《Alluring Smile (Yāoráo De Wéixiào)》


 A Poem to A Friend, About Virtuous Women

    Note:


    Li Dai : Is a reference to The Famous Tang Dynasty Poet in Li Bai


    Du Gu : Is a reference to The Famous Tang Dynasty Poet Dynasty Du Fu


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    A Poem from Li Dai to his colleague and dear friend, Du Gu, who pondered on The Virtue of a Woman...


    " Was there anything more intoxicating than a Virtuous Woman ?


    How even the finest wine wouldn''t even match the bliss of her touch...


    How should we withdraw from their lips ?


    Should we compare The Heavenly Invitation with a Woman Call ?


    My Friend, Where are the Virtuous Women ?


    I have travelled Ten Thousand Li just to attain them


    Where are the women that would die for their parents ?


    Where is the so called Filial Piety ?


    When her lover died, would she chaste herself and become a Widow?If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.


    A good disciple would die for their master, good people would die for their benefactors


    That is Heaven''s Rule...


    I was lost, strayed in the middle of lust and passion


    Where should I go ?


    Who should I call ?


    Ohh.. Love, why is it so tormenting...


    How could Huo Yi stay sane


    How could The Cowherd wait


    1 year felt like 10 years without them, 1 Bu felt like 10 Li without them...


    Virtuous Woman, How else would I describe you?


    How strong is your love? How tough is your will?


    Would you protect and embrace the Man that you loved ?


    How much do you value a vow ?


    Should The Heaven and Earth put you on trial should you lied ?


    Ohh, My Friend, why are we scared ?


    There is always footsteps in the desert


    Ten-Thousand years old iron tree will bloom


    As we are but a passer-by at the Inn of life


    Friends and Lovers would surely meet...


    But My Friends


    Even The Sun, must set eventually.... "


    -Li Dai-


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    Note :


    Li : Is a Measurement unit used in China, at Tang Dynasty the value would be around 323 m.


    Bu : Is a Measurement unit used in China, at Tang Dynasty the value would be around 1.2325 m.


    Huo Yi : A Mythological Archer from Chinese Legend, he had a wife named Chang''E but due to unfortunate incident, Chang''E left Huo Yi and became the Moon Goddess, both of them couldn''t meet with each other, Huo Yi could only gaze at the moon if he wanted to see her.


    Cowherd : Comes from the story of The Weaver Girl and The Cowherd, The Weaver Girl was the daughter of the Jade Emperor, King of Heaven, but she falls in love with an ordinary cowherd, their love was forbidden and they were banished to the other side of the galaxy, but they were giving an opportunity to meet once in every year.


    Ten-Thousand years old iron tree will bloom : came from the idiom Iron Tree In Blossomthat means Something Rare, so Li Dai was trying to say that, something rare would eventually be found.

 Chapter 1 "I Will Continue to Love You...."

    *Shua


    The swish of a blade was heard on the back of an inn, a glimpse of a woman wearing a red robe stood with a sword on her arm, she stood with expression of discontent and disgust, in front of her, a young man fell to the ground, holding an excruciating pain with his hand on his chest.


    Sorrow and confusion was painted vividly on his face, tears fell as his own blood poured over his palm. He couldn''t say a word, For his mind could only think of the pain that suddenly rushed into his heart. His body might bleed, but The Sadness of The Heart was more painful than The Body.


    He looked at the face of the woman he once loved, a familiar face yet felt so distant. He grabbed a hold of his breath, trying to stay awake as his eyes started to get blurry from his own tears¡­


    "I''m not the Jia Wan Wan, that you spoke of¡­ she is no longer me¡­ leave, and never find me again¡­"


    The young woman spoke without showing a hint of remorse or concern, she spoke as if she was talking with a foe, with a sharp gaze, the woman left the young man who is crippling on the ground as she walked far to the distance. The young man struggled to look where she was going, the young woman walked and walked until the young man couldn''t see her shadow anymore, with grieve and regret, the young man finally lie down on the dirty road, his lips uttered a soft voice...


    ".. Wan Wan¡­."


    The young man then, with a little bit strength he had left, flipped his body to face the moon on the sky.


    "Haa¡­¡­."


    The moon shines just like any other night, witnessing every act in the theatre of time, always silent, never comforting, but then he remembered, that his loved one liked to gaze at the bright shining moon¡­


    The young man closed his eyes and tears started to flow down, he thought to himself, what sin, what mistake, what did he fail to understand so that Jia Wan Wan left him...


    "Wan Wan¡­ What did I do to you?¡­. Is it so bad that you have to leave me?¡­ "


    The young man remembered how once he was bound to her, devoted to her, and how he would walk through hell to see her smile, the joy that he felt, how he would trade everything to experience it once more¡­


    He continued to gaze at the moon, he let his face got wet with tears, anything to lessen the sadness that he felt, he realized that he is lacking without her, he realized that even if he would become Immortal, A God, he wouldn''t be happy without her, he realized that he might have everything for granted all this time, the young man then looked toward the Heaven, with a soft voice but a heart filled with devotion he is willing to start loving her all over again, and whether she will remember him or forever forget him¡­ he will still love her back¡­


    "Wan Wan¡­ I will try again¡­. I will amend for any mistake¡­ and I will continue... to love you..."


    and with that, the young man started to stand on his feet, and slowly walked leaning to the wall¡­.


    At the same time, the woman walked toward the Forgotten Flower Sect, an old big Inn in the middle of Beidu city, her step was unsteady like a drunken person, step by step, she was getting more and more wobbly, there was no hint of emotion painted on her beautiful faces, her expression was blank rather than cold, she looked like she''s on the verge of dying, she opened the sect door, and a little girl greeted herLove what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on.


    "Second sister, welcome back!" Said the little girl with a joyous smile.


    But as she said those word, she looked at her Second Sister face, her expression changed.


    "Bi...big sis...What...what happen to you" Said the little girl with a sad, concerned face.


    She run toward her and tries to shook her red robe, but as if she was just talking to a wall, Jia Wan Wan didn''t utter a single word, her expression didn''t change, she walked passed the girl like she was never there.


    "Big...Big Sister?..." Uttered the little girl.


    The girl was surprised and worried, she never saw Jia Wan Wan looks like this before, the little girl looked at Jia Wan Wan as if she was looking at some walking corpse, the little girl wanted to know what is wrong with her dear sister, but even taking a single step, she wouldn''t dare, she watched Jia Wan Wan as she walked through the stairs, Jia Wan Wan then spoke¡­


    "Xiao Mao¡­ I will rest in my room¡­ don''t let anyone bother me¡­." Said Jia Wan Wan, her expression was hollow, she didn''t even look at Xiao Mao.


    and with that, Jia Wan Wan got inside her room, leaving Xiao Mao worried and anxious.


    On her room, she threw her sword to the corner, anger and hatred boils inside her, she leaned her body against the wall and gripped her own right hand, she clenched her teeth, closed her eyes, and tears started to build up, she felt hatred toward herself, regret, sadness, and anguish filled her mind¡­


    She dropped to the floor, sitting, and as tears started to drop, the hatred and anger that she felt were overcome by the heavy sadness that started to stream down from her heart¡­


    "Aaa¡­¡­.."


    She could only utter a single vocal, as she remembered the look of the young man after she slashed him, she could felt the sadness and the disappointment that he felt, she cursed herself for hurting the person that had loved her so deeply, she felt that she would die because of how ungrateful herself towards him, he, who once devoted his life to her, he, who once disdain his own personal achievement to be with her, a few minute ago was treated like a dirty dog!


    "Sob...sob..."


    Tears flowed down on her cheek, she leaned her head on her arm and cried, ungrateful, stupid, evil, are what she thought about herself, she felt like she would have to do a thousand good deeds to soothe this sadness, and that would not even suffice if he didn''t forgive her, in her cries she said


    "Fei Gua¡­ why do you come back¡­sob¡­. " Utter Jia Wan Wan as she let the tears drop, little by little.


    Jia Wan Wan wanted Fei Gua to forget about her, she wouldn''t dare to let him took part in her ambition to found her long-lost benefactor, she knew he wouldn''t let her got hurt, she knew that he would face hundred of people for her, she also knew that if he was to be with her, he would only receive sadness and suffering, because, for Fei Hua, he would even throw away his own happiness for her''s, and thus, Jia Wan Wan hoped that Fei Gua would leave her¡­. but alas, fate had a different plan.


    "You are in a weak state, and yet¡­ why did I wound you¡­ Fei Gua I''m so sorry¡­"


    She remembered that Fei Gua had transferred his own Spiritual Essence to her, and now, even a small internal injury could be fatal for him, she once hated herself that because of her stolen Spiritual Essence, the person that loved her must pay the price, and now, she hated herself again, because even though she knows this, she still choose to hurt him¡­


    The feeling of ungratefulness, foolishness, and sorrow filled her mind, she was always been an unfortunate child, that is before Lin Xia, her benefactor, master and a dear person in her heart saved her from death, from that point Jia Wan Wan would die for him and would accompany him forever, but when she thought that her life started to become fortunate and better, The Underground World alliance kidnaps her, and Lin Xia had to sacrificed his own inner soul to saved her from the Underground World alliance, the people who stole her Rare Pure Spiritual Essence.


    Broken and weak, Jia Wan Wan trained herself alone for 1 years, in this year she realized that she wouldn''t care if the heaven predestined her to be unfortunate or not, she just knew that she could create her own fortune, if she was strong enough, but it was all changed when she met a person that stole her heart, a person that also gave his heart to her, a person that would make her felt like she was the most fortunate girl who ever lived in this world¡­


    "...Fei Gua... because of you, once, I feel like I''m the most fortunate girl in the world¡­ but it seems I''m fated to live an unfortunate life¡­ I just don''t want you, to leave your bright destiny, only to accompany a girl like me..." Said, Jia Wan Wan, as she stared blankly at the corner of her room.


    Jia Wan Wan closed her teary eyes, memories then started to appear on her distressed mind, 3 Years ago, in the secluded part of the E Mei Mountain, a young 17 years old girl was enduring a harsh training.

 Chapter 2 "The Town Humble Goddess"

    *Shua


    A sound of slashing blade heard in the depth of the forest. a young girl, standing on her one foot on the tip of a small bamboo, leaning diagonally, trying to balance her small body from falling. She held a long sword on her right arm, her black hair covered her calm expression, as she moved, her hair and robe followed. The way the girl swung her sword was like a graceful dance, her foot wouldn''t fall from the bamboo, and the other held steady in mid-air. Slashes after slashes, one would think that she would fall, But the way her body lean, sometimes near the ground, and the way she jumped when she changed her stance, showed that the girl has trained for a good amount of time. Because even her ankle could steadily hold the weight of her body.


    "Huff...Huff¡­ I don''t think this is enough." Said Jia Wan Wan with a smile, while she carefully maintaining her balance.


    She jumped toward a big tree and tried to slash the main branch of the tree, into two.


    *Shua


    *Crack! *Boom!


    Her blade broke the tree branch, the tree falls because its branch cannot hold it anymore. Such a strong slash coming from the young girl, even among people who studied cultivation, to easily cut a tree with a sword in a simple slash was simply amazing, especially if the person who did that was still 17 years old. but different for Jia Wan Wan, this kind of feat was still not enough. It was not that she desired perfection, but if one knew one own capability, of course, one would want to strive and put one skill to the limit. And for Jia Wan Wan, this kind of feat, it was not the best that she could muster.


    "Hah¡­ This cut still not clean enough, the tree should be cut cleanly into two, not break into two, hah...¡±Said Jia Wan Wan calmly while looking at the result she has done.


    Mornings passed into noon, she looked at the sky and realize that the day already passed the Si hour (that is 10 o''clock in the morning until 12 o''clock). Jia Wan Wan then finished up her morning training and prepared to go into the town. Jia Wan Wan walked to E Mei town to buy the daily necessities. She lived alone so she didn''t have to buy many things, just a little bit of rice, a little bit of salt and herbs, she could cook a decent meal that suited her taste. She hunted animals in the forest for meat, gathered fruits in the mountains to eat, and boiled water from the river to drink. The busy Jia Wan Wan walked to the market hugging a numerous scroll of paper with both hands, some of the papers were in small size, some of it was so big that it covered some part of her face. Jia Wan Wan walked toward a small herb shop. She stood in front of the wooden door and saw the herb that was on sale on the stands, she then, with a voice not too loud, called out the owner.


    ¡°Excuse me... boss?¡±


    The shop owner, hearing a familiar voice, slowly walked outside from his house toward Jia Wan Wan, the middle-aged man smiled at Jia Wan Wan with anticipation.


    ¡°Xiao Wan, come! come!... put your paintings here¡± Said the shop owner casually as he tapped his herb stand.


    ¡°Alright.¡±


    Said Jia Wan Wan to the shop owner while putting her numerous scroll on the herbs stand. She grabbed a big scroll from the stand and gave it to the shop owner.


    ¡°Boss, here is the painting of the mountain herbs that you wanted¡±


    ¡°Alright I want to see it¡±


    The Shop Owner opened the scroll and gaze at the painting of numerous mountain herbs. The painting itself was done by a simple black ink, but the detail of the stroke somehow made the painting soothing to see. It was not too crowded, and yet it was not to blank, it was simply, wonderful. Jia Wan Wan looked at the shop owner satisfied expression and asked


    ¡°How is it, boss? You liked it?¡±


    ¡°Yes, this painting, although it doesn¡¯t have much colour, it is soothing to see, so simple yet so detailed, good! Now I have a painting that I can put in front of my store for my customer to see... Xiao Wan, are you really not from the Tranquil Inspiration Sect? You are not lying to me right?¡±


    Said the shop owner with a smile, Jia Wan Wan too smiled answering him


    ¡°Boss, the Tranquil Inspiration Sect is the master of brushes and canvas. it is told that the paintings that they made capture the beauty of nature itself, each painting can be sold for 100 tael minimum. Whether for mine, this piece of doodles only sold for 50 Tael top, how can my amateur painting be in the same league with Tranquil Fragrance painting?¡±


    The shop owner then said


    ¡°Aihh, Xiao Wan, you are too humble! Look at you, you¡¯re still so young and yet you can paint so beautifully! Your look is also elegant and pretty, don¡¯t you know the young girls in this town gets worried that you would steal all the good men here. Independent and smart, not to mention you¡¯re also a cultivator. Aihh, many little girls in this town looks up to you, I can¡¯t blame them, even I told my little daughter to be like you when she gets older¡±


    ¡°Alright, alright, boss, by the way, can I take these herbs with me?¡±


    Answered Jia Wan Wan calmly while browsing at some herbs, it seemed she didn''t pay attention to the boss speech about her, she just smiled picking some herbs from the shop stands, the shop owner could only sighed with a smile.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website.


    ¡°Sigh...Alright, here¡¯s the money for the painting, Xiao Wan, you¡¯re gonna leave right away?¡±


    ¡°Mnn, I still need to deliver the rest of my paintings¡±


    ¡°Sigh.., if people know you are here, they would surely come to my store and buy herbs only to talk to you. you''re like a Goddess in the town you know, Alright, by the way, if you see Xiao Hua, tell her to come home, I want her to learn how to paint¡±


    Jia Wan Wan only laughed a little.


    ¡°Alright, goodbye boss¡±


    Said Jia Wan Wan, as she grabbed the rest of her paper scroll.


    E Mei town was a small town but filled with numerous traveller. they came to either practice cultivation in the mountain, sight-seeing the natural beauty, or to tasted the local cuisine. on the surface, the town was in a peaceful state. People cared about each other, beggars and the poor were a rare sight to see, and the street was free from trash and garbage. But there were still things that bothered the citizen of E Mei town, that was the influence of Crimson Sky Sect, an underground secret sect that practice cultivation but disregard the JiangHu (Pugilist) rule. They did what they think was right, and for them, to kidnapped, murdered, poisoned, and even ruining someone''s life, could be called right. At least for them, might makes right, and that was why the people of E Mei were afraid of them.


    As Jia Wan Wan was delivering her painting from one to another, one particular painting came to her mind. It was the painting of a small child and a young man playing together. A few days ago, Jia Wan Wan got an order from a teacher of a small school in E Mei town. He wanted Jia Wan Wan to paint a small child that played together with a young man to show the happy emotion of a student that played with the teacher.


    That painting remembered her about the time when she was with Lin Xia. She remembered the happy times that happened, she remembered how she would sometimes paint on his face, how she sometimes cried and asked Lin Xia for comfort; how when she was around 10 years old she made a promise to him that in this lifetime she would protect him, just like he protected her.


    Jia Wan Wan looked at the sky and gently smiled, she then spoke with a soft voice to the sky.


    "Lin Xia... Just you wait, I will save you, just like you once saved me."


    When Jia Wan Wan was 6 years old, she almost got killed by the Crimson Sect. They almost stole her rare pure spiritual essence to help the sect master Lu Guo achieved breakthrough. But thanks to Lin Xia, a traveller who happened to be in the Sect at that time, Jia Wan Wan was saved.


    And now, Jia Wan Wan trained to be more powerful so she could save Lin Xia and be with him just like before. She was already in the Greater Spiritual State, just a bit more training and she would achieve The Basic Heavenly State. But unfortunately for Jia Wan Wan who didn''t have a spiritual essence anymore, that feat required extreme training and suffering. While ordinary person had to train for 5 years to achieve Basic Heavenly State from Greater Spiritual State, people like Jia Wan Wan needed at least 10 years, and that too, with extreme training and discipline. But to give up was never her character, she used her mind more than her strength, she chose to overcome fate and strive to be more powerful. It was what she chose to do, and it was what she wanted to do.


    For 1 year she had trained in the art of swordsmanship. She learned from Lin Xia how to use the sword, and Lin Xia also taught her his own technique, The Sword of Heavenly Destruction, a sword art that could even wreck the heaven itself. So fast and so powerful that no object could withstand its slashes, and no eye can fathom its movement, a legendary technique that had lost in time. but unfortunately, to fully unleashed its full potential, the user required a large sum of Spiritual Qi. Jia Wan Wan, however, had found an alternative way, another technique that she created from The Sword of Heavenly Destruction, even though not as fast, and not as powerful, but it only required a small sum of Spiritual Qi and Stamina. A technique that was perfect for a woman without a spiritual essence, she called it, The Sword of Eternal Soaring Phoenix. with this technique and her own skill, she had calculated that she was able to defeat any people who were below the Basic Heavenly State even if their number outmatched her. She also able to defeat a person who achieved The Converging Heavenly State if he or she was to fight her alone.


    Because the Crimson Sect joined the Underground World Alliance, she liked to kidnapped, interrogated and assassinated some of its members to find news about the Underground World Alliance and Lin Xia body. She could infiltrate their bases, or she could disguise herself as Crimson Sect own member. But she wouldn¡¯t choose to do those kinds of thing for long, because Lu Guo, the leader of the sect, a powerful man who achieved The Greater Heavenly State, might recognize her. The sect itself had many members who were in The Converging Heavenly State, and to face all of them at once was none other than suicide. That was why Jia Wan Wan only assassinated and kidnapped the Crimson Sect member, one by one.


