Bao Gu shouted, “What’s good about that! Beaten and trampled on, my dad said you can’t just bully people, but if someone bullies you to your doorstep, you can’t just be weak and let them bully you.”
Nanshan Yijian asked, “You have a dad?”
Bao Gu, annoyed, asked back, “Who doesn’t have a dad? How would I have come into this world without one?” Forget it, she didn’t want to argue with a madman. While they were talking, Bao Gu saw dozens of figures falling from the sky like dumplings, firmly surrounding them.
Yu Mi looked around and said coldly, “Taiyin Sect is really showing off its might!”
An old man in his sixties, wearing a jade crown and with a moon pattern embroidered on his chest, scolded, “Yu Mi, you, a junior, have no right to speak!”
Yu Mi proudly said, “I command a peak at Xuantian Sect, and you, an old man of humble origin, dare to say I have no right to speak? What, relying on your age to act superior? Don’t you know there’s a saying about being old and shameless? Uneducated and lacking manners? If you’re uneducated and don’t know manners, then roll back to Taiyin Sect and stop embarrassing yourself here!”
The old man laughed loudly, “Hahaha! What a big talk, commanding a peak, that’s hilarious! How many people do you have in your Lingyun Peak?”
Yu Mi said, “My Lingyun Peak alone is worth ten, a hundred of your Taiyin Sect! What’s the use of having many people? They’re all useless! In a direct fight between a seventh-stage Foundation Building and a fourth-stage Qi Refining, the latter was killed in less than a hundred moves, what a great achievement!” She sighed, then turned back to Bao Gu and asked, “Weren’t you using an axe?”
Bao Gu said with grievance, “The axe was taken by you, so I had to use a sword!” She scratched her head, “Switching from an axe to a sword, I’ve only practiced for half a month, not used to it. Senior sister, when will you return my axe? I guarantee I can split him in two with two swings of the axe, definitely won’t take this long!”
Yu Mi chuckled, raised her hand, and threw Bao Gu’s axe back to her, saying, “Here! You’re better off using a sword!”
The old man, infuriated by the banter between the sisters, stepped forward to capture Yu Mi, but a voice from behind him said, “Hold on!”
A handsome man in a moonlight-colored robe and wearing a jade crown stepped forward, looked at Nanshan Yijian with faint shoe print marks on his chest, and cupped his fists, “I find your face familiar, could it be an old acquaintance?”
Nanshan Yijian glanced at the man, then turned his head back to continue observing Bao Gu.
Yu Mi laughed, “An old acquaintance? If he’s an old acquaintance, wouldn’t you recognize him? Are you here to seek relations or acknowledge old ties? Sect Master Xue, if you’re scared, please leave!”
Sect Master Xue looked coldly at Yu Mi and said, “Immortal Yu Mi, you’re being presumptuous. I respect your master as a person, giving him a bit of face, but don’t push your luck!”
Nanshan Yijian suddenly said, “I cannot accept you as my disciple.”
Bao Gu looked at Nanshan Yijian speechlessly, “I didn’t plan to take you as my master, I have a master.”
Nanshan Yijian said, “Call him out, I want to compare swords with him.”
Bao Gu said, “My master is in seclusion, I haven’t even seen him, I don’t even know if he’s male or female, how can I call him out?”
Nanshan Yijian said, “After he comes out of seclusion, let him come to Xuan Yue Ancient City to find me.” He suddenly seemed to remember something, looking around as if searching for someone.
Bao Gu thought, “This is bad, he’s going to go mad again!” She quickly stepped forward and said, “I know who you’re looking for, but first, do me a favor!”
Nanshan Yijian asked, “Why should I help you?”
Bao Gu said, “Because I brought you to Xuan Yue Ancient City, right? You don’t remember? You’ve eaten my beef, my steamed buns, the clothes you were wearing were bought by me.”
Nanshan Yijian looked at Bao Gu in disbelief, “Impossible!”
Bao Gu shouted, “What’s impossible! I used my dowry silver to buy you food and clothes! The innkeeper and my senior sister can vouch for me!” As she spoke, she pulled Yu Mi in front of Nanshan Yijian.
Nanshan Yijian stared into Yu Mi’s eyes, “Don’t lie to me!”
Yu Mi said, “I’m not lying to you. You’re not clear-headed, you might not remember.”
Nanshan Yijian asked, “How do you know I’m not clear-headed?”
Bao Gu was shocked and thought, “Wow, the madman actually knows he’s mad?”
Yu Mi said, “If you weren’t unclear-headed, how could you have ended up as a beggar, and how could Bao Gu have mistaken you for a beggar and helped you?”
“So that’s it!” Nanshan Yijian said, then fell into thought. After a long silence, he asked, “Why did I end up as a beggar?”
Yu Mi said, “Because your mind wasn’t clear.”
Nanshan Yijian asked again, “Why wasn’t my mind clear?”
