Several swordswomen flocked around Xu Que and almost squeezed him from the crowd.
The other swordsmen were disgruntled when they saw what was happening and promptly scolded the women. âYou shouldnât do this! Youâll tarnish Fujiwaraâs innocent nature if you keep this up!â
âThatâs right, Fujiwara is a kind and gentle person, and youâre all using your guiles to seduce him! Thatâs not right!â
âThis is ridiculous. If Lord Sword Spirit found out, heâd certainly punish you for what youâve done!â
âQuick! Let go of Fujiwara! Heâs a simple and honest man and he shouldnât be treated this way!â
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These words from the crowd pleased Xu Que very much. His heart was moved by the kind treatment he was receiving from his fellow swordsmen.
It seemed that there were some people who really knew him!
Finally, he had found people who wouldnât misjudge him due to his utterly mesmerizing appearance!
Finally, someone had seen through this strikingly handsome looks and simply seen him for the pure, innocent and honest young man that he really was!
Finally, heâd met his true friends!
Xu Que was very pleased indeed. At the same time he nestled his head even closer to the soft bosoms of the swordswomen around him.
Then, when the female cultivators faced the accusations hurled at them from the crowd, they defiantly retorted, 'since when did we ever seduce Fujiwara with our guiles, you bastards?â
âThatâs right, you sleazy pieces of shit! Donât you hold us by the same standards you hold yourselves!â
âWe were just trying to protect him from getting frightened by the likes of you bastards!â
âThatâs right! If you donât believe us then just ask Fujiwara himself whether we have ever tried to seduce him!â
Then, everyoneâs eyes fell upon Xu Que.
Xu Que waved his hand around and made no attempt to move the head that was nestled a little too comfortably on the breasts of one swordswoman. âCalm down, everyone,â he said. âIâm fine, donât worry about me. But please, can someone tell me why everyoneâs looking for me? Whatâs going on here?â
As he spoke he made sure to blink his eyes and made them look as innocent as a childâs, triggering the sympathy and adoration of everyone in the crowd instantly.
âFujiwara, Lord Sword Spirit had sent us to find you,â said the swordswoman who was holding Xu Que in her arms. âYou must follow me now.â
Then another swordswoman quickly grabbed Xu Queâs hands away and interjected, âthatâs not true! Lord Sword Spirit had sent me alone. Fujiwara, come with me, weâll meet the master together!â
âBullshit! Iâm the one who was actually sent by Lord Sword Spirit!â
âHa! You shameless bastard! Iâm the one who was clearly appointed by Lord Sword Spirit!â
The crowd descended into chaos again, and no one would relent on their claim to be the one who was supposed to bring Xu Que to the Sword Spirit. But amid all the pushing and bickering, Xue Que felt completely at home knowing that everyone was fighting for him.
This wasnât something he could experience much in an era where men were abundant, and women were scarce!
And so Xu Que fell into a reverie and bliss, enjoying every second of what was going on around him.
Ding! âCongratulations to host âXu Queâ for successfully acting tough. 200 Acting Tough Points rewarded!â
Ding! âCongratulations to host âXu Queâ for shamelessly acting tough. 500 special Acting Tough Points rewarded!â
Ding! âCongratulations to host âXu Queâ for your 8 successful instances of acting tough, namely âacting tough and runâ, âacting super toughâ, âacting smooth and toughâ, âacting thunderously toughâ, âacting extremely toughâ, âacting forcefully toughâ, âacting kind and toughâ and âacting super shamelessly toughâ. The title of âAct Tough Kingâ has been awarded to you, the price of items in the store will be permanently discounted by 70% and new items will be added!â
Ding! âCongratulations to host âXu Queâ for earning the title of âAct Tough Kingâ! A Big Act Tough King Bag has hereby been awarded!â
A flurry of notification rings were flooding Xu Queâs mind!
Xu Que almost went dizzy from the onslaught of Acting Tough Points that was coming his way!
He had even earned some points for acting âshamelesslyâ tough? What?
He had been shameless all this timeâno! He had been so pure and innocent all this time, yet who would have thought that by acting slightly shameless just this once he would catch the notice of the system and receive points for acting shamelessly tough! Oh, what injustice! What a slander! He had been framed!
