Volume 3 Chapter 6 (1/2)

Feng Ping Lan returned to the residence, and as he passed by Kaido’s rooaps of the door

He knocked “Kaido?”

There was no reply, and Feng Ping Lan stuck his face to the door to listen

He heard a sizzling sound, and the smell of s suspended was tooa world-weary heart that made him burn down his room in a bid to co Lan hurriedly backed two steps away, then ran into the door with all his ht But the door wouldn’t open, so he summoned his blade and cut down on the wooden door

Just an instance before the sharp blade descended, the door was opened

“What are you—” An unhappy voice sounded from behind the door

Kaido saw the blade descend the moment he opened the door, and stared blankly But the years of training had instilled some instinct into his body, and before the sword could cut down on hi the attack

Kaido glared at Feng Ping Lan, and Feng Ping Lan stared back at hi, his , it’s really great you’re okay!”

“What are you doing!” Kaido exploded, “You want to kill ht! You led et the chance to kill e, not because Feng Ping Lan had plotted against hiry at hi Lan’s actions…

“Oh, youLan waved it aith a s charcoal inside your room, so I came in to save you! I wouldn’t knock on your door if I really wanted to do so to you, haha!”

Kaido stared

What sort of shi+tty excuse was this?

Even shi+ttier, his feelings had gotten better because of it! To hell with that!

“You idiot!” Kaido hit the ith his fist

“Hey! Upstairs, be quiet!” Morris’ protest rang out fro in embarrassment, “Sorry sorry, I was too i had happened to you, hehehe…”

Feng Ping Lan’s siy made Kaido’s heart feel a little complicated, a sourness in midst of a pool of warmth

Why would he want to worry about hi Lan To put things in a much unpleasant perspective, it would be a relief to many if he just died

“You…”

Before Kaido could open his , “Right, ere you doing in here anyway?”

If he wasn’t burning charcoal, where had all the s barbecue in your roo Lan’s eyes widened

A multi-purpose porcelain stove was placed in the corner, a roasting pan on it Several pieces of meat and various others lay on it, the cooked pieces of food set on the plate by the side Thepan was now charred and dried out to a black due to Feng Ping Lan’s interruption

Having his private business discovered, Kaido was a little asha barbecue in your roo out a second time

Kaido knitted his eyebrows, his intuition under the i himself

“It’s none of your business! I can’t leave the house, if you have any objections just—”

“You’re having barbecue in your roo Lan shook his head, inviting hier, Kaido”

Kaido froze “You—”

“Where’s Tan Hua?” Feng Ping Lan looked around

Kaido hesitated for a moment, then answered with a low voice, “…Went out to buy barbecue sauce…”

“You really kno to enjoy life!” Feng Ping Lan sighed in ad in a at Feng Ping Lan’s look filled with novelty, he was forced to reel in his curses

“M Lan stared at theeyes, “Share soh a whole day of classes, even having to stay behind to clean, he was starving to death!

Kaido looked at Feng Ping Lan He was about to curse at hiuy stared at those pieces of ave up on his own initiative

“…Whatever…” This person couldn’t be cos would get -winded and hard to handle

“I won’t hold back then!” Feng Ping Lan reached out two fingers to take a piece ofhis head back to deliver it into his mouth, “Oh oh it’s so delicious! The pork is so soft and tender! Little piggy, you did not die in vain!”

Kaido stared at Feng Ping Lan, as shoving the pieces of meat into his mouth in bliss, brow pinched

How could this person be so scoundrelly, so irritating, so lacking in common sense…

He was perplexed He had never seen a Summoner like this before

What he was eventhis idiot that repeatedly offended hiain, he actually…

Didn’tat hi Ping Lan licked his fingers, flashi+ng his teeth, “You’re not so bad after all!”

Kaido lapsed slightly in his concentration

…No one had said this to hiht with Renier?” Feng Ping Lan suddenly changed the subject

Kaido was momentarily unable to react “What?” Why were they suddenly talking about Renier?

“Is it because he’s strong, so you took a fancy for hi about!

“You want his Contract, right? Like how you kept on botheringPing Lan did not give Kaido a chance to speak,use of me? To you, am I just like that piece of burnt meat, only to be forsaken? By the hy is there only et constipated easily like this—”

“Shut up!” Kaido roared, “I went to fight Renier because he hurt you during wushu class!”

“…Uh, wasn’t that an accident?”

“No, it was on purpose! He vented his anger out on you as revenge because I humiliated him in our club! He thinks we’re friends—”

“Really? Do we really look like it?” Feng Ping Lan was clearly very happy, “Am I Kaido’s friend?”

