The stain fight with each other ended because of an unprecedented stinky fart from rooster Little Yellow.

At that time, Little Yellow was standing in the wind watching the melee. In a moment of excitement he had mistakenly released a loud fart. As the spring breeze swept by and carried it downwards, the stench instantly stunned Li Yi and the others who happened to be in the direction of the wind.

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And for quite a while after that, both humans and chickens who had been targets were in such pain they would welcome death. The chickens scrambled to disperse while Li Yi and others covered their noses and stomped their feet in pain. It didn’t take long for all the living creatures in the area to experience game over.

“Huh? It’s over?” Nie Bufan, who was cooking chicken soup in the kitchen, hadn’t heard anything for a long time. He couldn’t help but lean out to take a look, only to realize that the battle had subsided.

There were no more chickens on the scene, and the rest of the people were all green in the face. It was plain to the senses that they were covered with an awful stinky smell, and yet they had to maintain a graceful demeanor for the sake of saving face, standing there stiffly like wooden stakes.

Nie Bufan looked for a while and shouted: “I had Tu Beng boil some hot water, do you want to go freshen up first?”

Hearing this, Li Huai walked towards his residence without saying a word.

Si Chenyu and Chen Muran also left one after another. As for Wang Shichan, who triggered the battle, he had long since disappeared.

Li Yi walked silently to the kitchen where Nie Bufan was located, but ended up being blocked by the door before he could even take a step in: “You, hurry up and wash, it smells so bad that you can kill mosquitoes.”

In fact, the smell of Li Yi’s body was not from Little Yellow’s stinky fart, but the result of being stained with chicken poop during his fight with Wang Shichan.

Li Yi looked at Nie Bufan. Suddenly he stepped forward, hugged him tightly in his arms, and rubbed against him thoroughly.

Nie Bufan struggled and yelled, “Li Fourth, you bastard!”

Li Yi remained unfazed and said, “Is the hot water ready, let’s wash together?”

“Hmmph!” Nie Bufan kicked Li Yi away and saw Zhang Junshi walking towards them at a glance. He immediately stretched out his arms and flew into Zhang Junshi’s embrace in an extremely elegant posture, and then began to rub against the other hard for a few times.

Li Yi’s face went black.

Zhang Junshi smiled.

“Fellow comrades, for our glorious image, let’s take a bath together!” Nie Bufan pointed a finger at the bathhouse in a very heroic posture.

However, Li Yi and Zhang Junshi were the only ones who entered the water in the end.

When they were already soaking in the hot water Nie Bufan had long since disappeared, leaving them each occupying a corner of the bath, staring at each other speechlessly.

Li Yi stood up suddenly, randomly put on a piece of clothing, and speed walked out of the bathhouse. Not long after, Nie Bufan was brought in wrapped in his arms. With a throw Nie Bufan landed into the bath, splashing water all over.

Nie Bufan popped his head up and protested: “Li Fourth, what are you doing?”

“Bath.”

“I’m not bathing!”

Li Yi ignored him, took off his clothes and got into the bath again.

“Zhang Third, look at Li Fourth, rotten to the core!” Nie Bufan turned around and hugged Zhang Junshi, accusing Li Yi of evil.

Zhang Junshi patted him on the shoulder and comforted: “It’s okay, I am here.”

Li Yi glanced at him contemptuously, and stretched out his hand to pull Nie Bufan out from his arms.

Nie Bufan hugged onto Zhang Junshi’s neck tightly. Zhang Junshi wrapped his waist with one hand, and blocked Li Yi’s claws with the other.

The eyes of the two collided in the air, sparks flying and crackling.

Li Yi retracted his hand and leaned leisurely by the bath, but underwater his leg stretched out to rub Nie Bufan’s back waist.

Nie Bufan couldn’t help standing up and straddling Zhang Junshi’s lap to get away from the leg. Turning his head he glared at Li Yi.

