After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn

After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn CH 044 Strategy

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Xiong Zheng’s attitude was too confident. Tao Mu felt that even if Xiong Zheng was the one responsible, he was probably very confident in himself, believing that he cleaned up any evidence thoroughly and would not let anyone find any traces.

The police comrade probably thought so too. So he put aside Xiong Zheng for the moment and began to interrogate Yu Mei.

Yu Mei was very emotional. While recording her confession, she kept biting back at Xiong Zheng, saying: “Comrade police, you must believe me. Gou Rixin’s accident must have something to do with him. Ever since he learned from my mouth that Gou Rixin was going to audition for that Hongkong director’s male second lead role, he became particularly interested about this matter and kept asking about it. I heard people say that he even went around inquiring about this matter, and eventually joined the same crew as Gou Rixin. The night before Gou Rixin’s accident, he called Gou Rixin out for a drink. As a result, Gou Rixin had an accident the next day. He must have planned it all.”

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It was officer Yao who was responsible for recording Yu Mei’s confession. Because of the MLM abduction case uncovered before, officer Yao had a very good impression of Gou Rixin. So he was also very concerned about this case.

“You are saying Xiong Zheng deliberately created Gou Rixin’s accident. Is there any evidence?”

Yu Mei choked upon hearing this. She said that and suspected this, but to speak of evidence, she really didn’t have any.

But she was unwilling to be played by Xiong Zheng. Had it not been for Xiong Zheng always speaking in her ears, she and Gou Rixin might not have fallen into the state where they were today. Now that she had been caught by the police, what right did Xiong Zheng have to remain completely fine and even replace Gou Rixin’s role.

Yu Mei was full of resentment, wanting nothing more than to pull the bastard Xiong Zheng into the water with her.

“I remember.” Yu Mei’s eyes suddenly lit up. She straightened up and said, “I remember that on the day Gou Rixin had an accident, Da Luo and the others were not on the set. It was because Xiong Zheng got them drunk the night before so they couldn’t get up the next day. Xiong Zheng doing this must definitely be so that Gou Rixin’s brothers would be away so that he could do his tricks. Maybe he bribed the prop master who checked the wires that day.”

However, the insurance company had already confirmed the accident during the inspection. Gou Rixin’s wire incident was a true accident caused by the wire being too worn and old, and there was no sign of any man-made cause.

“That might be Xiong Zheng’s work. Xiong Zheng could bribe the props master and deliberately ask the prop master to give Gou Rixin an old wire.” Yu Mei’s thoughts turned, twisting the words and forcing logic.

However, the people from the insurance company also said that the wire model rented by the crew were all similar. They were purchased in the same batch. Unless Xiong Zheng could see the future and know that something would happen to the wire suit that day, there was no way to explain the matter.

Officer Yao was not prepared to remain conflicted on this kind of thing, and asked Yu Mei: “How did you take out the entire one million yuan in just one day? As far as we know, you didn’t make an advance appointment with the bank. But you took away the entire one million yuan that day.”

Yu Mei sat up straight: “I know the assistant manager of the bank. I notified him the day Gou Rixin had the accident. At that time, Da Luo called Gou Rixin’s mother to come over from the northeast. I knew they were not trusting of me so they wanted to call the old lady over to take care of Gou Rixin and also keep a look on me. I was not convinced, and I was afraid that the old lady would calculate the money with me. So I wanted to get a hold on the money first. I didn’t really think so much at the time——”

Yu Mei snorted and looked at officer Yao with tears: “Comrade police, you must believe me. I don’t know what’s going on, at that time my brain just short-circuited. It’s all that Xiong Zheng’s fault, he nagged me every day to break up with Gou Rixin and be with him. He also said that he would support me. Only then did I commit a mistake. Comrade police, I haven’t touched a single coin of this one million yuan. Can you look at this matter and spare me?”

The female police officer who recorded the confession with officer Yao couldn’t bear it anymore: “How can you say you haven’t touched a single coin? The way I see it, you just didn’t have a chance to do it. Let me tell you, your criminal act of absconding with a huge amount of money is already an established fact. Don’t entertain any illusions, confess honestly and strive for lenient treatment.”

“Okay, okay, okay, I will definitely strive for it.” Yu Mei’s crying had already blurred her eye makeup, and she nodded her head again and again: “What do you want to ask, I will definitely be forthcoming.”

Outside the interrogation room, Tao Mu first called Da Luo and asked him to come over and take the money. The police had already helped sort out the money in that big bag. There was an entire 1.26 million yuan. In addition to Gou Rixin’s insurance money, there were also a few hundred thousands that Yu Mei had accumulated by herself. She really was prepared to take the money and run away. Because she believed Xiong Zheng’s sweet words, she was also ready to let Xiong Zheng run with her.

But she didn’t expect Xiong Zheng to have just replaced Gou Rixin in the role of the second male lead, and he still dreamed that he could become famous overnight with this movie. So how could he possibly be willing to live like a fugitive with a woman like Yu Mei just for this mere one million yuan?

Therefore, Xiong Zheng made sweet promises on the surface, and then reported her when her back was turned.

“Like they say, good people will always be rewarded!” An old policeman said with emotion: “It’s a good thing this was discovered early and Yu Mei hadn’t had time to run out of H Town. If she really ran away with the money, even if we could catch her in the end, we likely wouldn’t be able to recover all of the money at that time.”

This kind of thing was actually very common. The criminal ran away with the money, and the victim hurriedly came to call the police. In the end, the criminals were caught, but the money was still gone. If such a thing happened, even the police couldn’t do anything about it.

Tao Mu and others nodded along. They also believe in the saying that good people would be rewarded——if Gou Rixin hadn’t helped track down the case of Yun Duo and the others being abducted, they would have never known Qin Miaoru. Without knowing these people, when Yu Mei absconded with the money, even if Zhang Fei saw Yu Mei by mistake, he would not have told Gou Rixin. So in the final analysis, good people would always be rewarded in the end.

Xiong Zheng, who was sitting on one side and being interrogated, asked for credit with a shameless face: “Comrade police, is this also my credit for reporting in time?”

“You?” The police comrade sneered, disapproving: “We received the report before you came. The police went directly to arrest Yu Mei. When you came, our police force had already arrived at your house. You are at most surrendering to the authorities.”

Xiong Zheng was frightened into a tremble: “Comrade police, don’t say that. I’m not the same as that woman. I didn’t break the law.”

“Then why didn’t she go anywhere else with that million yuan?” The policeman responsible for recording Xiong Zheng’s confession tapped the transcript: “Also, Yu Mei confessed that you invited Gou Rixin and his brothers to a drink the night before Gou Rixin’s accident. And even getting Gou Rixin’s friends drunk. Didn’t you say that your relationship is not good?”

Xiong Zheng smiled shamelessly: “I heard that Gou Rixin got a film role from a big director, and he will soon become successful. So I wondered if I could find an opportunity to warm up our relationship.”

“Then you have a big heart. You slept with his girlfriend and you still want to erase all past hatred with just a drink?” The police comrades were unbelieving no matter what!

Xiong Zheng chuckled, and said with a shameless expression: “Comrade police, you don’t know. It’s common in the entertainment industry to mess around with relationships. Maybe Gou Rixin doesn’t care.”

