Chapter 63: The Protagonist Was Driven to the Brink of Madness

Long Aotian breathed heavily as he looked at Hun Tiangang.

"Senior, your junior means no harm. I was simply afraid that senior might be deceived by a villain."

Lu Chengwen chimed in, "Oh, please. If you add our IQs together, it still wouldn't equal a single strand of senior's hair."

Hun Tiangang nodded. "Mm-hm, makes sense."

Long Aotian was practically on the verge of tears. "Senior, I..."

"Ah, alright, alright."

Hun Tiangang said, "Both of you fell so miserably, yet there is only one Bone-Restoring Vitality Pill left. Tell you what, I'll ask you a question. Whoever answers correctly gets to eat it."

"Senior, please go ahead."

Hun Tiangang looked at Lu Chengwen. "Let me ask you, what is one plus one?"

Lu Chengwen stroked his chin, feigning deep thought. "Equals... two?"

Hun Tiangang exclaimed, "Ah! What a talent!"

Long Aotian grew frantic. "Senior, he is just—"

Hun Tiangang interrupted, "Don't rush. Let me ask you, what is one plus one?"

Long Aotian was utterly shocked.

Damn it, he's using the exact same question!

"Equals two."

"Bulls**t!" Hun Tiangang scolded. "That answer has already been used by someone else. Have you no shame?"

Long Aotian thought to himself that if he weren't already injured, he would leap up and kick this old immortal. Are you playing with us on purpose, or what? Just give it to him directly if that's what you want!

"Senior, one plus one doesn't equal any other number! Your junior is unconvinced!"

Hun Tiangang sneered, "I'll let you die knowing the truth."

He turned his head to Lu Chengwen. "What does one plus one equal?"

Lu Chengwen replied, "Fourteen!"

Hun Tiangang was thrilled. "Ah, a genius!"

Long Aotian lost his mind.

That works too?! Fourteen?! Do you two have any standards left at all?!

Hun Tiangang looked at Long Aotian. "I'll ask you again, what does one plus one equal?"

Long Aotian thought, how am I supposed to answer this?

If you're going to answer randomly, I'll answer randomly too.

"Equals nineteen."

Hun Tiangang looked at Long Aotian and shook his head regretfully. "Are you an idiot? One plus one equals nineteen? You really have the nerve to say that!"

Long Aotian widened his eyes and pointed at Lu Chengwen. "He answered fourteen, why didn't you say anything to him?"

"I felt like it!"

Hun Tiangang turned back to Lu Chengwen. "Your turn. What does one plus one equal?"

Lu Chengwen closed his eyes. "Somewhere between nine thousand one hundred and twenty-four and nine thousand one hundred and twenty-five."

Hun Tiangang slapped his thigh in excitement. "Damn, you're a god!"

Long Aotian immediately flipped over the small stone table in front of him. "Just give it to him! I don't want it anymore! What kind of game are you playing?!"

Hun Tiangang snapped, "Don't throw a temper tantrum in front of me! I'm asking you, what does one plus one equal?"

Long Aotian cried out, "I... I..."

Hun Tiangang shook his head. "Wrong again!"

Long Aotian wept, "I haven't even said it yet!"

Lu Chengwen remarked, "Senior is truly wise. Even before you spoke, he already knew you were wrong."

Hun Tiangang nodded in deep agreement. "You tell him the answer."

Lu Chengwen said with absolute confidence, "It equals x plus y minus z multiplied by delta cubed, then divided by the fruit of pi."

Hun Tiangang gave Lu Chengwen a thumbs-up. "Awesome!"

Long Aotian was completely paralyzed. "Divided by pi? Are you seriously kidding me right now?"

Hun Tiangang replied, "Although I don't know what pi means, it sounds very profound."

Long Aotian was dying of anger.

He wanted to leave, but too many of his bones were broken.

This was a desperate situation!

Long Aotian, you must stay calm! You pride yourself on being the chosen son of heaven; there is no way you will be trapped here with no way out.

This old man was completely won over by Lu Chengwen's flattery, so right now, anything Lu Chengwen says sounds like music to his ears.

I need to turn this situation around!

Thinking of this, Long Aotian suddenly smiled.

