NFBE Chapter 37 You Have a Problem with Me
Chapter 37 You Have a Problem with Me
Do you have a problem with me?
I didn't see her teasing the younger generation.
"What? Am I wrong? A newcomer who has just entered the sect dares to dream of becoming someone like Venerable Fuyue. Doesn't he know his own limitations?"
A tall, fair-skinned male disciple standing nearby crossed his arms and scanned the room with a critical eye.
His face, which was clearly quite handsome, was used in a lewd and greasy way, coupled with his sharp and mean lips and arrogant gaze. Xuanshan Sect really is a place that produces a lot of talented people.
Liu Xingxing crossed her arms and scanned him up and down: "Oh~ so you're just an outer disciple. I thought only an elite disciple would be qualified to say such things~"
He also clicked his tongue twice.
"you!"
Liu Xingxing raised her eyebrows: "Me? What happened to me?"
"Hmph!" The man flicked his sleeve and left.
"Wow! Junior sister is amazing! That kid used to be so arrogant around here, but he didn't have the ability to enter the inner sect. Today you really taught him a lesson." Fang Ping praised.
"Hmph, easy to say."
See? There are still a lot of normal people in the Xuanshan Sect.
Yumen Valley
Lu Xihan was led by the gray-haired old man to a simple thatched hut. There were several cultivated medicinal herb fields next to it, and several racks for drying herbs on the flat ground in front of the hut. A little behind, there were two more huts, also thatched huts.
Yumen Valley isn't very big, but it feels like it can't be seen for a moment, as if it's shrouded in some kind of magic array.
People who reach this level no longer care whether they are the master of a peak; they can live in a cave for thousands of years as long as they like.
I've heard that three of the five Venerables are not disciples of the Xuanshan Sect, nor can they be considered guest elders. The Xuanshan Sect provides them with protection and a place to cultivate, and they in turn provide protection to the Xuanshan Sect.
Of course, no amount of protection can compare to those two, so the former received more protection.
Speaking of those two, could it be that the woman at the competition that day was...?
Lu Xihan subconsciously touched the bracelet on her wrist, but it was still ice-cold and unresponsive.
Then he shook his head slightly. Impossible. She was never mentioned in the book, and no one had ever seen her true face. It couldn't be her.
"What, you're not satisfied with this old man?"
When Venerable Fuyue saw Lu Xihan shaking his head in apparent displeasure, there was no sign of anger in his eyes.
"No, no, how could that be? Your disciple was just curious. Are you really Venerable Fuyue? This title... doesn't seem like you at all."
The name Fu Yue sounds very elegant, but it has nothing to do with this person who looks like an old man or a middle-aged man and is full of the smell of alcohol.
He was described as an old man, yet he had the face of a middle-aged man; he was described as a middle-aged man, yet his white hair and shaky figure made him look exactly like an old man.
"Doesn't it seem like you have no right to speak?" Fu Yue's eyes were filled with sadness.
As he spoke, he took down the wine gourd from his waist and took a big gulp. He glanced at Lu Xihan's face and suddenly got angry. He grabbed something from the air and shoved it into Lu Xihan's hand.
"Go away, go away! You look down on me, but I look down on you too! Don't come looking for me until you break through to the Golden Core stage!"
Lu Xihan was in a daze, and Jade Gate Valley disappeared before her eyes, and the scene before her returned to the foot of the main peak.
"Seriously, are all big shots this capricious?"
Lu Xihan scratched his head, puzzled.
If it's just the Golden Core stage, she should be able to achieve it quickly. However, there's something she needs to do first, so it seems her cultivation will have to be postponed again.
She absolutely had to get her hands on that thing!
One person was missing from Qiwu Peak, but none of the three juniors dared to ask why. The ancestor had his reasons for doing so, and the clues had already appeared when the ancestor suddenly spoke to them that day, but they didn't take it seriously.
Although they weren't used to the sudden loss of a person at first, they gradually forgot about it over time.
One day, Miao Xiaohua mustered up her courage and went to find Liu Jun to ask if it was because of what she had said that day that things had turned out this way. Later, the three of them finally understood what had happened.
"You really want to know?"
"Yes, please inform us, Ancestor!"
Seeing Miao Xiaohua's stubborn expression, Liu Xingxing decided not to hide anything from her.
"Ugh……"
five days later
The moon is dark and the wind is high, the sky is full of murders and arson.
The residents of Lihua Town had all turned off their lights and gone to sleep, with only the occasional bark of a dog heard on the road.
In the middle of the night, a shop in the alley lit its lamp. The candlelight shone through the brown oil paper onto the road, and a figure slowly walked by in the candlelight. It must be someone in the shop getting up in the middle of the night.
"Meow~"
"Bang!"
"Um, who is it?"
