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42.23% Learning To Live As A Cultivator / Chapter 136: Chapter One Hundred And Thirty Six - I happen to be targeted

Chapter 136: Chapter One Hundred And Thirty Six - I happen to be targeted

The following two days, nothing untoward happened; Leon spent the mornings taking care of his Teacher's precious garden of herbs and the afternoon making pills in his own hut.  In those mornings, his Teacher continued to guide him, there were no other students about as the stone he now wore upon his belt allowed only him access into his Teacher's garden.  Just like the talismans for the martial arts school that Jin Li and Sun wore, his allowed him access through the portal arches that lead into the fields of herbs and Teacher Sagi's garden.  Teacher Sagi's older two disciples wore similar talismans, while students selected to help in the fields wore lower grade ones.

In the afternoons, he chose to return to his hut as there were enough herbs there to cultivate into pills.  There were no specific requirements for those afternoons, so after working on a few normal pills, he'd begin building up a selection of improved blood pills which in turn had been improved again due to the low impurities purple spirit grass growing in his garden.

On the fourth day, he accepted Maimai's invitation to eat with him in the Food Hall and while she was fussing over what to eat, he took his own easily chosen meal and found two seats for them.  As she came over, he filled two cups with water from the jug on the table and Maimai took her seat opposite him.

"Well," she smiled, a glint of misdemeanour in her pretty eyes.  "How are things with you and Jin Li?"

Leon nervously laughed before attempting to deter her; "I d-d-don't know w-what you m-m-mean.  I h-haven't seen J-Jin Li since the other m-m-morning."

"Morning huh," she carelessly nodded as Leon picked up his cup and brought it to his lips.  "So that means he stayed over night with you?"  The contents from Leon's mouth sprayed in her directions, coating the front of her dress in liquid.    "Ah...?" Maimai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she hadn't expected that reaction to her probing.

"N-n-not your f-f-f-fault!" Leon stuttered, struggling with his words as he placed down his cup and pushed it away, his face in a grimace.

Maimai sniffed as an unpleasant smell assaulted her nose.  "What is this?"

Leon shook his head and tried to speak, but was interrupted by another.  "How disgusting!  You dare treat Miss Maimai so badly when she is so kind to you!"  The person who spoke was a girl, Leon thought she was vaguely familiar but could not place her.  In fact, she was one of the girls that used to hang around with Merylin before the girl was transferred to the inner school.  She had attempted to become close to Maimai instead, but who knew that the other girl preferred the company of this low born senior!

"S-s-Sorry," Leon could only hang his head in shame.  Maimai, however, did not blame him, taking his cup and smelling its contents.  It seemed someone had swapped his drink for a cup of fish oil!  No wonder he had spat it out quickly!

"I don't blame you," she sighed, glancing around, but many heads turned away.  Standing up she grasped his hand and pulled him out of the Food Hall.  "I've lost my appetite thanks to the surroundings.  Let me go and change and then we shall eat the last of the pastries my mother sent me."

On the fifth day, Leon was tripped, jostled and almost lost his glasses twice, but did lose the herbs he was carrying once as they were trampled under other's feet.  Clearly by now, he was well aware he was being targeted, though he did not know why.  He thought it maybe Caprian's old friends getting some revenge, but then realised that apart from Tor, who had transferred to the Beast Taming Sect, he had seen hide nor hair of them.  He knew Caprian had been kicked out, perhaps the same had occurred to them? 

But even it were not them, he thought to himself, for what reason did a bully need to bully?  There was no excuse, once they had locked onto a potential victim, it did not matter anymore, the victim could only suffer until the bullies got bored or were punished enough to see reason.  As he came to that conclusion, on the sixth day, he was in the Lecture Hall listening to Teacher Pitre's lecture on newly discovered herbs.  Teacher Pitre was a man who was widely travelled and it was his Mesmyr that had taken a shine to Leon that day.  The Teacher also wished to share with them an easy recipe that incorporated one of these herbs; it was called the Vision at Midnight pill and was an enhancement pill meant to provide night vision.

He had the students set up their cauldrons upon the firepits in the stone desks wanting them to practice this pill.  However, once Leon's firepit was lit, it began to produce a thick smoke that made the students cough and gag.  They quickly evacuated the room as it was dealt with.  "Which fool placed indigo hearth shade into the firepit?" roared the Teacher a few minutes later.  All eyes turned to Leon, who could only stutter in panic, he had only started the fire using the wood that was already in there! 

Seeing as it was Leon, Teacher Pitre could only chose to hand this matter to the boy's direct Teacher, but he did not believe this quiet, amicable student had any hand in this idiocy.  Of course, he knew he could be wrong and if that was the case, he would be very disappointed in the chosen disciple.  For now he dismissed the class and had Leon clean out the fire pit.

And so Leon returned home dirty and stinking of smoke, desperate for a bath. 

Jin Li happened to frown as he saw Leon coming up the garden path, not that he had been waiting for him or anything.  "What happened to you?"


