NOVEL NEXT Chapter 149 - 149 Dirty Affairs within the Blue River Sect
Chapter 149: Chapter 149 Dirty Affairs within the Blue River Sect
Upon sensing the emergence of a dark omen, An Jing immediately grew extremely nervous and hastily looked around.
A dark omen was akin to a catastrophic disaster.
The bottom of the lake was calm, with only wildly growing lake grass and fish swimming around, nothing out of the ordinary.
At that moment, a massive sinking stone in the distance caught his attention.
As he approached the stone, he distinctly felt the dark radiance from the Earth Book becoming intensely hot.
“Is there a dark omen within this black stone?”
An Jing was greatly alarmed and swiftly drifted away.
Whoosh!
The next moment, a blue radiance seemed to emerge from the sinking stone.
The blue light, like an arrow, shot through the turbulent tide, nearly forcing An Jing’s eyes shut.
“What is this…”
It was unclear how much time had passed when the blue light gradually faded, and An Jing finally focused his eyes on it.
He noticed multiple spiderweb-like cracks on the dark sinking stone ahead, which continued to grow until they suddenly stopped tearing further.
An Jing thought the cracks had ceased to split, but at that moment, the black sinking stone suddenly turned transparent.
It was only for an instant, but he could see a silhouette within the stone.
Hiss—!
The sight of that silhouette sent a chilling coldness surging from his soles to the top of his head.
In a dazed glance that followed, the sinking stone returned to normal appearance, as if unchanged from before.
Hurry!
An Jing dove upward at top speed, fearful of attracting this inexplicable dark omen.
With a ‘plop’ sound, he emerged back on the shore.
‘Boom boom boom!’
An Jing’s heart pounded like a drum, shaking violently.
“Who was that person I just saw? Why did they make me feel so dangerous? How could someone be inside a sinking stone?”
A series of questions arose, making his heart feel exceedingly strange and perplexed.
Gazing at the calm surface of the lake, An Jing took a deep breath and dared not dwell on it longer, hastening towards the Blue River Hall.
It was wise to stay away from the dark omen.
Just as he was about to reach the Blue River Hall, he saw Lou Xiangzhen approaching with a furrowed brow.
……
In the serene backyard of the Blue River Sect,
a jade-like body lay horizontally on a bed, covered with a thin quilt. The lovely face showed no joy, eyes gazing at the beams overhead, devoid of anything but cool detachment and indifference.
This person was Wang Xiaoxi.
“Thump thump!”
At that moment, a knocking sound came from outside the door, “Madam, may I come in?”
“Mmm.”
Wang Xiaoxi, without glancing towards the door, responded indifferently.
“Creak!”
As the door pushed open, a Maid slowly walked in, cautiously asking, “Madam, would you like to change your clothes?”
After a long silence, Wang Xiaoxi slowly propped herself up with her jade arm and stepped down from the bed, “Change clothes.”
Bruises and swelling covered her exquisite body, yet Wang Xiaoxi seemed utterly indifferent to them.
The Maid, seeing the bruised and battered Wang Xiaoxi, couldn’t help but cover her face and sob, “Madam, you’ve suffered.”
Wang Xiaoxi’s face remained calm, merely extending her hands without a word.
The Maid carefully picked up the clothes beside her, and then gently draped them over Wang Xiaoxi’s body, as if fearing to cause her any more pain.
“There’s no need to be so cautious, I’ve grown accustomed to the pain,” Wang Xiaoxi said, extending her hand with total disregard for the pain and bruises on her body.
“Madam….”
The maid felt even worse upon hearing this.
No one understood Wang Xiaoxi’s pain better than her.
Though officially she was Wang Yue’s granddaughter, day and night she had to serve Bai Qun, the current Sect Master of Blue River Sect, enduring his whippings and verbal insults.
Bai Qun had tormented her for a full seven years. During these years, she had gone from vehement resistance at first to utter despair and desolation, and now to a numb state.
This kind of suffering was not something ordinary people could endure.
“When will he die?”
Wang Xiaoxi said as she draped her clothes over herself lightly.
“You must never speak such words.”
The maid hastily said, “No matter what, he is still your grandfather, and he is also suffering immensely.”
“When will he die?”
Wang Xiaoxi repeated.
The maid, seeing Wang Xiaoxi in such a state, bit her lip and said no more.
“Why won’t Wang Yue die, why?”
Wang Xiaoxi’s eyes showed a hint of blood-red, a hint of resentment.
If Wang Yue were dead, why would she have to endure such pain and humiliation?
Over these seven years, she had not only suffered tremendous physical torture, but her heart had also endured unimaginable torment.
Bai Qun had not only sought revenge on her, but also on everyone associated with Wang Yue, subjecting them to severe reprisals. Before her very eyes, he had humiliated her husband and then tortured him to death.
