Chapter 502 Senior Brother, Wen Jiu
One day ago—
In a dark Ghost Forest, approximately a hundred li from Tian Bei City, under a dark moon and high wind.
Boom—
“Die for me—!”
Accompanied by an earth-shattering roar and a scolding loli voice with a Southern Domain accent, dozens of trees were uprooted by Yun Jiujiu’s greatsword.
Yun Jiujiu’s aura was as strong as an ox. She carried the greatsword that had struck the ground onto her shoulder, looking at the Demonic Cultivator in front of her who had already breathed his last with disdain. With a sneer, she quickly went to search the person’s Storage Bag.
Yun Jiujiu knew her own limitations. If it was just about fighting and killing Demonic Cultivators, she could handle it with ease. As long as they weren’t a whole major realm higher than her, she could kill as many as came.
However, the mission she was given was to gather intelligence about Tian Bei City.
She couldn’t do this kind of work.
The only method she could think of was to kill Demonic Cultivators around Tian Bei City and search their Storage Bags for anything useful.
Yun Jiujiu squatted in front of the Demonic Cultivator’s corpse. She reached into his Storage Bag and rummaged around. She pulled out something that looked like a jade turtle, and her features contorted. She quickly and disgustedly threw the stick aside and wiped her hands on her clothes:
“Damn it, bad luck! Ugh—”
Yun Jiujiu cursed, then seemed a little dejected. She sat on the ground, looked up at the crescent moon in the sky, stained red by the killing aura of the Eastern Domain, and inexplicably thought of Feng Yu Die.
“If that useless chick were here, it would be great. Sigh— I wonder how she and that guy surnamed Ye are doing? Tsk, tsk, tsk…”
As Yun Jiujiu gazed at the moon and thought of old friends, several sets of footsteps approached from behind a tree behind her.
Chang Long looked at Yun Jiujiu sitting on the ground, his expression slightly nervous. However, the other two beside him kept signaling him frantically. After some consideration, he spoke:
“Second Miss.”
“What is it?”
“Killing these minor Demonic Cultivators outside Tian Bei City is futile. We haven’t gathered any information yet, so I just thought…”
“Speak.”
“…How about we pretend to be Demonic Cultivators and directly infiltrate Tian Bei City to gather information?”
Yun Jiujiu looked at him as if he were an idiot, with a look of disdain, and pointed at her own face, asking:
“Do I look like a Demonic Cultivator to you?”
“Uh…” Chang Long was stunned for a moment, then looked at the Demonic Cultivator Yun Jiujiu had just killed. “Second Miss, why don’t you wear this person’s clothes? I think you should be fine if you dress up a bit.”
“Nonsense!”
Guo Zhiruo and Hu Renyi quickly chimed in, saying:
“Second Miss, I think you should be fine if you dress up a bit. Just pretend to be a seductive cultivator… You are naturally beautiful. Add some eye shadow, and they probably won’t notice. We can hang some Demonic Cultivator Magical Artifacts on ourselves…”
“Yes, I also think Senior Brother Chang’s idea is feasible.”
“Right, right, right. Let Junior Sister Guo help you get dressed up. If we can’t get in, we’ll just slip away…”
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Yun Jiujiu felt that this idea was like jumping into a pit. These three were all disciples from Yun Xi’s Xi Ri Peak. She had brought the three of them out from Seven Star Pass and had to consider their safety.
Therefore, she actually disagreed with Chang Long’s suggestion.
However, unable to resist their pestering after they had been persuading her for an hour, Yun Jiujiu, with a wait-and-see attitude, had Guo Zhiruo apply makeup to her the next morning and brought the three of them to the city gate of Tian Bei City.
At this moment, after kicking open the gate of the watchtower, Yun Jiujiu saw all the Demonic Cultivators inside look at her. Their gazes clearly revealed her identity as an Immortal Cultivator.
She immediately glanced at the corner of her eyes, ready to draw her sword and destroy this watchtower, then flee with the three behind her:
“I said yesterday that we definitely can’t blend in… These Foundation Establishment Stage Demonic Cultivators can tell, let’s kill a few and run…”
Hearing this, Chang Long, who was following behind her, was covered in sweat and quickly said:
“Second Miss, I don’t think they’ve seen through us…”
Guo Zhiruo also hurriedly chimed in, saying:
“Second Miss, I think these Demonic Cultivators are just looking because you are too beautiful right now, and you look like a seductive cultivator…”
Yun Jiujiu glanced at her speechlessly.
At this moment, a Core Formation Stage City Guard also walked out from the inner room. With a genial smile, he cupped his hands and asked:
“Senior from the Hehuan Sect, are you here to obtain an entry token?”