The comrade police flipped to the previous transcript: “You didn’t say that before.” When Xiong was recording his confession earlier, he personally admitted that Gou Rixin was very concerned about Yu Mei’s fooling around with outsiders.

Xiong Zheng had nothing to say so he started to act dumb: “Then treat it as me wanting to please Gou Rixin so that he won’t make it difficult for me in the future. Besides, Gou Rixin doesn’t know about me and Yu Mei. We hid it quite well.”

What logic was this?

The comrade police frowned. He clearly knew that Xiong Zheng was not right, however, they had no evidence. Just as Xiong Zheng said, whether it was to invite Gou Rixin and his friends to drink, or to inquire about Gou Rixin’s audition, or even joining the same crew as Gou Rixin, these actions were not illegal.

Even if Xiong Zheng really did something, they lacked a key link of evidence.

Besides, Xiong Zheng also actively reported Yu Mei who absconded with the money. And from Yu Mei’s confession, it could be known that Xiong Zheng had nothing to do with Yu Mei absconding with the money.

The Xiong Zheng in front of him sat in the chair confidently with a clear conscience.

Tao Mu subtly glanced at the other, still feeling that something was wrong.

Tao Mu thought for a while, and moved to Zhang Fei’s side: “Didn’t you send someone to keep a look on Yu Mei? Was that person discovered?”

Zhang Fei said with a grin: “So what if he was discovered? Anyway, this little lady and the money will definitely not be able to run away.”

Tao Mu frowned in pondering. After receiving the news, Da Luo supported Go Rixin’s mother and hurried over, holding the policeman’s hand tightly in gratitude: “Thank you so much. If it weren’t for your help, the money would definitely not be recovered.”

Gou Rixin’s mother walked tearfully and unsteadily over to the police and was about to kneel again, but was supported by the police comrades: “Auntie, please don’t do this. This is our duty.”

The police waved their hands and patiently persuaded: “You should take the money back quickly. Don’t delay your son’s treatment.”

“Ai! Ai!” Gou Rixin’s mother wiped her tears with the palm of her hand and kept muttering: “Thank you. Thank you.”

Da Luo knew that Yu Mei had been caught, and it was at Xiong Zheng’s rental house. When he saw Xiong Zheng, he didn’t have a good face. He directly reached out and grabbed Xiong Zheng’s collar to lift him up, and almost punched him in the face but was stopped by the police.

Xiong Zheng hid behind the police in fright and kept shouting that someone was fighting at the police station, acvusing Da Luo with assaulting the police. Tao Mu was afraid that Da Luo would cause trouble if he stayed in the police station, so he quickly had him take mother Gou and the money back to the hospital. Although Tao Mu was young, he had been a great help in this matter. Da Luo and the others admired him very much. Hearing this, they all left sheepishly.

For fear of another accident midway, the police also decided to send two police officers to accompany Gou Rixin’s mother to send the money back to the bank, and then take the card back to the hospital.

Afterwards, Yu Mei was formally detained. She had absconded with a huge sum of money which violated the law. Now that she had been arrested and brought to justice, she would naturally face severe punishment by the law in the future. On Xiong Zheng’s side, even though Yu Mei kept reporting that Xiong Zheng was related to Gou Rixin’s wire accident. But Yu Mei did not provide critical evidence so the police could only let him leave.

However, based on the clues provided by Yu Mei, the police still went to find Gou Rixin’s crew and the staff of the insurance company and inquired in detail about the details of Gou Rixin’s accident. After retrieving the relevant records, including the wire suit that Gou Rixin wore when the accident occurred, and the prop master who brought the wire suit to Gou Rixin, they re-examined each link.

In the end, nothing was gained.

It was classmate Zhang Fei who asked his friends to inquire around. In the end, he got a piece of news that was not considered evidence——the set of wire suits rented by the crew where Gou Rixin’s accident occurred were also used by the crew that Xiong Zheng had been with before. After the crew finished filming, these props were rented by the latter crew.

Xiong Zheng, as a martial arts body double hired by the previous crew, had plenty of time and opportunity to make contact with these wire suits. It was possible that he was aware of a certain wire suit being too old and worn down.

But even so, there was no evidence to prove that Xiong Zheng knew that one of this batch of wire suits would definitely result in an accident. There was no evidence that Xiong Zheng bribed the prop master to deliberately give Go Rixin this wire suit.

After investigating up to here, the police were unable to do anything more. After all, the police need to use evidence to speak, and they couldn’t arrest Xiong Zheng based on suspicion.

Xiong Zheng seemed to also understand this. During the police investigation, he was unusually calm and cooperative. It was Da Luo and the gang who were too upset about the matter of Yu Mei sleeping with him, so they found an opportunity to pull a sackcloth over his head in an alley and beat him up.

On the second day, the Hong Kong director kicked Xiong Zheng out of the crew on the grounds that Xiong Zheng suffered a facial injury and was unable to film.

After that, Tao Mu called director Rong to express his thanks.

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“It’s nothing.” Director Rong was the Hong Kong director who was optimistic about Gou Rixin and prepared to make Gou Rixin the second male lead in his new film: “I have worked with Da Gou several times and appreciate his personality. This time Da Gou had a wire accident, no matter whether the accident was accidental or man-made. Just based on the fact that Xiong Zheng was involved with Da Gou’s girlfriend before, and now that I know about it, I won’t use this person again. I also don’t want any scandal leaking during the filming that would distract the audience.”

“As for the cooperation plan you mentioned before,” Director Rong said, shifting the subject: “I am personally very interested. Why don’t we find time to talk about it?”

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Bird Dude Nie Bufan CH 073 Chickens Passing Through Like Shadows

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Wei Di’s sword presentation ceremony was successfully completed with the participation of martial artists from all over the kingdom, and what remained was to host a banquet.

Before the start of the main meal, the guests were all led by the attendants to visit the flower gardens of Dongsheng Shangfu, or enjoy tea and chess, view the flowers and express their feelings, or compete with each other in martial arts. The atmosphere was one of leisure and enjoyment. As a famous martial arts sect, Dongsheng Shangfu occupied the whole of Full Moon Valley, which possessed beautiful scenery that was half concealed within clouds and mist, appearing like a fairyland, causing one’s heart to feel untroubled and spirit pleased.

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Of course, Dongsheng Shangfu did not allow outsiders to come and go as pleased, and several important areas were forbidden entrance, such as the inner courtyards where Nie Bufan was located.

In the flower garden, a young swordsman said to his companion: “I heard that Leader Wei loves to raise cats, but I have been in the manor for a whole day, why haven’t I seen a single cat?”

His companion said: “I am also quite puzzled about this. Could it be that the cats are all locked in the inner courtyards?”

“That would be a shame.” The swordsman said regretfully, “I thought I could see the different breeds of cats collected by Leader Wei from all across the kingdom, but now it seems that I don’t have such a blessing.”

As he was talking, the corner of his eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of a dexterous figure flashing past not far away, and when he focused his eyes, he realized it was a golden rooster. It came out of the bushes and ran directly to a big tree, and then a dumbfounding scene appeared. The rooster jumped on the tree trunk and sprinted up to the branches like it was just flat ground. It then jumped and flipped over a wall into another courtyard.

“Did you…..see that?” The swordsman asked uncertainly.

“Uh, I saw it.”

“That was a chicken just now?”

