Mouth covered, Ye ChenYan blinked at him. Yu QingTang snapped his hand back.
He wiped his hand somewhat guiltily: “Cough, It’s…..It’s best to not say that carelessly.”
“Let’s…let’s go.”
“Oh……” Da-Shijie didn’t seem to quite get it, but she respected him and followed him quietly down the stairs.
At the door, she bid farewell to the two people. Looking at Yu QingTang with a look of reluctance, she said: “Xiao-Shimei, this Shijie will be leaving now. You need to take good care of yourself.”
She held Yu QingTang’s hands tightly and leaned in next to his ear to whisper: “Remember, safety is first. If it really doesn’t work out, we can pack up the entire sect and make our escape. We don’t have a lot of assets anyways.”
Yu QingTang: “……”
The honesty in these words were mixed with a hint of poverty, which made him feel both touched and also slightly exasperated.
Calmly, Ye ChenYan separated the two of them and cleared his throat: “Da-Shijie, it’s best to leave early while it’s still light out. The Jin Province has not been peaceful lately.”
“I’ve also heard about that.” Da-Shijie frowned: “Who knows what petty villains are creating chaos in the Jin Province right now. After I return, we will help search and investigate as well.”
“However, they’re supposedly only capturing female Golden Core cultivators. I’m already Nascent Soul, so there’s no need to worry.” She raised her chin proudly: “If they dare come, I will show them who’s boss!”
Giving a smile, Ye ChenYan nodded perfunctorily: “En en, but it’s best to still prioritize caution.”
Yu QingTang wanted to speak but held himself back— Da-Shijie, he’s covertly hinting that your Nascent Soul is as weak as a Golden Core! How can you not hear that?!
Da-Shijie was just about to turn around coolly and leave when the attendant poked his head out and greeted: “GongZi, the stuff you requested has been packed.”
While Ye ChenYan headed into his room to grab his things, Da-Shijie swiftly stuffed a small bottle in Yu QingTang’s hand: “Take this, a nasty thing hidden at the bottom of Shifu’s storage chest. Supposedly, this medicine can even knock out Great Ascension level cultivators.”
Yu QingTang’s eyes widened: “That powerful?!”
“Hide it well. When necessary, use it to survive.” Da-Shijie glanced around inside somewhat guiltily: “I’ll be leaving first, before he returns!”
After saying this, she turned around and ran off without stopping, as if she had done something bad.
Coming out holding his packed luggage, Ye ChenYan was somewhat surprised: “Why did Da-Shijie leave already? I even packed two plates of food for her……”
“Haha.” Yu QingTang laughed dryly twice and rapidly stuffed the bottle into his storage ring. Why else? Out of a guilty conscience, of course.
He felt a bit of that right now too.
Ye ChenYan shook his head exasperatedly: “We’re going to have to eat them then.”
He placed the dishes into his storage ring and suggested to Yu QingTang: “Under the Heavenly Music Sect’s inspections, none of these cities permit flying. However, the area they cover is not large, probably about half a day’s journey on foot.”
“If we walk fast, we can leave the boundaries of the Jin Province today.”
Yu QingTang was just about to nod when a disdainful scoff was heard behind him: “Where did these beggars come from, to dare block the entrance of the Celestial Inn?”
“Sorry.” Yu QingTang apologized reflexively and pulled Ye ChenYan to the side to make way. A fan, however, suddenly reached over from a slanted direction and lifted his chin.
Yu QingTang: “!”
A male cultivator with oily hair and powdered face stood in front of him, giving him an arrogant and devilish smile: “Yo, she’s quite a pretty beauty though.”
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Yu QingTang felt somewhat numb.
MiaoYin Xian wasn’t here. Don’t tell him, all those story plots that occurred to her were going to be mirrored precisely onto him?
There’s no need for that, right?!
He stood behind Ye ChenYan and stretched his neck, attempting to identify which cannon fodder was this from his looks and characteristics.
First of all, to have this kind of appearance, he must not be anyone important. Not to mention, he seemed to be followed by just regular lackeys, not cultivators, so it’ll probably be easy to get rid of them without any trouble.
However, to behave like this in the Heavenly Music Sect’s territory, he should have a strong enough backing to feel that others didn’t dare beat him up.
All of these clues pointed to one person— Wu TianJiao from the Wu Family of the Jin Province.
From this name, it’s not hard to guess that he has an older brother called Wu TianLong.