"squeak"
"Nobody's here?"
……
"what!!!"
……
"Ah? What's wrong?"
"what happens?"
"What's wrong? What's going on?"
"Ah!!! Someone's dead!"
next morning
A group of people gathered in front of a shop, guarded by men sent by the city lord.
A man dressed as a coroner was squatting down examining two mangled corpses on the ground.
First, he slit the throat with a sword, then he hacked the person to pieces with a sharp weapon; the murderer was truly extremely cruel.
The city lord's mansion had no clue about the case, and rumors and confusion spread throughout the city.
The next day, morning
Two more bodies were discovered, in the same manner, but two streets away from the first one.
Fourth day
Another body.
The seventh day
Day 22...
The people of Pear Blossom Town were in a state of panic. The City Lord's Mansion was powerless to resolve the matter and could only turn to the Immortal Sect for help.
Inside the city lord's palace
"Why is it only being reported now?!"
City Lord Huang An stammered, "This humble one has several towns under my jurisdiction, and Pear Blossom Town is quite far away. I really can't manage it all. Besides, I really don't know if this counts as a demon committing a crime, so I dare not trouble the immortal..."
"Never mind, what's done is done. I'll go back to my sect and find someone to come back."
"Yes, yes, thank you for your trouble, Immortal."
……
The mountain breeze swept across the stream, causing the reeds by the river to sway gently, and the rustling of the clear water was a pleasant and comforting sound.
The weather was perfect, and the summer flowers by the roadside were in full bloom.
Lu Xihan walked along absentmindedly, feeling a bit of a headache. The person next to her, who was still chattering away, was completely oblivious to her strange behavior and continued talking incessantly.
Another person walking not far ahead was also excitedly looking around at the scenery, as if he had just come out to experience something new.
On the contrary, she, who was taking on a mission for the first time, seemed the most calm and normal.
Three days ago, Lu Xihan accepted an overseas assignment. With her current strength, she was fully capable of taking on this task. However, on the day the assignment was announced, many people around her seemed to be under a spell, and no one had any confidence in her. They even added a few sarcastic remarks.
To this day, Lu Xihan has always appeared to be at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, using a small amount of the bracelet's power to conceal her true strength.
If her strength increases too quickly, those old fogies will probably not just release her after a few rounds of questioning.
Thinking of how easily Wei Qiushuang accepted the task in the book, a shadow fell over Lu Xihan's eyes.
This time, she finally got ahead of everyone else.
"Xixi, Xixi?"
"Ah? What's wrong?"
Xiao Yiyi came over with a smile and took Lu Xihan's arm: "I asked you a question, why are you daydreaming?"
Lu Xihan smiled more: "It's okay, didn't I tell you I was fine? Why did you still come along?"
"Oh dear, you've said that a million times. You're my best friend, so I have to keep a close eye on you. What if some little vixen steals you away?"
Xiao Yiyi pouted and looked at the person in front of her with slightly unfriendly eyes.
"I'm not deaf!"
Yu Yunyang replied irritably.
Xiao Yiyi didn't mince words: "What are you doing here, a personal disciple, getting involved in this mess?"
"I only came along because I was worried that someone might accidentally die and I'd lose some fun. Don't you even know your own limitations? You dare to take on Nightshade's mission so casually?"
Yu Yunyang was clearly unhappy.
Xiao Yiyi was even more dissatisfied: "Tch, no one begged you to come. Don't even mention a little Nightshade, even if a succubus came, our Xixi could take on three of them by herself!"
"Tch, you're so arrogant."
Yu Yunyang decided to ignore her.
"Hey, hey, what do you mean?!"
Lu Xihan noticed the smoke rising from the chimneys in the distance and spoke up at the opportune moment: "Alright, alright, say less, we're almost there."
The journey wasn't particularly long, but it still took them three days to arrive. They could have used their swords to travel there, but sword-flying is different from using other magical artifacts; it requires far more spiritual energy than using ordinary flying artifacts.
Aside from Lu Xihan and the other two poor girls, Yu Yunyang had spent almost all his money on alchemy supplies. In addition, after his defeat in the last competition, his master ordered him to go into seclusion for further study, and he had to sneak out this time.
In short, these three people, who were both poor and bored, walked all the way here, dealing with some minor troubles along the way, and finally arrived today.
Huangshui Village is adjacent to Lihua Town, which is under the jurisdiction of Qiankudong.
The name "Thousand Caves" sounds like some kind of evil or heretical sect, but it is actually a legitimate sect specializing in array formations, and one of the eight major sects.
I wonder who came up with such a name.
From the moment Lu Xihan and the other two stepped into the village, they sensed something was clearly amiss.
In broad daylight, there wasn't a single pedestrian on the road.
so quiet.