Han Changsheng wasn\u2019t interested\nin Yuehua Sect. In fact, all he wanted was to finish the task at hand. He had\nto drive Lord An Yuan out of the Sect and follow fate as the Overseer wrote it\nso he could return to Tianning Cult\u2019s mountain peak. Therefore, other than the obligated\nactivities, he spent most of his time sleeping in his room or watching sword\npractice, awaiting the foul immortal lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite not wanting to get\ninvolved with anyone else, he pulled that Shidi out of a predicament and taught\nthe Shimei a lesson on impulse. Now the seeds of trouble were headed his way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng finished his\npractice and was returning to his room when Yue Yu-er\u2019s voice came from behind,\n\u201cDa Shixiong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He paused then continued\nforward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Footsteps hurried to catch up\nwith him. \u201cDa Shixiong! I\u2019m calling you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng asked icily, \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er was soaked in sweat\nfrom head to toe. Her chest heaved as she gasped for air. She had obviously put\na considerable amount of effort into her practice. She blocked Han Changsheng\u2019s\npath. \u201cDa Shixiong, let\u2019s have another contest. I\u2019ve practiced hard the past\ntwo days, and I\u2019ve made great progress!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng rolled his eyes. If\nresults could be seen in just two days, this Cult Leader wouldn\u2019t be forced\ninto such a corner. He wouldn\u2019t have to stay away from his cult for so long, and he wouldn\u2019t have to be plagued by that pest\nLord An Yuan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was too lazy to deal with Yue\nYu-er, so he continued past her. She\nrushed forward, not waiting for him to agree, and shouted, \u201cDa Shixiong, I\u2019m\ncoming!\u201d The words barely left her mouth when she stabbed at his back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng heard her come at him from behind, but he didn\u2019t\neven turn his head. The wooden sword slipped by him and he grabbed it, pushing\nback to strike her. He threw her to the ground hard and flung the sword backward.\nShe screamed\u2014the sword burrowed into the earth only inches from one of her\nears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng clapped his\nhands. Now that he had given this little girl a harsh\nlesson, she ought to be scared off and leave him alone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other disciples rushed\nforward to support her, accusing Han Changsheng, \u201cDa Shixiong, how could you be\nso hard on Shimei!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nose to the sky, he answered\nwith pride, \u201cYou can\u2019t make up for your lack of skill by having people twist\nwords and logic. As a child of Yuehua Sect, you have such an ego?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er shoved away the\ndisciples who tried to help her and said impatiently, \u201cGet out of the way! Who\nwanted your help!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The disciples withdrew, feeling\nwronged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er stared at Han\nChangsheng with stars in her eyes. \u201cDa Shixiong, you\u2019re so powerful! You\u2019re\nbetter than Er Shixiong. Were you going easy on me? Da Shixiong, you\u2019re too\nsoft!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026\u201d Han Changsheng was\ndumbfounded. Hello, did you just suffer a\nbrain injury? Lao zi just threw you to\nthe ground and you\u2019re saying lao zi is soft?!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n She dusted off her clothes and\nran over to him, \u201cDa Shixiong, I didn\u2019t have time last time you asked me to eat\ntogether, but today I\u2019m free.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026I\u2019m busy!\u201d Han Changsheng\nshivered and turned around, striding away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reluctant to see him go, Yue Yu-er\nchased after him. \u201cLast time, you said you would take me down the mountain and\nhelp me shop for new clothes?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBusy!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou said you\u2019d take me lotus root\npicking\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBusy!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou said you\u2019d catch a pheasant\nfor me to try\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBusy!!!\u201d Was the previous Li\nJiulong this much of a fool?! How many times was he rejected by this stupid\nwoman? And he still continued to invite her out?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou said\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Han Changsheng stopped. Unable\nto tolerate her another minute, he sealed her acupuncture points and told her\nonce she was frozen in place: \u201cDon\u2019t bother lao zi anymore! Lao zi isn\u2019t\ninterested in you! Appear before lao zi again, and lao zi will see to it you\u2019re beaten again!