Free Web NovelIn the afternoon, cicadas chirped loudly in front of the gate of Da Chunyang Palace, and the mirror-like pool rippled with shimmering light.
Lu Yibei crouched in the bushes beside the pool, concealing his figure with the lush green branches and leaves. The Shui Shu Beast lay motionless behind him, like a statue.
A moment later, a rustling sound came from the side. Following the sound, he saw Hua Sang, carrying large and small bags, bending down and pushing through the bushes to approach.
Seeing the Shui Shu Beast lying behind Lu Yibei, she frowned slightly, then quickly composed herself and looked at Lu Yibei, saying, "I've already contacted Fu Xinyi. She should arrive in about five minutes."
"And as you instructed, I've sent messages to the other disciples. They should arrive a minute or two after Fu Xinyi."
"If you don't mind me asking, are you sure the other disciples will come?" Lu Yibei tilted his head.
"One hundred percent," Hua Sang said calmly, her words carrying an unquestionable certainty.
"That's good!" Lu Yibei nodded, then turned around and scratched the Shui Shu Beast's chin, saying softly, "Elder Sister, I'll be counting on you later. Remember what we just agreed on!"
Elder Sister? What kind of strange address is that? Hua Sang glanced at Lu Yibei with a complicated look in her eyes.
"Pfft—!"
The Shui Shu Beast let out a soft snort, giving an affirmative response.
The Zhenshan Divine Beast actually responded to him? Hua Sang opened her mouth, wanting to speak but stopping herself.
Just then, the bao sang cang xiao badge she carried vibrated without warning. As her fingertip brushed the badge, a breathless shout echoed in her ears.
"Fellow disciples, I am Zhang Han, a disciple under Master Ling Jizi. Our team has discovered that a fellow disciple has been killed by Hu Chuan near the 544 Power Plant. Requesting backup!"
Hearing this, Hua Sang's expression changed. She looked at Lu Yibei and said in a deep voice, "I just received news that another fellow disciple has been killed by Hu Chuan. The location is in an abandoned power plant only about twenty kilometers from the previous tube building..."
Lu Yibei glanced at Hua Sang out of the corner of his eye and asked, "Are you trying to say that this attack might be because Hu Chuan, after escaping from the tube building, was accidentally spotted by a Da Chunyang Palace disciple near the abandoned power plant and therefore killed them?"
"It certainly sounds that way," Hua Sang said with a frown.
Lu Yibei pursed his lips. "I, on the other hand, think this proves even more that Hu Chuan is still hiding in Shizhou City."
"Think about it, if he can use various items and Secret Society members mixed among the Da Chunyang Palace disciples to secretly observe the situation, would he really be accidentally spotted?"
With that kind of near-clairvoyant ability, if he could still be spotted by a Da Chunyang Palace disciple, Hu Chuan is either doing it on purpose or he's an idiot!
"Besides, he was able to endure and hide in Da Chunyang Palace for four or five years. Now, when there are clearly better ways to handle things, he suddenly acts in such a high-profile manner. Don't you think that's a bit unusual?"
Hua Sang thought seriously for a moment, her expression grave. "That makes some sense! So, it's very likely he's creating chaos to distract us?"
If that's the case, I need to contact Master quickly and ask her to inform the Da Chunyang Palace disciples to try not to act alone. Hua Sang thought.
"No..." Lu Yibei opened his mouth, but before he could say the word "wrong," he was interrupted by a scream coming from the platform not far away.
He was startled for a moment, then as if realizing something, he looked back, his expression changing instantly. "Oh no, where's my Elder Sister?!"
His attention had been focused on analyzing Hu Chuan's actions for Hua Sang just now, and he hadn't noticed when the Shui Shu Beast had disappeared.
"Probably over there..."
Hua Sang raised her hand expressionlessly and pointed towards the electric light that was rapidly moving towards the edge of the platform in front of the mountain gate.
Lu Yibei looked in the direction Hua Sang pointed and saw the figure of a person being flung like a flag on the Shui Shu Beast's back. He nodded.
"Then, who was screaming just now?"
"Probably your Junior Sister..."
Hua Sang, "..."
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After receiving Hua Sang's message, Fu Xinyi rushed back to her residence at Qiaoyuan Villa from Qing Hui Hall without stopping. She retrieved her sword and a few protective talismans for emergencies. Then, she traveled light and happily hurried to the mountain gate to meet up with Hua Sang.
However...
When she arrived at the mountain gate, she couldn't see her Senior Sister as she had hoped.
Under the scorching sun, the platform in front of the mountain gate was empty, without a single soul. The pool next to it was still, and even the wind seemed to be hiding. Only the cicadas in the distant mountain forest kept chirping.
"That's strange, where's Senior Sister? Is she late again?" Fu Xinyi pouted, looking up for a while, then checked her phone.
Seeing that the time she had agreed to meet Hua Sang had arrived but there was no sign of her, she couldn't help but feel a bit anxious. Just as she was about to call and urge Hua Sang, she heard a low growl.
"Roar—!"
As the low growl, like distant thunder, rolled by, a fierce wind swept through. Along with the fierce wind, a swift figure leaped out from the mountain forest and landed steadily on the wide platform.
At this moment, Fu Xinyi was completely unaware of the seriousness of the situation. Following the direction of the low growl and the fierce wind, she ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) saw the Zhenshan Divine Beast slowly walking towards her, its four hooves stepping on the stone slabs, making soft thudding sounds.
On its sturdy body, like that of a magnificent horse, green scales shimmered with a metallic luster in the sunlight.
The water vapor floating around its body was enveloped by pale blue electric arcs, swirling like a nebula.
It was truly divine and extraordinary!
"Good afternoon, Senior Divine Beast!"
Seeing this, Fu Xinyi, as usual, respectfully bowed to the Shui Shu Beast in greeting.
However, the moment she straightened up and her gaze met the Shui Shu Beast's, her heart skipped a beat.
She noticed that the divine beast's gaze towards her was very strange!
In the past, the divine beast's gaze towards the Da Chunyang Palace disciples was lazy, absent-minded, and even a bit annoyed, as if an old man was looking at the neighbor's naughty child.
But at this moment, the divine beast's eyes looking at her were bright and full of excitement.
Fu Xinyi had seen this look before, when the Zhenshan Divine Beast was kicking the large black-shelled turtles in the pool like balls.
The divine beast... doesn't want to kick me like a ball too, does it?
Fu Xinyi felt a chill in her heart from the divine beast's gaze. She swallowed hard and glanced around nervously out of the corner of her eye. Then she saw the large black-shelled turtle by the side of the pool, unconscious and lying on its back, having been played with by the divine beast.
Fu Xinyi, "..."
Oh no! Isn't that going to be my fate later?
She thought anxiously, carefully backing away. The Shui Shu Beast also followed her rhythm, slowly approaching, as if waiting for something.
It looked like a frail girl being cornered in the alley behind the school by delinquents after school.
Suddenly, her heel hit a stone step, and Fu Xinyi's body swayed. After steadying herself, she subconsciously looked back and saw the shimmering pool. Her heart tightened, and her face instantly turned pale.
Just then, a noisy sound came from the direction of the long corridor leading to Qing Hui Hall.
It seems like a lot of people are coming this way?
Fu Xinyi's heart filled with joy. She turned around, but at this moment, a huge black shadow quietly enveloped her figure.
As she raised her hand to wave, opened her small mouth, and prepared to shout in the direction of the noise, a deafening roar exploded behind her.
The next moment, a sense of weightlessness suddenly struck, and her world spun upside down...
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"Ah—!"
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On the other side, on the long corridor leading from Qing Hui Hall to the mountain gate.
Yi Sihan led a group of Fu Xinyi fan club members, jogging forward.
"Senior Brother Sihan, is your information reliable? Is Junior Sister Xin Yi really taming the Zhenshan Divine Beast in front of the mountain gate?" a slightly overweight disciple asked Yi Sihan.
"Senior Brother, don't worry," Yi Sihan replied with a serious expression. "My source of information is absolutely reliable. Do you know who told me?"
"Who?"
"It's the great Netizen Laosepi!" Yi Sihan said, his chin slightly raised as he spoke.
"You mean that great master who has never shown his face but controls detailed information about Senior Sister Fu?"
"Exactly!" Yi Sihan confirmed.
As soon as these words were spoken, the fellow members of the fan club erupted in an uproar.
That mysterious disciple in the fan club chat group with the ID "Netizen Laosepi" had never participated in any offline activities of the fan club, yet he was called a great master because the information he provided about Fu Xinyi's itinerary had never been wrong.
It was by following the itinerary information he provided that the fan club members were fortunate enough to witness Fu Xinyi's peak swordsmanship, healing her severely injured Senior Sister, and single-handedly killing a B+ level urban legend, among other brilliant moments.
Netizen Laosepi could be said to be the most deserving mole!
They continued forward. The moment they appeared on the platform in front of the mountain gate, a low roar like thunder and a scream came almost simultaneously.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound. After just one glance, they were stunned.
They saw the pool in front of the mountain gate boiling, with water columns surging and churning like giant dragons.
Suddenly, with a splash, nine water columns shot out of the pool and went straight towards Fu Xinyi, like a pair of large hands, carefully lifting her body and sending her flying into the air.
