Chapter 173 (1/2)
Chapter 173: What Is Your Facial Regiment?
The fire dragon circled around the sky for a bit and was going to leave after realizing that there was nothing he could do.
Not far from him, an old man appeared in mid-air with his body slightly transparent.
The old man was dressed in white, his hair worn in the most popular style, and sporting a paper fan. Not only did he accessorize with a fan in the dead of winter, he even fanned himself with it. The four characters inscribed on the fan when opened up said ‘Eight winds cannot move me’ 1 .
Even though the old man was in mid-air, he walked as if he was on land as he approached the fire dragon.
Fang Ning blanked out. ‘What is this? Fanning himself during winter time, not even Vigilante A can look more ridiculous than you…’
“Haha, with such power, you must be the true identity of the Venerable Dragon God,” said the old man while he smiled. “Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ren Ruofeng, I just celebrated my eighteenth birthday a month ago. I am also the leader of the Truth Department’s Think Tank Group. Some people call me Sai Zhuge 2 , but I prefer the nickname Sai Pan An 3 ”
“Pfft!” Fang Ning almost puked blood. ‘Puh-lease, sir. It’s fine if you want to cosplay as Zhuge Liang since no one would be able to say that you don’t look similar, but with your wrinkly face, you dare claim to be eighteen years old and Sai Pan An?’
The fire dragon did not say a word, but a mirror materialized in his claw and levitated in front of the man.
“Brother Dragon, I’m so embarrassed to have you gift me the first time we meet…” Before Ren Ruofeng could finish, he glanced at the mirror and immediately yelled, “Old Hag Hong, I asked you to spiritually project me so I can meet with the Venerable Dragon God, why did you project my old face?”
A youthful female voice rang. “Ren Ruofeng, so you do know you’re an old fart. Isn’t this how you looked before your mastery of the technique?”
Ren Ruofeng could not speak for a long while. A long moment passed before he said, “Hong Yunjiao, change my appearance back immediately and I will let you direct our next operation.”
As he spoke, his appearance blurred and shifted.
A handsome, young face replaced the older appearance. However, gray hair strands littered across his head, shattering the mirage of the attractiveness…
Fang Ning mouth was hanging wide open as he witnessed the change. This guy was so obsessed with his looks, not even Sky Eagle or Vigilante A could compare, he might as well have gone into deviatory psychosis…
The System said, “I can’t communicate with this nitwit. Your turn to socialize, Host.”
Before Fang Ning could protest, the fire dragon form disappeared, replaced with Vigilante A, and he was back in control of his own body.
Seeing Vigilante A whose good looks outshine even Chu Liuxiang and Li Xunhuan 4 , Ren Ruofeng subconsciously touched his own face and silently sighed out of embarrassment. ‘The Evergreen Supreme Technique is not powerful enough. I can’t tweak the details on my face to the optimal ratio, such a shame…’
He approached Vigilante A and laughed. He twirled his fan around looking pleased. “I didn’t think Brother Dragon would look so elegant in human form, such willowy grace, so casually handsome… You can rival even me. I think both of us could count as Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang 5 of our contemporary. Our meeting in the winds and on the clouds today will be a legendary story of tomorrow.”
The youthful female voice that appeared earlier rang again. “Mister Ren Ruofeng, you’re too lenient on yourself. You even compare yourselves to Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang. I think it’s more Hu Tiehua and Chu Liuxiang. Of course, you’re Hu Tiehua, and he is Chu Liuxiang…” 6
Fang Ning thought, ‘What a twist. I don’t even have to speak, I’ll just watch them banter…’
Being called out, Ren Ruofeng was ashamed and yelled at the air behind him, “Enough, you old hag, stop fooling around. After taking care of the enemies, you should be making sure everything is running smoothly, especially the tuning up of the spiritually-controlled mechs.
“It’s less than two months before we need to publicly test the mechs for the arena mode. We’ve been working on this project for years. If anything goes wrong, not only will I lose face, even you as a vice-captain will be the same.”
As soon as he spoke, the lady stopped speaking. It looked like no matter how much she banters, she still understands her responsibility.
Finishing his sentence, Ren Ruofeng realized that he had overreacted, contrary to the inscription of ‘Eight winds cannot move me’ on his paper fan.
He feigned a little cough and said, “Haha, some people just don’t know how to behave, please don’t blame them for being immature.”
Fang Ning replied, “Don’t worry about it. Is there anything you would like to ask me?”
Ren Ruofeng smiled and waved his fan about. “Oh, it’s nothing huge. But if it’s not inconvenient, could I know if the spirit of the Indian powerhouse had been captured by you?”
Fang Ning saw the questions from miles away as he said calmly, “Mm, he dared to be insolent in front of me and bent the meaning of righteousness to serve his own purpose. I had already dispatched his to the Draconic Penitentiary to endure constant punishment without any chance to do over.”
Ren Ruofeng continued his questions. “Where is the Draconic Penitentiary?”