Volume 1 Rebirth Return Chapter 48 Secret Base

  After last night, Liu Qingyun was even more attentive to Su Rui, this apprentice. As a result, the next day after breakfast, Liu Qingyun took Su Rui and left the Siheyuan.

  Su Rui sat in the back seat with her master, looking at the fleeting scenery outside, and became more and more puzzled. Where was Master going to take her? This was the rhythm of leaving the capital.

  "Cough, didn't your master tell you where to go? You'll know when you get there."

  Su Rui's face turned red at her master's words, for she had spoken out what was in her heart.

  Su Rui's face turned red, but that didn't matter. What surprised Liu Qingyun was that he was still very curious about this disciple of his. He often secretly observed her, and although the heavens' choice was not something he could interfere with, he couldn't help but worry about entrusting the future of Tianji Gate to a 14-year-old girl. Could it really be okay? Apparently, Liu Qingyun had forgotten that he himself had entered Tianji Gate at birth, even younger than Su Rui.

  Liu Qingyun had been observing his disciple for many days, seeing Su Rui's mature side as well as her spoiled and childish side, but he had never seen Su Rui look shy. This surprised him, and he rubbed his fists together, wanting to tease Su Rui, but Su Rui kept looking out the window, not paying attention to him at all. This made Liu Qingyun, who was used to acting noble and elegant in front of others, feel a bit stifled, but he wouldn't casually ruin his own image, so the journey was still relatively peaceful.

  The car drove all the way out of Beijing and arrived at Yanjiao, driving into a manor and stopping in front of a villa.

  A big man wearing a suit and sunglasses came over to open the door for them. The big man's outfit was so similar to that of the characters in "The Matrix" that Su Rui couldn't help but take a few more glances at him.

  The big man in black who originally wanted to make a good impression in front of Liu Qingyun was seen by Su Rui with cold sweat, and thought that his appearance had scared Su Rui, so after returning, he always held a mirror to reflect on how to make himself look better, making his brothers in the same room think he was crazy. Of course, this is all later, now he is still respectfully leading the way in front of Liu Qingyun and Su Rui, as for Du Yan who drove, he also entered the villa, but only waited in the side hall.

  In the entire manor, there lived more than 500 men like Hei Yi Da Han, who were the direct lineage troops of Liu Qingyun. They knew that Su Rui would be their future master since the day he became Liu Qingyun's apprentice, so they treated him with extra caution and did not look down on him because of his young age, but instead showed more respect. After all, someone who could be accepted as a direct disciple by their master couldn't possibly be simple, let alone that Su Rui, at such a young age, already had an extraordinary demeanor, so they naturally didn't dare to underestimate him.

  The big man in black took Liu Qingyun and Su Rui to the second floor, then retreated to one side. Liu Qingyun led Su Rui up to the third floor.

  Su Rui followed Liu Qingyun to a place that looked like a study.

  Su Rui became even more perplexed, "Master, why have we come here? Are we on vacation?"

  Liu Qingyun was speechless after hearing Su Rui's words. Was his master really so unreliable in the eyes of his apprentice? Even if he wanted to take a vacation, shouldn't he wait until his apprentice acknowledged him as his master first? Hey! Isn't this beside the point?!

  "Cough, of course not. Didn't I say last night that I would find a spiritual instrument for you to cover up the aura of Xuantian? It just so happens that I remember there is one in the warehouse, so I'll take you over to get it and also hand over some things to you."

  Su Rui raised an eyebrow, she knew that Master had brought her here, definitely not for a vacation. Just now, she said that just to make her always cold Master eat humble pie. Su Rui, who had achieved her goal, would not entangle herself in this matter anymore and put all her attention on the spiritual instrument that Master mentioned could cover up the aura of Xuan Tian.

  If someone had told her in her previous life that there was a group of people who were extremely powerful, could fly over the eaves and walk on walls, and could make leaves and flowers fly, she would have definitely laughed at that person for being absurd. However, after her rebirth, she now has to believe it, since even reincarnation is possible, so what's the big deal about having martial arts skills? Therefore, when she found out about Liu Qingyun's abilities and the existence of the Tianji Gate, she was very calm, which took away a lot of fun for Liu Qingyun.

  Liu Qingyun saw his own apprentice show interest after hearing about the spiritual instrument, and he couldn't help but stroke his non-existent beard. However, seeing his apprentice's expression of "where is it, why haven't you brought it to me yet?", he could only resign himself to walking over to the bookshelf, opening a flower vase.

  Su Rui, standing behind him, twitched the corner of her mouth. For Su Rui, who had watched countless TVB dramas in later generations, seeing her own master make this move, she couldn't help but mock in her heart, thinking that all the scenes where people turned flower vases to open secret passages were just made up by screenwriters, never expecting them to be real.

  As Liu Qingyun twisted the flower vase, a crack opened in the wall behind the desk against the window. Liu Qingyun's eyes signaled Su Rui to follow, and then he walked into the crack first.

  Su Rui knew her master wouldn't harm her, so she followed him without hesitation.

  Su Rui stood in the study, looking at the crack that was pitch black, but when she walked in, she found that she could see clearly here. Obviously, Su Rui still thought of herself as the previous Su Rui. After being cleansed by the Xuan Tian Qi, her five senses were extremely sharp, so in the dark, Su Rui could still see the pattern on Liu Qingyun's clothes clearly.

  When the master and apprentice both entered the crevice, it automatically closed behind them. In the darkness, people originally had no sense of security. The sound of the crevice closing was amplified inaudibly, let alone for Su Rui with her keen senses. Even she, who was normally calm, was startled.

  Liu Qingyun, walking ahead, sensed the unease of his young apprentice and slightly curled up the corners of his mouth. "Don't be afraid, hurry up and catch up." Although it was a comforting phrase, there was a hint of schadenfreude hidden in it. Fortunately, Su Rui's attention was currently focused on the crack in the door and didn't notice.

  Su Rui calmed down and followed Liu Qingyun, her face no longer showing any unease, but her tightly clenched fists betrayed her thoughts.

  Liu Qingyun heard the footsteps behind him and curled up the corner of his mouth, feeling very satisfied.

  That dark passageway was a spiral staircase leading downwards, Su Rui followed behind Liu Qingyun and walked for about a minute before stopping in front of a metal door. What surprised Su Rui was that this door had a somewhat futuristic feel to it, like something she'd seen in sci-fi movies from later eras.

  Liu Qingyun stood at the door, pressed a button, and a screen popped out. Liu Qingyun entered the password, and the metal door opened.

  Digression

  I wrote a general one yesterday and couldn't write anymore, I'll make up for yesterday's when I have time.