Chapter 165: Yuewu Attacks the Camp

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Yu Shanshan swept her spear over shyly and scolded coquettishly, “You can’t spit ivory from a dog’s mouth. Who… who wants your… that thing~”

Lei Qing chuckled, raised his Silver Snake and blocked her Shattered Star Spear, “I saw you looking at me with lustful eyes, so I thought you had needs.”

“Who… who would look at you with lustful eyes?” Yu Shanshan’s face flushed red with shame. She pointed her Shattered Star Spear repeatedly in a flustered rage. Amidst the bursts of starlight, a cold gleam condensed into a full moon, striking Lei Qing overwhelmingly.

The spear move was fast and fierce, frightening Lei Qing into hastily using a backward thrust to meet it. After a series of clashing sounds, Lei Qing’s Silver Snake was knocked away, and the tip of the Shattered Star Spear pressed against Lei Qing’s chest.

“Is there any need to be so fierce?” Lowering his head to look at the gleaming spear tip on his chest, Lei Qing said with sweat on his forehead, “This flirting is a bit too harsh; it could kill someone. I surrender, I surrender, alright?”

“Hmph, who… who is flirting with you?” Amidst her angry scolding, Yu Shanshan’s eyes showed a hint of smugness. But her tone was very fierce, “However, since you surrendered, you must let me deal with you. Tell the truth, you said you wanted to marry me, were you lying to me?”

“How could that be?” Lei Qing put on a look of aggrieved indignation, “You, Yu Shanshan, are beautiful as jade, gentle and considerate, dignified and generous. Your family is power ful and influential, and you have such a formidable sect. Marrying you, I, Lei Qing, could at least struggle fifty years less.”

“You have a glib tongue and only know how to say things to make people happy.” Yu Shanshan’s eyes softened slightly, and she snorted repeatedly, “Did you coax Li Baobao like this too? Hmph, tell the truth, what is your shady relationship with Li Baobao?”

“Hey, hey, you are really wrongly accusing me.” Lei Qing said with a righteous look, “Baobao and I have a normal friendship, not as dirty as you think.”

“Whose thoughts are dirty?” Yu Shanshan glared at him with a red face, “It is clearly because you are too unreliable that I let my imagination run wild. Besides, there is no smoke without fire. I think you definitely harbor unspeakable intentions toward Li Baobao. You tell me yourself, if you marry Li Baobao, the Goddess of Wealth, you could struggle one hundred years less. Aren’t you tempted? And you call her Baobao, Baobao, so affectionately.”

“Any man would be tempted.” Lei Qing admitted this without denial.

“Look at you, you showed your true colors, didn’t you?” Yu Shanshan’s eyes turned red, and she said angrily, “Master was right. You are a bad person. She told me not to be fooled by you and to stay far away from you to avoid getting hurt. Lei Qing, you have disappointed me too much.”

“Hey, hey, don’t get excited. Don’t keep saying ‘Master said this, Master said that’ all day long. You are not a child anymore; you should know what it means that a person’s heart is hidden behind their belly, right?” Lei Qing said with widened eyes, “Your Master has a prejudice against me and is deliberately slandering me.”

“My Master would not slander you.” Yu Shanshan glanced at him dissatisfied, “From childhood to adulthood, I have been following Master. The days I spent with Master are more than those with my father. She is my closest person. Lei Qing, you are just a bad person, and you even said you are tempted by Li Baobao.”

“Being tempted is not the same as taking action.” Lei Qing touched his nose and sighed, “I am a physically and mentally healthy normal man. It is normal for my heart to be moved when I see a beautiful and charming woman. However, precisely because I am a man, I do not want to hurt her. Actually, Shanshan, I don’t want to hurt you either. You and Li Baobao are both very good, very innocent girls.”

Yu Shanshan had a slightly bad premonition. In her eyes, a trace of panic was revealed, and the hand holding the silver spear trembled slightly. She spat and said, “What nonsense are you talking about? You… you don’t intend to go back on the engagement, do you?”

“Actually, to be honest, if I could marry you, it would be the greatest honor of my life, Lei Qing.” Lei Qing sighed and said, “However, as I told you before. I am a man, I have my ideals and dignity, and I have many things to do. Many times, I need to gamble with my life to get what I want. Maybe one day, I will die on the battlefield or lie dead in some dark corner. It doesn’t matter if I die, but I am just afraid of hurting those who care about me. Shanshan, I hope you can understand.”

Yu Shanshan’s eyes softened slightly. She could tell that Lei Qing was speaking from his heart. She slowly withdrew her long spear, and a pair of eyes like autumn water stared tightly at him. Looking a bit desolate, she sighed and said, “Lei Qing, actually Feifei already told me that you actually don’t want to get married at all right now. It was me, being a bit self-righteous. That day, I forced you too hard. I will treat everything you promised me as completely forgotten.”

“Shanshan!” Seeing her somewhat lost eyes, Lei Qing felt a pang of heartache and could not help but speak.

