The Evil Emperor's Beloved

The Eighth Elder was so absorbed in his thoughts while looking at the place where his disciples had gone out that he did not even hear the disciple who came in from behind calling him.

"Master? Master!"

"Ouch!" The Eighth Elder, who had come to his senses, shouted.

"Why are you shouting? I'm not deaf yet. If you yell at me like that, I might really be deafened." The Eighth Elder covered his ears and glared at his blind disciple.

"Master, what are you looking at? Are you looking at it so intently?" The disciple followed the direction that the Eighth Elder had been looking at before, looked left and right but couldn't figure out what it was, so he couldn't help but ask his master a question.

"Go away, what do you know? With your brain, what can you see?"

"You are really embarrassing me, your master."

"Hmph!" The Eighth Elder didn't stop and slipped out the door.

The disciple standing in the hall was confused, and his big hand touched the back of his head unconsciously, "Hey, Master is Master, there are some things that we disciples can't understand!"

After saying that, he still walked over to the place where the Eighth Elder had just been sitting, raised his neck high, and looked outside, but unfortunately... he couldn't see anything.

......

Half a month later, in a cave in the back mountain of Yunhai College.

The cave was a hundred square meters in size, and the shelves inside were filled with jade bottles of various colors, medicine cauldrons of different sizes, and various prepared spiritual herbs. Two old men sat opposite each other, with an ancient chessboard placed between them. The only sound in the cave was the sound of chess pieces being dropped on the board.

A little boy was making tea for the two of them, and from time to time he would add tea for the two people who were playing chess in front of him.

Suddenly the whole cave was filled with the aroma of tea and incense.

"What brings you here?" The one who spoke was the alchemy elder, Jing Yueli's master at Yunhai Academy.

The person sitting opposite him was none other than the Eighth Elder. "Hey, can't I come here now?!"

"Old Nangong, I'm telling you, I'll definitely come here again. I'll come more often in the future! Even more often than before, humph!"

The fourth elder placed a piece on the chessboard, "You lose!"

"What? How did I lose? This shouldn't be the case. Don't lie to me, old man Nangong. Let me take a good look at it, don't move!" The Eighth Elder stretched his neck and stared at the chessboard carefully again and again.

"Hey, I really lost! No, my chess skills have deteriorated!"

"No, no, let's play another game. The last game doesn't count, it doesn't count, let's play another game." He began to rearrange the chessboard, muttering, "You can't cheat, old man. Let's play another game, another game, and I'll kill you without leaving a single piece of armor."

Soon, the sound of chess pieces falling on the board began to be heard in the cave again.

Half an hour later, another round was over. As expected, the Eighth Elder lost again.

"Oh, how come I lost again!" The Eighth Elder stroked his mustache and said unconvincedly.

"Eighth Elder, the tea is ready, please have some!" A little boy at the side handed the freshly brewed tea to the Eighth Elder, trying to divert his attention. The elders in his own family were already helpless.

The effect was very successful. The Eighth Elder's attention was diverted and his eyes moved to the teacup in front of him.

"This is a gift from my precious disciple. I would not be willing to give it to others. Just be happy with it!" The fourth elder kindly reminded him when he saw that he was tactless.

"Your apprentice? The new little girl? Are you serious? Then I must try it!" The Eighth Elder stretched out his slightly old fingers and picked up the teacup handed over by the child.

After taking a sip, the Eighth Elder raised his eyebrows. "Hmm~ good tea, not bad." He took another sip, "This tea..." The Eighth Elder felt a spiritual power staying in his Dantian, warming his Dantian from time to time, "This...this, how could this be! What kind of tea is this?" The Eighth Elder was a little surprised.

The Eighth Elder had drunk a lot of spiritual tea. Not to mention the small tea forest in his spiritual herb garden, he was also an old tea drinker. But there was no other tea that made him feel this way. This was not just tea, this was... The Eighth Elder was a little afraid to think about it. He looked up at the Elder Nangong sitting opposite him, "Old Nangong, you, this..."

The Fourth Elder raised his hand to stop him from saying the next thing, "Enough talking, just drink your tea." Then he motioned to the little boy to pack half a packet for the Eighth Elder.

"Oh, Fourth Elder, you... you make me feel so embarrassed. This is a gift from your apprentice to you. It would be so bad if I took it! Hehe..." The Eighth Elder said he was sorry, but his eyes never left the half bag of tea.

"Hehe, hehe, Fourth Brother, you really have a good disciple!" The Eighth Elder's mouth was almost grinning from ear to ear.

You don't even need to tell me that, the Fourth Elder thought to himself, but he said cheerfully, "I spent a lot of effort to get this girl under my wing. I treasure her so much, you have to protect her for me."

"Of course, what's the relationship between us? Hahaha..."

"You didn't tell me, I came here today for this matter..."

"Don't even think about it, this is my apprentice..."

"Hey, Old Four, you're still in such a bad mood. I haven't finished what I'm saying yet."

The Eighth Elder continued stroking his mustache and said slowly, "This girl came to my garden before. Hehe, the little girl was very interested in the garden and stayed there for a long time. Hehe, and that Li Yu, the little girl should be with your disciple." The Eighth Elder approached Elder Nangong and lowered his voice, "I heard her call your precious disciple master in private."

The Eighth Elder sat up straight again, "Haha, your little disciple is not simple."

"I can see it, so I'm sure others can see it. Don't just focus on refining pills, go out for a walk more often!"

"Okay, I won't stay any longer, I'm leaving, leaving..." The Eighth Elder took the half bag of tea and disappeared in one step. The cave returned to peace, with only the sound of tea boiling on the stove.

"Elder?" The little boy called out to the fourth elder twice.

"Ah~, you said that Old Eight is still as warm-hearted as ever. Hahaha..." The fourth elder shook his head amusedly, took the tea handed over by the child, blew on the tea soup on it, and drank it in one gulp.

The little boy didn't dare to respond to the elder's words. He just lowered his head and cleaned up the chessboard.

"Do you think my little apprentice can handle these old guys? Hmm?"

"Hehe, I want to see who are so blind as to dare to get in front of that little girl!" The fourth elder's eyes suddenly became fierce. If Jing Yueli saw this, she would think that her master had been possessed by another spirit.

"I'm afraid these old guys will have a headache by then...hahaha..." The fourth elder put his hands behind his back and left the cave.