Her father had also died a cruel death due to Bai Qun’s torture, and her mother had been used by Bai Qun as a dual cultivation furnace until her death.
From then on, no one in the Blue River Sect dared approach Wang Yue, and all avoided him like a plague.
“Evil man!”
Just then, a figure rushed through the door.
It was a little girl about four years old, dressed in pink, her lips red and teeth white, looking very pretty.
“Lin’er.”
Seeing the girl, a soft light flashed in Wang Xiaoxi’s eyes.
“I’ll hit you, hit you!”
The little girl walked up to Wang Xiaoxi and fiercely hit her thigh. Her small fists seemed light, but each punch landed on her wounds.
Seeing this, the maid hurriedly grabbed the little girl: “Miss, what are you doing? The madam still has wounds on her body.”
“It’s all her fault; she is a bad person.”
The little girl pointed at Wang Xiaoxi and shouted angrily, “She made daddy angry again, and daddy won’t play with me anymore.”
Wang Xiaoxi quickly embraced the little girl, “Didn’t I tell you to stay away from Bai Qun?”
This little girl was none other than Bai Lin’er, born to Wang Xiaoxi by Bai Qun.
Bai Lin’er struggled out of Wang Xiaoxi’s embrace and said angrily, “You are a bad person; I want to stay away from you. I will not leave my daddy.”
As she said this, Bai Lin’er started punching and kicking Wang Xiaoxi, exerting as much force as she could muster.
“You…”
The words hurt much more than the physical pain, like a knife stabbing into Wang Xiaoxi’s heart, causing tears to flow down her cheeks.
“Miss, you really shouldn’t.”
The maid quickly restrained Bai Lin’er.
“You are the lackey of a bad man; I don’t like you anymore.”
To their surprise, Bai Lin’er ran to the side table, grabbed a teacup from the top, and fiercely smashed it at the maid.
“Thud!”
The maid, seeing the teacup coming, did not dodge; it hit her forehead solidly, and blood gushed out immediately.
“Scoundrel!”
Wang Xiaoxi rushed over, “Xiao Huan, are you all right?”
“Madam, I am fine.”
The maid shook her head and said, “As long as the miss has vented her anger, this pain is nothing.”
“Don’t talk anymore.”
Wang Xiaoxi pulled out a handkerchief and pressed it against the maid’s forehead to stop the bleeding.
Bai Lin’er stood on the desk, shouting at Wang Xiaoxi and Xiao Huan, “Miss me getting angry? I will teach you two villains a lesson today. If you truly anger my father into a thunderous rage, beware that you will not get off easy.”
Unable to bear it any longer upon seeing this, Wang Xiaoxi grabbed Bai Lin’er.
“What… what are you going to do?” Bai Lin’er asked in terror.
“Smack!”
Wang Xiaoxi stripped off her clothes and fiercely slapped her on the buttocks.
“How dare you hit me!?”
In excruciating pain, Bai Lin’er couldn’t help but scream, “I will have my dad kill you all!”
“What did you say!?”
Hearing this, Wang Xiaoxi seemed to have heard wrong.
Bai Lin’er shouted, “I will have my dad kill all of you, not sparing a single one. Are you scared now?”
Hearing this, Wang Xiaoxi’s palm fiercely slapped on Bai Lin’er’s buttocks.
“Smack! Smack! Smack!”
“I… I definitely will…. wuh wuh wuh… have my dad kill you all.”
Despite the unbearable pain in her buttocks, Bai Lin’er still bit her teeth and screamed, “May you be cut to pieces and flayed.”
……
Outside the Blue River Hall.
Lou Xiangzhen asked in a concentrated voice, “Where did you just go?”
For a moment just now, he had seemingly lost the Qi Mechanism of An Jing and had thus hurriedly come out.
“I was just strolling around here.”
After pondering for a moment, An Jing asked, “Senior Lou, do you know about the lake next to that hall?”
“I know something about it.”
Lou Xiangzhen glanced at An Jing and then said, “That lake is called Chenxin Lake, connected to the Blue Creek on the mountain. Chenxin Lake has existed since ancient times. From what I see, this lake does not seem to be naturally formed but man-made. However, I am not quite sure who did it, but it definitely wasn’t someone from the Blue River Sect, as there are no records of it in the ancient books of the sect.”
Blue Creek is exactly that stream which flows over Blue Mountain.
Hearing this, An Jing nodded slightly, without speaking.
“What’s the matter?” Lou Xiangzhen asked.
“Nothing, I just find it strange.”
An Jing waved his hand and said, “I see Senior Lou frowning; could it be that some misfortune has occurred?”
It’s best to avoid dark fortunes if possible.
Lou Xiangzhen said with a doubtful tone, “Didn’t you notice something in the Great Hall just now?”
“I noticed something.”
An Jing nodded.
