The Crazy Son-In-Law

Zhu Que blinked her long eyelashes twice, furrowing her brows, and spoke somewhat disheartened, “I might pick up my job as a kill… bodyguard. I don’t know what else I can do.” Hu stood on a chair, waving her little fists and shouting in a sweet voice, “I have something I want to do!”

“What do you want to do, Hu?” Yao Qin asked.

“I want to be a bad guy!”

The little girl stared with her big eyes, proudly declaring her ambition to be a bad guy, immediately amusing everyone around her.

“Why do you want to be a bad guy?” Yao Qin asked, imitating her tone.

“Because… Because…” The little one scratched her head, “Because Dad said no one dares to bully the bad guys.”

What kind of family education was that! But the statement wasn’t wrong.

After lunch, Xiao Shun had nothing to do at the company, so he took a taxi to the small courtyard on Eighth Avenue. Song Linger had been spending most of her days there recently, learning her alchemy stuff and practicing Meteor Fist. At the moment, she was in the kitchen, holding a recipe in her hand, muttering and constantly throwing ingredients into a jar.

“60g of sulfur, 140g of white arsenic… a little bit of saltpeter.” She scratched her small face, confused, “How much is a little bit? Never mind, I’ll find out by trying.”

Once she prepared all the materials, she pulled up a chair, sat down, and quietly waited. Her eyelids grew heavier and heavier as time passed.

…

As Xiao Shun approached the courtyard entrance, he immediately noticed some thick smoke billowing out of the kitchen. Then, with a loud rumble, he saw flames erupting and all the window glass shattered instantly.

Holy crap!

He quickly walked over and saw Song Linger, disheveled and covered in dirt, emerging from the kitchen.

“Master, why are you here?”

Song Linger saw him and smiled with joy, revealing her white teeth on her smoky, darkened face, her cute canine teeth now even more prominent.

“Did you just blow up your kitchen?” Xiao Shun looked her up and down and asked.

Song Linger gave an embarrassed smile, “I was learning the alchemy stuff. I don’t know what happened, and it just exploded…”

Xiao Shun, “…”Text content © NôvelDrama.Org.

Those alchemy elixirs were not the same as the teas she used to make. They not only required medicinal ingredients but also more dangerous materials like cinnabar and mercury.

“Go wash up now,” Xiao Shun said, feeling both helpless and amused.

“Okay.” Song Linger responded and then trotted back to a room nearby to clean up.

Xiao Shun entered the kitchen only to find it in utter disarray. Pots, pans, and utensils were scattered everywhere, and he felt fortunate that she hadn’t blown up the entire kitchen. He should have reminded Song Linger not to conduct such experiments when he wasn’t around. After all, she had only been exposed to the whole thing for a few days, and he hadn’t expected Song Linger to be so curious. The girl had been lucky, but every time he thought about what had just happened, he still felt somewhat worried.

It seemed they wouldn’t be able to make any elixirs today, and they needed someone to clean up the courtyard. Half an hour later, Song Linger, washed and dressed in a clean white hoodie, looked even more delicate and youthful with her fair, tender face.

“Come on, show me your Meteor Fist,” Xiao Shun said.

Since they couldn’t make elixirs today, they had to find something to do. He would see how well the girl had practiced her Meteor Fist. He sat down on a nearby lounge chair, crossed his arms, and said leisurely.

“Alright!” Song Linger happily nodded and began her moves.

It wasn’t perfect, but it was smooth enough. Its power depended on her level, with completely different effects at the Foundation and Anterior stages. When she had completed all the moves, her pretty face was flushed, and a layer of fine sweat covered her forehead. She casually wiped it off and looked at Xiao Shun, asking, “How was it, Master?”

Her eager tone revealed how much she craved praise. “Not bad. Since we have nothing else to do today, I’ll teach you something new,” Xiao Shun replied indifferently, nodding.

Song Linger’s face lit up, and she bounced over, asking, “What are you going to teach me, Master?”

“Starway Scurry. You’ll need it when you have to run.”

“Ah?” Song Linger sounded a bit disappointed.

A hero girl as she was, her goal was to crush her enemies head-on, and running away wasn’t something she wanted to do. “It’s actually very important. Haven’t you heard the saying? No martial art can save you from a kitchen knife. Of course, a kitchen knife won’t be a problem for you now, but are you afraid of guns?”

Song Linger briskly nodded a few times.

“Modern weapons are the biggest threat to us. In its initial stage, Starway Scurry can help you move faster, and once you become more proficient, you can dodge bullets in an instant. It ensures that you can escape and survive when faced with firearm attacks. Even if you don’t need any of this, Starway Scurry can work well with your Meteor Fist to maximize its power.”

As for what it could do after the initial stage, Xiao Shun didn’t say. Starway Scurry was a unique footwork technique his master had created based on the positions of the twenty-eight constellations. It was versatile and intricate. In the initial stage, practitioners could teleport short distances, while his master could travel hundreds of kilometers in an instant.

Beyond that, he had never seen anyone with a higher level of cultivation than his master, so he didn’t know what it could ultimately do, and he simply skipped over that part.

In his current stage of cultivation, Xiao Shun could already teleport within a thirty-meter range. Upon hearing this, Song Linger’s eyes lit up with joy, “Can you dodge bullets?”

“Of course, at your current stage of cultivation, once you’ve grown accustomed to all of its moves, dodging a few bullets is nothing. However, if you are talking about a Gatling, the most effective way is still just to run,” he replied.

Song Linger, “…”

Even so, that was still incredibly impressive. She’d have to go to a war zone to see a Gatling, or any heavy weapon like that. “Alright, I’ll learn it!” Song Linger said, nodding vigorously.

Xiao Shun fetched some chalk and drew a seemingly complicated star map on the ground, labeling the constellations. “Let’s start with the seven constellations of Xuanwu in the north.”

After he completed the star map, he clapped the chalk dust off his hands, took a breath, and said, “Next, I’ll make up… ah, no, I mean, write down some mnemonics and send it to you.” His mind was already filled with too much clutter, and he couldn’t remember every detail at once.

Song Linger didn’t notice his slip of the tongue and cheerfully nodded, “Alright, alright!”

Since they couldn’t have any elixirs today, Xiao Shun didn’t spend much time there. He gave her a few instructions and then left. The elixirs they were currently refining used common herbs and materials, which were of little use to him at his current stage of cultivation. Even if he consumed those pills every day and nothing else, it would only be a waste of money, offering no help to his cultivation.

The pills were mainly for Song Linger, and he would also make some more to help Yuxu break through the Foundation stage. After all, that was three billion easy money, and nobody would refuse that. Moreover, he still had to prepare the gifts he promised Wen Guangliang and Cai Junmin.

The path of cultivation was truly long and arduous. Perhaps that was the reason his master had chosen to travel around in search of new opportunities.