    Jia Wan Wan walked to a big inn, the name of this inn was Hua Ju, the inn was famous as the number one spot for travellers to sleep in. Not only the inn had nice drinks, they also served the local cuisine and held a theatrical play on some nights. Jia Wan Wan was carrying one last painting for the Inn owner. When she walked inside, she heard a familiar voice


    ¡°Umm...I¡¯m sorry but I have to go home now...¡±


    ¡°Aww you don¡¯t have too little girl, come! A company this big brother for a little while hahaha!¡±


    A little girl was trying to release her hand from a big person grip. The little girl seemed distressed and afraid, The big person face was ugly, and he wouldn¡¯t let her go, what made it worse was that he was not alone, he got 2 friends who were sitting casually while drinking. Jia Wan Wan recognized the little girl, she is the herb shop-owner daughter, Xiao Hua.


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    Note: In ancient China, The Tang and Song dynasty used a time system calledShi-ke,the day was separate in 12 hours. and the first start at 00:00 AM.


    JiangHu:Literally meant "Lakes and Rivers" it was a generalization used in ancient China to distinguish Pugilist from ordinary people, Ex: "He is a person from the JiangHu" but JiangHu itself talked about complicated organizations that had their own Code of Ethics, Rules and Vision. JiangHu people were known by ordinary people, and The JiangHu Organizations Ex: Sects and school, was also known by the Government and Imperial Beaureu. the legal coalition of all JiangHu Sect was called JiangHu Alliance.


    Underground World:was the term used to describe a secret organization, unknown to ordinary people, and unknown to the Government and most Imperial Beaureu. The Underground world organizations included the organizations that worked in Human Trafficking, Prostitution, Drugs Market, Etc, they disregard the JiangHu Alliance Code of Ethics and Rules, and on cold war with both the Government and the JiangHu Alliance.

 Chapter 3 "A Solution That Result In Another Problem"

    "Xiao Hua..."


    Jia Wan Wan saw Xiao Hua, it was not good for a little girl to play in the Inn, and Xiao Hua was not the kind of little girl who disregard her parent words, by the looks of it, it seems she was fooled by these 3 big men to accompany them to the Inn. Jia Wan Wan waited to assess the situation.


    ¡°Little girl, don¡¯t be afraid, don¡¯t you know who we are?¡±


    Said the big man with a disgusting smile painted on his face, the little girl only shook her head while still trying to release his grip from her little hand, the man pulled the girl toward him and spoke, he seems to be speaking not only to Xiao Hua alone but more like he was trying to tell all the person on the inn something from his mind.


    ¡°Little girl, we are from the Heavenly Blessing sect, we are the leader of the JiangHu (Pugilist) Alliance, Upholder of Justice, Heaven¡¯s Gift, and this country Peace Keeper... you should not be afraid of us hahaha¡±


    Xiao Hua asked the man with a soft voice sarcastic looks.


    ¡°He...Heavenly Blessing Sect, you are not lying?¡±


    The man put on a serious face, he pulled Xiao Hua to the table and started to show off his white robe.


    ¡°Little girl, see my clothes here, this is the official Heavenly Blessing uniform, white and majestic! Only those from the sect can only wear this clothes!¡±


    The man bragged about the white robe that he wore, from the front, it may look truly expensive, but if one pay attention to detail, one might saw the flaws of the tailor who sew the robe, rather than a special expensive robe, it was more likely to be a cheap common imitation of the real thing, Jia Wan Wan who once travel far away to numerous place, could see the flaws of the robe just by looking at the robe, she shook her head knowing that this person was most likely a fake. The big man then pulled his sleeves and aimed his palm to the small gourd of alcohol on the table.


    ¡°Look here little girl¡± Said the big man with a lot of confidence.


    The big person palm shook, the palm shook like he was in some kind of seizure, his hand stressed so much muscle that one could look at all the nerve popping out, suddenly a white aura enveloped the gourd, black fire started to appear, enveloping some part of the gourd, except for Jia Wan Wan, all the people were surprised, then suddenly


    *Clank!


    The gourd shattered to pieces, leaving only a black smoke and some small pieces, the big man laughed at Xiao Hua.


    ¡°See! That was the Purifying Heavens Flame technique from the Heavenly Blessing Sect, do you believe us now¡±


    Xiao Hua only closed her eyes in fear, all the crowds too started to stand up, from the looks of their faces, they were shocked of how a gourd of alcohol can suddenly break to pieces, these kinds of magic was rare and fascinating for the people of E Mei, the people of E Mei town were not a cultivator, they were truly amazed by this simple display of Spiritual Qi, some of them was standing frozen with their mouth open, some of them only swallowed their own spit with disbelief, Jia Wan Wan too stood with disbelief, because of how stupid and lack training the big person was. He only broke a small, old, gourd of wine, and to did that, he needs to unsightly showed his popping nerves and shook his hand like a person who had a disease, it was disturbing and stupid. She didn''t blame the crowds for believing them, she knew how the E Mei people think, a chatters heard from the crowded, they started to gossip with one another.This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.


    ¡°Hey those people are truly from the Heavenly Blessing Sect¡± Said one man.


    ¡°Yeah it seems so, I never knew that the Heavenly Blessing have a bunch of bully like this¡± Said the other man.


    ¡°Hmph!, don¡¯t you know, it seems like because they are the number one Sect in the JiangHu (Pugilist World), they started to get cocky and drunk with power, Hmph, those bastard are hypocritical! once, they talk about ensuring peace in the XinTang Dynasty and look at them now... ¡±


    ¡°Yeah you¡¯re right, just because they are strong, doesn¡¯t mean they can act like this...¡±


    Many of the crowds were gossipping about the Heavenly Blessing Sect. In the XinTang Dynasty, The Heavenly Blessing Sect was indeed the most powerful and the most influential among the Sect in the JiangHu , the people of the sect were known to be on par with the Gods themselves, powerful, rich, and just, were some words to describe the Heavenly Blessing''s, rules and condition in the JiangHu were made by the Heavenly Blessing''s and thus, the Sect had an absolute power in the JiangHu Alliance. Suddenly a young man with pretty face stood up and released the big person grip from Xiao Hua.


    ¡°Who!!¡± Said the big man with a surprised look on his ugly face.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you think you pass the line here?¡± Said the pretty man, Xiao Hua quickly run away from the big man.


    *Dug


    Xiao Hua crashed into someone, she looked at the person in front of her, when she looked at a familiar caring expression, she started to cry and hug the person tightly.


    ¡°Big Sis, help me, that person is...Sob*, I was just playing in the town, when they suddenly asked the direction to the Inn...Sob*¡± Cries Xiao Hua while hiding her face to Jia Wan Wan robe.


    ¡°Alright, alright, don¡¯t cry... remember to be careful with strangers next time okay? Now, wait for me outside¡± Said Jia Wan Wan with a gentle older sister expression.


    ¡°Okay Big sis...¡± Said Xiao Hua with calm faces, after Xiao Hua run outside, Jia Wan Wan continued to watch how the pretty man handle the situation, it seems they were quarrelling about something


    ¡°Hmph! An ignorant boy like you, dare to oppose the Heavenly Hlessing, don¡¯t you know who we are! We are the Upholder of..¡±


    ¡°Yeah, Yeah, I know, you don¡¯t need to repeat it¡±


    Said the pretty man while he picking on his ear, both of the big man friends stood up and put on contempt expression, one of them spoke.


    ¡°You! Insolent brat! Hmph! Now that you know, why don¡¯t you just go home, and help your daddy tend his business!¡±


    The Pretty boy smiled at him and said


    ¡°Big Brother, is not that I don¡¯t respect the higher-up, but what you¡¯ve done, is unsightly, to bully a little girl, how can you face all of the people who believe your Sect?¡±


    ¡°Brat! Don¡¯t you know that we The Heavenly Blessing, can do anything that we wanted, we makes the rules! And of course, we are not bound by the rules!¡±


    The Pretty boy put on a smug, he said,


    ¡°Hmph, Heavenly Blessing Sect, Upholder of Justice, Peace Keeper, that name doesn¡¯t suit you! Just because you have the strength, doesn¡¯t mean you can bully all the people you want¡±


    The Big Man punched the pretty boy, but before the punch even hit, the pretty boy grabbed his punch and grip it while smiling.


    ¡°Either The Heavenly Blessing Sect or the Imperial Army himself, I would not tolerate injustice!¡±


    And with that speech, a fire was lit in the heart of the crowds, they too felt that, even though the Heavenly Blessing¡¯s was the strongest in the JiangHu, they should not act like this! some of them was filled with courage after they heard the pretty boy speech, some of them just shook their head, thinking it was foolish to fight against the Higher-Up.


    Jia Wan Wan sighed in disappointment, she was discontent in how the pretty man handled the situation.


    Suddenly, the pretty boy made a fist with his other hand.


    *Wush


    Fire started to enveloped the boy''s arm


    ¡°Heavenly Blessing... Eat this!¡±


    As the pretty boy tried to punch the big man, suddenly Jia Wan Wan shouted between them


    ¡°Wait!Wait!Wait!Wait!¡±


    The pretty boy and the big man were surprised seeing Jia Wan Wan, both of them looked at her and stop whatever they were doing, they were surprised because how could she suddenly appeared between them, they didn¡¯t even see her walking towards them! And also they were surprised, because of how pretty Jia Wan Wan face was! A pretty girl who braves enough to stop a fight was indeed a rare sight to behold. Jia Wan Wan smiled and tried to calm both sides down, she moved her arm, telling them to calmed down and sat


    ¡°Big brother, let¡¯s not fight here, let¡¯s talk about this calmly...¡±


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    Note: JiangHu explanation is at Chapter 2

 Chapter 4 "How A Smart Goddess Handles A Situation"

    Both of them looked at Jia Wan Wan with reddened faces, Jia Wan Wan who also noticed that just put on a big smile and sat on the chair. The Big Man then realized he was in a bad situation, talked to the Pretty Man.


    ¡°You hear her, let my hand go!¡±


    The pretty boy released his grip from the big man with a discontent look, he then looked at Jia Wan Wan and talks to her.


    ¡°Miss, you don¡¯t know what happens, these people from the Heavenly Blessing, suddenly come and disrupt the peace of this town. They have to be thought a lesson¡±


    Jia Wan Wan only smiled at the Pretty Boy as if she already knew all of that, she looked at the 3 Big Men with a sarcastic smile.


    ¡°Heavenly Blessings?¡±


    Jia Wan Wan saluted them and said,


    ¡°Ah, big brothers are from the Heavenly Blessing, Please accept my humble salute¡±


    The 3 big man smiled at the girl with a content expression.


    ¡°Hmph! Finally, a woman who knows how to behave!¡±


    Jia Wan Wan then said to them, with a humble asking tone,


    ¡°Upholder of Justice, Heaven¡¯s Gift, Peace Keeper, and the leader of JiangHu, is what the Heavenly Blessing is right? Big brother¡±


    ¡°Yes, you are right hahaha¡±


    Said the big man with a satisfied looks, Jia Wan Wan continued to talk, the pretty boy only stayed silence with an annoyed expression painted clearly on his face.


    ¡°Big Brother, your display of Purifying Heavens Flame, is really amazing, are you a master of cultivation?¡±


    ¡°Hmph! Of course, every Heavenly Blessing member is a master of cultivation, destroying a simple, small, gourd like that is an easy task for us! Hahahaha¡±


    Jia Wan Wan then picked up 2 small gourds of alcohol from the table, she smiled and said to them


    ¡°Ahh big brother, I¡¯m also a cultivator, but I''m still only an amateur, this weak body of mine can¡¯t even seem to pass the Middle Earthly State. Maybe if you showed me some of your might, I¡¯ll be able to learn something, hmm?¡±


    The big man then looked at his 2 friends with a tense and worried expression.


    ¡°Ummm...¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I just wanted to know, they say that the Purifying Heaven Flame can also act as a guard against projectiles, they said arrows, sword, or any other weapon would be burned by the heavenly fire that protects the user... Umm. I just wanted to try to throw this small gourd, and see if you big brothers can burn it?¡±


    The 3 big man smiled with a bit relaxation, they stood up and prepared to show Jia Wan Wan how strong they were. They thought to themselves, just a small gourd of alcohol, what so hard about breaking a few of them.


    Jia Wan Wan stood up, all the crowds watched them in suspends, they were waiting for another amazing display of Spiritual Qi that these 3 Big Men about to do. Jia Wan Wan then walked a little bit far from where those men were standing, she then shouted.


    ¡°Big Brother you¡¯re ready?¡±


    ¡°Yes! Come!¡±


    Jia Wan Wan grabbed one of the gourds and prepared to throw, but before she threw it, she shouted again.


    ¡°Ahhh Big Brother I forgot to ask you!¡±


    ¡°What is it?¡± Asked the big man.


    Jia Wan Wan then smiled and spoke with a loud elegant voice.


    ¡°Why do you wearing a cheaply made robe!¡±


    ¡°Eh..¡±


    *Smash!!¡±


    ¡°!?¡±


    The big man heard a sound of a gourd of alcohol being smashed and was shocked, they were shocked because of what Jia Wan Wan said, and how one of his friends suddenly passed out on the floor. His forehead was wet with alcohol, the Big Man didn''t know what happens, did she just throw the gourd? The Big Man didn¡¯t even see the gourd got thrown, at that moment he knew, he was done.


    ¡°WAIT!¡±


    The Big Man shouted at Jia Wan Wan. Jia Wan Wan only smiled, she was not sweating nor lost her ladylike posture, she said


    ¡°Ahh, he failed, that¡¯s what I want to ask more, I want to ask, why to destroy a simple gourd, you need to be so unsightly stress out your muscle! and weirdly shake your palm?¡±


    *Smash!!


    ¡°HUH!!!!¡±


    The other Big Man friend also fell to the ground, it was now that he knew that this pretty young girl was bad news. Sweat started to drop from his faces, so fast, so strong, he didn''t expect this pretty girl to be this strong.


    ¡°You! You! Who are you!¡± Asked the big man confusedly and angrily, Jia Wan Wan only smiled


    ¡°You said that you are from the Heavenly Blessings... The Heavenly Blessing is the leader of the JiangHu, it is impossible for them to accept weak member like you, also, The Heavenly Blessing member carries a Jade Crest, a crest that only true member of the sect has. Big Brother where is your crest?¡±


    ¡°!?...My...My Crest¡±


    The big man only froze silence, he didn¡¯t expect someone from this small town to know the attire of a great sect like the Heavenly Blessings. He thought that the people here would be ignorant, easy to believe and dense, not only strong, this girl also smart! He thought he could fool other people only with cheaply made imitation and a simple display of Spiritual Qi, the plan should be enough, he even gained confidence when the Pretty Man, who seems to be also a cultivator, believes him! He looked at Jia Wan Wan worriedly.The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    Jia Wan Wan smiled and said.


    ¡°So, you don¡¯t have it? Hmm, maybe you forgot it? Big brother I wouldn¡¯t hurt you, but if the real Heavenly Blessing Sect hear this, I don¡¯t think you will be spared¡±


    ¡°!?¡±


    The Big Man accepted his lost, all of the people were shocked! Smart, cunning, and elegant, Jia Wan Wan played with these 3 frauds so beautifully! She didn¡¯t need to show any spiritual magic, nor disrupt the other guest with a hectic fight, she only used her wits and 2 small gourds of alcohol to prove her statement that these 3 Big Men were just an ordinary hooligans. Most of the crowds shook their head, they felt stupid for believing that those fools were from the Heavenly Blessing.


    ¡°Ceh! So he was just a stupid bandit!¡±


    ¡°I knew it! A sect like the Heavenly Blessings would never act so unsightly!¡±


    The big man could only tremble, he didn''t have enough courage to fought Jia Wan Wan, didn¡¯t know how to react anymore, he could only freeze in fear. The pretty boy walked toward the big man with an annoyed face, he relaxed his hand and smiled at the big man.


    ¡°Heh, I think you are done¡±


    ¡°Wa,Wa, Wait!¡±


    *Wush *Boom!


    The pretty boy punched the big man with a fist of fire, the big man fell to the ground with his face burned, the crowds cheered in satisfaction seeing the hooligans got beat up. Jia Wan Wan, on the other hand, Jia Wan Wan already stood in front of the Inn register, she gave the remaining painting to the lady who tended the registry.


    ¡°Aunty, this is the painting that you order, Ummm.. aunty can cut my payment in exchange for the 2 gourds that I threw¡±


    ¡°No, no, no, Xiao Wan, you already help us more than once, if you weren¡¯t here, I would have to lose more money on repairment¡±


    ¡°Ahh! Aunty no, no, no, this is only a simple matter, I wouldn¡¯t accept it if you give it to me¡±


    Said Jia Wan Wan with a big smile, comforting the Aunty.


    ¡°Haih, alright, next time you need something, don¡¯t hesitate to tell me okay!¡±


    ¡°Okay Aunty!¡±


    The aunty walked to the back to get the money for Jia Wan Wan. Jia Wan Wan stood quietly waiting when suddenly the pretty man stand beside her and talked to her. The pretty man had a medium wild hair wearing a black and yellow clothes, he looked happy to see Jia Wan Wan, but Jia Wan Wan didn''t look at him. She only looked at the inside of the registry waiting for the aunt.


    ¡°Hey, that was very clever of you...¡±


    Said the man with a smile, Jia Wan Wan turned to the man and smiled back, she said.


    ¡°Thank You..¡±


    And then she turned her gaze back to the registry, the pretty man continued to talk.


    ¡°No... thank you for helping me fight those fools, ahh... my name is Xiao Che, nice to meet you¡±


    Jia Wan Wan turned back to the man, nodded and smiled, Xiao Che continued talked to her, joy was painted clearly on his faces, he smiled at Jia Wan Wan and said.


    ¡°May I know your name?...¡±


    As he uttered those question, the aunty finally got back and handed the money to Jia Wan Wan


    ¡°Aunty thank you, I¡¯ll be going now¡±


    ¡°Alright, take care¡±


    Jia Wan Wan hastily left the register table, leaving Xiao Che without saying a word, she just nodded at him showing that she was about to leave. Xiao Che watched her walked to the distance and shouted at her


    ¡°Wait!, miss!¡±


    Jia Wan Wan stopped with a reluctant face, she slowly turned back and asked.


