Four Talents of Moon-Gazing

The Four Talents of Moon-Gazing

Since his rebirth, Chen Xiao had remained the same old wastrel, the same bane to the cultivators of Moon-Gazing City, yet he now acted with a clear objective.

For instance, he frequented the various businesses owned by the Nangong Family within Moon-Gazing City, and every single time, he concocted the most bizarre excuses.

"I am the son-in-law of the Nangong Family!"

"Didn't you claim that this young master molested your little princess? Then I might as well make those words a reality." Chen Xiao would make a grand, ostentatious scene, neither dodging nor hiding, terrified that people might not realize he was deliberately making trouble for the Nangong Family.

Nangong Shenhe treated this with utter disdain. If Chen Xiao had suddenly turned submissive, ducking away whenever he saw someone from the Nangong Family, that would have been the real problem. Chen Xiao's reputation in Moon-Gazing City was abysmal; he was a street-roaming hoodlum who would never let a slight go unavenged.

In his past life, although Chen Xiao knew there were people he shouldn't offend, once he provoked them, he would cling to them like a dog-skin plaster, never letting go until he had dragged them to their doom.

This reputation as a wastrel was Chen Xiao's form of retaliation against his own family.

The people of Moon-Gazing City understood Chen Xiao's character all too well, so whenever they saw him acting out, no one dared to step forward and play the hero, as that would only invite disaster upon themselves. Since Chen Xiao had suffered a loss at the hands of Nangong Wenyue last time, it would be strange if he didn't seize this opportunity to stir up trouble for the Nangong Family.

Chen Xiao had done the same in his previous life. The difference now, however, was that his actions all served a specific purpose.

Nangong Wenxing, the apple of the Nangong Family's eye, would grit her teeth in rage every time she heard Chen Xiao using the title of "Nangong son-in-law" to harass her family, swearing to tear him into a thousand pieces.

Though Moon-Gazing City appeared calm, a dark cloud seemed to hang over everyone's heart. The frequent appearance of powerful cultivators was a clear omen that a storm was brewing.

Chen Xiao, as always, wore a long white robe adorned with an array of gaudy, jingling ornaments. He swayed a large, gold-rimmed folding fan, held his chin high, and strutted down the busiest street in Moon-Gazing City with a wide, arrogant gait.

Mengmeng followed behind, wearing a veil. She pursed her lips, her large eyes crinkling into crescent moons. Watching Chen Xiao walk ahead, she struggled to suppress her laughter. Back at the estate, Chen Xiao was nothing like this—especially when no outsiders were around, he acted almost like a humble, studious, and obedient child.

Although Mengmeng was now Chen Fengyang's adopted daughter, she had long grown accustomed to trailing behind Chen Xiao and joining him in his mischief throughout the city. With Cai Di away from the estate, it was the perfect time for her to slip out with Chen Xiao for some fresh air.

Vermilion Bird Street.

This was the most prosperous thoroughfare in the southern commercial district, teeming with cultivators coming and going, among whom hid many reclusive experts like Cai Di.

"Oh my! Isn't this the Third Young Master? It's been a long time!"

Suddenly, a voice tinged with slight surprise reached Chen Xiao's ears. Chen Xiao turned his head to see a youth of about twenty-three or twenty-four, dressed in purple and holding a large purple folding fan, looking at him with pleasant surprise.

"Ha, so it's Brother Bei Yu. I've missed you dearly these past few days."

Upon seeing the youth, a genuine smile of joy touched the corners of Chen Xiao's mouth.

Bei Yu Xian was the fifth son of the Beiyu Family patriarch and a cultivator at the Golden Core Realm. Like Chen Xiao, he bore the title of a street-roaming hoodlum of Moon-Gazing City. However, unlike Chen Xiao, he was constrained by his family, so his daily behavior was far more restrained and less flagrantly arrogant.

Yet, as fellow wastrel young masters of Moon-Gazing City, there was a natural sense of mutual sympathy between them. If Chen Xiao had ever possessed a circle of friends, it was certainly these wastrels of the city.

