61: Chapter 61 The Holy Son Refuses to Leave, Wanting to Be His Page!

At the summit of Changge Peak, inside the small courtyard.

Ji Wushuang's cry of "completely convinced" from the depths of his Soul plunged the entire peak into a strange silence.

Behind him, the Yaoguang Holy Land guards, who were originally aggressive, now looked as if they had seen a ghost. Their mouths were wide enough to fit an egg, completely stunned in place.

His Highness the Saint... knelt?

Their Saint, who was incredibly arrogant and viewed all his peers in the Eastern Desolation as mere nobodies, and who had never even bowed to the Sect Elders, had actually knelt down so decisively to an obscure Sect "Old Ancestor"?

Moreover, looking at him, it wasn't out of force or humiliation, but... from the bottom of his heart, a complete prostration?

Has the world gone mad?

"Hey, hey, hey, get up. What are you doing?"

Su Changge was also startled by Ji Wushuang's sudden grand gesture.

"It's just a game of chess, isn't it? If you lose, you lose. It's no big deal. There's no need for this, right? If you keep this up, I'm going to start charging you money!" He complained wildly in his heart while hurriedly reaching out to help him up.

However, before his hand could even touch Ji Wushuang, it was repelled by an invisible Protective Aura on the other man's body.

Ji Wushuang remained in a kneeling position and looked up. His Divine Eye of Breaking Illusions, streaming bloody tears but shining with an incredible brightness, stared fixedly at Su Changge, his eyes filled with unprecedented fanaticism and reverence.

"Senior!"

He spoke, his voice hoarse but carrying a post-Epiphany devotion.

"Thank you, Senior, for using heaven and earth as a chessboard today to manifest the Great Dao for this Junior, slaying the demons of my Dao Heart and helping me break through my Bottleneck!"

"Ji Wushuang will never forget this life-changing kindness!"

Su Changge: "???"

What on earth? Heaven and earth as a chessboard? Manifesting the Great Dao? Slaying the demons of your Dao Heart?

Brother, were you struck by lightning? Is your brain okay? Didn't we just play a game of Gomoku... wait, no, Go?

Su Changge felt like he and this guy were on completely different wavelengths.

"Cough, cough, that... it's a small matter, not worth mentioning." He could only brace himself and play along, while assuming the air of a Master for whom this was "merely a simple task."

"Hurry up and get up, the ground is cold."

Hearing this, Ji Wushuang was even more moved.

Look! What an incredible state of mind!

After manifesting such an earth-shattering Dao chess match for him, it was merely "a small matter" in his words!

Master! This is a true Master!

Instead of getting up, he kowtowed heavily once more.

"Senior, this Junior has one more presumptuous request!"

Su Changge's heart skipped a beat, feeling an extremely ominous premonition.

"You... what do you want to do? Let me say this first: I don't take disciples, the guest rooms are full, and there's no place for you to stay." He quickly blocked all paths.

To his surprise, Ji Wushuang said with a look of determination, "This Junior does not dare to hope to join Senior's Sect! This Junior only asks to follow by Senior's side, to serve tea, pour water, and sweep the courtyard! To be a Book Boy and listen to Senior's daily teachings! I beg for Senior's fulfillment!"

After speaking, there was another "thud" as he kowtowed again.

Su Changge was completely dumbfounded.

A Book Boy?

You, the dignified Yaoguang Holy Son, the number one of the Eastern Desolation's younger generation, are coming to be a Book Boy for a small Qi Refining... oh no, Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator like me?

You must have some kind of masochistic tendency!

"No! Absolutely not!" Su Changge refused without a second thought.

What a joke. With a time bomb following him around, how could he peacefully be a salted fish in the future? If his act ever got exposed, he'd be the first to die!

"If Senior does not agree, this Junior will remain kneeling here today and will not rise!" Ji Wushuang's stubborn streak also emerged.

In his view, this was definitely the greatest Opportunity of his life! If he missed it, he would regret it forever!

Su Changge's head throbbed as he looked at his "I'll die if you don't agree" posture.

