The Romantic Cultivator

Ji Yuan, Guo Taiming, Li Ye and Shen Qin chatted for a long time afterward. 

The two maidens Xuan Qiaoqiao and Ding Xiaoxiao did not join in their chats but they were listening eagerly to their conversations. 

Xuan Qiaoqiao wanted to know everything about Ji Yuan.

As for Ding Xiaoxiao, Ji Yuan intrigued her; she had noticed that Ji Yuan was more formidable than they had last parted and he was even at the False 8th cultivation realm level.

She was quite puzzled how Ji Yuan was able to advance so strong in such a short time and she was thinking of challenging Ji Yuan again.

Guo Taiming said to Ji Yuan, “You know Brother Ji Yuan. This place isn’t a game. I know that you enjoy your trials but you can’t go around like this is the Celestial Realm. This place isn’t a place for you to go sight-seeing. Maybe you can’t even survive the trip to the Nightfall Heights. Why don’t you stay around here instead?”

Ji Yuan chuckled weakly after his intentions were exposed by Guo Taiming; he was indeed sight-seeing around. 

While Shen Qin and Li Ye were both nodding and agreeing with Guo Taiming, Ding Xiaoxiao was smiling gently to Ji Yuan.

She smiled gently, “Great Saint Ji Yuan, speaking of games. How about we play a little game?”

Ji Yuan turned his attention from Guo Taiming to her and he was laughing jovially, “Speaking of games, I am the master of games. Hahaha…”

Guo Taiming, Li Ye, Shen Qin and Xuan Qiaoqiao: ???

Game? What game?

They were all curious what game Ding Xiaoxiao was trying to play with Ji Yuan.

Ding Xiaoxiao smiled wryly, “It is just a simple card game…”

Immediately she had taken 3 cards and showed it to Ji Yuan and there was a Queen, a Prince and an Ace card. “If you can draw the Queen card from these 3 cards then you are the winner. How about that?”

Ji Yuan laughed aloud, “This is child play to me. Haha…”

Guo Taiming warned him, “Brother Ji Yuan, you are boasting. Be careful that pride comes before the fall.”

Li Ye and Shen Qin were both laughing jovially when they had heard Ding Xiaoxiao.

Ding Xiaoxiao smiled wryly as she continued, “But how about we have a little stake for this game so that this game will be a little more interesting and fun instead?”

Ji Yuan laughed aloud, “Haha. I am rich now! On! Let’s bet then! How much spirit stones are you going to bet? I will match your stake!”

Ding Xiaoxiao smiled gently, “I am not as wealthy as Great Saint Ji Yuan here. How about the loser agreeing to do one thing for the winner?”

Ji Yuan: …

Surely you are not going to challenge me again before the end of the Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth? Didn’t we already have an agreement on this?

Shen Qin gave a word of caution to Ding Xiaoxiao, “Maiden Xiaoxiao, you must reconsider this. What if… you know…”

Then he turned to look at Ji Yuan cautiously. 

He was really worried that Ji Yuan may ask Ding Xiaoxiao to do something really ridiculously.

Guo Taiming was also anxious even though Ji Yuan promised not to green them by snatching away Ding Xiaoxiao.

He suggested, “Maybe it is better to let the others know what the winner wants first?”

Ding Xiaoxiao smiled wryly as she looked at her scabbard, “I just want to pit my skills against Great Saint Ji Yuan so that I can improve upon my sword skill.”

Ji Yuan: …

Damn. I know she just won’t give up.

Shen Qin sighed softly, “Maiden Xiaoxiao, you are such a gentle sword maiden. There is no need to bother Brother Ji Yuan. I can give you a tip or two.”

Guo Taiming and Li Ye were both nodding too; like Shen Qin, they had also thought that Ding Xiaoxiao the White Lily was a gentle sword maiden. It was because they had never seen her unsheathing her scabbard before and she seemed to be a soft maiden. 

Ding Xiaoxiao smiled, “But Great Saint Ji Yuan is also a sword saint right? It is rare to find a sword saint even in the Celestial Realm. His aptitude with the sword should be quite high so it will be beneficial to me. Or…”

She turned to smile gently at Ji Yuan, “Or is Great Saint Ji Yuan chickening it out?”