    ¡°Ye...yes?¡±


    ¡°I know that you are a cultivator...look, I¡¯m from the Ravaging Cosmic Flame Sect, and I wanted to ask, do you want to join us, I think an amazing person like you can be a priceless talent for the JiangHu, umm... we can fight together to ensure peace, and stability in the JiangHu...¡±


    Said Xiao Che with an embarrassed face, Jia Wan Wan sighed in her heart, and tried to pay attention at Xiao Che, she said


    ¡°Senior Xiao Che, you talked about ensuring peace and stability, but the way you handle the issue before is far from peace and stability¡±


    ¡°Eh...¡±


    Jia Wan Wan sighed


    ¡°Sigh... Senior, what you are doing is basically believing those 3 people from the Heavenly Blessing Sect, that means you accept the fact that they are truly a member of the sect, and that shows that you have a very little respect and trust for the Heavenly Blessing. It also shows that you maybe don¡¯t have much knowledge about the JiangHu... Besides, if you still wish to continue, this inn would be a mess, and the Heavenly Blessing name would be tainted. I¡¯m sorry senior, but I¡¯m not currently looking for a Sect to join, thank you for saving my little friend,... goodbye¡±


    And with that Jia Wan Wan left Xiao Che, dumbfounded and confused. Outside the Inn, Xiao Hua quietly waiting for Jia Wan Wan, Jia Wan Wan then ran towards Xiao Hua and grabbed her, and hastily walked to the distance


    ¡°Big...big sis?¡±


    ¡°Later, right now, I want to leave this place hehe¡±


    Xiao Hua first confused in what her Big Sis said, but then she saw Xiao Che, he looked like he was trying to find someone, she asked her Big Sis


    ¡°Big Sis, are we running away from big brother there?¡±


    ¡°Yep¡±


    Said Jia Wan Wan with a smile


    ¡°Big Sis, you don¡¯t like him? Even though he is handsome...¡±


    Jia Wan Wan smiled at Xiao Hua


    ¡°Xiao Hua, that brother there is not that handsome, when you are older you can find a person much more handsome than he is¡±


    ¡°Big Sis, but that big brother is kind...¡±


    ¡°Umm, even though he might be a little bit kind, but he has bad morality, and he is not smart. Xiao Hua, remember this, you cannot let a small kindness fool you okay?¡±


    ¡°Okay Big Sister!, Xiao Hua will remember!¡±


    Jia Wan Wan then laughed a bit


    ¡°Smart Girl!¡±


    After that, Jia Wan Wan returned Xiao Hua to her home, Jia Wan Wan then headed home to E Mei mountain. She lived in the summit of the mountain, inside the great big forest. Ordinary traveller wouldn''t come there because the road was too harsh, people might got lost in the forest or got eaten by wild animals. Jia Wan Wan stayed in a small wooden house, she put lantern in the night for light, she didn¡¯t have a bed, only a simple blanket and a pillow, but the floor is covered with brown carpet that she bought in E Mei town, so she could comfortably rest anywhere in the house. She only have 1 wooden table in her room for painting, and her room has a door that connects to the terrace, so she could see the outside view right from where she was sleeping. Her house maybe small but she had successfully made it comfortable for living.


    In the evening, Jia Wan Wan would train on the summit, she would spend the rest of the night meditating, or honing her swordsmanship and her Spiritual Qi. With discipline and hardwork, Jia Wan Wan did her daily routine with determination, she believed that one day she could be so powerful and make Lin Xia proud. Every night she waited for the day that the 2 of them would travel together like before. Jia Wan Wan never had a family, since she was 6 years old, her parent already sold her, so Lin Xia was her only family, friends and master, and of course, Jia Wan Wan wanted to save Lin Xia.


    ¡°Hah... I think it¡¯s time to go home¡±


    Said Jia Wan Wan after she was done with her daily night training, she sheathed her sword and walked through the forest to go home, today, Jia Wan Wan was happy that she got to play and teach Xiao Hua how to paint, she was also happy that she was able to help the people of E Mei town, there was only 1 thing that she was not satisfied, and that was her progress to achieved the Basic Heavenly State. She felt that she didn¡¯t progress enough, now at the age of 17, she didn¡¯t have time to wait 10 years only to achieve Basic Heavenly State, and that thought made her a bit dissatisfied.


    ¡°Sigh... What should I do... Maybe if I buy some medicine I can increase my progress a little bit...¡±


    Suddenly she hears a sound in the forest.


    ¡°!?¡±


    Jia Wan Wan quickly walked quietly to the source of the sound, but as she got near the source, she felt a presence of a cultivator. It seemed the sound came from that person, Jia Wan Wan thought to herself, it was not normal for an ordinary person to come to this section of the forest, did he or she got lost? Jia Wan Wan walked toward the person, she arrived at a lake that located in the area near her house.


    She hid behind a tree and tried to look at the person near the lake.


    ¡°....¡±


    Not too far from Jia Wan Wan, a Young Man was resting, leaning on the tree, he had a long ponytailed hair, his skin was white, he looked like he was the same age as Jia Wan Wan, on his waist, there was a sign of blood pouring from his body, it seemed like he was injured from a fight, his hand hold his waist and calmly looked at the river.


    ¡°Who is he... it seems like he was injured¡±


    Jia Wan Wan thought to herself, the night was quiet in the lake, the moon shines upon the lake and gives light to the area.


    The man then turned his gaze and looks at the tree where Jia Wan Wan hid


    ¡°!?¡±


    At that moment, she caught a glimpse of the stranger''s face, her face blushed a little, she didn''t expect, that this bleeding stranger would be so, handsome....

 Chapter 5 "The Bleeding Beautiful Man"

    The man didn''t say a word, he just calmly looks at the tree, as if he knew that Jia Wan Wan was watching him from the distance. He looked at Jia Wan Wan with a calm expression. Unlike a normal injured person, his breath was as calm as the water in the lake. His eyes were captivating, he looks innocent yet cunning.


    Jia Wan Wan gasped, she hid behind the tree and stopped looking at him.


    ¡°Gasp!¡±


    She thought to herself, "did he saw me?"


    She waited behind the tree for a while. After she felt like she waited long enough, she moved to look at the man again. Little to her surprises the man still looked at the tree as if he knew Jia Wan Wan was hiding behind it. Jia Wan Wan felt a little bit concerned, she looked at the man with full attention and focus. her mind didn¡¯t realize that he had already bewitched her with his looks. Jia Wan Wan never saw someone with a handsome look like him.


    ¡°Waa, this person is quite handsome....................................!?....¡±


    She then realized that this was not the time to think of stupid stuff like that, she hastily closed her eyes, trying to wake herself up from her misguided thought.


    "Jia Wan Wan calms yourself, do you really need to think these kinds of stuff now?"


    The Man only rested against the tree in silence, suddenly, his eyes closed. Jia Wan Wan thought to herself


    "It seems like he passed out, now is the time to get near him"


    Jia Wan Wan then started to slowly walk near the lake to see the man in closer looks.


    She stood just a feet away from the man and noticed the bleeding


    ¡°Hmm, it seems like he was seriously injured...¡±


    But then she noticed that the man was wearing a black robe with a floral red pattern on it.


    ¡°!?¡±


    She recognized the robe as the attire of Crimson Sky Sect, she then assumed, that this handsome person was a Crimson Sect member.


    ¡°It looks like he is from the Crimson Sky Sect...I should take him home and question him, maybe he knows something about the Underground Alliance or Lin Xia body....¡±


    Jia Wan Wan walked near the man and tried to grab him. She grabbed his arm and tried to carry him, in that short second, she gazed at his face, her eyes started to enjoy the view from this stranger. Jia Wan Wan let out a small sigh, it was a pity that this man belonged to a Sect like the Crimson Sky Sect. But she was not surprised, fate was indeed liked to play a "Joke" on mortals life, it was just that...Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on.


    ¡°I never saw a member with a face like him before¡±


    And as she was just thinking about that, the man opened his eyes and looked at Jia Wan Wan.


    "...."


    ¡°*Gasp!!¡±


    Jia Wan Wan was shocked, and due to reflex, punched him in the head


    *Dug!


    The man now passed out for real, but Jia Wan Wan, rather than afraid or surprised, she was flustered. For a girl like Jia Wan Wan who spent all of her life with Lin Xia, she never truly looked at handsome men before. Most of Lin Xia friends were mostly pretty girls, and his male friends were either old men or had an average look. When Lin Xia "tried" to befriend a handsome and strong person, for some reason, that person turned into his enemy instead. And thus, this stranger was truly a rare sight to behold, among all the people she met, this one was the most handsome and calm.


    ¡°That was dangerous... I got to take him to the house....¡±


    Jia Wan Wan carried the stranger to her house.


    Jia Wan Wan house was near the lake where the stranger rested. she put the stranger on the wooden terrace and lit up the lantern. She thought to herself that first she had to stop the bleeding. She went to her room and grabbed some bandages and ointment. now, Jia Wan Wan needed to open his robe, put the medicine on and bandage his body. To look at a man half-naked body was embarrassing for an innocent girl, even though this was not her first time to look at other people half naked body, she still embarrassed at the process.


    *Pluck *Pluck


    She unbuttoned the stranger clothes one by one, stretched his robe, and looked at his bare chest. She thought to herself that this person was indeed beautiful. his skin was soft and without blemish, his body was skinny but not too skinny, muscular but not too muscular, you could say that his body was the perfect representation of perfection itself. Such a shame that this person was from the Crimson Sky Sect. She saw the source of the bleeding was on his waist, this makes her had to stripped him down more to the waist. Jia Wan Wan closed her eyes with discontent, she was getting more and more reluctant to continued healing him.


    ¡°Hah... why do you have to be hit on the waist....¡±


    She was embarrassed, but still, she chose to continue stripping him near the waist, and as she stretched the man¡¯s robe, even more, she felt an object inside the man robe.


    ¡°Huh... What¡¯s this¡±


    She then tried to grab the object


    ¡°*Gasp!¡±


    What she found surprised her a bit, it was a white Jade Crest, she held the crest in her hand, the Crimson Sky Sect didn¡¯t have crest like this, only a top sect from the JiangHu Alliance have this kind of crest, she thought to herself where did this man get this crest, and how could he got this. She started to read the inscription that was written on the crest.


    ¡°Heavenly...Blessing! *Gasp!¡±


    Jia Wan Wan realized, it was likely that this stranger came from the Heavenly Blessing. It was impossible for an ordinary member of the Crimson Sect to defeat a person from Heavenly Blessing Sect. And it was impossible for Crimson Sky Sect leader to just hand over the crest. It was more likely that this person was a spy from the Heavenly Blessing Sect.


    ¡°...Hmmm ¡°


    Jia Wan Wan thought to herself and put on the ointment, she then started to bandage the wound. she mumbled to herself.


    ¡°This person seems to be from the Heavenly Blessing Sect. Then maybe, he disguises himself to infiltrate the Crimson Sky Sect, and due to special circumstances, get into a fight and get injured..... or maybe!.... this crest belongs to the hooligans before, and they truly lost this crest somewhere.... Heh, if that true then I have to apologize to them hehe¡±


    ¡°The first assumption is correct¡±


    ¡°*Gasp!!!!¡±

 Chapter 6 "The Stranger Is Forceful"

    Jia Wan Wan gasped, as she realized that the stranger was already woken up. Jia Wan Wan quickly moved back from him, although she was startled for a bit, she quickly regained her composure, managed to smile at him, and said.


    ¡°You...par...pardon me.¡±


    The Stranger looked at his own body and see the bandages that Jia Wan Wan put, he looked at her and asked


    ¡°Was Miss the one who treated my injury?¡±


    Jia Wan Wan smiled and nodded at him awkwardly. for some reason, she seemed unable to calm herself down. This person in front of her was captivating enough that one would felt uncomfortable when you talked to him for a certain amount of time. The Stranger looked at Jia Wan Wan with a gentle smile, he said


    ¡°Thank you for treating my injury...¡±


    Jia Wan Wan face turned red, Just a simple thanks from him was enough to make Jia Wan Wan flustered, she thought to herself for a bit


    "heh, Jia Wan Wan, you are so weak in front of this person" she then shook her head a little.


    ¡°No..... it¡¯s... not a problem, you don¡¯t have to thank me,¡± said Jia Wan Wan


    She asked him.


    ¡°Mister, I... found you bleeding near the lake, may I know what happens...¡±


    The Stranger smiled at Jia Wan Wan and calmly talk with a soft voice


    ¡°I was fighting against ....... Crimson Sky Sect, after the fight was over, I just notice someone manage to wound me, so I was trying to find a place to rest....¡±


    Jia Wan Wan listened to him with great attention. She was worried that there would be scout team chasing him. But from his story, it seems the fight was over. She pondered a bit. The Heavenly Blessing was not a Sect to mess with, for this person to get injured this badly, the fight must be pretty serious. she then noticed something.


    Jia Wan Wan quickly grabbed a pillow on her blanket and walked toward the stranger. She was a bit embarrassed because not only he had good looks, he also had a soothing voice too. She stood in front of him while holding a small pillow, not sure what to say, she braved herself and said.


    ¡°Umm I¡¯m sorry, I...I thought you are a Crimson Sect member, so I just lie you on the terrace..he..here, let me put a pillow under your head, for you to rest¡±


    The stranger looked at Jia Wan Wan and smiled. He moved his head upward a bit, Jia Wan Wan then slipped her pillow below his head. After that, the man rested comfortably on the terrace and looked at Jia Wan Wan. Jia Wan Wan noticed that she still had some medicine soup in the kitchen, she then told the stranger.


    ¡°I... have to go to the kitchen... Please rest here for a while¡±


    Jia Wan Wan then hurriedly rush to the kitchen


    She then leaned on the kitchen door. She was finally alone and her mind started to calm down. She took a deep breath and sat for a moment. She thought to herself that talking to him felt like being under constant attack, suddenly a thought comes to mind, she hit her forehead with her palm and closed her eyes.


    ¡°Stupid! I forgot to apologize for hitting him on the head a while ago...¡±


    A feeling of embarrassment filled up her head, Jia Wan Wan covered her reddened face with her hand, remembering the stupid mistake that she had done before.


    Meanwhile, on the terrace, the stranger looked at his surrounding. He didn''t say a word and just smiled seeing the way the house was design. It was simple yet comfortable he thought to himself, he then felt the wound on his waist with his hand and softly said


    ¡°It seems this is worse than I thought........¡±


    Not long after that, Jia Wan Wan came back from the kitchen. She brought a bowl of soup in her hand and she walked toward the stranger.


    ¡°Umm, here is something for you to recuperate... don¡¯t worry, it is not poisoned¡±


    The Man, hearing Jia Wan Wan words, only let out a small smile. He tried to move his body to lean on the terrace pillar, but his wound restricted him from moving freely. Even though he felt a piercing pain with each movement, he didn''t utter a single groan, His face didn''t even show a small hint of unpleasantness. He was just smiling, calmly while enduring the constant pain from his body. But the conscientious Jia Wan Wan saw through his deceitful smile. She knew that he was having trouble moving, so she quickly put the bowl down and moved to help him...This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it


    ¡°Here, let me help you¡±


    She grabbed the pillow and tried to move him near the pillar. She looked down to the floor so that she wouldn¡¯t see the man half naked body, while The Man just smiles at her. The Man finally lean on the terrace, Jia Wan Wan gave him the bowl of soup, but she quickly realized that he was also having a hard time moving his hand.


    ¡°It seems your wound hurt when you move your body, then, let me just feed you this soup...¡±


    Said Jia Wan Wan with a concerned face, The Man looked at Jia Wan Wan expression, he looked at her black hair, and beautiful face, he smiled and said.


    ¡°Very well...¡±


    Jia Wan Wan grabbed the bowl, and slowly feed the man the soup that she made. She made the soup with the herbs that she got from the town, for her to made a medicine like this, she needed a large sum of herb, and now she only has a few herbs left in the house. But Jia Wan Wan didn''t care about that, right now, her top priority was to heal the stranger


    ¡°*cough¡±


    The young man cough a little, Jia Wan Wan then said


    ¡°The soup maybe taste bad, but it is good for your body, you have to finish it okay...¡±


    The young man smiled, unknown to Jia Wan Wan and maybe him too, both of them seem to be enjoying each other. Spoon after spoon, Jia Wan Wan feed him the soup that she made. A warm feeling started to engulf her, helping him made her happy, The Man too felt happy because of her. to be taken care of was something that made him happy, he looked at Jia Wan Wan and finished the soup that she made. Jia Wan Wan then put the bowl on the floor and gently held the man hand and felt his pulse. She felt that his Qi flow was unstable, it looks like he was not injured by an ordinary attack, it seemed his injury was worst than she thought.


    ¡°You have a serious injury... please don¡¯t move too much¡±


    She stood up and grabbed the bowl to put it in the kitchen, she looked at the man and said


    ¡°Umm, you shouldn¡¯t try to walk for a few days. Rest here for a while and recuperate yourself, it¡¯s okay...Umm...I don¡¯t mind...My name is Jia Wan Wan, what¡¯s yours?¡±


    The man smiled at her and said


    ¡°You can call me Ah Fei...and thank you¡±


    ¡°..Ah Fei... Alright, I¡¯m gonna go to the kitchen again¡±


    Jia Wan Wan stopped on the way before she left the room


    ¡°Ummm... by the way... I apologize for punching you before..¡±


    And after she said those word, she hurriedly rushed to the kitchen. leaving Ah Fei who was smiling on the terrace.


    The night was getting later. Jia Wan Wan looked at Ah Fei from the table. She saw him watching the forest outside. Jia Wan Wan was in the middle of painting E Mei mountain for a client, but she often stopped to looked at Ah Fei. She put a pillow to make Ah Fei comfortable while he leaned on the terrace pillar, Jia Wan Wan felt a bit happy that there was someone to accompany her. She looked his eyes and face, he was indeed handsome. She thought to herself


    "Does everyone from the Heavenly Blessing Sect this beautiful, if it true, then maybe sometimes I would visit their place for sight-seeing."


    The night turned quiet and soothing breeze was felt moving passed the small house. Jia Wan Wan continued to watch Ah Fei and continued to enjoy the night. after a while, she realized that it was getting late. For someone to be injured to this degree, the fight had to be rough, and for him who was injured to stay awake this late, was truly bad for the body!


    ¡°Umm, Ah Fei... It¡¯s getting late, you should rest, staying awake this late would be bad for your recovery¡±


    Ah Fei then looked at Jia Wan Wan


    ¡°Alright¡±


    He sat straight and grabbed the pillow that supported him. He tried to move toward Jia Wan Wan to gave her the pillow. Seeing Ah Fei sudden movement made Jia Wan Wan gasped in shocked


    ¡°*Gasp! Ah Fei don¡¯t move too much!¡±


    ¡°Hmm but this is your pillow, I can¡¯t let you sleep on the floor¡±


    Said Ah Fei with a smile, Jia Wan Wan shook her hand, refusing Ah Fei offers. She showed a concerned expression and said


    ¡°No, no, no, you are injured, you should be the one to sleep with the pillow...¡±


    Ah Fei smiled


    ¡°Oh....¡±


    He started to move toward Jia Wan Wan again. This made Jia Wan Wan worried, so came toward him. Jia Wan Wan tried to explain to Ah Fei why he should be the one that used the pillow.


    ¡°Ah Fei... I¡¯m the one who is healthy, if you sleep without the pillow, your head would hurt in the morning¡±


    Ah Fei just looked at her and said.


    ¡°Hmm... but if I sleep with the pillow, my whole body would be the one that gets hurt in the morning¡±


    ¡°Eh....¡±


    Jia Wan Wan was confused for a moment, Ah Fei then smiled


    ¡°Because as long as I have the pillow, I will always move to give it to you, Miss Jia Wan Wan, are you really wanted me to suffer?¡±


    Jia Wan Wan quickly closed her eyes and thought to herself,


    "This Ah Fei is forceful, I cannot force him to listen to me, even though he is the one that would get hurt, he still choose to continue."


