Chapter 126: The Wrath of the Young Lady

Chapter 126: The Wrath of the Young Lady

When Elder Cangxing saw Wenren Mo in front of the Hall of Ten Thousand Beasts again, he frowned angrily. "You again?"

Xu Hongqiu had already instructed that they could use heavy force against this man if he were to come over to bother her again. Elder Cangxing had beaten Wenren Mo up pretty badly the last time he came by, but that still wasn't enough to keep him away.

"Esteemed senior!" Wenren Mo shouted with his hands raised. "I have important evidence that can help you figure out what’s really going on behind the Hall of Ten Thousand Beasts!"

"What evidence?" Elder Cangxing asked.

He gathered power in his palm, ready to strike Wenren Mo if he were to say something wrong. Elder Cangxing wasn't as friendly to everyone as he had been to Di Nufeng.

"It's definitely important physical evidence. I want to present it to Miss Xu in person," Wenren Mo said with a smile. "Please inform her of this."

Elder Cangxing considered it for a moment and ultimately ordered his subordinate to inform Xu Hongqiu. After a while, the messenger returned and invited Wenren Mo upstairs. Wenren Mo finally got his wish to sit face-to-face with Xu Hongqiu.

Xu Hongqiu was extremely annoyed by Wenren Mo's pursuit of her.

As the daughter of the Whale Gang's chief, Xu Hongqiu had a high status. Moreover, she was beautiful and had a high cultivation level. There was no shortage of people like Wenren Mo trying to get close to her.

At first, Xu Hongqiu would turn them down politely with kind words, but she quickly found that was useless. These people saw her kindness as encouragement for them to pursue her even more relentlessly. Then when she tried being a little fierce and shouted at them to stop, they liked that even more than when she was kind to them.

Some of them would even plead, “Oh, elder sister, please hit me...”

Of course, Xu Hongqiu complied with such requests, but she wouldn't do it personally. Instead, she would let the irate Elder Cangxing take action on her behalf.

Xu Hongqiu's expression remained as icy as ever while looking at Wenren Mo. The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

"I heard you want to hand over important evidence about the internal affairs of the Hall of Ten Thousand Beasts?" Xu Hongqiu asked.

"That's right," Wenren Mo answered.

Unexpectedly, Wenren Mo showed little emotion despite sitting face-to-face with Xu Hongqiu. He just nodded gently and then casually placed the accounts ledger, which he'd obtained in exchange for a valuable item, on the table.

Xu Hongqiu flipped through the ledger, and her gaze wavered. The content of the ledger could indeed completely answer her questions about what was going on behind the Hall of Ten Thousand Beasts. She was surprised to find that Wenren Mo hadn't merely told her empty words.

After a long while, Xu Hongqiu looked up at Wenren Mo and questioned, "Where did you get this from?"

Wenren Mo smiled and replied, "I have a wide circle of friends. A friend of mine was aware of my feelings for you. He searched for it and gave it to me."

"Which friend? And how did he get it? Can you tell me more in detail?"

"He didn't provide any specific details. Anyway, it was a friend from the Mount Shu Sect. I'm guessing that he just chanced upon it—"

Before finishing what he had to say, Wenren Mo noticed a sudden change in Xu Hongqiu's expression.

"Chu Liang...?" Xu Hongqiu uttered hesitantly.

It was unlikely there were many members of the Mount Shu Sect present in Taotie City, so Xu Hongqiu immediately thought of that teacher-disciple duo.

"Do you know him too, Miss Xu?" Wenren Mo asked in return.

Chu Liang sneezed three times in a row and rubbed his nose, looking puzzledly into the distance.

Then he turned and entered the First-Rate Sword Hut. He didn't see Di Nufeng around, so he went to the front hall to look for Xu Sui.

Chu Liang asked Xu Sui, "Elder Brother Xu, do you know where my teacher is?"

"Esteemed Senior Di Nufeng..." Xu Sui answered with a slightly amused expression. “She's having a duel with the Golden-Furred Hou on the rear mountain."

"Huh?"

She's having a duel with the Golden-Furred Hou...? And how's that going to end up?

Chu Liang hurried to the rear mountain, but he didn't make it in time to see the battle. Instead, he witnessed the scene of a gentle teacher and an obedient Hou.

Chu Liang watched as Di Nufeng raised her hand and instructed the Hou with a bright smile, "Let's shake hands. That's right. Now, the left hand! Come here... Sit! Roll over!"

Up ahead, a massive creature, over one zhang tall, was currently rolling around like a golden ball of fur at Di Nufeng's every command. The Golden-Furred Hou had large bumps all over its head, but it wore a fawning grin on its face. The Hou looked extremely silly when it smiled, especially with that exceptionally large head.

"Esteemed Teacher, what are you doing?" Chu Liang asked as he approached.

"I'm just bonding with it," Di Nufeng answered with a smile. "Those guys from the Hall of Ten Thousand Beasts weren't lying; this little thing is pretty docile."

Chu Liang pursed his lips. "..."

Upon recalling how the "little thing" had been chewing on iron chains earlier, Chu Liang felt he'd been blinded by his prejudice this whole time. It seemed that the people from the Hall of Ten Thousand Beasts truly hadn't lied to them.

The Hou usually had very close relations with their owners and their owners’ families, and they were not aggressive toward strangers. However, when confronted with malicious foes, the Hou would unleash an intense desire to fight. The main reason they would do that was to protect their master, as the Hou themselves feared nothing.

The pressure that Di Nufeng unleashed the day before had caused the Golden-Furred Hou to mistake her for an enemy. That was why it had been very hostile and had a great desire to fight her.

Despite that... after Di Nufeng's patient bonding session earlier, the Golden-Furred Hou now acknowledged her as its master.

What enemy? This is my dear master!

If Master asks me to spin around, then I must spin twice for her!

Raar, raar, raar!

Just as Chu Liang and the two "ferocious beasts" were having a great time together on the rear mountain, a deafening explosion that seemed to rip through the air rang out from the direction of the thatched grass hut.

Boom—

A pillar of qi soared upward, piercing through the clear sky and heading straight for the Ninth Heaven. With an unparalleled momentum, the pillar of qi shook the world wherever it went.

There's sword qi soaring toward the heavens!

Of course, Chu Liang knew what this meant.

"The sword's complete?!"