Chapter 9: Hook Life Silver Moon
After the unpleasant duel with Ling Shuang, Beichen registered as a member of the union "Red Rabbit" at the invitation of Gu Yinyue and Pinhua, and obtained the right to live in the union member dormitory for a monthly rent of more than 1,500 riyals.
Pinhua and Beichen seemed to hit it off immediately and quickly became close friends. Her owner was a middle-aged man named Allen, a union worker. He was quiet, a little overweight, and moved slowly, with a perpetual smile on his face. He looked quite kind, but according to Pinhua, if he got angry, the whole town would tremble. He was a big shot in town with a lot of weight.
And Gu Yinyue... To be honest, when he asked Beichen to join the union, everyone in the union was shocked.
Beichen later learned that Gu Yinyue was a renowned "wolf" in the Lingwu Division—in other words, a lone ranger. He was a celibate who completely avoided women, even using only male weapons. Initially, some questioned his sexual orientation, and even a few young men, drawn to him, tried to seduce him. He ended up beating them, leaving them with bruises and broken bones, and unable to leave their bed for months.
——After hearing his explosive gossip, Beichen secretly called him "ascetic monk" in his heart.
In fact, although this cool and handsome ascetic monk once crucified Beichen into half Jesus, Beichen did not hate him. He even admired his martial arts in his heart. So when he opened his mouth, Beichen agreed with a bit of surprise, and Pinhua was so happy that he jumped for joy.
In addition, although Ling Shuang insulted her in front of many people, the union members did not look down on her. Instead, they happily accepted Beichen as a new member and held a small welcome party in the evening (although Beichen thought they just wanted to get together for a drink), making the union lounge smell like alcohol.
Then Beichen also got a subtle title, "Acetic Swordsman". After hearing this title, Beichen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and turned around to glance at Gu Yinyue who was drinking juice in the corner with a guilty look.
Returning to his own dormitory, Beichen looked around with satisfaction - a quite clean small suite, about 30 square meters, with a small room that looked like a bathroom, the floor was covered with a velvet carpet with a wonderful fragrance, there were two single beds (one of which was probably for weapons?), a small long table and matching chairs in the middle, an exquisite storage cabinet on one side, and a pot of unknown small flowers on the windowsill.
A room with a very lively feel.
Beichen walked in with satisfaction. Just as he was about to throw himself on the bed, he remembered that he was now a dirty savage, so he shouted excitedly again and ran to the bathroom.
──Finally, I can take a proper bath!
After learning how to use the heating device under Xiang Ying's guidance, Beichen smiled and pushed Xiang Ying out of the small bathroom cubicle.
"I'm going to take a shower, no peeking!"
"Master, if I wanted to peek, I would have found an opportunity to do so after being in the forest for so many days."
Xiang Ying felt that his character was being questioned, and he turned around and explained to Beichen seriously with a bit of grievance.
"Tsk, what? I never peeked once. Am I really that unattractive..."
Beichen muttered jokingly, while Xiangying's eyes widened in surprise.
"Hey, Master, do you want me to peek?! Then please wait a moment, Master. I'll go check out the surrounding terrain—"
"Wait a minute! I was just kidding! If I find out, it won't count as peeping! You're a blatant pervert!"
"Master, please rest assured. Since this is called 'peeking', I will definitely choose a time you wouldn't expect, so you won't notice."
"Wait a minute!! Don't become a serious pervert, that's too perverted!! Anyway, you just stand guard outside the door and don't move!"
"……Oh well."
...What's with that disappointed tone of yours, Xiang Ying?
The evening passed with Beichen and Xiangying fooling around with nothing much to eat. The next morning, Xiangying had already brought breakfast from the union's lounge area. Beichen was still nestling in the soft and warm quilt with a look of happiness on his face, refusing to get up even though he was awake.
Just as Xiang Ying was reluctantly trying to persuade Beichen to get up and remind her that breakfast was getting cold, there was a cheerful knock on the door.
"Chenchen! It's me, Pinhua! Are you awake?!"
