Chapter 88 Chapter 88 Long Aotian's Father 2
The young man was ultimately outmatched, his fists lifted by his legs and thrown out the back door. As soon as he landed, he leaped up from the ground and tried to rush back through the door, but was stopped by the servants and beaten again.
This time the beating was particularly severe, leaving the boy lying on the ground for a long time without getting up. The servants pointed at him and laughed, calling him lowly, and threatening to beat him every time he came.
The boy was a stubborn man. After several attempts at climbing up, he finally spit out blood twice in the process. With a pig-like face, he said to the servants and housekeeper, "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. Don't look down on a poor young man!"
The servants roared with laughter, and the butler spat, "You overestimate your abilities! Get lost!"
The young man was like a wounded lone wolf, limping in the alley, with the scorching sun behind his straight back.
Rong Yi, who was forced to watch all this from a God's perspective, was confused. This plot looked very much like one of the new types he wanted to try a few months ago, a coming-of-age drama with a male protagonist.
It is said that this style is called the "broken engagement style" by readers. After the hero's engagement is broken off at the beginning, he will have many adventures, upgrade all the way and counterattack to slap the faces of all those who look down on him, until he stands at the top of the world.
Rong Yi didn't understand why he had such a dream. It seemed as if his perspective was fixed on the boy, unable to move without him. Wanting to immerse himself in the character, Rong Yi didn't try to wake up, but continued watching.
The young man wanted to get some medicine, but when he touched his waist, his wallet was gone. He asked embarrassedly if he could buy on credit, but the medicine boy chased him out like a fly and insulted him.
"A poor beggar wants to buy medicine? Is your worthless life worthy of medicine? And you're even buying it on credit? If you have the money to pay it back, then go ahead and buy it on credit! Did you see that mangy dog? It's just as ugly as you, but it's got a tough life. It gets beaten half to death every day, but it just won't die. Are you the same? Oh, is it true that the lower the person, the more they can withstand a beating?"
The pedestrians who stopped to watch on the street also burst into laughter, as if everyone was pointing at the boy with malicious intent.
The boy's scarlet eyes swept across the ugly faces of the crowd, remembering them as he remembered the Bai family. The boy made up his mind that when he became successful, he would make these people pay the price!
The boy went back the way he came to look for the money bag, but he couldn't find it until he reached the back door of the Bai family. He was discovered by the Bai family's servants, who chased him for a mile before he finally got rid of them. At this time, the boy was tired and hungry, and his wounded body was in urgent need of rest. He couldn't stay in the inn, so he went to a dilapidated temple.
The dilapidated temple seemed to have been inhabited for a long time, but the boy didn't care about that. He fell into the pile of smelly straw and could no longer hold on, and fell into a coma.
When he woke up again, the boy was awakened by a beating. Before he opened his eyes, he rolled over to avoid the next punch, then stood up and looked fiercely at the several people who were punching and kicking him.
They were all scrawny and dirty, likely beggars from Palm State, the oldest no more than sixteen or seventeen. They glared at the boy with menacing eyes, cruel, excited smiles plastered on their faces. It was like a much-bullied wolf from the lower ranks finally spotting a stray wolf trying to join the pack.
The leading beggar said that the dilapidated temple was their territory, and if the boy wanted to live there, he had to recognize him as the leader and hand over all the food and money he begged. Now, the boy needed to prove his loyalty by crawling through each of their holes.
Naturally, the young man refused, and was beaten up by the beggars, stripped of his clothes, and thrown out of the dilapidated temple.
It was midsummer, and being naked at night wouldn't freeze you to death, but the humiliation was overwhelming. The boy couldn't understand how he had only been in Palm City for half a day and ended up lying naked on the street, waiting to die.
He just wanted to fulfill his mother's last wish. If the Bai family was unwilling to fulfill the engagement, they could have just said it directly, or even said it three years ago. Why did they humiliate him today? How could people be so evil!
