Chapter 435 Uncle Fang
Seeing the beggar-like youth instantly change his expression, Su Buwang smelt a rat and began to run away without a word.
But before he could leave by flying his sword, he felt that his neck got tight, and the scenery on his both sides quickly recede. Less than the time of a breath, he was taken back to the bonfire.
“Why do you run? You haven’t got rid of the cold pneuma in your body.”
There was anger in the beggar-like youth’s voice, and a trace of disbelief and surprise that Su Buwang didn’t detect.
Su Buwang laughed awkwardly for a moment with his eyes rolling. After he realized he had no chance to escape, he finally wailed with a long face, “Senior, I’m not a member of the Shengtian Shrine! Those three guys were after me. I’m so sorry that you were involved, Senior!”
“I see.”
The beggar-like youth checked Su Buwang’s face with a smile in his eyes, “I felt it strange just now. Why those people from Shengtian Shrine did not learn their lessons and sent killers with lower strength than last time. It turned out that you were the target. You want to follow me, because you want me to be your bodyguard?”
Su Buwang was relieved when he found the beggar-like youth did not get angry. He smiled embarrassedly and said,
“Senior, you must be kidding. I have never got well with Shengtian Shrine. So have you. Since we have the same enemy, we should deal with the enemy together. And it is possible that I may get more powerful than you in the future and destroy Shengtian Shrine at one go. Don’t you think so?”
The beggar-like youth was stunned when he saw Su Buwang playing cute.
“Is he… your son?”
“He doesn’t look like you at all. Your calmness and wisdom seemed not to be inherited by him. On the contrary, he is very lively…”
Su Buwang crossed his legs and sensed for a few moments. He found that the cold pneuma in his body had been cleared completely. Then he put on his clothes quickly. But when he noticed the beggar-like youth was staring at him and absent-minded, he got goosebumps.
Couldn’t he be… that kind of person?
Su Buwang felt this thought was disgusting and quickly removed it from his mind. However, he could not help but panic and asked carefully, “Senior, why are you looking at me all the time?”
The beggar-like youth returned to his senses immediately. He turned his head and said casually, “Nothing. You just reminded me of some old memories.”
“Oh oh…”
Su Buwang echoed but wondered in his heart. They just got to know each other on this day, and how could he remind the senior of his old memories?
What a liar!
“Is he really that kind of person?”
When Su Buwang felt uneasy, the beggar-like youth suddenly asked, “What do you want to accomplish when you came to Desperate Lake?”
“Of course to find my mother!”
Su Buwang patted his chest. He didn’t notice that the beggar-like youth’s countenance under his messy hair changed. Su Buwang continued, “My mother has been missing for many years. Although I don’t know where she is, she is certainly still alive! And I must find her!”
“Did… your father tell you all these things?”
The beggar-like youth seemed to suppress something under his voice sounded different than his usual voice.
Once Su Buwang heard that word, he also changed his expression and hummed, “Senior, I have no father! My father died long ago in a particularly miserable way! I overheard everything about my mother. That’s why I escaped… came out to find her.”
“You’d better try hard to find her.”
The beggar-like youth lowered his voice and his tone calmed down. But the light in his eyes brightened a lot suddenly.
Su Buwang was still alive.
He was quite surprised. When he returned to the sect back then, the first news he heard was that “the Lord of Evil of Shengtian Shrine returned with his son”, and the second news “the Lord of Evil killed his son in front of all his concubines!”
That scene was witnessed by lots of people. He always thought Su Buwang had already gone. He never expected that this kid survived and reached the early stage of Yuanying Realm.
Was that person… soft-hearted?
According to the kid’s tone, he seemed to have a very unpleasant life in Shengtian Shrine these years. He needed to be more patient to know the details.
The beggar-like youth slightly lowered his eyes, and his frustration vanished.
At this moment, Su Buwang sensed that the youth in front of him seemed to be a little different, but he couldn’t tell what it was.
A freezing wind blew over. Su Buwang shivered. Suddenly, he heard the youth sighed.
“Boy, in future… call me Uncle Fang.”
…
At the top of Heiyun Mount, Shengtian Shrine.
In front of a lofty hall stood Ling Li in a red robe. His snow-white hair covered his wizened face and gloomy eyes. It smelled of blood in the air.
After standing in silence for a moment, he pushed the door and walked in. A line of blood was left after his steps.
“You are back?”
The shadow in the darkness turned around and praised, “Well done. Three out of the four top talents in Ankui Valley have been executed and most of the core disciples have been killed by you. The next top of the Tianjiao List will definitely stay in our Shengtian Shrine.”
Ling Li stood silently and stared coldly at the black shadow.
The atmosphere was quiet for a moment but broken by the black shadow’s laughter, “What? Are you expecting a reward? No matter whether you have a relation with me or not, the blood in your body belongs to our Ling Family. Therefore, it is your mission to work for Shengtian Shrine! Li…”
“I’m tired of hearing the words of Lihen Tablet.”
Ling Li finally spoke in a calm tone. A chilly silver light was reflected in his narrow eyes, “How did you find Su Buwang?”
