DLWAV CH56

The next afternoon, because the number of advancing participants was too small, the Martial Arts Golden Core Competition ended early. Ao Ruize naturally took first place and also obtained the main ingredient for the Spirit Cleansing Pill from the competition’s rewards.

“Good, good, good.”

“As expected of the Young Patriarch chosen at first sight by Lord Dragon Soul.”

“Today, you really won a great deal of face for us and for the Dragon Clan.”

“You have no idea how ugly the expressions of those clan heads and sect masters were at the time.”

The Dragon Clan Patriarch, snapping out of his daze, burst into loud laughter on the spot.

He originally only hoped that Ao Ruize could last a little longer in the arena and not lose too miserably. He never expected him to turn around and give them such a massive surprise.

He also wasn’t in a hurry to question how Ao Ruize managed to break through to the Peak Golden Core stage in less than a month.

After all, no one could guarantee that the walls didn’t have ears.

Ao Ruize smiled and simply said, “This is what I ought to do.”

One could easily imagine how ugly Long Tiancheng and his group’s expressions were upon seeing Ao Ruize looking so calm and completely unfazed by favor or disgrace.

But since things had come to this, they could only comfort themselves—

It didn’t matter. No matter how fast Long Ruize’s cultivation speed was, he was still only at the Golden Core stage. At least for now, any of them could crush him with just a flick of their fingers.

What’s more, Ao Ruize still had to rely on them to help him win the other three main ingredients for the Spirit Cleansing Pill.

Most importantly, who could guarantee that Long Ruize would always have such smooth sailing?

After all, throughout history, haven’t there been plenty of geniuses who died prematurely?

So, what the future held was still uncertain!

Rather than worrying about this now, they might as well focus their attention on tomorrow’s Martial Arts Nascent Soul Competition. After all, that was a great opportunity to increase their chances of competing for the position of Young Patriarch.

Thinking of this, their tightly clenched fists instantly loosened up a lot.

However, what they never expected was that the next morning, they ended up facing off against Long Jingdan and her subordinates.

And then, they were directly knocked off the arena by Long Jingdan and her group.

In the end, Long Jingdan swept through the competition like a broken bamboo, taking first place in the Nascent Soul Competition. One of her subordinates, after a life-and-death struggle, took third place.

Second place went to a disciple from the Hehuan Sect.

Then, in front of all the Dragon Clan disciples, Long Jingdan presented to Ao Ruize the two main ingredients for the Spirit Cleansing Pill that they had exchanged for, as well as the final main ingredient—which the second-place Hehuan Sect disciple had exchanged for but then handed over to them. “Young Patriarch, we did not fail our mission, and we didn’t have to trouble the Third Young Master Long and his group.”

The Third Young Master Long she mentioned was none other than Long Tiancheng.

After speaking, they didn’t forget to shoot them a mocking look.

The faces of Long Tiancheng and his group turned completely green.

This was because they had long since spread the word to everyone that Ao Ruize, this Young Patriarch, was weak in strength and had to rely on them to snatch the main ingredients for the Spirit Cleansing Pill.

Otherwise, when Ao Ruize first returned, why would so many people have given him an attitude?

But now, let alone making it into the top five of the Nascent Soul Competition, these people hadn’t even made it into the top ten, let alone helped Ao Ruize secure those three main ingredients.

One could imagine that the people in the clan were definitely already mocking them behind their backs right now, laughing at their arrogance, laughing at their haughtiness, laughing at them for shooting themselves in the foot…

They had lost completely and utterly once again!

The crux of the matter was that now, even Long Jingdan, whom they had always looked down upon in the past, had overpowered them.

How could they be willing to accept this!

But whether they were willing to accept it or not had absolutely no impact on Ao Ruize. As soon as the Patriarch and the others left, he clasped his hands behind his back and leisurely went off to find Fu Mu again.

And so that night, when Fu Mu returned to his room, he almost tripped over the pants on the floor again.

He looked up, only to see Ao Ruize sprawled out blatantly on his bed. Seeing him come in, Ao Ruize patted the empty spot next to him and said, “Sect Master Fu, come quickly.”

Most importantly, this time, he really didn’t even bother to cover himself with the blanket.

Fu Mu: “…”

Fu Mu almost lost his composure.

However, he quickly calmed down. He reached back and closed the door, trying his best to keep his gaze on Ao Ruize’s face. He said with a straight face, “Young Patriarch, do not push your luck!”

He didn’t expect that even though Ao Ruize had already advanced to Peak Golden Core, he still wasn’t satisfied and ran over to seduce him.

They had agreed that he wouldn’t do any more loss-making deals, so he definitely wouldn’t fall for Ao Ruize’s tricks again.

