The water splashed, and in just a second, Xue Danrong had already walked in front of Fang Chaozhou.

He looked at Fang Chaozhou, whose complexion was now pale, and reached out his hand to place on the other’s shoulder. He forcefully pushed the person into the water with magic.

With this, Fang Chaozhou had wholly entered the water, shivering all over from the cold. He wanted to stand up almost immediately, but Xue Danrong was still holding his shoulder.

Xue Danrong bent down and looked at him, sparkling and translucent droplets wetting his gorgeous, snow-white face. The pair of phoenix eyes were icy, resembling another cold pond, “Second Shixiong, did you not cultivate at all for around a year?”

He had guessed right.

Fang Chaozhou showed a guilty smile and raised his head. His eyes were somewhat quite pitiful, “Youngest Shidi, I think haste brings no success. Slowly finding a solution to this is the best.”

“You can’t do that. I have accepted Master’s order to help you break through into Nascent Soul within half a year. The fastest way is only by cultivating in the cold pond.” Not a hint of mildness was in Xue Danrong’s tone. It was even more indifferent, “There are zero benefits in being lazy or avoiding it. Second Shixiong can refuse to listen to me. In that case, I can only use my own ways later.”

This translated to-

You best take advantage of when I’m currently still easy to deal with and listen to me a little.

Salted Fish Fang was terrified. He feared that his Youngest Shidi would burn his huabens and snacks. After all, he would be locked in here for a long time at least. Without those things, he would die. Apart from sleeping, those were already the only joys he had left.

Therefore, Fang Chaozhou still sat cross-legged in the cold pond, trying to endure, but it was really too cold. The cold surrounded him, almost not letting him breathe. He felt like he had turned into an ice cube.

Xue Danrong sat down beside Fang Chaozhou and found frost hanging off of Fang Chaozhou’s eyelashes. He frowned slightly and reached out to grab Fang Chaozhou’s hand.

With this, Fang Chaozhou felt a stream of energy flow spilling into the place where Xue Danrong was holding him, and the energy flow went into his body with his blood and merged with the true energy he used to protect his body.

In the beginning, the true energy in Fang Chaozhou rejected the thing that came after very much. It seemingly thought that the thing that came after was aiming to forcibly take its territory and wanted aggressively swallow the energy flow. But on the contrary, the other party enveloped it and circulated with it.

After a few rounds of that, the energy flow and true energy were completely fused together, and the circulation began.

“Second Shixiong, remember this.” Xue Danrong’s voice sounded in the silent cold pond.

He wanted Fang Chaozhou to remember the circulation route of the energy flow.

But Fang Chaozhou now had only one word in his heart- cold.

It was truly too cold, and he simply wasn’t in the mood to care about other things when he was cold. It was cold everywhere, and he was too, and only the hand that was holding his hand was hot.

Fang Chao’s long eyelashes fluttered, shaking off fragments of white frost. His lips trembled, and he stared straight at Xue Danrong. Xue Danrong closed his eyes and led Fang Chaozhou to circulate his internal true energy wholeheartedly, helping him absorb the external spiritual energy and not noticing that Fang Chaozhou was staring at him at all.

So when he was hugged, his expression was obviously a little startled.

After Xue Danrong’s astonishment, he opened his eyes and saw a salted fish suddenly slamming into his arms.

It had to be said that Fang Chaozhou really didn’t cultivate much for more than a year, and the original owner’s previous cultivation method was a route that went steadily and surely, which was different from Xue Danrong’s type of route, cultivating under a very difficult situation. Plus, Fang Chaozhou used to be an ordinary person; he didn’t know the real hardships of cultivating immortality.

Him entering the cold pond right now was just like sending a guy from a starter village to fight the final big boss. Even if this guy from the starter village brought the best equipment, he was just an empty shell under his gorgeous appearance in reality.

Even if there was cultivation left by the original owner, for Fang Chaozhou currently, it was still too hard.

It was so hard that he just wanted to hold a warm thing and try his best to gain warmth from the other person.

