The tears I shed now are all due to things done in the past 

Yun Ye held his wrist with a vice-like grip, and Bai Tu felt a sensation of burning from under his clutch. He wriggled away from Yun Ye. “Let go.”

Only then did Yun Ye come back to his senses.

He uncomfortably released the boy’s wrist and said awkwardly, “So—sorry….”

Bau Tu blinked in surprise. ‘Why did this person change his attitude?’

‘Should not he ridicule me for showing off, then calling me little idiot’ twice while doing so? Could it be that my gallant performance shocked him just now?’

At this moment, a blue light suddenly appeared within the behemoth in front of them, gradually encasing the beast in a blue halo. The Hunyuan Beast turned into ashes as if burned, and only a slender immortal sword remained on the snow. 

It’s Tai Chu.

Bai Tu’s eyes lit up, and he immediately threw all of his thought at the back of his head and said to Yun Ye, “Look, it’s—” 

Before he could finish his words, the soaring off of a sword sounded beside him. The sword’s flight swirled up a fit of bone-chilling snow and wind, hitting him in the face. Bai Tu blocked his face with his hand in reflex. When he dropped his arm and raised his head, no shadow of Yun Ye could be seen. 

Bai Tu: “…..”

‘Where did that bastard go??’

At the foot of the snow-capped mountains was an uninhabited forest. The sun was already setting, and the rays of the last moments of the sun painted the horizon in multicolored hues of oranges and red. The light was also reflected by the snow-capped mountains’ glistening whiteness, creating a breathtaking scene of the world being one. 

Yun Ye strolled up in the mountains and forests, steeped in a complicated mood he rarely felt.

Other things might be coincidences, but there could be no falsehood in that sword’s intent. 

Knowing that his master did not leave him alone, a bud of happiness grew in his heart. But it was soon extinguished when he remembered what he had done in the past two days. 

What had he done…

Yun Ye felt remorseful and seething, wishing to go back in time and throttle his crude self to death. 

He indeed doubted the identity of that person before. However, he never thought of such a possibility occurring after all. Yet, how could he just…

In short, Yun Ye was in a convoluted mood. Even though he could not think of other things, his mind worked to summon a flying sword to flee from that place. 

Yun Ye, who had now cleared his mind, squatted on a boulder by the side of the road with his head drooped between his knees, resembling a large dog who had just gotten into trouble and did not know where to go.

When Bai Tu caught up with him, he saw the exact scene. 

He took a step forward. “What are you doing?”

“Huh?” Yun Ye woke up from his depressed state and looked at Bai Tu in a daze. His feet then prepared to run away, but Bai Tu took the lead and grabbed his arm. “Where are you going?”

This great person abandoned him all alone on that damned snow-capped mountain. Once he found this person, he stifled his belly full of anger in respect for his feelings. But when he saw him trying to run away again, he rushed into a rage. “What are you running for? Am I going to eat you?”

“No, that’s not it….”

“That’s not it? I came all the way to find you, searching the whole palace upside down. And yet someone thought it’d be nice to leave me on the mountain without a word. Is there anyone worse than you?” Given that Yun Ye was oblivious to his identity, Bai Tu disregarded any worries about future consequences and rebuked the other. “I just saved your life, and this is how you repay your benefactor?”

Yun Ye had never heard his shizun speak to him like this before and was stunned for a while.

Noticing Yun Ye was unspeaking, Bai Tu asked, “What? So terrified of the Hunyuan Beast that you can’t even speak?”

“No. I–I just—”

Bai Tu cut him off. “I know. You don’t need to say it.”

Yun Ye’s expression froze, and he heard Bai Tu continue. “You just dislike contact with others, right? I’ve told you that the Mysterious Realm of the Absolute Beginning was perilous and that staying with the others was a good choice, as we can take care of each other. But you don’t listen, you….”

