"Teacher , I want to learn martial arts from you."
Yanqing respectfully said to Aether.
"Huh? Learn martial arts from me?" Aether looked at Yanqing and saw that he looked very sincere, so he must really want to learn martial arts from him.
But who is Yanqing? The disciple of General Jing Yuan of the Xianzhou Luofu. If he taught him martial arts, he feared the unlikely chance that Jing Yuan would be drawn over, discover something, and he would be finished.
You can question Jing Yuan's combat power, but you cannot question Jing Yuan's intelligence. As the Luofu General, his strategy is even stronger than his martial arts.
If Aether shed his identity as an Emanator of Abundance, he would just be an ordinary person with some combat power, ordinary in every aspect. If he had to interact with Jing Yuan, he would rather marry Fei Xiao than interact with Jing Yuan.
"Go away! I'm not taking you! Go back where you came from." Aether refused Yanqing without hesitation, turned around, put away his black sword, and left.
"Such swift and decisive movements, Teacher. I truly want to learn martial arts from you."
Yanqing, despite being rejected, wasn't disheartened; instead, he became more persistent, directly following behind Aether.
After that, Yanqing stuck to Aether like glue, hoping to learn martial arts from him, which led Yanqing to do many absurd things.
These included, but were not limited to:
At mealtime, as Aether was about to pick up his chopsticks, Yanqing suddenly darted out from the side, hoping Aether would teach him martial arts.
Following behind Aether when he was setting up his stall.
Standing by during his lunch break and suddenly asking Aether to teach him martial arts.
Even squatting by the bathroom door with toilet paper while Aether was using the restroom, hoping Aether would teach him martial arts... "Aren't you annoying? I already said I wouldn't teach you. Are you deaf?"
Aether really couldn't stand Yanqing anymore and roared at him.
"Teacher , please, teach me martial arts." Yanqing acted as if he hadn't heard anything, still shamelessly begging Aether to teach him.
"You're forcing my hand..."
Aether's face turned dark with anger. He had truly reached his limit and decided to give Yanqing a good beating... "General, we're almost at Mr. Aether's house, you..."
Jiaoqiu spoke up to remind Fei Xiao, but saw her biting her nails, her usually valiant and pretty face showing a rare expression of nervousness.
"Uh, General, are you alright?" Jiaoqiu, seeing Fei Xiao so nervous, couldn't help but ask with concern.
"Ah, I... I'm fine, haha..."
Fei Xiao chuckled, quickly adjusted her posture, and said.
"We're almost there. Do you need a moment, General?" Jiaoqiu, seeing that Fei Xiao still hadn't completely calmed down, proactively asked.
"No need, we can just go straight in." Fei Xiao shook her head and said.
Even though Fei Xiao was Arbiter-General and a seasoned veteran, she was completely clueless when it came to romance. Due to all the previous events, Fei Xiao's feelings for Aether were now in an unexplainable state.
Every time they met, there was always a bit of awkwardness, especially when others were present. Even if Fei Xiao was usually carefree, she was somewhat nervous.
"Just like on the battlefield, be decisive."
Fei Xiao took a deep breath, cheered herself on, and prepared to step forward and knock on the door.
Just then, a commotion came from inside the courtyard, as if someone was fighting, and it sounded quite intense.
"Could Aether be in danger?"
Fei Xiao immediately thought Aether might be in danger. In a moment of urgency, she directly kicked open the gate and rushed in.
"Aether! Are you okay! Huh?"
But when Fei Xiao rushed in, she found the scene completely different from what she had imagined.
"You wanted to learn martial arts, didn't you? Don't run if you've got guts! Come at me, and I'll flay you alive today!"
"I was wrong! I was wrong! Teacher , stop chopping me!"
Aether's face was flushed with anger, and he was swinging his black sword, chasing Yanqing around the courtyard, chopping at him. Yanqing was no match for Aether, so he was naturally chased all over the courtyard.
"Now you know you're wrong? Too late! I *Xianzhou expletive*! Yanqing, you stand there! You *Xianzhou expletive*! I *Xianzhou expletive* will chop you down today!"
At this moment, Aether's face was as red as a stage actor's, extremely flushed, as if it was about to explode.
Yanqing was not doing much better. Being chased and chopped by Aether, he had a few wounds on his body, but they were all just superficial.
And just as they were still in their chase, Fei Xiao happened to kick open the door and rush in. With Fei Xiao's intrusion, Aether and Yanqing, who were originally still in pursuit, froze in place, and the three of them just looked at each other.
"Uh... so, Yanqing, you've been clinging to him constantly just to learn martial arts from him?"
Fei Xiao looked at her colleague's disciple with a strange expression and asked.
"Y-yes." Yanqing was also embarrassed. He lowered his head, not daring to meet Fei Xiao's gaze.
"Oh, so you couldn't stand it, and to teach him a lesson, you kept chasing him and chopping at him?" Fei Xiao turned her head to look at Aether, who was drinking tea nearby, and asked.
Aether nodded noncommittally.
After getting his answer, Fei Xiao couldn't help but laugh and said, "I thought it was a big deal. Why didn't you just find General Jing Yuan? I remember I even introduced you to him. What's the big deal?"
"Cough cough!"
Hearing this, Aether didn't recover in time and choked on his tea.
He thought to himself: "I'm not you. It's certainly no big deal for you to meet a colleague, but I'm an Emanator of Abundance. How dare I jump around in front of Jing Yuan? I haven't had enough of my peaceful life yet."
"Cough! Yanqing, hurry back. I have important matters to deal with. Don't talk nonsense!"
Aether first told Yanqing to leave, then turned to look at Jiaoqiu and Fei Xiao, asking, "What do you two want with me today? Let me say this first, General, I will definitely take full responsibility!"
Jiaoqiu smiled slightly, gently fanning the feather fan in his hand, and said, "Hehe, Mr. Aether, there's no need to be nervous. It's not a big deal. General Fei Xiao has been feeling unwell recently, and you've had intimate physical contact with her, so I need to collect a blood sample from you."
"My blood sample..."
Hearing this, Aether hesitated. Blood collection was nothing to him, but he was an Emanator of Abundance. Although there were no flaws in his appearance, the essence of his body was already completely different from that of an ordinary Long-Lived Species.
If he gave a blood sample, he feared the unlikely chance that his identity as an Emanator of Abundance would be exposed, and how Fei Xiao would then view him.
In the worst-case scenario, he might end up like Hoolay, the leader of the Bu Li, and Shuhu, the Emanator of Abundance.
One was imprisoned forever, the other was beaten to death.
"What's wrong? Is there something you can't tell us?" Jiaoqiu asked when he saw Aether hesitate.
"I'm sorry, I can't give you a blood sample. Due to some special reasons, I cannot accept blood collection." Aether was silent for a moment, then finally chose to refuse.