Shen Feixiaoâs entire body hurt. Lying on the stone bed with only a thin layer of cotton laid on top, it felt like the whole person was going to freeze to death. Although it was spring, Shen Feixiao couldnât feel the tiniest bit of warmth. As he watched Liu LingEr and Qin Shi leave, he even wondered if he would die here.
Would he die? Shen Feixiaoâs head was entirely dizzy. He knew that he was bad at making people like him, but he didnât know how to make people like him. His mother died early. His father hadnât provided him a single bit of education. Essentially, there was no one to teach him how to talk.
Shen Feixiao who had a fever because of the injuries finally couldnât endure anymore and started to sob. He curled up on the bed into a tiny ball like a hurt wild animal, biting hard onto his wrist to vent the helplessness in his heart.
Inadvertently, the picked up sable warmly lied in his arms, occasionally licking Shen Feixiaoâs face as if to comfort him. It was under these circumstances that Qin Kaiyi muttered an incantation and directly entered the house. Of course, the him that slipped into the room did not forget to change a set of clothes and set a fog incantation over his face so that people couldnât see his appearance clearly.
âWho are you?â Having been greatly scared by the person who just broke into his house, Shen Feixiao, with a great amount of effort, pushed himself up into a sitting position.
ââŠâŠâ Qin Kaiyi firmly believed that too many words would definitely lead to failure and didnât answer Shen Feixiaoâs question. Instead, he took out the medicine.
âWhat do you want to do?â It was obvious Shen Feixiao, this child, got traumatized. His face glowed white as he watched Qin Kaiyi. His appearance of pretending to be calm was both pitiful and cute.
âEat.â Qin Kaiyi spat out a single word from his mouth He directly threw a few small bottles to Shen Feixiao: âMedicine.â
ââŠâŠâ Shen Feixiaoâs eyebrows knitted together tightly, obviously not trusting Qin Kaiyiâs words.
âDo I have any reason to harm you?â The voice after the transformation was a little unpleasant on the ears. Qin Kaiyiâs tone of voice wasnât very gentle either.
âWhy are you helping me?â Considering that he really didnât have anything that was worth exploiting, Shen Feixiao gritted his teeth.
âDonât let the sable be seen by other people. He ran out from Qin Shiâs place.â He didnât answer Shen Feixiaoâs question. Qin Kaiyi continued: âIf you donât want it to be taken back by other people, then hide him well.â
ââŠâŠâ Shen Feixiao knew that the person in front of him wouldnât answer the question and could only tightly purse his lips.
âThe hardship you received today will definitely bring good fortune in the future.â He didnât know how to comfort Shen Feixiao. Qin Kaiyi could only sigh, say this one phrase, and then leave. Shidi, shixiong could only help till here!
Shen Feixiao stared at the place where Qin Kaiyi disappeared like a statue until the sable by his side lightly licked his finger before he moved his line of sight to the few bottles left behind by Qin Kaiyi. His inky black eyes held deep, hidden emotions. It was unknown what he was actually thinking.
On the other hand, after Qin Kaiyi left Shen Feixiaoâs living quarters, he busied about the things he should do. Shen Feixiao was 12 when he entered Spirit Mountain sect. Qin Kaiyi was currently 21 years old. He had entered Spirit Mountain sect nine years earlier than Shen Feixiao. Additionally, as soon as he entered, using his exceptional talent of a fire and earth twin spiritual root, he became sect headâs head disciple.
In a cultivation world, power and strength were honored and respected. Qin Kaiyi even had many shidi and shimei who were 20-30 years older than him.
But hereâŠâŠ was where the problem lied. Qin Kaiyi didnât have Qin Shiâs talent. As for the understanding and grasp of knowledge, he even more so couldnât be compared to the original. Although he had Qin Shiâs knowledge base as a foundation, he didnât understand. He just couldnât understand it. Afterall, he couldnât just place his hopes on emulating complicated knowledge he got from the internet, right?
