“Mm, little sister is so pretty and kind-hearted. You’ll definitely marry a good man in the future…”

“I won’t marry anyone!”

“Then little sister will definitely make lots of money and get rich…”

“Rich people are all bad!”

“…” Ye Kong felt it was really difficult to communicate with this little girl. He asked directly, “Little sister, do you have two brothers surnamed Lu living around here?”

“Yes.” The little girl’s bright, dark eyes watched Ye Kong.

“These two brothers are hooligans, right? Are they very bad? Do they keep their word?” Ye Kong asked again.

“You’re the bad one! They’re both good people!” ​visit our site​the little girl shouted angrily.

“Oh, I was just asking randomly. Then let me ask you, who came to their house this morning?” Ye Kong smiled and asked coaxingly.

The little girl bit her lower lip, thinking about something.

“Little sister, people should be honest. Tell big brother, and he’ll take you to buy candy balls later.” Ye Kong felt a bit like the Big Bad Wolf deceiving Little Red Riding Hood.

“Big brother, you’re here!” the little girl suddenly called out toward Ye Kong’s back.

Ye Kong whipped around to look, only to see nothing behind him. The little girl had taken the opportunity to disappear like a little rabbit.

“Damn! Who’s tricking who? This little girl’s scheming runs deep.” Ye Kong cursed and could only walk toward the Lu family home.

Who knew that just as he reached the Lu family gate, he’d see Lu Jun walking out holding the little girl’s hand, cursing as he went, “Let me see which little thief dares to bully my sister!”

“This is your sister?”

“Yeah, her name is Lu Qin.”

Ye Kong was depressed to death. Of all people to ask, he’d actually asked Lu Jun’s sister for information. What rotten luck.

“Big brother, it’s him! He was bad-mouthing you just now, and asking who came to our house this morning!” The little girl Lu Qin pointed at Ye Kong.

Ye Kong stood there somewhat awkwardly. Lu Jun laughed instead. “Eighth Young Master honors us with your presence. Quick, please come inside.” He patted Lu Qin’s little head and said, “Eighth Young Master is our family’s benefactor. Don’t be rude.”

Lu Qin didn’t speak, but her bright, dark eyes still watched Ye Kong unkindly, as if guarding against a thief.

“Brother Lu, this…” Ye Kong smiled embarrassedly.

Lu Jun led Ye Kong inside, laughing. “Eighth Young Master acts carefully and cautiously. This is perfectly reasonable. Asking around before coming is proper. Eighth Young Master shouldn’t feel embarrassed. This actually makes me, Lu Jun, more confident.”

“Hehe, really? After all, it’s our first cooperation.” Ye Kong also smiled.

Only Lu Qin snorted again and muttered quietly, “Called himself a pauper, but he’s the Ye family’s Eighth Young Master. So rich. Liar!”

“Don’t talk nonsense. Go pour water for the guest.” Lu Jun sent his sister away and invited Ye Kong to sit.

After Ye Kong sat down and looked around, this family was truly poor. The walls were bare. Aside from the four yellow earth walls, there was only this broken wooden table and two chairs missing legs.

“Eighth Young Master, my home… hehe.” Lu Jun smiled embarrassedly.

“No problem.” Ye Kong waved his hand and asked, “Where’s Lu Yi?”

“Oh, he went to brag with the brothers in the gang, and gather some information on the side.” Lu Jun’s tone was casual, but his eyes flickered. Clearly he’d gone to gather information about Gang Leader Fan Jiulong.

At this moment, Lu Qin came over carrying a bowl of water. She put down the water and cursed in a voice only Ye Kong could hear: “Liar.”

Then she snorted again, made a face, and bounced away hopping and skipping.

“Your sister is quite mischievous.” Ye Kong said.

“No manners. I’ve embarrassed you, Eighth Young Master.” Lu Jun smiled, then asked directly, “Eighth Young Master, how many people do you plan to bring tonight?”

Ye Kong knew he still wasn’t reassured. He said indifferently, “To deal with a few minor characters, why would I need to bring people?”

Lu Jun exclaimed in shock, “Eighth Young Master, you… alone?”

“That’s right.”

“But they’re not street ruffians and thugs. They’re all experts!”

Ye Kong laughed heartily. “Experts? How expert can they be? Don’t worry, I’ll definitely make sure none of them return!”

“But…”

“No need to say more.”

Lu Jun stopped talking. Obviously he wasn’t reassured. He was probably regretting getting on the wrong boat. And thinking about it, it made sense – you’re just a thirteen-year-old kid wanting to face several long-famous experts alone. Is that even possible? Aren’t you just seeking death?

Ye Kong also knew words alone were useless. He had to show some real skill. He smiled and asked, “Where’s your mother? How are her eyes?”

Lu Jun sighed. “What else? She can’t see.”

“Let me take a look.”

Lu Jun led Ye Kong to the adjacent small room. An old woman in patched clothes lay on the bed. Hearing the movement, she asked, “Xiao Jun? Who did you bring? Did you cause trouble again?”

“Mother, I didn’t cause trouble. This is…”

“Oh, auntie, I’m a physician who treats illnesses.” Ye Kong spoke up first.

Lu Jun listened, his eyes full of puzzlement as he looked at Ye Kong, not knowing why he’d call himself a physician.

Ye Kong ignored him and sat by the bedside, asking all sorts of questions. Finally, he pulled out a talisman from his sleeve.

