Chapter 62
After the strange bath, news came from the city—the gates of Lu City, where they were, had been closed!
“Brother A’Li… we have to be careful. I just heard from the innkeeper that it was the Radiant Church who requested the city gates to be closed. They’ve been causing us trouble recently. I’m worried this is aimed at me…” A’Xue frowned and looked towards the city gates.
If these people were targeting him, then he should deal with them himself and not involve his two brothers.
Helan Xue frowned.
The Radiant Church?
Besides the Myriad Sword Sect, the Radiant Church was the most authoritative righteous sect. But ten years ago, after he had purged several of the Radiant Church’s elders, the Radiant Church was no longer what it used to be.
What kind of trouble are they trying to cause now?
The two had their own thoughts.
And Lin Queli was silent, only feeling that the sky was falling.
“Sob, sob, sob, sob, not to mention anything else…” Lin Queli lay prostrate on the table. “My pastries—”
Doesn’t this mean I can’t go to the Myriad Sword Sect to get my free pastries?!
Lin Queli wanted to cry but had no tears. “I’ll draw a circle to curse Taxue Xianzun…”
I was looking forward to the pastries all night!
Helan Xue smiled and took out a food box from his spirit pouch. “Let’s eat breakfast first, then we’ll go and see what the Radiant Church wants.”
Lin Queli looked at the food box curiously. “This is…?”
Helan Xue: “Pastries bought in front of the Myriad Sword Sect.”
“…!”
Lin Queli’s eyes lit up again.
He excitedly opened the food box and saw pastries of various colors inside, exactly the same as in his dream. He immediately broke into a smile.
Good, good, good!
Wen Chen is good, Taxue Xianzun is bad!
Lin Queli was overjoyed and picked up a piece of mung bean cake to eat. A’Xue was originally a little worried, but seeing this, he also followed suit and started eating.
At this point, eat first…?
Helan Xue watched the two silently.
They’re so alike, so alike.
A’Xue held the pastry and ate it bite by bite. Although he ate very quickly and with great gusto, his movements were still pleasing to the eye and proper, which actually whetted one’s appetite. His expression was exactly the same as Lin Queli’s next to him.
Although A’Xue’s skin, hair, and the mark between his eyebrows were similar to Helan Xue’s, and even his temperament was like a smaller version of Helan Xue, upon closer inspection now, he found that A’Xue’s features actually had more of Lin Queli’s charm.
Compared to the demonic Lin Queli, he was more like the current short-haired Lin Queli.
That pair of shining eyes seemed to be filled with stars.
Helan Xue lowered his eyes and said warmly, “Eat slowly. Don’t choke.”
“Oh!”
The two said in unison.
Helan Xue rubbed A’Xue’s head and then pinched the tip of Lin Queli’s ear.
“You’re eating as if you’ve never eaten before.”
Lin Queli gave a dry laugh. “I really haven’t.”
It’s my first time eating ancient pastries.
A’Xue also said shyly, “In the past, the older sisters in the tribe would make them for me, but this is my first time eating pastries from outside. I used to only come out to hunt and buy some spirit stones to improve my cultivation. I didn’t think so much…”
Helan Xue said softly, “In the future, I will prepare them for you.”
Lin Queli turned his head and met those gentle eyes, a little stunned for a moment.
He patted his hot cheeks. Sob, sob, sob, if this continues, he would forget the mission on his body!
I’m supposed to be seducing Taxue Xianzun. I can’t be led astray halfway!
Wake up, Lin Queli!!
But…
Helan Xue was still looking at him, making his heart race.
He turned his head and said in a coquettish and complaining tone, “Why are you so good to us for no reason…”
Helan Xue first shook his head. Is a box of pastries considered good? Lin Queli is too easy to deceive.
This little disciple of his is still like this… forget it. I will protect him.
Helan Xue lowered his eyes and said, “It is only right for cultivators to help each other.”
“Oh…!” Lin Queli took a deep breath. That’s right, that’s right!
A proper relationship!
The innkeeper soon brought tea for the three of them.
Helan Xue frowned. He sensed the knockout drug in the tea.
The person targeting them… or rather, A’Xue, had really put in a lot of effort. This was the highest-grade drug. An ordinary cultivator would not be able to detect it, and it would be difficult to dispel. Perhaps even Shouyang would have fallen for it if he had come.
Helan Xue thought to himself, I might as well play along. After all, I need to find evidence to punish the Radiant Church.
He cast a spell on his appearance. Besides A’Xue and Lin Queli, others would not be able to see his true appearance. Then he discussed with the two in a low voice.
Helan Xue first dispelled the drug in the three cups of tea, and then the three of them pretended to lose consciousness to see what the other side was planning.
Lin Queli was a little worried. “Then aren’t we walking into a tiger’s den? Is it okay?”
Helan Xue was leisurely, not even moving his eyelids. “It’s fine.”
The mere Radiant Church is not enough to cause any big waves.
Seeing this, Lin Queli was also relieved. He took a deep breath and thought to himself, it’s time to test my acting skills. He drank the tea and was just about to figure out how to faint when he saw Helan Xue close his eyes and fall towards him, lying steadily on his lap.
“…”
Forget it. He must have his reasons for doing this.
Lin Queli also “thumped” down on the table.
Then, Lin Queli sensed footsteps and a strange aura approaching them.
“Are they all down? Hurry up and take them away!”
“Our target is only this kid from the Tiandi tribe. Do we have to take the other two back too?”
“Of course! Who knows what their identities are? What if they’re useful? Didn’t we have an ‘extra harvest’ in the forest a few days ago?”
Then Lin Queli felt someone come and tie him up. He secretly opened a small slit and peeked, and saw that it was not an ordinary rope. It should be an immortal-binding rope with spiritual energy.
