Chapter 225: Mutual Deception
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
Having thought more about the matter, ng Qi added in a low voice, “If I challenge the Wang family’s disciples of the Enlighten the Apertures level, what will you do? It’s not that Shan Xiui had done anything bad or even stepped out of line. After all, being in her ‘Nirmanakaya’ is not a cri. So if I were to kill her, others would think that I had gone down the Devil Path and hard a good person. No one would believe that I was exorcising demons.”
He was too afraid of being cheated by Gu Xiaosang because after all, she was a foe. But this matter had to be solved quickly. Though a great aristocratic family or Six Fan School would gladly welco ng Qi with open arms based on the fact that he had the Thunder God’s impartation and that he had the potential to be on the Ranking List of Young Masters. By then, he would easily take down that dicine scumr at the exterior level. But then the Sect of Plain Lady would find out the secret that he had the Thunder God’s impartation without even using augur. After that, one of the Nine devil Paths would constantly keep an eye on him. And with his telpathic sense of the Thunder God and Extinctive Blade of Overlord, he would never be able to “step outside”.
Of course, a similar result would happen if the “Thunder Blade Furious Monk” killed Shan Xiui. And he would walk down the heterodox path.
Gu Xiaosang said with a chuckle, “My dear husband, since it’s a ‘Nirmanakaya’, there has to be sothing special to that. So once Shan Xiui dies, she’d turn into a flying light and head towards her Real Body. Anyone of the Exterior level with acun would be able to sense the special breath of the Mystic Fairy lineage. You’ll just have to worry about challenging her and creating an opportunity. At the end of the day, I’m still doing the fighting. Don’t worry, the Sect of Plain Lady would not suspect anything. After all, everyone knows that it was I who killed the Seven Heavenly Fairies.”
“As for other tis, of course I’m still your maid Little Zi,” she bowed, “Master, is there anything Little Zi can do for you?”
She instantly contained that mysterious aura. Apart from her beauty, which was still picturesque, she was just like an ordinary girl. ng Qi almost couldn’t believe that she was, in fact, Gu Xiaosang.
ng Qi frowned slightly, “Aren’t you afraid of being recognized?”
“I’m already changed my deanor and hidden my skills. After I make myself up a little, I believe no one will recognize .” Gu Xiaosang smiled, “And those who have seen , very few have lived to tell the tale.”
“You are really a good actor, another trait people with ntal disorders share…”ng Qi thought.
Gu Xiaosang stepped out of the wing room to do sothing. And when she returned, her face was made up and she had turned into the girl next door. She bowed and said, “Master, are you pleased with Little Zi’s appearance?”
“Won’s make-up really is the best disguise…” ng Qi’s eyes froze and his mouth half opened. If Gu Xiaosang changed into plain clothes, she really would look like a pretty maid!
“Fine. Just don’t expose your identity when you battle,” ng Qi reminded. “Otherwise you’d bring , your Master, down with you…”
As long as they killed Shan Xiui and forced her out of Nirmanakaya and returned her to her Real Body, then the Masters on site would killed that demon the Sect of the Plain Lady. By then even if ng Qi was personally involved, no one would suspect him.
Like a sprightly maid, Gu Xiaosang pouted, “Master, don’t you believe Little Zi? Based on my strength, how could I expose my identity just by killing her Nirmanakaya?”
“…young lady, If you keep up this act, you’d split your personality once more…”ng Qi thought his “acting chops” was top notch. But compared with Gu Xiaosang’s “natural performance”, he still had a long way to go.
“Master, you can prepare and rest up today. Little Zi will co and pick you up tomorrow and we’ll test our bladesmanship on the Yedu heroes,” said Gu Xiaosang with a smile. Her eyes were turning and her aroma perated the air.
Riding the carriage back, ng Qi silently mulled over things in his mind.
He just didn’t trust that Gu Xiaosang would help him without an agenda of her own. So he had to be ready for anything or he would be sched by her.
The horse carriage dropped ng Qi off and headed into the busy streets.