Zhang Junshi was now under immense suffering, and he could only endure as much as possible as Nie Bufan moved around on his lap. However, Li Yi was in high spirits, and his toes moved intentionally or unintentionally over Nie Bufan’s hips and bottom. Nie Bufan could only dodge, shaking up and down.

Despite Zhang Junshi’s outstanding endurance, he also could no longer remain calm, swelling up and standing upright, poking against Nie Bufan.

Nie Bufan paused and glanced at Zhang Junshi in surprise. The other only looked back deeply.

At this time, Li Yi’s evil foot stretched forward again, following down the spine and down to the tailbone.

Nie Bufan leaned forward slightly, only for Zhang Junshi’s to push against the edge of the entrance, the only obstacle being a thin layer of pants. Nie Bufan sat on his knees, so long as he actually sat down directly, it was likely that it would drive straight in.

Zhang Junshi’s expression did not change, but his eyes were faintly expectant, and his breathing became suppressed and rapid.

The three fell silent. The surface of the water was strangely tranquil, but it was another story underwater.

Suddenly, Nie Bufan grabbed Li Yi’s foot with his hand and dragged it up with the strength of an infant suckling milk——

Splash! The martial artist Li Yi slipped unpreparedly, and sank into the water leaving only bubbles behind.

Taking advantage of the successful move, Nie Bufan quickly got off Zhang Junshi and sat side by side with him.

Zhang Junshi glanced at him, and as Li Yi was still underwater, he lowered his head and kissed his mouth lightly. His eyes were deep and had a smile that was so gentle that one could drown in it.

Nie Bufan’s body inexplicably became numb, as if something had given him an electric shock, leaving him feeling limp down to his bones.

Li Yi broke out of the water with a dark face and glared at Nie Bufan, but did not scold the other. Who told him to make trouble first?

Nie Bufan leaned on the side of the bath with one hand, propped his head and said, “Li Fourth, if you’re gonna take a bath then take a bath. Why cause a disturbance?” As he said so he raised his feet out of the water and shook them, casting a coquettish wink at the other. Softly he said: “Why, do you need a massage from me?”

“No need.” Li Yi squeezed out these words stiffly.

Zhang Junshi smiled and picked up a towel to help Nie Bufan wipe the stains on his face.

Nie Bufan pulled his hand to one side, took a handkerchief and wiped at it casually himself.

When Li Yi saw this, his face became dark.

After that, everything was calm, and the three of them dried up smoothly and quickly, as if nothing had happened.

But the three have different thoughts in their hearts.

Zhang Junshi revealed his feelings and was no longer depressed.

Li Yi gained a sense of crisis, and was thinking about how to make it official as soon as possible.

Nie Bufan had a rare headache, and he secretly asked himself if he should visit a brothel?

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Nie Bufan walked into the kitchen and swept the stove inadvertently, and suddenly shouted, “Where is my chicken soup?”

The stove was empty, leaving only the remaining scent of the chicken soup mixed with a foul smell in the air.

He didn’t even need to guess, it must be Wang Shichan who suddenly circled back and stole the whole pot of soup.

“Who said that the eldest son of the Wang family was otherworldly and ethereal, an “elegant” master in the wind?” Nie Bufan asked with gritted teeth.

Both Zhang and Li looked at each other, neither of them made a peep.

Nie Bufan slapped the table and said cruelly: “Starting today, all meals will be changed to white porridge and eggs!”

“Uh……” Zhang Junshi said hesitantly, “Bufan, as far as I know, Wang Shichan is a vegetarian, and white porridge with eggs seems to suit his taste perfectly.”

Li Yi nodded repeatedly.

Nie Bufan smiled and said, “Then I will add spice to the white porridge and mix garlic in the egg.”

“……” Zhang Junshi glanced at Li Yi, conveying the meaning: You should have beaten the other to death before. Now great, you let him run away, and we will suffer the consequences.

Li Yi also glanced back at him: People who don’t contribute have no right to speak.

Ignoring the eye contact between the two, Nie Bufan angrily washed the rice and began to cook porridge.

Suddenly, he asked, “Who knows what Wang Shichan likes best?”

