Bizarre Cultivation: Starting from Being Beaten Up by Reality

Chapter 151 Qiongqi

Chen Ergou moved his neck slightly away from the black knife, afraid that Lin Fan might slip and slit his throat. "Brother Fan, Brother Fan, there's no need, really no need. You can just ask me, why say such hurtful things? Is there anything I can't say? It's really nothing serious, I'll definitely tell you if you ask!"

Lin Fan pressed the black knife against it, "Speak!"

Chen Ergou nervously began, "This story begins with my master, Brother Fan. You've met him; he's very tall and wears a dark green Taoist robe with the Qiongqi (a mythical creature) painted on it."

"Qiongqi? What's that?" Lin Fan asked.

Chen Ergou was stunned for a moment, not expecting that he wouldn't know. "Brother Fan, it's that kind of spirit beast that looks like a tiger but has tattoos on its back. Of course, I've never seen the real thing, but in the Xuanmen (mystical sects) ranking system, you need to know these kinds of creatures."

Lin Fan then recalled the carriage filled with the fragrance of orchids, the dark green Taoist robe, and the three writhing worms. Lin Fan frowned slightly, seemingly feeling somewhat unwell.

Chen Ergou looked down at the black knife in Lin Fan's hand. "I am here on my master's orders to retrieve this 'dog tooth.' Therefore, I cannot lend you silver. My master gave me ten taels of silver to buy this 'dog tooth.'"

What the hell? Ten taels of silver?

"Oh." Lin Fan ignored the details he couldn't understand. "So how do you plan to take it? You're not planning to steal it, nor are you planning to rob it."

Chen Ergou gave a wry smile, "Master said to follow the natural order, so I'll follow you and just wait for an opportunity."

Lin Fan was even more confused. "Do you think I'm stupid, that I'm just making up lies to fool me?"

"Brother Fan, it's really not like that. It's normal that you don't believe in this or that, and you don't understand. Let me give you an example. For instance, if I offered you ten taels of silver to buy your goods when you were at your wit's end, wouldn't you sell them?" Chen Ergou said anxiously.

"Why didn't you mention it when I borrowed money from you before?"

"No, you didn't look like you were at your wit's end at all. How could you have sold me out back then? The time wasn't right, Brother Fan. Fate is always unpredictable, and my chance will come eventually."

Analyzing Chen Ergou's emotions, Lin Fan felt he was telling the truth, yet he still felt uneasy. Fate, destiny? Why do some people always enjoy patiently toying with others like this?

Of course, he wasn't referring to Chen Ergou, but rather the person behind him.

The problem is, there's really nothing Lin Fan can do about what he's doing. Lin Fan isn't an unreasonable person; he wouldn't kill Chen Ergou just because of this. Even Lin Fan himself feels there's a possibility Chen Ergou might succeed. For example, if he were to return to the mortal world and couldn't take the Black Knife with him, it might actually fall into Chen Ergou's hands.

I just feel inexplicably very annoyed.

Lin Fan put down the knife in his hand, patted Chen Ergou on the shoulder, and said, "Ergou, let it go. You have no ill intentions towards me, so you can follow me. But since you're going to follow me, you have to contribute. You've been in the Xuanmen sect before, so you can't be completely ignorant. Tell me, what skills do you know? Have you learned any Taoist magic? If anything happens later, you'll have to lend a hand."

Seeing that Lin Fan had let go of him, Chen Ergou's expression relaxed, and he laughed, "Brother Fan, what I know is really useless. They're all just trivial tricks. It would take a lot of effort to even kill a chicken with them."

Lin Fan acted extremely quickly, grabbing Chen Ergou's hand and slashing down with his knife.

"Ouch! It hurts, it hurts so much!"

Chen Ergou's little finger had a section cut off. Lin Fan looked at him coldly, "Did you think I was joking with you just now? If you talk to me in circles again, I'll cut off all ten of your fingers!"

Chen Ergou was in so much pain that his face was covered in tears. He begged for mercy, "Fan, Brother Fan, I know, I know, please let me go."

Lin Fan only released Chen Ergou after he finished explaining the human techniques he had learned. He even made Chen Ergou demonstrate them to the birds by the roadside before Lin Fan reluctantly nodded.

Lin Fan stroked his chin. Chen Ergou always liked to say only half of what he meant, but he was right. He was very good at using magic to survive, but he had absolutely no fighting ability.

If it weren't for the Soul-Suppressing Pearl, Lin Fan would still be fooled by his magic.

In this way, Chen Ergou was basically no longer a destabilizing factor. Lin Fan lay down by the bushes and vomited up the dinner he had eaten at the Shen family yesterday, along with the Soul-Suppressing Pearl.

After finishing all that and enduring the excruciating pain in his fingers, Lin Fan casually returned to the path and met up with Chen Ergou.

"Brother Fan, what were Niu Dadan and Miss Sun doing while we were fighting to the death here?" Chen Ergou casually wrapped his fingers in a cloth, as if he had already forgotten about the previous incident.

Lin Fan gave him a speechless look. This guy's brain was probably full of color-related nonsense, and he wasn't faking it. "Why is your brain filled with such trivial things?"

Chen Ergou chuckled, "I didn't say they were doing 'that'. It's almost dawn, shouldn't they be sleeping? Brother Fan, you're overthinking it."

Lin Fan: Grass.

Chen Ergou continued, "Seriously, Brother Fan, aren't you envious of Niu Dadan? Sigh, we sleep in the same carriage every night, I'm so jealous."

This time, Lin Fan unusually neither denied nor mocked him, saying, "Putting that matter aside, I do envy them for having someone to discuss anything with."

"Then you can also discuss it with Doctor Lei. I think your relationship is no worse than that of a married couple," Chen Ergou said casually.

"Chen Ergou, you son of a bitch..."

Lin Fan thought about it and decided to give up on beating him up.

I can certainly consult a doctor myself, but I still feel there's a difference. If I had to say, it would be that I feel lonely.

Lin Fan suddenly thought of a topic, "Er Gou, does your master have a method to cultivate dual cultivation, that is, to break one's primordial yang without affecting one's cultivation of the Dao?"

Er Gou laughed even more slyly, "Brother Fan, what are you pretending for? In the end, you're still interested in this kind of thing. So you were worried that breaking your primordial yang would affect your cultivation?"

Lin Fan was too lazy to argue with him. "Just say what you want to say, stop talking so much nonsense."

Chen Ergou felt a sharp pain in his lost little finger. "Yes, yes, you're the boss. But don't even think about my master's methods. If you want them, you'll have to become his disciple first, offering up a few strands of your soul for him to command. You'll never have freedom for the rest of your life."