“Hey! How can you be so calm! You really know how to deceive people!” After walking out of the city, Zhong Wei patted her chest. Even wearing a wide blood robe, she still showed delicacy.
Ye Chu glanced at Zhong Wei and said, “Miss, please understand one thing. This is not deception, alright? This is for your own good. You belittle someone who saved you. This will make you seem very lacking in grace and taste.”
Zhong Wei giggled, her laughter pleasant to the ear. “Although I really do not like you as a person, especially those eyes of yours that look everywhere. But I do not deny that you still have a bit of cleverness. Hmm, and also a bit of a general’s demeanor of remaining calm in the face of danger.”
“Many thanks for the praise!” Ye Chu said to Zhong Wei. “Now you are not saying I am inferior to your fiance?”
Zhong Wei swept her eyes over Ye Chu and said, “Although you are not as stubborn and self-willed as him. But in other aspects, you truly find it hard to compare to him. His strength goes without saying. He powerfully annihilated Kuang Feng with a raise of his hand. Appearance-wise, you are worlds apart. Family background-wise, you cannot even catch up to him. Bearing-wise, when he appears in a place, tens of thousands of people follow…”
“Hey! Miss, I just saved you. Is there a need to constantly belittle me like this?” Ye Chu stared at the other party very displeased.
Zhong Wei shrugged her shoulders and said, “I am only speaking the truth!”
Zhong Wei watched Ye Chu very displeasedly kick away the stone under his foot with one foot. Suddenly she smiled again and said, “However, these are all not important. Compared to the previous dream of finding a prince and hero, I hope more to find someone who can understand me and respect me.”
“Then is this person me?” Ye Chu smiled while looking at the other party with a thick-skinned face.
“Young Master Ye Chu, please conduct yourself with dignity!” Zhong Wei retreated two steps. “Although compared to him, your position in my heart right now is a tiny bit better. But you belong to the people I hate the second most.”
“Then it is better to be ranked first!” Ye Chu said very displeased. “How does that saying go? If I cannot make you love me, then I will make you hate me!”
“…” Zhong Wei did not know where Ye Chu came up with so many strange and weird ideas. “Seeing that you saved me, I will remind you of one thing. With just the two of us, it does not matter if you talk nonsense. But if there are outsiders present, you had better put away these words of yours. Otherwise, he will make you wish you were dead.”
“I am very curious who he is, to make you so afraid of him.” Ye Chu looked at Zhong Wei and smiled. “I truly want to meet him!”
Zhong Wei rolled her eyes at Ye Chu. “You had better give up on this thought. Upon seeing him, you will be so inferior that you will not even have the courage to raise your head. In the future, you will not even dare to see me.”
“Pah!” Ye Chu did not believe there was such a person. Even if there was such a young talent, Ye Chu was not afraid. In Wuxin Peak, he belonged to the worst one. If the other party was really that amazing, at worst he would drag Shui Gu along.
Ye Chu did not believe that among the younger generation, there existed someone who surpassed Shui Gu by too much.
Zhong Wei saw Ye Chu’s appearance, smiled and said nothing. She thought, without having seen him, one naturally would not know his bearing. But someone like Zhao Haibo was willing to be his subordinate, and was fiercely loyal. One could understand how outstanding he was.
Of course, Zhong Wei would not say these words thoroughly. She glanced at Ye Chu and said, “How do we proceed now?”
“How far is it from here to Qi Zong?” Ye Chu answered Zhong Wei.
“At least one month’s journey!” Zhong Wei answered. “During this month, we may encounter quite a few troubles. Therefore, this month is still dangerous!”
“Another month!” Ye Chu sighed. “If only I had artifact refining methods. I could make my strength skyrocket, and face a high-grade Huang realm expert with the power to fight.”
“Artifact refining methods cannot increase strength. At most they can refine artifacts for you. Besides, with your strength, wanting to refine an artifact capable of resisting a high-grade Huang realm expert is very difficult!” Zhong Wei answered.
“You do not understand!” Ye Chu did not speak too thoroughly. Right now he had baleful qi in hand. He only needed artifact refining methods to borrow the baleful qi, and his strength would certainly soar. Furthermore, he had immortal materials that could temper his own artifact. This could also make his strength soar.
With both combined, even if he encountered a high-grade Huang realm expert, having the power to fight would not be strange at all.
Of course, Ye Chu could also borrow the baleful qi to raise his strength right now. But Ye Chu was unwilling. Baleful qi was the best artifact refining fire. If he missed this baleful qi, then finding the next type of baleful qi, who knew what year and month that would be. His own artifact would probably be indefinitely delayed.
As his strength grew stronger, Ye Chu increasingly needed a handy artifact. Otherwise, in the future when facing others, he would certainly suffer losses. For example, Ye Jingyun had her clan’s sharp sword. Even without borrowing the sword’s power, when wielding it, it was also a handy weapon.
“Truly headache-inducing!” Ye Chu lightly exhaled a breath.
Zhong Wei looked at Ye Chu, opened her mouth, and was just about to say something. In the end, she still did not speak.
“I hope I can bring you to Qi Zong, and there exchange for a set of artifact refining methods.” Ye Chu looked at Zhong Wei and said, “Speaking of bad luck, yet also quite good luck. To encounter such a beauty, and moreover the niece of the Qi Zong Sect Leader.”
Zhong Wei rolled her eyes at Ye Chu, then said, “If you can truly deliver me, you can obtain artifact refining methods. However, this journey is dangerous. One month’s time… Sigh… I also do not know whether my uncle has received news of the Seven-Coloured Treasure Ship’s accident. If he knows, he will certainly send people.”
“Better not count on that!” Ye Chu said. “First, let us not speak of whether they can find us. Even if they find us, they may not necessarily be able to take us away safely. What I hope for most is that they can attract the other party’s experts, letting us escape in the midst of it.”
Zhong Wei glanced at Ye Chu and said, “Who do you think schemed against me?”
Ye Chu shrugged his shoulders and said, “Even you do not know. How could I possibly know? Do you take me to really be a god!”
Zhong Wei pondered, also finding it hard to guess who. Her identity would attract too many enemies. Let alone she was his fiancee. Anyone could possibly deal with her…
“Right! We need to speed up a bit!” Ye Chu said to Zhong Wei, “Although we just deceived Kuang Feng, would he not react afterward? If he catches up to us then, it will be troublesome.”
Zhong Wei nodded. She knew she had just lost her composure. If the other party reacted, it was hard to guarantee he would not be suspicious.
“Hey! You really dance very well?” Ye Chu suddenly asked Zhong Wei.
“What?” Zhong Wei turned her head to look at Ye Chu and said.
“Nothing. I just feel the journey is too dull. If you could dance a dance, it should also be very nice.”
“In your dreams!” Zhong Wei swept her eyes over Ye Chu and said, “I never dance alone for a man. He did not even receive such treatment.”
“Miss, please do not constantly compare me with him in the future, alright? He is the person you hate the most. I am at least ranked second. Can you compare me with the person you hate the third most?”
“Sorry! I do not have a third most hated person! I only hate you two!”
“Uh, you are only concerned with us two. Should I be happy!”
“… Get lost!”