My Little Shifu

Beneath the Brim

Mo Yuan was still chuckling softly to himself when his feet hit the entrance to Kunlun Mountain.  What an intriguing young lady, he thought to himself as his first Disciple came into view.

"Shifu looks happy.  I take it the time alone was a peaceful one?" he asked between a bow and a smile before taking his travel coat which Mo Yuan handed him with a flourish.

Marching on ahead, Mo Yuan couldn't help but smile for this Disciple who was attentive to his every mood, expression and gesture that anyone else would have considered him far too astute for his own good, Disciple or not.  But he was a good boy, and a very caring one all the same.  He also knew Mo Yuans moods like the back of his hand, so he could safely assume that there would be no punishments handed out that day, seeing as the smile he arrived with was still on his face.

"It was not peaceful or calming.  But worth the visit all the same." he nodded in his direction before stopping mid stride to look back at him.  Die Feng was well known throughout the realms, and he knew a lot of people, especially women who also seemed to follow him about everywhere he went.

"Die Feng.  You are familiar with the Ten Mile Peach Grove?" he asked looking back at him.

"Of course Shifu.  I have visited many times, Bai Zhen is a close friend of mine, he is also a very close friend of High God Zhe Yans, so I do visit from time to time." he replied with a quirk of his brows.

"I see.  And are you aware of a young lady who calls the grove her home?" he asked seeing as he knew that Die Feng spent far more time there than he let on.  Zhe Yans wine was infamous and there had been many times the boy had returned from what was meant to be an official outing only to stumble through the entrance reeking of the stuff.

"Uhh....  There are many women who pass through the Grove Shifu.  But none that I know of that would call the Grove their home." he answered perplexed by this unusual question.

"I see." he replied and turning to leave him staring at his back while wondering what on earth had happened to raise that kind of question.  In fact, it was very rare for Mo Yuan to return from any outing smiling.  The last time he returned happy, was the day he learned they would be going to war with the Demons over some silly border issue that had gotten out of hand.

Only something about the question had his mind churning.  There really were untold women passing through the grove, and he had tasted many of them along with Zhe Yans fine wine, but as for one that belonged there, or called it home, no such woman came to mind, which he safely assumed was yet another lost soul who had fallen for his Shifus charms.

In fact, some of those women could be utterly shameless, he had witnessed it for himself when accompanying Mo Yuan to the Celestial Heavens for a general leaders meeting once.  There were not any real issues to deal with, but the way those Goddesses fluttered and preened around his Shifu the moment the meeting was over, was actually embarrassing to watch.  Their attention seeking was almost bordering on obscenity and many of the lower deities were hurt in their attempt to persuade his master back to their chambers.

But his Shifu could be just obscene when he angered.  He not only forcefully threw two stubborn Goddess into the wall behind them, he had then called them whores before fully denigrating their every flaw, right down to the size of their breasts which in his eyes wasn't even a handful let alone a mouthful, which he publicly informed them of much to the horror of everyone watching.

So for him to return with a smile on his face and even interest in her identity was a little unsettling.  Either the girl had met the same end as countless others who continued to come after him, or she was something special.  She would have to be, he surmised, because as yet, not one single beauty, and the world was filled with them, had been able to get his attention for more than a few seconds much less a lingering smile and having known the man since he was a child, one really didn't want his atention unless one had the ability to fight their way out again.