Chapter 19: Standing on a High Post

Housekeeper Zhou fell miserably to the ground, his face full of peach blossoms, spitting out a few pieces of broken jade, his entire body still in a semi-conscious state, looking at Fan Xian with fear and horror in his impotent eyes.

Fan Xian said softly, ”I really don’t understand what you people are thinking, do you really think I can’t be bothered to beat you? You seem to have forgotten your own identity, perhaps a cultured master’s family wouldn’t lay hands on an underling, but it’s quite unfortunate that I hit you, could it be that you could hit back? So the beating is done, you have to be willing to accept it, only to endure it, laugh, or go to cry to the old madam or Kyoto on your own …… but …… don’t enter the back garden in the future, I don’t like to see you.”

After saying this, he dusted off his pants, turned around and went up the steps, whispered to the bench dumbfounded Si Si to go out, and left the earl’s other house.

Behind him, the faces of the maids and subordinates involuntarily surfaced an expression of awe, no one could have imagined that this gentle and lovely boy also had such a violent side, this contrast shocked the hearts and minds of the crowd, so they felt extraordinarily terrifying.

At this time, the old madam also came to the back garden, looking at the steward lying on the ground covering his face and calling for pain, thinking of that child, the gaze can not help but show a hint of meaningful smile.

Last year, she drove the eldest maid out of the house, and today, she slapped Butler Zhou so hard that he couldn’t recognize heaven and earth, the twelve year old Fan Xian had finally succeeded in establishing himself in the Earl’s mansion with a little bit of majesty.

The seashore ten miles west of Tanyou Harbor was a treacherous area with dense reefs, the sea breeze swirling the blue water toward this spot, then smashing against the hard rocks, stirring up a large area of snowy foam.

There was a very narrow pathway to the east that emerged and disappeared through the strange rocks, and Fan Xian stepped through it, turning his body around, his back to the direction of the sea, listening to the deafening sounds behind him, and looking up.

In front of him was a steep cliff, a seaside peak that had been created out of thin air, created by heaven and earth, and behind it were hundreds of miles of primeval forests and swamps, making it impossible to make a detour to reach the peak. If one wanted to get to the top, the only way was to climb up from this side of the cliff.

Fan Xian glanced at the surface of the cliff, his brows frowned slightly, and in his mind he instantly found the route that he often climbed, only that in these few days the wind on the beach was strong, and some of the rocks that had been sticking out of the cliff surface to lend strength to the cliff surface had become rusty and loose, so if he wanted to climb up there today, he would definitely have to be more careful.

Behind him, the waves pounded against the black reef, but there was no way to get past the relentless and indifferent barrier of those rocks, just sending some seawater into the shallows, making the gravel here seem a lot wetter than elsewhere. His feet were in the gravel, and the edges of his shoes were a little wet, soaking his feet uncomfortably.

Taking off his shoes and placing them in a small, clean trap under the cliff, Fan Xian found some more dry, rough sand to rub on his palms and began to regulate the true qi in his body. After making preparations, his right hand steadily rested on an unobtrusive protrusion on the cliff, and with a slight force, his entire body, suspended in the air, lightly climbed upwards.

His crawling speed is very fast, the whole human body are close to the cliff surface, looks like some kind of good at rock climbing strange animals, every time to explore the hand, feet, as well as every time to exert force all seem very smooth and free, simply do not feel very hard.

Not long ago, his people have almost climbed to the top of the cliff, the surrounding sea breeze swirled around and ran to his side, blowing and dispersing his body because of the movement and bring out the heat and sweat, let him feel very comfortable.

“Brother Jing probably didn’t climb as fast as himself, but that blind man at the top of the mountain can be much more ruthless than Ma Yu ……”

Fan Xian climbed while thinking about what had just happened in the garden of the mansion, always feeling that things were a bit strange, since that Second Mistress’s beloved housekeeper had been honest for more than a year, why was it that today he would be a bit out of his depth and give himself a chance.

The sea breeze carries moisture, so the top of the exposed rocks are a little slippery, Fan Xian looked to reach the peak, his mind was a little relaxed, and thinking about those things at home, so he went a little bit out of his mind, and his right hand slipped, and he almost fell down.

Seemingly thrilling, but Fan Xian did not panic much, his left hand was infused with his own body’s overbearing true qi, and three fingers tightly pinched the corner of the stone that was the only one he could use for strength, his slightly trembling fingers seemed to be deeply embedded into the stone, firmly inescapable.

A wooden stick reached down from above his head, signaling him to grab it.

Fan Xian seemed to shun this wooden stick, not even looking at it, his body swung back, his toes stomped on the cliff face, and his entire body utilized the force to leap upwards, narrowly and narrowly reaching the peak.

“Not concentrating enough is what gets people killed.”

At the edge of the cliff at the peak, a roughly-clothed Five Bamboo stood facing the sea breeze, his eyes covered with the black cloth as always.

Fan Xian ignored him and sat down on his own knees, adjusting himself for a while before he stood up and told him what had happened in the Earl’s Farewell Mansion today, as well as his own doubts, wanting to seek a definitive answer from Five Bamboo.

Five Bamboo said indifferently, “Do you think that a slap of your own can make the housekeeper tighten up a bit?”

“Can, as long as Grandmother is on my side.” Fan Xian bowed his head and said, even though he hadn’t used his true qi just now, the powerful strength that had been hidden in his teenage skinny body all these years was truly terrifying. And the most crucial thing was that the gloomy aura he had displayed at that time was truly terrifying.

“That will do.” Gojira didn’t seem too keen on exploring this issue.

“I’m just puzzled why the butler would cause trouble today, he has already been living with his tail between his legs for a year and a half in Tanyuu Harbor, and in general, there’s really no reason to reveal his true ugly face at this time, unless …… he feels that he’s enduring a lot of hard work, and right away Tanyuu is about to have something happen, and in his eyes , I no longer pose any danger to that little lord in Kyoto, so there’s no need to deliberately curry favor with me.”

Fan Xian’s self-deprecating smile surfaced on his boyish teenage face, looking incongruous.

It was really strange to say the least, if Fei Jie still had a few hints of doubt and trepidation about Fan Xian’s precociousness, then Five Bamboo was unconcerned about it, as if even if Fan Xian turned into an old tree demon, as long as he was still Fan Xian, Five Bamboo wouldn’t have any reaction.

Fan Xian thought to himself that it was probably because the other party was blind, and therefore couldn’t see those looks he often unintentionally showed, the ones that shouldn’t appear on a child’s face.

Five Bamboos suddenly said, “It’s a small matter.” Apparently he felt that Fan Xian’s analysis just now seemed too solemn.

“I guessed that someone would come to kill me, and that’s a trivial matter?” Fan Xian chuckled.

Five Bamboos replied indifferently, “Fei Jie and I have taught you so much, if you still can’t deal with such a trivial matter, then something has gone terribly wrong.”

Fan Xian thought about this briefly and recognized this fact, understanding that Uncle Five Bamboo would not be handling this time on his behalf.

“Begin.”

“Yes.”

A long time later, in a remote spot above the cliff, Fan Xian, naked, moaned pitifully over there, “Come again ……”

The words had just drifted out of the cliff when a wooden stick came from the sky for no apparent reason and ruthlessly struck him on the back with a muffled thud.