Chapter 155: Shizun, shocked or not?

The big wedding of the Young Master of the Rufeng Sect was drawing closer and closer. But suddenly, rumors began to spread among the guests of the various sects. “Young Master Zhang, I learned something recently. At first, the rumors sounded outrageous, but if you think about it carefully, eight out of ten are true. Do you want to listen?” “What a coincidence, I also have a secret here. It is about the Rufeng Sect, and it's also shocking. It can’t be that you want to talk about the same thing.” The other party raised his eyebrows profoundly and asked, “Is the secret that master Zhang knows related to only two people?” “Indeed.” Both of them exchanged glances. One of them lowered his voice and said, “Let’s talk about mine first. I heard that Ye Wangxi from the Rufeng Sect and…” When the other person heard this, he could not hold it in any longer. The Young Master’s elegant demeanor was gone. Laughing out loudly, he slapped his thigh, his eyes flashing with the radiance of the gossip, and he said excitedly: “Right, right! Hahaha, I laughed to death. That’s what I heard! Ye Wangxi of the Rufeng Sect has an affair with Song Qiutong!” “Truly, good things never go out of doors and bad things spread thousands of miles away. Who would have thought that even the Young Master, who doesn’t like to listen to gossip, will also know about this? But talk about it in a softer voice. This is Lin Yi, wherever we go we will bump into people from the Rufeng Sect. Those who go to the Rufeng Sect are afraid that the walls will have ears.” It was hard to tell whether there were ears on the partition wall, but three men talking make a tiger. This thing was like cotton wool soaked in water, gradually swelling, even if no one saw it with their own eyes, the content would be getting more and more exciting and alluring… [TL/N: Three men talking make a tiger (三人成虎) is an idiom which means when repeated more than twice, a rumor becomes true.] In the end, even those ordinary villagers outside Lin Yi, who did not cultivate, were aware of this and the rumors were spreading. “Brother Goudan, I’m going to tell you a secret, don’t tell anyone else.” “What is the secret? Don't be so sneaky, tell me. You know my mouth, it definitely won't reveal anything.” “Then you better listen up. There’s a huge scandal in the Rufeng Sect, that Song Qiutong, you know, the woman who is about to marry the Young Master Nangong Si, is really a slut. Although Brother Goudan doesn’t know it, she has long been carrying her fiance behind his back and has had sex with Ye Wangxi!” “How is this possible?!” “How is it impossible? Didn’t you know that back then, when Song Qiutong was taken out for the auction in Xuanyuan, Ye Wangxi was the one who saw her beauty and stirred up those nasty thoughts, buying her for dual cultivation?” Lee Goudan was extremely shocked. His mouth was wide open, and he squatted for a long time before he stuttered, “Heavens, heavens… How could there be such a thing…” The villager Li Guodian’s perception was turned upside down, and when he went to bed at night, he put his arm around his wife and chatted, lamenting, “Chunhua, you’re still good.” His wife, Zhao Chunhua, blinked, “What’s wrong? Why are you suddenly talking about this?” “You see, although you are a bit ugly, a little bit fat, and a little bit short, you are diligent and fertile, unlike some women who would steal men behind their husbands’ back and disobey the rules of women.” Zhao Chunhua was a bit annoyed. “How am I ugly? Isn’t my face just a bit tanned?” Then she became curious, “Which wife has had an affair? How could I not know?” “It’s not from the villages, it’s from the immortal Taoists Sect Leaders who fly here and there on their swords all day long.” Zhao Chunhua was taken aback, “Who is it?” Li Goudan said, “Whoever gets married recently will be the one.” Subconsciously, Zhao Chunhua did not think about Nangong Si. After a long while, she suddenly understood, and suddenly jumped out of the bed and sat up: “Oh my god, that’s crazy! There's such a thing? Don’t spout nonsense.” “Why would I speak nonsense?” Li Goudan straightened his chest and vowed to make his wife believe in him more, “A friend of mine saw it with his own eyes. Ye Wangxi from the Rufeng Sect committed adultery with Song Qiutong! Those two have slept together behind Nangong Si’s back a long ago!” Amorous love between men and women is often one of the fastest things to spread in the world. The rich and the poor are willing to use it as a source of conversation. In a blink of an eye, the guests gathered at the Rufeng Sect knew about the scandal more or less, and when it reached the ears of Chu Wanning, its content was full of wings and extravagance that even Ye Wangxi had a tryst with Song Qiutong on a certain year, a certain month, and a certain day. To be clear, it was also said that Song Qiutong married Nangong Si at this time because she already had Ye Wangxi’s child, but Ye Wangxi was unreasonable and unwilling to recognize the mother and son because of his own future. “If you don’t believe me, just wait and watch, and see that when born, the child looks like Nangong Si, or like Ye Wangxi!” Chu Wanning understood and knew Nangong Si, but he didn’t know Ye Wangxi and Song Qiutong. Thus, he was not sure if what they said was true or false, and only felt very angry. However, for someone like him, although he was good at dealing with well-defined evil, if it was erratic and involved men and women, he was at a loss and didn’t know what to do. That day, when Nangong Si came to visit him in his courtyard, Chu Wanning faintly hit him on the head, but he could not hear any extraneous meaning behind his words. He was still happily telling Chu-zongshi the story of how he raised his snow-white fae wolf Naobaijin. “It was bred a few days ago, and everything went well. The female demon wolf will give birth next month. I don’t know how many little wolf cubs can be born in this litter.” Nangong Si smiled, “If it is born and if there is a good quality, I will ask my father to send one to the Sisheng Peak.” Chu Wanning heard this and thought it was a good opportunity, so