53 I Can Cure It. Beg me! (2/2)
Ye Xiao extended a finger and said, ”I have to say that you are most fortunate, because I can solve the problem!”
”You can? You can make the lotus complete its evolution earlier?” Wenren Chuchu instantly raised her head and stared at Ye Xiao with shining eyes.
”But if I continue to be restrained like this, how can I be in high spirits? Even if I know the method, I might not be able to recall it right now.”
Ye Xiao humphed and lifted his head proudly, an expression saying ”I am absolutely blackmailing you” appeared on his face.
[I can cure it, but since you treat me this way, I won't. Beg me!]
Wenren Chuchu could hardly control her hatred to the extent that the roots of her teeth were itching.
Ye Xiao smiled infuriatingly as he raised his cup, ”This tea is really not bad. You should drink more, Lady Chuchu.”
Wenren Chuchu bit her lower lip as she stared at him. Suddenly, she smiled sweetly and said softly, ”Brother Feng, no matter what, it was I who saved your life this time. I have also been nursing you with water and medicine for the past few days. Will you deny this favor from me, Brother Feng?”
Ye Xiao didn't buy it at all and said, ”I do not agree with what you just said, Lady Chuchu. Why is it that I hear an intent of 'forcing me to repay your favor' in your voice? Besides, what do you mean by telling me that you saved my life? That guy never had any intention of killing me. If he did, with his spectacular strength, I wouldn't be able to resist at all. I would have already died eight hundred times.”
”And there's more,” Ye Xiao took a breath, ”If someone else had found me, that person may have treated me as an honored guest. Not everybody treats the dan-maker capable of refining supreme dans so contemptuously. You've only fed me water and medicine. What kind of service is this anyway? That would be the very least of what other people would do. Even if they don't treat me like a forefather, they would never block my Jing and Mai and keep me as a prisoner in such an uncourteous way.”
”Treat you like a forefather?” Wenren Chuchu looked at his face which could barely be considered righteous but still ordinary; she felt a strong urge to spit on it.
[I saved you but you don't feel grateful. That's still fine. Now you actually want to be treated like a forefather. What kind of person are you? Do you even have a sense of shame?]
The sweet smile on Wenren Chuchu's face was becoming increasingly strained. She said, ”Brother Feng, could you please tell me your solution first? If it really works, I swear that I will free you at once and apologize to you in earnest. And I will never restrict your freedom again.”
”You sure?” Ye Xiao looked at her with narrowed eyes.
”I promise!” Wenren Chuchu spoke seriously.
”But I don't trust you.” Ye Xiao coughed and said leisurely.
”YOU!” Wenren Chuchu's almond-shaped eyes opened widely.
”Only women and small-minded men are hard to get along with. I am not sure if you are small-minded, but I am pretty sure you are a woman!” Ye Xiao was completely at ease as he continued, ”And you don't even meet me with your true face. Tell me, even if you break your promise, what can I do about it?”
”There is a chance that once you get the prescription from me, you'll just kill me and bury me instantly. And then you'll start to make a fortune with my prescription...” Ye Xiao waved his head, ”The hearts of people in the martial world are dark and sinister. I have to guard myself. No matter what, I must guarantee myself a path of retreat.”
Wenren Chuchu's chest started to rise and fall again because of anger. She looked at Feng Zhiling with her wide-opened eyes that were filled with fury, no longer able to maintain her elegant demeanor and sweet smile. She shouted angrily, ”How can I be compared to an ordinary woman! I am Lan-Feng Kingdom's...”
She suddenly stopped at the middle of her speech, knowing that she would expose herself if she completed her sentence. Her fury was even greater than before as she said viciously, ”How do I gain your trust?”
”Never mind. A dignified man like me cannot be bothered to concern myself with the fussy behavior of a little girl. I'll accept that you served me to a certain extent, so I will tell you my prescription in return.” Ye Xiao became generous. ”Only I am able to proceed with my prescription anyway. You can't learn it even after you know what it is.”
”You... You...” Wenren Chuchu was extremely speechless.
As she looked at this Feng Zhi-Ling in front of her, she could only feel a sullen rage stuck in her throat that she could neither swallow nor spit out. She wished to stuff a dirty pair of socks that had been worn continuously for hundreds of years without being washed in his loathsome mouth.
”Since you don't worry about telling me, what was the point of saying those words? To piss me off intentionally? Besides, what do you mean I did serve you to a certain extent? Could you even be any more cheeky?! You behave like that, yet you dare to call yourself a man? Contemptible, impudent, indelicate and paltry - those are words that fit you!”
”According to my estimations...” Ye Xiao looked at Wenren Chuchu's expression and said, ”The person you are trying to save must have encountered this crisis because of a special martial arts that she has been cultivating... That martial arts has been passed from generation to generation for a long time, and it is fundamentally defective... The Regeneration Ink Lotus, the Regeneration Jade Lotus and the Renascence Jade Lotus happen to be the materials that can fix the defects...”
”Although this martial arts is defective, it is extremely powerful and easy to upgrade. Even a beginner can have the potential to dominate a certain realm...” Ye Xiao looked at Wenren Chuchu whose face was turning darker and darker. He spoke slowly, ”It seems you do know that I am not talking about the Land of Han-Yang...”
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