Chapter 283: Peeking

Returned to Qian Dao Huang Du.

After three months away, when they returned, Hu Bing and Pang De saw Yan Buji full of vigor, and looked at him strangely:

"Junior Brother, after your three-month closed-door cultivation, what gains have you made?"

"Thanks for your concern, Senior Brothers; after my injuries healed, I changed the place where my cultivation went awry, and now I'm fine."

"Really?"

"Yes."

Pang De frowned, sensing that Junior Brother Huang's aura after three months of seclusion was markedly different from before, faintly somewhat stronger.

Perhaps he made a slight breakthrough.

Pang De didn't think much more and said: "Since that's the case, your timing is perfect. We've pretty much located Wang Jie's whereabouts; we're about to move against him these days. Let's now make a plan so he doesn't escape."

Yan Buji nodded: "Alright, but we probably shouldn't start a fight inside the city, right?"

"Of course not; if we really fought in the city, wouldn't everyone be alerted? We must let him leave Huang Du before we act."

Hu Bing continued: "We've discovered he's currently posing as a teacher in an official's household; although he hides well, fortunately Senior Brother spotted him. He presently has no intention of leaving, and we don't know what else he might be doing here."

Yan Buji pondered: "But since we're going to capture him, can we just ignore other matters for now?"

"That's true as well, Junior Brother; investigate this guy's comings and goings, then find a time to drive him out of Huang Du."

"Yes."

Yan Buji now had some means, so he wasn't afraid of being targeted by a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator.

If we truly can't beat him, we can definitely run away.

Just as Yan Buji left to investigate, Hu Bing and Pang De exchanged a glance and said somewhat strangely:

"No, Junior Brother Huang probably isn't just making a simple breakthrough; knowing full well that the opponent is a ruthless Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator, he readily agreed—this doesn't match his cautious nature."

Pang De chuckled: "If he could break through to Foundation Establishment Stage, that would be even better. But I think he likely has a life-saving trump card; otherwise he wouldn't dare go there lightly."

"Hehehe."

Having arrived in Huang Du.

Yan Buji followed the two's indicated position, lying in wait near Wang Jie's hiding place, observing the situation.

The so-called observation must be done without being detected; rashly approaching is not a good choice.

Of course, Yan Buji believes all the more that if he deliberately spies on that side, Wang Jie, such a ruthless demonic cultivator, will surely notice.

"Since he's hiding in an official's household posing as a teacher, outwardly he would probably say....."

Yan Buji looked at the several foolish young masters in the official's household and couldn't help but chuckle.

In the blink of an eye, Yan Buji took on the appearance of a young man and began his operation.

A few days passed.

Yan Buji suddenly became a well-known playboy young master in Huang Du, mingling with the offspring of high officials and nobles at pleasure venues, enjoying himself immensely.

"Brother Xuanzi, your pitch-pot skill is great; you always win."

"Hahaha, everyone, don't just praise me; if you're supposed to drink, don't shirk it, or next time I won't invite you." Yan Buji, having taken on the appearance of a young master, merely used a few minor transformation techniques; ordinary people generally can't notice.

However, what Yan Buji used was not merely a simple technique; he controlled his own skin to revert to youth, then added a few minor techniques, concealing his magical fluctuations before blending in with those young masters.

But there are no absolutes; Yan Buji's behavior is merely to get to know that Wang Jie.

Yan Buji looked at the two young masters embracing girls while drinking flower wine, smiled and asked, "Brother Ping, Brother An, didn't your families arrange a teacher to teach you your studies? How come you have free time these days to come out and play?"

"Don't mention it, Brother Xuanzi; that teacher never shows up, Father doesn't care, and they just let some pedantic scholar teach us. What's good about reading those books? When my brother and I come of age, Father won't just assign us to some local post to while away a few years before returning to Huang Du."

"That's right."

"Then what does your father hire that teacher for?"

"You guys don't say; that teacher, though elusive, is really capable. Earlier my family had a haunting, and he was the one who caught it."

"A haunting?!"

Once the conversation started, Yan Buji listened contentedly from the side.

"Young master said: 'You guys don't think I'm lying; that ghost is terrifying, wearing a red bridal gown. If it weren't for the teacher's intervention, I'd almost have become her groom. That said, the ghost is actually quite pretty...'"

"You're really lustful to the point of daring, even daring to set your sights on a ghost."

"Hehe, that teacher truly has real ability; my father said he might be an immortal."

"Immortal sect? I recall there are quite a few immortal sects in Huang Du, and even the imperial palace has many."

"Normally those immortal sects are elusive, unseen; maybe you'd run into one on the road. Otherwise, why would the family tell us not to cause trouble outside, if not to avoid offending them?"

"Too bad I lack talent; otherwise my father would have sent me to become an immortal."

"You? You can barely get onto a bed."

"Hahahaha."

Yan Buji listened for a while and became quite interested in that haunting matter.

"Brother Ping, how did the haunting happen in your household? Did you provoke something unclean?"

"That young master replied blankly: 'No, at most I beat to death a newlywed young woman the year before last; she wouldn't come looking for me now.'"

"Hey, when a person dies they become a ghost; maybe they bear a grudge and, unwilling to reincarnate, have cultivated for three years into a vengeful ghost to come find you." The other young master joked.

"Ah?!"

"That young master's face turned pale; he could barely keep drinking his wine."

"Yan Buji laughed from the side: 'Brother Ping, Brother An, look at you two—you haven't been short of misdeeds these years. Look, karmic retribution has come, huh?'"

"'Bah... what nonsense! What karmic retribution? My family still has the teacher, doesn't it?'"

"'If that teacher ever leaves, what will you do?'"

"Those two young masters' faces darkened; they didn't know what to say."

"If I may say, you'd be better off, while you're young, earnestly studying with your family's teacher; who knows, maybe he'll teach you a couple of skills, and then you'll make a fortune."

"Yeah, speaking of catching ghosts, looking over the whole Huang Du, there aren't many people who can do it, right?"

The two young masters' eyes lit up upon hearing that: "Indeed, it's a good idea!"

"Then later, when we go home, we'll go tell the master and ask him to teach us a couple of moves?"

"The master really does have genuine skill; you should first go find your father, and only if he steps in will the master be willing to give you face."

"What if even my father's influence doesn't work?"

"Just kneel and beg him; he's living off your family, eating your food—teaching you a couple of moves wouldn't break any taboo."

"Exactly!"

The two young masters, having been persuaded like that, left quickly.

Yan Buji held the two girls, smiling.

Although it's not exactly a brilliant plan, as long as Wang Jie shows up, there will always be an opportunity.