Chapter 27: Xiao Bing's Fury!

  "Zheng En is under me, who do you say I am?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with a cold tone.

  "Miss." Zheng En called out somewhat embarrassedly, his handsome face full of guilt, he knew that he had gotten the miss into trouble again!

  "So you're saying that this ugly freak is his master? Haha! I didn't expect that our once renowned alchemy genius would also find himself a master, looks like you're not doing too well for yourself!" Sun Wei burst out laughing, his oily and powdered face full of smugness.

  "Shut up, this is none of your business!" Zheng En thundered, he could tolerate Sun Wei humiliating him, but he would not allow Sun Wei to humiliate his family's young lady!

  "What? Are you getting angry from embarrassment? Am I not speaking the truth?" Sun Wei asked with a smug expression.

  "Zheng En, step aside." Leng Ruoxue ordered calmly, although she hoped Zheng En could avenge himself, it didn't mean she would tolerate others bullying him, and this Sun Wei had clearly crossed her bottom line.

  "Yes, miss." Zheng En replied, then obediently retreated to the side.

  "Are you Sun Wei?" Leng Ruoxue turned her head, her icy gaze lightly swept over Sun Wei as she asked.

  "Not bad, everyone calls me Master Sun." Sun Wei said with a proud face.

  "Master? Are you worthy of being called a master?" asked Leng Ruoxue. In the vast continent of Haotian, only certain virtuous alchemy masters would be respectfully referred to as "master", while those above the rank of Alchemy Sect Master would be addressed as "Your Excellency".

  "Hmph! I am the beloved disciple of the Grandmaster of the Dan Shi Sect. If I don't have the qualifications to be called a master, then no one else does either." Sun Wei asked, suppressing his anger.

  "So that's the disciple of the president, no wonder he's so arrogant! However, being called a master is not about status or position, but about a dan master's skills and conduct in alchemy. I'm not sure about your skills, but your conduct is truly an insult to the title of master!" Cold Snow said disdainfully, humph! She wouldn't care what identity this guy had! Anyone who dared to publicly humiliate her would have to pay the price!

  "Haha, well said, really too good!" At this time, the old man suddenly appeared from nowhere and applauded, actually, he had been here for a while, but he hadn't shown up because he wanted to see how his foolish apprentice would handle this guy. But the result was clearly not satisfactory.

  "Master." Zheng En bowed respectfully and then lowered his head, not daring to look at the old man.

  "Get your head up!" The old man scolded with a face full of discontent, somewhat resentful that his apprentice was not living up to expectations. However, he knew that his apprentice did not want to cause trouble for them, but he himself was not one to shy away from trouble. Moreover, what he could not tolerate was someone bullying his apprentice!

  "Master!" Zheng En raised his head, looking at the old man with slightly moist eyes.

  "Zheng En! If you were my apprentice, speak out about the events of that year and let everyone present judge what is right and wrong. I believe everyone's eyes are clear." The old man cleared his throat and said loudly.

  "Yes, Master!" Zheng En hesitated for a moment, but still responded. Although this matter was somewhat difficult for him to mention, he knew that at this moment, he really couldn't hide the things of the past in his heart anymore.

  The old man stroked his beard and nodded in satisfaction, thinking to himself that this was what his apprentice should be like.

  "Fifteen years ago, when I was still an alchemist, Sun Wei and I participated in a alchemy competition held by the Alchemists' Association. In that competition, Sun Wei and I were the most outstanding among all the contestants, so we became friends and appreciated each other."

  "In fact, this is just my one-sided wishful thinking. Sun Wei never considered me as a friend, he approached me with an ulterior motive."

  "He approached me and gained my trust, then made some moves in my alchemy furnace. That time, he won the first prize in the competition, and was subsequently taken as a disciple by the president of the Alchemist Association. At the height of his success, he still regarded me as an old friend. I was very moved at that time and almost told him everything. However, not long after, something happened. Someone said that the alchemy medicine I produced had killed people. At that time, I didn't know the details of the matter and was directly convicted and expelled from the Alchemist Association."