“Lu Jun, do you know what this is?” Ye Kong showed Lu Jun the talisman.

Cangnan Continent had no Daoist priests and no paper talismans. Spirit talismans weren’t something everyone could access. Of course Lu Jun didn’t understand.

“I’ll tell you in a bit.” Ye Kong kept him in suspense, then silently recited an incantation and slapped the paper talisman onto the old woman’s forehead.

The talisman paper burst into flames with a whoosh and burned completely clean. Although this fire wouldn’t harm people, Lu Jun was still startled.

“Eighth Young Master, what are you doing?” Lu Jun said angrily.

But Ye Kong completely ignored him. Instead, he stared at Old Mrs. Lu’s [stolen content]eyes, which were full of white cataracts.

Lu Jun also followed Ye Kong’s gaze. He saw the white suddenly crack open, then open wider and wider, as if being pried apart by something. A pair of cloudy eyeballs slowly appeared…

This was too miraculous, beyond what Lu Jun could imagine. He squeezed his eyes shut hard, then looked carefully at his mother’s eyes again.

The old woman had already begun crying out in amazement, “Xiao Jun, is that you? Mother can see! Mother can really see!”

“Mother!” Lu Jun grabbed the old woman’s hand fiercely. Water was already gathering in his eyes.

Ye Kong smiled and walked out, standing in the Lu family’s small courtyard with his hands behind his back, looking at the sky.

Before long, Lu Jun came out and dropped to his knees in front of Ye Kong with a thud. “Thank you, Immortal Master, for treating my mother’s illness. Please accept my bow!”

Ye Kong turned around and asked, “Do you believe now that I can deal with the Dragon-Snake Gang experts?”

Lu Jun quickly said, “I believe, I believe! Immortal Master’s immortal methods are profound and mysterious. Those martia[noodles]l arts experts are nothing!”

Ye Kong laughed long and loud. “You’re right, but you still have to keep this secret for me.”

Lu Jun hastily agreed.

Since Ye Kong had come, he wouldn’t go back. He planned to stay at Lu Jun’s house in the afternoon and wait for Li Wuda to come.

Lu Jun was happy inside and couldn’t help wanting to tell his brother, but felt awkward about leaving. Ye Kong noticed his expression and smiled. “What? Got something to do? Go ahead, it’s fine.”

Lu Jun smiled. “I’ll go tell my brother the news. He’s at the gambling house by the main road. My sister is a young lady, it’s inconvenient for her to go…”

“Go on, go on.”

Ye Kong waved his hand and squatted on the threshold of the Lu family’s middle gate, looking up at the pale white sky. He thought: if only my mother’s face could be healed, how happy she’d be! But there’s no talisman in the Complete Collection of Talismans for healing faces.

“You’re the one who healed my mother’s eyes?” Suddenly [unauthorized copy]a pair of bright, dark eyes appeared in front of Ye Kong.

“Mm, yes.” Ye Kong smiled.

“Then you must be an immortal, right?” Lu Qin asked again.

“No.” Ye Kong shook his head. “I’m a physician who treats illnesses.”

“Lying again! The physicians all said my mother’s eyes couldn’t be cured unless an immortal came.”

Ye Kong said, “You wash clothes with soapwort too?”

Soapwort was a special plant on Cangnan Continent. It grew very easily and was cheap. Buy a few roots and put them in a basin at home, and you’d find the water became viscous. This water worked very well for washing clothes, and after washing there was a faint lingering fragrance. Of course, you could also bathe and wash your hair with it.

“Yes. Do you rich people use this too?” Lu Qin asked curiously in return.

“Rich families also use soapwort. Besides, I’m not rich. My mother has to [noodles]do a lot of embroidery work for others every day.”

“Liar! My mother said rich people don’t work. They just like to bully people when they’re bored after eating their fill.”

Ye Kong laughed. “Your mother is right. Actually, I’d also like to bully people every day when I’m bored after eating my fill, but every time I end up being bullied by others instead.”

“Tsk, you’re that useless? And you call yourself an immortal? Do you need me to protect you?” Lu Qin asked with childish innocence.

“You can protect me? You’re very formidable?” Ye Kong asked curiously.

“Of course! Let me show you my martial arts!”

As Lu Qin spoke, she began performing martial arts in the small courtyard. More accurately, her martial arts were more like dance arts. It didn’t look like practicing martial arts at all, but like dancing. Those movements had basically no lethal power. Instead, they flowed like clouds and water, graceful and elegant.

“How about it? Pretty impressive, right?” Lu Qin asked as she danced.

“Impressive? Mm, very beautiful. [stolen content]You could go learn dance. Maybe you’d become a dancer…”

“I don’t want to learn dance. That’s what they learn in brothels and pleasure houses!” The little girl actually knew quite a bit.

Ye Kong smiled bitterly. “But your dance moves… can they hurt people?”

“Of course they can! My mother said that if you comprehend the dancing movements of the little figure in the Shadow Jade, you can master unrivaled martial arts in the world!” Lu Qin pouted, the little beauty mark at the corner of her mouth tilting up slightly.

“Really?” Ye Kong looked at the sky again. He no longer had any expectations for that dancing jade. Originally he’d sought immortal arts, not martial arts. And now it seemed there weren’t even martial arts.

He really couldn’t see any trace of martial arts in the dance Lu Qin performed.