Fang Chaozhou: “…”

Although he knew that Li Zhu was not very smart, he did not expect that the other party was so stupid.

Because of Li Zhu's shout, all eyes were on him from all directions. Fang Chaozhou tried to hide himself by retracting his head into his cloak, without even a hair showing. He pretended to be dead.

But not long after he retreated, he heard Li Zhu's voice again, "Dad, why is my brother hiding? Does he not want to recognize us?"

As soon as these words came out, Fang Chaozhou felt the hand on his back tighten.

"Brother?" Zhongli Yueshui's voice was always cold and his tone was rather harsh, but this time his voice was even colder than usual.

Fang Chaozhou froze for a moment before he whispered, "Master, he is just a fool. He has a problem with his brain after reading the storybook. Otherwise, why would he say that Master is ugly?"

While Fang Chaozhou was explaining to Zhongli Yueshui, Li Yiye couldn't help but look at his son a few more times. His son noticed the look in his eyes and curled his lips.

"Dad, why are you looking at me?"

Li Yiye had a complicated expression, and he called out earnestly, "Son."

Li Zhu was a little scared by being called "son". Usually Li Yiye would call him by his full name. "Dad, what are you doing? Can you call me by my name? I feel like I'm going to vomit when you call me son."

Li Yiye ignored Li Zhu's frightened expression and asked seriously, "Do you really think men can have children?"

Hearing this, Li Zhu's expression changed instantly. He looked at his father with disdain, "Don't you know this? As everyone knows, men can have children. If you don't believe me, I can lend you my storybook, but I can't lend you the book "The Domineering Stepson Spoils Me" that I haven't finished reading yet."

Li Yiye turned his face away, and after a while he said, "No need, you can keep it and watch it yourself." His eyes fell on the place he had looked at before, first at the child being held, and then at the young man holding someone.

He stared for a long time, and the young man noticed his gaze and looked back, and their eyes met.

Li Yiye smiled, his face showing an even more evil look. He raised his voice and asked, "Sect Master Zhongli, since you are here, why are you hiding among the crowd?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar.

Everyone in the world knows the name of Zhongli Yueshui. In the eyes of cultivators, Zhongli Yueshui is an absolute strong man and the object of their admiration. Everyone wants to be the next Zhongli Yueshui, but Zhongli Yueshui is so mysterious and lives in seclusion that even disciples of the sect find it extremely difficult to meet Zhongli Yueshui.

And at this time, Zhongli Yueshui was actually here?

Not only those independent cultivators, but even the disciples of Tianshui Sect were whispering, "Where is the Sect Master? Where is the Sect Master?"

When Fang Chaozhou heard what Li Yiye said, he immediately wanted to get out of Zhongli Yueshui's arms. Now his target was Zhongli Yueshui, and only by staying away from the target could he save his life.

But the action he wanted to implement was strangled in the cradle, because Zhongli Yueshui walked out of the crowd directly. Fang Chaozhou could even feel that Zhongli Yueshui had released the pressure he had put away again -

Because he started to feel dizzy.

Not only Fang Chaozhou, but everyone around him was affected, even the demon cultivators on the opposite side, those with weaker cultivation bases could not stand steadily at this time, including Li Zhu.

When he saw Zhongli Yueshui walking out, he kept staring at him. He almost fell down while staring. If Li Yiye next to him hadn't grabbed his hand, he would have fallen to the ground.

Li Yiye pushed Li Zhu to the elder behind him, turned his hand over, and set up a huge barrier. After setting up the barrier, he put one hand behind his back, smiled coldly, and said, "Sect Master Zhongli is really showing off."

Zhongli Yueshui's expression could be described as calm in response to Li Yiye's open praise and hidden criticism, "Master Li, I don't agree with this marriage."

He refused without even saying a word.

Li Yiye's eyes darkened, "Oh? Why?"

"Because you are too weak." After saying that, Zhongli Yueshui freed the hand that was holding Fang Chaozhou.

