Chapter 393: The Great Daoist Brush Master!
Ye Guan froze in confusion.
Su Zi pressed a button, and the same female secretary from earlier rushed into the office. Su Zi’s face was frosty as she ordered, "Escort him out!"
The secretary was astonished by the order.
Ye Guan wanted to explain himself, but Su Zi roared, "Xiao Xue, what are you standing there for?! Escort him out!"
Xiao Xue’s expression changed drastically.
She hurriedly walked up to Ye Guan and said, "Mr Ye, please follow me!"
Ye Guan took one last glance at Su Zi before leaving the office.
Su Zi seethed while gnashing her teeth. She grabbed one of the folders on her desk and hurled them to the ground.
...
Ye Guan sighed while standing in front of the Su Corporation's building. What kind of place did you build, Boundless Master?! Why do women always get angry at the mere mention of the Boundless Club?!
Ye Guan was starting to feel frustrated.
Was this Boundless Club a brothel or something? Ye Guan was starting to believe that it was the case, but Boundless Master was apparently a peerless, invincible figure! Ye Guan couldn't imagine the Boundless Master establishing a brothel.
He sighed once again and looked up.
"Erya, Little White..." he muttered. He did want to start relying on himself, but the reality was cold and harsh to him. At this rate, he would starve to death—making a living in this world was just that difficult.
After a few moments, he shook his head slightly and walked into the distance.
He could still remember the way home, but now, he had to walk all the way back, as he didn't have even a penny on him. Fortunately, his eidetic memory was still intact. Otherwise, he would probably have to resort to begging on the roadside.
Soon, it was evening, and Ye Guan walked slowly down the street while waving a wooden stick in his hand. He waved it around with neither sword energy nor sword intent, but he thought of it as a sword.
Ye Guan pondered over the sword as he walked down the street. Now that he no longer had his cultivation or his abilities, he was able to examine and ponder deeply over his swordsmanship.
Could he still be a swordsman without a cultivation base or a powerful fleshly body?
Of course!
What were the innate qualities of a sword?
Ye Guan recalled his plain-skirt aunt. His plain-skirt aunt had never cultivated her physique, but she could unleash sword moves strong enough to obliterate a Great Destiny Sovereign.
What's a sword? Does it really have to rely on sword intent, one’s fleshly body, and cultivation base? Can there be a pure, unadulterated sword?
Ye Guan looked at the wooden stick in his hands and hurled it away.
Royal Sword Art!
He imagined infusing the Royal Sword Art into the wooden stick.
A pure, unadulterated sword intent materialized, but it was instantly suppressed. It wasn't strange, as a sword intent born from nothing but a swordsman's thought was extremely weak.
Ye Guan gestured with his hand, and the wooden stick came flying back to him. He looked down at it for quite a while before muttering, "It looks like I’ll have to do this slowly."
Without the power of his fleshly body and his cultivation base, he had no choice but to take his sword cultivation slowly. It wasn't necessarily a bad thing for him. He smiled and emptied his mind.
It was already night when he finally made it back to the Purple County Residential Building. A car suddenly stopped on the road next to Ye Guan. He froze in astonishment upon seeing the car.
The car belonged to none other than Su Zi!
Su Zi was stunned upon seeing Ye Guan. However, her gaze immediately turned cold, and she turned to look at her secretary, Xiao Xue. She handed the keys to her and said, "Help me carry my items."
Su Zi didn't want to live together with a man like Ye Guan.
She was here to move out of the apartment.
Xiao Xue made a sidelong glance at Ye Guan before taking the keys and walking into the building.
Just then, a van rushed toward Su Zi's car.
Two masked men exited the vehicle and headed straight for Su Zi.
Su Zi's expression changed drastically, and she quickly took a few steps backward.
Before the two masked men could approach Su Zi, Ye Guan suddenly stood in front of her. One of the masked men screamed and keeled over at the sharp pain in his groin. He collapsed to the ground and let out a miserable wail.
"Kill her!" someone shouted coldly from inside the van. The remaining masked man took out a gun and pointed it at Su Zi. Su Zi's expression fell, but before she could do anything, the masked man pulled the trigger.
Ye Guan pulled Su Zi behind him and hurled the wooden stick in his hand toward the masked man just as the latter pulled the trigger on his gun.
Bang!
Ye Guan hurriedly retreated with Su Zi. Meanwhile, the wooden stick had lodged itself in the masked man’s throat. The masked man's face was filled with disbelief as he coughed up blood.
The masked man retreated, and the van sped away.
Ye Guan slowly looked down at the burning pain in his chest and saw that blood had pooled beneath his feet.
He collapsed to the ground, and Su Zi held him in her arms. Her mind went completely blank upon seeing the blood flowing out of the wound in his chest. Her voice trembled as she stammered, "A-a-are you okay?!"
Ye Guan took a deep breath. He wanted to say that he was fine, but he was struck by a wave of vertigo, prompting him to stammer, "A-a-aunt... save—"
He went limp and lost consciousness before he could complete his sentence.
Just then, a group of people wearing suits rushed over to the two.
"Save him, quick!" Su Zi shouted at them.
...
Mu Wanyu entered a luxurious mansion and saw Su Zi. She rushed over to the latter and hurriedly asked, "I-Is he okay?"
Su Zi shook her head and replied, "They’re still trying to save him."
Mu Wanyu became anxious at Su Zi's reply, but she seemed to have recalled something and asked, "Didn’t he go to your company? How did this happen?"
Su Zi sighed and recounted everything to Mu Wanyu.
"You misunderstood him," Mu Wanyu said, "He's not going there to have fun. He's looking for someone, which is why he wants to go there!"
Su Zi was taken aback. "He's looking for someone?"
Mu Wanyu nodded and smiled bitterly. "He told me that he knows someone from the Boundless Club, but I told him that he had to be a member to enter that place, which is why he's trying to earn some money to go there..."
Su Zi froze and went silent.
"You kicked him out, so..." Mu Wanyu trailed off. "He must have walked all the way back home by himself."
Su Zi clenched her fists and lowered her head.
...
Ye Guan eventually opened his eyes. He instantly noticed the luxurious ceiling and the faint but distinct fragrance in the air. Ye Guan turned and saw a young woman resting her head on the bed.
The young woman was none other than Su Zi.
Ye Guan looked down and saw that his wound had been patched up properly. He shook his head slightly and inwardly lampooned. Good thing he didn't aim for my head.
He would have become a laughingstock if he had died here.
Was that the Great Daoist Brush Master's scheme against me?
Ye Guan frowned at the thought.
A man somewhere on Mount Fanjing suddenly exclaimed, "Scheme, my ass! I can’t even guarantee my own safety since my cultivation is sealed. How can I even scheme against you? Fuck! Damn it!"
"Why are you yelling?!" someone roared, "Hurry up and mop the floor in the east wing! Or do you not want your dinner? You don't do anything other than laze around every day!"
The Great Daoist Brush Master had no idea what to say.
...
Ye Guan tried to sit up. Su Zi was awakened by the movement, and she looked up to find Ye Guan staring at her.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"Yes." Ye Guan nodded lightly and asked, "Where are we, Miss Su?"
"We're in my house," she replied.
Ye Guan was surprised. "Your house?"
Su Zi nodded and stared intently at Ye Guan. "Why did you save me?"
Ye Guan smiled and explained, "We’re not friends, but you helped me a lot, so I couldn’t just stand by and do nothing."
"That doesn't make sense." Su Zi asked, "Why did you risk your life to save me?"
Ye Guan belatedly replied, "I didn’t have time to think about it."
Su Zi lowered her head and apologized, "I’m sorry. I had no idea that you wanted to go to the Boundless Club to look for someone. I thought you were going there to have—"
Ye Guan smiled and asked with curiosity, "Miss Su, what exactly is the Boundless Club?"
"You don’t know?" Su Zi asked.
Ye Guan shook his head.
"It is a place that men love to visit. There are many beautiful ladies there, and as long as you have money..." Su Zi trailed off.
Ye Guan immediately understood. He sighed and inwardly lampooned. Is the Boundless Master crazy? Why did he make something like that?
No wonder every woman he had met so far had gotten furious the moment he mentioned his desire to go to the Boundless Club. He laughed bitterly—the Boundless Master had truly made a fool for him this time. Ye Guan vowed to ask his plain-skirt aunt to give the Boundless Master a good beating sometime in the future
Su Zi's expression was complicated as she stared at Ye Guan.
Ye Guan seemed to have recalled something, and he asked, "Do you have any idea about the identity of the people who wanted to kill you?"
Su Zi’s face immediately turned cold as she explained, "The culprit must be among my business competitors. The Su Corporation is bidding for a huge commercial property in Yanjing. Many people are coveting that piece of land, but they can't beat us, so one of them must have resorted to such underhanded tactics."
"I see," Ye Guan nodded. "You better be more careful when you go out next time."
Su Zi nodded slightly.
She was about to say something when Ye Guan’s stomach let loose a rumble.
Su Zi froze, and Ye Guan smiled sheepishly.
"Give me a moment," Su Zi said. She then stood up and left the room.
On the bed, Ye Guan took a deep breath. The incident had given him an important and stark reminder that the Blue Planet wasn't completely safe. He had to focus on recovering his strength. If he couldn't do that, then he had to rebuild his strength.
He couldn't possibly ask for his plain-skirt aunt to come and rescue him again the next time he found himself in danger.
Just then, Su Zi walked into the room carrying a bowl of noodles. She put it in front of Ye Guan.
Ye Guan tried to sit up, but a jolt of pain struck his chest, immobilizing him.
Su Zi hesitated for a few moments before saying, "I’ll feed you."
Ye Guan was a little reluctant. "No, I don't think—"
"Can you do it yourself?"
"No..."
Su Zi started feeding Ye Guan. Her hands were trembling ever so slightly, and anyone could tell that she was a bit nervous about all this.
Regardless, she continued to feed him without saying anything. Beaded cold sweat had formed on her forehead by the time she was done feeding him.
Ye Guan smiled and said, "Thank you."
"Rest well," Su Zi said with a nod. She then stood up and left the room to make a beeline for another room. An old man dressed in ancient-style clothes was inside the room. The old man's face was full of wrinkles, but his gaze was sharp.
He sat quietly in the room while giving off a strict and dignified air.
"Grandpa!" Su Zi greeted.
The old man was the actual Chairman of the Su Corporation—Su Mu.
"Was he your savior?" Su Mu asked.
Su Zi nodded.
"We have to thank him properly, then," Su Mu said.
"We ought to do so, Grandpa," Su Zi said.
"Is he your friend?" Su Mu asked.
"Yes, he's my friend," Su Zi replied.
"What kind of friend?" Su Mu asked.
Su Zi was shocked. It seemed that her grandfather had misunderstood their relationship. She was about to explain when Su Mu added, "I want to meet him."
Su Zi immediately felt uneasy.
Su Mu saw Su Zi's unease and sighed. "Silly lass, have you been watching too many television dramas? Do you really think that I'll repay his kindness with enmity? He had risked his life to save you, so he's not just your benefactor; he's the Su Family’s benefactor as well!
"Rest assured, I will support your relationship with all my might, even if he's just an ordinary person. I'll keep on supporting you two so long as your feelings remain mutual.
"Even if his status is low and he has neither money nor power, the Su Family can easily give him a career, so the details don't matter as long as you truly love him. Of course, even if I've misunderstood, we still have to thank him properly..."
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