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Chapter 39: Trust Between Master and Disciple
The two of them were immersed in their own respective thoughts, when suddenly, the entire sky around Ancient Hill Sect darkened, and even the spiritual energy in the surroundings began to uncontrollably gather in the sky. In an instant, a huge storm brew, stones and sands flew about.
Zhu Yao who was currently trying to take up a thinking pose, also rolled backwards due to the wind blowing against her, fully using the advantage of her rounded figure. When she was just about to be sent flying into the sky, a figure flashed in front of her, and she was caught by Yu Yan who was behind her, entering a world filled with warmth.
“Mas… Mas, ter!” Zhu Yao spout out two syllables with great difficulty, smearing saliva on his face while she was at it. It was inevitable, her teeth were not fully grown yet.
Though, Yu Yan seemed to have gotten used to it, as he cast a Dirt Removal Art on her. Raising his head, he looked at the strange sky, then, he lowered his head and looked towards the southwestern direction, to the place where the cause of this activity was, and murmured. “Someone’s forming his Azoth Core.”
Zhu Yao seemed to have reacted instantly. Azoth, and in that direction, could it be that Xiao Yi? Is breaking through into another realm such a big incident in the cultivation world? It’s similar to filling the entire Ancient Hill Sect with formations.
Yu Yan frowned. He was a Lightning Spirit Vein holder, and his sensitivity to Heavenly Lightnings was particularly keen. The lightning pressure hidden within the layers of clouds were incredibly evident, and if he did not guess wrong, they should be the heavy lightnings when one had formed his Azoth Core. However, why would it bring about such a huge disturbance? Could it be that the person forming his Azoth Core was unordinary in some way?
Not giving him time to think, the surrounding disturbance had already stopped. Immediately after, the first ray of lightning struck down from the sky. Sunlight was blocked off by the dark clouds in the sky, and the ray of lightning, as though it was a gigantic dragon that would tear the sky and earth, flew directly towards the mountain peak in the southwest, ruthlessly striking on the person who was tackling the tribulation.
And, the Mountain Barrier Great Formation of Ancient Hill Sect instantly activated the moment the first ray of Heavenly Lightning struck down. Although the Tribulation Lightning would only strike the person tackling the tribulation, the Tribulation Lightning contained heavenly might and the purest of energy, which could very easily cause harm to low-ranked disciples who did not possess strong minds.
Zhu Yao sternly watched the chains of Tribulation Lightnings striking down. Such loud roars, were as though every single one of them was capable of bringing about the loudest of reverberations deep in her heart. They were even causing all the hair on her body to stand on ends. So this is the Lightning Tribulation, as expected, it’s very tyrannical. However, why did she feel a sense of intimacy towards it?
The Azoth Tribulation Lightnings struck a total of eighty-one times, and the might of every ray of lightning was stronger than the previous. Once the eighty-first Tribulation Lightning had struck down, it meant that the target had completed his formation of the Azoth Core. Zhu Yao evidently felt that, when the last ray of Tribulation Lightning struck down, the entire Ancient Hill Sect was shaking, and even the Mountain Barrier Great Formation trembled slightly.
Finally, it had finished striking down. Zhu Yao heaved a sigh of relief. This was the first time she had ever seen such a tyrannical scene.
“No, it’s not finished!” Yu Yan said coldly.
Zhu Yao was startled. No? She was after all, a science student, and she did pretty well with her mathematical studies. Earlier, it had evidently struck down eighty-one times, though?
The moment she raised her head, as he had said, the Tribulation clouds were still gathered in the sky with no signs of dispersing, as though they were preparing something. Could it be that, the heavens had gotten too thrilled with their lightning strikes, and was thinking of striking down once more? As expected, the treatment to male protagonists was different.
As she thought as such, in the sky, a ray of purple light flashed past. A ray of lightning filled with purple light, which was much thicker than the Heavenly Lightning earlier, directly struck down from the skies.
Zhu Yao, who had already activated her show-watching mode, calmly watched, it was not going to strike her anyway. Eh? Why does it seem like that ray of lightning knows how to bend? Why does it feel like it’s heading this way?
The hell, it’s really coming this way! It was someone else’s tribulation, what the hell did it have to do with her!?
