Cruise
The sword was so sharp and swift that by the time everyone noticed it, it had already pierced through Wei Xuandao's chest.
The young man seemed to know that Xu Shulou wanted to avenge his master, and from the moment he was taken out, he stayed obediently in her palm.
Xu Shulou watched the dusty gray on the sword blade fade away, and carefully wiped the blood off the sword on Wei Xuandao's clothes, then looked at the stunned people and said, "Please accept my condolences."
Not only Xiao Ya, her swift and decisive action had stunned everyone present.
Before others could react, she had already progressed to the stage of comforting the relatives and friends of the deceased.
"You... are so insolent!" An elder saw that Wei Xuandao was already dead, and pointed at her with a trembling hand, "You clearly heard us discussing taking Wei Xuandao back to the sect for punishment, but you took the initiative to act first. It's clear that you have bad intentions!"
Xu Shulou smiled caringly: "I know that you elders must feel bad. After all, Wei Xuandao and you are brothers. Asking you to take him back and deal with him personally would be too cruel for you. So Shulou will do it for you. You are welcome."
Who is being polite to you? The elder was so angry that he almost fell backwards, and his words were incoherent: "You, you..."
"Whether he was cruel or not is our Lingxiao Sect's business. Miss Xu, an outsider, is taking action against him. It would be like meddling in other people's business," another elder stepped forward and said, "Please step back, Miss Xu. We should take Wei Xuandao's body back to Lingxiao Sect."
"Of course." The leader was very happy. After all, we didn't want to keep this thing.
"Please let us take back the Qiankun Ring on Wei Xuandao's body. If there is anything harmful inside, we can deal with it in time. I just don't know if anyone has touched the ring. If any skills inside are leaked out, I don't know who should be held responsible?"
That's a bit impolite.
The others also reacted immediately. Yes, Wei Xuandao was dead, but what if this split technique was left in the Qiankun Ring? They immediately stopped caring about Xu Shulou killing people in front of them and echoed him.
Xu Shulou took out a simple-looking ring and presented it to the Sect Master Ling Li. "Sect Master Ling, this is the magic storage device that Wei Xuandao was wearing when he was captured. We need to erase the traces he left and recognize the master again before we can open it and take the items. We haven't erased his traces yet, please check it."
Ling Li scanned with his spiritual sense and nodded: "No problem."
He still looked calm, with no intention of coveting the skills inside. The person who could become the leader of a sect had to be stronger than the elders below. Of course, it was also possible that he was very confident in his ability to survive the tribulation this time and felt that he would not need this thing at all.
"That's good, leave it to me."
The elder who had spoken rudely just now came over with a little enthusiasm. Just as he was about to take the ring, he saw Xu Shulou had thrown the Qiankun Ring into the air, and with his backhand, he slapped it with a burst of spiritual power, crushing the ring into ashes.
"..." The elder who almost caught the ring almost cried out in pain. He grabbed at the ring in vain a few times in the air, but naturally got nothing. He looked at Xu Shulou suddenly, his eyes almost emitting fire, "Xu Shulou, what do you mean?!"
Xu Shulou stopped playing dumb and said, "You can't trust us on this technique, and I can't trust you either. It's better to destroy it in front of everyone and put an end to it once and for all."
The elder felt as if his heart was about to bleed: "That is my Lingxiao Sect's asset, what right do you have to deal with it on my behalf?"
"Because I don't want to see Lingxiaomen filled with monsters with split spirits in a few years." Xu Shulou glanced at him, "Do you really think this method can deceive the heavenly tribulation?"
"You..." The elder looked at the head of Wuchen Island, "You Wuchen Island disciples are so rude to the elders. Should the head of the sect discipline you?"
"Ah, this..." The head of the sect stroked his beard, "Haha, Shu Lou is always straightforward and likes to speak the truth regardless of the occasion. Sect Master Ling, now that the matter here is over, why don't you move to my main peak and have a drink together?"
"No need," Ling Li refused and stood up. "Now that we're done, we'll go back."
"Shu Lou," the head of the sect said in a long voice, "why don't you send the sect master off respectfully?"
"Yes," Xu Shulou smiled and made a polite gesture to the group, "Everyone, please."
"Wait..." Is this over? How come it's over?
But Ling Li had already flown out into the air. The elder could only look at Xu Shulou with hatred, ready to say something harsh, but Xu Shulou, with blood all over his face, had no intention of giving him a way out. He just glanced at him with his sword in hand and said, "What are you looking at? If you don't agree, let's set a time and place for a fight."
“……” Forget about the fight. Although he didn’t know how this guy captured Wei Xuandao, since he was able to capture Elder Wei, he might not be his opponent. He could only leave a sentence “So this is how you treat guests on Wuchen Island. Let’s wait and see” and walked away.
The head of the sect looked up at the backs of the group flying away with Wei Xuandao's body and said: "What a mess. If Lingxiao Sect doesn't send out a sect leader who is willing to take charge and clean up the atmosphere, who knows how long this glory can last..."
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Xu Shulou buried the young madman in front of Zhang Baihe's tomb and poured three cups of wine: "Uncle Zhang, Wei Xuandao has been executed, and the young madman has returned to his position. Have a safe journey."
