Chapter 193: Giving You a Favor

Stroking his chin, Ren Yidao felt that he had not misheard.

Although I am indeed already one hundred years old, it is a great age to be wearing comfortable shoes.

But this old man is not deaf or blind, I don't pant when climbing stairs, and I have absolutely nothing to do with senility!

With his extremely keen senses, he very clearly perceived that the thunderous fluctuations did not come from the horizon, but actually from beneath the water.

There is a change at the bottom of the pool.

"That Chu Hairen is also not as simple as he appears on the surface."

Among the few people present just now, Ren Yidao was not the only one to discover this matter; Chu Hairen should also have vaguely sensed it.

This Chu Family disciple noticed it, but he said nothing.

After locking eyes with Ren Yidao, he chose to yield this uncertain opportunity and turned to leave without hesitation.

"An interesting fellow."

Recalling the brief contact from before, Ren Yidao caught a special scent on Chu Hairen.

That was the scent known as a heaven's pride.

"As expected of someone who is going to contend with Li Qiushui and Li Fengyao? He can be considered a rare talent."

Although he is a little bit worse than me (gestures), he is still a pretty good talent.

"At least, he is still a smart guy."

Departing from Ren Yidao's side, after escaping the dark clouds overhead, the group from the Eastern Wasteland chose a mountain cave to set up camp.

The Eastern Wasteland has many old forests, and they were long accustomed to camping directly in the wild, so they all felt it was a matter of course.

And while everyone began to busy themselves, the middle-aged team leader Chu Yiping quietly sought out Chu Hairen, who was off to the side with his arms crossed and eyes closed.

Standing by his side, he quietly asked:

"Hairen, what do you think of that monk?"

Slowly opening his eyes, a sharp glint flashed in Chu Hairen's pupils, and he said indifferently:

"I know what my clan uncle wants to hear."

"That fellow is a decent person. Although his physical body is a bit stronger than mine, if we really clashed, he would not be my opponent."

He said this calmly, as if he were stating a fact that was a matter of course.

"Hmm! Heh heh, that goes without saying."

Having received a satisfactory answer from Chu Hairen, Chu Yiping set his mind at ease and patted him on the shoulder.

Chu Hairen looked back toward the direction of the pool, nodded slightly, and whispered in his heart:

"I will let you off this time."

He did not mention the matter of the opportunity to Chu Yiping.

There was no need.

Although Chu Hairen was usually happy-go-lucky and appeared to have no airs, deep down he actually possessed the pride of being from an imperial clan.

He did not mind snatching someone else's opportunity; cultivating the Dao is inherently about contention.

But even if one were to do such a thing, one must see who the other party is.

They were in Beigan and already lacked the advantage of the local terrain; if things went wrong, it might attract others.

Furthermore, the nature of the opportunity was unclear, so it was not worth risking his life for it.

The other party was also a Western Desert ascetic monk who exuded mystery everywhere.

After a simple weighing of the situation, he simply decided not to intervene and thought it better to do a favor.

It is just that the Young Master of the Chu Family thought he had done the other party a favor, but Ren Yidao actually did not appreciate it.

Ren Yidao:?

Doing me a favor?

Eh?

Wasn't it I who let them off?

Chu Hairen only felt that he had shown mercy and let the high monk off the hook.

He never considered: what if he and his people hadn't been able to beat the other party?

What would have happened then?

Ren Yidao, wearing the disguise of a Female Fist high monk, was an invincible existence.

With no scruples, he would have launched a heavy-fisted attack without hesitation!

He would definitely have left them with a memory they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

It was fortunate that Chu Hairen made such a wise decision, otherwise Ren Yidao would have been worried about accidentally using too much force and injuring the competition participants.

That would have been too unfair.

Not good, not good.

It would damage the competitive spirit of fair play.

"His intuition is not bad; he avoided the most tragic outcome."

Having casually given Chu Hairen an evaluation, Ren Yidao cast those thoughts to the back of his mind.

He still had serious business that he had not finished.

Facing the pool water, Ren Yidao spoke affectionately:

"Hello, are you there?"

"Wake up and start the excavator!"

"At your age, how can you sleep?"

"Why sleep so long while alive, when you shall sleep forever after death."

"Sleep, sleep, sleep—get up and party!"

"... Strange, why is there no reaction at all?"

Such mental attacks had been remarkably effective before; the other party would easily reveal flaws and show some kind of reaction.

But this time, no matter how Ren Yidao tried to coerce or entice, Xue Sui showed no reaction.

"What's going on? Is he that fragile? But he doesn't seem like the type to have his Broken Defense so easily."

Judging by previous reactions, his own "rudeness" shouldn't have reached the other party's limit yet.

Although the other party was no longer providing benefits at this moment, Ren Yidao had no way to just leave so easily.

If someone he knew saw him in this appearance of a muscular Demon, he would truly become a laughingstock.

If a certain woman surnamed Jing were to see this, she would likely be able to mock him for half a lifetime over it.

Had Jing Yueqin already left Wentian?

Hard to say.

Although he hadn't seen her in the past few days, ever since he brought the Fox Clan from Zizhushan here, a few little foxes would inexplicably go missing every night, only to reappear the next day in a corner, looking listless.

When asked where they went, they wouldn't say, and he didn't know what had happened to them either.

They didn't know anything, as if they had been violated several times in the night and had their memories wiped afterward.

From these clues, Ren Yidao suspected that a terrifying fellow was hiding in his teahouse.

As for who exactly it was, he couldn't say.

In any case, caution is best.

"Since I can't swindle any benefits, I'll just have to find a way to make things hard on myself."

The big shot has gone missing; there's no help for it, he has to go back to living a hard life.

Gazing at his reflection in the calm pool water, Ren Yidao sighed and leaped forward.

Splash.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!!!

From the moment Ren Yidao entered the water, the lake water in contact with his body began to react, quickly appearing as if it were boiling.

The layer of skin he had managed to grow back began to slowly melt as if corroded by strong acid, and he once again turned into that terrifying appearance of a skinless man.

The reason the pool water here caused every creature that drank it to die suddenly was that this seemingly calm lake surface actually contained extremely intense Sword Qi and Evil Qi.

The Evil Qi and Sword Qi reached a delicate balance, showing no signs from the outside, keeping the pool water calm.

But if a third force were to enter and disrupt this balance, the power resulting from this imbalance would be unleashed entirely upon the intruder.

And what Ren Yidao needed was that destructive power.

He wanted to use this Sword Qi and Evil Qi to temper his skin.

Destroy, then rebuild!