The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 825: Each with Their Own Calculations

"Before, I heard from Long Eyebrow True Person that cultivators must not interfere with the mundane world, which is a rule coherently observed in the Cultivation World," Jing Yan said. "However, no matter the rule, there will always be some who are reluctant to follow it, and these individuals appear to be of that sort."

Li Qing frowned slightly and spoke in a low voice, "Whether they comply or not doesn’t matter to me. What concerns me is, could their ruckus cause any impact on our village? Look at all the mobile phones around, their actions have definitely already been posted online by countless people."

"My lord, has there been a precedent for this online before?" Jing Yan asked softly.

"Yes!" Li Qing first gave an affirmative answer, then continued, "But I’m not sure whether those were real or fake. The effects in many online videos look more realistic than the fight they just had. It’s actually hard to distinguish the true from the false now."

"If that’s the case, then there seems to be nothing to worry about, right?" Jing Yan turned her head and asked.

Li Qing said, "You could say that, but still, this incident going out will definitely allow some people to discern the truth. Especially when you see so many people raising their phones, clicking away—a multitude of identical videos taken from various angles—it would be difficult to claim they were fake."

"So, it looks like our village might... suddenly become famous again." Jing Yan thought for a moment and then said.

Li Qing, with a keen gaze, watched the three young men still arguing inside and nodded slightly, "It seems definite, but whether this fame will be good or bad, I don’t know. If the fame is good, I would definitely welcome it, but if it’s negative..."

Jing Yan burst into laughter, "My lord, whether it’s good or bad, it seems you can’t do much about it now!"

"That’s still possible. If it’s a bad reputation, I’ll just kill these three little bastards and then force them to apologize online, admitting that they had just performed some magic, instead of actually fighting using techniques," Li Qing said quietly.

Jing Yan’s eyes flickered with a soft laugh, "But it seems they are all at the Foundation Establishment Stage, my lord. You seem not able to defeat them."

"I have you, Yan’er, handling a few of them is just a trivial matter," Li Qing said with a sly smile. "Yan’er, they are squeezing through the crowd. We should get to know them first, figure out the details of these three little bastards, so we’ll know where to find them later."

Jing Yan’s lips curved into a tender smile, her eyes full of soft affection as Li Qing held her hand and they walked towards the three.

Hua Liangjun and his two companions also realized they had caused trouble and grimly squeezed out of the crowd.

Of course, mutual accusations were inevitable.

Especially between Hua Liangjun and Li Yumeng. Though the fight had finished, their quarrel was far from over.

"It’s all because of this damn faggot, now look, we three have thoroughly become celebrities," Hua Liangjun grumbled. "We agreed to come quietly, leave quietly. We were supposed to figure out that little bastard’s details and set up a thorough plan to kill him. Now what? They probably already know we’re here. This is what you call ’alerting the enemy’, get it?"

"Dude, is your mouth the only thing you have? Who was constantly babbling non-stop, you can wander around all dandy, I can understand that. But what about your mouth? Does it behave like that thing too, with no control?" Li Yumeng retorted fiercely.

"Brothers, that was quite a skill just now!"

Suddenly, a jarring voice sounded beside them.

"It’s none of your damn business!" Hua Liangjun cursed, but turning his head to see the person standing beside them, he suddenly paused.

He slid his sunglasses down from the bridge of his nose and took another careful look at Li Qing’s face, his expression gradually changing from dazed to tense.

However, it wasn’t Li Qing that had him tense, but Jing Yan standing beside Li Qing.

She wore a white ruqun, her hair naturally gathered into a bun at the back of her head, her demeanor cool and distant, almost exactly as described.

At other times, it might have been hard to distinguish, but in the depths of winter, ordinary people wouldn’t be wearing a dress.

Li Yumeng and Miao Yue also noticed the appearances of Li Qing and Jing Yan, their expressions involuntarily tightening, especially Li Yumeng, whose right hand had already stealthily raised the still undrawn pink Short Sword.

"Brother, do you have anything... you need?" Miao Yue quietly held Li Yumeng’s hand that was gripping the sword, forcing a calm voice.

Li Qing hadn’t noticed these people’s maneuvers, only finding their expressions somewhat odd, but he didn’t take it to heart, and cheerfully said, "I run the barbecue shop at the village entrance, just saw your splendid fight, got a bit curious. I wonder if I might invite you for a meal so we can chat?"

"We... don’t really have much to talk about, do we?" Miao Yue glanced surreptitiously at Jing Yan while stammering out a response.

"Of course, there’s plenty to talk about. One thing leads to another, just to get acquainted," Li Qing laughed.

To slightly clear up the identities of these few individuals so he could later find them, Li Qing could be said to have fully displayed a shameless spirit, relentlessly pestering like those touts at the train station, whether you like it or not, I just want you to agree.

"What we just did... was actually a magic trick, that’s our profession, performing illusions," Miao Yue said with a sheepish smile.

Hua Liangjun coughed lightly, "Miao Miao, there’s no need for lame excuses in front of fellow practitioners. They sensed us from afar... it makes us seem quite unworldly."

"Oh, fellow practitioners, are we? My abilities are rather low; I really didn’t realize, sorry about that," Miao Yue quickly said after catching on.

"Barely, my abilities are even lower," Li Qing chuckled, "I also sensed you were fellow practitioners and took the liberty to greet you, seeing practitioners around here isn’t easy. Are you here for something specific?"

"Nothing much, just like...," Hua Liangjun took off his sunglasses and pointed to a nearby crowd, "like them."

"Unexpected indeed, our small village actually attracted you guys," Li Qing clicked his tongue in astonishment, "Here’s an idea, I’ll host, why don’t you try a home-cooked meal from the countryside?"

"Well..." Hua Liangjun briefly glanced at his companions with a slightly nervous look and nodded, "Okay, we won’t be polite then. But since you’re in business, we really can’t let you treat us, we’ll pay our way."

"No need for that, it’s just a meal. Let’s go, let’s go," Li Qing immediately said warmly, "It’s right across the street."

"We still don’t know how to address you, brother?" Hua Liangjun took the opportunity to ask.

"Me? Just call me Qingzi," Li Qing laughed heartily.