The Inner Sect disciple of the Sword Hall, Wang Sheng, arrived with his sword.
With one hand, he pinched Qiu Jidan’s folding fan, and with another push, sent the master-servant pair from Lingxi Pavilion flying. The Sword Qi surged, making them calm down under the aura of the Golden Core Stage.
"Law enforcent of the Sword Hall, who are you?" he asked, looking at Qiu Jidan.
Upon hearing the words "Sword Hall," the three of them felt a jolt in their hearts.
After the fall of Dongqi, the Six Great Sects partitioned the East Continent.
They no longer needed taxes from the mortals, nor mortal labor, nor mortal admiration.
They only required stability in their territories.
Thus, organizations like the Sword Hall erged in various prefectures and counties.
Composed of elder Golden Core cultivators unable to break through in this life, new disciples on trials down the mountain, and so recruited Righteous Path loose cultivators.
They are responsible for cleaning up and capturing cultivators of the Demon Path, dealing with idle loose cultivators in the bustling markets, and registering and managing Demons seeking reform.
Zhang Ze did not expect the Sword Hall to arrive so quickly, but he thought it might be Wang Wu’s doing.
After all, it concerned his own prosperity, and perhaps fearing sothing might happen to his financial backer, he called his senior brother from the local Sword Hall.
Since the people of the Sword Sect have arrived, Zhang Ze had nothing to do with it anymore. He pushed Qiao Lezhi to the corner of the room, waiting quietly with Chen Qin for the matter to end.
Judging from Qiu Jidan’s glance just now, he would probably co to him soon to get closer over this small matter.
However, Zhang Ze realized he overthought, and also wrongly blad Song Qingpao, the head of the liquor factory.
Song Qingpao was not a green tea, but rather, it was Qiu Jidan who truly had so shortcomings.
Like Lin Feng, the acting was too deliberate.
Zhang Ze didn’t care much. After all, he caught one, and it was just good to eliminate another pest, and it would make fooling Song Qingpao easier in the future.
But he suddenly realized a problem, that despite the Hundred Demons Sect battling the Six Righteous Sects for so many years without perishing, there must be so normal people among them.
If one were to accomplish great things, how could it be done with only a fool in charge of the whole situation?
This person might just be a bait on the surface.
Simply put, there are people above Qiu Jidan.
Zhang Ze thought about it, recalling the secret talks between Zhengyi and Pavilion Master Chen after discovering the Innate Land, and the two elders must have noticed so clues and were plotting against others.
He couldn’t understand the sches of the big shots, but he figured he still could be a biting fish bait.
Not letting this Qiu Jidan line slip away.
If it can leap out of the water and give the angler a bait of shit, that would be even better.
Need to craft a story to keep Qiu Jidan tied down.
With thoughts flickering, Zhang Ze had formulated the outline of the story in just a few monts, and he opened his mouth to interrupt Wang Sheng’s questioning.
"This brother of the Sword Sect, Hero Qiu is an acquaintance of mine."
"Just now, he acted righteously rely to help out of a predicant."
"I ask you, brother, not to make things difficult for him."
Upon hearing these words, Qiu Jidan was taken aback, and the two Lingxi Sect cultivators even felt weak in their legs, almost falling to the ground.
’If you were from the Sword Sect, why didn’t you say so early on, instead of pretending to be from the Thousand chanism Pavilion.’
’Knowing you are a Sword Sect disciple, who would dare to provoke you.’
Now both of them felt a strong urge to die. Especially since they had been relying on the Sect Leader’s favor and had done too many questionable things lately.
If discovered by the Sword Sect, it would affect the Sect Leader, and even if they escaped the Sword Sect’s punishnt, they would still face dire consequences back in the Lingxi Sect under the Sect Leader.
Might as well be dead.
anwhile, Wang Sheng, having only focused on questioning Qiu Jidan, hadn’t noticed the three others earlier.
Turning back now, he realized he recognized all three.
Chen Qin goes without saying, the Sect Leader’s youngest daughter, known to everyone in the sect.
Qiao Lezhi, his senior sister, during sparring in the Inner Sect, he never won more than three moves against her.