    It seems she couldn''t force him to obey her. She then slowly opened her eyes and saw the smiling Ah Fei. She moved toward him and took the pillow.


    ¡°Al...alright, please don¡¯t move too much okay?¡± Said Jia Wan Wan softly and worriedly


    ¡°Very Well¡± Answered Ah Fei with a big smile on his face


    He seemed satisfied with Jia Wan Wan reply. He leaned again toward the terrace pillar and started to close his eyes. Jia Wan Wan too, putting the pillow on the table, started to lean her head on the pillow. She saw Ah Fei who looked like he was already asleep and thought to herself that for the next few days, her daily routine will change from the usual. A funny thought starts to appear in her mind, she closed her eyes and softly said.


    ¡°Good night....¡±


    The moon shines brightly on the small house, the lantern on the house was still lit, giving light to the 2 youngsters. In the middle of the night Ah Fei opened his eyes, it seemed he wasn''t slept yet and just simply closed his eyes, he then looked at Jia Wan Wan smiling faces. He spent a few minute just looking at her smile, after a while, he then softly said


    ¡°Good Night....¡±

 Chapter 7.1 "The Morning of A Wife"

    The night ended, and the sun started to appear. The day was still early, the soothing wind blew gently passed the small house, and the sky wasn''t turned blue yet. Jia Wan Wan who was sleeping on the table started to wake up. She slowly rubbed her eyes and sat. The first thing she saw was Ah Fei sleeping so calmly on the terrace pillar. She let out a small yawn and looked at the scenery outside. Jia Wan Wan looked at the position of the sun and moon and looked at the colour of the sky.


    ¡°It already passes Chou Hour (04:00 - 06:00) I need to start....¡±


    Just when the thought of training appeared, she realized that she got a patient at home that needed to be taken care of, she thought to herself.


    "No... today I should pass my morning training..."


    She then stood up and quickly went to the kitchen. Jia Wan Wan had stock enough fruit, herbs, and water, but only for 1 person. She was a little bit worried that she might don''t have enough food to feed both of them. she looked at her food stocks and mumbled


    "Hmm... I should go to town to buy more food and herbs, I can only make a bowl of medicine soup for Ah Fei, and it seems I have to gather fruits from the mountain too..."


    That morning, Jia Wan Wan prepared a bowl of soup, a bowl of fruits and a cup of water for Ah Fei. She put all of them near Ah Fei who was still sleeping calmly on her terrace.


    She felt a comforting warm feeling in her heart, taking care of Ah Fei felt quite nice. She let out a gentle smile and started writing a note.


    Going to the town to buy stuff,


    Please eat this medicine when you¡¯re awake, and here are some fruits for you to eat


    Sick people need to eat healthy food, so even though it tastes bad, please finish all of it


    -Jia Wan Wan-


    She put the letter near him. She then opened her wooden cabinet and looked at her saving and grabbed all of it. She knew that she was not that rich, but she hoped that her saving will be enough for 2 people. Jia Wan Wan didn''t know what exactly to buy in the town, so, she was bringing all of her saving for preparation.


    She looked at Ah Fei for one last time, smiled, and quickly went to town.


    Jia Wan Wan didn¡¯t usually go to town this early in the morning. Normally, she would train on the mountain until noon, but now, she got a patient to tend to, so she had to change her routine. When Jia Wan Wan arrived at the market, she was surprised, she realized that there are many women and housewife buying groceries this early in the morning. all of them were busy chatting, negotiating, and shopping, the market which was not usually this crowded, now become such a merry place for women. She saw the Aunty of Hua Jun inn and also Xiao Hua mother, she called her from far away.


    ¡°Aunt Qing! Good morning!¡±


    Aunt Qing heard a familiar voice, she turned her gaze at Jia Wan Wan, and happily ran towards her with her bag of groceries, she asked her.


    ¡°Xiao Wan, is rare to see you this early on town, how are you?¡¯


    ¡°I¡¯m good... Aunty, I never saw so many women in the market before? Do they usually buy groceries at these time of day?¡±This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it.


    Aunt Qing laughed a little, Jia Wan Wan who dedicated herself in cultivation, was still young. Although she was a smart girl with high moral, it looked like she didn''t know about the daily life of a housewife.


    ¡°Xiao Wan, in early mornings like this, Housewives and Mothers like to buy food and groceries for their Husbands and Sons. Morning is the best time to prepare everything for the day, because in the afternoon until evening, we as housewives have to tend the house"


    ¡°Oh.... I see¡±


    Aunt Qing looked at Jia Wan Wan, she noticed that she only brought a grocery bag on her, and not her paintings.


    "Xiao Wan I see you are not carrying your paintings today..."


    Aunt Qing gently smiled at Jia Wan Wan.


    "You¡¯re shining with warmness today, you look like a young wife, who is trying to take care of her husband... ¡±


    ¡°!?¡±


    Shocked, Jia Wan Wan tried to put on a big smile, a glimpse of someone at home suddenly appeared on her mind, her face started to get red, and her smile started to get wider, aunt Qing with Jia Wan Wan with teasing looks.


    "Is there somebody on your mind, Eh, Xiao Wan, Eh......."


    Jia Wan Wan with an embarrassed face smiled and said


    "No... I just want to restock my supply of food"


    Aunt Qing laughed, saying


    ¡°Hihi, not only smart, beautiful and strong, you also have the talent to be a great wife!¡±


    ¡°Alright, alright, aunt Qing, maybe next time I should study from you.... umm, I got to go now¡±


    And with that, Jia Wan Wan left Aunt Qing. Jia Wan Wan with red blushing faces looked at her surroundings. She saw the women carrying a bag of groceries and buying all kind of stuff, she then looked at herself and realized, she was not that different from them, she laughed a bit.


    "Hah... I really look like a wife......."


    She started to buy the things she needed.


    ¡°Boss, I want a large bag of this rice¡±


    Said Jia Wan Wan in front of a rice shop, the shop owner saw Jia Wan Wan and said


    ¡°Xiao Wan, it¡¯s rare to see you this morning¡±


    Jia Wan Wan only smiled and nodded


    ¡°It¡¯s unusual for you to buy a large bag of rice, is there a guest at your house?¡±


    Jia Wan Wan smiled


    ¡°You can say that...¡±


    After she bought the rice she continued to walks toward the herb shop, and buy a large sum of herbs. Usually Jia Wan Wan only bought some herbs to season her food, or to made medicine for light injury, but today she thought to herself


    ¡°I should buy these herbs to makes medicine for Ah Fei, and while at it I should buy some vegetables too¡±


    She then walked toward a clothing store. She wanted to buy some clothes for Ah Fei to use because she only had limited clothes, and most of them, only girls could wear, besides, Ah Fei height was a bit taller than her, so she had to buy something for him. While checking the clothes, she asked herself, what kind of clothes that Ah Fei likes, he was from a great sect, so she didn''t know what to pick. While looking she remembered Ah Fei half naked body from last night, She closed her eyes quickly, and shake her head trying to focus her mind on buying clothes.


    After she bought some of the dark colour robes, she realized the time and chose to head back home. but as she was almost leaving the market, she remembered


    "Injured person needs a lot of nutrition, I don¡¯t think rice and vegetables are enough for him.... I don¡¯t have any meat at home, and it takes a long time to hunt for animal in the forest¡±


    She looked at the remaining money she had, she already spent more money than usual today and her saving was starting to run out, but she thought to herself


    ¡°Hmmm I don¡¯t need a lot of money anyway, I better buy some meat for Ah Fei...¡±


    Jia Wan Wan headed back to the market to buy some meat, after she got some of them, she hurried to get home. on her way back, she picked some fruits from the forest, after a while, when she got near her house, she thought to herself ¡°Does Ah Fei already awake?¡± , "Does he finish all the things that I prepared", "Does he liked it?"


    After some wondering and pondering, she quickly walked toward home. Just when Jia Wan Wan arrived on the terrace, Ah Fei quickly saw he and smiled, with a gentle voice, he welcomed Jia Wan Wan home.


    ¡°Welcome Back....¡±


    Jia Wan Wan with a somewhat happy feeling smiled and nodded at Ah Fei. She walked inside the house and noticed Ah Fei has finished the food and drink that left by her. Suddenly joy and bliss rushed down to her heart. She didn''t expect the simple bliss of taking care of someone would be this... overwhelming! A big smile was painted clearly on Jia Wan Wan joyful face, why did this simple act of kindness bring so much joy to her? But then she realized something,


    ¡°Umm Ah Fei, are you hungry?¡±

 Chapter 7.2 "Venomous Person And Pills"

    ¡°Umm are you hungry?¡±


    Like usual, Ah Fei replied her with a smile.


    ¡°Not really, it¡¯s just that there¡¯s this note that tells me to eat all of this food¡±


    Jia Wan Wan clenched her teeth and closed her eyes in embarrassment, she then quickly ran inside. Ah Fei looked at what Jia Wan Wan bought and smile. the day still in the morning, Jia Wan Wan started to train on the front yard while Ah Fei watched her. She watched her train for hours, and realize what a disciplined person she was. While other people would practice move-set after move-set, Jia Wan Wan practised 1 move over and over again. She wouldn''t stop until the move was "Perfect". Ah Fei watch her picked up a glass of water using only the tip of her sword, while she was standing with only 1 foot. Her body leaned towards the ground horizontally and she stretched out her hand to pick up the glass. If a drop of water got spilled, she would start over from the beginning. Ah Fei looked at Jia Wan Wan with a big smile on his face, it was rare to see a cultivator who trained the physical control rather than the spiritual Qi. Ah Fei then said something.


    ¡°Jia Wan Wan...¡±


    Jia Wan Wan stopped her training and walked toward Ah Fei.


    ¡°Yes?¡±


    Ah Fei moved his hand to search something in his pocket, he then grabbed a ring and wore it on his finger. Jia Wan Wan recognized that type of ring before.


    ¡°Is that a Void-Room Ring?¡± Asked Jia Wan Wan


    Ah Fei smiled and nodded, Void-Room ring was a ring that enabled the wearer to store any objects as long the total weight of those objects not exceed 30Kg. Jia Wan Wan had seen many Cultivator has it, Lin Xia had that ring too, she thought to herself, it seemed that Ah Fei wanted to take out something, suddenly a white smoke came out from the ring, and a small white bottle suddenly appeared at Ah Fei hand. he took out a white pill from the small bottle.


    ¡°Here, eat this...¡±


    ¡°Umm... what is this?¡±


    Ah Fei only smiled.


    ¡°Eat it first, then I will tell you what it is¡±


    He laughed a bit.


    ¡°don¡¯t worry it¡¯s not poisoned¡±


    Jia Wan Wan got embarrassed a little, to drink a mysterious pill was rather dangerous, but she felt that she could trust Ah Fei. she obeyed and drank the pill. Suddenly she felt like her spiritual Qi got replenish at an outstanding rate, she could feel the movement of her spiritual Qi rise, and she felt like she just got a years worth of training just by drinking this pill. She realized that this was not an ordinary supplement or medicine, she never tasted this kind of strength and power from 1 pill before. she quickly asked Ah Fei


    ¡°Ah Fei what is that pill..... ¡°


    Ah Fei smiled


    ¡°Do you know the Dragon¡¯s Tear Pill?¡±


    ¡°....Dragon¡¯s Tear Pill?¡±


    Jia Wan Wan thought for a moment. she read about Dragon¡¯s Tear pill before. its effect was to increase the progress of Spiritual Qi of the user, the pill was expensive and was hard to make, 1 of the pills could worth to 500 Tael! She was surprised, she never knew that the Dragon¡¯s Tear pill had this much effect on one¡¯s body. But after thinking a bit more, suddenly she realized that something was indeed weird.


    ¡°Yes, this is weird, this pill, although it has the same effect as the Dragon¡¯s Tear pill, the effect is much more potent than what I read. I feel like I just done a year''s worth of training just by eating it... hmm, I remember some document state that The Dragon¡¯s Tear Pill is made from the rare Red Dragon Flower, then if one should make a pill from that flower, the colour should be red, not white¡± Though Jia Wan Wan


    Jia Wan Wan looked at Ah Fei


    ¡°Ah Fei, that is not the Dragon¡¯s Tears pill right? The Dragon¡¯s Tears pill should be red in colour, and the effect is nowhere near this potent¡±


    Ah Fei then smiled at Jia Wan Wan


    ¡°Smart! This pill is called The Heavenly Pearl Pill, the effects is the same as Dragon¡¯s Tear Pill, but the effect is 4 times more potent than the Dragon¡¯s Tears pill¡±


    "*Gasp!"


    Jai Wan Wan Gasped, first thing came to mind was how expensive this pill would be! She was shocked, she didn¡¯t expect that this pill would be so amazing, and also so expensive! If the Dragon¡¯s pill worth 500 Tael, then this one should worth 2000 tael! She didn¡¯t know how to act, she already drank it, it felt like now she has a 2000 Tael worth of debt on her. For Jia Wan Wan who always lived in simplicity and low to middle economic class, it was hard to consume something so valuable. She felt like she had just made a mistake by taking the pill she looked at Ah Fei with a worried expression


    "The Dragon''s Tear Pills is already expensive, Thi... this pill should be 4 times more expensive, I...I don¡¯t need these kinds of pill,¡±


    Ah Fei smiled at her.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, this pill is not worth 2000 Tael¡±The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    ¡°!?..... then how much is this pill cost¡±


    ¡°Hmm.... don¡¯t worry about it, it¡¯s not that expensive¡±


    Jia Wan Wan thought to herself, how could such an amazing pill not be that expensive! The price of 1 of those pills should be 2000 Tael minimum. Suddenly she realized that when Ah Fei said ¡°this pill is not worth 2000 Tael¡± didn¡¯t necessary means it would be less than 2000 Tael, a bottle of this pill was likely to be more expensive than that! She then realized that Ah Fei was from the Heavenly Blessing¡¯s, the number one top Sect in the XinTang Dynasty. A Sect that the Emperor himself looked up to, she realized something.


    "*Gasp!... it is not that the pill is cheap, it is him that is too rich!"


    She looked at the happy, satisfied, smiling Ah Fei, and slowly said.


    ¡°Thank you for the pill, but next time I can¡¯t accept it¡±


    ¡°Oh.... alright¡±


    Said Ah Fei calmly


    Jia Wan Wan thought to herself ¡°Huh... he just accept it¡±, she saw Ah Fei with a confused looks, she thought Ah Fei was a forceful person, but it seems he was not always forceful. Jia Wan Wan felt a little bit of relieved, but that is until Ah Fei said this with a sad disappointed face.


    "Then I don''t think I can¡¯t eat the food that you made anymore...¡±


    Jia Wan Wan lost her calmness a bit, she closed her eyes and clench her teeth, she smiled, and thought to herself,


    "just as expected!"


    she then asked Ah Fei.


    ¡°Ah Fei, do you really won¡¯t eat if I reject your offer?¡±


    Ah Fei smiled at her and said.


    ¡°Hmmm.... no, I will eat eventually.....¡±


    Jia Wan Wan felt relieved again for a bit. but then Ah Fei, who started to lean toward Jia Wan Wan, said this in front of her relieved face


    ¡°Because every day, I will try to make you drink these pill¡±


    Jia Wan Wan face blushed a little, she closed her eyes and clenched her teeth a bit. She felt a little guilty, yet a little happy, this Ah Fei was truly forceful, he didn¡¯t care about his own body, and did everything he likes. Jia Wan Wan too cannot blame Ah Fei intention, she knew he did this because he felt grateful, but she still couldn¡¯t make herself to accepted such big reward.


    Umm Ah Fei, I¡¯m truly grateful, because of this... but, I won¡¯t feel comfortable to accept all of this....¡±


    ¡°Oh..... do you want to do something for me?¡±


    Jia Wan Wan was a bit surprised to hear that, this was the first time he actually asked something of her. A part of her mind was afraid that he would ask for something impossible, but another part of her was excited to hear what this heavenly Blessing member had to say. Ah Fei then said to her.


    "Starting from today, I want you to only use my money, not yours¡±


    Jia Wan Wan quickly looked at the ground for a moment, she should have known that his request would be something like this. Ah Fei was too kind, even though she too realized she couldn''t afford to accommodate 2 people with her job right now, but she didn''t want to burden Ah Fei anymore. Even though Ah Fei was a member of Heavenly Blessing Sect, he was not some kind of Division Leader or Sect Advisor, she didn''t know how rich Ah Fei was. And even though a Heavenly Blessing member should be rich, money runs out eventually. she then said.


    ¡°Ah Fei, I can''t let you spend more money, you already give me an expensive gift. I only treated your wound, it''s petty to ask more, Umm... Can I do something else?¡±


    Ah Fei looked at her with a concerned smile.


    ¡°Jia Wan Wan, if you still use your own money, I¡¯ll make you poor, you¡¯ve basically save my life, is my life only worth so much to you?¡±


    Jia Wan Wan then finally agreed to accept Ah Fei offer with a little heavy heart, she felt a bit guilty but yet also happy. Ah Fei was indeed forceful, but he was kind toward her, and as the day passed to noon, Jia Wan Wan started to make food and medicine for A Fei. She never cooked for others before, usually with Lin Xia, they would go eat at restaurant or Inns because they travel a lot, Jia Wan Wan never cooked a dish for someone, she usually just eat alone anyway, but today she had to cook for 2 people. She didn¡¯t know how much Ah Fei eats, so she prepared 6 plates of different dishes and a big bowl of rice.


    ¡°Ummm is this too much...well I don¡¯t know his appetite so......¡±


    Jia Wan Wan then brought all of the dishes to the terrace, the two of them then started to eat. Jia Wan Wan observed how Ah Fei eats, it seemed he was now having no trouble using his hand. Jia Wan Wan felt a little bit disappointed to not be able to feed him again, but she quickly shook her head and stop thinking about useless stuff like that. She just met Ah Fei yesterday, she still didn¡¯t know anything about him, she still didn¡¯t even know his real name yet, but she figured, the time will come. Both of them ate slowly with a smile on their faces, Jia Wan Wan enjoyed the noon together with him. She ate with her chopstick slowly and enjoyed every dish she made until Ah Fei suddenly said.


    ¡°Hmmm....So you like to eat a lot?¡±


    ¡°*Cough,*Cough¡±


    Jia Wan Wan, grabbed some drink to calmed her down. Eating much food was indeed a little unwomanly, even though she did sometimes eat a lot, but in front of people like Ah Fei, she wouldn''t want to show any stuff like that. She was worried, he might think of her as some kind of pig that eats a lot, she said.


