Chapter 0.51 Lone Shadow Saint Lord, Yi Chengying
“My disciple’s death is an irreconcilable hatred. This old man will immediately go to the Bai Family branch in Das Prefecture to find that legendary Great Elder and demand an explanation.” Tang Jianhao said with his hands behind his back, his tone laced with infinite killing intent. With that, Tang Jianhao used his spiritual power to send out a mark, immediately summoning the disciples of Enemy Subduing Peak.
Qin Gou was not surprised by Tang Jianhao’s choice; he indeed had the right to be so confident. In the past, this person was a Battle Maniac, or rather, a prodigy born for spellcasting battles. Even though he was still in the Mortal Transformation stage, he was already far stronger than some arrogant Dharma Aspect True Persons who came to Arc-Moon Mountain to cause trouble and whom Qin Gou had previously dealt with.
At this moment, Qin Gou immediately used the Nine Bends Spirit Protection Crown to silently transmit a message to Li Yuanzhen beside him: “Find a way for Tang Jianhao to take us to the Bai Family branch. By the way, three nights ago, you were unwilling to lose this daoist robe to me, saying you wanted me to pinch you hard to settle the debt. Do you still remember this?”
Although Li Yuanzhen didn’t understand why he suddenly brought up such a matter in the latter half of his message, she immediately cupped her fists at Tang Jianhao and said, “Peak Master Tang, Yuanzhen and my sworn brother Gentleman Sword request to accompany you to the Bai Family branch.”
“Your Peak Master Bai probably won’t be willing to let you get involved,” Tang Jianhao said, waving his hand without hesitation.
Qin Gou suddenly made a move, grabbing Li Yuanzhen’s perky buttocks and pinching hard.
“Ah, Peak Master Tang! You also know about Yuanzhen’s relationship with Senior Brother Hai. We’ve been childhood sweethearts, deeply affectionate since we were young. Even the Sect Master noticed. If it weren’t for this dreadful incident, Yuanzhen would have certainly become Dao Companions with Senior Brother Hai and spent our lives together until old age!” For a moment, Li Yuanzhen wailed and cried to the heavens, like a wounded small beast, groaning incessantly: “Wuwuwu, if I can’t go with you to the Bai Family to demand an explanation from that Great Elder and clarify the truth, this matter will likely weigh on Yuanzhen’s heart for a lifetime! Peak Master Tang, please give Yuanzhen a chance to avenge Hai Senior Brother!”
As she spoke, Li Yuanzhen, in pain and shame, even tiptoed, swaying and gesticulating, unable to stand steadily.
Although Tang Jianhao didn’t open his eyes, he could still perceive everything around him. However, Qin Gou wore the Desireless Bracelet, which not only concealed his cultivation but also greatly hid his fluctuations. While it didn’t make him invisible in front of Tang Jianhao, it was difficult for Tang Jianhao to notice such subtle movements unless he intentionally focused on him.
Seemingly touched by Li Yuanzhen’s heart-wrenching cries, Tang Jianhao sighed with melancholy, “I didn’t expect you to be so deeply in love with Hai’er. If that’s the case, what difference does one or two more people make? This old man agrees.”
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Purple Extreme Demonic Sect.
The members of the “Hiding the Sky” association looked around in astonishment. Yan Qiaoyun was still carried on Zhao Xinting’s back, and had been put under a slumber spell, so she wouldn’t wake up for a while.
“Cult Master has returned!”
“Welcome, Cult Master!”
Countless disciples bowed respectfully.
“When I was away, was everything well within the sect?” Zhao Xinting asked casually.
“Yes. All the cult members have strictly followed your orders, Cult Master, doing one good deed a day and supporting the weak. Our Purple Extreme Demonic Sect’s reputation is becoming even more renowned!”
Some skilled flatterers had already begun to boast.
“Cult Master, I was recently boating by the river and ferried people for free. Practicing such accumulated virtue and performing good deeds has truly sublimated my soul.”
