I Am Overlord c1-962

by Translator: Pokka; Author: 我本纯洁 (I Am Pure); Licensed From: Migu

One could almost hear the sound of hearts shattering when the crowd heard Gong Qinyin's next words.

  She merely nodded obediently and said, "Swat them off quickly, then. We'll wait."

  They all had assumed that Gong Qinyin would be angry, but she was behaving like she was Xiang Shayun's best friend. No, to be precise, she was so gentle it was like they were a pair of lovers. Many a heart was broken when this scene had unfolded.

  Inwardly, Wen Jinrui cursed, Just a little slut who had gotten lucky. Since you are willing to let him fight his own battle, I won't hold back from giving him a good beating, then.

  Xiang Shaoyun hopped onto the arena and taunted Wang Jiaohua with his finger. "Old lady, come on up. If the two of you can kill me working together, nobody will pursue this matter any further. I am not a Cloud Margin Pavilion member, so don't worry."

  Hearing those words, Wen Jinrui and Wang Jiaohua grew even more confident. They were initially afraid that Xiang Shaoyun would be a personal disciple of some elder. If that was the case, they wouldn't be able to do much to him.

  "I'll drop this out of respect for Junior Sister Gong," said Wang Jiaohua after she got on the arena.

  For her, offending a personal disciple of an Emperor for a cousin was not worth it at all. Thus, she made the straightforward choice of dropping the whole matter.

  "Hehe, too bad I am not willing to let it drop. Of course, I will consider it if you get your cousin to come kowtow to my brother and ask for forgiveness. Otherwise, I won't drop this. What do you think?" Xiang Shaoyun sneered. The other party was at fault anyway. There was no reason for him to let it drop.

  "Don't push it!" Wang Jiaohua was once again fuming.

  "Enough, don't bother. The fist will always be louder than words. If the two of you can survive one move from me, I will allow the matter to drop," said Xiang Shaoyun nonchalantly.

  "What haughty words! Show me then, how are you going to defeat us with one move!" Wen Jinrui himself was an arrogant person. Thus, he could not stand how arrogant Xiang Shaoyun was being. After a roar, he finally made the first move and attacked.

  Wen Jinrui moved like the wind; his cultivation base of fifth-stage Transformation Realm erupted fully as he blasted Xiang Shaoyun with both his palms.

  Wrathful Bear Palm!

  It was as if Wen Jinrui had transformed into a demonic bear as he slammed his palms forward. His palms were as powerful as the paws of a demonic bear with the strength capable of easily disintegrating boulders weighing tens of thousands of catties.

  At the same time, Wang Jiaohua, who had offered peace just a moment ago, attacked as well. Her attack was even more ruthless as she aimed her sword straight at Xiang Shaoyun's vital part, trying to kill with one move.

  One had to admit that the timing of her stab was incredibly ingenious as it had arrived from an angle nobody had expected. The attack was almost like an ambush that one couldn't guard against.

  Wen Jinrui and Wang Jiaohua were nearly equal in strength. When the two attacked together, regular sixth-stage Transformation Realm experts wouldn't be able to easily repel them.

  "Shameless!" said Lu Xiaoqing furiously.

  "Don't worry, they won't be able to do anything to him," said Gong Qinyin confidently.

  Inwardly, she sighed, He is indeed still alive. This is great news.

  Chapter 219: There Goes My Chastity

  Wen Jinrui's bear paws and Wang Jiaohua's quick sword arrived at the same time from two different directions in a flawless combination. Unfortunately, in Xiang Shaoyun's eyes, their attacks were as slow as a snail.

  By the time their attacks arrived, Xiang Shaoyun had already vanished from their vision. Both attacks only hit an afterimage. The two were greatly alarmed, and just as they were about to look for Xiang Shaoyun, his attack arrived from an angle they never expected.

  Pa! Pa!

  A series of crisp slaps sounded as both Wen Jinrui and Wang Jiaohua felt an aching pain on their faces. The slaps even caused them to feel lightheaded. They couldn't even see how Xiang Shaoyun had attacked. By the time they wanted to strike back, Xiang Shaoyun had already pulled away from them.

  "Ten slaps for each of you. That is payback for your mouths. Come again, I will let you attack again, but my next attack will be much less merciful," said Xiang Shaoyun in an uncaring manner as if he had done something that was completely unimportant.

  Clear palm marks could be seen on the faces of Wen Jinrui and Wang Jiaohua. Their faces were badly swollen, and blood was dripping off the corners of their lips.

