Dance Of The Dragons
Chapter 75 : The Tragedy In The Bathtub (2)

Chapter 75: Chapter 75 : The Tragedy In The Bathtub (2)

Xie Jianyu’s eyes were closed as he lay at the bottom of the bathtub, submerged a few chis underwater. Not a single sound penetrated his surroundings. The bath salts imbued the water with natural spiritual power that gently wrapped itself around Xie Jianyu’s body.

A few tiny bubbles escaped his lips when he chanted a few spells. These spells worked to capture the natural spiritual power that swirled inside the bath water.

Xie Jianyu sucked the spiritual power into his golden core, let it circulate through his body, and expelled the excess power that he was unable to digest properly.

When encountering a bottleneck in cultivation, all cultivators shared similar experiences. They were walking, or even running past a smooth path when they suddenly stood before a thick wall.

This thick wall’s presence was unexpected. It refused to budge no matter what. Pushing, kicking, punching, nothing helped. The ones who tried got repelled backward again and again.

The only thing that helped when facing a bottleneck was looking inward. The thick walls were nothing but a manifestation of the cultivators’ insecurities, fear, laziness, and many other weaknesses that hindered said cultivators from unfolding their entire potential.

As he meditated under the calm water, Xie Jianyu rediscovered himself again. He recalled everything he had done from childhood up until now. His journey as he cultivated the path of swordsmanship was remarkable, but it was also full of unimaginable sufferings.

Right now, this wall was there because Xie Jianyu’s self-confidence suffered a lot recently. He felt like he was not good enough. That he was always going to be inferior to a certain omega.

No, he told himself.

He must stop thinking like an omega.

He was going to stand on the same platform as other alphas. Alphas must never look down on themselves.

He was the Crown Prince, the Fuxi Palace Master.

In Xie Jianyu’s mind, the wall in front of him started to chip down. Soon, it was going to crumble into ruins and let him through...

A smile formed on his lips.

He was close.

Just a little bit more...

He could almost see what lay beyond the thick wall...

At least that was what Xie Jianyu envisioned, until a pair of strong hands grabbed his body and rudely pulled him out of the water.

"Xie Jianyu!!!"

"..."

Xie Jianyu opened his eyes in bewilderment.

Air rushed into Xie Jianyu’s lungs the moment he took a deep breath. He wanted to ask what just happened, but nothing came out.

Out of nowhere, Zhang Fengxi was in front of him. The alpha glared at him as if he just stole something precious from the alpha.

What he had to say was far from pleasant.

"Gods in heaven! What the hell were you thinking???"

Zhang Fengxi shook Xie Jianyu’s arms angrily.

"Do you need someone to teach you how to take a bath??? You don’t stay too long in hot water, otherwise, the steam is going to rise to your head and make you dizzy!!!"

"..."

"Had your servant not rushed into the guest hall out of worry, what would happen to you??? Do you not value your life at all???"

Zhang Fengxi lifted Xie Jianyu’s naked body from the bathtub effortlessly. All the maids and servants of Fuxi Palace were red in the face as they watched Zhang Fengxi carry their naked master into the latter’s bedroom. Xie Jianyu himself was too stupefied to act, so he let himself be carried without any resistance.

"Freaking hell," Zhang Fengxi cursed under his breath.

Mingyu hurriedly gave him a huge towel that he then used to dry Xie Jianyu from head to toe. Xie Jianyu felt like a kitten that Zhang Fengxi just adopted. Maybe he should be happy that Zhang Fengxi cared for him this way, but he was also unhappy because he lost his dignity in front of his subordinates.

Zhang Fengxi himself was wet from head to toe. He turned to Xie Jianyu and asked, "Can I borrow some clothes?"

Still in a daze, Xie Jianyu nodded briefly.

Mingyu came in with a set of Xie Jianyu’s clothes. The robes were long enough, but they were too small. When Zhang Fengxi wore them, a huge expanse of his chest came to display, showing off his strong pectoral muscles.

Xie Jianyu looked away in shame.

"Pervert," he muttered in a low voice, but Zhang Fengxi still heard him.

Zhang Fengxi arched a brow at him. He climbed into Xie Jianyu’s bed and grabbed his chin.

"How am I a pervert, hm?"

Xie Jianyu slapped Zhang Fengxi’s hand away.

"Show some respect, Prince Zhang Fengxi!" Xie Jianyu snapped.

Zhang Fengxi ignored his angry words.

"What were you thinking?" he asked him the same question again. "Were you..."

Zhang Fengxi had a complicated expression on his face. He stared straight into Xie Jianyu’s face and asked carefully, "Were you trying to kill yourself?"

"..."

What?

Him?

Kill himself?

Xie Jianyu finally understood what happened.

"Zhang Fengxi, I am a dragon," he slowly answered. "If I wanted to kill myself, I would throw myself off the edge of a volcano, and not drown in a bathtub."

"....."

Certainly, what Xie Jianyu just said made perfect sense. Zhang Fengxi was so ashamed of himself that he wanted to go drown himself in Xie Jianyu’s bathtub.

But wait, it was not his fault. That servant of Fuxi Palace was too dumb!

"It was not me who thought that something bad happened to you," Zhang Fengxi said in an attempt to defend himself. "It was your servant. He was all panicked when he ran into the room, saying that you were in the bathtub for an hour and you made no sound at all..."

Xie Jianyu scoffed.

"Didn’t you also think the same? Otherwise, why would you barge in when I was meditating underwater?"

"....."

Meditating underwater?

Wow.

Zhang Fengxi could almost hear Zhang Zhiyuan’s voice in his ears.

"The Crown Prince can meditate underwater. Fengxi, you can’t even meditate under a waterfall!"

Zhang Fengxi pursed his lips.

Xie Jianyu glared at him. Thanks to Zhang Fengxi, he failed to break through his bottleneck.

"Oh, and..."

A crisp slapping sound was heard when Xie Jianyu slapped Zhang Fengxi’s cheek hard.

"That’s for casually touching me when I was naked."

"...."

Under normal circumstances, Zhang Fengxi might just stomp away in anger. This time, he did something unbelievable. He pulled Xie Jianyu into a hug.