Water splashed everywhere, swirling with azure blue electric light, but it did not wet Fu Xinyi's clothes at all. She floated in mid-air, her clothes and long hair fluttering, like an immortal.
At this moment, a clap of thunder exploded, and a flash of electric light suddenly rose from the ground, drawing a brilliant arc and converging with Fu Xinyi's figure in mid-air.
"Roar—!"
Accompanied by an impassioned roar, a strong light burst forth, and everyone's vision instantly turned into a dazzling white, temporarily losing their sight.
A few seconds later, everyone's vision gradually cleared. Looking back at the platform, dozens of pairs of eyes, their pupils contracting simultaneously.
Under the bright sunlight, a thick water mist floated in the air, refracting dreamy, colorful light and shadow. Fu Xinyi sat upright on the back of the Zhenshan Divine Beast, her head held high, holding a sword in one hand, her bright eyes carrying a hint of indifference that seemed to look down on everything. frёewebnoѵēl.com
Her appearance bore a striking resemblance to the portrait of the first generation sect master enshrined in Zhenting Hall.
"I... I'm not seeing things, am I?" Yi Sihan said weakly. "Junior Sister Fu is riding on the divine beast's back?"
"That's right, Junior Sister has finally reached this point!" a disciple with tears in his eyes choked out. "It seems she is definitely going to be the next sect master."
"Yes, we witnessed this moment that will surely be recorded in the history of Da Chunyang Palace!"
"..."
Many years later, on the day Fu Xinyi became the sect master of Da Chunyang Palace, this group of people stood at the forefront of the succession ceremony, looking at Fu Xinyi's figure, and the scene they saw today filled their minds...
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While the disciples of the fan club were commenting on Fu Xinyi.
A bewildered Fu Xinyi, after being in a daze for a long time, heard the enthusiastic applause from behind. She turned around and saw the members of the fan club, and suddenly, as if she understood something, her expression changed.
"!!!"
Oh no, I've been tricked!
Did Senior Sister Hua Sang ask me to come here because...
Senior Sister was recognized by the divine beast but was afraid of trouble and didn't want to be the next sect master candidate, so she pushed it onto me?
Understanding the reasons, tears instantly blurred Fu Xinyi's vision.
She seemed to already see the hellish life she would face after her Master found out about this.
Hua Sang, this time I'm definitely cutting ties with you!
Fu Xinyi thought fiercely, her hands subconsciously gripping the Shui Shu Beast's fur.
Then...
"Roar—!"
Feeling the force on its fur, the Shui Shu Beast let out a low growl, raised its front hooves, and galloped towards the place it had agreed to meet Lu Yibei at the foot of the mountain.
Fu Xinyi, "???"
She was stunned for a moment, and there was a fleeting illusion that her soul was about to be thrown out of her body.
Immediately after, her world spun upside down again.
In the fierce wind, the scenery in her peripheral vision flew by. Her body was swaying, like a large human pendant on the Shui Shu Beast...
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A moment later, on a small path leading down the mountain from Da Chunyang Palace.
Lu Yibei and Hua Sang walked side by side through the mountain forest, following the hoof prints left by the Shui Shu Beast as it galloped through.
After a long while.
Lu Yibei, who had been engrossed in his phone, looked up and raised an eyebrow at Hua Sang. "It's done. My friend has already taken action."
He had previously asked Netizen Laosepi to investigate Lin Nian, so this time, he quickly used the power of the Monster Story Chat Group to contact Lin Nian relatively safely.
After paying a considerable reward, Lin Nian and Netizen Laosepi spread rumors such as "Hu Chuan likes to seduce married women," "Elder Wang is a pedophile," and "the two are suspected of colluding with the Eclipse Society," along with vivid pictures. At the same time, they began to investigate the black market dealers selling live placentas in Shizhou City.
"Now we just need to let the rumors fly for a while, and then we can start cyberbullying them!" Lu Yibei said. "If we're lucky enough to pinpoint the black market dealers selling live placentas, it will be even easier."
"Oh, and those Da Chunyang Palace disciples chasing them..."
"I've already contacted my Master and asked the disciples chasing them to change from a four-person team to twenty people acting together for now," Hua Sang said.
"Okay!" Lu Yibei nodded. "The entire process of cyberbullying will take about a full day to fully ferment, which means..."
Hua Sang glanced at Lu Yibei out of the corner of her eye and said calmly, "After sunset, we'll cast the net?"
"Exactly! But at that time..."
"At that time, Wang Bu Liu Xing will take over the rest for you, right?" Hua Sang said faintly, looking at Lu Yibei with a sidelong glance.
Still acting! Is it necessary?
Lu Yibei, "..."
