Junior Brother Pays Respect to You: Chapter 79 - Bonus Extra: Betraying One’s Master and Destroying One’s Sect
Chapter 79: Bonus Extra: Betraying One’s Master and Destroying One’s Sect
Looking at this familiar face and hearing this familiar voice, Qin Zheng expressionlessly raised his hand and pinched his own arm.
He was afraid he might be dreaming again this time.
After all, over the past year, he had often seen this person in his dreams.
But in those dreams, the person had always appeared in his adult form—this time was different.
“Hiss—”
The sharp pain from his arm reminded him clearly that he was awake, and what was in front of him was real.
This person was indeed Qin Su—he had come back.
Qin Zheng hadn’t expected that when he finally saw this person again, his heart would feel so calm.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, yet not knowing what to say.
Clearly, he had missed him so much over the past year—so why, now that they met, could they only stare at each other in silence?
After thinking it over, Qin Zheng realized that, even when their relationship had been at its closest, the most intimate thing they’d done was spend one night together. They had never truly connected heart-to-heart.
No wonder it felt like this now.
“Master~ Master~”
Suddenly, a shout from afar broke the silence between them.
The moment Qin Su heard the word Master, his previously warm expression instantly froze over.
“You actually took in a disciple?”
Although Qin Zheng’s original intention in taking a disciple was just to have Wen Lun undo the seal on him, Qin Su’s sudden question made an inexplicable sense of guilt rise in his heart. He quickly explained: “This kid kept pestering me—I couldn’t help it. I only accepted him today. His name is—”
“Master!”
Before Qin Zheng could say Wei Gu’s name, the boy himself barged in through the doorway.
Upon seeing Qin Zheng, Wei Gu ran straight over to him, happily tugging at his sleeve. “Master, why did you run off right after the initiation ceremony?”
Then, with a proud smile, he added, “Good thing I knew where to find you…”
Wei Gu turned his head, ready to take in the room, when he noticed the child standing in front of the desk—about his height, though shorter than the desk by a fair bit.
That child was also staring at him, his gaze far from friendly.
Although Wei Gu’s body had been reverted to that of a small child, all of his memories remained intact.
Looking at the boy before him, he felt as if he were looking at a miniature version of the detestable man who had suddenly vanished before. His dislike flared instantly.
Qin Su’s face darkened as he glanced at Wei Gu’s hand clutching Qin Zheng’s robe. Looking up at Qin Zheng, he said, “So it’s him.”
Just that one short sentence was enough for Wei Gu to be sure—this was definitely that man who had disappeared.
Wei Gu frowned in turn. “It’s you!”
By now, he already understood what Qin Zheng and this man had done in this room that day.
But even so, he had no intention of backing down!
Although he didn’t know why Qin Su had returned in this form, the current situation actually worked in his favor.
Now, he could compete fairly for Qin Zheng’s affection.
Wei Gu looked challengingly at the boy across from him and said, “If you’ve got the guts, fight me!”
Qin Su raised an eyebrow, seeming to understand the meaning behind his words. “Alright!”
The moment he spoke, Qin Zheng noticed the two children vanish from the room in an instant.
However, he could immediately sense that Qin Su was still right outside.
He didn’t know why, but even without using any spiritual power, he could feel Qin Su’s presence—unlike Wei Gu’s, which he couldn’t detect at all.
With a flicker of movement, Qin Zheng appeared outside as well.
Looking at the two three-year-olds standing before the door, Qin Zheng said helplessly, “And what exactly are you two fighting for now?”
“Meeting for the first time and already throwing punches?”
But it was clear the two children weren’t listening to him at all—they simply started fighting right away.
Qin Zheng leaned against the doorframe, deciding to let them get used to each other first. If things got out of hand, he’d step in.
Although Wei Gu was naturally intelligent, his current young body meant that all the cultivation he had previously possessed was gone, and he would have to start over from scratch.
Still, his aptitude was excellent and his future prospects promising—which was why Qin Zheng had agreed to take him in as a disciple in the first place.
As for Qin Su, Qin Zheng had heard from Wei Feiluan that he was an immortal by nature, born with an advantage over others.
But from the way the two were trading blows now, Qin Zheng couldn’t yet determine Qin Su’s exact condition.
Watching them exchange strikes, Qin Zheng couldn’t help saying, “Wei Gu, you only turned back into this because of Qin Su—how can you treat your benefactor like this?”
Wei Gu, still sparring, shot back, “I never asked him to help me. I’d live just fine whether I was like this or not.”
“I don’t feel like I owe him anything. He only did it for his own selfish reasons.”
Qin Su said calmly, “I only helped him in passing—there’s no need for him to feel any burden over it.”