Yu Mi really wanted to say, “Because you’re mad!” She realized she had actually been arguing with a madman for so long.
Nanshan Yijian didn’t get an answer and didn’t ask further, but fell silent again. He silently wrapped his arms around himself and walked towards the street corner, shrinking under the eaves, leaning against the wall, and curling up there.
Bao Gu quickly ran to Nanshan Yijian and squatted down, “Don’t you think it’s pitiful to squat here? If she knew you were like this, she would be unhappy. If we change places to squat, she’ll be happy!”
Nanshan Yijian asked, “Then where to squat?”
Bao Gu smiled brightly, “My home! You can also help me watch the house and drive away some bad guys, I’ll provide food and lodging. Look at you sitting here, being lazy, it’s really not proper!”
Nanshan Yijian looked at Bao Gu blankly.
Bao Gu asked, “Are you coming? I’ll pay you! I also have divine medicine that can help people break through to the Nascent Soul stage!”
Nanshan Yijian suddenly stood up, asking in surprise, “Really?”
Bao Gu also stood up, “Are you afraid I’ll deceive you? If you don’t believe me, come with me, and I’ll show you.”
Nanshan Yijian asked, “What is it?”
Bao Gu said, “Heavenly Spirit Fruit! Earthly Spirit Fruit! Primordial Spirit Fruit!”
Nanshan Yijian said, “You’re lying.”
Bao Gu thought for a moment, “What were you staring at me for just now? You should have seen what I have, right? You think I have that and still would deceive you?” She had the Xuantian Sword on her, and Nanshan Yijian was the supreme among swords. She had used sword qi in the fight just now, she didn’t believe that with Nanshan Yijian’s strength and vision, he couldn’t see the traces of the Xuantian Sword on her.
Nanshan Yijian stared at Bao Gu for a while, then shifted his gaze to the little monkey on her shoulder, “Alright, I agree. I’ll watch your house and protect it, and you give me the Heavenly Spirit Fruit, Earthly Spirit Fruit, and Primordial Spirit Fruit.”
Bao Gu laughed, “Deal, three claps to seal the oath!”
Nanshan Yijian raised his palm and clapped with Bao Gu to seal the oath.
Bao Gu showed a happy smile.
Nanshan Yijian took a deep breath as if pardoned, showing a warm and gentle smile. That handsome face with such a smile made the snowy region seem sunny.
Bao Gu watched Nanshan Yijian relax, her smile gradually fading, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable. She thought Nanshan Yijian might not be mad, just unable to accept the blow of losing his beloved, deluding himself and living in memories to escape. She told him she had the Heavenly Spirit Fruit, Earthly Spirit Fruit, and Primordial Spirit Fruit to give him hope of saving his beloved, a hopeful lie so he wouldn’t be so sad and desperate. If one day, she had someone she loved, she definitely wouldn’t let herself and her loved one end up like Nanshan Yijian and Su Yunxi.
Bao Gu said to Nanshan Yijian, “Then follow me now.”
Nanshan Yijian nodded lightly.
Bao Gu turned her head to Yu Mi, who was stunned like a wooden chicken, and shouted, “Senior sister, let’s go!” She then waved to Sect Master Lu, who was gathering disciples of Qingfeng Pavilion, and shouted, “Sect Master Lu, let’s go! I’ve invited the person for you!”
Sect Master Lu had been paying attention to Bao Gu’s side and heard the conversation between Bao Gu and Nanshan Yijian clearly. If he hadn’t heard it with his own ears, if he didn’t know Nanshan Yijian was mad, he really wanted to dig out his ears to check if there was a problem because he heard it wrong.
A Nascent Soul cultivator from Taiyin Sect shouted, “You think you can just walk away after killing a disciple of Taiyin Sect in broad daylight?”
Bao Gu looked at the cultivator very calmly and said word by word, “I have a bodyguard.”
The Nascent Soul cultivator laughed, “Finding someone who looks like Nanshan Yijian, who are you trying to fool? Even if he is Nanshan Yijian, I’m not afraid of him.”
Bao Gu glanced at the Nascent Soul cultivator and silently said, “You’re seeking death!” She slowly walked towards Qingfeng Pavilion.
The Nascent Soul cultivator hesitated for a moment, then suddenly rushed towards Bao Gu with the speed of lightning.
Bao Gu saw the Nascent Soul cultivator move, just about to hide behind Nanshan Yijian, but the Nascent Soul cultivator had already reached her. Bao Gu quickly activated all her protective talismans and closed her eyes waiting for the outcome—
She smelled the scent of blood in the air, very carefully opened half an eye to peek, and found that the Nascent Soul cultivator was not in front of her, she was still standing in her original spot.
Next to her, a wave of exclamations erupted.
“Nanshan Yijian!”
“Nanshan’s supreme sword, unmatched in Xuan Yue!”
“Heaven!”
