Chapter 17 I don’t care about him breaking the boat: I’m not angry…
The "Golden Toad" who was supposed to pay back his debt at Xuanwu Peak was now here. Chen Wei sat up. He and Duan Zhou looked at the toad who was cheating people everywhere, and they had a headache for a moment.
"Is this dyed?" Shen Wei reached out and touched the golden color on the toad. He thought it would fade, but it turned out to be as hard as iron. It really was like real gold. He raised his eyebrows in surprise. He looked at the toad and said, "What's wrong with you?"
The toad spread its webbed claws and scratched its head in a very unimpressive manner, saying, "Master, if I didn't have some special skills, how could I have deceived the masters of Xuanwu Peak and Zhuque Peak?"
This is true, especially for Wu Man, who has always been a cautious tortoise.
"Don't change the subject." Duan Zhou's personality was obviously much calmer than Chen Wei's. He was not distracted by the toad's words. He stared gloomily at the toad in front of him who was full of lies and greedy for money, and said in a cold voice: "Why did you come down the mountain? What do you want to do by following this caravan? Are you trying to kill people for money?"
As soon as these words came out, the toad's face suddenly changed. It shook its big head quickly and explained hastily: "No, no, I don't want to kill people for money. I just want to make some extra money and live a little life of my own."
"What it means is that it wants to rob." Duan Zhou said in a low voice.
"I have no intention of harming anyone. How dare I do that? I will be punished by God." The toad quickly cried out for justice.
"What it means is that it has the intention but not the courage." Duan Zhou spoke again in a cold voice, but this time he did not lower his voice. The toad immediately looked at it, and after meeting Duan Zhou's slightly narrow eyes, it subconsciously shuddered all over, as if it was being stared at by some dark and crawling thing.
This feeling was somewhat familiar. To be honest, the snakes on Qinglong Peak always gave it this feeling. After all, toads were also on the snakes' diet.
"Dao... Daoist friend." Toad said in a trembling voice, "Why are you accusing Frog?"
"Tell me the truth." Duan Zhou raised his eyelids, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and said, "Do you dare to say that you don't have this in mind?"
The toad wanted to shake his head, but the other party's eyes were indescribably dark and damp. The toad really felt that the human swordsman in front of him was more like a snake than a snake. The look in his eyes revealed a cold possessiveness, which stimulated the toad's back skin to tighten.
This time it didn't dare to say anything nonsense, so it could only close its huge mouth and remain silent.
"I just want to make a little bit of money to buy some golden clothes. Which toad doesn't want to be a golden toad? It's okay to be fake. Can't I have some ideals?" The toad looked at the bag on Chen Wei's waist timidly and greedily, but soon lowered his eyes and said pitifully: "I just pretended to be a golden toad and said that I would bless this caravan to have a safe journey and arrive in Luocheng smoothly and make a lot of money, but the premise is that they have to provide for me well and feed me well."
"What should I feed you?" Chen Wei pointed at himself and asked, "Human or beast?"
"It's a money bag." Duan Zhou said, "It's pretending to be a golden toad, and it loves to eat gold and silver objects in the mortal world."
The toad nodded, raised its paw, and swore again and again that it had no courage to commit murder for money, and then flatteringly presented the things it had looted to Chen Wei and Duan Zhou, and carefully piled them in front of Chen Wei. Looking at the pile of things in front of him, the corners of Chen Wei's lips twitched slightly.
He had heard before that Xuanwu Peak was also suffering losses every year. Thinking carefully, it seemed that it had been losing money ever since the toad entered Xuanwu Peak. Now that he saw an exquisite big golden turtle among the pile of gold and silver, he roughly guessed where the lost money had gone.
Poor Wu Man kept asking the toad to spit out the things, but he didn't expect that he let a wolf into the house and his house was robbed.
The carriage was a bit bumpy, and it seemed that the wheels accidentally hit a pothole. Chen Wei lost his balance for a moment and nearly fell. Fortunately, he fell directly onto Duan Zhou next to him and avoided any bumps.