When ng Qi got ho, he sad one the stone stool under the plum tree and started recalling Gu Xiaosang’s every word.
Suddenly, he squinted his eyes and repeated,
“‘This is the unique feature of the Mystic Fairy lineage’s fundantals and no one on the outside world knows about it. If it weren’t for the fact that I found so ancient books and records by chance and tried it with her, I wouldn’t be able to understand the truth either…'”
“…no one on the outside world knows about it…found so ancient books and records by chance…”
“I found so ancient books and records by chance and tried it with her…”
“This ans that she got the ancient books and records before fighting with the Successor of Mystic Fairy.”
“And even the Wang family from Zhou County, who is one of the fourteen great aristocratic families, didn’t know about the Successor of Mystic Fairy’s secret. It seems that the Luo Denomination didn’t know either. Therefore Gu Xiaosang only found out from the ancient books and records.”
“What kind of ancient books and records was it? And how did she get her hands on them?”
ng Qi mused over those seemingly normal words and tried putting the pieces together,
“She had known about Successor of Mystic Fairy from the ancient books and records. And therefore knew the secret of her ‘Nirmanakaya’, so talks of being carelessdoesn’t hold true.”
“She was in Three Mountains and Four Waters, yet she did not take the Outsky Strange Stone and cut off all traces. Instead, she went after the Successor of Mystic Fairy to help , so she says.”
“She also said she sent n to snatch the Outsky Strange Stone for as well.”
Like a spark igniting in his mind, ng Qi suddenly saw the light and stood up,
“Demoness, I got it! your ultimate target is the Successor of Mystic Fairy!”
“You did snatch the Outsky Strange Stone for . On reason might be that the ruins of the Ninth Heaven needs the Thunder God successor. Another is that you want to use my thunderbolt mark to trigger the impartation, spark unusual reactions from the Extinctive Blade of Overlord and lure the Successor of Mystic Fairy to co out!”
“So that’s why you didn’t take the Outsky Strange Stone and let the Sect of the Plain Lady ‘s n grab it. And that’s why later you committed yourself and killed the Seven Heavenly Fairies. But it’s a pity that the Successor of Mystic Fairy’s Nirmanakaya had managed to escape.”
“The ancient records you attained had reavealed more than just the secret of Mystic Fairy’s ‘ Nirmanakaya ‘. Perhaps there were other secrets that’s more appealing to you!”
“What do you want from the Successor of Mystic Fairy?”
ng Qi silently asked one question after another as if Gu Xiaosang was just in front of him. But after these questions, he was totally clear in his line of thought. And for the first ti, he had grabbed the demoness Gu Xiaosang by the tail!
ng Qi paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, “We had a similar objective on this matter, but I must be ready for the ‘divergence’ in the end.”
“Though she never actually fooled and usually just watched, she is still evil. I’ll try and make sure she doesn’t get her way this ti…”
He figured out her sches, and now he just had to think of a way to deal with them. ng Qi wanted to discuss it with Qi Zhengyan. However, He Mu just fought in the tournant today, which ant many would co looking for the master behid He Mu. So Qi Zhengyan was out of the question, but there just wasn’t anyone else he could think of to discuss the matter.
Just as it was getting dark, ng Qi suddenly heard a knocking sound.
When he opened the gates, ng Qi saw an average looking, middle-aged man. He looked like a man who had been tired from the long walk.
“Friend, I’ve co to watch the tournant between Martial Clubs but I got lost and now I’m extrely thirsty. I was wondering if you could spare so water…” The middle-aged man asked with a smile.
ng Qi had always been willing to help others in need, so he pointed towards the well and said, “the well is right there, go and help yourself. The water is extrely cold though.”
“It’s fine, thank you.” The middle-aged man got a bucket of water from the well and drank. Satisfied, he smiled and added, “Much appreciated friend, how do I address you?”
“I’m Su ng,” answered ng Qi, casually making up a na.
The middle-aged man smiled and added, “I’m Cheng from Yong An Fang, south of Yedu. I’ve co here especially for the martial club tournant. Is that the Green Peak Martial Club opposite us?”
