Everyday I Get up to See the Villain Stealing the Show 102

Half an hour later, the meal was served. 

Han Changsheng arrived late and swaggered over to the leader’s seat. He glanced at the hot dishes on the table and was very satisfied. “Let’s eat!” 

None of the four hall masters nor the two left and right protectors lifted their chopsticks. 

In front of Hua Xiaoshuang was a plate of fried rice with green peppers. Before Gu Mingxiao was a pot of bitter gourds. In front of Luoxin was a plate of onion-covered rice, and before Du Yuefei was a plate of black, sticky things. He didn’t know what it was. None of them had an appetite——these were all the things they hated most. While Du Yuefei was not picky about food, his treatment was the most special. 

Lu Qingqian pushed the bowl in front of him, his face bulging like a bun. “Who cooked the meal today? I don’t eat coriander. Besides, how can anyone make coriander fried rice?!” 

Lu Baibi laughed, as well. “It’s my first time seeing garlic fried rice.” 

Hua Xiaoshuang chuckled, then squinted and stared daggers at Han Changsheng. What kind of new trick was their rascally leader trying to play? 

Lu Qingqian made a sudden move and snatched the bowl in front of Han Changsheng, then pushed his own bowl in front of him. “You eat coriander, I’ll trade it with you!”

Han Changsheng was startled, Lu Qingqian had stolen his bowl. He held it and ate from it. 

Lu Baibi also traded bowls with Hua Xiaoshuang, then everyone else followed suit. After everything, no one was picky enough not to eat anything. In the end, everyone got a satisfactory bowl of food, but Du Yuefei looked pitifully at the crowd——no one would trade with him. He didn’t even know what the ingredients were. 

If it had been for Han Changsheng, everyone would have been hungry. After trading food, they ate like they were starved, and no one expressed any opinions about the weird food. Lu Qingqian and Lu Baibi didn’t catch on that there was something fishy. They had a straight stomach. If they didn’t like what they had to eat, they ate something else. As for the four hall leaders, some were ignorant and some were smart, but they knew from the start that today’s food trouble was a big deal. As for the culprit, there was no doubt that it was Han Changsheng, who just returned to Xiushan. However, no matter what, they schemed only in their stomachs. On the surface, they pretended that nothing was wrong. Du Yuefei wanted to say something, but Hua Xiaoshuang kicked him before he could. He could only continue to worry about the dark things in front of him. 

Seeing that the table hadn’t been flipped as he expected, Han Changsheng was somewhat disappointed. He ate with his head down. 

When he returned to Xiushan this time, he had the important task of finding a way to dismiss the Tianning Cult. Although he tried to pave the way for them when he was at the foot of the mountain, he had already made mistakes. When An Yuan would bring people to fight the cult from Xiushan one day, he would point to Gu Mingxiao’s nose and scold him, calling him a heartless man for running away after forcing himself on him. Amd. if An Yuan didn’t try to castrate him, would Gu Mingxiao admit to a crime he didn’t do? Without question, he’d throw out An Yuan as a psycho! Therefore, he had to find a way to transfer those around him to somewhere safe. 

As for what he did at the base of the mountain, he only hoped that An Yuan could remember the friendship of the faces he met. When the time came to meet each other, An Yuan would be merciful because he wouldn’t know if the person before him was the one with him from the beginning.  

Luo Xin said, “Leader, I heard Xiaoqing and Xiaobai say that you made great progress in your martial arts during your time under the mountain?” 

Han Changsheng raised his eyebrows, his tone provocative, “After eating, we spar.” 

It startled Luo Xin. He was a martial arts maniac still in charge of the Dragon and Tiger Hall, specialized in martial art research of the Tianning Cult. All the leaders of the Tianning Cult in the past were proficient in 18 kinds of martial arts. The only wonder was Han Changsheng, who had more thorough training in swordsmanship. On the contrary, Luo Xin was the master of all kinds of weapons. He was the one with the strongest martial arts in the Tianning Cult. 

