📖 Chapter 1009 - Even You Can Have Such a Day!

25 Jun, 2023

Naturally, Wang Baole was completely unaware of what was happening in Second Senior Brother’s pagoda. At the moment, he was feeling more and more confused about the Raging Flame Galaxy. Ever since his arrival, he had felt that something was off, but he just couldn’t figure it out.

No matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t place his finger on what exactly was wrong. Fortunately, after meeting Second Senior Brother and First Senior Sister, Wang Baole finally knew that not all his senior brothers and sisters were inexplicable weirdos. They could be just as reliable as Twelfth Senior Sister, or even more so.

Second Senior Brother in particular left a deep impression on Wang Baole. Over the years, Wang Baole had experienced a lot, but this was the first time he saw a lifeform like Second Senior Brother.

“An undying and inextinguishable god born amidst burning incense…” Wang Baole’s expression was somewhat feverish. At the same time, the appearance of First Senior Sister emerged in his mind. Her decisive nature and domineering words clearly weren’t just because of her status as the chief disciple, but also had a lot to do with her cultivation base.

“In the Raging Flame Galaxy, aside from Master, there are actually three Star Domain Realm cultivators!” Wang Baole inhaled sharply. The feeling Second Senior Brother gave him was vague, so he couldn’t accurately judge his strength, but Third Senior Brother and First Senior Sister both gave off the fluctuations of the Star Domain Realm.

“And there’s also Fourth Senior Brother, who’s gaining experience outside. I wonder if he’s also in the Star Domain Realm…” Wang Baole felt his heart pound. Although the Raging Flame Galaxy gave him a sense of absurdity, it was also extremely strong. With this kind of background, he would be able to run rampant throughout the Never-Ending Dao Domain. Thinking about it this way, he relaxed quite a bit. After all, powerful figures often had some eccentricities.

But just as Wang Baole was feeling a little better about the Raging Flame Galaxy, Fifteenth suddenly sighed. Turning his head to look at Wang Baole behind him, he muttered with a frown.

“Unlucky, unlucky. Why did First Senior Sister show up in Second Senior Brother’s pagoda… Sigh. Sixteenth, I’m telling you, that First Senior Sister… she’s a lunatic.”

Wang Baole lifted his eyebrows. This Fifteenth Senior Brother of his loved to talk and was full of complaints, but since Wang Baole was a newcomer, after all, he couldn’t say anything in refutation. He could only smile wryly and listen from the side.

“What’s so funny?” Fifteenth was a little indignant when he saw Wang Baole’s smile, as if he didn’t believe him. He quickly looked around and lowered his voice.

“Sixteenth, Senior Brother is saying all this for your own good. First Senior Sister really is a lunatic. Let me tell you, once she goes crazy, even Master will have a headache. Do you believe me or not?”

“Uh…” Wang Baole didn’t know whether Master would have a headache, but right now, he himself had one. If he said he believed, then that was being disrespectful to Master and First Senior Sister. But if he said he didn’t believe… the garrulous bean sprout in front of him would probably never shut up.

Luckily, there was no need for Wang Baole to answer. After Fifteenth finished speaking, he seemed to suddenly think of something. He pounded his chest and stomped his feet, and a look of heart-wrenching agony appeared on his face as he sighed.

“It’s not First Senior Sister’s fault, it’s all Master’s fault. Sixteenth Junior Brother, I’ll just say it outright. Our master… is very unreliable!

“I won’t believe it if you tell me you don’t have any thoughts of your own after seeing all the senior disciples on the way. Sixteenth Junior Brother, here in the Raging Flame Galaxy, our motto is to always be honest. Tell me the truth – don’t you also think that Master is unreliable?” Fifteenth looked at Wang Baole expectantly. His expression seemed to be saying ‘hurry and agree with me’.

Wang Baole frowned imperceptibly. Fifteenth Senior Brother had asked him the same thing over and over again, putting him in quite the difficult situation. If he didn’t say anything, this chatterbox probably wouldn’t give up, so he could only sigh and open his mouth to speak.

“Fifteenth Senior Brother, I’m a newcomer here, and there are many things I don’t understand. However, I still feel that Master’s kindness is at the root of everything, and there is a deeper meaning to whatever he does.” Wang Baole responded tactfully. By now, Fifteenth had brought him over to the sixteenth pagoda, the one he would be calling home.