Ji Yuan frowned, “I will chicken it out?”

Guo Taiming quickly asked Ji Yuan, “Brother Ji Yuan, why don’t you tell us what you want Maiden Ding Xiaoxiao to do first? If your request is too unreasonable then the game is off.”

Ji Yuan laughed jovially; indeed he was planning something unreasonable so that Ding Xiaoxiao would call off the game. 

Earlier, Shen Qin had indeed given him an idea.

He had in fact regretted accepting the game too fast without knowing what was at stake. 

Ji Yuan grinned as he stared at Ding Xiaoxiao, “I want to bang you.”

When Shen Qin, Li Ye and Guo Taiming had heard Ji Yuan, they had shocked and there were even angry looks on their faces; it was because Ji Yuan had promised them not to cuckold them! 

Even Xuan Qiaoqiao looked a little startled when she saw the expressions on Shen Qin, Li and Guo Taiming; she wondered what this means?

Unknown to her, Ji Yuan was using a local slang that was used in the Desolate Celestial Fraternity.

Ding Xiaoxiao muttered slowly, “Vent on me?”

He just want to vent his frustrations on me? That’s all?

So she smiled gently, “Alright then. If I win the game then you shall fight with me. But if you win, then I shall allow you to vent at me.”

Ji Yuan blinked his eyes and was in disbelief; she allowed me to bang her?!

Even Shen Qin, Guo Taiming and Li Ye were both shocked with disbelief; they had never thought that their gentle Maiden Ding Xiaoxiao would actually allow someone to bang her for just a game?!

Shen Qin panicky said, “Maiden Xiaoxiao, please reconsider this. What if Brother Ji Yuan wins? Then the consequences will be unimaginable!”

Guo Taiming and Li Ye were also panicky urging Ding Xiaoxiao to reconsider having the bet.

But Ding Xiaoxiao simply smiled, “It is alright. I won’t lose and I have no intention of losing.”

Ji Yuan thought weakly: I rather that you lose… than having to fight you…

He asked weakly, “Erm, Maiden Ding Xiaoxiao, you really don’t want to reconsider this?”

Ding Xiaoxiao smiled wryly as she shuffled the 3 cards rapidly while saying, “I have no regrets about this.”

Ji Yuan: …

Guo Taiming, Shen Qin, Li Ye: …

Ding Xiaoxiao smiled as she placed the three cards on the ground where they were all sitting. “Guess which one is the Queen of Hearts.”

The Queen card indeed had several red hearts on it. 

Ji Yuan did not have the intention to lose and he paused to rub his chin as he seemingly pondered.

By now, Shen Qin, Li Ye and Guo Taiming were all guessing which of the card was the Queen card and they were all making their picks.

Even Xuan Qiaoqiao was intrigued by the game and she pointed to the left of Ding Xiaoxiao, “Is it the third one?”

They were astonished that Ding Xiaoxiao could shuffle the cards so fast!

But of course, what they betted could not be counted as this game was just between Ji Yuan and Ding Xiaoxiao.

Guo Taiming laughed as he said to Ji Yuan, “Brother Ji Yuan, quickly make your choice. I know that even this is too hard for you to see. I didn’t expect Maiden Ding Xiaoxiao to be so skillful in shuffling the cards.”

“Yeah, same here.” Li Ye was forced to admit. Even his eyes could not catch up with the speed of her shuffling. 

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Xuan Qiaoqiao was forced to agree too; even with her high level cultivation realm, she could not tell as well.

Ji Yuan pretended to smile bitterly but he was thinking: Of course all of you can’t tell. That is because she has cheated…

He was only pretending to smile bitterly and appeared to be at a loss. 

All of a sudden just when Ding Xiaoxiao was smiling wryly at him, he had seized the initiative to reach out for the cards!

The trick in this game was not to allow Ding Xiaoxiao to even touch the card or she could easily substitute it. 

