Reading Random Replies

(T/N: The title is slang for using exaggerated and bizarre answers to respond to questions that lack a sense of boundaries and are inconvenient to directly refuse to answer.)

Gunpowder? !

Shen Leyan’s eyelids twitched, and the village chief’s resolute expression did not seem to be bluffing.

After a commotion, several Yunxi Sect disciples subconsciously wanted to escape from the ancestral hall.

Old village chief: “Stop——”

He hugged Shen Leyan’s calf.

“If anyone runs out of the ancestral hall, I will immediately ignite the gunpowder, and no one will get out alive!”

Shen Leyan: “…”

Just talk if you want to, why are you holding my legs?

The old village chief’s cloudy eyes were bloodshot, which looked particularly terrifying.

Several Yunxi Sect disciples stopped in doubt.

 “Gunpowder is controlled by the court, how can he get it? Don’t listen to his nonsense.”

“Yes, yes, and he doesn’t have a fuse in his hand, how can he light the gunpowder? In my opinion, since he wants to kill people, just kill him with a sword and put an end to it!”

The old village chief smiled. His eyes fell on the wooden table where the tablets were placed in the ancestral hall.

Shen Leyan looked over and saw a villager half-crouching and hiding behind the wooden table. He held a fire starter in his hand, as if waiting for the old village chief’s order.

Just now, the ancestral hall was in chaos, and no one noticed that there was someone hiding there.

Although gunpowder is controlled by the court, it can still be bought on the black market as long as you are willing to spend money.

“Don’t move!!!”

The old village chief slowly scanned their faces. He finally raised his head and looked at his face carefully.

 “The Yunxi Sect has treated our village well over the years. You are so young, and I don’t want to kill so many people – others can leave, but you! You must stay in the ancestral hall!

My son said that you are a soul from another world, and your spiritual power is extremely strong. You alone are enough for him to stay in the world for a hundred years.”

Shen Leyan: “Me? Your son is dead, and his soul has lost its mind. What’s the point of staying in the world for a hundred years.”

“Shut up!!! He is the only one in my Li family!!!”

Shen Leyan thought that his sound transmission note had brought the news to the Yunxi Sect. Lu Yuanyi had swung a sword to break the illusion, and he should have sent monks to deal with it.

All he had to do was delay enough time.

No matter how powerful the gunpowder was, it could only hurt mortals. Those monks with cultivation could protect them by building a barrier with spiritual energy.

 Senior brother looked at him worriedly: “Shen Leyan, don’t anger him…”

Shen Leyan had read the random reply: “You don’t still expect your son’s soul to stay in the world, marry a female ghost, and give birth to a few ghost babies for your Li family, right?”

The old village chief’s eyes became redder and redder: “Shut up!!! If you dare to say another word of nonsense, all of you stay here! I am old enough, I am not afraid to die with you!”

Several outer disciples of Yunxi Sect hesitated for a moment, and timidly pulled the sleeves of the senior brother.

 “It’s useless for us to stay here now, so why not listen to the old village chief… Let’s leave the ancestral hall first, and then go back to the sect to find someone to save Shen Leyan…”

“How can that be possible?! When we all leave, Shen Leyan will be burned to death in the ancestral hall!”

“But–“

Shen Leyan waved his hand and smiled: “Brother, you guys go out first.”

“Even at this time, you still have the mood to laugh…”

The senior brother seemed to want to persuade him, but before he could say anything else, Shen Leyan interrupted him softly.

“It’s okay, senior brother, you guys go out–Hey, Old Deng–Old village chief, don’t leave, I still have something to say to you.”

As soon as the old village chief let go of his hand holding his leg and wanted to leave the ancestral hall with the others, Shen Leyan fell to the ground skillfully, hugged the old village chief’s legs, and hung his whole body on him.

Old village chief: “You——”

“You must be wondering why the illusion created by your son didn’t burn me to death in the fire?

Didn’t you see the bright sword light that flew down from Yunxi Sect just now? That was the sect master’s Jiang Xue Sword. The illusion created by your son was like a small flame in front of that sword light, and it was extinguished in an instant.

But you don’t have to be too sad, after all, your son is very cute.”

The old village chief listened to the nonsense of the young man who was holding him in front of him. He always felt that the little bastard had something to say, as if he was not talking about the illusion.

Thinking about the antonym of upstream, he was immediately furious.

 “Who are you scolding?!”

Shen Leyan raised his eyebrows innocently: “Where did I scold? Master Qingtang, I didn’t say a single dirty word.”

“Stop talking nonsense. If you have the guts, let your master’s broken sword come again! You must die here today, so that my son——”

“I’m here, do you think I have any way to escape?”

The old village chief snorted coldly: “You still want to escape? If you dare to take a step outside, the gunpowder under the floor tiles will explode immediately.”

“So, listen to me, I still have something very important to tell you. When I finish, I will let you go and let you leave the ancestral hall, so that you won’t be blown up with me.”

The old village chief always felt that this little bastard didn’t have any good shit in his mouth, but the other party hung on his legs and refused to let go, so he had to ask patiently.

 “Do you have anything else to say? If it’s a last will, I can pass it on to your senior brother later.”

“I’m an orphan, and I don’t have a last will – what I want to say is that your son may be a homosexual.”

The old village chief’s voice was three times louder than usual: “You’re talking nonsense!!!”

Shen Leyan said seriously: “Really? I suspect your son may have fallen in love with me, so he lied to you that I was a soul from another world. Think about it, what is a soul from another world? Look at me, I’m still an outer disciple after so many years. I don’t have any cultivation, how can I have strong spiritual power?

The most important thing is that since I entered the village, your son’s soul has been hiding under the ruins and peeping at me. Peeping at me is fine, but he also blew air on my neck.

Village chief, please judge, which male soul from a good family would chase a man and blow air on his neck?”

The old village chief was stunned, and for a while he couldn’t digest the 21st century’s BL plot.

 “You, you, you, what did you say?!”

“Everything I said is true. As the saying goes, a dying man speaks true. I’m almost dead, why should I lie to you? Don’t you think so?

The main thing is that I’m thinking about your son’s sexual orientation, and I have to let you, as his father, know.

When I die, your son might marry me in the afterlife. Then I’ll have to call you ‘Dad’.”

The old village chief gritted his teeth: “Don’t recognize a random father!”

Shen Leyan thought about his senior brother helping him recognize Lu Yuanyi as his “Dad”.

Since he’s recognized a random father, it doesn’t matter if he recognized one or two.

The main thing is that talking nonsense can delay time.

He was thinking about whether to make up a little more story, such as he and the village chief’s son actually knew each other for a long time and had already decided to spend their lives together…

Suddenly, a clear and gentle voice came from outside.

 “I have no intention of killing anyone. Please send my Yunxi Sect disciple out safely.”