How can one become an immortal with such laziness?

"The loser, the loser, should be punished by having someone dance on their grave, okay?"

"No, no, this won't give me the thrill of winning. After all, you're buried underground, you can't come back to life and shout '666' to me."

"A whole bunch of reasons."

Hongli looked at Heiyang suspiciously: "I'm telling you, you're not chickening out because you don't dare to compete, are you?"

"Provoking me?"

Hei Yang's eyes widened: "Goodness, I'm falling for that. Fine, let's compete then, do you think I'm afraid of you?"

"That's a deal?"

"That's a deal!"

The boy and girl put their hands together and shouted in unison, "Good brothers, let's go together! Whoever goes to cultivate immortality is a dog!"

"Miss, ma'am!"

A servant from the Hong family rushed over, breathless: "Master, he... he's looking for you!"

"what?"

Hongli was still holding Heiyang's hand when she saw someone coming. She instinctively pulled her hand back as if she had been electrocuted: "W-what's wrong? Don't they know I'm digging up graves?"

"No, it's not!"

The servant paused for a moment, then delivered a shocking message: "Young Master Hong Butian, your cousin, the one who was about to go to the Five Elements Sect, suddenly, suddenly lost all his martial arts skills and became a cripple!"

"Oh, what does that have to do with me? Wait a minute..."

Hongli's expression froze: "Could it be..."

"Yup!"

The servant said excitedly, "Young Master definitely can't go. Besides Young Master, you are the most talented among the younger generation of our Hong family, and you also have the experience of exposing the evil Taoist."

So the elders in the family discussed it and decided to give you, Miss, the opportunity to enter the immortal sect!

"Hehe, miss, aren't you especially happy and excited? I was quite shocked when I first heard the news!"

"Ah, ah, ah..."

Hong Li was stunned: "I'm terrified too! This...this doesn't make sense!"

"Good heavens, I'm speechless."

Hei Yang's expression was incredibly interesting. He glanced at Hong Li, then at the servant, and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Speaking of which, wasn't this the same person who suddenly barged in during our conversation last time?"

Wow, your slap-in-the-face skills are superb, and the timing of that slap-in-the-face moment is just right.

Well, how should I put it? I think someone as talented as you deserves a proper name!

"Damn it!" (swear word)

Hongli suddenly snapped out of her daze: "Are you still making sarcastic remarks? Heiyang, quickly think of a way to save me!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 20 Hei Yang is a real scoundrel!

"Wrong, wrong, there must be some mistake..."

Hongli murmured softly, her expression gradually turning to terror: "It must be fake!"

"Cough cough..."

Hei Yang composed himself and gently patted Hong Li: "Well, everyone has to learn to accept reality. This kind of thing... it's not something you can just run away from, so stop deceiving yourself."

Anyway, um...right, just go ahead and relax. I'll enjoy the leisurely life you've been longing for—and, take your share with you!

"I do not want!"

Hongli suddenly turned to look at the servant: "You go back first, I'll go over later."

"But……"

"But what 'but'? Don't I know the way home?"

"Uh, yes... but everyone is at the young master's house now, Miss, please remember not to go to the wrong place..."

"I know, I know, I know the way to my cousin's house, so go on your way!"

The servant wiped the cold sweat from his brow and jogged away, turning back to shout a reminder as he went: "Remember to hurry!"

"Ugh, this is killing me!"

Hongli scratched her hair haphazardly, then suddenly grabbed Heiyang's hand, her eyes brimming with tears: "Heiyang, I've never begged you like this before, but this time, you have to think of a way to save me!"

"Oh my god, bro, calm down, you're terrifying..."

Hei Yang couldn't help but shudder, instinctively pulling his hand away from Hong Li's. He swore it was the first time in his life he had ever seen Hong Li like this.

This clearly shows how much of a blow the shocking news had to her!

Indeed, Hei Yang tried to put himself in Hong Li's shoes. The thought of being sent to a sect and burying himself in cultivation day and night, going on deadly raids with a group of kings of raiding...

hiss!

People would really die in those kinds of days!

Hei Yang gasped, gently patting his chest to calm his frightened heart.

Fortunately, fortunately, Hei Yang remembered that he wasn't really Hong Li and didn't have to suffer like this, and finally couldn't help but laugh out loud!

"Haha, that's hilarious... cough cough, I mean, there's nothing I can do to help you in this situation!"

Hei Yang forced a smile, then shook his head with a helpless expression: "Looks like you'll have no choice but to obediently go and cultivate immortality. Hmm... Don't worry, even if you break our agreement and become a dog, I won't abandon you, pfft... cough cough, that's right, that's it!"

"..."

Hongli rubbed her eyes, sniffed, and glared at Heiyang: "Whether I'm a dog or not is another matter, but you really are a dog!"

"Tch, what if we switched places?"

Hei Yang curled his lip and hypothetically asked, "What would your attitude be if you were to face me, who is about to be captured and forced to cultivate immortality?"

"Needless to say, of course we'll be laughing at them like crazy... no, I mean, showering them with blessings!"

Hong Li is an honest child: "But the problem is, I am the real Hong Li now, this is not a drill!"

"Ahem, you're right. After all, what kind of relationship do we have? It's not appropriate to gloat!"

Hei Yang's smile faded, and he nodded seriously: "Okay, I'll go find someone to help me right away. You go home and keep your family calm. Make sure they wait for me to come!"

"Well... at this point, this is the only way..."

Hongli sighed, her mind filled with thoughts of how to deal with the current crisis. But as she walked to her cousin's door, she suddenly sensed something was amiss!

She suddenly raised her head, expressionless: "I was so stupid, really, I actually believed Hei Yang's nonsense!"

That bastard, he must have turned around and found a comfortable place to hide, right?

She finally realized what was happening!

[Hongli: Heiyang, you &"#%ˇ#]

[Heiyang: Wow, what's with this string of censored words? It looks terrifying!]

[Hei Yang: Little Li, you can't swear!]

[Hongli: #%*! ? .^*#]

[Black Sun: Ah, this...]

Sensing the intense resentment emanating from the symbols, like the wailing of the dead towards the living (not really), Hei Yang couldn't help but feel a little guilty: "Am I... just a tiny bit... scumbag?"

Standing up from the chair in the lakeside pavilion, Hei Yang glanced in the direction of Hong Li's house, his face showing hesitation: "Otherwise, if all else fails, I'll go take a look at her?"

"Oh dear, I really am too soft-hearted."

Hei Yang sighed without any sense of propriety, patted his clothes, and said, "Hong Li has never been a worry for me since she was little!"

……

"Hey, how come the child was perfectly fine, and then suddenly something happened?"

Looking at Hong Butian, who lay pale and unconscious on the sickbed, Hong Xiaochen couldn't help but step forward to check his pulse. His expression immediately changed: "His breath is so weak, his blood and qi have almost been completely drained. This is equivalent to being crippled!"

"Hey, who says otherwise?"

Hong Xiaochen's elder brother, Hong Zhenjia, the current patriarch of the Hong family, looked haggard, as if he had aged decades overnight: "When Xiaotian was found, he was already lying unconscious on the ground. There were no signs of a struggle at the scene, but yet..."

"Have you seen Doctor Liu in the city?"

Hong Xiaochen asked, "He's a capable man, surely he can see something, right?"

"We've already looked for it; we sent people to look for it immediately."

Hong Zhenjia shook his head: "But even Dr. Liu wasn't sure. He only said that there are many possibilities in this situation, and he didn't dare to make a conclusion easily..."

"Then, is there any specific direction?"

Hong Xiaochen asked, genuinely worried. It wasn't just because he had watched Bu Tian grow up, but also because after Hong Bu Tian fell, Hong Li obtained a spot in the Five Elements Sect, making him, Hong Xiaochen, the beneficiary. He didn't know how many people were speculating about him behind his back!

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