Chapter 8 Successful fraud: It is better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early...
Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they cannot be eradicated.
Duan Zhou had some doubts about Chen Wei and the Wanshou Sect. He suddenly wanted to see what tricks Sect Master Shen was trying to play and how long he could pretend. Recalling how Chen Wei almost sprained his ankle during the day, Duan Zhou couldn't help but sneer.
This Chen Wei, doesn't he know that this level of injury is of no use to him? How could he be so stupid and pretentious?
Duan Zhou completely ignored the fact that Bai Tian also immediately stepped forward to support Chen Wei, but was beaten to it by Bai Xiao.
"Master Shen and Bai Xiao, are they acting together for me?" Duan Zhou muttered to himself.
Duan Zhou did not sleep well that night. In his dreams, he kept dreaming of Chen Wei's gaze when he looked up at him. It was so passionate and sincere that the words of rejection Duan Zhou wanted to say were stuck in his throat and he could not utter them.
After waking up from the dream, he threw back the quilt in great displeasure, stood up, picked up his sword and went out to practice swordplay.
He got up early. The birds outside were still asleep and it was still dark, but he had already gone to the grove behind with his sword. Although Duan Zhou was a dragon, a demon beast, he had indeed learned sword cultivation from humans, and occasionally when he walked in the human world, he did so in the identity of a sword cultivator.
After all, when traveling in the world of cultivation, the identity of a human is actually much safer than that of a spirit beast. After all, the demon core of a spirit beast is like a huge fortune that everyone wants to get. Therefore, many spirit beasts simply surrender to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and receive the sect's protection, so other cultivators dare not act rashly.
In the past, there had been cultivators who refused to believe in evil and insisted on attacking the spirit beasts of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and forcibly took out the opponent's demon core. That cultivator thought he was very skilled and had destroyed all traces of the corpse, but who knew that the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect not only had spirit beasts with a very sensitive sense of smell, spirit beasts stalking and hovering in the sky, but also a spirit beast on Xuanwu Peak that loved divination the most.
When this cultivator was finally turned out, he was torn to pieces alive by the spirit beasts of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. It was an extremely bloody scene, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect became famous in one battle.
From then on, no cultivator dared to covet the spiritual beasts of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, and those spiritual beasts that survived alone outside became the hot commodities in the eyes of this group of cultivators.
Among them, Duan Zhou, who was originally a black snake, was injured in this way. He was plotted against by his good friend who had been traveling with him all the way. This human fellow practitioner had been friends with him for ten years, but after discovering that he was a black snake, he still had evil intentions after being tempted by a large sum of money.
Duan Zhou will always remember this incident, and he must avenge this grudge.
Snakes are very vengeful. If anyone dares to hurt them, they will kill that person even if they have to travel to the ends of the earth.
The grove was very quiet. As Duan Zhou thought about this, he became more ruthless. The sword lights were wrapped in sword energy, and they easily broke the tree trunks nearby. He immediately stopped and just practiced his moves without hurting others.
He didn't understand why he did it, but he just did it anyway.
Originally, Chen Wei didn't know about this matter. He was still sleeping soundly. It was only when he was still in a dream that he seemed to hear something scratching at the window, which woke him up. When he opened his eyes, he saw two squirrels scratching at him with tearful eyes. When they saw Chen Wei woke up, they immediately cried, "Sect Master, Sect Master, someone has destroyed my home!"
"Ah?" Shen Wei felt that he might not have woken up yet.
But before he could ask, the two squirrels had already jumped onto his bed, chirping and complaining. Shen Wei's mind was still a little confused after just waking up. He finally found the whole story from the chirping of the two squirrels and immediately woke up. He said, "Are you saying that someone has invaded my place? And is practicing swordsmanship in my woods?"
This matter...isn't this too outrageous?
