Bab 5: Soaring Cloud Sect (2)
Me Feng blankly looked below. Tsk, just being buried alive, yet you already broke down. He sneered in disdain. Why so weak?
"You swear your dao heart?"
"Yes! Yes! I, L-Li— AAAAH!"
Li Yuan's scream cracked when another sum of dirt covered his body. He must not! He must not!!!
"Li Yuan won't betray and tell on you and would be your goon forever in this life and my dao heart would eat itself if I messed up! Now please, my esteemed, powerful Senior Brother! Please let me out!"
Initially, Me Feng was disdainful towards this so-called dao heart. Human's heart was fickle, so could it really be trusted? The existence of this dao heart?
But he underestimated the will and the spirit of a cultivator! A cultivator could pillage, kill, rape, or even cause a massacre, and they would remain indifferent. But once they go against their own dao heart, they would crumble!
It was as if their own will was devouring them from the inside, rendering them to nothing more than self-destruct maniacs. Thankfully, the Endless Body Battles scripture elaborated on these important details, and now, he could use them to his advantage.
After making sure this Li Yuan put his dao heart on the line, Me Feng teased him a little bit by kicking a hill of dirt that covered his face, giving him a manly, girlish scream.
Soon, the tearful, grateful Li Yuan was brought back to the land of the living, previously brushed against the dwelling of the death just a moment ago.
"Now that you'll be my goon for life, tell me everything you know."
"W-What do you mean?"
Li Yuan was still fearful of Me Feng. So he must ensure that he would not mess up in his first task as a goon. He noticed how the man's eyes narrowed, showing his irritation.
"I won't repeat it. Tell me everything you know. This sect, this place, this world..." Hearing this, Li Yuan turned white. The instance of Me Feng suddenly became even more powerful than him, and he didn't know anything about this world...
Does that mean...?
"Don't worry. Maybe because of my near-death experience, but my memories somehow became blurry. You won't understand even if I told you everything about it. About my strength, well, I've already reached this realm long ago. Just want to lay low. If I unnecessarily made enemies because of my talent, wouldn't my family be targeted by the relatives of those envious bastards?"
Originally, Me Feng had no intention of making these excuses. Li Yuan is his goon for life now. He had no obligation to tell him these things.
But a trustworthy subordinate and a forced one would be different in their work ethics. The former would wholeheartedly do their job, while the latter, if driven into a corner, would easily spill the beans, regardless of whether they would die or not, out of hatred.
And humans were social creatures. If he, as a boss, talked with his subordinates often, wouldn't they become closer? In that case, wouldn't it be easier to control them through his 'encouraging' words?
Not only would they obey his words, but they would do so without hesitation and may even come up with extraordinary solutions Me Feng himself couldn't think of!
Besides, he couldn't let Li Yuan have the suspicion of him being an imposter, right? If he accidentally spilled it, it would be disastrous for him.
Li Yuan's terrified face revealed all of his thoughts, making it easy for Me Feng to deduce his next steps to gain a trustworthy source of information. At least trustworthy enough for the time being.
Me Feng's eyes glinted discreetly as he postured an exhausted look to Li Yuan, "I don't know what sort of circumstances you had, but as a son of a mere farmer, it was tedious to be a cultivator. You have to be extremely careful in your every step. After all, every step had a consequence of the destruction of your family."
"I also have to fend for myself when it comes to resources. I always felt it was a pity. If only I could get appropriate resources, wouldn't my realm have already surpassed Bone Refinement long ago?"
Li Yuan, who initially hated Feng to the bone, has his face softened. He wasn't unfortunate like Me Feng. He was the most talented descendant of a merchant family, who had several connections whether it was with businessmen or cultivators.
So, in the Outer Division, as long as he avoided those famous descendants of certain forces, he could be confident in his steps. Li Yuan had a newfound respect for his 'boss'.
His family also could provide the resources needed for his cultivation.
As a result, at only 16 years old, he already reached the Bone Refinement stage, while Me Feng merely did so at the age of 19. No matter how talented, resources are indispensable!
"But Senior Brother, how did you recover from your disease?"
"I don't know either. On a silent, cold night, when I was on my last breath, a mysterious, sudden gush suddenly breathed into my lungs. It was magical, something that I could be confident was out of this world. And just like that, I live again. Weird, huh?"
While Me Feng randomly spouted some nonsense, Li Yuan's eyes widened. Wasn't that the doing of those Immortals above?
To rejuvenate a dying man, who could do it other than them?
He reevaluated his new boss. Maybe he had something that the Immortals could only see?
Perhaps this is my chance to hug a golden thigh?! Initially depressed by his fate, Li Yuan was excited and hopeful.
Immortals would not carelessly create a string of fate if it would not benefit them! If they have a motive to save Me Feng, then there must be something about him that he, Li Yuan, a mere mortal, cannot see!
"So it's fine if you consider me as a ruthless Senior Brother, or perhaps you even wished to grind me against a hot magma. But I really need your help. Would it be fine, Junior Brother?"
Seeing the exhausted Me Feng who was forced to hide his talent to keep his family safe, Li Yuan ceased the last bit of his hatred. His father always said to him that a cultivator's best trait was to be low-key.
A true cultivator must not carelessly show off his wealth, and have to show it only when it is beneficial and productive for their goals. Those who acted arrogant were foolish!
Of course, most elders would tolerate it if their young talents became arrogant. It was a pretty effective way to build up a refined dao heart. And bit by bit, these geniuses would realize the vastness of heaven and earth as they grew up, therefore their dao hearts would undergo a metamorphosis!
