Chapter 37: The Irascible Kitten and the Calculating Senior Brother

In fact, not long after arriving in White Poplar City, Yueyao had already spotted the people from King Beast Valley.
This was mainly because the inn they were staying at was not far from the city gate.

It was visible at a glance upon entering the city.

The people from King Beast Valley seemed to have booked the entire inn.
The main doors were wide open, and the young woman before them was sitting in the center with her legs crossed, her head held high in an arrogant manner.

Her several companions were also sitting upright and proper beside her.

The entire hall was filled with a murderous aura.

From the very first glance, Yueyao could tell that these people from King Beast Valley had ill intentions.
She assumed her senior brother had noticed as well.

Just as she was wondering how her senior brother would deal with them.

Qin Yangjun had pulled her away to eat buns.
During the time they were strolling through the streets, they had passed by the entrance of this inn several times.

Yueyao clearly saw the change in this senior sister’s expression.

From full of confidence, to hesitation, to annoyance, and finally to anger.

Seeing this, Yueyao couldn’t help but admire her senior brother’s way of handling things from the bottom of her heart.

Since they didn’t know what tricks the other side had prepared, they simply wouldn’t play along.
In any case, it was the people from King Beast Valley who were asking for their help.

They would be the ones to get anxious eventually.

Especially that last sentence.

‘Who are you?’

The mockery was turned up to the max.

Thinking of this, Yueyao couldn’t help but look at the other party.

At this moment, Ling Hu’er was like a frantic little cat, seemingly ready to pounce and fight at any moment.

However, just as she was about to do so, her arms were held back by the disciples behind her.

“Qin Yangjun!
You bastard!
You’ve gone too far!
Don’t think you can be so arrogant just because you beat me!
If you have the guts, let’s spar again!
This time!
I’ll definitely beat you to the ground!”

“Ah!
I’m so angry!
Let go of me!
I must teach this arrogant guy a lesson!”

Ling Hu’er’s fair legs thrashed about wildly in the air, while the disciples beside her hurriedly tried to calm her down.

“First Senior Sister, calm down!
Calm down!”

“First Senior Sister, this is their territory.
If we fight, we’ll be at a disadvantage!”

“That’s right, First Senior Sister, don’t forget we have important matters to attend to… important matters are more important.”

However, Ling Hu’er completely ignored their pleas and struggled even more fiercely.

Only then did Qin Yangjun show a look of sudden realization.

“It’s you, Ling Big Cat!”

“My name is Ling Hu’er!!!!”

Ling Hu’er bit her pearly teeth, revealing a pair of small canine teeth.
At this moment, she wished she could rush over and bite the person in front of her to death.

The person holding Ling Hu’er looked even more pained.
She looked at Qin Yangjun, her eyes seeming to say:

‘Please don’t add to the chaos.
It won’t do either of you any good if you really start fighting.’

Yueyao also whispered in Qin Yangjun’s ear:

“Senior Brother, know when to stop.
Don’t forget our main business.”

‘Know when to stop?’

This phrase made Qin Yangjun a little surprised.
He actually had no intention of provoking Ling Hu’er.
When they first met, he genuinely didn’t remember who she was.
After all, they hadn’t interacted much.

As for her nickname, it was given to her by the readers in his past life.

Because of her petite figure and fiery temper, she resembled a little cat with its fur on end when angry.
Furthermore, she loved to eat fish, which was how she got the nickname.

He had just blurted it out subconsciously.

Moreover, Ling Hu’er was a character deeply entangled with Zhangsun Youyou.
She had helped Zhangsun Youyou a lot in the early stages and had saved her many times.
It could be said that she was a very crucial character.

In the book, part of the reason his original self became enemies with Zhangsun Youyou was because of Ling Hu’er.

The original plot this time should have been that ‘he’ couldn’t stand Ling Hu’er’s provocations and accepted her challenge, only to be defeated in the duel and make a fool of himself, losing face in front of Yu Lingyue.

One must know that in the book, ‘he’ had feelings for Yu Lingyue at this time.
Losing face in front of the person he was pursuing was not something that could be easily brushed aside.

But the simple-minded Ling Hu’er didn’t think of all this.
After returning, she instead publicized the battle, not with the intention of disgusting Qin Yangjun, but simply to save her own face and prove that she was not weaker than him.

However, it was precisely because of this act that Qin Yangjun lost even more face.

Therefore, that ‘self’ also came to resent Ling Hu’er.

This also laid the groundwork for killing Ling Hu’er later on.

And it was because he killed Ling Hu’er that ‘he’ formed a deadly feud with Zhangsun Youyou.

But the current Ling Hu’er probably didn’t know Zhangsun Youyou yet.

And the plot seemed to have changed inexplicably.
The so-called duel was directly avoided because of his own playfulness.

Thinking of this, Qin Yangjun smiled slightly.
When he was reading the book before, he had quite liked the character of Ling Hu’er.
Perhaps he could build a good relationship with her now.

“My apologies, my apologies, Miss Hu’er.
I was just mesmerized by the mortal scenery and momentarily forgot about our important business.
I apologize to you here.”

With that, Qin Yangjun cupped his hands in a salute to Ling Hu’er.
Yueyao at the side followed suit.
No matter what, the surface pleasantries had to be done well.

Seeing Qin Yangjun apologize, the anger on Ling Hu’er’s face subsided a lot.
The junior sister behind her also took the opportunity to let her down.

“Hmph!”

Ling Hu’er crossed her arms and snorted coldly, turning her head away.

Qin Yangjun didn’t think Ling Hu’er would stay angry with him, because she had another characteristic.

She was particularly easy to appease.

As long as it wasn’t a matter of principle, she would basically forgive you if you apologized.

The several disciples at the side returned the salute.

“First Disciple Qin is too serious.”

The few of them were actually quite embarrassed.
Originally, they had indeed wanted to give Qin Yangjun a show of force to vent their First Senior Sister’s anger.

But they didn’t expect that he would so easily diffuse their ‘offensive’.
Instead, they were the ones who had lost their cool first.

The faint smile that had appeared just now was also seen by the few of them.

What would have been a normal smile was seen as a mocking expression in their eyes.

Although he had apologized in the end, they still felt quite bitter.

All they could say was that this Young Master Azure Water lived up to his reputation.
He had both strength and strategy.
Perhaps it wasn’t an injustice for their First Senior Sister to have lost to him.

Afterward, in a slightly awkward atmosphere, the group returned to the inn.

Because of this farce, the meeting time had been delayed for a long time.

So as soon as they entered, the few of them began to discuss the main purpose of this trip.

To capture a king beast.

The king beast that had escaped from King Beast Valley this time, the Icefire Jade-Scaled Horse, had strength comparable to a Nascent Soul.
Originally, Ling Hu’er and her group had the strength to capture it, but for some reason, after chasing it for half a month, the king beast suddenly broke through midway, and its strength soared.

The group was beaten up and injured.
Because they had left in a hurry, they didn’t bring enough pills.
They could only run to the nearest city, White Poplar City, to buy medicine.

Then they discussed their next course of action.

After some discussion, the group decided to call for reinforcements.

If they couldn’t beat it, they’d just call for more people.

But if they were to ask for help from their own sect, it would take at least five days for the experts to arrive.
By the time the reinforcements arrived, the king beast would have long since disappeared.
So, they could only ask for help from the nearest sect, the Yuqian Sect.

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