Chapter 37 | You Said You Only Wanted to Die

The next day.

Five Elements Dao Sect.

"Little Junior Sister! Little Junior Sister, are you there?! Earth-shattering gossip, hahahaha!!"

Early in the morning, Li Nanzhu was awakened by Duan Xianxing's loud voice and his pounding on the door. Rubbing her bleary eyes, she called out to him, washed up quickly, and then opened the door to let him in.

"Seventh Senior Brother, what happened that has you so excited? Why did you come looking for me so early in the morning?"

She let out a yawn as she spoke. After returning to the mountain yesterday, Li Nanzhu had stayed up late drawing talismans. Now, she felt incredibly drowsy.

"Little Junior Sister, how is this early? It's already noon!" Duan Xianxing scratched his head.

Li Nanzhu finally looked outside and realized the sun was almost at its zenith. She had actually slept for that long. It seemed she would have to adjust her schedule and stop staying up late; her body was still growing, and it wouldn't be good if she ended up stunted because of this.

"Seventh Senior Brother, hurry up and tell me about that gossip."

"Oh, right!" Duan Xianxing immediately reverted to his gossip-mongering expression.

"Sword Heart Sect and Wuji Sect have started fighting!"

"How did those two start fighting? I remember they were talking before entering the Flowing Cloud Secret Realm, and the atmosphere seemed quite good. How did a fight break out?" Li Nanzhu asked, looking dazed.

Could it be that Cang Dongqing's two-timing was discovered? No, that wasn't right. Cang Dongqing wasn't with the male lead Qi Yunze yet, and her relationship with Wuji Sect's Mu Zeting shouldn't have reached that level either. How could they be fighting?

While Li Nanzhu was still brainstorming, Duan Xianxing directly answered her confusion.

"Ha, what else could it be? It's because of that robbery we pulled yesterday."

"The one we robbed was Li Nanyi. What does that have to do with Wuji Sect?" Li Nanzhu became even more confused upon hearing this.

"Because of that immobilization talisman you used! Sword Heart Sect is certain that the talisman came from Wuji Sect. Moreover, they think someone from Wuji Sect dared to beat up Li Nanyi even after he revealed his identity. Ling Xiao went straight to them demanding an explanation, and obviously, Wuji Sect wouldn't admit to it. So, they started fighting!"

Duan Xianxing looked quite gleeful. After all, Mu Zeting and Ji Yanzhi had left him with a very poor impression in the Flowing Cloud Secret Realm. Seeing the people from those two sects fight was something he was more than happy to witness.

"Why would they assume the talisman belongs to Wuji Sect?"

She had clearly drawn that talisman herself; she had double-checked that.

Right, talismans!

Li Nanzhu finally remembered that she had intended to sell some talismans yesterday, but after beating up Li Nanyi, she had completely forgotten about it.

"That, I don't know. By the way, Little Junior Sister, where did you get those talismans? Their effect seems pretty good. I want to get some for self-defense too."

Hearing this, Li Nanzhu directly pulled a small stack of talismans from her storage bag and handed them to Duan Xianxing.

"I drew these talismans myself. If you want them, Seventh Senior Brother, they're yours."

Currently, her relationship with Duan Xianxing was the best among her peers, and their thinking was quite synchronized. She really liked this senior brother. Since she had to save First Senior Brother, she might as well figure out how to save Seventh Senior Brother too. She would start by giving him some talismans for protection.

"Heavens! Little Junior Sister! You can actually draw talismans now! Does this mean I won't have to worry about my talisman supply anymore?! Little Junior Sister, you really are the best to me in the whole world, giving me such good talismans!"

Yesterday, he had seen with his own eyes that Li Nanzhu's talisman had kept Li Nanyi pinned in place for over fifteen minutes. The effects of the other talismans surely wouldn't be much worse!

Li Nanzhu smiled and nodded. "I just don't know how the other talismans perform yet. If you use them, Seventh Senior Brother, remember to tell me how powerful they are so I can see how to adjust them."

"That's a must!"

Duan Xianxing happily tucked the talismans into his storage bag, while Li Nanzhu thought of something else.

"Seventh Senior Brother, how did you find out so quickly that Sword Heart Sect and Wuji Sect were fighting? Even if you went to Qingyun City early this morning, you wouldn't have gotten the news this fast."

"The communication jade slip! It can directly view the bulletins from Tingfeng Pavilion. Didn't you know? Here, give me your communication jade slip, I'll set it up for you."

Li Nanzhu quickly handed her communication jade slip to Duan Xianxing. She watched as he operated it a few times, and then she saw the latest news from Tingfeng Pavilion.

"Shock! Sword Heart Sect and Wuji Sect come to blows, the reason is actually...!"

"Immortal Venerable Ling Xiao attacks Wuji Sect, suspected of buying inferior talismans?"

"Talking about the grudges and entanglements between Sword Heart Sect and Wuji Sect over the years!"

"The untold stories between the Hehuan Sect elders and the Sword Heart and Wuji Sects!"

Li Nanzhu: "..."

She could understand the first few, but what on earth was the last one? Why was Hehuan Sect involved now?

However, Li Nanzhu quite admired the people who could write these headlines. They truly were the information brokers of the cultivation world; these headlines were comparable to modern clickbait marketing accounts.

Anyone who didn't know the truth would really think something monumental had happened.

If she hadn't been the person involved, she would have believed it too.

"It's just a pity that the follow-up content requires a fee. Otherwise, I'd definitely see what's inside," Duan Xianxing said with a touch of regret.

They actually charged a fee... Li Nanzhu's mouth twitched. The people of Tingfeng Pavilion... were truly talented.

"But what does this have to do with Hehuan Sect?" Li Nanzhu didn't quite understand.

"Apparently, it's because Rong Yuying from Hehuan Sect was also there yesterday? It's said that when she left Wuji Sect, her expression was very poor, as if she had argued with someone. Then Ling Xiao attacked. Rong Yuying is the biological granddaughter of the Hehuan Sect's Sect Leader, and supposedly, back in the day, she and Ling Xiao... ahem, so that's why..."

"...The stories of the seniors in the cultivation world are truly wonderful. But this originally had nothing to do with Hehuan Sect. Is it okay for Tingfeng Pavilion to write like this?"

Duan Xianxing gave her a slightly odd look. "Little Junior Sister, you usually seem so smart. Why are you being so muddled about this? Tingfeng Pavilion is the largest source of intelligence. No matter how powerful the Eight Sects are, they don't have as many people distributed across the cultivation world as Tingfeng Pavilion. A lot of information depends on them. These are just harmless things; everyone just treats them as entertainment. No one will take them seriously."

"I thought that given Ling Xiao's personality, he would have stormed Tingfeng Pavilion by now."

"Uh, he probably... maybe... likely... won't?" Duan Xianxing was also a bit uncertain.

Regardless of how this matter developed, it no longer had anything to do with them. Since they had perfectly hidden their involvement, it didn't matter as long as it didn't implicate them.

As for Ling Xiao, Li Nanzhu could actually guess his thoughts. He probably knew this didn't have much to do with Wuji Sect, as the talismans produced by Wuji Sect were also sold externally. Even if the pricing wasn't cheap, there were still cultivators who could afford them.

However, this matter was far too embarrassing. He needed to find someone who could take the blame, and Wuji Sect happened to be the most suitable candidate.