Bao Gu felt movement under her feet, she looked down and screamed in shock! On the ground in front of her lay a person, or more accurately, a person split in half from the middle! Intestines spilled all over the ground… Bao Gu only glanced once and dared not look a second time.
Another scream of agony rang out.
Bao Gu looked in the direction of the scream, only to see blood splattering among the crowd of Taiyin Sect surrounding her, bodies instantly splitting open…
A panicked shout came from the direction of Taiyin Sect, “Retreat!”
Amidst the shouting, blood splattered, staining the white snow on the ground red.
Yu Mi shouted, “Let’s go!” She grabbed Bao Gu onto a flying sword and fled desperately.
Bao Gu turned her head after being pulled onto the flying sword by Yu Mi, only to see the crowd that had tightly blocked the large street now fleeing. A cold light swept through the crowd, where it passed, blood splattered, and a living person was instantly split in half. The main street of the city of cultivators turned into hell in an instant.
Then, the light of magical treasures exploded in the sky, causing Bao Gu’s eardrums to buzz with pain. The shockwave from the explosion of the magical treasures blew Yu Mi and Bao Gu flying off the flying sword.
Yu Mi was so shaken that she couldn’t even gather her energy, she could only tightly protect Bao Gu. Seeing that they were about to hit the ground, to avoid crushing Bao Gu to death, she exerted all her strength to flip in mid-air, placing herself under Bao Gu, then forcefully hit the ground, causing her to feel dizzy and her internal organs to violently shake…
Bao Gu fell in a mess, dazed for a while before getting up. She had just caught her breath when she saw Yu Mi lying beside her, blood oozing from her mouth. She shouted, “Senior sister!”
Bao Gu heard the “squeak” of the Duobao Spirit Monkey from behind, she turned her head to see the Duobao Spirit Monkey peeking out from under the roof tiles, its little paws covering its face as if it couldn’t bear to look directly. Bao Gu shouted, “Little monkey, quickly save senior sister!”
The Duobao Spirit Monkey shook its head, “squeaking” as if to say, “I won’t save her.”
Another explosion sounded in the sky, shaking the air.
Suddenly, Master Feng appeared beside Bao Gu, picked up the unconscious Yu Mi, grabbed Bao Gu by the tiger skin belt, and lifted Bao Gu into the sky, rushing away from the direction of the fight. His speed was extremely fast, the cold wind almost froze Bao Gu, her head and tiger skin outfit were all covered in ice, she felt like her lungs were frozen with every breath, forcing Bao Gu to desperately circulate her true qi to resist the cold.
Fortunately, they didn’t fly far before Feng Shibo landed on the ground and let go.
The frozen Bao Gu fell to the ground.
Master Feng carried the seriously injured Yu Mi into the house, first fed her a few pills, then checked Yu Mi’s injuries again, and placed her on the bed without further attention. He went straight out of the yard, picked up the frozen Bao Gu who couldn’t get up, brought her into the house, and poured a few sips of spirit wine into Bao Gu, finally easing her condition.
Suddenly, another painful howl sounded outside, “Ah—” followed by loud wailing, the sound was exactly the same as the crying sound Bao Gu heard from Nanshan Yijian that night in the inn.
Bao Gu, holding the wine jug, timidly looked at Master Feng and said, “Is this a Nascent Soul stage madman going mad?” She didn’t know how many people had died, she looked back several times and saw people dying, blood everywhere…
Master Feng nodded, gently patted Bao Gu, and said, “Take care of yourself, he should still come looking for you, I’m going back to Xuantian Sect now. If there’s anything, ring the bell to notify me, if it’s Nanshan Yijian going mad, don’t ask me for help, I can’t save you, don’t drag me down.” After saying that, he quickly ran out of the courtyard, borrowed a teleportation formation from Lv Sect Master, and fled Xuan Yue Ancient City at the fastest speed.
After sending Feng Shibo away, Sect Master Lu was anxiously pacing back and forth. He really wanted to send Yu Mi and Bao Gu to Taiyin Sect to deal with Nanshan Yijian! Who would have thought that the people from Taiyin Sect, not knowing whether they were alive or dead, would try to test the authenticity of Nanshan Yijian, and now, having tested it, the consequences were dire! He promised to protect Bao Gu, sending her away would be against morality, and Bao Gu had told him before inviting Nanshan Yijian that there was something strange about it, if anything went wrong, she couldn’t be blamed.
A grandmaster facing a little girl breaking his word, it’s not appropriate. Most importantly, with Bao Gu there, it might not necessarily be a problem. He decided to avoid it for now, leaving Nanshan Yijian to Bao Gu and Yu Mi to deal with. After hesitating for a moment, Sect Master Lu immediately notified all Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators under him to avoid the situation, the remaining disciples to stay put, then stepped onto the teleportation formation and fled to Xuantian Sect to find Master Feng to avoid the storm.
