“Mmm~ so tasty~”
Su Xiaotang ate the meat skewer, her mouth covered in oil.
After finishing, she tossed the skewer aside, clapped her hands, and said: “So, Master? Why did you call me out?”
“I want to test the results of your training.”
“Training… results?”
Su Xiaotang didn’t understand, but the next moment, a thought suddenly clicked in her head, and she smiled: “Oh~ Master, you want to fight me, right? Okay, but you have to go easy on me~”
“No, you’re going to fight someone else.”
“Fight someone else?”
Su Xiaotang was confused, but suddenly, her pupils began to tremble violently.
Because out of the corner of her eye, she saw someone smiling….
Dongfang Qingwei.
At this moment, what Su Xiaotang was thinking was:
Why did Master have nothing better to do than bring her here?
Even though he said it was to have her as a fighter, Master is so strong, where would he need a fighter?
The second reason seems… to be to bring them here to train?
If it’s not fighting Master, then it’s…
Su Xiaotang’s pupils suddenly contracted.
With a thud, she knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face as she wailed:
“Master! I was wrong! I’ll definitely train properly from now on! Please don’t kill me! I just eat a bit more than others, sleep a bit longer than others, play a bit more enthusiastically than others, and train a bit less than others. I’m not a bad kid!”
“Huh?” Chu Fan was baffled.
Seeing Chu Fan remain unmoved, Su Xiaotang steeled her heart.
Kneeling on the ground, she straightened her back, closed her eyes, and said resolutely:
“Since Master refuses to spare this disciple, then this disciple would rather die by Master’s sword! Leave a whole corpse! I don’t want to be blasted into meat paste by this old monster’s fist!”
“What are you talking about? Who said you’re fighting her?”
“Huh?”
Su Xiaotang opened her eyes in confusion, looking left at Chu Fan, then right at Dongfang Qingwei.
“Not with me, you’re fighting a disciple from my Celestial Master Mansion. What are you thinking?”
Dongfang Qingwei said with a laugh.
But that smile clearly held a trace of smug satisfaction at having tricked someone.
Hearing this, Su Xiaotang instantly stopped crying, as if her tears had been fake all along.
She stood up, patted her knees, and smiled: “What the heck, you scared me to death. I thought Master was going to abandon me.”
“If you lose this fight, he might just do that,” Dongfang Qingwei said with a mischievous grin.
“What!? Why!? What kind of fight is so serious!?”
Hearing this, Dongfang Qingwei’s lips curled into an imperceptibly evil smile.
She sighed with feigned sorrow: “That disciple of mine is too unruly and arrogant. He actually insulted your Master to his face, calling him my kept man, and said your Master wasn’t even worthy of polishing his shoes. He also said… he said he’s seen 713 stray dogs in his life, and counting your Master, that makes 714. Tell me, isn’t that too much~ boohoo~”
Dongfang Qingwei pretended to sob twice, sniffled twice, and wiped away a few fake tears, acting with flawless naturalness.
Normally, such a low-level act would be seen through by Shen Yuying.
But once it concerned Chu Fan, it was as if her intelligence had been lowered.
She actually failed to see through the act and instead silently clenched her fists, her delicate brows furrowing slightly.
“Master, for this duel, please allow this disciple to take part,” Shen Yuying volunteered.
Hearing this, Chu Fan turned to look at Su Xiaotang.
Using a retreat as an advance, he calmly asked: “Xiaotang, if you’re afraid, I can let Yuying…”
“No, I’ll go.”
“Really? Let me be clear first, Xiaotang, that disciple of mine has mastered the Celestial Master Mansion’s Protective Golden Aura to perfection. Not many of his peers can break through it.”
But Su Xiaotang still clenched her fists tightly, her eyes becoming uncharacteristically determined as she nodded again.
Chu Fan smiled slightly: “Good, then follow me.”
“Mhm.”
After saying that, Chu Fan and Dongfang Qingwei led Su Xiaotang away, leaving three people in the room.
Chen Qianchi asked somewhat flustered:
“What do we do, sly fox? That Dongfang Qingwei is here, she’s a monster. The few of us combined couldn’t beat her!”
Hearing this, Shen Yuying just chuckled lightly: “It’s fine. Where there is danger, there is naturally also opportunity.”
“Huh?”
