Look, Master!
The younger brother grumbled aggrievedly: "It's not the time for you to collect protection fees from us a few days ago..."
"How can that be called protection money?" Another younger brother looked at Xu Shulou in a fawning and servile manner, "That's the compensation we voluntarily give to the boss."
The two female cultivators looked at Xu Shulou cautiously: "Compensation?"
"Still want to...volunteer?"
Xu Shulou was tired: "Just shut up, the more you talk, the worse it gets. Let's get down to business."
“…”
Bai Roushuang was about to come over to hug her senior sister, but was pushed out of the crowd by students who were anxious to know what was happening outside. Xu Shulou quickly stuffed her with another piece of ice cream to comfort her. She had long been accustomed to her senior sister feeding her casually, so she took a few bites.
Everyone was thinking about the important matter and surrounded the three people to ask them questions. The two female cultivators immediately described in vivid detail everything they had heard at the foot of the mountain, leaving out only the part about Xu Shulou's identity.
While they were telling stories, Xu Shulou checked the conditions of the injured one by one. Seeing that they were all stable, especially the female cultivator who was rescued from the shadow monster, her breathing was even and her life was no longer in danger, he breathed a sigh of relief and leaned over to transfer some spiritual power to her.
While she was doing this, there was already an uproar in the cave. Second Junior Brother Song Ping, who had met everyone from Xuanji Sect together with Xu Shulou in the past, was filled with emotion and shook his head and sighed.
As she stood up, she heard someone ask, "Is this true? I've always heard that the Wutong Goddess is innocent and pure-minded, so how could she be such a person?"
Bai Roushuang, who was standing outside the crowd, heard this and said in a muffled voice, "Some people have been high and mighty for so long that they are used to not treating others as human beings. I am not surprised."
"I'm not that surprised."
We are all equals, who is calling himself old man in such a pretentious tone? Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and were all delighted: "Master Li, are you awake?"
"I just woke up," Master Li coughed twice, and someone immediately handed him some water. He took a sip before continuing, "Just now when you guys gathered around, someone stepped on my finger and woke me up, and I happened to hear about the Wutong Goddess."
“…”
"Has the siege outside the mountain been lifted? How long have I been unconscious?" Master Li struggled to get up. "Oh, right, I have to go check out the small secret realm. There are still many students trapped inside!"
Xu Shulou, who was standing near the injured, helped him up and said, "Master, be careful."
"Master, don't worry. Number 121 has brought most of the people out." The others also chattered and told Master Li everything that happened in the small secret realm.
Master Li was stunned for a moment, surprised and happy at the same time, and said repeatedly: "Good, good, good!"
He looked at Xu Shulou again, and bowed slightly with a complicated expression: "Thank you very much."
Xu Shulou dodged and refused to accept his greeting: "Master, why do you have to be so polite?"
Master Li waved his hand and said, "You could have escaped on your own, but you chose to rescue your classmates in danger. You deserve this gift from me."
"I'm just doing what I can do. Master, there's no need to be polite."
Upon hearing that the siege outside the mountain had been lifted, the group left their hiding place in a mighty manner and accompanied Master Li to the outside of the secret room to check if there were any students who had been left out. Surprisingly, they actually found a poor creature. As soon as he was rescued, he hugged Master Li and burst into tears. Master Li could only pat his back stiffly.
The crisis was resolved, and everyone started talking about the Wutong Goddess again: "Master Li, why did you just say that you were not surprised by this?"
Master Li shook his head and did not want to elaborate: "I will take care of the injured. You must be tired. Go and rest."
Unexpectedly, everyone shook their heads to indicate that they were not tired, they were just curious about the matter of the Goddess of Wutong.
“…”
Someone was filled with righteous indignation and said: "This is really abominable. If I don't find out whether it is true or not, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep today!"
Compared to the long life of a monk, these students are still young and most of them are full of enthusiasm.
Someone immediately agreed: "That's right, are we being implicated for no reason?"
"It's not difficult to find out whether it's true or not. Why don't we follow those people from Xuanji Sect to Qingcheng to see what's going on?" someone suggested.
