Demon Sword Sect’s Undercover
Chapter 732 - 732 731 Local Forces Happy Lantern Festival

732: Chapter 731 Local Forces [Happy Lantern Festival] 732: Chapter 731 Local Forces [Happy Lantern Festival] Hou Niao snorted, knowing it would be like this.

To people like them, there were feelings, but that was only a part of it; doing good also existed, yet it was far from everything.

For someone like Dong Fangfei the Fairy, you couldn’t treat her as a Female Bodhisattva just because she had done one good deed, nor could you label her a scheming villain just because she was cunning and calculating.

People have many sides; what’s important is not to focus solely on one.

So, in his movements, he always tried to look from multiple angles—front, back, side, and then flipped over…

Dong Fangfei switched to a smiling face, “Hou Niao, you’ve already collected the interest, isn’t it time to do something concrete for these herdsmen?”

Hou Niao leaned back; he was genuinely a bit tired.

Brute force was no match for expertise; that was a fact.

“You’ve got it wrong, right?

You, Dong Fangfei, are now a great True Inheritor and a respected figure in the Southeast.

Aren’t there plenty of people flattering you?

Would you still need me, a brute who isn’t even a True Disciple?”

The woman transformed into a lazy little cat, drawing circles on his chest, “I am a True Inheritor and the eldest sister-master, but our path has already reached its end for me.

Whether it’s my own strength or the foundation of the Sect, I see no way forward.

All I can hope for is to obtain a strand of Spiritual Green from Outer Space, which, theoretically, has the potential to break the Heaven and Earth Chains.

But I know that if someone must, it definitely won’t be me.

Having cultivated for nearly a hundred years, if I can’t see through this, then my cultivation was truly in vain.”

Her gaze fixed on the man, “But you are different, although you are not a True Disciple of the Shan Sect now, you have already possessed the capability of being assessed as one.

Be honest with me, do you still aim to become a True Disciple?

I’m afraid the Constellation True Inheritor is the least of your aims, right?

Your real goal is only one, to break the Heaven and Earth Chains, who else but you!”

Hou Niao tightened his grip, and the woman, in pain, kept silent, just staring at him defiantly,

This woman, having risen to her position without any family or connections, was truly an extraordinary woman.

“Tell me, what do you want?

If it’s just the matter of Kang Bao Zuoqi, it’s not worth it for you to act this way.”

Dong Fangfei gave a sly smile and wrapped herself around him, “How about we do it while we talk?”

Hou Niao pushed her away, “I am a serious man…”

The woman pinched his large nose, “Yes, serious people do non-serious things!

As for the long-term, I haven’t thought about it yet.

Perhaps one day when you make a fortune, don’t forget someone related to you by dewy marriage, just lend a hand.

Isn’t that fair?”

Hou Niao was speechless, “Who can clearly say who will make a fortune?

It might not even be me; your investment is quite reckless, covering a vast area.

You’re probably going to need to invest in other people?”

Dong Fangfei snorted, “They look down on me!

Fickle in love, changing affections as one pleases…

I don’t care.

But such matters still require keen eyesight, and I’ve set my sights on you.”

“It might turn into a loss.”

“Doesn’t matter; business is like that, there are no certain successes.

I can handle it, just as if I’ve been kicked by a donkey…”

“That donkey’s pretty lucky then.

Alright, hurry up and get to the point.

You are, after all, the respected Madam Suji, and the sun’s almost up…”

“What I now want you to help with is actually not a small matter, I can’t do it alone, and it’s not just about pulling in people to achieve.

It’s like this, on the Grassland, there also exist Cultivation powers, with their own tribal traditions, uh, the Grassland Golden Bloodline Stones—you’ve heard of them, right?”

Hou Niao’s heart stirred, “Heard of them, the swordsmen?”

“Exactly them!

The Stone bloodline is very famous on the Grassland and quite domineering.

They don’t get involved in external affairs, but they won’t allow outsiders to interfere in Grassland matters.

Thus, in matters concerning the tribes, our Daoist Sect also prefers not to provoke them, maintaining a respectful distance.

What I do in Kangba Zuoqi actually doesn’t involve Cultivation.

The masters I invite to teach are all common mortals, offering only the most basic education in culture and history, nothing related to Cultivation.

I know the situation here and never dare overstep.

Yet even so, recently there have been continuous visits from Golden Bloodline swordsmen, all wanting me to leave this place.

I do not wish to give up decades of effort, nor do I have a reason to; but neither can I confront them directly, as it would provoke a confrontation of forces that I cannot afford, and ultimately, it would be these herdsmen who suffer.

So I wanted to speak to you, negotiate something.

Since you both wield swords, it’s definitely more appropriate for you to step in than for me.”

“Just because we both wield swords, we have a common language?

It could also make us mortal enemies, right?

Haven’t you heard that peers are competitors?”

Looking into the woman’s hopeful eyes, he finally relented, “Since it’s not for your own sake, let’s give it a try…

but tomorrow, you’ll have to dress up like a rabbit…”

Dong Fangfei couldn’t help but feel a chill, this guy was truly perverse, psychologically abnormal…

But then again, all outstanding people generally have various bizarre habits.

She had seen too many, and this is humanity; the more developed the brain, the more…”

“Are we going to find them, or wait for them to come?” Hou Niao asked casually, a face flashing through his mind, so many years since he’d seen them.

Did they still remember him?

“Let’s wait for them to come?

I actually also don’t know where to find them, and it’s not good to track them, afraid of arousing suspicion.

Besides, it’s never the same person who comes each time, very random, just when they feel like making a trip.”

“But they haven’t resorted to violence?”

“Not yet, at least.

Maybe it’s because I’m a woman?

But their attitude gets stronger each time; it will eventually come to blows one day.”

“Then let’s wait, and in the meantime, I’ll collect a few more days of interest.”

Dong Fangfei just pursed her lips, a professional disdain showing, “Always trying to glorify yourself, who doesn’t know who’s earning the interest?”

Hou Niao, “…”

Life in the camp was simple, especially for someone as idle as Hou Niao.

In his spare time, he would wander around the camp, not in an undercover investigation, but just to relax—a freedom the Cultivation environment could not offer him.

This place was indeed safe, Daoist Sect cultivators wouldn’t come here, and Dong Fangfei’s presence here was no secret in her circles, having persisted for decades, it had become the norm, beyond suspicion.

Gradually, as he settled into life here, just by listening, looking around, and asking, he found that the woman hadn’t lied or exaggerated her words; in fact, what she did here was not just about education but also included other aspects, like trade and disaster relief.

Even though a cultivator’s fortune far exceeded that of mortal magnates, helping so many people by herself was no small feat.

Considering her decades of persistence, what more could one expect from a Great Sage?

This is the complexity of human nature, no absolute good or bad.

Everyone has a dark corner in their hearts, and everyone has a shining side as well.

This is life.