Chapter 18: Herbs (1)

"I should ask to that girl If she know something about those herbs..."

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At the sect's treasury.

Silence was reigning in the room as the old Meng Wu Ya slept, only his snores were breaking the treasury's soundless harmony. But soon, something else disrupted this balance too: Mo Fan loudly opening the doors. "Hey, old man, it's morning!"

"Huh, who's there..." the old fart said, without realizing who abruptly woke him up as he was still sleepy. "Is it you, Xia Ning Chang?"

"Yes, it's me, master," Mo Fan replied, trying to imitate the mentioned girl's voice, failing to do so as Meng Wu Ya immediately recognised him. "You golden-haired scoundrel! Don't tarnish her beautiful voice like that!"

"And why the hell did you wake me up for?!" Meng Wu Ya yelled out of anger.

"Well..." Mo Fan began, hesitating a bit "I just wanted to ask you where could I find your disciple?"

"You aren't going to f*ck her and not even meet her, so it's better for you to scram right now or..." the old fart got up from his chair and sinisterly advanced towards the golden haired kid with slow but strong steps. "Today you'll meet your parents again, understood?"

Meng Wu Ya was then about to place his hands on the boy's shoulders, when this intercepted those. "Sorry, old man, but this is a matter of life and death for me, so I demand to see Xia Ning Chang"

Seeing the look of anger directed to him by the old man due to his words, Mo Fan continued speaking before the former could do so "Don't worry, treasurer Meng, i am only going to ask her something related to alchemy, i won't lay even a finger on her i promise"

"There's no need to disturb her for your futile questions! Just read a goofamn book about basic herbs and you'll find your stupid answer!" Meng Wu Ya shouted still angered.

"But-" and just when he was about to respond to the old man's delirum, the beautiful sound of one of the best instruments in the world started playing: Xia Ning Chang had returned to the treasury. "What's going on here, master?"

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"This scoundrel wanted to dual cultivate with you! I was just about to give him a lesson, care to join me?" The old treasurer said, trying to kick out Mo Fan as soon as possible as he knew that if his disciple heard that he wanted to ask something related to alchemy, she would have accepted straight away. He couldn't permit any guy near her!

"Don't believe this old fart even though he's your master, Xia Ning Chang, you know that he doesn't like anyone near you at all" the golden haired kid started counterattacking "Isn't it his fault that you've never had friends?"

"N-" just as Xia Ning Chang started talking, she was interrupted by her master "Don't listen to him, Chang'er! What can a weak untalented ant, who's despised by everyone, know anything about friendship!"

Mo Fan was already tired to talk with such a stupid sement old man and wanted to left the treasure but since it was for his cultivation's sake, he couldn't give up. "I may be weak, but unlike you, old man, I have a friend"

"No, I have a best friend, which Xia Ning Chang should know very well as she's quite interested in him" the golden haired kid continued, trying to make the old man even more infuriated, trying to make him lose its logic entirely.

Xia Ning Chang was as red as a tomato in that moment as she knew whom he referred to since she often saw them together while 'monitoring' Yang Kai.

And just as he thought, his plan worked. "You're gonna tell me who's this cunt immediately or I'll really make you meet your parents once again" Meng Wu Ya angrily yelled, elevating the boy from the ground with his Qi only.

"I don't certainly want my only friend to die, so i am sorry, but I'll have to refuse this request of yours" Mo Fan said, absolutely calm as he knew that the old man couldn't kill him as he was the only decent blacksmith of the sect.

"You think you're smart right? Well, you aren't!" The old treasurer was now speaking without an ounce of logic just like the golden haired kid wanted. "Because I already know this person is! It's Yang Kai!"

At the mention of his name, the little female alchemist became even more red. "I-I d-don't like him at a-all..." she stuttered, her voice being so low that it went unheard by everyone in the room.

"Now, I am gonna go and break that ant in t-" Meng Wu Ya was continuing to yell before Mo Fan interrpted him, "You see what I meant, Xia Ning Chang? He is the reason why you'll never have any friend or why you'll never know love."

"Don't you feel isolated from others? Don't you feel like you're his prisoner?" the golden haired kid said, trying to make the girl realize that there wasn't only cultivation in life.

"Don't listen to this cunt, Chang'er! He's lying!" Meng Wu Ya rushed to exclaim, seeing that the girl had a quite sad expression. "He's just trying to turn you against me!"

"Yes, I know, but..." Xia Ning Chang began, her expression being still sad even though she said that. "I don't think it's a bad idea for me to make some friends..."

"All right, kid, you won" Meng Wu Ya said, giving up as she couldn't just shut her precious disciple up and continue with his beliefs. That would have been a further proof that the golden haired was right. "Ask her what you wanted to"

"Thanks for your understanding, old man" Mo Fan teased the treasurer, making his nerves bulge. He then turned towards the young beauty, "So, what I wanted to ask, Xia Ning Chang, was..."

...to be continued

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I know that this is a slow pace, but I'll promise you guys that once he's healed, that's if he'll get healed, the pace will be quickened.

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