\u201d He raised a fist in\npromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now that he had spoken so\nheartlessly, this little girl should have gotten the picture. He abandoned the\nwooden stake that was Yue Yu-er and left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A few disciples rushed over and\nran circles around her as they released her points. After a while, she was finally\nfree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDa Shixiong is too much! How could\nhe be so aggressive toward you?\u201d \u201cPrecisely, little Shimei, don\u2019t worry about\nDa Shixiong again.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019ll tell Shifu Da Shixiong bullied you\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yue Yu-er drove them away. She\nwatched Han Changsheng\u2019s back as he left and cupped her warm cheeks,\nwhispering, \u201cDa Shixiong looks so handsome when he\u2019s angry\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quite a ways off, Han Changsheng sneezed and rubbed his nose. Unable\nto make heads or tails of it, he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When he entered his room, he\nnoticed a yellow ball of fluff on his bed. He approached and discovered it was\nthat raccoon cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It jumped off the bed when it\nnoticed he had come back and circled about his leg. Since Han Changsheng had\nfed it, the cat played with him every day. Every time he saw it, he would\nrecall the days he spent tossing about\nwith the cats Gu Mingxiao raised on the mountain, so he always brought back food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLittle rotten egg, look what\ndelicious food I brought today.\u201d Han Changsheng took out a piece of dried beef\nfrom his sleeve and gave it to the cat. It ate it all and rubbed against his\npalm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Han Changsheng picked it up and stroked\nits glossy fur. \u201cLittle rotten egg, why are you so ugly?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gu Mingxiao raised eighteen\ndifferent cat breeds, and he gave them all names like \u201cclear as ice and clean\nas jade,\u201d \u201cwise as the snow is bright,\u201d \u201cmuscle of ice and bones of jade,\u201d and\nso on. Han Changsheng disdained them all and secretly called the cats \u201csmelly\negg,\u201d \u201cmoron,\u201d \u201cugly egg,\u201d and so forth. He couldn\u2019t stand how much more comfortable\nGu Mingxiao was with his cats than with people, or how those cats were so proud\nthat they would even disregard the leader of the cult. Whenever he had the\nchance, he would sneak into the Violet Jade Hall to brainwash them. \u201cYour mom know you look this ugly?\u201d or \u201cYou\u2019re so dumb, you\ncan\u2019t even catch a mouse, you\u2019re going to starve to death, you know?\u201d or \u201cGu\nMingxiao\u2019s fattening you up. Oh, I hope we\u2019ll have cat hotpot every day!\u201d In\nthe end, he couldn\u2019t count how many times Gu Mingxiao had chased him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Yuehua Sect, he could bully\nthe stupid creatures however he pleased. Unfortunately, without someone to\nchase him and threaten to beat his ass, he felt rather lonely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a while, little rotten egg\nlay outstretched in Han Changsheng\u2019s arms, belly exposed. He leaned forward and\nkissed the cat\u2019s nose. It stuck out its\ntongue and licked his lips. Han Changsheng sighed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The cat jumped out of his arms\nsometime later and went back to his bed, curiously sniffing a sachet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He walked over. It was that\nsachet Liu Xiaoqi had given him. He left it by his bedside without thinking\nabout it much, and these days, he had\nslept well, and his vitality was strong.\nThough, he wasn\u2019t sure what role the sachet played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grabbing the sachet, he lifted it\nto his nose and sniffed it. The aroma was faint but refreshing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIncense? Liu Xiaoqi?\u201d he muttered.\nYuehua Sect had no incense making skills, so Liu Xiaoqi must have prepared the\nspices himself. Though, he didn\u2019t learn how to do that here. He was sixteen\nyears old this year and had only been in the Yuehua Sect for the past two\nyears. His incense-making skill had to have developed before he was fourteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Han Changsheng was lost in\nthought when he suddenly heard someone shouting outside, \u201cEr Shixiong has\nreturned! He\u2019s in the Writing Hall now! Quick, let\u2019s go!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Startled, Han Changsheng threw\nthe sachet to the side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Immortal Dog Lord was back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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