Yun Jiujiu looked up at him warily. Before she could speak, Chang Long, who was behind her, quickly stepped forward and answered in place of Yun Jiujiu:
“Yes, yes, yes, we are here to enter the city. This is Elder Feng from the Hehuan Sect.”
“…Oh, so it’s Elder Feng from the Hehuan Sect.” The City Guard smiled cheerfully and quickly took out a token from his Storage Bag and handed it over, cupping his hands. “Since you are an Elder of the Hehuan Sect, you don’t need to be inspected here. Just use this token to enter the city directly.”
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Yun Jiujiu listened to his words, took the Jade Slip handed to her, and looked down for a long time, completely bewildered.
At this moment, she felt that the City Guard of Tian Bei City was simply a figurehead. He didn’t check her Identity Token, nor did he use Magical Artifacts to probe her Spiritual Root. He just said a few words and gave her the entry token?
Yun Jiujiu couldn’t help but speak immediately:
“You gave me the token without verifying my identity?”
The City Guard was slightly stunned and quickly explained:
“You are a Nascent Soul cultivator. How would I dare to probe you casually? The City Lord Gong is guarding Tian Bei City. I believe no Immortal Cultivator would dare to infiltrate the city. Moreover, Elder Feng doesn’t look like an Immortal Cultivator…”
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Doesn’t look like an Immortal Cultivator?
Yun Jiujiu’s eyes widened, and she suddenly felt inexplicably annoyed. This person actually insulted her by saying she didn’t look like an Immortal Cultivator?!
She suddenly had the urge to split the Demonic Cultivator in front of her, but Guo Zhiruo, beside her, quickly chimed in:
“Elder Feng, Immortal Cultivators wouldn’t have your alluring charm.”
Alluring charm?
Yun Jiujiu heard this and felt as if everyone present had gone blind. However, before she could say anything, the City Guard cupped his hands in a salute and turned back into the inner room.
Guo Zhiruo and the others exchanged glances and half-pushed, half-dragged Yun Jiujiu out of the main gate of the watchtower.
After reaching a secluded spot on the street, Yun Jiujiu twisted her eyebrows and looked at the three people in front of her. She tugged at the Hehuan Sect uniform she was wearing and asked:
“Do I really look like a Demonic Cultivator now?”
Chang Long nodded: “Indeed.”
Guo Zhiruo pretended to examine her for a while: “Second Miss, you look like a seductive cultivator who has killed three thousand men…”
Hu Renyi agreed: “Yes, I have the same opinion as Junior Sister Guo. You look too much like one.”
“???”
Yun Jiujiu listened to the three of them say this. Her lips moved several times, but she couldn’t utter a single word. Coincidentally, there was a puddle of water on the ground beside her, so she looked down at her reflection.
She was now wearing the uniform of a Hehuan Sect cultivator, but because she was short, with no chest or hips, she was basically incompatible with the word “seductive.”
Although her hair was let down, and Guo Zhiruo had applied deep purple eyeshadow to her, it could by no means be described as “Demonic Cultivator.” She looked more like a little girl secretly using her mother’s rouge to dress herself up.
“Which eye of yours thinks I look like a seductive cultivator?!”
Guo Zhiruo and the others shrugged and said in unison:
“Second Miss, I think you really do. And didn’t that City Guard just think so too…”
“Yes, he saw you like this and gave you the entry token without even checking your Identity Token.”
“Right.”
Yun Jiujiu was filled with depression at the moment, but looking at the expressions of the three, she couldn’t figure out what had gone wrong. Could it be that these three had conspired to trick her?
But what would be the point of deceiving her?
To sell her to Demonic Cultivators?
Yun Jiujiu felt it was unlikely.
She had seen Chang Long, Hu Renyi, and Guo Zhiruo a few times before at the Sword Sect. They were disciples of Yun Xi’s Xi Ri Peak and had entered the inner sect of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect to cultivate over twenty years ago.
Moreover, these three were arranged by Zhang Yihe as Yun Xi’s followers for her.
Could it be that Yun Xi was secretly colluding with Demonic Cultivators and wanted to sell her?
Yun Jiujiu pondered silently for a long time, feeling that something was wrong, but she couldn’t pinpoint the problem. The only problem might be that her eyesight was poor today.
“Second Miss, shall we enter the city then? Once we get the information, we’ll slip away immediately!”
Yun Jiujiu frowned and thought for a moment. If things didn’t work out, she could just slip away. Even if she encountered a Deity Transformation Stage Demonic Cultivator, she was confident she could escape.
After considering for a while, Yun Jiujiu said:
“I’ll go in alone. If anything goes wrong, I’ll slip away by myself.”