"Holy crap, how is this guy like a piece of sticky candy? He's actually clinging to me?"

He looked down the mountain as if for help.

Sect Master, Ye Qingyao, and the others were also stunned by this scene. They wanted to come up but were blocked by the Yaoguang Holy Land guards, making them scratch their heads in anxiety.

And those guards were also in a dilemma.

Their Highness the Saint wanted to be someone's Book Boy; should they stop him or not?

If they stopped him, they would be defying the Saint and would have no good end when they returned.

If they didn't stop him, they'd be watching the Holy Land's reputation be rubbed into the ground, and they couldn't bear that responsibility either!

For a moment, the scene was at a standstill.

Su Changge couldn't hit him or scold him, feeling like he had encountered the biggest crisis since his Transmigration.

He took a deep breath and decided to change his strategy.

"Ji Wushuang, is it?" he spoke slowly, his voice becoming indifferent and distant. "Do you know what it means to stay by my side?"

Ji Wushuang's spirits lifted as he hurriedly said, "Please enlighten me, Senior!"

Su Changge turned his back and looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, speaking in an extremely weathered tone, "The path I walk is a Heaven-Defying path, making enemies of eternity and playing a game against the heavens. By staying with me, what you will see are mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the collapse of the Great Dao, and the fall of the gods."

"You could lose your life and Dao at any time, with your Divine Soul completely extinguished."

"Are you sure you still want to stay?"

His words were half-true and half-false (mostly copied from novels), intended to scare Ji Wushuang away.

However, after hearing this, Ji Wushuang wasn't scared; instead, he trembled with excitement, and his eyes burst with an incomparably brilliant light!

Making enemies of eternity! Playing a game against the heavens!

This... this is the spirit a peerless powerhouse should have!

If he could follow such a person, even if it was just a glimpse of the tip of the magnificent iceberg, it would be better than sitting in the Yaoguang Holy Land for a thousand years!

"This Junior is not afraid!"

Ji Wushuang said resolutely, "To be able to follow Senior and catch a glimpse of that supreme scenery, even if my life and Dao end in the next moment, I will have no regrets!"

Su Changge: "..."

It's over. This kid is a masochist, confirmed.

Looking at the stubborn Ji Wushuang, Su Changge was completely out of options.

He couldn't really let the Yaoguang Holy Son kneel to death at his doorstep, could he? Wouldn't those old fogies from the Yaoguang Holy Land come and blast him with interstellar warships?

"Sigh..."

Su Changge sighed helplessly and waved his hand.

"Fine, fine, have it your way. But it's settled: you are only allowed to stay outside the courtyard, you are not allowed to enter the house, and you are certainly not allowed to ask questions about everything."

He decided to give him the cold shoulder; as long as he ignored him, the boy would naturally leave after a few days when he got bored.

Hearing Su Changge's "reluctant" agreement, Ji Wushuang was overjoyed and immediately kowtowed again.

"Thank you for your fulfillment, Senior! Ji Wushuang greets the Master!"

Su Changge stumbled, almost falling off the steps.

"No, no, no! Don't call me Master! Call me... just call me Mr. Su."

Master? That title is too perverted!

Just like that, under the stunned gazes of countless people, the dignified Yaoguang Holy Son Ji Wushuang officially "joined" Changge Peak and became Su Changge's... gatekeeping Book Boy.

And the first thing he did was coldly wave his hand at the guards who were still in a daze down the mountain.

"You all, retreat and guard the bottom of the mountain. Without my order, no one is allowed to step a single foot onto Changge Peak!"

"From today on, I am Senior's Protector! Anyone who dares to disturb Senior's quiet cultivation will be an enemy of me, Ji Wushuang, and an enemy of the entire Yaoguang Holy Land!"

That domineering declaration left the Sect Master and the others at the foot of the mountain dumbfounded.

When did our Taixuan Sect's Supreme Ancestor ever need your Yaoguang Holy Land to protect him?

But... it seems... actually quite good?

With a Saint acting as a free security captain, isn't the safety factor completely maxed out?