Return of Abandoned Son

Chapter 1: Breaking Marriage Engagement

“Ye Mo, Ye Mo, are you alright? Get up quickly, the class is about to start. This is Merciless Ice’s class, hurry up and get up!” a concerned voice called near Ye Mo’s ear; Ye Mo had a very strange feeling.

“This idiot, he probably doesn’t have the face to see anyone, that’s why he’s covering up his face,” another voice was making fun of him, but now, Ye Mo was wide awake.

Ye Mo looked around him, confused. There was no one he knew, and he was surrounded by a sea of unfamiliar faces.

Seeing Ye Mo’s lost face, there was another roar of laughter. It was quite obvious that all these laughs were directed at him. Seeing that everyone around him was laughing at him, he didn’t dare to question anything for the time being, but instead could only be vigilant in case someone attacked him.

Ye Mo looked at the student sitting beside him. He was the only one who refrained from laughing at him, and it was the same person who woke him up.

“Where am I? Who are you? Why does this look like a classroom?” Ye Mo asked in astonishment.

“Haha...” There was another roar of laughter.

“Ye Mo, I think you’re so angry that you have become dumb. Do you think Yan Yan is someone you can write a love letter to? It was okay if you were still in the Ye Family, but now, you’re not. Be careful next time. The next class is English, and the teacher is Yun Bing[1]. Don’t be caught by her,” Ye Mo’s desk-mate whispered in his ear. The voice was so low that only Ye Mo could hear it. It was evident that he was anxious too.

“I really can’t remember. My headache was awful just then, and I forgot a lot of things,” Ye Mo helplessly said.

His desk-mate sighed. Of course, he wouldn’t believe that Ye Mo would forget everything in such a short moment, he thought that it was just that Ye Mo needed to save his face and that he still hadn’t realized that he was no longer Ye Mo of the Ye Family.

Suddenly, Ye Mo felt a sudden pulse of pain in his head. He remembered that he was making the Energy Returning pill with his master Luo Ying, then those bastards from the Western Flow Group attacked and there were all sorts of explosions and battles. After that, his master carried him and used an escape paper charm. But how could he appear here? Was this still the Luo Yue Continent?

Moreover, he was sitting here safe and sound, but what happened to his master? His master was only three years older than him, and the reason that the Western Flow Group attacked them was that his master was too gorgeous. The young master of the Western Flow Group wanted to marry his beautiful master, but alas, he was rejected. This had been the cause of their fight.

If his master were in the hands of the Western Flow Group, then the consequences would be unimaginable. Thinking about this, Ye Mo could no longer contain the worry in his heart and suddenly stood up.

“What is it, don’t you know the bell for the class has rung?” A cold-faced young woman walked up to the class podium with a few books between her arms. She scanned the students laughing in the class with a chilling gaze, and immediately after, the laughter dissipated. Everyone knew this English class was run by Yun Bing, and what she hated the most was students creating commotions. If she had her eyes on a student, then it was safe to say that nothing good would come out of that.

Ye Mo had already felt that something was not right. Although he could understand these words, the language was obviously not what he had used before. Was this no longer Luo Yue Continent? Frowning, Ye Mo wanted to know more. Another wave of a headache came, and he suddenly recalled all sorts of information.

Ye Mo was a member of the third generation of the Ye Family. His father, Ye Wentian, had passed away two years before, and he had no recollection of his mother. After his father had passed away, he was exiled from the Ye Family; this was because he was not Ye Wentian’s biological son according to a DNA test conducted in the aftermath of his death.

However, he still remembered his little sister Ye Ling and younger brother Ye Zifeng. Alas, they were both not of the same mother as him, but of the same father. Three years ago, his father seemed to foresee the eventual exile of Ye Mo, so he asked his own father to request for a marriage with the Ning Family. Since Ye Wentian had full knowledge of his poor health, he wanted to find a backup for Ye Mo. Thus, he found the Ning Family of Beijing.

Being able to have a marriage with the top five families of China, the Ning Family was, of course, very glad to oblige. The head of the Ning Family betrothed his grand daughter to Ye Mo. Three years ago, Ning Qingxue, who was only 21 at the time, was already the prettiest lady in the entire capital.

Meanwhile, Ye Mo became the disaster of the Ye Family, and the reason was simple. In one hospital check up, Ye Mo was discovered to be naturally impotent. In other words, he couldn’t reproduce. Although the Ye Family tried very hard to conceal this matter, it seemed that all the people in the capital knew it in only one night. One of the 5 greatest families of China, the Ye Family had a naturally impotent member, which made the Ye Family losing a considerable amount of honor.

“Argh...” after his memory recovered to this point, Ye Mo suddenly shouted in agony and stood up. He almost took his pants down to have a look immediately. He understood that he could have possibly reincarnated on someone also called Ye Mo, but the worst was that he actually couldn’t have s*x. He’d rather die than be like this.

“You, what is your name, and how dare you yell in my class?! Come to my office after the class!” The pretty teacher was interrupted by Ye Mo’s scream, causing her to become livid.

All the other students in the class sniggered and smothered their laughs. Making a university student routinely visit her office was something only this English teacher could do. Furthermore, one had to go because their marks were at stake.

Ye Mo dejectedly sat down. Although he wasn’t too sure about the warring amongst prominent families, he knew that he was probably kicked out of the Ye Family because he was naturally impotent, rather than his lack of a biological link with his father. Plus, who knew what actually happened to the data from the DNA analysis?

Ye Mo wasn’t concerned about being exiled from the Ye Family. He didn’t care about that at all. What he cared about was his natural impotence and how his master, Luo Ying, was doing.

But now, he also understood why the students in his class were laughing at him. It was because the soul who owned this body before was already kicked out of the Ye Family but still wanted to go for the hottest girl in the class, Yan Yan. In the end, she stuck his love letter on the blackboard, stood on the podium looking at him contemptuously and said: “Young Master Ye, would you be able to get it on in bed with me?”

So this was the reason the whole class laughed at him. The original Ye Mo probably died due to the humiliation. Making a naturally impotent person go in bed with her, this was like smacking him in the face. Although that person wasn’t actually him, Ye Mo’s face still sank.

He looked at the girl called Yan Yan. She was very curvaceous; however, that b*tchy act made Ye Mo feel really repulsed. He really couldn’t understand why the original owner of this body wanted to pursue her. Finally, after thinking about it for a moment, Ye Mo realized that, when Ye Mo was still in the Ye Family, everyone was trying to suck up to him, including that girl called Yan Yan. However, after the news of him being naturally impotent was spread out, he felt that he lost face and wanted to find a girlfriend. Unfortunately, he didn’t think that the girl that sucked up to him so much before would treat him like this. Under such humiliation, he fainted, allowing the current Ye Mo to reincarnate.

He was actually reborn into a place like this; he couldn’t understand a word the beautiful teacher was saying on the podium. He organized his memory, and his face sank. Leaving his impotence problem aside, the fact that the spirit Chi of Heaven and Earth was so scarce here was something he couldn’t accept. This wasn’t a place for cultivation. He wondered if he really was going to die on this place called Earth?

It no longer mattered if he still went to this university. The most important thing was to understand his predicament. His impotence had undermined the reputation of the Ye Family. Although he was kicked out, who knew if he would be suddenly killed? Perhaps other things happened which resulted in him being kicked out. Right now, was he even safe?

At the end of the class, Ye Mo rushed out of school in a hurry, neglecting his trip to the teacher’s office. He needed to find a place to check himself and see if he was really naturally impotent.

The good thing was, there were quite a lot of alleyways around Ning Hai University. Ye Mo rushed into a deserted alley and hurried to pull down his pants.

His doodle was indeed tiny, but Ye Mo wasn’t disappointed just because his doodle was small. Instead, he let out a real sigh of relief. He wasn’t naturally impotent. It was because his doodle was too small that one of the meridians had been blocked from developing, creating this fake impotence. Before he cultivated on the Luo Yue Continent, he was a master in the medical field, so he knew what the situation was with only one glance.

Unfortunately, it was impossible to break open this blocked meridian with the current technology on Earth; however, this wouldn’t be hard for Ye Mo. Although he didn’t possess the ability to open the blocked meridian just yet, as long as he reached the third stage of Chi Gathering, this meridian would open itself.

However, Ye Mo was beginning to get disappointed again. This was because the spirit Chi was so scarce on Earth, and it would be a daunting task for him to reach the 3rd stage of Chi Gathering. In fact, he might not even be able to approach it his entire life. That way, his impotence would never change. After sighing, Ye Mo just wanted to pull up his pants. Suddenly, a scream shook his heart.

“Scumbag!!” This was definitely a high-pitched woman’s voice, and it sounded right in front of Ye Mo. Just then, Ye Mo was only focused on checking his doodle, so he forgot to look around at the situation. He didn’t think that this alley was connected to anything, it was just that the turn was further in, and he couldn’t see it.

