"Awooo!"
Come on, try biting me!
Chu Wenfeng held his long sword horizontally forward and lifted his chin.
"Aww..." The king's speeding body suddenly came to a screeching halt, and he turned back to look at Xie Shuci with a deep gaze.
Oh no, he has a knife! I'm scared.
Xie Shuci grabbed its head and rubbed it hard twice. "You little coward!"
"Ouch." The king stuck out his tongue foolishly.
What are you saying? Baby doesn't understand.
Chu Wenfeng chuckled, sheathed his longsword, and rested it on his shoulder. "Like father, like son. Isn't this all learned from you?"
"You're talking nonsense!"
"Ouch!" You let go...
"Huh?" But wait, Brother Wenfeng's words make some sense.
Xie Shuci kneaded and rubbed the dog's head, threateningly saying, "Only what I say is right, understand?"
"Aww!" Baby knows!
Chu Wenfeng scoffed lightly.
Just then, Liu Dazhuang walked up to him awkwardly, looking shy and coquettish, "Um, Brother Shuci, you just said that you managed to refine a low-grade pill after only one failure?"
"Ugh...you fucking get away from me!" Xie Shuci was disgusted by his expression and pushed him away with resentment. "So what if I am?"
"Oh my, look at me, I was so blind to your greatness. I never imagined that Brother Shuci was such a remarkable person. Does your promise to become sworn brothers still stand?" Liu Dazhuang bent down and fawned over Xie Shuci.
Xie Shuci truly saw the treacherous nature of society clearly through Liu Dazhuang. He would call Liu by his full name normally, but once there was something to gain, he would call him "Brother Shuci" in an incredibly sycophantic way.
Xie Shuci sneered, "Don't you think I'm ugly?"
"Hey! Look at what you're saying, you're not ugly at all..."
"Am I not obviously good-looking?"
"Not at all. How can appearance compare to your inner qualities, Brother Shuci? I admire your inner qualities, Brother Shuci. I, Liu Yunhan, don't care about top-grade pills, bronze medicine cauldrons, dragon-subduing magic weapons, or innate spirit beasts at all. I don't care about them at all."
Xie Shuci: "..."
Do you want to listen to your own words and see if they have any persuasive power?
"Get out! I've seen through your true colors long ago. You're just a scoundrel who only cares about profit!"
"Oh... Brother Shuci, Brother Shuci, you've misunderstood me. I've always liked you." After saying that, he even gave Xie Shuci a flirtatious wink.
"Ugh—" Xie Shuci clutched his chest and began to gag.
Chu Wenfeng felt a little nauseous looking at it and quickly looked away.
Chu Guiyi chuckled and said, "Shuci, it seems that alchemist was right. You are indeed very suitable to be an alchemist."
Sikong Xin nodded and said, "Brother Shuci, if you cultivate diligently in the future, you will surely be able to refine top-grade pills."
Xie Shuci was flattered by their praise. He wiped his nose, put his hands on his hips, and said, "Of course, I will definitely refine top-grade pills. When that happens, I will give each of you a bottle."
"Really?!" Liu Dazhuang exclaimed excitedly.
Chu Wenfeng crossed his arms and said dismissively, "I don't care."
Chu Guiyi accepted the offer, saying, "If it were you, you could definitely do it."
Sikong Xin nodded, "That makes sense."
Xie Shuci, as if remembering something, suddenly had an idea and said, "Then could you introduce me to your brother?"
Sikong Xin: "..."
Xie An, who had been silent all along, raised his head, his brows furrowed slightly, and his thin lips pursed.
Sikong Xin was speechless. He didn't know why Xie Shuci was so interested in Sikong Ye. As for Xiao Xun, he knew without even looking at him that he was a petty person. Sikong Xin was really worried that his brother would be targeted by him.
After all, Sikong Ye is like a wild monkey without a home, always drawn to any excitement. If these two were to accidentally get together, the scene would be unimaginable for Sikong Xin.
Although the allure of a mysterious alchemist with extraordinary treasures who could refine low-grade pills on his second attempt was immense, he decided against it, fearing that his brother might unknowingly fall into the clutches of a killing god.
After all, while Xie Shuci was precious to them, he was by no means irreplaceable.
Sikong Xin gave Xie Shuci a forced smile, took a step back, and said, "Now that the Dragon Fang Secret Realm has been opened and the cultivators trapped inside can come and go freely, and Dazhuang and I have also investigated the matter of the reversal of destiny, it is time to go back and report."
"Huh? No, we're going back already? I haven't found my fleeting romance yet." Liu Dazhuang looked unsatisfied.
