Chapter 36: The Bitter Taste (First Update)

  "Second brother, what should we do?" Yi Ming asked, turning his head towards Yifeng.

  "Haha, our fifth brother seems to be not so simple after all!! In the past, we really underestimated him, but unfortunately, he's finished from today onwards, his lifetime achievement will only stop at Dou Ling, and he won't pose any threat to us. We don't need to provoke him anymore." Yi Feng said with a smile, full of confidence.

  "It's also, however, today big brother has really offended fifth brother, I reckon fifth brother will take some small action against big brother." Nodding his head, Yi Ming didn't think Yi Chi would pose any threat to them either, of course, he wouldn't go provoke him. After all, looking at Yi Chi's cultivation speed, he would definitely enter the Dou Ling realm before the two of them. If they were to push him too hard and he were to kill them, then they wouldn't even have a place to cry out in injustice.

  "Heh heh, isn't this just right? Let's go back too, today's matter is considered passed, there's no need to continue staying." With a pleased smile, Yi Feng called out to Yi Ming and followed the crowd as they left.

  "However, I didn't expect that Father and Old Ancestor would dote on Fifth Brother so much. It seems like Father wasn't particularly good to Fifth Brother before either? He treated us all about the same, how did he change so quickly?" Yi Ming asked in puzzlement as they walked along the road.

  He paused for a moment, and Yi Feng seemed to have thought about it too, before answering: "This matter, I reckon one reason is the fifth brother's innate talent, two, you also know that Father loved the fifth brother's mother very much, this is probably the reason."

  Actually, Yi Feng himself wasn't very sure either. After all, the change in Yi Yun seemed a bit too big, even if it was really because of Yi Chi and his mother's reason. But before this, hadn't seen Yi Yun have any special feelings towards Yi Chi?

  "Perhaps it was because Fifth Brother couldn't cultivate before? Now that he can cultivate and has such great talent, Father will naturally be more concerned about Fifth Brother." Yifeng himself didn't know if this reason was correct or not, but he chose to ignore the issue anyway. After all, that was already in the past tense, and now Yiqi posed no threat to them.

  ......

  In a dark corner of Yi Jia Zheng Tang, a figure flashed by without anyone noticing.

  ......

  Hyōjō Castle, the castle lord's residence.

  At this time, the lord of the floating feather castle, Earl Wells * Gasting, was comfortably lying in the hot spring, and in his 100-square-meter hot spring pool, more than a dozen beautiful girls were fluttering around him. On his right side, there were also four women, one massaging him, one peeling fruit, putting the peeled pulp into Earl Wells' mouth, another warming up a pot of wine, and the last woman standing by waiting.

  In this hot spring pool, she was the only one wearing clothes, while all the other women were completely naked.

  The woman also occasionally looked at those women with contempt, apparently, she was very disdainful of these people.

  Suddenly, the woman frowned and walked reluctantly to Earl Wellsbury's side.

  "Earl-sama, we have received a message from No. 1," he said in a low voice, but his tone was not very respectful.

  Wells furrowed his brow, waved away the screen and dismissed the three women attending to him, turned around and said to that elegant woman: "Lera, can't you wait until I've finished enjoying myself before reporting?"

  Wells seems slightly displeased.

  The woman was unmoved and continued standing on one side watching him.

  Shaking his head, Wells also had no way with this woman named Lera. She wasn't under his command, if she were, he would have scolded her long ago and wouldn't be speaking to her in such a polite tone.

  "Ah, go on," he said with a hint of impatience, and Wells picked up the warmed wine that had been sitting at his side.

  Laila seemed to be in a bad mood, muttering under her breath before answering: "Number One has completed the surveillance mission. The threatening figure, Yi Chi, has been sealed by a 9th-level magic spell and is now unable to pose a threat. His greatest achievement in this life will only be fighting spirits."

  He nodded and Wells replied casually, "Since there's no threat anymore, we don't need to monitor it. Call Number One back."

  "Yes."

  After responding, Laila left the bathtub. She seemed unwilling to stay here for a moment and walked very quickly.

  "Hmph, if it weren't for the fact that you're a member of the Grand Duke's faction here to assist me, I would have taught you a lesson long ago, you self-righteous scoundrel." After muttering this under his breath, Wells also lost interest in enjoying himself. As he got up, the maid by his side helped him dry off and assisted him in putting on his clothes. Of course, during this process, some romantic things inevitably happened again, but I won't describe them one by one here.

  ......

  Just as Earl of Wales lifted his surveillance on Yi Chi, Yi Chi had already returned to his own courtyard.

  Young Master!

  Young Master!

  Yi Chi had just stepped into the courtyard when Hui Xue and Qiu Yu, who had already returned, called out.

  "Hehe, you're back too!" He smiled and walked up to touch Autumn Rain's hair, the little girl was staring at him with red eyes.

