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Chapter 26 - You Don't Want Me To Take On A Second Disciple?

Players who are located in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai accounted for more than half the Emperor Pavilion guild. Some expats decided to fly back over Christmas break and head over to Shanghai to first attend the party before traveling home.

On that note, Meat Bun began to tally up the numbers.

【Guild】Protect Our Meat Bun: We have more than 30 people participating. That far exceeded my expectations. Jie Se, is your hotel big enough?

【Guild】Pin Seng Fa Hao Jie Se: Women are exempt from paying the tab. Will the male benefactors be so kind to contribute to the hotel fees? This poor monk runs an inn that has been out of business in recent days and is unable to afford it.

【Guild】Braised Pigeon: Drop the act. Let’s go to his place to party! His family-owned hotel is a five-star resort. The one at Huangpu River is run by his family. We’ll stay there when we go to Shanghai and register ourselves under Jie Se’s name. Free of charge!

【Guild】Pin Seng Fa Hao Jie Se: You…!

【Guild】Pin Seng Fa Hao Jie Se: [crying emoji] You’re bullying a monk!

The guild channel was abuzz with chatter. Ji Xiaoli hesitated for a while before finally typing a line and sending it out.

【PM】Teacher Orders a Salute: I’ll go too.

【PM】Protect Our Meat Bun: Alright, Salute! That makes 31.

【PM】Teacher Orders a Salute: Who else is going?

A few minutes later, Meat Bun replied.

【Several of us. Pigeon, Jie Se, Lao Wan… They’re all going. Oh yeah, you’re from Suzhou?】

【Yup, I’m from Suzhou.】

【That’s a pity. Pigeon and Lao Wan are both from Wuxi. There isn’t anyone heading over from Suzhou, or you’d be able to hitch a ride.】

【I’m taking the high-speed rail there. It’s quite fast.】

After chatting for a while longer, Ji Xiaoli found his disciple and noticed that his avatar was greyed out.

The guild chattered about the specific activities that would take place on the day of the party. Pigeon, Meat Bun, and a few other girls discussed expertly—the men could barely intervene. Bored, Ji Xiaoli decided to PK in the arena.

Ji Xiaoli’s skills had improved by leaps and bounds ever since he had earnestly studied the ins and outs of PK techniques,.

There are a total of six sects in Knight Errant Road, which adds up to 48 skills. Including the passive skills, there were no more than 60. His initial purpose of seriously learning PK was to not hinder his disciple, but Ji Xiaoli’s skills improved a substantial amount after he memorized the effects of more than 50 skills.

Ji Xiaoli, Level 162, 1W9 cultivation, ranked ninth on the PK leaderboard.

Because of his high level and PK ranking, it took Ji Xiaoli a minute to match his opponent. But when he looked down and regarded his challenger’s name.

“Fuck!”

『Teacher Orders a Salute VS YueJian ChunHe』

The screen transitioned in-game, and the two Huashan swordsmen were tossed into the Loulan Ancient Battlefield.

The wide PK arena is littered with jagged boulders. The stones piled up in the center to create a platform large enough to be the PK field.

Ji Xiaoli sported the blue Huashan sect uniform while Boss Yue had on a full set of picturesque white robes(worth 30 thousand RMB). At first glance, the two Huashan swordsmen looked incomparably similar—both carrying the same long swords. However, no matter how Ji Xiaoli tried to twist it, he looked like cannon fodder that had been picked up from the streets when compared to the person across from him who had the demeanor of a protagonist.

Ji Xiaoli could only wince in embarrassment.

If the incident with the comic relief substitute hadn’t happened, he would’ve treated YueJian ChunHe as his enemy and would have been more than inclined to roll up his sleeves and screw him over. But now… 

【Current】Teacher Orders a Salute: Hey Boss Yue! You’re also at the arena to PK? What a coincidence. Hahaha.

Ji Xiaoli: “…”

What the fuck was that laugh?! This is so awkward!

