Get Lost!

"We can talk about specifics later. The first thing we need to do is get out of this hole."

Xue Yating folded her hands together as she started to survey her surroundings.

"Ah, let me get my things first."

Yang Baitou ran around while Xue Yating was still deep in thought, trying to figure a way out of this predicament.

Seconds later Yang Baitou appeared before her with nothing in his arms.

"I'm ready miss Xue, let's go. I cant stand this place any longer."

Xue Yating scanned the large space around her. It was barren, many of the things that had littered the ground around her had magically disappeared. The only thing present was a chubby man standing before her dressed in a set of tattered robes.

Yang Baitou had gotten dressed in his best set of robes that he had maintained to the best of his abilities. He wore an indigo set of robes that looked tattered around the legs and wrists.

"Stop it with the 'miss Xue' stuff, just call me Yating. And I'll call you Baitou, alright."

Yang Baitou began to panic for a bit. To be on a first name basis with a girl signified a close relationship between the two of them. And to call someone he had barely known for a couple of minutes by their given name felt to informal to him. But he figured that since the times had changed he would have to come to terms with the modern time customs.

He nodded his head.

"Okay then....Yating. Are you ready to leave this place?"

Yating nodded in agreement.

"Then hold on tight okay."

He swooped his hands underneath her and carried her princess-style.

"What are you doing? Unhand me this insta- AAH!"

She couldn't even finish her sentence before he knelt down and blasted off.

He had a smile on his face as he was finally free from his prison. His head was held high as he felt no longer felt the chains hold him back as it had always done before.

Yating could do nothing as she held on to him tightly and shut her eyes.

"Ahhh!"

She continued to scream until she felt no more movement. And she opened her eyes to see the whole city surrounding them; they were currently floating in the sky above the city.

"Why am I able to see the city? Where are we at the moment?"

She turned to see Baitou smiling without a care in the world.

"Yating, this place used to be all flat and uninhabited land, now it's so bustling and full of life. It's so amazing."

Yating simply stared at this happy and simple looking man who was amazed by the plain view of this city. If he saw what the other bigger cities had in store for him, his heart would surely stop.

She shook her head as she came to a realization.

"No, we can't be this high. Get lower, we can't be drawing too much attention."

Baitou slowly descended back down into the corn field, landing next to the gaping hole he had just blasted out of.

Out of fear that an innocent bystander would fall in, he drew an array around the hole. This array filled in the hole and could support weights up to 2 tons.

"We know your in there girl. Come out, us gentlemen just want to have a nice chat with you over a couple of beers."

"Right, we are just a couple of men who want to get to know you better. We saw that you're new to town and could use a couple of new friends."

"We didn't mean to scare you. We know that there are lecherous men in this world and are just watching out for you."

These three ruffians had been stalking Yating ever since she had come out of her hotel. She had been staying at an expensive hotel close in the neighboring city of Changle, a mere forty minutes to an hour's drive south of Shouguang.

She had come to this city after feeling desperate about her love life. She had her eyes set on a certain individual, but she was too inexperienced in matters of the heart. And remembering about the family legend, she decided to verify if such a legend was true in the hopes that her wish would be granted.

She had searched and searched until coming across an article about a "mountain" surrounded by far fields. In an act of desperation she set out for this mountain; after asking some locals, she was given the address of said mountain and set out very early the next day.

The gang of three men had followed her in their blue pickup truck. She knew they were tailing her after she stepped out of the taxi and they also stopped to get out of their vehicle.

They began checking her out and she ran, finding the corn field the only place to hide. She panicked and ran until she tripped over herself and landed on the rock that was the mountain she was looking for.

Which brings us to this moment. The three ruffians had heard the two of them enter the corn fields as they descended from the skies.

Baitou began to get irritated with these men. He had heard numerous lechers speak similar lines in the past; he had seen many women fall prey to these types of perverted men. It seemed that even in such a developed society, such trash human beings were able to survive until now.

"Young men, what do you want with this lady here? I sense no noble intentions from your words."

The three looked at each other.

"Fu**, wasn't she alone?"

"Did she call for help?"

"It's not the cops now is it?"

Baitou and Yating emerged from the corn fields. She was cowering behind him as he stood there, calm and collected.

Seeing the two of them, the three ruffians breathed a sigh of relief. The sight of a fat guy protecting a damsel in distress was not one that they had never seen before. In fact, this was the easiest situation for them to deal with. They looked at each other and nodded.

"The usual?"

"Yeah, the usual."

They walked towards Baitou and the shortest of their group grabbed onto Baitou's collar. This shorty as the leader of the bunch of ruffians.

"Yo yo yo, this fatty. How about you get lost and we forget we ever saw you. This lady and us have got plans for tonight. Now get lost!"

The two others made an effort to put their two cents in also.

"Yeah! Get lost! Aren't you running a little late to the convention?"

"Look fatty, today's not the day to be playing hero of Jianghu. A life of fighting is but a dream to you. Now, get lost while we're giving you the chance."

Baitou took a deep breath and pinched the hand holding his collar and tossed it aside without any effort. This stupefied the three fellows, especially the short leader of the group. His hands had let go, even though he never meant to.

"Now, children should be respectful of their elders. I'll give you a chance to apologize to me and the lady. Please be the good little boys you are meant to be; I don't want to have to hurt you."