Ye Mo wasn’t a nudist. More than that, he also didn’t have any assets to exhibit. He hurriedly pulled up his pants and was about to run away.

“Ye Mo, is that you?” After this woman had yelled, she used another very surprised tone and asked. She obviously knew Ye Mo.

1: Yun Bing means “ice cloud”.

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Ye Mo looked at this woman in front of him astonishingly. Her hair was short, and although she wasn’t pretty, something was endearing about her face. She seemed familiar, but he couldn’t remember her. The other memories of the original Ye Mo started to blur after some of them resurfaced in class. He only had the memories of his past life, before his reincarnation.

“Hmph, Ye Mo, I lent that much money to you, and you pretend not to know me. You really are annoying!” said the round-faced woman.

Ye Mo suddenly remembered. This woman was called Wang Ying, someone of the Wang Family in the capital. She was very outgoing and manly, as she usually talked without much consideration, but she didn’t have an evil heart. Like Ye Mo, she also studied at the Ning Hai University.

Ye Mo wasn’t welcomed in the capital initially and didn’t know many people, much less after he was kicked out of the Ye Family. The reason he was acquainted with her was that Wang Ying and his sister Ye Ling were classmates and often came to Ye Mo’s house to play.

Although Ye Mo was expelled out of the Ye Family, many people who knew Ye Mo pretended not to know him. However, Wang Ying was vivacious and wasn’t so calculative. She didn’t pretend that she did not recognize him; instead, she even lent money to him when he had hard times in his life.

“Ugh, it’s you, Wang Ying, I’m sorry, my head was dizzy just then, and I didn’t recognize you...” as Ye Mo was speaking, he thought about the fact that he didn’t even have the money to eat. Maybe he should ask her for a bit more.

Just when Ye Mo was thinking of an excuse to borrow money, Wang Ying spoke mysteriously: “Ye Mo, do you know who is the most famous after you in the capital? Oh, I shouldn’t say most famous but most hilarious.”

Wang Ying didn’t seem to care at all if her words hurt Ye Mo’s feelings as she continued to talk happily.

She also didn’t expect Ye Mo to answer her, so instead, she continued to speak mysteriously: “A few months ago, the Ning Family went to your Ye Family to break the engagement. You know what your great uncle said?”

Ye Mo spoke plainly: “I am Ye Mo, I don’t have an uncle.”

“Oh, right, I’m sorry, I forgot you’re no longer of the Ye Family. Your great.... Oh I mean Mr. Ye said that Ye Mo was no longer a part of the Ye Family. As for the marriage, I have no clue. I heard that he goes to school at Ning Hai University. You can negotiate with him at Ning Hai.

“The Ning Family was furious but could do nothing about it. Hey, Ye Mo, did people from the Ning Family came looking for you? I heard that the Song Family sent people to the Ning Family and wanted to engage Ning Qingxue to Song Shaowen. Hehe, you won’t be able to imagine what your fiancé said,” speaking until that point, Wang Ying looked at Ye Mo very satisfactorily; she wanted to know Ye Mo’s reaction.

Ye Mo shook his head. Honestly, he had no impression of Ning Qingxue, although she might be the prettiest woman in the capital and was also his fiancé, he was no longer the original Ye Mo nor was he the direct descendant of the Ye Family. Ning Qingxue’s attitude had nothing to do with him and could marry whoever she wanted; he wouldn’t care at all.

On top of that, no matter how beautiful Ning Qingxue was, could she be more attractive than his master? Before, his EQ was too low. His master was nice to him, and he thought it was a sign of concern for his well-being, but after experiencing life and death, if he still couldn’t understand his master Luo Ying’s feelings for him, then he should go and die again. But now, he didn’t even know if Luo Ying had reincarnated like him.

Thinking about this, Ye Mo was dazed. Seeing Ye Mo’s state, Wang Ying thought he was either reluctant to let go of Ning Qingxue or was still troubled by his exile. She hurriedly added, “Ye Mo, although Ning Qingxue is gorgeous, she is from the Ning Family, but you are no longer the Young Master of the Ye Family, so...”

Of course, Ye Mo understood what Wang Ying meant and smiled indifferently before saying: “Ning Qingxue? Oh, I’ve already forgotten about her,” he was speaking the truth; he couldn’t actually remember who Ning Qingxue was at all. Talking about impressions, he probably had a greater opinion of Wang Ying.

Wang Ying rolled her eyes, but she continued to talk: “If you say this, Ning Qingxue will be hurt. Do you know who was the most laughed at in the capital? It was her.”

Ye Mo was shocked and wondered how it was possible that she could be laughed at. He was naturally impotent and was kicked out of the Ye Family, and if the Ning Family announced that they broke off the engagement, everything would be okay. Could a lone ranger like him dare to ask for her hand in marriage?

Wang Ying did not wait for his answer and continued: “When the Song Family proposed to Ning Qingxue, she announced in public, ‘I am already Ye Mo’s woman and wouldn’t marry another person, unless...’ but she only said ‘unless’ and didn’t say anything else. I don’t know what she meant by that, but after her words had got out, it was said that her father was so furious that he locked her up. I don’t know if this is true or false.

“It is because she said this that people in the entire capital are laughing at her. Although everyone knows that she is using you as an excuse to reject the proposal. Do you know what people are saying about you? They are all saying that since she hadn’t tasted a man yet, she doesn’t know what natural impotence is, so when she learns about it...

“Oh wait, I’m sorry, my words aren’t directed at you. It’s what everyone else is saying,” at that point, Wang Ying finally realized that the person she was talking about was right in front of her. Just then, she thought that it was very likely that Ye Mo would take off his pants to check his thing.

On the other hand, Ye Mo only thought that this Wang Ying was really immature; spilling the beans without considering the impact of her words. Fortunately now, he actually didn’t feel anything because he wasn’t naturally impotent at all. As long as he reached the third stage of Chii Gathering, his blocked meridian would open up itself. Although it was very hard to reach stage three, there was still hope for him.

As for Ning Qingxue, of course, he wouldn’t take her words seriously. Although Ye Mo hadn’t seen her, with the title of the prettiest woman in the capital, she should be stunning. She probably didn’t like Song Shaowen and thus used Ye Mo as a shield. However, what he couldn’t understand was, why announcing it in a public environment? Wouldn’t it be fine just to tell it to the Song Family?

But then, Ye Mo immediately understood, Ning Qingxue didn’t want to be engaged with anyone right now and therefore said that publicly. It wasn’t because she wouldn’t marry anyone else besides Ye Mo, her word “unless....” meant “unless she wanted to marry someone”. The woman was smart.

“And, here, this is for you,” Wang Ying took out an envelope and gave it to Ye Mo.

Ye Mo opened the envelope and found a stack of money inside. He looked at Wang Ying in surprise, he hadn’t even asked for it, and she was already so generous in giving.

“This is from your brother, um, that Ye Zifeng. He said someone else asked him to give this to you but didn’t say who. I think it was probably himself,” Wang Ying’s words reminded Ye Mo of the existence of his younger brother and little sister.

It seemed that Ye Ling never looked to be happy with him but his brother, Ye Zifeng, was actually kind to him. He needed this money right now and couldn’t refuse it; he would pay him back in the future.

Chapter 2: First Customer

 

After thanking Wang Ying, Ye Mo returned to school since he had nowhere to go now except there. He was unfamiliar with this place, but at least there were some things he could learn there. On top of that, the spirit Chi here was very scarce, but it seemed to be richer inside the school.

After the last class, he didn’t go to his English teacher. For him, there was no difference whether he passed or failed, and didn’t need to listen to a woman ramble on. Although he hadn’t yet cultivated, his memory was exceptional, so if he wanted to learn anything, he could just go straight to the library.

In the following days, Ye Mo would go to the library when he wasn’t cultivating. He would occasionally go to a few classes he liked. As for failing due to his attendance, he didn’t care at all.

The dormitory initially housed four people; however, one of them was at the internet café all day long while another was renting outside with another girl, living the couple life; the third person was residing in the center of the city. Ye Mo often cultivated in the small forest right outside the university. Each time he cultivated, it would often be a whole night, so his dorm was often completely empty as the only person living in the dorm would most likely be Ye Mo. Every three days, he would come back for a good night sleep while the rest of the time would be spent on cultivation.

Although he knew that there would be no result in cultivating in a place like this, his long-term habits had led him to have nothing better to do other than cultivating. Fortunately, he had a great memory and would remember things he liked with one look which saved him large amounts of time.

Ye Mo who kept a low profile in his past life assumed an even more humble one after coming to this strange environment. However, after the love letter event last time, he still received the nickname “lover outside of the bedroom”. Nevertheless, Ye Mo wouldn’t care about it at all, things were still how they were supposed to be.

