DNDAS

Chapter 119: Baize

Furthermore...

The Baize's expression changed subtly, though he very quickly concealed it.

Fu Li walked out from behind the Baize. Tugging on Zhuang Qing's sleeve, he told the Baize, "This is... my future Dao Companion, Zhuang Qing."

The Baize's expression turned incredibly strange after hearing Fu Li's words. A long while later, he nodded repeatedly. "Good, very good."

The management bureau staff watching the excitement on the sidelines were stunned. Wasn't Fu ge's elder too easy to deal with? They had immeasurably profound cultivation and possessed rare treasures, yet they so easily accepted that Fu ge had found a male yao to be his companion. Did they really love Fu ge dearly?

"I didn't know that Little Li had a Dao Companion and came over in a hurry. I didn't manage to collect any good things these few years either," The Baize rifled through the things he had on himself before taking out a thick box of books from his Qiankun pouch. "This contains some of the Blue Dragon's insights on cultivation as well as the laws of the Dao. Take it, you can flip through it for fun."

The Blue Dragon's cultivation methods...

The Kunpeng's face twitched. The shameless Baize had actually hidden the divine beast Blue Dragon's cultivation methods.

"How can I..." Zhuang Qing wasn't one of the still-confused cultivators around them. He possessed the Blue Dragon's inheritance and naturally knew how precious the cultivation techniques contained in the box were.

"Take it," The Baize smiled. "You are Little Li's Dao Companion, which is tantamount to being a part of our family. There is no talk about cost when it comes to family. Or..." The curved corners of his eyes narrowed. "You don't want to be bonded to Fu Li as his Dao Companion?"

"This junior doesn't have that intention," Zhuang Qing solemnly stated his position.

"You're bonded now then," The Baize placed the box in Zhuang Qing's hands. Turning, he told Fu Li, "It's not appropriate to stand here all the while talking. Little Li, bring your travel weary uncle to a seat."

"Senior Bai, please."

"You are Fu Li's Dao Companion, just call me Uncle Bai like he does."

"Okay, Uncle Bai," Zhuang Qing corrected himself readily. A serious expression hung on his solemn face as he bootlicked the elder.

"Strange..." The Kunpeng stroked his chin, staring at the Baize's back with furrowed brows. The Baize was extremely hypocritical – he appeared gentle and easy to get along with on the surface, but was a very picky yao in reality. It was an arduous affair to find just one yao in a hundred years who could genuinely catch his eye.

But he was now treating Zhuang Qing like his biological son. Was it possible that he had truly taken a liking to Zhuang Qing?

Not right, not right, this wasn't the Baize's style. He thought about it and still followed after them.

"Little Li," Away from the eyes of the other cultivators, the Baize took off his glasses. When his helpless and pain-filled expression was paired with his handsome face, one's heart would inevitably soften even if he had committed an earth-shattering wrong. "Actually, I can explain certain things."

"Explain how you're clearly the Baize but let me misunderstand that you're a white goat?" Seated beside him, Fu Li refused to go along with the Baize's behavior.

"This matter, no one wanted to..." The Baize's smile turned even gentler. "No matter how it's said, I can rest easy now that you're standing here perfectly fine." He accepted the teacup Zhuang Qing handed over, revealing the motley of wounds beneath his sleeve.

"Uncle Bai, how did the wounds on your arm come about?" Fu Li had seen this sort of wound on Kang Gu as well.

"It's nothing," The Baize smiled. "It'll be fine after a while."

"You're lying to me again. Given your constitution, how can wounds not heal immediately?" Fu Li lifted the sleeve, saying with creased brows, "Did you get these wounds over the past few years?"

"It's nothing," The Baize stroked Fu Li's head. "Sit down first and tell me how you've been these few years."

Seeing that the Baize had used the simple trick of injuring oneself to gain the opponent's confidence, Zhuang Qing allowed Fu Li to go down his train of thought. Lowering his head, he silently took a sip of tea. For such a matter, it would be better for him to pretend not to have seen anything.

Hearing the incidents that had occurred after Fu Li came to the human world, the Baize unobtrusively sized Zhuang Qing up. After meeting Zhuang Qing's eyes, he calmly maintained his smile without the slightest guilt or embarrassment at being caught peeking.

Just as Fu Li was talking about how the God of Pestilence had been struck to death by lightning, the Baize asked abruptly, "How many auspicious dates are there this year? What date is your Dao Bonding Ceremony with Zhuang Qing?"

Fu Li: "Ah?"

It turned out that even the elders in the cultivation world were fond of pressing for marriage?

"What 'ah'?" The Baize said. "You're older than Zhuang Qing by more than two thousand years and have a good relationship with him. Are you going to just be together in such an obscure way without even a Dao Bonding Ceremony?"

Fu Li felt that these words sounded a little familiar. He seemed to have heard it somewhere not too long ago.

"The yao of Reflecting Mist Mountain place great emphasis on emotions and responsibility. Things like abandonment and playing around for fun are definitely not allowed," The Baize turned to look at Zhuang Qing. "Good nephew, what do you think?"

Zhuang Qing was silent for a second. Seeing that Fu Li's face was still filled with confusion, he said, "Everything will be in accordance to Fu Li's wishes, this junor has no elders, so anything is fine."

"What if I got the both of you to hold the Dao Bonding Ceremony tomorrow?"

"As long as Fu Li has no objections, this junior is very much willing."

The Baize fixed his gaze on Zhuang Qing. All of a sudden, he smiled. "I was joking with you. Fu Li is my only nephew, your Dao Bonding Ceremony cannot be done carelessly or in an unpresentable manner. Tomorrow is too rushed."

"Don't you think so, Fu Li?"

Fu Li thought about it before earnestly nodding. "Indeed, it can't be done sloppily."

So if he wanted to hold a Dao Bonding Ceremony with Zhuang Qing, what things would he need to prepare?