Woohoo, an extra chapter~ A warning in advance though… This chapter may or may not have a slightly mature content. Understanding of that particular situation is based on your personal imagination. I don"t read the story in advance so even I"m not sure if that is *ehem ehem*. Anyway, please enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 16 – There is a Nunnery at the Top of the Mountain Translated by HaruOngy (If you can see this line, you must have read this in the aggregator site which illegally steal various. Be shameful of yourself for not appreciating the translator"s hard work. Don"t think only you want to have it the easy way. Support the industry!)
That night.
Chu Xun had fell into some sort of demonic obstacle[1] towards Mei Qian Deng.
"Little Long, why are you staring so much at me?" Mei Qian Deng had always been following what was right like a stream following its course with her form of address to Chu Xun.
Chu Xun immediately exploded. "Who is looking at you? Who want to look at you?!" He turned around as he jumped. After touching and groping around for awhile, he turned his head back to glance at Mei Qian Deng, stealthy watched what she was doing.
Personally, it was believed that the cause behind this demonic obstacle was because the rational Little Chu Xun inside Chu Xun"s mind felt that Mei Qian Deng was much superior to himself in a certain aspect like the appearance that he always believed was his forte while on the other hand, the emotional Little Chu Xun was throwing tantrum around as it vigorously scolded the rational Little Chu Xun. As a result, Chu Xun right now had a little on edge intermittence.
Mei Qian Deng pushed open the windows. They stayed in the third floor. The moonlight tonight was not bad for she could catch sight of a silhouette moving inside the simple, crude inn next door. "One of them is going out."
When Chu Xun heard what she said, he immediately returned to normal. He dashed to the window and observed the movements downstairs. These that stayed in the simple and crude inn next door were exactly those well-built men that once stopped at the tea shop during daytime. A tall, large figure quickly moved as he left the inn. It was not known where he was going.
"Follow or not?" Mei Qian Deng asked.
Chu Xun turned his head at Mei Qian Deng as he answered, "Follow."
"Why are you closing your eyes?"
"Because I don"t want to see you."
The two of them tacitly agreed not to mention Senior Official Song at all. That old man couldn"t bear the physical suffering. It"s better for him to go to sleep earlier. Mei Qian Deng was as fast as lightning, in a beat she had went to the window. Chu Xun felt a whish of wind beside his ear and then when he opened his eyes, he found out Mei Qian Deng had disappeared.
"Boor?!"
Downstairs, there was a squeaking sound.
Chu Xun extended half of his body out of the window. As expected, Mei Qian Deng had already safely landed on the ground. She even made a gesture for him to jump down faster. Chu Xun was shocked. He stuck out three fingers at Mei Qian Deng downstairs. This is freaking third floor! And he didn"t know martial arts. Who was going to take responsibility if he jumped down and fell into a crippled Crown Prince?!
Again, Mei Qian Deng gestured at him: You just jump, I can catch you.
Chu Xun stamped his feet once and——took the stairs.
He was scared that when he jump down he would not be able to stop himself from screaming. Wouldn"t it be alerting the enemy?
"Where did he run off to?" Chu Xun panted heavily as he ran out of the inn.
Mei Qian Deng didn"t say anything. She pulled his hand and went towards where that well-built man left. Chu Xun at start could still feel his feet planted on the ground. Gradually, he felt his legs were greatly sore that they were going to be numb soon. Then, he felt as if he had turned into a kite which flew higher as Mei Qian Deng led.
That suspicious big man went through the street of the small, empty town as he walked straight into the mountain. This area"s mountain was not tall. At most it could only be called as hill. Lots of green bamboos grew on the slope of the hill which helped Mei Qian Deng who was bringing Chu Xun to have some places to hide. They followed that big man until finally they stopped before the walls of a nunnery at the hilltop.
"In such late night, is he going to have a talk with Bodhisattva?" Chu Xun was bewildered.
Mei Qian Deng glanced once at Chu Xun but she didn"t reply.
"You, bring me inside." Chu Xun rolled his eyes at Mei Qian Deng in return and ordered her.