"Ah, wake up, wake up, I'm coming right over!"
Pinhua's voice came through the door, and Beichen had to wake up even if he was not awake, so she quickly ran to the bathroom to wash up, then came out and took the bread handed to Xiangying in one bite, and ran to open the door.
"Good morning, Mr. Puwagu, Mr. Gu Yinyue!!"
As a result, when the door was opened, not only was Pinhua standing outside, but there were also three men standing behind her, two of whom were strangers, and one was Gu Yinyue.
Beichen said "I'm sorry" with a red face and closed the door - she was still in her pajamas!
A whistle was heard outside the door, and Beichen ran to the bathroom under Xiang Ying's puzzled gaze and changed into the new clothes he had bought yesterday - a short suit with light leather armor.
After opening the door again, Beichen finally welcomed the four guests in. Seeing Xiang Ying standing inside, Pinhua suddenly winked at Beichen ambiguously and then turned around and winked at Xiang Ying.
"Brother Xiangying, how does it feel to have Chenchen help you sharpen your sword blade?"
"—W-what?! No! The master didn't do that!! How could a weapon like me let such a perfect master—"
Xiang Ying suddenly became nervous for some reason and stammered in rebuttal, leaving Beichen confused: Polishing the sword blade?
"Eh?! No? Chenchen, Brother Xiangying's sword was damaged yesterday, aren't you going to help him fix it?"
Beichen became serious as soon as he heard about this.
"Well, I wanted to help him fix it, but I haven't had time to find a swordsmith yet, so I was thinking of asking you guys."
"Swordsmith? What's that?" This time it was Pinhua's turn to be puzzled. "Aren't there only three ways to repair weapons? How did a swordsmith appear?"
"Ahahaha..." Beichen's eyes wandered and he laughed awkwardly a few times.
Xiang Ying suddenly started to communicate with her mind at this time:
"Master, regarding this, please allow me to explain it to you in detail later..."
"Since you don't want to sharpen your blade, then let him advance."
Gu Yinyue, who had been silent since entering, spoke up, and a man standing to his left, who was a few inches taller than him and had long, dazzling, fiery red hair, blew the whistle again:
"You don't want to sharpen the blade? Little girl, you don't have to feel inferior. Although your frame is a little small, you are still very fleshy. You have to trust my ability to judge by sight."
The words were completely incoherent, and Beichen's face was blue with anger.
"Um, Mr. Gu Yinyue, may I ask, who is...?"
Gu Yinyue said expressionlessly, "They are my weapons. Bring them here to meet me."
Then he turned around and gave a look to the two people beside him.
The red-haired man chuckled and walked over to Beichen, placing a large hand on his head and shaking it. He was two heads taller than Beichen, clad in a loose white robe that revealed his beautiful muscular curves. He had a pair of scarlet eyes the same color as his hair, sword-like eyebrows slanting into his temples, and his thin lips curled up in a half-smile. His face was as sturdy as a knife. If Gu Yinyue was a wolf, then this guy gave people the impression of a lion.
Beichen stared at him blankly and thought: If this guy is a weapon, it must be a power type, right?
"Horse-Slaying Greatsword·Obscure Cloud·Seven Scars·Yeyuezhong, it's a pleasure to meet you, little swordsman. I heard about you from that damn bastard Yin Yue. I apologize for my master's foolishness in not knowing how to be gentle with women."
"Oh, oh... hello, Mr. Longyun."
Beichen greeted Gu Yinyue while looking at him with cold sweat: His family's fighting weapon is so arrogant──although the Qihen Yeyue species does have the capital to be arrogant.
Gu Yinyue immediately glared at Longyun:
"There are no men and women on the battlefield, only yourself and the enemy."
The implication is that no matter whether the opponent is a man or a woman, as long as they are enemies, no mercy should be shown? Beichen smiled and nodded after hearing this. In fact, she also believed so. Showing mercy to the enemy can only be done when there is a 100% chance of winning.
Seeing Beichen nodding with a smile, the lavender-haired boy standing on Gu Yinyue's right sneered.
