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Chapter 98




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In which everyone has a fun (?) time hanging out on a tree.
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Ye You wasn’t unconscious for long and quickly woke up.
Xie Junming was smiling next to him and said, “Did you have a good sleep?”
Ye You opened his eyes and discovered that they were currently on a tree.
And both his hands were tied behind his back, with his back to the tree trunk, and his lips had even been sealed with some cloth — since he became a Sect Master, this was the first time he’s ended up this miserable. He unconsciously tried to move his body but realized that he had his acupoints sealed and was completely unable to move a single step. Immediately dumbfounded, he looked at Xie Junming.
Xie Junming reached out a hand to grab his jaw. “Want me to let you go?”
Ye You blinked.
Xie Junming said, “But your wife says that you’ve always had a honeyed tongue, which easily allows you to do wicked things, and so before he left, he told us that it’s best to not let you open your mouth so readily.”
Ye You, “…”
Ye You’s first reaction was to look towards Elder Baili, but he then immediately thought that his Senior Brother had definitely included this factor in these calculations. As expected, when he looked, he saw that Elder Baili and them hadn’t been present from the start, and he couldn’t help once again becoming dumbfounded.
Xie Junming was sitting across from him, watching him with chin in hand, looking extremely pleased.
Ye You gave him a look.
Xie Junming laughed and said, “Ah-You, why don’t you come with me then? If you decide to follow me, whenever you do wicked things in the future, I’ll do them with you. I definitely won’t tie you up like this.”
Upon hearing this, the Fort Master nearby said, “Big bro, you’re even trying to poach your own brothers?”
Xie Junming turned back to look at him. “What does it matter? You want me to poach you too while I’m at it?”
The Fort Master immediately shut up, wholeheartedly not wanting this person to turn that attention over to him. Xie Junming thereupon returned to watching Ye You. Seeing the other helplessly look at him, he laughed before untying the ropes and unsealing the acupoints, having not intended to obey Wenren Heng’s instructions from the beginning.
Ye You pulled away the cloth in his mouth and asked, “Where is he?”
“Aren’t you asking something you already know the answer to?” Xie Junming assessed him, tone somewhat meaningful, “I originally thought that you’d be able to guess that your Senior Brother wouldn’t be willing to let you go.”
Ye You said, “I did guess it.”
Xie Junming didn’t understand. “Oh?”
Ye You had no desire to speak further.
Although he practiced Pursued Until Scattered, it wasn’t completely without flaws.
He had told only his Senior Brother about this flaw before.
In case, in the future, he was ever inattentive enough to end up being controlled by the white piece’s drug, then his Senior Brother would know how to stop him. Before, when his Senior Brother kissed him, he had been continuously on guard in case his Senior Brother suddenly struck, and later, when his Senior Brother’s hands reached down into his clothes, his guard became even heavier. So when his Senior Brother was about to touch his death acupoint, he had stopped the other, but who could’ve expected that his Senior Brother’s other hand had long already moved to the nape of his neck who-knew-when.
At that light tap, he had originally wanted to pretend to faint, but practically at the same time he was pretending to faint, his Senior Brother had pressed down on his death acupoint, and so in the end, he had actually fallen.
Even if he didn’t speak, Xie Junming could guess.
For a while, a certain person looked at him using the gaze that would cause all of Jianghu’s righteous faction into gnashing their teeth. The person then laughed and asked, “Oh, so you and your Senior Brother participated in some mutual scheming, and in the end, you lost?”
Ye You, “…”
Xie Junming said, smiling, “The respectable Madam is quite good. Why don’t both of you come with me then?”
The Fort Master felt his vision go black and once again came forward. “Big bro, you’re even willing to try poaching there?”
Xie Junming didn’t reply, looking at the other with a smile. Upon perceiving a sort of bloodthirsty atmosphere from this person, the Fort Master once again retreated back to the corner. Only then was Xie Junming satisfied, and out of the corners of his eyes, he saw Ye You massaging those wrists and standing up. He finally stowed away his joking expression and asked, “Where do you want to go?”
