Your Teacher I, am Hella Rich

Chapter 17 - Was YueJian ChunHe… Always Like This?

Ji Xiaoli had ultimately decided to join Emperor Pavilion.

Concurrently, Ji Xiaoli was at Level 142, cultivation 1.52W, and ranked 41st on the Huashan leaderboard.

Milk Tea Small Crisp was Level 141, cultivation 1.57W, and ranked 29th on the Emei leaderboard.

【Milk Tea Small Crisp: Why Emperor Pavilion?】

Ji Xiaoli:【What do you mean by why?】

【YueJian ChunHe is in Emperor Pavilion. Did you forget our ancestral creed?】

Ji Xiaoli felt a tad touched:【Disciple, I didn’t expect you to take our sect’s ancestral teachings to heart. But… forget it. This teacher is not some uncourteous person, so I will bear the overall situation in mind and put the general interest above all.】

Milk Tea Small Crisp:【?】

Ji Xiaoli murmured:【YueJian ChunHe is in Emperor Pavilion, but… Braised Pigeon is also there.】

Milk Tea Small Crisp sent him three question marks in confusion. Ji Xiaoli solemnly shook his head and stood touched by his own actions.

He truly is such an altruistic shifu! YueJian ChunHe is a member of Emperor Pavilion. However, for the sake of his disciple’s lifelong happiness, he would still take him there even if YueJian ChunHe was the guild master.

Ji Xiaolai was deeply moved and applied to join Emperor Pavilion. Milk Tea Small Crisp likewise submitted his application.

It was not long after the teacher-disciple duo completed their dailies when they received a system notification that confirmed that they have been accepted into the guild.

This was Ji Xiaoli’s first time joining a guild, which made him a little apprehensive yet nevertheless excited. However, when he clicked on the guild channel, only a few people greeted him. Everyone was minding their own business. There was one who said “Dungeon One Dragon* and an expert to carry”. Another asked, “Who has XX cheat I want to buy”.

*副本一条龙 Dungeon One Dragon is a literal translation of Chinese game jargon. It means you want to do a run through a dungeon and you’re looking for a team. 

Emperor Pavilion is the first region’s largest guild in “Knight Errant Road” at Level 6. The total number of members is 142, with 101 players currently online.

There were barely ten players chatting.

It was as if someone had poured a basin of freezing water on Ji Xiaoli. The initial flames of excitement had been doused, leaving only faint, wispy sparks behind. But, it did not take long for someone to say something.

【Guild】I am Meat Bun: Hands! Of! Rejuvenation!

【Guild】Protect Our Meat Bun: Hahaha, that’s right. The Hands of Rejuvenation has come to our guild. Welcome comrade Salute and Milk Tea Small Crisp~ By the way, Salute, aren’t you just taking advantage of your name? Having us call you “teacher” makes it sound like we’re your students.

Protect Our Meat Bun is Emperor Pavilion’s guild master. Meat Bun is the wife of the guild master.

Ji Xiaoli had a vague hunch that this Emei Third shixiong was a bit overzealous, as if he was particularly interested in him and his disciple.

Are all the bosses usually so attentive to newcomers?

With Meat Bun conveying his welcome, the guild chat was roused and was a tad more lively compared to before. And then, out of the blue, a name surfaced on the guild channel.

【Guild】Braised Pigeon: Holy shit, it’s the Hands of Rejuvenation. This laoniang also wants the Hands of Rejuvenation.

Ji Xiaoli: “….”

【Guild】Protect Our Meat Bun: Wake up. It’s already bound. Not to mention you’re a Tianshan. What good would the Hands of Rejuvenation do for you? It’d be a waste in your hands!

【Guild】Braised Pigeon: Even if I can’t use it, I can still bring it to play to improve my cultivation. Isn’t that trash YueJian ChunHe also wearing our Tianshan gold skill “Interval of Youth”? That is a Tianshan’s greatest pride! He, as a Huashan, wouldn’t even be able to use it to its fullest potential if he equipped it. Why did he rob it from me? Shameless bastard!

【Guild】Protect Our Meat Bun: …cough, beware of ChunHe banishing you into the little black house*.