In the beginning, everyone thought he had a thick skin for entering the dining hall and the library so apathetically, but after some time, no one noticed him anymore. It was as though he was an insignificant drop of water in the ocean, just barely even there.

After two months, Ye Mo barely reached the first stage of Chi Gathering. This was due to him cultivating day and night, as well as spending the 20,000 dollars Wang Ying brought him on Chinese herbs and soups.

However, he also knew that, without external things to help him, the first stage of Chi Gathering would probably be the final stage he would ever reach in his entire lifetime.

Although his cultivation progress wasn’t much, he had acquired quite a lot more from the library. Not only did he use two months to learn everything from primary school to high school, but he also scanned through all sorts of books about medicine as well as other metaphysical things.

Although he felt that metaphysical knowledge was very shallow in this world, he did not waste a lot of his time on them. After all, he was only in the first stage of Chi Gathering now.

During summer holidays, the school library was going under reconstruction, and Ye Mo had nowhere to go. Unfortunately, now, he was in a financial crisis again, and there wasn’t much money left on him. He only had about 2000 dollars or so. If he didn’t find a job in the summer holidays and earn money, then even his meals would become an issue. He needed to cultivate and that had become a habit. Only cultivation would give him some sense of direction in his life, and without money, this would be impossible. On top of that, his salary from a regular job would be a joke to be able to cultivate; the decision to spare time for either cultivation or to get a job was difficult.

He knew how to concoct pills; however, he was only in the first stage of Chi Gathering and couldn’t prepare pills, but even if he really could, were there any spiritual herbs or pill cauldrons? As such, he had to give up on the thought of concocting pills. The good thing was that he also knew how to make charms [1]. In the first stage of Chi Gathering, he couldn’t make high-level charms, but he could still make a few low-level spirit cleansing charms, ghost repelling charms, protection charms or even the simple fireball charms, and so forth.

He bought some charm paper, weasel’s hair, cinnabar (a special type of red paint) and so on. Although the best charms were all made with spiritual beasts’ blood and skin, there was no way there were spiritual beasts on Earth. He could still make it with cinnabar and chicken blood after a few other procedures. Although he couldn’t make high-level charms for the moment, this would be enough for sub level 1 charms.

Luckily, with the best quality Huang Biao [2] here and a few herbs, he could make it into charms. After all this, Ye Mo’s remaining 2000 dollars were almost gone.

Cinnabar, rooster blood and a few of the cheap herbs were made into charms with a light aroma. A few thousand dollars were indeed little as he could only make 30 or so charms with all of these things combined, and this didn’t include the materials he wasted due to failure.

The good thing was, although Ye Mo was only in the first stage of Chi Gathering, he was originally a master who could make level 5 charms. Unfortunately, now, the charms he made didn’t even have a level. With material enough for 30 or so charms, he only made 8 charms. He made 2 of each amongst the spirit cleansing charm, the ghost repelling charm, the protection charm, and the fireball charm. Although he only managed to make 8 charms, one of the mind clearing charms was almost made into something close to a level 1 charm due to a stroke of good luck. This was indeed a great surprise.

The eight charms took him half a month. On average, he could make one charm a day. What he had to do now was to sell the charms and, even though he knew that selling charms were thought to be metaphysical propaganda here, the government didn’t enforce a prohibition on it. Ning Hai had a large market of “Sea Treasures and ancient relics trading market”. It was also called by some people as the “Sea Treasure Garden”. There were not only all sorts of ancient and fascinating items sold here, but there were also people like Ye Mo selling charms.

Ye Mo also saw the charms people sold here. They were all made with normal Huang Biao without any spiritual Chi and wouldn’t have any effect at all. However, they were all sold very cheaply: ten to tens of dollars a sheet, and there were rarely any over a 100 dollar.

Of course, Ye Mo couldn’t sell his charms so cheaply, since if he actually sold them for such a low price, he might as well find a job.

In order to prevent being recognized and thus causing a disturbance in his peaceful life, or maybe even being captured and used as a lab rat, Ye Mo wore a big pair of shades as well as a hat with a very low rim. He came to Sea Treasure Garden and found a corner to set up his stall like those fortune tellers. He placed a few charms on a piece of black garment and opened his business just like this.

Although there were many city guards in Ning Hai, there weren’t any in Sea Treasure Garden, so no one came to bother Ye Mo saving him a lot of trouble. If other people relied on the number of their charms for money, Ye Mo knew he could only sell his to those who had keen eyes. If it weren’t someone who could tell how good his charms were, they would not buy his charms.

“Hm, there’s a ghost repelling charm, what’s this? Yo, boss, how much is your ghost repelling charm?” A man and woman walked in front of Ye Mo with the guy asking. Ye Mo didn’t think that there would be someone to ask for the price as soon as he set up his stall. He immediately stood up with surprised joy: “All the charms are 10,000 a piece—”

“You are psychotic!” Before Ye Mo finished speaking, he received those three words, followed by the backs of the two people walking off into the distance.

1: These charms usually refer to the ones made of paper. The paper bombs in Naruto are a good indication of what they look like, and most of them are consumables, so they could only be used once.

2: Huang Biao: Yellow paper used to inscribe runes.

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Ye Mo didn’t even get the chance to say that the close to level 1 mind-clearing charm was actually sold for 20,000 dollars before already being called psychotic; however, he wasn’t disappointed. After all, his charms could only be sold to those who could recognize their worth, only those with keen eyes could see that his charms carried a sliver of spiritual Chi.

But what made Ye Mo disappointed was that he had already set up his stall for five days in a row, and even if there were quite a lot of people who were asking, he hadn’t been able to sell even one. More so, his charm stall had already become famous in the Sea Treasure Garden because of his charms sold for 10,000 a sheet.

Many people didn’t come to buy the charms but instead to see what a 10,000 dollars charm looked like. Ye Mo’s stall also became a big joke in the Sea Treasure Garden. Other people’s charms were all A4 sized, but his charm was only the size of a palm, some were even only half the size of a palm. There had never been a stall that sold charms for over 10,000 dollars and non-negotiable. This way, it was hard for him not to become famous.

On the 9th day, Ye Mo was beginning to give up. He was already certain that there was no one here that could recognize the worth of his products. Only he knew that these charms were worth more than 10,000, even 100,000 wouldn’t be expensive for it. However, it was pointless as the talent amongst the charm makers could not be recognized.

Ye Mo decided today was the last day. If no one bought his charms today, he would go to a labor market and find a job first. Otherwise, he would not even be able to eat. People’s interests in his stall were not long-lasting. Although Ye Mo’s 10,000 dollar charm was mocked for many days, their interest in him had already died.

“Jingwen, this place is full of people who sell fake medicine. It’s where people who believe the mystical come. You have already bought enough magical relics, I think you should stop. I already contacted a brain hospital in France which is said to be very famous. Why don’t we transfer your mother to that hospital for treatment?” The one speaking was a tall and handsome man.

The woman was also quite tall, she had a cold face and an upper-class temperament, and her skin was white. She was breathtaking; indeed, Yan Yan in his class wasn’t bad but was incomparable to this woman. Ye Mo really couldn’t understand how the previous soul of his body had such low standards, being interested in women like Yan Yan.

However, this attractive woman looked frigid and seemed to be troubled by the look of her brows. Hearing the words of this handsome man, this woman called Jing Wen furrowed her brows even further. It was not that she didn’t want her mother to go to the hospital, but in the past three years, she already took her mother across six medically-developed countries and had been to tens of hospitals. However, there was no progress on her mother’s condition at all.

“Wang Peng, I didn’t ask you to come with me. You came yourself. Has my mom not been to enough hospitals lately? You recommended 5 or 6 as well but to no avail. If you don’t have the patience, you can leave if you want.” This woman’s tone was curt and unfeeling and, clearly, she didn’t have a good impression of the handsome man beside her.

The other woman looked very soldierly, she only followed closely the woman called Jing Wen without speaking at all, and by the looks of it, also seemed to be her bodyguard. Ye Mo found it funny that this Wang Peng was a unique one, he actually managed to impart such useless information so many times. But wait... the woman said that her mother was unconscious for 3 years, so by the looks of it, her mother was probably in a vegetative state.

By then, Ye Mo realized that his almost level 1 mind clearing charm should be able to wake her up. Thinking about this, he immediately started to promote: “Charms for sale! Possessed, vegetative states or impaired bodies, one of my charms will be effective, two of them can even bring a complete recovery....”

Ye Mo said this on purpose of course. His purpose was to see if he could do business with this pretty lady. If this woman could afford to visit multiple different countries, this definitely meant that she was wealthy. She wouldn’t mind parting with 10 or 20 grand.

