Chapter 12: When did Zhuang say he was a good person with excellent virtue?

Outside Zhongdu city.

Zhuang Buran was practicing his internal energy while performing "Lingbo Micro-steps," and Huang Rong followed behind on an unknown horse.

She whipped the horse to run to the green-robed youth's side and said in a very annoying tone:

"Yo, you don't forget to practice martial arts even when traveling. No wonder you are young and have such outstanding martial arts. It turns out it all depends on hard practice in private."

Zhuang Buran acted as if he didn't hear, walking on his own.

Huang Rong didn't care and continued:

"You are so diligent, it must be because he forced you since childhood. That's why I often slack off when practicing martial arts, and he doesn't say much. This is pinning all his high hopes on you!"

"By the way, you wanted 'Toad Technique' before. Could it be that you want to send the secret manual back to Peach Blossom Island, so that he can find the flaws in Ouyang Feng's martial arts, so that he can be closer to the number one in the world."

"Your Jing brother is still in Zhongdu. You don't stay in the city, waiting for him to coax you, why follow Zhuang?" Zhuang Buran glanced.

"Pretending to be true, are you really not sent by my father?"

Huang Rong tilted her head and looked at Zhuang Buran up and down, shaking her head suddenly:

"Impossible, I absolutely won't believe the absurd words you said before. You must be the illegitimate son my old shameless father raised outside."

"Heh heh, then when you see him, you must scold him well, and then give him a punch and kick to vent the anger in your heart." Zhuang Buran smiled lightly.

"Are you gloating?" Huang Rong glanced over.

"Watching the fun and not fearing the big trouble is what Zhuang learned from you."

When Huang Rong heard this, she immediately thought of her previous fanning the flames, wishing that he and the Quanzhen Sect's bull-nosed old Daoist would fight.

Afterwards, she skipped this topic and asked curiously:

"What exactly do you want the Western Poison's martial arts unique skills for? With your current martial arts, I'm afraid it won't take long before you can compete with the Five Greats in the Jianghu."

"Zhuang practices martial arts, never for vanity. I said it at the beginning, I just want to become stronger by lying down one day."

"You really know how to think wildly. I have never heard of any martial arts that can continuously increase strength by lying down."

"It's just in the stage of laying the foundation."

"So, is that 'Toad Technique' very powerful?" Huang Rong laughed out loud:

"Hahaha, it's a pity that Ouyang Ke couldn't let you get your wish and wrote a wrong secret manual for you."

"'Toad Technique' is powerful or not, let's not talk about it. It's just that this skill happens to be able to make up for the shortcomings in Zhuang's martial arts." Zhuang Buran said calmly.

Huang Rong clapped her hands and smiled:

"Then it's even more a pity. I can't help but feel sad for you."

"You are sad too early. When did Zhuang say that the wrong secret manual can't be used?"

"Uh..." Huang Rong's face froze.

"My martial arts started with external skills. Although I later cultivated superior internal energy that combines internal and external, I am ultimately inferior in internal energy."

Zhuang Buran said generously:

"'Toad Technique' is good at accumulating internal energy and regulating internal organs, and also has the effect of internal strengthening, which is a superior martial art for dispelling diseases, prolonging life, and strengthening the body to resist enemies. And in the wrong secret manual written by Ouyang Ke, the method of accumulating strength and internal refining of internal organs has no errors, which is exactly what Zhuang needs."

"Then Ouyang Ke died too unjustly. It's really cleverness being mistaken by cleverness." Huang Rong seemed to think of something and blurted out:

"Since you got what you wanted, why did you kill Ouyang Ke?"

"You must have been with a fool for too long and got infected." Zhuang Buran looked at Huang Rong with surprised eyes:

"If you kill, you kill. Why do you need a reason."

After speaking, he urged his internal energy, suddenly rushed out, and left Huang Rong behind.

"It's really saying a stupid thing without knowing it. Whether Ouyang Ke lives or dies is not worth mentioning, because this person doesn't care at all." Huang Rong looked annoyed.