In the past, he was responsible for teaching Han Changsheng to practice martial arts. He was quite straightforward and hard-hearted, and he didn’t know how to save face for the leader. On the contrary, because Han Changsheng was lazy all day, he hated iron and steel. Every time Luo Xin and Han Changsheng competed, he beat Han Changsheng mercilessly, so Han Changsheng didn’t enjoy competing with him. Now that Han Changsheng actually took the initiative to fight him, he was a little surprised. 

Luo Xin happily agreed, “Alright.” 

“Then eat some more!” Han Changsheng took a large piece of onion from Lu Baibi’s bowl and threw it into Luo Xin’s bowl. With concern, he said, “I haven’t seen you for more than a year. You’ve lost a lot of weight, you must remedy that.” 

Luo Xin looked at the onion that he had effortlessly gotten rid of earlier. His face turned green. 

Han Changsheng stretched his chopsticks towards Hua Xiaoshuang’s bowl, ready to put in more unwanted vegetables for the people at the table. Hua Xiaoshuang picked up his bowl and rolled his eyes.  

After dinner, Han Changsheng walked out of the lobby and looked at the night sky. 

The weather was good, so the stars and moon shone brightly at night. But the brightness of two stars even surpassed that of the moon and Northern Star. They were almost dazzling——An Yuan’s star and the disaster star beside him. Moreover, the brightness of the disaster star was brighter than that of An Yuan’s star. After Han Changsheng indulged in a one night love affair and secretly left that night, he discovered that the two stars grew brighter and brighter. The star of the disaster was dazzling, indicating that An Yuan’s disaster had reached its peak. In other words, he should be close to succeeding in crossing it. This made Han Changsheng thrilled. It seemed that all his efforts over the past year had not been in vain.  

Luo Xin followed him out. “What are you looking at?” He raised his head, noticing the two stars, and muttered, “What are those stars, why are they so bright?” 

Han Changsheng shook his head. “Let’s go back to digest. In half an hour, I will come to you for a competition.” 

“Good,” Luo Xin said. 

Han Changsheng didn’t go back to his room to rest. Instead, he lit a lantern and slowly walked up the mountain. He had so many memories everywhere. The top of the mountain before him was known as the Siguo Cliff. It was said that all the previous cult leaders were punished there when they were young. The words ‘盧雅江’ had been carved on the back of a big stone on Siguo Cliff, said to be left there by a previous leader who oversaw Tianning, a cult leader who served as the sky. Han Changsheng hadn’t been punished many times on the Siguo Cliff when he was a child. This wasn’t because he was obedient, but because he had Lu Qingqian and Lu Baibi, a pair of good brothers. Every time he committed a crime, he could always find a way to make the two unfortunate guys carry the black pot for him. Out of guilt, he often went to the Siguo Cliff to see them and give them delicious food. The two fools were moved to tears with runny noses. They thought the leader was so good to them that they were sold out and helped count the money. 

Further on, there was a forest. Once, Hua Xiaoshuang’s father, the old hall leader Hua, was killed by a righteous person of the Wulin. Afterward, Hua Xiaoshuang disappeared. The whole cult searched for him for a long time. Han Changsheng finally found him hiding in this forest. Hua Xiaoshuang sat under the tree with his knees in his arms for many days and refused to leave, so Han Changsheng sat with him. One night, Hua Xiaoshuang was sick and shivered with hold. Han Changsheng held him. He said he wanted to leave the Tianning Cult, he did not want to participate in the affairs of the Wulin. Han Changsheng held him all night and cried, begging him not to leave. Hua Xiaoshuang left the forest the next day and never mentioned leaving again. 

Once upon a time, Han Changsheng wanted to leave Xiushan very much. He stayed there for over ten years and was weary of seeing all the same plants and trees. He wanted to go down the mountain to see different scenery. But now, he suddenly didn’t want to leave. He wanted to stay here for ten years, twenty years still. 

Half an hour later, Han Changsheng arrived at the training grounds. 

Luo Xin was already waiting for him on the field. Seeing him coming, he pointed at the weapons rack and gently asked, “What weapon do you want to choose? Or, do you still want to use a sword?” 