“That’s not the point!” Kaido avoided this question, “The point is, he hurt you because of me I’ve already returned what I owed you, we don’t owe each other any Lan finally understood Kaido had ht there would be such a co Lan scratched his head

“I don’t think you owe …” He didn’t blame Kaido for thethat forlike this next ti for h his methods were a little intense, he could understand

It was a clumsy way to return his debt, but it was because of this, that it had to be cherished

Kaido hadn’t expected Feng Ping Lan to thank him, and hurried to refute it “It wasn’t for you! I just—”

Just what? He didn’t know hi Lan sht and honest person But if you keep on charging around violently, you’llLan, and in the nexttone

“Are you always randoood about yourself, caring for someone worse than you?”

He didn’t want this kind of sympathy!

“No way, I’ Lan continued shoving the pieces ofthree pieces of rawfor permission “Kaido’s different”

“What’s different?”

Feng Ping Lan absent-ed the meat slices tidily as he answered

“I think that Kaido’s doing his ut all his effort to resist the rules of this world You don’t care about the derision and reproach, nor do you care about being punished or getting hurt…” Feng Ping Lan paused for a long while, “It’s actually all so that you can gain acknowledghtly, and yet it viciously rocked Kaido’s heart

The wounds that had been stifled for so long was screaht here! Please, look at hi to his own course, rebelling and subverting, it was all because he hadn’t wanted to be like everyone else He wasn’t just a tool, he wanted to be seen Disregarding the zhoushu, his powers and his Contract, what he really yearned for, was that he purely wished to be given some semblance of concern…

But he had realized quickly, that with none of that, he was nothing

If his existence was only to be used, he would continue along this path! Even if he could only be used as an i him have an easy ti his sore spot stepped on, Kaido bellowed, “Do you think I’ like a prince, you pretentious little goody-two-shoes? Don’t act like you understand everything!”

“Kaido is the one that doesn’t understand” Feng Ping Lan replied quietly

“What?”

“You’ll tire of going against the world, after a long while…”

Especially when there was no one there to care, no one there to pay attention to you It was like waving a fist at the air, ridiculous and e LanThe entire roasting pan was now completely filled, like a red carpet

In that instance, Kaido thought he see Lan…

“What are youaway that peculiar feeling

“In short,” Feng Ping Lan lifted his head with a smile, as cheerful as usual, “I respect Kaido a lot, hahahahaha! When is the ? Can we raise the heat a little? Is that piece cooked yet? Can I eat it?” He picked up the slice, planning on putting it into the plate

Kaido immediately shouted to stop him, “That’s still half-cooked! Don’t cook soforward, he snatched the chopsticks away, “You’re eating too much! You’re not allowed to eatthe pig’s ed, the both of theer

“Young Master Kaido? Young Master Ping Lan?” Tan Hua, who had returned to the roo, was surprised to no end, “Did so etables, his anus will split open!”

“Shut up!”

“Indeed,” Tan Hua held her forehead in distress, “The young reen peppers and peas I have to take them out every time he eats fried rice—”

“Tan Hua! Mind your own business!”

“If Kaido gets constipated, I can give you a really effective medicine!”

“No need! Get out ofshout sounded out from below, at the end of his patience

The residence was extreht

Used to the loneliness, they had never gone through this kind of experience before

This held true for every single one of them

In one corner at the borders of the city

A faure started to swell and twist, changing into a skinny huray skin, like a dried-up leaf at the end of autu his form, Jun Sui panted heavily, hand pressed at the wall, restraining the unwellness caused the long journey

Passing the dry land and sea, he had never operated such a long ‘Shrinking Distance Morphication’ Because the further away the distance, the th, and he had even laid out a huge a his life essence This journey had been a life-risking thing to do

He tried to start forward, but realized that his entire body was tre journey had been ers that had been broken by the third prince throbbed slightly, as if re him of the consequences of failure

This wouldn’t do, he’d die like this If he really found soth to run…

Jun Sui sat, back against the wall He closed his eyes, su his clones, all those insects that had separated from his body

The fa the areas they patrolled in succession, turning back to the original body

When the faained about ers Although it felt a little better, the fingers were still shaking slightly

Just a little more He needed to rest a while, and then he’d act after dawn

He had to quickly figure out the issue… No matter how little the clues, he’d leave no stone unturned!

What if it really was a miemoshi+? What if the miemoshi+ was still within the city?