“Second Shixiong!” Xue Danrong knitted his eyebrows tightly and took off Fang Chaozhou’s hand that was wrapped around his waist, But after that, the hand quickly wrapped around him again. When he was about to use magic, he heard Fang Chaozhou call him with a voice that was shaking badly.

“Youngest Shi…di, I’m… cold. Hug… One…hug…”

Xue Danrong was silent for a moment and then resolutely pulled Fang Chaozhou away. That didn’t even count as the end. He set up a force field for himself so that even if Fang Chaozhou wanted to hug him, he couldn’t no matter what.

Fang Chaozhou tried several times. Not to mention hugging Xue Danrong, he couldn’t even touch a corner of his clothes. He was suddenly wronged to the point of blowing up. Why was cultivating immortality so hard?

While he was aggrieved, he continued to meditate cross-legged. He had already entered the water. If he went ashore now, wouldn’t he be suffering from the cold in vain? No matter what, he had to cultivate.

Thinking like this, Fang Chaozhou shivered while learning what Xue Danrong had taught him just now, inducing energy into his body and circulating his whole body. When it was halfway done, he quivered from the cold, his true energy suddenly cut off, and he had to start over.

After a few rounds, he didn’t blow up and instead collapsed.

Fang Chaozhou suddenly stood up from the water and was about to walk toward the shore. He was going to beg his master, telling him that he would not be lazy or read huabens anymore and would properly cultivate in seclusion in his cave dwelling in the future. He had repented from past mistakes and turned over a new leaf after pondering a painful experience. He was set on no longer being a salted fish and would definitely make a fresh start in the future.

But he had only walked two steps away when his hand was grasped firmly.

Xue Danrong grabbed Fang Chaozhou from behind and dragged the man into the water again, “Second Shixiong, you can’t give up halfway.”

The water splashed Fang Chaozhou’s face, his body shivered even more, and he immediately wanted to struggle free of Xue Danrong’s hand. He didn’t care anymore; even if he fought with Xue Danrong or got scolded to death by the original work’s fans, saying that he wasn’t suited to be a top by hitting the protagonist bottom, he didn’t want to stay in the cold pond.

But before he could make a move, he was hugged first.

Xue Danrong had embraced him. One hand was wrapped around his waist, and the other was tightly gripping Fang Chaozhou’s hand, his voice clear and melodious, “Don’t be afraid.” His held hand slowly became intertwined with another, “I will help Shixiong.”

*

Time passed bit by bit, and the intangible spiritual energy gathered above the cold pond, slowly flowing into it and finally into the bodies of the two people in the cold pond.

The two were respectively a young man and a youngster.

The young man was very embarrassed at this time, almost completely shrinking in the arms of the youngster. Although he had tied his hair, the youngster’s long, scattered hair had fallen onto his body and stuck to his neck.

Like a black snake entrenching on a white drawing paper.

Compared to the young man, the youngster was obviously much more amicable. 

The youngster lowered his eyes, and those eyes under his long eyelashes were as quiet as a pond. He hugged the youngster with one hand. Because he had been sitting cross-legged in the cold pond for a long time, a lot of water mist had moistened his composed, beautiful, and outstanding facial features. The water mist dripped down along his cheeks, falling——

“Drip drip——”

Falling onto the young man who was in his embrace.

*

After an unknown amount of time passed, the youngster’s brows suddenly scrunched up. He released his hand that was holding the young man and turned to dig the man’s face out of his embrace. With this, the youngster’s face darkened faintly.

Fang Chaozhou had actually fallen asleep!

Fang Chaozhou was very cold before but was led by Xue Danrong to circulate his true energy and absorb external spiritual energy. It gradually became less cold. In addition, he was hugging a small natural stove. Even more, the smell of Xue Danrong was just like the smell of a cat for him. He had breathed in Youngest Shidi too much.

And he already hadn’t slept in nearly 20 hours, so he momentarily couldn’t control himself and fell asleep.