“My younger brother, relying on my status as a cultivator, felt he was superior to others and behaved arrogantly in the village. He even committed the unforgivable act of peeking at the widowed neighbor bathing. In a fit of righteous fury, I executed justice by my own kin. After stripping him naked and hanging him up high, I invited all the young ladies and wives in the town to join me for tea, wine, and bird-watching, meticulously observing him for three days and three nights, fighting fire with fire!”
“My disciple also…”
Zhao Xinting’s head began to spin, and his face was filled with shock. He roared, “Presumptuous! What nonsense are you spouting in front of me?”
“Hmph, you’re all too naive! Such a trivial matter is hardly worth mentioning, how could it please the Cult Master? Let me do it!” At this moment, a tall disciple in purple pushed through the crowd, his face full of smiles and obsequiousness. “Cult Master, do you still remember this disciple? It’s the ‘Ox God’ you personally praised!”
“What?” Zhao Xinting looked dumbfounded.
“Hehe, now I’m not just the Ox God the villagers talk about! These past few days, I’ve been working at the mill and plowing fields for the farmers during the day. At night, I’ve stayed up for several days without sleep, guarding the village entrance for the villagers. As soon as I spot any suspicious characters, I’ll bark endlessly until all the villagers arrive! And next, I plan to go all out and use the spare time during my night patrols to eliminate all the rats in the village, leaving no room for those humble cats and dogs!” The purple-clothed man said with immense pride, then smugly waited for the Cult Master’s praise.
“A talent, truly a rare gem!” Zhao Xinting said, his voice trembling.
“Hahaha, Cult Master said the same thing last time!” The purple-clothed man immediately became extremely excited and laughed triumphantly.
“Screw you!”
However, Zhao Xinting instantly kicked the man to the ground, so enraged that he exploded and shouted hysterically, “What on earth did you see? Get Ren Tianxing and Xu Changhan to see me immediately!”
Purple Extreme Demonic Sect Main Hall.
“Greetings, Cult Master.”
“This is great, Cult Master has finally returned.” Ren Tianxing said with deep grief and indignation, “Why didn’t you tell me and Old Xu before you left? You even easily handed over that important Purple Extreme Token to Madam?”
“Madam? Whose Madam?” Zhao Xinting asked incredulously.
“Naturally, it’s your Madam, the Lone Shadow Saintess from the Mystic Maiden Raksha Palace!”
“Utter nonsense!” Zhao Xinting was furious. “I don’t care if what you are doing today is a joke or a prank, but from now on, anyone who dares to be unreasonable will not be forgiven!”
“Let ‘Little Chair’ explain herself.” A beautiful young girl wearing a pleated flower skirt, her little face full of nervousness, walked into the hall.
“Greetings, Madam Cult Master!” Ren Tianxing and Xu Changhan bowed respectfully together.
“Greetings, Demon Lord.” Little Chair waved her small hands and chuckled awkwardly.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Xinting almost collapsed onto the throne, his lips trembling, his eyes filled with existential doubt: “I… I’m actually already married? But maybe it’s because I’m in the Mortal Transformation stage or something, and I accidentally forgot? So I, Zhao Xinting, am actually worse than a beastly scoundrel?!”
A moment later.
After Yi Chengying’s patient explanation.
Zhao Xinting’s eyes were vacant, and he said incredulously, “Master disguised himself as me, visited the Purple Extreme Demonic Sect, even successfully tricked two Protectors, and then used the Purple Extreme Token to force all the disciples of my Purple Extreme Demonic Sect to swear a Spirit Oath to do one good deed a day?”
“That truly sounds like Master’s style.” Zhao Xinting shook his head and chuckled bitterly, then suddenly looked at Yi Chengying, “What about you? ‘Madam Cult Master’? Who are you? And what is your relationship with my Master?”
