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QT Cannon Fodder's Record: Dekachapter 237
🕑 Added 2023-04-10 15:14:07 +0000 UTCChp 2361: Were They the Same Kind?
Ning Shu narrowed her eyes and observed Hong Ji’s tail. Were she and Hong Ji the same kind?
As for eating hearts, she thought, wasn’t that just a tall tale made by people who feared foxes?
Ning Shu also definitely didn’t believe that eating a heart would let her transform into a human form nor give her power.
Even if that was possible, those who obtained power by taking shortcuts like this would probably not make it to the end. If they were careless, it could cause irreversible consequences during their tribulations.
For instance, Bai Sanniang’s soul was nearly annihilated because of her inner demon.
Moreover, tribulations weren’t something a cultivator could avoid. It was how they could continue getting stronger.
If they couldn’t survive it, they’d have their soul scattered. They wouldn’t even get the chance to reincarnate.
If Hong Ji really did eat someone’s heart, her tribulations would be even much more severe.
Tribulation thunders were stronger than usual when they were meant for people who had negative karma or sins attached to them.
Not to mention that the heavens were also less tolerant and fond of non-human creatures.
Meanwhile, Yi Liang was terrified. This was the first time that he’d met a monster in human form. The monster also said that it had gotten that form by eating a scholar’s heart.
“You, you’re a fox spirit… What do you want to do to us?” Yi Liang said with feigned calm. His act was pretty good, except if one looked at his trembling calves.
Hong Ji tilted her head. “What’s wrong with me being a fox spirit? Aren’t you also accompanied by a fox spirit?
“Xiao Hei is different.” Xiao Hei never said that she wanted to eat his heart.
Hong Ji smiled sweetly. “Little boy, you’re so naive and gullible. She hasn’t eaten your heart because it’s not the right time yet.”
Ning Shu: What the fr*ck? This psycho!!
Ning Shu expressionlessly replied, “Does it benefit you to frighten him like that?”
“Of course. Anyways, this person has an ethereal spirit physique. Everyone who’s recognized it should get a share, so let’s divide him up together,” Hong Ji said with a smile.
Ning Shu rolled her eyes. What ethereal spirit physique? Yi Liang only ate the flame fruit, which purged his body of impurities, and cultivated the Unsurpassable Martial Arts. That was why he could absorb spiritual energy well.
That was also why Hong Ji thought that Yi Liang’s body was uniquely able to absorb and contain spiritual energy.
Ning Shu thought that Hong Ji was really weird. Even if she wanted to eat Yi Liang, did she really need to tell them?
What was the point of blabbing about it? She could just swallow him whole without talking so much.
Ning Shu had some other guesses inwardly. Could it be that Hong Ji wasn’t actually that powerful?
Ning Shu abruptly got up and rushed towards the relaxing Hong Ji. Hong Ji wasn’t on guard, so Ning Su easily pinned her down with a thud.
“What are you doing?” Hong Ji wanted to push Ning Shu away from her.
However, Ning Shu swiped a claw at her, then jumped heavily and slammed down on her body.
"Pfft..." Hong Ji, who was hit in the stomach, nearly vomited.
Yi Liang watched as Ning Shu continued to jump up and down on Hong Ji’s body. He didn’t know what to say.
"Waaah, you’re a bully! You’re bullying me..." Hong Ji burst out crying.
Ning Shu: …
Hong Ji turned into a fiery red fox with a poof. She snarled at Ning Shu tearfully and angrily scolded Ning Shu in a child’s voice, “You’re evil!”
Ning Shu: …
Ning Shu could see that this little fox was younger than her. Judging from her voice, she was probably still an infant.
Yet she already could turn into a human form.
“That… Xiao Hei, she’s your kind!” Yi Liang’s fear instantly disappeared as soon as he saw the little red fox.
Ning Shu: …
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Chp 2362: You Two Ate All My Food
Didn't Hong Ji already say that she was a fox?
“You meanie! I’m going to tell my grandma that you bullied me,” the red fox wailed as she pointed at Ning Shu.
“Why don’t you tell her about your prank too?” Ning Shu replied in an annoyed tone.
She had thought that Hong Ji was a powerful monster. As it turned out, she’d just been fooled!
The illusion surrounding them started to, inch by inch, peel off. The flowers behind the fences disappeared, and so did the thatched hut.
Only they, two foxes and one child, remained.
“That’s amazing!” Yi Liang looked around. “Was the food we just ate fake, too?”
“It wasn’t. I hunted it myself, and you two ate all my food,” the little fox said, clearly very upset.
Yi Liang felt a little embarrassed. "I'm sorry."
The little fox snorted.