The Fort Master interrupted with, “Big bro, Sister-in-Law has probably already arrived by now. You shouldn’t go.”
Ye You said, “I know.”
As he spoke, he unraveled the bandages on his face and jumped down while carrying that disastrous face.
The Fort Master received a fright before hurriedly following behind, while also shooting an inquiring glance at Xie Junming.
Xie Junming said in a low voice, “Don’t worry, he won’t do anything foolish.”
Ye You said, “I can hear you.”
Xie Junming laughed and skipped over this topic to say, “Those two Elders of yours left you some signs.”
Ye You made a sound in acknowledgment and, following those signs, quickly found their positions.
At this time, the party of Elder Baili, Elder Mei, and the scarred man were currently hiding on a tree. Upon seeing him arrive, all of them startled, and afterwards, two of them guiltily called out a ‘Sect Master’ in greeting. Ye You didn’t see his Senior Brother in their midst and, pressing down on the unease in his heart, asked, “He was taken away by that monster?”
Elder Baili said, “That’s right.”
Ye You lifted his head to look ahead and discovered that a number of the righteous faction elders were at the riverside, with even Manor Lord Wei was among them. He immediately narrowed his eyes.
Elder Baili said, “What should we do now?”
Ye You said, “First let me watch.”
Elder Baili then no longer spoke, similarly turning to look at that crowd of people ahead. After only a moment, Pavilion Master Ding’s sword was suddenly pointed right at Manor Lord Wei.
This unforeseen occurrence caused all the nearby elders alarm, and they practically shouted out at the same time.
“Pavilion Master Ding!”
“Calm down, Pavilion Master Ding!”
“Benefactor Ding, you…”
Pavilion Master Ding turned a deaf year, coldly looking at Manor Lord Wei, his tone unsympathetic, sporting a hard-to-ignore intensity, “Tell me, why is he still alive? Why would he suddenly take away your daughter? And why would the black piece kidnap Jiangyue?”
Manor Lord Wei said, “If I said there has been a misunderstanding, would you believe me?”
Pavilion Master Ding said, “I’m listening to your explanation now.”
Manor Lord Wei fell silent for a moment before shaking his head and saying, “Right now, I can’t say.”
Pavilion Master Ding said, “You can come back with us, and we can slowly talk it over.”
Manor Lord Wei said, bitter, “For now, I can’t return with all of you.”
Pavilion Master Ding’s expression suddenly sank, and without another word, he stabbed forward with his sword. Manor Lord Wei nimbly dodged, and upon seeing the other’s second move immediately follow, with sword intent dense enough that it seemed capable of piercing him straight through, he drew out his internal energy at once and, with a low yell, met that sword with a fist.
“Bang!”
The two were both forced to retreat a step by the violent inborn energy, though they then rapidly began fighting again, leaping away several meters in the blink of an eye.
Those elders’ expressions turned grave, and they hastily followed, fearing that one of them would end with their blood splattered everywhere.
Lingjian Pavilion, Fengxian Manor.
Pavilion Master Ding, Manor Lord Wei.
Jianghu’s two great powers, two great experts, and twenty years of grievances instantly erupting between them.
Neither of them seemed to bother holding back, going right at it with their full strength. But the two had fought for this many years, so they both understood the other extremely well, and even after a time, there was no telling who would win.
The sky darkened further, and the two figures remained crossed in combat.
The river water pounded against the rocks, waves bubbling forth, while the night air rustled the trees, bringing with it the desolate sound of a crash.
Pavilion Master Ding’s voice had never been this cold. “Surnamed Wei, are you the white piece?”
Manor Lord Wei said, “I’m not.”
Pavilion Master Ding said, “If you aren’t, then return with us.”
Manor Lord Wei said, “I can’t.”
Pavilion Master Ding’s attacks immediately became more severe, as if he wanted to cut this person’s head down underneath his blade. However, at this time, a person half-ran, half-staggered over and and shouted, “N-not good! That monster wants to take… take Sir Xiao!”
Those Elders’ expressions simultaneously changed. “What?”