The shorty standing before him grew furious, his eyes widened the moment he had heard the words "child" and "little boys." These were the trigger words to his inferiority complex; many women had rejected his advances saying they "couldn't date a primary school student."

"I'm 26 dammit, I'm sick and tired of people calling me a child. This ends now, let's get this son of a bit** guys."

He motioned his two arms for his lackeys to attack as he backed up. The two lackeys cracked their knuckles and popped their necks, hoping to scare Baitou off.

In truth, they were too lazy to fight. They felt that fighting only wasted energy they could spend getting drunk and picking up women. They walked towards Baitou and motioned their fist like they were about to punch him.

*sigh*

Yang Baitou took a deep breath before doing the same thing as them. He began to pop his joints and crack his fingers. He made loud popping noises that made the air around himself move like miniatures sonic booms, creating ripples in the air and making his hair flutter.

The pressure and overall atmosphere in the immediate area became very intense. Everyone besides Yang Baitou found it harder to breath at the moment. Everyone began to instinctively fear the fat man staring at them, even Xue Yating who was standing behind him.

The fight-or-flight instinct in the three ruffians activated and they rushed at Yang Baitou.

"Y-You asked for it."

"D-Don't blame us. You wanted to be the hero."

"This'll show you to run when g-given the chance."

The first one to approach was the skinniest and tallest of the group, he threw a straight punch aiming for Yang Baitou's face with his long reach of his right hand.

Yang Baitou brushed the punch aside with his palm, deflecting the punch to the right of his head. He took a step with his left foot, closing the distance between him and the ruffian throwing the punch. And he punched him in the abdomen with his left hand; knocking the wind out of the tall man and knocking him out instantly.

The other ruffian was of average height, but he worked out as his arms bulged. He took the opportunity to approach Yang Baitou from behind, putting him in a nelson hold.

"Boss, hurry! Now's your chance!"

The short boss began rubbing his fists together as he smiled.

"You're going to get it now fatty."

He threw a right hook towards Yang Baitou's face.

*Pow*

His fist landed on flesh and blood dripped onto his fist.

"Heh, this is the price you pay for being brave, fu**ing fatty."

He smirked and started to laugh.

"Boss....You hit the wrong person."

"Huh? What are you talking abou-"

He turned to see that his fist was planted onto the face of his bodybuilder lackey. He instantly fainted after muttering those words.

"What? Where's the fatty? I thought you had him in a hold?"

He felt a tap on his left shoulder.

"You're not wrong there little boy. He did have me in a hold. And now I'm over here."

Yang Baitou had easily gotten out of the full nelson he was in by dislocating the bodybuilders thumbs. Before the little boy could land a punch on him, Yang Baitou had ducked and slid behind him. And so his punch connected with the bodybuilder's face, knocking him out as his pain threshold reached its limits.

"W-w-what are you? Don't come near me. I'll have you know my uncle is-"

*Pah*

Before he could try to scare Yang Baitou using his uncle's name, he had been slapped across the face. The pain was similar to hitting the pavement at 5km/hr; it was painful enough to keep him awake.

"I shall take the place of your uncle today. And I shall punish you today like any parent should, to teach you a valuable lesson. It is not very gentlemanly to make advances on a girl who shows no interest and stalk her."

He grabbed the small man by the collar, pulling him towards himself. In an instant, the small man was bent over his lap. Yang Baitou then began spanking him as if he was playing a drum set, performing a very long solo.

*Pah* *Pah* *Pah*

"Wuwuwu! Wah! In all my life, not even my father has the courage to degrade me this much. Great hero, please spare me."

His two lackeys were awoken by his sobbing and pleading.

"Boss! What's happening?"

"Fu**, he got the boss. Let him go this instant."

The spanking stopped instantly, and Yang Baitou looked up at the two lackeys.

"Fine, I will let him go. On one condition though, apologize to the lady and never appear before us again. Or else."

His hands moved like lightning as he acted like he was going to spank the short man with all his might. He abruptly stopped right before making contact; making so much force from his motions that a gale of wind blew the pants off the short man.

The short man's butt had turned purple, resembling a giant plum as his flesh was badly bruised.

The two men picked up their crying boss and turned to Xue Yating.

"We are sorry for offending you miss. Please find it in your heart to let us off."

Xue Yating had been speechless this whole time as she was still processing what she had just seen. She noticed that the group of ruffians were apologizing and turned around when she saw that one of them had no pants on.

"Okay! Okay! Just get out of my sight. Go!"

"Thank you miss! Thank you!"

The two lackeys bowed and turned around to rush their boss to the hospital. The short man had fainted as he didn't expect such a bizarre turn of events would occur.

The trio disappeared in an instant, leaving Yang Baitou and Xue Yating alone. They remained silent for a few seconds as they felt a bit awkward about what had just happened.

"Whew! Where did you learn to fight like that Baitou?''

"Books, I read a great deal of books."

An air of silence returned as she didn't expect such an answer. She was expecting to here that he had many masters who were stronger than himself.

*Grumble*

Xue Yating's belly was rumbling; she had skipped breakfast to make the trip here. Had she not been tailed by the three ruffians, she would have gotten some street food to eat.

The two looked at each other.

"Baitou, if you're hungry just tell me."

She blushed as she blamed him for those sounds.

"Hahaha! Yes, let's go eat. After being locked away for so long, I would like to see what the modern era's food tastes like."

Yating nodded in agreement.

"Nn! Let's go! My treat!"