đź“– Chapter 1008 - I Will!
Perhaps it was because all his attention was attracted by Second Senior Brother, or maybe there were other reasons, but Wang Baole failed to notice that when Fifteenth said this sentence, sadness involuntarily flickered across his face.
It was true that Second Senior Brother seemed to hold a strange magnetism. Wherever he stood, everything around him seemed to dim, causing people’s eyes to involuntarily be drawn to him.
The combination of his elegant white robes and flowing black hair seemed to surround him with a celestial aura. Moreover, the way that his hair and clothes seemed to flutter even in the absence of wind, and the way he was floating motionlessly in the air, made him look like a god descending to the mortal world.
His skin seemed to glow, and myriad lights flashed in his eyes. As he stared at Wang Baole, Second Senior Brother’s gaze was full of kindness.
"Sixteenth Junior Brother..."
"Greetings, Second Senior Brother!" When Wang Baole’s gaze met Second Senior Brother’s, his body suddenly trembled. For some reason, he felt that in the depths of Second Senior Brother’s kind eyes, there was some inexplicable sadness. Wang Baole himself suddenly felt a wave of sadness sweep over him as he greeted Second Senior Brother in a soft tone.
“Sixteenth Junior Brother, don’t worry. From now on, Raging Flame Galaxy will be your home…” As he looked at Wang Baole, Second Senior Brother spoke some words that seemed to come out of nowhere. Wang Baole was taken aback, but before he could say anything, Fifteenth suddenly sighed.
“Second Senior Brother, you said the same thing when I joined the sect. But look at us now…” Fifteenth’s expression turned melancholy as he spoke, disrupting Wang Baole’s train of thought. An expression full of sadness and complex feelings flickered across Second Senior Brother’s face, but he didn’t say anything. Rather, he bowed slightly and nodded his head toward Fifteenth.
For some reason, Wang Baole didn’t notice Second Senior Brother bowing. If he had, he would definitely be extremely shocked.
After all… it was an unbelievable thing for the second-ranked disciple to actually bow down to his junior brother. However, Wang Baole didn’t notice anything at all.
As for Fifteenth, it was unknown if he noticed Second Senior Brother’s bow. After a moment of silence, he pursed his lips and began to grumble.
“Second Senior Brother, Master’s gone out again. Judging from my secret observations, I think he’s going to bring back another one of those unreliable cultivation techniques. It looks like I’m out of luck!” A sad expression appeared on Fifteenth’s face as he sighed.
“Before he left, he said that he would bring me a surprise when he came back…”
Second Senior Brother smiled and didn’t speak. Wang Baole also didn’t speak, but he secretly guessed that this might be why Fifteenth kept complaining about their master along the way, and also why he insisted on getting Wang Baole to complain along with him…
In fact, the experiences of Thirteenth and Fourteenth Senior Brothers already made Wang Baole feel slightly nervous. Although he didn’t say anything out loud, he was beginning to feel that the Flame Patriarch wasn’t quite reliable.
Fifteenth’s complaint only made that feeling grow stronger, but at that moment… a cold snort rang out from thin air, resounding in Wang Baole’s ears like a clap of thunder and causing his whole body to tremble. When he lifted his head, he saw that behind Fifteenth, there was the figure of a woman materializing from the void!
This woman was wearing a long purple dress. Although she couldn’t be said to be stunningly beautiful, she seemed determined and steady, like a sword lying in its sheath. Moreover, her demeanor hid a sense of overbearing dominance.
If Eleventh Senior Sister’s dominance was something that she flaunted freely, then this woman’s dominance was something ingrained deep in her bones. Perhaps she didn’t act overbearing all the time, but once she decided to show her domineering side, she definitely wouldn’t hesitate!
Her cold snort instantly caused Fifteenth to tremble. He quickly turned to face the woman behind him and bowed deeply.
“Greetings, First Senior Sister!”
"Greetings… First Senior Sister." When Second Senior Brother offered his greetings, a complex light that Wang Baole couldn’t see flickered through his eyes. From the way his back bent nearly ninety degrees, it was clear that the degree of respect he had toward this First Senior Sister was a little out of the ordinary.