Chapter 137: Chapter One Hundred And Thirty Seven - Jin Li’s first gift to me

"There w-was an accid-dent at school," Leon told him, gazing through his thick glasses at this man, his heart swelling once more. It had been a long week and it almost seemed as if the affection showered upon him by this difficult man was but a dream that he was forced to wake up from. But his mouth tingled in memory and his heart beat loudly in his chest and he licked his lips nervously, while Jin Li smirked and sauntered over to shadow him. He glanced up in anticipation only to see the taller boy's nose wrinkle in disgust.

"You ought to bathe," Jin Li said, though it sounded more like an instruction than a suggestion.

Leon nodded, automatically, knowing what Jin Li declared was true and picked up a bucket to fill with water from the barrel, before taking it into the makeshift bathing room. He couldn't help but glance over his shoulder at the other as he swept aside the cloth door with his hand, blushing as certain thoughts raced through his mind. Jin Li's brows rose high in question. Leon's colour deepened as he rushed inside the small room, but naturally one bucket isn't going to fill a tub, even delaying his exit by lighting the fire beneath the metal tub wasn't going to prevent him coming face to face with Jin Li again.

Jin Li leaned against the hut wall, watching the small alchemist dart back and forth, becoming increasingly jittery and colourful before him, delighting his cruel mind. And when he deemed it time, the youth followed Leon into the shed. The other hadn't yet noticed and was testing the temperature of the water before deciding to put out the flames. Leon then turned around sharply, before bumping into Jin Li's chest, nose first.

"Seems even with the ghastly lenses, you still can't see?" Jin Li asked, the amusement evident in his voice.

"You sn-snuck up b-b-behind m-me!" Leon complained.  He thought that Jin Li was waiting outside for a cup of tea and probably snacks and had planned on making him a drink while he (Leon) bathed (and dealt with a growing problem), did not expect the youth to decide to enter the shed after him.

"Undress," Jin Li demanded, suddenly.

"W-w-What?" Leon squeaked, nervously.

"How are you supposed to bathe with your robes on?" Jin Li sneered, his arms crossed about his chest.

"B-b-but..."

"Or do I need to do it for you?"

Leon quickly stripped himself of his outer robes, tossing them to one side, but he still hesitated aware of his condition. He turned around before removing his inner robes and reaching down to take off his undergarments.

"Why are you hiding? It's not as if I haven't seen your body before." Jin Li spoke the words close to his ear and he had to bite his lip to stop the slight moan from escaping his throat. He glanced up over his shoulder as he covered his lower half with his arms. The steam from the water had already begun to effect his glasses and so there was barely any difference to his sight as they were removed from his face. He gulped before decisively jumping into the tub to hide his shame in the depths of the water.

Jin Li sniffed, uncertain about the scent of the water, but shook the thought away as he reached for the sandsoap jar upon the shelf. "I will wash your hair," the youth decided, again surprising Leon.

"You d-d-don't n-need t-to!" Leon mumbled, unable to see the expression upon Jin Li's face that spoke of irritation due to being refused.

"You should be honoured that this Lord is serving you," he said, harshly, "so do not deny me.  Besides, if I leave it to you, you'll likely not do it well and this Lord will have to endure the smell all night!"

"Okay," Leon whispered, still suffering slightly from his bodily reactions. The mix of Jin Li's deep voice, memories of his talented tongue and wicked thoughts of them bathing together had caused it to rise, but Jin Li running his fingers over Leon's scalp and through the length of his hair was certainly doing nothing to help it fall. He could only keep it hidden and hope Jin Li wouldn't notice!

Though at the end, he was a little disappointed that Jin Li didn't notice as all sorts of scenarios had run though his mind as Jin Li had washed his hair. If a certain fujoshi had known of such thoughts, she truly would have been proud! Jin Li was oblivious, it could not be helped!

Still, he remained attentive, drying off the hair sometime later with spare cloths as the two young men sat by the table enjoying freshly brewed tea and sandwiches. And then it was combed, before Jin Li took a section of it and twisted it into a knot before feeding part of the hair through a small silver crown, much like his own. He then set it in place with a blue jade hair pin. Startled, Leon reached for the place it sat, upon his head.

"Don't touch, you'll make a mess of it and this Lord won't tidy it up again!" Jin Li rebuked him. He had hunted beasts nearby to the Martial Arts school all week in part to complete missions, but in part to collect sellable materials, all of which were sold in Julip Town earlier today. He managed to gather a fair bit of silver for himself and just happened to be passing a jewellery shop where the cheap crown and blue pin happened to catch his eye. And he just happened to give into some ridiculous whim and purchase them, only to place them into Leon's hair. Well his man needed something more impressive that a piece of string to deal with his silken hair, otherwise wouldn't he be an embarrassment walking beside him?

Leon did not know of this of course and simply blushed due to this first gift. "Th-Thank you," he said softly, with a shy smile.


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