Free Web NovelAfter parting ways with Lu Yibei, Zhang Huainan did not immediately return to Da Chunyang Palace. Instead, he turned back to the residential area that had suffered the Spiritual Energy attack.
Before, he had not yet obtained information from Lu Yibei regarding the cause of the urban legend Power behind the Secret Society. Seeing Lu Yibei and Hua Sang in danger, he immediately used thunderous means to eliminate the petty individuals within the sealed area.
Thinking about it now, it was somewhat impulsive. He should have left one or two alive.
“My cultivation is still insufficient...” Zhang Huainan sighed, shaking his head. A trace of complexity flashed in his slightly opened eyes as he spoke.
Even for someone like him, who had cultivated for many years, he couldn't maintain absolute calmness when someone he cared about was in danger. Was it perhaps asking too much for him to expect Lu Yibei to do the same?
But...
If that kid wanted to be an enemy of the Eclipse Society, he had to be able to do that.
...
As Zhang Huainan pondered, he walked along the deserted Bu Ye Street during the day. Unconsciously, he passed through the temporary Ban set up by the Da Chunyang Palace disciples and arrived back in front of the residential area.
He stopped and looked around at the busy disciples in the residential buildings. Footsteps sounded.
Following the sound, he saw Qingxia Zi, holding Hua Sang by the collar with one hand and pulling her ear with the other, like a small cat that had broken a vase, coming towards him.
Seeing this, Zhang Huainan frowned slightly and chided Qingxia Zi, “The child is already so big. In front of so many people, can't you give her some face?”
Anyway, pulling her ear won't hurt her... Zhang Huainan added in his heart.
Hua Sang glanced at Qingxia Zi from the corner of her eye and said faintly, “Seconded...”
“You dare to talk back!” Qingxia Zi twisted Hua Sang's ear hard, put her aside, then cupped her fist towards Zhang Huainan and bowed slightly. “It's fine for this disciple to discipline her apprentice. Please Martial Uncle punish me.”
“Oh? What mistake did you make? Why should this Old man punish you?” Zhang Huainan asked, puzzled.
Qingxia Zi glared at Hua Sang, then looked at Zhang Huainan and bowed again, explaining, “Reporting to Martial Uncle, this unruly apprentice held a Divine Weapon left behind by a Senior and past master of the sect, but did not cherish it properly, causing irreparable damage to the Divine Weapon. However...”
“However what?” Zhang Huainan asked with interest.
“However, this situation occurred because I, as her Master, failed to teach her properly. I bear great responsibility for the damage to the Divine Weapon. Please Martial Uncle punish me. As for Hua Sang, I will strictly discipline her later,” Qingxia Zi said.
Saying it sounds good, but in reality, you just want to protect your apprentice. Doesn't this Old man understand you? Zhang Huainan thought, letting out a light laugh and saying, “Ha, Qingxia Zi, since you know that disciplinary ruler is a Divine Weapon, why would you think it would be ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) damaged so easily?”
Qingxia Zi frowned, puzzled, and asked, “What does Martial Uncle mean?”
“That's a fake,” Zhang Huainan said.
“See?” Hua Sang looked at her Master resentfully and said helplessly, “I told you just now that it was a fake, but you didn't believe me.”
“It's really a fake?” Qingxia Zi frowned, then glared fiercely at Hua Sang again. “Even if it's a fake, isn't it still a mistake that you lost the Divine Weapon left by a Senior and past master?”
“How could I have thought that there would be a thief sneaking into Chen Yi Hotel?” Hua Sang said.
“Chen Yi Hotel?” Qingxia Zi's expression suddenly became serious as if she remembered something.
Noticing Qingxia Zi's change in expression, Zhang Huainan raised an eyebrow slightly and pressed, “Qingxia Zi, did you remember something?”
“Reporting to Martial Uncle,” Qingxia Zi replied. “Speaking of Chen Yi Hotel, this disciple suddenly thought that Senior Brother Wang, who was on duty at Chen Yi Hotel yesterday, should have arrived at the scene earlier than me, but I didn't see him when I came. I didn't pay attention before, but now it seems...”