The boy lay on the ground, staring blankly at the night sky, not knowing what to do. Just then, the dark clouds that had been obscuring the moon were blown away by the wind, and the bright moonlight spread across the earth, quiet, gentle, yet cold and ruthless.
Regardless of beauty or ugliness, wealth or poverty, noble or humble, the moonlight shines on everyone equally.
At that moment, the young man was enlightened. Heaven and earth are unkind and treat all things as straw dogs. All beings are equal. Why did Master Bai treat him so contemptuously and insult him? He would go and take back what was his right now!
The young man's dying body seemed to be on fire, as if all his injuries had healed, and he was filled with strength from the inside out. He leaped up, tore off the wine banner and wrapped it around himself, then took advantage of the night to reach the Bai Mansion. After some exploration, he climbed over the wall and found Master Bai's courtyard according to the building specifications.
The young man wanted to force Mr. Bai to hand over the dragon and phoenix jade pendant in private, but at this time the yard was brightly lit, and a group of fat and strong servants were guarding the yard, their bodies tense and their expressions alert, as if they were guarding some treasure.
You came at the wrong time.
The boy felt that something was wrong, so he did not show up but quietly climbed onto the roof of the main house, lifted a tile and looked inside.
Master Bai's angry and anxious words just came out, "...haven't you found a solution yet? The gate to immortality is about to open, and Zhu'er hasn't found her chance to become an immortal yet. If she misses this opportunity, she won't know how many more years she'll have to wait. How can I not be anxious!"
The young man froze, suspecting he had misheard. What immortal sect or fate? Was Mr. Bai hysterical, staying awake in the middle of the night?
Then came the butler's voice, "Master, how about we ask Mr. Zhao San for advice tomorrow? He found his destiny as an immortal three years ago, so he must have some magical powers we don't know about."
Mr. Bai hesitated for a moment, then flatly refused, "No! How dare the Zhao family's son covet Zhu'er? He's a frail, sickly child. Even if he passes the immortal gate, he will definitely not achieve anything. The talented people in the immortal world are all the chosen ones, the best of the best. How can my Zhu'er give herself to such a loser?"
Even though Bai Zhu'er hadn't found her destiny yet, she was already thinking so far ahead. The young man on the roof sneered. Even if Bai Zhu'er was lucky enough to enter the fairyland, there were naturally proud sons and daughters in the fairyland. How could she, a person without money, power, or influence, have the chance?
Mr. Bai himself is putting down others and praising others, but he is fantasizing about others doing targeted poverty alleviation.
The butler approached Mr. Bai and said in a low voice, "Then we can only let Yan Bufan try. This is a jade pendant passed down from the Yan family. I believe it must have a special connection with the descendants of the Yan family."
"No, what if Yan Bufan takes away Zhu'er's immortal fate!"
The housekeeper said viciously, "We're prepared. We won't tell Yan Bufan the truth. Once the jade pendant shows signs of abnormality, we'll take the initiative and kill him to silence him. Yan Bufan will be caught off guard and will definitely be defeated."
"This method is feasible, do it immediately!"
The housekeeper took the order and left. Master Bai was complacent in the room. "Yan Xingyun, Yan Xingyun, you would never have thought of this until you die, right? Your family's ancestral jade pendant is a token of the immortal sect. I only found out about it by chance three years ago. Otherwise, I would have come to cancel the engagement after you died. How could I let Yan Bufan occupy the position of Zhu'er's fiancé for three years!"
After hearing the conspiracy between Master Bai and the housekeeper, Yan Bufan was extremely angry on the roof, but it was useless to be angry now, so he quickly calmed down.
Originally, Yan Bufan simply wanted to retrieve the jade pendant, leave Palm State, and wander the world. But now that the jade pendant is connected to a legendary immortal, the Bai family will surely hunt him down to the ends of the earth, fighting him to the very ends of the earth. Furthermore, for the sake of his daughter's immortal fate, even with a knife at his throat, Master Bai probably wouldn't reveal the jade pendant's location.
Then you can only find it yourself.
Yan Bufan searched all night but couldn't find it.
