Chapter 10. Your junior brother's drunken state is even more...
"Nothing happened at all, what are you guessing?"
Xu Zangyu refused to admit it, nor did he dare to admit it.
"I suppressed the fox breath attack, and my junior brother cured it for me when I got back."
"Really?" A hint of malice flashed in You Fengchun's smiling eyes. "Your junior brother cured you? I thought... it was your good senior brother who helped you."
“Of course it’s not him,” Xu Zangyu protested vehemently. “Even if I’m out of my mind, I wouldn’t look for him.”
You Fengchun indeed liked Xiao Mingxin, and even found out everything about the affairs of their Tianyi Sect.
As for the details of what happened between him and Xiao Mingxin, no one else should know them.
Footsteps moved from the shadows, drawing ever closer, their chilling aura impossible to ignore.
A handsome face emerged from the candlelight, its sharp contours outlined by the light and shadow.
Like a sharp sword that has been pierced, no matter how beautiful it is, one cannot easily look directly at its sharp edge.
Xu Zangyu heard a cryptic remark, "Junior Brother Chen has such good medicine, I would be grateful if you could also get me two doses."
Junior Brother Chen said himself that he had cured most of the fox breath poison. Although he had fooled him, Xiao Mingxin wouldn't have doubted him, would he?
That's why I had a cold face, feeling that he had done something he shouldn't have.
"Senior Brother Xiao, what brings you here... Have you recovered?"
Xiao Mingxin remained silent, but Xu Cangyu felt uneasy under the gaze of his eyes. He only breathed a sigh of relief when he noticed that the bloodshot in Xiao Mingxin's eyes had not completely disappeared.
Xiao Mingxin is still suffering from an illness.
That's wonderful.
Heaven did not forsake him.
Perhaps his smugness was too obvious, making the surrounding air even colder. "I thought Junior Brother never wanted to see this dress again. So, you like it this much?"
The sarcastic remarks made Xu Cangyu feel ashamed. "It's not like I insisted on wearing it, Senior Sister..."
Those eyes suddenly sharpened.
Xu Zangyu pulled back from the brink, swallowing the matter of seducing Chu Shu, and quickly changed the subject, "I've run into a bit of trouble. I don't know who leaked this painting under my senior sister's name. I'm investigating it now."
The painting of a bound beauty placed behind the screen is like a perfect embellishment in the bedroom, placed in front of the bed for easy viewing.
A view that should only be kept hidden in one's bedside—who can know what intimate thoughts the person who keeps it harbors?
A pair of hands caressed the waist in the painting. "Young Master Xiao, it seems that another disciple of your Tianyi Sect will be added to the 'Record of Beauties'."
Suddenly, the sound of a sword rang out. Xu Zangyu only saw a blur before his eyes, and the painting of the beauty shattered into pieces of spiritual light.
You Fengchun quickly withdrew his hand, but half of his sleeve was also cut off, and his smile became stiff.
"What a rare painting! Xiao Lang, you really don't understand how precious it is."
The scene imprinted with spiritual power was destroyed and gone. Therefore, every painting in Chuncifang was carefully protected, but Xiao Mingxin used all his strength, and he would be injured if he tried to block it.
Are you that angry?
You Fengchun smiled, a smile tinged with curiosity.
"Why did you destroy it? It was worth eight thousand taels."
Someone actually carved Xu Zangyu's image in the fox den. Who in the sect could it be?
Xiao Mingxin hadn't sheathed his sword yet, and his tone was as piercing as the sword in his hand, "You called me here to talk about this?"
"I brought the items, but I'm taking the person with me."
Something was thrown into his arms, and You Fengchun felt the weight against him lighten.
Xu Zangyu's swaying body was pulled over, and she fell into another person's chest.
My nose ached from the throbbing muscles, and the force of the grip on my arm left a red mark.
A painful hiss escaped his lips, and only then did the force ease somewhat.
"Isn't that the inner core of a fox demon?"