Sikong Xin suppressed the urge to curse him, thinking that going down to the border with Liu Dazhuang was definitely the worst decision he had ever made! He had suffered far too much along the way!
"You think you can find a casual relationship?" Chu Wenfeng scoffed. "Even if you were thrown into the river, you still might not find a partner."
This brat never says anything nice, and Xie Shuci was already used to it. In fact, he quite enjoyed listening to him roast Liu Dazhuang.
"Hey you little brat, don't think your brother won't lay a hand on you. I'm just letting you have your way. Don't push your luck."
Upon hearing this, Chu Wenfeng curled his lip and was about to say something when Chu Guiyi gently scolded, "Wenfeng."
Chu Wenfeng pouted, glared at Liu Dazhuang, turned his head to the side, and ignored them.
Chu Guiyi stepped forward and said, "Wen Feng is young and speaks without thinking. Please forgive him, Brother Liu."
Liu Dazhuang waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. I didn't expect you to be so reasonable despite your looks. Don't worry, I'm not going to hold a grudge against a little kid."
"You..." Upon hearing this, Chu Wenfeng was immediately enraged.
"We've heard the news!"
Xie Shuci held the king and watched the excitement from the side, thinking that Guiyi's temperament was really too good, neither arrogant nor impatient, and not affected by Liu Dazhuang's words at all.
Chu Guiyi cupped his fists in a light gesture and said, "Brother Liu is right."
Sikong Xin appears carefree and cynical, but he is actually quite different from his appearance. He is cautious and calm, and has been secretly observing Chu Guiyi for the past few days. He has also made some harmless attempts to test her, but Chu Guiyi has dealt with each of them with a counter-attack.
Throughout the journey, Sikong Xin did not deliberately conceal his identity, but Chu Guiyi always treated them with politeness and humility. Even when faced with Sikong Xin's probing behavior, she was able to defuse the situation easily without giving him a chance to speak. Her every word and action could be described as thorough and impeccable.
Seeing Chu Guiyi's calm and composed expression, Sikong Xin couldn't help but sigh inwardly. He never expected that there would be such a remarkable person as Chu Guiyi in the cultivation world. Whether as a friend or an enemy, he was worthy of respect.
Now that he has recovered his cultivation, he will surely be able to lead the Chu family back to the Floating Pagoda Realm in due time.
If such a person were born in the Floating Pagoda Realm, they would probably be famous throughout the world by now.
Before long, cultivators began to appear one after another in the Dragon Fang Secret Realm.
After confirming that nothing unexpected would happen, Xie Shuci and his group decided to leave.
Sikong Xin and Liu Dazhuang had to return to the Floating Pagoda Realm to report back, and thus parted ways with the four of them.
"Everyone, take care."
"Take care of yourself!"
They seemed to have some special method for returning to the Floating Pagoda Realm, which was probably not convenient for outsiders to know. So they took a small boat and swayed and headed in the opposite direction.
Liu Dazhuang stood on the bow of the boat and waved to the people on the shore, "Brother Shuci, we'll meet again someday. I'll miss you!"
Xie Shuci felt a chill, but still waved his hand and said, "Okay, I got it. Have a safe trip."
"Don't worry, who am I? Who would dare to cause me trouble?"
Xie Shuci sneered, "I mean, those who encountered you had a safe journey."
Liu Dazhuang: "..."
"Alright, let's go. When I'm successful in the future, I'll come to the Floating Pagoda Realm to visit you."
"You keep your word?"
"That's inevitable."
The small boat carried the two of them slowly into the distance. Perhaps because the world was too unpredictable, Xie Shuci felt a pang of melancholy.
None of them knew that after this parting, they would meet again in what capacity, or perhaps, never at all.
"Shuci, let's go too."
"oh……"
The four people and one dog returned to the Shenzhou, and it seemed rather deserted without Ban Xiayin and Sikong Xin.
"Guiyi, are you also going back to Yingzhou? I haven't decided where to take Xie An after this."
Xie Shuci sat on the deck, leaning on Xie An's shoulder, and asked lazily.
Chu Guiyi shook his head and said, "We're not going back. Wen Feng and I left the Immortal Sect this time not just for the Dragon Fang Secret Realm."
"Really?" Xie Shuci immediately perked up. "Then what are you going to do? You didn't sneak out again, did you?"
Chu Wenfeng rolled his eyes at him. "Are you blind? Can't you see we're wearing the Chu family's disciple robes?"
Xie Shuci glanced at him. "Yeah, you're blind. So what? Do you have a way to cure it? Come here, little blind man, let your brother Wen Feng take a look. He has some folk remedies."
