The True Young Master's Metaphysical Road to Fame in Showbiz Ch. 123

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It was a spot he had chosen carefully, knowing that even if someone noticed his cosmetics were missing, he could always claim he had forgotten them due to exhaustion from the game.

He walked quickly through the night, unaware that just moments earlier, several figures had flashed by in the same patch of greenery.

Chi Qingzhou led his two friends to the edge of a small path, placing a large clean stone for each of them to sit on.

Xing Shuangzhan stopped Chi Qingzhou, who had also intended to sit on a stone, and instead pulled him onto his lap.

Chi Qingzhou gave him a puzzled look.

Xing Shuangzhan casually responded, "The stone's cold, you'll be uncomfortable sitting on it."

Chi Qingzhou nodded, easily believing the explanation, and gave Xing Shuangzhan a smile, revealing two sweet little dimples.

Xing Shuangzhan wrapped his arms around Chi Qingzhou's waist, burying his face in his shoulder and chuckling softly.

Luo Ting rolled his eyes in annoyance.

Honestly, all of them thought Xing Su was irritating.

Chi Qingzhou could have been perfectly happy on his own, but he had to worry about this guy, and that really irked them. They could hardly tolerate it.

Chi Qingzhou noticed Luo Ting's gesture but didn't realize it was directed at Xing Shuangzhan. He shot him a disapproving glance and reminded him once again to be friendly to new friends.

Luo Ting: "..."

He helplessly threw up his hands.

Luo Huaiyu, who understood Luo Ting's gesture, couldn't help but smirk, looking a little gloating.

Xing Shuangzhan also chuckled a few times before making a dramatic comment, "To be a sea king, you need not only excellent water-balancing skills but also the power to suppress all fish with violence."

A true "king of the sea."

Chi Qingzhou looked at him in confusion, then realized what he meant and immediately became annoyed, stomping on him a few times.

Xing Shuangzhan laughed and sighed, noticing the slightly shocked expressions of Luo Ting and Luo Huaiyu. He tightened his hold on Chi Qingzhou and fell silent.

Chi Qingzhou huffed, then turned around to seriously ask Luo Ting and Luo Huaiyu, "When did you two meet, and why did you start fighting?"

The two of them exchanged a glance, and it was Luo Ting who spoke up first, "Well... I'm not entirely sure myself."

Luo Ting had encountered Luo Huaiyu at the foot of Jingming Mountain around five in the afternoon.

Luo Huaiyu wasn't like the usual reanimated corpses. He had been an exorcist in his past life, had done many good deeds, and died unjustly, leaving behind lingering resentment. After reanimating, he wasn't particularly afraid of sunlight.

Though he was still a low-level corpse and hadn't turned into a full zombie, his strength was on par with a zombie's. The sunlight only caused discomfort and didn't restrict his movement. As long as he avoided the midday sun, he could move freely in the forest with plenty of shade.

When Luo Ting ran into him, Luo Huaiyu had already been traveling for several hours that afternoon.

Luo Ting continued, "I was wandering near the area where Sheng Yihang went missing when I suddenly sensed a faint energy similar to his. I thought maybe Sheng Yihang had returned, so I hurried over to check."

To put it simply, Luo Ting was still unwilling to let go of the disappearance of Sheng Yihang. Instead of waiting for Chi Qingzhou to arrive in Shaoqiu City, he went to the place where Sheng Yihang had gone missing to look for clues, and unexpectedly ran into Luo Huaiyu, who had just arrived.

Luo Huaiyu, a reanimated corpse, happened to be within the range of Luo Ting's abilities to communicate with. Luo Ting approached him to ask if he had seen Sheng Yihang.

The reasoning was simple: Luo Ting sensed Sheng Yihang's death aura on Luo Huaiyu. He suspected that Luo Huaiyu had come into contact with Sheng Yihang recently.

Luo Ting had been puzzled at the time.

"I've been a corpse handler for over ten years, and I've never encountered anything like this."

Generally, a reanimated corpse would only carry its own death aura, but Luo Huaiyu had a mix of Sheng Yihang's death aura as well, which led Luo Ting to mistakenly think they had crossed paths.

However, Luo Huaiyu's answer greatly surprised Luo Ting.

Chi Qingzhou blinked. "What did he say?"

Luo Huaiyu glanced at Luo Ting, then suddenly spoke up, "I told him that I was killed by Sheng Yihang and was seeking revenge. I sensed Sheng Yihang's aura on him, so I asked what their relationship was."

Luo Huaiyu wasn't far from the truth either.

He had originally intended to find Chi Qingzhou, but halfway there, he sensed Sheng Yihang's aura and, after a moment of hesitation, turned around and headed toward Jingming Mountain instead.

He sought revenge.

For him, nothing was more important than revenge.

Chi Qingzhou turned to look at him.

His stiff facial muscles moved slightly, and he managed to force a smile.

He hated Sheng Yihang, not just because Sheng Yihang had killed him.

"My family is actually quite ordinary," Luo Huaiyu said. "We're not poor, but my parents and younger sister are just regular people, and no one in my family ever practiced exorcism. I was a bit of an anomaly."

Chi Qingzhou asked, "But Ah Yao said you were once a member of the Xuanshu Association?"

Luo Huaiyu answered candidly, "Yes, I was. But I was one of those talents who were taken in on an exception." He shrugged, as if dismissing it. "I'm about on par with the genius they're promoting, Shen Wenshu, but Shen Wenshu is the elder's personal disciple, and I was just a registered disciple."

Chi Qingzhou nodded in understanding.

The Xuanshu Association had been run by a bunch of old-timers for decades. Even though the country had been established for years, they still clung to bloodlines and sect affiliations.

Anyone who wasn't from an exorcist family was seen as less important, no matter how talented they were.

Anyone who didn't have a teacher from a prominent sect was regarded as nothing more than an outsider with no real worth.

They feared being left behind by the times, but they refused to lower their pride, clinging to their so-called "etiquette," which led to many "registered disciples" like Luo Huaiyu.

For this reason, even though Luo Huaiyu had received teachings from the Xuanshu Association, he didn't hold much affection for it.

He scoffed, "Actually, I had a chance to become a personal disciple, but my parents and I both turned it down."

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