Hua Tingxuan didn't care about being hit on the head. On the contrary, he raised the corner of his mouth with enjoyment - he enjoyed the little intimate actions with his senior brother so much.
So the big man surnamed Hua, whose actual soul was over a hundred years old and who had already accomplished the feat of dominating the three worlds of humans, demons, and monsters, followed Chu Danfeng with his short legs, and asked in a baby voice as he walked, "Brother, is that Li Ban the evil man who harmed you?"
Chu Danfeng: "...How do you know?"
Hua Tingxuan said calmly, "I heard it from Fang Qingya."
Chu Danfeng said seriously: "There is an order of seniority. He is your fourth senior brother, how can you call him by his name?" But he silently complained in his heart: Fang is such a big mouth. However, that incident is known to everyone and it is not a secret.
At that time, when Chu Danfeng was a teenager and had achieved Dan, he was the best among the younger generation of disciples in Shuangji Sect. He was in the limelight and led a team to eliminate evil spirits, and Li Ban was in the team.
It was a demon monster, whose cultivation was much higher than expected, equivalent to a Nascent Soul cultivator, but it was impossible for it to escape in the middle of a battle, so everyone decided to work together to set up a formation to fight it.
Everything was originally ready, but unexpectedly, something went wrong with Li Ban. A corner of the magic circle was missing, and Chu Danfeng, who was at the center of the formation, had to distract himself to fill it. In the end, although he managed to maintain the formation, Chu Danfeng suffered a backlash, his cultivation level regressed a great level, and his golden elixir shattered on the spot.
After returning to the sect, Li Ban argued that he did not do it on purpose and that it was all his fault because he was not skilled enough and he was willing to accept the punishment.
But this kind of thing, is it a deliberate plan or just out of his ability? It's all he did with his mouth. Although Li Ban was punished in the end, Chu Danfeng was devastated - Dantian is the foundation for practitioners to mobilize the true energy of the sea of qi. Once it is damaged, the path to cultivation is almost cut off and there is no way forward.
"Brother, do you hate him?" Hua Tingxuan pulled Chu Danfeng back from his memories.
Hate it? It would be a lie to say that he didn't hate it at all, but that was actually the plot arranged by the system. Without Li Ban, there would be Zhang Ban, Wang Ban, Zhao Ban... However, the shattering of the golden elixir was really painful. Now when he thought about it, he could still remember the tearing pain in his lower abdomen, as if an invisible big hand had pulled all his internal organs together, and then crushed them one by one. Even the system used the highest authority to block 50% of the pain, but it was useless. He still fainted from the pain.
It is so difficult to complete the task. Tsk, there is no such thing as easy in the adult world.
However, Chu Danfeng didn't want to talk about such a heavy topic with the child, so he avoided the main point and said, "It's Li Ban who hates me. Every time I meet him, he is weird and I don't know how I have offended him."
Hua Tingxuan suddenly asked: "Brother, does Li Ban have a direct descendant senior brother named Liu Yanbai?"
When this name was mentioned, Chu Danfeng's face changed immediately. He was obviously unwilling to talk more, and when asked again, he just said "He is a pervert."
After thinking for a while, Chu Danfeng added with concern: "If you meet him, stay away from him."
When Hua Tingxuan heard his senior brother scolding Liu Yanbai as a pervert, he seemed a little happy, but then he frowned worriedly, with a complicated look on his face, wanting to say something but stopping himself. If this look was on an adult, it might be solemn and deep, but when a little kid made such an expression... he deserved a beating, and people would want to pinch his chubby little face.
Chu Danfeng was itching to do something and actually took action.
Xiao Hua Tingxuan's face was pouty from being pinched, and his voice was deformed: "Brother, if anyone bullies you, I will avenge you!"
Chu Danfeng let go and ruffled the little tuft of hair on his head before he said, "Tsk, I don't ask you to support me, but just don't repay kindness with enmity in the future."
What does "never repay kindness with enmity" mean? Why did my senior brother suddenly say such a thing for no reason
Hua Tingxuan was particularly sensitive because he felt guilty. He swallowed the words and chewed them over and over again. Suddenly, he thought of his senior brother's abnormal behavior since his rebirth. It seemed that an answer was about to come out, but he didn't dare to think about it too much. He just stood there in a daze, his hands and feet feeling cold.
Senior Brother... Could it be that he is also... No! Absolutely not! If he still remembers the mistakes I made in the past and the humiliations I have humiliated him, he will definitely not forgive me!