“As long as Dongfang Qingwei is here for another day, we don’t need to worry about that guy finding us.”
“That guy? You mean…”
At that moment, a dashing figure riding a flying white horse, descending like a heavenly soldier, flashed through Chen Qianchi’s mind.
“Yes, her.”
“As long as Dongfang Qingwei is here for another day, we don’t need to worry about her finding us.”
“And once she does find us, then, we’ll let her and Dongfang Qingwei fight each other.”
“But they’re evenly matched in strength,” Chen Qianchi said.
“Heh, that’s exactly the point. That way, they’ll both be injured. Then, it will be time for the fisherman to profit.”
“Uh… fisherman?”
“Forget it, I can’t explain it to an illiterate like you.”
“Who are you calling illiterate!? Who!?”
Shen Yuying left the room with a smile.
Chen Qianchi followed behind angrily, cursing as he walked.
Lin Anlan also packed up her things and followed.
…..
Celestial Profound Sect, Training Ground.
Gu Che had been ordered by Dongfang Qingwei to wait here until Chu Fan arrived with Su Xiaotang.
The guy’s eyes lit up again.
What a cute girl, I wonder which family she’s from.
But at the same time, Gu Che just felt it was infuriating.
Why does this guy always have such top-tier beauties around him?
It’s so unfair.
And then, as Shen Yuying, Chen Qianchi, and Lin Anlan appeared one after another, still greeting Chu Fan intimately.
Gu Che was about to explode.
But when he saw Su Xiaotang on the opposite side, his anger melted away like butter.
Yet Su Xiaotang seemed to not even be looking at him.
She was searching for something among a cluster of trees, looking left and right, front and back.
“Junior Sister~ please go easy on me~” Gu Che waved to her.
But she still didn’t seem to see or hear him.
Only when Su Xiaotang broke off a perfectly straight, almost ideal-shaped wooden stick from a tree did she look at it, unable to help but grin foolishly with satisfaction.
“Hehehe~ who could resist a perfect wooden stick~ hehehe~”
The moment that smile appeared, it made Gu Che stare dumbfounded.
(So… so cute…)
“Um, that, Junior Sister! May I ask your name?”
Gu Che shouted loudly.
Only then did Su Xiaotang hear him.
Out of politeness, she first bowed, then replied:
“Hello, Senior Brother. My name is Su Xiaotang.”
Gu Che couldn’t help but grin foolishly again: “Junior Sister Xiaotang~ Senior Brother will go easy on you~”
“That won’t be necessary. Let’s both give it our all. Thank you, Senior Brother.”
“Uh, okay, as you wish, Junior Sister.”
It seemed she was a straightforward person.
This made Gu Che like her even more.
He decided he would just use his full strength once, to make Junior Sister admire his powerful prowess.
Then he would go easy, admit defeat like a gentleman, and Junior Sister would surely be moved.
Then they could start a beautiful story together.
Wouldn’t that be wonderful?
Gu Che had even thought up the script.
Too bad it was just in his head.
Not the one he was holding.
“Everyone ready?”
Dongfang Qingwei shouted.
“Reporting to Master, this disciple is ready.”
“Ready.”
“Get ready—”
“Start!”
The next moment, Gu Che crossed his arms in front of him, then swung them out, shouting.
“Ha!”
A layer of clearly visible, brilliant golden aura began to seep from every pore of his body, swirling around him to form armor forged from golden aura.
The moment the armor formed, a large crater appeared with a boom beneath Gu Che’s feet, and the air pressure around him grew heavy.
“Gu Che once used this move to withstand a full-power strike from a Spirit Transformation stage cultivator. Are you sure you want Su Xiaotang to fight him?”
Dongfang Qingwei asked, looking somewhat worried.
Chu Fan also frowned tightly and sighed: “If Xiaotang is in danger, I will naturally intervene.”
With the armor formed, Gu Che first clasped his fists, then smiled:
“Junior Sister, as a gentleman’s courtesy, I should let you have three moves first. But since Junior Sister asked me to go all out, it seems Junior Sister is also a straightforward person.”
“What does Senior Brother want to say?”
Su Xiaotang asked.
“I see Junior Sister isn’t wielding a real sword either, only a wooden stick to face the enemy. You must have sufficient confidence in your own strength. In that case, how about we each take a step back?”
“I’ll only let Junior Sister have one move, how about that?”