THNWO 134

Chapter 134 

As Li Yiyue’s words were spoken, the atmosphere around them grew even more tense.

Xue Danrong’s Broken Water Sword aimed straight for Li Yiyue’s neck, and Fang Chaozhou couldn’t stop it. In an instant, the two of them were locked in a fierce battle. Several years ago, Xue Danrong couldn’t defeat Li Yiyue because of his young age, but now things were different.

Xue Danrong’s every move was deadly, as if he had made up his mind to kill Li Yiyue. And Li Yiyue was also provoked, months ago, out of pity for Xue Danrong’s beauty, he had taken him as a disciple and imparted some of his cultivation skills to him, which led to him being seriously injured by Zhong Liyue’s attack and fleeing in a sorry state. No matter how beautiful someone is, they will turn into bones once they are killed. The black mist that condensed in his palm took shape and fought against Xue Danrong’s Broken Water Sword.

Soon, Li Yiyue naturally noticed that Xue Danrong’s cultivation had greatly improved. His eyes darkened involuntarily. If they continued fighting like this, he would be the one to lose. Losing to Zhong Liyueshui was embarrassing enough, but if he lost to Xue Danrong, he would probably die here.

Li Yiyue glanced at Fang Chaozhou, who was not far away. Contrary to his words, Fang Chaozhou had not joined the battle and was merely watching from the sidelines.

Fang Chaozhou seemed convinced that Xue Danrong would win.

This thought displeased Li Yiyue even more. He raised his gaze and glanced at Xue Danrong before suddenly using a teleportation technique, appearing behind Fang Chaozhou and grabbing his neck with one hand.

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He lunged towards it, but when his hand was about to touch the Full Moon Umbrella, half of its glow disappeared. This meant that the Full Moon Umbrella didn’t like him.

Li Yiyue’s hand froze in place, and his other hand couldn’t stop the blood flowing from his chest. The black mist around his body was dissipating, and it was at that moment that a hand reached out.

When that hand reached out, the extinguished glow of the Full Moon Umbrella lit up again.

Fang Chaozhou took off the Full Moon Umbrella and looked at Li Yiyue. “I can give you the Full Moon Umbrella, but on the condition that you swear on your son, Li Zhu, that you will never cause trouble for me and my junior brother again.” He paused for a moment and added, “You should know that without the Full Moon Umbrella, you will undoubtedly die today.”

Li Yiyue’s face turned pale. He first stared at the still glowing Full Moon Umbrella in Fang Chaozhou’s hand, then looked up at Fang Chaozhou, his voice weak but clear. “I swear on my son, Li Zhu’s life, that I will never seek trouble from Fang Chaozhou and Xue Danrong again.”

As soon as the words fell, the Full Moon umbrella was handed over immediately. Li Yiyue reached out to take it, but before touching it, he gripped Fang Chaozhou’s wrist with his other hand, yanking the person close.

In that instant, a fierce killing intent swiftly overtook them, but Li Yiyue seemed to not notice at all. He stared intently at Fang Chaozhou in front of him, on that handsome and devilishly beautiful face floated a very faint smile, “Fang Chaozhou, you are too naive, demonic cultivators never keep their word.”

As soon as the words fell, he disappeared from the spot, taking Fang Chaozhou’s and the full moon umbrella with him.

Fang Chaozhou was stunned for a moment, before turning to look at Xue Danrong, who he did not know when had stood beside him, feeling somewhat apprehensive, “Little martial brother, are you angry?”

Xue Danrong’s eyes were ice cold, taking Fang Chaozhou’s hand, first using a cleansing technique, and then taking out a handkerchief to wipe it repeatedly, wiping until that patch of skin turned red, before speaking.

“I know my martial brother does not want to kill, nor for me to kill, senior brother likes who he likes, I understand in my heart.”

Hearing this, Fang Chaozhou relaxed, hugging Xue Danrong, “It seems my little martial brother is still the best and most well-behaved.”