In his past life, the Beiyu, Canghai, Li, and Nangong families had simultaneously launched an assault on the Chen Clan. However, those wastrels who were usually on good terms with Chen Xiao had unexpectedly received the news and risked their lives to rush to the Chen estate to warn him, which was the only reason Chen Xiao had managed to escape.

Bei Yu Xian had been one of those who, while delivering the message, was unable to escape in time and was beaten until his soul scattered. In Chen Xiao's heart, he cherished not only his own kin but also these wastrel friends who had sought to protect him even in the face of death.

"Sigh, it's a long story!"

Chen Xiao approached Bei Yu Xian, and the two draped their arms over each other's shoulders, wandering idly down the street. When the cultivators saw the two great wastrels "strolling hand-in-hand," they all scrambled away in a panic.

Since his rebirth, Chen Xiao had rarely seen these wastrel brothers, which had left him feeling somewhat dejected.

Bei Yu Xian said with a bitter expression, "After you offended Nangong Wenxing and were injured by Nangong Wenyue, my old man put me under house arrest. I didn't even get to see the immortals descend."

Bei Yu Xian was the only one who dared to speak so bluntly to Chen Xiao, and Chen Xiao didn't mind it in the least.

Hearing Bei Yu Xian's words, Chen Xiao understood. The Beiyu Family had long since allied with the Nangong Family to plot against the Chen Clan. Nangong Wenyue's attack on Chen Xiao, which forced Chen Tiannan to refine a Three-Star Pill, had been the precursor to the Nangong Family's move against the Chen Clan. Naturally, the Beiyu patriarch wouldn't allow his son to associate with Chen Xiao, so he had simply locked him away.

It had been the same in his past life; it wasn't until two years after that incident that Bei Yu Xian, along with Canghai Chengkong of the Canghai Family and Li Changqi of the Li Family, had found the Chen estate to deliver the warning.

However, the fact that the Beiyu patriarch had released Bei Yu Xian now proved that the alliance of the four great families had already fractured, which allowed Chen Xiao to breathe a slight sigh of relief.

"Since Brother Bei Yu has come out of seclusion today, I must show my appreciation. Come, I'm treating today. Let's go to the Heavenly Abode and host a welcome-back feast for you."

Chen Xiao draped his arm over Bei Yu Xian's shoulder with a carefree air and laughed. In truth, Bei Yu Xian hadn't just come out of seclusion today; Chen Xiao had simply been in seclusion himself, and Bei Yu Xian had regained his freedom ever since the immortals had descended.

"The Heavenly Abode? Excellent!"

Bei Yu Xian's eyes lit up. The Heavenly Abode was the most famous restaurant in Moon-Gazing City, and the chef's skills were extraordinary, renowned within a thousand-mile radius. However, it had always been a Nangong Family property, and they, as wastrels, had never dared to go there and invite trouble.

But now, with Chen Xiao backing him, what did he have to fear?

"Hahahaha, Third Young Master, Brother Bei Yu, if you're heading to the Heavenly Abode, how could you leave us out?"

At that moment, two other youths with slicked-back hair and powdered faces, surrounded by a group of attendants, approached them.

These two were the other great wastrels of Moon-Gazing City: Li Changqi and Canghai Chengkong. There were five great wastrels in total, with Chen Xiao ranked first. Excluding the three present, the last was Nangong Wenyang.

However, Nangong Wenyang had never gotten along with them and never involved himself in their affairs. Thus, excluding him, Chen Xiao, Bei Yu Xian, Canghai Chengkong, and Li Changqi were known as the Four Talents of Moon-Gazing.

Of course, they called themselves the Four Talents, while the cultivators of Moon-Gazing City secretly dubbed them the Four Pests of Moon-Gazing, with Chen Xiao as the head of the four.

Li Changqi wore a green robe and held a sandalwood fan, looking quite refined, while Canghai Chengkong was dressed in blue, carrying a blue-and-gold-rimmed folding fan.

Combined with Chen Xiao in white and Bei Yu Xian in purple, the four of them made quite a matching set.

As the Four Talents of Moon-Gazing gathered, every cultivator in the vicinity turned and fled.

The third update is here.