Chapter 250 Two Years Later
“Bang!”
With the clapping of a wake-up stick, everyone fell silent.
The storyteller cleared his throat and recounted all the strange things that had happened recently.
"In the past two years, the Minglan Sect has been in dire straits. Disciples have been tragically killed on the streets from time to time..."
Tao Zi was listening below, with Li Xiu sitting next to him. He calmly drank the clean water that he had specially changed for him.
Not long after, Yue Qingya also came over and said, "The specific time for the sect competition has been set. It will be in three months. The location will be the Sword Sect."
She nodded and said, "It's going to be lively."
Li Xiu tilted her head and asked, "Just go over there and join them?"
She smiled and said, "No, how can I not participate in such a lively event?"
Li Xiu shrugged: "I won't participate."
"You also participate, in the name of medical practice."
Before he could protest, Yue Qingya said, "I can't. It will easily arouse suspicion."
Tao Zi nodded.
Li Xiu grumbled, "I'm a medical practitioner, why would I fight?"
"You don't know how to use silver needles?"
He looked at Tao Zi in astonishment and said, "Do you think I'm Shaohua Jushi?"
"Don't say that. You're also a Xuanzhao cultivator. You can definitely scare people by throwing some spiritual energy."
Li Xiu looked at her resentfully and said, "Never mind. At worst, I'll just admit defeat once I've thrown all my spells away."
Yue Qingya couldn't help laughing. The little fox carefully poked his head out and said, "Why are you so cowardly?"
"Cowardice is a life-saving talisman for medical practitioners. Also, it's called following your heart."
The storyteller continued to speak enthusiastically, "It is said that the person who did this was a defector from the Punishment Hall. They clearly distinguished between grudges and favors when killing people, and left no one they shouldn't have killed alone. Although their crimes were extremely heinous, they were still principled."
Tao Zi lowered her voice and said, "What does it mean to lay down the butcher knife and become a Buddha right away? Look, this is it."
If a bad person does ten thousand bad things and then does one good thing, that is called repentance and reform; if a good person does ten thousand good things and then does one bad thing, that is called hypocrisy.
Li Xiu lowered her voice and replied, "That's not necessarily true. If you put down your butcher knife, others might think you're just being hypocritical."
Tao Zi thought about it and was speechless. If it was revealed that she did these things, there would most likely be another explanation. After all, her reputation was much worse than Xingtang's.
"Not long ago, another disciple of the Minglan Sect died tragically in Xilan Town. It's said that his death was horrific. He died in... ahem, in a place of vibrant red and green willows."
This storyteller was still a bit reserved, as he was afraid of offending the Minglan Sect.
The audience burst into laughter. Tao Zi spread her hands towards the two people on the side, saying that she didn't do it.
Yue Qingya smiled and whispered, "Recently, these things have happened more and more, and the methods used are also very different."
It seems that quite a few people are stirring up this mess.
After listening to this round of reading, several people got up and left.
Yue Qingya walked beside Tao Zi and asked as he walked, "Should we rush over now, or walk slowly?"
Li Xiu calculated the distance and suggested, "This place is not far from the Sword Sect, we can go there for a walk."
Tao Zi thought for a moment and said, "Let's hurry over there. There's no need to play around."
The group sped up and met many fellow travelers along the way. They looked at each other, nodded in a friendly manner, and even had a meal together at the right place and time.
For example, now, opposite Tao Zi sits a monk who keeps chattering.
He said, "You don't know how unlucky I was in the past few years. I could even choke when drinking water."
Li Xiu asked curiously, "How unlucky is this?"
"When I go to a cemetery, I encounter gravediggers; when I walk on the street, I encounter robbers; even when I take a shower, my clothes can be stolen."
Li Xiu couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Daoyou, you are indeed a bit unlucky."
"Oh, don't mention it. I still can't forget that time. Luckily, I've been lucky recently and I can do anything."
Tao Zi felt a sense of déjà vu when hearing these words, so she asked tentatively, "Daoyou, have you ever been to the Xuyan Ruins?"
"I've been there. Hey, fellow Daoist, have you been there too?"
She nodded silently.
Yue Qingya smiled and asked, "Have you found those who provoked you?"
"No, they are better than me."
With just one simple sentence, the other monks beside him sighed: "Brother, your life is really not good."
"Stop talking. I just want to take advantage of this competition to get something."
Li Xiu took the opportunity to ask, "Do you have any news about the reward for the winner of the competition?"
The cultivator slapped his thigh and said, "You've definitely asked the right person! This competition is being held in the Sword Sect. The Sword Sect isn't a newly established sect like the Minglan Sect; it has a rich history!"
The monk on the side frantically reminded: "Ahem, ahem, brother, be more subtle, be more subtle."
Yue Qingya smiled and said, "Not really. Didn't they say that the rewards for the competition are jointly borne by the three sects and four schools?"
The unlucky monk lowered his voice and said, "That's different. For example, when the Minglan Sect held the event, the best rewards were given by other sects, which was embarrassing. But the Jian Sect is different. They gave us entry into Jianshan! The Minglan Sect doesn't have this foundation."
Tao Zi looked up in astonishment: "Jianshan?"
"Yes!" The unlucky monk became more and more excited as he spoke. "The Sword Mountain is full of good swords. It depends on which one you can pull out. Usually, only disciples of the Sword Sect can enter, but now we can too."
Yue Qingya was quite surprised and even eager to try it out - he had never had a weapon that suited him.
The cultivator who had originally said "reserved" also started to talk: "Come to think of it, when the Xujia Sect held the event, it seemed that they brought out quite a few mechas; when the Chunqiu Sect held the event, they brought out countless elixirs; and the Yi Nian Sect's demon-slaying method is also quite good..."
The unlucky cultivator continued, "In the past hundred years, only the sect competition held by Minglan Sect has the least number of participating sects and independent cultivators."
Li Xiu listened with great interest, and Tao Zi also talked and laughed, as if she was not the one who was laughed at that time.
The sect competition is not only a competition and a way for disciples to gain fame, but also a way for the sect to demonstrate its own strength and resources to attract new disciples.
In the case of Minglan Sect, the former was successful, but the latter failed miserably. This resulted in a pitifully small number of applicants when the sect later recruited new disciples, which was another joke.
Tao Zi ate the barbecue slowly, listening to them chattering about the exciting competitions in various competitions. Of course, they all tacitly avoided someone.
Not long after, they arrived at Jiancheng, which was already very busy. The inns were full and it was almost impossible to find a place to stay.
The unfortunate monk sighed and said, "I'm going to find a mortal residence to stay in temporarily. What about you?"
Before Tao Zi could open her mouth, a familiar voice rang out from afar: "Senior Sister, Senior Sister, this way!"
She looked over and saw Xi Jing waving at her frantically and running towards her.
She laughed dumbly and said, "My junior brothers and sisters should have found a good address."
"In that case, see you Dabi."
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