Chapter 27: Young Master, Don't Ah

  Two groups of people met, and when they saw Leng Hanming, who had taken care of them since childhood, Xiao Dou immediately went forward with a silly smile on his face, his eyes red-rimmed:

  "Big brother, I'm so angry with you!"

  "Handsome to the extreme, cold and stern, he sneered: 'You little brat, decades later it's still this sentence, asking for a beating!'"

  Two brothers sat shoulder to shoulder in the hall, chatting idly. Xiaodou learned that Leng Hanling's team had as many as 1,400 people, with strong strength, and even fifty people could probably defeat more than two hundred of his own!

  These years have been Cold Young Master practicing on one side, while leading them to compete for the heavenly treasure on the other, never stopping, and with the help of the Cold Family's influence, they are all so formidable.

  After listening to Xiaodou's experience, Leng Hansheng shouted in a bad tone:

  "Stinky little bean, it's come to this and you still don't come find me, but instead I have to come find you. Hmm, of course, the reason I came to find you this time is because there's something going on. You've collected quite a few herbs, and it's all spread out..."

  "Big Brother, you can see it too, I'm not cut out for this cultivation business. Shuixian has done so much for me, over 50 years! And with all the good conditions, it's taken me 50 years to just reach the initial stage of Qi refinement... Ha! If word gets out, people will laugh their teeth off! I won't think about it anymore. Big Brother, whatever you say goes, but after I'm gone, please take care of these younger siblings for me!"

  "Bang!" The cold and stern voice immediately slammed the cup, and with a loud shout: "What is this, your last words? Damn it! I won't let you die, you're not allowed to die, you must cultivate well. The elixir of immortality is gone, but I'll definitely find a way to keep you alive, did you hear me?!

  Xiao Dou wiped the foam from his mouth and smiled wryly: "Boss, you're talking a bit too far ahead, there's still over a hundred years to go, who knows what kind of strange encounter I'll have, maybe I'll suddenly surpass your mid-Foundational stage! If I reach the Sword Emperor stage, haha, with a beautiful woman in my arms, feeding me wine, and flying on a sword, that would be too wonderful~"

  "Go~" Leng Han Ming sat down again with an angry face and said: "You little guy just loves to show off, that scene isn't yours, do you understand? Now that you have the pure golden sand, cultivate it well, I didn't even mix up something like this. Cherish it well, by the way, I saw your team, although the equipment is not good, but it seems very united, hehe, you little guy, still has some conscience, how about leaving me to start a new business?"

  Xiao Dou bitterly smiled and said: "If we're poor, then we'll just have to cut back on our spending, Eldest Brother. If you're willing to take us in, then Xiao Dou will call you Grandfather!"

  Leng Han Ming suddenly burst out laughing and said: "You little kid, you're still so adorable! Alright, from now on, you two will be the younger brothers of my Sky Team. I'm the team leader, you're the squad leader, and you're my sixth squad leader. Since your equipment isn't good enough, to avoid others gossiping, you'll take charge of logistics instead. With Water Fairy's help, I believe you'll do a great job! Whatever we obtain will be divided equally among you all!"

  Xiao Dou nodded and said: "Then I'll just cultivate, by the way, Lao Da, the herbs we collected back, you won't be using them, I told you, what you say goes!"

  Leng Han Ming thought for a moment and said, "Those kids' intention is to get me to take you down, humph! They don't know about the bond we shared when we were young. Don't worry, I'll negotiate with Shui Xian about some materials later, and I'll definitely take care of your team, the poorest one!"

  Xiao Dou smiled and said: "Boss, I know you're a good brother. You can rest assured about this small team. There's no one else, they're all poor brothers who have been through thick and thin with me. Believe that if we unite, we will definitely not lose to them!"

  Two brothers separated, Leng Han found Xian Shui, and the two strolled through the crowd of younger brothers temporarily trading herbs.

  "If I'm not mistaken, Master Leng's discerning eye will surely not overlook our united little team!"

  Leng Han Ming lightly laughed and said: "Of course, this is extremely precious. Xiao Dou doesn't know, and you and I don't know either? However, what makes me uncomfortable is that Xiao Dou didn't even haggle with me over the price, nor did he ask for anything from me. This is a strange occurrence that hasn't happened around me in decades!"

  Shuixian sighed and said, "Unity and harmony can't be measured by precious objects. Xiaodou thinks that the kindness you showed him when he was young is your true goodness. I can persuade him of anything, but on this point, before I even finish speaking, he becomes agitated and interrupts me, reaffirming his conviction in your goodness. Even someone as clever as me can't shake him!"

  "Alms? I'd like to refute this word, but after all these years, perhaps I'm afraid that even I couldn't find my way back to where I started. Water Fairy, I don't want Xiao Dou to be among these people... I fear losing another brother who's found his way back!"

  "Don't worry, even if there's no hope, I'll force him to cultivate. Until the very last moment, I won't let go!"