The troubled Su Jingwen heard that there was a charm that could cure vegetables and immediately felt as if she had heard heavenly music. She didn’t even think before coming to Ye Mo’s stall.

“May I ask, can you charms cure someone in a vegetative state?” Su Jingwen’s voice was shaking, it was like a drowning person who grabbed a log. She was very tense. Ye Mo smiled calmly and thought, if his level 1 charm couldn’t even cure an unconscious mortal, then nothing could. But this business came because of his spruiking. Of course he wanted to complete this business; otherwise, he would have spruiked for no reason, so when this pretty woman asked, he hurriedly said: “Of course, my charms can cure someone with only one breath remaining, much less someone in a vegetative state. They are passed down from my ancestor—”

Ye Mo was going to continue to conjure bullsh*t, but the lovely lady interrupted him and asked desperately: “My mother is in a vegetative state and I wish to wake her up. What charm do I need?”

Ye Mo nodded and thought to himself that he already knew the answer; otherwise, he wouldn’t call her over. He made a contemplative and intense face and said, “This is simple, you only need to buy a spirit cleansing charm. I have two spirit cleansing charms. The high-quality one is 20,000, the common one is 10,000, and it is non-negotiable!”

“What, you cheater, how dare you swindle people on the streets! I’m calling the police immediately!” Hearing that two charms made out of Huang Biao were being sold for 30,000 dollars, this handsome guy named Wang Peng immediately became enraged, he pointed at Ye Mo’s nose and swore.

Ye Mo slapped Wang Peng’s hand to the side and gripped his hand sneakily so that Wang Peng would be unable to use his arm in the future. It wouldn’t be seen now, but later on, when Wang Peng’s hand would tense, his wrist would dislocate.

Ye Mo’s movements were completed in one swift motion. Other people couldn’t tell except for the soldierly looking woman who followed Su Jingwen and saw this. A glimmer of shock flashed across her eyes, but she immediately went back to her usual calm expression.

Kicking Wang Peng’s hand to the side, Ye Mo spoke coldly: “I didn’t make you buy it, what a joke, p*ss off, I’m doing business here so don’t interfere with me!”

“How dare you—” Wang Peng’s was so furious, but before he could finish, he was stopped by the cold looking woman.

“Wang Peng, please move aside, I don’t need you to follow behind us,” Su Jingwen said coldly to Wang Peng and then turned to Ye Mo saying apologetically: “Sorry, master, this person is only walking with us and don’t represent my intentions.”

“Jingwen, this person suspiciously covered his face and sells this palm-sized yellow paper for 10,000, it is so obvious that he’s lying. Tens of thousands of dollar is a small matter but what if something happens to your mother?” Wang Peng still wanted to persuade her, but Su Jingwen’s complexion turned cold. It was evident that she was getting impatient.

Chapter 3: Renting A House & Charm

 

“You two can leave, I won’t sell my things to you since this guy here is annoying me,” Ye Mo pointed at Wang Peng and said to Su Jingwen.

Su Jingwen was so troubled by her mom’s condition that she seemed very fatigued. She had already lost hope for the hospital. She heard from someone that her mom could be haunted by an evil spirit and as long as she bought a spirit-repelling artifact, it could cast away the spirit and make her mom wake up. She bought quite a lot of artifacts, but her mom still didn’t have the slightest sign of waking up. Now that someone said that his charm could wake up her mom, how could she let that pass?

Even if this person was tricking her, it was only tens of thousands of dollars, and that really wasn’t much for her Su Family. As long as there was a sliver of hope, she wouldn’t give up. Although in the depth of her heart, she also knew that this person’s words were probably 99% fake, she still wanted to try nonetheless.

Hearing Ye Mo say that, how could she not be worried? She hurriedly said to Ye Mo, “I’m sorry master, I have no relations with this person,” after she had finished her sentence, Su Jingwen stared coldly at Wang Peng and said: “Mr. Wang, you’re free to leave. Please stop following me or I will be calling the police!”

Hearing Su Jingwen’s words, Wang Peng stared bleakly at Ye Mo. Silently, he vowed bitterly that Ye Mo would face the music for his swindling. When he returned, he would call people to break this guy’s arms and legs.

But since Su Jingwen already said that, he no longer had the face to stay and could only turn away and leave. Ye Mo saw Wang Peng’s eyes and knew what that person wanted to do. However, he was only going to do this business during these few days, and as soon as he was finished, he would leave. He didn’t have the time for other things. More so, he wasn’t afraid of this Wang Peng at all.

“I want all of your spirit cleansing charms here, how much is it?” Seeing Wang Peng had left, Su Jingwen asked desperately.

Ye Mo took the two spirit cleansing charms and said: “I worked my heart out for this, so of course, there won’t be much; only these two, but you only need this good one. As for the other one, you can store it in a jade bottle and, usually, it would still be working in ten years. It will be 30,000 dollars for the two of them.”

As he spoke, Ye Mo took the two spirit cleansing charms and gave them to Su Jingwen, while showing her the one that was close to level 1.

Su Jingwen took the two charms but gave him a 50,000 dollars cheque. Since Ye Mo wasn’t someone who liked to take advantage of others, he took out another protection charm and fireball charm and gave them to Su Jingwen. He said: “Since you gave me 20,000, I’ll give these two to you as well.”

“This one is a protection charm. When you go back, put it in a small pouch and wear it on your body. As for the fireball one, it’s for self-defense. If you encounter someone who tries to harm you. Just throw it over and say ‘Lin’[1].”

Seeing that Ye Mo didn’t want to take advantage of her, Su Jingwen immediately had greater hopes for these two charms, and Ye Mo didn’t look like a swindler anymore. After hearing Ye Mo’s words, she hurriedly asked: “Master, how do I use this spirit cleansing charm?”

Ye Mo took the cheque and said, “Just like the other one, simply throw the charm at the patient and say ‘Lin’.”

“Um, what is your last name, and would it possible for you to come see my mother with me? I will double that cheque as commission,” taking the spirit cleansing charm, Jiang Li felt that her hasty mind seemed to be gradually calming. On top of that, this paper-looking charm weighed quite something which gave her more confidence in Ye Mo, and that’s why she thought about inviting him.

Obviously, Ye Mo wouldn’t go with Su Jingwen and waved his hand: “I don’t need to go, this charm will definitely save that person!” When they saw that Ye Mo didn’t want to go with them, Su Jingwen and the woman called Xiao Yue could only take the two charms and rush back to try them.

When the two ladies left, Ye Mo turned and pack up his stall in order to cash out the money at a bank, as he desperately needed money right now.

.......

“Sister Jing, this person was wearing a big pair of shades, and we couldn’t even see his face, Wang Peng’s words made sense, and I think he might be a fraud,” although she clearly thought that Ye Mo was a scammer, Xiao Yue still expressed it euphemistically.

Su Jingwen sighed. She also thought that Ye Mo was a fraud but even knowing that, she still had to try out of desperation. Even if she knew she was being cheated, she still had to try.

Seeing Su Jingwen’s sigh without saying a word, Xiao Yue, as her bodyguard, seemed to understand her thoughts. Her face was also sad, but she didn’t add anything further.

The first thing Ye Mo did after getting the 50,000 dollars was to find a place to live because he needed some herbs to make some serums, and it wasn’t convenient for him in the school; it would be much better if he rented a house outside. Although he would see his dorm mates only once in a few months, what he did was highly secretive, and he didn’t want to expose it like that.

It was very easy to rent a place in Ning Hai as long as there was enough money, but he couldn’t find a place that would satisfy him. This was because he needed, not only good living conditions but also a place where he could practice martial arts.

It was already very hard for him to cultivate right now but he didn’t want to also forget his mortal martial arts from his past life. He needed some measures for self-defense.

The Ning Du district and the Ning Hai University where Ye Mo went to school were coincidentally on the north and south respectively. Although it was all in the same city, there were more than 30 km of road in-between. When Ye Mo had found Ning Du, it was already almost midnight.

There were two reason why he wanted to find somewhere to live far from the university. The first one was because he didn’t want the people in the school to know his secrets, and the second was that he wished to run to the school in the future in order to train his body.

Just when Ye Mo gave up on looking for a house for the night, a little yard with faint traces of spirit Chi appeared in front of him. What gave Ye Mo an unexpected joy was that there was actually a sign saying “For Lease” on the yard.

Before even entering the house, Ye Mo had already decided to rent this place, only because the spirit Chi here was relatively decent.

“Who are you looking for?” as the door was knocked open by Ye Mo, a woman in her fifties appeared and scanned him. Meanwhile, Ye Mo forgot to reply to this woman because he saw that there was actually a Silver Heart Grass here. No wonder spirit Chi was emanating. He was surprised to see this herb here. However, there was only one stalk of this herb which was way too little. Silver Heart Grass was the main ingredient for making a Chi Gathering pill. How could it even exist on Earth?