The white, slender, bony hand was raised, its fingertips pointing towards the distant sky.

At this moment, a dragon's roar was heard in the distance. Everyone was frightened by the roar. Their bodies, which were already unstable, almost fell to their knees.

Li Yiye immediately received spiritual energy from the hands behind him to supply the barrier he had set up, to prevent all of his demonic disciples from falling to the ground.

In the distant sky, dark clouds rolled, and a giant white dragon broke through the clouds and soared over. When it swam above the Tianshui Sect, it let out another dragon roar. The dragon roar was earth-shaking, and the monsters that were brought as betrothal gifts by the Anhun Sect all lowered their heads.

The white dragon circled in the air for a few times before lowering its head and swooping down. The further it swooped down, the smaller its body became, and finally it turned into a dragon-shaped sword, lying in the man's palm.

Zhongli Yueshui had an indifferent expression. The hand holding the hilt of the sword turned slightly. Then, he touched the ground with the sword. A strong sword edge burst out from the tip of the sword, and the ground seemed to shake. A crack extended from the ground where the tip of the dragon-shaped sword touched the ground. When it approached Li Yiye, it turned into countless cracks, attracting countless demon cultivators behind Li Yiye.

Wherever the cracks went, there were sounds of people falling to the ground.

Li Yiye glanced at the crack in front of him, and when he looked up again, his eyes became extremely cold, but the man he was looking at still had a calm expression, and repeated what he had just said.

"You are too weak."

On the way back, Fang Chaozhou couldn't help but stare at the sword in Zhongli Yueshui's hand. He stared at it for a long time, and the man also looked at him, "What are you looking at?"

"Master, why does this sword look so much like a dragon? Could it be a dragon transformed?" Fang Chaozhou looked at the snow-white dragon-shaped sword in Zhongli Yueshui's hand. The hilt of the dragon-shaped sword was a dragon head, which looked so lifelike that Fang Chaozhou could not help but move closer to see it more clearly. When he looked, he found that the eyeballs on the dragon head were moving.

Fang Chaozhou: “!!!”

"Yes, what's wrong?" Zhongli Yueshui said calmly, as if it was no big deal.

But in Fang Chaozhou's eyes, this is a dragon, a dragon! Dragons only exist in myths. He had only seen dragons in books before, but those were all made up by others. Now he saw a dragon with his own eyes.

He raised his head and looked at Zhongli Yueshui. Both his expression and tone were much more obedient than usual. "Master, can I touch it?"

“No.”

Fang Chaozhou: “…”

Miser, drink cold water!

Fang Chaozhou retracted his devilish claws and went back to pet the cat. However, he was a little curious about what Zhongli Yueshui had done at the mountain gate before, so he let Li Yiye and the group of demon cultivators go back obediently.

He started to feel dizzy the moment Zhongli Yueshui walked out of the crowd. When he no longer felt dizzy, he was already on the golden-winged bird and had no idea what had just happened.

But Fang Chaozhou didn't dare to ask, for he was afraid that if he asked, Zhongli Yueshui would ask him about other things, such as the token of love and his younger brother.

After returning to Huali Mountain, Zhongli Yueshui entered the compartment. He even set up a barrier, which clearly showed that he didn't want Fang Chaozhou to enter and disturb him. Fang Chaozhou was still thinking about the snacks in the inner room. He perfunctorily touched Tu Bai who came over to him and acted coquettishly, then went to wash his hands and continued to eat his snacks.

The matter of Anhunmen's proposal seemed to have passed just like that. Xue Danrong still came to Huali Mountain every afternoon. After a long time, Fang Chaozhou found that Xue Danrong would look at him more.

For example, now.

Fang Chaozhou looked at himself, then raised his head to look at Xue Danrong, "What are you looking at?"

Xue Danrong came a little early today, and Zhongli Yueshui was still in meditation, so he was waiting for Zhongli Yueshui.