Bai Tu rambled on and on, lecturing him. Meanwhile, Yun Ye looked down at him, watching his prattle. His mouth slowly curled up. 

Such a master was also adorable.

Moreover, he was still in the dark, not knowing that his true identity had been discovered. 

Yun Ye thought this way, and the anxiousness in his heart soon eased up. With a soft voice, he interrupted, “I know. It won’t be like this in the future.”

Now that he had admitted his mistake, Bai Tu nodded satisfactorily and raised his hand to summon the immortal sword made of cold jade. 

“You left in such a hurry you forgot this.” The moment his voice fell, Taichu, in the form of a sword, rose in the air and drifted toward Yun Ye. 

Bai Tu: “You killed the Hunyuan Beast that guarded Taichu. Thus, it now recognizes you as its master. Hurry and try it.”

Yun Ye: “Yes.”

After that, Yun Ye lifted his hand before him and held Taichu.

The moment he grasped the sword’s hilt, the entire Mysterious Realm of the Absolute Beginning shook violently. 

The slender sword body bloomed with dazzling brilliant lights as it kept changing forms in his hand. A sword, spear, halberd, clubs, mace, and whips… All sorts of weapons transformed in Yun Ye’s hand at lightning speed, finally forming a black bamboo folding fan, which rested on the hollow of his palm. 

Yun Ye twirled the fan in his hand and fingers and put it on his waist. He then tilted his head toward the other and said, “Alright.”

Taichu was not confined to a mere sword form.

It could be transformed into any weapon regarding the owner’s wishes. Turning it into a personal item and carrying it whenever they go was also a perk of this treasure. Because the previous wielder used it as a sword, Taichu manifested as a sword before others.

Since the last master departed this mortal soil, Taichu lingered within the Mysterious Realm of the Absolute Beginning, guarded by the fierce Hunyuan Beast.

The said beast could be found by no one, even if they rummaged through the entire mountains. But it was once said that if the beast sensed someone suitable for the Taichu had appeared, it would show up on its own. So long as the selected challenger could defeat the Hunyuan Beast, they could obtain Taichu. 

To put it simply, it was a gift tailored to none other than the protagonist. 

After putting an end to the worries on his mind, Bai Tu was almost at peace, if not for the conditions of his current state. 

He could only use 30% of his cultivation base in the secret realm. When he dealt with the Hunyuan Beast, he exhausted almost all of his power. It would have been fine at the usual time, but his body had been out of sorts in the past few days, and at this moment, he could not control the dizziness from settling in. 

Yun Ye extended out a hand swiftly to help him. “Shizun… No, what’s the matter with you?”

A buzzing noise rang in Bai Tu’s mind, and he failed to hear what Yun Ye said. He clutched Yun Ye’s arm, and it took a while before he regained clarity. 

Bai Tu shook his head and whispered, “I’m fine. Tired…”

“Your hands are so cold.” Yun Ye helped Bai Tu to the side of the path, found a clean place to sit him down, and enclosed the other’s hands into his palms. “Are you cold?”

Yun Ye sensed something was wrong when he recovered at this moment. When did his shizun’s constitution become so weak? Immortal Lord Zhaohua had long left the mortal confinements. Thus, he also broke free from ordinary ailments such as colds. Just what went wrong?

Although Yun Ye was worried, he did not dare fire up questions. Hence he only half knelt in front of the person and enveloped those icy hands into his warm palms, transferring warmth. 

After a few deep breaths, Bai Tu felt a pang of dull pain again in his abdomen. His waist was also so sore that he could hardly straighten himself up. He glared—which his pain abated—at Yun Ye and complained, “I blame you.”

Yun Ye was taken aback for a moment and had no clue how his mood changed so quickly in such a short time. 

When he noticed the other stared at him blankly, Bai Tu could no longer contain his anger from rushing forth. He said, “Well, you insisted on acting alone.

“… If I didn’t come to you, would I be like this?”

