Little idiot

No dreams for the night.

Bai Tu awoke very early.

Yesterday, his entire body longed for rest so painfully, and last night was the first good night’s sleep he had in recent days. Bai Tu stretched out his limbs, welcoming the new day afresh. His fingers froze when they touched something warm.

Bai Tu snapped his eyes open, and Yun Ye’s face, magnified several times, appeared in front of him.

‘!!!’

The imposing Zhaohua Xianjun who devoted his life for many years training at Mount Tai, stumbled, and nearly dug a pit for himself. He leaped back in reflex but was barred by an arm around his waist.

Fortunately, his sleep-haziness dispelled in no time. Bai Tu’s hand was clenched over his gaped mouth to bite back the scream in his throat.

Only then did Bai Tu realize that the wall of light he set up last night broke at some point. And worse still, he was cocooned in Yun Ye’s arms again. In their current position, he conjectured he spent the whole night in the other’s embrace.

Once he recovered, Bai Tu felt his hair stand on its end. His hand was still over his mouth, while he gaped at Yun Ye. He dared not to move for now.

Yun Ye’s eyes were still closed and unmoving. Breathing deep and slow, he did not wake up.
The erratic pounding of his heart calmed down a bit.

Yun Ye had always slept deeply. And since he slashed sword from morning to night recently, perhaps he slept more like the dead than him and was oblivious to what happened last night. Bai Tu comforted himself with this thought, and slowly pushed Yun Ye’s arm away to slip out of his arms.

Relief washed over him and he let out a sigh. Before he could finish sighing, he was met with Yun Ye’s sleepy eyes when he raised his.

Bai Tu was startled that he almost leaped up again. He took back control of his composure even with his heart wanting to pounce out of his throat.

Yun Ye rubbed the sleep in his eyes away. He inclined his head and smiled at him. “Good morning, Shizun.”

“Morning…” Bai Tu bit the bullet and answered.

Yun Ye: “Did you sleep well last night, Shizun?”

Bai Tu nodded slowly, feeling there was something amiss.

“I also slept well.” Yun Ye sat up, teased, and chuckled, “However, it might be better if Shizun didn’t keep drilling into my arms, thinking I wasn’t comfortable enough to hold me and changing several positions in a row.”

Bai Tu was stupefied. His face flushed. “Dang, really?”

Yun Ye, eyes bent like crescents: “Yes.”

Bai Tu turned his head to the side and pressed his back against the cold wall. He forced himself to calm down. But how could he calm down?!

How could he be so embarrassing—!

“But it’s okay.” Yun Ye leaned closer to Bai Tu. With a low and hoarse voice, he said, “Shizun was very cute last night.”

Bai Tu: “…..”

‘I don’t want to live anymore.’

Yun Ye witnessed his shizun’s expression change and change again with unparalleled satisfaction. His expressionless face showed a subtle appearance between embarrassment and shame.

He admired his face for a moment, and then leisurely rolled the words in his tongue. “I lied to you. Shizun slept very well last night.”

Except that Bai Tu squirmed dishonestly at first. Afterward, he laid quietly in Yun Ye’s arms—well-behaved that the latter’s heart struggled to restrain the evil fire wanting to burst out. Yun Ye barely fell asleep until the latter half of the night.

Bai Tu did not realize he was being tricked until then. He ground his teeth. “Yun Ye…”

“Here.”

Bai Tu: “Scram and practice the techniques I ordered you yesterday four hundred times. You are prohibited from eating if you can’t finish the drills.”

Yun Ye: “….”

Without waiting for Yun Ye to act coquettishly towards him again, Bai Tu raised his hand and waved. A summoned heap of breeze burst forth and swept Yun Ye out of the bedroom.

The door of the room slammed shut again. Gentle this time. Bai Tu sat on the bed, fuming. The heat on his face had yet to dissipate for a long time.

In the remaining few days, Bai Tu rarely crossed paths with Yun Ye until the day of the trial ceremony.

In the early morning of the following day, Bai Tu followed the head to the martial art fields at the main peak of the Tianyan Sect. The field resembled a cauldron boiling with various voices, mixed in with lots of the sect’s disciples who came in to join the fun.

