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The person who blocked Fang Chaozhou’s path pulled out a long Xuanjin whip at his waist. He whipped it fiercely against the open space next to him.
Fang Chaozhou froze when he saw the other’s face. He sounded out an ‘ah,’ “You look a bit familiar, where have we seen before?”
“Hmph, not only have we met, but we have also talked.” The person was covered in black clothing from head to toe. His still soft and young face showed a vicious expression, “A few days ago in the bookstore, you actually left without paying, dooming me to pay so much money. I have to teach you a good lesson today ……”
Before he could finish, a silver ingot appeared in front of him.
The teenager paused for a moment, a little confused: “What do you mean by this?”
“Sorry, I was negligent last time, this silver ingot should be enough for the books’ cost.” Fang Chaozhou hated trouble and didn’t like to argue with people. If money could solve the problem, he was willing to pay up.
The young man smiled, but this time, he took the whip, pointed it at Fang Chaozhou, and smacked it down, “Assuming you can send this young master off with only some money, do you think this young master is a beggar?”
But the whip didn’t do as he expected it to do. It didn’t land on that hateful person’s pretty face.
The young man felt that he cannot stand this guy. Half of the reason is because of this guy’s face. It was different from his beloved Xue Danrong’s beauty, which was aggressive and lush. This guy’s beauty is like water. Soft and gentle, no sharp angles, and no aggression. It was as if in his eyes, everything in the world is beautiful.
Hmph, this world is so ugly. What is this guy so gentle for?
This guy should be just like everyone else. When people see him, they will either show an expression of disgust or fear. But right now, no matter what he does, it’s as if this guy doesn’t get angry at all.
It’s like all his attacks are being defused by the other’s water.
Fang Chaozhou grabbed the teenager’s whip and sighed somewhat helplessly. After all, he is still the Second Shixiong of the Tianshui Sect located in Yizhifeng. The Tianshui Sect is really a holy place of cultivation. Even though Fang Chaozhou has really not put in the effort this year, his cultivation was still slowly moving up. It is more than enough to catch the attack of a small demonic cultivator.
“Then what do you think I should do?” Fang Chaozhou paused, “Send you a few copies of Xue Danrong’s fan scripts?”
When the little demon cultivator in front of him heard this, his eyes went wide, and shouted angry verbal abuse, “You are shameless! How dare you read Xue Danrong’s fan scripts!”
Fang Chaozhou: ……
When the two were in the middle of the stalemate, Fang Chaozhou heard a voice saying, “Second Shixiong.”
Before he had time to turn around, he already found that the little demonic cultivator in front of him had straightened up his eyes and was staring blankly in a certain direction. Fang Chaozhou felt this was funny, so the corners of his lips could not help but curl up. When he turned around to greet his Youngest Shidi, that smile had not even been hidden yet.
“Youngest Shidi, you’re done with your match?”
Xue Danrong, who had taken off his curtain hat because of the competition, had not yet put it back on. He gave a cold hmph and did not even glance at the little demonic cultivator, but only said to Fang Chaozhou, “Second Shixiong, I’ll go back to the inn first.”
“Ok, you go back first.” Fang Chaozhou actually wanted to leave, but before he answered to what Xue Danrong said, the end of the long Xuanjin whip he was grasping in his hand was already lightly tapping on the back of his hand.
Xue Danrong also seemed to notice the whip, coldly scanning them with a glance. Then, he put on his curtain hat and left straight away.
Only after he walked far away did the little demonic cultivator open his mouth, “You are Xue Danrong’s Second Shixiong?”
“I am.” Fang Chaozhou looked at the whip in his hand, “Xiongtai, can you keep your whip under control?”
[T/N: “Xiongtai” is a polite appellation for a friend one’s age.]
The whip is now acting like a spoiled brat. It stopped patting the back of his hand but turned to tickle his palm.
The little demonic cultivator coughed and put the whip back, “My whip is my natal magic treasure, so it will react according to my mood. You are making a fuss out of nothing, not having any insight on this matter. Sure enough, the people of the Tianshui Sect are country bumpkins.”
“If I am a country bumpkin, then what is Xue Danrong?” Fang Chaozhou felt that this was funny and couldn’t help but tease the other party.
The little demonic cultivator humphed, “He is naturally different from you guys, he is a meat bun.”
No wonder he attracts dogs.
[T/N: “Country bumpkin” was actually ‘dirt bun’ so he is just saying instead of a ‘dirt bun,’ Xue Danrong is higher than them as a ‘meat bun.’ Dogs like to eat meat buns. Dogs are men.]
The little demonic cultivator looked at Fang Chaozhou, lifting his chin, “Since you are Xue Danrong’s Second Shixiong, you must usually see him a lot, right?”
Fang Chaozhou shook his head, “Youngest Shidi is cold-natured, and always likes to operate alone.”
“Then what is your relationship with him?” The little demonic cultivator asked again.
“You just saw what it’s like. Just now, he only said hello to me, following the courtesy of Shixiongs and Shidis, we are not really familiar with each other.” Fang Chaozhou vaguely guessed what the little demonic cultivator wanted to do, “If you want me to introduce you, I really can’t do that. However, I can tell you where we live. Whether you can meet him all depends on your own ability.”
The little demon cultivator did not seem to expect that Fang Chaozhou would actually be willing to tell him the address of the inn. He blinked, then took out a jade tablet and handed it to Fang Chaozhou, “This a Thousand Miles Jade Tablet, it comes in pairs. You take this one. In the future, whenever I contact you, you will be able to hear my voice on your side.”
