The Scum Is A ***

In the venue, everyone sighed with emotion at Qian Jue's words, not knowing that there was a continuation of it in Qian Jue's inner monologue.

"I know that feeling!" Chen Han spoke and wiped the tears in the corners of his eyes.

Li Tian. "…" is it too late to apply for a change of gong?

(Chen Han: definitely too late! Ah Tian, don't leave me!)

The others. "…" we almost forgot that Chen Han has an extreme brother complex! They all thought as their brows twitched. They chose to ignore him.

"How touching!" the audience cried as they wiped their tears. They won't know that in the future, these 'brothers' will definitely be 'touching'… each other.

But, this is still in the future. For now… for now, the extent of touching is their lips, which made Qian Lin became more silent while Qian Tian inwardly panicking more.

"Ehem." Jing Bai smartly focused everyone's attention elsewhere. "Where is Cheng Sheng? Why didn't we see him?" he asked.

It was a successful diversion.

"That's right… wasn't he treating the patients earlier? But, shimei has already returned." Feng Mo spoke.

"Da shixiong, where did Cheng-shidi go?" Li Tian asked.

"Xiao Yin?" Fan Wen called, feeling worried.

Cheng Sheng still shouldn't be fully recovered. Yet, no one is around him right now, not even Bai Tan nor xiao Ling and xiao Bao.

"He has some matters to take care of." Fei Yin answered.

"'some matters'?" Lei Ling muttered while Lei Qing's brow raised.

The others are also puzzled. Cheng Sheng tells them the problem if it is related to the enemies. But, right now, Fei Yin said it is 'some matter'. What could this be? They thought.

"Could it be, a new problem arose?" Jing Cheng asked.

"That couldn't be?!" Sun Yi exclaimed.

"No… Cheng Sheng doesn't have a guard with him right now…" Shu Mu said and Xiao Le nodded in agreement. They were about to leave along with Xi Ming and Xi Xing.

"What? I still need a guard when dealing with some personal matters?" Cheng Sheng spoke when he arrived.

"Cheng Sheng!" they exclaimed.

"You're finally back." Fan Wen sighed in relief.

Cheng Sheng sat beside Fei Yin. "It was nothing. Just a troublesome 'thank you' letter from one of my patients." He explained.

Everyone. "…" he really treated someone thanking him as 'troublesome'. They thought and grimaced.

You Rou sighed in relief. She was worried earlier. Qian Tian appeased her. Everyone brushed this matter aside.

But, Fei Yin would never be fooled by Cheng Sheng like Cheng Sheng can't be fooled by him. He looked at Cheng Sheng but Cheng Sheng averted his gaze. Fei Yin's eyes narrowed. Of course, he wouldn't think that Cheng Sheng is cheating on him thus his eyes are avoiding his eyes. Then, what was it, that letter, earlier?

It shouldn't be from Chen Jing, should it? Nor from Wu Fan, Fei Lin, Xi Ling nor Wu Bai? As far as Fei Yin could remember, only these people are the ones Cheng Sheng gave special tasks to do, aside from Zheng Ming, Sun Rong and Qie Shi.

Hmm… could the letter be from Qie Shi? Fei Yin thought when he remembered Qie Shi's intelligence network. Qie Shi's people should have found another problem, that's why he alerted Cheng Sheng? But, the foreign enemies were already known by everyone so Cheng Sheng has no reason to hide it from them, especially him – Fei Yin, his lover.

Then, what was that letter about? Fei Yin's eyes narrowed as he looked at Cheng Sheng with a suspicious gaze. Not because, in the end, he thought that Cheng Sheng is cheating on him, nor was it because he thought that Cheng Sheng is allying with the enemies. These two thoughts are absurd.

What he is thinking right now is that Cheng Sheng must be doing something dangerous again. Thus, he is hiding things again, especially from him. Sheng… he thought as he stared at his lover whose ears started to turn red because of his gaze. If you – his thoughts were cut off by the others.

"Fei Yin. Can't you focus on watching the game? We know you and Cheng Sheng love each other so much, but please… we are still here!" it was Shu Mu who jokingly complained. He is grinning which is teasing, but the others' expressions are blank.