Ye Mo forced down the excitement in his heart and faced the woman who looked at him with a weird glance before he hurriedly said: “Aunty, I saw that this place was for lease and I want to rent it.” hearing Ye Mo’s words, she finally understood for his presence. It was someone looking to rent the house, so she quickly let Ye Mo come in.

After the conversation with her, Ye Mo finally understood how this place worked. This yard house had two rooms on the east and west as well as a living room. The house owner didn’t want to rent the living room, and the room on the west side was already rented by someone else. Meanwhile, the room on the east was where the house owner originally lived; however, the house owner was now going to the Ning Bei district where the owner’s son lived. Therefore she wanted to rent out the east side as well, and that’s when she met Ye Mo.

What took the woman by surprise was that she set the rent to be 1100 a month but this not-so-wealthy looking young man didn’t even say anything and just paid out a year’s rent straight away.

1: The “Lin” here literally means “arrival/arrive”.

…

“Dad, why did you come back?” Su Jingwen returned to the private hospital, and the first person she saw was her father. Ever since her mother went into a vegetative state, her father invested almost all of his time into his career, while her mother’s company was managed by Su Jingwen. However, due to her mother’s illness, the company was a mess, even so, her father didn’t even ask about it and also rarely came to the private hospital to see her mother. However, Su Jingwen didn’t know why her father suddenly came to the hospital today.

“Hmph, if I didn’t come back, I don’t know how much trouble you would be causing. Buying all those random things and this time, you even believed a charm would cure your mother. Is your next move to invite a Tiao Da Shen [1]?” Su Jianzhong’s face was very bleak; obviously, he was disappointed in his daughter.

Hearing this, Su Jingwen knew that Wang Peng had dobbed on her. She felt a surge of hatred towards this repulsive Wang Peng who was nothing but a pretty face. However, she was also very upset with her father, therefore remained silent and didn’t want to reply.

“What, can’t you talk anymore? Throw those useless pieces of trash away immediately!” Su Jianzheng said with a commanding voice.

“Dad, after mom got sick, what have you done? You only came to visit her once when she became unconscious. Where have you been all these years? Ask yourself, have you treated mom right? What I have done, I’m very clear about that in my heart, and I don’t need you to control me. Mom never criticized you for the women you have outside but what about yourself? Have you thought about mom the slightest bit?” after staying silent for a little while, Su Jingwen suddenly burst out.

“You...” Su Jianzhong’s face went red and white after hearing her words. He raised his hand and was about to give his daughter a slap but seeing his daughter’s stern yet fatigued face, he slowly put his hands down. He knew in his heart that he really didn’t have the right to say anything about his daughter, he had indeed wronged his wife and daughter. His wife’s company was entirely managed by his daughter, and he didn’t help the least bit.

“Okay, I know I can’t control you, but I hope this is the last time you are superstitious, don’t do this again. You have received high order education, can’t you understand this? Don’t start a conflict with Wang Peng over a superstitious fraud on the streets,” said Su Jianzhong helplessly.

Su Jingwen cursed Wang Peng silently. Of course, she knew why her father wanted her to get close with Wang Peng. If her father wanted to progress in his career, then he needed the help of Wang Peng’s father. Although her father was already a mayor, her father was not on the list for substantial investment in the Su Family. Without the help of the Su Family, Su Jianzhong would stay in that position for the rest of his life if he didn’t find his own connections.

In fact, Su Jianzhong did think like this. The Wang Family’s power was no less than the Su Family and, on top of that, the Su Family wasn’t one of those great families in the capital who received massive sponsorship from a multitude of investors, those families with limitless potential. He had really peaked in his career being a mayor and was almost 50 years old, if he didn’t receive external help, perhaps he would gradually fade out of the Su Family’s line of sight. If he could borrow the Wang Family’s power and take one step higher, then maybe the elder of the family would re-evaluate his potential.

Although she knew her father’s plans, Su Jingwen didn’t say anything. Even though Wang Peng was handsome, in Su Jingwen’s eyes, he was only good looking but useless.

Seeing that it was her turn to enter her mom’s room, Su Jianzhong opened his mouth and wanted to say something but withheld it. He knew that his plans were not beneficial for his daughter. He thought about it and also followed her, but halted at the doorway. He didn’t have the courage to face his wife who had been unconscious for three years.

On the bed laid a beautiful woman that appeared to be in her 30’s. She was similar to Su Jingwen, but her eyes were tightly closed, and her eyebrows seem to be slightly furrowed. Seeing Su Jingwen enter, the nurse who had been sitting at the head of the bed hurried to stand up and greet Su Jingwen before leaving.

Looking at her still unconscious mother, Su Jingwen’s eyes stung with tears. It had been a few years already and, although she still hadn’t given up, she had no one to cry to and confide in about her pains. She could only cry at her mother’s bedside in the depth of the night.

Taking out the spirit cleansing charms that was worth 20,000 dollars, Su Jingwen’s mind drifted. Although she knew that it was probably fake, she still couldn’t suppress the excitement in her heart. It was as though her mom would actually wake up after throwing this charm down.

Seeing his daughter driven to such desperation, Su Jianzhong shook his head but didn’t continue to talk. He wanted to wait after his daughter used this charm and have a good conversation with her.

Su Jingwen suddenly stood up and took two steps back. She raised her hand and threw the spirit cleansing charm towards the woman that laid on the bed and, at the same time, she gently uttered the word “Lin”. Seeing his superstitious daughter, Su Jianzhong didn’t have the slightest thought of laughing but was moved instead, there was only unrest and guilt in his heart. For her mother, his daughter who was well-educated had started believing these things.

However, Su Jianzhong immediately thought that there were problems with his eyes. The yellow charm his daughter threw out actually turned into many white rays after his daughter had said “Lin”. These white rays entered his wife’s body as some ashes were raining down around her. If it wasn’t for the whole room suddenly cooling down and his eyes feeling pain from the bright rays, he would have thought that he was hallucinating. “What the heck is this?”

Su Jingwen was also shocked, she thought that after throwing the charm out and saying the word, it would continue to fall on her mother’s blanket and then she would prepare to wake up her mother. However, things greatly exceeded her expectations, the charm she threw out turned into numerous, cool white rays which all went into her mother’s body. Meanwhile, the charm she threw out all disappeared. In the blink of an eye, all she saw were some tiny specks of dust flying around.

Su Jingwen felt goose bumps on her head. She knew that a lot of those frauds used chemistry occurrences to cheat people; however, she was a well-educated science student, and there was no way she could explain this phenomenon with any chemistry reaction. Could it be that this was really a charm? Thinking that this charm might actually be working, Su Jingwen’s hands started to shake. If what that master who sold charms said was really true, then her mom should be about to wake up.

Su Jingwen could no longer hold the excitement in her heart and rushed beside her mom.

1: Tiao Da Shen: someone who jumps around and invites spirits to enter his/her body to perform magic.

Chapter 4: House Mates

 

“Mom, I’m Jingwen, can you hear me? Mom...” Su Jingwen agitatedly grabbed the woman’s hand and called her name nonstop.

The woman’s hands moved and then her eyebrows twitched. Slowly, she opened her eyes. Confused, she looked at her daughter full of joy and tears and wanted to say something. However, Su Jingwen excitedly swooped into the woman’s arms and cried: “Mom, you’re finally awake, I...”

“Wen Wen...” The woman on the bed gradually woke up. She felt that a light and refreshing air was slowly circulating inside her body making her spirit gradually recover.

“What happened to me, Wen Wen?” The woman on the bed was completely awake and struggled to sit up. However, the extended period of lying down made her limbs numb, rendering her unable to sit up. She did, however, feel a refreshing gust that was still recovering her limbs.

Su Jianzhong stared at this incomprehensible scene with his mouth wide open in shock. He was speechless; this was the first time that he realized those unexplainable things in the world were real.

......

Ye Mo felt very pleased with his new residence. He still had tens of thousands of dollars on him right now, and for the moment, he didn’t need to go out and earn money. Every day, he stayed in the yard to cultivate and also carefully moved the Silver Heart Grass into another flower pot.

After a month, Ye Mo also knew that the person living on the west side was a young woman in her twenties. However, Ye Mo cultivated every night and went into the yard every morning to practice martial arts. Meanwhile, the woman also seemed to go to work very early in the morning, and by the time she got back each day, Ye Mo had already begun cultivating in his room. Therefore, after a month, the two still didn’t even see each other once.

Ye Mo didn’t care at all what sort of woman lived on the west side. Although his life was mundane, he didn’t even have enough time to cultivate each day, let alone time to chat up with a lady.