Ning Shu asked the little fox, "You’re still so young. How did you learn to create an illusion?”
“My grandma taught me. I can only keep it up for a couple of days, though. My grandma could keep up her illusion for decades. She’s amazing,” the little fox boasted.
“Our red fox clan is good at illusion. How about yours?’ the little fox asked Ning Shu. “What are the white foxes’ innate skills?”
Ning Shu had no idea, so she just said, “I’m strong.”
The little fox looked at Ning Shu up and down, then tutted. "You’re so pitiful. You must be someone without a clan.”
Ning Shu knew the little fox bore them no malice, so she just said, “We’re leaving now. Thank you for your hospitality.
“Oh, can you give us a flame stick, though?”
The little fox quickly asked, "Where are you going?"
“We don’t know, but we’re definitely getting out of this forest,” Yi Liang replied.
“I’ll come with you,” the little fox said suddenly.
“Nope. Absolutely not,” Ning Shu said quickly. A fox with innate skills like the little fox would wreak havoc upon the world should she go out of her natural habitat.
If she was caught and forced by her captors to use her skills, her ability to arrange illusions would be a very destructive weapon.
“Why not? Since you’ve eaten all my food, you should at least take me with you,” the little fox said, as if it was only right.
“We don’t know what people will do to you if you come with us. You’d better not go out. You’d only be captured and enslaved by humans if you went out,” Ning Shu said.
The little fox sighed like an old man. “Grandma also told me the same thing. She says that humans are all wicked.”
Ning Shu was too lazy to say anything in reply. She just said to Yi Liang, “Let’s go.”
“Alright.” Yi Liang followed behind Ning Shu and glanced back at the little fox. The little fox's fur was crimson red, and it was extremely eye-catching in the snow.
"Can we really not take her with us?" Yi Liang asked.
Ning Shu shook her head. “Even after I disguised myself, monster traders still tried to catch me. She’d definitely be caught and we’d only have to run again.”
Yi Liang rubbed his face. “This is all because I’m so useless.”
“Everyone strong was once weak too. No one was born powerful. I believe you can become strong, too,” Ning Shu comforted Yi Liang.
“Thank you, Xiao Hei,” Yi Liang said. He ran quickly on the snowy path. He was as light as a swallow, and thus he left only shallow footprints.
Ning Shu and Yi Liang were back on their way. Ning Shu looked at what surrounded them and could only see an endless mass of white everywhere.
Ning Shu stopped. “Do you think we’ve walked past this place before? Are we going around in circles?”
It wasn’t easy to tell the direction when surrounded by snow. They’d been unable to get out of this mountain forest for so long.
“It could be another one of that little fox’s illusions.” Yi Liang thought of the fox, who knew how to cast illusions.
Ning Shu also thought it must be the fox.
TL: Kaho
MTL Editor: Ran
Chp 2363: How Do You Talk?
Ning Shu felt like the little fox’s illusion skill was really a heavens-bestowed cheat.
It could make people unable to distinguish between what’s real and what’s not, trapping them in a fantasy world.
“Little fox, come out!” Ning Shu shouted.
The little fox came running from a distance but was in front of them in a blink of an eye. “You called? Have you decided to take me with you?”
“Lift the illusion.” Ning Shu stared at the little fox.
The little fox feigned surprise. “What illusion? I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Fine then. We’ll see how long you’d be able to pretend.
“Does your grandma know that you want to go out?” It was easy to guess that the little fox's grandma disapproved of the little fox going to the human world to play.
Especially since the little fox was still so young.
"She doesn’t. That's why I’m asking you to take me,” said the little fox.
Ning Shu stared at the little fox's mouth and curiously asked, "How do you talk?"
Ning Shu talked with ventriloquism. She wondered how the little fox could talk despite being so young.
"Like this," said the little fox.
Ning Shu: …
This red fox clan was really one of a kind.
”Your grandma’s just looking out for you. You have no idea about what the human world is like.”
“That’s not true. Hong Jin told me that the human world is super fun. They’ve got delicious food, exquisite houses, interesting things, and they also have a lot of people there,” the little fox retorted.
“If you don’t take me with you, I won’t lift the illusion. Let’s see how you can get out then!” the little fox threatened.
Ning Shu sat down on the snow and nonchalantly replied, “Your magic can only last for a couple of days, so we can just wait it out.”
Ning Shu turned her head and told Yi Liang, “Sit down and cultivate.”
Yi Liang thought it was a racial conflict between the two foxes, so he just ignored it... He then sat on the ground and began to cultivate.
As soon as he began cultivating, spiritual energy slowly gathered around him. The little fox stared at Yi Liang and exclaimed, “It’s really an ethereal spirit physique!