"Da shixiong…" Li Tian and Feng Mo called. They saw Fei Yin is staring intensely at Cheng Sheng and they felt ashamed. Fei Yin is too obvious!

Chen Han's face turned dark. He wanted to say something but is afraid that his younger brother would hate him so he suffered a bellyful of anger.

"Xiao Yin…" Fan Wen called and coughed. "You… and xiao Sheng… please don't do it in a public place…" he said and looked away.

Fei Yin and Cheng Sheng. "…" what…

The others. "…" why do we suddenly thought that he is talking about something else instead of just staring at each other so passionately?! They thought. But, since it is Fan Wen, no one dared to say anything since they highly respect this elder who raised a genius like Cheng Sheng.

Fei Yin recovered his wits and coughed. "En." He answered with a nod before he retracted his gaze from Cheng Sheng and turned to look at the competition.

Everyone secretly sighed in relief. These two… it really is very cruel for them to be separated for five years. But, this is also fortunate, since they weren't separated with life and death unlike what everyone thought five years ago.

The most important thing is that Fei Yin returned, and Cheng Sheng will now be happy.

…

While Ling Yun, Qian Jue and Qian Meng were happily eating their lunch, the Shanliangde Sect only took a short break for their lunch before they hopped… ah, no, flew around the competition area to continue farming for points.

"Judging from the Shanliangde Sect's pace, we won't be able to catch up with them in the first elimination period." Jin Yu told Wu Tie.

"It is fine." Wu Tie answered. "I already know. They have more people than us two so they can hunt the bigger nests of the demons and earn more points." He explained.

"Then…" Jin Yu muttered.

"We only need to reach the point threshold, or more than that." Wu Tie said after he cleaned the blade of his sword. "Having more is better than having less. Also, the Shanliangde Sect will run off steam later, while we still have much energy." He said and took out a magic pill before he ate it.

Jin Yu smiled. Wu Tie is right. Nothing is absolute, unless nothing can outwit it. They have already bought magic pills and potions and talismans from Cui Xiang in advance. Not to mention that the Shanliangde Sect has to share the magic pills, potions and talismans between themselves, Wu Tie and Jin Yu are currently the biggest contender of the Shanliangde Sect.

The Xinfaxian Sect and Youxiwang Sect needn't be mentioned since they operate as a group. If someone is tired, then they have to rest. Like the Shanliangde Sect, they also have to divide the points among themselves, not to mention that they have a bigger group than the Shanliangde Sect. Meanwhile, Wu Tie and Jin Yu work as a pair. As long as either of them can go on, the other one needed to keep up with the other. They also only have two people to divide their points. They also can run escape faster with just two people since they don't need to worry about the other people who are weaker and would lag behind.

Tang Li and Li Yan also aren't a threat, much less He Shun and Qi Lan. These four don't care about the leader board and cared more about the point threshold. Although it is a pity, the same can be said for Qian Jue and Qian Meng. If it was just Qian Jue alone, he will definitely be a contender. But, there is Qian Meng with him and he needed to look after Qian Meng.

As for Jing De and Jing Xu… Wu Tie hasn't figured out these two yet. Jing Xu rarely spoke and he is always seen disciplining his younger brother. But, Wu Tie doesn't dare underestimate Jing Xu, since he knows Jing Xu is like Xi Bing – they both looked average but their real strength definitely isn't like their performance displayed.

They sure hide too deeply, and this kind of people is very scary. Wu Tie's lips curled up. "Let's go!" he said as he boarded his sword.

"Sure!" Jin Yu answered.

…

"Qi Lan-ge…" He Shun called when he saw that Qi Lan remained sitting after they have eaten their lunch. "Uhm… aren't we going?" he asked.

"Not yet." Qi Lan answered.

"But the points…" He Shun felt worried.

"I'll give you mine." Qi Lan told him.

He Shun's eyes widened in shock. "No! I can't accept that!" he said. "I will earn points by myself. Qi Lan-ge has helped me enough…" he said and bit his lower lip, feeling guilty. In fact, Qi Lan has helped him too much. From saving his life up to looking after him in the competition, even if he didn't need to…

He Shun sighed. How can he repay Qi Lan?