Chapter 26: My Rules
Since he definitely couldn’t win, Chu Huaixu decisively decided to play along.
He walked up to Liu Chenggong and raised his hands.
“Junior Brother Chu, what are you doing?” Liu Chenggong asked.
“Huh? Don’t you need to tie me up?”
I know the procedure! Back at Spring-Autumn Mountain, I was quite familiar with it; the four great sects are all pretty much the same!
Liu Chenggong looked at the exceptionally handsome young man before him, a mocking smile appearing on his face.
“No need. You’re merely at the Meridian-Opening Stage, do you really think you have the ability to resist?”
“If you surrender now, we’ll find it rather boring.”
“If you try to escape midway, that might be a bit interesting.”
He looked at Chu Huaixu with an amused smile, as if looking at a plaything in his palm.
Meeting his gaze, Chu Huaixu slowly lowered his raised hands.
“What’s your relationship with Liu Chengqi?” he asked directly.
Liu Chenggong was amused. “You’ve got some nerve!”
He sized up the fox-like face and scoffed, “But then again, if you didn’t have the guts, you wouldn’t dare lay a hand on Chengqi.”
As the deputy captain of Medicine Mountain’s law enforcement team, he felt secure, and besides, it wasn’t a secret in the outer sect. He added, “Liu Chengqi is my cousin.”
“Oh, right, you must be new here. I forgot to tell you, his father is one of the nine great stewards of the outer sect.”
A gentle breeze blew, rustling a few strands of Chu Huaixu’s dark hair.
Liu Chenggong and the others expected to see him completely terrified. Instead, they saw his expression remain unchanged.
“I understand,” Chu Huaixu said plainly.
This displeased the deputy captain of the law enforcement team greatly.
He started to doubt if this person understood anything about social niceties.
The nine great stewards were the highest authorities in the outer sect.
Did you realize the severity of the consequences after beating their only son like this?
“Understand what?” Liu Chenggong’s expression darkened.
Chu Huaixu smiled, “I understand why even though he’s so handsy, many senior brothers still recommended going to him to learn martial arts.”
“A steward’s son, the deputy captain of the law enforcement team’s cousin. No wonder.”
Liu Chenggong only smiled at this and said nothing.
To him, it was perfectly normal for others to curry favor with him and his uncle, who was a steward.
It was like him owning a restaurant in Medicine Mountain; the business would be booming.
But were the customers who dined and bought wine there truly there for the restaurant’s taste?
Not entirely.
At this moment, Liu Chenggong also looked around and asked, “Is that Junior Sister Han Shuangjiang not at home?”
“Yes, she didn’t return with me,” Chu Huaixu replied.
“This Junior Sister… she must be very beautiful, right?” Liu Chenggong wore a knowing smile.
“Yes, stunningly beautiful,” Chu Huaixu answered.
“Is she unusually close to you?” Liu Chenggong asked again.
“Well, you could say it’s not ordinary,” he said.
“No wonder, my cousin likes this kind of flavor.” Liu Chenggong raised a hand and gently patted Chu Huaixu’s shoulder, unsure if he was comforting or rubbing salt in the wound. “It can’t be helped, brother.”
“It seems he has the ‘Wei Wu Yi Feng’ spirit, he’s a Cao Cao-like figure,” Chu Huaixu said, speaking in a way they didn’t understand.
Good for you, Liu Chengqi. Looking all proper, but you actually like stealing others’ loved ones. You have a taste for this!
No wonder you couldn’t resist reaching out to touch her in front of me.
Chu Huaixu wasn’t surprised that the son of a steward was teaching martial arts to mortals.
He had some idea of what the second generation was like.
On Earth, some people drove luxury cars for ride-sharing services, only accepting female passengers.
After skiing suddenly became popular, some skilled second-generation individuals also became ski instructors.
Was it for the money?
It was for the fun, for the thrill of seduction.
They disdained the kind of malicious acts seen in TV dramas where they simply bullied the weak.
They preferred to unleash their charm, display their abilities and methods, using their tried-and-true tricks to seduce them and make them come to them willingly.
These people, by birth, could never lack women.
Regular people were shocked by the prices and could only dream of the ‘high-class escorts’ whose services were described with phrases like “is their lower half made of gold or inlaid with diamonds.” For these people, that was pocket change, and they even found it boring and lacking in romance.
They also needed psychological achievement!
They also needed to boast about their charm with these conquests!
Some arduous jobs that others used to support their families were merely pastimes for them, which they could do or not do as they pleased.
When learning the unnamed “Boundless Heaven-and-Earth Eight Trigrams Palm,” Chu Huaixu, looking at Liu Chengqi’s expensive robes, his demeanor and style, had already harbored suspicions.
“I just didn’t expect Liu Chengqi to be so wild, mistaking my relationship with Han Shuangjiang for something else, and also planning to both cheat me out of 10 taels of silver and treat me like a dog.”
“He never saw me as a person at heart,” Chu Huaixu chuckled.
But he knew very well that Liu Chengqi had definitely succeeded before, and not just once! He might have even ‘conquered’ people.
What was interesting was that the Liu Chenggong before him also didn’t seem to see Chu Huaixu as a person.