“Buddhist scriptures.” The two replied at the same time. This was probably something everyone knew.

“How much does he like it?”

“He would recite a scripture before and after meals.” Li Yi replied.

“Cherishes rare ancient books or works handed down from generation to generation.”

“Oh.” Nie Bufan nodded in understanding, his face was no longer murderous, and he began to hum in a good mood.

Both Zhang and Li shivered for no reason at the same time.

It was night, Nie Bufan swiped a book from the little chicken. This was seen in the little chicken’s collection when he was searching for the thief last time. The little chicken had been using it as a tool for grinding its teeth, and the corners were already ragged. Though, the text inside was still whole.

This happened to be a Buddhist scripture, and Nie Bufan could recognize it because there was a Buddha image drawn on the cover. There was not only the original text, but also a translated text inside.

Nie Bufan took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and randomly selected a few paragraphs of the original text with translations and copied them down one by one. The words were crooked and twisted like drunk chickens trying to line up.

He then took nails and a hammer, the freshly inked pile of paper, and walked out into the night……

The next day, Wang Shichan appeared in front of Nie Bufan as expected, holding all twelve pages of scriptures he copied last night in his hand.

“Where did this come from?” Wang Shichan asked.

Nie Bufan took a casual look: “What?”

“The “Mahayana Heart Sutra” is an incomplete scripture from hundreds of years ago. There are a total of six Buddhist scriptures for the Six Degrees of Great Cultivation. Now only three have been handed down to the world, and these pages I am holding is from one of the missing scriptures. Where did you get it from? Where is the whole book?”

“Why should I tell you?” Nie Bufan said with a self-satisfied look and drank tea leisurely.

Li Yi and Zhang Junshi, who happened to come to the door, couldn’t help but become curious when they saw this situation. They read the scriptures on the paper carefully. The words were obscure and had far-reaching implications. They were not fabricated out of thin air, let alone by the semi-illiterate Nie Bufan.

Just where did this guy get the Buddhist scriptures? He had asked about Wang Shichan’s preference only yesterday, and today he manifested one. If Wang Shichan liked erotic pictures, then don’t know if he would take out the “Secret Art of Muscle and Bone Transformation”……

Wang Shichan’s face was a little dark. He had always been calm but he couldn’t help feeling angry when he saw the cherished Buddhist scriptures copied in handwriting that looked like demons dancing, and then randomly scattered everywhere. He couldn’t help feeling angry, even more angry than when he was tricked by them yesterday.

“Give me the scriptures.” Wang Shichan said expressionlessly.

“You say to hand it to you then I’ll hand it to you?”

“Then what do you want?”

Nie Bufan looked him up and down a few times before asking, “What can you do?”

“What do you mean?”

“Can you cook?”

“No.”

“Laundry?”

“No.”

“Feed the chickens?”

“No.”

“……Warm the bed?”

“……”

Nie Bufan looked at him contemptuously: “You don’t know how to do anything, why should I give you such precious, rare and unique scriptures?”

“I’ll buy it with money.”

“Ye is not short of money now.”

“Then what are you short of?”

Short of brain cells. Zhang Junshi and Li Yi instantly saw this sentence flash in their minds.

Nie Bufan thought hard and murmured: “I have money, a house, and chickens to warm the bed. I have talents and looks as well as bodyguards. I eat well and sleep well, my life is worry-free. It seems as if I don’t lack anything?”

“……” The three of them appeared speechless at the same time.

“How about this!” Nie Bufan clapped his hands and said simply, “You will keep watch for me around Chicken Nest Village, and be on guard of others stealing the chickens. Recently, there are often strange people around Chicken Nest Village. The chickens are good, pure and harmless, delicate and weak, and will be easily kidnapped away.”

Good, pure and harmless, delicate and weak? This was definitely not describing Nie Bufan’s chickens!

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The three were silent.

“So?” Nie Bufan asked again.

Wang Shichan thought about it for a while, and finally nodded his head, making a decision that he would regret thousands of times in the future: “Okay.”

