The Villainous Senior Brother Doesn't Want to Wash White [Transmigration] - Chapter 31

As soon as Ji Yanqing’s words left his mouth, the scene fell into a dead silence.

The frost frozen upon Ji Yanhui’s face seemed to thicken by another layer, turning so cold it felt as if a hailstorm had just passed through.

Liu Ningyun was so shocked he nearly failed to maintain his “frail woman” persona; his veil almost fell to the ground. This was the first time he had ever seen someone dare to provoke Ji Yanhui in such a manner.

The atmosphere became exceptionally bizarre, yet Ji Yanqing had no idea what he had said wrong.

After a moment of silence, he addressed Ji Yanhui again: “I truly don’t remember you. Care to give me a hint?”

From the other man’s words, Ji Yanqing could guess that they knew each other and that this person had likely been scammed by him before.

However, the original owner of this body had scammed thousands of people—how was he supposed to know which one this was?

To Ji Yanhui’s ears, this probing question sounded like even more intensified mockery. His expression remained icy and unchanging, but a thin layer of frost had already crystallized upon his fingers—

Liu Ningyun saw this at a glance; it was Ji Yanhui’s reaction before condensing his True Qi. Was he planning to strike Ji Yanqing directly?

“Fellow Daoist Zhang, this is the Third Young Master of the Ji family: Ji Yanhui.”

Before Ji Yanhui could make a move, Liu Ningyun stepped forward and introduced him to Ji Yanqing.

Ji Yanqing: “!!!”

Although Ji Yanqing had been mentally listing potential victims the moment he saw Ji Yanhui, he never expected that the man standing before him was Ji Yanhui himself!

This was all due to the erroneous information Ji Yanqing had received previously.

Before coming to this world, the information Ji Yanqing had read about Ji Yanhui was in text form; he had never actually seen the man.

Furthermore, the descriptions of Ji Yanhui in Path of the Demon Immortal were usually things like: “Ji Yanhui gave a curt ‘Mn’,” or “Ji Yanhui said ‘Good’ and then watched coldly from the sidelines.” In the eyes of others, Ji Yanhui was famous for being “cold and a man of few words,” rarely speaking more than twelve words per appearance.

So, this person who had just rattled off a whole string of sentences was Ji Yanhui??

Can a character’s persona just go OOC (Out of Character) like this??!!

Back at the Wanbao Pavilion, Ji Yanqing had been constantly worried about running into Ji Yanhui in Yunjian City. Just thinking about the scene of meeting him made a chill rise from the soles of his feet.

And now, he finally knew that the only thing more terrifying than meeting Ji Yanhui was asking him, “Who are you?” upon seeing him!!!

Ji Yanqing didn’t even need to look at Ji Yanhui’s expression to feel his suppressed rage.

Right now, he didn’t want that Millennial Ice Stone all that much anymore. After all, while the stone was rare, it could be found in other places.

The urgent priority now was to slip away—

Wait, before slipping away, he could also farm another wave of Villain Points.

Ji Yanhui finally saw a trace of something resembling fear and panic in Ji Yanqing’s eyes. His mood improved slightly, and the cold Qi circling his fingertips dissipated. He completely failed to notice the craftiness hidden in Ji Yanqing’s gaze.

“Remember it now, do you? Ji. Yan. Qing.” Ji Yanhui spoke coldly. In front of Liu Ningyun, he deliberately called out Ji Yanqing’s real name, exposing his lie.

Sure enough, upon hearing this name, Liu Ningyun was shocked and turned to look at Ji Yanqing.

This person… is actually Ji Yanqing?

Thinking carefully, this person’s appearance and age were indeed identical to the rumored youngest young master of the Ji family.

Only the personality was slightly different.

To Ji Yanhui’s surprise, even though his identity had been directly exposed, Ji Yanqing didn’t show a hint of guilt. Instead, he wiped the fear and panic from his face and said arrogantly, “What are you shouting my name for? I didn’t scam you, so what does it have to do with you?”

Sensing Ji Yanhui’s gaze grow another three degrees colder, Ji Yanqing’s body instinctively trembled, but he stubbornly continued to try and thoroughly enrage Ji Yanhui.

“You aren’t planning to lay a hand on me, are you? Don’t forget that oath you made…”

Ji Yanqing said this on purpose. The oath he referred to was one that Ji Yanhui had been coaxed and scammed into making by the original owner and his father. The content was roughly that as long as Ji Yanqing remained in the Qingmen Sect, Ji Yanhui could not harm a single hair on his head.

That was a Vow of the Dao Heart; once broken, the person would immediately perish.

In the original book, it was because of this oath that Ji Yanhui could never lay a hand on Ji Yanqing until the latter was deserted by all and expelled from the sect. Only then was he finally freed from the bond of the oath.

By bringing up the oath now while he was still in the Qingmen Sect, Ji Yanqing was clearly threatening Ji Yanhui.

If others were to find out that Ji Yanhui had made such an oath, it would undoubtedly publicize his weakness.

“Villain Points +20.”

Ji Yanqing had poked this sore spot perfectly; the pleasant system notification chimed in his ear.

Ji Yanhui’s face grew increasingly icy, but he truly had no way to deal with Ji Yanqing. As Ji Yanqing continued to drawl on, he interrupted with a gloomy face: “This is not a convenient place to talk. Follow me into the Flying Star Carriage.”

Ji Yanqing knew Ji Yanhui wanted to settle the score in private, so he naturally wasn’t going to go.

He took a step back and expressed his horror: “What for! In broad daylight, with the sun shining and the world watching, you actually want me to go into your carriage alone? What do you want to do to your own younger brother?!”

Ji Yanhui: “…”

Ji Yanhui suddenly felt an impulse: even if he had to violate his Dao Heart Vow, he wanted to give Ji Yanqing a good lesson right now.

But at that moment, his gaze unintentionally landed on Qi Ye, who was behind Ji Yanqing.

From the moment Ji Yanhui appeared, Qi Ye had been standing very quietly behind Ji Yanqing. His hand remained pressed against his sword hilt, the blade slightly unsheathed. He was in a state of absolute readiness to strike the moment things went south.

Is this youth Ji Yanqing’s Junior Brother?

Ji Yanhui remembered that earlier, Ji Yanqing had failed to leave the Secret Realm with Liu Ningyun and almost got trapped because he went back for this youth. Furthermore, his desire for the Millennial Ice Stone was also to extract the Demon Core from this youth’s body.

Ji Yanhui’s gaze narrowed slightly. His divine sense transformed into a voice that only Ji Yanqing could hear.

“I cannot harm you, but the person beside you might not be so lucky.”

The voice was low, cold, and filled with killing intent.

Hearing this, Ji Yanqing instinctively looked up and met Ji Yanhui’s gaze. His heart sank.

He knew that the “someone else” Ji Yanhui referred to was Qi Ye.

If Ji Yanhui truly intended to deal with Qi Ye, forget finding the ice stone or extracting the core—with the demonic Qi currently on Qi Ye, even with Liu Ningyun’s help, merely leaving Yunjian City would be incredibly difficult.

Was he… really going to have to go to that ‘Flying Carriage’ alone with Ji Yanhui?

He… he would definitely be frozen to death!

While Ji Yanqing was hesitating, he heard Ji Yanhui ask again: “Will you go, or would you like to see if I’ll actually make a move?”

Ji Yanqing understood clearly: under these circumstances, he had no choice.

He wiped the disdainful and arrogant look from his face and gave Ji Yanhui a rather stiff smile, his tone becoming extremely fawning: “Third Brother, we’re all family. Let’s talk things over nicely—why resort to killing? I’ll go, I’ll go with you right now!”