Black Myth: Starting from the Destined One
Chapter 178 - 162: The Second Most Talented Under Heaven, Pei Yuanjing!

Chapter 178: Chapter 162: The Second Most Talented Under Heaven, Pei Yuanjing!

Cen Wenjin gritted his teeth and continued,

"Let me tell you, this whole incident has spread throughout Chang’an City; I’ve truly made a fool of myself this time!"

"Heh heh... just forget about this piece of trash..."

As Xie Wenren, lying in bed, looked at Cen Wenjin standing at the doorway with a bad attitude, he joked about himself before his eyes suddenly sparkled with spirit:

"But someone can avenge Lord Cen!"

"You’re not thinking of your Sect Master Zhuge Junchen of the Flame Cloud Sect, are you?"

Cen Wenjin replied irritably, knowing that if he were to ask Sect Master Zhuge Junchen to take action, it would cost quite a sum of silver, akin to making a bridal dress for someone else with the silver he had embezzled over the years. Moreover, it would depend on Sect Master Zhuge Junchen’s mood—such a task was too difficult!

"Lord Cen is confused in his anxiety."

Xie Wenren narrowed his eyes and analyzed,

"My master is a grandmaster of his generation; how could he possibly stoop to deal with such an unknown junior! Wouldn’t that become the laughingstock of others if word got out? Even if you paid a high price to coax him out of retirement, he would surely refuse!"

"Then what do you mean?"

Cen Wenjin immediately inquired back.

"What I mean is... don’t ask about that for now. What I really want to know is, who does Lord Cen plan to take revenge on?"

"Nonsense! Of course, it’s Mahaparinirvana, the Monk Who Broke Precepts, who crippled my son’s legs!"

However, Xie Wenren gave a sly smile:

"Lord Cen is mistaken; when I was carried back, I said that it wasn’t just Mahaparinirvana, the Monk Who Broke Precepts who hurt your son. There was also that Taoist Cultivator named Li Ping’an! It was he who used chopsticks to shatter Young Master Cen’s kneecaps!"

Upon hearing this, Cen Wenjin looked at him skeptically and asked,

"Are you certain?"

Xie Wenren, with some effort, raised his left hand to point at his bandaged right shoulder and said through clenched teeth and burning resentment,

"It was that Li Ping’an who used the same method that shattered Young Master Cen’s kneecaps to break my right shoulder! When I first told Lord Cen that there was another expert involved, you didn’t believe me!"

"Enough with the nonsense! I must kill both Mahaparinirvana and that damn Li Ping’an to quell the rage in my heart! And perhaps in Chang’an City, I can save some face too!"

Cen Wenjin replied irritably.

"But Lord Cen must understand that Mahaparinirvana is a man of Emperor Tathagata Dragon Tree Divine Monk!"

It was only at this point that Cen Wenjin understood Xie Wenren’s intention:

"Are you suggesting we only take revenge on Li Ping’an?"

After pondering with narrowed eyes for a while, Xie Wenren replied,

"I understand Lord Cen’s feelings; if you wish to take revenge completely, you only need to find one person!"

"Who?"

Cen Wenjin asked eagerly.

Seeing that Cen Wenjin had taken the bait, Xie Wenren immediately declared aloud,

"Pei Yuanjing, the youngest junior uncle of our Flame Cloud Sect!"

"Him!"

At once, Cen Wenjin showed a complicated look, gazing outside the room at the people there as he stroked his beard and weighed the pros and cons.

Seeing this, the butler Cen San immediately approached and whispered,

"Master, who is this Pei Yuanjing, the junior uncle from the Flame Cloud Sect that Immortal Xie mentioned?"

Cen Changjin immediately explained respectfully:

"This official had the opportunity to meet this person when meeting with Sect Master Zhuge Junchen of the Flame Cloud Sect!"

"This person is the tenth generation disciple of the Flame Cloud Sect. He entered the sect at the mere age of five, but because of his exceptional talent, remarkable bones, and extraordinary comprehension, he is acclaimed as the second most talented under heaven, only after Wang Tianran, the son of the Prime Minister, Yang Hong!"

