Chapter 441: Sect Master Kong
It was already spring. Under the sun, the snow outside the window was slowly melting.
The ice that was hanging under the roof a few days ago had disappeared.
However, it was still exceptionally cold.
As the elders in the room were speaking, Lu Sheng and Chu Sihan naturally could not speak. Hence, they could only sit at the side and silently watch the show.
“Haven’t you always had the best ideas?”
Lu Zhou smiled sarcastically, but his eyes were cold.
The reason why he disliked Chunyu Dong was mostly because of his Senior Sister, Wen Yin.
That was because Wen Yin was both a sister and mother to him.
When he became Sect Master Kong’s disciple, he had already reincarnated. At that time, he was only five years old and had temporarily forgotten about his previous life.
Therefore, at that time, he actually did not remember the King of Hades, Lu Ying, and the rest. He only remembered that he was a mortal and lived in an ordinary family.
Later, Sect Master Kong, who went down the mountain to train, met him and brought him back to the Five Peaks.
At that time, Chunyu Dong and Wen Yin were both older than him. He could not remember how much older they were.
He only remembered that when he reached the Five Peaks, Chunyu Dong and Wen Yin already looked like teenagers.
At that time, Chunyu Dong and Wen Yin took special care of him. They left all the good food and fun to him.
He was exceptionally reliant on the two of them. It was only when he woke up and remembered the past that he lost the temperament of a child.
However, even so, the duo still treated him well as usual.
However, after Chunyu Dong left the Five Peaks, he didn’t return. As a result, Wen Yin braved the snowstorm at the foot of the mountain and waited for decades.
He witnessed her from hope to disappointment to despair.
After that, he started to complain about Chunyu Dong.
He did not hate him, but blamed him for not returning to visit his Senior Sister for decades.
“I’ll go back, but not now.”
Chunyu Dong looked at Lu Zhou stubbornly and said, “I don’t want to have any grudges with Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters. Therefore, I have to find out the truth and clear my name.”
It was because he was afraid that Wen Yin and Lu Zhou would misunderstand him that he chose to hide in the human world and investigate.
Thankfully, the heavens didn’t disappoint those who tried. He accidentally discovered that there was something wrong with Xian Ya and Xian Jing.
Later on, after a thorough investigation by someone from the Five Peaks, he found out that Xian Ya had entered his room during his seclusion.
However, he temporarily did not have evidence that Xian Ya had placed those forbidden techniques inside.
Later on, he lost track of the siblings.
He discovered them again only yesterday.
He guessed that the siblings were the reason why those villagers became puppets.
Lu Zhou raised an eyebrow. “I wonder, have you made any progress after decades of investigation?”
Chunyu Dong fell silent when he heard that.
Lu Zhou sneered and did not speak further.
The atmosphere became silent.
Lu Sheng looked at this and then at that, trying to ease the ice-cold atmosphere. “Well… the tea Lord made is not bad. Master, Uncle-Master, why don’t you have a drink before chatting properly?”
The duo looked at her at the same time. Lu Sheng was so scared that she hid behind Chu Sihan.
Chunyu Dong smiled faintly and found a seat.
“Don’t you have anything to say by coming over?”
Lu Zhou looked at Chunyu Dong again.
“I…”
Chunyu Dong paused for a while before sighing. “There is something.”
“Really?”
Lu Zhou looked down and picked up his teacup.
Shangguan Dian’s eyes darted around and he did not dare to speak.
“Last night, after you left that small inn, I specially went back.”
Chunyu Dong paused and looked at Lu Zhou before continuing, “When I returned, I saw two old acquaintances.”
“Old acquaintances?”
Lu Zhou raised an eyebrow. “Which two?”
“Xian Ya and Xian Jing.”
“Why did they come to Yong Fu Town?”
Chunyu Dong shook his head. “I don’t know. However, I suspect that Bailian’s injury is related to them.”
“You suspect that they hurt Bailian?” Lu Zhou frowned. “Why did they hurt him?”
Xian Jing and Xian Ya were from the Five Peaks. The State Minister was also a member of the Five Peaks. Why did they hurt him?
Chunyu Dong said, “If I’m not wrong, those villagers being refined into puppets should be related to them.”
“What?”
Not only was Lu Zhou surprised, but even Shangguan Dian was shocked.
Xian Jing was the Peak Master of Quiet Peak. Why did he want to refine those villagers into puppets?
“Why did they do that?”
Shangguan Dian thought about it and could not find a reason for Xian Jing to do so.
After Lu Zhou’s shock, he suddenly remembered something from the past.