Fang Chaozhou looked at it and didn’t take it, “You want me to pass it on to Youngest Shidi?”
“No, it’s for you.” The little demonic cultivator raised his chin with a haughty face, “In the future, whenever I contact you,  your number one priority will be to reply to me. Of course, I will be asking you things about Xue Danrong. When the time comes, you will have to respond with a systematic narration and in full detail.”
The little demonic cultivator in front of him does not have high cultivation, is very bad-tempered, and also likes to order people around. He actually grew this old and had not been beaten to death. Seems like he has a backing, ah. Fang Chaozhou originally thought the other party was just an ordinary demonic cultivator. But now, the odds are that he is not.
Such a character is like the little son of the master of the Dark Soul Sect in the original story.
The youngest son of the master of the Dark Soul Sect is named Li Zhu. Because of his good character, looks resembling a girl, and being a small villain, he has a large group of fans. But even more people support His Father x Xue Danrong because many people think that with Li Zhu x Xue Danrong, Xue Danrong will be the gong.
[T/N: “Gong” is the dominant one in the relationship.]
After all, CP is removable and irreversible!
The original story seems to describe the first appearance of Lai Zhu in a disguise.
“I don’t even know Xiongtai’s surname yet.” Fang Chaozhou tested the waters with a tentative salted fish fin.
“My surname is Li, you can call me …… Li Wang.”
En……
It’s really him.
Hearing those words, Fang Chaozhou decisively took the Thousand Miles Jade Tablet. Li Zhu, this little devil, is easy to deal with. But his father, that big devil, is not easy to deal with. After all, when he just met Xue Danrong with one look, he tied Xue Danrong up. He also intended to rape him. In the end, he didn’t succeed because Xue Danrong stabbed his heart from the back.
But this big devil did not die even when he was stabbed in the heart. It is clear that his cultivation level is high.
Although this storyline has not yet happened, the little devil has already started to go out, sneaking around. It looks like it is not far from the time when the big devil also comes out.
Can’t afford to mess with the big devil, so it is not a good idea to even mess with this little devil.
“You keep this. From now on, no matter when I look for you, you have to answer me immediately.” Li Zhu said this in a commanding tone.
Fang Chaozhou nodded his head.
Li Zhu started thinking and said, “You like Xue Danrong, right? Don’t try to deny it, no one in this world doesn’t like him. My father and I both like him, but my father and I agreed, we will rely on our own abilities. So if my father finds you, you can’t say you know me.”
This is just what Fang Chaozhou wanted, and he nodded again.
“This will do. Seems like you still have some use. I’ll let you off the hook, go.”
Just as when Fang Chaozhou took two steps, the whip wrapped around his waist. Li Zhu’s voice rang out from behind, “Why are you walking so fast? I’m not done talking. Although you like Xue Danrong, you are not allowed to have any improper thoughts about him. And don’t have any delusions about benefiting from intimacy with an influential person. Now, immediately, hand over all of Xue Danrong’s scripts you have stolen and hidden.”
And so, Li Zhu received nothing.
Fang Chaozhou only has one copy of Xue Danrong’s script. Because after reading it, he casually threw it in the cave’s nooks and crannies. He wouldn’t bring it out.
Unwilling to give up, Li Zhu pried through Fang Chaozhou’s pile of scripts for a long time. Only when he saw that there really wasn’t any did he embarrassingly withdraw his hands. But his mouth was still unwilling to spare Fang Chaozhou.
“You are so shameless, do you think that what those people are writing isn’t as wonderful as what you have in your head? Is that why you don’t read it? Beast! Vile! Filthy!”
He cursed the whole time he walked away.
Seeing that person had left, Fang Chaozhou immediately put away his scripts and quickly returned to the inn.
When he arrived, Du Yunxi was standing at the entrance of the inn. And when he saw him appear, he immediately greeted him, “Second Shixiong, you’re finally back.”
Fang Chaozhou looked at him with some surprise on his face, “You waited for me? What’s the matter?”
Du Yunxi did not answer straight away but first looked around. Then, he grabbed Fang Chaozhou’s wrist and whispered, “Let’s go to the room and talk.”
At this moment, Fang Chaozhou suddenly felt a line of sight locked in their direction. Turning his head slightly sideways, he saw Xue Danrong who came down from upstairs.
Xue Danrong was still dressed the same way as before. He walked straight towards the door, and when he passed by them, Du Yunxie also noticed Xue Danrong and immediately asked, “Youngest Shidi, where are you going?”
Xue Danrong threw out two words, “Going out.”
After watching Xue Danrong’s back disappear completely, Du Yunxie looked despondent. Not to mention, he also sighed gently. But he quickly grabbed Fang Chaozhou, this salted fish, to his room.
“Second Shixiong, quick!”
Fang Chaozhou read too many scripts. Witnessing this phrase, he couldn’t resist continuing.
”Can’t be quick. Be a good boy and bear with me a little longer.”
Only when he met Du Yunhui’s odd and surprised eyes did he realize what he had said had a dirty meaning.
“I …… I meant that I’ve been standing too long for today’s match, my legs are a little sore and I can’t walk fast enough.” Salted Fish Fang showed the standard and harmless smile of a salted fish.
The good thing is that Du Yunxi didn’t bother with Fang Chaozhou. He opened the door first, then pushed Fang Chaozhou inside. He looked around before he also walked into the room, and closed the door with the back of his hand.