Chapter 137: Lian Li’s Care

“I remember.” Lian Li nodded; he certainly remembered that man.

He had brought a whole pack of people to cause trouble at the martial arts marriage competition, intending to kidnap Miss Su.

“Although we couldn’t leave any survivors back then, the Martial Arts Alliance took all the corpses. They took his sudden appearance and massive surge in martial power very seriously, so they launched an investigation and found traces of the Demonic Sect.”

“Huh?” Lian Li was even more bewildered now. He had experienced that event alongside Yun Huizhou; how did Yun Huizhou know so much while he knew nothing at all?

Yun Huizhou paused for a moment before saying, “Well… when we were at Uncle Qu’s place, after I left your room, I went to find Brother Zhao and asked him about it. I was curious how Shuangren Gang could disappear for so many years and return with such a massive increase in power.”

Hearing this, Lian Li’s lips twitched. He figured Shuangren Gang must be a character who was destined to appear in the Fengyi City plotline.

Although he didn’t know if Yun Huizhou had killed the man in the original plot, at least one or two of the people who came with Shuangren Gang would surely have been captured.

As long as the Martial Arts Alliance handled it, they would inevitably discover news of the Demonic Sect.

This made Lian Li even more confused. Was it really that simple to detect the Demonic Sect’s movements?

And as for the Demonic Sect—they just let Shuangren Gang wander out in the open like that? Had they never considered that if Shuangren Gang(Double-Bladed Steel) failed, the Martial Arts Alliance would likely use him as a lead to discover their restless intentions?

The problem was, Shuangren Gang really had failed.

Lian Li simply couldn’t understand it; he felt like something was wrong with the plot of this world.

He agitatedly picked at his fingers. “Isn’t the Demonic Sect being a bit… too arrogant? Shouldn’t they be cautious, low-key, and plotting slowly? Instead, they got exposed directly because of Shuangren Gang.”

Hearing him say this, a flash of confusion also crossed Yun Huizhou’s eyes, and even his tone became somewhat hesitant.

“That might just be their style. When we were at the horse farm, Master told me some things about the Demonic Sect. We’ve had some friction before. They truly act with utter recklessness; it feels like they don’t consider the consequences at all. Some of them feel…”

Yun Huizhou pointed to his head and said, “Like there’s something wrong with their brains. Many of them are quite frantic.”

Hearing Yun Huizhou’s description, Lian Li immediately thought of the descriptions of Demonic Sect members he had seen in many novels back in the modern world—the “lunatics,” the “yanderes,” the “gloomy types,” and so on.

In novels, these traits almost seemed like “moe points.”

However, despite his thoughts, Lian Li wasn’t naive enough to think these attributes would be cool in reality. If he actually met someone like that in real life, his first reaction would definitely be to call the police.

Yun Huizhou looked at Lian Li’s expression and noticed it was a bit strange.

He recalled some of the “melodramatic” romance storybooks Lian Li had written back on Drunken Dream Island. Some of the protagonists in those books seemed a bit frantic as well. Yun Huizhou frowned slightly.

He turned to look at Lian Li with a serious expression and said, “The frantic nature of the Demonic Sect people I’m talking about is different from what you write in your storybooks. Although the people you write about sometimes do bad things and are crazy, if you look deeper into their essence, it’s not groundless evil or cruelty. In fact, most of the time, the people in your storybooks only appear abnormal toward those who have wronged them.”

“But the people in the Demonic Sect aren’t like that. If you see them, do not hesitate—get as far away as possible. If you can’t understand, let me give you an example.”

Yun Huizhou gripped Lian Li’s shoulders, forcing Lian Li to look into his eyes. “Would a protagonist in your storybooks find a village for no reason and slaughter all the villagers just to collect human leg bones to craft bone furniture?”

Lian Li met Yun Huizhou’s gaze and shook his head. “I understand what you mean. I can still distinguish between storybooks and reality. In real life, whenever I encounter a lunatic, I run away without stopping.”

Seeing that Lian Li understood the gravity of the situation, Yun Huizhou nodded slightly. “It’s good that you know.”

As the two of them chatted in the East Island Matriarch’s courtyard, the Matriarch herself had already located the flute player. She didn’t care to waste words with the opponent and charged directly with a killing move.

The person seemingly hadn’t expected the East Island Matriarch to be here and hurriedly parried and dodged.

The East Island Matriarch had no intention of stopping there. She closed the distance even further, every strike aimed at a vital spot.

Boom!

A large tree was snapped in half by her punch. The direction the tree fell was exactly toward the flute player’s position.

The flute player raised a hand to hold up the falling tree from a distance, then exerted force, sending the broken tree flying back toward the East Island Matriarch.

The East Island Matriarch stood her ground, not moving until the broken tree completely blocked her figure from the opponent’s sight. Then, she ducked low and slid directly underneath it.

Because the tree had blocked his vision, the flute player lost sight of the East Island Matriarch for a split second. In that very instant, when she reappeared, she was already right in front of him.

The flute player could no longer dodge and was forced to take the Matriarch’s punch head-on.

As their moves clashed, a shockwave rippled through the surroundings. After the flute player was sent flying dozens of meters back, he suddenly raised a hand. A translucent palm appeared in mid-air, forming a claw shape that lunged toward the East Island Matriarch.

The Matriarch didn’t dodge either, charging straight through the giant claw to pursue the flute player.

Back in the courtyard, as Lian Li and Yun Huizhou were talking, they suddenly felt a powerful impact. If Lian Li hadn’t quickly circulated his internal energy to resist it, he likely wouldn’t have been able to stand steady.

Thinking that Yun Huizhou was still injured, he stabilized himself while grabbing Yun Huizhou’s arm, helping him resist the force while supporting him.

Yun Huizhou glanced at him from the side. He wanted to say that although he was injured, this residual force from such a distance wouldn’t affect him much.

But seeing Lian Li working so hard to “take care” of him, he swallowed the words at the tip of his tongue and accepted Lian Li’s “care.”

The residual force from the battle between the East Island Matriarch and the flute player didn’t just bring a strong impact; it also kicked up fallen leaves, dust, and small stones from the ground.

Lian Li raised his hand to block these fragments. While the leaves and stones were easy to block, he couldn’t block the dust entirely with his current abilities.

Once the wave of impact passed, Lian Li raised his hand and fanned it frantically in front of his nose. He coughed as he fanned. “We can’t even see a shadow of them or hear a sound, yet the commotion from their fight can still affect us here. This is way too powerful.”

Yun Huizhou had only just opened his eyes. He raised his hand to brush the dust off his clothes, feeling somewhat amused and exasperated in his heart.

Clearly, he could have blocked all this dust if he had acted, but he had suddenly wanted to enjoy Lian Li’s care. As a result, he was covered in dust. If he hadn’t held his breath quickly enough, he probably would have inhaled quite a bit of it.