“His physique’s very popular among monsters. It’s full of flavors, and it’s crisp too,” the little fox praised.
Yi Liang, who was cultivating, got so scared that he immediately stopped. He was speechless for a while, too.
Ning Shu angrily said, “He doesn’t have an ethereal spirit physique. He ate a flame fruit.”
“That’s not bad. I heard that when humans want to eat a flame fruit, they’ve got to eat it with other spirit herbs to reduce the effect. Since the flame fruit’s energy is too powerful for them, they could be burned to ashes if they’re not careful. Only monsters can withstand it.”
Yi Liang: …
Yi Liang turned to look at Ning Shu.
Ning Shu: ...
Hehe. She sent him her best customer service smile.
Considering the situation they were in at the time, how could she have gotten such spirit herbs to reduce the flame fruit’s effect on him?
They’d end up eating it that way anyways.
Ning Shu was too lazy to talk to the little fox, so she just lay on the ground and began to cultivate. They’d leave after the illusion disappeared in a few days.
The two started to cultivate and ignored the little fox. The little fox whimpered and stared at the two of them angrily.
The little fox lifted the illusion. “Fine! Go! Why does no one want to take me to see the human world?”
Yi Liang opened his eyes and told Ning Shu, “Xiao Hei, we don’t have to rush back to the town. I want to cultivate here until I get stronger and then take back my house.
“My sister also must’ve been taken away by someone who knew us.” Yi Liang grabbed some snow from the ground and fiercely took a bite.
Yi Liang’s mood plummeted as he talked about his family.
TL: Kaho
MTL Editor: Ran
Chp 2364: Are You a Male or Female Fox?
Ning Shu had no objection to Yi Liang’s suggestion and asked, “Who do you think would take your sister away?”
"It must be an acquaintance." Yi Liang rubbed his face and said, "I’ve always suspected Yi Xue."
Yi Xue was the de facto leader of the town. He knew many things. Yi Liang even suspected that he was the culprit who kidnapped his sister.
"Does your sister have spiritual roots?" Ning Shu asked.
“I think so,” Yi Liang said without certainty. “When I was a child, sometimes I’d hear my mother telling my father to not let my sister cultivate the emotion severing art.”
Emotion severing art?
The name of this method made it sound like its practitioners would destroy their seven emotions and kill their six desires.
In order to pursue the Supreme Dao, some cultivators would cultivate some methods that were quite extreme.
It seemed that Yi Liang’s younger sister indeed had spiritual roots. If so, she had probably ended up in some unusual places.
“You’re not leaving? That’s great! You can play with me,” the little fox happily said.
“You’re so mischievous. Are you a male or female fox?” Ning Shu asked.
“I’m a male. I’m the future patriarch of the red fox clan,” the little fox smugly said with an expression that seemed to tell them to hurry and lick his boot.
Ning Shu was full of disdain. “If you’re a male, how could you take a female form?”
“People from the clan say that all humans like beautiful women, so I transformed into how Hong Jin looked. Was I pretty?” the little fox asked Yi Liang.
Yi Liang embarrassedly nodded. “Yeah.”
Ning Shu’s face was filled with scorn. Eh…
They were originally a two-man team, but they soon evolved into a party of three people.
The little fox took Ning Shu and Yi Liang as test subjects for him to experiment with illusions.
When he experimented with illusions to someone from the clan, they’d see through it. He had no choice but to find a human to experiment on.
Ning Shu didn’t bother to care about him. She cultivated on her own and also occasionally instructed Yi Liang on martial arts.
By now, Yi Liang had cultivated a lot of spiritual energy. He was now in the process of forming a shape with that spiritual energy.
That required a lot of spiritual energy.
“Since you’ve been my test subject for so long, I’ll give this to you.” The little fox gave Yi Liang a spirit stone with his mouth.
Ning Shu saw that this spirit stone was of good quality and had very few impurities.
"What’s this?" Strictly speaking, Yi Liang wasn’t really a fully-fledged cultivator yet, so he didn't know what a spirit stone was.
The little fox was greatly surprised and explained, “It’s a spirit stone. It’s filled with spiritual energy. Isn’t this a precious thing for human cultivators?”
"Thank you." Yi Liang accepted the spirit stone.
"Where did you get this spirit stone?" Ning Shu asked.
"Oh, it’s from the clan, my grandma gave it to me,” the little fox said indifferently.
"Hold it in your hand, and then insert your energy into the spirit stone," Ning Shu told Yi Liang.
Ning Shu originally wanted to set up a spirit gathering formation, but remembering that she told Yi Liang she only had the Unsurpassable Martial Arts before, she decided to not reveal it.
