172 Trouble always comes to greet 4 (1/2)
To her great annoyance, An Fei had not managed to distance herself from the flagrant Eight Immortals Pavilion when an engaged shout rang from behind.
”Esteemed Young Lady, please wait!”
With a twitch of her lips, the young girl took a deep breath to steady her boiling mood.
Turning around with the intention of slaughtering any profiteering, ugly man that dared to take advantage, An Fei found before herself a scrawny youth with his hands on his knees, gasping for breath.
Unexpectedly, perhaps expectedly, it was the Third Young Master of the Tang Clan, Tang Shiqi.
”Esteemed… Y-Young… Young Lady,” the youth wheezed, his sorely pummeled consciousness threatening to give at any moment.
”May… may I as-ask… ask… whether the Esteemed Young Lady… Lady… r-really has a seven tailed fox?”
”Why, you wish to give it to that Young Master Fang and obtain penance?”
An Fei curled her lips in disgust, her mind itching to draw the qama hidden against her bosom and teach the rowdy youth before her a severe lesson.
Reminding herself that she no longer roamed through the underworld of the Wu Ji Forest where violence ruled as the overlord, the young girl's mood deflated for another time.
The youth of the Tang Clan wobbled on his feet, his countenance clearly drained of energy and vitality.
Nonetheless, Tang Shiqi rose to a stable position, his eyes blazing with a tinge of admiration and worship.
”Esteemed Young Lady, I do not seek your spirit beast to give it to that Fang Man,” the youth coughed once to regain his breath.
”I only ask – cough – simply because my cultivation method requires a special ingredient.”
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”Unique cultivation technique?”
An Fei raised her eyebrows in interest, though her vigilance similarly soared to the sky. The young girl crossed her arms before her chest, the small fox curled around her arms in comfort.
”I… I…” Tang Shiqi stammered, his complexion ashen.
The youth of the Tang Clan bit his lower lip in determination, his eyes reflecting his deepened resolve.
”Esteemed Young Lady, my cultivation technique is clearly unique compared to the norms of this world. Whereas others simply need to continually absorb spiritual qi and refine it to spiritual essence to advance throughout the realms, my cultivation… requires a catalyst to breakthrough into the next realm…”
”So please, Esteemed Young Lady!” the youth dropped his already exhausted body into a respectful kowtow.
”I only need a single drop, a single drop of blood! Please give me your grace, and Tang Shiqi will never forget this favor after I've achieved the heightened realms of cultivation!”
For a few promulgated moments of silence, Tang Shiqi held his breath in complete panic and anticipation as he eagerly awaited the young girl's response.
The youth's consciousness was swamped by the memories of his experiences at the Tang Clan, his sufferings and his future expectations.
If he were to reveal the secret of the Heavenly Stone hidden besides his heart in order to obtain the blood of a seven-tailed fox, the ultimate catalyst for his current cultivation, he didn't dare hesitat-
”I've known many people say the same thing, that they would never forget my favor,” the cold reply plunged the ardent heart of the youth into the subzero depths of the arctic void.
”And yet, I've never seen a single person uphold that debt. I don't see any benefit towards me donating the blood of my spirit beast, thus I won't partake in this useless exchange. Besides, what even that Fang Man couldn't afford, how could you?”
Throughout the overwhelming roar of the flowing persons of the Harmony Road, the shattering of the youth's heart could be heard even from the other end of the street.
Tang Shiqi sat in his kowtow in shock and silence, his consciousness struggling to stride to its feet.
The young girl refused to give even a single drop of blood…
”…never seen a single person uphold that debt…”
Suddenly a fierce burst of heart-wrenching determination and resolve flared into existence in the youth's eyes, and Tang Shiqi struggled to his feet, calling from an unknown but bottomless storage of strength to hobble home.
Even amidst the unusual stares he received, the youth's mind was only filled with the fleeting image of the young girl's back with the little raven on her shoulder…
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”Xiao Hei, why did that Fang Man call my fox a spirit beast?”
An Fei abruptly toppled the little raven onto its back with the sudden question, nearly causing the pitiful creature to roll down the roof and splatter into a meaty paste of scarlet and black.