11 Even If We Play with Him Until He Broke We Wouldnst Feel Too Sad (2/2)
”Papapapapapapapapa!”
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Wen Bao, who had survived, felt his back, as well as his pants, were completely soaked.
The black shadow went away as fast as it came; before Wen Bao even had a chance to say thank you, it already disappeared without a trace. Looking at the three unconscious young masters lying by the side of the river, Wen Bao still felt quite frightened.
Just now, he was one moment away from death. Those three people had no grudge nor hatred against him, and yet somehow, they wanted to kill him. Wen Bao wondered what exactly did he do to deserve this? Was it because he was too ugly? Was that why he was bullied by the proprietress of the Ru Family Inn, stepped on by the crowds of young masters at the Golden Bridge, and also looked down on by the two Carefree Peak disciples?
Or was this the real face of the Immortal Path? Killing, looting... the reason why he came to the Spirit Sword Mountain was so that if he became an Immortal, he would be able to help his father. However, before leaving, no one had been optimistic with his future, and he vaguely began to realize why.
As the son of the teacher of the state, not only did he lack the knowledge of his father, he was also oblivious in the ways of the world. The only thing he could rely on was a sentence a Daoist Master, who passed by his Azure Billow Country, had said to him when he was young, ”This boy has affinity with immortality; he could become one of us.”
However, it was a pity that the Daoist Master had quickly disappeared, and as Wen Bao grew up, he became a disappointment to his father...
While he was still lost in his thoughts, the sounds of footsteps behind him suddenly caused Wen Bao to start trembling again, and his legs, which had just recovered enough energy, began to feel weak. Having just received the ”baptism” from Young Master Xie, Wen Bao was extremely nervous and panicky; he thought that he did not even have the strength to truss a chicken. Let alone another few young masters, if even a wild pig appeared, he would certainly be finished today.
”Ah, who's this Marshal Tian Peng?” [3]
The voice that sounded in his ears contained three parts surprise and seven parts mocking, and was very impolite. However, it inexplicably gave Wen Bao a peace of mind and strength.
When Wen Bao let out a breath of relief, the voice sounded out again.
”How could this guy be here? Arguably, shouldn't he be eliminated on the Golden Bridge?”
”Ah, Brother Wang, there's still much you don't know. The words 'affinity to immortality' have always been fantastic and unpredictable. Many exceptionally bright people have no affinity at all with immortality, but yet there are many useless and stupid mortals who are mediocre but have a good aptitude with the Immortal Cultivation. It seems that Wen Bao belongs to the latter category.”
”Hmm, what you say is reasonable. Those three trash from before all have melon-seed-sized brains, and yet they were descendants of some aristocratic families or something. If we're counting on them only, the future of the Immortal Cultivation World is grim.”
”Haha, they're just from the third or fourth-rate families, so there's nothing great about them.”
From the distance, the two people walked closer and closer, talking and laughing together. When they arrived in front of Wen Bao, they sized him up and down.
Wen Bao also looked back at them. Although his memory was not that wonderful, Wen Bao still recognized the two people.
One of them was the second prince of the Grand Cloud Empire, and the other was the only person who had been able to live in the best room of the Ru Family Inn, that countryside youth... In short, he could not afford to mess with them.
Fighting back his dry his throat, Wen Bao asked, ”Excuse me, you guys...”
However, Wang Lu and Hai Yunfan completely ignored him and just kept talking amongst themselves.
”Little Hai, this guy is the seventh person to enter the Peach Blossom Village, so his result is fairly good, right?”
Hai Yunfan thought for a while, ”Seventh isn't that good, but then considering that you and your errand boy took two places, the order itself serves no purpose. However, if we look at the time, it only took him twenty or so hours to get out of the Cloud Wave Map which is actually great. In contrast to his stupid appearance, his good personality is pretty commendable.”
”Ahh, Little Hai, you're too na?ve. Just because someone can quickly get out of the Cloud Wave Map, it doesn't mean that they have a good character. I'm guessing this guy had a nervous breakdown after he got lost, so he closed his eyes and just kept running and running until he finally got out.”
”... That's impossible!?”
”What do you mean impossible? Don't you know about the ancient saying of 'a pig will charge forward and attack when it's back into a corner' [4]? Charging forward in a single direction should be his special skill.”
Wang Lu's conjecture was simply him bullshxting, but when Hai Yunfan saw Wen Bao's expression, he had no choice but to admit that what Wang Lu said was probably the truth.
It turned out that this kind of making-people-speechless method really did exist. But then again, come to think of it, this was the very definition of ”affinity to immortality”. In the Immortal Cultivation World, there were indeed many people who did not have much talent, a very good character, and even had IQ that was below average, and yet they had the astonishing accomplishment of becoming Immortals.
Then... could it be that this Wen Bao in front of them have the opportunity to become a peerless master in the Immortal Cultivation World one day?!
While he was thinking, he heard Wang Lu say, ”Little Hai, weren't you always curious about the strategy for this Peach Blossom Village? Now we've got a top notch demo material.”
”... You mean Wen Bao?”
”Of course, this guy has no intelligence and no guts... so he's precisely the best candidate to test the strategy for this Peach Blossom Village.”
”Huh? Why's that?”
”Because even if we play with him until he broke, we wouldn't feel too sad, hahaha.”
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[1] TL: Lei Feng is a 'chivalrous citizen/model citizen' of the Communist party
[2] TL: Non-PVP area
[3] TL: Wang Lu was making a reference to Zhu Bajie the pig in the Journey to the West who originally held the title Marshal Tian Peng, see:
[4] TL: A desperate man is not afraid of death