vstars Chapter 297 The Conman
Chapter 297 The Conman
Inside a teahouse by the river in the capital city.
Xiao Chen brought Niu Xingxing to this place to rest and have some tea.
At this point, four days had passed since the Lan family was arrested.
Over the past four days, Xiao Chen has trained Niu Xingxing extensively, and with the fact that he has fully refined the medicinal power of the pill, his strength has increased rapidly.
As mentioned before, Xiao Chen brought him here to improve his combat skills.
In the capital, the practice of martial arts is more prevalent than in other regions.
The number of martial artists here is many times that of those outside, and there are also quite a few martial arts schools.
He wanted Niu Xingxing to go and challenge those martial arts schools one by one, to hone his skills.
"It's a pity. If it were during wartime, throwing him into the fray would have honed him to perfection." This was Xiao Chen's true thought.
In this day and age, he even has to use this method to find a few opponents for Niu Xingxing.
Even if a fight breaks out, it will only be a friendly sparring match between martial artists, which is far less effective than a life-or-death battle.
"Sect Leader, I'm ready. When shall we begin?" Niu Xingxing couldn't even taste the tea; he seemed very excited.
With his strength greatly increased, and the thought of being able to avenge his previous humiliation and make those who had once despised and bullied him look at him with new eyes, he was completely unable to calm down.
"No rush, let's start tomorrow," Xiao Chen said calmly.
Niu Xingxing couldn't sit still in the teahouse.
A moment later, he took out his phone and quietly sent a message.
Xiao Chen sat there, slowly sipping his tea.
Tea drinking has now become one of his hobbies.
After a while, Xiao Chen finished drinking two cups of tea.
"Dong dong dong..."
Suddenly, a girl ran into the teahouse.
She was running very fast when she tripped over the threshold and almost fell.
The girl was beautiful and had a charming and intelligent air about her, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.
The first time Xiao Chen saw this girl, he felt as if he were seeing a lively lark, full of energy.
After entering the teahouse, the girl quickly looked around.
When Niu Xingxing saw the girl, he immediately grinned, stood up, and waved to her.
"Qingqing, over here!" he called out.
When Niu Qingqing saw him, she immediately ran over.
Her eyes were filled with tears, as if she hadn't seen Niu Xingxing for a long time.
“Third Brother…” Niu Qingqing called out and ran to sit down in front of Niu Xingxing.
Her eyes were red, and for a moment she had so much to say, but couldn't get it out.
"Qingqing, how have you been lately?" Niu Xingxing asked with concern.
"I'm fine..." Niu Qingqing hesitated, "And you, how are you doing?"
Niu Xingxing smiled.
"Don't worry, Qingqing, Third Brother is doing very well. Soon, I will be famous throughout the capital. Just wait and see how others talk about my great name!" he said with great pride.
“You’re just bragging…” Niu Qingqing laughed, her low spirits lifted considerably.
The brother and sister were reunited and were overjoyed.
"call……"
Xiao Chen, who was sitting to the side, did not utter a sound from beginning to end. He simply picked up his teacup, blew on it slightly, and sipped his tea.
Niu Qingqing then noticed Xiao Chen.
"Third Brother, is this your friend?" she asked, noticing that Xiao Chen was about the same age as Niu Xingxing.
She was a little surprised.
Niu Xingxing basically has no friends.
Especially now that he's been expelled from the family, there are still people willing to hang out with him.
"Qingqing, you can't say that!" Niu Xingxing quickly said.
"This is my sect leader, and I have now become his disciple..."
Upon hearing this, Niu Qingqing's expression turned somewhat strange, and her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly.
She felt that Xiao Chen was so young, yet he dared to appoint someone as the sect leader...
Just how low-class is that sect...?
Because Niu Xingxing was so eager to learn martial arts, he went around seeking out masters to learn from, and was cheated by many people, spending a lot of money unnecessarily.
Preconceived notions led Niu Qingqing to believe that Xiao Chen was most likely a charlatan without any real skills or knowledge.
"May I ask, sir, which sect do you belong to, and are you well-known in the martial arts world?" she asked, staring at Xiao Chen.
"Sect?" Xiao Chen smiled slightly.
“My school is not a sect,” he said.
"What is that?" Niu Qingqing pressed.
"The world beyond this realm is a hidden paradise, not to be told to outsiders," Xiao Chen replied calmly.
Niu Qingqing couldn't understand at all, and her brows furrowed even more.
He talks in such fancy and mysterious terms, isn't he just a complete charlatan?
She immediately realized that Niu Xingxing had been tricked again.
“My third brother is so naive, how could these damned con artists have the heart to deceive him one by one?” Niu Qingqing felt very uncomfortable.
“Qingqing, our sect leader is incredibly powerful. He’s the most powerful person I’ve ever met in my life! So powerful that… I don’t even know how to describe it…” Niu Xingxing explained to Niu Qingqing with burning eyes.
Niu Qingqing shook her head inwardly, her face full of helplessness.
She felt that Niu Xingxing had been deeply deceived.
"Third Brother, could you go out and buy me something to drink? I don't like tea," she said with a smile, trying to get Niu Xingxing out of the way.
Niu Xingxing naturally went without hesitation.
Niu Qingqing and Xiao Chen were left to spend time together.
Now, Niu Qingqing's face hardened, and she lost her pleasant expression.
"I don't care what sect you're from, or how eloquently you boast, but I will never allow you to deceive my third brother!" she said angrily.
Her little face was chubby, which was quite cute.
"Just because my third brother is naive, you all lied to him, tricked him into working like a slave, and even swindled him out of his money. Don't you have any conscience at all?" Niu Qingqing accused Xiao Chen indignantly.
“I didn’t lie to him,” Xiao Chen said calmly.
“He voluntarily joined my sect and was at my beck and call. In return, I gave him some of what he wanted and taught him cultivation methods.”
"Isn't this a scam?" Niu Qingqing's eyes widened.
"At your age, what skills could you possibly have? You dare to set up your own school and take on disciples... Even if you did teach my third brother something, it would definitely be useless stuff!"
"Let me tell you, even though he's been expelled from the Niu family, he was still a member of the Niu family. You won't have a good ending if you keep making fun of him like this!"
Xiao Chen remained calm and picked up his teacup again to take a sip.
"You think I'm incompetent and unqualified to teach your third brother?"
Niu Qingqing nodded.
"Don't worry, I have no interest in teaching him," Xiao Chen said.
"I only taught him some things and let him figure them out on his own. His final achievement depends entirely on himself. If he does not meet my expectations, I will expel him from my school."
Niu Qingqing was extremely sensitive to the words "expelled from the household".
Niu Xingxing was first expelled from the Niu family, and then driven out by many martial arts schools. He never had a stable life, was bullied, and was cheated out of everything.
Every time Niu Qingqing secretly gave him money, he would be tricked again within a few days because he was eager to learn martial arts.
Not only did I not learn anything useful, but I also suffered a lot.
"You...you have quite the nerve!" Niu Qingqing said with a sullen face.
"You talk as if your sect is some great stunt, even expelling my third brother from the sect? I'm curious, just how powerful do you really have to be so arrogant..."