  "Y-you dare humiliate me like that? Die!" Wang Jiaohua had never been this humiliated before. With a shout, she erupted with all her strength, preparing to fight Xiang Shaoyun with her full power.

  But she was quickly stopped by Wen Jinrui who whispered, "Jiaohua, calm down! He is stronger than both of us!"

  One ought to admit that Wen Jinrui was quite the smart one. They hadn't been able to react to Xiang Shaoyun's attack at all. If they really threw all caution to the wind and continued the fight, the two of them would be the ones to die.

  Hearing Wen Jinrui's words, Wang Jiaohua lost all her courage. She had been slapped without even seeing how the slaps came. How could she hope to contend against an opponent like this?

  Wen Jinrui then gazed at Xiang Shaoyun and said, "We admit defeat. Do whatever you want."

  Xiang Shaoyun looked at Wen Jinrui in astonishment as he had not expected that the latter would be able to swallow the humiliation like that. But because the two had submitted, it would be improper for him to keep on attacking.

  "Scram. If you dare bully my brother Xia Liuhui and my martial nephew Wang Zhenchuan again, you won't be spared so easily," said Xiang Shaoyun unhappily.

  The only reason he had even agreed to fight them was to establish his dominance, to reduce the amount of unnecessary trouble Xia Liuhui and Wang Zhenchuan might suffer during their time here.

  Wen Jinrui and Wang Jiaohua quickly slipped away, cutting sorry figures doing so. At this point, the crowd was already looking at Xiang Shaoyun in a completely different light.

  "Who is he exactly? Why have I never seen him before? Even two inner disciples were made to leave without daring to fight back."

  "I have never seen him before, but he is probably a year or two older than us. At such an age, he is already so powerful. Is he a hidden disciple of some elder?"

  "No, that isn't right. Didn't he say that he wasn't a Cloud Margin Pavilion disciple? Maybe he is a genius from some other organization? No wonder he has the respect of Senior Sister Gong!"

  "Hmph. Look how arrogant he is. If the true geniuses of our pavilion show themselves, he might not necessarily be able to stay so arrogant anymore."

  ...

  They couldn't guess who Xiang Shaoyun was, and they were embarrassed to ask him to his face, so they left one after another.

  Xiang Shaoyun left the arena and smiled at Gong Qinyin and Lu Xiaoqing before saying, "It has been a while."

  In truth, Lu Xiaoqing was the main recipient of his words. After all, he had not seen her in a longer amount of time compared to Gong Qinyin. On top of that, he felt some sort of resentment, as Gong Qinyin hadn't been completely honest to him during their trip to the Flame Mountain. Right after he spoke, a figure pounced into his arms and hugged him tightly.

  Xiang Shaoyun was stunned. He had not expected Lu Xiaoqing to bravely hug him in public like this.

  There goes my chastity! Xiang Shaoyun grumbled inwardly.

  If others heard what he was thinking, they would definitely think that this fellow was asking for a beating! Look at him complaining even after benefiting! For some reason, Gong Qinyin felt sour when she saw the scene. She couldn't help but to look away from them.

  As for Xia Liuhui, his eyes were wet as he was so touched by the scene that he was crying. He knew clearly how Lu Xiaoqing had felt during the past year. Finally, her wait was over.

  Xiang Shaoyun felt that it would be rude to push her away so he could only say, "
Lu Xiaoqing, calm down! There's still a lot of people here!"

  He knew how thin-skinned Lu Xiaoqing was. Those words would be enough to make her let go of him. But he had guessed wrongly this time. Instead of letting go, Lu Xiaoqing started hugging him even tighter than before. She even started sobbing.

  "Why are you crying, Lu Xiaoqing? Who bullied you? Tell me. I will beat him up so badly his mom won't recognize him anymore!" said Xiang Shaoyun as he patted Lu Xiaoqing's back. Her sobbing had caused his heart to go gentle.

  "You are the bully! You are the bully!" Lu Xiaoqing replied in between sobs.

  Xiang Shaoyun replied awkwardly, "Cough, cough, I still need to make a living with my face, but fine, I'll allow you to hit my face as punishment."

  Lu Xiaoqing pushed Xiang Shaoyun away and said, "Bah, shameless!"

  Looking at the tears on Lu Xiaoqing's cheeks, Xiang Shaoyun felt his heart aching. He raised his hand and gently wiped her tears. "Don't cry anymore, girl. If you keep crying, you won't be pretty anymore."

