230 You Were Using Me as Cannon Fodder! (1/2)
The Solitary Eagle's sputter almost sprayed out on Jun Mo Xie's face: ”Dammit, boy, you cheated this Old Man into staying at the Jun residence with your scheming tongue! Even when there was such a huge trap hidden inside?! First there was the Silver Blizzard City, and now there's the Xue Hun Manor… you little bastard, do you really think my old and weary bones can withstand so much? Why didn't you inform me of this earlier?”
”Inform you earlier?” The young master Jun blinked as he explained himself: ”You would've left for the Prairie a long time ago had I told you about this earlier… would you have actually stayed here, huh? Do you think I'm that stupid?”
”You…” The Solitary Eagle seemed extremely gloomy, [yes ah, you're definitely not stupid, boy; in fact, you're extremely shrewd, but I'm not a fool either! ]
The Solitary Eagle would've been duty-bound to leave after weighing the situation had he not seen Jun Mo Xie's ”Eagle-form” technique and had instead found out about all these troubles that day. However, he was simply unwilling to retreat now, even though he was faced with two such powerful enemies since he had witnessed a maneuver which he could only describe as ”the world's best technique”!
[How can I treat such an opportunity as a joke? Not to mention that this kid is being backed by a peerless Master! ]
[Although he's clearly telling the truth, my heart is still not comfortable with this yet. My heart can't be at peace as long as he keeps exploiting this situation… because he's just too crafty! And although the benefits are amazing, but… ]
[And the blatant manner in which this little devil is saying this, is really making me very angry! ]
”I see; kid, when does your master get here?” The Solitary Eagle asked: ”This Old Man wishes to discuss the Xue Hun Manor and the Silver Blizzard City's topic with him.”
In case the Solitary Eagle was assured of that Mysterious Master's support, then he'd toss the Silver Blizzard City and Xue Hun Manor's threat aside…
”My Master?” Jun Mo Xie started blinking again: ”… because that Old Man is busy wandering around the world, his whereabouts are always uncertain; he's dragon whose head and tail are simply impossible to get a sight of, so how do I know when he'll come around? But, he always finds me once I'm done mastering his previously assigned tasks!”
”Do you think I can fight this battle alone?” The Solitary Eagle suddenly stared back at him, shivering with fear from head to toe.
”How come you're alone?” Jun Mo Xie's eyes opened wide with confusion.
The Solitary Eagle's voice seemed completely hollowed: ”Who else is there? It's not that your Grandfather and Uncle are weak, but their strength isn't enough to intervene in a dispute of this magnitude. So if your Master isn't here, then who else is?”
”What are you trying to say? Are you saying that I'm not here?” Jun Mo Xie pointed his finger at his own chest, seemingly unwilling to part with his responsibilities. ”I'll fight alongside you!”
”Kid, you count for a fart's worth!” The Solitary Eagle fumed back: ”Even a fart makes a bit of noise, but you're not even capable of making that! You'd die the moment someone blows one in your face! The Silver Blizzard City and Xue Hun Manor, each has tens of Spirit Xuan experts in their ranks, and this Old Man's two fists can only deal with two a-time, which means that I can only block off four or five of such experts at any given moment; what about the rest of them, huh? How will you defend your Jun Family against the rest, huh?”
”Well, just do your best!” Jun Mo Xie stated in a serious tone as he lowered his gaze to his own chin.
”I… damn you kid!” The Solitary Eagle couldn't control his temper anymore, and started cursing out as a result. ”What is the worth of my efforts if you have no strength? You really are a bastard like no other!” The Solitary Eagle was almost ready to turn around and leave.
”Don't worry, the boat will go straight-ahead with currents once it reaches the pier-head, and there will be a way forward once we've reached the mountain.” Jun Mo Xie tried to reassure the man: ”So what's making you so anxious?”
”And what if it doesn't go straight-ahead? What then, huh?” The Solitary Eagle opened his eyes so wide, that it seemed as if he'd simply swallow him down. [I've never met such a useless person before! ]
”Then, it will get crushed, ah!” The young master Jun's words didn't help in the least in bringing the Solitary Eagle's temper down.
”You're shamelessly saying that it will get crushed?” The Solitary Eagle stared back, [there's no point in arguing with him… he's like that lazy dog who just doesn't realize that swallowing a hedgehog would be very painful for his stomach… ]
”I'm certain that it won't get crushed; what about you?” Jun Mo Xie batted his eyelids like a half-dead person: ”Let's not forget that you're one of the Eight Great Masters, so even if the Sky was falling, you'd still be capable of easily raising it back up. And I believe that as long as you have the courage to take a hit, you could easily deliver a crushing defeat to them. Even if you fail, you're at least capable of burning both jade and common stone, and you could easily damage them right down to their bones; then I can easily take advantage of that situation, can't I?”
The Solitary Eagle suddenly found himself in a bind!
He suddenly realized something: [trusting this kid was a huge mistake!]
[This kid has actually been planning on using me as cannon fodder all along so he could fish in troubled waters later on… ]
[How can such a despicable person actually exist in this world? He's just too… ]