    ¡°No, I... don¡¯t know your appetite, so, I cook this much food....¡±


    ¡°Oh.... so you want me to finish all of this myself?¡±


    Jia Wan Wan closed her eyes, thinking about how stupid she was to make a mistake like this. Of course a person as beautiful and elegant as him wouldn''t eat much. She should have made 2 or 3 plates of dishes, but although Ah Fei said that stuff, he grabbed all of the dishes and put them in his bowl. he continued to eat and said


    ¡°Thank You very much......¡±


    Jia Wan Wan saw how Ah Fei gracefully ate her cooking. She was happy that he enjoyed it, But she was even happier that she was not wrong to cook so much food for him. She thought that he would dislike it, But it seemed that her assumption was wrong. she looked at Ah Fei and said


    "So you like to eat a lot?¡±


    Ah Fei continued to eat while smiling


    ¡°No, truthfully this is too much, I only eat a little¡±


    ¡°!?¡±


    ¡°But, because you¡¯re the one that cooks it, I want to finish all of it, and also, your food tastes delicious.....¡±


    Jia Wan Wan didn¡¯t know how to react except getting herself embarrassed. Her face got reddened and she ran to the kitchen. What did he meant when he said ¡°Because you¡¯re the one that cooks it, I want to finish all of it¡± Jia Wan Wan covered her face with her hand. She got way too happy because of this, she shouldn¡¯t be this happy, it was not normal to be this happy. She calmed herself down and tried to think straight. Ah Fei was dangerous and venomous, if he was a bad person, she would surely get bewitched and forced to do nasty things. After she calmed down, she prepared the medicine soup and brought it to Ah Fei.


    ¡°Ah Fei, this is your medicine for this afternoon...¡±


    Ah Fei then smiled like usual


    ¡°Thank you..¡±


    He sipped the soup that Jia Wan Wan made, she then started to wonder about something and asked Ah Fei


    ¡°Umm.... Ah Fei, don¡¯t you have any medicine on your Void-Room Ring?¡±


    Ah Fei smiled and gave his reply


    ¡°I have, but this one taste better than the medicine I have.....¡±


    Jia Wan Wan who had accustomed her heart for his attack smiled calmly. But she thought to herself if this continued she would fall eventually. and as the day started to darken, Jia Wan Wan started to paint. She had eaten the Heavenly Pearl Pill, so she didn¡¯t have to train anymore for the day, and thus, she chose to continue to paint the E Mei mountain. While she was busy painting, Ah Fei looked at her from the terrace and asked her


    ¡°Jia Wan Wan, what state of Spiritual Qi are you at now?¡±

 Chapter 8 "A God-Like Human"

    ¡°Jia Wan Wan, what state of Spiritual Qi are you in now?¡±


    ¡°Ummm... I¡¯m at the Greater Spiritual State...¡±


    ¡°Oh.... how old are you?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m 17 years old.....¡±


    Ah Fei looked at Jia Wan Wan with a serious smile.


    ¡°Achieving Greater Spiritual State in at the age of 17.... You are really, really smart¡±


    Said Ah Fei with a smile, Jia Wan Wan was also curious about him, she never met people from the Heavenly Blessing before, they say that the Heavenly Blessing Sect only accepted gifted person, not only gifted, they must also pass numerous test, kind towards everyone and dedicated in discipline and respect, Jia Wan Wan then asks Ah Fei.


    ¡°Ah Fei how old are you?...¡±


    ¡°Hmm I''m 18....¡±


    Jia Wan Wan felt a bit happy, he was not too young nor too old, she didn¡¯t have many friends who are at the same age as her, most of her friends were Lin Xia friends, and none of them lived in E Mei or at Sichuan Province, she then asked him.


    ¡°Umm... what state are you at now?¡±


    Ah Fei smiled


    ¡°Greater Heavenly State.....¡±


    ¡°*Cough!¡±


    Jia Wan Wan was shocked, so shocked that she almost mess up her painting, She looked at Ah Fei with a dumbfounded yet amazed looks, Greater Heavenly Stage at the age of 18, that is impossible! in this world, the ancient people had written down the stage of cultivation for mortals to achieve immortality, the stage was as follow :


    Basic ¨C Middle ¨C Converging ¨C High - Cosmic ¨C Greater


    And the state is written as follow :


    Earthly ¨C Spiritual ¨C Heavenly


    But the order changed when you reached the Greater Heavenly Stage, in old document and myth, it was said that after one had achieved the Greater Heavenly Stage, they must face a trial bestowed by the heaven, when one accepted this trial, they would pass the Greater Heavenly State and went through the Heavenly Tribulation State, while on this state, if one still regained sanity and still lived, they would achieve The Heavenly Unity State, and thus the person would gain immortality and given the chance to go to The Sacred Kun Lun mountain to meditate and achieved the God State. there was no document that wrote what kind of trial that one must endure, or how one able to accept the Trial it self, the document only wrote, that this trial would make one lost their sanity, will to live, and physically made them lose their life.


    History had never written anyone who could achieve Greater Heavenly State before the age of 30, even Guan Yu, The God of War, who said to be blessed by the Heaven, reached The Greater Heavenly State at his old age. Jia Wan Wan only knew 1 person who achieved the Greater Heavenly Stage before the age of 30, and that was only her master, Lin Xia! and to achieved that, Lin Xia must do some extreme life-threatening things, For example, eating poison that could kill you in second but could increase your spiritual Qi by ten fold, letting his enemies to strike him, only to absorbs their own spiritual Qi, risked his life to find a rare artifact that could increase your overall power, Lin Xia could be said, Picked a fight with fate! for Jia Wan Wan, her master was the strongest person on earth and history, and even him achieved the Greater Heavenly Stage at the age of 24! Lu Luo the leader of the Crimson Sect, also achieved the Greater Heavenly Stage at the age of 47! For Ah Fei to reached the Greater Heavenly Stage at the age of 18, there are no words to express how ridiculous and how scary that is, Jia Wan Wan looked at Ah Fei with disbelief, maybe he was lying, but why would he lie? Many emotion started to fill Jia Wan Wan mind, she was confused, she was dumbfounded, she was afraid.


    "Ah... Ah Fei you are not lying right?"


    Ah Fei then smiled at her, he then pondered for a moment, then,


    "Jia Wan Wan it is hard to show proof that I''m not lying... hmm... by any chance, did you ever feel the Spiritual Qi of a person who is at Greater Heavenly State before?" Asked Ah Fei with a gentle tone.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.


    "I... I have, do, do you want to show yours?" Answered Jia Wan Wan


    Ah Fei then held out his hand for her, Jia Wan Wan, with heart full of curiosity, grabbed his palm, Ah Fei then held Jia Wan Wan hand gently, he gripped her finger and closed his eyes, Jia Wan Wan also closed her eyes, Ah Fei then transferred some of his Spiritual Qi to her, this let Jia Wan Wan to also felt Ah Fei Spiritual Essence, from there, she could determine what state Ah Fei was most likely at. Looking at a person Spiritual Essence was one of the ways to determine the person Spiritual State, each Spiritual State had their own characteristic, for example, if a person still at Basic Earthly State, then their Spiritual Essence most likely looked like a small burning fire that starting to grow bigger, If the person was at Greater Earthly State, then their Spiritual Essence most likely looked like a chaotic burning flame, still without colour, still without form, and still without sensation.


    Jia Wan Wan once looked Lin Xia Spiritual Essence and also other people who were already at Greater Heavenly State. for Lin Xia, his Spiritual Essence looked like a thunderous blue wolf that roars at the Heaven, his Spiritual Essence was absolutely chaotic yet powerful, when you felt it, you would feel like a person who stood in the presence of an almighty monster, fear and awe would engulf your mind and you would feel like you wanted to run away.


    Now, Jia Wan Wan was about to see Ah Fei Spiritual Essence, a genius from the Heavenly Blessing Sect. she was curious to see the Spiritual Essence of someone like Ah Fei. she concentrated her mind and started to venture inside his Spiritual Essence.


    She then felt herself standing inside an empty space, she then started to feel Ah Fei Spiritual Essence...


    "Ah Fei Spiritual Essence... is so calm, so orderly, and so comforting...I feel like flying...."


    As she felt his Spiritual Essence, she could feel the flow of Ah Fei Qi, it was so calm like the flow of river, she felt like she was in a relaxing place, she noticed that she was starting to venture deeper and deeper into Ah Fei Spiritual Essence, She let her consciousness fly to him, but suddenly she realized that she was not venturing inside his Spiritual Essence, it was more like as if The Spiritual Essence pulled her in deeper and deeper.


    "Wait! this is not the feeling of flying, this is the feeling of falling!"


    Jia Wan Wan was surprised for a bit, she tried to control her consciousness, but she couldn''t! like people who fell from the sky, she was unable to do anything, she could move, she could think, she could control herself fully! but it was useless when you are in the middle of falling. She then noticed a presence below her, as if the presence was trying to catch her, but rather than the feeling of security and peace, she felt a sense of helplessness and despair, as if there was no hope for you anymore, as if there were no ropes for you to grab, the feeling of knowing, that the absolute reality of your situation was death...


    Jia Wan Wan forced herself to turn back and looked below her, she noticed a black figure sitting on the white floor with its wide black robe covering most of the floor. She felt herself landed little by little on its black robe, she felt comfortable, yet restless, she felt in peace, yet distressed, she felt afraid, yet accepting, the black presence then started to embrace her gently, it pulled her deeper into its overwhelming presence, so comforting, so depressing, so peaceful, so helpless, Jia Wan Wan then thought of something to describe this feeling.


    "Is this how it feels.... when you are about to embrace death..."


    Jia Wan Wan couldn''t move anymore, she just rested herself, deeper and deeper, into Death gentle embrace, until its swallow her whole..........


    "Hmm....." Utter Ah Fei


    "*Brug!"


    Ah Fei quickly but gently hold Jia Wan Wan body with his hand as she about to fell to the floor, he held Jia Wan Wan with one hand embracing her body, he then smiled at her and asked


    "How was it?"


    The tired Jia Wan Wan who was resting on Ah Fei hand looked at Ah Fei, she then started to sit back and calmed herself down, she touched her forehead and tried to wipe her sweat, she then looked at Ah Fei and thought to herself...


    "So that is how Ah Fei Spiritual Essence is, I.... it''s hard to explain... his spiritual essence feels like Death itself.... Hah.... but, but, he is not lying when he said he is already at Greater Heavenly State "


    Jia Wan Wan was shocked beyond help, Ah Fei was truly scary, Jia Wan Wan didn''t know how to express her opinion about him, she grabbed a piece of paper, roll it like it was some kind of stick, burn the tip with the lantern on her house, held it with her 2 hands and said


    ¡°Ah Fei, are you a God disguised in human form?....¡±


    Ah Fei just smiled at Jia Wan Wan, and jokingly said


    ¡°Yes, I¡¯ve come to stop the war, bring peace to the world and to spread the Dao to mortals¡±


    Jia Wan Wan looked at Ah Fei expression, Jia Wan Wan laughed a bit, she still couldn¡¯t believe that Ah Fei was able to achieve something that people never achieved before, compare to her, he was like the Gods in Heaven, while she was only a Beggar dreaming of Heaven, she didn¡¯t feel down that she was unable to be like him, she just felt a little bit sad that him and her were living in a different world


    Jia Wan Wan continued to paint the E Mei mountain quietly, her expression was not as collected as always, Ah Fei saw Jia Wan Wan, with a gentle smile, he leaned his body toward the table then looked at her


    ¡°Jia Wan Wan.... would you let me pat your head?¡±


    Jia Wan Wan stopped moving her hand as she heard Ah Fei request, she then looked at him...


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    Note:


    It was a custom for Chinese people when they worshipped a Deity, they would sometimes burn a stick of incense, Jia Wan Wan burn the roll of paper to show Ah Fei her opinion, that she thought Ah Fei was like a God

 Chapter 9.1 "The Master Is A Sweet Talker?"

    Jia Wan Wan looked at Ah Fei caring eyes while he sat waiting for an answer. Jia Wan Wan felt that he noticed the heavy feeling inside her heart, she looked down and closed her eyes with a small smile.


    ¡°I must have shown something that shouldn¡¯t be shown...¡±


    She unconsciously looked at Ah Fei with a longing looks as his gentle smile comforted her. Jia Wan Wan lean closer and closer toward him, she leaned her head down and felt someone¡¯s hand touched her hair. She closed her eyes and felt every movement of his gentle rub, Ah Fei gently moved his hand and felt each strand of Jia Wan Wan silky hair. A Warm comforting feeling started to stream down into Jia Wan Wan heart, she felt calm and happy; having someone cared about you was indeed blissful, she opened her eyes and looks at Ah Fei smile. And she finally smiled.


    Ah Fei stopped and pulled back his arm, Jia Wan Wan who wasn¡¯t feeling down anymore continued to paint on her table. to be patted on the head; she remembered Lin Xia Xia once liked to do this when she was just a little girl. He would do this when she did a great job, she would feel happy and Lin Xia would pat her head. If this was Lin Xia, Jia Wan Wan would laugh and giggle; But when Ah Fei patted her, the happiness that she felt was a bit different. She thought to herself, maybe because of her age, she didn''t feel a sense of reward, maybe because she had grown, she now felt a sense of comfort. Jia Wan Wan thought that that was the answer...


    Ah Fei looked at Jia Wan Wan who calmly painting with a smile, he then said.


    ¡°Jia Wan Wan, You are really amazing...¡±


    ¡°Hah......Ah Fei is more amazing...¡± Said Jia Wan Wan with a gentle smile.


    Ah Fei then looked at her with a big smile.


    ¡°...A person who can write a beautiful poem is indeed talented, but a blind person who can writes letter is more amazing¡±


    ¡°...But the blind person can never compete against the talented person¡­.¡± Said Jia Wan Wan calmly yet quickly.


    Ah Fei then said,


    ¡°In speed and overall neatness, yes, but a great poem, comes from the main idea of the writer, as for the writing itself¡­¡±


    Ah Fei then looked at Jia Wan Wan with a cunning smile


    ¡°Somebody can help the writer do it...¡±


    Jia Wan Wan stopped her painting for a second to look at him. She smiled.


    ¡°Ah Fei, are you saying that even a blind person can win against a talented person if they were smart enough¡­¡±


    ¡°Hmmm¡­ maybe¡­ it all depends on the person themselves and fate, but I don¡¯t mind too much about the result¡± Said Ah Fei with a satisfying smile.


    ¡°Ooo?¡­ Ah Fei, so you¡¯re more interested in the attitude of the person rather than the result?¡± Said Jia Wan Wan with curiosity


    Ah Fei then cunningly smirked.


    ¡°When you can control the result, entertainment comes from the participant¡­¡±


    ¡°*Gasp¡±


    Jia Wan Wan closed her eyes and gasp a little, she clenched her teeth and smiled, thinking to herself.


    "this Ah Fei, he is indeed forceful, he is a natural-born God-like human, rich and good looking, he is truly a Master! it¡¯s not that he doesn¡¯t care about the result, but he is the one that determines the result. Ah, I¡¯m starting to feel sorry for all the people that get on his bad side, I mean, Greater Heavenly Stage at the age of 18, thank Heaven he is from the most Stritch and Righteous Sect in the JiangHu, if not, then maybe XinTang Dynasty would plunge into chaos."


    But there were some things that interest Jia Wan Wan after she heard Ah Fei said those word. She thought to herself, Ah Fei looked like the kind of person who was blessed by fortune since the day he was born. Jia Wan Wan had met these kinds of people before when she was with Lin Xia, usually these kinds of people belittle the unfortunate and the weak, but it seemed Ah Fei was different. She thought to herself, maybe because he was from a righteous sect like the Heavenly Blessings, he got a good moral value.


    The sun was no more to be seen, and the moon gave its light to shine the small house. Jia Wan Wan finally finished her painting, she was pretty satisfied with her own works. she wouldn¡¯t call it beautiful, but it was decent, she looked at Ah Fei on the terrace, and showed her the painting from the table.Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.


    ¡°Ah Fei, what do you think?¡± Ask Jia Wan Wan seriously with a smile on her face.


    Ah Fei looked at the painting for a bit, and then looked at Jia Wan Wan, he put on a little smile and said.


    ¡°Beautiful...¡±


    ¡°Ummm¡­¡­... Ah Fei, it¡¯s good to appreciate hard works but you shouldn¡¯t always give a sweet comment like that, it would be hard for people to improve if you don¡¯t give people critics¡­¡± Said Jia Wan Wan with a lecturing tone.


    ¡°Hmm¡­that would be hard for me¡­¡­¡­. Very well!¡± Said Ah Fei agreeing to her advice


    Ah Fei pondered for a second. He folded his arm and touched his chin while looking at Jia Wan Wan briefly. Jia Wan Wan sat, preparing herself to receive critics from a master. Ah Fei then quickly smiled and said to her.


    ¡°You can try to tie your hair, I think you¡¯ll become more beautiful.¡± Said Ah Fei with his warm smiles.


    ¡°Eh, Tie my¡­¡­..*Gasp¡±


    She closed her eyes, and tried to calm down as her face starting to blush, Jia Wan Wan thought to herself


    "All this time, he is trying to comment me! The Master is too sly! I think each time I talk to him, few of my life force is being taken out of me, hah... the Master must have a lot of fans in Chang¡¯An, he must be experienced in sweet talks and in The Art of Seduction "


    She looked down so that Ah Fei wouldn¡¯t see her embarrassed red face, she then said.


    ¡°I... was talking about the painting, not myself....¡± Said Jia Wan Wan with a smile, covering her embarrassed red face.


    Ah Fei laughed a little and gave out a big satisfying smile.


    ¡°Oh......¡±


    Still blushing, Jia Wan Wan laughed too, but if she continued without saying anything, she fears that she would be in a bad situation. The problem was, she couldn¡¯t let her mind to be this happy. Jia Wan Wan assumed that Ah Fei was joking when he said that she was ¡°Beautiful¡±, and for her to feel the self-satisfaction and pride to be told ¡°Beautiful¡± by a Master like Ah Fei, all because of a joke, it meant that she had a big head. Jia Wan Wan looked at Ah Fei and started to asked for confirmation.


    ¡°Umm... Ah Fei, do you often said those sweet talks to people?¡± Ask Jia Wan Wan calmly as she was blushing


    Ah Fei laughed a little, he said


    ¡°Truthfully, this is my first time saying those word, even though my friend told me those ¡°sweet talks¡± from long ago, I have never wanted to use it.¡±


    ¡°Ummm... Ah Fei you don''t usually sweet talking girls?¡±


    Ah Fei looked at Jia Wan Wan face, he put on a small smile and sighed a little, he assured her


    ¡°Sigh....Never, this is my first time...¡± Said Ah Fei with a smile


    Jia Wan Wan thought to herself


    "Wa.... how rare, a person as Heavenly as him, doesn¡¯t use his power to get girls. hmmm... he is from the Heavenly Blessing sect, maybe he has distanced himself from worldly ambition and worldly desires, and dedicate himself in cultivation."


    Without thinking any other useless stuff, Jia Wan Wan cleaned up her painting. Something else interested Jia Wan Wan; Ah Fei was at The Greater Heavenly State, then who did he fight? That person or those people must be strong enough to able to wound a person like Ah Fei. She then asked Ah Fei


    ¡°Umm... Ah Fei, yesterday, when I found you, you are bleeding... Umm, I want to ask, how can you got wounded?¡± Asked Jia Wan Wan


    Ah Fei then smiled at Jia Wan Wan.