Chen Wei felt that it was unlikely, but there was no way the two squirrels could deceive him with matters at home, so he had to get up, wrapped himself in a piece of clothing and went out. When he passed by Duan Zhou's house, his first reaction was that it might be Duan Zhou, so he reached out and knocked on the door. Sure enough, there was no sound from inside. After he pushed the door open, there was no one inside. This made him even more certain that the person who destroyed the two squirrels' houses in the woods must be Duan Zhou.
He sighed deeply, looked at the sky which had not yet brightened, and felt that the world of cultivation was extremely inward-looking.
There was still some wind outside, making him feel a little cold, but this was nothing to him. Chen Wei's weapon was also a sword, and he would carry a weapon with him regardless of whether there was a broken boat inside. However, after entering the grove, he could feel the oppressive feeling of the sword energy inside.
He suddenly felt that the swordsman he had found was indeed the right one.
However, Duan Zhou had actually noticed Chen Wei when he stepped into the grove. He glanced gently in the direction of Chen Wei, and when he thought of all the strange things that Chen Wei had done before, an idea suddenly came to his mind.
He wanted to test Chen Wei. He wanted to see whether the leader of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect was really as powerful as the rumors said, or as useless as he had seen in the past few days.
He seemed to be doing whatever he wanted, and he couldn't stop the idea once it came to his mind. He turned his wrist slightly, and after a sword move, he should have gone straight forward, but he went directly in the opposite direction and swung his sword back at Shen Wei, who was standing behind the tree trunk.
Chen Wei was originally happy about his superb swordsmanship, thinking that he had found the right life-saving talisman. He was thinking about how to keep Duan Zhou in the Wanshou Sect. But before he could think of a solution, he raised his eyes and saw the opponent's sword coming towards him. Chen Wei's face suddenly changed. He subconsciously raised his hand to resist with his sword, but the distance was too close. The spiritual power could only resist for a moment before it was directly broken.
Chen Wei held his sword horizontally to block the tip of Duan Zhou's sword, but he took several steps back and hit his back hard against the tree trunk. He felt a sudden fishy and sweet taste in his throat, and he swallowed the blood subconsciously, only to find it even more unbearable.
At the same time, Duan Zhou was also very surprised. After realizing that Chen Wei had no time to resist, he immediately sheathed his sword. Even so, he could not stop the sword energy from hitting Chen Wei's chest. Seeing the opponent hit the tree trunk hard and his face turned pale in an instant, Duan Zhou knew that he was injured.
"Sect Master Shen." Duan Zhou immediately stepped forward with his sword in hand, wanting to check on Shen Wei's injuries. Unexpectedly, the other party stepped back as if startled. Perhaps he hurt the wound on his chest, and his face suddenly became a little paler. He gritted his teeth and shook his head, looking at Duan Zhou with some confusion.
There was a hint of confusion in Chen Wei's eyes, and Duan Zhou even saw a subtle defensiveness in his eyes. The hand that was about to reach out froze slightly. He immediately sheathed the sword in his hand and said, "I just heard a noise behind me, so I thought someone was attacking me, so I took action. I didn't expect it to be you."
He didn't really mean what he said, but he was indeed staring at Shen Wei's injury, and then said: "How are you? Are you seriously injured? Where are you hurt, Sect Master Shen?"
Chen Wei still shook his head. This look made Duan Zhou feel a little anxious for some reason. He raised his hand, ready to use his spiritual power to test Chen Wei's injury. He actually had no intention of hurting Chen Wei. After all, even Bai Xiao and the others could withstand such an attack, so there was no reason why Chen Wei could not withstand it. Duan Zhou did not even notice the regret on his face.
But Chen Wei saw it clearly, and immediately came up with a plan. When Duan Zhou's spiritual power entered his meridians, he suddenly started coughing. He originally just wanted to pretend to be seriously injured, but who knew that this cough would cause the blood to enter his trachea, and he immediately coughed so hard that it shook the earth. He supported himself on the ground with one hand, his back slightly arched, and covered his chest with the other hand. He coughed so hard that the veins on his forehead bulged. Seeing him like this, Duan Zhou's face became even uglier, and suddenly his eyes paused -
He saw the blood on the corner of Shen Wei’s lips.