“If my eyes have not deceived me, I believe so.”

“It was climbing a tree just now.”

“Obviously.”

“…..Could it be that Leader Wei gave up raising cats, and instead raises chickens now?”

“…..No idea.”

In the pavilion at the heart of the lake, several martial arts friends were chatting and laughing while enjoying tea.

One person pointed to the center of the lake and said, “Look, there is a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the water.”

The others turned their heads and looked.

“This pair of mandarin ducks is too unmatching. The one on the right is more than twice as big as the one on the left.” An uncle with bushy whiskers laughed.

Another man with a long beard said with understanding: “Haha, who said only a rough man like you is allowed to marry a slender lady, while a petite lady mandarin duck is not allowed to find a powerful male mandarin duck for companionship?”

Everyone around laughed.

At this time, the two mandarin ducks in the lake slowly swam close by.

A white-faced scholar said in surprise, “Huh? No, it doesn’t seem to be a pair of mandarin ducks.”

Everyone looked again——the one on the left was indeed a mandarin duck, but the one on the right seemed to be…..a chicken?

The chicken with brown feathers and a red comb was currently swimming around the mandarin duck with a “lecherous” look, shaking its feathers and posing, looking like it couldn’t be any more happy!

“Uh…..that is actually a wild duck, right?”

“What kind of wild duck has a comb on its head?”

“…..” 

“…..”

“…..”

“…..Haha, Dongsheng Shangfu is indeed enigmatic, truly it possesses unfathomable depths.”

In the valley, a group of martial arts friends were competing in a clearing. The silhouettes of two people intertwined and broke apart, the sword light as fast as shadows, glinting coldly under the sunlight.

The spectators clapped their hands and applauded, the atmosphere very lively.

One of the men in a blue green robe was obviously more skilled and firmly had the upper hand. Just when the victory was about to be determined, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of a chicken flying in the air, and was stunned. In his moment of astonishment, the sword in his hand was knocked away by his opponent, and he actually ended up losing.

“Brother Liu, why did you become distracted?” His opponent asked strangely.

The man in a blue green robe pointed upwards.

Everyone looked together, and saw a colorful flying chicken slowly landing on top of a wall, its movements graceful as it groomed its gorgeous chicken feathers. Then, seeming to notice the hot gazes of the crowd of people not too far away, it turned its head to look and then suddenly called out shyly: “How hateful~”

Then it quickly jumped off the wall and disappeared without a trace, leaving only a group of ignorant humans looking as if they had been struck by lightning.

Without anyone knowing it, Dongsheng Shangfu was soon quietly occupied by chickens, and strange chicken shadows passed by everywhere.

Among them, the kitchen was the worst affected.

The people regard food as their heaven, and so did chickens, especially for this group of fighter chickens which were raised by Nie Bufan to be fat and strong. For them it was necessary to have several meals a day.

Putting aside the herbivores and those not interested in cooked food, but just speaking of the meat eaters, they don’t have so many scruples. They first created a diversion by releasing all the chickens, ducks and geese in the cages, and then taking advantage of the chaos, they sneaked into the kitchen where they then carried out their thievish ways wantonly and without restraint. After experiencing such a disaster, the kitchen truly looked like a swarm of locusts had passed by. After eating and taking, they also left their exclusive “was here” mark on the pots and pans in passing.

When the people returned to the kitchens, what they saw was only utter devastation.

“How did this happen?” The head chef roared. He only left for a while, why did the kitchen become like this?

A servant tremblingly handed over a chicken feather and whispered: “It looks to be a chicken.”

“You think I don’t know it’s a chicken? The chicken poop on the stove is still hot!” The head chef pointed at them and scolded, “Are you all dead? How could a few chickens turn such a big kitchen into this! What about the banquet later? What will the guests eat?”

The servants remained trembling, bowing their heads as they listened to the scolding.

“The kitchen’s loss is small, but losing the face of Dongsheng Shangfu is big. I might as well go ahead and die!” The head chef struck the spatula desperately, so aggrieved he wanted to die.

“It’s too late to say anything now, it’s best to add new dishes as soon as possible?” An assistant chef behind the head chef suggested softly.

“Yes, add new dishes.” The head chef ordered, “You, clean up the kitchen. You, you, and you, go and prepare the ingredients. You two, guard the kitchen front and back, don’t let even a single animal come in and make trouble.”

A series of orders were issued and the kitchen was restored back to order, everyone began to get busy again.

On the big tree outside the kitchen, two chickens shared a roast suckling pig while watching the busy people with relish. Above them, there were neatly placed shark fins, barbecued pork, chicken legs and other scattered food. Four to five other chickens were also enjoying their favorite food, throwing a few pieces of meat on the other side of the wall from time to time, sharing it with other chicken brothers.

They ate happily, but they threw the kitchen people into a state of anxiety. The sumptuous meal that was originally prepared was reduced by half because of the trouble this group of fellows brought. Fortunately, the quality of the food was very high, and even if the quantity was small, it at least wouldn’t invite complaints. People attending such banquets generally paid more attention to one’s manners, and few people would truly eat and drink without any regard for their image.

But Wei Di, as the host, quickly realized that something was wrong. He had personally checked the previous menu, and what was missing was clear with just a glance. No matter how daring the chefs were, it was impossible that they would cut corners. It was likely that something unexpected happened.

He first thought was Nie Bufan, could it be that this guy was once again up to mischief? However, he had yet to realize that his manor was almost completely occupied by chickens.

Wei Di’s face was cold and solemn, the pressure brought by his aura increasing greatly and causing everyone in the hall to become cautious, secretly shocked by the imposing aura of Leader Wei.

But who would have known that all he wanted to do now was to finish socializing quickly, and then go back and talk about life with a certain someone.

The night was dim and foggy, and the atmosphere of the banquet was warm and lively.

Nie Bufan had eaten dinner and was about to go for a walk in the yard. He suddenly heard a slight movement from the window. Looking back, he saw the agile figure of Wang Shichan appearing in front of him like a ghost.

“Wang Fifth!” Nie Bufan whispered, and quickly rushed over to give him a big hug.

Wang Shichan smiled slightly, touched his head, and asked: “How have you been recently?”

“Everything else is good, but I just miss you all too much.” Nie Bufan nuzzled in his arms.

Wang Shichan’s eyes softened. He lowered his head and kissed him deeply for a long time before letting go. He whispered, “We will take you back soon.”

“When is soon?” Nie Bufan’s eyes glowed.

“Within three days.” Wang Shichan replied, “Li Yi and the others will negotiate with Wei Di first. If it doesn’t work, we will steal you directly.”

“I’m afraid it won’t be that easy, right?”

Wang Shichan nodded: “It won’t be easy. Dongsheng Shangfu is heavily guarded. Although I am not afraid with my qinggong, I am unable to bring you along.”

Nie Bufan thought for a while, and suddenly smiled like a thief: “Actually, I have an idea.”

“Oh? Tell me about it.”

“A few days ago, I met a person who is very good at swimming. He can smuggle me out of the manor underwater. He tried it once before but it later fell short because of Wei Di’s cat. But this time, with the chickens we don’t need to worry about that group of cats anymore.”

Wang Shichan squinted his eyes and asked, “That man isn’t another one you hooked up with, is he?”

“Your heart is that of a knave, how am I that fickle of a person?” Nie Bufan was very upset.

