Waiting for you online - - - Chapter 6

Chapter 6

“Stop—”

The person being pursued has been wounded and is fleeing in embarrassment. A group of people are chasing that person in a city with heavy traffic, consecutively knocking over vendors and passersby, making the whole street in chaos. But seeing those are from Wuliang Sect, everyone dared to be angry but dare not to complain.

That person stubbornly resisted and was caught in the end but he still doesn’t give up and shouted: “I don’t know anything, why do you want to catch me? Just because you’re from Wuliang Sect, you can just arrest people in broad daylight! Taking advantage of and bully people! Is there still any law!”

“Stop talking nonsense, don’t think that no one knows what kind of business you’re doing. Take him away!”

The waiter from the teahouse was coming over to replenish tea, Xie Bi An inquired: “Brother, do you know what’s going on outside?”

“Oh, yesterday something serious happened in Wuliang Sect. Are you the middleman of an immortal sect? If you are, you probably would have heard it.”

“Yeah, I heard it, is this person the murderer?”

“Naturally not, I heard that Meng Ke Fei is very powerful. If he’s the murderer, how can he be caught by a bunch of Wuliang Sect’s low-level disciples?”

“Brother has a reasonable analysis, then this is…”

“This person most likely escaped from Fumenghui. Last night, Guwujian Song Chun Gui brought some people to turn Fumengui upside down, heard that they want to catch those who are related to trading cores and bring them back to the summit for interrogation.” The waiter curled his lips and said in a low voice, “They got crazy about catching people. There were a few men in our village who just went to Fumenghui to do some work and eat, all were taken away inexplicably.”

Xie Bi An frowned, seemed lost in thoughts.

That reputation of Song Chun Gui is well-known even to those commoners who are not from the immortal realm. He’s Li Bu Yu’s youngest disciple, currently a well-known one-armed swordsman in the world. With only one hand, he can skillfully display Wuliang Sect’s sword-play. Currently the most popular in Wuliang Sect. Li Bu Yu sends this person out shows the importance of Meng Ke Fei’s death.

And the Fumenghui the waiter mentioned is only 30 miles away from Fengdu city. It is Jiuzhou’s largest black market and leisure place. Everything in there is only what you dare not think about, there is none that dare not to do. There is only what you can’t buy, there is none that can’t be sold. It’s the number one magical place in the world.

“Wuliang Sect is quick to take action, checking Fumenghui first.” Fan Wu She looked outside the window at those people who were taken away and said coldly, “It’s a pity to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill*. Where the wind and the waves are highest*, who dares to trade Meng Ke Fei’s golden core.”

“Yeah, but if you caught some people who are related to core trading, maybe some clues may be detected. But spreading a wide net and arresting people indiscriminately does damage the reputation of Wuliang Sect.”

That word “prestige” made Fan Wu She sneered secretly. Time is really a whitewashed facade*. Who knows the Wuliang Sect right now, as the leader of the immortal alliance and the model of immortal families, has what kind of appearance a hundred years ago.

“However, as long as Wuliang Sect finds out the truth, they won’t hurt innocent people.” Xie Bi An said, “Wu She, let’s eat first, after eating, I will bring you home to see.”

Go home…

Fan Wu She’s heart moved.

After lunch, they returned to Qintai Alley.

Zhong Kui bought a house here. The house is not small, but it is old, plain in appearance and unremarkable. This is the residence of the two of them in the mortal realm. When Xie Bi An was young and couldn’t stay in the underworld for a long period of time, he grew up here half of the time.

Pushing the door and entering, a burst of fragrant orchid scent wafted and a sea of flowers appeared in front. This square courtyard was actually full of orchids of various colours and varieties. With numerous branches and clusters, each plant was elegant and fragrant, graceful and colourful. Such beautiful scenery, like a fairyland.

Xie Bi An forcefully inhaled the fragrance into his lungs and felt refreshed. He laughed and said: “I named this Orchid garden. I’ve grown this garden of orchids for more than 10 years.”

