Chapter 94: Little Potato

This little Tang girl actually started acting so wildly on the street, and Shui Miao instinctively dodged while shouting, “Hey, are you sure you’re not mistaken? I was walking peacefully, so what’s wrong with you all of a sudden?”

Passersby stopped to watch, many having just witnessed the beautiful girl suddenly go mad and attack pedestrians.

Shui Miao was fast. He used his bicycle to block Little Tang, who was hysterical. She chased after Shui Miao in high heels but couldn’t catch up. As soon as she took them off, Shui Miao had already dragged his bike and run far away. In a fit of rage, she hurled one of her heels at him, but instead of hitting Shui Miao, she struck a tough-looking woman riding an electric scooter. Enraged, the woman immediately parked her scooter, slapped Little Tang, grabbed her hair, and shoved her to the ground. Little Tang cried out in pain, trying to get up and fight back, but the woman took off her own slipper and gave Little Tang a fierce beating!

Meeting such a fierce woman was like hitting the lottery.

Little Tang tried to deny it, blaming her terrible luck and feeling she had hit rock bottom.

Shui Miao came back to try to stop the woman, but she, tired from beating Little Tang, simply drove off.

This only drew even more onlookers.

Many were murmuring, commenting on how pitiful it was that such a beautiful girl turned out to be mentally unstable.

Bruised and aching, Little Tang sat on the ground crying.

Shui Miao watched her from a distance, keeping about five or six meters away. “Hey, what exactly is wrong with you? Should I call an ambulance?”

“Go away! Just get lost!”

Little Tang refused his help and told him to leave, her attitude harsh and hard to accept. The reason she treated Shui Miao this way was because she suspected he had framed her, that he had told Lin Qing’er she was trying to scam money. She hated him even more for stealing her first kiss and then abandoning her. She thought Shui Miao was the worst kind of villain in the world.

Under these circumstances, Shui Miao couldn’t possibly abandon Little Tang.

Instead, he stepped closer. “What’s wrong with you exactly? Can’t we just talk calmly? Does it make sense for you to scream like this? Do you think it’s dignified for so many people to see you like this?”

“I’ll hit you for mocking me. I’ll kill you!”

Not only did Little Tang refuse to let Shui Miao explain, she misunderstood him as mocking her. She took off her other shoe, got up, and chased after Shui Miao to hit him. Shui Miao felt she was completely irrational, but the more she acted like this, the more concerned he became. He suspected she must have gone through some kind of trauma, and so he couldn’t bring himself to leave.

Eventually, Shui Miao simply stopped dodging and let her hit him, waiting for her to tire out before talking to her. Unexpectedly, Little Tang hit him a few times without restraint, and seeing that Shui Miao didn’t fight back, she didn’t calm down at all. Instead, she raised the sole of her high heel and aimed straight for Shui Miao’s head. Just as the shoe was about to strike, a dirty, huge hand suddenly appeared from behind Shui Miao and grabbed it. Shui Miao turned around and saw a filthy beggar grinning at Little Tang, saying, “Miss, could you spare some money? I haven’t eaten for three days already.”

Little Tang struggled to retrieve her shoe, only to find that the beggar had already torn off the sole.

“You dirty beggar, fix my shoe!”

Little Tang swung the shoe at him, but the beggar snatched it away. She tried to grab it back, only to find the beggar disgustingly filthy, with a pus-filled wound on his chest!

“No money, no money. If I had money, would I still be begging you? Miss, have mercy and give me some money. I really haven’t eaten for three days,” the beggar stretched out his hand toward Little Tang.

The onlookers were puzzled. Who in their right mind would beg money from a crazy girl?

“Get lost!”

Fueled by anger, Little Tang became even more irritable.

At this point, Little Tang’s rudeness caused many bystanders to lose patience. They began pointing fingers and gossiping about her.

Unexpectedly, the fiery Little Tang started cursing at the crowd!

Did she really think the passersby were easy targets? Provoked, the crowd surged forward, ready to beat her up.

At that moment, the beggar turned to Shui Miao and asked, “Young man, your friend is about to get beaten. Why don’t you go help?”

“You’re Master Yunhe?”

Shui Miao stared at the beggar, noticing his eyes gleaming with sharpness. Although he looked like a dirty beggar, Shui Miao activated his spiritual energy and used his Yin-Yang Eyes, discovering a faint yellow aura around the beggar’s body. This yellow aura was clearly used to disguise filth and wounds.

“Master Yunhe…” The beggar picked his nose. “What are you talking about? I don’t understand. Are you crazy too?”

“Master, please accept my bow!”

Suddenly, Shui Miao knelt and bowed to the beggar. The sight stunned the crowd into silence, leaving everyone completely baffled. What the hell was going on? The more they watched, the less sense it made.

The beggar chuckled. “Another crazy one, huh? If you really want to be my apprentice, suck the pus out of this wound on my chest, and I’ll accept you.”

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As soon as the beggar said this, everyone felt disgusted and turned to look at Shui Miao.

“Fine!”

Without hesitation, Shui Miao opened his mouth and sucked the pus from the beggar’s chest!

Seeing this, several people with sensitive stomachs immediately vomited, even Little Tang couldn’t help but throw up!

Those who didn’t vomit still winced, thinking it was too gross.

“Haha, it tickles! It tickles me to death…”

The beggar broke free from Shui Miao, covered his chest, and darted into the crowd. When Shui Miao stood up to look for him, he was already gone.