Xu Que felt that he had been grossly misjudged, and he was very angry and upset about it!
But in any case, he had now been formally upgraded from âAct Tough Tyrantâ to âAct Tough Kingâ. His title was now official! He had even been awarded with a Big Act Tough King Bag, so his heart was gladdened and cheered up again.
Big bags usually come with special charactersâthe kinds of reward that donât come easily!
But just then, right at the moment when Xu Que was eagerly anticipating opening the big bag, he heard suspicious gasps come from behind him.
âHey, Takumi Fujiwara! What are you up to now?â
Two figures appeared at the edge of the crowd. It was the two swordsmen who had entered the Sword Catacomb after him. They had heard the commotion here from the moment they had entered the lava cave, so they had rushed over to find out what was going on.
In the end, all they had found was Xu Que playing innocent and hiding himself in the arms of a swordswoman. They both immediately raised their eyebrows at the sight.
What a shameful way to conduct oneself!
One of them sneered and shook his head. âI thought that you were just a shameless bastard, but I was wrong. Youâre a shameless and lecherous bastard!â
The other young swordsman who wielded two ancient swords looked indifferent and stayed silent. But like his companion, he found Xu Queâs behavior simply disgraceful.
Xu Que was immediately upset when he saw their reactions.
Goddammit, he cursed silently. Not only are these bastards completely ungrateful to me even after I returned their swords to them, but now theyâre jealous of me as well?
Iâve earned my right to be held against the soft bosoms of these swordswomen, what rights do they have to be jealous of me? Besides, itâs not like Iâm the one who rushed into their arms and pressed my head against their breasts! Donât you see that they themselves were the ones who chose to pull me close and hold me tight?
And wouldnât you believe it, but it was their breasts that had started pulling me in first!
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Xu Que raised his arm and pointed his finger at the two swordsmen and proclaimed loudly, âyou⊠both of you! Stay away from me! Youâve both just robbed me of my storage ring, what else do you want of me?â
His voice rang loud and clear and everyone in the crowd could clearly hear each and every word he had said!
It was as if the whole crowd had been struck by lightning. Everyone went eerily silent and their eyes turned immediately to the two swordsmen.
The young man wielding two ancient swords looked nonchalant and didnât seem to pay any heed to Xu Queâs words.
The other swordsman had come from a big noble family, so everyone in the crowd knew him well. He paid even less attention to Xu Queâs outburst.
âTakumi Fujiwara,â he said with a smirk, 'stop pretending to be the innocent man that youâre not. Do you think that theyâll believe you? Even if itâs true that I stole your storage ring, theyâll never do anything to me, they are after allâah! What the hell? Why did you hit me?â
With the prospect of being accepted by Lord Sword Spirit at stake, no one else could care less about the high-ranking nobility or the petty interests within any sects or factions.
The whole crowd suddenly swarmed towards the noble swordsman and pinned him down to the ground and started to hit him.
âYou petty thief! How dare you steal Fujiwaraâs storage ring!â
âHow disgraceful! What right do you have to take Fujiwaraâs possessions!â
âThis bastard deserves to be killed! How could he rob a man as innocent and honest like Fujiwara!â
âDamn it, have a taste of my Broken Leg Kick!â
Pow! âThatâs my special move, Peach-Stealing Monkey!â
âHere! Try my Grape-Picking God!â
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âOw! Ah! Aaargh!â
The sounds of tragic screams could be heard ringing across the Sword Catacomb!
The two swordsmen had been completely surrounded by the angry mob and they had no chance to fight back at all.
Meanwhile, ringing notifications popped up in Xu Queâs mind.
Within a short span of time heâd earned close to 2000 Acting Tough Points, almost enough to cover the 5000 points that he had spent buying the âpurifying waterâ earlier!
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Just as the whole crowd descended into utter chaos, Xu Que quietly cast a spell and sneaked away from the crowd without anyone noticing.
He really wanted to find a nice quiet place to open the Big Act Tough King Bag and see what was inside, before continuing on his journey as the formal, official Act Tough King!
After allâŠ
He still had a long way to go⊠and so much more acting tough to do!
This path of acting tough that he was walking down seemed never-ending!