“So you want me to take this beast under my wing as a disciple?” Yao Qinghuan mused out loud, nodding as he tried to process their request.
The others nodded in reply before Meng Yixuan suddenly denied, “well, if you know any way to let Eula form a contract with Hei Jie, that’ll work too! You see, they’re soulmates,”
Yao Qinghuan inquired, “Soulmates?”
“Soulmates.” Meng Yixuan nodded, “and it’d be absolutely awful of us to split them up after they’ve just found each other!”
“You’re right.”
“So if you could help us, please, Peak Master! We’d really appreciate it!”
Yao Qinguan nodded, smilingly. “I have a technique I can use to bind the two of you in a mock master-slave contract. It functions in a similar way, save the actual contract being in place. And it works best for bonds with such a huge difference in cultivation as well.”
“Ahh, Peak Master! You’re the best! If you could kindly do it now, we’d really appreciate it!”
Lang Xing barked in agreement from behind Lang Hei’s back, and Yao Qinghuan finally noticed her as well.
“Xia–” he crossed aggressively, clearing his throat, “Young disciple. You’ve contracted a top-level demon beast, well done. And, there’s the reminisce of an even more powerful one on you, you’ve done well.”
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He then bit his thumb, naruto style, to drew blood from it, going on to draw a symbol on both of their heads.
The two instantly transformed into their beast forms and bowed to Yao Qinghuan in gratitude as they both felt the bond form.
Meng Yixuan watched as Eula returned to her human form and Hei Jie remained in beast form. He understood that this was to avoid any awkward situation from arising when they rejoined the group less than 5 minutes from now.
Hei Jie’s aura in human form was one even Baobao had admitted would be threatening, if he wasn’t much more versed in the ways of cultivation that is.
Meng Yixuan turned towards Yao Qinghuan in awe, “that was quick! Are you perhaps knowledgeable in some cheating methods, Peak Master?”
“What?!” The peak master looked down at him in exasperation, “I’m a beast tamer!” He motioned to the circle of darkened bite marks on his thumb and insisted that he was righteous again.
“Ahh, my apologies then, honourable Peak Master, this disciple has wronged you.” Meng Yixuan bowed in apology.
“And you stop it with your Peak Master this, Peak Master that! I’m just your Shizun through and through! You can come and ask for advice, you know, I don’t bite!” By the time he was finished ranting, his eyes seemed to very subtly glisten with tears and he was breathing a little faster than usual in what Meng Yixuan could only classify as aggrievement.
“Then, Shizun, please punish this bad disciple for angering you.” The humble Meng Yixuan was almost kneeling to prepare for the beating before Yao Qinghuan sighed, “no, never mind let’s just go join the rest of the group.”
The remaining Righteous Starfall disciples all marvelled at the pair’s newest bonded beasts, before the elders guided them all to set off.
“Meng Yixuan,” Yao Qinghuan called as the others were preparing their stuff to set off. The other nodded in acknowledgment, wondering what his Shizun-without-legitimate-acknowledgement wanted.
“When we arrive, come to me the day after so we can have an official master-disciple ceremony.” The awkward and stiff way the carefree peak master delivered it showed how nervous he was, and Meng Yixuan couldn’t help but smile as he agreed.
Then, after that conversation, they both went to do their own packing before setting off.
After a long, almost week of flying, the less than a hundred disciples arrived back to the sect.
Before they parted ways, Yao Qinghuan reminded, “Meng Yixuan, be at my courtyard at high noon, don’t forget.”
After Meng Yixuan nodded, they really went their own ways.
Meng Yixuan marvelled at the peak master’s ability to remember his disciples names, without realising that it was only his own that the other knew so well.
“No, Ling’er, I’m telling you the truth!” Yao Qinghuan insisted as he shook the other’s arm aggressively.
“It’s not that I don’t believe Huan-ge, I just wonder how someone who’s golden core had been forced to explode could reform one so soon. It feels impossible.” Gao Ling reasoned, internally just as, if not more so excited for the innate cultivation prowess of his Shixiong’s disciple.
“Really, Ling’er! And, not only that! The Xiao Xuan’er from before his accident, I think- he- he’s-”
“He’s back?” Gao Ling’s voice broke as he finished the other’s sentence, clearly not as stoic as he made himself seem.
“He is.” Yao Qinguan stopped shaking his arm and looked down at him with reddened eyes, “he really is.” He breathed out a sigh of tearful relief.
“And!” He remembered, deciding that his partner in crime should be the first to know.
“And?”
“He’s coming here tomorrow to officially accept me as his direct master!” And his tears that had been threatening to fall finally did.
I love this master, he’s cute
i love him too~ if you couldn’t tell, i tried to make him as wholesome of a dad-like figure as possible, and his worry accounts for 95% xD
DADZUN
DADZUUUUNNNN 🧐🤭
I also love this dad figure!
thanks for the chapter <3
ahh i love him too~!!
thankyuu for readin~ 💕
Thank you for the chapter!
thankyuu for readin~ 💕
does Meng Yixuan have….a daddy complex? XD
And Yao Qinguan has a… student complex? XD
hmm maybe~ xuanxuan’s daddy complex is a very prevalent theme throughout (you will come to realise -////-) but imma say Yao Qinghuan is a Xuan-con ;3
Me, with a serious daddy issues, really envy meng yi xuan to have such a affectionate shizun.