Yun Ye sounded like a child who obediently admitted his mistake. “I’m all to blame. I’m sorry.”

Bai Tu felt his pain ease up a little when he heard the person apologize. A few moments of pondering later, he said, “I punish you to carry me on the way back.”

He genuinely felt very unwell. His entire body was aching and lacked its usual vigor; he didn’t even want to move. Since Yun Ye was unaware of his true identity, he felt fearless to appear vulnerable. 

Yet Yun Ye gave no answer.

“What’s the matter? You’re unwilling, aren’t you?” Bai Tu looked at the person next to him with bitterness.

How could there be such an unlucky master in this world? Ever since helping the wolf cub dispel his inner demons, he had never felt comfortable anymore. And he fell ill from time to time after entering the secret realm. 

It was more than a hundred years since he had contracted such an illness. 

Blame this wolf cub. 

“No.” Yun Ye sobered up from his stupor, took off his robe, and placed it on Bai Tu’s shoulder. He bent over and coaxed him in a warm tone. “It’s me who isn’t good. I will take you back, you… don’t be angry.”

After he spoke, Yun Ye picked up Bai Tu’s bent knees with an arm and embraced Bai Tu’s shoulder with the other, hugging him horizontally. 

Bai Tu: “……” 

Why… was this different from what he imagined?

Yun Ye’s body temperature was high, and Bai Tu pillowed on his chest. The other party’s temperature easily seeped through the thin layers of his clothes, transmitting to Bai Tu’s body with their skin contact, dissipating the chill instantly. 

The moment Bai Tu came here—because of being forced by others—he became accustomed to staying in the forefront and sheltering others from the wind and rain. He could not remember how long someone had held him just like this—sheltering him from the wind and snow in a protective, affectionate posture.

The soft part of Bai Tu’s heart moved, and he tightened his hold on Yun Ye’s neck as he asked in a low voice, “Aren’t you cold?”

Yun Ye looked down and assured him, “Not cold.”

Bai Tu replied with a soft hum. He leaned against Yun Ye’s chest and said no more. 

Once the tension loosened up a bit, the drowsiness hit him again. 

Bai Tu rubbed his eyes while yawning, snuggled in the other’s warm chest, and slept. 

The instant he entered the secret realm, his body spun with discomfort, and he always felt unwell sporadically. He must uncover what was wrong with his body when he left this place. 

Initially, he thought the matter would be resolved if Yun Ye got the Taichu. But he did not expect the possibility of the demonic cultivation’s instrument to appear again. 

The origin of that jade flute was of dubious background. If it was indeed a thing of the Demon Race, things might not be so simple.

In any case, he can’t have an accident at that crucial point. 

Bai Tu perfunctorily let those thoughts run through, and he gradually fell asleep. 

The sky had already darkened, and the woods were now silent, except for the rustle of Yun Ye stepping on fallen leaves. 

The snow-capped mountains were quite far away from the camp. The night was getting colder and colder each minute, and there was even a drizzle of snow. Yun Ye had to take refuge in a cave along the way with Bai Tu. 

He lit a fire in the middle of a cave, placed the sleeping person next to the fire, and helped him secure his robes. Bai Tu slept soundly throughout the journey. His and Yun Ye’s robes bundled him up tightly from head to toe, exposing only a delicate and pretty face. 

His lips opened and closed slightly, looking all plump and soft. 

Yun Ye sat beside him, staring at the other person’s sleeping face with such intensity. As if he was in a trance, Yun Ye leaned close, and the distance between the two men’s faces became closer and closer. 

Before he could plant his lips on those soft lips, Bai Tu’s eyelashes trembled, and he opened his eyes. 

“…….”

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The head pressing squad can be arranged to move now.

E/N: 按头小分队 “head pressing squad” origin: When two characters’ heads are incredibly close to each other, but they never kiss in the end. Thus the “head pressing squad ” was formed by frustrated and starved audiences to press their heads together forcibly.

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