Hearing Fang Chaozhou's words, Xue Danrong moved his gaze slightly downwards. Fang Chaozhou saw the other person's gaze move downwards, then looked at himself. Before he noticed anything was wrong, he heard Xue Danrong's voice.

"You've gained weight again."

Fang Chaozhou: “…”

Kill people and destroy their hearts! If you are fat, you are fat, why say "again"?

Fang Chaozhou looked at the preserved fruit in his hand, hesitated for a while, then raised his head and refuted the other party, "I'm not fat."

"You've gained weight, and your belly is more obvious." Xue Danrong's eyes were still on Fang Chaozhou, or to be exact, on his round and protruding belly.

Fang Chaozhou felt his heart ache again, but he still didn't put the preserved fruit back. "I'm still young, it doesn't matter if I'm a little fat."

When Xue Danrong heard this, he suddenly smiled. At that moment, it seemed as if countless stars were shattered in his eyes, but that smile was extremely short-lived.

This young man, whose beauty alone could impress the world, was very stingy with his smile.

"Yeah." He replied to Fang Chaozhou with one word.

This word seemed to be an agreement, but it was more like a perfunctory response. Fang Chaozhou looked at Xue Danrong's thin figure, and then looked at himself. Is he really fat? If he is fat now, then when he comes out of the puppet, will he also be bigger?

Thinking of this possibility, Fang Chaozhou felt that the preserved fruit in his hand no longer smelled good. He put the preserved fruit back, wiped his mouth and hands with a handkerchief, and touched his stomach again.

It seems a bit rounded.

Then why not eat less for dinner? Add some proper exercise?

I heard that if you stand after eating, you won’t gain weight so easily.

Fang Chaozhou stood up slowly, and then began to walk back and forth slowly. Tu Bai, who had been sleeping at his feet, opened one eye lazily, but when he saw that Fang Chaozhou and Xue Danrong were still far away from each other, he closed his eyes again.

When Fang Chaozhou was walking to the fourth circle, he heard footsteps. Xue Danrong, who was sitting, immediately stood up and bowed to the source of the voice, "Master."

Zhongli Yueshui hummed, his eyes swept past the young man who saluted him, and fell on Fang Chaozhou who was still circling. He frowned slightly, "What are you doing?"

Fang Chaozhou paused for a moment before turning back to look at Zhongli Yueshui. Seeing that he was staring at him, he said, "Master, I'm losing weight."

"Why do you want to lose weight?" Zhongli Yueshui frowned even more tightly. He glanced at the snacks Fang Chaozhou had placed on the small table, "Are these things not to your liking?"

"No, Master, I was the one who said that senior brother has gained weight." Xue Danrong suddenly spoke, and his words startled Fang Chaozhou.

Does Xue Danrong know who he is? Xue Danrong actually called him senior brother.

But Fang Chaozhou found that he was the only one who was surprised. When Zhongli Yueshui heard Xue Danrong's words, there was no surprise in his eyes. He just looked at him a few more times, and after that, he said in a light tone.

"It's okay to be a little fat."

Xue Danrong's eyelashes drooped when he heard this, and all the emotions in his eyes were suppressed. He whispered, "It was my disciple who spoke too much."

Because Xue Danrong knew Fang Chaozhou's identity, even though Xue Danrong and Zhongli Yueshui had gone to the compartment to exorcise the evil spirit, Fang Chaozhou was still thinking about it there, but soon he figured it out.

Zhongli Yueshui originally said that he had erased Xue Danrong's memory of him for the past two years, which meant that Xue Danrong still knew about what happened two years ago. Although he has become smaller, his facial features have not changed, so it is normal to recognize him, just like his master, who recognized him at first sight.

However, Xue Danrong's words that he had gained weight still stimulated him. As a result, Fang Chaozhou lay in bed that night and secretly vowed to start losing weight tomorrow, control his diet, move his legs, and not let others look down on him. But when tomorrow came, Fang Chaozhou found that he had grown up.