A Will Eternal Chapter 12 (1/2)
Chapter 12: On the Bamboo Fence
And thus, the trial by fire concluded As Hou Xiao looked at her and rubbed his chin thoughtfully
“Ah, so fair, so young, so pure…” he said Then he looked over at Bai Xiaochun, as if he were co the two of them 1
Bai Xiaochun was also staring at Hou Xiaomei as she walked off into the distance, his heart filled with conflicting e, and turned to find hi at him out of the corner of his eye
“Hey, what are you looking at!?” he yelled
Big Fatty Zhang laughed loudly at Bai Xiaochun’s anger, then pulled out the bag of spirit stones and quickly changed the topic
“Come, come, why don’t we count our spirit stones? We’re rich now! Hahaha! This really was a great idea”
“What’s the point in counting them?” replied Bai Xiaochun with a cold harrue how many there are”
“Ninth Junior Brother, you don’t understand What you’re looking at is just spirit stones, but what you’re counting is… life” Big Fatty Zhang rarely spoke of the profundities of life To hear him speak in such a way left Bai Xiaochun shocked He took the bag and tried to count the spirit stones the way Big Fatty Zhang would, but quickly got bored and handed the bag back
It was at about this ti the trial by fire path Everyone’s vision swaain, they were back at the bottom of the mountain
When the e of the trial by fire saw Bai Xiaochun and the others, a strange expression appeared on his face After a nored theure out what to do with the Ovens
Bai Xiaochun and the others were nervous, but seeing that there were no ilances, cleared their throats, and quickly headed back to the Ovens
Big Fatty Zhang kept counting the spirit stones over and over again, all the way until they were back at the Ovens The other fatties soon returned, also elated Everyone exchanged glances, and then looked extremely proud of themselves
After the loot had been split up, Bai Xiaochun went back to his hut He had co to live forever Were it not for the fact that he needed the evity-Enhancing Pill, he would never have even thought for a moment about spirit stones
That night, nobody in the Ovens could sleep Big Fatty Zhang and the others were si rich all of a sudden In the past, their coin purses had been depressingly elorious That having been said, they were still worried about the possible repercussions of what they had done,it difficult for them to fall asleep
As for Bai Xiaochun, he couldn’t stop thinking about the Age-Prolonging Longevity-Enhancing Pill, and was equally unable to fall asleep
The next day, the news about the Ovens blocking the path during the trial by fire spread like wildfire through the entire servants’ district on the south bank of the Spirit Stream Sect Soon, everybody had heard
“Did you hear what the Ovens crew did?!?!”
“Are they crazy? I can’t believe they did that! Heavens! They sold spots into the Outer Sect! Outrageous! How coht to do that?!”
“I’ve heard that the people frorounds and are really well connected in the sect Otherwise, how could they dare to do so!?” All depart about the Ovens
In the following days, the crew tried to keep a low profile, and even avoided going out alone One evening several days later, Bai Xiaochun was ladling soup out into one thick-bottomed bowl after another Suddenly, he heard the sounds of footsteps co from the path outside
“Everyone froet out here immediately! The Supervisor’s Departate your role in what happened during the trials by fire!” Even as the voice called out, the ate of the Ovens was kicked in loudly
The sound of the door being kicked open echoed out as several servants burst in, all of the them all was none other than the burly man who had come last time with Xu Baocai
Big Fatty Zhang and Bai Xiaochun exchanged a glance, then walked out nonchalantly to face the coroup from the Supervisors Department
“I thought I heard the crows squawking thissaid “I should have known that you would be showing up today, Chen Fei”
Chen Fei laughed coldly as he looked first at Big Fatty Zhang and then at Bai Xiaochun Their completely calm demeanor caused him to frown
On the way, he had been extreained the advantage he needed to be able to take down the Ovens, to put an end to the animosity that had existed for years between their two departments