Xie An slowly raised his head. "Being blind is quite nice."
Chu Wenfeng: "..."
Xie An grasped his right hand, his thumb gently pressing against the water droplet mark on his wrist. It was a mark left by someone else on Xie Shuci. Although he disliked it, he could not deny that this mark could indeed temporarily protect Xie Shuci's life.
Chu Guiyi shook his head helplessly and said, "Wen Feng and I left the Immortal Sect on the orders of the Patriarch to go to Jiyue City to seek a pill."
"Machine Reading City? Where is that?"
Chu Guiyi said, "Qizhou."
"Oh, what kind of pills do you need? I might have some, then you won't have to make the trip," Xie Shuci said.
Chu Guiyi shook his head and said, "We must go to Jiyue City. As for the pills, they are secondary."
Xie Shuci asked curiously, "Then what are you going to do?"
Chu Wenfeng said in surprise, "Xie Shuci, you don't even know about Jiyue City?"
Xie Shuci shook his head in confusion and said, "Is it strange that I don't know?"
He then turned to Xie An and asked, "Do you know?"
Xie An replied, "I know."
Xie Shuci asked in surprise, "How did you know?"
Chu Wenfeng scoffed, "You should ask yourself why you know nothing."
Xie Shuci glared at him. "Can't I be ignorant? Besides, Xie An and I are inseparable. It's enough that he knows."
Chu Wenfeng curled his lip, "How dare you? He's your brother."
"I'm so shameless! What's wrong with my brother? He's my encyclopedia! You can be envious all you want!"
Chu Wenfeng looked puzzled. "What book?"
"Encyclopedia, all-knowing and all-knowing." Xie Shuci proudly raised his chin and nudged Xie An's arm with his elbow. "Encyclopedia, encyclopedia, tell me quickly, what kind of place is Jiyue City?"
Chu Wenfeng: "..."
Chu Guiyi chuckled and shook his head.
Xie An pursed his lips and remained silent.
"Hurry up." Xie Shuci secretly pinched his waist.
Xie An slapped his paw down, but did not offend Xie Shuci. He said calmly, "The reason why Jiyue City is famous throughout the world is because the Meng family, the number one alchemy family in the cultivation world, is located in the city."
"The number one alchemy family? Sounds impressive, but then what?"
Xie An continued, "Every year at the end of August, the Meng family holds an auction in Jiyue City..."
"Holy crap? An auction? They actually brought this thing out?"
Xie An pursed his lips and lowered his dark eyes.
Xie Shuci immediately understood what he meant, "Please continue, please continue."
Xie An then said, "Most of the auction items are elixirs, but there are also some rare treasures. There is an unwritten rule in folk tales that the Meng family will auction two top-grade elixirs as the finale at each year's auction. This alone is enough to make many cultivators flock to it."
"So, does that mean I can also auction off my pills?" Xie Shuci asked.
Xie An shook his head and said, "Ordinary people can't get into this auction."
Why?
Chu Guiyi explained, "The auction is hosted by the Meng family, and the items auctioned are relatively precious. Therefore, the cultivators who can participate in the auction are usually selected by the Meng family and given a waist token, and then enter the venue with the waist token."
Chu Wenfeng chuckled and said, "Those who can participate in the Jiyue City Auction are basically prominent immortal sects and families from various states. It is said among the common people that as long as you receive a token from the Meng family, it means that you have gained the recognition of the number one alchemy family in the cultivation world, and your status will naturally be superior. Therefore, many people are not interested in the treasures being auctioned or cannot obtain a token from the Meng family, but they still try their best to show their faces at the auction."
Xie Shuci nodded, seemingly understanding, which was probably similar to the brand effect in modern society.
As long as a brand is big enough, it can attract countless people to follow suit with just a shout.
However, being the number one alchemy family in the cultivation world, they must have some strength to some extent.
"Do you have a sign?" Xie Shuci asked.
"nonsense."
Chu Guiyi nodded, "Yes."
Xie Shuci asked shamelessly, "Could you take one of us? I'd like to see the world too."
Chu Wenfeng grinned, "Beg me, beg me and I'll take you."
Xie Shuci ignored him and stared longingly at Chu Guiyi.
Chu Guiyi couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Although I can take you in, you must do so as disciples of the Chu family."
"Sure, we can just change our clothes and no one will be able to tell if we are or not."
“That makes sense,” Chu Guiyi nodded.
"Senior Brother!" Chu Wenfeng called out in dissatisfaction.
"One more or one less person won't make a big difference. If Shuci wants to go and take a look, then let him go."
"Senior Brother!"
"Senior Brother—" Xie Shuci called out in a cheeky voice, mimicking Chu Wenfeng.