The next day, to avoid the Bai family's pursuit, Yan Bufan left the city early in the morning, eating wild fruits and vegetables. Unable to waste a day in the wilderness, Yan Bufan caught a pheasant and gave it to an old man selling vegetables in the city as a reward, asking him to take him with him, falsely claiming he was going to get medicine for his sister.
The old man saw that although the man looked good, he had a pair of cross-eyes and was lame, which seemed to be inconvenient for him, so he agreed.
At this time, the guards at the city gate were already strictly checking people leaving the city, but people entering the city were still very relaxed. Yan Bufan successfully returned to the city. In order to confuse the Bai family and conceal his identity, he stayed with the old man, making others mistakenly think they were grandfather and grandson.
He first helped the old man sell vegetables, and then asked the old man to drive him to buy medicine in an ox cart. During the whole process, Yan Bufan subtly asked people about the news of the Zhao family and whether there was anything new in the city recently.
After gathering enough information, Yan Bufan went into a drugstore he had never been to before and casually asked a few questions to get the price of the herbs. He told the old man that he had already prepared a prescription and followed him out of the city.
The guards focused their inspections on young men traveling alone. Yan Bufan, a cross-eyed, lame man with a companion, naturally passed without incident. In the evening, he entered the city on time, appearing normal.
Yan Bufan skillfully climbed into the Bai residence, carefully searching the places he hadn't explored the previous night. His luck seemed to be very good tonight; the first room he found was the study, and the secret room in the study had been left open, inviting anyone in.
Yan Bufan was pleasantly surprised, ignoring the slightest bit of unease in his heart, and quickly entered the secret room. The moment he stepped into the secret room, a loud "bang" sound came from behind him, and the secret room door closed.
The door of the secret room closed extremely quickly. It didn't seem like a simple mechanism at all. It looked more like someone was pushing the door shut from the outside.
Yan Bufan immediately realized that he had fallen into a trap. The next second, countless lights lit up in the dark corridor. The lights were arranged on both sides of the road and extended into the secret room, making the secret room as bright as day.
A group of strong men surrounded Mr. Bai, Bai Zhuer and the housekeeper and stood in the secret room, full of murderous aura, ready to rush up and tie up Yan Bufan at any time.
The two groups faced each other in silence. Bai Zhu'er lost her temper and sarcastically said, "You dare to come again? You don't really think you can come and go freely in the heavily guarded Bai Mansion, do you? We didn't arrest you last night because we set a trap for you to fall into tonight!"
Mr. Bai smiled. He seemed to be in a good mood and said kindly, "I didn't expect my nephew to be so good at sneaky things. It was you on the roof that night, right? If so, my nephew must have known the Bai family's secret. He will suffer. I hope my nephew will cooperate."
He said this as if he knew there was someone on the roof at that time. In fact, he only discovered someone breaking in at night during the day. When he searched the whole courtyard, he realized that the person had been squatting on the roof of the main house and eavesdropping.
Recalling the fear and anger he felt at that time, the kindness on Mr. Bai's face disappeared, and he asked the servants to step forward and grab Yan Bufan.
Yan Bufan was furious and regretted his carelessness. He was about to fight back when a brilliant idea suddenly occurred to him. He was normally very strong, and when he exploded, it was even more absurd. He could definitely drag a few people down with him.
But what's the point of dragging a few servants to die together? The culprit is Master Bai, and the chance to become an immortal is right in front of you, so why not give it a try?
Yan Bufan fought with the strong men, but he was quickly captured as if he had lost his fighting spirit and was tied tightly to a cross-shaped wooden stake.
The butler took out the dragon and phoenix jade pendants and placed them on Yan Bufan, but the jade pendants did not react at all.
When he was still trying other positions and placements, Bai Zhuer said impatiently, "Take the blood. Even if this jade pendant is an heirloom, you can't recognize the face of the younger generation!"
Mr. Bai also said, "It will be dawn soon, don't waste time."