His words had just spoken out when Chu Xun felt his whole body soared upwards. In a blink, he had already been carried by Mei Qian Deng over the nunnery"s wall. Chu Xun was so frightened that he gasped for air. Yet, he pretended to be calm as he fixed his clothes. At the same time, he managed to cold-shoulder the boorish Mei Qian Deng.
With Mei Qian Deng leading, the two of them followed the wall to its root which ended up in the nunnery"s inner courtyard.
There was a faint intermittent sound circulated in the wind which flew into the ears of Chu Xun and Mei Qian Deng. Mei Qian Deng was afraid that Chu Xun might lost her while following so she had been holding Chu Xun"s hand. Hence, right now, two innocent youngsters were holding hands as they heard the murmurs in the wind. "Ah, lord, quick…… much quicker……ah……oh……"
They innocently stood there stupefied.
In the forest, there was a bird sound. "Caw——caw——caw——" as it gave a shriek.
It should be a crow or maybe an owl.
Chu Xun started to sneak away. He looked around the interior of the nunnery. There was a room still with light on which projected two human shadows repeatedly mingled together. The shadow on top was very curvaceous and it even intensely moved up and down repeatedly.
This……
Was this really a nunnery?
Chu Xun in the end managed to wake up from his stupor. He struggled free of Mei Qian Deng"s uninteresting and frosty jade hand and held his face as he wanted to climb over the wall himself. While climbing over the wall, he scolded Mei Qian Deng. This shameless boor. How could he bring him to this foul place?! He saw that one of his legs had reached the top of the wall. Soon, he would be able to climb over the wall successfully. He didn"t check his other leg that had just left the ground when it was pulled by someone. Chu Xun fell back to the original point.
"……!" The pure Crown Prince was truly furious.
Mei Qian Deng was unperturbed as usual. She was unmoved with this hidden ** scene inside the nunnery. She pointed at a certain direction. "That person is inside that room." After a pause, she continued, "I will go to the roof of the room. You stay here and wait for me."
Again, Chu Xun felt that intermittent and nervous demonic obstacle. His rational self was telling him: Mei Qian Deng is much unruffled in the face of danger compared to you. While his emotional self as usual came out and vented: This Mei Qian Deng truly has shameless heart. Buddha once said: Never watch incivility, never listen incivility, **, the void is the matter, Amitābha.
Without waiting Chu Xun to overcome his demonic obstacle, Mei Qian Deng went alone. Her hidden sword arts were superb and her qinggong too was excellent. She silently landed on the roof of the room and lifted a broken tile of the roof. Then, she creeped her body over as she seriously watched the movement inside the room.
Chu Xun concealed himself at the corner of the wall using a piece of banana leaf to cover his whole body. His palms were sweating and uncomfortably sticky. He silently listed the eighty-eight Buddha, "Namo Universal Light Buddha, Namo Universal Understanding Buddha, Namo Universal Purity Buddha, Namo Tamalapattra and Chandana Fragrance Buddha, Namo Chandana Light Buddha, Namo Mani Banner Buddha, Namo Treasury of Happiness and Acc.u.mulation of Mani Jewels Buddha……" Meeting this disaster today, he painfully comprehended that those little demonesses in Ming Jue Palace were actually very modest.
Mei Qian Deng had yet to return.
Why Mei Qian Deng had yet to return?!
Chu Xun stared at the inner courtyard. He silently saw a shadow ran outside. He thought it was Mei Qian Deng so he wanted to go out and meet up with her. His b.u.t.t had rose up halfway as he got ready to stand up when he suddenly noticed this person"s figure was not right. It was far taller than Mei Qian Deng. Obviously this person was a grown up man.
He waited for that man to run out of the eaves. The moonlight shone on his body which made his appearance slightly distinctive. It was a refined, fair skin man. His actions were surrept.i.tious. He bent his waist as he trotted while looking around very cautiously. It gave the others an impression that he was like a thief.
Chu Xun instantly hid himself well while staring closely at that person. He was afraid he would be exposed by that man.