Wang Shichan declined to comment.

Nie Bufan said again: “He is in the south courtyard now, can you rescue him?”

“How are his martial arts skills?”

“He should have some skills.” Nie Bufan said confidently, “As long as you bring him into the water, other problems will not be a problem.”

Wang Shichan nodded and thought for a while: “Then we don’t need to negotiate with Wei Di, we can directly implement this plan.”

“Great.” Nie Bufan said with excitement, rubbing his chin, “Tomorrow night is probably the last chance. When Wei Di is free again, it will be difficult for me to get out.”

“Did Wei Di treat you badly?” Wang Shichan was a little confused, “You actually want to leave so impatiently.”

“It’s not that he treated me badly.” Nie Bufan rubbed his nose and said, “I just don’t like it here, I want to go back to Chicken Nest Village.”

Wang Shichan sighed softly, “That’s right, such life is really too restraining for you.”

He liked his arrogance when facing the mountains and self-proclaiming himself king of Chicken Nest Mountains, and he also liked his carefree and unrestrained personality.

He should be a nature spirit that was born and raised by the sky and earth.

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Afterwards, Wang Shichan went over the plan with Nie Bufan. When he was about to leave, he suddenly pressed Nie Bufan against the wall and kissed him hard.

“Wait for me.” Leaving behind these words, he jumped out the window and disappeared into the night instantly.

Everything only needed to wait for tomorrow.

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Bird Dude Nie Bufan CH 072 Sea, Land, Air

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In the huge room, fragmented moans could be heard. The marble floor was littered with discarded clothing. The light purple gauze bed drapes swished gently. There were two bodies on the bed currently locked in an embrace, limbs entangled.

One hand tightly grasped the bed sheets, its owner enduring the powerful offense from the man above. Don’t know how much time had passed but following the last fierce impact, the man on top finally pulled away, breathing still unsteady. He slowly lay on the side, his whole body stretched out, showing off that firm and strong body without any scruples.

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Wei Di looked at Nie Bufan lying next to him, and stroked his black hair that was spread out on the pillows and bed sheets below them.

“You have nothing to explain to me?” Wei Di asked.

Nie Bufan turned his head and asked, “Explain what?”

“Don’t pretend to be stupid.” Wei Di flicked his forehead and continued, “Who is that man named ‘Tai Bai’? How did you meet?”

“Didn’t I tell you? He is my long-lost little brother.”

Wei Di hooked his chin and raised his eyebrows as he said, “Little brother? Fine, I will regard him as your little brother for now. Then, how did he take you out of this manor?”

Nie Bufan blinked but did speak.

Wei Di guessed: “Looking at your wet state, obviously you had been in the water beforehand. The lakes and pools in this manor are indeed connected to the outside, but the distance is very far. Even for me, it would be not easy to pass through smoothly, right?”

He glanced at Nie Bufan sideways, without disguising his suspicion: “With your ability, how did you do it?”

Nie Bufan exclaimed indignantly: “What kind of look is that? What’s wrong with my ability? Don’t underestimate me, I just like to be low-key, no matter how great the ability is, one shouldn’t so easily show off in front of people.”

“Haha.” Wei Di was delighted. He pinched his ears, teasing, “I didn’t expect that the pet I raise has such hidden depths.”

“Don’t treat me like a pet!” Nie Bufan said sternly, “I will bite you!”

Wei Di smiled, supporting his chin with one hand and stroking his lips with the other, saying in a teasing manner: “Come, let me see if your teeth are good enough?”

Nie Bufan imitated a tiger pouncing on prey, but in Wei Di’s eyes, he looked more like a snarling squirrel, round and cute. He couldn’t help but lean over and kiss his cheek.

Interest once again peaked, he was about to take the next step when a hand pushed on his face and Nie Bufan said: “By the way, how did you find out that I was missing? Logically speaking, I shouldn’t have disturbed anyone when I ran away. Isn’t your speed a little too fast? You seem pretty sure that I was no longer in the manor, rather I have already escaped.”

Wei Di smiled and said meaningfully: “You indeed didn’t alarm anyone, but do you know, it is never people who are responsible for Dongsheng Shangfu’s night guard, but cats.”

“Cats?” Nie Bufan understood. According to rumors, Wei Di loved to keep cats. But it turned out that it was not just a personal preference. He actually trained cats as night watchers. No wonder he was so unhappy when he saw his cat being intimidated by his chickens.

Thinking of this, Nie Bufan once again thought of the people and animals in Chicken Nest Village. Why haven’t they come yet?

His thoughts flew and he didn’t notice that Wei Di started to misbehave again, his callused big hand stroking his back.

Nie Bufan seemed to suddenly return to his senses, grabbed his hand and asked, “Uncle Wei, when will you let me go back to the village?”

Wei Di paused and said mildly, “What is there to miss in such a poor and desolate place? Or is it Zhang Junshi you miss?”

“What poor and desolate place?” Nie Bufan automatically filtered the second question and retorted with dissatisfaction, “No matter how rich and beautiful here is, it can’t compare to my chicken nest. Even tethered birds still miss the old forest, let alone a chicken farmer like myself who is content with my lot. I would rather remain honest and poor in the mountains and rivers than rot in prosperity.”

Wei Di declined to comment on his “contentment with his lot”. However, he didn’t expect that he could say such profound words.

But no matter how good his words were, he still won’t release him back to the village.

“I won’t let you leave, you are mine.” Wei Di took him into his arms, and as if swearing an oath, “I won’t hand you over to anyone.”

“Then if they come and find me, what are you going to do?”

Wei Di naturally knew who Nie Bufan’s “they” referred to. In fact, there was news from his subordinates that Li Yi and the others were already on their way here, and there was probably less than a day or two before he had to face their censure.

Wei Di smiled confidently: “They are not my opponents.”

Whether it was martial arts or influence and power, he had an absolute advantage.

Even Si Chenyu couldn’t use the status of a prince to force him to let go, unless the four big families put pressure on him at the same time. However, that kind of situation was almost impossible.

Nie Bufan couldn’t stand seeing him looking so arrogant and invincible, so he couldn’t help but stretch out his hand to pull at his face. He harrumphed, “Don’t be too proud, be careful of the ship capsizing in a ditch!”

“It’s not that I’m proud, rather I really can’t think of anything in this world that can make my ship capsize.” Wei Di spread his hands with a smile.

Tsk, this was egotism to a certain level.

Nie Bufan pulled all the quilts to his side, rolled twice, and wrapped himself into a cocoon, leaving only the back of his head facing Wei Di.

Wei Di smiled and said, “You are the only one who dares to be so unrestrained and without scruples in front of me. Are you really not afraid of me punishing you in a fit of anger?”

Nie Bufan sullenly said: “I am afraid of pain, so you don’t have to use torture, I would submit immediately and do anything you like.”

“Anything?” Wei Di sneered. “If you can guarantee that five out of the ten sentences you speak are true, I would be extremely thankful.”

He was certain that even if he really did use torture, this guy could still anger others to death despite barely conscious.

“Hmmph.” Nie Bufan quietly raised a middle finger under the quilt.

“Don’t be angry, come here.” Wei Di patted the place beside him.

Not only did Nie Bufan not move closer, he rolled farther away instead.

