Chapter 314 A Tiny Ant

Wang Kerou's expression froze.

She gaped at Shouren Daoist.

What do you mean your cultivation retreat? Isn't your cultivation retreat also my cultivation retreat?

Now that you're returning to your cultivation retreat, you're actually returning to my cultivation retreat. Is there a problem with me asking about it?

Just by looking at Shouren Daoist's face, Wang Kerou could sense that he had changed from before.

Setting aside other aspects, his facial features had undoubtedly become more handsome, with an added touch of world-weary charm that was quite attractive.

"Junior brother, didn't you say this cultivation retreat was for our family of three to live in?" Wang Kerou said.

Shouren Daoist nodded.

He had ascended earlier than Wang Kerou. By the time her whole family ascended, Shouren Daoist had already reached the Cycle of Rebirth realm. Though not a top-tier expert, he was already quite powerful in the Fourth Heavenly Realm.

Naturally, Wang Kerou came to seek refuge with him.

Thus, he gave his cultivation retreat to Wang Kerou's family. Since then, though he returned frequently, he never stayed long.

The reason for returning was always because Wang Kerou wanted various treasures, which he'd have to track down and bring back.

Why bother returning?

To watch the woman he loved sharing laughter with her husband and child?

To listen to the sounds of her affection with her cultivation partner?

Whether intentional or not, Wang Kerou always made sure their activities were particularly audible...

Enough of this.

Shouren Daoist's expression hardened.

"It's true I let your family live here, but this cultivation retreat is mine. Now I need to take it back. Is there a problem?" Shouren Daoist asked.

Wang Kerou's eyes flew wide.

Lu Ye and Lin Chuyue stood at a distance, watching the confrontation intently with serious expressions.

The stone sword inched forward, while the Soul Banner perched on Lu Ye's shoulder.

An eye appeared in the center of Lu Ye's forehead, though it clearly wasn't his own—flickering between alertness and vacancy.

"Beep, damn Providence, don't compete with me! Make your own eye to spy with!"

"Boop, sister, let me see..."

"Beep, go watch from up there!"

"Boop, sis..."

"Beep, I'll smack you!"

Providence...

In the sky, white clouds gathered, coalescing into a massive eye-shape.

"Would you take back what you've given to someone?" Wang Kerou exclaimed in shock.

"I never said I was giving this mountain dwelling to you, did I?" Shouren Daoist arched a brow.

"But we've lived here for so long!"

"Senior Sister, your long stay was out of my goodwill, not that I gifted the cave to you. When did I ever say I was giving it to you?" Shouren Daoist asked.

Wang Kerou thought carefully—indeed, he had never said so. But so what?

"Junior Brother, your husband and I have lived here ever since we first arrived in the Fourth Heaven. Our child is still young. Are you really going to drive us out now?"

"If we leave, we'll be in unfamiliar territory, with no one to rely on. You are the closest person to me—how could you bear to cast me out?" Wang Kerou's eyes brimmed with tears.

She looked utterly pitiful.

She knew exactly how to manipulate Shouren Daoist.

But this time, Shouren remained unmoved.

"Senior Sister, our master raised us to believe that we should not take what does not belong to us..."

"Shouren, you've gone too far!"

A man's voice suddenly boomed.

The man was named Fenghua Daoist, with strikingly handsome features and a silver tongue.

Fenghua's eyes blazed with anger.

"You are a Grandmaster of the Heaven and Earth Realm, and this place isn’t some celestial paradise. Why not yield it to your senior sister? Can’t you just open a new mountain dwelling? Why must you torment us two cultivators beneath you?"

"Are you worthy of your master? Are you worthy of your senior sister treating you as her closest kin?"

Shouren Daoist went quiet.

Fenghua Daoist mistook Shouren's silence for shame and couldn’t help but feel smug.

In his eyes, Shouren Daoist was the biggest fool alive.

Clearly in love with his senior sister, yet letting her fall into his arms—even willing to travel to the ends of the earth for treasures to sustain them.

He even let them live in his mountain dwelling, while he himself stayed in the guest quarters whenever he returned with treasures.

Fenghua Daoist loved it most when Shouren Daoist came back, because it not only meant a windfall of treasures but also a surge in his... excitement.

In the next room, taking his pleasure with the woman loved by a Heaven and Earth Realm Grandmaster—his sense of achievement knew no bounds.

Shouren Daoist was angry too.

Damn it, must they be so loud!

But what could he do? They were a Daoist couple—where did he fit in?

Shouren Daoist could only visit less frequently. Yet every time, Wang Kerou would spin such a tragic tale that his mind would fill with cherished memories of their past.

Just one more time, just one more time, one last time... Ah, forget it. Consider this part of my cultivation.

Lu Ye, of course, had no idea what games they were playing. But watching this scene, he suddenly felt his heart grow cold.

Holy shit, this Shouren Taoist...

is even more miserable than me!

In his previous life, Lu Ye had suffered greatly, but no matter how bad it got, not a single woman dared to cheat on him. Even Yue Hongling wouldn’t dare mention Feng Wuxie in front of Lu Ye.

Because all eight of them knew that Lu Ye wouldn't stand for such things.

Of course, it might also be because Lu Ye was so terrifying that they couldn’t even entertain such thoughts—after all, just one Lu Ye was already more than they could handle.

What Yue Hongling wanted was pure love, nothing dirty business.

But this Shouren Taoist...

He...he...he...

Looking at Feng Hua Taoist’s pretty-boy looks, an image flashed through Lu Ye’s mind.

"Junior Brother, Feng Hua is too exhausted, could you help him out?"

Lu Ye shuddered violently.

Fuck no, can’t think about it, dare not think about it!

Though Lin Chuyue had also heard of Shouren Taoist’s infamous reputation, she still couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

Wait, seriously dude?

You’re a Grandmaster of the Heaven and Earth Realm!

What level are these two punks at? Just two Domain Realm nobodies.

You, you, you... how could you stoop so low?

"Shouren, of course we’d welcome you back—after all, this is your place. But driving out your weak senior sister and her family? That’s just wrong. You should apologize to your senior sister!" Feng Hua Taoist said.

Shouren Taoist suddenly lashed out with a palm strike.

He had pulled his punch, yet Feng Hua Taoist was still sent flying, his body mangled and bloodied as he crashed through a small mountain.

"Husband!"

Wang Kerou screamed.

She stared at Shouren Taoist in disbelief.

Her voice turned shrill, "Shouren, have you gone crazy? Why did you hit him? What he said wasn’t wrong!"

Shouren Taoist thought for a second.

"A lowly ant dares to call out a Grandmaster, to disrespect me? Go ask the world—even if I killed him, would anyone find it unreasonable?" Shouren Taoist’s voice was eerily calm.

Wang Kerou froze.

He... he, he, he... did he really just say that?