Fan Wu She looked at this beautiful scenery, yet felt as if being run over by a nail plate. The spikes pierced directly into his internal organs. His eyes became fuzzy due to the inexplicable burning pain. Time and space became deranged one after another. This simple and elegant courtyard gradually overlapped with the palace garden with dragons and phoenixes. The same blue sky, sun, clouds, flowers and finally, the young man standing in the sea of flowers, smiling at him warmly, all matched.

“Wu She, Confucius said, orchids have the virtues of a gentleman, the fragrance of kings, senior brother loves orchids the most, do you like orchids?”

“Xiao Jiu, Confucius said, orchids have the virtues of a gentleman, the fragrance of kings, big brother loves orchids the most, do you like orchids?”

Millions of arrows pierced through his heart.

Fan Wu She staggered and took a step back, his eyes were red.

Xie Bi An realised Fan Wu She’s abnormality and asked nervously: “Wu She what’s wrong, do you feel uncomfortable? Is it heatstroke?” He stepped forward and was about to support Fan Wu She.

Fan Wu She slapped Xie Bi An’s hand away fiercely: “Don’t touch me!”

Xie Bi An froze, his worried expression has yet to change, a deep disappointment has already climbed into his veins, which looked a bit amusing. He sighed and said softly: “Wu She, you and I have only met not more than a day, never have any disagreements, I don’t know why you seem to…somewhat repel senior brother.”

Fan Wu She looked at Xie Bi An’s lowered brows and eyes, his expression looked as if it can swallow a whole person.

Xie Bi An continues to say to himself: “It is fate for you and me to be senior and junior brothers, senior brother wishes to live in harmony with you, cultivate and serve master together. I know you have an unfortunate life experience, lonely and no one to depend on, may be difficult to trust others, but I will treat you like a real blood brother.” He said, raised his head and looked at Fan Wu She sincerely.

Fan Wu She turned his back. After a while, he whispered: “I just don’t like to be touched by people.”

I just can’t let you touch me. I hope you don’t treat me well, don’t smile at me, don’t touch me, because at any time, at any time I, don’t want to expropriate you.

If you know what shameless things I want to do to you, what will you do?

I can’t repeat the same mistakes.

Xie Bi An wanted to take a peek at Fan Wu She’s expression, but couldn’t see it. He hesitated and said: “Then, do you recognise me as your senior brother?”

“……I recognise.”

Xie Bi An immediately felt relieved. He is broad-minded, never cling to small matters: “It’s alright so long as you recognise me as your senior brother. It’s senior brother’s lack of consideration. We only knew each other yesterday, so it’s impossible to get acquainted with you right away. In the future, if there’s anything senior brother make you feel awkward, it’s ok to voice out directly.”

Fan Wu She adjusted his emotions and turned around, his expression already indifferent: “Orchids are very beautiful.”

“Yeah, I have spent a lot of thoughts on it. But I don’t just plant orchids, over here there are some heliophilous plants. Jiuyou does not have sun. I planted plenty of them at Heaven Master palace. When we head back, I will bring you to see my garden at Heaven Master palace.”

“Ok.”

“Ah, you see.” Xie Bi An pointed to a bunch of pink and white, an extremely luxuriant and beautiful orchid and said excitedly, “This is what I told you before, the petal from the maternal plant brother Lan gave me. This species is called Dangshanhe. The name is beautiful, and the flower is even more beautiful.”

Fan Wu She squinted at that orchid.

