Chapter 76 Since you're so sensible, then tie yourself up...
Do you know where Senior Brother Chu went?
Xue Wenxiang paused for a moment, then spread her hands: "Chu Shu? How would I know where he went?"
It turns out that his senior brother Chu was named Chu Shu.
"You're not the young master of Anxiang Pavilion, you can't even find out something like this?"
"Who said I can't investigate? What does Chu Shu's whereabouts have to do with me? You want to find him?"
"I want to confirm some things," Xu Zangyu continued, "Tell me about what happened between me and Senior Brother Chu."
Xue Wenxiang had already discovered Xu Zangyu's amnesia and didn't want him to think about Chu Shu again, so he hesitated for a long time before finally speaking. He pretended to be evasive, but Xu Zangyu looked at him seriously: "Don't lie to me, you must know. If you don't explain clearly, we can't even be friends anymore."
Xu Zangyu's tone was calm, but Xue Wenxiang was genuinely frightened by him.
Chu Shu.
It's that damned Chu Shu again. What's so great about him?
Even though Xu Zangyu lost her memory, she couldn't forget him and even used Chu Shu to threaten him into breaking off their friendship.
"Perhaps the things you forget are all predestined, so why bother to search for them?"
Xue Wenxiang thoroughly investigated Xu Zangyu's past, and the result was completely unexpected.
He thought Xu Zangyu's charming personality would make him very popular in the Tianyi Sect, but little did he know that he was a pitiful little guy who was completely ignored.
Who would have known that when Xu Zangyu first came up the mountain, he exuded a ruthless aura, and if anyone touched his things, he would beat them to death.
Perhaps the Xu Zangyu he sees now is a different person, shaped by the trials and tribulations of life.
That's why Xue Wenxiang wanted to stay far away from the people of Tianyi Sect.
If he has no powerful backer, Anxianglou can also stand behind him.
"Your senior brother Chu is a pervert. He dressed up as a woman and made you follow him around doing all sorts of things. He even stayed up all night to climb to the top of the mountain, braving the cold wind, to collect flower dew to make tea for him. Although Chu Shu is indeed quite beautiful, you shouldn't be so blinded by beauty as to become someone's servant for so many years."
Xu Zangyu: "...Are you sure you're not exaggerating or making things up?"
Xue Wenxiang said confidently, "If you don't believe me, ask the people of Tianyi Sect."
At this point, Xue Wenxiang got angry. Wasn't he handsome? How come Xu Cangyu was blind and kept taking a fancy to one woman after another? They were all just pretentious.
"Oh, I still remember the shocked look on your face when Chu Shu revealed your identity in front of everyone at the disciples' meeting. You were so stupid to be tricked into signing the marriage contract. When it came down to it, Chu Shu forced you to kneel on the ground and confess your sins. Only then did you realize you were afraid."
"Marriage certificate? What kind of marriage certificate?" He remembered that Chen Zhiguang had also mentioned marriage certificates.
Therefore, Chu Shu proposed to him to become his Daoist partner at the disciples' assembly.
"It's all nauseatingly sweet talk. How could you write it? You even signed your name and pressed your bloody fingerprint like you were signing a contract of servitude."
"..."
Xu Zangyu remained silent for a long time, then asked, "Is there one more thing I want to ask you?"
Do you know what a blood pact is?
Xue Wenxiang was taken aback at first, "Who do you want to form a blood pact with?"
"I want to know if there's a way to break the blood pact?"
"This blood pact is unsolvable except by killing the other half. In this day and age, people's hearts are fickle; no one forms blood pacts anymore. You ask about this..."
"If two people who have formed a blood pact are separated, how can they find each other?"
Xue Wenxiang smiled and said, "Anxiang Tower has a lot of ancient books. The elders in the tower may know about them."
"I'll go with you to investigate."
Xue Wenxiang patted her pocket. "Don't eat the burrowing rat anymore, come out and get to work."