"You are injured." He never expected that this ordinary attack would make Chen Wei vomit blood. Chen Wei spit out a small amount of blood. In fact, it was mainly because the injury was not particularly serious, so he only spit out such a small amount. However, this way, he was able to scare Duan Zhou who was standing beside him.
As expected, Duan Zhou immediately picked up Shen Wei and walked towards the small courtyard without saying anything. Shen Wei leaned against Duan Zhou weakly, half-closed his eyes, and looked half dead. Duan Zhou whispered, "I'm sorry, Sect Master Shen, I didn't expect that I could really hurt you."
Even though Chen Wei couldn't figure out what Duan Zhou meant before, he could now feel that Duan Zhou was a little surprised and annoyed. Chen Wei decided to seize this opportunity and firmly take this opportunity to keep Duan Zhou in the Wanshou Sect.
As for his character, it's not bad. At least he feels regretful after hurting someone. He's just a little suspicious. Moreover, he's very good at swordsmanship and has a very high level of cultivation. Such a person is simply a life-saving talisman sent by God. There is no reason for Chen Wei not to keep him.
Duan Zhou brought Chen Wei into the house and immediately began to check on his injuries. The other party leaned weakly with his eyes half closed, waving his hands and said, "Don't worry about me, I'm not seriously injured, cough cough cough..."
This cough seemed a bit fake, and in fact his acting skills were not superb, but the small mouthful of blood just now had dispelled all of Duan Zhou's doubts. He examined Shen Wei with a slightly gloomy face, while searching for pills for Shen Wei to swallow, and said: "It's okay, I'm here."
“Duan Zhou.” Chen Wei’s breathing seemed a little heavy. He said softly, “Actually, I know you have always been reluctant to stay in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, but… hey, now I am also seriously injured. I am afraid that I will not live long. I can only tell you the truth.”
Broken Boat: ...
"No, your injury is actually very likely to cause your death..." Duan Zhou hadn't finished speaking when Chen Wei started coughing again. Duan Zhou could only stop and carefully heal him. Chen Wei held Duan Zhou's hand and said, "I'm telling you, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect needs a strong person to take charge. I need you. I need you to protect the Ten Thousand Beast Sect. Originally, I could protect the Ten Thousand Beast Sect by myself, but you see, I'm already injured like this, and there's no way I can protect the Ten Thousand Beast Sect anymore."
Broken Boat: ...
Duan Zhou lowered his eyes and looked at the person in his arms, feeling vaguely that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it for a moment.
“Duan Zhou, even if it’s because of you that I was seriously injured, you should guard the Ten Thousand Beast Sect for me.” Chen Wei raised his head slightly, trying to let Duan Zhou see the blood on his lips more clearly. For this, he even slightly turned his head, pretending to be fragile yet strong. He said in a hoarse voice: “Duan Zhou, I know you hurt me accidentally. I don’t blame you. If one day my enemies come to find me and I die because of this injury, I will die without regrets.”
Broken Boat: ...
He was sure that he was most likely being scammed.
"Actually, your injury is not fatal. It will heal in a day at most." Duan Zhou wanted to let go of his hand. He felt embarrassed after hearing what Chen Wei said. However, his hands were held by Chen Wei. Duan Zhou could not throw him directly onto the bed. After all, Chen Wei was indeed injured by him just now, and he did vomit blood. Although he was not to the point of dying, Duan Zhou could not escape this responsibility.
Duan Zhou had never encountered such a thing since he started practicing. Even though he was a smart person, he was stunned for a moment.
“If you don’t care about me…” Chen Wei gently pulled the corner of his lips, and he said in a hoarse voice: “Then let me go. If I am really found by my enemies, then it is my fate. I will count it as this hardship in my life, and I will count it as the end of my life.”