For a split second, the clear, bright moonlight clearly revealed that man"s face. Chu Xun"s night vision was not bad. When he saw that person"s face, he frown slightly. Eh…… why do I think this person is quite familiar? But I"m obviously sure that I don"t recognise such person……
"Let"s go." Mei Qian Deng quietly returned to his side.
Chu Xun quickly let Mei Qian Deng to look at that man. However, that man had already ran to the opposite wall and climbed halfway over it, revealing only his b.u.t.t and two legs. Mei Qian Deng tilted her head. Confusedly, she asked, "Who is he?"
I don"t know! But he kept feeling that he had met him somewhere before.
According to Mei Qian Deng, that big man didn"t do anything inside the nunnery room.
"Then, why are you looking so long?!" Chu Xun queried.
Mei Qian Deng blinked her eyes.
"What are you looking at?" Chu Xun insistently asked.
Mei Qian Deng looked at her own tiptoes. "Just simply look."
Chu Xun was speechless.
Towards this diverse and chaotic world, youngsters were very inquisitive. They need to bravely seek all the unknowns.
Chu Xun changed into his sleeping clothes. Sitting on the bed, he pondered. Did they accidentally omitted some places? Why there is not a single discovery at all? What sort of big movement can the Anxi Prefecture"s snow disaster bring forth? Should they return to that tea shop to take a look? But that boor said even he himself can"t beat that waiter. Going back to check it out will be too dangerous…… Isn"t that boor"s martial arts so amazing yet it turns out there is still people that he can"t win!
Unknowingly, Chu Xun"s sight moved to Mei Qian Deng. Right now, Mei Qian Deng had already moved a long stool to the window side. She quietly leant on the windowsill.
"Wei."
Mei Qian Deng turned her head over.
"These few days, you had been sleeping on the stool. Don"t you feel uncomfortable?! Seeing that your performance today is not bad, tonight you"re rewarded with half the bed."
Mei Qian Deng stood up and obediently walked over to sleep on the bed. Inside her heart, she lamented: Finally, I can sleep on bed.
Later, Chu Xun felt regretful a little. Why did his brain go crazy for a moment and agreed to let Mei Qian Deng this boor to sleep in the same bed…… "You, why are you so not courteous? Shouldn"t you be watching the movement downstairs?"
"There are still your shadow guards around."
Chu Xun stupefied. His shadow guards?
"Even my shadow guards are under your control already?!"
Mei Qian Deng had already sat down at the edge of the bed and started to remove her clothes. She sat facing away from Chu Xun as she calmly replied, "Your shadow guards are naturally under your control. I only asked them for a little help."
Using this Crown Prince"s people, does this Crown Prince even agree in the first place?
Chu Xun angrily stared at Mei Qian Deng"s back. He had an impulse to stretch out his leg and kick Mei Qian Deng off the bed. However, his rational self told him, even if he kicked, he wouldn"t be able to kick Mei Qian Deng. This boor"s martial arts were too great. If badly done, he might kick his foot swollen. Therefore, Chu Xun tucked himself in and slept in a huff.
It was a night living together peacefully.
Early morning of the next day.
When Chu Xun climbed up, Mei Qian Deng had already woke up.
The drowsy beautiful Crown Prince rubbed his eyes. In front of him, there was a figure moving. By the time he returned to his sense, he could see clearly in front of him was actually Mei Qian Deng who was tidying the bundle.
When he opened his mouth, it turned into, "You disgustingly smug boor, why did you change your hairstyle again?!"
[A Little Theatre]
Quiz: When Chu Xun went out, he only brought along ten pair of clothes. He changed his clothes once every day. So the question is, what did he wear on the eleventh day?
Answer: Any from the first until the eighth day clothes are acceptable.
Quiz: How is it done?
Mei Qian Deng: I wash the clothes every day. Today I wore the clothes he changed on the tenth day. I had just washed the ninth one, so it"s not dry yet.
(Applaud. Throw flowers. Curtain falls.)
[1] Sort of like emotional block or mental block
Translated by HaruOngy (If you can see this line, you must have read this in the aggregator site which illegally steal various. Be shameful of yourself for not appreciating the translator"s hard work. Don"t think only you want to have it the easy way. Support the industry!)