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Chapter 110: Chapter One Hundred And Ten - Was that supposed to be a punishment?

Leon pouted slightly as he was dragged up the stairs and to their small room for the night.  It was a nice, fresh scented room, with clean linen sheets upon the double bed and an unlit fireplace built into the wall.  There was a small table with a bowl and fresh water in a jug to freshen oneself and a chamberpot discreetly placed in one corner.  It had what was needed, what was expected and nothing more.

"I was p-planning on sp-speaking to the chef ab-ab-about the f-food," he mumbled in complaint.  "W-wanted the recipes."

"Oh, so now you wish to speak with other men, do you?" Jin Li's eyes narrowed as he closed the door behind them without looking away from the small alchemist in front of him.

Leon frowned slightly, his brows disappearing behind the thick lenses.  "W-What are you s-saying?" He questioned, turning around to glance at the angered youth staring at him.  "The chef c-c-could b-be a woman."

The scowl on Jin Li's face intensified.  "So you wish to speak with women," Jin Li stated, his voice deepening with his ire.  He stepped forward a pace, his dark aura spreading out and even Leon could not stay unaware of it.  The older boy took a step backward as Jin Li continued.  "And I favour that you had quite the time travelling here with two young women, who I hear are quite lovely."

"M-m-Maimai offered t-t-to t-t-t-take m-me into t-t-town," Leon stuttered, his steps backward coinciding with Jin Li's paces forward.  "She w-w-was j-just b-being n-n-nice t-to m-me."  Leon stumbled backward as his retreat lead him into an obstacle that was the bed.

"Oh, is that so," Jin Li replied.  He recalled passing a few woman down in the dining area and suggested aloud; "Perhaps if I go and speak to the females in the tavern, they will be nice to me and offer me things.  What do you think?"  He turned around as if he intended to do just that and Leon couldn't stop himself from grabbing a handful of Jin Li's robe.

"No!" He blurted out clearly with not a hint of his stammer blocking the word from escaping freely.  And then he recalled, Jin Li was a straight man, not interested in a Male like him except in the capacity of a servant or purse to aid him back to his own realm.  Leon's feelings were one sided and Jin Li had every right to pursue a woman that was to his taste.  His hands loosened and the fabric of the robe fell from his grip, but not before Jin Li turned to face him once more.

"Why not?" Jin Li asked, staring down at the top of the alchemists downcast head.  Leon didn't answer him at first so he repeated his words.  "Well?  Why is it you wish for this Lord to stay?"  He grabbed Leon's chin forcing his face to tilt upwards.  His skin was so smooth, Jin Li noticed, not a hint of thickening hair upon his chin and despite the time spent beneath the sun, it was also close to being as pale as snow.

"N-n-no reason," Leon whispered, his vision blurring slightly, but the water filling his eyes could not quite be seen behind his spectacles. 

"That's not an answer," Jin Li told him, but Leon had nothing more that he felt he could say.  Jin Li clicked his tongue crossly before releasing Leon's face from his grip.  His fingers tingled as if unable to let go of the feeling of Leon's flesh beneath them.  He stepped back a pace then began; "What is it you recall of the night of Breaking Curfew?"

Leon was startled by the sudden question then tried to think back. "W-was d-drinking with you, Sun and seniors," Leon replied in murmur. "Um, n-n-needed t-to use the ch-chamber p-p-pot. Everything after..." He could only recall that things were blurry for a while and nothing came to mind after. He had stopped attempting to remember more seeing as each time he tried he drew a blank.

"There was a senior that fancied taking you to bed," Jin Li stated coldly. "He was not above taking advantage of you in your inebriated state. I rescued you and was forced to take care of the drunk you." He did not concern himself to add that he had had to wash vomit out of his long lengths of hair, nor that he also combed it until it fell like silk down Leon's small back. And that it spilled all over the pillow when Leon collapsed into bed like a halo of black and white.

"You d-d-did?" Leon flushed with embarrassment, but he also felt gratitude and decided to express this. "Th-thank you."

"You thanked me then as well," Jin Li leered, leaning over Leon until he fell completely back onto the firm mattress and was shadowed by the other man.

"J-J-Jin Li?" Leon questioned.

"Sullying my face with your lips," he taunted, delighting in the red colour that began to fill the youth's pale cheeks. "So how should this matter be dealt with?" Leon gulped, the gem in his throat bobbing up and down, catching Jin Li's eye, but not as much as the pink lips that parted, nor the tip of the fleshy tongue that peeped out between them to moisten them. Jin Li still hadn't decided on a punishment to that point, his mind had been unable to stop racing around the sensation of that mouth upon his cheek and now, no thoughts were making themselves known, his entire focus stolen.

His mouth covered Leon's pressing lips against lips, tasting flesh against flesh. The kiss was suddenly ended as suddenly as it began and Leon could only lie there holding his breath in surprise.

Jin Li was also startled by his own reaction, but rose to his feet as if it mattered not and left with the parting words; "Try to forget the kiss this time!"