“Speaking of which, there’s a rumor in the Immortal World. As to whether it’s false or true, there’s no definite answer now.”
“What rumor?” Shangguan Dian was curious.
“Junior Brother, you heard of it too?”
Chunyu Dong said faintly, “I suspect that that matter was not a rumor.”
“What’s the matter?”
Although Lu Sheng did not know who Xian Jing annd Xian Ya were, it did not affect her interest at all.
“Back then, there was a rumor in the Immortal World that Xian Jing’s and Xian Ya’s parents were traitors of the Immortal World. They were later killed by the Immortal World.”
“Xian Jing and Xian Ya were still young back then. The original Peak Master of the Quiet Peak could not bear for them to be killed, so he secretly saved them. Later on, he even accepted them as his disciples and even passed the position of Peak Master to Xian Jing.”
After hearing Chunyu Dong’s words, Chu Sihan guessed, “In other words, they created puppets to deal with the Immortal World?”
“I don’t know for now.” Chunyu Dong shook his head slightly. “However, one thing is certain. Bailian’s injury must be related to the siblings.”
Lu Sheng said in a low voice, “The State Minister must have discovered something which resulted in his injuries.”
Lu Zhou said calmly, “Let’s not talk about other things for now. Let’s settle the current situation first.”
Chunyu Dong was stunned. It was only then that he realized that these people did not react at all when he mentioned the word ‘puppet.’
“You… know?”
How did they know?
Lu Sheng said, “We asked Qing Yi and Lan Yi.”
Chunyu Dong was suddenly enlightened. No wonder Lu Zhou and the rest were not surprised. It was because they had long known what would happen tonight.
“So, you’re referring to this when you said you had something to do tonight?”
Shangguan Dian nodded. “That’s right.”
Chunyu Dong was speechless.
To think that he thought that he had kept everyone in the dark. Little did he know that everyone already knew…
“You wanted to talk about this, right?”
Lu Zhou snorted. “If yes, then there’s no need to say anything else.”
Chunyu Dong coughed lightly and changed the topic. “What do you plan to do?”
Shangguan Dian smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Cousin. We’ve already discussed the countermeasures. We’re just waiting for night to arrive.”
“It seems like you don’t need me anymore?”
Chunyu Dong sighed softly. “Alright, I’ll leave the villagers to you. I’ll monitor Xian Jing and Xian Ya.”
Shangguan Dian nodded slightly. “Okay.”
—————
Night fell.
As the officials had informed them in advance that there were bandits in town and the night market was not open tonight, the streets were already empty when night fell.
As for the inn where the refugees stayed, the shopkeepers and waiters had already left.
Lu Sheng and Chu Sihan put on the Invisibility Talisman and waited at the first floor.
At this moment, the full moon had already risen from the east.
Lu Sheng specially opened the windows so that she could see the situation outside.
Lu Zhou and Shangguan Dian had secretly set up a boundary in the refugees’ inn.
“Lord, can these villagers… still be saved?”
Lu Sheng glanced upstairs and asked Chu Sihan in a low voice.
There were still many young children among the refugees. If they were not rescued, they would be too pitiful.
“They probably haven’t become real puppets yet.”
Chu Sihan said in a low voice, “Real puppets don’t have consciousness. They will only act up on the night of the full moon. There should still be hope.”
“It’s good that there’s still hope!”
Lu Sheng sighed softly.
Although she had only interacted with the villagers for two to three days, she would still feel sad if she just watched them become walking corpses.
“Look.”
When moonlight shone into the inn, Chu Sihan suddenly pointed at it.
Lu Sheng looked up and saw that the white clouds surrounding the full moon were gradually dyed red.
In just a moment, even the full moon was dyed red.
Then, roars suddenly came from upstairs.
Lu Sheng suddenly stood up. “It’s starting so early?”
She thought that they would last until midnight.
“Let’s go upstairs.”
Chu Sihan stood up and grabbed her waist before jumping up to the second floor.
At first, it was just one or two sounds. Towards the end, almost the entire inn was filled with roars.
Slap!
She knocked on the door and was kicked to the ground.
Three people suddenly walked out of a room. Their eyes were bloodshot and their footsteps were mechanical.
Then, in the second and third rooms.
After a while, more than half of the guest rooms were opened.
“There’s only one guest room left.”
After seven minutes, Lu Sheng spoke softly.
Lu Sheng remembered that Mdm Tong and her grandchildren were staying in that guest room.
“Grandma, we’re scared!”
In the room, Mdm Tong hid under the bed with Kai Chun and Kai Dong.
“Shush!”
