Chapter 354: Chapter 346: Offering Incense to Ranzi!_1
Throughout the flight, Fang Ren had asked the woman many questions.
Questions like why humans on Earth all of a sudden could cultivate, or anything about other external matters.
The woman explained everything to him, revealing that the spiritual energy of this planet had depleted due to a spatial overlap, which leaked the spiritual energy of nature from the Barbaric Strict World into this place, enabling the humans here to begin cultivation.
During this, she also emphasized her own name: Zhu Yuan.
Fang Ren suddenly remembered that he hadn't told her his name yet.
If he was going to spend seventy years with this woman, it was indeed necessary to know each other's names.
"Zhu Yuan? That does have a bit of an ancient fairy-like charm to it. I am a mere mortal, Fang Ren, 'Ren' as in entrust, 'Ran' as in natural."
"Ren Ran? Heh, your name does suit your personality, but you've taken carefreeness a bit too far."
"If you were from Earth, you wouldn't say that about me."
"Why so?"
"The things I've done in recent years have all been contrary to my name."
...
Today's news was plentiful, and it almost overwhelmed all the major online platforms.
Among the most attention-grabbing headlines: a grand funeral for the soldiers who died in the great battle today, live-streamed globally.
The news that closely followed in terms of popularity was that Mu Huanqing had a child.
And further down, there was talk that Bai Chaojin would seek atonement after the funeral, though most global netizens were clueless about his offenses.
The next item was about the Nightfall Organization.
The fifth item was about a student named Fang Ren, as his various information began to flood the network like a deluge.
Due to the plethora of incidents involving him, the attention was dispersed, but the combined heat of the various events reached a historical peak.
These included: the hidden eldest young master of the Fang Family for twenty-two years, the husband of the Ninth Heaven Fairy Mu Huanqing, the mighty warrior who chopped off a dragon's arm in the great battle, the murderer of the second young master of the Fang Family and two other young masters, the alchemist of the Nightfall Organization, Master Qingan himself, the mysterious person who healed Mu Huanqing's meridians, the owner of the giant tree at sea that annihilated countless void beasts, the young man who loved Miss Liu for many years and was rejected after confessing, the thief who stole the underwear of star Jian Ye, and the person whom Princess Bai Xi in her rage wiped out the Tiandao Sword Sect for...
All the information had been dug up.
Each piece was so shocking, all converging on a medical student from a humble college in a small county town.
The comment sections beneath each piece of news were explosive.
"You've got to be kidding me, this dude's a med student!? They treat me like a kindergarten kid!"
"Is the school freaking blind? Giving Master Qingan an alchemy class!? Why don't you go instruct the military sectors on how to cultivate?"
"I'm a local resident of Yangming City! I've said several times online that I saw Young Master Fang and the Fairy dining together that night, and not a single person believed me! They even accused me of spreading rumors! Even now, the cyber police haven't given up hunting me! Who am I to complain to?
If it wasn't for Ah Hua from the village next door hiding me under her bed, and her husband not finding out yet, I... I would have...whaaah!"
"I am Ah Hua's husband! On my way home now! Thanks to the internet for keeping my color healthy!"
"Miss Liu of the Liu Family must be regretting it now, right?"
"I'm a student at the same school, our class president was forced to reject him due to an arranged marriage, but afterwards, 'Ran God' hit on Madame Xuan! Their relationship in private is… hard to say, I'm afraid of being pursued by cyber police."
"Okay, every student in Class Three of the medical school is under arrest!"
"The thing with Jian Ye was an accident, I heard from her agent that Jian Ye and Ran God were comrades-in-arms, that night was just... after seeing the consequences above, I don't dare to say more."
"Princess Bai Xi is the most pitiful, originally she would have married Young Master Fang right on the spot at the end of the alchemy competition, but who knew the husband would already have a child with someone else, sigh, however Princess Bai Xi's love runs deep, in the end when her husband died in battle, she ended up annihilating the sect she once stayed with, and moreover, her grandfather has to atone today."
"The wedding didn't happen, suffered betrayal in love, loved one died in battle, destroyed a once benevolent sect, and now her grandfather has to atone! Five consecutive heavy blows!"
...
On the lands of Tianjiang, there were already many practitioners with Earth Attribute Spiritual Roots working hard to restore the buildings of Tianjiang, but it was impossible to return them to their original state, the best they could do was a general restoration.
Inside the Mu Family Manor.
The morning sun shone on the area, making the surrounding mountains and forests look lush and verdant.
The Guanshan Pavilion within the manor was a fine spot, from where one could see all the scenery behind the Mu Family mountains.
Holding a quiet infant in her arms, Mu Huanqing stood there, her gaze vacant as she watched the warm sun slowly rising in the distance. She still remembered the days when Fang Ren would wake her up at five in the morning during their outings, eager to take her to the mountaintop to watch the sunrise.
Back then how wonderful it was. Her limbs were healed, she was just a mundane person, and she couldn't possibly leave him.
She hadn't slept at all last night, her hitherto vacant emotions suddenly turned to self-reproach the moment she saw the sun.
She suddenly realized that Fang Ren was originally supposed to be an ordinary person. He could have happily engaged in alchemy, pretend to be third from last in the class, and occasionally be Master Qingan online. If she hadn't appeared, his future wife would surely have been happier, far more worthy than her.
