"Pervert?"
What did that mean? Was he referring to the matter of his Shizun being able to change forms? Or… did he know about Shizun being a fox demon?
Chen Shu Ze's expression froze over as he stared warily at Chu Ming.
Seeing that it was effective, Chu Ming's heart was overjoyed and he continued. "It's true, I'm not lying. Liu Han Zhou uses furnaces for cultivation. Moreover, it's male furnaces!"
"Male… furnaces?" Chen Shu Ze's tone was filled with awkward disbelief.
"That's right. I'm 100% telling the truth!" Chu Ming nodded furiously, "My brother, let me say something I shouldn't, you don't have great talent, but why did Liu Han Zhou accept you as his disciple? He must definitely have some underhanded motives, such as… you can be considered quite handsome. In case that old thing…"
"Shut up! You're not allowed to address Shizun as such." Without warning, Chen Shu Ze's sword was pressed against Chu Ming's neck, his tone chilly.
Unexpectedly, Chu Ming was excited, feeling that his words were working. It seemed that Chen Shu Ze had flown into a rage out of humiliation.
He glanced at the sword and wanted to push it away lightly, but did not succeed and eventually, Chen Shu Ze took the initiative to withdraw his sword.
His flamboyant act was pretty much a failure but Chu Ming didn't care much. He quickly added, "Shu Ze, you really can't stay on Qing Jing peak. As sworn brothers, I can only give you this advice. If it's someone else, I…"
"Furnace… can be a man?" Chen Shu Ze asked blankly.
"Why not?" When he mentioned this, Chu Ming immediately looked disgusted. "Don't look at the noble appearance of those seniors. You don't know how disgusting they are in private. Heavens… Just thinking about it makes me shudder."
Chu Ming actually did not know whether Liu Han Zhou had such an interest, as it was not written in the book nor had he seen it. As for why he thought of giving this strange blame to Liu Han Zhou, it was because Elder Gu had this hobby and happened to be seen by him.
Frankly speaking, the original book had mentioned furnaces, but it was all about female cultivators. Chu Ming also never knew that a male cultivator could be used as a furnace, so when he saw Elder Gu pressing down a young handsome man, he was disgusted.
He knew that Elder Gu was not a good person, but he didn't expect the latter to be so rotten to the bone. After cautiously leaving the scene, he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart. Fortunately, the original book used the word 'plain-looking' when describing the male protagonist. Otherwise, if Elder Gu took a fancy to him…
Heavens! He got goosebumps from just thinking about it.
Chu Ming didn't think there was anything wrong with putting the blame on Liu Han Zhou. Although the original book did not say that Liu Han Zhou had such a hobby, it also did not say that Elder Gu had such a hobby!
Anyway, these two people were not anything decent and the things they did were probably similar, so the truth probably isn't any further from what he said. Besides, it was a white lie to help his brother out of the sea of misery.
However, Chen Shu Ze didn't appreciate it. After listening to Chu Ming's words, he shook his head without thinking and denied, "Master is not that kind of person."
"How do you know he's not?" Chu Ming was somewhat annoyed to see that Chen Shu Ze was still unmoved after he had spent so much time talking. "Think about it carefully. Has he ever been dishonest with his limbs and touched you anywhere?"
He didn't believe it at all. How could Liu Han Zhou be such a saint? Even if he had no interest in men, he would surely touch the other's shoulders and head during lessons. These little actions were normal, but when the person doing it was a homosexual, the meaning would change.
Chen Shu Ze hesitated for a while before finally shaking his head. "Shizun is not that sort of person. If you continue to slander him, don't blame me for not considering our brotherhood."
After speaking this time, Chen Shu Ze did not give the other person a chance to speak before he stepped onto his sword to leave. However, no one knew whether he had been affected by those words from before or simply because his skills had regressed, but his flight was a little unsteady.
Chu Ming froze in place before he returned to his senses. "Fuck! Who am I doing this for? You don't know who's good for you. If it isn't for the sake of your future uncle and your golden finger, I wouldn't care about you."
He was very angry. After he calmed down, he recalled how Chen Shu Ze had shaken his head the second time, but it was evidently filled with hesitation, and he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
"Ah fuck, he couldn't have already been fucked by Liu Han Zhou, right?" Thinking of this possibility, Chu Ming was filled with disgust and thought to himself: Forget it! He can do whatever he wants, I won't care any more. Anyway, he has a sister. Once I get to the Upper Realm…
Thinking of the wolfish woman written in the book, Chu Ming stroked his chin and let out a wanton laugh.
On the other side, Chen Shu Ze flew bumpily for a while before stabilising himself as he calmed down.
But once he recalled Chu Ming's question, his heart couldn't help but grow unsteady.
Towards Xiang Han, he never once dared to give birth to any disrespect thoughts he should not have. But when Chu Ming said 'limbs are dishonest', he recalled how Xiang Han had caressed his ears for a long time. Before that, he seemed to have touched his back, though he had suspected it had been an illusion. Thinking of it now, it didn't seem to be a mistake.
Speaking of this, his Shizun seemed to have been especially good to him since their first meeting; helping him water the plants, advising him to take part in the competition, and even recording his competitor's states. Although his Shizun did not like Chu Ming, he never went out of the way to provoke him and even accepted him as a disciple.
