Chapter 937: Chapter 936 Let’s Make a Deal_1
The oppressive atmosphere was broken by someone.
Tao Bo remembered that the voice was from the waiter who led them into the private room. Angered that his good moment was ruined by such a person, he shouted, "Get out!"
His voice was not loud, but he secretly used his inner strength, enough to shake an ordinary person into losing their wits.
"How dare you!"
Another pleasant voice rang out almost simultaneously, and the two sound waves canceled each other out. For a moment, the air inside the private room trembled.
Yu Yourong stared coldly at Tao Bo, "Is this why you learn martial arts, to bully the good and the weak? Do you have no regard for the teachings I imparted to you?"
To outsiders, the Longevity Sect was a righteous sect, known for supporting justice, which made Yu Yourong’s scolding change Tao Bo’s complexion drastically. He hurriedly bowed his head, but a cold and venomous look flashed through the depths of his eyes.
Helian Duba said indistinctly, "Since the person wasn’t hurt, why does Junior Sister Yu need to be so angry and disturb the peace?"
However, Yu Yourong’s heart trembled.
She had intentionally matched force with force just now, aiming to destroy the wine glass, but another force had appeared in time. Compared to that force, the power of the sound waves she and Tao Bo generated was not even one-tenth as strong.
This Helian Duba, his power has reached such a terrifying level.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it seems a friend is looking for me. I should go out and see, so as not to be accused of the Longevity Sect being too high and mighty."
Without waiting for others to speak, Yu Yourong stood up first and walked out of the private room with proper decorum.
Helian Duba’s expression remained unchanged, but the corners of his mouth curled into a mocking smile.
Did he not see through such tricks?
But, what’s the fun in a woman who’s too easy to get? In Helian Duba’s eyes, the more proud and disdainful Yu Yourong acted towards him, the greater the sense of achievement he would feel when he finally had her underneath him, completely possessed.
After leaving the private room, Yu Yourong’s mind just settled, feeling that the quickly rising Helian Duba posed a great danger. She even had the illusion that he did not take her identity as the Saintess seriously, treating her as if a cat were toying with a mouse.
Pushing aside these distracting thoughts, Yu Yourong quickly asked the waiter who was looking for her. Despite her confusion, without that person, she truly would have been in a difficult position to extricate herself from.
The waiter, with a flushed face, pointed toward a window seat in the main hall, where a sallow middle-aged man was drinking by himself: "It’s this guest here."
Following the indication, Yu Yourong was stunned as if struck by lightning.
The man appeared ordinary and seemed very down-and-out, but how could she forget such a uniquely carefree and unrivaled demeanor? She had seen it only on one person, whom she dreamed and thought of every day.
"Is it you?"
Yu Yourong walked over and sat opposite the man.
"It’s me."
The man said with a smile.
A strange conversation, but Yu Yourong’s eyes reddened, filled with joy and reproach, "How could you, you stinker, come to Daxia and not look for me?"
As soon as she said it, Yu Yourong felt ashamed.
Such a coquettish tone was not befitting of her, but ever since she left Rainbow Island, she often remembered everything that had transpired, unable to erase the figure in the green robe from her mind.
She thought that he must have noticed the commotion in the private room and came to her rescue; the indecent words she had in mind jumped out.
"Wronged, haven’t I come to find you? By the way, where is Miss Bai?"
Shi Xiaole said with a smile.
Yu Yourong let out a sigh of relief, then said in a low voice, "I don’t know. After leaving Rainbow State that day, I waited a long time before taking a boat off a small island. But Junior Sister Bai disappeared without a trace. I inquired around, and Young Master Evil, along with many others, hasn’t shown up either."
Just as he thought.
Shi Xiaole had been wondering whether everyone managed to get out after the collapse of Rainbow Island, perhaps only a very few were fortunate to escape.
Yu Yourong’s words undoubtedly confirmed his guess.