"No wonder that damned Master chose you as his partner candidate. It turns out you two are birds of a feather. You look so innocent, but I didn't expect you to be so cold at heart."
Beichen did not comment on this statement. She had never said that she was a loving and kind person - so she just smiled at the boy.
Seeing that she didn't reply, the young man snorted, turned his head reluctantly, and said:
"Ballistole Naraka Six Stars Brilliant Moon Seed."
Two high-level Yeyue-type war machines! Gu Yinyue was truly incredible, able to have two war machines of rare bloodlines following him! Beichen looked at him with increasing admiration, practically twinkling with stars.
But soon, her admiration was interrupted by Pinhua beside her.
"Wait, wait, wait, I thought I heard something incredible just now? Partner candidates?! Chenchen?!"
Gu Yinyue looked at Pinhua expressionlessly:
"Any questions?"
“…But, but haven’t you always been acting alone?!”
"No, I just haven't found the right partner."
"But you've been in the industry for six, no...seven years! Hasn't anyone satisfied you in seven years?!"
"Um."
Gu Yinyue still answered honestly with an expressionless face. Seeing him like this, it was hard to tell whether to say he was too arrogant or too honest.
Beichen asked in a low voice with his mouth twitching in confusion:
"Then why did I...?"
"You have a very solid foundation."
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"...Uh, no other reason?"
“No more.”
“…”
What's going on here? It's nice to be looked up to by such talented seniors!
Seeing Beichen didn't say anything, Gu Yinyue probably felt that he had said everything he wanted to say, and said in a very cool tone, "Be well prepared to fight against the star disaster. If you like, I can take you on a cross-level hunt." Then he left with the two weapons.
"How's it going?! How does it feel to be expected by 'Hooked Life Silver Moon'!?"
After watching Gu Yinyue leave, Pinhua shook Beichen's shoulder with a gossipy look on his face.
"Why is that? He only pierced me with one bullet..."
Beichen looked at Xiangying with a wry smile, while Xiangying, who had remained silent, smiled and looked down at her:
"It's said that there are very few Spiritual Martial Division members who can withstand three consecutive hits from Gu Yinyue. And yesterday, including the times I acted on my own, we received eleven hits in total."
"Wow! So we're pretty awesome too?!"
"No, the weapon Gu Yinyue used yesterday wasn't his own. His weapons were a giant sword and a crossbow. It might even have been his first time holding a gun."
Pouring a basin of cold water on Xiang Ying immediately extinguished Beichen's excitement.
"But Master, if His Excellency Gu Yinyue is truly willing to partner with you, that would be the best thing ever. I suggest you seize this opportunity."
"Well, but before that, I have to grow to be on the same level as him."
"Yes, and I also have to work on repairing Brother Xiangying's sword."
When talking about Xiang Ying's injury, Beichen immediately put away his smile.
"By the way, speaking of this, Gu Yinyue just said that he would let you advance... Will that help with the repair, Xiang Ying?"
"Yes. One of the ways to repair a weapon is to upgrade. Master, didn't you notice that the scars on my body have decreased a lot since I upgraded?"
"That's right!! I've been seeing you every day, but I haven't really paid attention..."
Beichen happily circled around Xiangying.
"Great! No wonder I felt like Xiang Ying had become more handsome."
"Eh? Ah, no... I'm not capable enough yet..."
"No, no, really, really, if he reaches the next level, Xiangying will definitely become a super handsome guy!"
"This is... impossible, Master. How can I describe him as 'handsome'? At best, it's just 'dull'!"
Dull your sister! Pinhua had a huge black line on his head and complained from the bottom of his heart about this meaningless master-slave duo.
Then she sighed and patted Beichen's shoulder.
"Anyway, the Star Disaster is coming soon. Let's make every possible preparation and try to help Brother Xiangying advance during the Star Disaster!"
"Oh! Of course!!"
Beichen clenched his fist with great pride.
There are still fourteen hours until the night of the star disaster.
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