Han Changsheng raised his head and looked impatient. “What to do with so many weapons? If I must admit it, the Kung Fu we teach in the Tianning Cult is rubbish. It’s useless to learn so much. It’s not as good as the small schools in the nation. Even small schools have good martial arts because they only train with one type of weapon.” 

Luo Xin’s smile suddenly froze on his face. He was a martial arts maniac with no taboos. His only weak spot was that no one could slander the martial arts of the Tianning Cult. The martial arts from the Tianning Cult was born from the secret scripts stolen from various sects by their ancestors. The martial arts prodigies of the past dynasties had improved and perfected the moves so that their martial arts could dominate the world. Indeed, it was controversial that all the 18 kinds of martial arts of the Tianning Cult were so refined, as not everyone could master them. Only the real experts and talents could master them, which was unsuitable for ordinary people. Therefore, ordinary disciples only learned to use one weapon. Han Changsheng was taught all kinds of martial arts from an early age because he was the leader. Luo Xin knew that he had learned swordsmanship outside the cult, but he didn’t expect that he would overturn all the Kung Fu taught by the Tianning Cult. 

“Cult head.” Luo Xin wanted to reprimand him, but he stubbornly resisted. Instead, he threw him the Longyin sword he had asked Hua Xiaoshuang to send back. He also selected a sword and said, “In that case, oblige me to experience your Kung Fu.” 

Han Changsheng snorted. “Then I will let you see how useless your skills are.” 

Luo Xin almost wanted to crush the poor boy on a rock and smack his ass. He took a deep breath, and without talking nonsense, struck his sword towards Han Changsheng!

“Bang!” When the two swords intersected, Han Changsheng retreated half a step. He always had some psychological shadows about fighting Luo Xin, so he was timid at the first shot. But he gritted his teeth and quickly adjusted. He had to defeat Luo Xin today!

Luo Xin was skillful and hard to defeat, else the late head of Tianning Cult would not have given the Dragon and Tiger Hall to him. However, Han Changsheng’s swordsmanship had increased by leaps and bounds this year. Besides paying tribute to Elder Lan Fang’s teachings, he also had to practice his swordsmanship well because he had to pass on his teachings to An Yuan. This was why he had reached his present achievement. Although, Luo Xin had practiced hard for over twenty years, and that gap couldn’t be leveled in a short time. Han Changsheng was far better than Luo Xin by relying on the internal power he got from old man Xuanji, so he could also rely on his strength to suppress and make a draw with Luo Xin. 

“Whoa!” 

Luo Xin cut through Han Changsheng’s clothes with his sword. He was really annoyed today. In addition to Han Changsheng’s remarks that trashed Tianning’s martial arts, the rascally boy tried his best to put onions in his bowl so that he wouldn’t have enough to eat!

Han Changsheng panicked. He still couldn’t overcome Luo Xin’s psychological shadow, so it was difficult for him to use his full strength. 

“Ah!” Han Changsheng cried out in pain, clutching his abdomen and stepping back. 

Luo Xin was taken aback. His sword had just crossed  Han Changsheng’s stomach, but it should not have touched him. Did he accidentally hurt the unfortunate child? He quickly put away his sword and went forward to check. Suddenly, a sword flashed to his neck. 

Triumphantly, Han Changsheng said, “I won.” 

Luo Xin looked at him in surprise.

“Admit it!” Han Changsheng’s nostrils turned towards the sky. “Tianning martial arts should have been reformed a long time ago, it’s all dregs now.” 

Luo Xin took a deep breath. It was very hard to feel the thing he cherished most being trampled on, especially by Han Changsheng. 

Seeing Luo Xin’s silence, Han Changsheng withdrew his sword and yawned. “I want to sleep.” 

“Cult head.” Luo Xin stopped him from behind. 

Han Changsheng was a little nervous. He was afraid that Luo Xin would rush up and beat him in anger, so he was ready to run away as soon as he heard something. Unexpectedly, Luo Xin didn’t come forward. In a soft voice, he asked, “Head, what happened to you at the foot of the mountain?” 

Han Changsheng was startled. A moment later, he stubbornly said, “What could have happened? This Cult Head is very powerful, there is nothing I can’t solve for myself!” After that, he strode away.