24 Provoking

It was naturally easy to spot Lu Chong's unnatural reaction towards his 'acquaintance'.

Question was, why is he acting weird all of a sudden?

It didn't really take long to guess, once Lu Chong had exposed it by saying he was 'thankful to his friends for visiting', naturally, he was implying to the 3 people before him. Ran Ranxu, Lu Qing and especially him, Wang Xie (Ben Li).

Perhaps the girls would have thought nothing of his words, but how could Ben Li, an author who had written several kinds of characters, overlook the discrepancy of his character and script.

And judging by his current demeanor, Ben Li was confident to say that Lu Chong had forgotten his script and was improvising the notion of his character. Only, he was improvising the wrong character.

Ben Li knew first hand that Lu Chong hated him Wang Xie so much, he would rather drag him to hell then to live with him under the same sky.

Being aware of this, Ben Li naturally came prepared with a script of his own if ever there was a chance to encounter this ticking time bomb ever again.

But now, the script was all wrong before the play had even started. This had intrigued Ben Li into contemplating. And it really didn't take long to find out that Lu Chong had amnesia.

Ben Li couldn't help but laugh wickedly in his heart. This was all too perfect. Too good to be true! Yet, it was happening already. And Ben Li couldn't think of another play better than this.

He smiled playfully at Lu Chong who was shivering under his gaze. Thinking of the future where he would kill those who stand in his way without lifting a finger.

Today... marks the birth of the Blood Demon.

...

"Sheesh, what's up with that guy?" complained Ran Ranxu. Then she snorted. "Hmph, this just goes to show that guys can't hide their true nature. For a moment, their behaving like pure gentlemen. Then a second later, they act like total creeps! Geez, what a weirdo..."

Lu Qing was deeply speechless with Ran Ranxu. Deeply wondering what part of her young master was a total creep. Because by her opinion, her young master was always a higher level of existence. A man to be in awed in a pedestal. Driven forward with ambition to search for his destiny... Or at least that's what Wang Xie told her when they first met...

Her second opinion of her young master would be that he was just the saddest guy in the bunch in the sky. No friends to hang out and forced with a burden he didn't want.

He was a man devoid of philosophy.

While Lu Qing was patiently waiting for her young master, Ran Ranxu grew more and more irritated. Crossing her arms with her pretty face scowling, brows twitching and her foot tapping the floor in dormant bitch Morse code.

Eventually, she just gave up being frustrated over nothing and decided to find out what was going on in the other side.

She came forward, leaned on the door, pressed her ear on the door and sweep her Spiritual sense to amplify her cognition. And already, she can hear the muffled murmurs getting clearer and clearer.

But just before she could make out the contents, the door abruptly opened and she fell forward with a surprise yelp. And before her body could thud the floor, Ben Li caught her with his arms.

The next moment was rather too sudden and romantic for Ran Ranxu. Being caught as she fell into someone's arms, it was like those fairytales where the angel fell from the Heavens down to the earth, only to be caught by a mortal prince who was infatuated by her beauty.

She blushed pink thinking of those embarrassing stories happening to her while Ben Li only scowled and somewhat lamented having met this lass.

Why does this lass keep triggering flags? Is it because she's Tsudere?

Ben Li sighed and forced his thoughts away. Lifting Ran Ranxu up to her feet and walked out of the room.

"Let's go, Lu Chong." he called out.

"Yes, I'm coming." Lu Chong hurried out and followed Ben Li, walking by his side with a subservient attitude.

"Huh?" Only then did Ran Ranxu regain her senses and watched blankly at Ben Li walking out with Lu Qing following him.

With only her standing out in the open, she suddenly felt awkward under the atmosphere.

"What the hell? Wait for me, you jerks!" left with little choice, Ran Ranxu decided to join their group.

...

"Lu Qing, go back to the residence with Lu Chong and prepare him his room and clothes of his own. If he needs anything, do your best to accommodate him. Understood?"

"I understand, young master." Lu Qing replied.

"Good. That will be all then. You two may go now." Ben Li said as she ordered her to start her assignment. She left with Lu Chong following her after bowing and bidding goodbye.

Leaving behind only him and Ran Ranxu as a pair. They exchanged glances at each other silently for a moment before Ran Ranxu broke the silence and said. "Alright, I think I've wasted too much time with you worthless idiots. I'm gonna go now so goodbye and hope I never have to meet you again."

She waved her hand goodbye and began walking out.

"Wait a minute." Ben Li called which made her turn back with a frown.

"What? What do you want?"

"What do you mean what do I want? You know exactly what I want."

"Huh?" Ran Ranxu was confounded. "I don't know what you want and I'm not interested in knowing! Stop wasting my time already!"

She huffed and left stomping her feet as she walked away. But Ben Li rushed towards and grabbed her arm, stopping her in the process.

"What now?!" she shouted rudely while pulling her arm away.

"I want you." Ben Li simpered.

"What?!"

"I said, I want you." Ben Li repeated again.

Ran Ranxu blinked her eyes as she couldn't understand what she just heard before turning cold-hearted and gave him a dark look.

"Look, creep. Don't push your luck on me, okay. One more nonsense from your mouth and I'll send you straight to hell!" she threatened menacingly. But Ben Li didn't mind her threats and said.

"But I wasn't spouting nonsense, it was the truth. Remember that I gave you my Natal Flame? Everything I have to say to you has to be the tru--" He didn't get to finish talking as Ran Ranxu whipped out a black colored great sword from thin air and swiped its sharp blade down on ben Li's forehead.

Ben Li dodged her attack as his body flickered while he sidestepped. Appearing 10 meters away from where he stood.

"Relax, lass." Ben Li tried to calm her down. "If you got offended, then let me apologize."

"Shut up already!" she bellowed in anger and drove her Qi throughout her whole body.

BOOM! The aura of an Advanced stage Foundation Formation Cultivator had been unleashed, followed by an uncontrolled Sword aura surging out from her body.

In a split-second, Ran Ranxu swipe her sword down and sent a powerful SwordQi directly at Ben Li.

Ben Li tensed up and summoned his strength. Driving his Qi throughout his body.

BOOM! 12 different auras appeared out of nowhere together with the released aura of a 12 Gates Practitioner.

Ben Li surge his Qi forward and conjured a Qi Barrier before him to block the incoming SwordQi. When the SwordQi collided with the barrier...

Tsang! A deafening crisp sound reverberated loudly, followed by sounds of glass shattering into bits.

Ben Li's Qi Barrier was shattered from the blow yet it managed to block the SwordQi targeting him. But it wasn't over as he could see, the tip of her sword was right in front of him. Stabbed out to perforate his head!

Immediately after shooting a SwordQi, Ran Ranxu rushed forward hiding behind the SwordQi as it dismantles his Qi Barrier and slips her sword into the gaps of his defense to launch a killing move.

Faced with the next attack, Ben Li squinted his eyes and inhaled sharply. His blood began to seethe in power and evoke the latent strength of his physical body. Making his fair face glow red with his nerves bulging out.

Boil, Blood Energy!

As his Blood energy began to seethe throughout his body, Ran Ranxu's began to move slow in his perception. Watching it come for him as it crosses inch by inch.

Immediately, he whipped out his Glaive.