Chapter 420: Joining Forces
After Wangxu left, Li Xiu sighed from the bottom of her heart, "Cheng Zhenjun, you are not only more vindictive than I thought, but also more narcissistic than I thought."
Cheng Wuchou glanced at him and he immediately shut up.
Tao Zi couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Cheng Zhenjun, I'm not seriously injured. There's no need to worry so much. It's not good to hurt yourself."
He hummed softly, and she immediately changed her tone: "Thank you, Master Cheng, for holding my grudge."
Cheng Wuchou finally relaxed his brows and said, "He's just too tactless to begin with, otherwise we wouldn't have fought to that extent. But he's a good guy. I just wanted to beat him up, but he volunteered to apologize to you after losing."
Li Xiu coughed and cautiously reminded him, "Cheng Zhenjun, don't you think you're making a big deal out of this? Honestly, Young Master Wang did nothing wrong. He was concerned about Sister Tao's life until the very end and didn't intend to kill her."
His expression was extremely calm as he said, "He injured Ah Zi, and even then, Ah Zi was holding back. Besides, I don't want anything else but for him to apologize to Ah Zi or suffer the same injury. If he chooses to apologize, I will show mercy."
Li Xiu's mouth twitched. This guy is hopeless.
Cheng Wuchou reached out and rubbed Tao Zi's hair.
She stood there very obediently, but suddenly, she felt something was wrong. She turned her head and saw Wang Xu standing there, his eyes fixed on Cheng Wuchou's hand.
As soon as their eyes met, he immediately said, "Sorry to bother you. I just came over to ask where Brother Yue went."
Cheng Wuchou retracted his hand and said, "He should be going to prepare medicine."
Wangxu said goodbye and left again.
Li Xiu sighed and said, "He seems to have misunderstood."
Cheng Wuchou commented: "This man really has no tact."
Tao Zi returned to her room to rest, and Cheng Wuchou left temporarily to do other things.
Li Xiu used a sound-isolating sound and then said worriedly, "Sister Tao, why don't you try to persuade Master Cheng? He's always like this, and sooner or later he'll offend people. After all, it's impossible for you not to get hurt."
She said, "Brother knows his limits and won't do anything he shouldn't do."
"Are you sure?"
Tao Zi said firmly: "I'm sure."
"Then don't bother."
She smiled and said, "I can't persuade you either."
Li Xiu looked at him puzzledly, then lowered her eyes and said, "Brother and I have been apart for too long, and with all those things that happened, he is still a little worried. In this situation, anyone can say anything bad about him, but I can't. That would hurt him. Besides, brother knows how to act, so I just need to trust him."
When he heard the first part, Li Xiu thought it was true. After all, no one wants to be criticized by others behind their backs when they are helping others in front of him. That is like stabbing them in the back. But when he heard the second part, he was speechless.
Seeing his expression, Tao Zi couldn't help but smile.
Half a month later, at the strong request of the little fox, the group prepared to return to the sect.
Wang Xu asked, "Why don't you stay a little longer?"
The little fox shook its tail and said angrily, "Why should I stay? You look at me with those weird eyes every day, and look at the little phoenix with those loving eyes. If I stay, I will be pissed to death."
Tao Zi looked at the angry little fox and said with a smile: "It's time to go back. There are people waiting at the door."
"I'll have someone escort you to the northern border."
She smiled and said, "Thank you, Young Master."
As soon as she arrived near Yisan Gate, many eyes fell on her.
Tao Zi walked into the sect calmly and found Zhou Qiandan and others guarding the yard, each one more vigilant than the other.
When he saw her coming back, Zhou Qiandan breathed a sigh of relief and saluted, saying, "Big Sister, Second Brother has gone to Chengyi Sect and ordered us to stay here and guard it."
Tao Zi nodded and said, "Nothing, relax, go back and rest. If there are any visitors, I will deal with them."
Zhou Qiandan looked a lot more relaxed and led those people to the place where they usually practiced.
After a while, a visitor indeed came. He was a casual cultivator whose strength was roughly at the early stage of Jindan.
Cheng Wuchou and Yue Qingya looked at each other and didn't say anything.
Tao Zi looked at him and said, "May I ask what is the purpose of your visit, fellow Taoist?"
The man said, "I heard that you are stronger than Wangxu?"
She smiled and said, "It's just empty talk."
He said, "I think so too, but I still want to ask you for advice."
Tao Zi asked back: "Why?"
The man didn't hide it and said directly: "You are famous. If I beat you, I will also be famous, which will make it easier for me to do many things."
She wasn't surprised. Who doesn't want fame? And now, in the eyes of these people, she was probably just a tool to gain fame.
Besides, this person's purpose is not that simple at all.
Tao Zi looked at the greed in the man's eyes and his vague scrutiny of the surroundings, and said with a smile: "It's better to wait for a day than to wait for a day. Let's compete today."
A man is innocent unless he is in possession of a treasure.
Even if the Sword Sect claimed to the outside world that it had taken the jade, there would still be people who would hold on to their luck, not to mention that what the Sword Sect gave them in exchange was also a good thing.
As soon as she moved her hand, a powder hammer immediately appeared in her palm.
Although this person is at the Jindan stage, he is a casual cultivator. His skills and techniques are inferior to those of the sect disciples, so it is not difficult to deal with him.
But Tao Zi still had to spend a lot of effort to defeat him, not for any other reason, but simply because she tried not to use her spiritual power when fighting the enemy.
In just three days, Tao Zi accepted thirteen challenges and only had time to rest after Cheng Yimen sent someone over.
Yan Wenxuan also heard about this and said, "You are really hardworking."
She moved her wrist and said, "If you don't fight, how can you know where your weaknesses are? Besides, they need fame, and so do I."
"Before long, perhaps more physical cultivators will come to join you."
She smiled and stopped talking about it. Instead, she asked, "When will we start?"
Yan Wenxuan laughed and said, "You're really smart. I haven't even mentioned this matter yet. Could it be that Yueshan told you about it?"
Tao Zi put away her smile and asked, "That's not the case. He hasn't contacted me yet. What did you ask him to do?"
He chuckled softly and said, "There has to be a chance to take action, right?"
She raised her eyebrows, understood, and said, "You should have told me in advance."
"You had been staying in the Sword Sect to recuperate. Your junior brother was worried about the impact on you, so he made his own decision."
Not long after, Han Yueshan, the second senior brother of Yisan Sect, disappeared within the sphere of influence of Haoran Sect. The eldest senior sister Tao Zi requested that Haoran Sect open up areas including the back mountain of the sect and allow them to go and look for him, but was rejected by the head of Haoran Sect.
One day after being rejected, Tao Zi sought help from Minglan Sect. Minglan Sect said that Yisan Sect had no evidence to prove that the disappearance of its disciples was related to Haoran Sect, so they could not intervene.
Three days after being rejected, Chengyi Sect offered to help on the grounds that the eldest sister of Yisan Sect had done a favor to the chief master of the outer hall, Yan Wenxuan.
Half a month later, the elders of Chengyi Sect found the dying Han Yueshan and the independent cultivator Jin Tairan of Yisan Sect in the back mountain of Haoran Sect. During this time, the leader of Haoran Sect attacked and seriously injured the elders of Chengyi Sect.
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