Chapter 203 - Demonic Beast Hunter (2/2)
“F**k, you darn fatty. You’re fooling with my house’s ZiRong, and yet you still keep thinking about ShuiJing. This already makes me want to chop you to bits, let alone my biased and overprotective senior sister!” Daoist HuoLong could not help but lash out. “Alright, this matter of you going to the Eastern Ocean has already been set in stone. Good news is that you probably only need to stay there for 20 years since you’re only serving a penal sentence!”
“20 years?” Little Fatty blanched when he heard that: “Oh G.o.d, can I even return alive?”
“The odds of death is 70 percent if you stay there for 50 years. For 20 years, the odds should be 50-50. It was because of this that us three elders finally had a unanimous decision. In short, whether you’re willing or not, you still have to go!” Daoist HuoLong shrugged his shoulders and said: “This is the last attempt at diplomacy, are you taking it?”
“What happens if I don’t?” Little Fatty asked feebly.
“You will be crippled!” The former only replied with a straight face.
“That means I don’t get to choose?” Little Fatty asked helplessly.
“That’s right!” Daoist HuoLong nodded his head. Heaving a sigh, he continued: “Hai, don’t be too disheartened. Although the Eastern Ocean is dangerous, it is not without merits. The natural resources there are bountiful, and the materials for cultivation are even more plentiful as compared to where we reside. Furthermore, all of them are cheap beyond measure! In addition, combat is surely the fastest way to develop your strength. So, sending you there is actually not that disadvantageous. For all we know, you might come back 20 years later with a huge increase in strength. Wouldn’t that be killing two birds with a stone then?”
“If I end up being buried in a foreign land, then Mister First and Second would also think it’s killing two birds with a stone!” Little Fatty said in resentment.
In actual fact, Little Fatty was unwilling to go to such a dangerous place. He did not lack money, the treasures in his natal artifact were more than enough for him to use for cultivation. There was simply no need for him to risk his life to attain more treasures! He definitely did not think that he was unbeatable and invincible. Let’s not even talk about Foundational Cultivators, even YuanYing cultivators have met with unsavoury ends in the Eastern Ocean. This kind of sh*tty place, was definitely not for humans to live in.
A pity that things had already escalated to this and Daoist HuoLong had no authority to change the result. After all, this was Celestial Mei Hua’s idea and adding on to the fact that Mister First and Second were behind adding fuel onto the fire. He as a Sect Master was helpless about it. Hearing Little Fatty’s complaints, he got impatient and brandished his sleeve, dismissing him from his place.
Very quickly, the people in Mystical Sky Yard all knew that the darn fatty was going to be banished to be a Demonic Beast Hunter. There was a myriad of emotions; some were happy, some sorrowful. Some felt ambivalence.
Undoubtedly, Mister First and Second’s entourage were deriving joy from his calamity, while those elderly in Mystical Sky Yard were all full of pity for Little Fatty. Han LingFeng burst into tears upon hearing this news. Monkey also ran over to find Little Fatty and insisted on going with him to the Eastern Ocean. Hearing this statement, Han LingFeng’s eyes suddenly gleamed, and also insisted on accompanying Little Fatty.
How would Little Fatty allow them to take the risk? He could only bitterly dissuade them, saying that the Eastern Ocean was a place of danger, and that any cultivators below the foundational stage would be seeking their deaths there, and that they would only be burdens.
Hearing so, both Monkey and Han LingFeng were rendered speechless. They were not afraid of death, but to be burdens to Little Fatty ran opposite to their desires. Under such a scenario, they could only listen to Little Fatty and stay within the Mystical Sky Yard to cultivate bitterly. They decided that only when they reached the foundational cultivator stage, they would then look for Little Fatty.
Hearing so, Little Fatty was obviously touched beyond words and readily agreed. He then gave the two of them a huge present each, with some Five Elements Lotus seeds within the package. However, Little Fatty warned them repeatedly that, before one reached the foundational stage, they must not ingest the lotus seeds, or else what awaited them was death.
As Little Fatty was placating the two of them, ShuiJing also appeared looking for Little Fatty. She went directly to the point and requested a private conversation with him.
Both Han LingFeng and Monkey were extremely tactful, they immediately got up and left the premises, allowing them to have their private s.p.a.ce.
When the room was only left with the two of them, ShuiJing first took a deep breath before saying resolutely: “Senior Brother Song, this little sister would like to follow you to the Eastern Ocean!”
Hearing such, Little Fatty first felt joy in his heart, but was quickly quashed down as he bitterly said: “Please don’t joke around, how is that possible?”
“How can this not be possible?” ShuiJing replied, clearly annoyed. “Don’t tell me that Senior Brother has no faith in ShuiJing’s sincerity?”
“No, no, I don’t mean that!” Little Fatty could only hurry and explain: “What I’m trying to say is, with the two spiritual artifacts which are the Yard’s treasures on yourself, do you think that Daoist HuoLong, as well as Mister First and Second, would allow you to bring them to such a place like the Eastern Ocean? What would happen if you lost it?”
“ I can leave the treasures behind in the Yard!” ShuiJing hastily interjected.
“Enough of this foolish talk!” Little Fatty only forced out a smile. “Those two items are aids to your augury. Without their a.s.sistance, you would not be able to predict the opponent’s moves in a flash, am I right?”
“You saw through it?” ShuiJing asked in surprise.
“Ah, ah, I’m not exactly stupid. Just a few conjectures here and there would allow one to come to this conclusion. Just based on your strength, how would you be able to calculate with such precision and speed? If one could do that at your level, I’m afraid all those learning this formula would be unbeatable under heaven!” Little Fatty smiled as he explained.
“Hmph, you obviously took reference from my master’s strength when she was young, that’s how you came out with this conclusion, right?” ShuiJing suddenly smiled as she spoke.
“Hehe, that’s right. I happened to chance upon the records for the inner court's compet.i.tion, and I especially noted the records of said master. I found out that although she was strong during her youth, she was nowhere as exaggerated as your apt.i.tude. At least for her, if she wanted to triumph over someone with the same strength as her, she had to be prepared to sacrifice an arm and a leg, and would still need some deception to pull it off. She was totally unlike you who could win and still look natural and unrestrained.”
Little Fatty smiled as he divulged: “Thus this got me to guess, that the reason she was unable to match up to your strength wasn’t because her talents weren’t enough, but rather she did not possess those 2 spiritual artifacts that would help with her augury at that time. Am I right?”
“I’ll count it as you found the answer while being blindfolded!” ShuiJing casually said. “I admit that without the help of the spiritual artifacts, I can only deduce the next step of an opponent, and not their artifacts, weakness and other trump cards. Even so, you can’t look down on ShuiJing! I can at least help you predict your fortune before any battle!”
“Let’s just forget about it!” Little Fatty stretched his hands out to hold onto her shoulders, and solemnly said: “Junior Sister ShuiJing, it’s not that I look down on you, but rather that I cannot bear to put you in danger! This problem was created by me, and it naturally has to be handled by me. If I see you get into danger because of my crimes, then how can I, Song Zhong, still be considered a righteous man?”
“Senior Brother Song!” Hearing his heartfelt words, ShuiJing’s eyes started to suffuse with tears.
Both of them sat there quietly facing each other, as their faces got closer. Finally, their lips touched, followed by their tongues entwining together. Both of them only felt an explosion go off in their heads, following which both of them entered a mysterious realm of mental state. In there, they saw a dusky ma.s.s of primal chaos floating around appearing intermittently, at times a moon water mirror, all of which appeared immeasurably profound. In short, the both of them had entered a totally new state of dual cultivation, based on their divine sense.
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