Chapter 371

Chapter 371: That Foul-Mouthed Bald Donkey, Are They Talking About You
Quan Ye stared at the wooden basin placed in front of him, as big as his own head, his face dark as iron. He asked in a low voice: “What is the meaning of this?”

She Jun twirled his beard, the corners of his mouth lifting as he said: “Same old rules.”

Quan Ye waved his hand and knocked the basin away, growling under his breath: “You are going too far! You were the ones who invited me here in the first place!”

She Jun still looked unconcerned and said: “Yes, we invited you here. But that does not mean you can feel at ease while enjoying everything we provide. Since you have enjoyed it, you should know there is no free dinner in this world. Besides, I am only asking you for a bowl of blood. I am not asking you to cut off your flesh. There is no need to get angry.”

Quan Ye pointed at the basin and snapped: “Is this a bowl of blood? This is clearly a basin of blood!”

Quan Ye did not want to fall out with She Jun unless he could not endure it anymore. After all, he was still on the other party’s turf.

But She Jun was really pushing him too far!

At first, She Jun had used a bowl the size of a fist and asked him to give blood. He agreed.

Later, the frequency became higher and higher, and he still endured it.

Now he actually brought out a wooden basin as big as a washbasin and wanted him to bleed into it, as if his blood were an endless sea.

She Jun’s beard trembled. He spread his hands and showed a helpless smile as he said: “I cannot help it either. Qing Kui is urging me hard over there. I can only trouble you.”

Qing Kui was the chieftain of the Moonshadow Rabbits.

She had made a deal with She Jun. The two of them would share Quan Ye.

But She Jun had his own little schemes. The first few times he drew blood, he did not tell Qing Kui and enjoyed it alone.

Qing Kui must have noticed. She had sent him message after message to warn him, every word full of threat.

She Jun was afraid of angering Qing Kui and did not want to lose his own benefits, so he could only shift the pressure onto Quan Ye.

When Quan Ye heard his shameless words, he was so angry that he wanted to pull out all his beard.

At this point, Quan Ye finally realized he had gotten on a thief’s ship, but it was already too late.

In the end he still let out a full basin of blood. Covering his wound, he watched coldly as She Jun left, satisfied.

In his heart, he warned himself silently: [I cannot stay here any longer. If I do, sooner or later I will become She Jun’s dish on the table and meat in his stomach.]

But when he left before, he had left so decisively that even the items he carried had been taken away by Master Qing Yan. Now it was as hard as climbing to the sky if he wanted to reconnect with the Five Elements Dao Sect.

Just as he was tied up in worry, a familiar smell drifted into his nose.

His eyes lit up.

It was the scent of a Nine-Tailed Fox!

Quan Ye was overjoyed. He now knew how to escape!

…

Long Fei Fei frowned as she flipped through the few booklets in her hands, the pages rustling loudly. She read the titles and complained: “Domineering Sect Lord Falls in Love With Me, Delicate Little Husband’s 108 Ways to Chase His Wife, Sweet Love: Lord’s Exclusive Pampered Husband. What even are these? Such nonsense.”

At first, Hua Tu was grinning beside Yu Zhao like an idiot. The more he listened, the more wrong it sounded. His hands moved over his body without thinking, and his face turned bright red.

He shouted: “Long Fei Fei! Give my books back!”

[Heaven help me, when did Long Fei Fei swipe my treasured edition storybooks!] Hua Tu cursed in his heart, then thought: [So hateful!]

As soon as he finished yelling, he crouched and leaped at her, trying to snatch the books back.

Long Fei Fei tapped her toes, and her figure floated away like willow fluff.

Not only that, she even opened one of the books and read out loud: “The lord pinned the man against the wall, his palm pressed to the man’s warm, firm chest, and he murmured…”

Hua Tu screamed: “Ahhh! Long Fei Fei, I am going to kill you!”

Hua Tu’s face was so red it almost smoked, and the whole leopard went on a rampage.

Si Tu Xuan frowned and stared hard at Hua Tu.

He had long seen that this wild man was too attentive to Yu Zhao and did not have good intentions.

But he had not expected Hua Tu to have such dirty thoughts! [Delicate little husband chases his wife? This is really the decline of morals! So shameless!]

However, a question suddenly came to him: where had Hua Tu bought those storybooks?

Why had he never seen this type of storybook?

Long Fei Fei and Hua Tu, one running and one chasing, neither could do anything to the other.

Yu Zhao saw them arguing and fooling around, but since it did not delay their travel, she ignored them and instead asked Bu Yan beside her: “How far is it to Chaozong Gorge?”

Bu Yan checked their direction and said: “We can reach Boran City tomorrow. From Boran City, we travel west for two more days to reach Chaozong Gorge.”

Yu Zhao nodded, but her expression did not relax much.

Bai Ran’s body temperature was still rising. She had tried many methods and could only barely relieve it a little.

