Chapter 173: Seeing Yinghua being murdered again
"I wonder what school or sect the young lady is from?"
"The Yuanqing School of Guyangcheng!" Maidong said, taking the empty bowl from the man, then turned around and put the bowl on the table inside the house.
It was precisely because of this that we did not see the expression on that person's face. When that person heard the name Yuanqing Sect, his eyes suddenly widened and his face showed an expression of extreme surprise.
"You said you are a disciple of Yuanqing Sect!" the man exclaimed, but perhaps he felt something was wrong, so he quickly changed the subject and asked, "Hasn't Yuanqing Sect stopped recruiting disciples a long time ago?"
Maidong was only concentrating on tidying up the bottles and jars on the table without looking back. After hearing what the man said, he smiled and said, "It's true that we didn't accept disciples before, but we reopened the sect a few days ago. Although we didn't accept many, we did accept a few with very good qualifications." Then he took two medicine bottles and a piece of fine cloth, turned around and walked to the bed.
"And I am not a new disciple who has just joined Yuanqing. I was picked up by the master when I was a child."
"No wonder it's like this," the person on the bed suddenly realized, "The girl has been practicing since she was young, but she doesn't look like a Taoist priest at all. I wonder what the girl's Taoist name is?"
Mai Dong scratched his head and smiled when he heard this: "I don't have any Taoist name for my mere foundation-building cultivation, but my master named me Mai Dong." He put down the medicine bottle and stretched out his hand to untie the fine cloth on the man's body. As he untie it, he asked, "I don't know..."
Before Mai Dong could ask, the man laughed and said, "It's my fault. I was so busy asking questions that I didn't even tell you my name." Then he bowed to Mai Dong and said, "My name is Long Sheng. Thank you for saving my life, young lady!"
Seeing him like this, Maidong quickly told him not to move, and then slowly untied the fine cloth on his body.
"You should not be like this. It's just a piece of cake and not worth mentioning." As he said that, he picked up the medicine bottle, poured the powder, and concentrated on changing the medicine for Long Sheng.
After some cleaning, the blood-soaked fine cloth on Long Sheng's body was finally replaced. Mai Dong raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and said to him with a smile: "You said I don't look like a Taoist priest at all, I'm afraid you haven't seen the young elder I just mentioned. She really doesn't look like a Taoist priest at all. She is arrogant and domineering all day long, and she does whatever she wants in the sect. Even the head teacher can't do anything to her. It's not an exaggeration to say that she is a mountain king."
It's very interesting to hear that there are such people.
"But if you see her, don't be fooled by her appearance. She is extremely powerful, with a high level of attainment in medicine. Even my master once felt inferior to her. Her alchemy skills are unparalleled in the world. If Fairy Tu Mi were alive, the two would be equally good. The reason your injuries healed so quickly is all because of the medicine she made!"
Long Sheng was shocked when he heard this. At such a young age, he was not only an elder of a sect, but his medicine skills were even comparable to those of the Fairy Tu Mi. It was obvious how capable this man was. In recent years, he had heard that there was an extremely powerful person in Youran Ju, but he didn't expect that there could be a third person as powerful as him.
Just as he was surprised, he heard Maidong talking again.
"Uh...by the way, you said your name is Long..." But Maidong seemed to find it extremely difficult to speak, and stopped halfway through.
Seeing that he was in a dilemma, Long Sheng smiled and said, "I see that although the young lady is not very old, if you don't mind, you can call me Uncle Sheng."
Indeed, this Long Sheng had an untidy beard and looked older than her master. It would be awkward for her to call him by his full name.
"Then I will call you Uncle Sheng. By the way, there is a disciple in our sect who has the same surname as you!"
Long Sheng was shocked again when he heard this. Although the surname Long was not uncommon, it was not common either. Could it be that this was the name he had been looking for...
"Excuse me, young lady, what is the disciple's name?"
Mai Dong was tidying up the table without looking back: "Since you asked me to call you uncle, then you can also call me by my name. By the way, the disciple is the disciple of the domineering elder just mentioned, and his name is Long Qi..."
Long Sheng was shocked. He didn't hear a word Mai Dong said next. He was overjoyed in his heart.
Qi Ge'er! It's actually Qi Ge'er!
He had searched for him for so many years but to no avail, he didn't expect that he was still alive! And he was even a disciple of Yuan Qing!
Mai Dong talked for a while, but Long Sheng didn't respond. She turned around and saw a strange look on his face. She was curious, could it be that Long Sheng knew Long Qi?
"Could it be that Uncle Sheng knows Long Qi?"