  The gentleness deeply touched something in Lu Xiaoqing’s heart and caused her to hug him and start crying again. This time, she was crying because she was moved. That was the first time he had ever been so gentle with her. Had he accepted her finally?

  "Alright, a lot of people are looking at us. Let's find a place to sit down and properly catch up," said Gong Qinyin, who couldn't keep watching their intimate interactions any longer.

  Like a startled rabbit, Lu Xiaoqing quickly bounced off Xiang Shaoyun with a blushed face.

  "Boss, you can chat with my sister-in-law and Senior Sister Gong. I'll go get myself treated with Senior Brother Wang," said Xia Liuhui tactfully before dragging Wang Zhenchuan away.

  Holy shit, it seems like Senior Sister Gong is interested in boss as well! The heavens are unjust! Boss is only slightly more handsome than me, why is the difference so big? Xia Liuhui howled inwardly.

  "The two of you know this place better so just take me on a stroll, then," said Xiang Shaoyun with a shrug.

  "Everywhere you go you will be attracting everyone's attention. Just come to my place. We can have more peace there," suggested Gong Qinyin. In truth, she should have left and allowed Xiang Shaoyun and Lu Xiaoqing some time alone as well, but she was obviously not willing to do so.

  "That's not proper, right? Shaoyun is not an inner disciple," said Lu Xiaoqing.

  "It doesn't matter. Nobody will dare to say anything if I only want to bring one person," said Gong Qinyin. With her new status, she had grown much more confident as well.

  "That's not necessary. We can just talk at a restaurant," said Xiang Shaoyun.

  Chapter 220: I'll Stay Then

  The restaurant was nearly empty as most of them had left earlier to watch the "show". The "show" was now over, but not many of them returned. Thus, Xiang Shaoyun was able to enjoy some peace when he returned with Gong Qinyin and Lu Xiaoqing.

  The three sat down, but none of them spoke first. The mood turned heavy. Xiang Shaoyun remained silent because he did not know who he should speak with first. Gong Qinyin remained silent because she did not know what to say. As for Lu Xiaoqing, she had too many things to say and did not know where to start. The thoughts of these youngsters could be pretty elusive at times.

  Ultimately, Xiang Shaoyun was the first to break the silence. After taking a sip of liquor, he said, "Are both of you well?"

  "Yes," the two replied at the same time.

  But they sank into silence afterwards.

  Xiang Shaoyun smiled helplessly and said, "Since both of you are not saying anything, let's drink in silence, then. I don't really mind either way."

  "You...," Gong Qinyin and Lu Xiaoqing said at the same time again. They then looked at each other and said together, "Senior sister (Xiaoqing), you first!"

  That caused the two to burst out laughing. And finally, the awkward mood was lifted. Xiang Shaoyun stared at the two women who looked like two flowers blooming when they smiled. Their beauty radiated like the sun. He couldn't help but praise, "When the two of you smile, even flowers lose color. How beautiful!"

  "Are you mainly praising Senior Sister Gong and are only including me just because I am here as well?" Lu Xiaoqing asked bashfully.

  Her question revealed the lack of confidence she had before Gong Qinyin. Gong Qinyin was a natural beauty with a flawless face and figure. In terms of strength, she was also stronger than Lu Xiaoqing. Thus, Lu Xiaoqing found herself completely incomparable to Gong Qinyin.

  The only thing Lu Xiaoqing could compete for was that she had met Xiang Shaoyun first. She could sense that this Senior Sister Gong had some sort of feeling toward Xiang Shaoyun as well, which caused Lu Xiaoqing to instinctively feel a sense of crisis. Her way of coping was to compare herself to Gong Qinyin.

  "Xiaoqing, what are you talking about? You are as pure as the purest lotus. Men would fight each other for you. Of course his praise is directed to you," said Gong Qinyin with a smile.

  "Alright, stop praising each other. Both of you are beautiful in your own ways," said Xiang Shaoyun.

  He thought those words could placate the two, but the two actually rolled their eyes, causing him to inwardly grumble, I'm praising them right? What is that reaction?

  Finally, they managed to start a conversation when Lu Xiaoqing asked about Xiang Shaoyun's disappearance at the Golden River Valley and his appearance at the Cloud Margin Pavilion.

