Chapter 18

Chapter 18: I, Xiao Yang, Owe No One in This Life

The Saint Son’s Residence is nestled in a small valley behind the Qingyang Sword Sect. This is where the Holy Son of the Qingyang Sword Sect cultivates.

Underneath the valley lies a spiritual vein. Although the concentration of spiritual energy here doesn’t match that of the Qingyang Secret Realm, it’s still a pretty decent place for cultivation, a solid second choice.

When you cultivate in an area rich in spiritual energy, you naturally achieve twice the results with half the effort.

Moreover, the Saint Son’s Residence isn’t somewhere just anyone can waltz into. It’s the private space of the sect’s Holy Son. Without an invitation from the Holy Son, disciples of the Qingyang Sword Sect can’t step foot in here.

Even Xiao Yang’s junior brothers must give advance notice to enter. No one dares to barging into the Saint Son’s Residence and disturb the Holy Son’s training.

However, when Xiao Yang returned to the Saint Son’s Residence, intending to pack up his things and move to the Qingyang Secret Realm, he was taken aback to find someone meditating on his Spiritual Jade Bed.

“Qin Fei, is that you?”

The moment Xiao Yang recognized who it was, his blood boiled with rage. It was Qin Fei. What was he doing here? How did he even get in?

Xiao Yang was shocked and flooded with questions.

“Big… Senior Brother?”

Qin Fei’s surprise at Xiao Yang’s sudden appearance nearly knocked him off his feet. He never imagined Xiao Yang would return at that moment.

“Qin Fei, how dare you invade my residence? Get down from there!”

Xiao Yang lunged forward, ready to drag Qin Fei off his Spiritual Jade Bed.

“Ah, Senior Brother, please don’t hit me…”

Suddenly, Qin Fei screamed and toppled over.

“What…?”

Xiao Yang froze mid-action; his hand hadn’t even touched Qin Fei yet this guy just fell over.

“Senior Brother, what are you doing?”

Just then, a furious voice came from behind. A figure rushed in, yanked Xiao Yang away, and shielded Qin Fei behind her.

So that’s how it is!

Seeing Qin Fei protected by Jiang Ting, Xiao Yang understood. Qin Fei was just putting on a show in front of her to stir up trouble between them.

“Senior Brother, why did you hit the junior brother again?”

Jiang Ting glared furiously at Xiao Yang.

“I hit him?”

Xiao Yang shot a cold glance at Qin Fei, who was giving him a provoking look.

Xiao Yang sneered inwardly; Qin Fei was trying to rile him up and cause a scene. But not this time.

Now Xiao Yang finally understood why, after his previous life of meditating in contemplation, his Saint Son’s Residence looked like it had been ransacked. It turned out Qin Fei was behind it all.

How many underhanded deeds has Qin Fei done in his previous life that Xiao Yang was completely unaware of?

In his previous life, he had been such a fool, completely manipulated by Qin Fei.

“I’m sorry, Senior Brother! I shouldn’t have cultivated on your Spiritual Jade Bed. Please don’t hit me.”

Qin Fei eagerly begged for mercy.

“Senior Brother, that’s too much! It was I who allowed the junior brother to cultivate on your Spiritual Jade Bed. If you hit him, you might as well hit me too!”

Jiang Ting shouted vehemently.

“You…”

Xiao Yang nearly lost his cool and raised his hand to slap Jiang Ting after hearing that.

Only Jiang Ting could freely enter the Saint Son’s Residence throughout the entire Qingyang Sword Sect. This was an exception Xiao Yang granted her.

But Jiang Ting had weaponized that exception against him.

“Junior Sister, don’t blame your Senior Brother…”

Qin Fei butted in.

“Shut up!” Xiao Yang bellowed at Qin Fei.

“Why are you yelling at the junior brother? I asked him to come here to recuperate because you owe him!” Jiang Ting fumed.

“What?”

Xiao Yang nearly burst out laughing in anger. “I owe Qin Fei? What do I owe him?”

Xiao Yang glared at Jiang Ting.

“You framed the junior brother and injured him, yet you haven’t apologized. You say you owe him nothing?”

Jiang Ting stood her ground, not backing down, teeth clenched.

“So for the past month, he sleeps on my Spiritual Jade Bed, eats my spiritual herbs, drinks my spiritual wine, bathes in my spiritual spring, and even wears my clothes?”

Xiao Yang noticed that Qin Fei was wearing one of his long robes.

Does this guy really think he owns the place?

Xiao Yang was furious to the point of seeing red.

Jiang Ting had the audacity to say he was being unreasonable while she had no idea how many times Qin Fei had really overstepped.

Xiao Yang felt an urge to wipe Qin Fei off the face of the earth.

“I’m sorry, Senior Brother! The Junior Sister said I could use anything here; I’m really sorry.”

Qin Fei acted like he was terrified and humble.

“Is that so?”

Xiao Yang couldn’t believe his ears as he stared incredulously at Jiang Ting.

“This…”

Jiang Ting’s face betrayed a hint of embarrassment, but she quickly regained her composure. “So what? You owe the junior brother for all of this; shouldn’t you compensate him?”

“Haha…”

Xiao Yang forced a smile, dripping with bitterness.

Jiang Ting merely took advantage of the fact that he liked her, and the more he coddled her over the years, the more brazen she became, completely disregarding his feelings.

“I, Xiao Yang, owe no one in this life, especially not you, Qin Fei. I owe you nothing.”

Xiao Yang glared fiercely at Jiang Ting, emphasizing each word until his voice shook with rage.

“You’re completely unreasonable, Senior Brother!”

Jiang Ting was also furious.

“Get out! Both of you—just get out!”

Xiao Yang roared.

He clenched his fists, feeling his whole being suffused with murderous intent.

No wonder that after he beat Qin Fei to a pulp last time, within less than a month, not only was he up and bouncing around, but his cultivation had even soared to the Heavenly Martial Realm, triggering phenomena in the world.

Turns out, Qin Fei had used all of Xiao Yang’s training resources right in his own Saint Son’s Residence!

“…”

Seeing Xiao Yang explode in rage, Jiang Ting felt a twinge of fear creeping in.

“You’re kicking us out, huh? Fine! Don’t come crying to me later; if you need me again, I won’t show up!”

Jiang Ting huffed as she escorted Qin Fei away.

Who needs you? Since I’m living a second life, I couldn’t care less!

Watching Jiang Ting support Qin Fei as they left, Xiao Yang had completely given up on her.

Jiang Ting still believed it was all about her and Qin Fei.

How ridiculous.

From the moment he got a second shot at life, he was no longer the Xiao Yang who was obsessed with Junior Sister Jiang Ting.

As Qin Fei glanced back at Jiang Ting, a smirk crept across his face, full of self-satisfaction.

Xiao Yang stared coldly at him. In his past life, if Qin Fei had made such provocations, Xiao Yang would have exploded into a fit of rage.

But now, these petty moves seemed ridiculously childish to him.

Xiao Yang then proceeded to take stock of the items in the Saint Son’s Residence.

Seeing the empty medicine cabinets nearly made him spit blood.

All the spiritual herbs and pills he had collected over the years were gone! Not even a single pill or herb left for him!

And all the spiritual stones? Gone!

“Spiritual Spring…”

Xiao Yang dashed to the back yard of the Saint Son’s Residence.

“Qin Fei…”

Gazing at the dried-up spiritual spring in his yard, Xiao Yang’s fists tightened, veins bulging on his forehead.

The once vibrant spiritual spring was completely depleted.

At that moment, he felt like he could kill someone.