No, this is impossible. There is only one soul bead, and one must carry the spirit body through the space-time gate. But at that time, my brother's soul had clearly been scattered...
"What are you daydreaming about?" Chu Danfeng tapped the child on the head with a fan bone in his hand. "Let's hurry up. If we walk faster, we might still have time to buy some preserved fruits at Zhang's shop in Huayang Town."
Hua Tingxuan raised his head and saw Chu Danfeng winking at him heartlessly, and said proudly: "Don't worry about the money, your senior brother and I are a frequent visitor to his house, I can buy on credit!"
… No matter how I look at it, I don’t have the deep hatred and bitterness that a reborn person should have. Maybe I’m just worrying too much.
Li Ban and Tang Yingdong and several other junior sisters went with him, but they took another route, flying their swords straight to Huanyi Mountain. The major sects and families also divided their territories. They looked after the ordinary people in their respective territories, exorcised demons and monsters for them, and maintained peace in the area. In return, they also enjoyed the resources in the territory.
Although Huanyi Mountain is not as rich in spiritual energy as Shuangji Sect, it stretches for thousands of miles. Countless exotic flowers and plants grow in the deep mountains. It depends on whether you have the ability to pick them.
Li Ban had only spoken out to cause trouble for Chu Danfeng. In fact, he had regretted it since Tang Yingdong was assigned the task of 'looking for the soapwood'.
But after actually setting out on the road, his intestines were almost broken.
This mission was just as tedious and troublesome as expected. He had to search the huge Huanyi Mountain with only a compass. Not only did he find nothing after walking for half a day, but he also had to listen to the chattering of the female cultivators, and the object of their gossip was Chu Danfeng, the person he disliked the most.
"I didn't expect that Senior Brother Chu would look so handsome after changing out of that pitch-black robe."
"It's not just about the clothes. He looks much better and can smile now."
"Maybe his mood has changed. He seems to be much more open-minded when I met him this time. Hey, everyone says that Senior Brother Chu's personality is not likable. In fact, he is just unlucky. Who would encounter such a thing—"
Before she could finish her words, her companion pulled her arm hard. The female cultivator immediately stuck out her tongue and shut up. Several fellow sisters from Kunduan Peak looked at Li Ban guiltily.
To this day, there are rumors in the Shuangji Sect that "Li Ban deliberately framed Chu Danfeng." After all, the two have always been at odds. To be precise, it was Li Ban who unilaterally disliked Chu Danfeng.
Li Ban did not shy away from saying, "Chu Danfeng is such an ignorant person. Apart from his good looks, what else is there to recommend him?"
Tang Yingdong couldn't help but ask: "Brother Li, why do you hate Chu...Chu Danfeng so much?"
A fellow junior sister added swiftly, "Because he's a bootlicker? Or because he doesn't understand the ways of the world, only cares about cultivation, and is too utilitarian?"
Li Ban shook his head, his eyes complicated, "Because he doesn't know how to appreciate it, he's not worthy of me at all... Besides, I also hate his girlish appearance, a boy with a feminine appearance, disgusting!"
Tang Yingdong disagreed and said bluntly: "Senior Brother Chu is handsome, but not feminine. It is unfair for Senior Brother Li to say that—"
But before he could finish his words, a giant beast with a strange appearance suddenly jumped out of the dense forest, roaring loudly, and when you look closely, you will find that its eye sockets are empty, with only two balls of black air, staring at the group of people fiercely and blocking their way.
"It's a Yao beast! It's something from the demon world, how could it appear here?"
"Ahhh, this level of difficulty isn't even an entry-level mission!"
"Huanyi Mountain is nourished by the spiritual veins of the Shuangji Sect, so how could a monster from the demon world appear there? What attracted it?"
At this moment, Li Ban suddenly screamed in pain, his body swelled up like an inflated air, and his disciple uniform was torn in an instant, revealing an arm surrounded by black air. The aura was exactly the same as that of the monster. Several female disciples screamed.
Because he was carrying a burden, Chu Danfeng did not succeed in buying the preserved fruits. The little guy walked slowly and often yelled that he could not walk, and insisted on begging Chu Danfeng to hold him.