However, none of this was reflected in Wang Baole’s eyes. Thus, he didn’t notice anything strange, and he respectfully bowed in greeting to the Flame Patriarch’s chief disciple.
“Fifteenth, Master put you in charge of welcoming Sixteenth Junior Brother, but you’ve been complaining the entire way. Now you’re even making wild guesses about Master’s actions. What, were you not beaten enough last time?!” As soon as First Senior Sister materialized, she immediately rebuked Fifteenth harshly. After that, she looked at Wang Baole with a gentle expression.
“Sixteenth Junior Brother, please rise. I am your First Senior Sister. Although Master isn’t always around, you can come to me with any questions you have in the future. I hope you can think of this place as your home.”
Wang Baole immediately expressed his assent. When he lifted his head to look at First Senior Sister, he felt deep respect bubble up within him. She was the most upright person he’d met since coming to the Raging Flame Galaxy.
But when Fifteenth heard her words, he curled his lips. Seemingly unconvinced, he muttered unhappily.
“First Senior Sister, why’re you scolding me over nothing? Master isn’t even here…”
First Senior Sister instantly shot Fifteenth a harsh glare, and Fifteenth shrank back, not daring to say another word. Then, First Senior Sister turned back around and offered Wang Baole a few words of advice before waving her hand.
“Fifteenth, Sixteenth, you guys go back. Your Second Senior Brother and I have something to discuss.”
“Yes, ma’am…” Fifteenth replied in a depressed voice before leaving the pagoda with Wang Baole. Before they left, the god-like Second Senior Brother gave Wang Baole a stick of incense as a welcoming gift.
Cultivating beside the lit incense stick would drastically increase the efficacy of cultivation. After Wang Baole thanked him and turned to leave, Second Senior Brother suddenly whispered something that made Wang Baole’s body tremble.
“Baole, no matter what kind of character Master has, to me, he is a lonely person…”
Wang Baole was taken aback, and just as he was about to think about it further, Fifteenth suddenly muttered next to him.
“Yeah, he’s lonely, so he busies himself with tormenting us disciples every day… Sixteenth, let’s go. I’ll take you back to your pagoda.” Fifteenth’s voice interrupted Wang Baole’s thoughts seemingly unintentionally, and the pair left the pagoda.
Now, only Second Senior Brother and First Senior Sister remained inside.
First Senior Sister didn’t speak, only staring blankly at the walls of the pagoda. It was as if her gaze could pierce through the tower, watching Wang Baole and the chattering Fifteenth walking farther and farther away.
As for the god-like Second Senior Brother, who was undying and inextinguishable as long as there was a trace of incense still burning in the world, sadness and melancholy appeared in his eyes as he stared at the First Senior Sister in front of him. First Senior Sister’s face was completely expressionless as Second Senior Brother lowered his head and bowed deeply.
"Disciple… greets Master."
If Wang Baole was here, he would definitely be unprecedentedly astonished when he heard these words. But unfortunately, he had already left.
As for First Senior Sister, when she heard Second Senior Brother call her “Master”, she immediately turned to look at him with solemn expression.
“Second Junior Brother, has cultivating the Divine Dao affected your brain? I am your First Senior Sister, not your Master!”
Second Senior Brother fell silent. A bitter expression appeared on his face, and in the end, he sighed lightly and bowed again. This time, he didn’t speak.
First Senior Sister also fell silent, turning her head again to look in the direction where Wang Baole had left with Fifteenth. After a while, her lips suddenly curled up into a grin.
“Second, don’t you feel like the Raging Flame Galaxy has become a little lively now? If nothing unexpected happens, another little guy will come by in a while. By then, this place of ours will become even more lively.” As she spoke, First Senior Sister’s smile became even happier. When Second Senior Brother saw her smile, his bitter expression gradually calmed down. It had already been a long, long time since he’d seen the person he respected most smile so happily. Thus, he began to smile as well.
When a smile fully formed on his face, he heard the whispering voice of this person whom he respected more than anyone else.
“This time, I will protect you guys… I will, I will, I will!”