Chen Sui Nian looked at Qi Jing Chun and smiled, “Hello, Mr. Qi.”
Qi Jing Chun glanced at Chen Ping An, then at Chen Sui Nian.
From afar, Chen Sui Nian’s brow did indeed bear a resemblance to Chen Ping An’s.
Next to emerge from the golden crack was Lu Chen, carrying large fish and meat, fruits and vegetables.
Qi Jing Chun chuckled, “You are able to remain unaffected during my deployment of the ultimate technique. Are you the senior Chen Ping An spoke of? You appear to be a young man, a prodigy indeed.”
Chen Sui Nian replied, “I am merely Chen Ping An’s elder brother, hardly a senior.”
You, with three life characters and less than a thousand years old, yet a Fourteenth Realm cultivator, who dares call themselves your senior?
Qi Jing Chun said, “Oh? To be able to enter this world unnoticed while I preside over it, you possess strength.”
Chen Sui Nian said, “Mere trifles, mere trifles.”
Chen Sui Nian was extremely humble. Qi Jing Chun glanced at Lu Chen behind Chen Sui Nian, then back at Chen Sui Nian.
“Although I am older than you, in terms of cultivation and age, the Daoist behind you is the senior.”
Lu Chen said, “You jest, I am merely a wild Daoist who has lived a bit longer and acts out of line.”
Qi Jing Chun said, “I preside over this world, yet I cannot see through your cultivation.”
Chen Sui Nian said, “An elder… a senior has concealed my celestial fate.”
Qi Jing Chun’s eyes narrowed slightly, “Chen… Sui Nian? Where have I heard that name, it rings a bell!”
Qi Jing Chun suddenly noticed a familiar emblem embroidered on the white robe Chen Sui Nian wore.
Qi Jing Chun asked, “Confucianism?”
Chen Sui Nian hesitated, then said, “Close… enough.”
Chen Sui Nian remained evasive in his responses to Qi Jing Chun.
Ning Yao, Lu Chen, and Chen Ping An felt awkward behind him, forced to make small talk.
In reality, this was merely a surface facade. Chen Sui Nian and Qi Jing Chun were frantically calculating in secret.
Qi Jing Chun was deducing Chen Sui Nian’s identity, while Chen Sui Nian was preventing Qi Jing Chun from doing so.
Qi Jing Chun was, after all, an unparalleled Fourteenth Realm cultivator, a feat never achieved before or after. Even with Chen Sui Nian’s treasure, he had to be on guard.
Lu Chen noticed some clues from the sidelines.
Lu Chen chuckled, “Chen Ping An, Miss Ning, what are you doing here?”
Chen Ping An was about to speak, but Ning Yao asked, “What are you doing here then?”
Lu Chen said, “Chen Sui Nian saw that Chen Ping An was being bullied, so he came to stand up for him.”
Ning Yao immediately grasped the key point, “How did you know Chen Ping An was being bullied?”
Lu Chen was taken aback by Ning Yao’s question.
Ning Yao sneered, “My guess is, you two have been spying on me and Chen Ping An since you left the cabin.”
Lu Chen tried to change the subject, “Look at this chicken…”
Ning Yao sneered, “Speak plainly.”
Lu Chen immediately passed the buck, “Chen Sui Nian conjured a screen for me to watch!”
“Chen Sui Nian, I’ve heard of you.”
Chen Sui Nian didn’t believe for a second that Qi Jing Chun could figure out his origins, even if he was Qi Jing Chun.
Lu Chen was also surprised. He knew how good Chen Sui Nian was with calculations.
Qi Jing Chun said, “A few years ago, someone from the outside world wrote me a few letters. A friend of mine from the Central Divine Continent mentioned you.”
“He said that you are the most brilliant, the most interesting, the most excellent, the most carefree, the most monstrously talented junior he’s ever met.”
“He also said that you are very similar to me when I was young, both of us with unruly brows and eyes, but he said that you are more carefree, more unrestrained, and even have a more fiery temper than I did back then.”
“Now I see, indeed.”
Upon hearing this description, along with the mention of the Central Divine Continent, Chen Sui Nian knew who it was.
Chen Sui Nian also smiled, “The Wen Sheng lineage – Qi Jing Chun, he has told me about you. As expected, you are indeed a man of great talent.”
The two smiled at each other.
Qi Jing Chun said, “You have business?”
Chen Sui Nian nodded, saying, “Yes, I have a small matter to attend to.”
Qi Jing Chun was puzzled.
Chen Sui Nian held a talisman between his index and middle finger and tossed it into the air. The talisman then dispersed into thousands of talismans.
The thousands of talismans formed an array, encircling Chen Sui Nian, Qi Jing Chun, and the others.
Qi Jing Chun looked at Chen Sui Nian’s talismans and the array they formed, unsure of what Chen Sui Nian was about to do!
Chen Sui Nian chuckled, “Just a little isolation from the heavens, nothing to worry about!”
Chen Sui Nian suddenly laughed, “A mere incense of the Li Zhu Cave Heaven, a mere little treasure of the Bottle Gourd Continent, dares to protect my younger brother? Do you wish to bind karma?”