Guo Zhiruo quickly waved her hand: “Ah, but…”
“What ‘but’? I brought you out, so I must bring you back safely. Once we enter the city, who knows who we’ll encounter. Even if there’s a problem, I’m confident I can escape alone. You three wait outside the city.”
“””…”””
“If I don’t come out in three days, you’ll go straight back to Seven Star Pass and tell my elder sister, understand?”
The three nodded with some worry:
“Mm…”
Yun Jiujiu glanced at the three of them, then took out her wine gourd from her Storage Bag, took a gulp, and jumped onto the Demonic Cultivator’s flying sword she had previously seized. With a leap, she flew towards the desolate city within the chasm.
After watching her fly away, Guo Zhiruo and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other:
“Second Miss is still so single-minded, hehe… She’s too easily fooled.”
“Disciples of Jian Jiu Peak are all single-minded. What should we do now? How about we find a place to drink? I haven’t drunk Demonic Cultivator Blood Wine in over twenty years since I’ve been at the Sword Sect. How about taking this opportunity…”
“Sure, let’s go. But speaking of which, what kind of luck does Second Miss have? She brought out three people, and all three of us are Demonic Cultivator spies… Who arranged this?”
“I heard the Third Miss helped arrange it…” Chang Long shrugged and said, “There was originally a fourth person, Junior Brother Liu. But Second Miss thought it was too many, so she had Junior Brother Liu stay at Seven Star Pass. Otherwise, Second Miss would have brought four Demonic Cultivator spies to gather information on Demonic Cultivators…”
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The main street of Tian Bei City was crowded with people. Squads of City Guards stood at various points, holding spears, and Demonic Cultivators flew back and forth in the sky on their flying swords.
By the window of a wine shop on the second floor facing the main street, Ye Anping calmly swirled the wine glass filled with blood wine in his hand, while Gong Yimo’s constant bragging filled his ears.
This guy seemed unaware of the principle of not flaunting one’s wealth, openly telling him about the opportunities he had obtained and where.
Ye Anping let it go in one ear and out the other, nodding occasionally as if he were listening.
Gong Yimo spoke incessantly for a long time, then suddenly stopped and looked out the window:
“Oh~ Here they come!”
“…”
Ye Anping’s hand, swirling the wine glass, suddenly stopped. He followed Gong Yimo’s gaze down to the street below, only to see Yun Jiujiu swaggering down the center of the street, causing the Demonic Cultivators on the street to dodge to either side.
The moment Ye Anping saw Yun Jiujiu, the corner of his eye twitched.
“…”
Gong Yimo, on the other hand, had a playful expression and laughed:
“This Second Miss of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect truly lives up to her reputation. Does she really think all Demonic Cultivators are idiots who can’t see her Immortal Cultivator identity? Heh heh…”
Ye Anping now agreed with Gong Yimo’s assessment, nodding:
“…Indeed.”
Gong Yimo smiled, his gaze shifting back to Ye Anping’s face, and said hypocritically:
“Although it’s a trap, it’s a bit boring to capture her just like that.”
“Then how does Young Master Gong want to make it interesting?”
“I hear that the Second Miss of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect has innate divine strength, and her aptitude is the best among the three young ladies of the Sword Sect. Would you, Daoist Brother Liang, be interested in fighting her?”
“…”
Hearing this, Ye Anping frowned slightly. He immediately understood what this guy meant: Gong Yimo most likely wanted to use Yun Jiujiu to test his strength.
After all, the gap between Nascent Soul cultivators was still very large.
“So, Young Master Gong wants to use her to test me?”
“To call it testing would be too impolite,” Gong Yimo waved his hand and said with a laugh, “Consider it as finding some fun for Daoist Brother Liang. Besides, Daoist Brother Liang, you are also a Sword Cultivator. You will be serving in Tian Bei City in the future. I, Gong Yimo, naturally need to know your strength so I can arrange a position for you.”
“Heh…”
“However, Daoist Brother Liang, please rest assured. If there’s any unexpected situation, I, Gong Yimo, will personally help.”
Ye Anping thought for a moment and decided to agree.
After all, even if he didn’t act, Gong Yimo would likely have other Nascent Soul or Deity Transformation stage cultivators in the city act, and those Demonic Cultivators wouldn’t know their limits like he did.
Coincidentally, he did want to gain Gong Yimo’s favor at the moment, for his subsequent actions.
“No need for help.”
With that, Ye Anping stood up, placed the still steaming blood wine on the table, took out “Bai Yue” from his Storage Bag, looked out the window, and then turned towards the stairs. He descended from the stairs to the first floor of the wine shop, strode out into the middle of the street, and faced Yun Jiujiu, who was swaggering towards him.
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