The Way of the Sword (BL)

Chapter 166: Jealousy in many ways

Yi Yuga frowned at how Zemin Yan was so close to Chu Yue, he was too young to know that the suffocating feeling in his chest was jealousy, but he felt he liked Chu Yue even less.

Zhong Liang, however, only glanced slightly at the two children, but Chu Yue felt a sense of danger as if something was pressing down on her small body. She had an old soul, of course, she could easily sense people's intentions, but as she has a weak body, she didn't dare look at the masked guard who stared at her with such a hateful and dangerous look.

Tai-Yang looked at the scene and wanted to laugh, the little Yan who seemed oblivious to everything continued to massage the little girl's hand when he felt that her hands were cold, which caused even more jealous looks from other people.

Chu Yue said goodbye quickly this time because the eyes on her seemed to burn, she went to the platform to join the others.

Chu Yue: (...)

Little Yan and I are just kids, okay?! So don't look at me like that uncle, I'll be scared!

In Bohai Xiulan's group, the young people seemed quite confident. From their group, Lee Fu had already passed the test, of course, the grade was not ideal, as Ping Yan-Tao had managed to reach 150 points and Lee Fu only 100 points. In short, Lee Fu couldn't win the white chest, but that was fine as long as he at least passed the test, so he didn't embarrass Bohai Xiulan.

Now it was Zhie Quan and Sun Jie's turn. What was very peculiar was the atmosphere around the two, everyone in the group knew that the two were engaged. Arranged marriage, but in the minds of the younger members of the group Zhie Quan and Sun Jie were practically married.

The culture dictated that parents deciding on marriage made everything official and mandatory, but they still didn't realize that this was only valid for civilians and mortals, now they were on the Way of the Immortal, things would be very different.

Young people who had not yet officially entered the cultivation world didn't know about the existence of cultivation partners, that it was independent of arranged marriage or anything else, besides love, they had to have ambition and affinity with the path. of the Tao that both should share in uniting.

Of course, Zhie Quan who was the eldest of the group didn't take the engagement seriously, which was what annoyed Sun Jie. She was unusually jealous of the friendship relationship between Zhie Quan and Bohai Xiulan, even though the relationship was similar to the sibling relationship. She just felt that the groom paid much more attention and affection to Bohai Xiulan and ignored her who is his fiance.

Yes, she was irrational jealousy given the young age of Bohai Xiulan who was just a child. However Sun Jie herself was also very young (14 years old), so vying for the attention of her older brother Quan who is also her fiance was something that couldn't be avoided.

Once again the victory was easily decided for group 5 with hardly any surprises, apart from the pretty little girl Chen Yue who managed to pass the test with 100 complete points. Three people passed the test, in this case, Zhie Quan with (500) points and Sun Jie with (150) points.

Chen Yue went to Shou Zuo's group, being greeted with a pat on the head by him. Her face was a little red and she was sweating, her current body was too weak for all the power of her soul, luckily the test was about precision and not strength.

"Group 6!"

"Elder brother Jie, good luck!" Zemin Yan said upon seeing Wen Jie's bright eyes as he looked at the stage.

"Little Brother Yan, do you think I can make it?" Wen Jian asked looking a little anxious. He really didn't want to look bad in front of so many people, especially his little brother Yan and his boyfriend Shou Zuo.

"Tsk, are you scared yet?" Yi Yuga scoffed a bit, how dare he played innocent of himself for his brother Yan.

"Don't worry big brother Jie, I know you'll do your best!" Zemin Yan ignored his best friend's jealous behavior and supported Wen Jie with gentle pats on the shoulder.

The image was really beautiful, the 10-year-old trying to pat a six-foot-one teenager on the shoulder, Zemin Yan just reached the other's back. He kind of ended up stumbling and giving Wen Jie an inevitable hug, the other just chuckled and stroked the child's soft hair.

"With little brother Yan's support, I'm sure I will be victorious," Wen Jie said looking at Yi Yuga and then smiling at Zemin Yan, who responded with even more encouraging words holding the former villager's callused hands. Although his face is a little flushed from being embarrassed, it is clear that Sying mocking his fall through the mental connection made Zemin Yan feel even more embarrassed.

Needless to say, Yi Yuga turned red in the face when provoked, but bodyguard Zhong Liang's sharp gaze made Wen Jie walk faster toward the group that was already approaching the battle arena.

Of course, every provocative game was just a joke, after all, Zemin Yan is just a cute kid, he would never play if he was an adult or another teenager of the same age. The teasing to Yi Yuga who acted very cute and foolish when he thought his best friend would be stolen by others, this due to his immaturity of emotions.

Apparently, Zhong Liang felt the same way as Yi Yuga, like an emotionless sword cultivator, he had little understanding of his own emotions, he was just afraid that someone would take little Yan away.

Tai-Yang smiled as he saw the interaction of the young mortals, especially Wen Jie's very explicit teasing, just being blind to not see that he was dating Shuo Zuo, but the group still seemed oblivious to it all.

In short, there was no reason for everyone to be jealous, well only Yi Yuga could be jealous of having his best friend's place stolen, which could be a real possibility, as Little Yan was actually quite adorable and had a high charisma that made people want to be close to him.

Of course, the opposite effect was also created, like a bright light that calls others to shine with it, those who don't want to shine and be responsible for their own shine, these people start to hate and make fun of people with similar characteristics to Zemin Yan.

Zemin Yan was mostly very oblivious to the feelings that were different from friendship around him, which is quite common for 10-year-olds who were raised without their parents since from a very early age boys are exposed to the things of the world, as they needed to take on responsibilities much sooner. Therefore, he failed to notice the ambiguous relationship between Wen Jie and Shou Zuo.