“Master!” Zhu Yao grabbed tightly onto her master’s collar. If her hands had not been too small, she would have definitely shook him a few times, shouting at him to save her.
Yu Yan felt it was a little strange as well. This was the first time he had ever encountered a Heavenly Lightning that could strike a wrong target. However, it was good that his reaction was quick, as he had seemingly cast a protective barrier in an instant. It was just a Azoth-stage Heavenly Lightning, he definitely could…
Bang! The lightning instantly pierced through the barrier, landing directly onto the two of them.
Zhu Yao, who was instantly struck charred black, turned her head and looked towards a certain master. What happened to the most basic of trust between a master and disciple?
A certain master who had not yet retracted his hands after forming hand-seals earlier: ……
“Kuh, earlier, it was a Nine Purple Heavenly Lightning!” As though he had felt his disciple’s resentful eyes, Yu Yan explained a little embarrassingly.
Neither had he expected that this Tribulation Lightning, would actually be a Tribulation Lightning that only a Demigod-stage could have. And the difference between a Nine Purple Heavenly Lightning and normal Tribulation Lightning was, it was free-for-all, and could bypass all Mystic Arts and defenses. It was commonly known to strike whoever it wanted, and its might was stronger than a regular Tribulation Lightning by a hundred times.
Earlier he had made a wrong estimation, however, if he had not hugged her, and shielded off most of its might, she would not have simply suffered from mere burns.
However, even he was unable to understand why a Nine Purple Heavenly Lightning would be among the Azoth-stage Tribulation Lightnings, and it actually even struck the wrong target.
Casually casting a Dirt Removal Art on his disciple again, his disciple, who had turned into a black bun, whitened.
He then raised his head and looked towards the sky. “Such strange Tribulation Lightning, the person undergoing his tribulation must possess astonishing fate, and will definitely bring about a worldly phenomenon.”
Master, are you sure you’re not trying to change the topic? Zhu Yao resentfully glared at him again, before raising her head to look at the sky.
The sky was still very dark, it simply no longer possessed that terrifying feeling earlier, and everything had returned to calmness. Rays of light fell from the several spots at the center of the dark clouds, and they slowly converged.
A worldly phenomenon was referring to something brought about by someone who possessed great opportunities, great fate, and great fortune. Usually, people like these were like favourites of the heavens, and when the first ray of Tribulation Lightning fell, the sky would definitely display irregularities. The rarer the phenomenon, it meant the more unordinary the person was to be in the future. But, a phenomenon like this, according to legends, it would only frequently appear in the Ancient Era.
As expected, her master was spot on. The gathering spots of light, slowly formed a figure, and not even a moment later, the figure was fully formed by the gathered spots of light.
Zhu Yao looked at the sky with widened eyes. That was actually a dragon, a gigantic white dragon, a dragon that she had only seen in books. The gigantic dragon flew and rolled around in the sky, as though it was able to fly to the heavens and dive towards the earth in but a mere instant, and even flying towards her was…
The hell, it’s really flying over here. Please, aren’t you a phenomenon caused by the person forming his Azoth Core? Why are you running in the wrong direction?
And, even though earlier it was still tyrannically and mightily rolling through the clouds and rain, it was currently flying towards their direction while its long body twisted up and down.
And what’s the meaning of you roaring ~ouh~~ouh~~ouh ┗|`o′|┛ while you’re flying here?
Zhu Yao instantly recalled the Heavenly Lightning caused by this crow-dragon, and she reflexively shouted out, “Don’t come here!”
And that dragon actually really stopped in the air with a screech. It looked towards her with pitiful eyes, and it even cried out “Wuuuuu” aggrievedly.
For an instant, Zhu Yao could not locate her jaw. Are you a dog or a dragon!?
The white dragon seemed to have understood that she did not have the intention to allow it to approach her, and finally turned and tumbled far away. It’s figure became faint as time went past, and finally, it disappeared in the air. And the thunderclouds that had gathered for a several hours began to slowly disperse as well, and a moment later, a clear sky was revealed.
Zhu Yao: ……
Yu Yan: ……
After being stunned for a moment, a certain master then slowly lowered his head and looked at the little disciple in his hands.
Zhu Yao covered her face. Don’t ask me, I don’t know what’s going on either!
