Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 230 - 23: Coming to the Door [Thanks to Alliance Hierarch ’Ling Du Yu’ for the rewards!]

Chapter 230: Chapter 23: Coming to the Door [Thanks to Alliance Hierarch ’Ling Du Yu’ for the rewards!]

"Hey, look at the magical treasure!"

After Lin Bei shouted, he flicked his right hand, and a silver light shot out like a moon disc.

The chubby kid behind him could vaguely see that it was a circular artifact. Its spirituality wasn’t particularly strong, and it didn’t fly towards the Baize cubs, but instead slipped into the nearby bushes.

Did it veer off course?

And such significant deviation at that! He couldn’t help but grumble in his heart.

But the miraculous thing was that as the artifact flew further away, the Baize cub briskly chased after it, vanishing as quickly as lightning!

"Huh?" The chubby kid was baffled, not understanding the principle of the artifact.

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and go get the clue!" Lin Bei quickly pointed to the giant rock aside.

"Yes, yes!" Only then did the chubby kid run over, mustering all his True Qi to heave the massive rock, revealing a corner of the cave. He was sweating profusely but didn’t bother wiping it off as he quickly crawled into the cave.

Although there were formations inside the cave, there was no way the Baize cubs would throw him out again. Unless something unexpected happened, he should be able to smoothly find the third clue.

Seeing the task accomplished, Lin Bei finally showed a slight smile and turned towards the direction the Baize cub had flown off to.

In the depths of the dense forest, Chu Liang was squatting and petting the Baize cub. "You did very well just now, keep up the good work! Be more precise with your strength..."

Shang Ziliang and his henchmen A and B were also there. Seeing Lin Bei gleefully returning, Shang Ziliang immediately rushed over, "You’ve completed one round?It’s my turn, it’s my turn!"

With that, he picked up the disc and set off to wait for the target.

Before long, the Baize cub suddenly stood up, made a couple of calls, and then sped away like lightning.

Chu Liang waved at its retreating figure, "Go, Little Baize!"

At first, Chu Liang thought that since he was selling clues and so many teams had joined, he’d indirectly increased the workload for the Baize cubs... and he felt guilty about it.

Originally, it only had to host a few teams, but now most of Shu Mountain would be coming.

Chu Liang thought about how he could compensate the Baize cub, then an idea sparked. Why not buff it up a bit? Upon thinking this, he had another idea. Why not give it a big buff and keep everyone out, then let himself act as a substitute?

Huh?

Chu Liang was shocked by this thought.

He didn’t have much desire for financial gain, but his thinking was uncontrollably heading in that direction... It was becoming almost second nature.

However, he didn’t take matters into his own hands this time but asked Lin Bei and Shang Ziliang to do it. As for the earned Sword Coins, Chu Liang did not plan to split them; he’d give them to his friends.

The guys had been busy for so many days and were like founding team members. Therefore, it was only right to give them more benefits.

Moreover, this kind of proxy activity for handling the Baize cubs couldn’t be done many times.

After all, now everyone was wise to being taken advantage of. It wouldn’t be long before the third clue in the cave would be circulated.

Even if the Baize cubs were fully equipped, some teams wouldn’t need help. For instance, Jiang Yuebai and Xu Ziyang, who could single-handedly handle the Baize cubs. Some teams could also sneak in behind them.

Therefore, Chu Liang estimated that he wouldn’t make much from this proxy activity for the Baize cubs. Each of the guys would probably only make a few hundred Sword Coins at most.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but sigh.

A few months ago, he felt that the flying sword worth 300 Sword Coins was too expensive. But now, a few hundred Sword Coins did not mean much to him.

Entrepreneurship was indeed something else.

If he were diligently doing tasks, who knows how long it would take to save up this many Sword Coins.

He heard the whistling sound of a flying disc, the silver light shot over again, and the Baize cub arrived swiftly.

Shang Ziliang had also completed a round of substitution, joyfully returning with a look full of admiration for Chu Liang. He wondered how Chu Liang could always come up with so many extraordinary ideas.

...

Meanwhile.

In the snowy land of the North Region, two figures, one big and one small, were at a stalemate.