Chapter 111: Chapter One Hundred And Eleven - I meet a pervert

Why did Jin Li kiss him? Why did Jin Li kiss him then tell him not to forget about it? And why did Jin Li kiss him on the lips in revenge for a drunken kiss upon the cheek? These sorts of questions swirled about in Leon's mind all night to the point where he got nothing but a headache. As dawn broke the pitch of night, Leon's heavy eyelids fell over his eyes and he finally slept for a couple of hours, before the noise of the awakened streets spilled into the bedroom denying him any more rest.

Jin Li had returned to their room at some point to lie stiffly upon the other side of the bed, unmoving. And when Leon rose drowsily from the bed, Jin Li followed suit, moving quickly as if it was his plan first for them to descend for breakfast. They ate in silence, Leon surreptitiously glanced at Jin Li in between bites of food, while Jin Li ignored him completely. Seeing as Jin Li really was not going to explain what happened the evening before, Leon decided to let it alone as well and try bury the memory. It sort of... kind of... hurt knowing that the man he had feelings for would prank him like this, but Leon could not explain his actions any other way.

"You are returning to the alchemist school?" Jin Li finally ended his silence as they stepped out of the inn late morning.

"N-no, n-n-not yet," Leon replied, softly. "Selling p-p-Pills."

"Did you not sell pills to pharmacist Clawse yesterday?" Jin Li questioned, startling Leon. Had Jin Li been looking for him yesterday? Was it not coincidence then, their meeting? So that kiss...? No, no, don't question it Leon!

He shook his head to stop himself, then said aloud; "N-new b-buyer. M-mister Clawse said t-to m-m-meet him t-today."

Jin Li raised a lone eyebrow. "Lead the way." As it happened, that was unnecessary as the meeting was to take place at the pharmacy anyway. Mr Clawse greeted them with a slightly chiding sentence;

"I expected you a little earlier, Leon." To which the young alchemist could only stutter an apology as they followed Mr Clawse up to the stairs and into his receiving room.

The man that Mr Clawse wished to introduce was named Ursam, he did not use the suffix of Mister and had no other title per-say.  He was a 'retired' Cultivator; that was to say, that he did not practice cultivation anymore, although, in the past, he had until reaching Senary and two stars stage cultivation level.  If it wasn't for meeting the ordinary woman who became his wife, he would likely have reached the peak of Senary or even have half step into Septenary stage by now.

Regardless, Ursam was a round face, jovial man with long, midnight hair that reached midspine, tied by a leather string at the nape of his neck.  He grinned brightly upon seeing the two young men and his eyes twinkled as Leon produced his clear spiritual pills.

"So," he said, his voice quite musical to listen to, resonating deep but as Leon soon found out, it would reach high frequencies with ease.  "You discovered the secret of the Purple Spirit Grass!"  He said this as if speaking to a co-conspirator then laughed merrily as Leon froze for a moment in surprise.  Mr Clawse simply rolled his eyes heavenward as if he was used to this odd behaviour.

"Sorry, Sorry!" Ursam sang, but did not sound the least bit so.  "I do not mean to tease you! Many alchemists have discovered that using purple spirit grass grown in certain locations can decreased the impurities in the resultant pill!  You are probably the youngest I have encountered though.  I, myself, did not learn of it in my alchemist years, but rather when I began selling pills as a middleman."

"Oh?" Jin Li questioned, looking over the man's physique with a trained eye.  "I would have said that you, sir, were a martial artist." As ever, Jin Li treated with respect for those that had strength.

"I am.. I mean I was," Ursam replied, without his grin faltering in the slightest.  "But before that, I was an alchemist, just not a great one.  I chose to change my fate and pursue the great arts of the warrior instead.  Actually, it was for a girl, but don't tell my wife!  That girl ended up becoming Dao Companions with my senior martial brother anyway."

"D-dao c-companion?" Leon blurted out the question without thought.

Ursam looked a little startled as he glanced at a rather innocent expression on the glasses youth's face, before a touch of wickedness altered his curved smile into more of a smirk.  "Long term cultivation partner... you know the old saying; 'birds of a feather, cultivate together...' although really there is only one bird and one nest, if you catch my meaning!"

Leon flushed, his skin turning a brilliant red, causing the old Cultivator to burst into even louder stomach felt laughter.

Mr Clawse rolled his eyes once more and chided; "Stop teasing the boy."

"What?!" Ursam questioned as if he was being unfairly admonished.  "They are young, healthy youths!  What boy of their age hasn't wondered over the mysteries of the female body? Right?" He glanced over at the pair, with a slightly sly glance before adding; "unless, their interest is one requiring two birds and a very small..."

"Ursam!"  Mr Clawse crossed his arms about his thin chest.

"Such a prude," Ursam complained.  "The path of a Cultivator is thick with Yang, throw a stone and it is hard pressed to find Yin.  It's only natural for comfort to be sought where comfort is sought."  Leon couldn't help his wandering eyes from peeking at Jin Li's expressions, giving Ursam more joyful insight than he meant to.  Jin Li remained completely impossible to read however, his face stoic.

Mr Clawse sighed and suggested; "Let's get back to the subject of pills, shall we?"


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