A moment later.
“Yu Wang?”
“Your sister’s Desire!”
Uh…
Hearing this, the corner of his lips gently raised, and for a moment, it felt as though the ice had melted, everything had come to life again, and spring had blossomed.
“It’s good as long as you’re back.”
“……”
Thanks for the chapter~
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My first time FIRST!
uh.uh when she got shot by the lighting i thought she would die =p
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Isn’t that too fast even for our mc that is predicted to die a number of times?
And congrats being first! XD
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lol what? I’m confused at the last part.
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He totally found out she reincarnated. Was she the one who broke into Azoth though? Hrm…
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The master put 2 and 2 together and figured out she reincarnated lol. Remember Yu Wang was the name he gave her when taking her on as disciple and that was her response so now he knows lol.
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A certain master is just clueless not stupid. He thinks his disciple is the stupid one. Lol
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The confusing part is that that came out of nowhere. The dragon is unexplained, her suddenly talking coherently is unexplained, the lightning bending to hit them is unexplained, how he figured out who she is was unexplained… the whole thing after the lightning came out of nowhere.
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No it mentioned a bit earlier that she had begun to be able to say words. Just not entire sentences. And she does only say like 6 words the entire chapter.
As for the rest, yeah that is all unexplained.
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Well the dragon and the lightning is rather normal if you’ve read swallowed star. In SS they have breakthroughs and tribulations by lightning, and protagonists usually have crazy shit randomly happen. Like the last lightning be extra strong because their “special”, then almost die from it.
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Xd he find out
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I thought it was stellar transformations not swallowed star
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Master finally realized the baby was Zhu Yao – especially with the way she replied. Hahaha because of this, I’m soooo excited for the next chapter!!
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It’s a staple of xianxia(? chinese novels about people going through the path of meditation to become badass). I believe it’s something from chinese mythology.
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she slipped, lol XD
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Lmao
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Thanks for the chapter!
Looks like Master also has skill points in deduction lol. Can’t believe he found out so fast and in such a way. On a side note: Wonder what that dragon was all about
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I predict it was gonna be her new pet and was the only thing that would have kept her alive this time and cause she rejected having it she dies due to not having it with her. Have no clue if I am right but it just feels like the sort of black fate for her to have lol.
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Agree with that, she should’ve realize what that dragon was for her the moment it reacted to her words.. being stupid again. on other note the master found out faster than i thought but i bet shes gonna be stupid again and not tell little wimp also that purple lightning seems to be nourishment for her.. it was explained before that tribulation’s lightning was for lightning practitioners and i bet she would’ve survived it too… she was like a empty container at that point.
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My first thought was that it was the dragon from the cover but it left a bit too quickly….
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It’s not that tribulation lightning was for lightning practitioners, but that lightning practitioners, specially Heavenly Lightning holders, are able to turn the tribulation lighnings into nopurishment and thus have more chances of survival.
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I think master already knew she was his previous disciple because of the mark that is still in her forehead. He just didn’t thought she would retain her memory after her reincarnation.
I think he rather liked his previous(still current) disciple more than he thinks.
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What cover?
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Stupid master and stupid disciple will soon be joined by a stupid dragon… Wuuuuu
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Thanks
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Dat End!
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He found out!
Thanks for the chapter.
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Stop!
Sit!
Roll!
Bark!
…..do dragons bark? XD
Thanks for the translation!
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Roar? Though that would give heart attacks.
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Lol conditioned reflex xD
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I’m going bet they’ll get zapped over and over. xD
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And she’s really finally back! A certain master is turning into a masochist, actually happy to be insulted! Or not, since he doesn’t know it was actually an insult. lol
Am I the only one who thought this chapter was too short? XD
Thanks for the chapter!
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Oh man, what the hell is going on, is little beggar someway related to her? Is really weird and I’m guessing the dragon was lightning cultivation energy concentrated, that’s why it was so happy to go to her. For some reason the sounds of the dragon reminded me of the song from breakfast club or at least that’s what I think it reminds me of.
Thanks for the translation and don’t worry about the delay.
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Also I’m happy the master found out, it would be weird honestly if she didn’t slip and mess up in some way.