Wei Di pursed his lips and stretched out his arms to wrap around the human cocoon, pulling it forcefully to his side.

Nie Bufan was rolled over uncontrollably, but when Wei Di let go, he rolled back once again.

They went back and forth several times, just like frying dough sticks, Wei Di’s playfulness was aroused and he happily rolled him around.

Nie Bufan was finally dizzy, and became angry: “Are you that immature? How old are you, still playing this boring game!”

“Don’t you like to play?” Wei Di was in a good mood, lifting a leg to press him down, and bickered with him in great interest.

Nie Bufan thought to himself, if outsiders saw that their majestic and respected Wulin Leader had such a stupid side, would they become a complete skeptic from now on?

So it was said that people always have hidden alternative personalities, they just needed to be activated.

“After these few busy days pass, how about I take you around the city?” Wei Di suggested, playing with his hair.

“Sure.” Nie Bufan turned around and said seriously: “But don’t blame me for eating and drinking big and spending a lot of money.”

“Haha, spend however much you want.” Wei Di rubbed his head and said, “Okay, I’ll let you go today. Rest.”

Nie Bufan curled his lips in disdain. Saying “let you go” after having already eaten his fill. He had seen shameless people but he had never seen such a shameless person before!

Forget it, compared to himself, Wei Di’s shamelessness was not worth mentioning.

The next day, Nie Bufan finished freshening up and asked about Tai Bai’s whereabouts.

Today, Wei Third was on duty. He replied from a long distance away: “The guest is temporarily living in the south courtyard.”

“Then I’ll go have a look.”

Wei Third immediately stopped him: “Master has an order, without his permission, you can’t see him alone.”

“Then you go and bring him over to see me.”

This…..was there any difference?

The corners of Wei Third’s mouth twitched and he said patiently: “Master’s meaning is that you two are not allowed to meet alone. Whether you go to see him or he comes to see you!”

“If you are here, then it’s not meeting alone.” Nie Bufan said with a smile, “If you are still worried, you can call over a few more brothers. Let’s have a tea party or something.”

Wei Third fought a cold shiver, and shook his head again and again: “Gongzi, please find other entertainment, don’t make it difficult for us subordinates.”

“Ai, life is really lonely as snow.” Nie Bufan sighed, looking up at the sky.

At this moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, having noticed a familiar figure standing on a tree branch in the courtyard. The figure possessed colorful feathers and a proud posture. It was obviously a chicken, but it just had to pretend to be a bird. It was the chicken that loved gossip the most in Chicken Nest Village, Hero (parrot).

Soon after, he saw a chicken head popping up from the soil in a corner of the wall, looking around sneakily before retracting back into the soil.

This was the chicken who was most good at drilling holes and best at stealing treasures, Golden Armor (mole).

Nie Bufan narrowed his eyes. If he was not mistaken, the chicken pretending to be a wild duck swimming in the lake was exactly the chicken who loved to tease/play with shrimps, Doll (otter).

Nie Bufan was a bit blind to facial features, often unable to remember human faces, but he could accurately distinguish all the chickens in Chicken Nest Village.

His heart jumped with excitement, but he remained extremely calm on the surface. At a leisurely pace he walked slowly towards the garden. Looking around subtly, he confirmed that the sea, land and air vanguards had all successfully breached the cat cordon and infiltrated Dongsheng Shangfu.

His comrades had arrived one after another, and finally he didn’t have to fight alone anymore. He really wanted to shout out loud: Comrades, you have worked hard!

Nie Bufan rushed back to his room and closed the door behind him with a slam. He looked at the window, and as expected he saw a chicken lying lazily on the window sill with a monkey sitting on top.

“Wukong, Lady Flower!” Nie Bufan rushed over excitedly to greet the little monkey who jumped towards him.

He couldn’t help but kiss each of them twice: “I really missed you guys to death!”

The little monkey hopped around on his shoulders, and Lady Flower also gave him face and clucked a few times.

“How many of you came?” Nie Bufan asked.

Faithful dog Lady Flower naturally couldn’t answer him, but the little monkey counted its fingers seriously, first stretching out four fingers, and then stretching out five fingers.

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“Fifty?”

The little monkey blinked its eyes and nodded affirmatively.

“Haha, awesome!” Nie Bufan pumped a fist, “Finally there is hope to return home, I no longer have to be afraid of a certain cute creature! Let them see the strength of our Chicken Nest Village!”

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The Cruel Tyrant CH 072 Old Man

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After Su Mu returned to the imperial city he devoted himself to all kinds of busy political affairs without even a day’s rest, so he did not have time to pay attention to those two in the harem who fought for favor whether obviously or secretly. Su Mu felt that the few days he spent in Lingxiao Peak had left an indelible mark on him. He needed some peace to himself, but this decision soon flew up into the clouds when he saw Huang Xuan’s large, clear and bright eyes that look so plaintive and aggrieved. Su Mu led him to the imperial gardens to admire the budding lotus flowers. After dismissing the servants, he squeezed Huang Xuan’s chin and teased, “What’s the matter? Who has bullied you for you to have such an unhappy look.”

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Seeing the Crown Prince teasing him like a hoodlum teasing a good woman, Huang Xuan was a little speechless. But who made him take the silly white sweet route, so he was very cooperative, instantly putting on a pitiful expression and saying: “Your Highness, you haven’t spoken to me for three days.”

Su Mu leaned forward and rubbed his tender lips: “Am I not here accompanying you now?”

Huang Xuan asked happily with an innocent look: “Your Highness, can I accompany you tonight?”

Su Mu’s body stiffened: “No.”

“Your Highness…..” Huang Xuan said aggrievedly.

Su Mu pretended not to notice, and changed the subject: “How is the imperial medical college?”

Seeing that the Crown Prince did not intend to continue that topic, Huang Xuan had no choice but to restrain his expression and reply: “Very good, Doctor Hu has taught me a lot.”

Su Mu looked at the budding lotus flowers in the pond and said: “Doctor Hu’s family has practiced medicine for generations. It is indeed good for you to study with him more, but the imperial medical college is not a place to stay for long.”

The imperial medical college was not a place to stay for long. This provoked some thought. For a medical student, the imperial medical college was the best place to go. Did the Crown Prince want to dismiss the imperial medical college?

With a turn of his thoughts Huang Xuan soon guessed the Crown Prince’s intention. These imperial doctors were originally raised to serve the royal family and various nobles. However, the Crown Prince had already planned to get rid of most of the nobles. By then, there would be no need for the imperial medical college to exist. But most of the imperial doctors, after all, possessed real talents and could not be easily let go. The Crown Prince attached great importance to the common people’s livelihood, so the result must be that the imperial physicians would soon face the common people. A new institution would be born, and the Crown Prince planned to let him carry the banner.

Huang Xuan looked at Su Mu firmly and said: “Your Highness, please rest assured, this official will not let you down.”

Su Mu pulled him down to sit at the stone table and said, “You don’t have to be too anxious. Due to many other affairs, I have no time to intervene in the imperial medical college now.”

“Then this official should even more so share in the worries of Your Highness.” Huang Xuan said with an expression of adoration.

Su Mu pinched his smooth cheeks and said, “How sweet.” After saying that, he jumped and flew across the water like a dragonfly. When he landed in front of Huang Xuan again, a fresh and elegant fragrance permeated the air. Su Mu reached out and lifted a budding lotus up in front of Huang Xuan, saying: “It is as sweet and lovely as you.”

