Chapter 0042 – I’ve Had My Share of Bad Luck – Absolute Returns

I told my father exactly what had happened today.

“Who do you want to choose?”

“In terms of difficulty of control, the One Flower Sword Exalt is easier to control. However, Sword Demon Elder also has his lovable side.”

“Don’t be careless, watch out for the gutter.”

“You’re right, that old man does have a knack for making people let their guard down.”

When it comes to the Blood Sky Blade Demon, father should know him better than I do.

“Why did you give the Heavenly Divine Pill to the Blade Demon Elder?”

“I asked him to do something for me earlier.”

The father didn’t reveal what it was, but the incident would have happened when they were young.

“What are you going to do?”

“I want both of them. I want one of them to be my left arm and one of them to be my right arm.”

My father turned his head to look at me.

“You’re quite ambitious.”

“It’s my intuition, and my gut tells me that if I can take these two nemeses under my wing, I’ll be able to exert more power. It will be difficult at first, but it will be more favorable to me in the long run. My intuition keeps telling me that.”

“Where did you get the confidence?”

“That confidence, didn’t you inherit it from me?”

The sun was setting, coloring both my father’s and my face red.

Father said suddenly:

“Swordfather, she’s a person with a story.”

I turned my head to look at my father, but he didn’t continue. I didn’t know if he wanted me to take advantage of Swordsman Ichika’s past, or if he wanted me to be open to her.

“When I first met the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon, he said that he was destined to violate the Lone Star, and that whoever got close to him would have bad luck, and told me to stay away from him. However, my recent meetings with you don’t seem to be any less than my meetings with him.”

I made it clear, once again, that I wanted to take the two of them under my wing.

“Since I’ve already hit his Lone Star, I’ll hit her story again.”

That night, I went to the Wind and Moon Restaurant for a drink.

I invited the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon and the One Flower Sword Venerable, but I don’t know if they’ll come, or if they’ll come together.

“You try this.”

The owner, Zhao Chunpei, walked up to me with a plate of food that should have been made especially for me.

“Thanks, Boss Zhao, sit down and have a drink together.”

“Ouch, how dare I drink at the same table as you.”

“What, do you resent me?”

“Why, I can’t wait to honor you.”

Zhao Chunpei was persuaded by me to sit at the table.

I filled a glass of wine for him, and he took it with both hands, saying repeatedly, “I dare not, I dare not.”

“You don’t have to be so polite.”

“It should be, it should be. Ever since the Yellow Springs Pavilion set up a branch here, those of us who do business are much more peaceful. In the past, those jianghu people, when they were not moving, would get drunk and cause trouble, and there were quite a few who ate overbearing food, but now there are much fewer of these situations.”

“That’s good.”

“It’s all thanks to you, Mr. Li.”

“If there’s anything I can do for you in the future, just come to me.”

“Definitely, definitely.”

Zhao Chunpei finished my toast and got up to say goodbye.

At that moment, another person came up to me and bowed deeply.

“Thank you, Mr. Li.”

I don’t know why he thanked me, I guess he got help from the Yellow Springs Court.

After he thanked me, he hurried back to his seat. At that moment, a voice came from behind me:

“You’re pretty popular.”

I turned around and saw the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon striding over with that huge blade on his back. His appearance changed the atmosphere of the entire restaurant. The last time I drank here with him, there weren’t many customers because it was still early. But today was different, the tavern was filled with people.

For these ordinary people, being in the same room with a murderous fiend is not a pleasant experience.

I stood up and addressed the crowd:

“This Lord Demon, he’s easy-going and kind-hearted, so there’s no need to be afraid, so eat and drink as you should. Just don’t run up to him and get drunk.”

My joke eased the tension.

I returned to my seat, and the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon said without a trace of anger:

“You kid, you’re just going to keep your eyes open.”

“I’m just telling a good lie. People pay money to come here to drink, so we can’t let them be scared, right?”

“If you don’t like what you see, get out.”

“If you really think so, then pay for everyone’s drinks first and let them go somewhere else. And you’ll have to pay for the owner’s damages.”

“You kid, playing nice there again.”

“It’s not pretending to be nice, it’s the basics of being human.”

“Are you really a member of the Demon Cult?”

“Are the people in the devil’s cult not human?”

“Mr. Li, sometimes I really doubt whether you’re from our Demon Sect or the Martial Arts Alliance.”

In fact, I myself don’t consider myself to be a member of the Devil’s Cult. Speaking of which, this is also fate. In my last life, I left the Demon Sect when I was young and have been drifting in the jianghu ever since, never thinking of going back.

During those years, I met all kinds of people. I’ve been a ranger, and I’ve seen all kinds of humanity in search of refining materials. I’ve been hurt and felt anger, and I’ve experienced what true human love really is.

It was at that time that my values were formed. In a sense, I belong neither to the Devil’s Path, nor to the Righteous Path, nor to the Evil Path; I am simply myself.

My desire to eradicate evil and establish a new magic path is also based on my past experiences.

I raised my glass, excitedly:

“Here, have a happy birthday! It’s not even midnight yet, so it’s not late.”

“You kid, keep your voice down.”

Although the Blood Sky Blade Demon said that he didn’t care, he still felt embarrassed to be celebrated in public for his birthday. Ever since I’ve known him, this is the first time I’ve seen him show this kind of blushing expression.

Come to think of it, who has ever genuinely celebrated his birthday, other than all the wishy-washy gifts?

“Don’t do this boring thing again, what’s the point of celebrating when you’re old?”

“It’s not an excuse to have a good time together.”

“You kid, you kinda like to drink.”

“That’s for sure, I’m a man with a belly full of wine worms. There are wine worms that come out on rainy days; and there are wine worms that come out to haunt me when I’m in a bad mood or when I’m in a troublesome situation. Do you like drinking?”

“I used to like it, now I drink less ……”

Just then, a crisp voice came from behind us:

“But you didn’t quit drinking either, did you?”

I turned around and saw One Flower Sword Venerable standing not far away, coldly looking at us.

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