Chu Wenfeng narrowed his eyes, grabbed the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, and brandished it at Xie Shuci a couple of times.
Xie Shuci immediately dodged to the side, but the little blind man got up and left first. Xie Shuci's body swayed and he fell onto the deck.
"Where are you, my encyclopedia?" Xie Shuci pushed himself up from the ground.
"Rest." Xie An coldly uttered two words and walked into the cabin without looking back. Just as he was about to close the door, his gaze lingered on the king for a moment, intentionally or unintentionally.
The latter let out a "whoop," seemingly understanding his meaning, and reluctantly got up, slowly walking into the cabin.
Xie Shuci: "..."
Ah, his encyclopedia has an unpredictable and capricious nature.
Chu Wenfeng stepped forward and said, "What's wrong with your Xie An? He's acting strangely."
Xie Shuci glared at him. "What nonsense are you spouting? What's wrong with my Xie An? He's much more normal than you, okay?"
Chu Wenfeng was speechless. He pointed to himself, then to the cabin, "He's more normal than me?"
Xie Shuci nodded matter-of-factly, "Yeah, he's more normal than you, cuter than you. What do you have to compare with him?"
Chu Wenfeng laughed angrily, "Xie Shuci, when did you go blind? Your Xie An is as abnormal as can be, okay?"
"You're talking nonsense! What's wrong with my Xie An?"
"What's normal about Xie An in your family? Do you think he's like a normal blind man? What blind man is like him..."
"I've heard rumors." Chu Guiyi frowned slightly. "Don't speak recklessly."
Xie Shuci didn't think anything of it; the little blind man was indeed not like an ordinary blind man.
Chu Wenfeng didn't say anything more, but after holding it in for a while, he was still quite angry. "You think he's cute?"
"Hmm, isn't it cute?" Xie Shuci asked, looking confused. "It's so cute!"
She's especially cute when she throws a little tantrum sometimes.
Chu Wenfeng: "..."
"You... really think he's cute?"
"Even if you ask me a hundred times, my little blind boy is still the cutest."
Chu Wenfeng took a deep breath, "Xie Shuci, you wouldn't...?"
"Wen Feng, how's the cultivation technique the patriarch recently had you practice?" Chu Guiyi interrupted him.
Chu Wenfeng's face fell. "Senior Brother, why do you have to bring up such a sore subject?"
He had only learned some catchphrases from Xie Shuci, and after returning to the immortal sect, the patriarch overheard them and made him practice the mental cultivation method once every morning and evening. He originally thought that coming out with his senior brother would allow him to escape this calamity.
Xie Shuci gradually realized what Chu Wenfeng wanted to ask him, and he prepared to slip away, saying, "Well, you practice well, I won't bother you anymore."
After saying that, he dashed into the cabin.
After Xie Shuci left, Chu Wenfeng glanced at his senior brother and said, "Senior brother, what about Xie Shuci and Xie An...?"
Chu Guiyi smiled and said, "If they don't want to talk about it, then so be it."
"What's wrong with mentioning this? I'm not going to do anything to them," Chu Wenfeng muttered.
Chu Guiyi said, "He treats us as friends, and he will bring it up when he wants to. Don't ask too many questions."
Chu Wenfeng crossed his arms, looking a little uncomfortable, and asked, "Senior Brother, should we tell Xie Shuci that we encountered disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect on the way here? They said that there is no such inner disciple as Xie An in their sect, and that Xiao Xun did not steal anything from their sect at all. They were only chasing Xiao Xun on the orders of their main family within the Futu territory."
Upon hearing this, Chu Guiyi pursed her lips and shook her head, saying, "Although Xie An's origins are unclear, he has no ill intentions towards Shu Ci. Telling Shu Ci now will only increase suspicion between them. Why bother?"
Chu Wenfeng nodded and said, "That makes sense, but we can't keep it from Xie Shuci forever, can we?"
Chu Guiyi lowered her eyes and sighed, "I hope that one day Xie An will take the initiative to confess to him."
Xie Shuci entered the cabin and saw Xie An sitting on the edge of the bed petting a dog.
"Little blind girl, have I made you angry again?"
"No."
Xie Shuci said "Oh," and then asked, "Don't you really want to go to the computer store?"
Xie An shook his head. "If you want to go, I can go with you."
"Oh." Xie Shuci nodded, and after confirming that the little blind boy was alright, he sat down next to him.
"Encyclopedia, thank you." Xie Shuci squeezed his hand.
Xie An raised an eyebrow but remained silent.
"Thank you!" When Xie Shuci saw that he didn't react, she leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek.