Naturally, they did not come for future new disciples.

The news of Yun Ye participating in the trial ceremony spread like wildfire within the Tianyan Sect. The sect stated that it was Immortal Lord Zhaohua who deliberately asked Yun Ye to partake in the trial. Plus, it had even reached the ears of outsiders. It was enough evidence that Immortal Zhaohua truly wanted to drive the person out of the Tianyan Sect.

After all, if Yun Ye could not even come out of the Mysterious Realm of the Absolute Beginning alive, how shameful of him to continue learning under the guidance of Zhaohua Xianjun.

However, regardless of the buzzing speculations from the outside world, the two parties—Bai Tu and Yun Ye—did not care at all.

Bai Tu sat on the high platform feeling bored to death. His eyes swept across the sea of people determined to enter the mysterious realm. In just a few seconds, he spotted a familiar face in the crowd.

The Tianyan Sect did not restrict disciples and applicants from carrying magic weapons into the mysterious realm. Thus, most of them carry lots of luggage. On the other hand, Yun Ye, standing alone in the crowd, only carried an ordinary long sword on his back, that was usually used during practice by his peers that kept guard on the gates. He looked short of interest and seemed a little out of place in the throng of buzzing people.

As if sensing Bai Tu’s gaze on him, Yun Ye raised his eyelids and met his eyes.

Bai Tu scrambled to look away at once.

‘He didn’t see.’ As he looked away, Yun Ye’s eyes darkened.

The elder in charge of the assessment of the trial ceremony began to declare the precautions one must heed upon entering the realm. Everyone listened, yet Yun Ye only stared at the pristine, white-clothed figure on the high platform. He felt a little lost.

He thought his shizun would enter the secret realm with him.

Just like in the previous life.

Back at that time, Bai Tu transformed into an ordinary new entry disciple and mixed into the mysterious realm with Yun Ye. He followed the latter wherever he went and helped a lot inside the realm.

When he came to the training field, Yun Ye found the man perched on the high platform. A sense of loss inevitably emerged in his heart.

Yun Ye clicked his tongue loudly and narrowed his eyes.

Because of this trivial matter, his mind became foggy. He truly felt himself getting more and more worthless.

Once the elder explained the precautions, Ling Weijuni officially opened the mysterious realm.

Gales of winds rolled up on the huge training fields, scattering dust everywhere. At the center of the hurricane, a crack broke. The crack was getting bigger and bigger until a dazzling white light slowly poured from the gap. So overwhelming that people could hardly open their eyes.

“Mysterious realm—open!”

With this sound, white light burst forth like light petals of a white flower. All of the entry-level disciples that were gathered on the training field were immediately drawn to it. As the light dissipated, no traces of the group remained on the training field.

At the same time, several light screens appeared over the training field, reflecting the scenes within the mysterious realm of the absolute beginning.

Bai Tu breathed a sigh of relief. He leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, the scene around him was completely different.

A vast expanse of dim, hazy forest stretched before him. The area was covered in a dense mist that was bleak, gloomy, and seemed a bit strange. Bai Tu blinked and lowered his head to look at his current appearance.

Bai Tu had previously promised the head that he would participate in the trial ceremony. So, naturally, he could not disappear entirely in the eyes of the public. In desperation, he could only separate 30% of his incarnation from his soul at the moment when the realm opened and stepped in it with other disciples.

He wore the same clothes as other applicants of the Tianyan Sect. In contrast, he was slightly shorter and thinner than he used to be back then. He carried a small cloth bag slung over his shoulder and looked extremely weak overall.

The face was also not the same as the one he used in his previous life.

Bai Tu hugged the satchel in his arms real tight. Before he could find Yun Ye’s trail, he heard someone utter. “This is the mysterious realm of the absolute beginning? It doesn’t seem to be the case.”

The man looked to be in his twenties—both handsome and tall. The hilt of a long knife jutted out of his waist, and its blade oozed out faint spiritual pressure.

