Chapter 31.3 - This old man is not a bad guy ah!

Hearing the young boy's tone and exclaim, if Min Shaotian was still able to strike, then he is not human, ah! Especially, when he looked at the boy and those clear, innocent eyes are glaring at him like he's truly the bad guy. 'This boy has a good constitution... a pure Zhuo Yang body type. If this man is really a demonic cultivator, then this boy should have long been dead,' at this thought, Min Shaotian quickly sheathed his blade.

'On the other hand, its no wonder Jingguo would dare to offend this man, his cultivation has been stagnating for ten years now. He must've been anxious. Too anxious to the point that he didn't realize his tail is showing up.'

"Chen Jingguo, you go in and start the training of those students in the training hall first," Min Shaotian said as he dismissed the man who tried to act against Sun Xiao.

The man, Chen Jingguo, looked reluctant and his eyes lingered at Sun Xiao. But in the end, he knew that he won't be able to beat Li Xinwen in the first place so he simply gave up. 'There will be plenty of chances in the future,' he thought as he saluted Min Shaotian and walked toward the training hall.

Once Chen Jingguo left, Min Shaotian's attention returned to Li Xinwen. "This... how to say this... It seems that I was quick to judge and end up misunderstanding something. But as a fellow cultivator, you must understand, right?"

"Of course, I understand it very clearly," Li Xinwen replied. "Earlier, your disciple whom you called Chen Jingguo tried to harm someone important to me. It is very understandable... after all, from his point of view, Ah'Xiao's body type is something he yearns for. You were suspicious of me, thinking that I cultivated the demonic path but, your own disciple cultivated the demonic path himself. Are you trying to show me how to slap yourself?"

"..." Min Shaotian who had accidentally dropped the huge stone he picked up on his own foot was unable to refute. "I... have an explanation for that. But this conversation isn't suitable to be discussed in the open like this," Min Shaotian let out a sigh. "Ah, where are my manners. First, I would like to apologize for the misunderstanding. It seems that you were brought by my disciple, Xue Jun. So how about we go inside first and discuss thing over with a cup of tea?"

"We're not supposed to follow strangers blindly," Sun Xiao speaks up just before Li Xinwen could agree. "Xin-gege, let's just go. Maybe big brother Min is not here and we got to a wrong place," Sun Xiao said as he looked up at Li Xinwen again.

"Big brother Min?" Min Shaotian who heard this suddenly have a look of understanding. "Are you perhaps the Mr. Li that my grandson told me about?" Min Shaotian asked Li Xinwen.

"Then are you Mr. Min Xiaoyu's grandfather?" Li Xinwen asked back.

"That is indeed me! Why did you not say so? Yuyu did say that you would be coming this weekend, and he was supposed to come over and welcome you. But when he cultivated last night, he managed to break through his bottleneck so now, he's trying to enter the 2nd stage," Min Shaotian replied.

"Xin-gege, don't believe him! He must be lying. Look at him, can someone young like him have a grandson as old as big brother Min?" Sun Xiao continued to glare at Min Shaotian, eyes full of suspicions.

When Li Xinwen heard this, the corner of his lips curved up into a smile. His hand reached up and rubs Sun Xiao's head, feeling proud of his little brother. 'Those talk of building up confidence these past few nights is really paying off. He already dared to refute someone. At this rate, what happened to Ah'Xiao in Hua-jie's past won't happen again.'

Faced with Sun Xiao's rebuke, Min Shaotian could only show a helpless expression. If he could, he would summon his grandson over to dispell their suspicion on him, but alas, he can't bother his grandson while he's breaking through. "Alright, alright. This old man was wrong," Min Shaotian said. "Young man, the martial art that I practice is different from the secular world's martial arts. Here, let me show you."

Min Shaotian waved his hand and a wind blade appeared, moving at a fast speed towards a nearby tree. The tree was mercilessly cut down by the sharp wind blade and it fell down to the ground with a loud sound.

"See? Aren't I amazing? At higher rank, you can even retain your young look! Don't see that I look young, my age might actually be three times your brother!"

'I'm older than you think. Unless you truly want to say you're a thousand years old ancient,' Li Xinwen thought in his head.

"My Xin-gege can also do that..." Sun Xiao mumbled in a soft voice. During their practice these past few nights, Li Xinwen had slowly shown him few amazing things that can be done once he started training martial arts so he wasn't really impressed with the wind blade. 'Plus, what is a tree compared to the big gate?' he wanted to say but decided to keep his mouth shut less the man in front of them decided to take advantage of the ruined gate.

As someone who has reached Xiantian stage, how can Min Xiaotian not hear what Sun Xiao had said? In the end, he can only let out a heavy, defeated sigh. "Do you really not want to learn from me? If you learn from me, I can help open up your twelve meridian gates and let you cultivate!"

"If it is something you can do, I'm sure that my Xin-gege can do it also," Sun Xiao replied. "Right?" at this, Sun Xiao once again looked up to Li Xinwen, silently asking the man to agree with him.

Unfortunately this time, Li Xinwen just shook his head. "Ah'Xiao, to help open your twelve meridian gates, someone has to inject their spiritual energy and guide them through your meridians. This process has to be done in one go without stopping in the middle so it will take quite a while. You have a pure Yang type body called Zhuo Yang, but Ge's body type is that of Yin constitution. If I inject my spiritual energy through your meridians, it will only cause you more harm than good. In fact, I may end up damaging your meridians," Li Xinwen explained.

"That's right!" Min Shaotian joined in. "Of course, you can also try to open your gate on your own. But it will take a long time. And you will also have to do them slowly, one by one."

"Then, how long did Xin-gege take?"

"Two years."

Li Xinwen didn't lie. He did spend two years in his last life to build his foundation.

"Then... does Xin-gege suggest Ah'Xiao let him open the gates?" Sun Xiao asked. "But he tried to harm Xin-gege earlier. What if its a trap?"

Min Shaotian was once again shot while lying down by Sun Xiao's words. "Then how about this? If I have as much as little thought to cause any of you any harm, even a single hair will count, then let the heaven be the judge and sends down lightning to strike me."

Li Xinwen was surprised that Min Shaotian dared to make an oath. Seeing that the other is truly sincere, he only pats Sun Xiao's head. "Let's just go in and hear him out. Don't worry, if he tries anything, Gege will protect you," Li Xinwen smiled at Sun Xiao as he assured the young boy.

After finally managed to convince both Sun Xiao and Li Xinwen, Min Shaotian finally felt that he has redeemed himself. 'Now I just have to make sure to show the boy that laozi is not a bad guy!'