“Uh, Martial Uncle, this disciple is not suspecting a fellow disciple, but just feels that something is strange.”
After hearing Qingxia Zi's words, Zhang Huainan and Hua Sang exchanged glances, simultaneously reading similar content in each other's eyes.
Could it be that he fled out of fear of punishment?
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After parting ways with Zhang Huainan, Lu Yibei was worried that the abnormal Spiritual Energy fluctuations emanating from her body would be detected when contacting Chatterbox Girl. She also did not return to Da Chunyang Palace, but instead turned into an Electric Competition Hall on Bu Ye Street and rented a single room.
Sitting down in the single room and locking the door, she leaned back on the soft sofa, cleared her mind, let her consciousness sink, and called out in her heart.
“Chatterbox Girl, Chatterbox Girl!”
Just as she called out twice in her heart, Lu Yibei's vision became blurry. The computer screen in front of her flickered with a large number of colorful light spots as if it was experiencing electromagnetic interference.
Immediately afterwards, she skillfully blacked out.
...
“Half cold, half warm autumn, clinging to your side~♪
Gently watching the flowing light dance~♪
Those red leaves in the wind, that endless longing in the heart~♪
...”
Accompanied by a ethereal and distant singing voice in her ears, and feeling a damp, cool breeze blowing across her face, Lu Yibei opened her eyes and once again saw the old Peony Street she had seen just last time.
Following the direction of the singing, she saw Chatterbox Girl with her long hair coiled up, a hint of melancholy between her brows, wearing a pure white silk dress, supporting a small flat boat, and slowly coming towards her along the winding clear stream of Peony Street.
From a distance, she looked like a fairy who had descended to the mortal world, a far cry from her usual unruly appearance.
Lu Yibei sized up Chatterbox Girl, narrowed her eyes slightly, and said, “Are you playing dress-up now? Be careful of being called out!”
Chatterbox Girl rolled her eyes at Lu Yibei and said indifferently, “It doesn't matter. If anyone other than you can find me, I actually don't mind communicating with them.”
Although it's not very useful anymore, developing two or three more dependents and using them as cannon fodder when necessary is still quite good.
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“Whatever makes you happy!” Lu Yibei pouted. “But speaking of which, why are you dressed like this? I thought I found the wrong person just now!”
“This...” Chatterbox Girl lowered her head to look at her clothes, pouted her red lips slightly, and said softly, “This humble one just heard some past events and felt deeply moved, so I expressed my feelings through song.”
“...” Lu Yibei looked at Chatterbox Girl expressionlessly, remained silent for two seconds, and said with a heavy tone, “Can you be more normal? Say something human?”
If you keep doing this, I always feel like I'll turn into this ghost-like appearance in the future, which is quite scary... Lu Yibei added in her heart.
“Oh...” Chatterbox Girl pouted, leaped from the small boat, floated lightly to the shore, sat down brazenly, and then repeated, “I just heard an interesting love story and was just immersing myself in the scene.”
“An interesting love story?” Lu Yibei tilted her head. “Tell me about it?”
Chatterbox Girl turned her head to look in the direction of Yanzhi Tavern, quickly withdrew her gaze, and sighed silently, “I think it's better to wait until you repair Lingtai Pure Karma and let the person involved tell you in person.”
Lu Yibei, “...”
It's after repairing Lingtai Pure Karma, and it's the person involved...
Could it be the Ancestor's story?
Can't I just ask that Old man directly later?
Lu Yibei thought, pouting indifferently, and asked, “Let's talk about something serious. As you said, I told Zhang Huainan all the information about the Pink Fluffy Rabbit. Then he suspected that with the characteristics of the Pink Fluffy Rabbit's Power, it's impossible for it to only harm the area around Da Chunyang Palace...”
Hearing this, a look of surprise flashed in Chatterbox Girl's eyes, and she smiled slightly, “That Old man is not bad! I didn't expect him to react so quickly? He must have asked you to come and ask me about the other affected locations?”
“Uh, don't worry, I didn't reveal any information about you,” Lu Yibei said.
“...”
Even if I did, it wouldn't matter. He wouldn't be able to find me.
If he gets serious, he'll eventually find you and think you have multiple personalities, and that you did some incredible things when you had multiple personalities.
Thinking this, Chatterbox Girl steered the conversation back to the main topic and said seriously, “Since that Old man asked you, it doesn't hurt to tell you. But you have to tell him to be mentally prepared. Even if he knows in advance which places will be harmed, he may not be able to prevent the tragedy from happening.”
“How should I put it? That Old man is indeed powerful, but not all Psychic are as powerful as him...”
At this point, Chatterbox Girl's eyes dimmed, and she fell into a brief silence.
She thought of the scene where the person who sacrificed his life to seal the area around Da Chunyang Palace instantly collapsed after learning that Yagn Nie had successfully awakened in other places.
Doing everything you can do, but finding that you are ultimately powerless can cause anyone to fall into deep despair.
And she had deeply experienced that kind of despair. frёewebηovel.cѳm
Seeing this, Lu Yibei also unconsciously became serious and said solemnly, “I understand, tell me!”
“Okay.” Chatterbox Girl collected herself, recalled the locations where the Yagn Nie followers were active, and continued, “As far as I know, the most severely affected places are Pashupatinath Temple in India, Kasuga Grand Shrine in R Country, Tulip Club in Amsterdam...”
“Wait! The last one is a bit different from the first two, right?” Lu Yibei couldn't help but interrupt.
“They are the same, the same,” Chatterbox Girl waved her hand and said, “Don't they all have a common characteristic?”
Lu Yibei thought for a moment and tentatively said, “Many people?”
“You're half right!” Chatterbox Girl corrected. “To be precise, it should be many Psychic.”
As for whether the Psychic's methods are legitimate, Yagn Nie doesn't care, as long as their pursuit of material desires is crazy enough.
When you're starving, can't both a Michelin three-star restaurant and a roadside stall fill your stomach?
“Also, don't interrupt me, I'm not finished yet!” Chatterbox Girl said coquettishly.
Immediately afterwards, like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, she rattled off four more place names.
A total of seven locations, all with the same level of risk of Yagn Nie harm as Da Chunyang Palace. And this is just where the Yagn Nie followers gather in large numbers and disasters are severe. As for some small-scale disaster outbreaks in unknown places, she has no impression at all.
After hearing Chatterbox Girl's narration, Lu Yibei's expression became serious. “I think I understand now. Besides Shizhou City, there isn't a single one within the borders of Z Country, is there?”
“What should we do about this? No matter how powerful that Old man, Zhang Huainan, is, it's hard for him to intervene if he's not within Z Country?”
“That's why I told you to tell him to be mentally prepared!” Chatterbox Girl shrugged. “How to proceed is up to that Old man to figure out. We can't help.”
This is also one of the reasons why Chatterbox Girl didn't let Lu Yibei reveal the information about these world-destroying factors to the Night Watch, besides worrying about Lu Yibei being caught and dissected by the Night Watch.
Anyway, it's useless to say anything. Although some places currently look normal, they are just in the “incubation period,” and some are even corrupted from top to bottom, rotten to the core. When the time comes, disasters can erupt at any moment.
Want to save everyone? Can they be saved?
All she could do was help Lu Yibei. As for the rest...
Provide a little help when appropriate, and then leave it to fate.
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After saying goodbye to Chatterbox Girl, Lu Yibei's consciousness detached from that unreal place and sat blankly in the internet cafe room for a long time until the attendant knocked on the door, only then did she collect herself.
“Little brother, little brother, are you okay?” The attendant outside the door called out, with a hint of anxiety in his voice.
After all, from the surveillance, Lu Yibei had been staring expressionlessly at the computer desktop with no interface open for over two hours, which was particularly strange and scary.
“Oh, oh! I'm fine,” Lu Yibei replied. “I just wanted some quiet.”
“...” The attendant outside the door was silent for two seconds, then breathed a sigh of relief and said, “That's good. Our boss gave you a cola. You can pick it up at the counter later.”
“Okay, thanks,” Lu Yibei replied, collected herself, took out her phone, and contacted Zhang Huainan...