    ¡°Hmm... you knew the Crimson Sky Sect right?¡±


    Jia Wan Wan nodded, Ah Fei then continued.


    ¡°Then you know their leader, Lu Guo?¡± Asks Ah Fei calmly.


    Jia Wan Wan with a curious expression answered


    .


    ¡°Yes, I know him, is Lu Guo the person that fought you?¡±


    ¡°Hmm... you could say that.¡± said Ah Fei with a smile.


    Jia Wan Wan then thought to herself, Lu Guo was also at Greater Heavenly State, and by experience, Lu Guo should be the better fighter! So it was likely that Lu Guo was the one that wound him. Now, another thing confused Jia Wan Wan, was Ah Fei get sparred by Lu Guo, or Ah Fei managed to run away from him; if he did manage to run away from him, that was more confusing, because Lu Guo was not the kind of person that let his target run away! Besides, even if Ah Fei managed to run away, Crimson Sky Sect member had to diligently chase him.


    "Hmmm I wonder what he has done so that he is able to get away..."


    Jia Wan Wan then asked Ah Fei


    ¡°Ah Fei do you run away from Lu Guo?¡±


    With a smile Ah Fei answer ¡°Yes, I technically fleeing from him, but don¡¯t worry, the Crimson Sky Sect or Lu Guo won¡¯t be chasing me....¡±


    ¡°Huh... Did you do something to them? What is it?¡± Asked Jia Wan Wan with curiosity, Ah Fei only let out a small laugh, he then calmly said


    ¡°You¡¯ll know eventually, just wait, hehe¡±.


    Jia Wan Wan let out a small sigh with a smile. It seemed she couldn¡¯t force the Master to let out his secret. The night was getting late, Jia Wan Wan who was already sleepy decided that she would go to bet early today. And so the both of them prepared to go to sleep. This was the second night Ah Fei had stayed on her house, a couple more days after this she could go back to her daily routine; but as she thought that, she felt a bit sad, having someone to talk at home was quite nice. And with that thought, the 2 of them sleep.


    In E Mei town, a certain house still had its lantern lit. Inside that house, Xiao Che was meditating on his bed, as he was meditating he could feel a formidable force, moving, shaking, inside his Spiritual Essence; he could feel a burning sensation all over his body, and drop after drop, sweat started to linger on his face.


    ¡°.....¡±


    *Knock *Knock


    Suddenly he heard a knock on the door. Xiao Che finished his meditation and touched his chest.


    ¡°The Great Dragon''s Fire is starting to get restless.....¡±


    He then opened the door,


    ¡°Xiao Che!!¡±


    A girl suddenly gave Xiao Che a big hug, Xiao Che who was surprised couldn¡¯t hold the sheer power of the girl, both of them then fell to the floor. Xiao Che who was confused rub his head to lessen the pain, he then saw a familiar face in front of him.


    ¡°Ouch... Lian¡¯Er! Why are you here!?¡± Said Xiao Che with a confused expression

 Chapter 9 "The Plan to Steal From Fei Gua"

    Ouch... Lian¡¯Er! Why are you here!?¡± Said Xiao Che with a confused expression.


    The girl was wearing a black robe with an orange dragon pattern. Her robe only covered her upper body and her left arm, while her right arm was decorated with armlet and guards. On her right palm, a black dragon tattoo was painted clearly. Her face was pretty and her expression showed a deep longing for Xiao Che. She then realized that the both of them were in a peculiar position, she quickly stood up with a reddened face and calmed herself down.


    ¡°Ahem... I¡¯m here to help you in what the heck you are doing!¡± Said Lian¡¯Er while rubbing the back of her head.


    ¡°Huh....¡±


    Xiao Che was confused hearing Lian¡¯Er explanation, suddenly another familiar face came to the room too; he was a middle-aged man with a scar on his face. Same like Lian¡¯Er, he was wearing a black robe with an orange dragon pattern on it, but this person robe was old and rugged. His right hand was also decorated with armlet and guard, and the same dragon tattoo was painted on his palm. With a smug face, he said to Xiao Che.


    ¡°XIao Che, are you not happy that your dear friend comes all this way from Chang¡¯An to meet you?¡± Said the man with a smug, while standing like a drunken person.


    ¡°Ohh... Drunken Old Man, you are here too?¡± Said Xiao Che with a bit of dissatisfied face.


    Hearing all the ruckus, another person came into the room. the person was a girl too, her face had an elegant look and her hair was long, she was wearing a common black robe and she seemed dissatisfied with what happened on Xiao Che room.


    ¡°You two... Why do you guys come here?¡± Said the girl with a tired face.


    The girl spoke with a flat tone, Lian¡¯Er who saw her, then talked back.


    ¡°Xia Yu, is it wrong for me to see my friend!?¡± Said Lian¡¯Er with a bit annoyed face at Xia Yu.


    ¡°It is wrong if you are this loud. Do you think the neighbour wouldn¡¯t hear it, quiet down will you!¡± Said Xia Yu as she goes head to head with Lian¡¯Er.


    After a few minute, the 4 of them talked quietly in the dining room. Xiao Che seemed happy that Lian¡¯Er and The Old Man came, different than Xia Yu who seemed annoyed that both of them came, she then asked them.


    ¡°So... Why do you guys come here....¡± Said Xia Yu calmly on the table.


    The Old Man then started to talk seriously, but his face still showed his usual smug


    ¡°Xia Yu, we know about Xiao Che Great Dragon Fire is getting restless by each day, we also know that you are here to control it.... what we don¡¯t know is how?¡±


    ¡°So knowing you, you must have already thought of an ¡°only plan¡± to ¡°safely¡± control the fire. and so that¡¯s why I and Old Man Tang is here to help Xiao Che if any case you ¡°might¡± get in trouble...¡± Said Lian¡¯Er full of tease.


    ¡°Heh... do you have no trust in me?¡± Said Xia Yu with a Smug on her face


    Xiao Che then smiled ¡°There, there, let¡¯s get to the point shall we....... We are planning to get The Pill of Sovereign Rest from The Heavenly Blessings.¡± Said Xiao Che with a joking, yet serious tone.


    ¡°Xiao Che, don¡¯t we already ask the Heavenly Blessing for The Pill?.... Did they refused us?¡± Asked Lian¡¯Er with a concerned looks.


    Xiao Che looked at Lian¡¯Er with a small smile.


    ¡°The Leader was kind enough... to beg the Heavenly Blessing for the Pill, but they still wouldn¡¯t give it to us....¡± Said Xiao Che with a grateful yet sad face.


    ¡°The Pill of Sovereign Rest is a pill that acts as a token of honour for the Great 10 Sect of The JiangHu Alliance. They are the only people that have the right to receive The Pill, unfortunately for you, The Ravaging Flame Sect is on the neutral side of the JiangHu, so you can¡¯t ask for it...¡± Said Xia Yu with a flat tone.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on.


    ¡°The Heavenly Blessing Sect really did that! Do they really wanted to let an innocent person die because of some Rules!¡± Said Lian¡¯Er with a contempt expression.


    Xia Yu then Said ¡°The Heavenly Blessing is a sect that put discipline at high priority, it would be weird for them to suddenly ¡°Break the Rules¡±, besides, for a great Sect like them, what is the importance of 1 person. And so, that¡¯s why a couple of days from now, we are going to ¡°Asks¡± The Heavenly Blessing again, for the Pill.¡±


    ¡°How do we going to get that, we are far from Chang¡¯An...¡± Asked Lian''Er


    Xia Yu smirked and said


    ¡°Stupid girl, if we are going to literally ask them again, then we won''t travel all the way to Sichuan! Hear me out, I got an info from the Underground World that in a couple of days, a small group of Heavenly Blessing member will come to E Mei Town....¡±


    ¡°Hmmm.....¡± Both of Lian''Er and Old man Tang head started to lean toward Xia Yu.


    ¡°It seems that they are planning on extinguishing The Crimson Sky Sect for good...¡± Said Xia Yu as she started to focus.


    ¡°Oh!? So The Crimson Sky Sect finally manage to anger the Heavenly Blessing huh?¡± Said Old Man Tang


    ¡°It seems so. but our target is not these ordinary Heavenly Blessing member, our target is the one that¡¯s leading this raid.... The Genius from The Heaven, Fei Gua!!¡± Said Xia Yu with great confidence.


    ¡°!?¡±


    Both Lian¡¯Er and Old Man Tang was shocked hearing Xia Yu explanation, there was concerned about this plan, Lian¡¯Er then said


    ¡°Fei Gua, the would-be leader of Heavenly Blessings! The God-Like Prodigy of Heavenly Art and Healing! That Fei Gua! Are you sure about this?¡±


    Xia Yu nod.


    ¡°Yes, that Fei Gua, and Yes, I¡¯m sure about this¡± Said Xia Yu seriously.


    Both Old Man Tang and Lian¡¯Er looked at each other with worries painted on their faces, Xia Yu then said


    ¡°Listen first!..... According to my analysis, Fei Gua seems to be a cocky bastard who doesn¡¯t know his own Strength. My scout told me that he only brings 15 Heavenly Blessing member on this ¡°Fight¡± to extinguish The Crimson Sky Sect, The Crimson Sky Sect has Lu Guo a Greater Heavenly State Warrior, and other Cosmic Heavenly State veteran, not to mention people who are already in High and Converging Heavenly State are also a member of this Sect. And he, an 18-years old Young Boy dare to only bring 15 people to fight them. Cuih! The only thing he can do with 15 people is Clean-Up, besides, the Major JiangHu in Chang¡¯An don¡¯t even know what Spiritual State he is at now, knowing his age, I think he is still at Greater Spiritual State, Middle Heavenly State top!¡±


    ¡°Hmm, So we are here to get the ill from Fei Gua¡± Said Old Man Tang.


    ¡°Correct, it seems Fei Gua had the pill on his Void-Room Ring. Our job is either to wait until Fei Gua forces are eliminated and stole the ring, or fight them when they are weak if by any chance they are winning, or steal the ring when he is alone.¡± Said Xia Yu as she carefully persuaded Lian''Er and Old Man Tang.


    Lian¡¯Er and Old Man Tang seemed to agree with Xia Yu plan. Although there was still a bit seed of doubt, they thought this plan might really work, they had the element of surprise; but to meddle with Fei Gua, meant to meddle with the Heavenly Blessing, if this plan failed, and the Heavenly Blessing recognized them, The Ravaging Flame Sect would be at war with them. Lian¡¯Er then looked at Xiao Che.


    ¡°Xiao Che, do you think this would works?¡± Said Lian''Er


    Xiao Che looked down. In his heart, Xiao Che himself was not hundred percent sure that this would work, but he was willing to try, he looked at Lian¡¯Er and said.


    ¡°Hmmm we¡¯ll see, Xia Yu already has a solid plan, I think... I think we can try to do this..¡± Said Xiao Che with a smile and confidence.


    From his word, Xiao Che seemed eager to do this plan. Xia Yu nodded at Xiao Che and Old Man Tang smiled with his usual smug, but only Lian¡¯Er who was sensitive enough to see the doubt on Xiao Che expression.


    That night, Xiao Che didn¡¯t sleep, he stood on the balcony of his room looking at the star. he pondered about his own power and skills, all this time, he had been blessed with such a good friends and master, but when it came to his own power & skills, he actually really timid. Although all of his friends considered him to be ¡°The Strongest¡± he himself never thought of that, Xiao Che rest his body on the balcony until he heard a knock on the door


    *Knock *Knock


    ¡°Xiao Che, May I come in?¡± Said Lian¡¯Er behind the door.


    ¡°Sure....¡±


    Both of them then sit on the wooden balcony. Xiao Che continued looking at the star while Lian¡¯Er looked at him with a gentle caring look. She knew that Xiao Che felt confused about something, she then asked him ¡°Xiao Che, what are you thinking about?¡±


    ¡°Huh?..... I¡¯m just thinking about.....¡±


    Before he even finished his sentence, Xiao Che looked at Lian¡¯Er with a worried and sad expression, he calmly asked her ¡°Lian¡¯Er.... do you think I have done good enough?¡±


    ¡°Hmm...?¡±


    Xiao Che then said. ¡°Lian¡¯Er you remember when we were still children...¡±


    ¡°You mean when you still like to get bullied?¡± Said Lian¡¯Er with a little smile on her face.


    Xiao Che laughs a little ¡°Yeah...... Hah..... back then I think I was truly useless¡­¡±


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    Neutral Side of the JiangHu: Talks about Legal JiangHu organization that was known by the Imperial Bureau, But not affiliate with the JiangHu Alliance, and thus, this organization may comply with JiangHu Code of Ethics but doesn''t comply with JiangHu Alliance Rule

 Chapter 10.1 "The Childhood of Someone"

    Xiao Che laughed a little ¡°Yeah...... Hah..... back then I think I was truly incompetent¡­¡±


    Xiao Che was discouraged, he remembered the day when he was still a child. he tried to smile and said


    ¡°Back then I was mock by all because of my inability in cultivation. heh.... Mom and Dad were great Cultivators, both of them have achieved the Cosmic Heavenly State and comes from a great Sect. as for me, even since I was born, Heaven¡¯s has deemed me undeserving of cultivating.¡±


    Lian¡¯Er, Xiao Che childhood friend, remembered too, that in the past, Xiao Che was a diligent boy; he would train all-day and sometimes all-night to increase his Spiritual Qi progress. It was unfair that he was one of the people who had a broken Spiritual Essence, if only Xiao Che was not cursed by fate, he would become one of the geniuses that shocked the JiangHu.


    Lian¡¯Er looked at Xiao Che sad expression, she then smiled and said


    ¡°Xiao Che, even though you have a regretful past, but you have grown into such a great cultivator... Uncle and Aunt must be proud if they can see you right now...¡± Said Lian¡¯Er while looking at Xiao Che eyes.


    Xiao Che looked at Lian¡¯Er with a soft smile. He remembered that she had been with him throughout his entire life, he was grateful to have someone like Lian¡¯Er to be on his side. He looked at Lian¡¯Er with a soft smile.


    ¡°Hmm... but you are far greater than me, Miss Converging Heavenly State at the age of 19...¡± Said Xiao Che with a teasing tone.


    ¡°Eh..... That was just my luck hehe¡± Said Lian¡¯Er with an embarrassed face.


    Since childhood, Lian''Er had been blessed by resource and profound talent for cultivation. Her grandfather was the one that established the ravaging Flame Sect and thus, Lian''Er too, became a respected member of the sect. She was one of the genius and treasure of the Lian Family, but Lian¡¯Er lacked the will in becoming the strongest, and that side of her disappointed the Lian Family; she also didn¡¯t want her life to be bound by rules, expectation and tradition, and thus, she neglected her parent wishes and chose to be free. Lian¡¯Er was a blessed child, sadly because she liked to be with Xiao Che who was considered ¡°cursed¡±, many people and relative from her household liked to mock Lian¡¯Er behind her back, this was also one of the reasons Xiao Che wanted to become strong, so that these people wouldn¡¯t mock Lian¡¯Er anymore.


    Xiao Che then continued looking at the star, he then remembered his benefactor, the person that had changed his life.


    ¡°Lian¡¯Er, do you think Lian Long ever been in these kinds of problem?¡± Asked Xiao Che with a smile.


    ¡°Uncle Lian Long? Hmm... If it was him, he would smack himself in the head for thinking useless stuff like this hehe... but if it regarding his Spiritual Essence, then I don¡¯t know...¡± Said Lian¡¯Er happily as she remembered her uncle.


    ¡°He never talks about himself when he is with me..... I think he only talks about himself, when he is with you, Xiao Che.¡± Said Lian¡¯Er with a gentle smile at Xiao Che.


    Xiao Che just smiled at Lian¡¯Er.


    Cursed by a broken Spiritual Essence, Xiao Che lived his life in a pitiful and difficult state. No matter how hard he trained, no matter how hard he studied, he wouldn¡¯t even pass the High Earthly State. He was always get insulted and mocked by his big family and friends, even his parents also became the mocking stock of people. It was only when Lian Long, Lian¡¯Er uncle and The Genius of The Lian Family came and help him. Lian Long was a 35 years old man who had achieved the Greater Heavenly State, he was "The Mount Tai and North Star¡± of the Lian Family and was respected by all of its member and also the JiangHu, even The Heavenly Blessings recognized him as a strong warrior. Lian Long was a kind man with a great sense of freedom in his heart. He had travelled all over XinTang Dynasty to became strong and powerful, but when he saw how the people treated Xiao Che, he became enraged at them, and since then, he became a Master like figure for Xiao Che. Xiao Che would learn the Ravaging Flame Art from him, and thus, both of them developed a deep connection with each other. But for some unknown circumstances, Lian Long suddenly vanished from Xiao Che and Lian¡¯Er family, but not without giving Xiao Che something that would change his life, that was Lian Long own Spiritual Essence, and since then, Xiao Che started to prove himself worthy of cultivating. He rose from the Cursed Child to be one of the Strongest people in Ravaging Flame Sect, he proved himself to be stronger than the people from the Lian Family and succeeded in making the Lian Family acknowledge him. Now Xiao Che planned to achieve Godhood and find Lian Long. But for now, he had to control Great Dragon Fire from his body.Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    The Great Dragon Fire was a parasite that lived on Lian Long Spiritual Essence. The parasite made the Qi Flow of the inhabitant unstable and if left uncontrolled, will result in an outburst of the Qi Flow that led to death. But this parasite could also increase the Qi Power of the inhabitant at an unimaginable rate.


    ¡°This power, I want to control it, if I can control this, I¡¯m sure I can be much stronger than before.¡± Said, Xiao Che as he touched his chest.


    ¡°En, Xiao Che if you can control The Dragon Fire, I¡¯m sure you power would be on par with someone who has achieved Cosmic Heavenly State¡± Said Lian¡¯Er brightly.


    Xiao Che looked at Lian''Er, he leaned closer to her, and gaze deeply into her eyes. talking to her made him reassured, Xiao Che felt calm and happy when he was with her, he smiled at her and touched her hair.


    "Lian''Er.... Thank you for accompanying me..." Said Xiao Che, as he touched the strands of Lian''Er hair.


    Lian''Er was surprised at Xiao Che sudden gesture.


    "Eh... Xiao... Xiao Che?" Said Lian''Er with a red blushing face. She braves herself and looks at Xiao Che eyes, her body froze in front of the person she liked; a Cosmic Heavenly State Cultivator, the Blessed Child of the Lian Family, still cannot hold herself in front of the person she loved.


    "Xiao.... Xiao Che..." said Lian''Er with a soft voice, she felt Xiao Che was getting nearer and nearer, her heart was pounding, she didn''t know what to do. Lian''Er then closed her eyes, and lean her mouth nearing Xiao Che mouth.


    "............."


    Lian''Er stayed silent, she was waiting with full anticipation and a little bit of fear for something to happen.