“You don’t need to explain.” Yu Shanshan slowly shook her head and said, “I wanted to figure out the real reason, that’s why I came to the Iron Cavalry Regiment to find you, but now I understand. Your feelings for me are actually the same as for Li Baobao. There is appreciation, and there is liking, but definitely no love. Feifei told me that when a man truly falls in love with a woman, he will give up everything for her, fame, fortune, wealth, and power, just to be together forever. Of course, I don’t ask you to do that, I only ask that you can.”

Lei Qing remained silent. Indeed, he could not do it, nor could he. There were too many things he could not let go of. He could not let go of the Black Flag Regiment, he could not let go of Yehe Town, and even more so, he could not let go of finding his parents.

“Actually, I already understood this would be the result before I came.” Yu Shanshan sighed softly and said, “Lei Qing, our past grudges end here, wiped clean. I will return to the Cold Moon Palace to cultivate for a while and strive to break through to the Gold-rank soon. If you pass by and have time, come visit me as a friend. Take care, goodbye.”

Yu Shanshan mounted her horse, turned around, and left immediately.

“What about the condition I promised you?” Lei Qing sighed and shouted.

“Let’s put it on credit. When I remember it, I will come to fulfill the promise.” Yu Shanshan’s voice drifted back with the wind on the grassland.

Lei Qing watched her leave from a distance. He wanted to chase her but never moved. So what if he caught up? He couldn’t give her a result, nor could he give her a real promise. He had his own path to walk and could not stop for her.

It was only after her figure completely disappeared that Lei Qing let out a long sigh and returned to the Iron Cavalry Regiment somewhat dispiritedly. Some friendly generals naturally asked him questions. Lei Qing directly made an excuse that the two had irreconcilable contradictions and had fallen out.

A group of brothers naturally started dragging Lei Qing to drink. Inside the tent, a bunch of rough and burly men drank until they were dead drunk. The only woman was the injured Shentu Xue, who hugged Lei Qing’s shoulder like a man, burped from drinking, and said, “Little Lei, don’t be sad. There are plenty of beautiful women in the world. That so-called Moon Fairy Yu Shanshan, delicate and droopy, what’s so good about her? If you feel wronged and uncomfortable, your Sister Xue’s shoulder is free for you to lean on. You can even touch me a couple of times if you want.” She looked deeply righteous.

Lei Qing rolled his eyes, poured himself a mouthful of wine, and did not speak. He thought to himself, touch you? I should be burning incense in gratitude if you, Grandma, don’t touch me.

Other guys got excited with the help of alcohol, rubbing their fists and saying, “Shentu Xue, we also feel wronged and uncomfortable. Let us touch you a couple of times too. Or, you touching us a couple of times works too.”

“Scram, all of you scram far away for this Grandma.” Shentu Xue rolled her eyes, revealing a murderous aura, and said, “Touch you guys? You must be joking. Every one of you has thick skin and rough flesh. Touching you is not as satisfying as touching a pig.”

Watching them sit down to drink with dejected looks, pinching their noses, Lei Qing also laughed, “Brothers, don’t be discouraged. There are plenty of girls in Tieling City. Later, it’s on me. I’ll book the Wanxiang Tower for three days. Have as much fun as you want?”

A group of Silver-rank generals were considered people of status. Hearing this, and since Lei Qing was treating, they immediately perked up, “Good kid, you are loyal enough, a true brother. Later, if anyone dares to look for trouble with you, I’ll rally the whole regiment’s brothers to back you up.”

“Hehe, I heard Little Lei kidnapped Li Baobao and made a fortune. Booking for three days isn’t enough. It has to be at least five days.”

Once the Wanxiang Tower was mentioned, these animals got excited like they were injected with chicken blood. Their eyes shone brightly as if they hadn’t seen women in years.

It provoked Shentu Xue to glare angrily with her apricot eyes and scold, “A bunch of good-for-nothings. If you get captured by the enemy and they use a honey trap, you’ll confess everything, even your ancestors from eighteen generations.”

“Alright, brothers, you guys keep drinking.” Lei Qing felt it was about time, so he got up to leave and said, “It’s time for cultivation. I have to go back to the tent to cultivate my Fighting Qi.”

“Hehe, Little Lei got stimulated.”

“That’s true. He is the heir of the Fighting Qi Holy Land and is about to break through to the Gold-rank. Even in bed, he’s no match. No wonder Little Lei is depressed. Which man wants to be ridden by a woman underneath all day?”

“Little Lei, we support you. Go cultivate well. Even if you can’t ride back, at the very least, you should have the ability to struggle a couple of times.”

Lei Qing was covered in sweat and glared at them fiercely. Then he staggered back to his own tent.

Just as he was about to call his Personal Guards to bring some water to wash his face and wake up, he suddenly felt a cold ice aura attacking from behind. Lei Qing was startled in his heart and hurriedly turned around to punch.

But halfway through the punch, his neck felt cold. A familiar sword was placed right on his neck.

“Lei Qing, what exactly did you say to Shanshan?” Leng Yuewu’s beautiful figure appeared faintly, scolding him angrily and shyly, “You made her cry for a long time.”

“Do you have to be so elusive every time?” Lei Qing said angrily and started to take off his clothes, “Come on, you just want to use this as an excuse to violate me, right? I’m used to it anyway, come on.”

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