THNWO 122

Chapter 122 

That one “alright” cost Fang Chaozhou heavily. The next day, he couldn’t get up to brew medicine for Xue Danrong. More accurately, he intended to get up but couldn’t, he was powerless, unable to move because the peony flower on his body wouldn’t let him.

Fang Chaozhou finally understood what it meant to die under a peony flower.

On the third day, Fang Chaozhou was still dizzy. He felt someone feeding him, but he couldn’t open his eyes. However, because he smelled the familiar cold fragrance, he didn’t resist and drank from the other party’s hand. Only halfway through, their lips intertwined.

He lamented in his heart and couldn’t help but hide under the covers, pleading hoarsely, “Junior Brother, I’m so tired, let’s do it next time.”

If it happened again now, he would really die.

Xue Danrong placed the Ling Shui liquid in his hand on the nearby stool and returned to the bed. He set up a barrier outside and cast a sleeping spell on the two birds, so they wouldn’t know what was happening inside.

He watched the young man trying to hide under the blanket, his eyes darkening slightly. Without stopping the other’s actions, he lowered his head, kissed the young man’s cheek, and whispered, “Take the medicine and sleep, Senior Brother.”

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It’s not that he didn’t like Xue Danrong, but he was a bit afraid of him now.

However, after dodging for a moment, he suddenly saw the clothes on Xue Danrong—

It was the disciple’s robe of Tian Shui Sect.

“Young Junior Brother, you…” Fang Chaozhou immediately sat up. As he sat up, the blanket covering him automatically slid down, leaving him exposed.

Soon, Fang Chaozhou was forced to sit on the other person’s lap. Although it wasn’t the first time he sat like this, he still couldn’t help but blush. Xuerong brought the blanket and the person over, one hand outside the blanket, the other inside.

“Senior Brother, in seven days, we will return to Tian Shui Sect, alright?”

Fang Chaozhou, busy grabbing the hand inside the blanket, first felt happy at the words, then was puzzled, “It’s okay, but why wait for seven days?”

Xue Danrong didn’t answer that question, but his hand told Fang Chaozhou.

On the fifth day before the deadline, Fang Chaozhou finally got out of bed. He lay on the table, feeling like a scholar in a novel who had been emptied out by a mountain spirit. Xue Danrong was now a complete fraud, saying it was dual cultivation, but he didn’t follow the dual cultivation process.

Dual cultivation required a technique, with spiritual power circulating inside the body according to the technique. However, his spiritual power had never completed the circulation. Xue Danrong didn’t give him the chance; the technique was interrupted several times, and Fang Chaozhou gave up. He could only let the dual cultivation become primitive.

His poor old waist, so sore it was about to break, almost snapped.

Of course, it couldn’t be entirely blamed on Xue Danrong. He also had his faults, his will was not very strong. Xue Danrong didn’t forcefully interrupt his technique; the movements suddenly became intense…

On the sixth day, Fang Chaozhou saw Brown Chicken and Golden Wing Bird. Brown Chicken had been under the sleeping spell for several days and had no idea how many days had passed. Seeing Fang Chaozhou’s somewhat pale face, he curiously asked, “Fang Chaozhou, didn’t you sleep well last night?”

Fang Chaozhou squeezed out a smile. It wasn’t that he didn’t sleep well last night, but for the past few nights, he. Only in the last two days, he barely managed to sleep normally.

That day, Fang Chaozhou and Xue Danrong went out together, bringing Brown Chicken and Golden Wing Bird along. Originally, it was agreed that each person would bring one bird, but Brown Chicken turned small and landed on Fang Chaozhou’s shoulder. Golden Wing Bird also flew over, staying close to Brown Chicken.

Brown Chicken then hid on the other shoulder, and Golden Wing Bird immediately followed. They seemed to be playing a game, one hiding, the other chasing. In the end, Brown Chicken seemed tired, it wasn’t good at flying, and Golden Wing Bird could fly for miles. So Brown Chicken angrily kicked Golden Wing Bird down.

Fang Chaozhou quickly picked up the Golden Wing Bird. It had just recovered from its injured wing, and he couldn’t let it break again. Tomorrow, he will return the Golden Wing Bird to Zhongli Yueshui. He was afraid that Brown Chicken and Golden Wing Bird would fight again, or more precisely, that Brown Chicken would unilaterally beat up Golden Wing Bird. So Fang Chaozhou handed the Golden Wing Bird to Xue Danrong.

Wearing a hat, Xue Danrong glanced at the Golden Wing Bird in Fang Chaozhou’s hand but didn’t take it.

“Take it.” Fang Chaozhou urged and handed the Golden Wing Bird forward.

Xue Danrong slowly reached out, took the Golden Wing on his shoulder.

