Chapter 126

Chapter 126: Qingwan, what do you think? Qingwan?

As Mochi slowly poured the ashes in his hand into the groove, a strange magic array appeared around it, spreading like a spider web.

On the magic array, one by one cryptic runes emerged, flickering on and off.

Soon after, these runes shattered like glass beads.

The ashes inside the groove gradually solidified into snowflake-like substances.

A gust of wind blew past.

The barrier on the groove was completely undone. Through the Dao Pattern Eye, Mochi saw a box inside the groove.

Mochi pressed the switch beside the groove.

As the switch opened, Mochi took out the box inside.

Mochi inspected the box, which was made of phoenix wood, capable of lasting a thousand years without decay, more valuable than gold, with some strange inscriptions carved on it.

These inscriptions formed a small magic array, blocking any spiritual awareness.

Mochi opened it to find a letter and a goat skin scroll, both preserved very well.

“Miss, we’ll take this thing first, and I hope you won’t tell others about this.”

Mochi said to the pink fox without looking at it immediately.

By asking the pink fox not to tell others, Mochi was also protecting her to some extent.

The pink fox nodded: “I understand.”

The pink fox naturally knew that this thing was not simple, she definitely wouldn’t go telling others and get herself into trouble.

“Then we’ll take our leave. A little token of appreciation, I hope the miss won’t refuse.” Mochi handed over a gold ingot to the pink fox.

Seeing the gold ingot, the pink fox was startled and quickly declined.

“Miss, there’s no need to decline. If it weren’t for your help letting me in, I wouldn’t have found my friend’s belongings.” Mochi said.

The pink fox’s seductive eyes turned, then looked at Mochi twice: “If the young master really wants to repay me, would the young master be willing to tell me about the outside world?”

“I might not have time recently. If I have time, I’ll tell you. But please accept this.” Mochi said.

“Well then, I’ll accept it as proof of the young master’s promise.” The pink fox smiled, making Mochi’s heart beat faster.

Mochi had to repeatedly say in his mind “I’m not a furry fan, I’m not a furry fan.”

Just as Mochi stepped out of the pink fox’s courtyard, suddenly, a loud sound came from the south, even causing the ground to shake.

The pink fox was so scared that her fur stood up.

“It’s best for you not to go out, miss.”

Mochi advised the pink fox and rushed towards the direction of the sound with the Heavenly Black Goose.

When they arrived at the scene, it was already surrounded by people, all gathered tightly.

Mochi even saw a weasel cracking sunflower seeds and gesturing wildly.

Then Mochi saw some human cultivators flying over.

“Why are there suddenly so many human cultivators?” Mochi wondered.

“Excuse me, please move aside.”

“Who pushed me? Oh, what a handsome gentleman.” An eagle exclaimed.

“Sir, don’t touch my butt.” A cow said.

“Sorry, it wasn’t intentional.”

While apologizing, Mochi squeezed forward until he finally reached the front, only to see a rhinoceros pounding a human cultivator mercilessly.

The human cultivator was bruised and beaten, with no chance to fight back.

Another cultivator was lifted by an elephant’s trunk, being tossed around like a rubber ball, looking even worse.

Behind the elephant and rhinoceros, there were two cat demons who looked quite terrified.

“To attack even these animals, these two must be starving.”

“Not really starving, even if they were, they wouldn’t harm two cats who haven’t transformed yet.”

“They fell for a honey trap. I happened to hear them defending themselves earlier. Apparently, two cats went into their room, started taking off their clothes, and then two big men burst in.”

“This is extortion? Should we help them? We’re all humans.”

“I’m not going. This rhino and elephant are as strong as late-stage Sea Observing Realm cultivators. Going in would be finding death.”

The human cultivators near Mochi started talking.

Listening to the story, Mochi roughly understood what happened. It seemed these two fell for a honey trap.

Looking at these two cultivators, Mochi felt things weren’t looking good.

If this continued, these two cultivators wouldn’t necessarily die, but they would surely suffer serious injuries, possibly damaging their foundation.

Judging by their attire, they seemed to be disciples of White Deer Academy.

After pondering, Mochi decided to step forward.

It wasn’t because Mochi was overflowing with compassion or wanted to meddle unnecessarily, but because Mochi had a good impression of White Deer Academy. Not to mention, his mentor Mochi came from White Deer Academy.

Moreover, Mochi wanted to ask them about what exactly happened and why so many people suddenly appeared in Baiwa City.

“Could the two of you please stop?” Mochi stepped forward and said to the rhinoceros and elephant.

“Sister, let’s hurry. We don’t know what’s happening there.” Xia Donghua, the son of the Sect Leader of Heavenly Profound Gate, said.

“Rather than joining the crowd, we should seek treasures and figure out how to leave.” Dugu Qiu, the son of Sword Peak of Heavenly Profound Gate, disdainfully glanced at Xia Donghua but kept walking forward.

“It could be that a treasure appeared, causing a scramble.” Qi Shang, a direct disciple of White Crane Peak of Heavenly Profound Gate, said.

The woman beside them just smiled gently, saying nothing.

Not long after, the three arrived at the scene.

However, due to the large number of people at the scene, they could only climb onto a nearby teahouse.

Just as they climbed to the railing of the third floor of the teahouse, they saw two scholars dressed in white from White Deer Academy being beaten up by a rhinoceros and an elephant.

None of the onlookers dared to intervene, just watching silently, thinking it wasn’t them getting beaten.

Before they could figure out what happened, a man in green robes walked out from the crowd, bowed to the rhinoceros and elephant, seemingly trying to mediate.

“This man has some guts.” Qi Shang said.

Xia Donghua shook his head: “Although we don’t know what happened, the demonic aura emitted by the rhinoceros and elephant is comparable to late-stage Sea Observing Realm.”

Dugu Qiu narrowed his eyes: “This man might be risking his life?”

“Qingwan, what do you think? Qingwan?”

Xia Donghua tried to start a conversation with Qingwan.

But at this moment, Qingwan had both hands gripping the railing, her gaze fixed on the scholar-like man, unable to look away.