  "What's wrong? Xiaoyu, why are you crying?" Yi Chi asked with a pained expression.

  "Master!" Unexpectedly, Yi Chi didn't say anything and it was fine, but once he spoke, the girl cried even harder, throwing herself into his arms and bursting into loud sobs.

  "Good girl, don't cry, good girl, Xiaoyu is the best, if you cry again, it won't be pretty." Yi Chi was also left at a loss, but after coming to his senses, he quickly comforted Qiuyu.

  "Young master, is Xiaoyu really useless and can't help you at all?" Qiuyu lifted her head, tears streaming down her face as she looked at Yichi.

  Heartbroken, he wiped away his tears with the autumn rain, and Yi Chi smiled and said: "How could that be? Xiao Yu has actually helped a lot. It's because Young Master still had Xiao Yu to take care of that he didn't die."

  "Really?" asked Qiū Yǔ with sparkling eyes, looking incredibly cute.

  "Hehe, of course it's true." With a gentle ruffle of Qiuyu's hair, Yichi smiled happily, and his previously gloomy mood also brightened up.

  "That's great, Little Rain also helped Young Master." Excitedly spinning around a few times, Autumn Rain finally burst into laughter, and Yi Chi couldn't help but feel happy too.

  "Master, you must be hungry, Xiaoyu will go cook for you." Before Yi Chi could stop her, Qiu Yu had already rushed into the kitchen.

  "This girl." He chuckled and shook his head, and Yi Chi couldn't help but worry about his stomach. After all, Autumn Rain had never cooked or fried anything before.

  Young master.

  Turning around, she saw Qiu Xue looking at her weakly.

  "Ah..."

  He sighed and Yichi really didn't know how to deal with Qiuxue, he knew she was there to monitor him, but somehow he couldn't bring himself to ignore her.

  "Xiaoxue, you..." He had originally wanted to ask if she had changed her mind, but as soon as he saw that look in her eyes, Yi Chi swallowed the question back down.

  "Master, are you all right?" asked Qiu Xue with concern.

  "It's nothing, I'm fine. But, Autumn Snow, do you really plan on continuing like this? Just tell me directly, what do you owe Yi Hang? I'll help you repay it, okay?" Yi Chi stepped forward, grabbing Autumn Snow and saying with a firm gaze.

  "Young master, I can never repay you. My sister and I owe our lives to you, and we'll never be able to clear this debt in a lifetime." Qiu Xue said with tears streaming down her face.

  "He? I don't believe for a millionth of a second that he would go to rescue people without an ulterior motive, there must be some hidden reason behind this." Based on Yi Chi's understanding of Yi Hang, he was certain that Yi Hang was the kind of person who only looked out for his own interests. How could he possibly go out of his way to rescue two young girls? If it were because he had taken a liking to their beauty, then that wouldn't be right either - Qiu Xue and Qiu Yu were still virgins, something Yi Chi had gotten Yi Tang to investigate, and was absolutely certain about.

  "No, young master is a good person." Qiu Xue said firmly, as if in his heart, Yi Hang was indeed a very good person.

  "Really? This word seems to have nothing to do with Yi Hang, I guarantee that he must have had an ulterior motive for saving you." Yi Chi sneered, and he actually heard someone say that Yi Hang was a good person, this was truly a joke of the century.

  "I don't believe it, Young Master is a good person." Struggling free from Yi Chi's grasp, Qiu Xue looked at him with an incredulous expression, her face filled with suspicion.

  "Are you doubting me and accusing him?" Yi Chi looked at Qiu Xue with a stern expression, he couldn't believe that she actually believed Yi Hang but not him.

  "Is this really the person I like? If so, why should I still be obsessed with it? Hehe, ridiculous! Ridiculous that I thought she loved me so much, but from beginning to end, I was a fool, a fool!!" Yi Chi's heart was icy cold, recalling every detail of those few days, as if he had been too naive.

  "Haha, you're right, I'm framing him!! He's a good person! I'm a bad person, okay!!" Yi Chi took a few steps back, shouting with bitter eyes.

  "Master, I..."

  "Shut up! Get out, get out of my sight! Go back to your precious Young Master, go!!" Yi Chi didn't resent Qiu Xue, he only hated himself for being too foolish and naive, thinking he was someone important. He had overestimated himself.

  "Master, don't be like this!!" Qiuxue cried as she tried to step forward and support Yipchi who was standing unsteadily, but he dodged her.

  "What's wrong, aren't you leaving? Fine, if you won't leave, I will!!" Yi Chi didn't want to see Qiu Xue again. He was afraid, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to control himself and kill her. Suppressing the urge to murder, Yi Chi turned around and left.

  "Master!!"

  Qiu Xue was kneeling on the ground, tears streaming down her face as she stared blankly in the direction where Yi Chi had left.