A Will Eternal

Chapter 14: Third Elder Brother? Third Elder Sister?

Chen Fei and his friends were always happy to gloat in the misfortune of others. As they watched what was happening to Bai Xiaochun, they couldn't help but feel as if the grand laws of heaven were truly being enforced implacably. As for the two Outer Sect disciples in charge of the trial by fire, they looked on with hatred, a sensation that no other servant had ever caused them to feel.

"I don't wanna go...." Bai Xiaochun plopped onto the ground and immediately began to wail, his voice filled with such a feeling of being abused that any listener would surely weep.

Simultaneously, back down on the path, Big Fatty Zhang and Third Fatty Hei saw Li Qinghou and began to quiver. They quickly bowed their heads to avoid notice.

"Ah, Ninth Junior Brother, it's not that I refused to save you. Now that the peak lord of Fragrant Cloud Peak has shown up, you have no choice but to suck it up in the Outer Sect...." Big Fatty Zhang heaved continuous sighs in his heart as he hunched his shoulders and tried to inconspicuously scuttle away. However, it was at that point that Li Qinghou's voice suddenly rang in his ears.

"You two are coming along as well." As soon as Big Fatty Zhang heard the words, a powerful force dragged both him and Third Fatty Hei up into the air. They didn't even have a chance to grab onto a tree before they were hauled to the top of the mountain.

"I don't want to go!" Big Fatty Zhang wailed, sounding even more miserable than Bai Xiaochun. "I'd rather die in the Ovens than climb the ladder in the Outer Sect...." He sounded so miserable, in fact, that Bai Xiaochun looked up in surprise and forgot to cry.

Third Fatty Hei didn't say anything, but instead looked silently down toward the bottom of the mountain, face a picture of depression and longing.

When Li Qinghou heard Big Fatty Zhang's miserable wailing, his face darkened and he said, "Shut up!"

Instantly, Bai Xiaochun rose to his feet, face solemn as he stood there. Instead of looking sullen like he had before, he was the complete opposite, as if he had suddenly switched faces.

Big Fatty Zhang stared in shock, and then immediately stood up. Inwardly, he felt as if the persecution he was enduring was like an ocean that threatened to overwhelm him. He just couldn't figure out why Li Qinghou wouldn't say anything when Bai Xiaochun wailed, and then yelled at him when he did the same thing.

"Zhang Dahai, starting today, you'll be an Outer Sect disciple of Violet Cauldron Peak!

"Chen Qingrou, you'll be going to Green Crest Peak!

"Bai Xiaochun, you'll be staying here with me, as an Outer Sect disciple of Fragrant Cloud Peak." Li Qinghou looked at Bai Xiaochun and felt a headache coming on. He had just gone into secluded meditation when he got the news about the Ovens crew and everything that was going on. Even the sect elders were talking about it. Of course, from their perspective, the whole thing was quite amusing, and a nice break from the monotony of cultivation. None of them were even inclined to dole out any punishment.

However, it wasn't something that could be allowed to go on indefinitely, so Li Qinghou came to straighten matters out.

After he finished speaking, he flicked his sleeve, ignoring Chen Fei and the other two men as he looked at something further up on Fragrant Cloud Peak.

Bai Xiaochun sighed bitterly and said his goodbyes to Big Fatty Zhang and Third Fatty Hei. All of a sudden, he remembered something. He turned his head to look at Third Fatty Hei, a strange expression on his face as he asked, "Third Elder Brother, your name... is actually Chen Qingrou? Hahaha! What a good name. It makes you sound like a smoking hot babe!"

Third Fatty Hei gave a cold but depressed snort, then turned and began to walk down the mountain.

"What's wrong with him?" Bai Xiaochun asked, looking at Big Fatty Zhang.