Xie Shuci mentally awarded himself a grand prize, feeling like he was a dating genius of the century. What was this blind girl? He had her figured out perfectly!
Xie An remained unresponsive. "Take off your shoes and rest."
"Okay, okay, whatever you say." Xie Shuci kicked off his shoes and climbed into bed. Suddenly, he stopped and stared at Xie An suspiciously. He wondered, something was wrong.
That blind guy, why is he pretending to be angry if he's not?
Xie Shuci sat back down on the edge of the bed and asked suspiciously, "Xie An, you were deliberately giving me a hard time outside just now. You didn't mean to make me come in and coax you so we could have some alone time together, did you?"
"?" Xie An feigned ignorance.
Xie Shuci slapped his thigh and pointed at Xie An, saying, "Don't pretend with me, you're definitely doing this on purpose."
Xie An dropped the pretense, calmly straightened his clothes, and retorted, "Knowing that, why did you still come in?"
"Alright!" Xie Shuci pounced on him and pinned him to the headboard. "Little blind man, I didn't know you had a little trick up your sleeve! Tell me, who taught you that?"
Xie An casually put his arm around his waist and chuckled softly, "Do I still need to learn?"
Their chests were pressed together, and Xie Shuci felt the vibrations in his chest, as if she could feel his pleasure.
"You're so mean!"
"you do not know?"
Xie Shuci pinched his waist in anger, "So you're just going to give up now, huh? You scheming bitch!"
Xie An frowned. "What do you mean?"
"Hmph, I'm not telling you."
"explain."
"I won't tell!"
"Will you tell or not?"
Xie Shuci glared with her round eyes, finally finding a way out. "Xie An, you actually yelled at me? You dare to yell at me? You yelled at me for such a small thing? So love will disappear, right?"
Xie An: "..."
Xie Shuci was really into her performance when she saw that he didn't react, so she pinched him again and said, "Say something."
"Shut up."
"Say something." Xie Shuci poked his waist again.
Xie An pressed down on his mischievous hand, "Shut your mouth."
Xie Shuci glared at him, "Are you a sore loser?"
"Shut up and rest."
"You just can't take a joke."
Xie An didn't waste any words with him, but simply wrapped him in the blanket and held him in his arms.
The king squatted by the bed and witnessed the whole thing.
Daddy and Mommy, why are you acting so strangely? You keep saying things that I can't understand.
Baby wants to sleep with Daddy too, but Mommy is so mean, she doesn't know how to share at all, how awful! Baby can't even win against her!
Xie Shuci squirmed in his arms for a long time before finally settling down.
After the fun and games, that feeling of melancholy returned.
"Little blind man, why do you think people are so strange?"
"Mm," Xie An replied softly.
"The Water God is so kind, the stream is so kind, and their people are all so kind, so why did they have to encounter such a thing?"
Xie An fell silent for a moment, then said, "Xie Shuci, kindness is a superfluous thing in the cultivation world."
"And what about life?"
Having witnessed the passing of many lives since coming into this world, Xie Shuci now feels somewhat numb.
It seems that in the cultivation world, everyone's life is as cheap as grass.
Is even life superfluous?
Xie An tightened his arms, pursed his thin lips, and said, "Life..."
Life should have been insignificant to him.
For him, taking a life was nothing out of the ordinary.
But for Xie Shuci, every life is precious.
"What do you think life should be?" Xie An asked in return.
Without a second thought, Xie Shuci said, "I believe life should be sacred."
Xie An remained silent, listening attentively.
“We are born from our mother’s womb, from babbling to taking our first steps. The birth of life is like a miracle. Just think about it, a group of babies weighing seven or eight pounds, growing up little by little over time, will become all kinds of people, with different personalities, different experiences, and will meet different people. How amazing is that?”
"Little blind man, I don't know if you can understand."
Xie Shuci sighed, feeling that in the cultivation world, a life could be lost far too easily, so almost no one respected life.
"Imagine if I were the one burned to death, the one sacrificed, would you be sad? A life is gone, and you may feel indifferent, but what about his family and friends?"
Xie An felt as if a knife had pierced his heart; intense pain spread from his heart to his limbs, almost causing his muscles to spasm.
At that moment, he seemed to understand Xie Shuci's meaning.
life……
Those who were once easily taken by him may also be someone else's "thank you letter".
If we use the three characters "谢书辞" instead, he can easily understand the emotions that Xie Shuci is describing.
A tremendous sense of panic suddenly filled his mind.
He once killed Xie Shuci.
He began to feel fear about his past behavior.
However, fear is an emotion that should absolutely, absolutely not exist in him.
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