The Celestial Labyrinth: Love Across Ten Continents

Beautiful Young Master

There was more to come! She thought she had passed it in one try! Ban sighed and immediately turned around to continue looking for Mu. Some people on the platform were surprised, some were whispering, but Mu was nowhere to be found. It was strange. Where did he go in the blink of an eye?

The woman cleared her throat and said loudly, "This is the first level of the test, which is to test whether you believe in your own heart and are not deceived by the words of the outside world. There is nothing in the painting. The universe and yin and yang are also things that can only be understood but not expressed in words. If you are easily deceived by superficial things and do not believe in your own heart, then there is no point. It's getting late, please go back. If you are interested, please come back early tomorrow."

She waved her hand, and the young disciple behind her put away the scroll and turned away. She patted Ban's shoulder and said, "Go in, little girl. I hope you can pass the following test."

Ban hesitated and said, "But...my friend..."

Mu is in poor health. Isn't it torture for him to go up and down the mountain alone?

She wanted to say more, but suddenly she felt someone gently pull her sleeve. She turned around and saw Mu, who had just disappeared, suddenly standing behind her again. He smiled at her and said softly, "Congratulations, Ban, you passed the test."

"Ah, Fang..." She was about to ask him happily where he had been, but she saw him put a finger to his mouth, signaling her not to speak, and her voice suddenly retracted.

He let go of her sleeve and walked up the steps. When the disciples of Qingyuan Mountain saw him, they immediately knelt down. The elders wearing black and white Taoist robes also showed surprised expressions and asked in unison: "Uncle Mu! Why are you here?"

Master...uncle...? Ban was stunned. Another master uncle?

Mu smiled and said, "I have nothing to do, so I went down the mountain for a walk. Is this little girl the only one who passed the first level of the test today?"

The woman nodded: "Not bad, but there is more to come..."

"I think she has good aptitude, so let's skip the rest of the trials." Mu said calmly, "Qingyuan also has experience in going down the mountain to look for talented people. In my opinion, this child is talented, simple and honest, and she suits my taste very well. Just leave her to me."

Everyone immediately bowed their heads in agreement. The middle-aged woman was also happy. Seeing that Ban was still in a daze, she quickly pushed her gently and whispered, "Master Mu wants to take you as his disciple! Why don't you kneel down and kowtow to him?"

"Knock, kowtow? But..." Ban hadn't reacted yet, staring at Mu in a daze. His black eyes were gentle and smiling. At that moment, she suddenly understood why he knew Qingyuanshan so well. It turned out that he was from Qingyuanshan!

Ban was in a trance for a long time, and finally he knelt down slowly, kowtowed to him three times respectfully, and said loudly: "Disciple Ban, I pay my respects to...Master!"

Master, he became her master...Ban didn't know what to feel.

Mu bent down and gently helped her up, smiling and saying, "No need to be polite. From today on, you are my third disciple. You must study hard and not be lazy or do anything disobedient. Do you understand?"

Ban nodded.

The middle-aged woman said, "Then, I will go to Chenxing Tower right away to add her name to the disciple roster. I just don't know what Taoist name Uncle Master will give her? If I remember correctly, Uncle Master's two disciples are from the Feng generation. As a woman, she naturally cannot have the same generation name as the male disciples. Will she be classified as Bai with the female disciples of the same generation?"

Mu shook his head and said, "Don't be too rigid about it. Just write her real name. If she finds a suitable Taoist name in the future, you can change it as well."

The woman said yes, bowed her hands, turned around and left in a hurry.

Ban stayed there, not knowing what to do. Suddenly, Mu said, "Let's go. You will live in Zhiyanzhai from now on. Come with me and meet your two brothers."

Ban said "Oh" and started to walk away, but suddenly remembered that a disciple should not walk in front of the master, so he quickly stepped back and bowed, saying, "Please, Master, please go first."

Mu nodded and led her into the gate.

He actually became her master. Such a young man, who looked only a few years older than herself, was so senior that the old men at the door had to call him "Uncle Master". Could it be that he was actually older than her grandfather? Oh, and he wasn't in good health either. He coughed all the time. Maybe it was because of his old age...

Alas, she had just walked all the way with him and said a lot of stupid things to him. He must have laughed to death in his heart. Ban regretted it to death when she thought about it.

"Husha...Husha?" he called her from the front.

She came back to her senses immediately, bowed and said, "Yes, Master, what do you want me to do?" Thinking that he might be older than her grandfather, but just looked younger, Ban couldn't help but feel a little respect for him, and no longer dared to be as presumptuous as before.

Mu said gently, "Don't be afraid. I didn't reveal my identity at the foot of the mountain because I wanted to see what kind of person you are. I didn't mean to tease you. I hope you don't mind."

"No, I don't mind, I don't mind!" She waved her hands quickly.

Mu smiled calmly, "I am the last disciple of Master Jin Ting Shen Jun. I had a serious illness when I was seventeen, so my appearance has not changed much in the past three hundred years. You are my disciple now, and many of the disciples in the sect who are over a hundred years old will call you Senior Sister when they see you, so there is no need to be too fussy about some things."

Three... three hundred years old! Ban was shocked. This was not only about the same age as his grandfather, but also at the level of his great-grandfather!

"Master...is an immortal, and immortals don't grow old." Ban said naively.

Mu shook his head. "Immortals will also grow old and die, but they just live longer than ordinary people. The immortals are the gods above the nine heavens. In fact..." He paused. "Many people come to learn from me for the art of immortality, but immortality is not a happy thing. At least, for mortals, limited life is the most precious."

Ban nodded silently, not quite understanding.

"You have two senior brothers who entered the sect seventy and fifty years earlier than you. If you have any inconveniences in life or encounter something you don't understand in your practice, you can ask them for advice. I hope you can get along well with each other."

As soon as he finished saying this, he began to cough heart-wrenchingly again, just like before, as if he would collapse at any time.

Ban was in a panic, not knowing what to do. He was an immortal, and Ban had originally thought that he was just pretending to be in poor health, but she didn't expect that he was really in poor health. What should she do? He was her master now, and she couldn't support him or carry him like she did just now. Would he collapse here?

Mu coughed for a while and finally calmed down. Ban couldn't help but gave him a slight support under his elbow.

"Master..." she murmured.

He waved his hand: "It's okay, let's keep going."

After that, he took Ban's hand and whispered, "Follow me, I'm going to use the method of shrinking the earth."