Zhang Ze, the beloved of Elder Li, a small genius of the Sword Pavilion, progressing in cultivation at a rapid pace, reaching Foundation Establishnt in less than half a year.
The task hall exchange list of jumbled spells were mostly created by him; his Lubrication Technique is quite handy.
Wang Sheng lost control of his expression, he couldn’t understand how these three ancestors could be bullied.
It should have been them bullying others.
Fortunately, he was currently facing away from Qiu Jidan and others, thus nobody noticed his lapse.
"Cooperate, my junior brother is fishing." Qiao Lezhi’s voice unexpectedly resonated in Wang Sheng’s ear, although it felt a bit like mumbling.
Wang Sheng, being quick-witted, also started acting.
"And you are?" Wang Sheng asked.
"Junior brother is still studying in the Outer Sect, so it’s normal for senior brother not to recognize ."
Taking Zhang Ze’s Outer Sect waist badge, Wang Sheng nodded.
"You two, co with ." Wang Sheng said to the two Lingxi Sect cultivators.
After catching the two Lingxi Sect disciples, Wang Sheng did not look at the remaining people again, appearing very haughty.
Seeing Wang Sheng get into character so quickly, Zhang Ze sneaked a glance at Qiao Lezhi, who was still pretending to sleep.
"I’m just lazy, I’m not totally dumb..." Senior Sister Qiao’s voice echoed in Zhang Ze’s ear.
This was Senior Sister Qiao’s response, quite self-aware.
Qiu Jidan looked at Wang Sheng’s departing figure with so surprise and turned to look at Zhang Ze.
To maintain his image as a benevolent figure of the martial world, he used his lifelong skills to keep his gaze fixed on Zhang Ze without it wandering.
"Fellow disciple of the Sword Sect, we were previously unacquainted, why did you speak like that just now?" Qiu Jidan cupped his hands and said.
Zhang Ze sighed deeply, wearing a youthful yet weathered expression.
"Although Hero Qiu is not part of the sect, his reputation has long spread throughout Jing Qing."
"I’ve heard about it too, and today, seeing it in person, it’s just as the rumors say."
"I have sothing...I earnestly request Hero Qiu’s help, hence..."
"Never mind, doing so would be taking advantage of the situation."
He spoke, wearing an expression of wanting to say more but stopping.
Qiu Jidan imdiately asked, "Is there sothing difficult to speak of?"
Seeing him in this state made Zhang Ze feel deeply grateful, opening his mouth to try to speak.
Chen Qin, having a spiritual connection, tugged at Zhang Ze’s sleeve at this mont, "Senior Brother, don’t speak... let’s go back..."
"Junior Sister, sigh, what Junior Sister said is true."
"Hero Qiu, the path to immortality is long; let’s part ways here..."
Saying this, Zhang Ze began to push his wheelchair, ready to leave the compartnt.
Qiu Jidan grew anxious, for he hated it when people only spoke half of what they intended, especially when he saw the little sphere in Zhang Ze’s hand.
"Feel free to say it, since I’ve seen it, there’s no reason not to address it," Qiu Jidan said, waving his sleeves with a grand heroic air.
"Alright then, I’ll speak to Hero Qiu..."
Seeing Zhang Ze take the bait, Qiu Jidan snickered internally, thinking how fortune smiled upon him liberally.
Recently, he had acquired the competent subordinate Song Qingpao, and today’s random action not only acquainted him with a Sword Sect disciple but also revealed a Stone Pill.
’Ha, I truly am a person of Heavenly Destiny.’
’Need to find a way to trick that Stone Pill from him.’
Zhang Ze, after so thought, began sharing the outline of the story he’d just concocted to keep Qiu Jidan on a leash.
The autumn wind blowing across the lake was invigorating, and even Qiu Jidan felt refreshed as Zhang Ze shared the new story he had just crafted.
"I hope Brother Qiu won’t spread this."
Zhang Ze sighed as if this matter lay heavy on his heart.
"There’s a traitor in the Sword Sect."
He stated this with a voice full of distress. Both lanting his own tumultuous fate and expressing regret over the Sword Sect’s situation.
Taking on the principle of defaming the non-present, Liu Lili beca the protagonist of Zhang Ze’s story.
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