Chapter 259: Doubt (1)

"Third Brother, beat him!"

Before reaching the casual cultivators' site, Tao Zi heard Xi Jing fanning the flames.

"Second brother, punch him and beat him to death!" Another lively voice followed suit.

When she looked over, she saw Xi Jing and the others standing in the front row, waving flags and cheering.

The people who had quarreled yesterday were still standing next to them. One of them was a lively girl with red face and frantically shouted "Beat him".

Tao Zi: "...What's going on?"

A monk on the side explained, "The two above are their senior brothers, cheering them on."

She looked at the two people fighting fiercely on the stage, and then looked at the two people below the stage, one shouting louder than the other. For a moment, she didn't know which was more exciting.

The unlucky monk saw her and waved with a smile: "Miss Tao!"

She smiled and responded, but before she could continue, he yelled, "Big Sister is here, make way!"

Tao Zi looked at the passage that was vacated in just a few seconds with a confused look on her face.

What is going on?

"Big Sister!" Xi Jing waved at her frantically, "Come here quickly, someone is bullying us!"

The lively monk exploded and shouted angrily, "Who is bullying who? Show some sense!"

The unlucky monk on the side explained the situation in one sentence: "There was a quarrel. Miss Xi Jing said that you can beat the four of them alone."

Tao Zi walked along the passage in silence.

In fact, she was more curious about what Xi Jing and the others had done to make these wandering cultivators so tacitly make way for her.

It's impossible that they were just arguing?

When she walked up to them, Yue Shan looked back resentfully, and the bruises on her face made her look gloomy.

Before he could get angry, the man opposite said with a wry smile, "Fellow Daoist, could you please restrain your junior sister?"

She looked at the bruises all over his face, and her breath got stuck in her throat, unable to come out.

Tao Zi had to ask: "What's going on?"

An enthusiastic monk explained: "Two girls started arguing and rolled up their sleeves to fight. The two Taoists tried to stop them, but they got beaten instead."

She asked incredulously, "Who was beaten by whom?"

Han Yueshan said with a wooden face: "Senior brother was beaten by junior sister."

Tao Zi: "...Xi Jing?"

Xi Jing whispered, "I wasn't paying attention for a moment. It wasn't intentional. The sister opposite was even more ruthless than me. She even kicked me!"

Later on, she became more confident.

"You were the one who beat up your brother first, so I followed your lead!"

It’s okay to hit the senior brother on the opposite side, but what about hitting your own brother?

Tao Zi stood there woodenly. For the first time, she realized how poor her imagination was. She was completely unable to imagine the scene at that time.

"Who told him to stop me from beating you?"

"It's obvious that they're afraid you'll get beaten!"

Just as the two girls were about to lift their sleeves again, the senior brother opposite them frantically reminded them: "That fellow Taoist? That senior sister! Junior sister, your junior sister!"

As he spoke, he stood in front of his junior sister. Tao Zi grabbed Xi Jing and said, "You can shout, but don't hit her."

The senior brother opposite immediately repeated this sentence.

There were bursts of shouting in the ears of the two again.

Tao Zi pressed her forehead and ignored the looks from those around her.

The three sects and four gates in the front and not far away also noticed the movement here.

Qiu Xin smiled and said, "The little girl is quite lively."

He Qianyi held the sword, feeling a little irritated: "Too noisy, no manners at all."

No one expected that Qiu Huanhuan, who always disliked talking to Ming Lanzong, would start to taunt him at this moment: "Come on, when you were young, you didn't know the rules even better than them."

She glanced at the naive monk and disdained to talk to him.

Lan Yongji said indifferently, "Third Junior Sister, independent cultivators are always free and easy, so they naturally don't need to care about these rules. You don't have to care about them either."

The Sword Sect's Young Master, who was always calm and composed, scoffed at this moment, but remained silent. A fellow Sword Sect member nearby spoke for him, saying, "We in the Sword Sect don't have a rule against cheering from the audience."

He was humiliated and looked unhappy. Xu Qianjia scolded him, "Qianyi, Yongji, these are just trivial matters. Why bother arguing with them?"

This doesn't just refer to the two of them.

Everyone knew what was going on, but they said nothing more.

Tao Zi had no idea that someone disliked them, and just watched the situation on the stage patiently.

In the end, Zhao Xue defeated his opponent with a sudden move. Xi Jing cheered and proudly ran to greet her senior brother.

The junior sister opposite looked depressed, but she was not willing to be outdone and ran to comfort her senior brother.

When they got out of the crowd, they happened to meet Li Xiu who looked embarrassed.

His hair was slightly curly, as if it had been burned by fire. His face was a little black, and his clothes were a mess, with pieces of fabric missing here and threads sticking out there.

Mo Yu on the side was handing him water.

Xi Jing couldn't help laughing when she saw him like this. She said, "Senior Brother Li, what's going on with you?"

He straightened his clothes expressionlessly and said, "There was a talisman cultivator across from me. He threw a lot of talismans and I couldn't defend myself for a moment."

Han Yueshan said in a doubtful tone with certainty: "Lost?"

Li Xiu snorted and said, "How is that possible? I used healing talismans and various poisons to deplete the opponent's spiritual energy. He is still waiting for treatment at the medical practitioner's place. But, Junior Brother Han, what's going on with you?"

Xi Jing coughed and changed the subject: "We don't have any competitions this afternoon, so let's go back and rest."

The group left under the watchful eyes of others.

However, within one morning, all the physical cultivators knew about the existence of a girl with a pink hammer, while the casual cultivators heard the story of two nemesis senior brothers and their violent junior sister.

Tao Zi and the others had not anticipated this, and were resting and eating in the lobby of the inn.

Xi Jing said excitedly, "Senior Sister, Fellow Daoist Mo is going to watch the competition over at the Shadow Ball. I'm going with you, too. What about you?"

"I'm going to my room to rest. If you cause any trouble, tell me immediately."

"I know, I won't cause any trouble!"

Han Yueshan snorted and was kicked by his junior sister again.

Li Xiu handed him a few bottles of medicine to treat bruises and said slowly, "I'm going to rest too. You guys go now."

After they all left, Tao Zi got up and went back to her room, followed closely by Li Xiu.

Tao Zi looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

He hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "There's something wrong with the talisman cultivator I competed with today."

Tao Zi shuddered and asked, "What's wrong?"

After using the soundproofing device, he whispered, "I suspect it might be a fake demon."

She narrowed her eyes and repeated, "Fake demon?"

"Yes, his movements are a little slow, and his words and expressions are always a beat behind the times, but it's not noticeable. If I hadn't known about the existence of fake demons, I wouldn't have thought of it that way at all."

Tao Zi said directly: "His name."

"Gao Ming."

Li Xiu paused, then continued, "A lot of people are eyeing Jiancheng recently. It would be very dangerous if you act rashly."

"I know, I just wanted to confirm a guess."