  "Later, by chance, I found out that all of this was Sun Wei secretly plotting against me. He deliberately framed me so that I couldn't become a Dan master. And the reason for all of this was jealousy! He was jealous of my talent and wanted to be the disciple of the president of the association. He always considered me his greatest rival, so he wanted to destroy me! He wanted me to be abandoned by everyone, rejected by all. In the following years, Sun Wei kept sending people to kill me!" Zheng En explained with a suppressed hatred.

  The people present fell silent for a moment after hearing Zheng En's words, although they were not clear about the truth of the matter at that time. However, everyone believed that Zheng En's words were at least 50% credible, because such things often happened on the continent of Hua Tian.

  "Don't listen to his nonsense, he's just making excuses! What I said is the truth!" Sun Wei hastily said after seeing the puzzled looks of the crowd.

  "What's the hurry? Are you feeling guilty? Everyone has their own judgment, it can't be swayed by just a few words." Cold-as-Snow glanced at Sun Wei and said with a hint of mockery.

  "I..." Sun Wei was rendered speechless by Leng Ruo Xue's icy words...

  "Ladies and gentlemen, I believe you are all wise people. This matter can be considered a past event. So, what is the truth of the matter? Don't say you don't know, even I'm not very clear. Although Zheng En is my subordinate, please trust me, if it's really his fault, I absolutely won't cover for him. However, if the events back then were as Zheng En said, I also won't let off anyone who dares to bully my subordinates. So, I hope everyone can give us some time to investigate the truth of what happened back then. This way, we won't wrong a good person and also won't let bad people continue to be arrogant." Leng Ruo Xue turned around to face all the onlookers and said with a snort, "Hmph! It's not just Sun Wei who can use public opinion, I can too!"

  The onlookers heard what Leng Ruoxue said and thought it made sense, nodding in agreement to show their support for her to investigate the truth of that year. In fact, what happened back then had nothing much to do with them, but everyone was curious about the truth of the matter, so they were all eager to know what really happened. If they could find out, it wouldn't be a loss for them either!

  "Ladies and gentlemen, for the sake of fairness, I hope you will no longer discuss this matter. As for this incident, I will naturally give everyone an explanation." Seeing that she had achieved her desired effect, Leng Ruo Xue continued, "She didn't want these common people to point fingers and gossip about Zheng En in the future."

  "Alright, alright." The onlookers all nodded in agreement and then turned around and left.

  At this time, Leng Qingtian and others also walked out of the dark place.

  "Haha, girl, you're still the best." The old man smiled and said, they were thinking of ways to help Zheng En, but didn't want him to feel embarrassed. Unexpectedly, the girl solved the problem with just a few words.

  "Let's go back to our room!" Leng Ruoxue gave Sun Wei a cold glance and said to Leng Qingtian and the others.

  "Hmm." Everyone nodded and collectively walked towards the room.

  "Halt! Stop right there!" Sun Wei shouted loudly behind them, but no one paid any attention to him.

  Entering the room, Leng Ruo Xue deliberately put on a stern face and glared at Zheng En, opening her mouth with a hint of displeasure: "Zheng En, isn't he just Dan Shifu's disciple? Why are you afraid of him!"

  "That's right! Zheng Xiaoz, your behavior just now was a loss of face for us! How did we usually teach you?" Old man Zhao also scolded with great dissatisfaction. If it weren't for the waiter at the guest house telling them that something had happened to Zheng En, they would still be in the dark!

  "Me..." Zheng En couldn't say anything more.

  "All right, don't be too hard on my apprentice either. He's just too kind-hearted and is afraid of implicating us, otherwise he wouldn't have been bullied by others." The old man said in defense of his apprentice.

  "Master, I'm sorry, it's just that I'm too useless." Zheng En said with some guilt.