In this type of game, Ji Yuan’s eyes were too quick and he was actually an experienced hand.

He quickly said as he reached out for the card on the left and said, “This is not the one…”

As he revealed the card to be an Ace card, he had also quickly reached out to the card on the right and laughed jovially, “This is also not the one!”

The card on the right turned up to be a Prince card.

Then Ji Yuan looked up to grin at Ding Xiaoxiao, “Therefore the card in the middle is the correct one. Haha…”

Ding Xiaoxiao was stunned; she had actually lost.

Actually, the card in the middle was not the correct one. None of the cards were the correct ones. 

Ji Yuan’s victory stunned Shen Qin, Guo Taiming and Li Ye.

This would mean that Ji Yuan got the chance now to bang Maiden Ding Xiaoxiao…

“This….” Guo Taiming and Shen Qin were the most stunned.

Ding Xiaoxiao muttered softly, “I’ve lost…”

She had remembered that she had lost to a maiden before and that maiden’s name was Shangguan Yan.

Naturally Shangguan Yan was able to win Ding Xiaoxiao because her perceptions with the card game had come from Ji Yuan who was the grandfather of the card tricks.

Ji Yuan was now grinning, “I have won. Haha…”

Li Ye weakly said, “This is just a game. We should all treat this as a game. The bets are just for fun…”

“No!” Ding Xiaoxiao had suddenly interrupted him and she was looking at Ji Yuan, “When I make a gambit, I always honor it.”

Li Ye, Shen Qin, Guo Taiming: …

Ji Yuan weakly smiled, “You can’t be serious, am I right?”

Ding Xiaoxiao asked, “So do you want to vent your frustrations on me in public or privately?”

Ji Yuan, Li Ye, Shen Qin and Guo Taiming were all startled…

They had heard, “So do you want to bang your frustrations on me in public or privately?”

Ji Yuan muttered weakly, “Privately?”

She is so bold to want it in public?

She really wants me to bang all my frustrations on her? I can really be a savage cultivator as I ravage her. After all, I have learnt quite a few dual cultivation tricks from Little Princess…

There was a slight flush in Ding Xiaoxiao as she nodded; this Ji Yuan had actually cared about her reputation and he had chosen not to rant at her in public.

But all of a sudden Guo Taiming had rushed forward to strangle Ji Yuan on his neck, “Ji Yuan! You are not my brother anymore! How dare you! I want to kill you!”

Ji Yuan was knocked back by Guo Taiming but he was not strangled enough because their cultivation realm was too vast and Guo Taiming could not even bypass his thin profound animus that was automatically triggered to protect him.

“Brother Guo Taiming! Please hear my explanations!” 

“I kill you, you bastard!”

Soon, Guo Taiming was punching Ji Yuan angrily even though his punches could not hurt him.

Ding Xiaoxiao turned to Li Ye and Shen Qin to ask curiously, “What is wrong with Brother Guo here?”

Li Ye smiled bitterly, “He is upset that Ji Yuan will be banging you.”

Even the expression on Shen Qin was awkward.

Ding Xiaoxiao smiled, “Yes, I intend to honor our agreement. But what is wrong with that? Isn’t it just letting Great Saint to rant all his frustrations on me?”

“Rant?” Shen Qin and Li Ye were suddenly startled.

They were both thinking: Did Maiden Ding Xiaoxiao thought that bang was vent?

Ding Xiaoxiao smiled, “Rant or vent. Isn’t it the same meaning?”

Shen Qin panicky explained, “Brother Ji Yuan says ‘Bang’ and not your ‘Vent’. Bang means, he wants to copulate with you.”

Ding Xiaoxiao: …

Ding Xiaoxiao: …

Ding Xiaoxiao: …

Xuan Qiaoqiao was gasping all of a sudden; she had suddenly realized the meaning of the word ‘Bang’. 

Guo Taiming and Ji Yuan had suddenly stopped fighting after they had overheard Ding Xiaoxiao as they thought together: She thought it is vent?

Ding Xiaoxiao was the most stunned; she had insisted on going ahead with this bet and she had stated quite a few times that she would honor the bet…

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