*小黑屋 Little black house is an internet slang which means imposing a block on offending users and prohibiting them from speaking.

【Guild】Braised Pigeon: You think I’m scared? He’s not even online. Don’t think this laoniang is blind.

Ji Xiaoli: “……”

Meat Bun: “……”

If you’re not afraid of him, why are you checking on whether he’s online or not!?

Ji Xiaoli had opened the door to a new world.

Damn, this is my disciple’s type!?

What… what a character.

After entering the guild, Ji Xiaoli began to procure himself guild cheats as per his disciple’s advice.

It was as Milk Tea Small Crisp had said. There were not many players purchasing guild cheats in Emperor Pavilion. The members of Emperor Pavilion all have a minimum cultivation of 1W4, and a majority of them had already bought all the guild cheats on offer. Ji Xiaoli elatedly bought a large amount of them, spending millions of silver taels. Soon, his cultivation reached 1.58W.

But, when he turned his head to check on his disciple.

【Teacher Orders a Salute: Damn, disciple, you’re already 1W6!!!】

【Milk Tea Small Crisp: ……】

【Milk Tea Small Crisp: You’ve never been added to a guild before. I’m the same.】

Ji Xiaoli: “……”

He accidentally put his foot into his mouth. 

After the two joined the Emperor Pavilion, their strength saw an increase by a significant amount. The guild remained lifeless throughout the day. Barely anyone spoke. But when night fell, many players inexplicably appeared in droves to participate in various guild activities.

Ji Xiaoli got to know a few people and added them as friends.

When the master-disciple duo formed a team with these people, Milk Tea Small Crisp was always silent. His cultivation is high, his strength mighty, his milk is abundant and his mechanical skills are also outstanding. When they engaged a BOSS, a Wudang Taoist was about to be drained dry. With a flick of Milk Tea Small Crisp’s train of white silk, the player was instantly back to full health and capable of fighting another hundred rounds.

Men have always had an admiration for the best.

When the BOSS was defeated, the Wudang Taoist praised:【Milk Tea, your positioning is pretty good. It’s such a rare sight to see girls with such good mechanical skills.】

There was a furrow in Milk Tea Small Crisp’s brow. He was about to state his gender when Ji Xiaoli interjected:【Hey bro, you’re being sexist. I should screenshot what you just said and send it to the guild chat. We’ll see if any other female Emei’s would give you milk. Hahahaha.】

The Wudang Taoist broke out into cold sweat:【Fuck bro, please don’t. I’m still single.】

Ji Xiaoli snickered, smoothly glossing the matter over. 

Nonsense, naturally the gender of my disciple must not be revealed.

His disciple paid a pretty penny for this account and worked hard to get it to this point. Isn’t it just to get close to and pursue Braised Pigeon who already has a partner? Can he afford to slip up here?

For the next few days, Ji Xiaoli vigilantly scrutinized the guild channel.

Braised Pigeon is considerably active in Emperor Pavilion and would always be engaging in conversations with people. She is also a friendly person who would bring the newbies to dungeon with her. Over time, Ji Xiaoli somewhat surmised the reason his disciple took a liking to her.

This girl was quite astounding.

Braised Pigeon’s significant other did not seem to be online much. Ji Xiaoli thought to himself: Disciple still has a chance.

At long last, after several days, Ji Xiaoli found an opportunity.

【Guild】Braised Pigeon: Dungeon One Dragon. Just need a few people. You can be idle. 

Some low cultivation accounts raised their virtual hands in the air.

Ji Xiaoli also enthused:【Bringmebringmebringme. Boss Pigeon, you didn’t carry me yesterday.】With that said, he also sent a woeful emoji.

Ji Xiaoli had made an impression on Braised Pigeon. Thus, she directly pulled him into the group.

【Teacher Orders a Salute: I also have a disciple, who is a big-tit* healer, plays well, and also really nice.】

*This means MTSC can dish out a lot of heals.

Braised Pigeon was confused: “???”

What does your disciple have to do with me?

【Teacher Orders a Salute: Boss, can we bring her along as well?】

Braised Pigeon responded:【No problem. There’s still space in the team.】

Ji Xiaoli hurriedly added Milk Tea Small Crisp into the team.