If it was a short period of time, then it was still possible to slip by. However, as long as the time dragged out, the lie would definitely be exposed, and this wasnât even the most severe outcome. More importantly, if his cultivation level couldnât keep up, how would he follow the succeeding plot points?!
If he couldnât follow the plot, then he wouldnât be able to earn return value percentages. Thus, he wouldnât be able to return to his original world. If he couldnât return to his original worldâŠâŠHe was destined to be personally eradicated by Shen Feixiao!
The more he thought about it. The more terrified he got. QIn Kaiyi felt that he couldnât afford to delay his cultivation and that it required immediate attention. He directly raised it to first place on his itinerary.
Fortunately, Qin Shi couldnât be considered super lazy normally so the appearance of Qin Kaiyi, working hard and full of concentration, didnât attract many peopleâs attention. Okay, this many people did not include his cute, kind, and beautiful shimei who would eventually stab him in the backââ
Liu LingEr
Qin Kaiyi placed most of his energy on cultivating and naturally didnât have extra time to keep Liu LingEr company. Right now, he didnât have a very favorable opinion of this water spiritual root shimei that would eventually betray him so he, even more so, didnât have the patience to explain. Thus, the following conversation happened regularly between the two.
âShixiong, go with me to the mountain city~ I want to buy a beautiful hairpin.â
âNot going.â
âWhy?â
âCultivation.â
ââŠâŠâ
âShixiong, help me raise my rabbit, okay?â
âWonât raise.â
âWhy?â
âCultivation.â
ââŠâŠâ
âShixiongâŠâŠâ
âNo.â
âI havenât said anything yet!â
âCultivation.â
ââŠâŠâ
The result of these conversations that make Liu LingEr feel awkward wasâŠâŠthat she finally didnât come to bother Qin Kaiyi anymore. She set her gaze on her own cute little shidi, comrade Shen FeixiaoâŠâŠIn this regard, Qin Kaiyi expressed sympathy towards comrade Shen Feixiao.
The foundation of Spirit Moutain was pretty good. Hence, the environment for cultivation that it provided its disciples was also not bad. Like Qin Kaiyi who had exceptional talent was given a cave with abundant spiritual energy to cultivate in when he was still in the Qi Refinning stage.
Since he had understood the importance of cultivation to himself, Qin Kaiyi didnât dare to slack off anymore. He plunged into the cave and diligently started to cultivate. Fortunately, Qin Shiâs talent was truly not bad so after cramming in some missing knowledge, Qin Kaiyi felt his cultivation about to rise again and finally relaxed a bit.
On one side, he was working hard to build up the foundation of the capital in which he would use to bully Shen Feixiao. On the other side, the protagonist had walked onto the right path designated by the plot.
In the original novel, after Shen Feixiao accidentally picked up the sable, the sable brought him into the Spirit Mountain sectâs forbidden grounds. The sable as an ancient godly beast naturally didnât place the arrays set by mortals in his eyes so he took Shen Feixiao and easily got the most precious cultivation manual in Spirit Mountain sectăMountain Cloud Notesă. This manual was known as a lifetimeâs blood and toil of an ancient cultivator who fell into Qi deviation. As long as one had it, not only could oneâs cultivation go a thousand kilometers in a day, they could also learn a secret method to easily conceal their cultivation levelââAiya. Basically, it was just a bunch of golden fingers opening. Qin Kaiyi sat in his own cave munching on apples with a crunching sound as he helplessly thought. He didnât know how quick that child Shen Feixiaoâs learning speed was. However, surpassing himself was only a matter of time.
Plus, right now Liu LingEr was very interested in Shen Feixiao. She would probably teach him some important common sense, right? Once he thought to this point, Qin Kaiyi suddenly remembered a very very important thingâŠâŠ
If he didnât remember wrong, he would humiliate Shen Feixiao soonâŠâŠAnd then Shen Feixiao would fall into Qi deviation due to this insultâŠâŠAnd then he would attain nirvana and be reborn.