"Right," someone slapped his thigh, "They were going to take us hostage anyway, so it's the same if we take the initiative to follow them now!"
Master Li suddenly felt a headache: "Wait..."
"Master Li, you are injured. Please take a rest first," someone replied. "We will be back soon."
"No..." How could this be decided in just a few words? Master Li quickly stopped them, "Do you really want to go?"
"Of course, why not watch the fun?"
Master Li held his forehead with his hand and said, "Then I will go with you."
The students cheered.
Master Li laughed: "A bunch of monkeys..." He had lived too long and his mentality had long been old. Now that he was mingling with his students, he inexplicably felt younger.
There were some students who didn't like to join in the fun, so Master Li asked a dozen of them to stay and help look after the injured, and he set off with more than a hundred students.
The group went to meet up with Xuanji Gate. Chu Fu was greatly surprised. After hearing the purpose of their visit, he couldn't help but burst into tears and apologized for his previous recklessness.
The students were impatient to hear any apology and urged him to go to Qingcheng Sect as soon as possible to seek justice.
The group flew quickly towards Qingcheng again, and the people from Xuanji Sect were almost left behind.
———
In the Qingcheng Sect, most of the guests who came to congratulate the Immortal Lord Jiuyou and the Goddess Wutong on their wedding have not yet left, because the wedding banquet will last for three days and three nights.
Seeing this huge crowd of more than a hundred people, they thought they were here to congratulate. However, the teachers and students of Xuan Cang College noticed the crowd and asked curiously, "Why are you all here?"
Master Li lowered his voice and explained to them. A Qingcheng Sect receptionist came over and said, "Are you guys here to attend the wedding banquet as well? Come this way."
Chu Fu shook his head coldly: "No!"
Seeing that he seemed to be too excited to continue, one of Xu Shulou's followers said, "We are here to seek revenge. Tell Feng Jiuyou and Qi Wutong to get out!"
There was silence on the field. The younger brother kept his hands on his hips and looked around. Everyone's eyes were on him. Even his boss Xu Shulou looked at him in surprise.
He immediately became timid: "Don't be silent, I'm a little panicked."
The other brothers murmured: "So you are so brave..."
His legs began to tremble: "I... Isn't this how revenge is always sought in the storybooks?"
Xu Shulou grabbed his shoulders and said, "Why are you shaking? That's right, we are here to seek revenge. Qi Wutong and Feng Jiuyou of your sect stole the life-saving spiritual herbs and killed two people. We must ask Qingcheng Sect to give an explanation for this matter!"
Her words were infused with spiritual power and she used the magic of raising her voice, so almost all the guests attending the wedding banquet heard them.
Chu Fu was swept away by the atmosphere and swallowed the words he had prepared for the occasion. He shouted loudly: "Chu Fu from Xuanji Sect, I want to see the leader of Qingcheng Sect!"
The scale of this wedding banquet was huge, with more than a thousand people present. Their reactions varied. Some were surprised, some were stunned, some did not believe it, and some people's eyes lit up and they grabbed a handful of melon seeds.
Someone peeked out and spotted his own nephews, nieces, and disciples among the group of students making trouble. He winked and gestured, but the students of Xuancang College were so focused on watching the fun that they ignored the teachers' hints, which made the elders very upset.
Feng Jiuyou and the other two were toasting to the guests on the field, so they naturally heard this. Qi Wutong was so angry that her whole body was shaking, and the wine glass in her hand fell to the ground and shattered. She walked forward, took a closer look at Fu's appearance, and said angrily: "Why did you choose to mess up our wedding day? How can there be such vicious people like you in the world?"
The disciples of Xuan Cang Academy immediately began to whisper, "This is the first time I've seen this Wutong Goddess. She doesn't seem to be as beautiful as the rumors say."
"Maybe it's because his facial features are shifted due to anger?" someone asked, "Who can look good when they are this angry?"
“……”Qi Wutong seemed to be shaking even more violently.
Xu Shulou was also looking at her. To be fair, this Wutong goddess was pretty good-looking. She had a round face and big eyes, and looked innocent. But at this moment, she was so angry that she looked ferocious.