    Unknown to Lian''Er, Xiao Che hearts beat faster than her. He looked at Lian''Er beautiful face, he was feeling absolutely uncertain of whether he should kiss her or not.


    "....."


    Xiao Che stood silent, he thought to himself.


    "Lian''Er I have always loved you, but, do you truly wanted a man like me.... Ah! for fuck sake! it''s now or never!"


    Xiao Che then moved his mouth to kiss Lian''Er... Forcefully!


    "Umph!" Lian''Er was surprised, she didn''t expect Xiao Che to be... this willing. She was surprised but happy, the shocks of the lips of the person she loved intoxicated her, her hand suddenly moved to embrace Xiao Che. The sheer ecstasy of a long-awaited kiss engulfed Lian''Er with pleasure.


    "Xiao...Xiao Che..." uttered Lian''Er with a soft moaning voice as she struggled to free her lips from Xiao Che untamed kiss. She opened her eyes, when suddenly...


    *Knock! *Knock!


    "Xiao Che, you''ve asleep yet?" Xia Yu voice was heard outside the room...


    "Eh.... Xia... Xia Yu, no... I haven''t" Said the surprised Xiao Che as he left the frozen Lian''Er on the balcony.


    "Huh.... Then go to sleep, it''s already this late" Said Xia Yu from the door.


    "Oh.... o.. okay!" Said Xiao Che full with embarrassment.


    He then looked at Lian''Er.


    "Lian''Er I think you too should....." Before Xiao Che even finished his sentence, the overwhelming murderous aura that emitted from Lian''Er brought chills to his spine.


    Lian''Er closed her eyes and put on a clear, big, smile


    "Yes... I think I will go to sleep" said Lian''Er calmly with a murderous tone as she leaves the room.


    "Eh....Eh...." Said Xiao Che full of confusion.


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    Mount Tai and North Star: Comes from an idiom "As weighty as Mount Tai and Brilliant as the Big Dipper" talks about a renown someone who was a genius among his league

 Chapter 10.2 "Jia Wan Wan VS Ah Fei!"

    The night passed into the morning. Jia Wan Wan who slept quietly and well on her blanket slowly opened her eyes, for an unknown reason, she felt like she wanted to smile; she didn''t understand why, but she felt that these couple of day had been really pleasant. She quickly looked at the terrace.


    "Ahh.... Ah Fei still sleeping..." Said Jia Wan Wan with a soft smile.


    She looked at Ah Fei who calmly resting on the terrace pillar, she remembered what happened yesterday and her faces started to blush.


    "Yesterday... he said...... Hah......."


    Said Jia Wan Wan softly with a big happy smile on her red face as she touched her forehead. She looked at her drawer. and started to scour her clothes, Jia Wan Wan searched and searched for something.


    "Hmm... where is it, I think I have one of those here" Said Jia Wan Wan while quietly and carefully browsed through her clothes, suddenly her hand felt something.


    "Got it!" Said Jia Wan Wan happily. she pulled out a red ribbon, and rushed to find a mirror in her room, she then made her straight black hair into a ponytail hair. as she tied her ribbon, she couldn''t help to let out a small giggle, she remembered what Ah Fei said yesterday and that short memory just filled her with somewhat feeling of joy.


    "Alright... finished..." Said, Jia Wan Wan, while checking herself in front of the mirror in her room, she touched her hair and wondered.


    "Will Ah Fei like it?......"


    She went to the kitchen to prepared the usual medicine for Ah Fei, she didn''t really know if the medicine that she made was good enough for his wound. Heavenly Blessing Sect was famous for their Healing Art, so Jia Wan Wan didn''t expect her medicine to be as potent as Heavenly Blessing medicine, but, Ah Fei said he wanted it, and so Jia Wan Wan made it.


    Jia Wan Wan prepared some medicine soup and fruits for Ah Fei and put it near him, but just as she finished giving Ah Fei the soup and fruits, he was awake.


    "Good Morning..." Said Ah Fei calmly while looking at Jia Wan Wan.


    "Good Morning....." Said Jia Wan Wan calmly, hiding her surprised response.


    "I don''t know you''re already awake...." Said Jia Wan Wan calmly as she smiled at him.


    "I have to, I''m afraid that you would leave without bringing my money..." Said Ah Fei with a smile.


    Jia Wan Wan only put on a weird smile on her face. She resented her strategy; actually this morning she thought to herself that she wouldn''t have to use Ah Fei money if she left before he was awake.


    "Aih... Stupid, how can a person like him get''s fooled by such a simple plan, Jia Wan Wan next time you''ve got to be more clever" Jia Wan Wan thought to herself.Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation.


    Ah Fei then looked at Jia Wan Wan face and noticed her hair, his face then turned red, he smiled at her and said


    "That hairstyle.... really suited you...." Said, Ah Fei, as he happily looked the other way, he thought to himself that it would be embarrassing to show his blushing face to Jia Wan Wan.


    Jia Wan Wan too felt a little shock directly at her heart. Her face started to get red, she blushed and touched her hair, but she quickly saw how Ah Fei reacted; the way his face got red like plum, she then let out a small gasped and looked at the embarrassed Ah Fei.


    "*Gasp, The Master is embarrassed, is this one of the rare events that happen once in a blue moon!" thought Jia Wan Wan while she happily looked at Ah Fei.


    "Hmm... maybe I should say things like, Ahh, so you think that my usual hairstyle is ugly? and then he would say, no, that''s not what I meant.then I would say, but Ah Fei what you said just now, isn''t that''s mean that my usual appearance doesn''t please you. and then I can see Ah Fei red face more hihi.." thought Jia Wan Wan with a smile full of tease.


    With a focused mind she then said.


    "Umm... Ah Fei, so you think my usual hairstyle is ugly?" Said Jia Wan Wan with an attacking tone and striking smile.


    Ah Fei turned his gaze to Jia Wan Wan, he smiled calmly with a cunning smile, the master seemed to accept Jia Wan Wan battle invitation. he pondered for awhile, he then said.


    "Your usual appearance is enough to bewitch me into sleeping inside your house... It''s tormenting to maintain self-control every day. Miss Jia Wan Wan it''s not that you''re ugly, it''s just that today, I think you have broken a man..." Said, Ah Fei, as he played with the word and the tone of his voice.


    Jia Wan Wan felt a critical hit in her heart. She closed her eyes and used all her might to put on a calm smile, but inside, embarrassment and bliss combined with a dash of "indecent thought" burst and filled her mind. as she was recovering from Ah Fei attack, she thought to herself.


    "Bewitch, Sleeping inside a girls house, Self-Control, Broken a Man, The Master counter-attack is too ruthless!"


    But Jia Wan Wan didn''t give up just yet, with a blushing red face, she smiled and said.


    "But what you''ve just said just now, didn''t that mean my usual appearance not enough to please you..." Said, Jia Wan Wan, while cunningly smile and softly talk in a seducing tone.


    Ah Fei just smiled and focused her gaze at Jia Wan Wan, he dedicated a brief second with silence, as if he was preparing for a finishing blow; and then, with a soft, calm, and gentle voice, he said.


    "Oh..... so all this time you were trying to "Please" me, Miss Jia Wan Wan?"


    Said Ah Fei with a sincere, innocent, but at the same time cunning and seductive expression.


    "*Gasp!" Jia Wan Wan gasped. It was done, The Master won, the battle was over, Jia Wan Wan lost, her stratagem failed, and she now had to face the consequence of being embarrassed throughout the day. She should have known that Ah Fei was a master of Self-Control, he wouldn''t show any weakness in front of his enemies and ruthlessly fight the battle. Jia Wan Wan with a total red face sat down and smiled weirdly, focusing her mind to stop thinking any indecent thought that a decent girl should not have.


    Ah Fei looked at Jia Wan Wan who was now tired, and teasingly said "The Plan failed?..."


    ".... The plan Backfired..." Said, Jia Wan Wan, as she looked at Ah Fei satisfied expression, Jia Wan Wan too smiled at Ah Fei, accepting her defeat.


    With a warm smile, both of them then started the day.....


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    Master: When Jia Wan Wan refers Ah Fei as "The Master" didn''t mean Ah Fei was "Her Master" or anything, "Master" means that Ah Fei was someone that had status or wealth or knowledge or power, more than her or the general people.

 Extra Chapter "Speech Of The Heavenly Child"

    Note: Extra Chapter is a chapter that has a different timeline from the Main Arc, for example, this one happened to be around 10 years before Chapter 2.


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    On the Market District of Chang''An, a Middle-Aged Man was carrying his cute son on his shoulder, both of them strolled the market happily.


    "Fei Gua, do you know what Dynasty you''re living?" Asked The Middle-Aged Man while carrying the small Fei Gua on his shoulder.


    "Yes Father, It''s The XinTang Dynasty!" Said the cute little boy happily.


    "Smart Boy! Hehe, now, do you know what''s the Imperial Lineage and the name of the Emperor?" Asked The Middle-Aged Man again.


    "Yes! The Imperial Lineage comes from the "L¨« " family, and The Emperor is called XinTang Xuanzong, Fei Gua believes his personal name is Li LongDi!" Answer Fei Gua.


    "Eh?" The Middle-Aged Man was surprised, well, in a bad and a good way, the good thing was, his dear son knew such a detailed thing! the bad thing was, for Fei Gua to knew the Emperor personal name, he might have read through the classified document from the sect.


    The Middle-Aged Man, with a worried gentle smile, asked Fei Gua


    "Son, Umm... do you read some document in my office..."


    "Eh!? Fei Gua is not permitted?" Asked the cute little boy innocently.


    The Father just smiled, he then said


    "It''s not that you''re not permitted, but inside are some fragile and classified documents, if one of them gets damaged, it will cause a lot of problem for me..."


    "Oo.... Alright, Father" said the cute little boy.


    "Good Boy!" said the father as he smiled widely and continued to walks relaxingly through the market, that was until Fei Gua said


    "Fei Gua vow to not let any document gets damaged!" Said Fei Gua with a determined voice and expression.


    "Eh!? That''s not what....Aah" The father was stunned hearing his cute son determined vow, he then tried to calmly explain to Fei Gua that he was "Not Permitted" to go into his studies. he put Fei Gua down from his shoulder and crouch to see him face to face.


    "Umm... Fei Gua, that''s not the problem, it''s dangerous if you play inside my office..." Said The Father while smiling calmly, Fei Gua just looked confused hearing his father.


    He said, "Father, I don''t understand, the problem is the safety of the documents right?"


    But after he said those sentenced, Fei Gua started to understand something, his face then turned sad, and tears started to build in his cute little eyes. He said


    "Fa...Father.... Does...Does Father not trust Fei Gua?.... Does Fei Gua just not permitted in your office? Does... Does Father not love Fei Gua anymore.... Hiks.."


    "Eh!?" The Father was surprised, he tried to calm Fei Gua down before he started crying. He quickly grabbed a handkerchief from his Void-Room ring and wiped the tears from his son''s eyes, with a gentle but confused expression the father saidThe narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.


    "Fei, Fei Gua, it''s not that I don''t love you... It''s just.... Haih..... Alright, alright, you can play in my office, but, the documents on my table, or the documents inside the Old-Rustic-Metal chest on the corner of the room, you must not meddle with it, okay?"


    "Alright Father, Fei Gua oblige!" said Fei Gua happily while he bowed toward his father, he didn''t show any sad emotion anymore, it was just like the sad expression from before was just an act.


    The Father looked at his happy son and thinks to himself


    "Wao... where did he learn to act like that, Hmmm, it must come from his mother..."


    And both of them continued walking through the Market, sight-seeing the sweets and goods Chang''An Market had to offer. As they were walking, The Father was curious and also worried, what did Fei Gua read in his office.


    "Fei Gua, what is it that you read in my office?" Said The Father with a curious gentle look on his face.


    Fei Gua calmly smiled at his father, with a happy face he said


    "I read the stories and novels from the Ancient Age"


    "Ohh......" The Father responded in great delight, he was delighted that his son was interested in literature, but he was also delighted that Fei Gua didn''t read the journal about adults things like Prostitution, Imperial Scandal, "Bed-Position", the father would be dumbfounded and froze in sheer panic if his dear son read those kinds of document.


    "I have to hide some dangerous document from my office after I get back home " The Father thought to himself.


    The Father then asked Fei Gua


    "Son, what is it that you have read?"


    Fei Gua turn quiet for a second and tried to remember, he then calmly smiled and said


    "I have finished reading Three Lives Three World, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom..."


    As Fei Gua said those word, his expression turns determined, he was smiling in somewhat amazement and curiosity, just like someone who just met a hero, That was how Fei Gua expression as he said those word. the father looked at his son smile, he let out a small sigh and smiled.


    "So this is the time when my children idolize someone....." He thought to himself.


    The Father then asked Fei Gua with a curious smile.


    "Fei Gua... What makes that novel so amazing ? ...."


    Fei Gua eyes started to focus and look at the Heaven, he walked slowly and said


    "Father.... How Great is the Heaven?


    ..... How Great is the Title God?


    Being All-powerful, Mighty, and Rule The Heavens and Earth, that sounds Great and Fulfilling, I believe I''ll be happy if I attain them...


    And I believe... In Almost All Stories... All Man Desire to Become Powerful...


    But why is it? Ye Hua, The Character in that novel, a God who has it all, he has power, beauty, title...


    Why does he throw it all away for a human girl...


    Why he feels the happiest when he is with her...


    Why he let himself to suffer for her...


    Why is Ye Hua, after he does all that thing, he let his wife chase someone who isn''t him...


    Father, Fei Gua doesn''t understand the way Ye Hua thinks....


    Fei Gua believe is The Happiness to Love and be Loved that motivate Ye Hua, I just don''t understand, what exactly that he felt...


    The Happiness that makes a God leave the Heaven and become ordinary mortals


    I want to feel it too...


    the feeling that clouded logic...


    clouded will...


    clouded vengeance...


    and clouded pride... "


    The father just looked at Fei Gua from afar, the sense of proudness engulfed his heart, he couldn''t help himself to smile at Fei Gua. Since Fei Gua was born, Fei Gua was rarely to be amazed at something. he had always been a calm and smart child, if he wanted something, he always got it, there hasn''t been any desire or target in which Fei Gua truly tried to achieve. but the Fei Gua in front of him now was different, he could feel the deep longing of his child, he could feel that this was the first time Fei Gua ever truly wanted for something. Fei Gua finally desired something...


    And as the sun starts to set, Fei Gua and his father went back home....


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    Note :


    XinTang Dynasty: Chang''An : XinTang Xuanzong : Li Family : Ahem... it''s rather clear what dynasty I''m referring to


    Ancient Age: Each time this novel talks about "Ancient Age" that''s mean they talked a modern civilization that establishes prior to Xia Dynasty, but in reality, they talked about something from our modern times, try to look at the explanation below :


    The Novel History and year :


    Ancient Age(XXBC) -----------> Xia Dynasty ( 2070BC ) ---------- > XinTang Dynasty (618AD - 746AD <- Chapter 1 )


    Three Lives, Three World, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom: is a C-Drama and Novel that is popular in China in 2016, and also in 2017, The Male Lead, Ye Hua, is what Fei Gua referring too in this novel

 Chapter 11 "The Third Day..."

    It just passed Yin hour (that is 03:00 AM - 05:00 AM), After a short time, Jia Wan Wan was ready to go to the town, now she only needed one thing, money. She is reluctant to ask Ah Fei for allowance, she felt petty for asking such things from him. Although this was his wishes, she just felt inappropriate for a woman to asks money from a man who was not her companion or family.


    ¡°Haah.... I feel like one of those Xiao Jie (Lit. Little Big Sister, is a term for Street Girl/Adulteress) who goes around asking money from her client" She sighed "Sigh...I hope Ah Fei doesn¡¯t think of me like that, although he is the one that told me to use his money...¡± Jia Wan Wan mumbled.


    Ah Fei looked at Jia Wan Wan, he asked ¡°Are you going to town now?¡±


    ¡°En, I got to buy a few more groceries, and deliver some of my paintings..¡± Answered Jia Wan Wan as she sat near Ah Fei on the terrace.


    ¡°Very well... Jia Wan Wan, give me your hand...¡± Ask Ah Fei politely, Jia Wan Wan just stretched her right palm, while smiled the other way.


    Ah Fei then grabbed something from his Void-Room Ring and put it on Jia Wan Wan palm. Jia Wan Wan who felt an object on her palm turned and looked what kind of object that Ah Fei gave her, and as she saw that object, she asked Ah Fei with a worried smile


    ¡°Umm.... Ah Fei, do you want me to buy a mansion?¡±


    Said, Jia Wan Wan, while holding a big piece of shining white Jade on her arm. She is confused and worried, to be holding an object that could buy a whole living person, she was reluctant to bring this to town. This Morning Jia Wan Wan was going to E Mei Town to buy the daily necessities and deliver her painting. According to yesterday negotiation, Jia Wan Wan starting from today would only use money from Ah Fei, but as expected, Ah Fei is too rich


    ¡°Hmm.. I was planning to give you an Imperial Banknote, but sadly E Mei town doesn''t have any State-Owned Bank in it, if I give you one, you would have to travel all the way from Sichuan to Nandu City...¡±


    ¡°Hmmm.... Ah Fei, You are truly giving this to me?¡± Asked Jia Wan Wan with a calm smile on her face.


    ¡°Yes...¡± Answered Ah Fei


    ¡°Hmmm alright...¡± Said, Jia Wan Wan as she firmly grabbed the White Jade.


    Jia Wan Wan then went to the front yard and put the White Jade on a big stone, she then grabbed her sword and prepared to stab the White Jade, she stood silent for a second, and in short second, a red flame engulfed the sword, but rather than called it a fiery flame sword, it was more appropriate to say that the sword turned color into red. The fire engulfed the sword so neatly, only the sparks of red fire was seen comes from the sword, the sparks fell on the ground like a falling plum flower petals that vaporized in mid-air, the sword itself looked the same, only its color changed to red, then Jia Wan Wan pushed the sword and stabbed the White Jade.


    *Tuck! *Prang!!


    The stab made a soft ¡°tuck¡± sound, the white jade then shattered to little bits, all of this effort was done by Jia Wan Wan without a single concentrating looks on her faces, since beginning she just looked at the jade calmly as if she was reluctant to stab such an expensive objects, the way she did this was swift and neat, as if to destroyed a white-jade with a single stab is a trivial matter! Seeing her made Ah Fei smile, he looked Jia Wan Wan with a big relieve on his face. Jia Wan Wan then looked at the ground and grabbed the pieces of shattering White Jade she could find, inside her heart she said.


    ¡°Now with these, I can buy something expensive without having to worry about the seller not having enough money for changes..... Sigh... is a shame that the small bits of Jade are gone with the wind....¡±


    ¡°Jia Wan Wan, what is that sword technique, I never saw it before?¡± Asked Ah Fei with a smile.


    ¡°Umm... It''s my self-made technique....¡± Answered Jai Wan Wan with a little embarrassed expression.


    ¡°Oh..... did you named it?¡± Asked Ah Fei with high curiosity and a wide grin on his face.


