859 Figure (1/2)

Dog Butcher and his sister joined the Kongtong Sect as children, and he had become used to the strict and complicated rules of interacting with the major sects of the Central Plains long ago. But as a result, he had also become more and more unfamiliar with dealing with ordinary people, and this was only amplified after he had gone into closed-door cultivation for over ten years.

It was not too bad when he worked with Old Man Mu because the other side obviously didn't want to obey any rules and he himself also quite enjoyed the feeling of being unrestrained. But today, his partner was Shangguan Fei. This was the first the that the two were working together, and it left Dog Butcher at a loss for what to do.

”Your black suit looks good. Did you make it yourself?” Dog Butcher blurted out this random sentence after thinking it over for a long while. In his opinion, back at Kongtong Mountain, Shangguan Fei, as the younger generation, should have been the one to take the initiative to start talking to him.

Stunned by the random question, Shangguan Fei said replied, ”My mother asked someone to make it for me. It's very ordinary and no different from any other suit.”

”Yours seems to fit better.”

”Maybe,” Shangguan Fei replied absentmindedly. He wasn't interested in his attire. As he held up a bronze mirror, he looked left and right to see at the angles of his face in the mirror. ”Alas, it's really annoying.”

”Ah? I won't talk anymore.” Dog Butcher felt uneasy as he thought that he had said something wrong.

Shangguan Fei shook the bronze mirror back and forth as if it were a fan. ”It's not because of you. I was worried… about why the Dragon King hasn't come to Jade City yet. The truce has lasted for a month. He seems to have forgotten about us.”

”Not really. We've been watching everything every day and passing the news back to the Dragon King, and the Dragon King also sometimes sends letters back…”

”It's exactly because we can only see the letters rather than the person that I'm uncomfortable.” Shangguan Fei looked very disappointed. But when he saw the surprise and panic in Dog Butcher's eyes, he peevishly added, ”I know what you are thinking. Just say it out loud if you want to laugh at me. I'm more concerned about… Brother Fanyun's injury. There's nothing to hide.”

When he saw Shangguan Fei's bold and straight attitude, Dog Butcher felt embarrassed instead. He coughed a few times but did not say anything.

The two fell silent. They were unfamiliar with each other and could have let the silence continue, but it bothered Dog Butcher too much. He had missed the opportunity to talk about Long Fanyun so he changed topics and said, ”When I was young, one of my senior brothers was very kind to me. Not only did he help me practice kung fu, but he also sent me many gifts.”

”And then?” Shangguan Fei was very surprised. He didn't expect this reserved elderly man to also have a deviant past.

”Then… That was it. He liked my elder sister and wanted me to act as a matchmaker for him, but my sister didn't like him. After that, he didn't even talk to me anymore. And a bit after that, he was sent to the outer sect as an executive because his kung fu wasn't that good. And we haven't seen each other much since then.”

Shangguan Fei harrumphed scornfully. ”What is this all about? Your senior brother was nothing but a lecher. Long Fanyun is a real… man.”

Dog Butcher scratched his head and nodded slightly to show his agreement even though he didn't quite understand what Shangguan Fei meant.

Shangguan Fei's interest was aroused. ”You've never done… it?” he asked.

”Done what?”

”You can't possibly be that simple, can you? This is Jade City and you've hung out with Old Man Mu for months. What haven't you seen these days?”

Dog Butcher blushed and rushed to say, ”Oh, that kind of thing. No, never. I practice the Virgin Boy Skill and I can't get married.”

”Haha, who said that you had to get married to do it? More than 80% of the men in Jade City had been whoremasters at some point in their lives, but have you seen any of them marry a prostitute? Don't you want to wander in Jianghu? Then you should try everything if you do.”

Dog Butcher anxiously shook his head and said, ”I've spent too much effort to reach my current kung fu skills. I don't want to ruin it in one day. The more temptation I have, the stronger my will will be. I can get through it.”

”Pfft.”

”Why don't you… try?”

”I've already tried.” Shangguan Fei stood up, one of his hands holding a black cloth that covered his face and the other hand carrying a thick cloak. ”It wasn't interesting at all. My ultimate pursuit is a little higher than yours. No, actually, it's two levels higher than yours.”

”Heh heh, that's not what my master said.” Dog Butcher could not agree with Shangguan Fei's boasting. ”Cleansing one's heart and limiting one's desires are…”

”Don't talk about that garbage. It gives me a headache. Where's Old Man Mu? He's usually the one watching the enemy's movements with me.”

”He's on a special mission.” Dog Butcher's voice was full of envy as he answered Shangguan Fei. Although he also had advanced kung fu skills, he was not as good at carrying out dirty deals at night, which had eliminated his chances of joining the 'special mission.' ”It must have been assigned by the Dragon King.”

”The Dragon King likes to mystify things. I thought that he would lead the army to Jade City and that all our problems would be naturally solved with that. Do you know why the Dragon King let the entire Norland Cavalry go?”

Dog Butcher thought it was getting late and that they should set off now. He looked out the window and said, ”I don't know. Maybe… Maybe… I don't know.”

Shangguan Fei laughed and then took the initiative to walk out first, thinking all the while that it was much better to have Dog Butcher as a partner than Old Man Mu.

There were not many pedestrians on the street during these winter nights. Both of them felt like it would be a waste of their time to move around stealthily. So instead, they simply went straight to their destination while chatting as they walked.

”I didn't expect Zhang Ji, that sly old fox, to be so crafty. I really don't understand how he can still hold the Unique King's trust after destroying Luoluo's hundreds of thousands of troops. And he was even appointed as the Heavenly Mountain Sect's counselor. It's incredible!”

Dog Butcher was really puzzled by Shangguan Fei's hostile relationship with his father. However, he wisely stopped himself from trying to dig into it. ”Yeah, it's hard to understand. This Zhang Ji doesn't even know kung fu.”

”It has nothing to do with kung fu. Fang Wenshi also doesn't know any kung fu, but the Dragon King still put him in an important position despite that. The key is… the Unique King never forgives anyone for making a mistake. Zhang Ji's singular mistake should have been enough for him to die a hundred times.”