“I… Little Chair…” Yi Chengying took a deep breath, finally gathering the courage, her little face flushed. “Celestial Master told Little Chair to tell Cult Master Zhao that I am Lord Qin’s little darling wife. Whoever dares to touch me, he’ll deal with them!”
“You are lying,” Zhao Xinting said decisively. “For a thousand years, Master has never been interested in romantic relationships; he devoted himself entirely to cultivation, not even bothering to step out of Arc-Moon Mountain. How could he suddenly have you as his beloved?”
“I…” Yi Chengying was dumbfounded. Was the Celestial Master she knew the same person Zhao Xinting was talking about? She certainly didn’t think Celestial Master was a wooden person who only knew how to cultivate; on the contrary, he lived more freely and unrestrainedly than anyone.
“Do you have any evidence to prove you’re telling the truth? If you are truly Master’s Dao Companion, then you should be very intimate with him and understand him very well, right?” Zhao Xinting’s tone turned cold. “If not… in my lifetime, I hate liars the most!”
“This…” For a moment, Yi Chengying was flustered and at a loss, her little head blank, and she stammered incoherently, “No, don’t you want to know how close Lord Qin and Little Chair are? Then Little Chair might as well tell you, Lord Qin has praised Little Chair for tying knots well more than once, and also…”
“And what?” Zhao Xinting pressed him sternly.
Little Chair’s face turned red, and in a voice smaller than a mosquito’s, she gritted her teeth and said shyly, “Also, Little Chair has a great capacity for urination and is very healthy!”
“Hahahaha!” Xu Changhan couldn’t help but burst into laughter. “Is this wench crazy? What nonsense is she saying?”
Ren Tianxing was also secretly amused. This vixen from the Mystic Maiden Raksha Palace, the imposter Madam Cult Master, was probably finished.
“I believe you!” Zhao Xinting took a deep breath and said in a serious tone.
“C-Cult Master!?”
Not only Xu Changhan and Ren Tianxing, but even Yi Chengying herself was dumbfounded. This actually worked? Could it be that Lord Qin’s praise of Little Chair’s great capacity for urination back then wasn’t intentional teasing, but instead had a deeper meaning?
Zhao Xinting said meaningfully, “I can’t be bothered to explain the reason! You two Protectors just need to know that what this woman said is eighty percent true. And even if she is not Master’s Dao Companion, the fact that Master entrusted the Purple Extreme Token and this vast Purple Extreme Demonic Sect to her to manage temporarily proves her status in Master’s heart.”
Ren Tianxing and Xu Changhan exchanged glances, seeing the look of wanting to cry but having no tears and the coal-black expressions in each other’s eyes.
“Therefore, I have made an important decision at this moment. Yi Chengying, I, Zhao Xinting, as the Alliance Leader of the Purple Xuan Alliance, order you, while serving as the Lone Shadow Saintess of the Mystic Maiden Raksha Palace, to officially become the one below one person and above ten thousand in my Purple Extreme Demonic Sect… the Lone Shadow Saint Lord!”
“What? Cult Master, this…”
Xu Changhan and Ren Tianxing gasped in shock.
“From this moment on, I order the two Protectors to use the entire sect’s strength to give the Lone Shadow Saint Lord the warmth of home, making sure she doesn’t feel the slightest displeasure and have the thought of leaving my Purple Extreme Demonic Sect! Of course, while enjoying high status and power, the Lone Shadow Saint Lord must also bear certain obligations. You are my Purple Extreme Demonic Sect’s person in life and my Purple Extreme Demonic Sect’s ghost in death. When the situation has some emergencies, you must stand before me at the first moment, help me overcome difficulties, and speak well of me. Are you willing?”
“If you are willing, you will have endless glory. If not, you will die on the spot!” With that, Zhao Xinting threw the Purple Extreme Token, which he had just taken back, to the silly chair, who was so shocked that her soul had left her body and she couldn’t utter a single word.
Volume 4: I’m Really a Celestial Master
