Chapter 8
[Hehe… fine! I'll tell you something else! Although this world practices Dou Qi, you can still practice your techniques because the system automatically converts Dou Qi into the spiritual energy of Earth.]
Decisively, he spent 250 SP and bought the b.l.o.o.d.y Cutter after he locked the Demonslayer Sword. He got up from his bed and summoned the b.l.o.o.d.y Cutter for some quick practice.
"How is this a cleaver?" Yang Lei was speechless. It was larger than his waist! It would be more suitable to call it a… yeah, never mind, it's a cleaver. It's just a really large cleaver.
After swinging it around for a while to get the hang of it, Yang Lei de-summoned it and went to sleep.
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[Bounty of Order: Protecting the City
Objective: Subdue the Great Treasure Thief!
Hint: Black Rock City
Reward: 2,000 SP]
[Bounty of Chaos: Raiding Treasures
Objective: Steal 10 Heavenly Treasures!
Hint: Great Treasure Thief
Reward: 2,000 SP]
[Subpage, Bounty Page, unlocked!]
Yang Lei was woken up by the system. "Yawn~! Bounty? Cute…" He stretched as he unsteadily made his way to the bathroom.
"Pah!" Yang Lei's eyes widened as he spat, "Wait, what? Bounty?" He hurriedly pulled up the Bounty Page. His eyes widened as he read the information. 2000 SP for each Quest? Sweet!
He quickly finished his business in the bathroom and hurried out of his room. He ordered breakfast for two and began eating. As he was shoveling the last bite into his mouth, someone sat down next to him.
"Ah, brother Xiao! I ordered one for you too! You gotta eat! You're too skinny! Man, what are they feeding you in this world?" Yang Lei pushed the other plate that he had ordered towards Xiao Yan who had just arrived at the inn.
"Uh, I ate already…w-with Xun Er…" Xiao Yan blushed and looked away when Yang Lei gave him a knowing look. He stammered, "It was just eating together! Nothing else!"
"I didn't even say anything," Yang Lei shook his head. They were both 15 years old. Why was there such a stark difference between them? "So," he began eating his second plate of food, "where's sister-in-law?"
"I told her to wait for us outside," Xiao Yan smiled when he heard the words, 'sister-in-law'.
"Well, can't have her waiting, can we?" Yang Lei wiped his mouth when he finished the food. Although the Dou Qi Continent had good, cheap, food, it was greasy as f*ck, man…
"By the way," he whispered, "You can only have one girl because I'm not going to bring other people's harems around for them…"
"Yeah, I only like Xun Er anyways," Xiao Yan was unfazed. He didn't plan on getting any other girls.
Yang Lei paid a little tip and walked out of the inn with his martial brother. He squinted his eyes and whistled when he saw the woman waiting outside. He nodded his head and said, "Is this Xun Er? d.a.m.n, you've got great taste!"
Xiao Yan swallowed his saliva as he followed his brother's eyes to a busty woman standing to the left of the door. His eyes popped out as he ogled at the huge b.r.e.a.s.t.s…
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!" He suddenly felt someone fiercely pulling his right ear. "Who dares to- X-Xun Er! Um…"
Hearing the commotion, Yang Lei turned around and noticed Xiao Yan being abused by a girl.
"Hey, how dare you hit on my brother! He already has someone in his heart!" Yang Lei joked. He obviously knew that this was the real Xun Er.
"Really?" Xun Er's eyes narrowed like small crescent moons. "Who is it?"
"It's yo-" Xiao Yan frantically tried to answer her.
"It's that busty woman over there. Her name is Xun Er. Isn't my brother so cool?" Yang Lei screwed Xiao Yan over with his 'harmless' joke.
"Ah, I see. Yes, your brother is so cool! I also think someone needs to be punished…" Xun Er nodded her cute head understandingly as she twisted Xiao Yan's ear even harder and almost reached the realm of 360 degrees, a full rotation.
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Xun Er! Xun Er!" Xiao Yan cried in grief. He was framed! Framed! He sobbed as his crush furiously pulled his ear.
"I'm Yang Lei, nice to meet you," Yang Lei chuckled and extended his hand to Xun Er.
"Xiao Xun Er, you can call me Xun Er," Xun Er giggled and shook his hand with her free hand.
'Wow, smooth and silky!' Yang Lei thought in admiration. However, he didn't have any l.u.s.tful thoughts. This was his brother's woman and real brothers respect each other.
