Complicated Circumstances
“I think we shook them off,” shared Xin Buxing, starting to fan himself leisurely again. “I think we should na our trio. We could make a debut in the world of cultivation. I’m thinking, Lady-Killer Trio, Eight Grass Village’s Three Young Masters, The Ultimate Trio…”
Mu Yu was too busy catching his breath to rebuke Xin Buxing – not that he would’ve wasted his breath on what was obviously a ti wasting endeavour. Once he could talk, he asked, “Second Brother, why are you two here?”
“You think I want to be here? I ca here to find you, god damn it! I’m asking First Brother to handle these nial tasks next ti.”
“Just asking, sheesh, hot head. It’s not as if I wanted trouble at my door,” Mu Yu wanted to say. “First Brother is also here? How did you know I was at the village?”
“Are you playing stupid or actually stupid? First Brother explained everyone has their unique energy signal, especially us. He planted his tal energy on all of us, allowing him to sense our presence within a specific radius. He picked up on your energy signal a few days ago and told to pick you up.”
Seeing Mu Yu pondering where and when Cheng Yan planted the tal energy on him prompted Lie Shang to clarify, “In Shadow Splitter Sword.”
Mu Yu: Hmm, that must be how he found in the spider freak’s cave back then.
“Where is First Brother now?”
Xin Buxing chid in. “We ca to conduct an investigation on the elental demons. Therefore, we have been nearby for over a month. You were just a bonus discovery. There’s sothing going on near Mist City. They’ve been frequenting it too many tis for comfort. Cheng Yan has gone on ahead to probe into it, while we ca to fetch you. Lie Shang recognised your Celestial Sword Nine Summons swordplay when you blitzed the fiends.”
“How do you know Celestial Sword Nine Summons…?”
“I know much more than you think. I even know about your wood-control ability,” Xin Buxing answered with a wink.
Mu Yu didn’t want to pursue the topic any further since there was no telling when Xin Buxing was serious or just trying to take soone’s brain for a ride. He broached another topic apologetically. “Second Brother, Shifu has left Moyun Mountains. He ntioned he has gone to see Xie Bulao to stop the fiend’s tyranny…”
“What is your shifu looking for my shifu for at his current level?” asked Xin Buxing.
“Xie Bulao is your shifu? What?”
“It can’t be good news if venerated Sword Shadow Dust Gale goes searching for Xie Bulao. You do know my shifu hates nobody more than your shifu? When Shifu took in, he made swear I would chop off a finger before killing Sword Shadow Dust Gale or his disciples if I ever bumped into them. If I failed to do so, I would lose my cultivation and die.”
“You swore an oath?”
“Yeah.”
“So?” Mu Yu quickly stole a glimpse of Lie Shang.
“’So’ what?” What does his grudge have to do with ?”
“You swore an oath!”
“I have broken as many oaths as I have sworn, hehe. I hereby swear all pretty maidens in the world of cultivation and I am not related in any capacity. If I told any falsehoods, lightning will strike down where I stand.”
Boom! Thunder rumbled but never left the clouds.
“See, the lightning won’t even co down.”
“A man’s oaths cannot bind, so he can live however he chooses for there are no consequences” – Xin Buxing.
“We need to go find Shifu as soon as possible, then,” asserted Mu Yu.
“There’s no need to rush. Xie Bulao and the fiend race’s Azure Dragon are friends. They’re probably going to negotiate.”
“Negotiate what?”
Xin Buxing folded his fan and explained as if he was reciting poetry, “Third Heaven Palace shall not sit by and watch now that the fiends have resurfaced. The fact that they haven’t given other sects the order to stop the fiends proves that Third Heaven Palace tacitly acknowledges their resurgence. The elental demons are growing bolder with their raids, attacking cities beyond Mist City. Declaring war on the fiends in this situation is unwise.”
“In addition, the fiend king didn’t kill anyone since coming here. If nobody sent him a warning, he wouldn’t play so nicely,” added Lie Shang.
“As you’ve been tailing the elental demons, what information do you have on them?” Mu Yu queried.
Lie Shang and Xin Buxing exchanged eye contact. Both shook their heads. Lie Shang reported, “I located the fire demons’ den; however, all I saw was them bouncing around in the lava. The sentries outside were but fodder. The powerful ones were nowhere to be seen.
“Cheng Yan found out the tal demons are building a teleportation formation to make a trip to Second Heaven. He was going to sneak through to search for you at Second Heaven. Thankfully, you escaped on your own, saving us trouble.”
Lie Shang scolded Mu Yu with his gaze. Mu Yu dryly chuckled, apologetic and grateful they cared about him.
Second Heaven’s spiritual qi levels provided an ideal environnt for the elental demons to recover their powers. That was grim news.
“What’s the na of the girl with the fiends? We need to inform her she’s one of us,” ntioned Lie Shang.
Mu Yu recounted the events at Second Heaven. Lie Shang surprisingly didn’t chide Mu Yu for being nosy. “You’ve finally done sothing right for once. Bailing her out was the right call.”
Xin Buxing wanted to check out the spiritual qi core Mu Yu ntioned until Mu Yu told him he was welco to kill himself trying to cross the barrier.
“Co with us now and quit running around. We need to et up with First Brother and then make our way to Southern Twenty-Five Kilotres Garden,” stated Lie Shang.
“Before that, Second Brother, you need to find Shifu as soon as you can. Don’t let him return to Moyun Mountains. I’m going to drop into Pill Cauldron Sect because Ku Mu can help shifu recover his cultivation. We can’t return to Moyun Mountains at our current cultivation to help him if he returns.”
“You better keep your wits about you, then. You’re not welco there anymore. We’ll reach out to Xie Bulao in the anti.”
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