“By the way, you can’t even think of it, when I mentioned it to Bo Zhu, what is Bo Zhu’s expression.” Xie Bi An mimicked Bo Zhu’s expression and said in a surprise, ” ‘Ah! What kind of mother pig can live for a hundred years, doesn’t it become a spirit?’ Hahahahaha—-”

“……”

“Bo Zhu this silly kid, always say silly things, very adorable.” Xie Bi An stretched out his white and slender hand, stroke Dangshanhe lovingly. His fingertips were so gentle, it almost melts at the touch, “He doesn’t know, the price of this Dangshanhe can be up to thousands of gold in the black market. Even if Xianyue pavilion has thousands of orchid species, this is the only precious one. Brother Lan and I are people who love flowers, how can he give up what he treasures, I…”

“He just wants to please master.” Fan Wu She said in a vicious voice, “If you are not a well-known cultivator, you think he will care about you?”

Bo Zhu in a mouthful, brother Lan in a mouthful, Fan Wu She feels that his scalp is burning. (FWS is jealous that XBA was talking about Bo Zhu and brother Lan)

More than a hundred years ago, he didn’t know where this shitty Lianyue pavilion was, otherwise, he will relocate all of the orchids in their house. Also, he won’t let this person keep talking and missing the goods of another man.

Xie Bi An smiled indifferently: “If you didn’t say, I will still understand, but your senior brother also prides himself on being romantic and cherishes each other. Brother Lan is not someone who needs to cling to the high and connect to the rich*. He respects master and willing to associate with me. There’s no conflict.”

Fan Wu She was so furious that he wanted to dig out that damn flower.

A couple surnamed Liu lives in the house. They usually look after the house and take care of the flowers and plants. They know the true identity of Zhong Kui and Xie Bi An, so they did not question anything about Fan Wu She’s arrival. They understand the rules very well.

Xie Bi An put all the things they purchased today into the Qiankun bag, ready to take it back to the underworld. Taking advantage of the good weather, he changed his clothes, put on a straw hat, went to the courtyard to earth up, weed and water the plants. He seemed contented and enjoyed his time.

Fan Wu She sat in the shade, watching in a daze.

He had seen Song Zi Heng took care of his garden like this way right now, and personally saw the orchid garden became impoverished, overgrown with weeds and deserted.

Xie Bi An is Song Zi Heng when everything it still good.

It’s just the same 19 years old. The 19 years old Song Zi Heng, all the drastic changes started that year. The 19 years old Xie Bi An, they reunited across 2 lives.

If destiny has a fixed amount and the path has a fixed way, then he won’t believe destiny and path. He crawled back into the mortal realm from hell, not for the repetition of everything in the previous life.

In the evening, after dinner, Xie Bi An handed the Qiankun bag to Fan Wu She and instructed: “Wu She, I’ve given you the Yin Yang tablet before, let Bo Zhu come and bring you back to Heaven Master palace, remember to put the food in the fridge, otherwise it won’t be fresh. Senior brother will make wontons for you tomorrow morning.”

Fan Wu She didn’t reply, a pair of black fox eyes stared at Xie Bi An: “You don’t go back.”

“Senior brother still has business to do.”

“Fumenghui?”

“Yeah.”

“Take me with you.”

“This trip might be dangerous, senior brother will go alone.” Song Chun Gui only investigates people, but he can also ask ghosts. Maybe some clues can be found in Fumenghui.

Fan Wu She frowned: “Do you think I need your protection.”

Xie Bi An laughed: “Senior brother knows you’re great and talented, but you’re still young, that’s not a place you should go.”

“Bring me there.” Fan Wu She refused to give up, “Otherwise you shall not go.”

Xie Bi An looked at him helplessly.

“I won’t impede you, and…”

“And what?”

Fan Wu She reluctantly whispered, “I’ll listen to senior brother.”

“So obedient.” Xie Bi An smiled, “Alright, then you have to listen to me, do not act without authorization.”

“Ok.”

—-Author’s notes: Going to flashback to previous life soon, everyone don’t panic

turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill* [病急乱投医] —those in a desperate plight will try anything

Where the wind and the waves are highest* [风口浪尖] —where the struggle is the fiercest

whitewashed facade* [粉饰门面] —a metaphor of beautifying the exterior with decorations

cling to the high and connect to the rich* [攀高结贵]—try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful