Out of fear of death, Invest Everything into Health-Chapter 260 - 140: Tonight, Just Tonight—Sever the Dragon’s Tail!

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, walked into the room, changed into clean clothes, washed away the dirt on his face, and then smiled to greet the three people waiting outside.

He smiled and said to the three, "Let's go watch the fireworks."

...

Shilong Lane.

Tonight, everyone was off duty, each returning to their own home, celebrating their own New Year's Eve. It's bound to be lively.

Deep inside the Three Flavors Blacksmith Shop.

Chengming cooked himself a bowl of noodles, adding lots of beef. When he was still a blacksmith, he could never bear to put so much beef in his noodles, only on his birthday would he reward himself with a few extra pieces for the hard work of the year.

In these three hundred years of New Year's Eve in Shilong Lane, he had always done this, making himself a bowl of beef noodles to get through the night.

But tonight was different, there was also a serving of dumplings.

Earlier in the day, Fan Wubing had brought two servings. He ate one at the time, leaving the other for now.

The dumplings were delicious, and the beef noodles were not bad.

Chengming dined alone, yet there were two pairs of chopsticks on the table. However, no one picked up the other pair.

After eating, he brought over a woven wicker rocking chair, warmed some wine, and prepared a plate of salted peanuts.

Drinking the wine, eating the peanuts, he looked up at the sky, gazing into the distance.

Let tonight pass like this.

Perhaps it was because of trying to knock on that Dragon-Soothing Sound these days, he was too tired. Before he drank even two liang of wine, more than half the peanuts were left, and sleepiness crept over him. He lay on the chair, blowing in the winter wind.

The air was filled with the aromas of various household dishes, along with the invisible, inaudible "reunion scent."

What does reunion smell like?

Who can explain this clearly? Better to have one big dream.

And so, Chengming fell asleep like this.

He didn't know how long he slept before he shivered suddenly, as if awoken from a nightmare, gasping heavily. Immediately, he furrowed his brow, his eyes sharpened, and he leaped onto the roof, scanning Buxu City.

The house wasn't tall, but it didn't hinder his far view.

The longer he looked, the heavier his expression became, thinking, "How could it be like this? Fortunes reversed, the dragon and snake exchanged places, ominous signs all around... The sky is unclear, the earth is stagnated... The east wind stops, Thunder Shock is trapped... Everything is in chaos, everything is in chaos. This means... Cutting the dragon's tail! Releasing the great fortune!"

Then, he sensed a familiar and powerful energy sweeping towards Buxu City from the direction of Celestial Balance Upper City.

"This is... Dragon Guard Li Jin. Isn't he supposed to be by the side of the Great Li King?" Chengming squinted, "It seems Ye Chuxuan has awakened. Li Jin is probably sent by him to suppress the chaos. Crown Prince Li Yixian and Ji Wenrui are surely watching Buxu City too. Rather, on this very night, all those old timers squatting in Great Li are keeping their eyes on Buxu City."

Chengming's eyes emitted a radiant gleam, "Tonight is an excellent time to knock on the Dragon-Soothing Sound! I must quickly get that Fan over here."

He pressed his right forefinger to his brow, and then suddenly pulled out a strand of gray light, shooting it towards the sky.

This strand of gray light, upon reaching a certain position above Shilong Lane, was suddenly heavily suppressed, as if an invisible barrier enveloped the area.

But the gray light eventually broke through the barrier, darting towards the distance.

Chengming, meanwhile, held a pitch-black hammer, stood in the alley, and waited silently with closed eyes.

...

Ye Wuyue lay flat on the ground, hands by her sides, feet joined, eyes closed, her chest barely moving.

Watching documents on the side, Ye Yixian couldn't bear it anymore, stood up, walked over, and kicked her shoulder, "Stop playing dead, get up!"

Ye Wuyue raised a finger to her lips, "Shh, corpses don't move."

"Corpses don't talk either!" Ye Yixian squatted down, grabbed her collar, and pulled her up, "Lao Shijiu, if you go on like this, Luo Qingyao will only shrug you off for the rest of her life."

"What should I do then? I can't go find Fan Wubing, and I can't play dead here either." Ye Wuyue covered her face, "Big brother, do you think there's a chance that I'm not a genius, but a waste instead?"

"Lao Shijiu, sigh... Let me be honest, do you like girls?" Ye Yixian asked.

Ye Wuyue froze, chuckled dryly, "How could I?"

"Still pretending!" Ye Yixian gritted his teeth, "You've been like this since you were young. Cling to this sister today, that sister tomorrow. The moment you see a girl, you smile like a flower, see a boy, and your face turns like dead meat."

"Is that how you describe your sister!"

"Be honest, you attacked Fan Wubing in Peach Blossom Spring before, wasn't it because of Luo Qingyao?"

"How could it be! I was trying to retrieve the royal dragon energy you lost, big brother."

"Pretend, keep pretending! What does royal dragon energy have to do with a little kid like you!" Ye Yixian raised his hand as if to hit her.

Ye Wuyue hurriedly covered her head, "Don't hit me!"

"Then honestly tell me, is it or is it not."

Ye Wuyue said with a crying face, "What can I do... Like means like. You don't have to force me to like men. I can't change..."

Ye Yixian sighed, "No wonder you righteously said you wanted to entice Fan Wubing before. Truly clumsy as hell."

Ye Wuyue said, "Big brother, please don't tell mother. If she finds out, she'll surely scoop my brain out to wash it."

"If it's true, then I advise you to give up on Luo Qingyao."

"Why!"

"First of all, she's a proper girl..."

"How am I not proper!"

"... Secondly, you can't compete with Fan Wubing."

"I refuse to accept this!" Ye Wuyue pouted, "What's so good about Fan Wubing."

"He was willing to let you go and even healed you, that alone shows his merit. Not to belittle you, Lao Shijiu, but even ten of you together, whipping horses couldn't catch up to him."

"Big brother, you're really not supposed to praise others while belittling your own sister like this."

"I'm worried you'll stomp into a pit and can't pull yourself out, Lao Shijiu. It's just, with your looks and talents, what kind of good woman can't you find? Why hang yourself on one tree?"

"I just don't accept it. Fan Wubing, although... he can fight better than me, he's not as gentle and cute as I am."

"Fellow Daoist Fan is quite gentle with those around him, and frankly, quite cute." Ye Yixian said.

"I have a bigger chest than him!"

"Not necessarily."

"I have longer hair than him!"

"That's an illusion."

Ye Wuyue took a deep breath, saying forcefully, "I'm shorter than him!"

Ye Yixian covered his face, painfully saying, "Lao Shijiu, don't debase yourself like this. My heart aches for you."

"Big brother...are we really born of the same mother..."

"Actually, no, you were adopted from Princess Consort Lan to mother."

Ye Wuyue: (ΩДΩ)!

Before the Nineteen Princess could go mad, Ji Wenrui hurriedly came in, "Crown Prince, something's happened in Buxu City!"

"What is it?"

"Someone wants to cut the dragon's tail!"

Ye Yixian's brow twitched fiercely, "Quickly, let's go see!"

"Big brother, I want to go too!"

Ye Yixian didn't have time to think much, grabbed her and vanished from the Little Li Palace.