216 The danger of a protagonist-esque partner 9 (1/2)
In the end, Wen Jiu was forced into only being able to watch the young girl from afar, his lonesome figure keeping watch at a strictly measured distance away from the rest of the group.
The handsome man glared at the cold moon tinged with mockery, his cheeks puffed with air to express his frustration.
Brother Yang had long since obtained a fantastic wife, Brother Tang had a secret little lover whom he kept away from everyone, whilst he had stayed wholly vegetarian for his entire life!
Eat!
He wanted to eat meat for once, alright!?
”The path of cultivation is truly difficult, ah…”
The laments of a single man silently echoed throughout the empty and desolate plains, the raw emotion and desire prompting the grass to sway with disgruntled annoyance.
Away from the group in the other direction compared to Wen Jiu, two figures stood side to side as they glanced at the completely darkened sky of the night.
One was a budding youth of his generation, whilst the other had already established his identity in the complex and tumultuous world of the jianghu.
They were Tang Shiqi and Yang Jian respectively, though they were unaware of a curious eavesdropper creeping besides them.
”So, young man, who are you, really?”
Yang Jian deeply intoned with a stern glance as he stared at Tang Shiqi, an imposing aura expanding from his body to nearly pressurize Tang Shiqi into the ground.
The handsome man's eyes flickered with a harsh sharpness, albeit a tinge of doubt flashed within.
”What does Honorable Yang wish to know about?”
Tang Shiqi willed his legs to stop buckling from the stress imposed onto his entire body, his eyes meeting directly with Yang Jian's gaze.
The youth's countenance was devoid of emotion, cold and expressionless as though he was the ambassador of the lonely moon hanging in the midnight sky.
At such a spectacle, Yang Jian's eyes narrowed in surprise.
”You have the same spiritual fluctuation as Yunhe, though yours is significantly weaker than his,” the handsome man enunciated in a slow voice.
”Why is that? Who are you, and why were you glancing at him with hostility earlier in the day?”
The nighttime breeze rustled against the grass, lightly brushing the two's hair with a pleased smirk. Tang Shiqi took a deep breath, his heart flashing with a cold sensation as his hands curled into tight fists.
”What does Honorable Yang wish to do with such information?” the youth fought to keep his voice even and emotionless.
”I will decide after discerning the truth of the situation,” Yang Jian increased the pressure emanating from his cultivation base, his lips twitching at the pale but resilient countenance of the youth before him.
”I cannot allow harm to come to my brothers, but I will not disappoint Brother Shen's intentions in bringing you along. Surely, you and that young lady must be an incredibly important asset to the Shen Family, if they are willing to send Haoren to as a personal escort.”
As he finished speaking, the handsome man retracted his aura, his cold and imposing figure illuminated by a brief ray of moonlight.
Feeling the aching sensation in his muscles abate, Tang Shiqi released a clenched breath of relief, his brow flooded with sweat.
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”My surname is Tang.”
That was the first sentence he had uttered to the three people who had joined their journey after their encounter with the Earth Giant.
”Your Brother Tang Yunhe, is my Tang Clan's main branch's Junior Uncle. Seventeen years back, before I was born, Tang Yunhe raped and crippled my mother before my father as an act of revenge.”
On the youth's countenance, flashed a cold expression suffused with a rage originating from the lower passageways of the underworld.
An imitation of an aura reflecting a malevolent intent emanated from Tang Shiqi's body, though it lacked the necessary cultivation to fully manifest into the world.
”Oh?” Yang Jian intoned, his brows raised in surprise.
”Yunhe had indeed informed me of such an event before. So, what happened next?”
Tang Shiqi's eyes narrowed at the handsome man's nonchalant expression and demeanor, his heart nearly flooding with rage and triggering his deepest secret to flare its head towards the unforgiving world.