Hearing Mai Dong's question, Long Sheng changed his mind and said: We don't even know Mai Dong's background yet, maybe this is another trick of the witch?
Thinking of this, Long Sheng coughed lightly and covered it up with a fake smile: "I just think it's a little funny that someone would call him this name."
It's so clumsy that even a fool can tell it. However, this man doesn't look like a cruel person. If he doesn't want to say more, I think he has something to hide.
Mai Dong thought so, and followed Long Sheng's words and continued: "Who said it wasn't? I also thought he was funny when I first met him... Come to think of it, I asked the waiter to bring a kettle of hot water just now. It's not very decent for Uncle Sheng to go out with such a dishevelled appearance, isn't it?"
Long Sheng hasn't really cared about her appearance in recent years, but she is a girl after all, so her mind is indeed much more delicate.
After washing up and shaving his head, Long Sheng looked much younger, but his face was still wrinkled, and it was obvious that he had been through a lot.
Seeing him like this, Mai Dong smiled and said, "I originally thought that Uncle Sheng was quite old, but it seems that I was wrong."
Long Sheng just smiled and didn't say anything. He had been living in the open air for many years and naturally couldn't take care of himself.
"Come to think of it, since you have been with your master since you were a child, why did you come down the mountain this time?"
Mai Dong paused when he heard this, blushing for a long time without knowing what to say. He hesitated and suddenly remembered Long Qi, so he said, "This time we are going to the Long family's former residence in Nanhuai."
Long Sheng was surprised when he heard this: "The Long Family Mansion is now someone else's residence, why did you go there?"
Hearing him ask this, Mai Dong's face turned even redder, and after a long while, he said, "To practice Taoism, one must go to the mortal world to gain experience. Long Qi is going to Long's residence this time. Although I don't know what he is going to do, as his senior sister, I am a little worried, so I came all the way to find him."
Seeing her like this, Long Sheng understood. Could it be that this little girl has taken a fancy to Qi Ge'er, so she is so worried? Hearing her say so, since Qi Ge'er is going to Long's house, he might as well go with him. He thinks he will definitely be able to see Qi Ge'er again.
Thinking of this, Long Sheng said, "That's a coincidence. I am also going to Nanhuai. Since we are going the same way, why don't we go together? I can take care of you on the way and I won't worry about you as a little girl."
Hearing him say this, Mai Dong immediately understood that he might have to follow her to find Long Qi. However, she did not say it out loud and agreed without hesitation.
Mai Dong originally advised Long Sheng to recuperate for two days before leaving, but he insisted on leaving the next day, saying that martial artists were not so delicate. Seeing that he was walking briskly and seemed to be fine, Mai Dong did not say much. She was eager to go faster so that she could catch up with Xin Yi earlier. However, she was a girl after all, and she rarely went out. She always found things strange when she saw them along the way, and stopped from time to time, or watched, or asked, just like those young ladies who had never seen the world.
And Long Sheng did not urge her any further, just pretending that Mai Dong had not gone out. He was a child at heart and introduced various little gadgets to her from time to time.
In his opinion, this girl was quite good. If what she said was true and his seventh brother was still alive, if they really liked each other, they would be a good match.
So Maidong slowly drove on this road, but Donggui County was the northernmost end of Weiping Road, and Nanhuai was in the central and southern section of Ling'an. If they continued to travel this way, when would they reach Nanhuai?
By the time the two arrived, Long Qi and his group had already left.
But even though Long Sheng understood, he was not anxious at all, and continued to accompany Mai Dong to see the mountains and rivers. After two or three days of walking, they only arrived at Qinxi City, which was only more than a hundred miles away from Donggui County.
According to a martial artist, this speed is indeed a bit slow. I'm afraid that the rich kids who travel around the mountains and rivers are much faster than this.
Moreover, the two of them were only on the outskirts of Qinxi City now. As the sky was getting darker, even if they hurried on their way now, the city gate would probably have been closed long ago.
It seems that we have to stay in the suburbs tonight.
Although this was the case, Maidong didn't mind at all. When she heard that they had to sleep outdoors today, she became inexplicably excited and kept saying that this was a great idea. Long Sheng was completely confused and couldn't understand why this little girl was so happy.
Of course he didn't know. Although Maidong was picked up by Master Fuyin and had suffered a lot before that, she had forgotten all about the past. Since she could remember, she had always lived in Lingyun Pavilion on Qiuyun Peak, living a life of luxury just like those young ladies from wealthy families. Even when she went down the mountain, she lived in Youranju. How could she have had such an experience?