Chen Wei sighed softly, his tone was gentle, with a slight wheeze and a hint of pain.
He was injured in the chest, and it was really painful when he moved casually. Chen Wei was not the original owner. The original owner might be able to endure it, but not Chen Wei. He was pale with pain, and the strength he held Duan Zhou's hand was not entirely fake. However, Duan Zhou seemed to see through his intentions, and then shook his head and said, "You're fine, don't worry, and I have never heard that you have any enemies."
"Who doesn't have a few enemies when walking in the world of cultivation?" Chen Wei said half-truthfully, "He will go to the Ten Thousand Beast Sect in a year."
"A year later?" Duan Zhou paused, and said, "You will have recovered by then."
Shen Wei: ...
He coughed a few times to cover it up, and then continued coughing intermittently. Duan Zhou's heart couldn't help but twist as he listened. His spiritual power continuously flowed into Chen Wei's body, repairing the injuries that were not serious to begin with. Then he heard Chen Wei say, "This year, he may come at any time, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, maybe tonight. I don't know when he will come. If he comes now..."
"If you come now, I will fight for you." Duan Zhou finally fell into the trap, but it was his own fault.
Of course, Chen Wei was not satisfied tonight. He said, "I have a chronic illness and my old injuries have relapsed. In fact, if it were in the past, I might be able to dodge your attack, but now... you have seen it, Duan Zhou, help me."
As long as the swordsman in front of him was willing to make an offer, Chen Wei would have a way to make him agree to all his requests.
After hearing this, Duan Zhou frowned, seeming to be a little hesitant. He did not respond to the one-year agreement, but was ready to put Chen Wei down and go find some medicine. However, with a slight movement, blood flowed out from the corner of Chen Wei's lips again. Duan Zhou's face changed slightly, and he did not dare to let go this time.
"Duan Zhou... I know you don't want to believe me. If you don't believe me, you can ask the other four peak masters. They know..." Chen Wei half-closed his eyes. He lay in Duan Zhou's arms. A small injury was made to feel like a life-and-death separation, which made Duan Zhou himself a little overwhelmed. Before he could say anything, the person in his arms tilted his head and fainted. Duan Zhou immediately asked, "Chen Wei? Chen Wei?"
The fact that Chen Wei was injured could not be concealed, and Duan Zhou did not intend to hide it. He immediately informed the other peak masters. Immediately, the other spirit beasts rushed over. Bai Xiao, who had the most violent temper, was about to attack Duan Zhou, but was stopped by Qing Si.
Qing Si glanced at Duan Zhou calmly, and then said: "Big brother was injured by you, but your life was saved by big brother. I told big brother before that human cultivators are the most cunning and cannot be trusted, but big brother believed you and said that you are different. He even gave you all his treasured elixirs. I didn't expect that you would repay us in this way."
These words made Duan Zhou look ugly for a moment, and he was unable to refute.
He had indeed used a lot of good elixirs. Just when he was about to give the elixirs to Shen Wei, he noticed that Shen Wei seemed to have few elixirs left. Ordinary elixirs were rare, not to mention those miraculous elixirs.
In the end, it was Qing Si who left some pills. Before leaving, Qing Si said, "Don't doubt anything. I know what you are guessing. There is no one else here. I might as well tell you that my elder brother was struck by lightning a few days ago and has some amnesia. He was seriously injured at the time, but he managed to save his life. So his memory has not been restored until today."
Thunder from the sky?
Duan Zhou, who was struck by nine heavenly thunders, naturally knew how powerful the thunders were. However, he did not expect that Chen Wei's injury was actually related to this.
"He said he has enemies." Duan Zhou said.
“Yes.” Qing Si thought that Chen Wei had told Duan Zhou everything. He said, “The entire Wanshou Sect is in danger. I didn’t expect that Big Brother would even tell you this… You’ve only met once, but Big Brother actually trusts you so much.”
Qingsi shook his head and couldn't help but sigh.
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