Yi Liang’s cultivation progress was already very fast and good anyway.
Yi Liang followed Ning Shu’s instruction and held the spirit stone in his hand. It didn’t take long until it started to turn into powder.
“His absorption speed’s a bit terrifying,” the little fox said in shock. “I heard from the other foxes in the clan that human beings don’t absorb spiritual energy very quickly, right?”
“Can you shut up? You just don’t shut up, do you?” Ning Shu said, annoyed.
Whenever he encountered something new, he’d react with a huge surprise. The noise he made gave Ning Shu a headache every single time.
The little fox harrumphed. He turned and left, wagging his tail and swinging his butt.
“Have you managed to form a strand of spiritual energy?” Ning Shu asked Yi Liang.
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Chp 2365: A Dragon’s Head, Deer Antlers, Lion’s Eyes, and a Tiger’s Back…
They had stayed in the forest for some time. Judging by the speed of Yi Liang’s cultivation, he should be able to form a strand of energy by now.
Yi Liang stood up, clenched his fist, and punched the tree next to him fiercely. An animal with a dragon’s head, deer antlers, lion’s eyes, and a tiger’s back roared out of his fist.
Ning Shu blinked. That was a qilin!
The qilin jumped and slammed into the big tree. The tree trembled violently and the snow on its branches fell.
The entire tree then creaked and fell to the ground.
Yi Liang stared blankly at the fallen tree. He’d just broken a tree with a single punch.
“That punch was so powerful.” Yi Liang looked at his fist, then turned to Ning Shu and said excitedly, "Xiao Hei, I did it! I succeeded!"
“Congratulations,” Ning Shu said with some relief. “But this is only the first step. After this, remember to compress the gas shape so it turns golden. Then, you must compress that spiritual energy again until it becomes water-like.”
“If I do that, will I become extremely strong?” Yi Liang asked. He was incomparably excited.
“P-probably. I haven’t cultivated to that point, so…” Ning Shu vaguely answered.
“I’m sure I’ll become stronger.” Yi Liang was confident. He felt full of strength, and he believed absolutely that he was bound to become stronger.
“Xiao Hei, I want to go back now to the town and investigate my sister’s disappearance,” Yi Liang said to Ning Shu.
“Okay." Ning Shu didn't object.
Yi Liang hugged Ning Shu and said in a slightly choked voice. “Fortunately… I’m so lucky that you’re by my side. Thank you, thank you.”
Yi Liang's tears wet Ning Shu's fur. In the end, Yi Liang couldn't hold back his emotions and burst into tears.
He’d been suppressing his emotions, but now that he’d cried, Yi Liang felt more relaxed and happier than ever before.
Ning Shu moved her ears away. He’d been wailing in her ears. She felt like she was going deaf.
“Ah! You guys are leaving now? Are you going to a place where there are loads of people? Take me! Take me with you! Let’s go now!” the little fox jumped out and anxiously said.
Ning Shu: →_→
"Thank you for taking care of us until now. We’re leaving," Yi Liang said.
They had been there since it was cold and snowing. Now the snow was beginning to melt and ice was slowly breaking to reveal the running water below it. Weeds were also sprouting from the ground.
Winter was over.
After spending so much time with the little fox, Yi Liang was very grateful to him.
He’d sometimes give them some food, although he also often tormented them with his illusions.
Worse, the little fox’s illusion was getting more powerful, and some illusions could remind people of the experience they wished to forget most.
Yi Liang was often forced to repeatedly relive his painful past, especially his parents' and sister’s disappearances.
He saw his parents being murdered by the demonic cultivator. He heard them cry out to him for help, but he couldn’t do anything. Whenever he rushed over, he’d pass through the illusion.
The voices of his parents echoed in his ears.
When it was about his sister’s disappearance, he’d hear his sister begging for help from somewhere unknown.
Everything felt so real.
For some time, Yi Liang could neither eat nor sleep. His entire body broke down.
It was Ning Shu who made it stop by beating up the little fox. She didn’t allow him to give Yi Liang any more illusions.
If the illusions went on, it’d progressively worsen Yi Liang’s inner demons.
The little fox left Yi Liang alone for a bit.
However, he switched targets and tried to figure out Ning Shu’s inner demons, as well as the things she cared about.
Then Ning Shu fell asleep in the little fox’s illusion, frustrating the little fox.
He kept trying to defeat Ning Shu. He went so far as to show her the worlds she’d experienced over and over again.
Ning Shu just looked at those worlds with a dazed expression. Those people were simply passersby in her life.
Some of those people, however, had a good relationship with her. Ning Shu had to thank the little fox for allowing her to see them again.