ââŠâŠF*ckâ He couldnât help but curse. Qin Kaiyi honestly wanted to cut off his own hand. Why couldnât he just let Shen Feixiao directly open the f*cking golden finger? Why did he have to write a freaking humilation part? WuwuwuâŠâŠ[1]
However, that plot point was still a ways off from now, right? Qin Kaiyi casually threw the apple core in his hands. He had decided! He would properly take care of Shen Feixiao for awhile to lessen his guilt!!
He randomly captured a chicken on his mountain. Qin Kaiyi changed clothes and then happily rushed towards Shen Feixiaoâs living quarters. Of course, he didnât forget to disguise his face and voice.
Once he arrived at Shen Feixiaoâs living quaters, Qin Kaiyi first observed and made sure that Liu LingEr wasnât here. After coming to the conclusion that Liu LingEr wasnât, he slowly swaggered into Shen Feixiaoâs home.
The Shen Feixiao that was meditating was once again shocked stiff by Qin Kaiyi. He almost yelled out loud.
âCalm down.â Qin Kaiyi threw the mountain chicken in his hands onto Shen Feixiaoâs table: âFor you to nourish your body.â
ââŠâŠâ When he once again saw this strange person, Shen Feixiao didnât say anything, but his eyes contained inquiry, restlessnessâŠâŠand hostility.
Hey. This naughty child didnât think that he could surpass him after just receiving the manual for a mouth, right? The corner of his mouth twitched. Qin Kaiyi opened his mouth and said: âYouâve gotten the manual?â
ââŠâŠWhat manual?â Shen Feixiao asked as his pupils shrunk. He was obviously shocked by Qin Kaiyiâs words, but his words still didnât reveal anything.
âDonât be afraid.â Qin Kaiyi deliberately said that. To be honest, he was genuinely somewhat scared of Shen Feixiao forcefully trying to break his incantation. It was still fine now, but in the futureâŠâŠWho knows if he could still defeat him? But if he mentioned the method, Shen Feixiao wouldnât be able to accurately grasp his bottom line. Thus, he wouldnât easily move against him.
âI gave you the sable.â Since the method had already been mentioned, Qin Kaiyi decided to deepen his mysterious image: âProperly cultivate.â
âJust who are you?â Shen Feixiaoâs breathing was little fast: âWhat do you want from me?â
ââŠâŠâ It was this question again. Qin Kaiyi pouted: âWhat do you have?â
ââŠâŠâ Shen Feixiao once again fell silent. Thatâs right. Up till now, he still had nothing.
âAre you pitying me?â Shen Feixiao said with his head down: âLike pitying a beggar?â
ââŠâŠâ Bro, can you not be so difficult? Qin Kaiyi sighed: âWhere are you worthy of my pity? Youâre not disabled nor sick. You can run, jump, eat, and drink. Why donât you tell me? Where are you worthy of my pity?â
Shen Feixiaoâs eyes told Qin Kaiyi that he had won over the protagonistâŠâŠ
âSo noisy. Iâm giving you a chicken. Are you eating it or not?â Qin Kaiyi was impatient.
âWill eat.â Shen Feixiao stared at Qin KaiyiâŠâŠIt was almost like Qin Kaiyi was the chicken on the tableâŠâŠ
Footnotes:
[1] Wuwuwu and yingyingying are crying sounds.
Tn: Winning over the protagonist 101. Throw a chicken on the table. I love how Qin Kaiyi does this to lessen his guilt. Also, Iâll work hard to get another chapter out in 5 days because of the monthly updates. It might not be edited thoâŠ..but do tell me if thereâs a lot of grammar issues. I think I caught them all, butâŠ.I canât English.
Edit: The editor is back online! Still, feel free to point out any errors if they bother you so I can change it and be more careful in the future. ^^