He took out a teleportation scroll and disappeared with Xu Zangyu. The burrowing rat swallowed the scroll and burrowed underground.
They only spat out the scroll after leaving Tianyi Sect, and then entered the teleportation system together.
Upon arriving at the territory of Anxiang Tower, the two appeared. The earth-burrowing rat fell from the sky and was caught in a bag by Xue Wenxiang, who then handed it to his subordinates to feed.
"Let me play with it. This little thing you're raising is quite something." Xu Zangyu was quite interested. Xue Wenxiang then brought over a bag and gave him a packet of dried meat to feed the rat.
"There are magic arrays everywhere on Tianyi Sect's mountain. I really don't understand why they guard the mountain gate so tightly. If it weren't for the earth-burrowing rat, I really wouldn't have been able to sneak in silently."
Xu Cangyu hung the bag around his waist like Xue Wenxiang, and immediately felt its heavy weight. The ball-like thing stared at him with its round eyes, very wary of him, a stranger.
The moment his hand got a little closer, the little creature's fur stood on end, and its mouth opened wide.
Xu Zangyu casually stuffed the dried meat in his hand into the little guy's mouth. The little guy's pupils suddenly contracted and darted around, as if he couldn't believe it.
"Be careful, its teeth can even crush stones. This stupid thing is wary of strangers; you'll have to feed it dried meat for a few days to tame it."
"It's alright, all spirit beasts are like this. They're quite capable to be able to break in even from the Tianyi Sect."
The burrowing rat held the jerky tightly in its two paws, eating while observing Xu Zangyu. Upon hearing Xu Zangyu's words, its eyes suddenly widened.
Xu Zangyu smiled silently; this spirit beast could indeed understand human speech.
The burrowing rat didn't dare to take any more jerky after finishing it. It held its two fleshy paws and only glanced furtively at the bag in Xu Cangyu's hand.
Its greedy appearance did not escape the eyes of others at all. Xue Wenxiang reminded it, "Don't feed it too much, it's already fat enough."
The burrowing rat's head immediately drooped, clutching its paws as if pleading with its owner. Xue Wenxiang had already turned her head away, and just as it was about to give up in disappointment, a piece of jerky was suddenly stuffed into its mouth.
It was this handsome boy who kicked it the moment he saw it, putting his finger to his lips in a shushing gesture.
The burrowing rat happily scurried into the bag, suddenly realizing that the boy wasn't so bad after all.
I guess I thought it was an enemy when I wanted to kick it.
After Xue Wenxiang finished giving instructions to Xu Zangyu, all the elders in the building immediately got busy.
While watching, Xu Zangyu secretly stuffed dried meat into the bag.
The library, towering high, reached the rooftop, and various secret manuals were scattered everywhere, but even inner disciples were not allowed to enter at will.
The elders were busy running around when they suddenly saw Xue Wenxiang bringing in strangers. They were surprised and, remembering their young master's unusual behavior in recent days, began to have a vague idea.
"Is that where you usually read?"
A square table stood in the corner, piled high with books. It was hard to believe that Xue Wenxiang was so studious.
"yes……"
Xue Wenxiang answered subconsciously, but by the time Xu Cangyu walked over, it was too late to stop him. The book on the table was opened, and a very impactful scene appeared before her eyes.
By the time he realized what he had seen, he couldn't forget it.
"Is this all you read?"
Xue Wenxiang blushed, as if someone had hit a nerve, her eyes darting around guiltily, and she waved her hand to put all the things away.
"It's all because of last time... Anyone is clumsy the first time."
The elder of Anxianglou, who was standing on the ladder and carefully arranging books, suddenly said, "Although our young master doesn't know how to coax people, he is a diligent and studious child. What's there to be ashamed of in this matter? Who hasn't been a bit of a flirt in their youth?"
Xu Cangyu secretly rolled her eyes. Applying diligence and a willingness to learn to Xue Wenxiang was a disgrace to those words.
