Chapter 144 - He Doesn’t Deserve It (1/2)

Behind one of the windows in the pagoda of talisman crafting stood a man and observed Qiu Ling and Jing Yi. Seeing Jing Yi's hands in Qiu Ling's he snorted. ”Hmph. Some people are really too lucky, enticing the Grandmaster's disciple with their cute looks.”

Behind him, in the room, another man lifted his head from the half-finished painting on the desk. ”You're talking about Zhong Jing Yi?”

”Zhong Jing Yi?” The man at the window furrowed his brow. That name somehow seemed familiar …”

”Mn. Ah, right. Shouldn't you know him? As far as I know, he is from the same region as you.” The man picked up his brush again, held onto his long sleeve with the other and continued to paint.

”The same region?”, the man behind the window repeated. Who could it be? Zhong, Zhong … This name didn't really ring a bell. There hadn't been any children with that name back when he was still in the village.

”He should be quite a few years younger than you”, the other man pointed out without lifting his gaze from his painting. ”He should be around fifteen years of age now. You've already been here for twenty years. It's to be expected that you don't know him very well. But I seem to have heard that you returned home once?”

Suddenly, the expression of the man behind the window darkened. Indeed. He had once returned and now that his Senior martial brother spoke of it he finally remembered where he had heard that name before.

Zhong Jing Yi. That was the name of the child of the Zhongs. The child that had been born through the help of a demonic practitioner. The one that had led to him being humiliated in a village of commoners that should normally be looking up to him.

Yes, indeed, that man who had observed Qiu Ling and Jing Yi through the window was none other than Qiguan Cheng Da, the son of Madam Qiguan that had been called when the whole village believed that Jing Yi was the product of some dark magic. And yes, he was still furious about that incident. Since coming to the Yun Zou sect he had always felt superior in regards to the common people. Being ridiculed by them didn't sit well with him.

He clenched his fists and leveled a dark glare at Jing Yi. You just wait. I'll pay you back for what your family did to me. Don't think you'll have any chance of marrying the Grandmaster's disciple or even getting into the inner sect. I'll make sure you're not able to!

The man at the table looked up with a pensive gaze but finally turned back toward his painting.

Qiguan Cheng Da turned around and hurried to the table, sitting down beside the man. ”Senior martial brother Yu, say, do you believe that Zhong Jing Yi will accept the proposal?”

”Who knows? There are certain benefits for cultivators to get together with a practitioner. And he is young. It wouldn't be strange if he actually fell in love with him.”