  "You foolish kid! How are you going to deal with this?" The old man asked with some sympathy.

  "I... it's been fifteen years since then, and finding witnesses to prove what happened back then won't be easy. To be honest, I was originally planning to wait until I had enough power to get rid of Sun Wei, but now..." Zheng En also felt a bit at a loss, he wanted to clear his own name, but unless Sun Wei himself spoke out about what happened back then, the truth would probably remain buried forever. After all, Sun Wei was someone who did things very carefully, and those people who helped him with things back then were probably already gotten rid of by him."

  "It's indeed not easy to find the witness from back then, so the best way is to let Sun Wei speak out himself. This will also save us a lot of trouble." Leng Ruoxue thought for a moment before speaking up.

  "Let him speak for himself? That's unlikely!" said the old man.

  "We can't know if we don't try, but I have a way to make him reveal the truth himself." said Leng Ruoxue with an air of mystery.

  "Girl, what's your plan? Tell me about it?" The old man was really too curious.

  "Haha, you'll know when the time comes." said Leng Ruoxue with a mysterious tone.

  "Ah, girl! Tell me, would you? Or I won't be able to sleep tonight." The old man pleaded pitifully.

  "Don't tell!" Cold as snow, her will was very firm.

  After finishing speaking, Leng Ruo Xue pulled Yao Nie back into her own room.

  In the room.

  The demoniac hugged Cold-as-Snow's waist and asked with a hint of resentment on his face, "Xue Er, you won't even tell me, will you?"

  "Haha! I can tell you, but you can't tell anyone else!" Leng Ruoxue said with a cold smile. The resentful expression on the demon's face made her want to bully him even more.

  "Mm-hmm." The demon nodded repeatedly.

  "Come closer." Leng Ruoxue lowered her head and whispered her plan into his ear.

  "Are you sure it's useful?" The demon asked with some doubt.

  "Hmm." Leng Ruoxue nodded slightly.

  At this time, a knock at the door suddenly sounded outside the room. The demon turned around to open the door, but found that the middle-aged man was standing at the door. Alas! He's really not giving up!

  "What are you following us for?" The demon asked somewhat irritably, his face full of annoyance at being disturbed.

  "I just want to see that little dog." The middle-aged man said stubbornly, with an attitude of not leaving until he saw the dog.

  "It's just a dog, what's there to see?" The demoniac rolled his eyes and said somewhat speechlessly.

  "My grandson loves dogs, I heard that your dogs are very popular, so I came to see them and also want to get one just like it for him." The middle-aged man said with a helpless expression.

  "Our family's Ice Kylin is one of a kind!" The demon couldn't help but remind, Ice Kylin isn't even a real dog, where can you find another one just like him?! Unless you can get your grandson a Qilin, then there might be a chance! But, Qilins aren't like cabbages, they're not something you can easily find if you want to.

  "Yes, yes, I know. Let me just take a look, it's not like it'll cause you any loss, right?" The middle-aged man said persistently, humph! He had made up his mind, if he wasn't allowed to see that little dog, he wouldn't leave.

  "Let him in!" Cold Snow couldn't help but say after listening for a while, she was really helpless about this middle-aged man's persistence!

  "Alright! Come on in!" The demoniac stepped aside and let the middle-aged man enter.

  "Where's the dog?" The middle-aged man hastily looked around as soon as he entered the room.

  Leng Ruo Xue took Bing Qi out of the handcuffs and put him on the bed, where he was sleeping with his eyes closed.

  "Is this your little dog?" The middle-aged man looked at Bing Qi sleeping soundly on the bed, and his eyes couldn't help but show some disappointment. This dog looks so ordinary! And it's so small, where is the majesty of those dogs he found? He really can't understand why his grandson likes this little dog so much.

  "Yes! It's called Bing Ji." Leng Ruo Xue explained simply.