The elder of Anxiang Tower suddenly pulled out a bamboo scroll. "Found it. You asked about the blood pact. Are you preparing for the wedding? Young Master, would you like me to order someone to make the preparations?"
"Stop busying yourselves, you can leave now." Xue Wenxiang quickly chased away the people who were getting in the way, and the library immediately became quiet, with only the sound of Xu Cangyu turning the bamboo slips remaining.
Xue Wenxiang leaned closer to look: "Hmm? Both parties who form a blood pact will have a blood mark on their chests. It is a mark carved with the other party's blood. Using the blood from the blood mark as a guide, one can find the person who has never returned."
"This thing is still somewhat useful."
Xue Wenxiang stood there for only a moment before putting her hand on Xu Cangyu's shoulder. "You still haven't answered me. What's the point of investigating the blood pact?"
"I have a blood pact with me."
"!!! With whom? Xiao Mingxin?"
If Xu Zangyu had said yes, he would have definitely killed Xiao Mingxin.
However, Xue Wenxiang had considered that the blood pact had its limitations, and if she really killed Xiao Mingxin, Xu Cangyu, whose body had not yet recovered, might not be able to withstand the backlash.
What a despicable person.
"It wasn't him."
His anger flared halfway before he stopped in astonishment, "Who is that?"
Xiao Mingxin's eagerness to get married failed to win anyone's heart; how laughable.
"I don't know, that's why I'm asking you."
"Young Master!" came a cry from outside. "The people from Tianyi Sect have arrived. They want you to hand over their junior brother."
Xu Zangyu looked outside and realized that the sky had darkened and there were rumbling sounds, which seemed to be the sound of houses collapsing.
Xue Wenxiang lowered her eyes, drew her knife, and went out, saying, "Just tell him that our Dark Fragrance Pavilion doesn't have the person he's looking for."
Avoiding Xu Zangyu, he whispered, "Quickly send a message to those who have nowhere to go, saying that Xiao Mingxin has hidden one of their disciples and is about to have his wedding night."
Wen, that old scoundrel, has been holed up in the mountains for so many years, it's time he came out.
A disciple came over and said angrily, "Young Master, our formation is about to be broken by this person."
"If it's broken, just fix it. Do I have to tell you? What if even a Nascent Soul cultivator can't withstand the attacks in the future?" Xue Wenxiang saw their concerns. They didn't want to break ties with Tianyi Sect, but the fault didn't lie with Anxiang Tower, so they didn't need to swallow this insult.
"The time has come to test your usual studies. Go all out and just hold on tight."
After giving instructions to everyone, Xue Wenxiang stopped wasting time on Xiao Mingxin and went into the library only to find it empty.
Where are they?
Xue Wenxiang grabbed the disciples who were guarding the area and asked.
The disciple trembled with fear at Xue Wenxiang's menacing expression. "Young Master, that person was just next to the flowering tree."
Xue Wenxiang only saw a few messy footprints on the ground, which suddenly disappeared when she reached the flowering tree.
The person did indeed disappear suddenly.
Parting the lush flowers and plants nearby, a mouse hole the size of a bowl was hidden inside.
"You useless idiot, you were kidnapped so easily."
Xue Wenxiang felt like he had shot himself in the foot; he had been bitten by the very thing he had raised.
Meanwhile, Xu Cangyu had already extricated himself from the conflict at Anxiang Tower. He patted the burrowing rat's head and said, "Good job, darling."
He gave the whole bag of jerky to the burrowing rat before saying, "Go back now, and don't let anyone find out."
The burrowing rat was blinded by the snacks and Xu Cangyu's sweet talk, unaware that Xue Wenxiang was searching frantically for it.
That person said he was just out having fun with his master, but now that someone has come looking for him, staying at Anxiang Tower would only cause trouble.
He also promised to give it the whole bag of jerky and to bring it snacks whenever he came to visit again.
No other mouse is as happy as it.