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Shichan, Shichan, to discuss poetry in terms of Chan Buddhism (TN: the shi in the name Shichan means ‘poetry’ while the chan in the name refer to ‘Chan Buddhism’. The name derived from the theory of discussing poetry in terms of Chan Buddhism by Yan Yu, a Southern Song dynasty poet and theorist, in his book Canglang Poetry Talks).

Perhaps from the moment he was given this name, he was destined to have ties with Buddhism. Born with the root of wisdom that can lead to truth, he felt no desire or ambition, instead immersing himself in tranquilty to gain transcendence. He carried an entire family’s expectations, but had a heart born indifferent to fame and fortune.

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Though he was the eldest son of the Wang family, he had no ambition to fight for power, no desire to scheme and engage in faction wars. The sneers and angers of others were nothing more than a mash of colors passed by with a glance. He drifted outside the secular world, without sorrow or joy, like an empty mirror or the image of Buddha, ignoring the various forms of sentient beings around him.

There was almost nothing in this world that would affect his heart, except for the treasure trove of the legendary Duobao Sage. He had no interest in the so-called rare and precious treasures. What he really wanted were the various precious Buddhist classics and scriptures collected by Duobao Sage. Therefore, despite his usual indifference to all matters around him, this time he had actually taken the initiative to explore the treasures of Duobao Sage. After obtaining the key he had come to this small mountain village alone.

He didn’t like contact with outsiders, always preferring to be alone and used to hiding his presence. His qinggong (TN: martial arts technique in wuxia that refer to the ability to move swiftly and lightly at superhuman speed, and perform gravity-defying moves such as gliding on water surfaces, scaling high walls and mounting trees) was unparalleled in the world, so long as he didn’t want to be discovered, he would definitely not be discovered.

However, since entering the Chicken Nest Village for the first time, his thinking had changed.

This was a seemingly ordinary small mountain village but yet also revealing strangeness in every corner. As soon as he stepped in the area, he felt completely visible. Although he hid himself well, he still couldn’t get rid of that omniscient line of sight. Soon, he discovered that these lines of sight were actually coming from the chickens in the Chicken Nest Village. They were agile and had keen senses, and there were many times they almost came close to his person.

Towards this, Wang Shichan developed a rare curiosity. He began to sneak into the Chicken Nest Village many times, observing the environment and finding some food on the way.

In the first few days, there was nothing major happening. The cooking skills of the village head of Chicken Nest Village was quite good, and the vegetarian dishes were also not bad. He was satisfied enough, but the act of taking without asking seemed to have offended this person. In the next few days, the food became extremely bizarre. It was either extremely spicy or disgusting in appearance, meat mixed with vegetables, causing one to almost want to go on a hunger strike.

After suffering for several days, he finally changed to eating wild berries. Although he was often hungry, it was better than self-torment.

At this moment, he inexplicably developed a desire, a desire to knead, press and squeeze a certain person.

But it seemed that he was wrong first, so he decided to leave some silver taels when he went again next time.

However, what Wang Shichan never expected was that when he went again, it would be the beginning of his nightmare……

“In today’s world, possessing qinggong that can reach this level can be no other than that Wang family heir.” Si Chenyu shook his fan, “Unexpectedly this time the Wang family had sent him to explore the treasure trove.”

“Who is this ‘Wang family heir’ that you said? What’s wrong with sending him?” Nie Bufan was puzzled.

Si Chenyu replied: “His name is ‘Shichan’, though he is the eldest son of the Wang family, but he had always ignored the secular world. He is an oddity of the Wang family.”

Oddity? Nie Bufan asked with interest: “Is he powerful?”

Chen Muran said: “He has a profound inner force, practically almost reaching the realm of the unity of nature and man. He comes and goes without a trace and is known as the most mysterious and elegant master in the world.”

Nie Bufan curled his mouth and grumbled: “Elegant master? It’s more accurate to say a gentleman on the roof beam (TN: euphemism for thief).” Then he asked: “Then what weakness does his qinggong have?”

