C121-1 : Four Hundred For Every Night

"You want me to teach you law manipulation every night? That's going to cost you, A LOT."

Brother BB, or Qian Yun, or whoever the fuck it was on the other side of the tunnel didn’t disappoint Han Xuhan. What he had feared was an outright rejection. But the mention of a price meant that wouldn’t happen.

"Name your price!" Xuhan coolly replied, his heart in ecstasy. "Whatever it is, I'll reduce it to one-third of that."

". . . .Fifty thousand spirit stones."

"Best I can do is five hundred."

". . . .One-third of fifty thousand is just a few stones short of seventeen thousand," brother BB answered hesitantly.

"Oh, I know that !" Xuhan enthusiastically retorted.

"Five hundred is way too low a price for something as precious as our law manipulation techniques. Even a single manual that deals with only one type of law is worth more than ten times of that amount."

"Yes, but I'm not going to buy the manual from you. So the only transaction between us is going to be the fee for the lessons."

"Are you an idiot? How are you going to learn the technique without buying the manual? I'm not letting you take a peek at it for free." Brother BB sounded fed up with his playfulness, something that greatly saddened Xuhan. There were few others whom he could mess around with without worrying about the consequences.


"Because I already have gotten a cultivation manual on law manipulation. I don’t need to buy one from you. Hell, I doubt you would actually sell me the real thing anyway. Last time we had an 'honest' transaction, you tried to screw me over permanently with that shitty artificial cultivation technique."

Han Xuhan decided to play it aggressive, observing the other party's change in attitude in parallel to his own.
Would a guilt trip work on this guy ? The answer would play a great role in their future exchanges, maybe going as far as directing their partnership someday. He had been throwing out these sort of mental tests at the man every time they met in the realm of laws. It mattered not whether the other party realized his intentions or not, his reaction to the baits would be enough for Xuhan to decide his next course of action.

Brother BB's reaction to the news was quite lively.

"Already gotten a cultivation manual on law manipulation ? How ? Where did you get it from ? Who sold it to you ?"

The agitation in his voice did not seem fake. The evasive maneuver was real enough, though. Suddenly feeling rather powerful, Han Xuhan snickered creepily, producing a sound that he had only read about in xianxia novels.

"Jiejiejiejiejie! I found it in one of the old chamber pots you dumped my backyard last week."

". . . ."

"Jiejiejiejiejie! Do you regret your little pranks now ?"

"Why...why exactly were you going through the 'contents' of those used chamber pots, brother Xuhan ?" Brother BB asked, his tone quite doubtful .

". . . ."

"Go on! Make the fucking retarded sound again! Did you think I'll buy that bullshit ?" Brother BB gradually started yelling angrily from the other side of the tunnel. But Xuhan had no regrets. That guy had really believed him for a second there. The burn he had gotten in return was well worth the satisfaction.

"Oh well, that's too bad. The truth is I got the manual from this shady looking thief . He said his name is Fang Xie. I don't think that's his real name, but that's all I got for you, fellow cultivator. Now about our transaction, since we agreed that four hundred spirit stones is more than enough for your guidance-"

"Fang Xie ? There is nobody with that name in the records of our holy land- wait a damn minute, four hundred spirit stones? DO NOT TEST MY PATIENCE, HAN XUHAN !"

"Ooooh, scary ! If I had a body here, I might have pissed myself and the piss would've reached your side of the tunnel because of my enhanced physique. The force behind a sixth layer cultivator's speed is nothing to laugh at. So be careful with that tone, fellow cultivator Yun !"

Han Xuhan felt great. Brother BB was much like his favourite video games on earth. These interactions where he could let his oral cannon loose truly calmed his nerves after a long day.


". . . .You know what? Fuck you, Xuhan. I've got enough on my plate as it is. I don't need your constant unfunny fuckery twice a week. Just transfer the new resource load and get the hell out of my sight."

"This is going to get progressively worse and worse if you don't agree to the deal, brother Yun. Think you can handle what's coming ? I shall devote a few hours of my day regularly just to come up with shittier forms of behaviour every time we meet." Had his form in the realm of laws had a physical body, Han Xuhan would have spread his hands in a grandiose fashion and spoken in his heaviest tone. But alas, such wet dreams never come true . Reality is often disappointing.

A long bout of silence stretched between them as his words reverberated through the tunnel. Han Xuhan was not nervous, however. He would force this deal on the other party one way or the other. His personal safety was in line here, after all.

"Fine. Show me the fucking manual first. First I need to see if I'm qualified to teach whichever type of law manipulation technique you've gotten from this thief called Fang Xie."

Resignation rang in brother BB's tone. Han Xuhan snickered creepily once more.