Love & Redemption
Chapter 108: Volume 3 Heartless Xuanji - 15 To Ask the Heavens About This Love (3)

Chapter 108: Volume 3 Heartless Xuanji Chapter 15 To Ask the Heavens About This Love (3)

"Wow! Heavenly Eye!" Liu Yihuan exaggeratedly made a gesture, "Do you think opening the Heavenly Eye is as easy as eating grapes?"

Seeing Yu Sifeng unmoved and staring intently at himself, he shrugged his shoulders and sighed, "Then... what about the Merfolk makes it worth opening the Heavenly Eye for? As far as I know, your sect has long since..."

"It’s a friend," Yu Sifeng interrupted him, "A very important friend."

Liu Yihuan burst into laughter, staggeringly stood up, and walked towards the door, with everyone hurriedly following. As they got close, they couldn’t help but cover their noses to avoid the pungent smell of alcohol emanating from him.

"Little Phoenix." He laughed and suddenly grasped Yu Sifeng by the shoulders, causing him to stagger into his chest, "You’re not asking me to open the Heavenly Eye just to see the Merfolk, are you?"

He asked quietly as though aware that others with sharp ears might overhear, even covering his mouth with his hand.

Yu Sifeng did not respond, but his face subtly changed, his pale cheeks flushing with a kind of handsome yet immature look, which made Liu Yihuan continuously pinch his face into various strange shapes.

"Alright, alright, I get it... Little Phoenix also wants to check on his own issues." Liu Yihuan dodged his swinging fist and giggled his way down the stairs.

Zhong Minyan and the others awkwardly approached, forcing a laugh, "Si Feng... that old acquaintance of yours... he, uh..."

He looked more like a hoodlum than a hoodlum, more drunk than a drunkard, more ruffian than a ruffian... Looking back at Yu Sifeng in his clean green robe, neat and tidy from head to toe, a perfect example of a fine young man, it was hard to believe he could have such a friend.

Yu Sifeng smiled and said, "I’ve known him since I was very young. Don’t be fooled by his appearance; he’s actually a kind-hearted good person and very capable. To find Ting Nu and for our next visit to Buzhou Mountain, it was right to come to him first."

"Oh..." Since he said so, they had no choice but to tentatively believe him.

Who knew that upon going downstairs, they would see Liu Yihuan surrounded by a group of slave brokers, loudly arguing about something unknown. Liu Yihuan, with drunken eyes and grinning, listened to their shouting, and after a while, responded: "Why make such a big fuss? Don’t you understand the principle that harmony brings wealth?"

After speaking, he extended a big arm, embracing a pale-faced courtesan in front of his chest, and heavily kissed her on the face.

That flaunting madam, however, pursed her lips, spitting saliva as she calculated with an abacus aggressively, "I say Mr. Liu, you don’t feel embarrassed shouting ’sir’ at me! You’re a regular here, using ’harmony brings wealth’ on you is just idle talk. It’s one thing that you often run up a tab, but today you even brought a gang of fierce thugs here to wreck my place. If I keep being harmonious, you’ll smash up countless scenes! Let’s be straightforward, pay off all your debts in full today, or you won’t be walking out that door!"

Liu Yihuan just laughed, appearing nonchalant. Seeing this, several young men behind, offended by the madam’s aggression, stepped forward, and Yu Sifeng frowned and asked, "How much does he owe?"

Seeing a handsome young man, the madam paused, and a nearby slave broker quickly whispered to her that this was the ringleader of today’s troublemakers. Her expression changed several times before she forced a smile, "Money is a minor issue. We run a small business here, and with his frequent tabs every few months, we’re about to lose our capital..."

Yu Sifeng, uninterested in her ramblings, coldly asked, "Exactly how much?"

The slave broker hastily fetched the account book, trembling as he crunched the numbers, before finally stating, "Including these three months of wine and courtesans, it totals 57 taels, 4 cents, 8 maces."

Yu Sifeng pulled out a bright pearl from his bosom and tossed it on the table, "This item is enough for him for another three months. Stop the noise; we have urgent matters, let us pass!"

Seeing the pearl’s dazzling clarity, knowing it to be of high quality, everyone couldn’t help but beam and hurriedly made way. Liu Yihuan laughed heartily, striding out triumphantly as though he was the generous benefactor.

Xuanji’s stomach growled with hunger; earlier, Ruo Yu had said there was food here, and she thought they would eat here, but now they were leaving so soon, what about breakfast? She turned and saw a basket of exquisite pastries on the opposite table, eyeing it for a long while. A few perceptive courtesans quickly handed it over to her, and Xuanji gratefully smiled back at them, waved her hand as a farewell.

Liu Yihuan exited the door, hooking his arm around Yu Sifeng’s neck, whispering with a laugh, "These idiots, that deep sea pearl is a rarity, right? Although Li Ze Palace is never short of pearls and gems, it’s a waste to give them such a rarity. I’ll help you steal it back later."

Yu Sifeng indifferently said, "No need. But you should really change this habit of yours, lest..."