A hint of purple appeared in the depths of Chen Sui Nian’s eyes as he calmly stated, “Are you worthy?”
Suddenly, the acacia leaves on the trees began to burn furiously. Not only that, the entire acacia trunk started to burn as well.
The fire spread from inside the tree to outside.
Qi Jing Chun looked at the seemingly gentle and refined but actually arrogant youth before him and instantly understood how his playful smile came about.
Chen Sui Nian’s handsome face was filled with disdain.
At this moment, Qi Jing Chun understood why A Liang had said this young man’s temper was even hotter than his own when he was young!
Looking at the acacia tree that was about to be completely consumed by fire, Qi Jing Chun spoke softly to Chen Sui Nian, “Show mercy, the crime does not warrant death.”
Chen Sui Nian seemed not to hear, his eyes narrowed as he said, “Just the family incense of the Bottle Gourd Continent, a mere puppet of a Mid-Fifth Realm cultivator’s family. Who do you think you are looking down on?”
“Are you worthy?”
“My younger brother asking for a leaf is giving you face, you are simply taking advantage of the kindness.”
“In my eyes, you are nothing but… .!@#￥%……*.....”
“A mere little tree, stuck in its ways for life, short-sighted.. !@#￥%……*....”
Chen Sui Nian turned to Qi Jing Chun and smiled, “Mr. Qi, see, I haven’t used any techniques, nor have I employed any supernatural abilities, not breaking any rules.”
“So it’s not my fault. I am half a scholar, I only like to use my tongue, to scold it a bit. I don’t like to use my hands.”
Qi Jing Chun was speechless for a moment. He had calculated.
Chen Sui Nian truly hadn’t used any techniques, nor had he used his hands, he had only scolded it a bit.
Chen Sui Nian suddenly reached out and pulled Lu Chen over, saying, “Lu Chen, quickly put out the fire, don’t make Mr. Qi uncomfortable.”
Lu Chen was dumbfounded, “Ah? Me? Put out the fire?”
Chen Sui Nian sighed helplessly, “No way, I can’t use magic… if you don’t help it put out the fire, it will really die.”
Lu Chen looked at Chen Sui Nian in bewilderment, No, little brother, this is not like you!
Calling him Mr. Qi, and now putting out the fire?
Back then, you burned down the ancestral hall of the Chen family lineage!
Now you know how to put out fires? Now you’re a good boy?
Chen Sui Nian “smiled” at Lu Chen, “Are you going to put it out?”
You just don’t know Qi Jing Chun’s cultivation.
If you did, you’d be running faster than anyone else.
Lu Chen had no choice but to use his Yin-Yang family technique to extinguish the “calamity fire” emanating from Chen Sui Nian.
Chen Sui Nian said to the acacia, “The ancestor of the Lu family lineage of the Yin-Yang Family from the Central Divine Continent – Lu Chen, so this time, you got struck by lightning and caught fire, understand?”
“You better stay put and don’t jump out, if you soil my eyes, you know what happens? Alright, you better listen, or next time I’ll break you off.”
“I’ll exterminate your true lineage!”
After saying this, Chen Sui Nian yawned and said to Qi Jing Chun, “Alright, Mr. Qi, see you later.”
“Little Ping An, Ning Yao, let’s go, we have to eat, I’m hungry.”
Chen Sui Nian waved his hand, and the thousands of talismans instantly disappeared, finally turning into a piece of scrap paper.
Chen Sui Nian casually tossed it under the acacia tree.
As Chen Ping An and Ning Yao were about to leave, Qi Jing Chun suddenly called out to Chen Ping An.
“Chen Ping An, this is a hairpin given to me by my teacher. Take it, consider it a gift from me. You’re very good, it suits you.”
Chen Ping An was taken aback. Of course, he could tell that this hairpin was very important to Mr. Qi, it must have held a special significance.
But Mr. Qi was the one he respected most, so he couldn’t refuse. Chen Ping An looked at Chen Sui Nian.
Chen Sui Nian waved his hand listlessly, saying, “Take it. That old scholar Wen Sheng is not bad!”
Chen Ping An accepted the jade hairpin and bowed to Qi Jing Chun.
Qi Jing Chun smiled and nodded.
The four of them walked in a group, surrounding Chen Ping An in the middle!
Qi Jing Chun watched this scene, as if remembering something, he smiled.
He looked at Chen Sui Nian and nodded in satisfaction.
After watching Chen Sui Nian take Chen Ping An away, Qi Jing Chun looked at the acacia tree. The fire had been extinguished, but several branches were burned through.
Qi Jing Chun chuckled, “You are simply relying on the fact that I, Qi Jing Chun, am a mere Confucian scholar, with a good temper, who won’t use force.”
“You are simply asking for trouble!”
“The Chen surname acacia leaves, you weren’t even willing to give Chen Ping An a single leaf, now look, you’ve been burned to a crisp.”
“You’d rather give it to an outsider than give Chen Ping An a single leaf.”
“You reap what you sow.”
Qi Jing Chun turned his head and looked at the other leaves, there were two or three leaves left of other surnames.
Qi Jing Chun chuckled, “You say it’s not a technique or supernatural ability? This wasn’t intentional? What a scholar.”