Chapter 75 Lack of Manners Shen Zhengyuan is a man of no manners, he has always been...
Li Chenjin: "..."
Li Chenjin: "Can't you be normal for once? Why are you always picking on a child? How old are you? How old is he? Even if he offended you because he didn't know his place, shouldn't you at least show some of the tolerance that a patriarch should have?"
After Li Chen finished speaking, he thought about it again and again and still felt it was inappropriate.
If she fails to persuade him now, there's no guarantee he won't turn around and actually take Han Shannan's life.
Thinking about it this way, I suddenly couldn't bear to read the story anymore.
She closed the storybook, preparing to have a serious talk with Shen Zhengyuan about this matter, advising him not to be so petty and to be forgiving.
Han Shannan, the protagonist of this story, was completely unaware of his life-threatening situation. He was hiding outside a door, eavesdropping intently.
As Li Chenjin had instructed, he retrieved the invisibility talisman from the sweet fermented rice ball nest and cautiously left the house, intending to investigate the houses that were not occupied by the visitors.
During this time, as he passed by a door, he happened to hear voices coming from inside.
The voice was extremely familiar. After listening carefully for a while, he realized that it was the voice of Liu Yan, the master of the Weeping Dew Pavilion.
Strangely, although Liu Yan seemed to be talking to someone, only her voice could be heard throughout the entire conversation.
He pressed his ear close to the door, and heard a voice inside say, "My Lord, just as you predicted, people from both the Dharma cultivation and Zen cultivation communities have arrived. I have carried out all the tasks you instructed. Thank you, My Lord, for avenging me and saving me from this sea of suffering..."
"Rest assured, my lord, even if I die, I will repay your kindness..."
“You are right. I shouldn’t have bothered with them. They are just ants. It is their honor, and also my honor, that they can contribute to the great cause of the God.”
"This disciple swears to follow the Divine Lord to the death, to achieve great things, and to become an immortal and a god..."
Just as Han Shannan was about to listen more carefully, the door in front of him suddenly opened, almost causing him to bump into a stiff-faced puppet, which startled him so much that he almost cried out.
Fortunately, he remembered that the invisibility talisman on his body had not yet expired, so he tightly covered his mouth and did not make a sound.
Although it hasn't taken effect yet, the time it takes for an incense stick to burn is almost up, so he needs to hurry back to his room.
He seems to be on the second floor now; he needs to hurry back…
etc……
Second floor?
After he used the invisibility talisman, he clearly went upstairs, so how come he's still on the second floor?
He turned around abruptly and looked back, only to find that the house he had seen earlier had disappeared, replaced by a house with its doors wide open and no one inside.
Liu Yan was gone, and the puppet was gone too. He was all alone, as if everything he had seen and heard just now was an illusion...
When he turned his head again, he saw a figure standing quietly at the end of the corridor in the distance.
The figure stood on the edge of darkness, half of his body submerged in the darkness, making him difficult to see clearly, but he could still recognize him at a glance as Li Chenjin.
Li Chenjin stood there, raising one hand, smiling slightly at him, slowly beckoning him, his lips moving as if silently calling out, "Come here...come here...come here..."
He was only startled for a moment before subconsciously walking towards Li Chenjin, without thinking about when Li Chenjin had gone upstairs, or what he had been thinking just now.
He had only taken two or three steps toward Li Chenjin when he suddenly felt his trouser leg tighten.
Looking down, he saw that the sweet fermented rice balls had slipped out of the house at some point and were now biting his clothes, growling and pulling hard, as if trying to drag him away from this place.
At that moment, his mind seemed to suddenly clear, and he realized that something was wrong.
When he went upstairs, Li Chenjin was clearly still sitting downstairs, and he didn't see her after he went upstairs. So how could she suddenly pass by him and appear in front of him?
Then, he looked up again towards the end of the corridor, and as he expected, Li Chenjin was not there. But...
He saw a shrine being worshipped.
There were three sticks of incense burning in front of the shrine, which looked like they had just been lit. It was only then that he suddenly remembered them.
There were no rooms, and no puppets.
He happened to bump into Liu Yan when he went upstairs, so he followed her and watched her burn incense and talk to the statue.
After she finished talking to herself, he followed Liu Yan to leave, but unknowingly he fell into a half-dream, half-awake illusion.
Then he looked at the shrine again, his gaze passing through the smoke from the burning incense and candles and landing on the statue inside. Yet he felt as if he had not completely left the illusion.
Otherwise, how could he have seen the statue seem to come alive, opening its eyes in his direction, its lips slowly opening and closing, silently murmuring:
Come here... come here... come here...
Go to offer incense...
Go and kowtow...
Go and become its new believer...
The Lord will grant all your wishes, appease all your hatred, and give you everything you desire...
Come here... come here... come here...
………………
Just as Li Chen picked up the cup, before he could even take a sip of tea, his elbow was suddenly struck by a force, spilling most of the tea.
Although most of the tea spilled onto the table or the floor, a considerable amount still soaked Shen Zhengyuan's sleeves.
She frowned, slammed the cup on the table, and turned to reprimand the person who had come, only to see Han Shannan huddled beside her, looking dazed, his eyes unfocused, his face pale, and swaying precariously.
At this moment, she didn't care about the tea anymore, grabbed his wrist, and pressed his pulse point.
However, judging from his pulse, Han Shannan was as strong as an ox, and there was nothing wrong with him.