Ao Ruize, however, looked perfectly calm, and his glib tongue was getting sharper: “Hmm? But I came over today primarily to thank Sect Master Fu.”

“After all, if the Hehuan Sect disciples hadn’t immediately lent a helping hand earlier, it would have been impossible for me to so smoothly knock all those participants from other sects and families who tried to humiliate me off the arena. And there’s also your sect’s Fellow Daoist Li Luo. If she hadn’t secured the final main ingredient for the Spirit Cleansing Pill and traded it to the Dragon Clan, I’m afraid the Dragon Clan would have had to pay a heavy price to get it.”

If anyone said this wasn’t done under Fu Mu’s instructions, Ao Ruize absolutely wouldn’t believe it.

“Sect Master Fu’s great kindness and virtue, I really don’t know how to repay it—after all, I was born into a collateral branch of the Dragon Clan, and having just become the Young Patriarch not long ago, I truly cannot produce anything valuable from my own hands.”

Fu Mu: “…”

You can’t produce anything valuable, but could it be that the Dragon Clan can’t either?

If you went and asked the Dragon Clan Patriarch and the others for it, would they really not give it to you?

After all, you are currently the Dragon Clan’s precious darling.

Then he heard Ao Ruize continue, “I thought about it left and right, and it seems the only way is to pay with my body.”

“Otherwise, wouldn’t you, Sect Master Fu, suffer too great a loss?”

“What does Sect Master Fu think?”

Fu Mu: “…”

Fu Mu felt that Ao Ruize seemed to have changed.

But as for exactly what had changed, he couldn’t put it into words.

Then, before he could react, an ice chain wrapped around his waist again.

And then, he flew forward and pounced onto Ao Ruize’s body, and once again got a face full of Ao Ruize’s left pectoral muscle.

He looked closely… and suddenly felt that what Ao Ruize said actually didn’t seem completely unreasonable.

Even though in these two deals, the Hehuan Sect didn’t actually suffer any losses.

But the worry of a dignified Hehuan Sect Master and a Tribulation-Transcending stage ancestor was also very valuable, so he had actually still taken a loss.

Since he took a loss, he had to make up for it, right?

Thinking of this, Fu Mu suddenly calmed down.

With one hand resting on Ao Ruize’s pectoral muscle, his fingers tightening and then relaxing, he used his other hand to hook Ao Ruize’s chin, and meeting his gaze, kissed him.

Right at this moment, the voice of the Milk Dumpling suddenly rang out in Ao Ruize’s sea of consciousness again: “Xiao Ruize, Xiao Ruize, I saw that cultivator! I saw him, right on the arena of the Alchemy Golden Core Competition… It’s really Yan Chong, because I also saw Long Ruize’s former fiancée beside him… that’s your green hat [cuckoldress]…”

Speaking of this, the Milk Dumpling below the arena couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Because it hadn’t expected Ao Ruize to have such a day.

Sure enough, he who cuckolds others is always cuckolded.

Although this green hat was fake, it couldn’t change the fact that it was currently being worn on Ao Ruize’s head.

The ‘green-hatted’ Ao Ruize, who was also holding the Milk Dumpling in his arms: “…”

He suddenly felt that it was better to let the Milk Dumpling discover the truth on its own; after all, a child who hasn’t experienced the severe beatings of society won’t grow up.

Also, that cultivator actually really was Yan Chong.

Heaven knows that day he had just casually said that to brush the Milk Dumpling off.

Ao Ruize simply said: “Understood, keep an eye on him. Once you find out where he is staying now, let me know. I’ll have the Dragon Guard find a suitable opportunity to secretly capture him and bring him back.”

After saying that, he redirected his attention back to Fu Mu.

And so, the next day, Ao Ruize appeared on Fu Mu’s bed yet again.

Fu Mu, who almost tripped over his pants for the third time: “…”

Ao Ruize simply said: “Last night, my cultivation seemed to have increased a little bit again. Calculating it this way, Sect Master Fu, it seems you’ve taken a loss again.”

Fu Mu: “…”

It was still that same saying, it seemed that what Ao Ruize said actually made a bit of sense.

And so, a few seconds later, he was riding on top of Ao Ruize once again.

Right at that moment, the Milk Dumpling’s voice rang out again: “Xiao Ruize, Yan Chong ran away again…”

“It was my misunderstanding of the Dragon Guard. It wasn’t that the Dragon Guard was too weak, but rather that Yan Chong simply has too many magical treasures in his hands. The people of the Dragon Guard had already chopped off both of his arms, yet he was actually still able to use his foot to fish out a teleportation treasure and forcefully escape the Dragon Guard’s encirclement.”

