Chapter 0:42 The Little Crybaby
Qin Gou stared at Qiu Qianyue’s pale face without a word, as if waiting for something. Less than five seconds later, large teardrops began to flow from Qiu Qianyue’s clear, limpid eyes like pearls from a broken string.
Immediately after, Qiu Qianyue covered her head with her hands, her small mouth slightly open, and began to wail.
“Waaaaaaa!”
“Master, I’m wronged, this wench is wronged.”
Seeing this, a sense of unforgettable nostalgia arose in Qin Gou’s heart. This wench had been missing for so long, causing so much trouble and making so many people restless and filled with hatred. Yet, in front of her Master, she was still the same little crybaby who would cry at the slightest provocation, her tears worth nothing.
“Qian Yue, what are you wronged about?” Qin Gou tried his best not to be swayed by these crocodile tears and asked with a feigned sternness.
“It’s definitely not what Master saw. This wench hasn’t done anything yet, nor does she plan to do anything bad.” Qiu Qianyue lowered her head, no longer daring to look around for the source of the voice.
“Then what exactly were you planning to do?”
“I…”
“Speak the truth.”
“I took a liking to this woman named Gu Feiyan and wanted to forcefully take her away.”
“And then what after taking her away?”
“I… Master, this disciple wants to become a legendary ‘licker’.”
“What are you talking about?” Qin Gou felt as if his soul had been impacted. The so-called ‘licking’ that Qiu Qianyue mentioned must not mean the same thing as what he imagined.
Qiu Qianyue’s face was streaked with tears, her chest heaving with sobs, and her shoulders trembling slightly. “Wuwuwu, I just want to lick, Master wouldn’t understand even if I explained.”
“You’re presumptuous!”
“Wuwu. I don’t know how to explain it to Master. Anyway, those sisters sometimes jokingly call me ‘Lick Demon’.”
“You… cough cough, I don’t understand, and I’m too lazy to concern myself with your damned physiological needs. The key point is, who allowed you to forcefully abduct a person of pure background and act so recklessly? Don’t think that I’m unaware of all the troublesome things you’ve done these years.”
“This wench knows she was wrong. Please spare this wench this time, Master.” Qiu Qianyue wailed, covering her tear-streaked little face.
“Get out. Get out of my sight!” Qin Gou sighed heavily, furious at her lack of progress. “You are forbidden to appear before me for… within a hundred years, ten years, at least three months, otherwise, you’ll regret it!”
In an instant, Qiu Qianyue displayed the legendary Sichuan Opera face-changing technique, quickly wiping away her tears and turning from sorrow to joy.
“Thank you, Master. This wench will definitely remember Master’s teachings and be a good person from now on.”
With that, Qiu Qianyue even hurriedly bowed deeply to the air in all directions. She spun a full circle, her smooth forehead and delicate nose covered in dirt.
Qiu Qianyue slowly stood up and looked at Gu Feiyan, who was dumbfounded in front of her. She seemed to want to say something more, but fearing her Master, who was hidden somewhere, she gritted her teeth, a fragrant white lotus bloomed beneath her feet, and she instantly vanished without a trace.
“Ding. Congratulations to the host for successfully forcing away the ‘Perfume Stealing Demoness’ Qiu Qianyue. Reward: 350 Merit points.”
As for Gu Feiyan and the others, they were already dumbfounded, completely unable to understand why Qiu Qianyue had suddenly cried and laughed by herself, performed a solo act of kowtowing and begging for mercy, and then left triumphantly.
“Don’t stand there like idiots, let’s go.” Qin Gou’s voice broke the stunned silence, pulling everyone back to reality.
“What happened?” Gu Feiyan asked, somewhat fearful and uncertain.
Qin Gou sighed, a look of panic on his face, and vaguely explained, “It was an illusory art. I used illusory art to temporarily deceive that senior, but I don’t know how long it will last. So, this place is not suitable for staying. If you want to survive, we should escape quickly!”
Hearing this, Gu Feiyan and the others became even more confused, as Qin Gou’s words had many suspicious points. However, his current anxious demeanor left them no room for doubt, and they immediately had everyone take out their aerial magic tools and flee for their lives from this tumultuous place.
The green Spirit Boat traveled across the sky for about an hour. Just as everyone finally felt they could breathe a sigh of relief, Hu Le, who was piloting the Spirit Boat, suddenly shouted, “Senior Sister Gu, someone is tailing us.”
“Could it be that plague god sister is back?” Liu Ying exclaimed in despair.
Gu Feiyan’s dark eyebrows furrowed slightly. “Let’s have the Spirit Boat descend for now. If she really wants to chase us, we can’t escape anyway.”
The green Spirit Boat was forced to descend back to the ground.
Soon, two men in white clothes, standing on flying swords, appeared before them.
“Quite sensible,” the older man said with a slight smile. “We originally planned to shoot you down in the air, but you descended on your own. You saved us a lot of effort.”
The other man also laughed heartily. “I didn’t expect this information to be true! Gu Feiyan of the Seed Demon Sacred Cult. Although there isn’t much information about your deeds circulating outside, just the identity of the third daughter of the Seed Demon Sacred Cult’s leader is enough. Taking your head to claim the reward should still be quite profitable.”
Both men were dressed in white, with a black pattern of crossed sabers and swords embroidered on the cuffs of their left arms.
Taking all this in, Liu Ying was the first to speak. “Senior Sister Gu, it seems our whereabouts have been completely exposed.”
“It must be the work of the Eldest Young Master,” Hu Le said in a deep voice.
Qin Gou nodded slightly and smiled, “So, it turns out they are bounty hunters serving the various dynasties. It seems they want to take our heads to claim rewards.”
“Hahaha.”
“That’s right, that’s great! They’re bounty hunters! It’s not the plague god sister chasing us again.” Liu Ying cheered excitedly, dancing with joy.
Gu Feiyan also breathed a sigh of relief and smiled knowingly.
The two men in white were instantly dumbfounded.
Having been bounty hunters for so many years and seen so many targets, they had encountered those who cursed in anger and fear before death, and those who begged for mercy with tears and wailing, but they had never seen anyone so overjoyed.
Are people from the Seed Demon Sacred Cult all insane? Why are they so cheerful when they encounter bounty hunters, the ‘dynastic hyenas’ who want to chop off their heads for rewards?