Still, since Ning Shu’s heart stayed unperturbed, it made the little fox want to scratch her to death.
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MTL Editor: Ran
Chp 2366: I Can Protect Myself!
When the little fox heard that they were going to the town, he insisted on following them.
Yi Liang told him, "You’re really unsuitable for the human world. It’s best that you don’t go.”
“I can protect myself! Didn’t you cry like a kicked puppy because of my illusion?” The little fox stood upright and pointed his paw at Yi Liang.
Yi Liang: …
In the end, he relented and took the little fox with him.
The boy and the two foxes went to the town.
When they ran away, they hadn’t kept track of the direction. It was thus quite difficult for them to find their way back.
They also had to watch their back, since they didn’t know if they’d meet the two cultivators Ning Shu had stolen flame fruits from.
It’s been quite some time. Who knew if those cultivators had left yet.
The little fox seemed quite excited to be going to the place where the human race lived.
"Where does your clan live, little fox?" Ning Shu asked the little fox.
Since red foxes had a clan, perhaps white foxes had one, too.
Bai Sanniang had cultivated alone back then, though
"In this mountain range. I go back occasionally. My grandma would punish me if I don't go back," said the little fox.
This mountain range was endless. Who knew how big it was? In fact, who knew how many monster clans resided in it?
Walking like this, it took almost two months before they even saw the shadow of the town.
They sometimes went in the wrong direction and had to turn back.
Indeed, they walked down a lot of wrong paths.
The little fox jumped up and down with excitement when he saw the town.
Meanwhile, seeing the town at the foot of the mountain, Yi Liang clenched his fists tightly. The feeling in his eyes was inexplicable.
Thanks to his cultivation and the decent food he ate during this past period of time, Yi Liang had grown a lot taller.
He looked like a handsome young man.
He had crystal clear skin and picturesque facial features.
Ning Shu suddenly felt a sense of relief, as if she was a mother who’d just realized her child had grown up well.
The three of them arrived at the foot of the mountain, near Yi Liang's house, and prepared to get in through the dog hole in the yard.
However, the dog hole had been sealed.
Yi Liang jumped over to the wall, and Ning Shu followed.
"Hey, carry me! Hurry up and take me with you!" The little fox spun around anxiously below.
"Hey, Yi Liang, carry me up, or I'll trap you under my illusion again," the little fox threatened.
Yi Liang reluctantly jumped down, picked up the little fox, then jumped over the wall again.
The house seemed to have been renovated. Its walls were painted red, and the formerly deserted yard now had flowers in it.
However, the flowers hadn’t bloomed yet, so green was the only color that could be seen.
The house looked so much better now.
There were also maids walking around.
The house had been occupied during the time that they were gone.
Yi Liang saw that the house had changed a lot. He wasn’t angry about it. He’d already expected this since he first ran away.
Yi Xue had always wanted this house. Since he had chased out its rightful owner, he’d definitely occupy it.
"What do you want to do now?" Ning Shu asked Yi Liang.
"I want to take back the house," Yi Liang said in a low voice.
"His grandfather is in the foundation stage." Ning Shu said, "We must plan well."
"Foundation stage?" the little fox in Yi Liang's arms asked excitedly. "I have never performed illusions on any cultivator in the foundation stage. My grandma said that if I could trap cultivators in the foundation stage in my illusions and prevent them from breaking out, then I can go wherever I want."
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MTL Editor: Ran
Chp 2367: The Schemes Ran Deep!
The little fox became very excited after he heard that there was a foundation stage cultivator. He now considered Yi Xue’s grandpa a stepping stone to his freedom.
However, Ning Shu felt that the little fox was really naive and innocent. Cultivators in the foundation stage weren’t actually that strong. After that stage, there was still the golden core stage, the soul formation stage, and the great vessel stage...
There were many powerful people. He mustn't think that he’d be able to travel to the ends of the earth just because he could deal with a foundation stage cultivator.
The little fox’s grandmother would definitely just tell him that he could only do whatever he wanted after he defeated someone in the golden core stage after this.
The schemes ran deep!
Ning Shu glanced at the excited little fox and looked away. Poor baby.
"Who is it?" a young servant shouted sharply when he saw Yi Liang standing on the fence.
"A debt collector." Yi Liang jumped off the fence and asked coldly the servant, "Where is Yi Xue? Tell Yi Xue to get his ass out here! "
The servant's eyes looked at Yi Liang, but his eyes then lingered on Ning Shu and the little fox. His expression was a little greedy.
Monsters were very valuable. If he could sell one to a monster trader, he’d definitely make a lot of money.
And now there were two of them in front of him.
One was red and the other was white, and both had gorgeous fur.
