Chapter 108: You Owe Me

When Mu Xiaoyao walked out of Fang Jie’s room in the morning while blushing, Chen Qingshan saw the whole thing. She looked at Mu Xiaoyao’s charming figure and then at the door. In the next second, she walked into the room without hesitation.

“You did it?” Chen Qingshan walked over and asked as she looked at Fang Jie who was lying on the bed with a strange expression.

Fang Jie froze for a second before replying in anger, “Can’t you be pure-minded?”

Chen Qingshan swung her long hair and sat down beside Fang Jie. Then, she said with a smile, “Since you dare to do that, how come you don’t dare to admit it? Don’t say that you have morals, and don’t say that you don’t have the ability to do it.”

While speaking, Chen Qingshan slowly caressed Fang Jie’s chest that was exposed outside the blanket. Her fingers were slender and pretty, and her movement was enchanting.

Fang Jie was feeling hot, and he felt even more frustrated by this. He stared at Chen Qingshan in her eyes and said, “I have the ability to flip you over and slap your butt, ok?”

Chen Qingshan looked down Fang Jie’s body and couldn’t help but smile. “I believe you.”

Then, she lightly caressed Fang Jie’s lips, cheek, and ear.

Fang Jie blushed, which was rare. He was feeling awkward, especially since Chen Qingshan was looking down. It was normal for healthy young men to have morning wood, and there was a charming woman lying beside him a moment ago.

Seeing that Fang Jie started to breathe heavily, Chen Qingshan stopped what she was doing, turned around, and left without hesitation.

What frustrated Fang Jie the most was that she paused and looked back while saying, “You know that I’m weak right now, so I can’t resist if you do anything. I do believe you can flip me over. However, you don’t have the courage. Also, now I believe it is pure between you and Mu Xiaoyao.”

After saying that, she glanced at Fang Jie’s bulging body part and smiled while pouting, but Fang Jie didn’t know what she meant.

After Chen Qingshan left, Fang Jie looked down at his body and sighed, “If you are this thirsty, why don’t you flip open the blanket?”

Then, he started to laugh at his own comment.

It was pure between him and Mu Xiaoyao last night, and he followed Mu Xiaoyao’s order and only touched her chest a few times through her clothes. Before he could go through the clothes, Mu Xiaoyao kicked him to the other side of the bed without hesitation.

Perhaps Fang Jie was extremely tired, he fell asleep in the alluring atmosphere. Perhaps Mu Xiaoyao’s scent was like a sleeping pill, Fang Jie had a great night sleep. When he opened his eyes again, Mu Xiaoyao was already up and straightening her clothes. Through the messy clothes, Fang Jie saw a stretch of fair and soft skin.

Fang Jie took a good look, then he discovered Mu Xiaoyao looking at him with hidden disappointment.

This beauty who was hard to guess kicked Fang Jie back onto the bed, blushed, and gave Fang Jie a hard stare before going away.

Until now, Fang Jie still didn’t know why Mu Xiaoyao glared at him, kicked him, and blushed.

After putting on his clothes, Fang Jie moved around and found that nothing was strange. He heaved a sigh of relief, grabbed the saber that the crippled old man gifted him, and jumped into the small backyard through the window of his second-floor bedroom. As soon as he landed on the ground, he felt like his body was filled with power.

With the saber in hand, Fang Jie practiced left-handed One Saber Strike for about two hours. Then, he practiced the right-handed version for an hour. The sun was already high up in the eastern sky, and Fang Jie who sweated a ton felt great and wanted to roar. Subconsciously, he smashed his fist into a huge locust tree in the backyard.

Then, Fang Jie was stunned to see the huge dent that he put into the trunk of the tree. He looked down at his fist and didn’t even see a scratch.

“Am I cultivating?” he asked himself this question again, and he then quickly said no.

Since he still couldn’t sense the energy of nature, he couldn’t convert it into his own internal force. The so-called cultivation was the process of converting the energy of nature into internal forces.

