Peach Blossom Dual Cultivation

“You pretty boy, you should be satisfied with having taken advantage of Li Mengxue. Yet, you dare to make a move on Ivanova? Don’t you know I’ve got my eyes on her? How dare you go after the woman I’ve set my sights on? Don’t forget who you are—a student who hasn’t even graduated yet. If it weren’t for your sugar mama, you’d still be working part-time as a waiter.”

Zhang Deyuan glared at Zhou Lang and grabbed a bottle from the table in front of him. Now that things had escalated, the thugs around him hadn’t made a move, so he decided to handle it himself.

“Oh? Zhang Deyuan, you’re a married man, and you think Ivanova would be interested in you? You’ve already been beaten to a pulp by her, and you’ve forgotten so quickly? Others forget the pain after they’ve healed, but you haven’t even healed and have already forgotten your lesson.”

Zhou Lang chuckled.

“If she refuses, I’ll force her anyway!”

Zhang Deyuan, infuriated by Zhou Lang’s words, stormed toward him with the bottle in hand.

“Today, I’ll bash your head in first!”

Whoosh!

Zhang Deyuan wasn’t bluffing—he swung the bottle straight at Zhou Lang’s head, showing no fear of causing a scene.

A faint smirk appeared at the corner of Zhou Lang’s mouth. Just as the bottle was about to hit his head, he lashed out with a lightning-fast kick, sweeping Zhang Deyuan’s leg.

Caught off guard, Zhang Deyuan lost his balance and fell forward, crashing face-first into the ground.

The worst part was that the bottle shattered on the floor before he hit it, leaving shards of glass everywhere. His face landed directly on them.

“Ah!”

Several pieces of glass embedded themselves in Zhang Deyuan’s face, which hadn’t fully healed from his previous injuries. He screamed in pain. When he touched his face, it was covered in blood.

“Get up. Weren’t you going to beat me? Is this all you’ve got?”

Zhou Lang stood by, calm and composed.

“I’ll kill you!”

Now truly humiliated and enraged, Zhang Deyuan forced himself up, pulled out a dagger, and slowly approached Zhou Lang, ready to stab him.

Zhou Lang stood motionless. Only when the dagger was inches from him did he extend two fingers and clamp down on the blade.

Now that Zhou Lang was a cultivator, his fingers could cut through metal like butter. The razor-sharp dagger snapped in half between his fingers!

Zhang Deyuan froze, dumbfounded, clutching the broken half of the dagger, too afraid to move.

“Manager Zhang, Ivanova is already my woman. It’s natural for men to like beautiful women, but you shouldn’t cling on so stubbornly. If you want to compete with me for a woman, as you said yourself, you should know your limits.”

Zhou Lang tossed the broken dagger to the ground and spoke coldly. He had no intention of killing Zhang Deyuan but wanted to intimidate him by displaying a bit of his power.

With that, Zhou Lang turned and left. He had judged the situation well—after witnessing this display, Zhang Deyuan wouldn’t dare harbor any further ill intentions toward him or Ivanova.

“Did I just see that right? He snapped my dagger with his fingers. This dagger was made of high-grade steel! So this guy isn’t just some pretty boy—he’s a monster hiding in plain sight. How did I get so unlucky, running into such a terrifying figure?”

It wasn’t until Zhou Lang had left the room that Zhang Deyuan came to his senses.

“Damn it, I’m going to the hospital again. What rotten luck.”

The pain from his facial injuries was unbearable. Covering his face, he left the KTV and hailed a cab to the hospital.

On the way, something occurred to him, and he called Cao Yushan.

“Manager Zhang, you haven’t made a move on Zhou Lang yet, right?” Before Zhang Deyuan could speak, Cao Yushan’s voice came through the phone.

“What’s going on?”

Zhang Deyuan asked, confused.

“Why have you been calling me so many times?”

“Manager Zhang, I’m calling to warn you—Zhou Lang is someone we can’t afford to mess with. He smashed Iron Ball into a pancake with his bare hands! Even someone like Duan Wei is respectful to him. We absolutely can’t provoke him.”

Cao Yushan explained hurriedly.

“What… what the hell is going on?”

Zhang Deyuan was shocked and demanded details.

Cao Yushan then recounted the events at the Lovers’ Bar from the previous night.

“Why didn’t you tell me this earlier?”

Zhang Deyuan cursed, clutching his injured face. If he had known earlier that Zhou Lang was such a powerful figure, he would never have dared to send thugs after him.

“Manager Zhang, you hung up on me before I could say anything. And when I tried calling you, you didn’t pick up. You can’t blame me for this!” Cao Yushan replied, aggrieved.

After leaving Sisters KTV, Zhou Lang gave Ivanova a call to briefly explain what had just happened, then returned to his rented apartment.

Although it was the weekend, Zhao Xiaorou had still gone to work. She was thriving at her real estate job and was even working weekends to make extra sales.

“Brother Lang, I want to leave the Heaven and Earth Palace and experience life in the mortal world.”

As soon as Zhou Lang returned to his apartment, he heard Xiao Xi’s voice, the spirit of his ancestral coin, in his mind.

“Then I’ll have to take you shopping for clothes first,” Zhou Lang replied.

“Then hurry up and take me.”

In a flash, Xiao Xi appeared in front of Zhou Lang, looking eager. She was still wrapped in that single white cloth that resembled a bath towel, her appearance both sexy and alluring, causing a primal stir in Zhou Lang.

“What identity will you use to stay by my side? That’s the real problem,” Zhou Lang thought aloud. If a beautiful woman suddenly appeared at his side, Zhao Xiaorou, Ivanova, and even Li Mengxue would surely ask questions.

“Brother Lang, are Zhao Xiaorou, Ivanova, and Li Mengxue all in love with you? If I’m around, will they get jealous?”

Xiao Xi asked. The real reason she wanted to leave the Heaven and Earth Palace wasn’t just to experience the mortal world; she wanted to stay by Zhou Lang’s side. She was getting jealous of his growing closeness with Li Mengxue and the others. She felt that if she didn’t make herself known soon, she might lose her place in his life. However, she still took pride in one thing—she had been the first woman to sleep with Zhou Lang.

“I think they will be jealous. They’re all ordinary women, and it’s hard for them to accept the idea of me having multiple women.”

Zhou Lang sighed. Although Ivanova had come to terms with the situation intellectually, she would still likely be jealous if she found out about the other women around him.

“Then just tell them I’m your cousin, here to rely on you,” Xiao Xi suggested, her quick mind coming up with a solution even though she hadn’t experienced much of the mortal world.

“Cousin? If that’s the case, you can’t be too affectionate with me in front of them,” Zhou Lang said, considering it. For now, this seemed like the only feasible plan.

“When they’re around, I’ll be careful. But when we need to… you know… dual cultivate, we can always retreat to the Heaven and Earth Palace,” Xiao Xi said with a mischievous smile, looking particularly adorable.

“I’m broke right now. I’ll borrow some money from Li Mengxue tonight, and then I’ll take you shopping for clothes so you can officially show up by my side,” Zhou Lang said.

“Brother Lang, there’s jade in the Heaven and Earth Palace. Just take a piece of jade and pawn it. Won’t that solve the money problem?”

Xiao Xi suggested.