"Master Golden Toad, the road is long and bumpy. Please take a rest and we will be fine when we reach the next city." The leader of the caravan outside said loudly with a respectful attitude. The toad looked at Shen Wei, then at the curtain, and after Shen Wei nodded, it quacked loudly.
"What does it mean?" Chen Wei didn't quite understand the communication between frogs, but the toad shook his head and said, "It doesn't have any special meaning. It's just a random croak to let him know there's another frog inside."
However, during this bumpy ride, Duan Zhou reached out and put his arm around Chen Wei's shoulders, whispering, "Be careful."
Shen Wei didn't notice anything wrong, but the sensitive toad's eyes moved around Shen Wei and Duan Zhou's faces, and then slowly said: "I see, I see."
"What does that mean?" Shen Wei asked.
"Ahem, it was that day when you, Sect Master, came to Xuanwu Peak, and asked the Peak Master for divination, and then you..." Before Toad could finish his words, Duan Zhou glanced at him and shut him up manually.
When Chen Wei wanted to continue asking, Duan Zhou had already changed the subject and asked, "So you are going to the sect meeting too?"
"No, no, no, I won't go. There are too many acquaintances and familiar animals there. It's not appropriate for me to go there. I'm going to run away halfway." The toad said shyly, "Who am I to be worthy of participating in the sect conference? I still know myself well."
This sect conference indeed brought together all the major sects, and it could almost be said to be a gathering place for the young generation of heroes, and the most abundant of them were the chosen ones.
"I heard that Dan Sect has a genius this year, who used the snake pill of a snake that was about to transform into a dragon to refine a pill that can increase one's cultivation by a hundred years. However, I have only heard of it and have never seen it. I heard that this person's alchemy skills are extremely amazing." The toad was very happy when he said this. He said, "This person is..."
However, before it could finish its words, Duan Zhou's voice came from the side, saying, "Chen Liqing."
Duan Zhou will never forget this human cultivator who was once his brother but ended up coveting his demon pill. He will not be a dragon until he has avenged this.
"Hey? You've heard of his name, right? He wasn't well-known before, but in just a few months, he's become famous." The toad stuck out his tongue, licked his wide mouth, and said, "Snake Dan... That's a snake that's about to turn into a dragon."
Duan Zhou's face was extremely gloomy. Just as he was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of Chen Wei's face, which was also very ugly. He subconsciously moved a little, and then he heard Chen Wei say, "He succeeded?"
"I heard... I heard it was done." The toad didn't understand why Chen Wei suddenly cared so much. You know, although the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect is called the Ten Thousand Beasts Capital, they have always only protected the spirit beasts within the sect, and never cared about other spirit beasts, letting them fend for themselves.
"..." Chen Wei swallowed his saliva. Of course he was anxious. His fingers unconsciously gripped the hilt of the sword, his brows knitted, and he calculated that there should be only a few snakes that were about to transform into dragons. It was most likely the little black snake that later became a dragon. It should be seriously injured now, and it might be rushing towards the Ten Thousand Beast Sect. Thinking of this, Chen Wei immediately took out the sound transmission talisman and sent a message directly to the four peak masters, saying: "It may be seriously injured and will be coming soon. If it comes, you must treat its injuries and treat it well. I will discuss it again when I come back!"
In order to avoid the Heavenly Dao, Chen Wei simply used "it" instead, but the furries all understood, except the toad, because when the furries were holding a meeting, it was secretly stealing a home in Xuanwu Peak.
Duan Zhou also had only a vague understanding of the matter. Relying on messy guesses, he pieced together the truth. Then he looked at Chen Wei and said, "Your enemy? The big boss among the snakes?"
The dragon's voice was icy and cold, like well water in March, with an inexplicable chill and a little bit of barely perceptible sourness. Looking at Chen Wei's expression, Duan Zhou guessed that Chen Wei probably thought that the snake that was almost refined into the snake pill was his beloved snake.
Chen Wei had no idea that the dragon beside him had so many twists and turns in his mind, nor did he know that the other party had so much inner drama. He just nodded and said, "I don't know if it is it... but if it is it..."
Shen Wei's eyes were filled with pain. If it was really this little black snake, it meant that the gears of fate were turning madly. He must be on high alert and do everything he could to cultivate the favor of this little black snake.