Qin Zheng sighed. He hadn’t expected Wei Gu to have such quick thinking and sharp tongue at such a young age.
He could see the two of them fighting more and more fiercely.
Qin Zheng noticed that Qin Su was clearly falling behind—it didn’t look like he was pretending.
It seemed that after coming back this time, Qin Su’s cultivation had to start over from scratch, just like his current body.
That thought made Qin Zheng, who had originally just been watching for fun, start to worry.
He suddenly became concerned that Qin Su might use his abilities just to save face.
But in his current state, if he disappeared again because of that… what then?
How long would they have to wait for him this time?
Seeing that Wei Gu was about to land a hit squarely on Qin Su’s face, Qin Zheng moved his fingers, and the two who were about to make contact were separated.
Qin Zheng said calmly, “That’s enough.”
“Don’t you think things are a bit unfair right now?”
Wei Gu must have understood what Qin Zheng meant, because he snorted. “Fine, we’ll hold off for now. When we’re about the same level, we’ll fight again!”
Qin Su also stopped, frowning as he looked uncomfortably at his own hands.
Qin Zheng stepped forward and asked, “In your current state… does that mean you have to cultivate from scratch again?”
Qin Su nodded seriously. “It seems so. After my form scattered, my cultivation scattered with it.”
Qin Zheng thought for a moment. “If that’s the case, since I’ve already taken Wei Gu as my disciple, adding one more wouldn’t hurt.”
“How about you join as my disciple too?”
Qin Su glanced up at Qin Zheng, but before he could reply, they heard Wei Gu’s furious shout from behind.
Since Qin Zheng had lifted the restraint after they stopped fighting, Wei Gu charged forward, planting himself between Qin Zheng and Qin Su, and barked, “I don’t agree!”
“I don’t agree to him being my junior brother!”
Qin Zheng looked down at the unreasonable Wei Gu and pretended to be angry. “You’ve been in the sect for less than a day and you’re already trying to tell your master who he can take as a disciple?”
Wei Gu gave Qin Zheng a pitiful look. After thinking for a while, he said, “He’s your junior brother. If he becomes your disciple, when Grandmaster finds out, he’ll be furious.”
“This… this is called betraying one’s master and destroying the sect!”
Qin Zheng chuckled. “If we’re talking about betraying one’s master and destroying the sect, your Grandmaster set the precedent.”
“Before I reincarnated, he even called me ‘master’—and now I can’t call him master?”
Seeing persuasion was useless, Wei Gu quickly turned to Qin Su and snapped, “Don’t you care about Master’s reputation?”
“If you really like him, go take someone else as your master!”
Qin Su looked at Wei Gu, then at Qin Zheng. “That’s not a bad idea. Becoming a master’s disciple is more of an achievement than being a senior brother’s junior.”
Qin Zheng’s face darkened.
On the outside he looked like a child, but in his head… this was what he was thinking about?
Qin Zheng couldn’t help but roar internally: When did the serious Qin Su turn into this?!
Wei Gu jumped up when he heard that, jabbing a finger at Qin Su. “You shameless brat!”
“If you’ve got the guts, fight me again!”
But this time Qin Su ignored him.
Wei Gu, not giving up, pointed at Qin Su and told Qin Zheng, “Master, this is betraying the master and destroying the sect! You absolutely cannot take him!”
Qin Zheng rubbed his temples, looking at the two children in front of him. “Qin Su, stop teasing Wei Gu.”
Qin Su gave Qin Zheng a glance but said nothing.
In the end, under Wei Gu’s resentful gaze, Qin Zheng pressed a mark between Qin Su’s brows.
Once the ceremony was complete, Qin Su turned around and said, “I’ll go to the training hall to cultivate.”
“I’m about fourth rank now.”
With that, he walked straight out toward the forest without looking back.
Wei Gu quickly followed after him. “You’re trying to get stronger first?”
“Don’t even think about it—I’m coming too!”
And so, the two kids who had just been fighting went off to the training hall together, with Wei Gu’s muttering and grumbling filling the air along the way.
Qin Zheng just stood there in a daze, watching the two figures grow smaller in the distance.
What’s going on?
They’re both gone just like that?
Forget Wei Gu—he had so many things he still wanted to ask Qin Su!
***
In just two days, all the disciples of the Tianque Sect knew that on the same day their sect leader had accepted Wei Gu as a disciple, he had also taken in another young apprentice. But no one had seen this person’s face, nor did they know his name.
Because after Qin Su entered Qin Zheng’s tutelage, he had gone straight to the training hall.
He sat in a daze for two whole days.
This left Qin Zheng once again returned to the “lonely old man” state from two days ago, curling up all by himself in Qin Su’s small wooden hut, feeling “bitter and resentful.”