Xue Danrong originally wanted to shout Fang Chaozhou awake, but when he saw the black marks under Fang Chaozhou’s eyes, he pursed his lips and did not wake up the other party in the end. But the person had already fallen asleep and couldn’t cultivate any more. He simply carried the person out from the water, going ashore.

When he got ashore, Xue Danrong dried the clothes on him and Fang Chaozhou, drew over the white fox fur coat on the stone, wrapped Fang Chaozhou tightly, and brought him back to the cave-dwelling.

Fang Chaozhou had actually woken up once, but after he realized that he could walk without using his own hard work, he closed the small cracks of his eyelids that were slightly open again.

He had finished today’s share of exercise, and he didn’t want to move anymore. Sorry, Youngest Shidi, you’ve worked hard.

Fang Chaozhou slept peacefully. Because he was so tired, he felt that he was trapped in the quilt and couldn’t move at all. When he heard Xue Danrong’s voice again, he thought it was coming from the horizon amidst his absent-mindedness. 

“Second Shixiong, it’s time to get up and cultivate.”

Fang Chaozhou didn’t hear this sentence clearly, but it didn’t prevent him from rejecting it instinctively. So, he buried his head in the quilt and even dug into it.

“If Second Shixiong gets up now, I can let Shixiong read huabens for one hour today.”

The salted fish in the quilt moved his feet.

“You can also eat snacks.”

The salted fish in the quilt opened his eyes.

“If you don’t don’t get up, Shixiong will have to soak in the cold pond for two extra hours today, and…” the voice paused, “In the cold pond, you cannot get help from another person.”

After the salted fish in the quilt slowly understood the meaning of this sentence, a salted fish lept out and sat up, “I’ll get up, I’ll get up now.”

If he couldn’t hug Youngest Shidi, this small natural stove, he would definitely die in the cold pond.

*

Although he had yesterday’s experience, Fang Chaozhou was still afraid of the cold while standing by the cold pond today. He didn’t want to go into the water even more because of that type of frigidness that practically invaded his bone marrow yesterday.

Beside him, Xue Danrong glanced at Fang Chaozhou, untied his robe, casually threw it on the rock next to him, and took the lead by entering the water. After that, he turned to look at the Fang Chaozhou on the shore. Although he didn’t speak, Fang Chaozhou could see the urging inside his eyes.

Fang Chaozhou gritted his teeth and stretched out one foot, facing death with equanimity.

Xue Danrong looked at the foot floating around above the water’s surface. But after it didn’t touch the water surface, he raised his eyes and looked at Fang Chaozhou, with his eyes closed and a look of fear on his face. He was silent for a moment, walked over expressionlessly, stooped down, and grabbed the other party’s ankle, pulling it directly into the water.

Fang Chaozhou was caught off guard. Although he held back from screeching, he couldn’t help struggling. It seemed that his foot had just stepped on an ice chunk. This struggle caused his feet to incite a lot of slashes, splashing Xue Danrong all over his body and even wetting his face a little.

The water droplets dripped down the youngster’s slim lower jaw. His phoenix eyes look up slightly, and the look in his eyes gradually stilled.

Fang Chaozhou suddenly had a bad feeling when he met that look in his eyes, but it was too late. He only felt a heavy blow to his lower back, and then his entire body fell into the water with a “splash.”

The Cutting Water Sword that brought down Fang Chaozhou flew in a circle in mid-air and then lay back on the big rock from just before.

Revenge!

This was definitely revenge!

A drenched Fang Chaozhou climbed up from the water. For the first time, he felt that his Youngest Shidi might really not be a good person. Looking at the sneak attack just now, it was too vindictive.

The Youngest Shidi who had just hit the person into the water had a calm expression on his face, “Second Shixiong, let’s start cultivating.”

Fang Chaozhou wiped the water from his face and nodded his head indifferently.

After cultivating in Joyful Knowledge Islet for half a month, Fang Chaozhou finally began to enter the water on his own accord. Of course, if he didn’t do it on his own, the Cutting Water Sword would sneak attack him. The angle of the sneak attack was also sometimes very crafty, impossible to guard against effectively.