Even though Yu QingTang has already roasted the author initially when reading the book— what family would choose their kids’ names so accurately in their childhood, to know immediately upon birth who’d be a dragon and who’d be a winged-serpent, then put it right inside their names.
Nevertheless, he had to admit this was rather straightforward and direct— At least you can tell just by looking at the names, who’s strong and who’s weak.
Sure enough, with frightened expressions, the onlookers diligently delivered scripted words that provided more information: “Ah! It’s that scourge of the Wu family again!”
“He doesn’t even look powerful, so why’s everyone afraid of him? Just because the Wu family? But the Heavenly Music Sect is the most respected within the Jin Province!”
“Not necessarily! Even though the Wu family are not as deeply rooted as the Heavenly Music Sect, Wu TianJiao’s big brother is already a middle-stage Golden Core at such a young age, comparable and equal in strength to the Heavenly Music Sect’s Saintess. I heard that those two families even want to form a marriage……”
Yu QingTang: “…….”
The original story plot should have been like this.
The Proud Dragon Son of Heaven accidentally encounters the evil cultivator kidnapping female Golden Core cultivators and rescues the Saintess of the Heavenly Music Sect, MiaoYin Xian. The two develop feelings for each other secretly. Keeping her identity concealed, MiaoYin Xian delayed the return to her sect again and again, journeying with Long AoTian the entire time.
Unexpectedly, she was cat-called rudely halfway by the lecher Wu TianJiao, who to no one’s surprise, got beat up by Long AoTian. After receiving the beating, Wu TianJiao refused to yield and returned home to complain to his big brother, Wu TianLong. He even handed over MiaoYin Xian’s portrait.
His big brother recognized his ‘fiancee’ with one glance and in fury, commanded the Wu family to hunt down the two people and only leave the woman alive.
Like this, the desperate pair of lovers fled all the way to BieHe Sect’s territory to encounter him, the valiant Warrior of Justice, Yu QingTang.
But the problem is— MiaoYin Xian isn’t the one here right now.
Yu QingTang scratched his chin. If Wu TianJiao goes home to complain now, what if Wu TianLong is too uninterested to lend a hand?
Before he could figure out an answer, Wu TianJiao already greeted the ground enthusiastically with his face and rolled next to Yu QingTang’s feet— Having finished getting beaten up by Ye ChenYan.
He climbed up after a struggle and pointed at the two indignantly: “You guys just wait! You dare to hit me, I’ll make it so you guys can’t walk out of the Jin Province!”
Yu QingTang: “…….Wait a second.”
Wu TianJiao hadn’t planned to stop, but Ye ChenYan’s spear was pressed against his neck. He had no choice but to stop walking.
Yu QingTang looked at Wu TianJiao: “You plan to leave just like this?”
He felt it was somewhat strange. Why was this cannon fodder so insensible? Shouldn’t he leave behind the intended item before leaving?
Wu TianJiao looked at him warily: “What else do you want!”
Yu QingTang held out a hand at him.
Ye ChenYan seemed to find this very interesting and watched tentatively, pressing the tip of his spear downwards slightly.
Wu TianJiao wailed for him to stop and swiftly reached for his storage ring. The corners of his mouth twitching, he pulled out a pouch with a pained expression and threw it over, still pretending to be tough: “This lord will just treat it as feeding a dog today…Ah!”
Wu TianJiao let out a miserable scream. Ye ChenYan had whipped him on the mouth with the handle of his spear.
Yu QingTang opened it and took a glance. There were only some spirit stones inside. He shook his head: “It’s not this, ai.”
Who knew why this cannon fodder was being so uncooperative. Yu QingTang had no choice but to do it himself. He snatched away the fan in the other’s hand: “This is mine now. You can get lost.”
“You wanted this?” Covering his mouth with a hand, Wu TianJiao looked somewhat stunned: “I… I was the one who wrote that.”
Yu QingTang said vehemently: “What? You refuse?”
He moved next to Ye ChenYan in one step and raised the other’s spear, exploiting Long AoTian’s might to threaten: “En?”
Wu TianJiao flinched back in terror: “It’s yours, it’s all yours!”
He fled in a panic, but still didn’t forget to look back and taunt: “To acquire this young lord’s masterful calligraphy, consider yourself lucky!”
More and more onlookers were gathering. Ye ChenYan gave Yu QingTang a tug: “There are too many people here. Let’s go.”
Once they left the city, Ye ChenYan finally slowed down: “It’s pretty much good here.”
He stopped walking and stared. Head down, Yu QingTang was still focused on fiddling with that fan.