Just as she was about to say something else, the sound of footsteps came from behind, "Junior Sister Yu, won’t you introduce us? Who is this swordsman?"
Out of curiosity and anger, Tao Bo and a few others had followed her out.
Seeing Yu Yourong chatting with an unattractive man and seeming quite agitated, Tao Bo used a secret method to observe him and discovered that the man was merely a peak Earth Immortal. He couldn’t help but mock him.
Yu Yourong said, "This is a good friend I’ve made in the Martial World."
"May I ask the swordsman’s name?"
Tao Bo asked.
"Le Yan."
Shi Xiaole said.
Filtering through the information, Tao Bo had never heard the name and looked down on Shi Xiaole, concealing his disdain and scorn before saying with a sigh, "Junior Sister Yu, it’s hard to know one’s true intentions from their appearance. This Sword Master Le Yan comes from an unclear background, you’d better be careful. Everyone is waiting for you, please hurry back."
Yu Yourong replied calmly, "Whom I befriend or talk to, do I need your permission?"
"Junior Sister Yu, I’m looking out for you. You’re the foremost among the seven Saintesses, and Senior Brother Helian has already spoken. To prevent you from being harmed by villains, when necessary, we must take on the duty of protecting you and eliminate the riffraff!"
As he said the last sentence, an invisible pressure suddenly surged from Tao Bo, pressing hard on Shi Xiaole. The other Longevity Sect disciples looked on with schadenfreude.
Being both peak Earth Immortals, Tao Bo naturally had much stronger power than some scattered Martial World practitioners. Too bad for this Le Yan, he had the misfortune to provoke Senior Brother Helian.
In the eyes of these disciples, Yu Yourong was regarded as their goddess, and they felt both jealous and resentful towards Shi Xiaole.
They expected the sallow middle-aged man to make a fool of himself; however, the pressure Tao Bo placed on him seemed to vanish into thin air, and the next moment, with a loud bang!
The smug Tao Bo was suddenly sent rolling away, tumbling like a rubber ball, continuing until he crashed through the door of the private room where the Longevity Sect disciples were, head over heels, spitting out blood, in an extremely sorry state.
"Hmm?"
The smiles on the Longevity Sect disciples’ faces froze.
Even inside the private box, where Helian Duba and the other disciples were idly waiting for the result, everyone was quite surprised.
Only Yu Yourong anxiously transmitted in secret, "Big Brother Shi, you better leave first. I will come to find you later."
She knew Shi Xiaole’s character well and never doubted his talent and strength; she had even discreetly inquired about his affairs in Sky City.
Her concerns stemmed from her assumption that Shi Xiaole had resorted to some heaven-defying secret technique to kill the Yellow Jade Sword Emperor and the Asura Martial Emperor, a deed that must have come at a great cost!
Otherwise, he would have already killed Murong Chun.
Helian Duba’s strength might not be on par with Murong Chun’s, but as a Martial Emperor of the Void Origin Realm, how could he be comparable to Shi Xiaole, who was merely at the peak of the Divine Barrier Realm?
"You dare harm me?"
Tao Bo stood up, his eyes like those of a wild beast, filled with barely concealed resentment and venom.
"You covertly launch a sneak attack on me and then turn around to blame me? Longevity Sect, what a ’righteous and reputable’ sect indeed," Shi Xiaole said with a smile.
Murmurs of surprise spread through the surroundings.
The disciples of the Longevity Sect in the private box, although angry, uncharacteristically stayed still.
The fear of public censure is powerful. If Tao Bo’s sneak attack had succeeded, that would have been it, but now that he had been exposed, no one was foolish enough to come forward and tarnish the Longevity Sect’s reputation on his behalf.
Tao Bo also realized the gravity of the situation, with an ashen face he had to suppress his murderous intent and said with a forced laugh, "I mistakenly thought Swordsman Le had other designs on Junior Sister Yu. For any offense, I hope for your generous forgiveness."