Just as these words came out of his mouth, he heard Xue Danrong’s next sentence, “But if the next time the senior brother acts so recklessly again, I will definitely kill that person. Whatever hand he uses to touch the martial brother, I will chop it off, if he uses words to flirt with the martial brother, I will cut out his tongue.”

Fang Chaozhou: “…”

He hugged Xue Danrong even tighter, “There will be no next time.”

Has little martial brother’s demonic aura truly been dispelled?

Fang Chaozhou began having his daily doubts.

Xue Danrong hugged Fang Chaozhou back, getting a noseful of the milky fragrance emanating from the latter’s body, glancing in the direction Li Yiyue had disappeared to.

There were some things he did not plan to tell Fang Chaozhou.

Fang Chaozhou’s heart was very soft, so he was sometimes prone to being taken advantage of. He did not plan to change Fang Chaozhou, only to resolve all those who tried to get close to Fang Chaozhou.

The Full moon umbrella umbrella was given to Li Yiyue, so Fang Chaozhou felt there was no further need to look for it, as a rule, there should only be one Full moon umbrella umbrella in a place, because they had quirky temperaments but were also very domineering – if another of its kind was discovered, it would choose to end its own life.

Therefore, in the following two days, it was Fang Chaozhou alone watching as Xue Danrong sought treasures and earned money, completely unlike the first day, in the next two days Xue Danrong found many rare elixirs and herbs, some of which Fang Chaozhou had seen in books were extremely difficult to find, but to Xue Danrong they were as common as cabbage in the ground.

Fang Chaozhou couldn’t help thinking this must be what is known as a ‘protagonist’s halo’.

Come to think of it strangely, how did that Full moon umbrella obediently allow itself to be plucked?

Could it be that he too possessed a protagonist’s halo? And therefore the Full moon umbrella chose him instead of Li Yiyue?

What surprised Fang Chaozhou was that when he was about to leave the Chunhe Barrier, he unexpectedly discovered another Full Moon Umbrella. He immediately reached out to pick it, but before he could touch it, the light of the Full Moon Umbrella dimmed by half.

He retracted his hand, feeling puzzled, and called Xue Danrong over. “Junior brother, you give it a try.”

Xue Danrong followed his instructions, and the light of the Full Moon Umbrella brightened again. Just before Xue Danrong could pick it, Fang Chaozhou suddenly stopped him. “Wait.”

He had a guess.

After a moment, Fang Chaozhou, with his lips tinged with a strange red color, walked once again to the side of the Full Moon Umbrella. He reached out his hand once more, and this time the Full Moon Umbrella didn’t extinguish.

Fang Chaozhou: “…”

Could this stupid mushroom smell Xue Danrong’s scent on him?

The three-day trip came to an end quickly. Fang Chaozhou and Xue Danrong met with the senior disciple outside the Chunhe Barrier. The senior disciple was fine, but the other two junior disciples had extremely complicated expressions. Their expressions became even more complicated when they saw Xue Danrong pulling Fang Chaozhou onto the Broken Water Sword.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, Fang Chaozhou lowered his voice and said to Xue Danrong, “They’re all watching.”

Xue Danrong remained calm and replied, “Hmm.”

Fang Chaozhou opened his mouth to say something but then closed it. Forget it, since they were about to become Dao companions soon, he might as well inform them in advance.

After completing their mission, Fang Chaozhou and Xue Danrong returned to the Zhuyu pond. As they walked through the corridor, Fang Chaozhou suddenly heard the sound of water coming from the nearby lake. Before he could look over, he heard the voice of an old man.

“Young one, you finally came during the daytime this time.”

Fang Chaozhou was startled and looked in the direction of the voice, seeing the koi fish that he hadn’t seen in a long time.

“Are you speaking?”

The koi fish popped its head out and replied, “Yes.”

Fang Chaozhou was even more surprised. This fish could actually talk. He couldn’t help but glance at Xue Danrong beside him, only to hear Xue Danrong nodding at the koi fish.

“Do you know each other?” Fang Chaozhou looked at Xue Danrong and then at the koi fish in the lake.

