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Chapter 96




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In which Ye You has a conversation with Pavilion Master Ding, and a crisis begins.
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When Wenren Heng returned, Ye You was currently unhurriedly drinking the fish soup.
He gave the food on the table a glance and said, smiling, “You’re eating far more sumptuously than I.”
Ye You said, all smiles, “Who allowed me to be ill.”
Wenren Heng walked to his side to sit down and, upon glimpsing that he had some food residue on the corner of his lips, pulled over his chin to help him wipe his mouth clean. Ye You unconsciously licked his lips, but who could’ve known that his Senior Brother hadn’t yet retracted that hand and so was coincidentally licked as well. Wenren Heng’s expression slightly darkened, and the person pressed him down to kiss for a while before letting him go in satisfaction, praising, “The fish soup’s not bad.”
Ye You said, “Want a bowl?”
Wenren Heng said, “All right.”
The two thereupon sat around the table of food, drinking and talking.
With the other around, Wenren Heng’s mood was quite good, so he followed along to eat a bit. He then discovered that although the ingredients were the same, the taste was completely different from what he had just eaten, and he said, “He’s certainly quite meticulous in his care for you.”
Ye You silently took a moment to react before immediately letting out a laugh.
Wenren Heng said, “What?”
Ye You said, “If I doubled back to taste the food at Xie Junming and them’s table, I’d know that it’d be exactly the same as the ones on this table. That food definitely didn’t come from the same pot or the same people as the food all the rest of you ate.”
As Wenren Heng startled, he suddenly remembered that the Fort Master seemed to have a somewhat strange expression upon seeing him appear at the dining hall.
He had originally thought that the person had been astonished that he hadn’t decided to accompany his Junior Brother, but now… He looked at the food on this table and immediately understood that this had been prepared for the two of them. And when he entered the dining hall, the food had already been set out, so the Fort Master would’ve exposed himself if the person had made people change it, which also explained the strange reaction at the time.
Wenren Heng wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cry.
Those righteous faction elders most likely would never think to imagine that the master of this place would actually secretly maneuver against them right underneath their noses, especially when they had come as guests.
Ye You said, “This time, he welcomed the righteous faction into the fort entirely out of respect for me. Actually, from the start, he never liked these people, and so he’d naturally not be serious about acting as a good host. This temperament quite suits me.”
Upon hearing this, Wenren Heng thought of something and asked, “After matters are over, you won’t return to the righteous faction?”
Ye You said, “I won’t return. The demonic faction is quite good, and I also like the way the Demonic Sect sounds.”
Wenren Heng knew that his Junior Brother had originally changed that name into “Demonic Sect” to show an unwillingness to enter the righteous faction, though he had originally thought that it was related to the matter of the white piece, but who knew that this person would be unwilling to return even after taking care of the white piece. He thus nodded, with no desire to force the other.
Ye You laughed and asked, “Do you want to join our demonic faction? There’s quite a bit of interesting people.”
Wenren Heng said, “No thanks.”
His growth in the righteous faction wasn’t bad, and in the future, if something ever happened to his Junior Brother, he could also act as a bit of protection, so it was quite suited for him.
Ye You similarly didn’t force him. After finishing the meal, Ye You returned to the bed to lie down, while also considering if he should send someone to simmer some traditional medicine for him as a show of his “delicate weakness”. But then, before he could make a decision, Pavilion Master Ding came.
Pavilion Master Ding was still the type of person to get right to the point. He went to sit by the side of the bed and said, “I heard that you’re suspicious of that fatty.”
He didn’t say who he heard it from, but Ye You was well aware and said resolutely, “That’s right.”
Pavilion Master Ding said, “Evidence.”
Ye You said, “Pavilion Master, if this young one had evidence, then it’d definitely have been given to all of you a long time ago, or else why would we be playing this cat-and-mouse game with him?”
Pavilion Master Ding fell silent for a while before saying slowly, “Although I’m at odds with him, I’ve seen what he has done for Jianghu over these years. That won’t simply disappear just because you said that you were suspicious.”
Ye You said, “I know.”
Pavilion Master Ding looked at him. “What exactly is your relationship with the black piece?”
Ye You stilled for a moment before speaking the truth, “I’m the black piece.”
Pavilion Master Ding’s expression turned cold. “You?”
Ye You’s attitude was very sincere, “I know that elder doesn’t like this young one’s methods, but this young one also had no other choice.”