But even if he entered the water on his own, he found that the Cutting Water Sword would not let him go at all, supervising beside him.

Other than the first few days that he took Fang Chaozhou to cultivate, Xue Danrong sat in meditation and cultivated alone later. Once he entered a state of meditation, he would easily ignore movements in the outside world, so Fang Chaozhou would secretly take his huabens and snacks out of his storage ring, trying to laze around.

As long as his movements were slightly minimal, Youngest Shidi would not find out.

But Fang Chaozhou never expected that the Cutting Water Sword would actually supervise him. As soon as it saw him take out his huabens and snacks, it immediately flew above his head and kept hitting him on the head with its sword hilt.

If he dodged, it would chase after him and hit him.

If he fought back, it would tell on him.

The Cutting Water Sword flew into Xue Danrong’s embrace and gently rubbed the youngster’s face with its sword hilt. After it got his eyes open by rubbing his face, it immediately pointed at Fang Chaozhou’s huabens and snacks that weren’t hidden away yet with its sword tip.

Fang Chaozhou, who witnessed all this: …

And then voluntarily handed in the incriminating evidence.

This won’t do. He had to think of a way to get rid of the Cutting Water Sword.

After Fang Chaozhou racked his brains and secretly observed the Cutting Water Sword for several days, he finally thought of a way.

On this day, the Cutting Water Sword returned to the cave-dwelling with its master as usual and was about to fly to the two stone tips on the stone wall, but halfway through its flight, it stopped.

Because there was an additional red-lacquered arabesque weapon stand under the stone tips at this moment.

Nearby, Fang Chaozhou couldn’t help slightly upturning his lower lip as he watched the motion of the Cutting Water Sword freeze in the air.

On one side were barren and hard stone tips, and on the other side was a gorgeous and stylish sword stand. He actually wanted to see how this Cutting Water Sword would choose.

The Cutting Water Sword was obviously at a loss at this moment. It had been spinning in mid-air, and its sword hilt was sometimes facing the weapons stand and occasionally facing the stone tips. After circling more than ten times, it seemed to notice Fang Chaozhou beside it. After its movement paused momentarily, it resolutely flew toward the stone tips.

Fang Chaozhou’s smile disappeared when he saw this scene.

Well, sure enough, the natal magic weapon followed its master.

In the middle of the night.

It was dead silent.

The Cutting Water Sword lying on the stone tips moved slowly. It first flew into the air and then slowly descended. Next, it quietly lay on the red-lacquered arabesque weapon stand.

After lying down, the sword tassel on the Cutting Water Sword shook.

Fang Chaozhou, who was sleeping soundly, turned over unconsciously, and at the same time, the Cutting Water Sword on the weapons stand immediately leaped up.

The youngster on the stone bed on the other side of the folding screen suddenly opened his eyes. He looked at the Cutting Water Sword atop of the weapons stand, and the look in his eyes changed slightly. And when the Cutting Water Sword noticed its master had woken up, it was initially motionless. It only flew to the youngster’s side after a while. He gently rubbed against the youngster’s arm as if admitting its mistake.

The youngster lowered his eyes to look at the Cutting Water Sword and said in a practically silent voice: “Even you were, by him…” He didn’t finish the sentence and then changed what he was saying, “Forget it, sleep on the one you like. I won’t blame you.”

However, Cutting Water Sword was unwilling to lie on the weapons stand again and fell back to sleep on the stone tips.

The next day, Fang Chaozhou found the Cutting Water Sword swatting his head even harder with its hilt, quite like it had a type of attitude that wanted to smash his neck in.

No, why did this sword have this kind of temper?

Lousy sword!

No appreciation!

He even curried favor with it, and it still hit him!

Fang Chaozhou glanced at Youngest Shidi, who was very far away from him, and couldn’t help but think that sure enough, the object resembled its owner: very stubborn, cold-hearted, and…

He covered his head, hurting from the strike, and finished the sentence——

Temperamental. Without the face of its owner that was so good-looking that his bad temper could be overlooked, it would definitely be a single sword in the future.

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