“Cough.” Pretending to be unconcerned, Ye ChenYan asked casually: “Miss Yu, you like that fan?”
He swept his gaze over it: “His calligraphy is not that good.”
“En? It is pretty bad.” Yu QingTang finally raised his head and handed Ye ChenYan the fan pendant that he removed after a struggle: “Here, this is for you.”
“Ah?” Startled, Ye ChenYan accepted it subconsciously.
The jade fan pendant in the shape of a winged-serpent felt cool to touch. It was a good piece of jade, but even more so, it provided a refreshing boost to one’s mind and spirit, as if……
Ye ChenYan turned it over, pleasantly surprised: “There’s a magic array carved onto it, which can help calm the heart and mind, increasing one’s focus on cultivation.”
“You……” He looked up at Yu QingTang: “You had your eyes on this, so that’s why you wanted the fan?”
In the story, Wu TianJiao had voluntarily handed this jade to you while pleading for mercy— because his essential blood was on this, which allowed the people of the Wu family to pinpoint its location.
“You take it.” Yu QingTang looked away guiltily. Without this item, the later plot points couldn’t be triggered.
Ye ChenYan rubbed the fan pendant briefly and then followed after him with a smile: “What about the fan? You put it away?”
“En.” Yu QingTang acknowledged him, his eyes quietly searching for clues within the forest— Even though the order of story timeline had erred, the location was still correct. MiaoYin Xian should be right within this forest.
With his hands behind his back, Ye ChenYan said: “That fan doesn’t look good. If you like it, I can write another one for you.”
“I never said it looked good either.” Yu QingTang walked studiously: “But it’s not like I can just throw it on the side of the road.”
“Oh—” Ye ChenYan dragged his word and then suddenly moved closer to ask: “Miss QingTang, what are you searching for?”
“Searching……” Yu QingTang almost blanked: “Ah? I’m not searching for anything. I, I’m focusing on the road.”
Ye ChenYan smiled with his eyes curving: “Really?”
“Ah, en—” Yu QingTang’s eyes flitted about: “Actually, how about you lend a hand and help me search as well.”
Need to figure out how to divert him elsewhere. Now that all prerequisites were met, perhaps he could trigger MiaoYin Xian’s story plot by himself.
Ye ChenYan was very curious: “What are you searching for?”
“A herb, magical herb.” Yu QingTang fabricated nonsense with a completely straight face: “Yellow flowers with 8 leaves. My Shijie said that it’s here in this forest during this season, a very useful item.”
“So it’s like that.” Ye ChenYan nodded pensively, looking around the vicinity: “Then……”
Yu QingTang suggested: “We can search separately. Just for a little while. If we can’t find it, then we can continue on our way.”
Ye ChenYan replied happily: “Alright.”
He purposely turned his back on Yu QingTang and walked off a certain distance, then turned around holding a flower he plucked: “Miss QingTang, is this it?”
“No.” Yu QingTang raised his head to look: “It’s a yellow flower.”
“Oh.” Ye ChenYan turned around. After a while, he asked again: “What about this?”
Yu QingTang shook his head again, quietly increasing the distance between them: “That’s not right either. It has 8 leaves!”
Ye ChenYan shook his head in amusement. He couldn’t possibly be trying to escape secretly, right? The distance between them was growing larger and larger, but it was a bit too obvious.
He turned his head and raised an eyebrow in surprise. 8 leaves, yellow flowers. It really existed.
Plucking that flower with some sense of surprise, Ye ChenYan turned around: “Miss QingTang, I found it…… En?”
There was no one behind him.
At the same time— Eyes blindfolded and carried on the shoulder of someone dashing swiftly, Yu QingTang felt so jostled that he was about to throw up: “…….”
He did want to trigger the story plot, but he never thought it’d be this kind of method.
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HELPKFJDJJA HE GOT KIDNAPPED LMFAO
😂 Thanks for the chapter!!
Lmaoooo boiiii you better stop resisting and accept your fate as long aotian’s destined one 😂 there ain’t no female leads in this story hun 🤣
Bros going to keep getting kidnapped from the way the story is going.
I fucking love how he’s just planting the seeds of infatuation in the cannon fodders, live on Wu snake guy.
LOLL I mean we knew it was coming but this is hilarious XDDD
Oh my
Thank You for the new chapter ( ∩ˇωˇ∩)♡
LMAO.
He just wants things to get back on track and everyone around thinks he is a madman or psychic.
AHHHH I think I know where this story’s plotline is going hehehe