Then one of the strong men took a knife and cut Yan Bufan's wrist, and blood immediately gushed out. Another strong man held a large bowl to catch the blood, as if Yan Bufan was a pig or sheep being slaughtered.
The housekeeper originally wanted to place the jade pendant in the large bowl, but Master Bai, to be cautious, asked Bai Zhu'er to take the jade pendant and place it there herself. Bai Zhu'er was reluctant, saying it was dirty and smelly. Master Bai coaxed her, saying, "What if this jade pendant is activated and only recognizes the owner as its master?"
Bai Zhu'er was speechless. She asked everyone to disperse. She stretched out her arms and placed the jade pendants into the bowl. The moment the two jade pendants touched the blood at the same time, they lit up with a bright light.
A white light enveloped the dragon and phoenix jade pendant, and the dragon and phoenix carvings on it seemed to come alive, ready to soar into the sky in the next second. With such a bizarre sight, this jade pendant must not be of this mortal world.
Everyone had an expression of surprise on their faces, and Bai Zhuer even took a step forward, eager to soak every part of the jade pendant in blood.
Because the sight of the jade pendant was so astonishing, everyone's eyes were glued to it, and no one paid attention to Yan Bufan, including the two strong men who were responsible for silencing him at this time.
Yan Bufan, who was tied tightly to a pillar, suddenly found strength from nowhere and pulled the pillar out of the ground with a roar, then rushed towards Bai Zhuer!
"ah!"
Bai Zhuer was startled and immediately jumped away. Her movement was so large that the jade pendant hit the edge of the large bowl, causing it to tilt.
"Stop him! Stop him quickly!" Master Bai roared and rushed towards Dahaiwan, trying to steady himself, but was knocked away by Yan Bufan who was killing people recklessly, and watched helplessly as blood spilled all over the ground.
Yan Bufan continued to charge forward, knocking Bai Zhuer down, who was terrified and didn't know where to hide. Two jade pendants flew out of Bai Zhuer's hands, and were quickly caught by Yan Bufan.
After catching them, Yan Bufan discovered that the parts of the two jade pendants that had come into contact with the blood had begun to fuse.
Yan Bufan didn't have time to think. He punched the wall with the jade pendant in his hand, and blood immediately covered the back of his hand. He punched again, and with the sound of bones cracking, blood flowed through the gaps between his fingers into his palm, soaking the two jade pendants.
Instantly, the jade pendant shone brightly, breaking free from Yan Bufan's grasp and soaring into the air. The dazzling white light hovered in mid-air like a cloud, constantly shifting shape until it finally formed into a long sword.
"A magical weapon..." Master Bai and Bai Zhu'er looked at the sword greedily, and ordered the housekeeper and the strong man to set up a ladder to help them get the sword.
Yan Bufan was tied to a wooden stake and had difficulty moving. He watched Bai Zhuer step on the human ladder. Her hand passed through the edge of the white light several times, as if she would be able to successfully grab the sword next time.
At this moment, a strong man finally remembered the task of killing Yan Bufan. He wanted to take all the credit, so he rushed towards Yan Bufan with a dagger in his hand. Yan Bufan anxiously used all his strength to try to break free from the rope, but heard a snap and the wooden stake broke.
Yan Bufan: “…” What kind of rope is so strong?
Anyway, his arm was finally able to bend, and Yan Bufan did not run away to avoid it, but rushed towards the strong man. After the two of them got close, Yan Bufan suddenly punched the strong man in the face, and the strong man fell down.
Yan Bufan picked up the dagger and laboriously cut the rope. The moment he regained his freedom, he leaped up like a tiger out of its cage, grabbed the long sword in the white light, and landed steadily.
At that moment, Yan Bufan seemed to be thinking of nothing, but also seemed to be thinking of a lot, such as whether his ancestors would use swords to pass on some ancestral teachings or secrets of cultivating immortals.
Almost at the moment this thought arose, a sound that was not like a human voice rang in Yan Bufan's ears. Before he could react, a cheerful and intimate childish voice resounded throughout the secret room.
"Daddy, Zhuozhuo is here!"
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