“Excuse me, please let me through.”

Just after sucking the wound, Shui Miao felt a stream of light spiritual energy flow into his body from the wound—no foul smell at all. The wound was made of spiritual energy. This beggar was indeed Master Yunhe. Shui Miao pushed through the crowd to chase after Master Yunhe but was grabbed by Little Tang. “Shui Miao, why are you framing me? What did I ever do to you?”

“What are you talking about? I don’t even know why you’re acting like this. How have I framed you? Can’t you calm down and talk clearly instead of jumping to conclusions like a child?” Shui Miao was getting angry too. Little Tang had made a complete fool of herself today.

Little Tang hesitated slightly. “Could it be… that you didn’t betray me?”

“What did I betray you with?” Shui Miao decided to confront her openly, speaking loudly in front of the crowd.

Seeing Shui Miao’s genuine confusion, Little Tang’s anger slowly cooled. She muttered to herself, “Could it be… that I misunderstood him?”

“Of course you misunderstood me! I don’t have time to explain now—I need to find my master.” Shui Miao broke free from Little Tang’s grip, hopped on his bike, and rode into the alley, searching for the beggar’s trail.

Little Tang paused, then hurried barefoot into the alley after him…

This was a very complicated alley. On both sides were densely packed small shops, many entrances, and winding turns. The alley was over two hundred meters long and connected to a subway station and an overpass, making it quite maze-like.

Finding someone here was extremely difficult.

Shui Miao rode around aimlessly until he spotted the beggar at the end of a dead end.

“Master!”

Shui Miao dropped his bike and rushed over.

The beggar was startled. “Damn it, kid, how did you find me? I’m definitely not your master.”

Shui Miao frowned. “How could that be? You have abundant spiritual energy. You can even use it to transform into a wound. Who else could you be but Master Yunhe?”

“No wonder you dared to suck my pus. So you saw through everything. I’ll give you that!” Hearing this, the beggar immediately stopped channeling energy, and his appearance changed. He turned into a clean, fresh-faced young man of seventeen or eighteen, completely different from the beggar before. “Listen, I’ll say it again—I’m not Yunhe. My name is Xiao Tudou. Yunhe was once my master, but he passed away three years ago. You’ll never see him again in this life.”

“He’s dead!”

Shui Miao was stunned. “Then why did you appear just now? And why did you let me suck the wound you created?”

“That’s simple. When my master died, he told me to do more good deeds. I was originally planning to disguise myself as a beggar to collect some money to buy buns when I saw you being beaten. I saw that woman trying to hit your head and was afraid she might kill you, so I stepped in to help.” Xiao Tudou rubbed his stomach. “I let you suck the wound because I noticed you had spiritual energy and wanted to test your level. I didn’t expect you to have opened the Yin-Yang Eyes. Your cultivation is even higher than mine!”

“…”

Shui Miao was taken aback, shaking his head. “You flatter me too much. I can’t even transform myself. How could my cultivation be higher than yours? Hey, how about this—why don’t you become my master and teach me transformation techniques?”

“No, no! I know my own abilities. I can only transform earth-element energy. Unlike you, you can use all kinds of spiritual energy. Besides, you’re older than me. From your appearance, you must have come looking for my master to become his apprentice. Since that’s the case, why don’t we become cultivation brothers?”

“Great! No problem! How about I treat you to a meal?”

Shui Miao was overjoyed. Regardless of the title, as long as he could learn something, he wouldn’t mind calling the other his ancestor.

“A meal… such a good deal!?”

Xiao Tudou immediately showed a delighted expression.

Shui Miao grabbed Xiao Tudou’s hand and pulled him along. On the surface, he was being enthusiastic, but in reality, he was afraid Xiao Tudou would run away. “Xiao Tudou, even though you’re younger than me, you entered the path before me. I’ll call you senior brother.”

“No, no! My cultivation is far inferior to yours. You should be the senior brother.” Xiao Tudou looked at Shui Miao’s clothes and said, “Senior brother, you seem pretty rich. From now on, you have to treat me to meals often.”

“Just food? No problem! I can even support you from now on.” Shui Miao was delighted by Xiao Tudou’s simple thinking and started walking with his arm around him. “Hey, junior brother, with such great abilities, why are you still struggling to get food? That doesn’t make sense!”

“Senior brother, you think I don’t want to? But my master told me on his deathbed not to use the skills he taught me to earn too much money. I can only beg for a little money to buy buns. I’m weak, can’t work, never went to school, and can’t find a job. I spend twenty hours a day meditating and cultivating energy. Even if I wanted to earn money, I wouldn’t have the time.” Xiao Tudou looked troubled, not at all like he was lying.

“That’s strange!” Shui Miao looked at Xiao Tudou in puzzlement. “So these lifestyle habits were all arranged by your master before he died?”

“Exactly! But I can’t blame my master. If I hadn’t practiced so hard, I wouldn’t have reached my current level of cultivation.” Xiao Tudou sighed. Although he had learned real skills, he had grown tired of such a dull life. “Senior brother… you don’t know, in my entire life, I’ve never tasted anything besides buns.”

“Such a thing… Well then, junior brother, don’t worry. Today, I’ll treat you. Whatever you want to eat, just say the word. Senior brother has money, and it’s all on me.” Shui Miao found it almost unbelievable. If he had to live Xiao Tudou’s life, he couldn’t even imagine it!