Seeing Huang Xuan staring at the lotus in front of him, Su Mu asked a little strangely: “You’re not going to accept it? This is the first time I gave someone a flower.”

Huang Xuan smiled with a little difficulty, and recalled his father’s words “relying on beauty will not last long”. He reached out and took the Crown Prince’s hand, plucking up the courage to ask: “Your Highness, if…..I am not young anymore, will you still like me?”

At this time, even a fool knew how to answer. Su Mu smiled and said, “Of course I will like you. I like you not entirely because of your face.” This was true, but it was indeed this face that attracted him at first, but Su Mu was not so stupid to say this. Su Mu slowly leaned forward and kissed him. He said, “Holding the hand and growing old together.”

The bright eyes were instantly misted over. Huang Xuan held Su Mu’s hand holding the lotus and kissed back vigorously.

Outside the imperial gardens, Shi Yan strode forward towards the eunuchs who were guarding the entrance: “Please inform the Crown Prince, this official has important matters to report.”

The eunuch spoke in a troubled voice: “Lord Shi, His Highness and Huang Gongzi are inside, you…..could you come back later?” The eunuch’s tone was a bit uncertain. After all, everytime the Crown Prince fooled around it always took a long time, and right now barely any time had passed.

Shi Yan was loyal to the Crown Prince, but he also knew what the Crown Prince was like. He clasped his fists and said, “I have troubled gonggong, I will come back later.”

The eunuch said in a hurry: “I don’t dare, Lord Shi, please walk slowly.”

“Wait.”

Immediately after Shi Yan took a few steps, the voice of the Crown Prince sounded from behind, and everyone hurriedly knelt down and said, “Greetings to Your Highness.”

“Rise.” Su Mu walked towards Shi Yan and said, “What’s the matter?”

Shi Yan bowed and said: “Your Highness,  the person is found; he is currently in the study.”

Only then did Su Mu recall that he had asked Shi Yan to find a person. The procession made their way to the study. As soon as Su Mu opened the door, he saw an old man with white hair and white beard, looking a little like a beggar and was currently tied to a chair. At this moment, the old man was blowing his beard and glaring in Su Mu’s direction. Su Mu walked calmly to the desk and sat down. Although the old man was very angry, he did not curse and swear. It seemed that Shi Yan had taught him well in advance. Su Mu nodded with satisfaction and cast an appreciative look at Shi Yan.

Shi Yan remained expressionless without a trace of emotion. He stood in front of Su Mu and introduced: “This is a scholar from the Jin kingdom, Jiang Rende, fifty-eight years old. He has no wives, children, or students. He wrote the book “Benevolent Integrity” to teach the world. But no one appreciates it and he is often in a destitute state.” After speaking, he presented the book that he had been holding to Su Mu.

Su Mu opened the book and looked through it. It was a little different from the Qing kingdom’s text, but it was still understandable in context. It was indeed about benevolence and integrity. Su Mu roughly flipped through the book before closing it and indicating Shi Yan to untie the ropes. Looking at the old man who had an expression of displeasure, Su Mu said: “Mister has great talent, this book should be something to be handed down the generations.” Everyone loved flattery, especially this kind of literati who thought highly of himself but lacked any success for decades.

Sure enough, the displeasure on the old man’s face disappeared a lot as soon as Su Mu finished speaking, but his face still looked a little angry. His expression obviously revealed a contempt for nobles like Su Mu who oppressed the common people.

Su Mu smiled and said: “I didn’t know that Mister had such talent before. Please forgive me if I have offended you.”

“Hmmph!” The old man let out a cold snort and looked at Su Mu silently.

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Su Mu smiled at him and said to the old man: “Mister, Ben Gong must confess to being anxious to invite Mister to come to discuss some matters related to the great cause of the future.”

When talking big one must talk as big as possible in order to bluff the other first.

Sure enough, the old man appeared willing to give him a chance to talk.

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The Cruel Tyrant CH 071 To Discuss Official Business

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The journey from Anyang County back to the imperial city was unexpectedly uneventful. The assassination attempts that Su Mu had predicted did not happen, but this was exactly what Su Mu was worried about. Knowing to lay in wait after being unable to kill with a single blow. An enemy with a brain was more troublesome than someone who only knew to throw away his life.

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But as soon as he returned to the imperial city, Su Mu had no time to think about assassins. The imperial court was in a mess because he had left for half a month. Su Mu’s New Laws encountered great obstacles as that group of court officials simply did not take his words seriously, after all, who would hand over the meat that was already eaten in one’s mouth. As a businessman in his previous life, he could understand this, but this did not prevent him from forcefully taking the meat out of those people’s stomachs.

Crystal drops of water rolled down the pale body, as alluring as a flower covered with dew. However, the maids who were serving on the side did not dare to look at him. Su Mu had just finished getting dressed when Liu Xi walked in from the door. Instantly, the somewhat dim room seemed to brighten immediately.

“Have all the people arrived?” Su Mu stretched out his arms to let the maid tie his belt.

Liu Xi respectfully said: “Answering Your Highness, they have all arrived.”

At this moment, the people standing in the great hall of the Crown Prince’s Palace could not contain their excitement. The first thing the Crown Prince did when he came back from his trip was not to hold court, nor to summon the old officials, but to summon them. The Crown Prince was the future emperor, and the meaning behind this went without saying. The eunuch’s shrill voice came from outside the door: “The Crown Prince has arrived.”

The dozen people in the great hall immediately stood up and said to Su Mu: “Paying respects to Your Highness.”

Su Mu raised his hand, “No need to be courteous.” He walked to the main seat and sat down, looking at the young people who were present and saying, “The past days that Ben Gong has not been present, you all have worked hard.”

Everyone bowed their heads and responded: “This is only this official’s duty, His Highness over-praises us.”

Su Mu nodded and asked, “How is the progress of the characters and teaching materials?”

Su Mu wanted to establish public schools so a large number of textbooks and a system of simplified characters were indispensable, otherwise knowledge would still be something belonging to the upper class.

Lin Siyuan stepped forward and handed him a thin book: “This is a textbook written in simplified characters, please have a look.”

Su Mu opened the book and glanced through it for a few moments, then closed the book and said to Lin Siyuan: “You can start printing.” 

Then he asked Liu Xi: “Has the three academies begun construction yet?”

Liu Xi stepped forward and replied: “Your Highness, construction has just started.”

Su Mu said: “As the supervisor you must supervise it well, the construction of the three academies is not allowed to have any mistakes. This time you left the imperial city without authorization and will be punished with a three months deduction of salary. The next time you commit another crime, the punishment will be doubled.” 

Su Mu then shifted his gaze to Huang Xuan who had just let out a sigh of relief, and said sternly: “And you too, without an official order from Ben Gong and leaving your post without permission, you will also be fined with Liu Xi together.”

Liu Xi glanced at the domineering and majestic Crown Prince, his heart feeling as if it was tickled by a kitten’s paw. Huang Xuan lowered his head with shame: “This official understands.”