  Leng Han Ming frowned and said, "This doesn't seem to be the key. I've found that Xiao Dou is at peace with everything, his calm expression is even more like a high-ranking monk than those Buddhist monks. He looks at everything so openly, how can this work? In my opinion, the key is to make him produce the desire to live on. Only then will miracles happen!"

  He smiled wryly and said, "How could I not have thought of it? But to him, all material things - magical artifacts, elixirs, cultivation techniques - are all meaningless. He's got nothing but us, this small group of friends, and he can't even be bothered to try for our sake. And as for romance... forget about it! His heart is made of pure gold, completely unattainable! Alas, I've been defeated by him!"

  Leng Han Ming suddenly had a sly smile on his face and said, "It can't be said that way, what if we think about it from another angle? For example, we introduce him to a beautiful girl, heh heh..."

  "Meaning to say, he can't catch up and is desperately trying to like someone while putting in effort? It's hard, you don't even know how charming this guy has become after being trained by me and influenced by you. These little junior sisters are treating him like a prince, they don't even have the courage to confess their feelings. As for us three, he's just buddies with us, can't even use any tactics on us!"

  Leng Han Ming couldn't help but sneer: "The number one beauty of Jiuhua Mountain - Bai Xiaofei, I know her. I'll arrange for them to meet sometime!"

  "White Xiaofei, haha~ this feeling is great, Little Bean will definitely not catch up, but nine out of ten will like her, a descendant of the gods, ah... among ten men who see her once, at least nine will have their souls overturned. Ah...... Cold Young Master, do you feel jealous watching Little Bean chase White Xiaofei?"

  "Hey, that's someone else's fiancée, why would I be interested? I'm just one of those charming young men who isn't easily swayed. Don't underestimate me! Hmph... Water Fairy, from now on you two are my younger siblings, so show some respect!"

  "Ah~ My cold young master, let's go and see how their transaction is going!"

  Leng Han Ming frowned and said, "Don't look at it first, think about what you want to get, our team is short of nothing but dan medicine. Think of a strategy first, and when the time comes, I'll have an excuse to give you more treasures!"

  "Darling~" Xiaoxiao's ears perked up immediately after hearing this word and she pulled out Xiaomei, bursting into laughter.

  "That's easy, just call Xiao Dou over and haggle with him. He's even more ruthless than me now, he'll definitely settle it!"

  Narcissus smiled and pulled the two of them aside, whispering: "You two fools, Xiao Dou is only taking advantage of others without suffering any losses. But with this old man, he's very generous when he takes action. Once he does, our following days will be unbearable. Listen up, let's do it like this..."

  Three girls finished their discussion, and Han Lengyin, with a calm and collected expression as if he hadn't been eavesdropping, walked over to them after they had finished talking.

  "Think carefully, tell me, what do you want? I'll help you calculate it!"

  Xiao Xiao Bao said with a sly smile: "We've already discussed it, Leng Young Master, you gather everyone over here!"

  "Since you've thought it through, let's discuss it first. Let's negotiate and make sure the deal is good for both of us, so we don't end up in an awkward situation later on."

  Xiao Mei giggled and said, "Leng Young Master, who's with whom? Everything can be negotiated. You know our three professions - one is a Dan-refining master, one is a forging master, and one is an array master. Take your pick!"

  Shuixian smiled elegantly and said, "Don't worry, Lord Leng, we're easy to talk to. Just take care of these medicinal materials!"

  Leng Han Ming felt something was off, and immediately grabbed Xiao's neck, letting out a sharp cry that concentrated the attention of both sides, thousands of people, all on this spot!

  It's just a small transaction, as long as no one gets hurt, nothing matters. Leng Hansheng thought for a moment before speaking up:

  "How's the evaluation going? I've said it before, they don't have a master in Shanshen Valley, it's not easy for anyone, everyone can only calculate more, can't calculate less. Alright, let's start quoting!"

  A clever middle-aged woman held a small notebook and said loudly:

  "Fifty years of peony, twenty-nine plants, worth one hundred and twenty spirit stones; purple luoling grass, twenty plants, worth eighty-five spirit stones; tasteless flower, twenty-three plants, worth sixty-seven spirit stones; danshen grass, seven plants, eighty-one spirit stones..."

  Wow, finally waited for this little abacus sister to finish reading, Leng Han Ming smiled and said:

  "You guys are really something, we've had over a thousand people go out on a treasure hunt adventure and not even make this much. Alright, aside from each of you three getting a top-tier crafting recipe, what else do the rest of you want?"

  Xiao Mei pouted and said: "They're like they want to use some sort of magic tool or something, Young Master, you don't know, in our place, apart from flying swords, we only have flying swords, no other types of magic tools, it's so poor!"

  Xiao Xiao XiXi smiled and said: "Young Master, in order to be fair, you can give each person a magical artifact. As for what rank it is, it's up to you!"

  The abacus woman hastily said: "This is a bit difficult to calculate, if we give you mid-grade artifacts, then we'll make a profit, but if we give you high-grade artifacts, then we'll be at a loss!"