he said, “Yes, but I’m afraid that the wolf cub’s lineage is not pure.” “How could it be impure? Both Naobaijin and the Mother Demon Wolf were cultivated by the Snow Wolf clan. They are extremely pure.” “Are you certain that the Mother Demon Wolf has not been bred with any other Demonic Wolves before?” Nangong froze for a moment: “How can it be? The mother wolf is raised by the Bitan Villa. There is only one in the entire manor. She wants to be matched but is not worthy, and so she has to rely on our family’s Naobaijin.” Chu Wanning felt that he had pointed out the truth. He understood that he was comparing people to wolves, implying that Nangong Si should pay attention to those rumors. How could he not understand? Chu Wanning thought for a while, felt that maybe he hadn’t said it too well, thought it over, and said: “Although Bitan Villa has only one demon wolf when it was taken over to breed with Naobaijin, it must have been always living in the Rufeng Sect for a while, right? You have raised so many demon wolves, do you think that…” “No, no!” Nangong Si laughed heartily. “Was Chu-Zongshi worried about this? The female demon wolf and Naobaijin are co-caged, and they are locked in a cage. There is no chance for other demon wolves.” “...” You’re stupid, forget it!!! Nangong Si did not see the gloom on Chu Wanning’s face at all. He got up and invited Chu Wanning and said: “Zongshi, when you left, Xiaoyue courtyard had not been built. Now it has been expanded twice. I will take you there to take a look over there and to ride on Naobaijin, right?” “Not going.” Chu Wanning replied. Nangong Si looked a little disappointed, “Why?” “Except for horses, I don’t know how to ride anything else.” Chu Wanning said, “You are going to be a husband soon. Don’t be too playful. You are either raising wolf cubs all day long, or training on the school grounds. You should also go back and accompany Miss Song. People and animals are the same. If you don’t accompany her, the relationship between you two will be alienated.” “No, Qiutong treats me very well and is very obedient.” “..........” “If Chu-Zongshi thinks I’ve neglected her, I’ll call her along. I often mention you to her, and she should also be willing to see you.” Hearing him say so, Chu Wanning thought to himself, he doesn’t know much about Song Qiutong, and he doesn’t know if the rumors were true or false. To be able to know more about this young couple before Nangong Si was going to get married, it might be a good thing. Thus, he nodded his head and stood up. “Sure, then you can go and find her. I’ll wait for you at Xiaoyue courtyard.” Nangong Si left. When he was walking out of the courtyard door, he happened to meet Mo Ran. The two saluted each other in front of the wall. Mo Ran made his way into the courtyard and saw Chu Wanning standing under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree with a red-clay stove in front of him that was steaming with water mist, and there were two half-drunk Eight Treasure Tea on the stone table. “Shizun, Nangong Si came to see you?” “Yes, I’m going to Xiaoyue courtyard to take a look at the demon wolves he’s raising.” As Chu Wanning spoke, he turned around and prepared to return to the house, “It’s inconvenient to ride in this outfit, I’ll change my clothes.” The demon wolf was ferocious. Although Mo Ran knew Chu Wanning was capable, he was still worried about letting him go alone. Thus, he said, “I will go with Shizun.” Chu Wanning stopped when he heard him and glanced at him sideways, “Do you know how to ride a wolf?” Mo Ran smiled, and his black eyes were very bright. “Why not? I am good at riding horses, not to mention riding wolves, I’m good at riding everything.” Chu Wanning wanted to laugh at him, but he suddenly felt the choice of words “I’m good at riding everything” was a bit vague and ambiguous. He couldn’t help but think of the scene in his wet dreams flashing in front of him, the posture of the two. The sweat dripping down their body, and the powerlessness of his body propelled by Mo Ran while lying on the bed. It was as if he had really become a plaything under Mo Ran’s body, being toyed by him. Chu Wanning’s face turned red. He cursed under his breath, “Shameless!” It was unknown if he was cursing Mo Ran or cursing himself. He turned around and slammed the door and entered the room, leaving only the half-rolled curtain outside the door slightly swaying in the wind, like a person with a trembling heart who hid inside. Xiaoyue courtyard was a vast expanse of grasslands, such as today’s freezing cold ground, bleak vegetation, and a thin layer of frost on the greenish-yellow field. It hung in the sky in winter, neither sally nor light, but it looked a little thin because of cloud cover. It was cold, and the sunshine was even more perfunctory and lifeless, but at the end was a private hunting jungle with dense trees and cypresses, fluffy cactuses, and a layer of golden yellow from a distance, like fluffy and soft feathers of young birds. Nangong Si was standing in front of the wooden fence, talking to Song Qiutong, and suddenly saw two people walking through the mist. It was Chu Wanning and Mo Ran. They were startled slightly, and then smiled: “Mo-Zongshi, are you worried about handing your Shizun over to me, so you came as well?” “No.” Mo Ran also laughed, “I followed here because I’m afraid that if Shizun meets with any troubles and is unable to vent his anger, it would be unfair for him to get angry at Young Master Nangong Si and you might feel wronged. So I came here specifically as a punching bag.” “...” Chu Wanning glared at him and said coldly, “I think you’re here to make a flint knife and flint.” [TL/N: To be a flint knife and flint means to be a reason for troubles.] “Pfft.” When Song Qiutong, who was standing behind Nangong Si, heard this, she let out a soft laugh. She lifted up her feather-like eyelashes and walked out from behind her fiance with a beautiful, charming face. She looked at Mo Ran and Chu Wanning and said gently, “It has long been heard that Chu-zongshi and Mo-zongshi share a deep bond between them as a Shizun and his disciple. Today, it seems that it is so.”