Mdm Tong persuaded the duo in a low voice, “Don’t speak. Just like before, bear with it for a while. Everything will be fine when it’s dawn.”
When they were in the village previously, they would hide from those people every night during the full moon.
After hearing Mdm Tong’s words, the siblings hurriedly covered their mouths.
The puppets had all gone down to the first floor, but the room remained closed.
“Lord, the people in that room are the granny and her grandchildren.”
Lu Sheng reminded him softly.
“The lack of reaction after so long proves that they are not puppets.”
Chu Sihan glanced downstairs and said to her in a low voice, “Guard here in case the other puppets barge in and hurt people. I’ll go down and take a look at their characteristics.”
Lu Sheng nodded. “Be careful!”
Chu Sihan chose an empty spot and jumped down from the second floor. Finally, he landed steadily on the ground.
He walked to a puppet and examined it closely. Then, he walked to the other puppets and observed them carefully.
The puppets swarmed out of the door. However, because they were blocked by the boundary, they could only stand rooted to the ground with dull eyes.
“Sigh—”
Holding the moon pearl, Shangguan Dian stood outside the boundary. He looked at the refugees inside and sighed faintly.
“Ah Zhou, can they still be saved at this level?”
He turned around and asked Lu Zhou.
Lu Zhou nodded solemnly. “There should be hope, but I’m afraid only Master can save them.”
He remembered that when the living puppets came out, his master had studied their powers and knew some ways to deal with them.
Shangguan Dian raised his hand and knocked on the boundary twice. He raised his eyebrows in surprise. “Sect Master Kong actually knows these?”
Lu Zhou raised an eyebrow. “My master knows a lot.”
How could someone who had lived for more than a hundred thousand years become someone else’s master if they did not have any capabilities?
“That’s true.”
Shangguan Dian smiled faintly. “He likes to study some unusual techniques.”
Lu Zhou took out the Communications Talisman and hesitated for a moment before opening it.
After a moment of silence, a faint voice was heard.
Then, a loud voice was heard.
“Rascal, why are you looking for me?”
Lu Zhou said calmly, “I have something important to ask you for help.”
“It’s best if it’s a big deal. If it’s a small matter and you can’t solve it yourself, you’ll automatically break off your master-disciple relationship with me.”
Lu Zhou was speechless.
Seeing Lu Zhou suffer, Shangguan Dian could not help but chuckle.
Lu Zhou sighed softly and spoke again after a while. “Yong Fu Town. Come quickly.”
Then, he cut off the Communications Talisman.
At the same time, on the Five Peaks of the Immortal World, in an empty pavilion.
Sect Master Kong stared at the Communications Talisman in his hand and said angrily, “This kid cut off the connection without saying anything clearly. He’s still as self-centered as before.”
“Master, did Junior Brother contact you?”
Wen Yin walked in with a basket of spiritual fruits and placed them on the table.
“Who else could it be?”
Sect Master Kong snorted coldly. “Do you still expect your Senior Brother to contact me?”
Wen Yin was slightly stunned and immediately laughed bitterly.
Yes!
It had been decades. If Senior Brother wanted to contact her, why couldn’t he?
Was he angry at his master or herself?
“Yiner, I want to go to the mortal world. Do you want to visit your Junior Brother with me?”
“Okay.”
Wen Yin smiled faintly. “When Junior Brother came back last time, he said that he wanted to bring back spiritual fruits for someone. After asking in detail, I learned that he had accepted a disciple in the mortal world. I can go and see that disciple of his.”
“Disciple?”
Sect Master Kong raised his eyebrows. “That’s what he said?”
Seeing Wen Yin’s doubtful gaze, Sect Master Kong sighed softly.
Wen Yin did not know Lu Sheng’s true identity, but he knew.
Disciple? It was just that kid’s excuse to hide his mistake.
“Indeed, you should meet them.”
Sect Master Kong mumbled and stood up to return to his room. He casually picked a few fun artifacts and placed them into the Hundred Treasures Bag at his waist.
“That kid is a money-grubber. The girl must have inherited this trait of his. She should like it if we gave her some valuable items, right?”
Sect Master Kong patted his Hundred Treasures Bag and smiled satisfactorily.
Wen Yin stood in the courtyard and waited. When she saw him coming out, she hurriedly asked, “Master, are we going down the mountain now?”
Sect Master Kong nodded. “From what that kid said, he must have encountered a big problem. Let’s go and take a look.”
He knew his disciple’s personality the best. If he had not encountered something that he could not solve, he would not have thought of him, his master.
For that kid to ask for help, it must not be a small matter.