The young servant straightened his back and arrogantly said, "Are you here to pay tribute to my young master by giving him your monsters? You can just give them to me. I’ll make sure you get your fair share of the reward.”
Yi Liang: …
What the hell, tribute? Since when did you become the emperor?
Wasn’t it obvious that he came here to pick a fight?
Yi Xue’s people behaved exactly as he did. They all liked to take other people’s belongings like this.
He was supposed to give him Xiao Hei and the little fox?
Yi Liang didn't feel like wasting any more time with him, so he pushed the servant away and went into the house. Since Yi Xue wouldn't come out, he’d just go in to look for him.
"Unbelievable! How dare you resort to violence!" The young servant was pushed to the ground and abruptly howled, attracting several guards.
Several strong guards surrounded Yi Liang.
"This person stole the young master's monster. Quick, arrest him!" the young servant shouted after he got up from the ground and pointed at Yi Liang.
Yi Liang's chest heaved with anger. This servant was really shameless. The two monsters had suddenly become Yi Xue’s now?
It was the same case with the house. They just claimed that it belonged to the clan. Now they were trying to pull the same thing with the monsters. They decided right and wrong solely using their own words, and they could say whatever they liked.
"Hand over these two monsters obediently, or Young Master Yi won't let you off." The little servant spat on the ground fiercely. He stared at Yi Liang angrily.
"Catch him!"
"Let me handle it." The little fox was eager to try his illusions when he saw these people.
There were many things in Yi Liang's mind so trapping him in an illusion was easy, and he was also always unable to extricate himself.
Meanwhile, Ning Shu wouldn’t even be affected at all by his illusions. The little fox wanted to try his illusion on ordinary people.
“This is Yi Liang’s business. You don’t have to worry about it. The foundation stage cultivator will be all yours, though,” Ning Shu said.
The little fox replied, “Isn’t that the cultivator in the foundation stage also Yi Liang’s business?”
The young servant’s eyes turned green when he heard the two monster beasts talking. "The monsters can talk! If you catch them, Young Master Yi will definitely reward you.”
Several guards immediately attacked Yi Liang. They all knew a bit of martial arts and rushed towards Yi Liang extremely fiercely.
Yi Liang dodged smoothly and slammed into these guards with punches. In just a few moments, he knocked the guards to the ground and they couldn't get up anymore. They all lay on the ground and moaned in pain.
The servant was dumbfounded for a moment, then scrambled to run away. "You just wait!"
Yi Liang clenched his fists and felt extremely excited. He really became stronger. He used to feel like he was living in a dream, from which he’d one day wake up. When he did, he thought he’d be all alone again.
Now, however, it was easy for him to defeat several strong guards without even breaking a sweat. Yi Liang finally felt like he was stronger and had obtained power.
The little fox jumped into Yi Liang's arms, and Yi Liang walked into the main hall. The hall had been renovated, and inside it now were many tables, chairs, screens, and vases.
TL: Kaho
MTL Editor: Ran
Chp 2368: Had Truly Grown Up
The renovation and refurbishment made the previously dilapidated house look a lot more magnificent.
Yi Liang directly sat down and combed the little fox’s fur with his hand as he waited for Yi Xue to arrive.
Yi Liang beckoned the nervous maid who was standing beside him. The maid walked in front of Yi Liang with a look of fear. "S-sir, what is your command?"
"Prepare some tea and snacks for me," Yi Liang gently said.
The maid wore a conflicted expression on her face. Yi Liang was obviously an enemy who had come to cause trouble. Should she really prepare him snacks and tea?
The maid glanced at the guards, who were lying in the yard and couldn’t get up. She should prepare his requests for him, after all. Even the guards didn’t stand a chance against him. In any case, it’d help buy some time.
"Yes."
"It’d be better if you hurry," Yi Liang said again.
The maid's face trembled, and she hurried away.
Seeing Yi Liang’s calm look, Ning Shu felt that this child had truly grown up. He was no longer the child that used to hug her while he cried anymore.
Now, even without her by his side, he’d be able to push on.
After all, the road to power was, by its nature, a lonely one.
Soon, the maid finished preparing Yi Liang’s requests and bought them some tea and plates of snacks.
She brought them a plate of candied fruit and a plate of glutinous rice cakes.
"Thank you," Yi Liang said to the maid.
The maid reacted with a strange expression and quickly backed away.
When he saw the cake, the little fox jumped from Yi Liang's arms to the table and held the cake.
"This is human food!" The little fox huddled up and ate the cake.
Yi Liang calmly took a cake and put it in front of Ning Shu's mouth. Ning Shu opened her mouth and ate a piece of the cake.
It was so sweet. So damned sweet!!