“Our actions this time shouldn’t be discovered by the people in this inn, right?”
“Don’t worry, I’ve already knocked them all out before I came! Besides, although this is at the foot of the Myriad Sword Mountain, the Myriad Sword Sect doesn’t care about this sparsely populated place. The mountain is high and the emperor is far away. There’s no way they’ll be discovered!”
After being tied up tightly, the “thugs” opened a teleportation array and sent them away.
A moment later.
Lin Queli opened his eyes and saw that they had been teleported to a dark cave. The cave had mountains and water, and it looked quite large, but every exit was sealed by a formation.
Where is this…?
Helan Xue said, “The back mountain of the Radiant Church.”
“Oh…”
Helan Xue waved his hand and untied the ropes of the three.
Lin Queli stood up and observed the surroundings. “Why did they tie us up and bring us here…”
At this point, A’Xue no longer hid it and said, “Perhaps… it has something to do with the rice that the tribe has recently grown.”
“Hmm?”
A’Xue: “This rice has absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Eating it can improve one’s cultivation.”
Helan Xue thought to himself, the Myriad Sword Sect’s once-a-decade grand competition is next month. At that time, all the major sects will compete. Could it be that the Radiant Church wants to show off at the grand competition and regain its position under one person and above ten thousand?
But…
A’Xue continued, “But I wasn’t deliberately hiding it before. I just wasn’t sure. To be honest… the effect of this rice is average. It might be an immortal elixir for mortals, but for a Golden Core cultivator, especially these cultivators from the Radiant Church, it’s not enough to improve their cultivation by much.”
That’s right.
Helan Xue pondered. Why would the Radiant Church trouble the Tiandi tribe because of this rice?
A’Xue shook his head. “Maybe it’s not for the rice, but for some other purpose we don’t know. But they just keep attacking our tribe, trying to force us to submit and surrender to the Radiant Church.”
As he spoke, A’Xue seemed to realize something. He said anxiously, “Now that they’ve tied me up, they might use me to threaten the Tiandi tribe. I have to get out quickly and tell them not to fall for it…”
But the surroundings were all formations, and they couldn’t transmit sound to the outside world.
“Don’t panic.” Helan Xue gave A’Xue a sound transmission talisman. “Use this.”
After A’Xue took it, he was stunned.
He stared at Helan Xue in a daze.
As the leader of the Righteous Path, only the sound transmission talismans of the Myriad Sword Sect could pass through any sect’s barrier in this world.
This brother before me… who is he?
A’Xue glanced at Lin Queli. He wanted to say something, but now was not the time to be entangled about this, so he activated the talisman.
While A’Xue was communicating with the Tiandi tribe, Lin Queli saw Helan Xue raise his hand, and a huge amount of spiritual energy swept towards a nearby rockery.
Rumble—!
After the rockery collapsed, two people, hugging each other, rolled out from the rockery.
“…Don’t hurt us! We were also innocently tied up and brought here!”
A boy was hugging a girl, protecting her in his arms. He glared at Helan Xue and said, “I am Li Chou, the son of the sect master of the Beast Sect. The one in my arms is my younger sister, Li Xiangxiang. We-we were tied up by the Radiant Church when we were gathering in the forest!”
The two not only quickly reported their names, but their tone was also very sincere.
Lin Queli saw that the two were covered in wounds and seemed to have no strength left. No wonder they were not tied up.
They must have had a fierce battle with the people of the Radiant Church before.
Lin Queli frowned. The name Li Xiangxiang… why is it so familiar?
Who was it? Why can’t I remember?
Lin Queli carefully observed Li Xiangxiang. Although she was not old, she was clearly a beauty.
Who on earth…
Lin Queli was puzzled when Helan Xue asked lightly, “Why did the Radiant Church tie you up?”
“I don’t know either… My sister and I were just gathering normally. Maybe… for the grand competition?”
“Elaborate.” Helan Xue rubbed his prayer beads and looked down at Li Chou.
Li Chou was so scared he trembled all over, feeling that he couldn’t stand up under the silent pressure of the spiritual energy. He gently placed the weak Li Xiangxiang to the side and looked at Helan Xue warily.
Helan Xue could take his and his sister’s lives with a raise of his hand. He could only say honestly, “For the past ten years, since the Myriad Sword Sect lost its little junior martial brother, Taxue Xianzun has been in seclusion, and the disciples of the sect have also been doing good deeds everywhere to accumulate blessings for their junior martial brother, and have withdrawn from the center of power of the immortal sects. After the Myriad Sword Sect withdrew, the Radiant Church should have taken power, but since they were purged, they have lost their prestige in the Righteous Path, so the Beast Sect has come from behind.”
The more Li Chou spoke, the more resentful he became. “The old men of the Radiant Church must not be happy with us, so they tied us up! The grand competition is just around the corner, and they’re doing this… if my father finds out, he definitely won’t let them off!”
Helan Xue shook his head.
The Myriad Sword Sect was just a little careless, and the people below have already caused such a mess.
The two were about to say something more when they saw Lin Queli let out a cry of pain and kneel down.
Helan Xue’s gaze sharpened, and he immediately turned to help him up. “A’Li?”
Lin Queli’s face was pale, and he curled up in Helan Xue’s arms, trembling slightly.
“I-I have a headache…”
He remembered. Li Xiangxiang was one of the Long Aotian’s harem!
Li Xiangxiang and the Long Aotian being locked up by the Radiant Church was a plot from the original novel!
Then what’s going on now? Isn’t the Long Aotian not born yet, so the System pulled him here?!
Long Aotian…
“Mmm…”
Lin Queli tightly gripped Helan Xue’s collar.
At the same time, a deafening rumble suddenly came from outside.
