Chapter 41: Each Takes What He Needs
Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Editor: Mimosa
A whole sheet of red-hot metal was lifted out of the forge, bursting sparks shooting out mid-air in all directions with the kind of searing heat that could be felt even just standing a long way away from it.
Zhou Yan’s face was red with the hot iron plate. He frowned, picked up the red flag prepared next to him, and waved it to the right. A group of miners standing on the elevated frame then pulled the chain, and the hot iron plate was pulled up and slowly moved in the direction of the annealing pool. This was not only efficient, but it was also less dangerous when operating at high risk.
Now Luo Futu and the woman were making liquid nitrogen on the side. Li Qing must have shared the mecha exoskeleton news back at the furnace because Gabriel also arrived, so he was just in time, thus saving him from catching the strong man.
Luo Futu and Gabriel were apparently not very compatible. The former’s smile to the latter was particularly unfriendly, and Mu Lian also followed by example – both were good-looking, but together they were staring at the man with a weird smile.
Gabriel was a mystic. Although he was only a half-wit, he had some sense when it came to the spiritual power of this aspect. He felt Luo Futu’s body aura seemed to be different from before, and became a little scared of him.
….
Gabriel just had such a thought, and immediately shook his head hard. If he did not stand his ground, he would be the seed of many jokes. How could he fear this guy for no reason? The last time he saw him, he did not feel like this….
Gabriel was wondering when he suddenly heard Zhou Yan’s calm voice behind him, “Is the liquid nitrogen ready?”
Luo Futu and Mu Lian each held a silver liquid ball in their hands, Gabriel looked back, but Zhou Yan reached out and pushed him away while frowning, “It’s not enough.”
Luo Futu smiled and glanced at Gabriel, “That’s because some people won’t put in the effort.”
–Gabriel was not as skilled in the use of spiritual power as Luo Futu and Mu Lian, and had only made a small ball the size of a bowl so far so Luo Futu was obviously referring to him.
However, his behavior of snitching to his face was very childish and undernourished in Zhou Yan’s opinion, so he did not intend to pay attention to it. With Gabriel’s small temper, being that Luo Futu said such things to his face, he normally would make a scene. However, when Zhou Yan was close, he suddenly discovered another thing. Zhou Yan’s body felt…. It seemed to have become strange too.
Gabriel was not that perceptive. He stared at Zhou Yan for a while before pointing at him and saying, “You….”
Zhou Yan interrupted Gabriel and looked at Luo Futu and said, “Now is not the time for internal fighting, step up, or else….” He looked back in the direction of the fire retreating, “the previous material will be wasted.”
Mu Lian, with sweat oozing from her forehead, glanced at Zhou Yan and said daintily, “this servant is already working very hard, her spiritual power is almost drained….”
Gabriel did not know what to think and just stared at Zhou Yan without speaking. Luo Futu softly hummed, and suddenly flung his long sleeves to push Mu Lian and Gabriel together, “Useless things.”
In that instant, Zhou Yan felt a huge suction force pushing him towards Luo Futu’s side, and he subconsciously took a step back. The ‘candle nine yin totem’ appeared in the air again, but this time, the totem became bigger and brighter with open teeth and claws. It was very scary. The other two were pushed out of the way directly backwards out of Luo Futu’s range, and Zhou Yan who followed the surrounding air was sucked towards Luo Futu. h=He wanted to run, but it was simply too late.
Zhou Yan “whooshed” into Luo Futu’s arms. The other two made two silver liquid balls that were controlled by Luo Futu to mix into a huge orb. Zhou Yan was embraced by him.
Zhou Yan felt that he was standing in the eye of a typhoon, and the air around him was distorting and deforming. Only his position did not feel anything.The miners who were still watching the action subconsciously moved away from this side, and through the distorted airflow, Zhou Yan saw their terrified faces.
…. This guy, Luo Futu, was a big fish.
“Ka-cha–“
A thunderclap rang out overhead, and a faint vibration occurred inside the mine. The originally trembling miners threw down the tools in their hands, shrieking and shrinking into a ball. The mecha exoskeleton that hadn’t been placed steadily fell into the annealing pool with a clatter, emitting a shocking sound.
Zhou Yan subconsciously looked back at Luo Futu, but the latter was looking at him with the corners of his lip hooked and the corners of his eyes slightly upturned, creating a seductive look. Zhou Yan subconsciously covered his ears, and the air currents tearing around him kept scraping past Zhou Yan’s face. It was very scary. However, the liquid nitrogen ball floating in the air seemed to be blowing air and expanding rapidly. Zhou Yan said loudly, “Enough is enough!
Zhou Yan was covering his ears when he suddenly heard Luo Futu whispering behind his neck, “You smell so good.”
The back of Zhou Yan’s neck immediately turned red, and he clenched his fist, “Can you do something serious?!”
Luo Futu laughed, “Okay, let’s do the decent thing first.”
He said and suddenly kissed Zhou Yan where his glands were. Zhou Yan almost jumped up, but Luo Futu asked seriously, “Is that really enough?”
Zhou Yan forced himself to bite his lips, “Enough, throw it into the annealing pool.”
Luo Futu then held the ball and gently lifted it upwards. The liquid nitrogen ball immediately flew out before it landed smoothly and gently into the annealing pool. The liquid nitrogen met the red-hot metal and immediately emitted a large amount of water vapor forming a white mist. The exhaust system here was not very good, so Zhou Yan asked the old forger to take everyone out. Anyway, the quenching step had been completed, and success or failure was a foregone conclusion.
When everyone retreated from the cave, Zhou Yan looked up at Luo Futu and was about to ask him if he had just deliberately failed to make an effort when Gabriel suddenly rushed over from the side, pointing at Zhou Yan and shouting, “Zhou Yan!”
