My Master is the Real Boss – Chapter 80

Chapter 80: The Snake and Crane Conflict

Sitting by the window late into the night, unable to fall asleep, Xiang Jiannan closed his eyes tightly, pretending to be cultivating. Outside the window, everything was a hazy gray with only a few scattered lights left. His Master had taken over the entire bed early on.

Sprawled out in a big “大” shape, he still didn’t forget to scratch himself even while snoring like thunder.

This old Taoist priest, he really falls asleep the moment his head hits the pillow.

Disturbed by Gao Yu’an several times, wanting to lash out, Xiang Jiannan completely changed the direction of his chair, making it easier to rest his arm on the windowsill. In his memory, his Master never snored while sleeping. Having changed environments, this old Taoist priest was sleeping even more soundly than before.

Li Jin didn’t come for dinner. A full table of dishes was ordered, and it was basically his Master who enjoyed them all.

Perhaps influenced by Li Si’s conversation in the Fu Mo Si during the day, Xiang Jiannan didn’t have much appetite or desire to sleep in this unfamiliar environment. He watched the street below go from deserted to even more deserted. Fortunately, the lights of this inn were bright enough.

He didn’t have so many thoughts that night at Baofu Temple. This showed that Xiang Jiannan’s ability to adapt to new environments was not as strong as he had imagined.

After sitting by the window for about another half an hour, with his head propped up, Xiang Jiannan vaguely felt sleepy. He looked back at his Master, who was sleeping soundly, and a desire to compete with him arose in his heart. But just as he was about to get up, he heard a slight noise from outside the window, a rustling sound, as if something had climbed up to the window. He turned his head, and his mind short-circuited for a moment at what he saw.

What the h*ll? Breaking and entering!

He almost bumped faces with the face that suddenly appeared hanging on the window. Xiang Jiannan was so shocked that he couldn’t catch his breath. He just sat there, staring at it, his mind blank, only remembering to breathe.

This was the Prefecture, similar to a provincial capital in his previous world. The inn he was currently in was not far from the Fu Mo Si. It wasn’t even late at night, yet someone dared to commit a crime in broad daylight? Most importantly, he bumped right into him. Was it possible to not see someone inside when the window was open?

“Little Taoist Priest, do you remember me?”

Coming back to his senses, he only thought that this person’s footwork was quite strong. Looking at her body hanging down from above, Xiang Jiannan didn’t know what to say.

It was a woman, and her voice sounded familiar, but her appearance was unfamiliar. Because of the angle, what he noticed most was a certain part of the visitor’s body. Due to gravity and her clothing, when the woman spoke, his attention suddenly became somewhat uncontrollable.

Her voice was soft and sweet, and her graceful figure was constantly swaying before his eyes, making her alluring figure impossible to hide.

“It’s too early, This Poor Monk hasn’t gone to sleep yet.”

He blurted out a reply as if possessed. Xiang Jiannan only smelled a strange fragrance wafting from the woman. At the same time, his Master sneezed, and the hands that were reaching out instantly retracted.

This woman actually wanted to touch him! What kind of occasion, what kind of posture! If it weren’t for his Master’s timely reaction, she would have almost succeeded just now!

He didn’t have time to look back to see if his Master was awake. After speaking, he only felt a faint burning sensation in his chest. Xiang Jiannan quietly moved his chair back, as if his Master’s sneeze had put him into a saintly mode. When he looked at the woman again, the chaotic sounds in his ears didn’t stop.

All the sounds of objects constantly rubbing together, coming from beyond the walls, wave after wave into the room.

“Who are you, and why are you here?”

While speaking, he gently flicked his fingers. Xiang Jiannan’s left hand, hidden under his Taoist robe, was not idle. He thought that the woman in front of him was sent by Li Si. While pondering this, he also prepared to strike suddenly.

Daring to appear so blatantly in front of him proved that this woman was fearless. Like Tang Ning, her brain was probably not normal. This time, no one could help him. His only hope was behind him, but judging from the snoring, he didn’t know what state he was in.

“Have you forgotten me so quickly?”

Only then did she finally try to straighten her body. In front of Xiang Jiannan, she barely exerted any effort. The woman’s body, which was hanging upside down like a spider, turned around. As she leaned into the window, Xiang Jiannan also realized where those chaotic sounds were coming from.

From below the woman’s abdomen, there were no legs, only a body as thick as a bowl, snaking into the windowsill. A flash of scales passed by, and the part pressing against the windowsill clung tightly to the outer wall.

A Snake Demon!

He was truly startled by the woman’s revealed true form. Xiang Jiannan wanted to get up without thinking. This Snake Demon was a bit too close to him. Who would have thought that he would encounter such an evil creature on a night like this?

I, Xiang Jiannan, don’t know any Snake Demons. Did she come to the wrong room?

“Little Taoist Priest, don’t make a move!”

Seeing that Xiang Jiannan had raised his hand, and several streams of Green Qi were spreading, the Snake Demon hurriedly stopped moving closer. She just wanted to make a gesture of stopping him, but her face contorted in pain as she instantly retracted her body. Only a thumping sound was heard outside the window. When Xiang Jiannan, emboldened by the Green Qi, wanted to look out the window, a pair of wings suddenly rose from below the window with a whooshing sound. This time, a bird’s beak stretched in, and after scanning the room with its long neck, it actually spoke in a stern tone:

“What are you looking at? Blow out the lamp!”

After speaking, it retracted its wings and fell from the window. The sound of crane calls was particularly clear in the dark night.

A White Crane! Did this Snake Demon steal its elixir?

Standing at the window, he could constantly see the White Crane soaring up and then diving down. Xiang Jiannan would never listen to it and obediently blow out the lamp. He only heard a few screams from the street from time to time, and he couldn’t tell whether he was in a dream or reality.

Do the demons of the Great Zhou Dynasty not avoid people at all? With all this commotion, how could the Fu Mo Si not hear it? In the county town, such a thing happened.

“Disciple, is it dawn?”

While Xiang Jiannan was enjoying the spectacle, Gao Yu’an, who had been sleeping more soundly than a pig on the bed behind him, finally stopped snoring. He merely paused with a surprised look on his face as he walked to the window. He quickly raised his hand and closed the window, then turned around, picked up his Taoist robe, and said in a very urgent tone:

“I thought it was a rooster crowing. This is not a good thing.”

While speaking, he put on his clothes, constantly looking towards the door in the distance:

“Pack your things, we’re going back immediately.”

“In the middle of the night, go back where?”

Not understanding why his Master was so panicked, Xiang Jiannan stood there without moving. He thought that his Master might be confused from sleep. It was unrealistic to leave the city at this time. Even if they could get out, how would they travel the rest of the way?

It took them several days to come to the Prefecture. Without transportation, who knows how long it would take to walk back to Ping’an Temple.

“Just follow your teacher, this inn, we can’t stay here for even a moment.”

After quickly arranging his clothes, Gao Yu’an’s panic was something he had never shown before. As he quickly opened the door, Xiang Jiannan saw the firelight beside him pause, as if a Yin Wind had suddenly blown in from outside the door. In just an instant, all the open windows slammed shut, the temperature dropped sharply, and it seemed that something, along with the wind, had suddenly broken into the room.