Xiuxian Work Log

Chapter 185 Little Corpse

Wenren Shuyu added, "I had no other choice back then. People were saying the ruthless way was about severing worldly ties. They either killed their wives or their fathers to prove their way. But aren't the deepest bonds with family and friends? If the ruthless way was really like that, would I still be alive today?"

Meng Nianchun nodded. "Perhaps they believe that love is the only emotion that humans possess. If an orphan has no brothers or friends, and kills his only lover to prove his truth, wouldn't that lead to obsession?"

"I don't know, but if someone kills me to prove my truth, I will definitely smash that person to pieces, burn them with Yin Fire, solidify them into a brick, and put it in the toilet."

Meng Nianchun: "...Brother, we are still eating."

Before Lin Qingyue could react, he heard it clearly.

……

Wenren Shuyu stacked the empty bowls of noodles together and picked up the next bowl.

"I was wrong, please be careful next time."

……

They booked three rooms in the inn next to the restaurant.

"Everyone wakes up and sets out every day." Wenren Shuyu said before closing the door.

Meng Nianchun: "Can we set off before dark?"

Lin Qingyue: "I can do anything."

"That's settled then, everyone go back and rest!"

The next evening, Lin Qingyue and Meng Nianchun sat on chairs outside the inn, watching the old man, after whom they had chatted all day, go home. The ground was littered with peanut and sunflower seed shells. The innkeeper's half-grown child was sweeping with a broom as tall as herself.

"Why hasn't he come down yet?" Lin Qingyue asked Meng Nianchun.

Meng Nianchun used his spiritual sense to explore the room where Wenren Shuyu lived and touched his nose.

"The man is still asleep."

Lin Qingyue: "How about we go first?"

The child came over with a broom, and Lin Qingyue and Meng Nianchun stood up at the same time and sat on stools elsewhere.

Meng Nianchun clenched his fists. "I must see my brother return in person. He definitely doesn't want to go back to Yuexi Peak to handle matters."

Lin Qingyue thought about how Meng Nianchun was like a Sadako in Ziyang Sword Sect, wandering around the cafeteria in the middle of the night, full of resentment.

"It is indeed necessary."

……

After a cup of tea, Meng Nianchun got up and went upstairs to the inn.

No one was sitting there, and the stool on the other side was lifted up by Lin Qingyue. But at this moment, she saw the climax of the novel, and she relied on her inner strength to support herself from falling.

A few minutes later, she stood up and straightened her chair. Seeing that there was still no movement upstairs, she prepared to go upstairs.

At this time, the little girl who had just finished sweeping the floor and was taking out the trash came running over in a hurry.

"Dad! There's a dead person!"

The shopkeeper stood up suddenly, a little flustered.

"Where did you find it?"

"It was right there where we usually dump the garbage. It was wrapped in a black cloth. Birds had pecked through it, leaving a hole. I saw a few fingers sticking out."

"You didn't open it to look?"

"No, I'm afraid of bugs."

"That's good." The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, but his tone was still a little panicked. "You stay here and guard the store. I'll report it to the police."

"Will you be back tonight?"

The child was a little scared when encountering such a thing, but what she was more afraid of was that her father was not by her side.

"I'm back. Tell the waiter to close the door and tell the other guests not to go to remote places. I'm leaving now."

After saying this, the shopkeeper took out some silver from inside, put it in his arms, and left in a hurry.

At this time, Lin Qingyue had just walked up the stairs and heard the child's suppressed sniffles, so she stopped.

Dust Breaking System heard her comforting the little girl, "If you're scared, I can set up a simple defensive formation nearby."

The girl looked at her cautiously and said, "No, thank you, sister."

She didn't know whether she was a good person or a bad person, but she couldn't offend the cultivators, otherwise her father would be bullied by them.

"Okay then." Lin Qingyue nodded and went upstairs.

At the stairs, Meng Nianchun looked at Lin Qingyue with resentment.

"Senior brother is missing."

Lin Qingyue: "Just a moment, and he disappeared?"

"I should have shared a room with him."

Lin Qingyue imagined Wenren Shuyu and Meng Nianchun in the same room.

Wenren Shuyu was sleeping soundly on the bed, and Meng Nianchun was sitting beside him with his eyes closed.

Then Wenren Shuyu quietly opened his eyes without making any sound.

He was startled when he turned around. Meng Nianchun removed the illusion of open eyes from his face and looked at him coldly.

……

"What are you thinking?"

Meng Nianchun asked her, and Lin Qingyue came back to her senses.

"I'm wondering how Wenren Shuyu can be both reliable and unreliable."

Meng Nianchun felt the same way. "Maybe it's because no one wants to deal with these trivial matters."

"Aren't there always elders in the peak?"

"This is similar to being a canteen cook. Wuhe Peak particularly likes to snatch people from our peak. But our treatment is not as good as Wuhe Peak's, so it has always been difficult to get people to come."

Lin Qingyue: "Don't you have outer disciples?"

"Very few people in the Ziyang Sword Sect practice the Way of Ruthlessness," Meng Nianchun said. "There are tens of thousands of Daoist methods in this world, but the Way of Ruthlessness is actually a clear weakness."

"Because no one forms a team, it's easy to get beaten up?"

Meng Nianchun nodded. "It's also very easy to get beaten by those who misunderstand that the ruthless way is about killing people to prove your truth. That's why we don't say we practice the ruthless way outside."

Lin Qingyue still said the same thing: "Fortunately, I didn't go to Yuexi Peak."

Meng Nianchun glanced at her lightly.

Wenren Shuyu left on his own, and Lin Qingyue and Meng Nianchun prepared to set off again to return to Ziyang Sword Sect.

As soon as I went downstairs, I saw the breathless shopkeeper running up to me.

"Are you two monks?"

Lin Qingyue and Meng Nianchun looked at each other, and she sent a message to Meng Nianchun to explain what she had heard before.

"We are monks, what can we do for you, shopkeeper?"

The county magistrate, who had returned with him, bowed and said, "The truth is, the body of a cultivator was discovered in the ruins outside the city. Normally, a cultivator should handle such matters. But the Foundation Establishment Immortal in charge of our county unfortunately went to a sect a few days ago to further his cultivation techniques and hasn't returned yet."

"That's why we're looking for you two monks. I'll definitely reward you two monks after this is done."

After saying this, the county magistrate looked at Lin Qingyue and Meng Nianchun with a worried look on his face, fearing that they would disagree.

But fortunately, both monks agreed.

The young man said to him, "You must write down a specific certificate for us. Only after both parties sign it can we interfere in this matter."

"I know. I'll have someone bring the official seal and get this done right away."

The county magistrate breathed a sigh of relief and asked the officers and soldiers to get the things.

"I still don't know which sect these two cultivators are from?"

"Purple Sun Sword Sect."

Upon hearing the words "Zi Yang Sword Sect", the county magistrate hurriedly praised them.

"So they are the two great sword masters from the Ziyang Sword Sect. I'm sorry for not welcoming you from afar."

The items were delivered quickly. After Lin Qingyue, Meng Nianchun, and the county magistrate signed the contract, the red seal on the paper glowed red for a moment. Meng Nianchun and the county magistrate said.

"Let's go and see the monk's body now."