Volume 1: The Return of the Ancestor Chapter 15: Lure the Snake Out of Its Hole
Min Xuelou was still waiting for Su Yan to punish him, so it was still Mu Chunhua who answered.
She did not hesitate and said directly: "Before the Golden Sword Sect attacked Kunwu Mountain, Master had already opened up his Ren and Du meridians and entered the eighth level of the acquired realm, but he was severely injured by a palm strike from one of the innate masters.
Since then, the innate Qi that remained in Master's body has become a stubborn disease, not only preventing Master from making any progress in her internal strength and completing her Zhou Tian Perfection, but also requiring her to devote most of her energy to suppress it, making it impossible for her to mobilize her Qi to fight with others."
After hearing this, Su Yan fell silent again.
As an innate being, he knew very well what kind of impact a wisp of innate true qi would have on a post-natal being.
If this acquired realm has already broken through the mysteries of heaven and man (the ninth level of acquired realm) and has stepped half a foot into the innate realm, then he still has a chance to expel this alien innate true qi by himself.
If not, one can only suppress it with one's own true Qi, and the quality of one's own true Qi must be high enough.
Fortunately, Su Yi had entered the eighth level of the acquired realm at that time, otherwise, he would have been tortured to death by this alien innate true qi.
But thirty years of time and energy were all spent on suppressing this strand of alien innate true qi. My internal strength was barely improved, and I couldn't even mobilize my true qi to fight with others...
In Su Yan's memory, Su Yi was still a young, lively and beautiful girl, the only one among the seven true disciples who dared to act coquettishly with him.
He took her in when she was three years old and raised her little by little. Although he called her a disciple, she was actually more like a daughter or even a granddaughter.
Therefore, Su Yan didn't want to imagine how Su Yi had survived these thirty years.
After a long time, Su Yan sighed.
Of course, he didn't let anyone hear this.
Then he sent a message to Wu Yue, who then said to Min Xuelou, "Master said that he will keep your guilt in mind for the time being, and will make a decision after we return to the sect. You all should stand up now."
"Thank you, Master (ancestor)."
Min Xuelou and the other three kowtowed again before standing up.
Perhaps he was mentally prepared to accept any punishment. After standing up, Min Xuelou did not show any negative attitude. Instead, his eyes were filled with excitement and joy.
She took the initiative to say, "Wu City is not a place to stay for a long time. If Master has nothing to do, why don't we set off and return to the mountains now?"
Wu Yue passed on the message: "Master said there is one more thing to do. Once this is done, we will return to the mountain together."
"What is it? Do you need help from your disciples?"
Wu Yue smiled slightly and said, "This matter does require the cooperation of several people... Master is tired and wants to be alone. I will go out and discuss it with you."
After saying that, Wu Yue took Tie Xiong and walked out first.
Min Xuelou and the other three looked at each other, followed him and closed the door.
When he arrived at the yard, Wu Yue first apologized to a few people, asked for a bucket of water, washed his face and changed his clothes.
When Wu Yue came out of the room, wearing a sky-blue suit and a men's ponytail similar to Xue Xiuyi's, Min Xuelou and the other three were stunned when they saw her.
It’s not because of Wu Yue’s beauty, but because of her youth.
Although they had guessed Wu Yue was not very old by hearing his voice, they only thought that he was in his early twenties.
But now looking at Wu Yue's face, they felt that she was most likely no older than eighteen!
Coming back to her senses, Mu Chunhua couldn't help but smile and said, "Master Wu is really young, I wonder how old he is?"
Wu Yue did not intend to hide her age, and replied with a smile: "I celebrated my seventeenth birthday half a month ago, so I should be eighteen now."
Upon hearing this, Mu Chunhua and the others looked at each other and saw a bitter smile on each other's lips.
This person is younger than all of them, but of higher seniority than all of them. It was a little difficult for them to get used to it at first.
At this time, Wu Yue said: "Although I am older than you, I have only been following Master for two months. I don't know much about our sect and the martial arts world. I will need your guidance in the future.
Therefore, you don’t have to treat me as an elder in private, just... treat me as a new disciple who has just entered the sect.”
Tie Xiong heard this and said, "I have only been following Master and Grandmaster for more than a month. You can treat me as a new disciple."
After hearing this, Min Xuelou and the other three looked at each other, then they all clasped their fists and said, "We dare not!"
Just like that, the atmosphere in the courtyard became awkward for a moment.