“Wuwuwu, I kept an eye on him for a full half a month before finding him. Because of this, I didn’t even have time to go see my wife, and in the end, he actually managed to run away.”

“It’s too hard for me. Xiao Ruize, why are you not at home again? Where are you right now? I need your comfort.”

Ao Ruize: “…”

Is this a joke you can make right now?

Ao Ruize immediately said: “Don’t panic. Think about it, previously the Dragon Clan gathered the strength of all four clans but still couldn’t find a trace of Yan Chong. Isn’t that very strange? You have to know that even if Yan Chong has many magical treasures on him, he is still only at the Golden Core stage, so there must be someone helping him behind the scenes.”

“Moreover, this person’s background is definitely not small. Since their background is not small, it is absolutely impossible for them to be absent from this Mingxiao Tournament. Now that Yan Chong is heavily injured, barring any accidents, he should go look for this person for help.”

Under these circumstances, they could only continue to wrong Yan Chong.

The sobbing tone in the Milk Dumpling’s voice instantly vanished: “What you said seems to make a lot of sense.”

“I’ll go investigate this matter right now.”

The third day.

As soon as he entered the door, Fu Mu directly widened his stride.

Then, he perfectly dodged the pants under his feet.

Looking up again, sure enough, Ao Ruize was already lying on the bed.

Ao Ruize propped up his chin: “Didn’t I accidentally tear your pants last night, Sect Master Fu? It seems Sect Master Fu has taken a loss again…”

This time, before he could finish his words, the Milk Dumpling’s voice rang out again: “Xiao Ruize, you guessed right. There really is someone secretly helping Yan Chong, and that person is Shaorong, the Sect Master of Lingyun Sect, one of Yan Chong’s confidantes.”

“But this time, we actually let Yan Chong run away again.”

“Xiao Ruize, why are you never at home every day…”

Ao Ruize: “…”

Ao Ruize was forced to say: “What did your previous deductions say again? Yan Chong’s confidantes also include the Little Princess of the Feather Clan, the Sword Peak Master of the Spirit Medicine Sect, and the mother-daughter duo of the Third Elder of the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon Clan. Perhaps you could try to take down one of them, and then send a message to Yan Chong in their name to lure him out.”

Milk Dumpling: “Great idea!!!”

…

The ninth day.

Fu Mu politely widened his stride to step over the pants on the floor.

Ao Ruize familiarly pulled back the blanket.

Fu Mu also familiarly found a comfortable position in his arms and lay down: “Alright, let’s sleep.”

The Milk Dumpling’s voice rang out right on time: “Xiao Ruize, Yan Chong ran away again. We have already searched through more than half of the Mingxiao Continent and still couldn’t find him. Where do you think he would be right now?”

Ao Ruize continued with practiced familiarity: “Have you searched the Sword Sect? If I were Yan Chong, I would definitely hide in the Sword Sect. After all, the most dangerous place is the safest place.”

Milk Dumpling: “Makes sense…”

…

The eleventh day.

Fu Mu finally couldn’t hold back anymore: “You run over here every single day, are you really not afraid of others discovering something?”

Ao Ruize hugged him and fell back onto the bed: “Not afraid. After all, the bold die of overeating, and the timid die of starvation, isn’t that so?”

“Besides, is there anyone who can break the restrictive wards you set down, Sect Master Fu?”

However, before his voice even faded, a deafening explosion suddenly came from above their heads.

Immediately after, there was an ear-piercing sound of collision, and a large hole was suddenly smashed through the roof of the great hall by something.

Before they could clearly see what that thing was, familiar voices rang out one after another: “Yan Chong, you have no way out now. Just obediently surrender without putting up a fight.”

“Yan Chong, I refuse to believe that we’ll let you get away again this time…”

But in the next second, all these voices instantly disappeared.

Looking at the arrivals, Ao Ruize, who was currently pressing down on Fu Mu: “…”

Fu Mu, who was currently being pressed down by Ao Ruize: “…”

Yan Chong, who had been hunted down by the Dragon Clan for over a month, with tattered clothes and not a single patch of good flesh on his entire body: “…”

The Dragon Clan Patriarch and Elders, who had to personally take action this time because Yan Chong had run away every single time: “…”

The highly excited Milk Dumpling who had rushed in behind them: “…”

Long Jingdan and her group: “…”

Long Tiancheng and his group: “…”

The patriarchs and elders of the other three clans: “…”

The group of Hehuan Sect elders and disciples who rushed over at the first moment to check out the situation after hearing the commotion: “…”

There is nothing more terrifying than a sudden silence in the air!

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