Wang Yue, an elder of the Blue River Sect, had been giving orders to the people of the Blue River Sect, but no one from the sect responded to him. Instead, Le Ming appeared in time to dismiss the crowd.
There was clearly something odd about this.
“I always feel like Wang Yue is hiding something from me,” Lou Xiangzhen said slowly.
“Where is Wang Yue now?”
“He said he was tired and has gone back to rest now.”
“What does Senior Lou plan to do?”
Lou Xiangzhen did not speak but looked towards the distance, where a figure was walking along the corridor.
That person was Le Ming, an elder of the Blue River Sect.
Le Ming quickly walked over, with a smile saying, “Supreme Elder, I have prepared the wine and dishes; please come to the side room.”
Lou Xiangzhen looked at An Jing beside him, “Shall we taste this good wine and food of the Blue River Sect together?”
Le Ming glanced at the person beside Lou Xiangzhen, his brow slightly furrowed.
Lou Xiangzhen is a renowned Sword Immortal and the Sect Leader of the Ghost Valley Sect, widely known under the heavens. Anyone able to stand beside him would certainly not be ordinary.
“Fine.”
An Jing caught the deep meaning in Lou Xiangzhen’s words and nodded.
“Lead the way.”
Lou Xiangzhen looked towards Le Ming.
Le Ming chuckled, “Please come in.”
Under Le Ming’s guidance and after winding through several corridors and courtyards, the three quickly arrived at a side hall where a table was already prepared with dishes and wine.
Lou Xiangzhen noticed that there was nobody at the head seat, slowly walked over, and sat down.
“Supreme Elder…..”
Le Ming quickly spoke up.
This head seat was reserved for the Sect Master. Although Bai Qun was not present, his seat should have been prepared, and now Lou Xiangzhen sitting there was against the rules of the Blue River Sect.
Lou Xiangzhen indifferently asked, “What is it?”
“It’s nothing, Supreme Elder, please sit.”
Le Ming chuckled dryly.
Since Bai Qun wasn’t present today, they might as well let Lou Xiangzhen take the seat and avoid more trouble.
An Jing chose a random spot to sit down and placed the Evil Suppressing Sword on the table.
“This sword is extraordinary, and so is the swordsman.”
Le Ming glanced at the Evil Suppressing Sword. Although he was not a swordsman, he could feel the extraordinariness of the Evil Suppressing Sword and grew even more curious about the identity of the person before him.
“Clap Clap Clap!”
As Le Ming clapped his hands, several graceful women emerged from behind the hall.
“I don’t care for these kinds of women.”
Lou Xiangzhen poured himself a drink and indifferently said.
Le Ming’s smile stiffened, and he hurriedly said, “I understand, I am aware of the Supreme Elder’s temperament.”
Saying that, he signaled the women with his eyes, and they quickly withdrew towards the back.
“Then I shall not disturb the two of you drinking.”
Le Ming prepared to get up and take his leave.
He did not wish to wait at the side, serving Lou Xiangzhen like a servant with his peculiar temper.
“It’s been a long while since I’ve seen Zhao Liangdong. Invite him over, I want to meet him,” Lou Xiangzhen said, drinking his glass of wine in one gulp.
Zhao Liangdong, Peak Master of the Blue River Sect’s Third Peak.
“Understood,”
Le Ming narrowed his eyes slightly and then slowly retreated.
Suddenly, only Lou Xiangzhen and An Jing were left at the banquet.
Lou Xiangzhen raised his glass, “Come, the wine of the Blue River Sect is still quite good.”
“Senior Lou, I toast you.”
An Jing responded with a faint smile, raising his glass as well.
After a round of hearty drinking, Lou Xiangzhen took down the Peach Blossom Sword from his back and placed it on the table.
Though it was a subtle movement, An Jing discerned the profound implication behind it.
Killing intent!
Lou Xiangzhen appeared to be truly furious!
For a swordsman of Lou Xiangzhen’s stature, his killing intent was controlled very delicately; even An Jing couldn’t feel the killing intent released by Lou Xiangzhen.
It seemed Wang Yue’s time at the Blue River Sect wasn’t as smooth as it appeared on the surface.
“Zhao Liangdong pays his respects to the Supreme Elder,” a voice sounded from the door after about the time it took an incense stick to burn.
The person who arrived was Zhao Liangdong, the Peak Master of the Blue River Sect’s Third Peak.
Lou Xiangzhen acted as if he heard nothing, continuing to pour his own drink.
Zhao Liangdong glanced at the person above, immediately realizing why Le Ming had threatened him earlier.
“Senior Lou….”
Disciples of the Blue River Sect or newly appointed deacons might not recognize the person before them, but how could Zhao Liangdong not recognize him?
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PS: Finally finished being busy today, will start updating ten thousand words starting next Monday.