Although Chu Danfeng is a cultivator, he is only at the foundation-building stage. It is unrealistic for him to use his true energy and pinch magic formulas to hold the child. And his little junior brother didn't know what he ate to grow up. He didn't look fat and was small, but his skeleton was very strong. The heavy weight was really strenuous. Chu Danfeng still had the energy to hold the child and walk at the beginning, but his strength was gradually exhausted. In the end, as soon as Hua Tingxuan cried out that he was tired, the two of them would rest on the spot. The exhausted senior brother Chu let the child climb on him and kiss and hug him and act coquettishly with an expressionless face. His resigned and fatalistic spirit was very much like a young parent whose edges had been smoothed out by life.
As a result, a lot of time was wasted along the way, and by the time we could see the smoke from Taohua Village in the distance, it was already dusk.
"Luckily we didn't miss the lodging. If we were any later, we would have to find a cave to spend the night." Chu Danfeng breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to tell the child to walk faster, he suddenly stopped and pressed Hua Tingxuan's little head, whispering, "Concentrate your breath and don't move."
After a while, Chu Danfeng finally let go of his hand. Hua Tingxuan asked knowingly, "Brother, what's wrong?"
"There is a demonic aura," Chu Danfeng frowned, "but for some reason, that thing seemed to be afraid of something. It disappeared without a trace as soon as it appeared. It can't be that it is afraid of us..."
Today, Hua Tingxuan is still a little kid who hasn't drawn Qi into his body, and Chu Danfeng is only at the foundation-building stage. Chu Danfeng doesn't believe that he can scare the monster to such an extent.
Hua Tingxuan, who had just scared the monster away, hugged Chu Danfeng's thighs exaggeratedly and said in a trembling voice: "Xuan'er is scared."
Chu Danfeng sighed silently. Even if he was the male protagonist, he was just a baby now. How could he not be afraid? After all, he was the child he had raised for two lifetimes. Chu Danfeng felt soft in his heart. He put his arms around his junior brother's back and patted him twice: "Don't be afraid, Senior Brother is here. Now that that thing is gone, let's take this opportunity to change our clothes and go back into Taohua Village."
Hua Tingxuan was enjoying hugging her thighs and asked casually, "Why?"
Although it's a bit shameless to think so, what if? Chu Danfeng coughed lightly and said, "If the monster finds out that we are disciples of the immortal sect, it will be afraid and probably won't show up. Let's hide our identities and restrain our aura so as not to alert the monster."
Hua Tingxuan nodded obediently: "Remember, restrain your breath."
Chu Danfeng thought to himself that I was the one who was restraining my aura, so why should a little kid like you restrain your aura? However, he did not discourage the child's enthusiasm. He took out regular clothes from the mustard bag, and the two of them changed into them before entering Taohua Village.
It seemed that they arrived not too late, and the monster had not started to cause trouble on a large scale. Taohua Village was still peaceful and crowded with people. Under the peach trees, there were villagers coming out to enjoy the cool air after dinner in groups of three or four, but most of them were women, children and the elderly, and there were almost no young and strong laborers.
Seeing that there were outsiders visiting, several children gathered around curiously. Even though the two had changed into casual clothes, they still had extraordinary temperaments. One had red lips and white teeth, and the other was delicate and beautiful. They were very different from the villagers. The children had never seen such handsome people, and they did not dare to speak. They just stared at them eagerly. Chu Danfeng smiled and said, "Does anyone know where the village chief is?"
A little boy about the same age as Hua Tingxuan, with two snotty noses, pointed at the old man who was enjoying the cool under the tree and said, "That's him!"
The old man was also looking at them, so Chu Danfeng approached him and bowed in a friendly manner: "Old man, we missed our place of residence due to our hassle on the road. Can we stay here for one night?"
The old man squinted his eyes and looked at him. He thought that this young man was a nobleman who was out for fun. He shook his head and said, "We are a simple family. We can't entertain a noble."
Chu Danfeng: "I just want a place to rest. Please be flexible, old man."
"It's not that I don't want to keep you. Taohua Village has been in turmoil lately. There are evil spirits causing troubles and several men have died. Especially a young man like you who is fair and tender. I advise you to go back to where you came from and leave quickly!"
Chu Danfeng pulled the little boy Hua Tingxuan out and pushed him in front of the old man. He said in a good-tempered manner, "It's okay for me, a grown man, but my son is young and I'm afraid he can't stand it. Please be kind and give me some money."
Hua Tingxuan raised his little head in shock, his pair of dark eyes widened.
Dog
Dog…son???!