Strongest Cultivation Swordsmanship System-Chapter 44: Hypocritical Whim

"There are whims that aren’t free, you little brat," he said suddenly. "My life has been full of constant mistakes. And many of those mistakes have left revenge pending. In you, I saw the potential to grow to the point of helping me. After all, I saw that thirst for revenge and that hatred in your eyes."

"It’s something I’ve only seen in you... not even I have it."

Xiaotian frowned and nodded. He wondered if Ruxue could have seen that hatred in him. He wouldn’t want her to see his horrible side.

But then, thinking about what she was like, he smiled. She would surely say: "I’ll help you kill them."

That was just how she was.

"We share many things in common. Revenge, the pain of betrayal. How does betrayal feel? I felt that only you could understand me." Elder Yan laughed a little.

"That’s my whim. I saw myself reflected in you, and now I want to see you take your revenge."

"My whim is hypocritical, little brat. Because I just want to see you grow up and take your revenge so I can feel good about my own unfinished revenge, or..." Finally, he stopped and said nothing more.

Xiaotian could understand. The hypocrisy of wanting to train him to become strong so that he could help him in his own revenge.

"I don’t see it as so bad," Xiaotian replied suddenly. "All humans are hypocrites at some point in their lives. If our hypocrisy is reflected in someone else’s benefit, it’s okay to expect mutual payment."

Elder Yan looked at him perplexed. He hadn’t expected such a mature response, even though he already knew that this boy was quite a bit more mature than his age would suggest.

Suddenly, he began to laugh loudly. His laughter was so strong that he had to hold his stomach to endure it, and his arched body shocked Xiaotian...

"It seems I have met someone really interesting," said Elder Yan, and he moved his glass toward Xiaotian to clink it with his. "To your future well-being," he said.

Xiaotian chuckled at this silly toast, but he understood its deeper meaning. So he clinked his glass against his. "To our future revenge," he said.

That was what they both meant.

The conversation ended there, and they continued drinking wine, although Xiaotian moderated himself... there were still things to do.

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That night, Xiaotian put on a black hood, black gloves, black boots, and slipped away among the passersby in the city.

For as long as he can remember, one of the things that led him to the top among the Hunters on earth was following a motto he had before he became a hunter: Finish what you start, no matter what it is.

When he didn’t finish something he had started, especially if it was something very important, he would feel heavy.

Even though he is now in another world, that motto must remain intact for him.

He moved around the city in search of fulfilling that motto and walked to the city’s red-light district. There, he looked for a particular nightclub.

It was called "Bar of Soft Fragrances" for a reason: it was a high-class bar-brothel.

’Coming here after losing to your rival, instead of training...’ Xiaotian shook his head.

Thus, the Zhang family would be destroyed sooner or later if it had to rely on these young masters to shine in the future.

He entered through the front door.

"My Beloved Lord." A young lady who was waiting on him ran to him as soon as she saw him arrive. She was quite pretty and gave off a strange feeling of holiness.

She was very well trained.

Xiaotian didn’t wait for her to offer him anything, instead grabbing her hand to silence her. "I’ll give you 10 spirit crystals if you tell me where young master Zhang Xiao Ding is," he whispered.

The young lady swallowed all the words she was about to say and froze on the spot. Thousands of questions ran through her mind. What should she do? Should she give him that information? What about the rule of confidentiality with customers?

She suddenly smiled like a beautiful, tender butterfly...

Her face even blushed, and she leaned close to his ear. "Please follow me, beloved sir," she whispered...

Xiaotian followed her closely, and soon they were on the third floor, among the largest rooms. In one of them, which was empty, she approached the door and opened it, pulling him inside, though she stopped at the doorway.

"The third door from here. Young Master Xiao Ding has been there for two hours and has recently requested new girls. They will arrive in five minutes," she whispered, then added, "Whatever happens to a customer for getting into trouble with another is not the concern of the house."

Xiaotian stared at her, shocked. He had prepared to knock her out and search on his own, but this turn of events was interesting. He even laughed inside. ’So she used this method to bring me here.’

He took out the ten crystals.

"I hope it’s real," he whispered back, and she simply turned around and left after putting the crystals in her clothes.

It was a quick and concise exchange. She had simply brought a "customer" to the requested room. That way, she would avoid any problems upstairs and still receive her payment of 10 crystals.

Although her job earns her considerably more than many people in other professions, she can barely earn between 1 and 3 crystals a month, in good months. So 10 crystals for something so simple was excellent pay, only millionaires could afford it.

Despite her unusual job, she was an intelligent woman and knew what was good for her.

Xiaotian stood at the door. He looked like a customer waiting for service, but he was actually waiting for the new girls requested by Xiao Ding to pass by.

He didn’t have to wait long. Exactly five minutes later, they arrived.

They were accompanied by one of the eunuchs of the house. He saw them pass by and smiled softly behind his rag mask.

The reddish lighting, mixed with the curtains in the hallways, made it easy to sneak around here. He took advantage of his surroundings to do so and was soon inside the room.

The eunuch bowed to Xiao Ding. "Young Lord Xiao Ding, sorry for the delay..."

Xiao Ding looked at the new women and his eyes lit up. They were dressed in seductive one-piece dresses with a large slit up the leg. The beauty of these women was exceptional, even he had to admit it.

The money had been worth it, just for this.

He shook his arm to push away one of the two he currently had and motioned for the new ones to come closer.

"Come to Daddy~" He whispered softly, while shaking his other arm to dismiss the eunuch.

The eunuch had nothing to say. He left the room with the other two, and Xiao Ding began to enjoy his new delicacy...

Or so he thought.

He was so drunk that he didn’t notice when the women walking toward him to play, fell to the ground, unconscious.

And suddenly, he had a sword pointed at his neck.

"Zhang Xiao Ding, get dressed. You have work to do." Zhang Xiaotian’s cold, deadly voice rang out.