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*because she’s stupid
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I’ve also been thinking how mc is related to him too! If he’s the protagonist in the setting who is the mc? Can’t be just a plain bystander, she’s too OP! Archnemesis? He seems to have a onesided hate for her. The last boss? But aren’t last bosses those people who live for thousands of years controlling things in the background like a certain master?
Except the controlling part, he’s too clueless for that.
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Thanks for the new chapter! Lol that reflexive response
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But she was going to get a dragon pet and sent it away…WTF?! is wrong with her?
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That’s why I think it’s gonna be the reason for her death this time around. Cause she didn’t keep the dragon with her it’s gonna cause her death in some way.
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That actually makes sense. I think the question will become then, will she die because it isn’t acting as her guardian, or because it retaliates?
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That poor dragon. It merely wanted to cuddle up to its master.
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So… does this mean our female protagonist is someone with a fate so special that the world around her even bends the fate of other people whi sre also considrred special?
So she’s “extra special”? This really makes me wonder what the future has in store for her, considering that she’s changing the fate of other main-characters…
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We know the future has death waiting for her at least 1 more time and maybe a couple more otherwise the title couldn’t be the disciple keeps dying. Though we were told that there won’t be nearly as many times dying as the title implies there still has to be a minimum of 2 deaths for it to have keep dying.
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I just hope she becomes a little bit older before she dies again. Though with the the tone of the story, I’m pretty sure each of her death will be hilarious! XD
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Her intention to conceal her reincarnation lasted like 1 chapter. /facepalm
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The end of this chapter needs explaining.
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What explanation do you need? It is pretty clear to me that everything we need to know was explained pretty well as long as you think a little.
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This is obviously a job for Captain Obvious!
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Starting from the last bolt of lightning was just a series of things that felt like they had no context with what was going on. Why did a dragon show up that listened when she told it to stay away? Why was she suddenly able to form full sentences? Why did her telling the dragon to go away somehow tip Yu Yan off that she was his previous disciple? None of that made sense without any explanation.
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I assume that the way she phrased the “Don’t come here!” let Yu Yan figure it out. A lot of small details in the way people speak get lost in translation from Chinese or Japanese.
It’s one of the things that can make web or light novels hell to read when there is a bunch of dialogue without any identification of who is talking.
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ahaha she is so startled she managed to speak! poor widdle dragon, he just want to meet super special true mc.
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Uh-oh.. busted XD
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I’m guessing that dragon is the one on the cover!
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┗|`o′|┛
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Awesome chapter! Hahaha! I’m definitely glad that Yu Yan found out Zhu Yao remembers. Though his naming sense is a little…=.= Hopefully he’ll not name her Yu San in the next life before she reveals herself again. 😛 I wonder what’s up with Xuzhi? And how he’ll react to being a cradle robber now that his ‘Little Aunt’ (A la Condor Heroes) is younger than him! XDD
Though frankly, Xuzhi might actually be rival material. I wonder how Zhu Yao’s going to cope with having to train over and over again as Xiao Yi becomes stronger and stronger and Xuzhi…stagnates?
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It’s Yu Wang forever, my kid.
Also, Zhu Yao seems to be keeping the perks of her former levels while starting from scrach, like a weird New Game+, meaning that once she reaches the level she was before, she’ll be more powerful than before, and after a couple more reincarnations she may be able to stand against someone a realm or two away from her level.
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Well, he did try to compromise with Yu Yao…but she was being stubborn lol. And yeah, it does look like she’s going to keep her former power level each time…and with her ‘gamer’ mindset, she’s more able to keep calm in a fight and well…fight. I was a little worried because modern people aren’t really able to adapt to fight scenes with the current mindset. So maybe she’s going to be okay…or the novel won’t be too harsh in terms of cruelty and whatnot.
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She reminds me of a meatbun…. XD Thanks so much for all your hard work!!! And… looking forward to the master thinking… “my poor, poor stupid disciple…”~~~~~
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Thanks for the chapter!
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Reblogged this on Moriah Clan Headquarters and commented:
after reading a whole bunch of different xianxia’s that follow the same plot concepts… it’s really too enjoyable to find such a comedic take on everything xD couldn’t stop myself from laughing 😛
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aww…i absolutely love this master-disciple relationship ❤ !!!
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