Although Xu Wei knew that the house owner also rented out the east side, she didn’t know what sort of person rented the house. She only knew that this was a male youth that was about the same age as her. However, she went to work every day at 6 am, and by the time she came back, it was already nearly 7 pm, but she had never seen this person. Because the director of the state hospital was doing work inspection this month, she didn’t even get a day of rest on the weekends.

Meanwhile, this youth never appeared before or after she went to work. If it weren’t for the change in the flowers in the flower pot in the garden each day, she would have thought that this person didn’t exist at all. But as time went by, she understood that the person who lived opposite to her room was probably a zhai nan.

There was still another half a month remaining before school started. This month of cultivation only made Ye Mo’s Chi purer, but it was still far from the second stage of Chi Gathering. From this, it could be seen how much the spirit Chi in the world affected cultivation. However, his mortal martial arts didn’t lag behind, and he was becoming more and more proficient.

Ye Mo also knew that if he wanted to reach stage 2 in this place, it would be impossible without the help of external things. However, those Chinese herbs in those shops were unable to help him break through, his only hope laid with the Silver Heart Grass in the yard. Yet, there was only one Silver Heart Grass, so Ye Mo wanted to keep this spirit grass alive. Ideally, it would bear seeds, and he could cultivate another batch.

However, the growth period of the Silver Heart Grass was two years. Perhaps this Silver Heart Grass grew by itself and had only been around for a year. Even with Ye Mo’s careful cultivation, it would be at least another three years before this one matured and he could harvest its fruits. However, hope was better than nothing at all.

Ye Mo walked out of the house and saw that there was a 20-year-old or so woman washing clothes in the yard. With one glance, he knew it was the lady living next door. Before, she always washed clothes at night. How come she didn’t go to work today and washed clothes in the morning? When Xu Wei saw Ye Mo walk into the yard, there was a hint of a smile on the corner of her mouth. This dammed zhai nan. She’d been living under the same roof with him for a month but didn’t get to see him in person at all. It was only because she was taking night shifts for colleagues who were getting married these few days that she got to see him. This guy was really zhai, but he wasn’t bad looking, how come he wouldn’t come out? She wondered what job he did.

“Hello, my name is Xu Wei, I live next to you, and I work at Li Kang Hospital.”

Xu Wei was very open and greeted Ye Mo. Ye Mo also smiled and nodded: “I’m Ye Mo, a jobless nomad.”

It was also Ye Mo’s first time seeing Xu Wei, she was a very gentle-looking lady, and the smile on her face seemed genuine. Her hair was curled up on top of her head and didn’t appear to be very long. However, her skin was very white and, although she wasn’t as pretty as the lady who bought the charm from him, she wasn’t too far off.

“You don’t go to work?” Hearing Ye Mo saying he was a jobless nomad, Xu Wei began to get tense in her heart. A youth in his golden years, not working yet renting a house staying there all day long. What did this mean? There was no wifi here so he couldn’t be playing games at home. Moreover, the way he looked at her didn’t seem like normal zhai nans who were fearful with catching glances. Instead, he scanned her closely. Could this person be a fugitive?

At that moment, Xu Wei’s heart started to beat intensely.

Meanwhile, Ye Mo didn’t bother with what Xu Wei would think. The first thing he did was to look at his Silver Heart Grass and then proceeded to care for all the other flowers as well. Then, he planned to practice a set of fist techniques; however, remembering that Xu Wei was by his side, he greeted her and left.

Seeing Ye Mo image walk out of the door, she finally let out a gasp of relief. Thinking about his focused state when he cared for the flowers, she thought to herself that she was thinking too much. Would a fugitive have the heart to care for flowers? Judging by his clothes, she understood that he wasn’t someone well off. She really couldn’t understand what he was doing all day.

......

Qing Du Lake Garden was the closest garden near where Ye Mo lived. Not only was the area big but there was also a clear lake. There were many elderly or those who liked to exercise here. Ye Mo also came here before, but initially, he only liked practicing martial arts in the yard, so today was his first time actually coming here to practice.

The air here wasn’t bad, and the environment was obviously better than the yard. After finishing a set, Ye Mo was very satisfied, his Chi grew purer and, although it was still far from stage 2, it was good as long as he improved.

“Your fist technique is excellent, my friend. However, I’ve seen a lot of fist techniques, but I can’t tell what fist technique you used. What a shame,” just when Ye Mo was finishing up, a 30-year-old middle-aged man came over and complimented him.

1: Zhai Nan: a guy who stays home all day. Zhai means house, nan means man.

…

This middle-aged person was also practicing his fists nearby, and Ye Mo also saw him. However, Ye Mo thought his martial arts were merely for show and didn’t pay attention to it too much. Now that he came to greet him, Ye Mo couldn’t just ignore him, so he smiled and answered, “I’m just practicing randomly by myself, it’s nothing much.”

Hearing Ye Mo’s words, this middle aged man smiled awkwardly. It was quite obvious that Ye Mo wasn’t interested in getting to know him. However, he really felt that Ye Mo’s fist technique was good which made him want to get to know him, thus coming up to say hello.

“My name is Fang Weicheng. I can tell you have a great master, and my hands are itching to perform, how about we have a quick match?” after the middle-aged man had said that, Ye Mo finally understood that he came to him looking for a fight. Looking at Fang Weicheng, Ye Mo shook his head and said: “You are no match for me, there is no need to spar.”

Fang Weicheng fazed. Just before, Ye Mo’s words made him think that he was very humble. However, he suddenly became so arrogant. His face couldn’t help but redden after hearing Ye Mo’s words. Although this young man’s martial arts caught his attention, this kid overestimated himself too much by saying that he was no match for him.

Fang Weicheng entered the army when he was 17 and left when he was 32. Although he became a driver after retirement, he had never dropped his martial arts practice. How could Ye Mo say that he was no match for him? This young man was at most barely over 20. There was no way he would believe that he was no match for a kid in his early twenties.

The reason he wanted to spar with this young man was that he felt Ye Mo’s martial arts weren’t for show, just like him, and fighting with Ye Mo would definitely bring him benefits.

“How would you know that I am no match for you? To be honest, after I left the army, I had never met someone that could be my match. Since you’re so confident, then why don’t we try?” Fang Weicheng felt he was losing face.

Ye Mo shook his head and said reluctantly: “Okay, since you want to, then take the first move.”

“Just right here? We’re not going to a larger place?” Fang Weicheng looked around. Ye Mo smiled and said: “It’s only a matter of a few moves, that won’t be necessary.”

“You...” Fang Weicheng was rendered speechless by Ye Mo’s words. Anger started to rise in his heart as he spoke with some fury: “In that case, I’m attacking!”

Fang Weicheng’s attack was the mediocre yet sturdy “Black Tiger Tearing The Heart”. Although it might look simple, his thought was that when this young man would make a move, Fang Weicheng’s attack would immediately change and let Ye Mo know of his power.

Unexpectedly to him, just when Fang Weicheng struck with his fist, Ye Mo suddenly took a step forward and grabbed Fang Weicheng’s fist before he even had the chance to change his move. Ye Mo raised his hand, and Fang Weicheng’s near 100 Kg body was raised up which caused Fang Weicheng’s head to immediately buzz.

It truly exceeded his senses. When he regained consciousness, he realized that he had been thrown on a stone stool beside Ye Mo, as if he had been sitting there from the beginning. Meanwhile, the young man he sparred with had already disappeared.

“Amazing...” After some time, Fang Weicheng finally caught on with what had happened and muttered to himself, “Even the instructor in the army couldn’t win against me so easily!”

......

When Ye Mo walked into the little yard, Xu Wei was observing the flowers he cultivated. Although Ye Mo grew a lot of flowers, it was all mainly to cover up that Silver Heart Grass.

Seeing Ye Mo walk in, Xu Wei felt a bit awkward and hurriedly stand up, trying to find a conversation: “I didn’t think that you liked growing flowers. Usually, men who grow flowers are very meticulous, so you seem like a meticulous person. Oh, I bought some vegetables today, let’s eat together later. After all, we’re neighbors, and we can get to know each other a little.”

Ye Mo had always been eating outside and didn’t expect someone would invite him to dinner today. Of course, he wouldn’t reject something like this and smiled: “Okay, thank you. I always see you going early and coming late, how come you didn’t go to work today?”

“One of my colleagues applied for a leave of absence for these few days, and coincidentally, I was resting so I am taking night shifts for her,” Xu Wei didn’t think this zhai nan’s observations were so on point.

Xu Wei’s dishes were not bad, at least they were better than what Ye Mo got when he went out to eat every day. “Today’s food was excellent, thank you!” then Ye Mo thought: “How good would it be if I could freeload some food off her every day? Then, I wouldn’t have to go out every day for food.”

“We’re neighbors, no need to thank me. You can also invite me to eat in the future.” Xu Wei said playfully and started to feel that Ye Mo didn’t seem like a bad person.

Ye Mo smiled awkwardly and said: “I never cook myself.”

“Then go to the restaurant,” Xu Wei felt this Ye Mo was cute. Usually, one invited a girl who he wasn’t too familiar with to the restaurant, who would cook themselves? Don’t they usually go to restaurants?

Ye Mo said helplessly: “Okay, if I have the opportunity, I will invite you,” meanwhile, he thought to himself, “I knew there were never free foods in the world. As soon as one finishes this lunch, one owes the other the next.”

“Ye Mo let’s exchange numbers, mine is 13xxxxxxxx, what’s yours?” Xu Wei took out an exquisite pink phone and asked.

“I don’t have a phone. If you need something, just knock on my door, I can still help you out with the usual stuff. All right, I’m going back now,” after he had finished, Ye Mo stood up and went back to his room

Xu Wei fazed for a bit, then thought that even a laborer nowadays would have a phone, yet Ye Mo didn’t even have one so he might be in an awful situation. She wondered when she looked at him if he even paid the rent, and how the owner could let him live here if he didn’t.

However, this guy seemed to really value his dignity and actually said he was able to help her with the usual stuff. Xu Wei shook her head. This Ye Mo didn’t seem like a bad guy, it was just that he needed to save his face. She wondered if she should help him find a job in the hospital, as it was better than being jobless.

Xu Wei thought that she was at least kind of pretty, but this Ye Mo didn’t even want to sit for a little longer which was disappointing. It was as though he really came for the food. However, Xu Wei thought it through very quickly and concluded that he was probably self-conscious. After all, he was jobless and couldn’t even afford a phone so, of course, he would be uncomfortable sitting down and talking with her. Thinking about this, Xu Wei finally found some peace in her heart.

Meanwhile, when Ye Mo went back to his room, he wondered if he should buy a phone. However, he decided that it was completely useless since he really didn’t have any friends or relatives here, so he would have no one to contact. Therefore, he extinguished the idea.

His 50,000 dollars were all spent on rent and some herbs, as well as on the daily expenditure. Now, there was only around 20,000 left, so Ye Mo decided to set up his stall again.

However, this time, he wasn’t going to sell charms as they were too hard to sell. If he didn’t meet that desperate woman last time, he probably wouldn’t even be able to sell one.

This time, his idea was to set up a small night market clinic stall. This was because Xu Wei’s job inspired him. Another reason for that mobile clinic stall was that it was mobile and others wouldn’t target him. On top of that, in the night market, the city guards wouldn’t care, and he could cultivate while waiting for customers. Of course, the main reason was that the government forbade nomadic doctors, so he could only open his business at night.

Ye Mo’s idea was the same as selling charms. He was either going to do nothing at all or earn enough for a long time.

Chapter 5: Prettiest Girl In Ning Hai University

 

The second day, Ye Mo didn’t go to the Qing Du Lake Garden to train again. Instead, he woke up early in the morning and finished a set of fist training in the yard. Then, he went out to buy a medical box and a set of silver needles. Other than this, he also purchased a bunch of herbs. He made some simple medicine balls and soups. Of course, they weren’t even the simplest concocted pills. However, for Ye Mo, these things were enough for him to set up a stall.

This way, his remaining money sent him into a financial crisis once again. When he finished preparing everything, Ning Hai University had started again. It was already Ye Mo’s 4th year of university.

As everyone expected, Ye Mo didn’t pass a single subject and had to redo exams for everything. However, Ye Mo didn’t give a sh*t about that or the school. If it were a normal student, he would be punished heavily or even forced to leave the school when he failed more than three subjects. However, Ye Mo was a special type of person.

Although he was kicked out of the Ye family, the school wouldn’t start a conflict with the Ye family over this, since nobody really knew what the big families were playing at. He would leave after four years anyway, so the school had nothing to lose. After all, when he first entered the Ning Hai University, he didn’t get in with his scores. As for the remedial exams, Ye Mo didn’t care at all, it had no place in his heart and was still focused on preparing his night market stall.

Every day, Ye Mo went to Ning Hai University while jogging. The primary purpose was to practice his cloud shadow step. Right now, he had no progress in cultivation, so if he couldn’t even cultivate mortal martial arts, then he would really develop a sense of insecurity. However, he didn’t feel the danger of constant life and death battles that were on the Luo Yue continent which made him feel much safer.

It was already the second week of school, although Ye Mo still hadn’t set up the nomadic medical stall, he already felt huge improvements in his cloud shadow step. It appeared that leaving early and coming back late, covering 70 km of distance, was beneficial for him.

This morning, Ye Mo woke up a little late as he slept an hour more than usual. When he arrived at Ning Hai University, it was already 7 am and, after going to the small restaurant outside the campus for some soy milk and a few buns, it was almost 8 am.

“Big brother, do you want to buy a flower?” Outside the restaurant stood a little girl holding a bunch of fresh flowers. She looked tense and scared as she came up to Ye Mo and asked.

Ye Mo looked at the little girl and observed that she had a rather thin layer of clothes on. It was September, and it was quite chilly in the morning. This little girl came out to sell flowers this early? Her family must be having some difficulties. Ye Mo was reminded about the time when he was a small child, he was an orphan until nine years old, when he was brought by an old Taoist to his master’s sect. However, in only a year’s time, the old Taoist died. After the old Taoist had passed away, he followed his teacher Luo Ying and only then did his life completely change for the better.

“How come you’re not going to school?” Ye Mo thought to himself that this was about the time for class. It was a 9 years mandatory school system here, and this little girl had to be expected at school.

“Today is Saturday, I’m out to help my big sister sell flowers,” the little girl’s voice was very soft, but Ye Mo could still hear her uneasiness, but Ye Mo continued asking, “Okay I’ll buy some, how much for one?”

Meanwhile, he was amazed that it was already Saturday, as he’d been running around every day, he forgot the time.

“5 dollars for one, but if you buy more it’s three dollars,” when the little girl heard that Ye Mo was going to buy flowers, her voice immediately became clearer. It was quite obvious that Ye Mo’s words gave her some confidence.

“Okay, I’ll take all of your flowers, here’s your money.” Ye Mo looked at the roses in the little girl’s hands, there was about twenty or so. He took out a 100 dollar note and gave it to the little girl. He took the flowers from the little girl’s hands and turned to leave.

“Big brother, I still need to give you change,” the little girl saw it was 100 dollars, and since Ye Mo took them all, she would only charge 3 dollars each.

“No need, the flowers I give to my girlfriend shouldn’t be discounted! See you around.” Ye Mo took the flowers and already disappeared into the gateway of Ning Hai University.

If this were after school, Ye Mo would’ve probably given these flowers to Xu Wei. However, he was in the school now. Looks like he could only find a bin and dump it.

“Hm, is the person who just bought the flowers Ye Mo from our school? He actually has a girlfriend? His words were quite philosophical ‘The flowers I give to my girlfriend shouldn’t be discounted!’ Who would be willing to be his girlfriend?” Two girls at the front of the school saw Ye Mo taking the roses then walked into the school, and one of them who knew Ye Mo asked curiously.

“So this is the one called Ye Mo?” the other girl was also curious, and she was definitely so much prettier than the girl talking before. The meaning of her words was clear, she had heard of Ye Mo but didn’t know him.

“Su Mei, you are the campus queen of Ning Hai University, of course, you don’t know about his tragic story, but I know this person, it is said that he has a rotten luck. Let’s follow him and see who his girlfriend is,” the other girl laughed.

“Yan Zi, I feel that he didn’t buy it for his girlfriend, but for the little girl,” the girl called Su Mei said with frowned eyes.

Before Yan Zi could reply, another voice could be heard: “Xiao Mei, I was just looking for you. I didn’t think I would see you at the front of the school. I see you’re free today, so let me invite you to dinner, and don’t tell me that you don’t have time!”

A BMW X7 was parked outside the school, and from the car emerged a good looking youth; however, his skin had an unhealthy paleness to it, but when he saw Su Mei, his face brightened up in happiness.

“It’s Zheng Wenqiao, the biggest wealthy second generation in the school. Mei Mei, you really are charismatic. The prettiest girl and the wealthiest guy, I really envy you...” Yan Zi looked at Su Mei with a face full of envy. Her eyes seemed to say “If only I were Su Mei...”

Su Mei’s face sunk and immediately turned her head around and saw this young, wealthy kid, apologizing: “Sorry, my boyfriend is already here.”

After saying that, she ran a few steps, came by Ye Mo’s side and held his arm with her hands. Then, she used an incredibly soft and gentle tone and said: “Mo, why did you just come, I’ve been waiting for you so long. Did you buy these flowers for me? They’re stunning!”

