Come Bite Me If You Dare

The tall, burly Sword Cultivator twitched his nose.

"Senior Brother Tianhe, I was wondering why you weren't returning to the sect. You're living quite the carefree life."

The young woman, on the other hand, was staring at Old Ye with a lovesick expression, her eyes practically sparkling.

"Senior Brother Tianhe, I've missed you so much..."

Ye Tianhe chuckled heartily, turned around, and gestured towards Su Fan.

"Two junior brothers, this is a young brother I've recently met. He's a good person."

Su Fan stood up and cupped his fists towards the two with a smile.

He just couldn't understand why the eyes of the two facing him were so strange.

Little did he know, Ye Tianhe was a loner wherever he went.

Let alone hanging out with a low-level Rogue Cultivator.

Both of them were a bit bewildered. How did this little Rogue Cultivator catch their Senior Brother's dharma eye?

Su Fan didn't care about that. He had no intention of trying to get close to them.

He busied himself there, listening to the others drink and chat out of the corner of his ear.

"Senior Brother Tianhe, you should have just returned to the sect. What's wrong with punishing two scumbags from the Zi Xiao Sect? If it were me, I would have slain them with a single sword strike."

The young woman's tone was quite indignant, as if she were standing up for her Senior Brother.

Su Fan could tell there was a story behind this.

"That's right. When has our Sword Sect ever been cowardly? What are these Central Plains Immortal Sects? If they dare to provoke us Sword Cultivators, we'll destroy them just the same."

The tall, burly Sword Cultivator also looked indignant.

Su Fan's curiosity was burning fiercely. He hadn't expected Old Ye was here to lay low.

"Haha, do you think I want to stay in this godforsaken place? Can I disobey my master's orders?"

Hearing Old Ye's words, Su Fan immediately took offense.

What was he saying? His home was the godforsaken place.

"Those Immortal Sects have no good intentions. They're fighting to the death with the Demonic Sect, yet they always make our Sword Sect bear the brunt of it. If you ask me, they can fight their own battles, what does it have to do with our Sword Sect?"

"Exactly. Our Sword Sect helps them fight the Demonic Sect to the death, and then they boss us around. Are we supposed to give them that much face?"

Listening to the two's complaints, Su Fan gained some new understanding of the world's situation.

He had originally thought Sword Cultivators were also disciples of the Immortal Sects. It seemed Sword Cultivators didn't think so and always considered the Sword Sect to be independent.

The reason these Sword Maniacs came to the Qin State to join the fun was to temper themselves, to kill and fight.

This world wasn't as peaceful as he thought. Even the surface was so complicated.

"I heard Senior Brother Tianhe encountered Gu Qinghuan..."

"Mm... I had a spar with her..."

"Senior Brother Tianhe, did you let her go because you thought she was pretty...?"

"Don't go spreading rumors. Gu Qinghuan is the only promising seedling in the Ghost King Sect. It's said that several old demons have nearly emptied the sect to cultivate her. This demoness is not simple. If you encounter her in the future, you must not underestimate her."

Su Fan was also quite surprised. Gu Qinghuan was that powerful? Fortunately, he had escaped quickly.

No matter how powerful she was, what could she do? Come and bite me if you dare.

"Oh right, why did you guys come over?"

"Don't even mention it. Some Demonic Sects in Yongzhou are getting restless again. I heard from the Senior Uncles in the sect that it seems to be instigated by the Liangzhou True Demon Sect."

"Several Sword Sects in Ganzhou and Lanzhou have sent people over. It's said that people from the Central Plains Immortal Sects have also arrived in Yongzhou."

Ye Tianhe took a drink, a hint of excitement in his eyes.

"Heh heh, after a few decades of peace, it seems Yongzhou is about to be in chaos again."

Su Fan didn't even need to look. From Old Ye's tone, he knew exactly what expression he had right now.

These Sword Maniacs, can't they just calm down? Is fighting and killing that much fun?

Damn it, I can't live like this anymore.

It seemed the Western Wilderness had always been chaotic. The Immortal Sects and Demonic Sects were fighting fiercely, and even the Central Plains Immortal Sects were involved.

The situation was not good.

If it really came down to it, he might as well leave this place of trouble.

Seeing his two fellow disciples looking eager, Ye Tianhe waved his hand.

"Don't get too excited just yet. At least for the next few years, the two sides won't be fighting."

"Mm, the Senior Uncles in the sect also said that several Central Plains Immortal Sects and many Western Wilderness Demonic Sects will be coming to join the fun this time, so it probably won't start fighting anytime soon."

"Hmph, those Immortal Sect people are just troublesome. Why not just kill our way over there?"

Hearing Ye Tianhe and the others speak, Su Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, fortunately, a few years later, he would break through to Late Qi Refining.

At that time, he would at least have some power to protect himself, and wouldn't be at the mercy of others like he was now.

While Su Fan was lost in thought, the Sword Cultivator girl came over.

She squatted beside Su Fan, holding a skewer of meat, her mouth greasy.

"How did you and Senior Brother Tianhe meet?"

"How else? We just met."

"Impossible, Senior Brother... he rarely talks to people..."

Su Fan understood what the girl meant.

She meant, how did a low-level Rogue Cultivator like you get close to Old Ye?

Su Fan smiled, leaned closer, and whispered.

"Do you like Old Ye?"

The girl jumped as if electrocuted, her face turning as red as anything.

Then, feeling it was inappropriate, she squatted down again.

"Don't talk nonsense, how could I..."

The girl stammered for a long time but couldn't form a complete sentence. Finally, she left in embarrassment.

Su Fan smiled. Even if I can't beat you, I can definitely annoy you to death.

The emotional intelligence of these Sword Cultivators is just so-so.

After a while, the girl came over again and mumbled softly beside him.

"How did you know I liked Senior Brother?"

Su Fan rolled his eyes. Am I an idiot? Your lovesick expression is written all over your face.

But he definitely couldn't say that. No matter what, he couldn't afford to offend a Sword Cultivator.

"I guessed. Old Ye is so charming, of course, you female cultivators would admire him."

The girl let out a sigh of relief and smiled shyly, feeling much better.

"Then please don't tell Senior Brother Tianhe."

Su Fan nodded. Do I look like I have that much free time to meddle in your petty affairs?

He had no intention of joining the three Sword Cultivators drinking together.

After grilling his meat skewers, Su Fan sat aside and ate his own, constantly pondering the information he had heard.

He really needed to speed up his cultivation.

From what Old Ye had said earlier, the Western Wilderness was never a peaceful place.

The Yongzhou where Su Fan was currently located was on the northeastern edge of the Western Wilderness.

The Central Plains Immortal Sects had been constantly infiltrating Yongzhou, doing their utmost to prevent the Western Wilderness Demonic Sects from advancing eastward.

Without the strong support of the Central Plains Immortal Sects, Yongzhou might have long ago fallen into the hands of the Demonic Sects.

Su Fan didn't care about Immortal Sects or Demonic Sects; he just wanted to cultivate peacefully.

But given the current situation, that was impossible.

In a few years, there would inevitably be a war between the Immortal Sects and the Demonic Sects.

When gods fight, the lesser beings suffer.

How could a low-level Rogue Cultivator like Su Fan stay out of it?