After giving Shi Xiaole a deep look as if to commit his face to memory, Tao Bo silently returned to the private box, followed by the equally embarrassed Longevity Sect disciples.
Yu Yourong sighed, knowing that staying longer would only harm Shi Xiaole. So with a reluctant heart, she secretly arranged a meeting place with him and left.
Hisss!
Unnoticed by many, an invisible psychic dart suddenly penetrated Shi Xiaole’s forehead at lightning speed, as if attempting to shatter his mental will.
In the guesthouse’s back courtyard, a middle-aged man with a goatee smiled sinisterly.
For daring to tarnish the reputation of his Longevity Sect, one must pay the price! He didn’t believe a fool’s words would be trusted over his own.
"Our Third Senior Brother..."
The male and female in the two adjacent upper rooms sensed all this, both showing unexpected expressions, but it was already too late for them to intervene.
In the private box, Helian Duba, who was preparing to teach Shi Xiaole a lesson, smiled faintly. Indeed, soiling his hands over a mere Terrestrial Immortal seemed beneath him.
"Alas."
Shi Xiaole sighed, put down his wine glass, and indifferently looked in a certain direction.
While the goateed man was inwardly gloating, the psychic dart suddenly rebounded toward the back courtyard at a higher speed, alarming both the man and the woman present.
"Puh... Argh!"
The goateed elder fell from his bed to the ground, his face turning pale as he clutched his head, writhing and emitting agonized screams.
Whoosh whoosh.
Two figures leaped into the room, and the man checked the goateed elder’s condition, his pupils constricting in shock, "Half of his spiritual power is wasted, he is likely to become a madman from now on!"
Hisss!
The woman gasped in shock, her face turning pale.
The Third Senior Brother was on the threshold of the Void Origin Realm, with powerful spiritual force being his forte, even an average Void Origin Martial Emperor might not outmatch him; unexpectedly, in a situation where he calculated without anticipation of resistance, he was left crippled.
Could it be that Le Yan was a master in disguise?
They realized they had offended someone they should not have.
Crack!
In the puzzled gaze of the disciples, Helian Duba crushed the wine glass in his hand. Coming to his senses and about to take personal action, he found that Shi Xiaole had disappeared.
"Quite the quick escape. Next time I see you, you will certainly pay!"
Although he didn’t care about the Third Elder’s life and death, the Third Elder was after all an old dog that supported him; Helian Duba considered Shi Xiaole as good as dead internally.
Of course, Shi Xiaole’s departure wasn’t because he feared the Longevity Sect; he was concerned about Yu Yourong. He was afraid that if he stayed, he might not be able to restrain himself from wiping out the Longevity Sect’s people in a single blow.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Shi Xiaole’s gaze sharpened as if he saw three familiar faces entering Mist Rain Town. How had they journeyed from the Western Sea Islands to this place?
Shi Xiaole instinctively followed them, disappearing into the mist that was thousands of meters away.
Mist Rain Town lived up to its name.
Walking inside, Shi Xiaole felt like he was back in the water towns of the Jiangnan region in a previous life, with black walls, grey tiles, little bridges over flowing water, and a light rain falling intermittently.
Yet, this light rain was actually a fifth-grade exquisite poison, no wonder only Terrestrial Immortals could enter!
The shops on both sides, the wine houses, even the residences, were eerily silent.
Shi Xiaole pushed open door after door; the rooms were bright and clean, dustless, but utterly lifeless. Despite the picturesque scenery, the place emitted an overwhelming sense of horror.
The whereabouts of those three familiar people were unknown.
Passing by a jewelry shop, Shi Xiaole casually glanced inside, froze, and then hurriedly entered, looking at a bead on the side of a wooden cabinet.
This bead was red, crystal clear and flawless; in size, shape, and luster it was identical to the green, cyan, blue, and white beads Shi Xiaole had obtained before!
"You have entered my dream, and I have seen your desires. Let us make a deal," a gentle voice rang in Shi Xiaole’s ear.