As soon as Milk Tea Small Crisp joined the party, he saw Braised Pigeon. He stayed silent as he clicked on the auto pathfinding function.

【PM】Teacher Orders a Salute: This is all this teacher can do for you, my disciple…

【PM】Milk Tea Small Crisp: …?

Ji Xiaoli stroked his somewhat guilty conscience.

Shameful deeds like this should be done less next time.

Gosh, he truly is the best master in Knight Errant Road. How touching.

Soon, the team was assembled. The five of them went on to complete their daily tasks together.

Braised Pigeon was a natural conversationalist. She never thought of herself as a big shot with high cultivation, and often nagged at the guild members. As they were farming a dungeon, she also started to chatter. The other two players on the team were very happy to have a conversation with a big shot. It was only Milk Tea Small Crisp who did not say a word as he healed and killed mobs. It was like he was solo-ing a BOSS.

Ji Xiaoli got anxious.

He had already done the shameful deed, yet why was his disciple not seizing the opportunity?

Ji Xiaoli gnashed his teeth. He decided to help his disciple one more time.

【Team】Teacher Orders a Salute: The Hands of Rejuvenation is doing you good. Disciple, your heals were off the charts.

Ji Xiaoli ambiguously praised his disciple. Sure enough, it managed to catch Braised Pigeon’s attention.

【Team】Braised Pigeon: Holy crap, I didn’t notice this was our wet nurse with Hands of Rejuvenation. Fucking awesome.

Finally, Braised Pigeon had taken notice of his foolish disciple.

Soon enough, however, the corners of Ji Xiaoli’s lips twitched.

Disciple still doesn’t give a damn!

Ji Xiaoli did not know what else to say:【Haha, Hands of Rejuvenation is especially useful. I can’t even defeat my disciple in a PK.】

【Braised Pigeon: Of course the Hands of Rejuvenation would be great. It’s designated as one of the ultimate golden skills of the six major sects, and each sect has only one of those that are the most suited to them. Fuck, I’m thinking about the Interval of Youth again. YueJian ChunHe that trashy bastard! What’s a Huashan doing with Interval of Youth? Can’t he just give it to me!?】

No one noticed Milk Tea Small Crisp slowing down a tad as he fought off mobs.

Ji Xiaoli’s original plan was to pimp his disciple, but upon seeing someone cursing YueJian ChunHe, he followed suit by playing up to it and saying:【Boss Pigeon, what happened. What Interval of Youth? YueJian ChunHe snatched away your ultimate golden skill?】

Someone had stirred the pot. Braised Pigeon opened the guild list and noticed a certain someone was not online. 

She released an exhalation of shuddering breath, and unceremoniously began to roast that certain someone:【Got that right. That trash ChunHe stole my ultimate golden skill! You know about Interval of Youth, right? It is the ultimate golden skill of a Tianshan. Someone drew the Interval of Youth last month. I am this region’s Tianshan da shijie. It should be mine, correct? Who’s taking it from me? Who would’ve known ChunHe and Jade Starship, the two assholes, and that scum Sword Dog. All three of them were bidding to get their mitts on what should be rightfully mine!】

Ji Xiaoli noticed that the two of them seemed to have an amicable relationship even though Braised Pigeon was cussing out YueJian ChunHe. He cursed “scum” in his heart, but outwardly he cajoled with honeyed words.【So, it was snatched by Boss Yue in the end?】

Suddenly, Milk Tea Small Crisp halted and was no longer farming mobs. The white-clad Emei stood by the blue-clothed swordsman. There were no facial expressions on her face, but she looked at Ji Xiaoli as if she were gracing him with a smile.

【Team】Milk Tea Small Crisp: En… Boss Yue?

Ji Xiaoli’s guilty conscience reared its ugly head again as he hurriedly PM-ed his disciple:【What are you doing? We’re in Emperor Pavilion now. Are you aware we’re in enemy territory? We must keep a low profile to avoid attracting attention to ourselves. YueJian ChunHe, that slag man. Bah, fuck Boss Yue.】

It took half a day for Milk Tea Small Crisp to respond:【Oh…】

Ji Xiaoli’s face was stained with splotches of red, his heart was disturbed by his disciple’s one-word reply.