Feng Jiuyou walked forward with a sullen face and held Qi Wutong in his arms: "Don't get angry over these unworthy people, leave it to me to handle it."
Qi Wutong no longer looked ferocious when facing him, and just started crying in Feng Jiuyou's arms. She lowered her head slightly, her eyes were red, and her tears were like pear blossoms in the rain, which made Bai Roushuang laugh: "You are just pretending."
A student nearby heard this and humbly asked, "What are you pretending to be? How did you tell?"
Bai Roushuang explained: "Look at her tears falling, but she dare not show any expression, for fear of crying ugly. If she is really sad, who would care about this? She is just pretending."
"So that's how it is. It's a science." The sighs of the crowd reached Qi Wutong's ears, and her body seemed to stiffen.
Feng Jiuyou said angrily: "Come here, beat these people out immediately! We don't welcome such uninvited guests at our wedding banquet."
The Qingcheng disciples gathered around him hesitantly, but a black-robed elder sitting at the banquet not far away suddenly spoke up, "People have called you out in public for killing someone. If you don't explain clearly on the spot, won't it just cause Qingcheng to be suspected?"
Feng Jiuyou saw the elder who usually had some problems with him speak, and he secretly hated him. He said in a loud voice: "The spiritual grass grows between heaven and earth, and anyone can take it. I have already compensated you with double the spiritual stones that day, and I think I have a clear conscience! Even if you want more compensation, you won't get it."
"..." Seeing him so arrogant, the students who were originally skeptical have already sided with Chu Fu.
Xu Shulou could see that he was very calm and really felt that there was nothing wrong with what he did.
"How about this explanation?" Feng Jiuyou snorted coldly, "If you've had enough of the trouble, just get out of here. If you disturbed my wedding banquet, don't blame me for being rude!"
"Can double the spiritual stones buy the lives of my niece and brother?" Chu Fu clenched his fists. "I won't argue with you. Please ask the head of your sect to come out and administer justice!"
Qi Wutong gently wiped away her tears and looked at Chu Fu with a sad expression: "I know you are unhappy, but today is our wedding. I will give you as many spirit stones as you want. Please let us go..."
"Wutong, I won't let you give in to this kind of people," Feng Jiuyou held her back and angrily said to everyone, "Can you just go and see the leader of Qingcheng whenever you want? Come on, get these people out right away!"
A student with quick thoughts tugged at the corner of Chu Fu's clothes and said, "Say that all of us are your hostages and force them to call the headmaster out."
"Yes, we don't mind being hostages again!"
Chu Fu felt bitter in his mouth, but as things had come to this point, he could no longer back down. Just as he was about to speak, there was a sudden collapse of the mountains. Everyone present looked hurriedly and saw the collapse of the hall not far away. The carved walls and glazed tiles all collapsed in an instant, raising a cloud of debris.
It was like the collapse of a golden mountain and a jade palace. The collapse of such a magnificent hall was quite spectacular, and everyone was stunned for a moment.
Until Feng Jiuyou rushed over shouting angrily: "Who is causing trouble?!" His voice was so shrill that it brought everyone back to their senses.
This hall was exactly Feng Jiuyou's territory in the Qingcheng Sect. The Feng clan loved luxury, and it took him a hundred years to build this magnificent hall. Now that he saw the hall in ruins, he felt distressed and heartbroken, and wished he could pull out the troublemaker and chop him into eight pieces.
The rioter did not need him to catch him. He was walking out of the ruins leisurely, appearing in the smoke and dust, waving his folding fan in a chic manner. He also smiled at everyone in a particularly caring way: "Don't worry, I checked, there is no one inside."
This person was none other than Xu Shulou, who had disappeared in the crowd at some point. No one knew what she had done, but the hall collapsed with such a loud noise that the entire Qingcheng Sect was alarmed. People from other peaks flew over one after another to observe the situation.
Xu Shulou looked up at the sky and accurately identified a person from among the several fast-flying dots in the sky. He pointed to everyone and said, "Look, the master!"
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