That night.

Zhuang Buran lay sideways on a tree branch, and Huang Rong sat by a bonfire not far away, rummaging through the fire. After a while, she seemed to deliberately enlarge her voice:

"What a fragrant beggar chicken. My craftsmanship is still the same as before, without any retreat."

Suddenly a breeze blew, Huang Rong's face froze, and she saw that there was only half a beggar chicken left on the lotus leaf. She immediately looked up and saw the green-robed youth lying sideways on the tree branch holding the other half of the beggar chicken.

He tore off a chicken leg leisurely, ate it in two or three bites, and nodded gently:

"It is indeed very good."

"Good, I didn't expect you to be a little thief who takes without asking." Huang Rong stood up and scolded angrily.

"When did Zhuang say he was a good person with excellent virtue?" Zhuang Buran asked back in confusion.

"You... shameless guy, be careful not to be choked to death."

"In view of your good cooking, you can follow if you want to follow in the future, but remember to make two portions of food."

"Who follows you? Is this road yours?" Huang Rong said angrily: "I just won't make your portion, what can you do to me."

"I'm afraid you'll starve to death."

Zhuang Buran said lightly: "With my martial arts, is it simple or simple to get food from your hands?"

"Abominable, snatching things and still so righteous."

Huang Rong was stomping her feet in anger, but immediately changed her face and smiled:

"Since my martial arts are low and I have always been generous, leave the meals to me in the future, and I guarantee you will be satisfied."

Zhuang Buran glanced down, smiled, and didn't speak.

The next day.

On the simple dining table, there were four dishes with good color, fragrance, and taste, only to see Huang Rong shouting with a smile:

"In the wilderness, I can't find any decent ingredients, so I can only make a few simple dishes. Hurry up and eat."

Zhuang Buran, who got up early to practice martial arts, heard this and walked over slowly, only to see Huang Rong introducing enthusiastically:

"Roasted rabbit meat, stewed chicken with winter mushrooms, lotus leaf soup, and good-match soup. Knowing that you practice external martial arts, your appetite is likely to be very large, so these are specially prepared for you."

Zhuang Buran used chopsticks made of wooden branches on the table to pick up a piece of chicken, paused in front of it.

"Hurry up and taste it, why stop? If it gets cold, the taste will..."

Before Huang Rong finished speaking, Zhuang Buran stuffed the chicken into her mouth.

Suddenly, Huang Rong was stunned, and then while chewing slowly, she smiled:

"You are using a villain's heart to measure a gentleman's belly. I am not someone who would poison."

"Wait until you swallow it before saying this." Zhuang Buran put down the chopsticks in his hand.

Just at this moment, hoofbeats came from afar, only to see Guo Jing galloping on a precious horse.

A moment later, he collected the reins and jumped off the ground, running to Huang Rong's side excitedly:

"Rong'er, I finally found you."

Huang Rong seemed to be still angry with Guo Jing, turned around and didn't pay attention to him. Zhuang Buran showed a trace of curiosity:

"Guo Jing, how did you find our trail?"

"You and Rong'er are both unforgettable people. After I left the city, I asked everyone I met, and then I chased after you."

Zhuang Buran heard this and couldn't help but secretly think:

"Good luck, worthy of being the child of luck in this era. However, just asking for directions all the way, he could find the door."

He smiled suddenly:

"I think you have been very hard all the way. It's better to come early than to come by chance. She just made a table of dishes, let's eat together."

"Okay, I just haven't eaten anything." Guo Jing agreed happily.

"Hmph, eat what eat, the dishes are cold, they should all be poured out."

Huang Rong had a cold face, picked up two plates of dishes, and prepared to take them away, making Guo Jing confused, thinking she was still angry with herself.

"I said that such a willful girl should not be provoked easily. You didn't believe it, but now you finally believe it."

Zhuang Buran said to Guo Jing casually, and saw Huang Rong, who had walked far away, suddenly spit out something on the ground.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 13 =====