Ji Xiaoli regretted his words in that instant.

If the person behind the account right now was that comic relief substitute, he would recognize Ji Xiaoli and perhaps have an awkward laugh with him. But if he had ran into YueJian ChunHe himself… 

“His only impression of me is probably that shard of Dark Steel that I did not sell to him. Maybe he doesn’t even remember who I am.”

【Current】YueJian ChunHe: I’ll forfeit?

Ji Xiaoli was startled.

He scrambled to react.

【Teacher Orders a Salute: You’re the actual Boss Yue?】

【YueJian ChunHe: En.】

【YueJian ChunHe: When it starts, I’ll forfeit.】

Ji Xiaoli was taken aback by his words.

Forfeit? Does Boss Yue intend to gift him points?

On Knight Errant Road’s first region’s leaderboard, YueJian ChunHe remained firmly in first place with 2W4 cultivation. Coming in second is Jade Starship, currently 2W cultivation. With Milk Tea Small Crisp defeating Borrowing Heaven’s Sword, his disciple was now ranked third.

YueJian ChunHe is number one in the overall rankings—first on the wealth list and first in PK.

His equipment is among the best in the region, and his PK skills are said to be exceptional.

Ji Xiaoli’s blood started to boil:【You don’t have to forfeit Boss Yue. My PK skills are top-notch.】

YueJian ChunHe:【…En.】

20 seconds later.

【System】The world will be cleansed by the lone sword-bearing master of Heaven and Earth. Player “YueJian ChunHe” has defeated Player “Teacher Orders a Salute” and clinched the win.

Ji Xiaoli: “…”

Who’s PK skills are top-notch?!?!

At the end of each round of PK, there’s a 30-second window where the player remains in the death state. Players can choose to withdraw from the PK field on their own accord. However, Ji Xiaoli had not quit. He laid motionless on the ground, regretting his own hard-headedness. Boss Yue was ready to part with his points, yet he rejected him. What an idiot!

【Current】YueJian ChunHe: I’m much better equipped and more skilled compared to you. If you had the Huashan golden rank skill “Heart of Sword”, you might’ve stood a chance to turn the tides.

Ji Xiaoli found himself unable to respond to his words.

Is he trying to console me?

【Current】Teacher Orders a Salute: You’re awesome, Boss Yue!

【Current】YueJian ChunHe: …..

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It just so happened the guild channel was yammering about the party again. Thus, Ji Xiaoli unconsciously inquired:【Boss Yue, are you attending the gathering?】

Ji Xiaoli immediately regretted his words.

Fuck, why did I ask that? I barely know YueJian ChunHe, and just a few days ago, he was still my sworn enemy!

【YueJian ChunHe: What gathering?】

With that, the 30 seconds were up, and the two were forcibly removed from Loulan Ancient Battlefield.

Ji Xiaoli scratched his head and continued to match PK. A few minutes later, a PM appeared in his mailbox.

【PM】YueJian ChunHe: I’m going.

Ji Xiaoli stared at the message, at a loss for words. He hastily typed a reply after spending some time nonplussed:【Hahahaha, you’re going Boss Yue? What a coincidence. So am I.】

There was no reply from YueJian ChunHe.

Ji Xiaoli was also appalled by his own actions. 

【Guild】Protect Our Meat Bun: I have good news! Holy fuck, Boss Yue decided to attend the party too!

In an instant, the guild’s emotions were boiling over.

【Aaaah, I get to see Boss Yue in person?】

【I want to hug Boss Yue’s thigh and beg him to reward us with a skill! I’ve heard that Boss Yue threw millions into Jade Pavilion to draw skills. There’s a mountain of unused purple skills in the warehouse! 】

That was when Ji Xiaoli noticed his disciple had come online. He perked up in an instant and hurried to send him a message.

