This battle was nothing short of epic.
Fiercely intense.
A poem bears witness:
Clouds gather on the pillow, tireless passion flows,
Cheeks flush with rouge, a secret glow;
Endless love in every sway and turn,
The rooster crows till the fifth watch burns!
Mid-battle.
Bai Bing pleaded repeatedly, “Ye Qiu, please, spare me.”
“Bing Jie, will you dare trick me again?”
“Never again.”
“Louder!”
“Darling, I swear I won’t, please let me go!”
How could Ye Qiu let her off easily? This jealousy vat tricked him into returning with a fake pregnancy story about Lin Jingzhi, she brought this punishment on herself.
Ignoring her pleas, Ye Qiu unleashed a barrage of peerless techniques until dawn, when the battle finally ended.
This clash left Bai Bing drained, unable to leave bed for three days.
Time flew.
Winter passed, spring arrived.
Soon, it was March, full of life.
Over these three months, Ye Qiu lived comfortably, working at the hospital by day, spending evenings in deep connection with his confidantes, and cultivating in his spare time, thoroughly content.
March 7th.
Morning, after a workout with Qin Wan, Ye Qiu nestled into her embrace, greedily inhaling her fragrance.
Beep beep beep—
His phone rang urgently.
Ye Qiu picked it up, saw it was Cao Qingcheng, and answered without avoiding Qin Wan, “Zhuque, what’s up?”
“Trouble in the southwest,” Cao Qingcheng’s voice was grave.
Ye Qiu snapped alert, “What happened?”
Cao Qingcheng said, “One of our ships sank in the Jialing River, over thirty Longmen disciples were on board.”
What?
Ye Qiu’s face darkened, but before he could ask details, Cao Qingcheng added, “And something very strange happened.”
Ye Qiu asked, “How strange?”
“Master, here’s the situation…”
As Cao Qingcheng explained, Ye Qiu’s expression grew increasingly serious.
Five minutes later.
Cao Qingcheng finished, “Master, I’m planning to head to the Jialing River to investigate. Any instructions?”
“The southwest matter is indeed bizarre, you might not resolve it by going. I’ll handle it myself.”
Ye Qiu instructed, “Stay in the capital, don’t go anywhere, verify the identities of the deceased disciples, and give their families double compensation.”
“Yes!”
The call ended.
Qin Wan stood, hugging Ye Qiu from behind, softly asking, “Trouble with Longmen?”
“Yeah,” Ye Qiu nodded, visibly worried.
“Is it serious?”
“You mean yourself?”
Qin Wan’s face flushed, her breath warm against his ear, “What do you think?”
Normally, Ye Qiu would have teased her back, but now he wasn’t in the mood.
“Wan Jie, over thirty Longmen disciples died in the southwest, I need to go handle it.”
Qin Wan understood, got up quickly, and grabbed clean clothes from the wardrobe.
“Shower and change, I’ll make breakfast, eat before you go.”
“Wan Jie, I’ll skip breakfast…”
“No way!” Qin Wan cut him off, “It’s happened already, rushing won’t bring them back. Eat first, be good.”
“Alright then.”
After Qin Wan left, Ye Qiu thought for a moment and called Longbrow Master.
When the call connected.
Longbrow Master grumbled, “Little brat, why call so early? I’m still sleeping.”
Ye Qiu said, “Get up, no sleeping, come with me to the southwest.”
Longbrow Master refused flat-out, “Not going, I need sleep.”
Ye Qiu snapped, “Why sleep so much in life when you can rest forever in death? Get up, come with me.”
“Damn, you cursing me?” Longbrow Master shot back, “Believe I’ll smack you?”
“Cut the nonsense, get up,” Ye Qiu said, “We’ll meet at the Jialing River.”
“Jialing River?” Longbrow Master asked curiously, “What’re you doing there?”
Ye Qiu replied, “Digging a tomb!”
Hearing about tomb-digging, Longbrow Master perked up, “Whose tomb?”
“Don’t ask so much, you coming or not? I’m telling you, it’s a legendary tomb, full of treasures,” Ye Qiu said, “If you don’t come, I’ll call Tang Fei.”
“No! Don’t call Tang Fei, that little bastard will haul everything back to Hades Hall, leaving us with nothing,” Longbrow Master, still bitter about the last white jade coffin, said, “Hold on, let me check the route.”
A moment later.
Longbrow Master said, “I checked, Dragon Tiger Mountain to Jialing River is too far, no direct route. I’ll go to Wushan first, then take a boat via the waterway to Jialing River.”
Ye Qiu said, “Alright, we’ll meet at Wushan Port, hurry up.”
“Got it,” Longbrow Master asked, “Brat, tell me, what legendary tomb did you find?”
Ye Qiu, impatient, said, “Stop asking, you’ll see at Jialing River, it’ll blow your mind.”
Longbrow Master laughed, “You’re a good kid, remembering me for the good stuff. Alright, let’s meet at Wushan.”
He hung up.
On Ye Qiu’s end.
“Meet at Wushan? Why’s that sound weird?”
Ye Qiu muttered, then called Xiao Zhan.
After breakfast, Ye Qiu and Xiao Zhan left Jiangzhou for Wushan.
1:00 PM.
They arrived in Wushan.
They took a car to Wushan Port, boarded a speedboat, and waited for Longbrow Master.
Three hours later.
“Boss, the Master’s here,” Xiao Zhan said.
Ye Qiu, inside the speedboat, looked out the window and saw Longbrow Master in his Taoist robe, holding a whisk.
Clearly unaware Ye Qiu had arrived, Longbrow Master stood by the road, eyeing passing young women, his eyes darting like a thief’s.
“Same old sleaze.”
Ye Qiu, annoyed, told Xiao Zhan, “Call the old geezer over.”
“Yes,” Xiao Zhan quickly brought Longbrow Master to the speedboat.
Seeing Ye Qiu, Longbrow Master grinned, “Little brat, this trip’s gonna be a big haul.”
“Why do you say that?” Ye Qiu asked.
Longbrow Master smiled, “Before leaving, I cast a divination, the signs say great fortune.”