“If you want to talk about weakness……” Si Chenyu pondered, “Really, there isn’t any.”

Nie Bufan glanced at him contemptuously.

“Then in other words, it won’t be easy to catch him?” Zhang Junshi said.

Chen Muran nodded: “It isn’t just not easy, but very difficult.”

Nie Bufan asked suddenly: “If he doesn’t use qinggong, will you all be able to win?”

“Of course.” Si Chenyu smiled confidently, “In a direct fight, he won’t be able to last a hundred manuevers against me.”

“But unfortunately we can’t even touch his shadow right now.” Li Huai shook his head regretfully.

“Actually, it’s not impossible, as long as I put some medicine in the meal……”

Li Huai said, “Your meals are just as poisonous without putting medicine in it.”

The others nodded in agreement.

Zhang Junshi coughed and explained: “The most famous thing about the Wang family is not their noble status, but the medical skills and poison skills passed down in their family. The children of the Wang family have all undergone medicine baths to hone their bodies since they were young. Although they haven’t reached complete immunuty against all poisons but normal medicines are completely useless against them.”

Chen Muran also said: “Besides, using medicine is not the work of a gentleman. It is too shameful for so many of us to use medicine to deal with one person.”

Nie Bufan snorted to himself, you actually have the face to say so? With so many people yet they can’t even deal with one person, what place did they have to talk about whether it was shameful or not?

“In that case, I have an easier method.” Nie Bufan said leisurely.

“What way?” Several people asked in unison.

“Catch a turtle in a jar.” (TN: idiom for setting oneself an easy target)

“That person has unparalleled qinggong, how do you plan on grasping his whereabouts and actually catch this turtle?” Si Chenyu asked suspiciously.

Nie Bufan chuckled, “I naturally have my own methods, but you must make a move when the time comes to catch him.”

“This is no problem, so long as he shows his tracks.”

“Okay, just watch.”

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In the next few days, Nie Bufan returned to normal food, and while the others breathed a sigh of relief, they began to look forward to the day when the turtle was caught.

Wang Shichan had no idea that there was a trap waiting for him to walk into. After making sure that Nie Bufan had finally improved his food, he finally came to Chicken Nest Village again.

This time he had the feeling of being watched by countless pairs of eyes, but because of the previous experiences, he didn’t care too much. No matter how keen, they were just chickens.

At this time, the kitchen was empty. He drifted into the kitchen quietly and reached out to get the food on the table. Who knew that before touching the plate, a dizzying stench filled the air. He quickly held his breath and floated outwards at a very fast speed.

As soon as he left the door, he suddenly heard long bird cries above his head, like warnings coming one after another. Soon, the chickens in the whole Chicken Nest Village were alarmed and began to make a commotion.

Wang Shichan was shocked secretly, enduring the stench as he ran towards the village exit.

Originally, with his qinggong, he could fly far into the mountains and forests in an instant, but it was a pity that the exit was blocked by a dense wall of chickens. More unfortunately, the stench that had now clung to his body clearly betrayed his whereabouts.

Then, a tragedy took place.

The gray chickens in the sky began to intensively throw all kinds of weapons, such as poop, fruit, vegetable leaves, ink bags and so on.

Although Wang Shichan’s speed was fast enough, but under the attack that were as concentrated as raindrops, it was impossible to avoid it all.

He wanted to go straight through the flock of chickens, but the flock was too big, no matter where he ran, there were piles of chickens swarming in. The most frightening thing was the chickens in the sky, like a black cloud pressing down on you and following you everywhere like a shadow. Don’t know if they were chickens or birds, no matter how high they flew they just wouldn’t fall!

With no choice, he had to retreat back to the village in a sorry state. And what he had to face next were Si Chenyu, Li Yi and the others, all geared up and eager for a brawl.

Wang Shichan’s whereabouts had always been elusive. Legend had it that he was both eccentric and aloof, but seeing him now like this, the image of a mysterious master was completely ruined.