    Jia Wan Wan then got more embarrassed, the name that she chose for her sword technique is rather a cliche and self-exalted, she then spoke with a soft voice.


    ¡°Umm.... I called it.... The Sword of Eternal Soaring Phoenix....¡±Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    Ah Fei like always, smiled at her, he said ¡°That¡¯s a Good Name.......¡±


    Jia Wan Wan smiled too, she knows that Ah Fei will say that.


    ¡°Hmmm I know you would say that....¡± Said Jia Wan Wan with a gentle smile.


    ¡°Oh... But I really like that name.¡± Said, Ah Fei, as he tried to show his full sincerity.


    Ah Fei put on a big smile on his face and said ¡°The term Phoenix suit you very much¡±


    Jia Wan Wan only smile at Ah Fei, she felt a bit proud that a Master like Ah Fei complimented her. Suddenly, Jia Wan Wan realize that she had to be hurry if she wanted to buy the freshest vegetables and groceries. She quickly went to her room and put the pieces of White Jade on her bag and grabbed the paintings that she needed to deliver.


    This is the first time Ah Fei saw Jia Wan Wan delivering her painting, he saw her carrying numerous painting while also carrying a groceries bag, although Jia Wan Wan was a careful girl, carrying such a numerous paintings could be quite hectic.


    "Jia Wan Wan do you want to borrow my Void-Room Ring?" Asked Ah Fei with a concern expression.


    "Eh!? no, no, no, carrying your ring would be inappropriate and dangerous..." Said, Jia Wan Wan, as she tried to bundle-up the paintings.


    Jia Wan Wan looked at Ah Fei and smiled with a concerned face, she said


    "Ah Fei... a Void-Room Ring is one of the most important things for a cultivator, you cannot recklessly give it to someone..."


    from the tone of her voice, she seemed worried that Ah Fei would make a blunder by trusting people too easily, for people like Ah Fei who was like a Heavenly Dragon Colt, trusting the wrong people could result in a fatal outcome. it would be bad for him and eventually the whole dynasty.


    Ah Fei then thought for a moment, he too realized that mistake, he then quickly said "Yes... I was wrong...."


    But after he said those word, he quickly smiled at Jia Wan Wan.


    "Alright, I''m going to go now, umm... take care of the house okay" Said, Jia Wan Wan, as she walked out from the terrace.


    "Very Well, Madam..." Said Ah Fei with a gentle smile on his face, Jia Wan Wan who heard him started to blushes and quickly left the house.


    On the road, she thought to herself "Don''t... Don''t blush just because he said those word, Jia Wan Wan stop thinking useless stuff and just do your business "


    She slammed the painting on her forehead gently to make her stop thinking useless thought. After she slamed her forehead with paintings, she looked at the paintings that she carrying, she looked at the small label that she put on the scroll.


    "River Painting, Birds Painting, Second River Painting, Fruits Painting, Forest Painting, alright I''m not forgetting anything, the E Mei Mountain Painting is not due until a few days..."


    And so, the conscientious and careful Jia Wan Wan continued to walk to the town.


    On her house, Ah Fei was resting, he leaned on the terrace pillar and looked at the Void-Room Ring on his finger, he contemplated and thought to himself.


    "Giving one''s Void-Room Ring is indeed dangerous and careless..."


    Ah Fei who in fact, a careful person, never trusted others even his parents and masters to carry his Void-Room Ring, because not only it was risky for him, it would be far more risky for them. Inside his Void-Room Ring, there are numerous valuable Pills and Objects, many people would kill to get their hand on his Void-Room Ring, and for Ah Fei to gave such a potential threats to the people he cared, is none other than stupid.


    But he then smiled and joyfully talked to himself


    "To be this ignorant... Am I bewitched by magic"


    That time, when Ah Fei saw Jia Wan Wan having trouble carrying her paintings, the first thing came to mind is how he wanted to help her. Ah Fei then promised himself to be more careful next time, he thought that he had to learn to suppress the immediate feeling that he felt when he is with Jia Wan Wan.


    He then stopped pondering and walked inside Jia Wan Wan room, unknown to Jia Wan Wan, Ah Fei already almost fully healed, he already could move his body freely, he only needed to rest so that his Qi Flow can be as fluent as before.


    He looked at the corner of the room and found something that intrigued him, he grabbed it and looked at it, it was Jia Wan Wan''s E Mei Mountain Paintings. He thought to himself, does Jia Wan Wan forgot it, or she purposely didn''t bring it. Ah Fei smiled and thought that Jia Wan Wan was unlikely to forget it...


    But this gave him a reason to went to the town, besides, people often forgot something, a wide grin is painted on his face, he then said "Good.......".


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    Note : Xiao Jie : Is a slang term for calling a prostitute or adulteress, it''s literally meaning Little Big Sister, as they usually mooching off their clients to buy them stuff and jewellery.


    BankNote: Is a paper note that can be exchanged with Chopper Coins at Private/State-Owned Bank, actually this system hasn''t been invented during Emperor Xuanzong Reign, but it is in this non-historical story.


    State-Owned Banks: Are Banks that is founded by the Imperial Government, located in the Major Cities in the Dynasty.


    Phoenix : Although Phoenix is the name of the Fire-Bird that rise from ashes and one of the famous Chinese Mythological Animal, Phoenix also the symbol of Ingenious Woman, Clever and Brilliant Woman, Women who are knowledgeable in the art of war and Empress can also be called Phoenix, so in this context, what Ah Fei meant was that Jia Wan Wan was a brilliant and clever girl.


    Heavenly Dragon Colt: Comes from the Idiom l¨®ng ju f¨¨ng ch¨² Literally means Dragon Colt Young Phoenix, Is a term to describe a brilliant young man or a talented scholar, Jia Wan Wan added Heavenly at the beginning to express that Ah Fei was a Dragon Colt amongst Dragon Colt.


    Madam : Ah Fei used the word T¨¤it¨¤i, it means Mrs., Madam, or Lady, but it also can mean Wife, there are many words to describe Lady of The House, Lady, or Madam more explicitly, but Ah Fei chose the word T¨¤it¨¤i, and that was why Jia Wan Wan blushed.

 Chapter 12 "To Help A School...."

    Meanwhile at Xiao Che''s place, Xiao Che was sleeping comfortably on his bed. When suddenly,


    Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!


    "Xiao Che! You''re awake? Xiao Che!" Xia Yu shouted as she banged on the room''s door.


    "Euhhh......." Mumbled the disturbed Xiao Che as he started to wake up from his deep slumber. He rubbed his eyes while "Ignoring" the loud bang on his door.


    He walked toward the door and quickly opened the door.


    "Alright, I''m awa-"


    Buk!Buk!Buk!


    "........" Xiao Che was silent.


    Buk!Buk!Buk!


    "......." Xiao Che was silent, as she saw Xia Yu continued to bang his body as if he was a door


    BukBuk!Buk!


    " ......." Xiao Che was confused, he looked at Xia Yu who clearly knew she was banging him with a dissatisfied expression. He said


    "What are you doing?"


    Xia Yu looked up at Xia Che with a flat, ungulty expression.


    "Oh, you''re awake..."


    She quickly turned away from Xiao Che and walked to the stairs done the hall from where his room was.


    "Come downstairs quickly, breakfast is done."


    Xiao Che was left confused as Xia Yu walked downstairs. He put on his Ravaging Flame Sect uniform and went downstairs, where Xia Lu and Lian''Er were already sitting at the table. Both were about to start eating, but as Xiao Che walked near the table, he could feel a cold aura coming from both of them. Lian''Er and Xia Yu were Staring daggers at each other. The aura that was emitted between these pretty girls was as fierce as one on the battlefield.


    He asked them with a worried smile," You two mad at each other?"


    "!!!!!!!!"


    As the both of them noticed Xiao Che, both of these pretty ladies quickly turned their sharp gaze at Xiao Che.


    "!?"


    Xiao Che was startled. He was confused by these 2 girls behaviour. He looked at them with a serious look and asked.


    "What happened with you two?"


    The two girls were silent and just glared at Xiao Che. Xiao Che seeing them couldn''t help but think of something. He then asked them with a polite gesture.


    "Are you girls, happen to be on period today?" Asked the innocent Xiao Che


    SLAM!!!


    The girls banged the table at the same time! Xiao Che was shocked and froze in fear. Both of the girls had a displeased angry looks painted vividly on their faces as if they were shouting "It''s all your fault!!". Xiao Che who was as dense as a rock looked at them with a concerned face. He noticed that this was not a good place to started the day, he then softly said.


    "Sorry, I got to go...."


    "YOU STAY HERE!" Shouted both of them, and thus the 3 of them sat together in awkwardness.


    While they were eating, Xiao Che noticed that Old Man Tang was not there with them, he asked.


    "Where is Old Man Tang?"


    "He already went to venture the town, looking for a place to drink wine." Answered Lian''Er while she ate her breakfast.


    Xiao Che sighed, "That old man, not in Chang''An, not in E Mei, all he does all day is drinking and being drunk."


    "Hmm? what are you going to do today Xiao Che?"


    Xiao Che thought for a second, The Heavenly Blessing Sect wouldn''t be coming for a couple of days, and to do nothing at Xia Yu''s place was boring.


    "I think I will go sight-seeing the town today."


    "Alright, I''ll come with you!"


    "I''ll come to...." Said Xia Yu with a flat tone.


    "What, you don''t need to come" Said Lian''Er


    "I have too, we are basically undercover. If you two were to do something stupid, we would be in a lot of problems." Said Xia Yu with a flat tone.


    Finally, after much arguing, the three of them ventured into town. They walked into the market section of town, where Xiao Che stopped at the local clothing store.


    "Xiao Che, look at this! This one really suited you," said Lian''Er as she showed Xian Che a long yellow robe.


    Xiao Che looked at the long robe and thought for a moment. "I''m not too fond of the colour yellow," he said with a smile on his face.


    ""Eh..." Lian''Er was surprised, she had thought that Xiao Che like this kind of bright colour.


    Xia Yu noticed Lian''Er failure and quickly spoke with a smug, "Stupid girl, how can you not know your childhood friend''s favourite colour"


    Lian''Er only looked at her with contempt. Xia Yu then quickly moved toward Xiao Che and showed him a short green sleeveless robe.


    "Here Xiao Che, how about this! I know you like dark green, so I picked this one for you," said Xia Yu with a confident look.


    "Emm...no actually, my favourite colour is white." Said, Xiao Che, as he refused Xia Yu suggestion. Xia Yu then looked at the robe and mumbled


    "Huh!? But I thought he liked green."


    "You are stupid too......" Whispered Lian''Er as she was just walking passed the confused Xia Yu.


    The day still hadn''t passed Si hour (That is 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM). After they finished sight-seeing the clothing store, they then headed to Hua Ju Inn to see Old Man Tang. Hua Jun Inn was located at the east side of the town, while the market section on the west, and thus, the three of them walked from east to west. They walked past the residence section of the town and the Imperial Bureau section, and as they were about to walk across the town centre, they heard a commotion in front of them.


    It seemed that someone was having an argument in front of a small school. A young woman was shouting loudly at a group of middle-aged men. Standing behind her, a group of children looked at the leader of those men with angry looks. Xiao Che, Lian''Er and Xia Yu who were near them accidentally overheard their argument.


    "I Don''t have time to chit-chat! Pay-Up first!" said the leader.                                                                                                                                                 "What! That''s nonsense! I''ve already paid the rent for this month!" the young woman shouted with a distressed face.                                                                                                  "Yeah! The teacher already paid the rent a week ago!" said the children.                                                                                                                                      The man just shook off his hand and with a contemptful face replied, "Look, renting is renting, selling is selling!, I''m not renting this compound anymore, I want to sell it!"                                                        Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    "What! how could you suddenly decided to sell this place!"                                                                                                                                                "Fuih! E Mei town is too small, I want to move to Tai Yuan to earn more wealth! Haiiiiih! That is not important! The important thing is that if I don''t get my money now, I will mortgage all the items on this school, and the school will be closed!"


    The woman was left silent with a clear contempt look. She clencehd her teeth in anger, ready to punch him. Sadly for her thiis man was truly the owner of the building. He had absolute right to the property and was free to do as liked with it. Knowing this left the woman with one response.


    "Cih! How much is the school?"


    "You''re a wise person! See, I''m looking to settle this quickly, so I give you a discount price, 500 Tael!" Said the man calmly.


    "Five! Five Hundred Tael! Ridiculous! I..I wouldn''t have that kind of money even if I sold myself!" Shouted the teacher.


    "Look, I''m already giving you a discount. This place has good ''Wind and Water'' (that is Feng Shui) and its condition is also good. This place should be worth around 700-800 Tael, Miss, I already help you a lot. Whether you can pay it or not, it''s not my problem"


    The young teacher then turned silent, unable to say anything. Her face, that a few seconds ago looked so fierce, turned pale. She looked down and her eyes started to get teary. The children who once passionately supported their dear teacher lookedA down too.


    Lian''Er looked at them with a sad expression, her heart couldn''t bear to see someone with a circumstance like that. She felt worried that the school wouldn''t operate anymore, and those children would be left uneducated.


    Xiao Che looked at Lian''Er''s worried expression and smiled, he knew that Lian''Er had a kind heart and couldn''t bear to see people suffering. That side of Lian''Er was one of the main things that attracted Xiao Che. Xia Yu, on the other hand, disagreed.


    "Oh no, you don''t....."


    "But......." Said Lian''Er softly


    "Nope........."


    "But She- "


    "No, no, no, no, no! Like I said, don''t get into trouble!"


    "Xiao Che, we have got to help them, looked at those children, what would happen to them if we don''t help them" Said Lian''Er while looking at Xiao Che with puppy-dog eyes.


    Xiao Che who noticed Lian''Er plea looked at her and smiled, he then looked at Xia Yu, also with puppy-dog eyes, and said


    "Pleaseeee........"


    Xia Yu smack her forehead and sighed.


    "Look, even if we want to help them, we don''t have that much money.... What would you suggest us to do, sell our self?" said Xia Yu with a clear annoyed tone.


    "We''ll think of something, for now, we have to help them first!" Said the determinate Lian''Er.


    As she said that, Lian''Er quickly rushed toward the school. Xiao Che who saw how passionate Lian''Er was, join in a second later, while Xia Yu just lazily walked to the school.


    "So how will it be?" Said the restless property owner.


    "......" The Young teacher only left silent.


    The Property owner, knowing that the negotiation failed, gave a sign to his people. His people quickly walked inside the school to take every object they could find and carry. But that was until Lian''Er quickly shouted from afar...


    "Wait!!!!!!" Shouted Lian''Er loudly.


    "!?" The Teacher, students and the property owner were surprised hearing Lian''Er''s loud noise. They noticed Xiao Che group approaching them; The Teacher looked at them with a confused look.


    "Wait! wait! wait! wait!" Said Lian''Er from afar.


    The property owner who noticed Lian''Er JiangHu attire, Said


    "What are you JiangHu people want? I''m only doing business here, not bullying anyone...."


    "I know, and that''s why I said wait......." Said Lian''Er


    "Huh, you overheard our conversation? Ah! I don''t care, the thing is you want to buy this place right?" Said the property owner, looking a bit happy as he said that.


    Lian''Er quickly looked at Xiao Che who just arrived by her side, as he walked near them, the students and the young teacher watched the two of them talking. Some of the students then whispered with each other


    "Look, the 2 of them there seemed like they want to help us..." Said one of the students


    "Yeah, it seems like those big sister and big brother are kind." Said the other student.


    All of them were bickering happily, while Xiao Hua, who was a student at that school, recognized Xiao Che.


    "Ahhh, that was the big brother from that time!" Said Xiao Hua to herself.


    Xiao Che then talked to the property owner.


    "Mister, could we pay you in a few days, I''m sure by then we already have the money for you..." Said Xiao Che as he was bargaining with the property owner.


    "Sorry, Kid! but I''m going to Tai Yuan tomorrow! If you can''t pay it now, I''m afraid I''ll have to mortgage this place!" Said the property owner.


    Lian''Er and Xiao Che looked at each other in confusion, they clearly didn''t have that much money on them. Xiao Che then thought of something. Although they didn''t have a large sum of money, they still had a couple hundred Tael. even though it wouldn''t be enough, the money could serve as a down payment.


    "How about we pay you by the end of the day? Meanwhile, we can give you a couple hundred Tael as down payment, what would you think?" Asked Xiao Che.


    The Owner thought for a moment. He was also in a hurry to sell his other property today, and thus, knowing that he wouldn''t gain anything if he were to refuse, he accepted Xiao Che offer.


    "Alright, I''ll wait at my place in the downtown area, I''ll come to take the money at the start of Xu hour (That is 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM). Now, pay up!" Said the owner.


    The teacher who had been listening to the conversation the whole time started to feel relieved. Xiao Che and Lian''Er also felt relieved that they could persuade the owner to delay the mortgage. The young teacher bowed to them, embarrassed that she had brought them into her problem.


    "Umm... thank you so much for helping me," the teacher said while handing her money to Xiao Che and Lian''Er, "Here, I only have 45 Tael with me right now, I hope it''s not too small." She then took a closer look at Xiao Che''s face and noticed that it was not only kind,but also handsom, causing her to blush. "Thank... you, for helping me¨C the two of you..."


    Xiao Che and Lian''Er just smiled at her. Lian''Er and Xiao Che grabbed some BankPaper from their Void-Room Ring then summed up all the money that they posessed.


    "We''ll pay you 205 Tael first." Said, Xiao Che, as he handed the money to the property owner. But unfortunately for Xiao Che, the property owner seemed displeased with Xiao Che''s down payment.


    "What! only 205 Tael? sorry, but the numbers too little, you need to pay more kids." Said, the property owner, as he refused Xiao Che payment.


    Xiao Che and Lian''Er were stuck again, this property owner was truly driving a hard bargain. Finally, Xia Yu arrived.


    "What happened now?" Xian Yu said with a flat face. Xiao Che explained that they didn''t have enough money for the down payment. Xia Yu sighed then looked at the property owner, "How much do you want?"


    The property owner, put on a serious face as if he knew that in front of him now was a person that understood how a business worked.


    "Because is a really short-term instalment, I want to have at least half of the compound price right now" Said, the property owner.


    Xia Yu then looked at Xiao Che''s money and sighed again, asking"How much do we have"


    Xiao Che handed the BankPaper and coins to her and said


    "205 Tael..."


    Xia Yu quickly grabbed them all with her left hand and took out a BankNote from her Void-Room Ring.


    "Here, with my money, the total should be 345 Tael."


    The property owner was surprised, but not as surprised as Xiao Che, Lian''Er, and the students. Xia Yu was, in fact, a rich girl! Lian''Er''s eyes widened, Xiao Che gaped, and the teacher tilted her head; Xia Yu to be carrying that much money was a bit surprising for them. Xia Yu then quickly moved her hand telling the property owner to scram. The property owner took the money then left them, but not without a reminder.


    "Remember, Xu Hour....."


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    Feng Shui: A philosophical system to harmonized one''s body with nature. But at the chapter''s context, "Good Fengshui" meant "This place could bring you great luck."