He saw clearly what was thrown into You Fengchun's hand and assumed that Xiao Mingxin had already swallowed the fox demon's inner core.
Why was it suddenly given to You Fengchun?
"Xiao Lang, you are a truly straightforward person. It was worth all the effort I put into saving you."
Now, Xu Zangyu could easily understand that he was nothing more than a bargaining chip used by You Fengchun to lure Xiao Mingxin into a deal.
Damn it, You Fengchun actually tricked him into painting an obscene picture.
Xu Zangyu was so angry that his blood rushed to his head, and he felt even more dizzy. You Fengchun seemed to know what he was about to say and interrupted him.
“It’s not intoxicating, but it’s sweet and has a strong aftereffect. You’ve drunk half a pot, so I’m afraid it will take you at least two days to sober up,” he said, then looked at Xiao Mingxin. “However, I have prepared a hangover soup, so you can rest for one night.”
After hearing You Fengchun's words, he felt even more dizzy, and his previously forced consciousness had long since drifted away.
Her limp waist was held in place, and she seemed to be placed on a couch.
Xiao Mingxin picked up the hangover soup and noticed that You Fengchun was still there. "You've already gotten what you wanted, what are you still doing here?"
You Fengchun twirled the spoils in his hand, "What a surprise! I thought you were asking me to exchange my inner core for Chu Shu's."
Xiao Mingxin paused for a moment. "No matter who it is, since you've planned this all along, I'll have to give you something in return."
Is it really the same for everyone?
You Fengchun could not find any flaws in Xiao Mingxin's words and had become impatient with his repeated probing, so he had no choice but to give up.
He then uttered a very charming remark, "Your junior brother is much more interesting when he's drunk than when he's sober."
"This room is undisturbed; you can stay for two days without any problem."
"If you don't intoxicate people with beautiful dreams, or leave them with memories, even if you indulge in pleasure for a moment, everything will be gone when you wake up. Do you still want to give them this hangover soup?"
He should have questioned You Fengchun about his purpose in tricking Xu Zangyu into drinking, but even after You Fengchun's figure disappeared into the distance, he couldn't shake off the reverie stirred up by those few words.
He walked towards the couch, and the surroundings seemed to turn into a dark cave, and then he...
The suppressed blood energy in his heart surged up; at this moment, he should be immersed in that cold medicinal pool, not here.
He turned around, suppressing his inner energy, when suddenly his sleeve was tugged.
"Senior brother, what's wrong?"
Xiao Mingxin's hands trembled slightly, probably because the room reeked of alcohol. He found Xu Cangyu's tone of voice cloyingly sweet.
"Senior brother, why are you ignoring me?"
People who are drunk are often breathless when they speak, and they are completely unaware that they are almost deliberately seducing others.
In his presence, Xu Cangyu always carried a subtle, imperceptible thorn, not obvious, but making people uncomfortable.
Fortunately, over the years, Xiao Mingxin has gradually gotten used to it.
But Xu Zangyu now leaves people at a loss.
Wasn't it a bit excessive for him to lean against You Fengchun's chest just now?
Completely lacking understanding of proper boundaries in interpersonal relationships, even without the fox demon, he would have caused trouble sooner or later.
"You are not allowed to speak."
The harsh tone of his voice did indeed silence the person behind him.
As his senior, he never interfered excessively in Xu Zangyu's affairs; it was his fault, and he should—
Xiao Mingxin turned around and saw a pair of tearful eyes looking at him, and the harsh words stuck in his throat.
"Senior brother, are you going to punish me? Is it because my swordsmanship is not good enough?"
Xu Zangyu was truly drunk and completely unaware of the current situation.
"It's not that I'm blaming you." Xiao Mingxin reached out to touch his head, but he shrank back.
He looked at him warily, with the same guarded gaze he had when he joined the sect at the age of ten.
Xiao Mingxin realized that he had spoken too harshly. Xu Cangyu was always a cautious person, and he had frightened him.
"Your senior brother is annoyed that you always put yourself in danger."