He stood there quietly, with a straight back and a deep gaze. But with vegetable leaves on his head, face stained black and white, and clothes equally as stained, any beauty that could be had was completely nonexistent.

To be honest, Si Chenyu and the others could no longer go through with their original plans anymore after seeing Wang Shichan Gongzi in such a pitiful state. They could not do anymore in good conscience.

“Hai, brother Wang, how are you?” Si Chenyu greeted him in as much grace as he could.

Without saying a word, Wang Shichan slowly stretched out his hand to tear off the vegetable leaves from his head.

“This, please excuse us.” Chen Muran suddenly felt terribly guilty.

“Come.” Wang Shichan said softly, “You can all attack together.”

They all looked at each other and hesitated.

Nie Bufan, who was hiding in the dark, gnawed an egg and entered audience mode. His view had changed a little bit about Wang Shichan. This person could face bleak and miserable occurences in life unfazed. It was enough to make him give a thumbs up.

On the other hand, the others were shilly-shallying along and not decisive at all. In order to create opportunities for them, he had mobilized all the air combat power and ground forces, as well as used scent positioning, air warning and chicken sea tactics. If Wang Shichan dived into a pool, he had also prepared underwater combat deployment.

It could be said that everything was ready, only lacking a current of easterly wind.

But looking at this momentum, it was undecided who would blow down who.

Wang Shichan had already overwhelmed everyone with just his aura of sorrow.

“Brother Wang, let this matter go!” Si Chenyu said peacefully, “It was originally just to find the person who stole the food, but unexpectedly it turned out to be brother Wang. As a key holder, why don’t you stay temporarily with us in Chicken Nest Village?”

Naturally, Wang Shichan would not believe that they didn’t know it was him in advance, and he said: “I have always heard that prince Si is excellent at martial arts, and Li Gongzi also possess extraordinary skills. Now it happens we have come together, would it not be a pity without a bit of competition?”

Si Chenyu and the others exchanged looks.

Li Yi took a step back and said lightly: “Why don’t we let prince Si compete with you.”

“What?” Si Chenyu threw an eye knife at Li Yi.

“I remember someone saying a few days ago that in a direct fight, brother Wang won’t last a hundred moves against him.”

Si Chenyu choked suddenly and his face darkened.

Nie Bufan laughed in the dark and thumped his chest in mirth. Brother Li Fourth was quite black-bellied (TN: outwardly kind but inwardly evil).

At this time, Wang Shichan didn’t wait for them to say any more, and his figure approached like lightning, not only targeting Si Chenyu, but also including Li Yi and the rest.

His martial arts moves may not be as sophisticated as Si Chenyu and the others, but they win in speed.

Among the world’s martial arts, there existed none that cannot be overcome, but for speed that was unbreakable.

Wang Shichan’s body dexterously dealt with Si, Li and the others. Although he could not cause much harm to them, he could rub off a few stains on them from time to time.

After just a while, Si Chenyu, Li Yi, Li Huai, and Chen Muran all had stains on their clothes. Wang Shichan generously shared the ink on his clothes with everyone without holding anything back.

They were fighting in full swing, and the surrounding chickens also watched with gusto, occasionally there would even be strange sounding cheers coming from their midst. There were a few chickens who also began to imitate the fight and started to spar with each other, stirring up countless dust, the scene appearing rather spectacular.

Hey, it turned out that Wang Shichan was not as calm on the surface. You could see that just from how he tried especially hard to smear the other people’s clothes with ink handprints.

Nie Bufan secretly laughed.

Zhang Junshi looked at the chaotic scene not far away, and couldn’t help but ask: “How will it end later?”

“It will end when they are tired.” Nie Bufan replied indifferently, “Meeting friends through a martial arts fight, the joys of life.”

“……” He couldn’t see what joys to be had at all!

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Nie Bufan stood up suddenly, patted his clothes, and said, “Brother Zhang Third, let’s go.”

“Go where?”

“Cooking, they will probably need to replenish their energy later.” Nie Bufan said as he walked, “I have to make a good meal today to soothe their wounded hearts.”

“……”

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