Ye Mo was not expecting this, and thought to himself: “Since when did I have such a beautiful girlfriend? How come I didn’t know?”

But Ye Mo saw that not far away, Zheng Wenqiao just got off his BMW with a blank face. Immediately, he knew he was being used as a shield. Seeing the smiling beautiful girl that held his arms, Ye Mo immediately sneered in his heart. A sense of disgust rose from the bottom of his heart.

This woman thought that just because she was a bit pretty, she could just do this to people. For her, it was only something as simple as using him as a shield. Afterward, she could just pat her butt and leave, but he would be left to deal with the other love interest. It was as though that it was Ye Mo’s honor that she used. These self-centered women really felt too good about themselves.

…

Just seeing the eyes with which the pale-faced youth looked at him, Ye Mo knew he wasn’t going to let him go freely. Although Ye Mo didn’t fear anyone, he felt uncomfortable being manipulated by someone like this. Fortunately, he was not the same anymore, if it had been the original Ye Mo, the consequences would have been rather severe.

The pale-faced teenager definitely didn’t look like a good person. If he were letting Ye Mo go scot-free after this, then Ye Mo would have really wasted the many decades he lived in the cultivation realm.

Staring expressionlessly at the cute girl beside him, Ye Mo didn’t say a word. Although he was really repulsed by the girl’s irresponsible behavior — where one’s action was made without thinking of the consequences it would bring to others — he didn’t like this pale-faced, dead-fish eyes youth either. If this guy dared to look for trouble with him afterward, he didn’t mind leaving him with a memory that would last his entire lifetime.

“Friend, not bad, even Su Mei looks at you with special eyes. Let’s get to know each other. I’m Zheng Wenqiao. You seem quite familiar, you might be someone I know,” Zheng Wenqiao walked in front of Ye Mo and said bitterly, with a flash of contempt and maliciousness in his eyes. There was even some pity in his eyes, as though he had already pictured in his mind how Ye Mo would beg to him with his knees on the ground.

“F*ck off...” Ye Mo didn’t give a sh*t about Zheng Wenqiao. With his many life and death experiences in the cultivation realm, he could already tell what Zheng Wenqiao was thinking just by his eyes.

If Zheng Wenqiao really pissed him off, he wouldn’t mind killing him. Even if this place didn’t welcome him anymore, there would be other places where he could go. Although he knew that this was a society ruled by the law, killings had to occur in the shadows since murdering someone in public had severe consequences, but some habits could be changed so easily. He was a cultivator, he could still live his life in the mountains.

“You... nice, how dare you!” Ye Mo was prepared to respond as soon as Zheng Wenqiao would attack and would teach him a lesson first. However, he didn’t think that Zheng Wenqiao only said a few words and turned away with a bleak face.

Ye Mo understood that Zheng Wenqiao probably saw his robust physique and didn’t dare to make a move by himself. He probably went back to gather men, but Ye Mo didn’t consider him to be a threat at all.

“Ye Mo, you, do you know who he is?” Su Mei didn’t think Ye Mo was so aggressive, not even giving a sh*t about the wealthiest second generation in the Ning Hai University. Zheng Wenqiao’s father was the vice mayor of Ning Hai City. Meanwhile, his mother was from the Qiu Family whose business was in the top 100 of China. There shouldn’t be anyone in Ning Hai University that didn’t know him.

A wealthy second generation like him was told by Ye Mo to f*ck off. This Ye Mo really did have some problems with his brain... but she really liked his actions.

Su Mei came back quickly to the reality and admired Ye Mo for his actions as he helped her drive away a fly, one that she hated a lot. She smiled and immediately said: “Ye Mo, I’ve heard about your name, I didn’t think that you would dare to tell even Zheng Wenqiao to f*ck off. I’m really grateful to you today. How about I invite you to dinner?”

After Su Mei had said this, she thought it would be an immense honor that she was giving to Ye Mo since no one else could make her invite her to dinner. Those who wanted to invite her out could line up from here to the outside of Ning Hai City. In her mind, Ye Mo would agree to her with surprise and joy, and then follow behind her while constantly thanking her for her invitation.

She was once again surprised when Ye Mo actually stared at her with disgust and didn’t even reply before turning to the library as if she was just a gust of air. This left a dumbfounded Su Mei outside under the sun.

After Ye Mo went into the library for a while, Su Mei finally reacted. This guy would treat her like this, since when did she receive such a cold treatment, especially since she was the one who invited him to dinner. Being ignored by such a trash of a person, she felt like she just ate a fly as her face switched from being pale to a bright red.

No, regardless, she couldn’t lose her face. She just didn’t believe that she couldn’t invite Ye Mo. Thinking about this, Su Mei also walked into the library.

Although it was Saturday, there were still a lot of people in the library. There weren’t even spare seats left. Su Mei saw Ye Mo as soon as she came into the library. He was standing next to a row of medical books flipping through one of them.

Su Mei sneered at how Ye Mo was pretending to learn medicine but couldn’t even get a seat. She was really contemptuous towards Ye Mo.

But as soon as Su Mei walked into the library, a few handsome guys were fighting to give her a seat. It was an honor to have Su Mei sit next to them as she was the prettiest girl in Ning Hai University.

Other people who came in didn’t have a seat, but Su Mei could choose the one she wanted. She picked a place where she could just see Ye Mo. Just a smile from her made a handsome guy stunned for a while. Su Mei took a random book to read but was actually spying on Ye Mo. In her eyes, Ye Mo came in to be pretentious. He wouldn’t last half an hour before leaving.

But unexpectedly, quite a few “half hour” passed but Ye Mo still didn’t have the slightest intentions of leaving and didn’t even seem interested in finding a place to sit either.

His reading speed was very fast, as he was just standing by the medical bookshelf. Each hour, he would switch up to three or four books, and Su Mei could see very clearly that Ye Mo was reading each book extremely quickly, from the beginning to the end without leaving a single page out. However, she felt that the rate at which he flipped pages was too fast to be actually read.

Pretend, keep pretending. With that flipping speed, it would be considered hasty just to look at the title much less see the content and understand it.

Ye Mo was already immersed in these medical publications. The medical facility of Ning Hai University was quite famous, so their collection here was quite complete. However, what disappointed Ye Mo was that although there were unique aspects, they didn’t actually extend to the “out-of-the-box thinking”.

Whether it was Western or Chinese medicine, they were all the same. Despite so, Ye Mo would still remember every information he read. His memory was already extraordinary initially, and now that he was in the first stage of Chi Gathering, he was developing some spirit sense. Therefore, he didn’t waste much time at all reading these books.

The contents of these were a far cry from cultivation technique contents. If he were in the Foundation Establishment state, he could read all the medical books in five hours. If he were in the Golden Pill state, he could read all the books in the library in 3 hours. Finally, if he were in the Essence Fetus state, he wouldn’t even need to go inside the library, he would only need to scan with his spirit sense, and everything here would be read.

Books were books after all. The contents were far from the contents inside a Yu Jian[1]. However, how would the Essence Fetus state even be possible when, even in his past life, he was barely a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Meanwhile, Su Mei was growing tired of waiting. It was already 3 in the afternoon, but Ye Mo was still reading and didn’t even eat lunch. Because she had to keep watch over him, she could only starve as well.

She couldn’t understand why she had to make him listen to herself. It was just inviting out to dinner, but when he rejected her, she felt very uncomfortable.

Just when Su Mei could no longer endure, Ye Mo finally put down the book in his hands and walked out of the library.

Seeing this, Su Mei immediately followed him outside.

“What else do you want?” Ye Mo’s voice was frigid. Obviously, he already knew Su Mei was following him.

“Huh...” Su Mei was stunned by Ye Mo’s words but quickly reacted and said: “It’s like this... since you helped me in the morning, I genuinely want to invite you out to eat some food. I don’t want to owe you anything; otherwise, I would feel very, very...”

Ye Mo stared coldly at Su Mei once and sighed in his heart, only those women who thought they were princesses would have such condescending self-satisfaction. She would not think at all of the consequences her actions would bring to others. All she could think about was her superiority.

1: 玉简/Yu Jian: It will be called “Jade script” from now on to be more easily remembered. You can search the Chinese characters on google images to see how it looks like. 简 is something used to carve writing before the paper was invented. It is something like a sushi mat except the wooden sticks are long rectangular bamboo. 玉简 basically means that it is made out of jade. In the xianxia context, information is inscribed inside the jade itself just like how information is inscribed into a crystal in Superman.

Chapter 6: Complicated Substitute

 

In her eyes, she probably thought that after she had invited him to dinner, she wouldn’t owe him anything; instead, he would be the one owing her. Ye Mo did not like at all these girls who were so full of themselves.