Creak—
The sound of a door being pushed open.
Although he could already tell who it was just by sensing, Qin Zheng still lifted his head and looked toward the doorway.
A small figure stepped inside.
Qin Zheng lay back down on the bed and asked, “Why are you alone? Where’s Wei Gu?”
Qin Su slowly walked to the bedside and asked, “Are you worried about him?”
Qin Zheng didn’t answer the question. Instead, he turned onto his side, gazing lazily at Qin Su. “Shouldn’t you be explaining some things to me?”
These past few days he hadn’t gone back to his own place, staying in the little hut instead, waiting for a few answers.
Even though everything had returned to peace, there were some things he didn’t want to just guess at.
Especially when the person who knew the answers was right under his nose.
Not asking wouldn’t be in Qin Zheng’s character.
Qin Su was momentarily stunned. He hadn’t expected the man in front of him to still be holding such a grudge over past events.
“As long as it’s something you want to know, I’ll answer honestly.”
Hearing this, Qin Zheng immediately sat up in bed. Suddenly, a stack of papers appeared in his hand.
He pulled two sheets from the top and asked seriously, “Why do you have two letters I wrote?”
Qin Su glanced at the two sheets. “I remember telling you before—I know about you changing the past.”
Qin Zheng thought for a moment. Yes, that had been said, but he had only taken it as a joke at the time.
“You also know what I am, so the past you altered is, to me, simply an additional memory—it doesn’t erase the original. Normally, that letter would have disappeared with the change in the past, but I used my own power to preserve it.”
Qin Su’s words were clear and without ambiguity.
Qin Zheng had guessed this before, but hearing Qin Su say it himself still felt a little unreal.
“So basically, you knew everything I did. Then why did you agree to my requests every time?”
Qin Su smiled. “Because you already tried your best. And if you’ve made the effort, there should be a reward, right?”
Qin Zheng grinned darkly, showing his teeth. “So you’d been harboring bad intentions toward me all along, is that it?”
This time, Qin Su didn’t admit it. He said innocently, “I just like my senior brother. All those ‘bad intentions’ were things you taught me.”
Qin Zheng didn’t believe it. “Then why did you give my first letter to Master?”
“It wasn’t me—it was Qin Shuang.” Qin Su took the first letter and looked at it. “When I first received it, I actually threw it away, but Qin Shuang picked it up and handed it to Master.
“After you were expelled from the sect, I used the excuse of wanting to handle the letter myself to get it back from Master.”
Qin Zheng eyed Qin Su suspiciously, but after thinking it over, it wasn’t impossible.
After all, Qin Shuang’s identity was that of the future king of the Demon Race.
Qin Zheng relented. “Fine, let’s leave it at that. Then—when did you find out that my spiritual root was inside you?”
Qin Su replied, “I wasn’t certain it was yours—only suspected.”
“Then if you could turn back into a human, why did you only come back now?!” Qin Zheng fixed him with a look, asking the question he most wanted answered.
Qin Su didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he smiled at him from the corners of his eyes. “Did you miss me?”
“Hmph!”
Qin Zheng reached out and pinched Qin Su’s cheek. “Just tell me.”
Qin Su let him pinch until Qin Zheng let go, then finally answered, “I’ve always been here—just in the form of the Spirit of Time.”
“Your spiritual root left its influence inside me, so without realizing it, my body cultivated a new spiritual root on its own.
“As soon as I could turn back into a human, I came to find you.”
***
In the middle of the night, Qin Zheng, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes.
He had just had an extremely erotic dream.
Now fully awake, he immediately realized why he had dreamed of such things.
A small head was resting on his chest.
A biting sensation came from his chest.
At the same time, Qin Zheng realized that a certain part of him had already risen to attention.
“What are you doing?”
Hearing the voice, Qin Su lifted his head and looked at his senior brother. “I missed them.”
Ever since Qin Zheng had realized his feelings toward Qin Su, he no longer restrained himself.
Especially in the middle of the night, when it was all too easy to feel a little crazy.
Looking at Qin Su, whose size was clearly not right, Qin Zheng asked, “You really can’t get bigger?”
Qin Su nodded.
Qin Zheng glanced at his obviously aroused lower body, then at the junior brother who, both above and below, was clearly unsuitable, and angrily pulled Qin Su off of him.
“Until you’ve grown up, you’re not allowed to touch me!”
Qin Zheng rolled over, gritting his teeth, and reached out his hand—beginning to deal with things himself right in front of Qin Su.
Standing now, Qin Su had the perfect angle to clearly see his senior brother’s movements.
“Don’t need me to help?”
Panting, Qin Zheng replied, “I’m not that much of a beast!”
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