"Although the current disciples of the Flame Cloud Sect are said to be disciples of Zhuge Junchen, in reality, they are all taught by the eldest disciple; Zhuge Junchen has long stopped taking part in the teaching!"

"However, after Sect Master Zhuge Junchen discovered Pei Yuanjing’s talent for cultivation, he directly made an exception to take him as his last closed-door disciple, personally imparting Taoist Magic!"

"This Pei Yuanjing’s position in the Flame Cloud Sect is second only to Sect Master Zhuge Junchen! All the sect’s magical treasures and cultivation resources are first offered for Pei Yuanjing’s selection and use!"

"Zhuge Junchen once told me that although Pei Yuanjing is only seventeen years old now, his future is promising. He is not only the designated next Sect Master of the Flame Cloud Sect but also someone who can greatly develop and expand the sect. He will inevitably revitalize all Taoist sects under heaven and is certainly bound to be the first person in the Taoist community to become an immortal in the future!"

"I heard that Sect Master Zhuge Junchen has also brought Pei Yuanjing along to the Grand Ritual of the Heavenly Master this time, not only as an Imperial Court Offering, but also to show off his sect’s genius to the many sects under heaven!"

Steward Cen San said excitedly after hearing this:

"So, as long as we invite this person, our Young Official’s vengeance can be avenged?"

"But the key issue is that we can’t invite him!"

Cen Wenjin sighed and said:

"This Pei Yuanjing is the most cherished person of Sect Master Zhuge Junchen of the Flame Cloud Sect. He usually doesn’t allow him to meet with people casually, let alone get involved in worldly affairs, only allowing him to focus single-mindedly on cultivation!"

"When I first met Pei Yuanjing that day, he didn’t even glance at me, acting incredibly arrogant and didn’t take me seriously at all!"

Steward Cen San then suggested:

"Since the Sect Master Zhuge Junchen of the Flame Cloud Sect is unwilling to take action against a nobody, then let the juniors handle the juniors. Could it be that this Pei Yuanjing wouldn’t even listen to his master’s words?"

"Exactly!"

Xie Wenren chimed in from inside the room:

"My Sect Leader-father holds Junior Uncle Pei Yuanjing dearer than his own son. If there’s something he doesn’t want to do, even if my father persuades him, he won’t listen."

"Now in the entire Flame Cloud Sect, apart from my father, nobody has any way with him. Even my father sometimes can’t make him listen!"

"There’s nothing to be done, who let him be a cultivation genius? Even the sect’s treasure, the Immortal Slaying Sword, is in his possession."

As Xie Wenren spoke, his eyes revealed a combination of envy, jealousy, and resentment!

"Since we can’t bring Pei Yuanjing here, what’s the point of mentioning this, you good-for-nothing? Are you playing with this official?"

When Cen Wenjin heard Xie Wenren speaking nonsense, he became angry and outright called him useless!

Xie Wenren, however, wasn’t offended and continued:

"Lord Cen, don’t be in a hurry. I haven’t finished speaking. Junior Uncle Pei Yuanjing has always been proud and arrogant, intolerant of anyone being better than him and he’s fully devoted to cultivation, having little worldly experience. He seems unapproachable, but in fact, he’s quite easy to manipulate!"

"So what exactly do you mean?"

Cen Wenjin asked with a frown.

"Hmph!"

Xie Wenren smiled smugly. After experiencing ridicule, humiliation, and the cold realities of the world today, his spirit root was greatly damaged, his realm had plummeted, and his state of mind had greatly fallen.

He understood that continuing his path of cultivation would be extremely difficult from now on, and he would become even less favored within the Flame Cloud Sect. Hence, after being defeated by Li Ping’an, he had realized many things, leading to a significant change in his mentality.

He became like a common person in the secular world, sinister and vicious, unscrupulous in achieving his goals, his mind full of schemes.

"Lord Cen, immediately send someone to the Flame Cloud Taoist Temple to find Pei Yuanjing. Do not mention Lord Cen at all, nor let my Sect Leader-father know about it, and don’t mention anything about seeking revenge. Just say that I, Xie Wenren, have been defeated, and my Junior Uncle Pei Yuanjing will surely come!"