Ning Shu didn’t eat anymore after finishing this piece.
"What's this? I like eating this." The little fox pointed to the candied fruit.
"Candied fruit."
"Let’s take it with us when we leave."
Yi Liang nodded and picked up the cup of tea to drink.
There were hurried footsteps outside the door quickly nearing. It soon reached the door.
"Who dares to come here to make trouble!?" Yi Xue's voice was menacing.
"Young Master, that person brought two monsters," the young servant's voice sounded, and the two of them arrived at the door in a blink of an eye.
Yi Xue lifted his foot and stepped into the hall. When he saw Yi Liang who was drinking tea, he couldn't help frowning. "Who are you?"
"You don’t recognize me anymore?" Yi Liang put down the teacup. "It’s only been a while, but you’ve already forgotten me? Noblemen truly have poor memories."
Yi Xue frowned and looked at Yi Liang carefully. He looked familiar, but Yi Xue didn't dare to come to a conclusion rashly.
Yi Liang now was really different from the previous Yi Liang.
Yi Xue glanced at the little fox on the table and Ning Shu on the ground, narrowing his eyes slightly.
"You’re really such a nobleman, to forget us like this." Yi Liang stood up. "I'm Yi Liang."
"Yi Liang?" Yi Xue's pupils shrank. He stared at Yi Liang with a disbelieving expression.
"How could you be that crazy dog?" Yi Xue coldly said.
Yi Liang didn’t want to argue about his identity with Yi Xue, so he just directly said, “I’m here to get my house back."
Yi Xue laughed. With a look of contempt, he said, "I don't care who you are. To ask me for something the moment you open your traps, you are very brave. Why don’t you go to the town and find out who I am?"
TL: Kaho
MTL Editor: Ran
Chp 2369: Where Is My Sister?
Yi Xue could be called a de facto ruler of the town because he had a great-grandfather in the foundation stage.
Yi Xue pretty much feared nothing, and he lived like a little emperor in this town.
That was why when Yi Xue heard that this man wanted to take this house from him, he suddenly laughed in a ridiculing tone.
"You’ll die before you have a chance to get this house..."
Before Yi Xue finished speaking, Yi Liang punched Yi Xue on the nose.
Yi Xue only felt a sour sensation coming from his nose. It hurt so bad that he began to cry. After the tears came the warm blood, which flowed out his nose. The roots of his teeth were numb, and several of them were also knocked out.
"Pfft..." Yi Xue spat out a few teeth. All of his front teeth had been knocked out.
Yi Xue touched his nose with trembling hands and wiped the blood on his hand.
"You, you..." Air now passed through Yi Xue’s teeth.
Yi Liang grabbed Yi Xue's collar. "Let’s try that again. Where is my sister?"
“If you don’t tell me, next time it’d be your neck. I’ll definitely break your neck.” Yi Liang stared at Yi Xue indifferently.
Yi Liang didn't have a ferocious expression on his face. There was only a chilling coldness there.
This kind of Yi Liang was scary.
Yi Xue felt that his neck was cold. The smell of blood in his nose and mouth also made Yi Xue want to vomit.
Yi Xue felt aggrieved inwardly. Why did this guy suddenly attack without even a warning? Didn’t people normally first talk about family backgrounds whenever they did things?
This guy wasn’t playing by the rules!
"What do you mean by your sister? I-I don’t know anything," Yi Xue retorted. However, without the front teeth, he couldn't speak clearly.
Yi Liang punched Yi Xue in the stomach. Yi Xue's eyes bulged out in pain, and his face became flushed.
Yi Liang let go of Yi Xue, and Yi Xue fell to the ground with a thud. He curled up into a shrimp shape.
There was foaming at his mouth, and there was a sour and rotten smell in the air. The little fox immediately screamed, “What’re you doing!? How am I supposed to eat like this?”
Yi Liang squatted down and looked at Yi Xue condescendingly. "Do you remember my sister now? Her name is Yi Rou."
Yi Xue’s eyes whirled, but he said nothing.
Yi Liang stood up and twisted his wrist. "It seems like I was too gentle."
"Wait, wait! Are you really Yi Liang?" Yi Xue said with difficulty.
"I am. Can you tell me where my sister went now?" Yi Liang looked at Yi Xue.
"You were the one who didn’t look after your sister properly. Why are you asking me about her, you bastard, fucker!?" Yi Xue cursed bitterly.
Yi Liang stomped heavily on Yi Xue's hand and crushed it so hard that Yi Xue kept wailing in pain.
"I’ll talk, I’ll talk!!"
Yi Liang raised his foot. "Your sister is with my great-grandfather now."