Braised Pigeon was unaware of the whispers between the master and disciple and continued to pour out her grievances:【Well, I bid 100,000 but that bastard ChunHe bid 200,000! I had to approach him to talk about it, but he had the gall to say “If I don’t buy it, Jade Starship or Borrowing Heaven’s Sword would. It would never be your turn.” Fuck, it’s so frustrating!】

【Team】Milk Tea Small Crisp: Boss Yue wasn’t wrong. Jade Starship bid might have been higher than yours.

Ji Xiaoli thought to himself: What a good disciple. So you’re calling him Boss Yue now?

Braised Pigeon gave Milk Tea Small Crisp a strange look:【How did you know? Indeed, Jade Starship offered 150,000 and Sword Dog 170,000. But it still can’t be denied, ChunHe is a piece of shit!!!】

【Team】Milk Tea Small Crisp: En.

Braised Pigeon scratched her head: Something seemed odd.

Perhaps it was the cryptic way Milk Tea Small Crisp had said the words. Braised Pigeon nevertheless felt as though something was off. Not many words were exchanged following the earlier conversation. After completing daily tasks, Braised Pigeon suddenly exclaimed:【Don’t leave. Have you guys ran the weekly dungeon yet?】

There are two types of dungeons in “Knight Errant Road”. One can be done once a day and the other can only be done once a week.

The weekly type, which is often of a higher difficulty, is simply not feasible for the average player to pass.

【Team】Braised Pigeon: It’s Saturday. The guild will be bringing a few accounts to complete their weekly dungeon runs. How about this? You guys stay. I’ll gather a few more people and we can complete your weekly dungeons.

It was only natural that Ji Xiaoli was ecstatic. Experts would be carrying them. Who wouldn’t be happy?

But, five minutes later.

【System】”YueJian ChunHe” has joined the team.

【Team】Guixu Daozhang: Damn! Boss Yue!!!

【Team】Clever Extraterrestrial Meow: Aaaaaaa I’m blessed with good luck. Boss Yue is going to carry me!!!

【Team】Protect Our Meat Bun: Heyhey, do I even exist? Your guild master is here to carry you too.

【Team】Song of Saga: I am now Boss Yue’s shadow and on the same team as Boss Yue! Boss Yue, can you add me as a friend? I want to hug your thigh!

Ji Xiaoli was so exasperated that he outright wanted to quit the team, at which point, YueJian ChunHe started to speak.

【Team】YueJian ChunHe: Hehe, no can’t do. Let’s hurry with the weekly dungeon. There are a few other newbie teams that we need to lead. You guys are only the first team. I’ll be out for a late-night snack after this round. Oh yeah, does our team have a girl?

Ji Xiaoli was gobsmacked.

Was YueJian ChunHe… always like this?

The image of the Huashan swordsman dressed in picturesque white robes who appeared in Longmen Tavern accompanied by a jadeite long sword that resembled the crackles of lightning was brought to the forefront of his mind. The sword’s aura was sharp and permeated through the glacial, palpitating luminescence of the blade. With a single slash, none remained. He was cold and indifferent as he slew. Even the foot that had unceremoniously stepped on his face was frigid.

But, is the real YueJian ChunHe really like this?

【Team】Protect Our Meat Bun: Cough, stop pretending to be ChunHe to cheat girls. This is ChunHe’s substitute. The instance would be grueling. He’s using ChunHe’s account to clear the dungeon. Let me tell you now how great Boss Yue’s equipment is. You’ll be able to see for yourself in a while. Killing a BOSS would be no different from slaughtering a chicken.

Ji Xiaoli’s sullen heart suddenly lit up.

【Team】YueJian ChunHe: Hey, Meat Bun, why are you exposing me?

Protect Our Meat Bun: “……”

This laozi is trying to cover you, okay!?

【Team】Milk Tea Small Crisp: Hello Boss Yue.

【Team】YueJian ChunHe: Hello hello. Oh, not bad. Milk Tea Small Crisp. This name… Are you a cute girl?

【Team】Milk Tea Small Crisp: ^_^