Why did Shizun treat him so well?
Chen Shu Ze had once suspected it was because they were of the same kind. But now, he couldn't help but suspect if caring for your own kind involved such touching.
Moreover, Shizun himself had ears, and they were extremely cute. Why did he have to touch his ears? And although he said he was checking… there seemed to be no results in the end.
The more he thought, the more he felt something was wrong. He didn't believe Xiang Han would raise a furnace, so after he thought for a long time, he could only come up with one answer. Shizun seemed to… like him.
The second these words appeared in his mind, his body lurched forward and he nearly fell off.
The Chen family's residence wasn't too far from the sect, only two hours.
Seeing him return, Mother and Father Chen were overjoyed and hurriedly instructed the servants to prepare a feast. But when Chen Shu Ze asked about his birth, they hesitated before telling him the truth.
The world was split into three realms, upper, middle, and lower. However, they were not truly independent. Tens of thousands of years ago, these three realms were one. It was later separated by a barrier.
When Chen Shu Ze was sent flying many years ago and passed through the barrier, he coincidentally landed in the arms of a passing wealthy merchant Chen. Chen Ming Sheng was an ordinary man and could not see past the barrier. When he saw a child fall from the sky, he thought it was the Heavens taking pity on him and sending them a child. Overjoyed, he began to sob and kowtow before running home to raise the child.
"Then… where did you pick me up?" Chen Shu Ze asked with hesitation.
"At a place called Du'e." Chen Ming Sheng replied with consideration, worried that Chen Shu Ze would suspect that he was abandoned by his own parents. He couldn't help but emphasise, "Son, there are mountains everywhere and no one lives there, you really fell from the sky."
Chen Shu Ze had other things on his mind and didn't ruminate on this issue for too long. After spending some time with Chen Ming Sheng and his wife, he quickly left.
When he returned to Qing Jing Peak, Xiang Han was not there as usual. Chen Shu Ze breathed out in relief then felt disappointed.
When he guessed that Xiang Han may have feelings for him, he couldn't help but grow excited but he quickly calmed down. He felt that this was wrong, and went against natural order.
Sigh, why did Shizun have to accept him as a disciple? If only he wasn't Shizun's disciple…
Chen Shu Ze was utterly stunned by this thought that had abruptly appeared in his mind. When he recovered, he quickly shook his head and silently chanted to himself: Impossible. Shizun is such a noble person, how could I commit blasphemy?
But why did Shizun like him? What did Shizun like about him? Was it simply because they were of the same race?
Alas, Shizun couldn't have strayed from the righteous path, right? Should he pretend he didn't know? Or should he…ahem…
Just as his thoughts were running wildly, Liu Meng'er suddenly came over with a rabbit and knocked on his door. "Shidi, don't stay in your room all day, are you learning to embroider?"
"Shijie? Is something wrong?" Chen Shu Ze opened the door and asked.
Liu Meng'er lifted the rabbit and said with a smile, "I caught a rabbit by the hill next door just now. How awesome, it's so fat! Shidi, you are in luck tonight. Let's go, Shijie will show you some moves."
Xiang Rabbit Han had a look of despair on his face. Once he heard this, the rabbit's fur bristled and he began kicking his legs and struggling.
Traitorous disciples! Your Master went out to help you find spirit grass to refine the foundation pill, but you actually wanted to eat him!
Xiang Han ridiculed them for a while before wailing in bitterness in his heart. He secretly scolded Big A again.
Originally, the spiritual energy of the lower realm was extremely sparse and few monsters could cultivate beyond the fifth grade. With Liu Han Zhou's cultivation, it should have been very easy to go out and pull a few spirit herbs. But he never expected that he would unluckily encounter a level six demon beast.
The strength of a level five demon beast was equivalent to a cultivator in the early levels of the Golden Core stage and a level six demon beast was equivalent to a mid-level Golden Core stage cultivator. Liu Han Zhou only formed his golden core last year and inevitably felt pressure. In desperation, he had to use those game skills, and then… he became like this.
Chen Shu Ze looked at the rabbit and saw that the little guy was kicking its legs and struggling. Its small eyes were wet, pitiful and cute, and his heart could not help softening.
Liu Meng'er saw it and urged him, "What are you looking at? Let's go, let's eat roasted whole rabbits tonight since Shizun is not around. Yeah, you should go steal something from Shizun… cumin, ah yes, cumin! "
Xiang Han suddenly panicked. These two traitorous disciples wouldn't really pluck and roast him, right?
Just as he was hesitating whether to speak, Chen Shu Ze suddenly reached out and hugged the rabbit into his arms. He stroked his long ears and said with a smile, "Shijie, this rabbit is very cute and clever, why don't we keep it?"
"Shidi, all rabbits look the same. If you want, we can catch another one later. Let's roast this one first." The rabbit in front of him was so fat that Liu Meng'er was reluctant to give it up.
Moreover, she felt that her shidi was quite meek and liking rabbits seemed a little girly.
Xiang Han had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard these words. He immediately turned his head and glared: Rebellious disciple! After your master recovers, I must definitely rub your ears until they turn red and then bake you!