The burrowing rat happily ran back, unaware that it would lose two months' worth of snacks.
Xu Zangyu pierced the blood mark on his heart, and a drop of blood spilled out, turning into a butterfly that landed on his fingertip. Suddenly, it seemed to find its direction and flew away into the distance.
I don't know where I ended up, in some remote place. The night wind was blowing and it made my back feel cold.
In this desolate, open field, everything was clearly visible, and there was no one in sight. Yet the blood butterflies stopped flying and continued to hover around.
There are no barriers or formations here, yet the blood butterflies linger and refuse to leave. Could it be that the time is not yet right?
The sky grew darker and darker, the night so thick that one could not see their own hand in front of their face. He estimated that it was already midnight.
A cold wind made him shiver. He turned around and found that the road he had come from was gone.
There is an anomaly in the space here.
The bright night light shone from behind, gradually lengthening the shadows on the ground. Xu Zangyu suddenly turned around and saw a bright moon rising from the vast river.
This was clearly a flat, open area just now.
The blood butterfly suddenly took flight, heading towards the direction of the moonlight.
A small boat floats on the river, with a lone lamp hanging on it, swaying in the night wind and on the waves.
"Could you give me a ride?" Xu Cangyu called out from afar.
The small boat slowly approached, and the boatman, wearing a straw raincoat, said, "Come on aboard."
The closer they got to the middle of the river, the colder the air became. Xu Cangyu peered into the water and saw a fish bone glowing with an eerie light swallow another small fish bone.
The water was crystal clear, and he could see the skeletons lying at the bottom, some missing hands and some missing legs.
Xu Zangyu silently leaned back into the cabin and glanced at the Blood Butterfly, which was still flying forward.
What kind of weird place is this?
Where is this place?
"You dare to come here if you don't know where you are?" The boatman was amused by him and took off his bamboo hat, which was already covered with a layer of dew.
Xu Zangyu looked at him with a heavy heart, but instead of the terrifying face of a demon or monster he had expected, the man looked quite cute.
He was a young boy with two fluffy ears on top of his bushy hair, and a large, bushy tail hidden under the hem of his clothes that wiggled back and forth.
It turned out to be a cat, and a one-eyed cat at that. Its left eye was covered by an eye patch, and its other eye was beautiful, like an emerald.
Because Xu Cangyu kept staring at him, his tail swished impatiently, and his beautiful emerald eyes glared back fiercely.
"This is the Yellow Springs Crossing, the border between the Yellow Springs and the Underworld. It's mostly demons and monsters that come here. What are you, a living person, doing running here? Aren't you afraid of being eaten by monsters?"
"I'm here to find someone."
"What a coincidence, the Lord of the Underworld is also looking for someone."
Who is the Lord of the Yellow Springs Ferry?
"You want to see him?" The boatman poled his boat to shore, his smile enigmatic. "You will see him."
"How much?" Xu Cangyu took out some silver from his pocket, and the boatman laughed again, "You can't use money from the living on the Yellow Springs Ferry."
"To make an exchange, you must offer something that others crave."
Xu Cangyu glanced at his cat ears again and said uncertainly, "How about... I buy you two fish?"
"Hehe, I've heard that the flesh of you cultivators is rich in spiritual energy and very nourishing. Maybe if I eat your heart and liver, I can become stronger. Don't you humans also like to eat spirit beasts?"
He suddenly pulled out a knife from behind him and pressed it against Xu Cangyu's chest. After a while, seeing that Xu Cangyu had no expression, he clicked his tongue and said, "You're really boring."
Xu Zangyu remained calm: "If you wanted to kill me, you would have done it already, wouldn't you?"
The boatman took out a rope and threw it in front of him, saying, "Since you're so sensible, you might as well tie yourself up."
"Tie me up, and give me to whom? The Lord of the Underworld?"
The cat's ears twitched.
Why did this kid, who knows everything, insist on coming here to die?
"Why ask so many questions? You'll see the person soon."
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