Fang Jie couldn’t sense anything, and he didn’t even technically have a sea of qi. How could he cultivate?”

Seeing Fang Jie standing in the backyard, Chen Qingshan couldn’t help but turn toward Mu Xiaoyao and ask, “You… can you tell what is going on with him?”

Mu Xiaoyao slowly shook her head; she didn’t know the answer.

At this moment, Da Quan who was leaning on the window suddenly recalled something. “Xiaoyao, do you still remember that before we left Fangu, Fang Jie told us he met a hidden master at Yun’s Meat Shop, the person who forcefully broke the poisonous bug in his body. He fed Fang Jie something as well?”

“Fang Jie mentioned it earlier as well. That man is probably Yang Qi, Royal King Zhong of Great Sui, who has been missing for ten years.”

Da Quan asked, “Did the thing that he fed Fang Jie… change Fang Jie’s physique?”

After a moment of silence, Chen Qingshan said, “Things that could change physiques… there are only a few.”

“Bodhi Seed of the Buddhist Sect and Small Golden Pill of the Daoist Sect,” Mu Xiaoyao said, “I only know these two supreme elixirs.”

[TL Note: Bodhi means supreme enlightenment or wisdom in Buddhism.]

“It is known that Small Golden Pill could save anyone who is on the verge of death, but I have never heard of it changing people’s physiques. Regardless of how you think about it, it is impossible. As to Bodhi Seed; it is even more impossible for Fang Jie to get access to it,” Da Quan said while shaking his head.

These three talked with each other, all caring about Fang Jie.

Although it seemed like Fang Jie froze in the backyard, many thoughts were flashing across his mind.

“What happened to me? How come my body changed this much?”

The young man who only dared to shoot arrows at bandits from afar in Fangu transformed. Now, he felt like he was an unsheathed saber and an indestructible shield.

He slowly pointed out one finger and pressed it against the big locust tree. When the muscles on his right arm exerted force in one direction, this finger dashed into the tree as if it was poking at a piece of tofu.

However, Fang Jie still couldn’t feel any energy of nature nor internal forces.

…

After having lunch, Fang Jie gave a heads-up to Mu Xiaoyao and others before walking out of the shop with Qi Lin.

While walking on the street, Fang Jie frequently stopped by booths and picked out two delicate and fairly priced accessories to give to Mu Xiaoyao and Chen Qingshan.

With Qi Lin who was a giant man following him, Fang Jie was in the center of attention.

Fang Jie couldn’t help but turn around and smile at Qi Lin. “Brother Qi Lin, I should always bring you with me. The pretty girls on the street will first see you, then they will look at me next! It is great!”

Qi Lin smiled humbly and said, “When we escaped using Mo Ningzhi as your decoy, Chen Qingshan said that I’m too eye-catching, so we couldn’t ditch the hunters. Anyone who saw me couldn’t forget me for three years!”

Fang Jie smiled and asked, “Really? Chen Qingshan could joke around as well?”

Qi Lin shook his head and said, “Now she can. When she said that before, I could feel that she might pierce her sword through my heart at any moment.”

Fang Jie fell into a moment of silence.

“Fang Jie, I’m always curious about this. When we were with Chen Qingshan in the last three years, she was cold like her sword. She wouldn’t speak to us most of the time. In the last three years, she only killed people. Heng Gun told me that no one knew if Chen Qingshan would go crazy one day and kill us all; I felt the same way as well. However, since she found you, it feels like she changed into another person.”

Upon mentioning Heng Gun, Qi Lin’s eyes dimmed a little.

Fang Jie paused and thought to himself. In his mind, Chen Qingshan wasn’t as fierce and violent as Qi Lin had described. She had a cold side, but she also had an enchanting side.

“Fang Jie, Mo Ningzhi had once said that Chen Qingshan was that cruel and merciless because she didn’t want to protect a decoy.”