Unlike Lingxiang, who had traveled extensively since she was young, often sleeping outdoors in the mountains, she would always come back and tell her about the brilliant stars and rivers, and she would be extremely envious, wishing she could be like her. But Master Fuyin would never allow her to leave the mountain, saying that girls should behave like girls and not do this or that, and he was very strict with her.
But things are different now. She can now experience the feeling of having the sky as her roof and the earth as her home, seeing the stars with her eyes open and dreams with her eyes closed. How can she not be happy?
However, despite this, there are still many things to pay attention to. For example, there are many ferocious beasts in the wild, so you have to make a fire to avoid them, and you also have to prevent the night wind from blowing away the flames and causing a disaster.
Fortunately, Long Sheng was experienced in this, so it was not difficult for him. After some arrangements, he just placed a circle of stones around the fire and put a block of stone inside the fire. He was not afraid of sparks flying, and the fire could burn more vigorously.
But maybe Maidong was too excited or what, he didn't fall asleep the whole night. He kept talking to Long Sheng for a long time, most of which were about interesting things in the Yuanqing Sect, all related to Lingxiang.
It seems that this girl has a close relationship with the young elder, otherwise she wouldn't be mentioned all the time.
To be honest, in fact, the other disciples of the same generation in the sect were also very good to Mai Dong, but they were all male disciples, and secondly, the elders in the sect had very strict requirements on them, and rarely had time to accompany her. Unlike Ling Xiang, those elders had no way to deal with her, and could only let her lead Mai Dong to do mischief. Moreover, both of them were girls, so they could talk to each other more intimately.
Long Sheng was listening to Mai Dong while smiling. He suddenly became interested in this young elder. He was really an instant kill man.
But at this moment, Maidong suddenly stopped talking. He just frowned and looked around, as if he was on guard against something.
Long Sheng immediately became alert, frowned and listened intently, and indeed heard some subtle sounds.
The sound was like someone stepping on dead leaves, making a "crackling" sound, and soon a charming laugh was heard.
"I was wondering why I couldn't find anyone. It turns out that I was rescued by someone. They are a bunch of good-for-nothings. I can't even beat them with my level of cultivation." As he spoke, an enchanting figure walked out of the darkness. It was none other than Yinghuan.
She had seductive eyes and revealing clothes, and none of the bruises she had received from the Kunwu Sect were visible on her body.
However, Maidong had no idea what was going on. He just saw that Yinghuan was full of evil spirit and asked who the visitor was.
Yinghua smiled charmingly, ruffling a lock of hair beside her ear, and said pretentiously: "Oh~ You are such a forgetful nobleman. It's only been a few days and you have forgotten me. Elder Fu Cang is so disrespectful."
Mai Dong was startled when she heard this. This person actually called her Lingxiang. Could it be...
"Are you the one who framed Acorus?"
At this time, Long Sheng suddenly stopped in front of Mai Dong and stared at Yinghuan intently.
After hearing what Mai Dong said, Yinghua said in a blaming tone, "I have a name too, how can you call me 'that'?"
Maidong felt sick at the sight of Yinghuan, but she really didn't know who this person was. Lingxiang never told her much about the Kunwu Sect incident, so she didn't expect to meet her here.
"Her name is Yinghuan. She is one of the four demon generals under the Demon Lord and is very good at torture." Long Sheng said as he stretched out his hand and drew his sword.
She is actually a demon general under the command of the Demon Lord. No wonder I can feel her evil aura from such a long distance. Being able to emit such a creepy evil aura shows that her cultivation must be extraordinary.
When Yinghua saw Long Sheng like this, she covered her mouth and laughed, looking like a prostitute: "It seems that my tricks have not taught you a lesson. You even showed your weapon to me. With your little skill, can you beat me or what?"
Mai Dong frowned when he heard this. From what she said, it seemed that all the previous injuries on Long Sheng were caused by her. Those wounds were not deep and the poison was not uncommon, but they were extremely torturous.
This witch is so vicious!
Thinking of this, Maidong took a stance, and when Yinghuan saw her like this, she laughed so hard that she was like a beast.
"I didn't expect this, but I actually got an unexpected reward. It looks like today is a really good day to travel!"
Seeing Mai Dong like this, Long Sheng hurriedly said, "This Yinghua is very vicious and sinister. With your level of cultivation, you are definitely no match for her. I will hold her back for a while, you hurry up and leave!"
When Yinghua heard this, her eyes immediately became fierce, and she snorted and sneered:
"Don't even think about running away!"
(End of this chapter)