Although Wu Yue knew some social skills, she didn't know what to do when she first met these younger disciples who were older than her. After thinking for a while, she had to change the subject and said, "Shall I talk about what Master told me to do first?"
…
Huang Sansheng has been feeling a little depressed lately.
Originally, he thought that taking the risk and agreeing to gather information for the female warrior a month ago would be a turning point in his life.
Unexpectedly, a month had passed and he had almost spent all the silver, but the female warrior still hadn't come to see him again.
If that were all, he wouldn't be so depressed.
The key point is that he was targeted by a powerful swordsman.
Thinking of this, Huang Sansheng looked towards the direction of Wenchang Temple again, and sure enough, he saw the guy standing in a shadow facing him sideways.
Although this group changed their surveillance positions every day, Huang Sansheng was not stupid. He saw this person around him every day, so how could he not know that he was being targeted?
"Well, it's better that the female warrior doesn't come. If she has a grudge against the male swordsman and they start fighting in front of my stall, I'm afraid I'll be the one who gets hurt."
Thinking of this, Huang Sansheng's depression dissipated a little.
However, when he scanned the pedestrians coming and going in front of Wenchang Temple to see who looked like someone who needed a letter written for him, his eyes suddenly fixed in a certain direction.
There, a man wearing a black gauze hat and a black robe was walking towards this side.
'It's her. She's coming!'
Huang Sansheng's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but look nervously at the swordsman standing in the shadow, fearing that the swordsman would come over and fight with the female warrior.
Fortunately, things did not develop like this. The swordsman did not move, as if he did not notice the situation here.
The female warrior had already come to his stall, stretched out her hand, and showed him one or two taels of silver.
"Where is the information I asked you to find out?" asked the female warrior.
Huang Sansheng looked greedily at the small silver ingot, and hurriedly took out a stack of papers covered with small words from under the stall, saying, "I have written down all the information I have obtained on this paper, please have a look."
As he spoke, he carefully handed over the paper.
The female warrior took it and quickly flipped through it, then said, "You did a good job... You don't need to ask about the news of Wuji Dao, and you should pay more attention to the news of Tianle Palace in the future.
This tael of silver is your reward for finding out the news about Wuji Dao, and the other tael is the fee for you to find out the news about Tianle Palace.
It is still somewhat taboo to get information, so don't be so obvious in the future, and save your life."
Huang Sansheng looked at the two silver ingots on the table, his eyes sparkling. He put them into his sleeves and nodded hurriedly, "Thank you for your advice, lady. I will be careful."
When he looked up after he finished speaking, he found that there .
He subconsciously looked towards the place where the swordsman was hiding, but found that there was no one there.
"Oh no!" Huang Sansheng slapped his thigh in anger, "I forgot to remind that female knight that someone is watching me... But, if I really told her, she would probably not let me help her get information anymore, right?"
For a moment, Huang Sansheng became worried and anxious.
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Wu Yue walked deeper into the alley and suddenly turned around at a section of the road surrounded by walls on both sides.
The middle-aged man following behind wanted to hide, but found there was no suitable place, and was seen by Wu Yue.
"Do you know I'm following you?" The man held the hilt of the knife, stared at Wu Yue, and asked in a cold voice.
"You're following me too obviously." Wu Yue acted very calmly, "Tell me, what is your purpose in following me?"
"Why are you asking about the Wuji Dao?" the man asked.
Wu Yue grasped the hilt of the sword and said, "It seems that you are unwilling to cooperate."
"snort!"
The man snorted coldly , drew his sword and flew towards Wu Yue.
As soon as the man made a move, Wu Yue knew that he was a strong martial artist, and she couldn't help but feel a little nervous. After all, this was her first time fighting with other martial artists in real life.
However, just as she drew her sword and was about to engage the man, a flash of sword light came over at an angle and slashed the man's right wrist at an extremely tricky angle.
With a clang, the man's knife fell to the ground.
Before he could make any other move, the cold sword fell on his neck.
Suddenly, the man froze.
"Min...Xue Lou, why are you attacking me so quickly?" Wu Yue was not .
Min Xuelou didn't look at Wu Yue, but stared at the man and said, "This man has at least the sixth level of acquired strength. Uncle Shi is no match for him. Moreover, he is from the Golden Sword Sect!"
When saying the latter sentence, Min Xuelou clenched his teeth, and the murderous intent in his body almost turned into reality.
