Chapter 147: Too Painful

Long Xiaoyun looked at Gu Qing with a dazed expression.

"You are the benchmark of my life!"

Gu Qing held onto Long Xiaoyun without letting go.

While Li Xunhuan had been smiling while speaking to Long Xiaoyun, upon hearing Gu Qing mention "benchmark of life," his face immediately fell.

Has Long Xiaoyun ever accomplished anything famous in his life?

Just one thing.

Something known throughout the Jianghu, but which both Li Xunhuan and Long Xiaoyun refuse to mention.

"Strange."

Beside them, a blind man murmured: "How can a benchmark be planted downward?"

Long Xiaoyun is truly a moral abyss.

Over the past two years, Long Xiaoyun had been despised by countless figures in the Jianghu; now, his mindset was unshakable—he ignored such remarks and calmly shook Gu Qing's hand.

Yet Gu Qing asked in surprise: "Who are you?"

The blind man replied coolly: "Yi Minghu, the one-eyed fool. In my prime, my nickname was 'Divine Eyes Like Lightning.'"

The Eight Righteous Men of the Central Plains is a group whose members all value righteousness; they are now hunting the unrighteous Tie Chuanjia, which is why they've allied with the unrighteous Long Xiaoyun.

"Oh."

Gu Qing nodded and said: "Indeed, one-eyed fool."

After all, he's blind.

Yi Minghu's facial muscles twitched; the others among the Eight Righteous Men grew indignant and prepared to attack Gu Qing.

"Not yet."

Gu Qing waved his hand, turned to Long Xiaoyun, and asked: "Lin Shiyin said a one-sided marriage is painful. Are you in pain?"

Long Xiaoyun had been nodding along with Gu Qing's smile, but upon hearing this, his smile slowly vanished.

Now, Long Xiaoyun could ignore accusations of insincerity toward Li Xunhuan—he knew his own worthlessness—but he could not tolerate criticism of Lin Shiyin.

"You're talking nonsense!"

Long Xiaoyun said coldly.

"No, no."

Gu Qing explained: "Li Xunhuan was there too—he can testify!"

Long Xiaoyun turned coldly toward Li Xunhuan, his eyes blazing with fury; Li Xunhuan being with Lin Shiyin affected Long Xiaoyun far too deeply.

Li Xunhuan, facing this fury, closed his eyes in avoidance and said painfully: "Big brother, I was wrong. I truly was wrong." That affair had been a mistake.

Long Xiaoyun's fury was about to burst forth… First, tell me exactly what you did wrong?

As for the feelings between Li Xunhuan and Lin Shiyin, if they had wished to cross moral boundaries, they could have been together at any moment.

Li Xunhuan's confession made Long Xiaoyun suspect he'd been cuckolded.

Long Xiaoyun turned his gaze to Gu Qing.

"Why are you looking at me?"

Gu Qing said solemnly: "I didn't do anything wrong."

Gu Qing was enjoying himself.

Long Xiaoyun clenched his fists tightly.

"Lin Shiyin said your marriage was merely a compromise."

Seeing Long Xiaoyun fall silent, Gu Qing drove the knife deeper.

These blows struck straight to Long Xiaoyun's bones—he shrank inward, though he had seized all the wealth from Xingyunzhuang and vanished for two years, leaving Lin Shiyin to sell furniture just to survive; yet Long Xiaoyun did it all for Lin Shiyin.

Only by defeating Li Xunhuan could Long Xiaoyun rise to prominence in the Jianghu.

Long Xiaoyun's gaze turned again to Li Xunhuan, who turned his face away.

When Gu Qing mentioned Lin Shiyin alone to Li Xunhuan, Li Xunhuan would grow angry; but when Long Xiaoyun was present, Li Xunhuan restrained himself.

Yet the topics Gu Qing raised were too painful for both Long Xiaoyun and Li Xunhuan.

Long Xiaoyun let out a strange laugh and said to Li Xunhuan with a forced smile: "The taste of kissing a cold ass is indeed unpleasant."

In this one-sided marriage, the one who was hot was always Long Xiaoyun.

Li Xunhuan avoided answering precisely because Lin Shiyin's matter made him eternally lenient toward Long Xiaoyun—he now let Long Xiaoyun berate him without protest.

"Li Xunhuan probably doesn't understand, so he can't answer."

Gu Qing said: "After all, his hot face never touched Lin Shiyin's ass."

Both Long Xiaoyun and Li Xunhuan turned their faces toward Gu Qing, their eyes filled with shock and rage—such a thing was unimaginable to both of them.

"Don't look at me."

Gu Qing seemed shy and said: "I really wanted to stick to it."

It's only human nature.

"Hah!"

Long Xiaoyun could bear it no longer—he launched a sudden attack on Gu Qing, his stance firm, spine straight as a spear, power surging from his feet, his body tensing as if snapping, and his fist hurtling toward Gu Qing's chest.

That punch was like a great spear!

Twisting and spiraling, like a green dragon rising from water, it struck with a thrust and twist, crashing heavily into Gu Qing's chest!

"Crack!"

Gu Qing stood motionless despite the blow.

Long Xiaoyun felt as if his fist had struck solid iron—he heard the sharp, snapping sounds of bone breaking, his hand bones dislocated, his ulna shattered, blood pouring from his palm; worse, the force surged through him, leaving him dizzy and nauseous, and he collapsed to his knees before Gu Qing.

Long Xiaoyun's punch had made him kneel instead.

"Master Long."

Gu Qing gripped Long Xiaoyun's broken ulna and pulled him up, saying: "I haven't even used any strength—how did you fall already?"

Long Xiaoyun was drenched in sweat from the pain; under Gu Qing's dragging, he barely managed to stand, his legs trembling as he struggled to stay upright.

Because Long Xiaoyun was so universally despised, even now, with his right arm's wound still held by Gu Qing, neither the Eight Righteous Men nor Hu the Madman showed any concern—they watched coldly.

"Brother Gu has formidable inner strength."

Li Xunhuan, now restrained and powerless, could only express his displeasure through words.

"Your sworn brother is simply too weak."

As Gu Qing spoke, he asked Long Xiaoyun: "I've studied the medical techniques in the Lianhua Baojian—I can mend your bones. Need help?" Gu Qing was trying to extract good karma from Long Xiaoyun.

"No need!"

Long Xiaoyun still had some pride.

Gu Qing nodded—he had already used the inner force of Ruyi Orchid Hand to adjust Long Xiaoyun's arm tendons and meridians with a single grasp. Now, in his agony, Long Xiaoyun hadn't noticed; if he refused Gu Qing's help when setting the bones and realigning the meridians, he would surely be permanently disabled.

"Little Yun has also studied the Lianhua Baojian."

Li Xunhuan said to Long Xiaoyun beside him.

During his time hiding in the Jianghu, Long Xiaoyun had heard rumors from Xingyunzhuang—that the Lianhua Baojian had appeared there, and that Long Xiaoyun had learned it. He was deeply shocked, realizing how much Lin Shiyin had concealed from him all along.

Yet for Long Xiaoyun, it was still good news that Long Xiaoyun had learned the Lianhua Baojian.

"How is Little Yun?"

Long Xiaoyun asked, his face pale.

Li Xunhuan's gaze turned to Gu Qing.

When they first met, Li Xunhuan had asked about Long Xiaoyun but received no clear answer; now he was about to ask again.

"Long Xiaoyun, hmm…"

Gu Qing thought for a moment and said: "He eats well, sleeps well."

(End of Chapter)