Wenren Heng personally brought over a cup of tea to hand over to Pavilion Master Ding, interrupting with, “Pavilion Master is perhaps the one who is most clear on that person’s position within Jianghu. If it had been someone else, would me and my Junior Brother have had to do this?”
Pavilion Master Ding didn’t reply, and his expression remained very cold, clearly still resenting their style of doing things.
Ye You sighed and said, “Pavilion Master…”
Pavilion Master Ding raised a hand to interrupt him and coldly said, “There’s no need to be so talkative. Without hard evidence, I won’t believe your words, and I also don’t want to know what you two are planning to do next, but if I learn that you two are hurting innocents…” He suddenly appeared to have thought of something and asked, in a heavy voice, “Said like so, are Jiangyue and Xiao-Zhong both in your hands?”
“No…” Ye You hadn’t even finished speaking when a noisy racket began echoing in from outside. Afterwards, he heard Wei Jin knock on the door and enter.
Pavilion Master Ding said, “What?”
Wei Jin’s expression was grave. “Pavilion Master, the Alliance Leader has come, and an elderly man has come along with him whom all the elders say is that monster.
Pavilion Master Ding’s expression changed, and he stood up and left.
Wei Jin hastily followed him, rushing out with large strides. With the room door having been left open, the noisy din outside had become even clearer.
Wenren Heng’s heart also gave out a loud thump, and upon seeing his Junior Brother suddenly throwing off the blanket, he pressed the other down. “What do you want to do?”
“What can I do?” Ye You’s eyes were full of cold intent. “Such an esteemed personage has come, so I naturally have to go take a look.”
Wenren Heng said, “You…”
“Don’t worry, Senior Brother, I won’t be reckless.” Ye You closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them again, he had already regained his calm.
He had most likely already long gotten used to acting like this, and Wenren Heng was unable to see the least bit of killing intent or flaws in his behavior; he even exuded a kind of easygoing air. But the more he was like this, the more he made Wenren Heng’s heart ache.
Wenren Heng couldn’t help but pull the person into an embrace, hugging the other tightly. He walked outside holding his Junior Brother’s hand. “It’s also all right if you’re really unable to endure it anymore. No matter what happens, I’ll accompany you.”
Ye You held his hand tightly and made a sound in acknowledgment.
At this moment, the elders had all already ran to the front of the fort.
They saw two people standing outside the gates, one of them was their familiar Alliance Leader, while the other was around sixty, carrying an apathetic expression, with an extremely powerful imposing air. Three corpses already laid on the ground over there; all of them had been hot-blooded adventurers, and it was said that they each suffered from only one palm strike before expiring on the spot.
Those elders looked at that face from their memories, and their expressions turned extremely unsightly.
Twenty years ago, their righteous faction expended an enormous amount of effort before they finally managed to eliminate this monster, but as it turned out, all their efforts had been useless!
That elderly man swept a gaze over them and actually exchanged words of greeting, using a mostly flat tone to say, “Long time no see.”
Those elders stared at him, unable to speak a single word.
These many years had passed, yet that monster had evidently been well cared for, and other than the wrinkles around his eyes, he still looked the same as he had before. But the imposing atmosphere around him was even more terrifying than it was previously, looking like his martial arts had progressed yet again.
With such a large disturbance, the Fort Master naturally couldn’t simply sit on the sidelines.
When he managed to run over, he coincidentally heard that phrase, “Long time no see,” and saw those elders staring at the other party, not saying a word in response. The scene was somewhat cold, but there were also some strange things mixed into it. After looking at both parties, he finally turned his gaze to the elderly man and felt a kind of faint misperception — as if, since this person was standing over there, no one dared to move even a step forward.
He walked to Xie Junming’s side and asked, in a low voice, “Big bro, who is this?”
In a rare moment, Xie Junming’s expression turned serious. “That monster.”
The Fort Master startled. “Which monster?”
Xie Junming said, “Which do you think?”
The Fort Master connected the dots to recent events, and his pupils abruptly contracted. Immediately following, he forced out some tears, pulled at his collar, and bit his lips with some force.
Xie Junming bluntly said, “There’s no use pretending to be pitiful. Think about the influential families that were massacred that year, neither the elderly nor the children were able to escape.”
“…” The Fort Master instantly returned to his original appearance, and when he spoke again, his voice was tense, “Then… then will our fort be ruined today? I still haven’t taken a wife.”