"I lost." Long Aotian cupped his fists in a salute. "Senior's wisdom and intellect are simply beyond my reach in this lifetime. Your junior can only feel admiration, and my respect for you flows endlessly like the great rivers."

Hun Tiangang pulled a straight face. "Flatterer!"

Long Aotian nodded. "Yes, yes, yes, your junior is indeed a flatterer, but senior's wisdom truly commands my admiration. I simply cannot find better words to describe how deep, how vast, how boundless senior's wisdom is..."

"Shut up!" Hun Tiangang scolded. "Do you take me for a three-year-old child to be played with?"

"Ah? I... no."

Hun Tiangang snorted. "One plus one equaling some kind of pi? How is that possible?"

"Then why did you..."

"You! Tell him what one plus one actually equals!"

Lu Chengwen's expression didn't change at all. "It equals a triangle."

Hun Tiangang said, "See that? If you want to flatter me, that's how you do it!"

Long Aotian cried.

He felt so wronged!

What kind of thought process do these two have?! What nonsense are they spouting?!

Forget about competing with them; I can't even figure out what they're talking about anymore!

How can two idiots coming together produce such a bizarre chemical reaction?!

Hun Tiangang looked at Lu Chengwen. "Kid, you suit my temper. This Bone-Restoring Vitality Pill is yours!"

"Thank you, senior!"

Lu Chengwen accepted the pill with a wide smile, but then he glanced at the unconscious back of Hua Xuegeng, and a thought stirred in his heart.

[Hua Xuegeng is actually a good girl. Because a wisp of her spiritual consciousness was sealed, her mind is a bit muddled, that's all.]

[She bears a sea of blood debts, which is why she willingly consorts with demons. She shouldn't die here.]

Lu Chengwen sighed. "Senior, wouldn't it be better to give this pill to Hua over there?"

"Huh?" Hun Tiangang was stunned. "Why?"

"We're both men... encountering something like this, life and death is up to fate. She's a young woman. For the men to take the pill and live while letting a woman die—I just can't bring myself to do such a thing."

Hun Tiangang gave him a thumbs-up. "Chivalrous!"

Lu Chengwen crawled over with difficulty, gently turned Hua Xuegeng's body over, and felt how soft she was.

Just as he was about to shove the pill into her mouth, Hun Tiangang said, "Hey, hey, hey, are you trying to kill her?"

"Huh?"

Hun Tiangang continued, "She's unconscious right now. If you just shove the pill into her mouth, can she chew it? If she swallows it directly without her throat muscles working, she'll choke to death."

"Then what should I do?"

"Chew it up and feed it to her."

"Oh."

"Hey! You guys..."

Just as Long Aotian tried to stop them, Hun Tiangang reached out with his palm and sucked him over directly. "She's saving a life, what are you meddling for?"

"She is my maidservant! If anyone's going to save her, it should be me!"

"Cut the crap. Do you have a Bone-Restoring Vitality Pill? The state you showed earlier clearly indicated you wanted to eat it yourself, and you never even thought about that young girl. Did you think I wouldn't know?"

In reality, Hua Xuegeng had woken up long ago.

She simply couldn't move or speak.

Lu Chengwen and Long Aotian's intense bickering, Lu Chengwen's inner thoughts, and the fact that Lu Chengwen was now going to chew up the medicine and feed it to her...

She had heard every single word clearly.

A wisp of her spiritual consciousness was sealed?

She had known about that for a long time.

It was personally sealed back then by one of the Twelve Divine Masters of the Great Organization, who also told her that the person who would break the seal would be her lifelong master.

She had always hoped her young master could help her break the seal, but the method to break the seal was far too embarrassing.

And her young master's purity technique couldn't be broken just yet...

Each of the Four Shadow Assassins had their most important aspect sealed, waiting for the young master to unlock it.

However, the young master could not break his purity until he reached the Upper Four Realms.

Therefore, the four shadow maidens all had to maintain their virginity for the young master.

When the seals were lifted, they would collectively undergo a transformation.

And the young master would also soar into the sky as a dragon.

This was their destiny, and it was the Dao they had chosen for themselves.

