Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Xu Que and his group decided to stay in the backyard of the Ji Family after all.
This was the territory of the Dark Shadow Pagoda Sect. The Ji Family only occupied a part of it, and this backyard was where some of the outstanding younger generations of the Ji Family lived.
After Xu Que and the others had arranged to stay, the Ji Family sent someone over to serve them. Ostensibly, this person was sent to serve them, but in reality he’d been given a kind of supervisory role to keep an eye on the guests and prevent them from running around on the premises and being noticed by the Drug God of the Divine Farmer Clan.
Obviously, this had been arranged by Ji Qinghan. She hadn’t reported the news about Xu Que’s group arriving and had decided single-handedly to keep it under wraps.
Ji Wuyun also felt stressed about this situation, but, for the safety of the Ji Family, he could only pretend not to know anything about what was going on. In order to show how sorry he was to his guests, he’d come to inform Xu Que specifically that the magic items he had lent Xu Que’s father didn’t need to be returned.
Xu Que had never even entertained the thought of returning them, but he still had to be polite, so he embraced Ji Wuyun and spouted some words that seemed to come from the bottom of his heart.
“Brother Ji, the saying goes that if one returns what one borrows, it won’t be difficult if one needs to borrow again. The things my father borrowed must be returned. If you don’t let my father return them, you are looking down on our Xu Family,” Xu Que was firm and unyielding and spoke with conviction.
Ji Wuyun was stunned by Xu Que’s intensity, and he felt as if Xu Que was about to stab him if he didn’t let Xu Que’s father return the Celestial Artifact.
In desperation, Ji Wuyun could only smile bitterly and nod, “Since Brother Xu thinks that…”
PAH!
Before he could finish his sentence, Xu Que suddenly placed one hand heavily on Ji Wuyun’s shoulder and gave him a warm hug, “My good brother, you don’t have to say anymore. I understand you. Seeing how sincere you are, I’ll reluctantly accept this kind offer on behalf of my father, and he can keep the artifact.”
Xu Que had a rueful expression. Pointing at Ji Wuyun, he shook his head and said, “I really don’t know how to describe you. I’ve never met such a generous person. I’ll take you as my brother.”
“Eh?” Ji Wuyun suddenly felt a little confused and was dazed for a moment before reacting and accepting this offer. He nodded in confusion and laughed, “My good brother.”
As he left Xu Que, his mind was still trying to grasp what had happened just now.
Buttface, Duan Jiude, and the others witnessed this scene and were all speechless.
“No way. With regard to shamelessness and swindling, no one could compare to Xu Que.”
“Invincible!”
“Awesome!”
Buttface and Duan Jiude gave Xu Que a huge thumbs-up.
Mo Junchen shook his head and smiled, already accustomed to Xu Que, Duan Jiude, and Buttface, and no longer surprised by their behavior.
Liu Jingning sat quietly on the side, looking from time to time to the similarly quiet Zixia Fairy, who was also looking at Liu Jingning from time to time.
This atmosphere around these two women was strange. It was as if two little wildcats were eyeing each other, ready to fight.
“Okay, let’s go back to our own rooms and rest here for two days,” Xu Que saw that something was wrong and hurriedly rushed everyone away.
No one had asked many questions about him changing his mind and his decision to stay.
After all, everyone was clear that the Drug God of the Divine Farmer Clan was not a threat to them at all. When Xu Que suddenly said that he wanted to stay, according to his past behavior, they knew that he was up to no good.
But since he didn’t say anything about it, Mo Junchen didn’t ask much.
Liu Jingning and Zixia Fairy gazed at each other, not bothering about what Xu Que wanted to do.
In their eyes, it seemed as if Xu Que’s plan was not as important as their current staring battle.
That day, the backyard of the Ji Family was calm.
…..
The main hall of the Ji Family residence was really lively. Almost all of the important members of the Ji Family were present, ready to meet the Drug God of the Divine Farmer Clan. Even the other influential figures of the Dark Shadow Pagoda Sect had come to meet the Drug God in person.
“I’ve heard of the reputation of the Drug God for such a long time, and today I finally have a chance to meet you. It’s really an honor for me.” The voice of the Master of the Chang Family of the Dark Shadow Pagoda Sect rang out.
He laughed heartily and made great strides across the room, but the eyes of everyone in the main hall were focused on the middle-aged man beside him.
“What’s going on? How did the Drug God get together with the Master of the Chang Family?” In the main hall, Ji Qinghan’s expression suddenly changed.
It should have been her who personally welcomed the Drug God but, because of Xu Que and the others, she’d rushed back to arrange their residence as well as conceal their whereabouts. She’d missed the opportunity to welcome the Drug God and could only wait in the main hall.
However, she’d taken care to send other members of the Ji Family to greet the Drug God, and she hadn’t expected the Master of the Chang Family to appear.
For a long time in the Dark Shadow Pagoda Sect, the Chang Family was the biggest rival of the Ji Family. When Ji Wufeng had lost the position of Divine Son due to his sickness, it was subsequently taken away by Chang Wuwei, the younger generation of the Chang Family!
Now that the Ji Family was pinning all their hopes on the Drug God, him coming together with the Master of the Chang Family caused the faces of the Ji Family to darken.
Several other influential figures of the Dark Shadow Pagoda Sect who were originally on the Ji Family’s side also frowned at this moment.
“Well, you are all here, what a coincidence! I was just about to go out and bumped into the Drug God. We’ve hit it off well right from the start and had a good conversation!” At this time, the head of the Chang Family walked into the main hall and looked at the Ji Family in surprise, his eyes full of mockery.
Although the Drug God had the face of a middle-aged man, he had an extraordinary temperament and was elegant, which was quite remarkable. At this moment, he was expressionless. As he entered the main hall with the head of the Chang Family, he didn’t once make eye contact with the Ji Family.
This made the hearts of the Ji Family sink.
When the Drug God had previously talked to them about things, their conversation had been full of laughter. Today, from his attitude, it was evident that something must be wrong.
“Sir, you must be tired after traveling here,” Ji Qinghan couldn’t be bothered to guess what was wrong and hurriedly came forward to welcome the Drug God to his seat with a smile.
After which, a strange atmosphere fell upon the main hall.
The Master of the Chang Family kept saying irrelevant words to praise the Drug God. When the Ji Family intentionally directed the conversation toward curing illness, they were always interrupted by the Master of the Chang Family.
What made the Ji Family despair was that the Drug God had actually answered all the useless questions of the Master of the Chang Family. For the whole day, everyone only talked about unimportant matters and never talked about the important ones.
It was only as night fell that the main hall became calm.
The Drug God had arranged to stay in the backyard of the Chang Family. The Ji Family seemed to have guessed what was going on, and all of their expressions were overcast. The Master of the Ji Family had an especially dark expression.
This wasn’t the first time something like this had happened, but this time it concerned the Divine Son position of Ji Wufeng, as well as the position of the Ji Family in the Dark Shadow Pagoda Sect. Nothing could go wrong.
In the end, the Ji Family, including Ji Qinghan and Ji Wuyun, left the main hall frowning. As the elders of the Ji Family left, it was evident that this matter could only be discussed internally.
At the same time, the Ji Family’s backyard, which had been calm for a day, began to have some activity.
In the dark of night, a dog and an old man snuck over to Xu Que’s room.
The three of them cast a Concealing Spell and, isolating their breathing and voices, sat down face to face and began to talk in low voices.
Gradually, their voices became louder, as if they were in some sort of dispute. They were engaged in a heated argument, especially Duan Jiude, whose veins were bulging on his neck as he was shouting hysterically.