If the fever went on, Yu Zhao feared Bai Ran would start burning on his own.

On the other side, Hua Tu finally snatched back his treasured storybooks and quickly stuffed them into his chest. He still felt they were not safe, so he folded his arms tightly over his chest and glared fiercely at Long Fei Fei.

Long Fei Fei looked proud and said: “Hua Tu, you better hold them tight. Do not let go for even a moment, or I will steal them all away.”

Now Hua Tu finally understood how the Little Foxes had felt when he used to harass them.

No wonder the Little Foxes glared at him every time they saw him. Now he also found Long Fei Fei very annoying to look at!

But Long Fei Fei was like a slippery mudfish. He could not catch her at all and could do nothing about it.

Hua Tu really had no other way. He stuck out his big butt and forced his way between Si Tu Xuan and Yu Zhao, pressing close against Yu Zhao.

In front of Yu Zhao, Long Fei Fei did not dare to be too wild.

Long Fei Fei did calm down, but Hua Tu did not notice that the man next to him was full of resentment and sending cold air his way.

As they continued forward, the population grew denser. Along the road they met many cultivators heading to Boran City. Most of them wore plain-colored robes and carried one or two items related to the Buddhist Order.

Long Fei Fei muttered under her breath: “Did we poke a monk’s nest or something?”

Yu Zhao gave her a cold glare.

Long Fei Fei knew she had misspoken and shut her mouth honestly.

Bu Yan, however, smiled as he turned one Prayer Bead and said: “She is not wrong. There are many lay believers in Boran City who often come to listen to the senior uncles in the temple give lectures. You could say they are half disciples of Clarity Sound Temple.”

Perhaps because he had returned to a familiar place, Bu Yan’s state of mind grew even calmer.

Everything from the past felt like a long dream. Now that he had woken up from that dream…

Someone at the city gate suddenly shouted: “Ah, look! The foul-mouthed bald donkey is back!”

Another person yelled: “What! Where? Where?”

A third cried: “Heavens, it is really him!”

Someone spat and scolded: “Hey! What foul-mouthed bald donkey? That is Master Bu Yan!”

“……”

At the city gate of Boran City, someone recognized Bu Yan and shouted his nickname, and the whole area outside the city became noisy.

Long Fei Fei had only known Bu Yan for a short time. In her mind, he was still a silent, good-tempered bald head. So when she suddenly heard such a shocking nickname, she was so surprised that her mouth would not close.

She pointed at Bu Yan and asked the question from her soul: “Foul-mouthed bald donkey? Are they calling you?”

Bu Yan still smiled, but this time his smile was a bit forced. He said: “This poor monk does not know. Maybe they have mistaken me for someone else…”

People rushed over one after another and cried out:

“Master Bu Yan, you are finally back!”

“Boohoo, you do not know how we have lived these days while you were gone. It was so hard…”

“Master, I missed you so much I could not control myself!”

“……”

A crowd rushed over and surrounded Bu Yan tightly, squeezing Yu Zhao, Long Fei Fei, and the others out.

Long Fei Fei was shocked and said: “Is the way they show they like someone here by giving them a nickname?”

She thought in confusion: [So ‘foul-mouthed bald donkey’ is not an insult, but a way to show respect?]

Not only Long Fei Fei and the others did not understand, even Bu Yan himself was completely confused.

He knew very well what his reputation in Boran City was like.

It could be summed up as being hated by people and dogs alike.

When he first began to practice Buddhism, he had many verbal tics and loved to talk. For a time, his senior brothers were so bothered by him that they did not dare go out. When he could not find anyone to talk to, he would slip down the mountain to Boran City to discuss scripture with people.

From the main streets to the back alleys, every shop had seen his footsteps.

He had also successfully made every long-term resident of Boran City remember his name.

[Foul mouth… no, Bu Yan.] He corrected himself in his heart.

Bu Yan still remembered that not long ago, when he left Boran City, everyone had been overjoyed. How had their attitude changed so quickly after only a short time?

He wondered: [Could it be that my Buddhist Dharma has reached great success, and they can feel the Buddha aura on me, so they have become closer to me?]

Someone tugged on his sleeve and said: “Bu Yan, you do not know. Three days ago, a group of people came. Not only did they greatly praise their own sect, they also belittled Clarity Sound Temple!”

Another person added angrily: “Right! He even set up a ring outside the south gate, saying he wanted to debate scripture with us! When he could not beat us in words, he started hitting people and injured more than a dozen lay believers!”

A third person said: “Bu Yan, they were too arrogant. You must help us get our dignity back!”

Everyone all talked at once, and only then did Bu Yan understand what was going on.

There was a group of outside cultivators who wanted to use the name of the Buddhist Order to recruit followers. They openly made trouble in Boran City, even setting up a ring to injure believers of the Buddhist Order, which stirred up everyone’s anger.

Bu Yan frowned slightly and asked: “Why did you not ask the senior brothers of Clarity Sound Temple for help?”