"Eat something. Even if you’re a Ba, you can’t stop eating forever." The middle-aged man wearing a bamboo hat coaxed kindly. "You’re not willing to sleep in the ice coffin. You also need to replenish spiritual power even if you’re active outside. Otherwise, it will be inconvenient for you to run into some trouble."

"No..."

The little girl in front of him pouted her mouth and shook her head resolutely.

A large bear’s carcass lay on the ground, its fresh blood flowing out and instantly freezing.

The two were none other than the Immortal Qi Jing mentioned in the Seven Star Mansion Report and the little girl he had "kidnapped" from the Southern Sea.

All around them was a snowstorm with chilling winds, the environment was beyond what life could bear. Even the most durable of wild beasts would instantly freeze into ice sculptures here.

Yet, they were dressed simply and didn’t seem to feel the cold at all.

"Do you have to eat fruit?" Immortal Qi Jing seemed rather helpless.

When facing a mighty figure from the Seventh Realm, he was cool and assured, dismissing them with a wave of his hand. But facing this little girl, he was at a loss.

"Yes!" This time, the little girl nodded vigorously.

"Haven’t I found fruits for you?" Immortal Qi Jing pointed to two golden fruits on the ground which appeared to be exceptional spirit plants.

"I...want...good...fruit."

It seemed like the little lass wanted to say that she wanted delicious fruits, but she was still not very articulate.

"What should we do..." Immortal Qi Jing rubbed his hands, "The ladies from the Lunar Sect are pursuing us too closely. You saw that day too. We both dare not even fly now and can only travel by foot in this snowstorm. How can we find such fruits for you under these circumstances?"

"You...aren’t scared..." the little girl said again.

"Hehe, of course, I’m not scared of them." Immortal Qi Jing laughed haughtily but immediately sighed, "But you are, if you were to be found, people from all Nine Heavens and Ten Lands would come to capture you, then there would be no delicious fruits for you."

"Hmmpf!" The little girl seemed quite angry as she pondered and her fury grew.

In the end, she sat down on the snowy ground, hugging her shoulders. Due to the thick snow, half her body was buried in the snow, making her a tiny black spot in the white landscape.

"Come on." Immortal Qi Jing pressed down on her head lightly, massaging it, "I promise you, as soon as this blows over, I’ll take you to Shu Mountain to look for delicious fruits, okay?"

The little girl pursed her lips, taking a while before slowly nodding, "Mm-hmm."

"Let’s go! We need to reach the Northern Region Holy Mountain up ahead. There might be a treasure there that could dispel your calamity. Then, you’ll be free to play outside just like any other child."

Immortal Qi Jing simply lifted the little girl onto his neck and walked forward.

"I was thinking about what name to give you, since you love eating fruits so much, you’ll be named Jiang Guo."

"It sure is hard to raise a girl. If you were a boy, I would have definitely given you a beatdown earlier, forcing you to eat whatever’s available. Ah, but what to do if a girl isn’t pampered, right?"

"I have a daughter too, didn’t get to see her when she was young but she probably was similar to you."

"The girls in our Jiang family all share this temperament; it runs in the blood."

"She takes after you."

"..."

Along the way, he rambled on, trudging through the snow towards the towering Sacred Mountain, against the seven-foot-tall blizzard.

...

Seeing that the situation at Pagoda Peak had stabilized, Chu Liang returned to Silver Sword Peak to concentrate on his cultivation.

Now that he had multiple Divine Skill Methods at his disposal, apart from the Dragon Blood Secret Method, which only required breathing, he needed to spend time cultivating the others.

But as soon as he started, someone came to find him.

Opening his eyes to look outside, he saw a gentle-looking man in a white robe, standing quietly on the slope.

The Law-enforcement Elder?

Chu Liang looked at the old man’s face, feeling a sense of strangeness, yet in his memory, this was the Law-enforcement Elder he had met before.

Thus, he quickly went out to meet him, bowing respectfully, "Disciple greets the Law-enforcement Elder! Are you here to see my master?"

"No, I am here to see you," said the Law-enforcement Elder in a relaxed tone.

Huh? Chu Liang was puzzled.

Before he could ask, the Law-enforcement Elder continued, "I don’t know if you are aware, but I am the one who organized this Mountain God Sacrifice."

"Oh." Hearing this, a chill settled over Chu Liang’s heart.

This is bad.

They’ve come to settle it!