  "What's so special about this dog? Can it guard the house? Can it catch mice? Can it play with its owner? Can..." The middle-aged man asked non-stop, and every time he asked a question, another black line appeared on his forehead!

  After asking, the middle-aged man still looked at Leng Ruoxue with an expectant face, waiting for her to answer his question.

  "Hmm! Our family's Bingxi is useless, except for eating and sleeping." Leng Ruoxue said with some helplessness, wiping the cold sweat from her forehead, thinking to herself that since their family's Bingxi was a Qilin, it wouldn't be able to do any of those things dogs could do.

  "What's the point of keeping it if it can't do anything? Why don't you sell it to me instead?" The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said, "Hmph! My son likes this dog, so he can just buy it back!"

  "Sorry, Little Ice is not for sale." Cold-as-Snow was speechless. Is this middle-aged uncle's mind a bit abnormal? How can he have such an absurd idea?!

  "I'm willing to pay a sky-high price." The middle-aged man said with determination.

  "That's not for sale." said Leng Ruoxue with a firm determination.

  "How come you're willing to sell me this dog now?" The middle-aged man persisted.

  "I'll say it one last time, Xiaobing is not for sale, priceless, no matter how much money you offer, I won't sell." said Leng Ruxue with an unyielding tone.

  "What if I must buy it?" The middle-aged man's tone suddenly became somewhat harsh.

  "That's not for sale either." Leng Ruoxue said somewhat impatiently, how could this middle-aged man be so obtuse? Didn't he understand her words?

  "You'd better sell it to me, at least that way you'll get some money. With this money, I can buy as many of these little dogs as I want! But if you don't sell it to me and force me into a corner, I'll snatch it from you!" The middle-aged man threatened in a soft yet firm tone.

  "Oh! You can try it out, Xiao Bingbing, wake up! Someone is coming to snatch you away." Leng Ruoxue said with some schadenfreude and woke up Xiao Bingbing.

  "Who dares to rob me, you really don't want to live!" Bing Qi opened his beautiful blue eyes, which were obviously somewhat displeased. There were two things he hated most in his life: one was being disturbed while eating, and the other was being disturbed while sleeping.

  "It's this middle-aged uncle!" Leng Ruo Xue pointed at a middle-aged man not far from them.

  Her icy blue eyes gently turned to the middle-aged man, took a closer look, and hummed, unexpectedly this old middle-aged man was actually a mysterious master!

  "Do you want to rob me?" Bing Qi asked aloud.

  "I wanted to buy you, but your owner wouldn't sell, so I'm also helpless!" The middle-aged man said with great grievance, but in his heart, he was shocked. Is this really just a small dog? Why did he have such a strange feeling!

  Leng Ruo Xue heard what the middle-aged man said and couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in her heart. This middle-aged man was really not an ordinary scoundrel!

  "You can't afford it!" Bing Qi said with great pride.

  "Hmph! There's nothing in this world that I, an old man, can't afford to buy!" Upon hearing Bing Qi's words, the middle-aged man's anger immediately flared up!

  "Is that so? You're just inexperienced." Ice Qi gazed at the middle-aged man with interest, saying lightly.

  "Are you saying I lack experience?" The middle-aged man was indignant, having lived for over a hundred years, he was actually being told by a small dog that he lacked experience! How preposterous!

  "Of course." Ice Queen nodded her small head matter-of-factly and said seriously.

  "You're just a little dog, what qualifications do you have to talk to me like that!" The middle-aged man suddenly roared with anger, his voice almost deafening, and attracted the attention of everyone in the next room, including Leng Qingqiu.

  "Xue Er, what's wrong?" Leng Qing Tian rushed into his granddaughter's room first, asking with some concern.

  "It's nothing, Xiao Bing is just arguing with a middle-aged uncle!" Leng Ruo Xue said somewhat helplessly.

  "Huh!" Leng Qingtian was stunned for a moment, he thought someone had launched a sneak attack!

