Chapter 114: Wounded by Beauty, Now Such a Mess—Starting Today…
“#@￥! Who’s this crazy woman?!”
Li Ming swaggered down the road, cursing furiously, his heart ablaze like a bonfire ready to eat him whole.
“No, wait!”
He suddenly froze, rummaged out a few pills from his storage bag, and gulped them down. Instantly, his mind sharpened like a finely honed sword. He patted his head with relief and shivered, “d*mn it, nearly lost myself to magic.”
“Still got some bad mental habits,” he decided, sitting cross-legged on the ground to recall everything that’d happened recently. “That woman was right—I’m really pretty stupid.”
Thinking carefully, he realized that Chun Er’s nighttime window shows were way too coincidental, even the contents of her letter seemed a little staged—yet he hadn’t noticed at all.
In just a few days, he’d been duped three times by women.
“Who would’ve thought I’d be hurt by a demon woman’s charms? Now I look like a street rat,” he exhaled slowly, “Starting today, I’m cutting off all female distractions!”
No women in his heart? Well, with the bow in his hand, he’d be a god!
His thoughts cleared instantly, and he felt lighter than ever, even the spiritual power inside him surged.
He stood up with a spring in his step and disappeared into the silent woods.
A few mornings later, Li Ming arrived at another city. Leaving a Spirit Tool shop with a handful of low-level Spirit Tools, he was just thinking of finding a cozy spot to relax when suddenly, a mysterious man stopped him.
The man clutching his clothes carefully looked around before whispering, “Brother, I’ve got some good stuff. Want to take a look? It took me ages to get my hands on this. Once we pass this village, there’s no more shop like this.”
“What is it?” Li Ming frowned slightly, fingers already on his bow just in case.
“Spring and Autumn—the latest craze. All the young masters from big families are carrying one.”
Li Ming took the book titled ‘Spring and Autumn’, flipped a few pages—and instantly his brow furrowed even deeper—more women!
But wait… why was the lady in the drawings so stunning? Better looking than Chun Er who swindled him!
His brows relaxed a bit—yeah, women in reality were trouble, but the women in these paintings? They don’t lie, they don’t betray. Isn’t that better?
Besides, he’d cut off the real women’s charms. The women in the pictures? Those he could still look at happily!
Thinking this way, he pulled out a Spirit Stone. “How much? I’ll buy it!”
……
Back in Xuan Guang City.
The city’s great formation was nearing completion. Even the rarely-seen Peak Master of Divine Sword Peak showed up at the city lord’s mansion.
Bai Feng kept a close eye on the flower boat. Had it not been for the system alert, he’d really think the demon girl wasn’t on there anymore.
This demon girl was really able to sit still!
He had already told his master Chu Ning Yan about her, handed the jade pendant to Su Lan Qian and Yu Yao, and now he only waited for the Demon Path to strike.
“Feeling so nervous!” Yu Yao bit into a snack. “When do the Demon Path folks show up? I haven’t been able to focus on making clothes these days.”
“Better if they don’t come,” Bai Feng also nibbled on a snack. “You should worry more about them.”
“But I just can’t help being nervous!” Yu Yao leaned on the table, her little short legs swinging in the air. “Little Brother, got any tricks to ease the nerves?”
“Nope… hold on!” Bai Feng suddenly frowned. “Sis, you can stop worrying now.”
“What?”
“The Demon Path has started moving.”
Bai Feng stood up from his chair. At the same time, several Elder and Peak Master alien figures from the Heavenly Sword Sect appeared in the city lord’s sky.
Yu Yao: “Huh?”
That’s not what I meant to relieve!
Over Xuan Guang City, suddenly a thick layer of black smoke covered the sky.
A flying boat slowly emerged from the smoke, heading straight for the city. Standing on the prow was a bald man with a fierce expression.
“So, it’s bl**d Tu.”
Chu Ning Yan appeared beside Bai Feng and others, looking up at the flying boat, seemingly expecting it.
Bai Feng pondered for a few seconds, having collected intel on the Demon Path’s leaders, including the demon girl. He remembered: bl**d Tu was late-stage Refining Virtual, practiced the bl**d Demon Technique, and was known for his cruelty and bloodthirstiness. Not many inside the Demon Path liked him.
“No worries,” Chu Ning Yan said with a smile, reassuring them. “bl**d Tu has never shown up in conflicts with us. We suspected he infiltrated the righteous side long ago, and we prepared for this at the ready.”
As she finished speaking, a sharp sword qi shot toward the flying boat.
But next moment, the bald man drew his great sword, unleashing a violent surge of bl**d energy that disintegrated the sword qi.
Several more sword energies flew past, and bl**d Tu raised his hand, then paused suddenly.
A white lotus slowly appeared in the air, its blossoming petals absorbing and purifying his bl**d qi.
Bai Feng looked away, knowing that although bl**d Tu was late-stage Refining Virtual, the Peak Master of Divine Sword Peak was also late-stage Refining Virtual. Plus, they still had many late-stage elders.
His master was the only one in the younger generation, at Transformation God stage. Yet, her combat power was no less than an ordinary late-stage Refining Virtual cultivator. That’s one reason she could be Peak Master of Green Bamboo Peak despite her younger age.
‘Huh? Zuo Qiu actually entered the city.’
Bai Feng glanced at the mini-map of the system and saw a new icon.
He’d noticed Zuo Qiu hadn’t entered the city for days. He’d thought it was just coincidence, but now it seemed she was simply looking for an opportunity to get in.
After all, with her cultivation in the Divine Light Sect, sneaking in wouldn’t be difficult—especially now, in this chaotic mess, no one would suspect a Divine Light Sect disciple.
Just as Bai Feng was pondering how to handle Zuo Qiu, a streak of black lightning suddenly flickered across the sky.
The lightning struck the floating white lotus directly, smashing the protective shield and damaging the lotus.
“You guys finally arrived!”
bl**d Tu, now covered with sword wounds, looked up at the sky. In the air floated three figures in black armor, one wrapped in black electrical arcs.
“The Mid-Zhou Divine Monarch Organization,” Chu Ning Yan’s expression darkened. “It’s them cooperating with the Northern Region Demon Path.”
Meanwhile, a group of black-armored cultivators suddenly descended—none below Golden Core, and the leader at Transforming Spirit. As soon as they appeared, they charged straight at the city lord’s mansion.
But in the next second, a semi-transparent barrier formed above the city. Liu Meng, working on the array, had made preparations, dividing the array into segments to defend against the Demon Path attack.
After the barrier formed, the Demon Path cultivators hovered for a moment before plunging into the gaps Liu Meng deliberately left open. The guards at the city lord’s mansion, all with Golden Core or higher cultivation, were ready—led by a Transforming Spirit expert.
It seemed they received some signal, for chaos also erupted in the west city, but the Heavenly Sword Sect and city lord’s mansion had long made their defenses and managed to suppress it quickly.
Bai Feng watched from a crow’s perch, seeing the Demon Path cultivators in the flower boat being decimated by the waiting elders of the Heavenly Sword Sect. But he didn’t spot the demon girl’s face.
He kept switching perspectives, and finally saw her inside a house. But the very next second, she suddenly turned her head, gazing at the bird outside the window with a charming smile, then—just like that—she disappeared from his view.