“Oh? You already found out?”
The black shadow revealed a smile, “That bastard was really stupid. Even if he wears a Yang jade-bone mask, he always uses his real name and leaves traces everywhere. So, it was not difficult for me to find him. But he was extremely hard to kill. I have sent several groups of people to kill him but they failed.”
“I told you not to kill him.”
Ling Li spoke slowly. And a pressure arose around him, but it had no effect on the black shadow.
The black shadow narrowed his eyes and glanced at Ling Li’s clothes where blood was dripping. “We have done with the issue of Huangxing Palace, so there is no need to keep him alive. Bloodline is more important than anything else. As you know, I would never allow…”
“He’s not the people of Ling Family.”
Ling Li interrupted the black shadow, and revealed his killing intent in his words, “I can kill the top talents of Ankui Valley, so I can do the same to those from Shengtian Shrine.”
“How dare you!!”
The black shadow got angry, while Ling Li laughed coldly, “Not all the people of Shengtian Shrine are from the Ling Family, so I will not break my oath. It is not a good deal to lose the top position of Tiaojiao List in this year just because of Su Buwang.”
“Are you threatening me? Ling Li, it seems that you think you have enough power and dare to disobey me?”
The black shadow approached Ling Li slowly. But Ling Li just smiled, “No, I dare not. I’m just stating a fact. The Great Lord of Shengtian Palace will never do a losing business. I… am on my way.”
With these words, Ling Li nodded slightly and left. And the faint smell of blood spread out.
The black shadow was silent as if he were building up his anger. However, it did not break out even after Ling Li disappeared out of the palace gate.
“Keep an eye on Su Buwang. After the Tianjiao List was settled… make a move.”
“Yes, Great Lord!”
—
In an adytum, Ling Li expressionlessly took off his red robe and threw it aside. Countless wounds could be seen all over his body. Some of them were so deep and even the bones or throbbing organs could be seen.
It wasn’t that easy to kill the second top talent of Ankui Valley and dozens of inherited disciples who had the chance to become top talents.
Especially when he could not expose his origin during the fight, the only chance to win was to fight for his life.
He looked into the water mirror emerged in the nothingness, and touched the hole next to his heart. A ray of sharp metal shaving was left there and eroded the flesh and blood around it.
This stab of a spear almost sent him to see his dear Li…
“Ling Li, don’t go killing anymore!”
A half mirror floating beside him reflected Jing Xin’s tear-stained face.
It seemed that Ling Li didn’t hear that. He deployed a healing tactical matrix plate and sat in its center. However, he did not get into the trance state. Instead, he thought something and took out a jade-bone mask—Yin jade-bone mask.
Sensing a trace of vague pneuma on the mask, Ling Li’s cold face softened.
“I should have come to you early, but every time I think of Wang…”
How could he feel at ease, especially… that old guy traced Wang’s track? Although Ling Li temporarily stabilized the situation with the Tianjiao List, once the list was settled, Wang would certainly be in danger again.
“Before the settlement of Tianjiao List, I have to send Wang to Tianhe Sect! At least, I will send him to a sect that Shengtian Shrine doesn’t dare to reach…”
When Ling Li was thinking, he powerlessly fell to the ground and fell into a deep sleep. Green fluorescence was still shining from the healing tactical matrix plate. And sobs of Jing Xin came out vaguely.
—
In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
It was quiet and peaceful in Jiuzhou Region. Except for some fights between some small sects, quietness dominated the twenty-five sects. And no one ever mentioned the thing happened in the tea party for immortals.
At this moment, in the seemingly calm Tea Peak of Yuxu Sect, Su Li’s face was as pale as a piece of paper. She stood quietly in front of the core of the turquoise tea plant. When she saw the blood color added to the core of the tea plant, she smiled.
At that moment, Bizhui’s face emerged on the core surface of the tea plant and it looked less lively than a month before.
“Master.”
Roots swayed and surrounded Su Li. That scene seemed that stars twinkled around the bright moon or people paid respects to a queen.
Black Lotus in the Black Lotus Ring gazed at the puppet-like tea treant and got a chilly feeling in his heart.
Why did Su Li’s talent awake so quickly and strangely? To his surprise, he had not noticed that at all. How did Su Li know that?
Su Li pursed her lips and asked softly, “Tell me about my past in details. What’s the daughter of luck on earth?”
“Yes, Master.”
Bizhui answered numbly, “I have heard lots of legends about daughters of luck. Those women are born to gather luck into their bodies and will encounter lots of opportunities. This kind of woman is uniquely talented in the cultivation circle!”
“The natural law has its own rules and never allows the existence of such women. Therefore, a daughter of luck will never be born in a normal way. Every previous daughter of luck was arranged to be born by those fortune-telling mighty people through their deliberate soothsaying.”
Bizhui stopped and woodenly stared at Su Li, “Master, all your experience since you were born was deliberately arranged by others. You keep collecting luck and providing it for others until… you are punished by the heaven and resented by the people and can’t get a peaceful end!”
