below average innate talent can’t advance two levels within a year. It may be possible from level one to level two but, you as a mage should also know that the difficulty increases with each level. If you advance to a level three mage in a mere two months, when the time comes, can you imagine what other people would think?”

Ling Xiao didn’t want to scare him but he definitely didn’t wish for You XiaoMo to come to any harm, so it was better to take precautions when it came to certain things.

What would other people think?

When that happened, they would definitely think that something was not quite right. Someone with such low innate talent could actually advance faster than those prodigies with high innate talent? If it was him, he would also think that there was something wrong with this person.

So the worst result would be that he would be caught by Kong Wen to be experimented on. Then they would discover that his soul was no longer the same. They would then suspect that his soul had evolved causing them to do further experiments. Then maybe they would suspect that he was not the same person leading to even more experiments. In the end, he would have turned into a white lab mouse that was only allowed to stay inside the lab.

Thinking of this outcome, You XiaoMo suddenly shivered. It was too terrifying!

You XiaoMo tightened his lips and hung down his head somewhat resentfully, “I guess so.”

According to his original intention, he actually wanted to piss off Kong Wen. Although Kong Wen was his Shifu, Shifu didn’t like him and he also didn’t like Shifu. So he wanted to let Kong Wen feel regret.

I’m such a good disciple and you insist on neglecting me. Regret it!

It was too much of a pity for this beautiful wish. If he let go of this chance, which year, which month would he be able to see it come true?

“Xiao Shidi.” Suddenly the sound of someone who couldn’t help himself from laughing was heard above his head.

You XiaoMo instantly raised his head and saw Ling Xiao holding back his laughter, with mirth in his eyes, looking at him teasingly. He blinked his eyes, what was this?

Ling Xiao laughed as he says, “It’s easy to anger Kong Wen to death. When the time comes, you only have to appear among the ranks and Kong Wen will definitely be furious.”

You XiaoMo, “…”

So he accidentally voiced out his true intentions?

But after thinking it over, what Ling Xiao said also made sense.

Since Kong Wen detested him so much, he definitely wouldn’t agree to let him go. Otherwise, he wouldn’t purposely make it difficult for him. If he pretended that he had no way of becoming a level three mage in a little over two months, he would certainly be very happy. But if he were to suddenly appear at the scene on that day, the look on his old face would definitely be quite the sight.

You don’t want to let me go. I insist on going. Even without you there are still other people that can help me!

Thinking of this plan, You XiaoMo added in the details in his head and suddenly felt very happy. He couldn’t stop himself from letting out a giggle. He already couldn’t wait for that day to arrive.

Ling Xiao saw his smirking expression and felt his heart start itching. He also couldn’t help himself from stretching out his hand and rubbing his fingers suggestively on his lower jaw. He laughed while saying, “What I said is right, correct?”

You XiaoMo smiled slightly as he nodded. Since he came up with such a good plan, he would overlook the fact that he was currently molesting his lower jaw with his hand, “We’ll go with that.”

Although he felt a little bad because Da Shixiong and Second Shixiong fought to get him this opportunity, in order to safeguard his path as a mage, he couldn’t take this risk so he could only let them down.

As a result, the important matter had already run off course. Ling Xiao skillfully shifted the focus, leaving no trace.

You XiaoMo was immersed in his own fantasies. It was much much later before he remembered that there were still many questions that he wanted to ask. But by that time, that most opportune moment was already gone.

After finding out that his innate talent was actually not below average, You XiaoMo even wanted to giggle in his dreams. This meant that he wouldn’t be limited to a mid-level mage in the future. His achievements could even be more awesome than that high level mage who could refine level ten magic pills, QiuRan.

But after finding out his innate talent, he was also left with another big problem. That was to amass high level magic herb seeds.

Before he thought that he would at best become a level six mage. That was why he didn’t ask around much about high level magic herb seeds. Now that he knew the real situation, he had to start amassing high level magic herb seeds. If not, by the time he became a level seven mage, he could only hug Buddha’s feet in the hour of need, looking everywhere for seeds.