Yun Feiyu, seeing that the Crown Prince had finished asking his questions, walked forward, “Your Highness, might setting 15 years old as the lowest age for women to be allowed to marry inappropriate? Taking the current marriage age of 14 for males and 13 for females, 15 being the legal marriage age will reduce the number of births by at least one infant, and of our country’s 7 million population the number of births will be reduced by at least tens of thousands of infants every year, which is not good for the country’s population growth.”

Yun Feiyan frowned, but she didn’t know how to refute this because what Yun Feiyu said was true. Due to the many years of warfare, if there were not enough newcomers to add to the country’s population, the country would be destroyed by itself within a few years.

The Crown Prince’s steady and powerful voice sounded in her ears, and Yun Feiyan raised her head to look up at the Crown Prince on the main seat.

Su Mu said: “The current method to increase population is only a temporary solution, not a permanent cure. We don’t have enough food to feed more people, so how many infants would even survive? The fundamental purpose of delaying marriage age is to get more women participating in labor. The biggest cause in reducing the population in Qing kingdom is hunger so the more food produced naturally there will be more people. The most urgent thing is how to increase food production. The Imperial Agricultural Academy was built to solve this problem.”

Su Mu’s words gave Yun Feiyan a spark of inspiration. She stepped forward: “Your Highness, nowadays, a large number of women in the Qing kingdom are flowing to the upper class, which not only wastes women’s labor, but also takes up a lot of wealth to support them. It is better to practice monogamy so that more wealth can be created.”

Su Mu cast an appreciative look at her, nodded and said: “Changing from consumer to producer is very good, but monogamy…..” Su Mu looked at the nervous Yun Feiyan: “It’s not feasible for the time being. At present, the number of men has decreased due to war among the various countries for years. At present, there are more women in the Qing kingdom, and sooner or later, the Qing kingdom will also have to fight in wars. The difference between the number of men and women will be even greater.”

Yun Feiyu looked at his somewhat disappointed sister, and asked Su Mu: “Your Highness, as Feiyan said, those rich and powerful are not productive but occupy a lot of wealth and consume more resources, which is truly a malignant tumor of the Qing kingdom.”

Su Mu looked at him and asked, “Do you have any suggestions?”

Yun Feiyu raised his head and looked at Su Mu calmly as he replied: “Levying taxes, taxes on house construction, taxes on taking more than one wife, taxes on purchases…..”

Yun Feiyu’s list of taxes amazed Su Mu. Su Mu felt that if all these taxes were levied on a single rich man, they would peel off a layer of his skin. But Su Mu didn’t just want to peel off the skin, he wanted to dismantle the bones and eat the meat. Their wealth was originally taken from the people, and should be used to benefit the people.

Su Mu waved his hand: “After you leave, write a detailed plan with the others and send it to me.”

“Yes.”

After staying in the great hall for most of the day, Su Mu let the people leave when it was time for dinner. Ye Qingfeng was sent by Su Mu to gather the forces of jianghu. Gu Yunzhou went to investigate Shi Qingshuang’s affairs. Yun Feiyu and the others left to discuss the taxation, Huang Xuan also went back to the imperial medical college, so the only remaining one, Liu Xi was finally alone with Su Mu.

A group of blue-clothed palace maids filed in and placed a variety of exquisite dishes on the table. Liu Xi stretched out his delicate and slender fingers, picked up the chopsticks, and lifted a piece of tender and delicious fat meat to Su Mu’s mouth, saying: “Your Highness…..”

Su Mu glanced at his perpetually seducing eyes, and pushed Liu Xi’s hand away: “I have hands.”

“Your Highness…..” Liu Xi’s eyes were full of unspoken words.

Su Mu looked at him speechlessly: “Can’t you let me have a quiet meal?”

Liu Xi spoke with distress: “This kind of trivial matter, please let this official do it for you instead. Where is the need for Your Highness to do it personally? You have been wandering outside for more than half a month, unable to eat well and rest well, even losing a lot of weight. We must make up for it.”

This moving and emotional tone would fit perfectly in TV dramas. The corners of Su Mu’s mouth twitched and he said, “Are your eyes concave? Why don’t I know that I have lost weight.”

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Seeing that he was about to speak again, Su Mu put emphasis in his tone: “Shut up and eat.”

Liu Xi withdrew his hand with aggrievance, that pair of beautiful eyes glittering like diamond waters and nothing more beautiful could be imagined, causing Su Mu to feel slightly dazed. He hurriedly turned his head and stuffed something into his mouth.

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Sect Leader Is Under Great Pressure CH 016 Is This A Trial?

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When already in a state of anger and annoyance, feeling someone trespassing on his wards would undoubtedly make him even more unhappy.

He wanted to kill that lowly ant as soon as he raised his hand.

But fortunately, he did not.

On the contrary, he calmed down.

This thought of ​​easily stomping someone to death was wrong, even if it could be done with just a flick of a finger it was still wrong.

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So it seemed that although the memory was gone, many of the things that had been changed still remained?

He looked at his slender fingers and seemed to detect a faint bloody scent on them.

The greater the ability, the more one must practice restraint, just like what he did in his previous life.

Thinking of this, he decided to go and reprimand this disciple who didn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth. Was this a place one could come and go so casually?

The big wards were made by the predecessor, and if one carelessly entered, only bones would be left.

He stretched out his hand and pressed a finger somewhere on the side of the bed. Fortunately, he already understood the usage of the wards.

A disheveled woman in a sorry state staggered from the void and almost fell in front of him, but was supported up by an invisible force which disappeared soon afterwards.

He looked at her lightly.

He did not speak, but he also did not restrain his aura.

The true aura of power, belonging to Kun-Lai’s Sect Leader.

Regardless of status or demeanor, the cultivation of the Master of the Western Continent was definitely not something that ordinary cultivators could look directly at.

Under such pressure, the woman barely dared to raise her head as she knelt in front of him. She prostrated herself three times, and knocked her head on the ground thrice at each prostration. Only then did she barely manage to say: “This disciple has been negligent, and a hundred Foundation Establishment disciples of the sect have fallen into danger in the secret realm. Please forgive us, we hope that the Sect Leader will undertake the task of rescuing them.”

Is that so? Then it was excusable.

After Ji Yunlai’s divine consciousness swept the area, he found a bunch of people surrounding a celestial flying peak that was next to Yangshuo Peak. They were discussing anxiously, saying that it had been three days of not knowing what was going on inside.

It had been three days? This kind of thing should have been made known to him earlier, why had it been delayed for so long?

Practically without a second thought, Ji Yunlai was already there.

Pulling his aura into himself, he walked to the entrance of the secret realm. Behind a pavilion, the rocks were as flat as if it had been shaved by a knife. From the texture of the surface left after splitting the mountain, he could also see the cultivation level and technique as well as deduce the posture of the method used.

And the seals on there were similar to the seals he had learned.

After reading the seals making up the ward at a glance, he got a good idea of their function. This ward was triggered by a defense mechanism due to internal reasons.

It was likely those children did something inside to result in this effect.

It was not difficult to crack, but damage to the data was inevitable if done forcibly, and in order to solve it, permission was required.

One Trojan horse was enough.

The hardware was right there, so there was no need to send the Trojan horse to the console.

Ji Yunlai stretched out his fingers and drew in the air, embedding hundreds of new seals in the original ward of seals.

After a small flash of light, the entire ward seemed to be infected, the color changing from black to blue and spreading across the whole ward.

Then.

The entrance was opened again.