She asked him what had happened, but he seemed not to hear her at the moment, his eyes still fixed and unresponsive.
At this moment, she had no interest in reading about the Biyun dispute or any other stories. She simply pulled the person up and left.
When Shen Zhengyuan noticed, his expression didn't change. He simply got up silently and went upstairs with her, leaving the dozen or so people who had come with him downstairs.
As soon as Li Chenjin went upstairs, she saw that the sweet fermented rice balls were squatting at the door. When they saw her, they immediately stood up, wagged their tails and ran to her side, rubbing against her legs.
While pulling Han Shannan along, she also had time to rub the head of the sweet fermented rice balls before pushing open the door.
The three people and the dog had just entered the house, and before she could even thoroughly examine Han Shannan, Shen Zhengyuan suddenly raised his hand and slapped him hard on the chest.
In a flash of inspiration, Han Shannan suddenly looked pained, pushed away the two people in front of him, bent over and vomited several mouthfuls of blood.
But after spitting out those mouthfuls of blood, his previously unfocused eyes regained some light, and he seemed to have recovered some vitality. He was even able to point at Shen Zhengyuan, wanting to argue with him to see who was right.
However, due to the severity of his injuries, he pointed at Shen Zhengyuan and gasped for breath for a long time without being able to utter a complete sentence.
Seeing his disheveled appearance, Shen Zhengyuan, not wanting to let things get any worse, slapped his hand away.
After Shen Zhengyuan slapped his hand away, he became even more agitated, jumped up from the chair, and, ignoring his injuries, raised his hand to punch Shen Zhengyuan.
But before that punch could land on Shen Zhengyuan's face, Li Chenjin swiftly blocked it.
When Li Chenjin blocked the punch, his hand was even numb from the shock. Looking at Han Shannan, who was full of anger, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.
When this kid gets angry, he really doesn't hold back at all. He used all his strength in that punch. If she hadn't stopped him, Shen Zhengyuan would probably have looked even worse than when she beat him before, and he might have even lost a few teeth.
After being stopped, Han Shannan regained some of his composure. Just as he was worrying about whether Li Chenjin had been hurt, he caught a glimpse of the person standing behind Li Chenjin, who was quietly watching him. The person's face, which was usually as cold as ice when he saw him, slowly blossomed into an extremely dazzling smile.
That forced smile carried a hint of sarcasm, and the way she looked at him was as if she were looking at an overconfident ant.
But Shen Zhengyuan was a man of no manners, always with such a mean-spirited demeanor, so Han Shannan decided to just bear with it and barely managed to put up with it.
This almost contemptuous provocation made Han Shannan's eyes widen suddenly, veins bulging on his forehead. His body, which had been suppressed by Li Chenjin, began to struggle violently. He stared intently in Shen Zhengyuan's direction and shouted in a hoarse voice, "Let go! Let me go! I'm going to beat him up!"
Seeing Han Shannan suddenly struggle, Li Chen frowned, pressed down on the back of his neck, and slammed him onto the table. He then turned to look at Shen Zhengyuan, only to find Shen Zhengyuan still standing there expressionless, quietly watching Han Shannan as if he were looking at a complete stranger.
But if Shen Zhengyuan did nothing, why would Han Shannan suddenly look so provoked?
She stared at Shen Zhengyuan for a while, warning him with her eyes not to cause trouble, before turning back to the person she had pinned to the table and saying, "Hey, he did help you out, so why don't you give him a break? Besides, you can't beat him anyway, so why are you always at odds with him?"
Han Shannan coughed up another mouthful of blood. Whether he was too weak or felt that what she said made sense, he gradually stopped struggling.
Seeing that he didn't want to fight anymore, Li Chen let go of his hand, took a step back, stood in front of Shen Zhengyuan, and rubbed his wrist.
This kid's cultivation level wasn't high, but he was quite strong, with an ox-like strength that almost made her unable to hold him down.
Han Shannan turned around and glanced at Li Chenjin with some disappointment, as if he was very dissatisfied and disappointed that she didn't help him but helped Shen Zhengyuan. But he still asked, "What...what did he help me with? Do you know what he just said to me?"
Shen Zhengyuan sneered and said, "What can I say to a piece of trash like you?"
"you!"
"Alright! Why are you arguing at a time like this? Are you all bored out of your minds?" Li Chen said sternly. "Xiao Shan, do you remember what you did before?"
Han Shannan angrily retorted, "What else could I have done? Didn't he inexplicably slap me? Do you know how hard he hit me? He almost shattered my heart meridian! Luckily, I'm a cultivator with a strong constitution..."
Li Chen turned to look at Shen Zhengyuan, who said, "People with unstable minds are easily trapped in illusions and their memories will be impaired. I left a spell on him to prevent demonic energy from invading him. He will be fine in a quarter of an hour."
Seeing that he didn't respond to Han Shannan's words, Li Chen knew that his actions earlier must have been motivated by personal revenge. He glared at him but didn't say anything. Instead, he looked back at Han Shannan and said, "Han cultivator, it seems you've fallen into the same trap again."
A note from the author:
In Xiao Han's eyes, Xiao Shen has completely lost his manners [laughing and crying emoji]
Xiao Li had actually hinted at his feelings before, and his blocking Xiao Han now clearly shows his favoritism. It's just a pity that the two have different ideas. Sigh.
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