Chapter Thirty-One: Facing Reality (Mad Fifth Update)

  The moonlight is like water, sprinkling all over the earth.

  As for Kong Zhen personally, he quite likes this kind of weather and this kind of night.

  Under the bright moonlight, it's time for a barbecue.

  Today, his mind was completely not on barbecue.

  It's been a year since I came down from Siwuzhai. Nowadays, apart from practicing martial arts, I'm just roasting meat, which is also quite boring.

  However, today he got an unexpected surprise. The last time, the giant python skin he brought back finally became a finished product. He didn't know what it was specifically made into, but he could be sure that the best one had already arrived in his hands.

  This is a small white bag, only about the size of two palms put together. The milky white surface is covered with extremely smooth fine scales.

  This small bag is made from the belly scales of that white python, possessing the power of mustard seed storage. In short, although this bag doesn't look big, it can hold things that fill an entire house.

  This was an unexpected discovery when disposing of the python skin. In the Luofu Gate, Liu Chengtian, who was in charge of equipment refinement, accidentally found that the scales on the belly of this white python were different from those in other places. Apart from being extremely hard, they also had a slight attribute of containing all things. Overjoyed, he specially cut out this piece of skin and studied it for a long time before finally making this bag.

  When this bag was delivered into Lingga Shangren's hands, Lingga Shangren didn't think twice and gave it to Kong Zhuo.

  The reason is also sufficient. This python skin was brought back by Kong Zhuo, and it's only natural that he should get extra rewards for it. As for this point, others naturally have nothing to say.

  "Although good things need to be shared with others, the best things are still for me alone!" With that bag in hand, Kong Zhan chuckled to himself, thinking "Luckily I only wanted the second half, otherwise where would I get such a great benefit? Hmm, wonder how that foolish woman is doing now?"

  Carrying a bag, I naturally thought of that white python, thinking of the white python, I naturally thought of Fang Yue'er, that silly female sword immortal.

  "Yue Er, Yue Er, this name is really well-chosen!" Looking up at the bright moonlight in the sky, Kong Zhuo slowly, somehow, saw that beside the moon, a figure wrapped in white gauze slowly appeared.

  "I don't know when I'll see this silly woman again!"

  Wang Yue let out a soft sigh, Kong Zhuo slightly shook his head, "Now, it seems it's still not the time to think about women!"

  Three days ago, his congenital purple energy finally broke through the fifth layer, and the sword spirit in the sword was also fully cultivated. So, he thought of Fang Yue'er again.

  After the sword spirit was formed, he knew how lucky he was and how lucky Fang Yue'er was. This white python was too powerful, and he couldn't control the already formed sword spirit, let alone communicate with it spiritually, which would be a very distant process.

  But today, he came here not for cultivation.

  Zhou Xue is getting married tomorrow, and the groom is Lin Yufeng.

  It seems a bit early, indeed, for a cultivator, getting married at the age of fifteen or sixteen is indeed too early, however, Kong Yan can also understand.

  One year ago, Fang Shaobai ran away from home, and the reason was his relationship with Zhou Xue. Since then, Zhou Xue has changed a lot, no longer the cheerful and smiling girl she used to be. For two or three months at a time, there would not be any smile on her face, practicing sword fighting as if her life depended on it. Although she made some progress, everyone knew that this was not a good way to go about things.

  It's not easy for her to change her mind, it's better to cook raw rice into cooked rice, eliminate her thoughts, and make everyone happy.

  This is what everyone thinks, including Kong Rong.

  Although young, he is absolutely not an idealist. He does not know the real reason why Fang Shaobai escaped from the rebel gate, but undoubtedly, the relationship between Fang Shaobai and Zhou Xue is doomed to be a tragedy.

  The best way is to interrupt it before the tragic ending becomes irretrievable, of course, on the premise that all parties agree, but apparently, at least one party disagrees.

  With a soft sigh, Kong Zhuo hung the white python skin bag around his waist.

  "Old Nine, come out!"

  A rustling sound came from the bushes, and a black figure emerged from the shadows of the trees under the moonlight.

  "Lao Jiu?!" Although he had long known who it was, Kong Zhuang still couldn't help but furrow his brow, "You've changed a lot in just one year!"

  "Everyone will change, especially someone like me!" Fang Shaobai's voice sounded a bit hoarse, and under his black clothes, he no longer had the elegant demeanor that used to make Kong Zhen jealous.

  The whole person looks somewhat gloomy and cold, with a sword scar on his face that divides his originally handsome features in two.

  "Off you go, kid!" Kong Zhuo didn't continue wanting to chat with him, "Don't feel awkward here anymore!"

  "How did you find me?!"

  "Your strength is too weak, although there has been a lot of progress in this year, but you can't do what you want to do!"

  "After three days, one will be looked at with new eyes!"

  Kong Zuo laughed and said, "Lao Jiu, I don't know where your confidence comes from!"