“It is.” ng Qi twitched his mouth thinking, “it’s written right there on the horizontal board.”
“Ah, so this is the Green Peak Martial Club. Their disciple He Mu did really well today in the tournant. Not to ntion his immaculate sword art! Though only reaching the primary level of Qi-cultivation, he actually embarrassed the Sun-scorching Martial Club Disciple, who almost lost despite having already opened his Eye Apertures.”
Upon hearing the na He Mu, ng Qi lifted his eyebrows and looked over the middle-aged man once again. ng Qi saw that there was a hint of shrewdness hidden behind his humble appearance. And ng Qi could tell that he had been practising Kung Fu for many years from the marks on his wrist and fingers.
ng Qi wondered who was doing all this scoping, the aristocratic families, sects or the Six Fan School? ng Qi wanted to clarify his identity, so he went along with his words and replied, “Yeah I know, I was there watching too.”
The middle aged man then added with a laugh, “For He Mu’s age, that he can use his sword art to embarrass an Enlightened Master Pro ans either that he’s extrely gifted or that he’s t with so marvellous adventure. But I’ve heard he had always been just an average disciple, and only began making huge strides with his skills recently.”
From their conversation, ng Qi was able to figure out his identity—He was a nark from the Six Fan School. ng Qi did not expose his identity though, and just pretended to be none the wiser and waiting for him to ask ng Qi about the skilled master behind He Mu.
“Mr Su, I’m assuming that you’ve been living here for a while now. Did you realize that He Mu was such a gifted swordsman?” the middle-aged man turned the conversation back to He Mu.
“So nark of the Six Fan School, you’ve done your howork on too huh…” ng Qi replied with a smile, “He Mu has always been diligent, asking about words and terminology. But apart from that, nothing special.”
The middle-aged man clapped his hands together and said, “I knew it!”
He squinted his eyes and like a gossipy old lady trying to dig for news, he asked, “Mr Su, have you ever seen anyone giving He Mu a few pointers? He must have t soone special!”
ng Qi was just trying to conjure soone up in his mind when a thought had struck him, he laughed and replied, “Why of course I have.”
“Really? Who?” the middle aged man asked with excitent.
ng Qi smiled while pointing to himself, “you’re looking at him.”
The middle aged man suddenly looked confused, as if it were looking at a mad man. He forced a smile and asked, “You’re kidding , Mr Su.”
Who would admit to such things!
“It really is ! I’m the master who gave He Mu a few pointers!” ng Qi said matter-of-factly.
“I’ve never seen a master that would boast about himself like that…” The middle aged man covered his face and sighed, realizing that he had t a mad man.
“You’re a nark from the Six Fan School right?” ng Qi asked in a serious tone. And just like a skilled master, he put his hands behind his back.
The middle-aged man’s face fell, “Mr S..Su, what did you say?”
“I’ve been hiding for for half to year to escape from being killed by the demoness. But it seems that I will have to face her anyway. So I wanted to pass on my skills to He Mu so that at least so could impart my sword art. Please pass on this information to the six fan school, and you be the witness.” ng Qi knew that Gu Xiaosang would not have guessed that the six fan school would co knocking at this mont.
His tone sounded heavy and solemn.
The middle-aged man then asked, “And your na sir?”
“I’m an abandoned Shaolin Disciple, forrly known by the na, Zhen Ding. Now, I go by the na Su ng,” answered ng Qi in a calm but heavy manner.
Abandoned Shaolin Disciple Zhen Ding? This na was well-known within Jianghu circles, especially those below the the Exterior level. The middle-aged man added almost silently,
“You’re the Thunder Blade Furious Monk?”
ng Qi sighed, “Go back now and don’t bother anymore tonight, for I need to rest up and get ready. Tomorrow, I’ll be eting the heroes of Yedu with my blade.”
The middle-aged man was perplexed, not understanding the connection between the words. But it was clear that ng Qi wanted to see him off, so he turned to leave shutting the gates on his way out.
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