Pavilion Master Ding also slightly paused, and Manor Lord Wei took the opportunity to knock him down with a fist before hastily leaping into the forest, saying, “I’ll definitely give everyone an explanation one day.”
“Pavilion Master Ding!” Those elders hadn’t even regained their senses from the previous news when they saw this person taking a fall, and all of them hastily rushed forward.
Pavilion Master Ding adjusted his position midair and landed with both feet on the ground. With an ashen face, he said, “I’m fine.” He looked at the person who had come, “What did you say? What happened to Sir Xiao?”
That adventurer then obediently explained.
They had chased after the elders but had unfortunately gotten lost. Right as they were about to split up to search for people, they encountered that monster, and the other party questioned them about Sir Xiao’s whereabouts. Naturally, they wouldn’t speak of it, but that monster appeared to know to go to the fort and so had thrown them aside and left. They then also hurried back to the fort but, in the end, learned that Sir Xiao and Sect Master Wenren had already taken some people to go block that monster’s path.
In other words, at this moment, Sir Xiao was also in this forest!
The adventurer said, “What do we do? Could Sir Xiao and them have already met that monster?”
None of those elders’ expressions were very good.
Pavilion Master Ding sheathed his sword. “Search.”
Ye You stood on that tree and looked at them. Having guessed a possibility, he said, “All of you go down. Tell them that me and Senior Brother lured that monster into the forest and are currently contending with him. Ask them not to carelessly get involved and instead return to the fort to wait.”
Elder Baili said, “What about you, Sect Master?”
Ye You said, “I’ll wait for Senior Brother.”
Elder Baili was immediately ill at ease, but when the Sect Master looked over at him meaningfully, he could only swallow his words back down. Upon seeing this, Elder Mei also closed her mouth and didn’t speak.
Xie Junming said, “All of you go down. I’ll stay with him.”
The Fort Master said, “I’ll…”
Xie Junming interrupted, “You also go down.”
His tone clearly implied that he’d brook no questions, and the Fort Master knew that he was serious upon hearing it. With one final look at them, the Fort Master took the lead to jump off the tree. Elder Baili, Elder Mei, and them looked beseechingly at Xie Junming before then also following close behind and jumping off.
Ye You looked at them reconvening with those elders. He watched as the group spoke a few words before then all walking back towards the fort before then slowly sitting down. Only when everyone had left entirely did he say, “Don’t worry, I won’t go find my Senior Brother.”
Xie Junming said, “I know. You’re also not a fool. If you go looking, wouldn’t you just be delivering yourself to death?”
“Who says…”
Who says that the one dying would definitely be him. Ye You narrowed his eyes for a moment.
Xie Junming hadn’t heard clearly. “What?”
“Nothing. There’s just some things I haven’t tried yet. It’s not easy to explain,” Ye You said. Although he practiced Pursued Until Scattered, and the miraculous skill was even completed now, before he’d exchanged blows with that monster, even he himself couldn’t say who would be the one to die.
Xie Junming didn’t investigate further and instead lectured, “It’s far more advantageous for your Senior Brother to go than for you. Think about what you’ve done over these ten years, and think about if you were them. No matter what, they’d do their utmost to find a way to kill you. What’s more, Manor Lord Wei knows exactly how strong your Senior Brother’s Shuangji Sect is, but he doesn’t know what tricks you’re keeping behind your back. So your remaining behind is a stronger deterrence than your Senior Brother remaining behind.”
Ye You said, “I understand.”
Xie Junming said, “If you understand, then just wait.”
Ye You didn’t reply.
Xie Junming sat with the other for a while. He watched as their surroundings turned darker by degrees. When sporadic pieces of moonlight began piercing through, he said, “Ah-You.”
Ye You said, “Hm?”
Xie Junming said, “If…”
“That doesn’t matter.” Ye You knew what he wanted to say and responded in a soft voice, “If something really does happen to my Senior Brother, none of them should hope to live any longer. I definitely won’t have the patience to try reasoning with them anymore.”
Xie Junming said, “But what about after that?”
Ye You looked over at the faraway river surface full of the glimmer of stars and said, “I also don’t know.”
Xie Junming then fell silent.
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