After a while, he learned that Xue Danrong had been coming to the Zhuyu Pond late at night for the past month and was spotted by this koi fish. That’s how they became acquainted. Initially, Fang Chaozhou didn’t pay attention to why Xue Danrong would come at midnight without him knowing, but instead, he said to the koi fish, “You’ve been living here with me for so long, and you never greeted me. Why did you greet him? I even feed you fish food when I have nothing to do.”

The Koi fish flicked its tail leisurely, its tone filled with disdain. “I haven’t criticized you for throwing garbage into my living space all the time. Next time you do it, I’ll spit it back at you.”

Fang Chaozhou: “…”

He grabbed Xue Danrong and pulled him into the room, frantically rubbing his face until it turned red before finally stopping. “Why do they all like you so much?”

Xue Danrong looked at him with clear eyes and said, “So, Senior Brother, do you want me to become yours?”

He spoke with the purest expression and the most desirous words, leaving Fang Chaozhou momentarily stunned.

After regaining his senses, Fang Chaozhou coughed twice. “How can you become mine?”

Could it be that Xue Danrong wanted him to make a counterattack?

Actually, he wasn’t interested in a counterattack. It felt a bit tiring, after all. But if Xue Danrong really wanted him to counterattack, he could reluctantly give it a try…

However, soon Fang Chaozhou understood what Xue Danrong meant.

Counterattack? He was overthinking it.

What he understood as becoming his and what Xue Danrong meant as becoming his were two different things. He was thinking of entering, while Xue Danrong wanted to devour.

On the third day, Fang Chaozhou gave the Koi fish to the eldest senior brother to raise, because he realized that something intelligent wasn’t suitable here. He might hear things he shouldn’t. He didn’t want to move to Zhichun Island because it was too cold, but Xue Danrong’s physique was more suitable for cultivating on Zhichun Island. So Fang Chaozhou decided to spend half a month in Zhuyu Pond and half a month on Zhichun Island, but all of this would have to wait until they became Dao companions.

A month later, on Fang Chaozhou’s birthday, he saw the large inheritance left by Xue Danrong’s parents. Fang Chaozhou was startled by the treasures piled up underground and barely heard what Xue Danrong was saying. It was only after he came out that he realized he had acquired a few new things.

He had a longevity lock around his neck, a string of gold and jade bracelets on his left hand, and a scroll in his right hand.

The longevity lock had always been worn by Xue Danrong around his neck, never taken off even during bathing, and now it was on Fang Chaozhou’s neck.

“This was given to me by my mother, and now I’m giving it to my Senior Brother,” Xue Danrong said.

Fang Chaozhou looked at the gold and jade bracelets in his hand.

“My mother said this is for my future Dao companion. It’s the key to open the underground barrier.”

It was the underground treasure vault where he had just piled up a bunch of treasures. This bracelet was the key to the treasure vault.

Fang Chaozhou then looked at the scroll in his other hand.

“My father painted this. Senior Brother can open it and take a look,” Xue Danrong said.

Fang Chaozhou unrolled the scroll and discovered that it was a painting of Xue Danrong. The signature on the painting indicated that it was painted over twenty years ago. He was curious, but then another figure appeared on the painting.

It was him.

Xue Danrong stood next to Fang Chaozhou, watching as Fang Chaozhou’s appearance gradually appeared on the scroll. He whispered, “My father used his cultivation to peer into the heavens and painted what I would look like when I grow up. He told me that I would be like him, meeting the best Dao companion in the world. If I meet that person, their face will appear on this painting.”

“My son Danrong, we are leaving. Your future will be filled with hardships, but you will meet someone who will save you from despair, just like your mother and I. People always ask me why I chose your mother as my Dao companion, if she used some kind of magic or witchcraft on me. Your mother, she just gave me everything she had, gave it all to me, and even asked me to leave, saying that she shouldn’t bring me any harm. She’s different from everyone else.”

“Senior Brother, would you be willing to become my Dao companion?”

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