How could Lu Chengwen possibly know all these things?

This bastard was so slick-tongued and utterly annoying.

Yet, why on earth was it him trying to save her right now?

Lu Chengwen chewed the Bone-Restoring Vitality Pill, and upon seeing Hua Xuegeng staring straight at him with an unfriendly gaze, he panicked and accidentally swallowed a portion of it.

He hurriedly kept the remaining medicinal residue in his mouth and mumbled, "I didn't mean to, just bear with it a second, I'm feeding you the medicine and you'll get better."

With that, he pulled Hua Xuegeng into his arms and without hesitation kissed her—no, fed her.

Over on the side, the old man was still instructing, "Use your tongue! Use your tongue! Most of her oral functions are almost shut down, she can hardly swallow on her own! Ah, you're so clumsy, what are you shy for? Give her more saliva to help trigger her muscular instincts so she can swallow. Oh my, if you're feeding medicine, feed medicine, why are you kneading her chest? If you're useless, get out of the way and let me do it!"

Hua Xuegeng endured Lu Chengwen's... feeding session.

Tears of humiliation rolled down her cheeks.

After they separated, Lu Chengwen wiped the corner of his mouth, looking somewhat embarrassed. "Sorry, force of habit. If I... if I don't knead something, I feel like my hands don't know where to put themselves."

Long Aotian was furious to the point of a near-stroke. "Lu Chengwen! How dare you touch my woman! I swear I will tear you into ten thousand pieces!"

Lu Chengwen looked at Long Aotian, completely fearless now.

"Is that so? Do you think I'm afraid of you? We've already torn off our masks anyway, so you'd better not provoke me from now on. Otherwise, even if I get beaten to death by you, I'll make sure to take half your life with me!"

"You ant! How dare you speak to this young master like this! I'm going to die of anger! Hmph, the moment Hua Xuegeng wakes up, the very first thing I'll have her do is slaughter you!"

Hun Tiangang laughed heartily. "He just saved that lass's life, why would she kill him?"

Lu Chengwen scratched his head. "She actually might."

He sighed. "This girl's spiritual consciousness is partially sealed, so she can only be loyal to this brat, and she really hates me. I bet the first thing she does when she crawls up is finish me off."

Hun Tiangang said, "No worries, kid, look at what this is?"

As he spoke, Hun Tiangang dug another pill out of his belt.

Lu Chengwen was instantly shocked. "Senior, could this pill possibly be..."

Long Aotian and Hun Tiangang shouted in unison, "That's right!"

Hun Tiangang: "Huh!?"

Long Aotian's nose was practically twisted with anger.

So you, Lu Chengwen, only know this one trick, is that it? A single trick is enough for you to conquer the world!

Long Aotian said, "Senior, since he knows, don't say it. Let him say it. I want to see if he actually knows what this is!"

Lu Chengwen sneered. "Do I even need to ask? If I'm not mistaken, this is a pill! Senior, am I right or wrong?"

Hun Tiangang slapped his thigh. "Correct! Kid, you've still got it!"

Long Aotian yelled, "What kind of pill is it? State its name!"

Lu Chengwen calmly replied, "What was the name of the pill we just ate?"

Long Aotian retorted, "Stop dragging that into this. Just is just, now is now. Name this pill, and I'll kowtow and admit defeat!"

Lu Chengwen looked at Hun Tiangang. "Senior, the pill we just had was called the Bone-Restoring Vitality Pill. So do I even need to state the name of this one?"

Hun Tiangang nodded. "Indeed, some things go without saying."

Long Aotian clutched his chest. "Cut the crap, can you actually say it? You have no idea what it is!"

Lu Chengwen shouted at the top of his lungs, "If I haven't guessed wrong, the name of this pill is!"

Long Aotian roared, "What?!"

Lu Chengwen hurriedly crawled over to Hua Xuegeng. "Xuegeng, were you terrified? Oh-oh, don't be scared, oh-oh, don't be scared, sweetheart, Big Brother Chengwen is right here, Big Brother Chengwen is..."

Long Aotian forgot all about his pain, leaped straight up, and slashed his palm toward Lu Chengwen:

"I'll have you pretending to be profound!"