"I can see why brother Xiao has set his heart on you…" Yang praised. He was proud of his brother.
"Thank you. So you are the brother Yang that Xiao Yan ge-ge told me about?" She playfully smiled as she finally let go of Xiao Yan's ear.
"Yes, he's my GOOD brother Yang," Xiao Yan rubbed his reddened ear and glared at Yang Lei, "Such a GOOD brother!"
"Alright, enough," Yang Lei waved his hands. He said, "Xun Er, Brother Xiao and I have something important to tell you. Let's go somewhere private, ok?"
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"So you're saying that you're from a different world? And Xiao Yan ge-ge is too?" Xun Er narrowed her eyes at Xiao Yan and Yang Lei. "Now, you also want me to go with you to this 'Earth'?"
"Mhm," The martial brothers nodded in tandem. They sweated nervously in antic.i.p.ation of her response.
"First of all, Xiao Yan ge-ge, why didn't you tell me this before?" Xun Er looked at Xiao Yan.
"…" He swallowed nervously. "Y-you might not even believe me even if I did tell you back then…"
"I can't go with you…" Xun Er said after a while. Tears slowly fell from her eyes as she began to cry.
"What's the matter?" Xiao Yan was alarmed. What was going on? He pulled Xun Er onto his lap and tried to calm her down, "What's going on, Xun Er?"
"I… I need to tell you something too… Xun Er shook her head in distress. She bit her lip and whispered, "My ident.i.ty… I am from the Gu Clan… I was sent to get something from the Xiao clan…"
"Sent to get something from the Xiao clan…" Xiao Yan repeated the words quietly.
"The Tou She Ancient G.o.d Jade…" Xun Er closed her eyes gently as her eyelashes trembled.
"Oh, Xun Er, I knew you had a powerful and mysterious background… Were those feelings between us fake? Were they just an act to get closer to me? Were they?" Xiao Yan felt as if his heart was shattered.
The girl whom he had loved. The girl who had helped him during his hard times. The girl who had quietly supported him even during his downfall.
"No, they are real…" she whispered, "but, I can't just leave my clan like this…"
"Fine. I'll just… you can stay…" Xiao Yan closed his eyes when he said this. His heart was shattering yet, he chose to conceal it from her.
"Xiao Yan ge-ge! I'll… ask my clan for permission…" Xun Er knew that the chance of the clan agreeing was close to zero. But still, she wanted to at least try.
"Fine…" Xiao Yan repeated. He opened his eyes, revealing the darkness within, "Go ask your clan. I'll wait for you here in three years."
He got up and walked out, leaving Yang Lei and Xun Er together. Feeling the awkward atmosphere, Yang Lei tried to calm her down.
"Just give brother Xiao some time. He's just a little emotional now…" Yang Lei tried to smile.
���No, it is my fault," Xun Er shook her head bitterly. Her cheeks were stained with her tears. She got up and said, "I'll leave now."
Looking at her disappearing figure, Yang Lei sighed. "Really, what is going on?" He got up and used a function of the system to track down Xiao Yan.
When he finally found him, Yang Lei was surprised. He wasn't drowning his sorrows with wine… He was refining pills like a madman? He watched silently on the side as Xiao Yan slowly refined a pill under the careful guidance of Yao Lao.
"Throw in the Blood Clotting Gra.s.s!" Yao Lao instructed.
However, once the Blood Clotting Gra.s.s was thrown in, Xiao Yan couldn't control the flame in time. The fire blazed upwards and in the blink of an eye, the stalk of Blood Clotting Gra.s.s had burned into a pile of ash and the cauldron's unique mechanism expelled it out of the cauldron.
"Continue," Yao Lao encouraged. Normally, he would be indifferent, but Xiao Yan's current emotional state was highly unstable. In fact, he had even advised against him learning alchemy at this time.
Xiao Yan once again threw in another Blood Clotting Gra.s.s. This time, the herb persisted in the fire for a while, but ultimately turned into a pile of ashes.
"The temperature is too high!" Xiao Yan gritted his teeth.
"Uh, can I join in?" Yang Lei finally spoke.
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Author's Note: Yang Lei's going to get some girls in the next few chapters! Yay... Sorry for the slow beginning... Don't worry, MCs of other worlds will only have 1 or no girls at all while Yang Lei takes all for the win!
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