"Impossible." Yi Liang immediately objected. This place wasn't far from the Yi family's ancestral home. If his sister was still here, how could have she never returned?
"It’s true! My great-grandfather saw that your sister had spiritual roots, and said he wanted to teach your sister. You should f*cking be grateful!" Yi Xue's voice contained all kinds of envy and jealousy.
That little girl actually had spiritual roots.
Yi Liang pressed his lips together tightly. His expression fluctuated. He just saw a glimmer of hope.
Contrary to Yi Liang, Ning Shu was already prepared for the worst. If he really wanted to teach Yi Rou, why would Yi Xue’s great-grandfather hide her from Yi Liang?
TL: Kaho
MTL Editor: Ran
Chp 2370: Did He Have Some Sort of Treasure on Him?
Several years had already passed, but Yi Rou didn’t come back even once. Yi Rou probably was no longer in this town.
“If you want to find your younger sister, you can go ask Great-grandfather. He saw that your younger sisters had spiritual roots back then and wanted to cultivate her talent.”
Yi Xue actually just wanted to fool this mad dog into going away. It’d be best if Yi Liang went to look for his great-grandfather. In that case, his great-grandfather would be able to crush him with a single wave of his hand.
Yi Xue wanted to kill Yi Liang, but he didn't know how this little bastard had suddenly become so powerful.
Did he have some sort of treasure on him?
Perhaps he’d be able to become powerful too. Despite his arrogance in front of other people, Yi Xue was very servile in front of his great-grandfather.
If he was stronger, however…
Yi Xue's nose was still bleeding, and he was already fantasizing about having powerful strength and two monsters.
When they were all his…
When that time came, everyone would have to crawl under his feet. He’d become the most powerful person in the world.
He’d have power, money, and beauties. He’d have so many beauties in his harem!
He’d be able to take charge of the world, even as he was drunk and lying on the thighs of a beauty. How perfect would that be?
Ning Shu saw a blurred and longing look on Yi Xue’s bloodied face, then turned to look at the little fox.
The little fox must’ve cast an illusion on Yi Xue.
Yi Xue’s facial color suddenly turned hideous. As long as he killed the person in front of him, he thought, he could gain everything!
Yi Xue inwardly loathed Yi Liang. Under the illusion, he jumped abruptly, as his injuries didn’t pain him at all, and rushed towards Yi Liang.
Yi Liang stretched out his fist in response. A qilin rushed out of his fist and passed through Yi Xue's body.
Yi Xue's body froze, and so did his hideous face. His pupils diverged, he vomited out a mouthful of blood and then fell to the ground. He was no longer breathing.
Yi Liang's expression changed, and his hands which were clasped behind his back began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Let's go." Yi Liang's voice contained a barely detectable tremble, and he turned and left.
Ning Shu followed Yi Liang, and the little fox looked at the candied fruit on the table, "Let’s take the candied fruit first."
As soon as Yi Liang left, a piercing wail came from the room, "Young Master…!"
The moment Yi Liang walked out of the house door, he vomited while leaning on the wall.
Yi Liang vomited for a long time, emptying his stomach. He leaned against the wall with one hand, wiping his tears with the other.
"Xiao Hei, I killed someone,” Yi Liang said weakly to Ning Shu. He covered his face with his hands as if crying.
"Why are you crying? It’s just killing someone," the little fox said, annoyed. "My grandma said that people kill each other for all sorts of reasons. You just killed someone who should be killed."
Ning Shu remained silent. Yi Liang was only thirteen years old. He was still half a child. Killing someone naturally gave him a psychological burden.
Ning Shu thought for a while and said, "Yi Liang, one shouldn’t offend someone else if that someone didn’t offend them first. Likewise, you shouldn’t hurt others on a whim. However, if someone else wants to hurt you, you have to fight back.”
Yi Liang put down his hand and looked at Ning Shu with red eyes.
“Having power is a form of self-protection. It’s not to be used to bully others. There’s always going to be someone who’s stronger and more talented than you, and if you bully others, in turn, you’d also be bullied,” said Ning Shu gently.
Ning Shu felt that her godmother halo was shining brighter and brighter.
“Yes, that’s how things are. My grandma told me that those who insult others disgrace themselves. And I could tell that person wasn’t a good person at first sight.” The little fox saw that Ning Shu was staring at him with an unkind expression, and immediately supported Ning Shu's words.
The corners of Yi Liang’s mouth twitched, but his face was still extremely pale.
“Yi Liang, although we can’t take the initiative to harm others, we still can’t let others harm us,” Ning Shu said.
"I understand." Yi Liang took a deep breath and smiled. "Let's go to the ancestral house now."
TL: Kaho
MTL Editor: Ran
