255: Chapter 255 What is Xiaoyunzi looking for? Her brother-in-law will help her find it.

Leaving the academy gate, Chen Shanzhi did not return directly to the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion; instead, he changed direction and strolled leisurely towards the Murong Manor.

As a martial arts instructor at the academy, Murong Zhaoling was not at the Murong Manor at this time.

However, Chen Shanzhi's trip today was not aimed at his official fiancée.

His purpose for this trip was to find Murong Yun.

As soon as he stepped through the gates of the Murong Manor, the butler of the Murong Family saw Chen Shanzhi, and his expression was as colorful as it could possibly be.

He hurriedly bowed and stuttered as he invited him to the backyard.

In the backyard, beside a quiet pavilion, Murong Yun was lying listlessly on a rattan chair, holding a foxtail grass in his hand, gloomily teasing the koi in the pond.

Since returning from that battle at Shi Village, he could be considered to have walked before the gates of hell.

Thanks to the Seal of the Heaven-Opening Axe intent in the jade pendant from his old man, Murong Tian, and Jiang Feiyu's "Flying Flower Chasing the Moon" blade at the critical moment, he was able to forcibly save his life from under Zhang Qing's hands.

Now, his external injuries, under the conditioning of the precious medicinal herbs of the Murong Manor, had mostly healed.

Only the Meridians within his body, under the impact of the violent energy, were somewhat severely damaged.

To fully recover, he still needed a long period of patient recuperation.

Even his True Qi could not be smoothly mobilized, which really suffocated the naturally playful Second Young Master Murong.

"Yo, Little Yunzi, sunbathing?"

Chen Shanzhi walked into the backyard brazenly, with a grass root he had just pulled from the roadside in his mouth, and teased him playfully.

Hearing the familiar voice, Murong Yun scrambled to prop up half his body from the rattan chair.

But the moment he saw Chen Shanzhi's punchable handsome face, the surprise in Murong Yun's big eyes instantly faded away completely, replaced by a touch of painful awkwardness.

On that somewhat pale, pretty face, his expression was colorful.

After all, how could he not be awkward?

More than half a month ago, before going to Shi Village, they were still good brothers who shared joys and sorrows, drinking flower wine together in brothels.

As a result, after this trip back, because of the Emperor's imperial decree of marriage, the brother before him, who had been good-for-nothing alongside him, had suddenly transformed overnight and directly became his future... brother-in-law?

"Chen... Chen..."

Murong Yun struggled on the rattan chair for a long time, the words "Brother Chen" stuck in his throat, unable to be called out.

His two hands rubbed against the seams of his trousers in confusion, his whole body exuding a sense of awkwardness that screamed, "I want to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it."

"Alright, alright, I know we haven't seen each other for a long time, and you missed me very much."

Chen Shanzhi walked over narcissistically, kicked the kid's rattan chair so it wobbled, and sat down on the stone stool nearby himself.

He chuckled: "How about it, aren't you happy to see me?"

Murong Yun rolled his eyes, indicating he didn't want to talk.

Chen Shanzhi naturally knew why Murong Yun was like this.

So he showed an innocent expression on his face: "Sigh, the Emperor bestowed the marriage, there's nothing I can do. You're a grown man, don't sit here with a funeral face. Here, take this."

As he spoke, Chen Shanzhi flipped his palm.

"Clap."

A small, delicate white jade bottle was casually tossed into Murong Yun's arms.

"Here, the reward for the academy wind and cloud ranking, the immortal stele creation pill. There are three pills in this bottle, which have miraculous effects on repairing your internal injuries and damaged Meridians, as well as improving your Foundation."

Murong Yun caught the jade bottle in a flurry, poured them out to look, and inside lay three small pills radiating spiritual power fluctuations.

As a direct descendant of the Murong Family, his vision was naturally not common, and he immediately gasped.

"This... this is the immortal stele creation pill? A whole bottle?"

Murong Yun's big eyes instantly widened into circles.

This thing, the academy only refines a batch every four years.

Even their Murong Family, wanting to go to the academy to ask for one or two pills, would have to go through a lot of trouble.

This guy Chen Shanzhi actually gave him a whole bottle right away?

"Nonsense, if you don't want it, give it back to me; This Heir happens to need something to feed the dog."

Chen Shanzhi made a move to snatch it back.

"Don't, don't, don't! Brother Chen is generous! Brother Chen is awesome!"

Murong Yun hurriedly covered the jade bottle in his arms tightly, like a little hen protecting its food, the look of flattery and excitement on his face instantly diluted much of the previous awkwardness.

But before he could finish being happy, Chen Shanzhi leaned over with some ill intent, resting his hands on his knees, and dangled his handsome face in front of Murong Yun with a cheeky grin:

"Little Yunzi, not awkward anymore, right? If you ask me, from now on, let's just count our relationships separately."

"You call me brother-in-law, and I still call you Little Yunzi. Isn't that pretty good?"

Murong Yun's complexion, which had just calmed down, instantly stiffened the moment he heard the word "brother-in-law".

Count separately?

I call you brother-in-law, and you call me Little Yunzi?

Good heavens, you're taking advantage of this Young Master to my face!

In Murong Yun's big eyes, a touch of frantic anger instantly ignited.

He began to silently sit up from the rattan chair and wander around, his somewhat fixated eyes seeming to be looking for something handy.

"Little Yunzi, what are you looking for? Do you need your brother-in-law to help you find it personally?"

Chen Shanzhi, seeing this, not only didn't restrain himself, but instead leaned in even closer with a cheeky attitude.

That punchable smile was definitely at a level that could incite a brawl on any street in the Great Jiang Dynasty.

"Chen... Shanzhi!"

Murong Yun gritted his teeth and squeezed these three words out from between them.

Finally, in a corner of the pavilion, he found a heavy bamboo broom that the head butler usually used to sweep fallen leaves.

Murong Yun took a deep breath, and almost without hesitation, reached out his big hands and lifted the big broom up.

"Whoosh—!"

The heavy bamboo broom brought about a violent whistling sound in the air.

It smashed down fiercely, heading straight for Chen Shanzhi's punchable handsome face!

"I'll beat you to death, you shameless bastard!"

"Holy crap!"

Chen Shanzhi was genuinely startled by this sudden broom technique.

Fortunately, he was already an expert at the Xuanguan Eleven Apertures, so he nimbly dodged in place, avoiding the bombardment of the big broom.

"Little Yunzi! This is treason! Committing violence in public!"

Chen Shanzhi yelled strangely while running somewhat flustered towards the main gate along the corridor:

"As your official brother-in-law, considering you are injured, This Heir won't hold it against you!"

"You still dare to say that!"

Murong Yun was so angry he was fuming.

Although his internal injuries had not healed and his True Qi could not be raised, relying solely on the power of his Physical Body, his hands tightly brandished the big broom, and he chased wildly behind without giving up.

"Don't run! If you have the guts, let this Young Master land one solid hit with the broom today!"