  Leng Han Ming waved his hand and said: "It's just a small matter, why make such a fuss? Each of you will get one upper-grade artifact, there's no need to worry about compensation because..."

  "Ah~" Suddenly! Leng Han Ming said at this time, a strange change occurred, Shui Xian let out a miserable cry, and under her skirt, a hand appeared!

  What was most unbelievable was that this hand was actually Cold Fragrance's, and just as Cold Fragrance was at a loss for what to do, Shuixian exerted some force and pulled Cold Fragrance's hand around her own smooth, fragrant, snowy thigh...

  Damn it! I'm so embarrassed, how could I do something like this in public? I'm sweating bullets! My instincts want me to turn around and explain to everyone that I really didn't mean to, I'm not a pervert!

  Suddenly! Another scream!

  "Oh no~ Young Master~"

  "No... young master..."

  "Oh no~ Young Master~"

  Three different voices appeared, each with a different meaning. Shuixian leaned against his side, speaking in a soft and delicate voice that was like a gentle daughter's tone, entwining and lingering, making Qinghan's whole body numb and paralyzed after listening to it.

  Xiaoxiao and Xiaomei's super loud voices were different, it was a kind of surprise, as if asking: Don't you want these things?

  When the cold wind blew and he came to his senses, a glance at the corner of his eye revealed that an unknown time had passed, a small fog had appeared around him, and with Xiaoxiao and Xiaomei intentionally blocking his body, no one had noticed his salty pig's paw!

  "What are you doing?" The cold and stern voice of the group leader asked, "Why did you use a small fog array? What have you done to our boss? Boss, are you okay? Speak up. Yeah, boss, what was it that you said we shouldn't do earlier? What's going on......"

  "Are you all stupid?" Xiao Xiao exclaimed, "The young master means that he will not only give us three top-grade refining equipment, but also one upper-grade equipment for each of us, and he doesn't even want these things in return!"

  Xiao Mei smiled and said: "Xiao Xiao, why are you still calling him Young Master? Now we should also change our mouths and call him Old Big Brother oh~"

  "Ah~ right!" Leng Han Ming hastily said: "That's how it is, you don't know, their boss, also known as Xiao Dou, was a subordinate I led since I was young. So from now on, they are all my subordinates. From now on, everyone will be our own people. This time, let's just consider the things we gave them as a gift for meeting!"

  "Isn't that right?" The younger brothers of the Ling Han Department shouted: "Boss, no need to be so generous, giving away a high-grade equipment to each person who joins the team? We didn't get here by pulling strings or relying on connections, why do they get treated so well? It's just not fair..."

  Narcissus smiled gently: "No, young master said no, but how can we younger brothers and sisters not respect our elder? We will still take out some spiritual grass for the young master, right, young master?"

  "Ah, refreshing! *shivers* Ahahahaha, this is great, we're all family here, let's just get along and be harmonious. Alright, that's settled then, time to wrap things up and head out!"

  The little rascals in Shengu Valley left behind more than half of the useful ones, and another small half was acquired by Leng Hanming in 226 pieces at a high price, using the super bully method. As the boss, it's not generous to take in these troubled younger brothers and sisters without spending some money!

  But people's hearts aren't something that can be easily won over, especially for these guys who have been living together and eating together every day. However, with Xiaodou around, and Shuixian's cleverness, Leng Hanming doesn't worry about anything!

  Back in her own room, alone, Leng Qing thought about Shui Xian's boldness, and couldn't help but feel a thrill, staring at her own mischievous hands with a weird expression, taking a deep sniff of the remaining fragrance, Ah~ah~ah~ it was truly too exciting!

  Intelligence and beauty coexist, the perfect woman Xian has also been practicing Dan medicine day and night with a large amount of herbs and Xiao Mei.

  Xiao Xiao went to Shui Ling Shi Bo's place on Mount Xiangyang and learned the art of poisoning only once, but never came back. After inquiring, it was discovered that Xiao Xiao had exceptional talent and was trapped by Shui Ling Shi Bo with a magical formation, not allowed to leave until he mastered the skill.

  After this trip, they won't have to worry about dan medicine for decades. As for that toad named Du Jiao, his life wasn't so comfortable. He usually followed Xiao Dou and the others, but every now and then, someone from Leng Da Shao's team would come and take him away to do hard labor. Fortunately, thanks to Shui Xian's intervention, they didn't extract Du Jiao's vital energy, it was just running errands, nothing more.

  Dan medicine increased, just like ordinary people spend the winter, with more food at home, nothing to worry about. Small beans led everyone to live a dull life, from time to time, some people went out with Cold Da Shao to experience adventure and fight for treasure. However, as logistics personnel, they were led by Water Fairy, not to mention casualties, there was not even one injured person.

  Xiao Dou often gets upset about this, no one lets him go out to play, it's just a dull practice of eating and sleeping, except for the few times a year when he goes out to collect herbs with them, that can be considered as celebrating the New Year.

  And Shuixian just gently told him: "Practice well, and after a while, sister will introduce you to a girlfriend ~"......