After Tan Cang left, Carefree Peak truly settled into peace. Every day, apart from his cultivation, Ye Chu spent his time with Yaoyao, Bai Xuan, and Tan Miaotong. The Old Madman remained nowhere to be seen, which truly gave Ye Chu the idea of setting Carefree Peak on fire with a torch.
Ye Chu soon put this idea into action, throwing a lit torch directly into the golden ingot building of the Golden Baby, and the house immediately burst into blazing flames.
This startled the Golden Baby. Seeing Ye Chu preparing to commit arson and continue burning his other buildings, he instantly flew into a rage, kicking out repeatedly and kicking the torch right out of Ye Chu’s hand.
“How dare you!” The Golden Baby’s face turned green with anger. He glared at Ye Chu, his eyes wide open as if he wanted to swallow Ye Chu alive.
Ye Chu naturally did not take the Golden Baby’s expression to heart. He picked up the torch that had been kicked away and prepared to go burn some more of those golden ingot buildings. He had wanted to burn these things for a long time. They were an eyesore, and keeping them on Carefree Peak greatly affected his own taste. Those who did not know better would think they had arrived at a compound for the nouveau riche.
“What is there that I dare not do? If the Old Madman does not show up, I will burn the entire Carefree Peak,” Ye Chu said, looking at the Golden Baby. “You can stop me once, but can you stop me forever?”
Ye Chu tossed the torch in his hand onto another building, starting another blazing fire. Just as the Golden Baby was about to go berserk, Ye Chu laughed heartily and left his line of sight.
The rolling flames burned the Golden Baby’s two golden ingot buildings to the ground. This left the Golden Baby frantic with rage, searching everywhere for Ye Chu, wanting to tear him to pieces.
However, if Ye Chu wanted to hide, how could the Golden Baby possibly find him? It was not long, though, before another person on Carefree Peak went berserk.
Many of the stone carvings of Ou Yi were missing noses or eyes, or had several scratches carved into their faces. The originally flawless stone carvings had been messed up to look incredibly ugly. This caused Ou Yi, who always boasted of being the God of Beauty, to rush straight into Ye Chu’s courtyard, veins bulging on his forehead, his gaze murderous.
Tan Miaotong and Bai Xuan were also startled by the berserk Ou Yi, and they did not know whether to laugh or cry at Ye Chu’s actions.
Only after Ou Yi left did Ye Chu crawl out from under Bai Xuan’s quilt. He patted his chest, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, “You think you can find me just like that? Dream on!”
Ye Chu’s smug laughter left Bai Xuan, who was nearby, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He was truly a mischievous child.
“Do you know about the Golden Baby’s love for golden ingots and Ou Yi’s obsession with his own appearance? By doing this, the next time they find you, they will definitely skin you alive and pull out your tendons,” Bai Xuan said, pulling Ye Chu’s quilt and signalling for him to lie down a while longer, as Ou Yi and the Golden Baby had not gone far.
“Within three days, the Old Madman will definitely appear!” Ye Chu gave Bai Xuan a smug smile. He could not find the Old Madman, but the Golden Baby and Ou Yi could certainly find him. If they did not drag the Old Madman out, and he caused some destruction every day, those two would probably truly go completely mad.
“…”
Ye Chu had still underestimated the level of madness of the Golden Baby and Ou Yi. After just one morning, the Old Madman appeared in front of Ye Chu.
“I heard you want to burn down Carefree Peak?” The Old Madman glared at Ye Chu as soon as he returned.
“Who the hell is slandering me!” Ye Chu refused to admit it even if beaten to death. “I just felt that someone on Carefree Peak is terminally ill and needs treatment. That is why I destroyed two golden ingot buildings and scratched some stone carvings to tell them to wake up. Do you not think those two madmen need treatment?”
The Old Madman tilted his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly said something that nearly made Bai Xuan and Tan Miaotong fall to the ground, “Remember to take a crap at the place where Shui Gu is in closed cultivation!”
“…” Bai Xuan and Tan Miaotong patted their foreheads, feeling that Ye Chu was driven mad by this group of lunatics.
“The old man truly has taste!” Ye Chu gave the Old Madman a thumbs up. “Such an earth-shattering great task will be left for you to complete.”
…
After the two of them cursed those three madmen at each other, Ye Chu finally said to the Old Madman, “You can consider Bai Xuan’s matter now, right?”
“What matter of Bai Xuan’s?” The Old Madman frowned, looking at Ye Chu in confusion.
The corner of Ye Chu’s mouth twitched slightly. The old madman had indeed forgotten it completely. Damn it, if they had not dragged him out, who knew what year or month it would take for him to remember.
“Are you not going to deal with the dragon-shaped bone of the Blood Slaughter Supremacy?” Ye Chu reminded the Old Madman.
“Supreme Bone?” The Old Madman muttered. After a moment, he suddenly realised, patted his forehead, and said, “Right, right. Bai Xuan, come with me!”
Seeing the Old Madman about to pull Bai Xuan away, Ye Chu stepped forward. “Hey, are you reliable or not? Do you not need to prepare first?”
“Prepare for what?” The Old Madman looked at Ye Chu strangely. “What is there to prepare for? It is just a Supreme Bone. This old man will destroy it with a wave of his hand.”
“Then destroy it!” Ye Chu said to the Old Madman. He would be only too happy to see that. However, do you have that kind of ability? It is a Supreme Bone, the very bones and sinews of an existence that was once the sole supreme being in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
“Well… uh… you also know that my stomach and intestines have not been good lately. I often have diarrhoea, so I do not have enough strength,” the Old Madman said, making excuses. Looking at Bai Xuan behind Ye Chu, he said, “Fine then, there is no better day than today. Let us go and help you fuse it first.”
After the Old Madman finished speaking, he took out the dragon-shaped bone and continuously struck out inscriptions.
Seeing the Old Madman take action the moment he finished speaking, Ye Chu felt this old guy was even more unreliable.
“If anything happens to Sister Bai Xuan, I will definitely burn down the entire Carefree Peak,” Ye Chu threatened the Old Madman.
“Burn it then. Do you think I care?” The Old Madman was disdainful, looking at Ye Chu as if he were a fool.
“…”
Tan Miaotong could not hold it in and burst out laughing. Thinking of Qing Wenting saying that everyone on Carefree Peak was mad, it now truly seemed that way. Even Ye Chu was a mentally abnormal character.
“Ye Chu, do not disturb the senior. Just let him try,” Bai Xuan said, holding Ye Chu back as he prepared to pull the Old Madman’s beard. She then turned to the Old Madman and said, “Senior, thank you!”
The Old Madman adopted an attitude of indifference towards Ye Chu, but beamed at Bai Xuan. “Rest assured, I am still looking forward to holding a grandson. I will not let anything happen to you.”
These words made Bai Xuan’s face flush red. She looked incredibly charming and full of allure.
“Alright, it is ready!” As the Old Madman spoke, a wave of energy burst out, directly blasting Ye Chu and Tan Miaotong away. Bai Xuan and the Old Madman stood facing each other, while the dragon-shaped bone of the Blood Slaughter Supremacy hovered in the void above.
The Old Madman struck out inscriptions one after another. As he did, an aura diffused from his body, instantly enveloping the entire Carefree Peak. This momentum startled Shui Gu and the others, and they all shot rapidly towards this direction.
Shui Gu looked at the scene in the arena, his fists tightly clenched. “Is it finally time to fuse?”
Shui Gu stared intently at the two people in the arena. The significance of the fusion was too great. He just did not know if it would be successful. If it were successful, what would Bai Xuan become?