His wife could give him everything she couldn't, offer him companionship, make him edible meals, give him the ordinary life he wished for.
It was because of her that Fang Ren no longer wished to be an ordinary person. He gave up the meaning behind his own name, his creed for a low-key life, and like a fool, he pursued the path of cultivation as an Asura, just to prove himself in competitions, to avenge her, and even ended up on the battlefield saving her life, trading his life for the awakening of little Qianye.
As she thought about it, tears streamed down from the corner of her eyes.
What saddened and regretted her the most was her insistence on leaving him that day to rush to the battlefield.
"If… If I hadn't left that day, would things have been better…"
"If I had just abolished my cultivation… would he not have died… Ah..."
Suddenly she began to cry out loud.
The handful of female soldiers standing about ten meters behind her sighed with guilt and helplessness at the sight.
Meanwhile, at an outdoor table in the center of the manor, Jing Haichuan, Li Xingwang, Er Gou, and Teacher Huang sat together again, drinking.
A large group of students from Class Three were gathered in front of them, all looking worried.
"What's going on now?" Liu Qianqian asked, groggy.
She hadn't slept well all night, and when she woke up, she heard noise from this direction and came over to ask.
"Oh man, last night the four of them got completely wasted, and when Teacher Huang woke up this morning, he remembered what happened last night, and he was annoyed. He insisted on drinking another round with Old Li and the other two, claiming that it was to 'restore the teacher's dignity' or something."
"Is that really necessary? Are they confused from drinking again now? Won't the people from the Mu Family have a bad impression of us for sticking around?"
"Not at all, just now Old Master Mu was almost drinking with them. He only left because of the funeral he had to attend, and he told the servants not to stop them. He said something about 'drink more when you're sad.'
...
On the small table, with his face flushed red, Teacher Huang grabbed his phone, pulled up a class photo of the students, found Fang Ren's face, zoomed in on it, and then placed his phone on the table.
"Want to become sworn brothers, huh!" Teacher Huang mumbled and shouted, pointing to Fang Ren on his phone, "Add him to the group!"
"Old Huang, your photo is blurry! Check out mine!"
Jing Haichuan took out his phone, pulled up a clear photo with Fang Ren and placed it on the table.
Li Xingwang put an apple on the table and raised his beer-filled soybean juice cup (two bottles' worth) and yelled, "Don't say anything! Let's chug one first! Whoever finishes last is the damn little brother!"
"Hey, I was supposed to be the big brother!" Teacher Huang complained.
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"Besides Old Huang, whoever finishes last is the little brother!"
"No! Didn't we agree earlier to make that ungrateful Ranzi the little brother?"
"Oh, right! That ungrateful Ranzi can only be the little brother! Whoever finishes last is the second-to-last little brother!"
"Raise your cup for me!" Teacher Huang yelled and was about to start without another word.
"Give me one."
A girl's voice came from beside the four grown men.
"Class leader! Why are you joining in the nonsense too?"
"They're just drunk! They'll be fine after they sleep it off. Don't take their sworn brotherhood seriously!"
Several girls immediately came over to pull Liu Qianqian back.
Teacher Huang turned around and saw Liu Qianqian with eyes bloodshot, immediately shouted, "Stop pulling at her! As a top student, how can you not drink? Old Li, Old Jing, fill her cup!"
"Yes, boss!"
Seeing that Teacher Huang was too drunk, the girls dared not pull Liu Qianqian back any longer.
Liu Qianqian sat down next to the small table, grabbed a filled soybean juice cup, and clinked it with the few grown men.
Gurgling...
The surrounding students watched worriedly but did not stop them. There were doctors in the Mu Family Manor, and since the doctors hadn't intervened, they just continued to watch.
Clap clap clap...
A few cups fell to the table.
"Offer incense to Ranzi!" Er Gou shouted as he lit several sticks of incense.
Everyone took the incense he handed out and stuck them into the apple.
"Something feels off," Jing Haichuan frowned, "Weren't we here to become sworn brothers? How did it turn into offering incense?"
"Never mind that! Every time I see Ranzi, I want to cry! Let me cry, dammit!" Li Xingwang punched Er Gou.
"Ah! Fuck! Ranzi! I really don't want to cry! I cried enough last night!"
With the mood set and the pain on his body acknowledged, Er Gou broke into tears, his nose and eyes running with snot and tears.
The rest, being drunk and barely conscious, saw the moment and immediately started crying and shouting too.
At that moment, Fang Ren was about to land in the manor from above.
But the closer he flew, the clearer he could hear the sound of crying and wailing.
"Ranzi! Why did you leave so early! I didn't get to give you my kidney treasure! And you just left like that!"
"Ahh!! Ranzi, I don't want to cry!"
"Just cry, dammit!"
"Wuuwuuwuu... Ranzi was the best student I've ever had, dammit!"
...
Fang Ren was planning to fly straight into the largest room in the manor, but as soon as he heard these noises, he decisively flew towards the table at the center.
As he flew closer, the scene made him explode with anger.
Fuckin' hell!
A bunch of idiots were offering him incense!
And there was even his damn photo on the table!