After saying that, Qi Lin’s expression froze.

While Fang Jie savored what Qi Lin had just said, Qi Lin tapped his shoulder.

Fang Jie looked up and saw Qi Lin looking forward with an awkward expression.

Fang Jie followed Qi Lin’s gaze and saw a person standing not far away and staring at him.

It was a beautiful woman.

“Mo… Mo Ningzhi,” Qi Lin said while stuttering a little, and this name made Fang Jie’s heart lurch.

…

This wasn’t a bustling tea house. It was simple yet clean.

Fang Jie and Mo Ningzhi sat across from each other at a table near a window.

Qi Lin, Ye Xiao, and Tie Nu stood at the door; they were silent and didn’t communicate.

Fang Jie was always surrounded by beauties. Both Mu Xiaoyao and Chen Qingshan were pretty. However, their beauty wasn’t in the same category as the beauty of this girl.

After thinking for a while, Fang Jie had to admit to himself that Mu Xiaoyao and Chen Qingshan’s beauty were still within the human realm, but Mo Ningzhi’s beauty seemed to be from another world.

Although Mo Ningzhi was only wearing a low-level daoist robe, didn’t wear any accessories, and had her hair tied into a bun, she was still the most eye-catching in the area. Fang Jie didn’t observe her features closely, but he was sure that she had no shortcomings. Her skin, facial features, and figure were all perfect.

She was sitting inside this tea house, but it also felt like she wasn’t in this world.

“I know you are Fang Jie.” Mo Ningzhi was the first to speak.

She didn’t drink the tea in front of her, and she stared at Fang Jie. However, this stare wasn’t intrusive and seemed extremely pure, even though Fang Jie was sure that it wasn’t genuine. There wasn’t anger or resentment. If she was a living person, how could she not have these human emotions? After all, her life was in danger for three years because of Fang Jie.

If Fang Jie were in her position, he would want to kill the other person.

“Eh.” Fang Jie nodded.

“I know that you are curious about what I look like, just like how I’m curious about you,” Mo Ningzhi said in a calm tone.”

“You are here for me to look at you?” Fang Jie asked.

Mo Ningzhi shook her head and replied, “You need to participate in the entrance exam of the Martial Arts Academy tomorrow, right?”

“Yeah.”

“You value this opportunity, right? After all, it will determine your future.”

“Yeah.”

“Before the exam, you are still wandering on the street. It seems aimless, but you are doing this to relax and calm down before the exam, right?” Mo Ningzhi asked again.

“Yeah.” Fang Jie had to nod, but a strong sense of alertness appeared in his mind. He thought to himself, “How come this woman can guess my mind? How come this person who I have never met before knows me this well?”

“That is why I’m here.” Mo Ningzhi smiled charmingly. “I’m here to tell you that as soon as you step into the venue of the exam, I will go to your shop. Chen Qingshan probably hasn’t recovered and is still weak, and Da Quan is even more injured. Perhaps I will go as soon as you leave your home.”

Fang Jie froze for a second before shaking his head. “You wouldn’t be able to injure them. I can bring them with me.”

“Can you bring them into the venue of the exam?”

“Why don’t you target me?”

“That is dumb. If I kill you, will you feel any long-lasting pain?”

“You are here just to disturb my mind? So that I can’t focus on preparing for the exam? I have to say this; you are childish.”

“No.” Mo Ningzhi stood up and said earnestly, “I’m here for the debt. Also, I’m not in a hurry.”

After saying that, she walked out of the tea house.

Fang Jie took a deep breath and found that he couldn’t calm down anymore, even though he was sure that this girl wouldn’t do what she said and was only here to mess with him.

Fang Jie drank the tea and sighed, “Damn, I shouldn’t mess with women.”

The threatening words that Mo Ningzhi said weren’t the reason why Fang Jie was disturbed; the hidden meaning behind those words was the reason.

“You owe me, so I’m here to cause trouble for you.”