Luo Futu laughed eerily at the side, “It’s better to sew up your mouth than to be useless.”
Zhou Yan immediately understood the reason for this change. It should be because Gabriel noticed the smell of his mark, guessed his gender, and wanted to say it when Luo Futu stopped him. The miners were all around, and if he really shouted out like that, Zhou Yan wouldn’t have to hide it any longer as the whole world would probably know.
…. How did Luo Futu create such a bad boundary? Even if Mu Lian could see it, why could such a half-wit like Gabriel see it?
Gabriel was not able to speak out, and stared in surprise while pointing to his mouth as he was whimpering to shout, but was unable to shout at all. The miners did not understand what was happening. Since Gabriel was not usually good-tempered, they were afraid to say anything more to get into trouble, so they just stood aside in silence. Mu Lian, seeing Gabriel’s miserable look, started laughing as Gabriel pointed back and forth from Zhou Yan, Luo Futu, and then his own mouth before he pointed to his own neck. Zhou Yan frowned.
–No one asked him to translate!
Zhou Yan did not want to stay any longer in this place of right and wrong, so he told the old forger to wait until the outside temperature dropped completely before informing him. He then left in a hurry.
One by one, both of them were so incoherent that they didn’t know what else they could say.
Luo Futu smiled and looked at Gabriel, then followed Zhou Yan’s footsteps and walked with him in the direction of the room.The entire way, Zhou Yan ignored him. Once he returned to his room, he immediately closed the door of his dormitory directly and stared at Luo Futu expressionlessly, as if questioning him silently.
The dormitory was not occupied during the daytime, so Zhou Yan specially found this place to discuss with Luo Futu.
Luo Futu curled his lips towards him, “What? You have an expression of wanting to kill me.”
Zhou Yan looked at him and narrowed his eyes slightly, “Hiding your strength from me, huh?”
Luo Futu did not say anything, so Zhou Yan said again, “When did you recover?”
Luo Futu sighed, “I haven’t recovered yet.”
Zhou Yan was angry with him, ‘you’re so good but haven’t recovered?’ If he recovered, could he not make the world reverse? The miners looked at him with changed eyes, and outside the cave, they did not dare to approach Luo Futu.
This was the mystic power, and as long as they wanted to, they were even able to destroy the sky and earth. However, he allowed himself a misunderstanding – he let him think that he had not recovered.
Luo Futu sighed faintly, “At least not back to my prime.”
“I now doubt your sincerity in cooperating with me.” Zhou Yan saw that he didn’t think he was wrong, so he turned his back and stopped looking at him. He frowned, “I showed you my strength without reservation, but you hid such a big thing as recovering your power from me, it’s not fair.” Zhou Yan paused, “If even the most basic honesty is not available, why not break up, we each do our own….”
Zhou Yan’s second half of the sentence was swallowed when he turned around and found that Luo Futu was very close by. Luo Futu stared at him and took a step forward. Zhou Yan subconsciously leaned back and rested his back on the wooden table.
“How can you say a word like ‘break up’ so casually?” Luo Futu reached out to support the table behind him, trapping Zhou Yan between the table and his own body. He sighed and said sincerely, “I was wrong this time, this will not happen again, forgive me, okay?”
Zhou Yan pursed the corners of his mouth and stared at him. Luo Futu said again, “I just didn’t find the opportunity to tell you, but never wanted to hide.”
Zhou Yan glanced at him, “You mean I was too stupid to find out that you had regained your strength?”
“How dare I mean that?”
Zhou Yan pushed him and tried to straighten up. However, Luo Futu still did not let go of his hand and asked seriously, “Apart from this, is there nothing else?”
Zhou Yan looked at him and thought for a moment, “Don’t ever touch me in front of people again.”
Luo Futu was not very agreeable, “Then can I only move your hands and feet behind people’s backs?”
Zhou Yan glanced at him coldly, “Don’t play word games with me. To be clear, I’m just sleeping with you, we’re not in a relationship.”
“….” Luo Futu’s smile disappeared when he finally said these words. He stared at Zhou Yan without saying a word, making him feel a little uncomfortable. He swallowed and averted his eyes as Luo Futu looked at him and asked, “Why not?”
“…. Ah.” He asked so seriously that Zhou Yan didn’t know how to answer, and could only say, “We…. Let’s just take what we want.”
Luo Futu looked at him for a long time and suddenly said, “Oh, we’ll take what we need, right? Then you can meet my needs now.”
He said it as if he was going to undo Zhou Yan’s clothes. Zhou Yan grabbed his hand, “You stop it!”
Luo Futu stared at him, incredulously lengthening his voice, “Oh… so this is what you mean by getting what you want? I’ll satisfy you when you need it, and you can kick me out when you don’t. You’re a scumbag.”
“….” Zhou Yan felt that he was being unreasonable, but he didn’t know how to refute him. He bit his lips for half a day before he said, “What do you want?”
Luo Futu said with a straight face, “Take what I need. Isn’t that what you said?
“….” Zhou Yan was silent for half a day, “Can we do it some other time?”
Luo Futu reached out and cupped his chin, forcing Zhou Yan to look at him. His tone was vicious, “No, I want it now.”


Wow, ZY can be really cutting. Pretty brave, considering he doesn’t think LF really cares about him; just being into his pheromone.
Having said that, I get the feeling LF could do with a lesson in how it feels to be treated like this.
Thank you both for the chapter.
Two flawed people trying to change one another is unexpectedly really funny 😅. ZY trying to make LF more ‘normal’, not a mere mystic but a civilized one and LF trying to make ZY more ‘normal’, as normal omega one can be lol.