【Teacher Orders a Salute: Hehe, disciple, did you notice Meat Bun bringing up a gathering? Are you going?】

【Milk Tea Small Crisp: I saw.】

【Milk Tea Small Crisp: Do you want me to be there?】

【Teacher Orders a Salute: Ah, are you busy?】

A brief moment passed.

【Milk Tea Small Crisp: I’m going.】

Ji Xiaoli rejoiced.

Boss Yue is a being that is so far out of reach. Perhaps this PK would be the last encounter between him and Boss Yue.

The presence of his disciple was enough.

【Teacher Orders a Salute: Oh yeah disciple, I have an idea. Let’s not post our respective photos. Everyone in the guild is saying they want to send each other their selfies so they can recognize each other when they meet up. So, let’s not send them and see if we recognize each other.】

【Milk Tea Small Crisp: What if I recognize you first?】

Ji Xiaoli was unconvinced:【Why wouldn’t it be me who recognizes you first?】

【I’ll tell you a secret if you manage to do it.】

“A secret… Why does that sound so familiar?” Ji Xiaoli mumbled.

Ji Xiaoli:【Fine. If you identify me first, I’ll also share a secret.】

【Ok.】

【By the way, disciple, where is the particularly delicious Xiaolongbao you mentioned on WeChat yesterday… 】

Ji Xiaoli had a pleasant chat with his disciple.

Despite having lost to YueJian ChunHe in the most miserable way, Ji Xiaoli was still a boss.

Just as he predicted, YueJian ChunHe gradually faded from his life, both in-game and in reality.

Boss Yue attended to a myriad of affairs daily, which led to the constant appearance of the comic relief substitute on the account to help guild members farm mobs.

Ji Xiaoli and his disciple continued to dungeon merrily and crafted equipment. That was when something took them by surprise. For their one month wedding anniversary, the system gave them 10,000 copper coins as a reward for ‘marital harmony’ and not getting a divorce. Ji Xiaoli was taken aback by the sight of the 10,000 coppers. Even Milk Tea Small Crisp was dumbfounded.

Ji Xiaoli: “Damn, so the system still offers rewards if you stay married for a month. This is the first I’ve heard. But 10,000 copper coins is such a meager amount. It’s not worthy of our status as master and disciple at all!”

The duo were teamed up and on team voice chat.

Milk Tea Small Crisp seemed to have guessed what Ji Xiaoli was going to say next. He gave a soft lilting hum, tantalizing to Ji Xiaoli’s ears.

“So, what do you plan to do?”

Ji Xiaoli, who had a voice fetish, was transfixed by his disciple’s voice for a moment. He coughed and acted seriously. “It has to match with our status!”

An Emei da shijie and a Huashan who’s in the top 10 on the leaderboard.

The so-called status-appropriate thing to do was to go to the sect base—a small shack in the wilderness that no one cared about. Ji Xiaoli splurged on all the fireworks in the mall and set them all off in succession.

Milk Tea Small Crisp stood by and watched. The fireworks lit up the darkened skyline, reflecting the beautiful and delicate countenance of the Emei in white. Ji Xiaoli was enthralled.

After setting off all the fireworks, Ji Xiaoli clapped his hands. “That’s everything.”

“There’s one more.”

Ji Xiaoli was confused as the white-clad Emei brought out the cheapest 4 yuan fireworks from the bundle.

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With a loud rumble, it soared to the zenith of the darkening sky before dispersing. Omnipresent rays of gold fell ebulliently like a golden drizzle. 

Looking at this scene, Ji Xiaoli suddenly recalled the time he first met his disciple. That night, his disciple had suddenly pulled him to the base, set off three small golden fireworks, and informed him that he bought it with the money left over from the dungeon.

For some unknown reason, Ji Xiaoli probed, “Disciple, when you said you would exchange all the equipment we can’t use for money and then buy fireworks to play with, did you not want me to take on a second disciple?”

Milk Tea Small Crisp fell silent. Then, a pleasant masculine voice sounded from the other end of the line. He chuckled softly, his voice crystal clear and melodious as he spoke, “Guess.”