Arrogance builds up confidence and boldness a cultivator must have to seize opportunities! As it mellowed down, it would turn into a sense of caution and realization of the vastness of this world, creating a perfect balance of caution, confidence and boldness!
But in Li Yuan's eyes, Me Feng's boldness to force him to be his goon as a mere son of a farmer was too impressive! He solemnly reminded himself in his heart.
Me Feng was definitely not a naive young cultivator from a rural place!
If Me Feng heard all of this, he would be genuinely amazed. So he truly had a talent in being a storyteller...
Li Yuan became more convinced the more he thought about it. He suppressed the pain from his broken bones and gazed at Me Feng,
"But Senior Brother, did you have to be so hard?"
"Why the f*ck did you have to be so arrogant then?"
Li Yuan was speechless. You were the one who became arrogant first! I was just asking if you remember me! Yet you snarked back too pretentiously!
Li Yuan was about to chime back, but remembering his position now, he forced himself to swallow his own words.
Although Me Feng was impressive in his heart, he was still too ruthless previously. If he made some arrogant remarks, who knew what would happen?
Me Feng was satisfied when Li Yuan did not answer back. It seems like this Junior Brother was quite attentive. Not bad for a goon.
Even if I was shameless, so what? You're my goon now. You're also too young to scheme against me, what can you do?
"So, my goon, can you tell me the things I forget?"
Me Feng asked with a teasing smile. Li Yuan twitched. His pride as the most talented descendant of his family clashed with his fear of Me Feng's ruthlessness. In the end, he saw the six feet hole that almost became his graveyard at the corner of his eyes, amplifying his fear several times.
With a shaken tone, Li Yuan fearfully asked back, "Where do you want me to start from, Senior Brother?"
"Tell me everything you know about this sect first. Outer Disciples, Inner Disciples, Core Disciples, Elders, Sect Leader, figures that I must keep my eyes out, everything!"
Li Yuan immediately understood. His tone was decisive as he eloquently explained everything he knew,
"The Soaring Cloud Sect, one of the five major sects in the Qian Prefecture, which was one of the 12 prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Tianxi Dynasty, was famous for its movement technique. Within the sect, our Sect Leader, Yu Minhe, was a prodigy who could contend against other Sect Leaders of the other 4 major sects at the age of 23, putting our sect above a notch compared to other sects."
Me Feng raised his eyebrows. So the sect leader was a prodigious woman? So impressive!
"Within the sect, the people you must look out for are those from the Mu Family. Although the sect has its rules, the Mu Family was the main funder for its development, thus although unwilling, sometimes for their descendants, the elders in charge of detainment were forced to hold back their hands."
"Mu Family equivalent to bastards. Got it," Me Feng noted down disdainfully. Even if you did fund the sect for its development, it did not give you the right to have some leeway when it comes to punishment.
This was usually a showcase of drunk in power, thus he could confidently stamp them down with a 'bastard' mark.
Li Yuan gave him a thumbs up, although it cracked slightly from the previous beating. Cringing to himself, he continued,
"I have yet to gather information about the core disciples. The information was strictly regulated. But when it comes to inner disciples, some disciples have brothers in the Outer Division, so you must be careful to not cross the path of those disciples."
"Let's hope that could be the case."
Li Yuan twitched. What's that supposed to mean? Your choice of words made me feel concerned.
"21st rank of the Outer Division, Wang Ping, is the little brother of Wang He, 14th rank of the Inner Division. Remained cautious of him, Boss. 14th rank meant that Wang He had entered the Qi Refinement realm long ago!"
Hearing this, Me Feng nodded seriously. Although he had yet to know the clear path of cultivation, Qi Refinement realm had obviously surpassed the Body Reinforcement realm shown on the interface.
Considering how Bone Refinement could only be regarded as Stage 3 of Body Reinforcement, the gap was quite big!
"8th rank of the Outer Division, Mu Lin, is the little brother of Mu Fan, 20th rank of the Inner Division. Although not as overwhelming as Wang He, he was still quite powerful!"
"There's also that Gu Chen. He is outside the top 100 of the Outer Division, but his brother was a Core Disciple! Boss, no matter what, you must not cross paths against this fat bundle of arrogant sh*t!"
Li Yuan seemed to have met him, showing a furious expression. Me Feng suddenly became curious. What could possibly happen to make this considerate guy mad at him?
"That piece of sh*t forced me to cancel my engagement with a beautiful sister from Shi Family! That damn pompous fat bastard!"
Me Feng became speechless. Brother, turns out, you were actually a tragic character who had to part with his own fiancé because of the cruel number one law of the cultivation world.
After brief condolences for his own goon, Me Feng noted it down to help this guy take his fiancé back. As a Boss, how could he let his goon suffer a NTR?
That's not acceptable! With righteous intent, Me Feng puffed out his chest as he placed a hand on Li Yuan's shoulder.
"I offer my condolences. Don't worry, if I have enough power, I'll definitely help you win her back!"
Li Yuan became tearful. So his boss actually cared about him!
"Boss! I didn't know you cared about me!"
"Of course! As your Boss, how could I let my goon suffer!? Are you questioning my integrity?!"
Li Yuan became emotional, wanting to hug his Boss like how real men should do when they care about each other. Unfortunately, his jammed bones disagreed. We were throughly f*cked, yet you want to move so carelessly?
With a crack, something important seems to snap... Li Yuan paused for a moment before he screamed like a headless chicken, if it could scream— "KYAAAAKH—!!!"
Me Feng offered him yet another condolence, "Not my fault, not my fault..."
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