Bai Tu swept it roughly. ‘This person’s cultivation base shouldn’t be low.’

Since Ling Weijun released the news that Zhaohua Xianjun intended to accept an apprentice among new entry-level disciples, half of the disciples who came from other sects signed up for entry this year. Some of which were cultivators with a foundation in cultivation.

Hence, for them, it would be relatively easy to get through the mysterious realm of the absolute beginning.

The baby-faced boy beside him pulled his sleeves twice and whispered, “Brother Yin, it’s better to be careful.”

“That’s right,” answered someone. “According to what Elder Suo just said, demons will attack us from time to time within this realm. So, we cannot lower our guards..”

“Is that demon very powerful? How should we defend against the enemy?”

“If you want to, let’s not act alone in the following days. Assist each other and just get through these seven days.”

“En, let’s do that.”

***

The trial ceremony would last for seven whole days. All new entry-level disciples entered the realm together and would spend seven days in the mysterious realm, tasked to find the exit of the realm which would be opened after the timeframe. If they leave the secret realm without a hitch, they would be hailed as passers of the trial. Soon, could officially become disciples of the Tianyan Sect.

Disciples who fail to leave the secret realm on time, or fail in distress within the realm, would be forcefully teleported out of the realm. Plus, they would lose all qualifications to stay in the Tianyan Sect.

Therefore, for the entry-level disciples, as long as they spent the seven days safely, they would surely pass the trial.

If everyone stuck together everywhere they go, they would no longer feel afraid of monsters lurking in the shadows.

With exchanging insights from one another, the disciples quickly came up with a solid plan. The person who spoke first listened to them yet seemed not in the least bit concerned. He took a step forward and said, “I heard the disciple of Zhaohua Xianjun is also here? I wonder if shixiong can come out and meet everyone?”

Everyone immediately ran their tongues spiritedly about it.

Ever since Yun Ye came to Tianyan Sect, he had never shown up in front of anyone. Thus, it’s no wonder the new entry-level disciples did not know him.

Following the crowd, Yun Ye sneered at them silently. He turned in the opposite direction and walked deeper into the woods. Bai Tu looked in the direction Yun Ye had left. A frown formed in his forehead and left as quickly as it came. He scrambled to chase after the young man with a bag in his arms.

The people who talked about assisting and looking out for each other did not notice the two people missing from the team.

The mist in the forest was so heavy that it was difficult to see objects. Bai Tu refused to use magic spells rashly to locate the other’s location. He had no other choice but to rely on his memory to catch up. As soon as he walked a bit of distance, a cold voice suddenly rang behind Bai Tu. “What do you think you’re doing following me?”

Bai Tu spun on his heels toward his back. Yun Ye was leaning against the trunk of a tree. He raised his eyes deliberately slowly and looked him dead in the eye. His expression was so frigid that Bai Tu felt chills in his heart.

Yun Ye had always been well-behaved in front of Bai Tu and never heard him speak towards him in this blunt tone. Bai Tu somehow felt a bit uncomfortable for a moment. Remembering his purpose and current role, he took two steps forward, lowered his head, and muttered. “Just now, they said to not act alone.”

Yun Ye did not answer. After a while, a peal of low mocking laughter sounded above Bai Tu’s head.

“What does it have to do with you?” Yun Ye paused. A sneer could be seen clearly in his eyes. “Besides, aren’t you acting alone now?”

Yun Ye’s tone was definitely out of the range of politeness.

Still, it failed to annoy Bai Tu. He said patiently, “I am worried about your safety.”

“Worried about me?”

Yun Ye strode up to Bai Tu. With his calculative eyes narrowed, he looked at Bai Tu up and down like a predator checking out prey.

Bai Tu now looked like a handsome young man. His petite body was much shorter than Yun Ye’s well-grown one. His eyes were clear and possessed no harm as well. He, basically, resembled some kind of small animal that wielded no offensive power and could only be kneaded by others.

No matter how he looked at it, the boy was the one who needed protection.

A minute passed, Yun Ye sneered for real. “You said to rely on you, little idiot?”

Bai Tu: “….”

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