Chapter 28: Win and Get a Kiss from YeYe!

Chapter 28: Win a Kiss from YeYe!

After eating his fill, Bai Yeye was full of energy. He threw punches left and right at the air: "I think I can take on five Stinky Old Man now. Stinky Old Man, if you've got the balls, come down!"

Wu Shao actually came down.

Bai Yeye's ears drooped immediately. Why was Stinky Old Man up so early? Always gotta mess with them.

Strangely, Wu Shao ignored them and left directly.

"Hey hey hey, where are you going?" Bai Yeye followed him.

Wu Shao glanced at him: "Since when do I gotta report my whereabouts to you?"

"What if you run away and leave us here waiting for you?" Bai Yeye thought he was definitely capable of that.

Upon hearing this, Wu Shao gave a cold smile: "Thank you for giving me a new idea."

"Thank my ass! I won't let you run away. Wherever you go, I'll follow you."

"Perfect. I didn't feel like going down the mountain anyway. You two go get what I need." Wu Shao tossed them a list with some basic supplies and herb names.

Bai Yeye didn't think it was difficult. He rubbed his head against Shen Yu's palm: "I can get 'em. Stinky Old Man, give him a room to crash, and I'll start calling you Fragrant Old Man."

"Find one yourself. I want these by dark." With that, Wu Shao went back to his alchemy room.

Bai Yeye grabbed Shen Yu and picked a room. All the rooms here in Wu Shao's place were the same: dark walls, scattered furniture, cold and eerie.

"Finally found one with a bed. Get some rest."

"I don't need to rest. If we go together, it'll be quicker."

Bai Yeye insisted he lie down. Shen Yu didn't want to argue, so he played along and lay down, then secretly followed after Bai Yeye left.

There was a market at the foot of the mountain, but it was lawless territory. Hardly anyone there did legitimate business. Shen Yu was afraid Bai Yeye would get lured away by a chicken drumstick again, so he kept close.

Sure enough, as soon as Bai Yeye hit the market, lots of guys were giving him dirty looks, even tailing him in plain sight. Bai Yeye wasn't scared. With his tail wagging, he headed for a restaurant.

"Sell me all the ingredients in your back kitchen."

The scar-faced man leaning at the door looked him up and down: "Whose mutt are you? Got any money?"

"Yeah, go ahead and swipe." Bai Yeye pulled out a black card from the little pouch on his chest strap.

Seeing he actually had money and was so cute, the scar-faced man instantly got bad ideas: "Alright, as long as you have money, I'll sell. Come with me to the kitchen to check the ingredients."

"No need to look. Just pack it all up." Shen Yu appeared beside Bai Yeye.

He was still wearing a mask, an ordinary face, but his aura was overwhelmingly imposing.

The people here were a lot sharper than those at the border. Even though they'd never seen Shen Yu before, they could tell from his presence he wasn't ordinary, so they didn't dare mess with him.

The scar-faced man bowed and scraped: "Sir, please have a seat. I'll have someone pack it up and bring it over right away."

"Why are you here? Weren't you supposed to be resting?" Bai Yeye looked at Shen Yu with displeasure. If he didn't rest now, Stinky Old Man would mess with them again when they got back.

Shen Yu let him lean on him: "If I hadn't come, you'd have been sold and not even known it."

That look from the scar-faced guy clearly meant he was gonna pull something on Bai Yeye.

Bai Yeye mumbled: "I'm not that dumb."

"Then why were you going to follow him inside?"

"I was giving myself an excuse not to pay. If he didn't try anything, I'd pay up. If he did, I'd be justified in skipping the bill. All that food is so expensive."

If this were a legit restaurant, he'd pay up. But this joint looked shady from the start. If not for the food, he wouldn't even have come in.

"You have a black card, why sweat a little money?"

Bai Yeye looked at him like he was an idiot: "I've got money, but I'm not stupid. Why pay if I don't have to?"

"..." Rough but true.

With Shen Yu around to intimidate them, the guys who'd been tailing Bai Yeye scattered.

Daily stuff was easy to get, but herbs were hard to find.

They spent the whole afternoon tracking down most of the herbs. For the last one, the pharmacy clerk flat out said they couldn't buy it—they'd have to win it through a fight.

"Fight in an arena?"

"Yeah, Dragon Scale Grass is rare. Only the Wei family has it around here. To get anything from the Weis, you gotta beat their arena champ. But they have an arena king, a real giant. If you actually fight..." The man paused mid-sentence, sizing up Shen Yu.

Shen Yu was tall and looked tough, but without a fight, who knew if he was just a poser?

Bai Yeye asked: "Can't we just buy it from them? I'm worried someone might get killed."

"No can do. Gotta win it. Your friend here looks solid—probably won't get killed, maybe just maimed. If you're scared, don't go. Your life matters." The medicine shop attendant kindly advised.

Bai Yeye: "No, I mean, I'm afraid the other guy might get killed."

"?" Where's all that confidence coming from?

After getting the address, Bai Yeye and Shen Yu headed straight to the Wei Family Arena.

The moment they walked in, they were hit by a strong stench of blood. The people here seemed completely out of it, screaming and cheering at the fighters in the ring, not giving a damn whether the loser lived or died.

"Kill him! Kill him!"

"Cut off his hand!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Bai Yeye frowned, feeling queasy.

Shen Yu crouched down and ruffled his head: "Go wait for me outside, okay?"

"No need. We'll make this quick. In case Shen Yu got jumped, he could still help out."

Soon someone noticed them and came over to ask who they were.

Shen Yu stated his purpose: "We want the Dragon Scale Grass. Name your price."

"Heh, money can't buy things here. If you want it, you gotta step into the ring. Fair warning: once you're in that ring, your life isn't your own."

Shen Yu didn't want to waste words with him. After finding a safer spot for Bai Yeye, he stepped into the ring.

The previous loser was carried off covered in blood. The winner stared at Shen Yu with a murderous gaze. "Another one who doesn't fear death. Fine, I'll oblige you."

He lunged at Shen Yu, but Shen Yu kicked him, sending him flying straight out of the ring.

The cheering crowd fell silent. After all these years of watching fights in this arena, this was the first time they had seen a match end so quickly.

Bai Yeye covered his nose with one paw and his eyes with the other. One second he was talking smack, the next he was getting launched out of the ring—it was too embarrassing for a dog.

Shen Yu looked at the people below the stage and said, "Can you give me the Dragon Scale Grass now?"

"Oh no, this is nowhere near enough! Beating this guy doesn't count for anything! To take away the Dragon Scale Grass, you have to defeat our Arena King!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a massive figure appeared before the crowd. The stunned crowd started screaming wildly again, egging the Arena King on to tear Shen Yu apart.

This Arena King was at least two and a half meters tall, with bulging muscles and a bald head covered in veins. Bai Yeye was alarmed—this man's appearance was completely unnatural, as if he had been raised on drugs.

Shen Yu could probably win, but it was hard to tell if he'd get hurt.

"Go! Tear him apart! All the gold, silver, and jewels here are yours!"

The Arena King saw the table full of gold and jewels, a greedy gleam in his blood-red eyes. His muscles rippled all over, making him look even more terrifying.

Seeing everyone tempting him with gold and jewels, Bai Yeye stood up and shouted to Shen Yu, "Be careful! Don't get hurt! If you win, you'll get a kiss from your adorable YeYe!"

Shen Yu: "..."

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