  "Father!" Hearing the sound, Lan Meng also followed and called out in surprise. The middle-aged uncle with a cold face was actually his father!

  A single word "dad" made Cold-as-Snow and others stunned, then they immediately reacted, with two drops of cold sweat on their foreheads. None of them had expected that this middle-aged man was actually the master of the Lan family.

  "Uh, Ming Er, you're here too!" Lan Tao said with a foolish expression, his handsome face somewhat embarrassed.

  "Really!" Lan Meng was too lazy to guess through him. The master of the Lan family wouldn't know he lived here, that would be truly strange!

  "Ming Er, I want to buy this little dog." Lan Tao said straightforwardly.

  "Dad, you can't buy this dog." Lan Meng was speechless. This dog wasn't easy to mess with. Although he had already left the Lan family, he couldn't just watch his dad jump into a fire pit!

  "Why can't I buy it? Is there anything under the sun that I, Lao Fu, cannot afford?" Blue Wave shouted in anger.

  "I told you, you can't afford it!" Bing Qi gave Lan Tao a cold glance and said calmly. Who would have thought that this old man was actually the master of the Lan family? Hmm... if he were to beat up the master of the Lan family, it shouldn't be a problem, right?

  "I've also said that there's nothing in this world that I, Lao Fu, can't afford to buy! Hmph! If it really doesn't work out, I'll just take it by force!" Blue Wave's ruffian spirit rose again, speaking unreasonably.

  "You old thing, dare to try and snatch it from me? I'll make sure you know why the flower is so red!" Bing Qi threatened, humph! If this old thing really didn't know any better, then he wouldn't be polite either.

  "Hmph! I am Xuan Zun, would I be afraid of a small dog like you? What a joke!" Lan Tao didn't take Ice Kyu's threatening words to heart. In his opinion, he could kick this little dog flying with just one foot, and yet it still dared to boast that it would make him understand why the flowers were so red!

  "Want to give it a try?" asked Bing Qi with a sly smile.

  "Hey! Don't, Xiao Bing, spare her!" Lan Meng hastily stopped him.

  "Scram, this is between us, don't interfere!" Lan Tao said with great displeasure. Humph! His own son was actually letting that little dog show mercy to him, it's really infuriating, undermining his authority!

  "Alright, Xiaolan, you go play on your own, this is a personal vendetta between me and this old thing, don't interfere." Bing Qi said, humph! Daring to have ideas about it, today it must let this old thing see its true strength!

  "Ah!" Blue Ming's strength was exhausted, and he turned his pleading gaze towards Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Little Blue, calm down, let's just watch the excitement." Lan Xue said soothingly, apparently not intending to stop this confrontation between man and dog.

  "Enjoying the commotion, I love it!" The old man said with a mischievous tone, heh heh, their family's Ice Queen is not that easy to bully.

  "Come, come, everyone sit down and have some fruit or something. The good show is about to begin!" The old man also busied himself happily and took out a lot of food from his ring, placing it on the table.

  Everyone listened to the old man's words and found a seat, sipping tea, eating snacks and fruit, ready to watch the excitement!

  "Your..." A few black lines slid across Lan Meng's forehead, and he thought to himself, what kind of people are these!

  "Old thing, let's get started!" Bing Qi said with a sneer, narrowing his eyes. Although their strength was evenly matched, he was the Qilin, and this old thing wasn't even worthy of being his opponent.

  "Good." Lan Tao had a certain appreciation for the little dog's courage. No wonder his grandson liked it so much.

  "Wait, are you sure you want to fight here?" Leng Ruoxue hastily asked before they were about to start fighting.

  "Is there something wrong?" Lan Tao asked with some confusion.

  "This is an inn, not your Blue family's home." Cold Snow reminded.

  "It doesn't matter, our Blue Family's guesthouse is of good quality anyway!" Lan Tao said confidently, he didn't take this little dog seriously at all, so he hadn't thought about how strong Bing Ji's destructive power would be!