He stopped midway, and Liu Yihuan, with a lewd smile, playfully pinched his cheek and chuckled, "Is Little Phoenix worried about me? It’s been so many years since we last saw each other, and while the little pink bun has turned into a big pink bun, your heart hasn’t changed at all, which is good!"

Yu Sifeng pushed his hand away, too lazy to argue with his rascally antics. The few people behind knew he was always a cold and proud type; to see him now being toyed with by a big rogue as if he were a woman and not getting angry, they couldn’t help but click their tongues in amazement.

When they returned to his place, it was still as dilapidated and gloomy. Liu Yihuan ruefully looked at his kicked-in door and sighed, "These doors had at least some use, you were quite rough!"

"Enough talk." Yu Sifeng pulled him inside and turned to wave Zhong Minyan and the others in, "Come in, let me introduce you."

"This is my... both a mentor and a friend, Brother Liu Yihuan,"

Before he could finish, he was pinched cheekily on the face by Liu Yihuan, who whispered close to his ear, "What old acquaintance? Little Phoenix is too heartless... Ah—!"

He screamed as he was punched in the nose by Yu Sifeng and, in pain, crouched on the ground holding his nose.

It was evident that Yu Sifeng was already accustomed to his ridiculous behavior; his expression unchanged, he continued the introduction, "This is my fellow sect member, Ruo Yu. These two are disciples of the Shaoyang Sect, Chu Xuanji and Zhong Minyan."

"Ah, disciples of the Five Great Sects... What an honor, what an honor..." Liu Yihuan spoke with a heavy nasal tone while holding his nose.

Seeing him like this, the others didn’t know whether to greet him or not; they reluctantly saluted by clenching fists. Caught off guard, he suddenly leaned in, paused in front of each person, and carefully examined them from head to toe. When he reached Xuanji, he even stretched out his hand to touch her, startling her so much that she stepped back several feet.

"Err, don’t be scared... ah, haha." He chuckled dryly, stroking his chin, and then asked, "This is... Ruo Yu? Oh, she’s your fellow sect member?"

Ruo Yu’s expression changed slightly, but then he smiled and said, "Ruo Yu has met Brother Liu."

Liu Yihuan just laughed, patting his shoulder, "I can tell you’re a clever person, but clever people often don’t do good deeds. Just don’t be too clever!"

Ruo Yu asked with a light, breezy smile, "Brother Liu’s words are very profound, Ruo Yu doesn’t understand."

"If you don’t understand then don’t bother~~ ah haha, the day will come when you do!"

Liu Yihuan waved his hand and moved in front of Zhong Minyan, staring eye to eye for a long time. Zhong Minyan felt goosebumps all over, and given Liu’s odor of alcohol and sourness, he almost turned green as he held his breath until he sternly asked, "What... what are you looking at?"

Liu Yihuan stared for a while before speaking lightly, "I see a fool, full of hot-blooded sincerity, only to be deceived in the end."

Zhong Minyan felt a chill in his heart and stared suspiciously at him, unaware that Liu would grab his forehead painfully and heard him say in a low voice, "True and false, real and illusion, it’s fine if you can distinguish. If not, that’ll be your fate."

"What nonsense!" Zhong Minyan, covering his forehead, was in so much pain he wanted to explode.

Liu Yihuan ignored him, turned to Xuanji, and looked her up and down, left and right for quite some time, drooling. Not only did Xuanji feel creepy, but even Yu Sifeng couldn’t help but call out softly, "Brother Liu!"

Liu Yihuan waved him off and after a while said, "Oh my, this young lady..."

Xuanji asked curiously, "What about me?"

Seeing his mysterious air, always speaking a few words to each like warnings or prophecies, she was curious about what he would say to her.

Liu Yihuan touched his chin, his saliva dripping out, looking at the young girl in front of him as if she were not a person but a valuable crafted from gold and jewels, his eyes gleaming with a mercenary zeal, frighteningly bright.

"Hmm, impressive indeed... very impressive." He muttered, "You, my dear, are very dangerous. Great trouble lies ahead for you."

What does that mean? Xuanji was completely baffled. Liu Yihuan laughed and said, "Heavenly secrets must not be disclosed. Come here, Little Phoenix, let me see you."

He pulled Yu Sifeng in front of him, looked at him intently for a while, but then smiled faintly and said in a low voice, "You fool. Why harbor vain joys?"

Yu Sifeng’s expression darkened, "Will things be bad for me in the future?"

Liu Yihuan shook his head, "Good or bad, what can others say? You know best."

After speaking, he clapped his hands vigorously and kicked the rubbish around with his feet to clear a space, sat himself down, and said with a laugh, "Mirages in the mirror, reflections in the water, it’s all an illusion, just a tribulation. Come on, no need for gloomy faces, sit down. I see you all as people destined for great things!"

Seeing the dirty ground, everyone hesitated as there was nowhere clean to sit. But given his perplexing statements just before, and now sensing his unfathomable nature, they dared not oppose and ended up squatting down.

Liu Yihuan then said, "The Merfolk, well, he’s in the city. But getting him out will take some effort. So, it can’t be rushed." (To be continued, for further information, please log into www.qidian.com, with more Chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)