Outside the pagoda, there were enormous trees with red leaves, shrouding the pagoda under their canopy. The scattered light of the setting sun that filtered through the leaves gave the area a certain picturesque aesthetic. At the same time, the place was full of vitality; aside from the large trees, there were some fiery ladybugs flying around, agilely fluttering this way and that. Perhaps they sensed Wang Baole coming, because they suddenly dispersed, some flying far away and some settling on the red leaves.

Upon arriving, seeing that Wang Baole still hadn’t agreed with him, Fifteenth had an angry look on his face.

“Little Sixteenth, you… What am I supposed to do with you? Ah, forget it, you’ll learn in the future. Let me tell you… before leaving, Master said that he was going to search some ruins for cultivation techniques. Once he comes back… the cultivation techniques he brings back won’t only be for me, but also for you…

“Sigh, when the time comes, you’ll know it clearly whether he’s reliable or not.” Fifteenth sighed and shook his head sullenly. He didn’t pay Wang Baole any more attention, only waving his hand when Wang Baole bowed to him before leaving.

A few breaths of time later, Wang Baole straightened his back and looked at the departing figure of Fifteenth Senior Brother. When the bean-sprout-like figure had completely disappeared from sight, he sucked in a deep breath and recalled everything that had happened since coming here. He couldn’t help but massage his forehead, helplessness and exhaustion appearing on his face. Gradually, his eyes revealed the absurdity he was currently feeling.

Aside from the few relatively normal people, most of his fellow disciples were extremely strange. This was especially so when it came to Fifteenth Senior Brother, who always seemed to want to hear Wang Baole say that Master was unreliable.

This was extremely bizarre. Wang Baole wasn’t stupid, so he had long been vigilant. Obviously, he wouldn’t agree with Fifteenth’s words so easily. However, everything he’d seen along the way, and especially the words Fifteenth had spoken before leaving, still had some influence on Wang Baole’s mind.

“Searching some ruins for cultivation techniques…” Wang Baole fell silent, recalling Thirteenth and Fourteenth Senior Brothers, who had turned themselves into a withered tree and a rock. He faintly felt a bad premonition.

Standing under the trees in front of his pagoda, light flickered imperceptibly through Wang Baole’s eyes. Then he sighed and muttered to himself.

“Don’t tell me, Master really is unreliable? No, it can’t be!”

Wang Baole massaged his forehead again before deciding not to think about this anymore. He would observe the Raging Flame Galaxy some more and draw a conclusion before the Flame Patriarch came back.

With that in mind, Wang Baole turned around and walked along the path through the trees. Pushing open the pagoda’s doors, he finally entered the place he would be calling home here in the Raging Flame Galaxy. Once he shut the doors behind him, a fire ladybug suddenly flapped its wings and flew up from its leafy perch. It seemed to glance at Wang Baole’s pagoda before leisurely making circles in the air and flying into the distance…

After it left, the other fire ladybugs instantly turned blurry and disappeared without a trace. It was as if they had all been fake from the start, and only the one that had flown away was real.

But as soon as those fire ladybugs disappeared, the doors of the pagoda suddenly swung open. Wang Baole’s figure was revealed, staring at the leaves that had been full of fire ladybugs just a moment ago. A profound gleam flickered through his eyes.

“This Raging Flame Galaxy… has something wrong with it!”

Wang Baole had opened the doors seemingly unintentionally, but his timing was actually carefully determined. After all, even a withered tree and a rock had turned out to be senior brothers of his, so when he arrived at his pagoda, he instinctively suspected that among the trees, or perhaps among the fire ladybugs… maybe there was another senior brother…

After all, even though Fourth Senior Brother had gone out to gain experience, given the eccentric personalities of the other senior brothers and sisters, it was totally possible that “gaining experience” might refer to turning into a tree or a ladybug and sitting in front of someone else’s house…

Now seeing that the fire ladybugs had all disappeared, Wang Baole’s eyes flashed again. After pondering for a moment, he turned around and walked back into his pagoda. But as soon as he entered his pagoda, the voice of Little Missy, who had returned before he left Earth back then, suddenly rang out in his mind. She clearly sounded extremely happy, and she was even laughing with excitement.

“Wang Baole, oh Wang Baole, this old lady has been holding it in for a long time already. This time, your cleverness has finally backfired, and you jumped into a pit yourself. Hahahaha, so even you can have such a day!

“I can’t help it, I’ve got to laugh! HAHAHAHAHA!!”

“What’s going on?!” Wang Baole was stunned, and he felt a bad premonition wash over him.