Xie Junming gave him a look. “With this appearance of yours, there’s no use thinking of taking a wife. Tidying up a little and marrying yourself off would be better.”
The nearby elders, “…”
Goddammit, how could this rascal have the heart to make jokes at a time like this!
The Fort Master faintly said, “I sometimes think so too, but who would take me? I’m already thirty years old.”
The nearby elders, “…”
As expected, everyone from the demonic faction was just as bad as the other!
Upon seeing that they were all not speaking, that elderly man moved forward a step.
That one step caused those elders to pull back suddenly one after the other, making preparations to begin fighting at anytime.
“Wait! First, wait a moment!” The Alliance Leader stopped the elderly man and walked to his side to look at everyone. “There’s some things that we have to clear up today.”
“That’s right.” Manor Lord Wei’s face was stern, and he was the first to go forth to meet them. “Just as well, we also have things to ask you.”
Wei Jiangrou was standing right by his side and, upon seeing this, couldn’t help but worry. In a small voice, she cried, “Dad.”
Upon hearing this, the elderly man looked at her, his gaze suddenly halting.
Wei Jiangrou was practically unable to parse what was happening at all.
She felt only the start of a violent breeze before the surroundings suddenly changed. When she regained her senses, she discovered that she had actually been pulled over by that old man, and the two of them were currently standing facing one another.
She was immediately so frightened that her face paled, yelling out an, “Ah!”
No one had expected this turn of events, and those elders were all startled.
Manor Lord Wei shouted, “What do you want to do?”
That elderly man didn’t even grant them a single look, pulling along Wei Jiangrou to leave. In an instant, he had stepped across the water and was already on the river’s opposite side. Manor Lord Wei was naturally unresigned and hastily chased after, while the Alliance Leader had also regained his senses and hurried to follow close behind them.
When Pavilion Master Ding, Ye You, and them came out, one in front and the others behind, this was the tableau that they were met with. The former coldly asked, “That was the monster?”
Abbot Ciyuan said, “It was.”
With a clang, Pavilion Master Ding pulled his sword out of its sheath and, without another word, chased after with intent to kill.
Those elders had just been wondering if they should give chase, and upon seeing this, they all followed in a rush. Their numbers were many, and since that monster still wasn’t dead, no matter what, they needed to send that person to the underworld once again, or else he might truly harm that person.
The front of the gates quickly emptied.
Ye You walked to Xie Junming’s side and, after inquiring about the course of events, immediately narrowed his eyes. “You say it was Wei Jiangrou?”
Xie Junming said, “Yes.”
Ye You said, “I understand now.”
The Fort Master said, “Understand what?”
Ye You didn’t answer, indistinctly staring at the river surface that had long already become void of people.
He had been continuously pondering recently — why was the white piece able to remain so calm even knowing that the Alliance Leader had gone to find that monster? Why did Manor Lord Wei not drive away his beloved Wei Jiangrou? So it turned out that Manor Lord Wei had even foreseen Wei Jiangrou’s arrival. It was only that Wei Jiangyue had coincidentally gone missing at the same time, so Manor Lord Wei was somewhat irritable.
At that time, Manor Lord Wei perhaps had some hesitations but, in the end, didn’t send Wei Jiangrou away because Wei Jiangrou actually looked like Manor Lord Wei’s late sister!
Ye You was unclear what entanglements were between Manor Lord Wei’s older sister and that monster, but just from how certain Manor Lord Wei was about being able to use Wei Jiangrou to control that monster, one could see that these entanglements were definitely advantageous to Manor Lord Wei!
It looked like when he had originally tried to drive a wedge into the relationship between the Alliance Leader and the white piece at Shaolin by finding a way to bring that monster over, he had not only failed to create any trouble for the white piece but also ended up allowing the white piece to counterattack — as long as the monster didn’t murder Wei Jiangrou, the one to suffer would be him!
After all, the person who Wei Jiangrou hated the most was him.
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If you’re confused about the Manor Lord Wei’s late sister part, refer back to chapter twenty.
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<summary>Here’s a details note if you’re too lazy to flip back and still want to know what I’m referring to.</summary>
Ye You asks Wenren Heng why Manor Lord Wei and Pavilion Master Ding don’t get along, and Wenren Heng replies that it’s due to Manor Lord Wei’s older sister passing away a few years after marrying Pavilion Master Ding’s oldest brother. (Hint: this is an important thing to note for the future!)
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