Zhang Baihe was buried in a beautiful place on Wuchen Island, surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers. Beside his tomb were planted evergreen willow trees. As soon as Xu Shulou finished speaking, the willow branches swayed in the wind, as if responding to her words.
After Xu Shulou finished his worship, he turned around and saw his fellow apprentices waiting for him. He smiled at them and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine."
The group walked silently across the green grass and flew towards Mingyue Peak on the water.
A few days later, Xiao Ya and Xiao Ruzhuo came to visit again to thank Xu Shulou for his help.
Xiao Ya took out a huge wooden box and said, "I told my father and mother about this. This is the thank-you gift they sent. My mother also said that if you are free, she hopes she will have the honor to thank you in person."
Xu Shulou smiled and said, "Forget about thanking me in person. Our friendship is between us, but I don't want to be too involved with the current royal family."
Xiao Ya nodded: "I understand, please accept the thank you gift, it's all something you can use."
"Okay," Xu Shulou stopped refusing, "How is Lingji Valley doing recently?"
"Wei Xuandao is our master after all," Xiao Ya shook her head. "Even though we know he was a bad guy, everyone is still a little sad when he passed away."
"What about you? Are you okay?"
"My mother taught me since I was a child not to show mercy to enemies who may harm you," Xiao Ya thought for a moment, "but... it's a bit sad. I really hope he doesn't take that step."
Xiao Ruzhuo also seemed to be troubled. Xu Shulou looked at this handsome man. She had never dreamed of him in her dreams, but Xiao Ya in her dreams eventually married Lu Beichen. What happened between them? Did Xiao Ruzhuo die in this disaster?
She shook her head, not wanting to dwell on the dream, and softly said, "Don't think too much. It's not your fault. It's Wei Xuandao who did so many unjust things."
Xiao Ruzhuo smiled and said, "I understand, Miss Xu. I hope we can have a chance to drink and catch pigs together in the future."
"good."
Xiao Ya gave her a hug: "Take care."
"The same to you."
Seeing them leave, Bai Roushuang came over and acted coquettishly: "Senior Sister, do you want to go out and relax?"
"Okay," Xu Shulou thought of something, "By the way, I met Xuan Yang in the Punishment Hall before, but I didn't have time to talk to him because things were too urgent. How come he is still on Wuchen Island? Didn't I say that he should only be locked up for a year?"
"He, he voluntarily stayed in the Punishment Hall," Bai Roushuang laughed, "He is almost becoming the mascot of Wuchen Island. No one has locked him up anymore, and he can move around freely."
Xu Shulou felt the same way as when Wei Xuandao invited her back to Lingxiao Sect but couldn't get rid of her. She smiled and said, "Then let him go."
"Senior Sister, where do you want to go to relax?" Bai Roushuang took her arm.
"Do you have any good places to go?"
"Really?" Bai Roushuang blinked. "Sister, you have been in seclusion for five years. The cultivation world, led by the Never-Sleeping City, has organized a cruise ship. We can go and take a look."
"What cruise ship?" Xu Shulou didn't expect that after only five years of seclusion, he would be somewhat out of touch with the world of cultivation.
"It's a ship that flies in the sky. It's said that the route was planned by the Lord of Never-Sleeping City himself, ensuring that the ship will pass by the best scenery, so that tourists can see the scenery by leaning on the side of the ship," Bai Roushuang held her chin with her hand, looking longingly, "and the ship will also stop at the four cities built by cultivators: Never-Sleeping City, Crystal Palace, Fandu City, and Ice Lotus Palace. In short, it sounds quite interesting."
Xu Shulou readily agreed: "Then let's go and give it a try."
The two of them set off as soon as they said they would, asked about the departure time, and came to the nearest stop to prepare to board the ship.
Looking at the huge cruise ship slowly approaching from a distance, Xu Shulou was a little surprised: "It turns out to be such a big ship."
The ship in front of him looked a bit like a ship in the mortal world, with tall buildings on it. However, the spiritual power in the cultivation world was so unreasonable that it could easily build a ship that was countless times larger than that in the mortal world. Even the emperor's cruise ship in the mortal world was not as grand as this.
Tourists have to queue up at the dock and pay ten high-quality spirit stones to get on board, thirty spirit stones can get them a dormitory bed, one hundred spirit stones can get them a small room, three hundred spirit stones can get them a spacious private room, and the rest are priced at five hundred, eight hundred, etc. Tourists can choose what they want. The most expensive is a luxurious upper room that costs one thousand high-quality spirit stones.
The cruise ship is not only for monks, but also for mortals who can save up enough silver to exchange for spirit stones and experience the feeling of ascending to heaven.
When Xu Shulou heard that the owner of Taixu Realm was also involved in this business, he simply asked for two upper rooms each costing one thousand spirit stones.
The monk in charge of collecting the spirit stones will ask everyone's name and write it on an invitation card made of special material as a certificate for boarding the ship.
"May I ask your name, young lady?"
"Xu Shulou."
"Xu Shulou?" Upon hearing this name, someone in the team behind him reacted strongly, "I actually met you here! It's really a case of searching for something without any effort!"
The tone didn't sound like friends reminiscing about the past, but rather like someone seeking revenge.
Xu Shulou could only sigh: "Should I start considering using an alias?"
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