Douluo Continent has a system, but I don't want to use it.

Chapter 28 Exposure

Since Fang Tian and Qiu Fengyan returned to Wanghun Village, they have continued their arduous cultivation journey.

Fang Tian didn't go to the Great Soul Arena to fight as frequently anymore, because with his current combat power, only challenging opponents of higher levels could possibly have a training effect.

Fang Tian went to the Soul Master Battle simply to earn some extra money when he was short of cash. After all, Fang Tian hadn't been collecting his Soul Master subsidies to avoid revealing his identity.

After Qiu Fengyan trained in the Great Soul Arena to the point where she could challenge opponents of higher levels, she rarely went there anymore.

During this time, something happened that made Fang Tian break out in a cold sweat.

That day, Qiu Fengyan came to Fang Tian to ask him a question. When she saw Fang Tian's face, she was stunned for a moment.

"What's wrong? Is there dust on my face?" Fang Tian asked, puzzled, when he saw Qiu Fengyan looking lost.

"No, I just noticed that the uncle seems to have become more handsome." Qiu Fengyan didn't answer, but instead responded jokingly.

"Haha, I've always been this handsome, Uncle." After spending a lot of time together, Fang Tian and Qiu Fengyan would occasionally joke around.

"Haha, I just realized today how narcissistic this uncle is!"

"This isn't narcissism, it's confidence!" Fang Tian put on an act, feeling unusually happy today. He let loose and smeared his face on the ground.

"Hehe, such a confident uncle, may I ask you a question?" Qiu Fengyan smiled, a sly glint in her eyes.

"Oh, what's the problem?"

"Since you're so handsome, why don't you have a girlfriend yet?" Qiu Fengyan covered her mouth, her eyes full of laughter.

"Uh, this..." Fang Tian choked. Did he mean he was too young to find a girlfriend? He was dressed as a middle-aged man in his thirties.

"A true man should roam the world and make his home wherever he goes. I'm at the prime of my life now, and in a few years, I'll find you three or five girlfriends. It's not that I can't find girlfriends, it's that I'm not thinking about finding any right now." Fang Tian started bragging, spouting his boastful tune.

"Okay, I'll see how you manage to handle three or five girlfriends then." Qiu Fengyan stopped joking when she saw Fang Tian starting to brag a little awkwardly.

"Uncle, I've come here today to ask you about the Nine Palaces Blade Steps." Qiu Fengyan began to ask the real question with a smile in her eyes.

"Oh, what's the problem?" Fang Tian also started to get serious.

……

The next day, Qiu Fengyan came to ask questions as usual, but she gave Fang Tian a strange look as she left.

However, Fang Tian was deep in thought and didn't notice.

On the third day, Qiu Fengyan came over and, upon seeing Fang Tian's face, grabbed his arm.

"Uncle, is there something you're hiding from me?" Qiu Fengyan looked at Fang Tian's face with hope.

"Hidden from you? There's nothing I'm hiding from you." Fang Tian thought to himself, "Could it be that my disguise has been discovered?"

"Damn it, I forgot to apply the herbal disguise liquid on time. It's been three days already. I'm a grown man, and I don't usually think about looking in the mirror. I just forgot." Fang Tian thought to himself, and sweat broke out on his forehead.

"You said you weren't hiding anything from me, but you've looked younger these past few days. The fine wrinkles on your face have disappeared, and you look like you're only in your twenties. Tell me! Did you find some beauty and skin-nourishing herbs that can make people look younger?" Qiu Fengyan's eyes were full of light.

"My God! Your imagination is truly amazing," Fang Tian thought to himself.

"What kind of beauty-enhancing herbs are there? I just accidentally fell a few days ago and bumped my face, which made it swollen, so I look younger." Fang Tian started to bluff.

"Do I look like a fool to you?" Qiu Fengyan's face was filled with determination to obtain the beauty and health-enhancing herbs.

"There are only a few of those herbs left, and I've already used them all up, so I can't give them to you now," Fang Tian continued, trying to deceive him.

"Then give me the remaining roots and stems of the herb, and tell me where you found it," Qiu Fengyan persisted.

"We can't find the roots of the herb, and the place where we found it is very, very far away, so we can't go there now. We'll take you there later," Fang Tian continued to deceive him.

"You're lying! Judging from your actions after finding the herbs in the Star Dou Great Forest, you must have figured out the medicinal properties of the herbs the moment you found them," Qiu Fengyan began to analyze.

"If you knew the properties of the medicine but didn't use it yourself, then you must have given it away or sold it for money. But now you've used it yourself, which is very illogical."

"It doesn't make sense to say you have someone you like. Uncle, you haven't left Wanghun Village for a month, and I even brought you your necessities. There's no one in Wanghun Village that you'd even look at. You wouldn't have fallen for me, would you? I'm twenty years younger than you!" Qiu Fengyan, channeling Conan, analyzed, then crossed her arms and looked at Fang Tian with a look of utter disbelief.

"What are you thinking?" Fang Tian looked at Qiu Fengyan speechlessly. "The ship of friendship can capsize in an instant!"

Fang Tian had no choice but to tell her that his appearance as someone in his thirties was a disguise, and that he was actually about the same age as her.

"Fine, we're about the same age, yet you make me call you 'uncle' every day. I'll fight you to the death!" Qiu Fengyan charged forward, baring her teeth and brandishing her claws.

Fang Tian could easily suppress Qiu Fengyan, but since he had made a mistake first, he felt guilty and began to run away.

"Don't you dare run away, I'm going to teach you a lesson today."

"Stop chasing me, I was wrong! I'll cook you delicious food for three days straight, and I'll wipe the slate clean of lying to you, okay?" Fang Tian began to promise.

"No, that's too short, three months!" Qiu Fengyan demanded exorbitantly.

"If I cook for you every day, how will I have time to cultivate? Three months is too long, half a month at most," Fang Tian bargained.

"Ha! I've been calling you 'Uncle' for over half a year, and you think you can erase it all in half a month? No way. It'll take at least two months."

"That's too long. I'll add five more days, but that's the most I can give you."

"No, twenty days is too short. Considering how delicious your cooking is, I'll extend it to a month and a half."

"That's too long. Fine, I'll call you 'Auntie' for six months, then we'll be even." Fang Tian threw his face on the ground and started acting like a rogue.

"Call me Auntie? Say it again!" Qiu Fengyan's face turned red with anger, and the words were spat out from between her teeth.

"I was wrong, I won't call you auntie anymore. I'll cook for you for a month and a half straight." Fang Tian quickly backed down when he saw Qiu Fengyan was about to explode with anger.

"You also need to tell me your real age; you're not allowed to lie."

"Alright!" Seeing that the other party had relented, Fang Tian quickly signed the unequal treaty.

"I told you my real age, and I'll cook for you for a month and a half, and that'll call it even. You have to keep your word."

"I always keep my word," Qiu Fengyan said with a grand gesture.

I am thirteen and a half years old.

"He's actually three years younger than me." Qiu Fengyan's fists clenched again.

"You already said it was canceled once, so you have to keep your word. I'm going to cook." Fang Tian dashed off to the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)