Ji Yunlai walked in.

He didn’t realize that a large bunch of people were already kneeling around the area.

“Did you record it down! Did you record it down!” An older cultivator stabilized the hairpiece holding his hair that had slipped down, and roared at the disciples around him.

A middle-aged disciple supported himself on knees that could hardly stand up, and smiled bitterly, “I only managed to record the part written on the left by the Sect Leader.”

“What I recorded is the one on the right.” Another disciple smiled bitterly.

“Xiao Ting, you are the most talented, how much did you record?” The older cultivator asked his youngest apprentice.

“I recorded two-thirds, but some of the seals seemed to be new, I mostly paid attention to those…” The young disciple responded a little guiltily.

“Quickly, we must match our results.”

“Um, shouldn’t we send people in for rescue?” A disciple asked weakly, and pointed to the entrance that had been opened.

“The Sect Leader has already gone inside, what need is there of us?”

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In the secret realm, Feng Qingxiu glanced over and saw that there was only a small area of the secret realm that could be stood on. He frowned slightly.

This whole time, they cooperated more and more tacitly, killing all the beasts and the like that had fled over, but many of them were still injured on their side.

The senior sister from Yushou Peak looked at her red snake with the tip of its tail cut off, and shed tears of distress.

Several junior brothers were seriously injured and unconscious, and were placed on the ground under the care of other junior brothers.

As for the others, they all had varying injuries.

After all, hundreds of fierce beast demons in desperation were not easy for Foundation Establishment cultivators like them to deal with. If they didn’t cooperate with each other, it would definitely not just be a matter of coming away injured.

The only exception was Ye Han.

It seemed that the fierce beast demons didn’t even see him, passing by him as if he wasn’t there. He killed many of their numbers along the way and saved several senior brothers and sisters, which caused the others to change their negative opinions of him.

However, the secret realm had almost completely collapsed now, and there was only a small stable spot remaining. If they stayed any longer, they would be completely swallowed up.

His butterfly talismans had gone under the abyss more than once, but there was no news coming back, which caused him to not have much hope that they could survive.

This place they stood was the last place where the secret realm had yet to collapse, but they still didn’t have a clue on how to escape.

Fortunately, they were all disciples chosen out of thousands. Only a few of them had to be knocked out due to emotional breakdowns, while the rest were still able to persevere.

After all, everyone could feel what it was like to wait for death.

Feng Qingxiu suddenly thought of something and looked at Ye Han.

Ye Han’s hair stood on end: “What are you looking at?”

Feng Qingxiu suddenly held up his sword and made a bloody cut on his hand, letting the blood fall to the ground. The ground became slightly wet, but nothing else was unusual.

Then he grabbed Ye Han and made a bloody cut on his hand regardless of his struggle.

“What are you doing, are you crazy?” Ye Han said angrily.

Then he paused, finding that everyone around him was looking at him.

“Your blood…” Someone spoke up.

His blood dripped to the ground and disappeared without a trace, as if it had never landed on the ground in the first place.

Ye Han felt a little spooked.

Feng Qingxiu thought about it, calculated where the center of the spot of land was, and pulled Ye Han over.

As the blood fell, several seals slowly emerged.

There were finally clues! Everyone was overjoyed, and several senior brothers smiled amiably as they drew their swords and walked towards Ye Han.

“Alright, the disciples good with seals come here, let’s decipher the seals here first, this should be the core of the secret realm.” Feng Qingxiu only tried it after seeing that Ye Han was ignored by the fierce beast demons and his blood would not show up on the ground. But who knew that it worked!

He had always had prestige among his peers so more than a dozen disciples soon came over.

But the wards obviously surpassed their beginners’ expectations, and progress was slow.

Two hours later, their spot shrank even more.

Several senior brothers inevitably looked at Ye Han’s wound again, and wondered if it was a little too small.

“Are you even able to solve the problem!” Ye Han was also anxious, having encountered this situation for the first time.

The equally anxious senior brothers around him glared at him, and if they weren’t worried about distracting Feng Qingxiu, they would go over and beat him up.

Feng Qingxiu discussed with a few disciples of Taiyi Peak, and finally smiled bitterly: “We can only gamble, this should be the channel to other secret realms.”

“We just don’t know where it leads.” The person next to him continued, meaning that all they could do was to hand over their lives to fate.

“But if we want to open the channel, it needs more spiritual power, but we don’t seem to be enough.” Someone spoke with worry.

“Let me try.” Feng Qingxiu thought for a while, and finally took out a piece of talisman paper.

The snowy white talisman paper was smooth like white jade, and the red seal on top shone brilliantly. Just looking at it caused one to feel carefree and relaxed.

“This—” A female Taiyi Peak senior sister almost screamed, “This is a spiritual seal!”

Regarding spiritual seals, she had only seen it once in the main hall of the inner peaks, and one must pay spiritual stones in order to have a chance to observe. It was extremely expensive, but the number of people lining up to observe it was still amazingly large. The queue was so long, she had yet to reach her turn despite waiting a month!

“Junior Brother Feng, who wrote this?”

“Junior Brother Feng, I’ll pay ten thousand spiritual stones for it, my family is rich!”

“Junior Brother Feng, don’t listen to them. If you sell it to us talisman seal disciples, Taiyi Peak will provide you with free talismans for your entire lifetime!”

“Junior Brother Feng, can you let me have a look?”

“Please let me bask in immortal energy!”

“I want to bask in immortal energy too!”

***

“What time is it now!” Feng Qingxiu scolded angrily, and then paused. He did not expect this piece of paper to have such an origin, let alone explain the source of it, so he just stuck it on where the entrance of the secret realm was supposed to be.

As if hearing the instructions, enormous spiritual power poured in, and the entrance that shone with starlight opened.

“Go!”

They all rushed in.

In a matter of seconds, the remaining spot of land was left completely empty.

Only a mess of litter that they had no time to pick up could be seen left remaining in the collapsing secret realm.

In the next second, a figure in obsidian robes appeared silently.

He looked at the entrance that was closing, feeling slightly satisfied.

That child was quite clever, he only taught him a bit on identifying and modifying seals and he managed to absorb the essence of the knowledge.

Although his techniques were still a little green, it was full of potential.

The thinking of those people outside the secret realm door just now was too rigid, unable to even find a bug after so long, and it was likely that they usually engaged in conventional development.

This child had just studied with him for a day, and yet he had figured out deciphering and code cracking methods. Although he relied on the tool he gave, it was still very remarkable.

Back in his previous life, this child would be senior engineer material!

He couldn’t help but smile. However, the foundation needed to be strengthened and strengthened some more.

He raised his head and glanced up at the sky.

In the next second, it was as if a switch was pressed, and the light sources in the sky suddenly lit up.

The entire secret realm was restored as if it had been rewinded. The land gradually recovered and spread to the surroundings, but the previous green grass, birds and beasts were gone.

This was always the case, lifeforms could not be copied.

Such knowing suddenly flitted across Ji Yunlai’s mind.

You c an fi nd t he la te st cha pte rs at ( th e bl mu se . c o m )

This was an ordinary secret realm of Great Xuan, but also not ordinary.

If one was of the inperial family, one could escape through this realm, and at the same time destroy the secret realm and block any pursuers.

He should go and bring them back.

He walked into the entrance of the new path.

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