Thinking of this, You XiaoMo’s thoughts turned to YunShui Peak. He remembered that YunShui Peak was the place where they nurtured mid-level and high level magic herbs. Since there were high level magic herbs over there, there certainly would be seeds. Thinking of seeds, his thoughts turned to Ye Han-shishu. He wondered…did he still remember him?

Damn it. That time, when he gave the opportunity to Da Shixiong and Second Shixiong, Ye Han-shishu didn’t seem to be too happy…

But these things were all for later. You XiaoMo could only put them to one side for now. Later, he would find an opportunity to make a trip to YunShui Peak. Right now, it should be time to return to the Tian Xin Sect.

As for the twelve jade carvings, Ling Xiao didn’t say much about them, only asking him to keep them properly.

You XiaoMo treated the twelve jade carvings as just decorative items. As for the twelve demon beasts depicted by the jade carvings, regrettably, he had not seen even one of them depicted on the scrolls on high level demon beasts. But he also didn’t feel that it was strange. After all, there were so many types of demon beasts. It was not possible that humankind had seen every one of them, let alone draw them out. There were probably some that had yet to be discovered by humans.

This time, Ling Xiao used the capability of his dimension to transport them directly to HePing town.

HePing town was the same as always, the streets are bustling with people coming and going. But, maybe because the opening of the Paradise Realm was drawing near, there were more and more people buying and selling magic pills and magic herbs in preparation for the trip to the Paradise Realm.

You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao entered a magic pill shop because they sold magic pills. But magic pills had to be kept in jade bottles in order to preserve their medicinal effect so magic pill shops usually also bought and sold jade bottles.

You XiaoMo was preparing to buy a few hundred jade bottles. The main reason was because he recently refined quite a lot of magic pills and in order to separate them by type, he used up all the jade bottles in his magic bag.

After hearing that he wanted to buy jade bottles, and such a considerable amount at that, the attendant couldn’t help casting a few more looks at him.

Usually people that bought more than a hundred jade bottles were not low level mages but the youth in front of him didn’t look more than seventeen or eighteen years old, and he actually bought three hundred in one go.

The attendant guessed that he was probably a disciple from some sect so he didn’t dwell on it. He took out all kinds of jade bottles, “Honored guest, we have ten types of jade bottles. Which type would you like?”

Jade bottles had the ability to lock in the medicinal effect of magic pills. The higher the quality, the better the effect, especially for mid-level and high level magic pills. Usually, mages would choose the better kind.

However, You XiaoMo didn’t have this concern. For one, the magic pills he refined were low level magic pills. The other reason was because he placed the magic pills he refined inside his dimension. The dimension was filled with spiritual energy so it was essentially an excellent storage space. He only needed to move them into his magic bag right before he needed them.

The attendant was a little disappointed when he saw that he only wanted to buy jade bottles of the lowest quality. But three hundred was not a small number and this was a minor consolation point. Very quickly, he counted the total and it came to thirty gold coins altogether. One gold coin for every ten jade bottles.

After completing the transaction, You XiaoMo simply headed to the public square where the winged-birds were with Ling Xiao. That was the first place You XiaoMo arrived at the first time he came down the mountain. This was also where the Tian Xin Sect disciples would head to when they wanted to go back.

Notes:

wouldn’t bird with you : modern slang for wouldn’t bother with you, so of course Ling Xiao wouldn’t get it

This slang came from the dialect mispronunciation. Wouldn’t bother with you is 不理你( Buli ni), and wouldn’t bird you is 不鸟你 (Bu niao ni). Some dialects of China pronounce /l/ as /n/, and vice versa. So [Buli ni] was mispronounced as [Buni ni], and since the tone of li3 and ni3 is the same, it could easily misheard to [Buni ni] which absolutely make no sense. Thus, people speaking that dialect twisted the word even more, making it sound like [Buniao ni]. And niao( bird) is niao, same tone with li3 and ni3, hence the slang “Don’t bird you” was born.

A bit extra, but [I bird you (我鸟你 )] is another slang, a cursing word like Fuck you. Because bird(鸟) can be pronounce in two different ways, either niao or diao. And the word diao can also be written as (屌) which is a vulgar word for Penis. So [I bird you] means Fuck you.