At least we can't let the seriously injured little black snake hate the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
Duan Zhou's eyes had completely darkened. He opened his mouth, but in the end he just said in a cold voice: "It's not the snake you think it is."
"I hope so." Shen Wei sighed.
Duan Zhou stared at Chen Wei intently, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart. His breathing became heavier. He wanted to tell Chen Wei that the one who was injured was not his "enemy", but he, Duan Zhou.
He wondered if Shen Wei would show the same worried look as he did now after he understood the truth.
"It's not injured, I'm the one who's injured." This sentence lingered in Duan Zhou's mind for a long time. In the end, before he could say it out loud, Chen Wei slapped Duan Zhou on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Duan, how long have you been practicing sword?"
"...I don't know." These three words were answered in an extremely stiff and cold manner. Anyone could feel that Duan Zhou was unhappy.
Chen Wei looked at Duan Zhou in bewilderment. He was fine just now and he didn't know why he suddenly became like this. However, when he thought of the rumor that sword cultivators usually have strange personalities, he felt relieved.
"Twenty years." Duan Zhou suddenly said, "At most, if you take into account the time spent practicing basic skills, it would be no more than twenty-three years."
“Brother Duan is truly a genius among sword cultivators!” Chen Wei’s eyes lit up. He had practiced swordsmanship to this level in just twenty-three years. He must be a genius. He immediately felt that his safety was guaranteed. He felt relieved and simply moved his position to get closer to Duan Zhou. He said, “Brother Duan, you must practice diligently with your talent. If you need anything, just tell me. I will give you whatever you want that I, Chen Wei, have.”
Duan Zhou's expression stiffened slightly, and his back relaxed slightly. He lowered his eyes to look at the person in front of him and asked, "Why? Are you like this to all beasts?"
"No, it's just you." Chen Wei had only seen Duan Zhou as a sword cultivator, so he had no chance to do this to others. He smiled and said, "So you should consider coming to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect as a guest official for three years."
Duan Zhou's lips were already raised, with a hint of awkward pride in his eyes, and he deliberately asked: "Why must it be me?"
"Because I believe in you." Chen Wei patted Duan Zhou's shoulder heavily and said, "I believe you can definitely protect me."
Duan Zhou chuckled and did not answer.
The caravan bumped along the way and came to the river to rest. The caravan leader brought people over with food and silver, ready to present them to the so-called Lord Golden Toad. However, when they lifted the curtain, they saw that Lord Golden Toad had been tied up and thrown on the mat in the carriage, and the carriage was empty.
"Lord Golden Toad!" The caravan leader was shocked. He never expected that the golden toad worshipped by his caravan had been kidnapped. His face was immediately filled with horror.
"Stop yelling." Toad said with a bitter face, "Don't call me sir, untie me now!"
It was like it went out without checking the almanac today. It just slipped out of Xuanwu Peak and hit a wall on the first day of opening. If it had known earlier, it would have stayed at Xuanwu Peak instead of suffering like this.
At this moment, Chen Wei and Duan Zhou were riding the horses they had just taken from the caravan, heading towards the city ahead. Chen Wei was obviously very happy that the horse was back in his hands, and was running much faster than before.
Duan Zhou followed behind him, thinking in his mind that when Chen Wei left the carriage before, he left first and Duan Zhou followed. By the way, he learned a very important thing from the toad.
That day, Wu Man not only predicted that Chen Wei's ending would be a blessing in disguise, but also a love disaster, and the most important thing was unrequited love.
"Love tribulation, unrequited love?" Duan Zhou murmured in a low voice: "So you really like that enemy, then what do you mean to me? White moonlight and cinnabar mole?"
He looked at the white figure riding a horse in front of him, and his first impression became more and more certain.
Chen Wei is indeed not a simple beast, at least he is a philandering and scumbag beast.
Duan Zhou was wavering between gentleness and ruthlessness, and he could not convince himself what attitude he should take towards this scum beast. In the end, he could only sigh, gently hold the sword in his hand, and comfort himself: "It's okay, I don't like him anyway, I don't care, I don't care, I don't mind at all."
The veins on the back of his hands were bulging.
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