"You've just recovered your health at the sect, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Is Chu Shu that important?"
Although Xu Zangyu was not fully conscious, his intuition told him he couldn't admit it, so he mumbled, "I was just going down the mountain to have some fun..."
"And then you put on this outfit?" Faced with Xiao Mingxin's question, he suddenly couldn't come up with an excuse.
Xiao Mingxin's previously warm and gentle gaze suddenly turned sinister and terrifying as her collarbone was pressed hard. "Who bit you? Chu Shu, or You Fengchun?"
His fingers suddenly moved to his lips again. "Have you touched here too?"
Senior Brother Xiao is truly a prophet. Can he say that both of them were involved?
"I don't know, I'm drunk."
He collapsed onto the bed, not wanting to deal with such complicated issues while feeling dizzy.
She also reminded Xiao Mingxin, "Senior brother, if your poison hasn't healed, hurry back and don't delay your treatment."
"It's kind of you to remember."
Xu Zangyu suddenly felt a weight on his body. As soon as he opened his eyes, he was met with an overwhelming, fierce kiss.
It deprived them of every inch of air they could breathe.
Memories seemed to return to the time in the fox den, when Xiao Mingxin was just as confused.
He must have been drunk, otherwise how could he have dreamed of Xiao Mingxin kissing him?
He actually dreamed of such a scene, and his mind went blank.
"It's all a dream, it's all fake."
He murmured to himself unconsciously, and his attack paused slightly.
A pair of hands covered his eyes and whispered in his ear, "It's a dream, just a dream."
The hand that was pushing was grabbed and pinned above the head by another hand.
The kisses wandered to the collarbone, and the cut surface stung when sucked.
"But remember, it was me in your dream."
*
Xu Cangyu slept soundly, and when he woke up, he found the empty hangover soup bowl beside his bed and breathed a sigh of relief.
It was just a dream.
Otherwise, how could he have dreamt of Xiao Mingxin kissing him so passionately that it was almost unbearable?
Finally, Xiao Mingxin held his hand and told him to go to sleep.
Fortunately, the dream wasn't so absurd that he and Xiao Mingxin actually got involved.
Otherwise, he must have something wrong with his brain, and he might need to ask Junior Brother Chen for some medicine to regulate his brain.
However, Xu Zangyu felt that his series of strange dreams were too frequent. Perhaps it was because he hadn't been able to resolve them for too long, to the point that when he had erotic dreams, the first person he fantasized about was someone next to him.
I stretched and noticed someone next to me with their head propped up and eyes closed.
Xu Zangyu was startled.
Xiao Mingxin is really here!
"You're awake?"
Xiao Mingxin opened her eyes at just the right moment, "Do you still remember what happened last night?"
Xu Zangyu's eyes widened.
“I received a letter from You Fengchun at Tianyi Sect, offering to exchange your inner core for yours. I didn’t expect you to be so drunk that you don’t even remember this.”
"So you mean..." Xu Cangyu smiled sheepishly, "I remember now, thank you for saving me, Senior Brother."
"What do you think I'm asking?"
"Uh... I dreamt I fought a fox demon for three hundred rounds, and he cried and begged for mercy, regretting his actions. It really was just a dream..."
"..."
The atmosphere was a little awkward, and Xiao Mingxin was probably speechless.
"Your senior brother risked his life to get that fox demon's inner core, and you just gave it away so easily?"
Xiao Mingxin: "The purpose of this training is to eliminate demons, and obtaining treasures is secondary. Besides, since You Fengchun has his eye on it, he will try every means to get it."
After sobering up, Xu Zangyu's mind became much sharper. He guessed that the original plan was to target Chu Shu, but unfortunately, he was the unlucky one who had fallen right into it.
Not only did he owe Xiao Mingxin a favor, but he also incurred the wrath of that dim-witted young master of Anxiang Tower.
I wonder if Chu Shu gave him a good scolding.
We should hurry back to the sect; the outside world is too chaotic.
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