  Xiang Shaoyun thus repeated the same story he told Xia Liuhui and Wang Zhenchuan. Like the two before, Lu Xiaoqing also sighed endlessly at the story. At the same time, she also lamented the excellent luck Xiang Shaoyun seemed to always have. Beside her, Gong Qinyin had some questions as well. But since Lu Xiaoqing was present, she was too embarrassed to ask anything.

  The three continued chatting while the crowd in the restaurant grew. More and more people started paying attention to the three. Of course, most of the gazes were in fact focused on Gong Qinyin. There was no helping that as she was a disciple of an Emperor.

  In fact, wherever she went in the Cloud Margin Pavilion, she would be the center of attention. As for Lu Xiaoqing, due to her pure and adorable appearance, she attracted many gazes as well.

  For the disciples here, she did not feel as unreachable as Gong Qinyin, who was on a pedestal so high up they could only look up at her. For them, Lu Xiaoqing would be an easier woman to court.

  Meanwhile, gazes of astonishment were also centered on Xiang Shaoyun. They had no idea who this young man was who had obtained the favor of the two beauties. The three couldn't stand being stared at, so they quickly paid the bill and left.

  While strolling along a trail in a forested area within the outer pavilion, Gong Qinyin asked, "What do you plan to do next?"

  "No plans for now. I will probably look for a place I can continue my cultivation in peace," said Xiang Shaoyun after rubbing his nose.

  "You said Elder Long Hui wanted to accept you as his disciple, right? Why don't you agree to that? You can then stay and cultivate with us!" Lu Xiaoqing said expectingly. She was afraid that Xiang Shaoyun would leave once again, and she hoped dearly that he would stay.

  Gong Qinyin also echoed the sentiment, "The Cloud Margin Pavilion is the best cultivation spot in the entirety of Cloud Margin City. If you stay, I believe your cultivation will skyrocket."

  "Hehe, you really want me to stay?" Xiang Shaoyun asked with a faint smile.

  "Yes," the two answered.

  "Fine, I'll stay," Xiang Shaoyun agreed.

  "Great! We can cultivate together in the future!" said the overjoyed Lu Xiaoqing.

  A smile also bloomed on Gong Qinyin's face. Evidently, she was happy to hear that as well. Xiang Shaoyun then told the two to leave first as he could sense that Long Hui had arrived nearby.

  Lu Xiaoqing couldn't bear to part with him. Before leaving, she reminded him repeatedly to stay. She also told him that if he was going to leave, she was willing to wander the world with him.

  Xiang Shaoyun could sense the
sincerity in her words, causing him to have a heavy feeling as he couldn't decide what to do about her. The current him had no romantic interest in any woman whatsoever. It was too hard to heal the wound he suffered from the woman he once loved.

  After the two left, Long Hui met Xiang Shaoyun and brought him to a spot with no other people. There, he bowed slightly and said, "Greetings, young master. I'm done settling my affairs."

  Xiang Shaoyun smiled and said, "You spent quite a while in there. Have you been looking for ways to break the curse?"

  Long Hui shivered and quickly said, "N-no, young master."

  "I can sense everything you do clearly. You won't be able to fool me," said Xiang Shaoyun with a sneer. He added, "Not even Emperors can break the curse. If I am unlucky enough to die, you will die as well. Think very carefully about what you will do next."

  By this point, Long Hui was completely drenched in sweat. He did not dare to question any of what Xiang Shaoyun had told him and quickly declared his loyalty, "Long Hui will not dare to pull something like that anymore! In the future, I will stay deadly faithful to you, young master!"

  Facing the prospect of death, the dignity of a King seemed so inconsequential.

  "That better be true," warned Xiang Shaoyun. He added, "I need a suitable identity to stay and cultivate at the Cloud Margin Pavilion. However, I don't want to be a disciple here either. Any idea how to accomplish that?"

  Long Hui thought for a bit before saying, "Then I will have to trouble the young master to assume the identity of my follower. But the resources a follower can enjoy is not comparable to what an inner disciple can enjoy."

  "That doesn't matter. Follower it is then. So long as I can maintain my freedom, I don't mind," said Xiang Shaoyun indifferently. He would only stay temporarily anyway. He did not care about his identity here.

  "Alright. Please come with me to the inner pavilion, then, young master. I need to tell you more," said Long Hui.

  Thus, Xiang Shaoyun followed Long Hui into the inner pavilion. Little did he know that his decision to stay would court himself quite the amount of trouble in the days to come.