Nāgata: Infernal Night, Qinghan and I are True Love

Chapter 17 The Chill of First Love

Xu Tianyi curled a wicked smile at the corner of his mouth, and slowly pointed the long sword in his hand from his neck down to his lower body.

Xu An suddenly felt a chill run down his spine: "No...you dare! I am the only legitimate son of the Xu family. Cutting him off is no different from killing me!"

Xu Tianyi shook his head: "I'm also a member of the Xu family. At worst, I'll take your place and continue the family line. I heard you have many concubines, right? I'm not picky, and I don't mind..."

Xu An stared in disbelief: "You...you dare!! You're not a member of the Xu family, you...hey...hey hey hey...calm down!!"

Seeing that Xu Tianyi's longsword had pierced through his trousers, and feeling a chill run down his thigh, he panicked.

He dared not gamble. Although he knew that Xu Tianyi was very likely not to do it, what if he was?

What if he really is coveting my position as the eldest son of the Xu family?

"What, you know you were wrong?"

Xu An's face turned red and then pale. He snorted coldly, "Yes! I was wrong, please let me go!"

Xu Tianyi nodded silently and turned to look at Gu Feixue and her daughter who had come over.

"Master, should we take him back?"

Gu Feixue pondered for a moment and shook her head: "Let him get lost. This is the only time. If there's a next time, I won't hold back!"

Xu Tianyi nodded and flicked his longsword.

A jet of blood shot out.

He slashed the other person's thigh.

"I'm going to teach you a lesson. Next time, it'll be your underlings who are in danger."

Xu An was terrified; he had genuinely thought he had lost his brother.

He couldn't help but touch it down, and a sense of relief welled up inside him, but the pain that followed filled him with terror.

He loudly berated his guards, and soon, seven surviving guards carried him slowly away into the distance.

As for his carriage, it naturally became a spoil of war.

"Oh ho, why doesn't Young Master Xu kill him and go back to become the legitimate son of the Xu family..."

Gu Qinghan made a rare joke.

She didn't know why she had the urge to tease him; perhaps it was because of what he had just said to Xu An.

What do you mean he has many concubines? What do you mean you're not picky and don't mind?

How dare they be so promiscuous?

Xu Tianyi couldn't help but laugh when he heard her words.

"What? Just kidding. Even if I kill him, I still won't become the legitimate heir of the Xu family..."

"What about the concubine?"

"Well... let's talk about that after I have a proper wife..."

Gu Qinghan scoffed: "Ha...that's men for you..."

"What?! Isn't this just common sense? Are you suggesting that a concubine should live a life of widowhood?"

"Whether they live like widows or not is none of your business. You're just being kind..."

"What do you know? This is called saving an innocent young woman..."

"What! A young married woman! What's the difference between you and Xu An? You're both lustful scoundrels. I misjudged you!"

"What are you saying! I, Xu Tianyi, am completely innocent. I'm only twenty-one years old. What's wrong with me being a little lecherous?"

"Then go ahead and be a pervert!!"

After saying that, Gu Qinghan looked unhappy and turned to get into the carriage.

Xu Tianyi got angry and rushed forward as well.

"That doesn't make sense, why are you angry..."

"My anger has nothing to do with you!"

"How could this be..."

......

The two began arguing incessantly, leaving Gu Feixue stunned.

what's the situation?

Is my daughter jealous?

No way? Qinghan has always been gentle and kind, how could she be so unruly?

She felt somewhat helpless and immediately got into the carriage as well.

"Enough! Enough! Do you think I don't exist?"

Her stern questioning brought the two to an end.

A moment later, Gu Qinghan blushed, and Xu Tianyi also noticed the embarrassment.

The three fell silent.

. . .

As the carriage traveled along, Gu Feixue, seemingly to ease the awkwardness, took the initiative to praise, "Tianyi, you seem to have experienced many battles. You easily killed that ninth-rank warrior. I imagine you've been injured quite a bit before..."

Xu Tianyi was somewhat taken aback: "No, he's pretty bad..."

Gu Feixue: "..."

Gu Qinghan then spoke up: "You're all about bragging. How dangerous it was just now! You were charging head-on into a fight against a cultivator stronger than yourself, and the other side had a team with them. I was really afraid you would have been taken down in one move when you went up there."

Xu Tianyi laughed heartily: "Are you worried about me?"

Gu Qinghan was stunned, then said hesitantly, "We've been cultivating together for several days now, we're practically friends, of course I'm worried..."

Xu Tianyi raised an eyebrow, his eyes hinting, "Really just friends?"

Gu Qinghan was now embarrassed, but still stubbornly insisted, "At most, you're my junior brother."

"I'm older, I'm the senior!"

"Shut up! You started late; you're the junior!"

"I won!"

"My cultivation level is high!"

The two started bickering again, whereas before they had maintained a very distant and respectful friendship.

Their relationship suddenly became close, and Gu Qinghan even acted like a little girl, which made Gu Feixue uncomfortable.

"Alright! Stop arguing, we've arrived at Linxi County..."

The two quickly lifted the curtain to look outside.

Unexpectedly, their movements suddenly became synchronized, causing them to collide.

"No, let me see it first!"

"Why should I?! The carriage belongs to Cangyu Pavilion!"

"Tch, you win... A good man doesn't argue with a woman..."

"You look down on women, huh? I challenge you to a duel!"

"Shall we have a competition?"

At this point, Gu Qinghan raised the corner of his mouth: "Alright, what does the Qian family have to say?"

Xu Tianyi suddenly rushed out: "What do you think...?"

Gu Qinghan immediately chased after him, saying, "Wait for me..."

The two ran off one after the other, leaving Gu Feixue looking helpless.

"Zhou Han, go and ask about the Qian family."

"Yes, Master."

One of the servants from the Hidden Rain Pavilion in the center ran out.

He returned quickly.

"Master, I just asked a few people, and the Qian family was indeed wiped out. A few days ago, the Qian family members wore mourning clothes, and various other families also suffered losses. Now that the county magistrate has been killed, the whole city is in a bit of chaos."

Moreover, the Qian family did indeed frequently abduct women from the common people and bring them into their household, so the entire city's populace harbored an undisguised hatred towards them.

Gu Feixue nodded.

“It seems he was right. Let’s find an inn to stay in first, and then you go and keep an eye on them and tell them where we’re staying.”

"Yes, Master."

Gu Feixue didn't plan to go; he acknowledged Xu Tianyi and Gu Qinghan's abilities.

As for their relationship, she didn't know how to put it.

My daughter is almost twenty. According to the rules of the Wuji Empire, a woman must get married at the age of fourteen. Qinghan had been with me in the Moon Wheel for many years, so she naturally wouldn't have had any contact with men from foreign lands.

Upon returning to the Wuji Empire, she never paid any attention to the various people she encountered.

Now that she's interested in Xu Tianyi, it wouldn't hurt to let them spend some time together.

More importantly, she also advocated free love, after all, her marriage to the Crown Prince was based on love, and the Crown Prince treated her very well.

As for a marriage alliance, there's no way to talk about it since we can't even find a crown prince right now.

(Gu Qinghan and Liu Lian had some connection, but she was unaware of it; otherwise, she would definitely have sided with Liu Lian.)