Jun Sui did not dare think about it Co up empty-handed

If the third prince becali sun broke the sky, the colors of dawn dyeing the indigo night sky a light yellow Then, the glooh, and the heavens shi+fted into a liray as dried leaves splitting open, falling as though they were scales They transforround, flapping their wings

Not long after, the withered silhouette vanished, Jun Sui’s entire body turning into little insects

He did not retain his primary form, but dispersed into lower-level familiars whose defensive and offensive abilities were incredibly low The moment the familiars were all annihilated, it would be hard for him to survive as well

He did not want to follow Jiu Shao’s footsteps, but if he did not do this, he would die immediately…

He must never ever offend the Third Prince…

Everyone knew, during the contest over the throne, just how the Third Prince had treated Shuekan, who had trusted and regarded hientle and benevolent complexion was just a facade, nobody could read his actual thoughts and state of mind Everyone knew, no reat cala than any other tyrant

The Supernatural Research files spread out on the desk, history textbook set up at the front The textbook recorded the deceased’s glorious achieve riots arising after the deceased’s death Both were mixed with truth and ru Lan leaned his head against his hand, yawning He had already finished flipping through the entire textbook last night, rounded up the feasible locations, and did some research online

But, he had ended up e it hard to discern which one had so to do with de different

He scratched his head in distress, and suddenly realized a problem He couldn’t help but let out a cry “Ah!”

Yin Su Shuang glared at Feng Ping Lan fro to be sick

Feng Ping Lan stared at the files, propping his head up distressedly

If every one of them were made of rumors, what then?

Aiyaya, now this ard…

“What is it?” Su Li Wan asked quietly

“There ht be a little problem with the entrance test”

“Is it serious?”

“See Lan scratched his head

Yin Su Shuang’s vicious glare shot over Feng Ping Lan hurriedly coughed with all his ’s head turned, Su Li Wan asked anxiously, “Then… what do we do?”

“M deeply at the files for an instant, then exhaled, “Never mind, I believe there will definitely be a way to deal with this” If they couldn’t walk down this path, they could always turn another direction

“How can you be so opti Lan, feeling very worried and uneasy for him

“If ant to worry, wait till we’re really sure that we’ve hit the dead end before feeling upset”

He did not know of the shi+fts and junctures of altering a path But with a little hint, a little burst of insight, he’d definitely be able to figure it out!

In an old coffee shop along the rows of shops by the school co a thick book, the wo in a sketchbook

But if you looked closer, the letters of the book in theinto different phrases and cos the wo were coic circle Whenever she finished drawing one, they would then disappear

They wereoff those familiars They pretended to be custo the school and the city

Ge vanished, anotherin its place

“We have a situation”

The scattered dots on the ic circle as if corroded by fungi

“The familiars have increased” Gemi frowned, “It’s twice the a”

“Has the ularity, and coh the numbers have increased, they’re still scattered within the city” Ge with a pout of her vero out with such a tasteless , now I even have to work overti”

“I doth not concur” Yerde closed his book, “Your words art too subjective, lest I not such an unromantic person Moreover, these art thus official business, not a lover’s tryst”

“I know” Gethen the school’s barriers If the number of familiars increases too much, and we fall short of firepower, there will definitely be a leak”

She took out a wooden box fron on it Then, she used it to put a stahout the entire city, on lampposts, electric poles, substations, andaway

When the seal was placed back into the wooden box, there was an addition of s on it

“We’ll focus on protecting the school first, so we’ll need to temporarily remove the ones on other places for now”

Most of the Shadow Acade within the school co to the rules, they weren’t allowed to cast spells outside the school so they wouldn’t catch the attention of that dehtly more troubleso in the residence were all currently at school and wouldn’t be able to leave before Shadow Academy ended, so under the school’s protection, there wouldn’t be a proble at the familiars’ scope and quantity, their th, so this situation shouldn’t be htfall

If only nothing unexpected occurred…

Kaido sat alone by the , looking at the scenery out the house boredly

The sunlight was glaring, the weather was hot, but the living air-con Dongya wasn’t present, so he could only open theto let that weak and depressing wind blow him

He looked at the clock on the wall It was already the fourth period of class, it wouldn’t be long before lunch break

His e of what he’d see every day at lunch break

He would constantly see Feng Ping Lan and those Contracts, along with an ordinary student walk into the dining hall together Whenever he walked past his class, he would overhear the sound of racketing and laughter from within

They were Su like that? Hoas it possible even an ordinary student could join in with thee in his head changed to his heart’s whi Lan and the others, was an extra figure

An extra figure of hi off Kaido’s line of thought Kaido’s gaze shot over to the , expression chilling