He gently patted Chu Huaixu’s shoulder again and said, “Chengqi hasn’t been in a good mood since his Spiritual Embryo was damaged, so he can only find some excitement in life. Junior Brother Chu, please be understanding.”
Liu Chenggong was truly bored and thought that someone who dared to injure his cousin would be easily enraged, thus giving him something to amuse himself with.
Who would have thought that the young man with the fox-like face before him would grin at him and say:
“It’s covered.”
Outside the bamboo house, Liu Chenggong was too lazy to waste any more words with Chu Huaixu.
His expression darkened, and he said to his two subordinates, “You two, go and bring that Junior Sister Han back!”
“Yes,” replied the two nameless figures.
“Well then, let’s go, Junior Brother Chu.” Liu Chenggong’s gaze was sinister.
“Please lead the way, Senior Brother Liu,” Chu Huaixu made a gesture.
He’s the typical kind of person: he likes to speak politely first, then say something disrespectful, or even do something disrespectful.
When he heavily injured Liu Chengqi, he also kept addressing him as “Senior Brother Liu.”
Before he worked as a ‘escort,’ he had been in two relationships, one of which was a secret affair with his university counselor. Every time they reached the climax, he would also call out “Teacher,” occasionally making the teacher cry, with tears flowing from her “third eye.”
In short, impeccable politeness!
However, Liu Chenggong’s expression grew even darker. He snorted, affixed a “Divine Speed Talisman” to himself, and said, “My cousin is probably getting impatient. We need to hurry.”
With that, he grabbed Chu Huaixu and lightly leaped onto branches, rapidly traversing between ancient trees.
Before long, he brought Chu Huaixu back to the law enforcement hall of Medicine Mountain and imprisoned him in the dungeon.
As he had said, Liu Chengqi was indeed impatient and was already waiting in the dungeon.
Chu Huaixu guessed that he had taken some spiritual medicine, so his injuries had fully recovered.
Having a steward for a father, it was normal.
What surprised him slightly was that there was also a half-white-haired elder in the dungeon.
Upon seeing him, Liu Chenggong respectfully said, “Uncle.”
The elder immediately raised his hand and said, “How many times have I told you, state my position when outside.”
“Yes, Esteemed Steward,” Liu Chenggong appeared unusually obedient now.
The elder with half-white hair nodded slightly and scrutinized Chu Huaixu. “You are Chu Huaixu?”
“Yes, disciple greets Steward Liu,” Chu Huaixu raised his hand in greeting, still maintaining his admirable virtue of impeccable politeness, and incidentally buying time.
“I heard from Chengqi that you are merely at the second aperture cultivation, having just entered the Meridian-Opening Stage. Yet you managed to injure him, using the ‘Boundless Heaven-and-Earth Eight Trigrams Palm’ that he taught you?”
Chu Huaixu immediately looked up, his eyes gleaming, “Indeed! Does the Steward have a heart to cherish talent?”
While joking around, he also managed to silently commit to memory: So, it’s called ‘Boundless Heaven-and-Earth Eight Trigrams Palm.’
Hearing this, Steward Liu’s old face was first surprised, then instantly darkened a bit.
Indeed, when these three with the surname Liu darkens their expressions, they all look the same!
The elder let out a cold snort, then flicked his finger, causing a shallow wound on Chu Huaixu’s arm, from which blood oozed.
Chu Huaixu looked down in surprise at his arm.
He didn’t care about this minor injury, but his robe was torn, and he wondered if the little manager (Han Shuangjiang) could sew it.
Steward Liu beckoned slightly, and a drop of blood flew into his palm.
“Hmm? A Lower-grade Spiritual Embryo?” He scanned it with his Divine Sense.
He hadn’t seen this type of Spiritual Embryo before, but its aura was weak, and its grade was clearly very low.
The elder had come personally after hearing his only son’s description, wanting to assess the young man’s potential.
Although he held formidable authority in the outer sect, he also knew that if someone was a true prodigy, he needed to keep an eye on them.
But this mere Lower-grade Spiritual Embryo was worlds apart from my son’s Blazing Fire Spiritual Embryo!
“You think you’re worthy of me cherishing your talent?” the elder said, looking at Chu Huaixu with cold eyes and a indifferent expression.
After speaking, he prepared to turn and leave, saying to his only son and nephew, “Do as you please.”
He was just a registered disciple, and a Lower-grade Spiritual Embryo at that. If he died, he died; a reason could be fabricated.
“Esteemed Steward! Wait a moment!” Chu Huaixu shouted.
The elder turned back in confusion, his brow furrowed.
“I am well-versed in the outer sect’s rules. May I ask if Senior Brother Liu made the first move? I was merely acting in self-defense. Which rule did I break?” Chu Huaixu’s expression was righteous, and his words were forceful.
The elder, who had his son late in life, looked at this innocent young man who seemed untouched by the corrupting influences of the world and said with full force, “Never mind who made the first move! You injured my son, and that is breaking the rules! Breaking the rules of Liu family!”
This loud shout actually contained spiritual power, causing Chu Huaixu’s mind to reel, and he felt dizzy. His vision went black, and he almost couldn’t stand, his face turning pale instantly.
Not far away, at this very moment, a deep voice finally sounded.
“Steward Liu, you have quite the authority!”