Fang Chaozhou saw this, the corner of his lips curled up. Soon, he bought what he wanted and returned to the residence with Xue Danrong and the two birds. Brown Chicken and Golden Wing Bird also knew that they would return to Tian Shui Sect tomorrow. 

For some reason, they refused to sleep, and Fang Chaozhou could hear Brown Chicken’s muttering voice from the outside, talking incessantly. He found it strange. After listening carefully for a few sentences, he looked at Xue Danrong, who was sleeping on the outer side, “It seems like Brown Chicken is reluctant to part with Golden Wing Bird.”

Xue Danrong lifted his long lashes, his pair of phoenix eyes shining brightly in the moonlight filtering through the window. Fang Chaozhou saw him open his eyes, and the desire to speak emerged within him. He leaned closer, “I knew Brown Chicken doesn’t dislike Golden-winged birds, although Brown Chicken always fights with it.”

Xue Danrong hummed in response.

Fang Chaozhou continued, “Did you hear what they were saying just now? It seems like the Golden-winged bird wants to gift its tail feather to Brown Chicken. Isn’t that a grand gesture?”

Xue Danrong spoke up, “The tail feather the Golden-winged bird wants to give is its only one, given only to its partner. If in the future…” He paused for a moment before finally uttering the name of the Brown Chicken, seeming reluctant, “Brown Chicken encounters danger, the tail feather can ward off a fatal blow for it.”

Fang Chaozhou couldn’t help but exclaim in excitement, his eyes filled with gossip, “Isn’t this a form of courtship? So if Brown Chicken accepts…” Before he could finish his sentence, a loud boom was heard from outside, as if something had fallen to the ground.

“I don’t want your damn tail feather, get lost!” The voice of the Brown Chicken followed immediately.

Fang Chaozhou: “…”

He coughed and lay back in his place, sighing, “Indeed, courtship among birds isn’t easy either, let alone humans. Mortals even have the Three Betrothals and Six Rites. Alas.” Feeling drowsy, he closed his eyes, while Xue Danrong turned his head to stare at Fang Chaozhou, watching him for a long time.

Early the next morning, Fang Chaozhou first fed Xue Danrong a bowl of medicine, then strapped the knee guards he bought yesterday onto Xue Danrong’s knees. Xue Danrong, seeing Fang Chaozhou’s actions, was somewhat puzzled. After strapping them on Xue Danrong, Fang Chaozhou also put them on himself. Facing Xue Danrong’s gaze after finishing, he explained, “When we return to Tian Shui Sect, we’ll definitely have to kneel. With these, it won’t hurt as much.”

Later when they returned, they would have to kneel outside the mountain gate on the gravelly ground. Kneeling would be painful, and not only that, to show their attitude, they would have to remove all their defenses and kneel with their bodies alone.

Kneeling was inevitable, but a little movement to reduce the pain wouldn’t hurt.

Xue Danrong understood Fang Chaozhou’s intention. He frowned, wanting to reach out and remove the knee guards, but Fang Chaozhou quickly stopped him, “Why are you taking them off? Keep them on. These knee guards I bought are precious, no wasting allowed.”

Xue Danrong’s brow furrowed even tighter, but he didn’t reach out again. His gaze shifted to Fang Chaozhou’s legs, “Then, Senior Brother can remove the guards, and I’ll kneel alone.”

“If you kneel, I kneel. If you’re at fault, I’m also at fault. Not only did I take you away in front of the Master, I also took the Golden-winged bird. It’s even worse, so later we’ll each kneel for our own mistakes.” Fang Chaozhou said, putting down Xue Danrong’s pant leg. He strapped the knee guards underneath, making it invisible from the outside. “All set, let’s go.”

He finished speaking but noticed Xue Danrong didn’t say anything, only lifting his head to look at him.

Xue Danrong was sitting, while Fang Chaozhou was standing.

Without hesitation, Fang Chaozhou raised his hand and held Xue Danrong’s face, “Alright, don’t think too much, everything will be fine.” He intended to comfort him, but once his hands were on him, he felt the touch was too good to resist. He couldn’t help but pinch and knead Xue Danrong’s face as if playing with dough, until Xue Danrong’s face turned red, then he stopped embarrassedly.

It wasn’t his fault, blame Xue Danrong for not resisting, letting him pinch and knead.

Returning to Tian Shui Sect on the Golden-winged bird took only a moment, and they were already under the sect’s mountain gate. The disciples guarding the gate were surprised to see Fang Chaozhou and Xue Danrong, before they could react, they saw both of them kneeling down.

“Disciple Fang Chaozhou pleads guilty to the sect.”

“Disciple Xue Danrong pleads guilty to the sect.”

When Fang Chaozhou knelt down, his mind suddenly flashed with a thought. If someone had been willing to kneel with him outside the sect’s gate back then, would the outcome have been completely different?