  "Little Ice, this is our room, be careful!" Leng Ruoxue was helpless against the stubborn middle-aged uncle and could only remind Bing Qi!

  "Xiaoxue, don't worry, I have a plan." Bing Qi assured.

  "Xiao Bing, you must be careful!" Lan Ming said with some concern as he was pulled down to sit by the old man.

  It's better that Lan Meng didn't say anything, but now that he has, Lan Tao is even angrier and can't help but curse: "You stinky little brat, is your father really so useless? You actually want to show mercy just because of a small dog's paw!"

  "Uh!" Lan Meng felt a bit wronged, whining... why was he always the one getting scolded!

  "Haha! You'd better just stay put! Don't get involved in their affairs, Xiao Bing has a sense of propriety and won't resort to killing. " Leng Ruo Xue was clearly trying to comfort Lan Meng, but her words were like pouring oil on fire, instantly igniting all of Lan Tao's anger!

  "You little dog, watch out!" Blue Wave bellowed, ready to launch an attack...

  "If you want to fight, then hurry up and get on with it! What's with all the nonsense?!" Bing Qi lazily stood up, facing Lan Tao.

  "Take it!" Blue Tides gathered his pale blue Xuanli in the palm of his hand, then released the water-attribute Xuanli...

  Bing Qi looked at the dense water-based Xuanli approaching it, without frowning, but instead calmly opened its small mouth and let out dozens of sneezes. In an instant, the water-based Xuanli that was about to pounce on it was repelled and flew back, taking Lan Tao with it, flying out of the window and disappearing into the sky...

  "Ah! Father!" Lan Meng hastily stood up and looked out the window, but where was Lan Tao's shadow?

  "Xiao Bing, where did you take my dad? I wasn't asking you to show mercy, was I?" Lan Meng said with some annoyance.

  "I don't know where your dad went either, and I really did show mercy! It's just that the other person had a bit of a cold today, so accidentally sneezing made me hit a few more times. I'm really sorry about that! I didn't do it on purpose." Bing Qi said with some guilt.

  "Little Blue, don't worry, your father is Xuan Zun, his body is sturdy and won't break easily." Leng Ruo Xue hugged Bing Qi and comforted Lan Ming.

  "Hmm! Yes, Blue House kid, don't worry, Xuan Zun won't get hurt that easily." The old man also spoke up to comfort him, but his eyes couldn't help but look at Bing Ji, his heart full of surprise. This little dog was really formidable! During the time he spent with Leng Ruo Xue and the others, this little dog named Bing Ji either ate or slept, so he really didn't know that this little dog was actually so hidden and reserved!

  "Xiao Lanlan, don't worry," the old man also comforted, although he wanted to praise Bing Qi a few words, but now it's clearly not the time.

  "Alas! I hope so! I'll go to the Lanz's and have them send someone to look for him." Lan Meng still couldn't completely put his mind at ease.

  "I advise you not to go! The master of the Lan family is a stubborn old man who cares about his reputation, if you tell him about this matter, he will definitely beat you up when he comes back!" Leng Ruoxue reminded kindly.

  Uh! Lan Meng knew that Leng Ruo Xue was telling the truth, so he also hesitated a bit. After thinking about it, he still decided not to go to the Lan family to report the news. Alas! Father! You'd better take care of yourself! It's not that I don't care about you, but I'm doing this for your sake!

  Digression

  Thank you jenhui, yq9589 and huali shuijing for the flowers.

  Thank you, dear Li Chenxiu, for the diamond.

  Thank you for the votes from Qīn Hèn Lí Huā, Liú Lì Lā Lā and 512016452.

  P.S: Sorry to keep you waiting, Miao Miao's body is not feeling well today and can't complete the voting ticket for now, sorry! Will try to make it up tomorrow or the day after. Muah muah.