  "Want to give it a try?"

  "It's no use trying with you!" Kong Zhuo said, "You must understand that in this world, there are some things that no matter how hard you try, you will never get!"

  "Really?!" A chill ran down his spine, and Fang Shaobai's body suddenly became elusive.

  Kong Zuo smiled slightly, but didn't move. Fang Shaobai's body was like a wisp of black smoke, about to flash past Kong Zuo when suddenly, out of nowhere, a bolt of lightning flashed by.

  A loud shout, Fang Shaobai's body hastily retreated, Kong Zhuo smiled, his stout figure charged forward at an unbelievable speed, shoulder, heavily colliding with Fang Shaobai's body, the speed combined with weight, plus Kong Zhuo's intentional force, Fang Shaobai's body hadn't even had time to steady itself before flying out again.

  It flew for nearly a hundred feet before landing in a thicket of bushes, startling several small animals that had come out to forage at night.

  "Cough, cough, cough......!"

  Fang Shao Bai coughed several times, his body suddenly jumped up from the ground, but soon sat back down.

  His body had been scorched by the lightning just now, and several places were even charred black. The hair on his head was standing upright due to the electric shock, and the bones in front of his chest were almost broken by Kong Zhan's previous blow. The intense pain made him unable to straighten his waist.

  "This wedding is quite grand, almost all the orthodox people have been invited, and the news has spread throughout the cultivation world. On one hand, Master Zhou wants his daughter's wedding to be a bit more grand, on the other hand, he probably also hopes to lure you in. At least I know that today the number of patrols on the mountain and their frequency have increased by tenfold or more, and each patrol team has an additional second-generation senior member. You're going there just to send yourself to death!"

  "Cough, cough!" Fang Shaobai got up from the ground, stood up straight with a strong body, and stared at Kong Zhuo.

  "Don't look at me like that, it's not me who wants to marry Little Yuhou!" Kong Zhan said, taking a slow step forward. As he took this step, the gravity in the surrounding space suddenly became strange.

  At this moment, Fang Shao felt that the geomagnetic force around him had become strange. In some places, it increased a lot, while in other places, it decreased a lot. In an instant, the geomagnetic force formed a strange network in this space, a huge and powerful yet invisible web that lifted him off the ground.

  Slowly, he stretched out his right hand's index finger and flicked it, and between Kong Zhuo's fingers, sparks of electricity flashed.

  "Although I don't fully understand your feelings now, I'm trying to. Lao Jiu, now I want you to put aside your emotions with Xiao Yatou and think carefully about it. Think calmly about the consequences of rushing forward like this, what impact it will have on you and Xiao Yatou. Have you ever thought about Xiao Yatou?"

  Fang Shao's face was pale and silent, but in his eyes, the fierce flames still burned, stubbornly saying, "I will take her away!"

  Kong Zhan lightly shook his head, "You can't take her away!"

  I can!

  "Get real, kid!" A light finger flick, the tip of his finger touched an invisible magnetic line, electricity flashed, along the magnetic line, and once again struck Fang Shaobai's entire body, making him charred and smoking.

  "You can't even beat me, what makes you think you can take her away? If you had the ability to take her away, I would help you, but now you don't!"

  "Cough, I——!"

  "Come on, if you don't go now, you won't be able to leave. Master Big Brother has been waiting for half a day at the edge, and he's been holding back his urine for so long. If you don't go now, he'll lose face!"

  Fang Shaobai's body slightly trembled, and just as he was about to say something, Kong Zhan's fingertips slipped, and the magnetic force line in his hand had already been cut off.

  This magnetic line, as if it were a key, once cut off, the entire web suddenly contracted, and when all the forces had gathered to an extreme point, it burst out in an instant.

  That little white's voice hadn't even left his mouth before he was sent flying like an arrow off a bowstring, and in the blink of an eye, he vanished from sight.

  "Aren't you afraid he'll get himself killed?!"

  "You'd be delighted if I dropped dead!"

  Chang Yue smiled and walked out of the shadows, gazing in the direction where Fang Shao had disappeared. He let out a soft sigh, "Lao Jiu, what a pity!"

  Kong Zhan did not respond, but instead let out a cold snort. "After three days of separation, one should look at each other with new eyes! Who knows where his confidence comes from!"

  "Your progress is too fast, so you can't see others' progress. In this one year, compared to when he was in Luofu, his strength has increased at least tenfold!"

  Kong Zhan sneered, "Even if ten more Fang Shaobai came, coming to Luo Fu would still be courting death!"

  Turning his head, looking at Chang Yue, "Boss, thank you!"

  Chang Yue smiled and said, "Between you and me, there's no need to be polite. Time is not early, go prepare, whether you are willing or not, this matter has already been settled!"

  "Since it can't be changed, might as well make it look good and leave no room for criticism!" Kong Zhuo said with a smile.

  The fifth watch has ended