This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 337 Jade Maiden Valley

There were twelve people on this trip.

Eight people from the five major sects.

Two from Taoshan Sect, Yang Yan and Xu Ziyin; one from Jinfo Temple, Master Zhizhang; two from Qinglong Temple, Daoist Wensong and his disciple Yiye; two from Wanjian Sect, Lu Jianchen and his junior sister Lu Yao; and one from Jade Maiden Valley, Liu Sisi.

Two people from the Imperial Court.

One was Meng Yang, who had bronze skin and was known as "Iron Claws and Copper Walls," and the other was Song Erlang, a handsome young man dressed in white, holding a jade flute.

The remaining two.

One was a skinny little girl with pigtails, Wang Qiangzhuang, the team leader for this trip; the other was Luo Zijun, whose name was "Hua Liu".

Everyone in the group seemed to know each other, except for Luo Zijun.

Even if they don't know each other, they seem to know each other's names, or the names of the other person's master, uncle, or elder.

Now that we're teammates, it's natural to exchange pleasantries.

Luo Zijun's "high-profile" remarks had made everyone look at him with slightly more respect, but they had already concluded in their hearts that he was a rich young master who spent money to seek pleasure and was reckless. So after giving him a perfunctory greeting, they ignored him.

Moreover, his name makes him rather unapproachable.

"In this freezing weather, you're waving a fan around like that, thinking you're so charming? You're so pretentious and disgusting. I really don't know what you were thinking, agreeing to let someone like that join the team."

Lu Yao, a female disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect carrying two long swords, couldn't help but mock him as soon as they met.

Seeing that no one spoke, she snorted coldly again and said, "Didn't you say that only with everyone's consent can others join? I didn't agree! Captain, can you tell me what's going on? How come there's suddenly one more person?"

Wang Qiangzhuang was looking down at the map. Hearing this, he didn't look up, but simply said, "You can ask your senior brother."

Lu Yao's gaze fell on her senior brother, who was also her cousin, Lu Jianchen.

Lu Jianchen looked embarrassed and could only whisper, "Someone gave our Lu Family Village a sum of money. The clan leader and your father personally went to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to find me. At that time, you were still cultivating on the mountaintop, so we didn't tell you."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yao's face immediately flushed with anger: "Does our Lu Family Village lack that little bit of silver? Senior brother, we are now disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Even if the clan leader and my father came in person, you shouldn't have agreed on your own! If the sect finds out, they will definitely laugh at us for being greedy for money and for disgracing the sect's reputation!"

Lu Jianchen sighed and said, "The sect leader went with them."

Lu Yao: "???"

Lu Jianchen glanced at the young master over there who was gently waving a folding fan and said in a low voice, "The sect leader personally instructed us to protect him along the way. Your father also said that you should protect him closely. If anything happens to him, you will be the one to bring his head back."

Lu Yao: "..."

"Tsk tsk, money really can make the devil turn the millstone."

Willow Sisi from Jade Maiden Valley spoke with a sarcastic tone.

The mentally challenged monk looked at her and asked in a gruff voice, "Your Jade Maiden Valley has never associated with any power, nor does it need any money. How did you agree to this?"

Liu Sisi, with her slender fingers painted on the table, snorted and said, "Who knows? Anyway, I agreed. My master also said that if necessary, I should use the Jade Goddess Technique to serve him."

Everyone: "..."

Lu Yao couldn't help but ask, "Aren't the disciples of Jade Maiden Valley forbidden from losing their virginity?"

Liu Sisi curled her pink fingernails, sniffed them under her nose, and said lightly, "Those with potential naturally cannot break through their virginity. As for someone like me who is obviously unable to break through any further, it doesn't matter. The sect is happy to use disciples like us to do favors."

Lu Yao frowned slightly and said, "Didn't you go to the Women's Kingdom this time to seek a glimmer of hope for a breakthrough?"

Liu Sisi sighed softly and said, "That's what I think, but whether it will succeed or not, who knows? But before that, I definitely can't lose my virginity."

At this point, she raised her eyelids, glanced at the young man, and said, "If this young master needs me, then I can only use these delicate hands or my mouth. If he is still not satisfied, then I will have to sacrifice other places. However, I have also heard that this young master has other fetishes, which are easy to satisfy."

As she spoke, she crossed her legs under the table and raised one of her slender feet, clad in a long boot.

Everyone was a little embarrassed by her blunt words and looked at each other awkwardly.

Master Wensong coughed and changed the subject: "I heard that the formation in the Nine Islands Sea area has been fluctuating recently, and it is not very peaceful. If you want to get through there this time, I'm afraid it will not be easy."

The mentally challenged monk said gruffly, "What's there to be afraid of? We'll kill gods if they stand in our way, and Buddhas if they stand in our way! Just charge forward!"

No one paid him any attention.

Luo Zijun couldn't help but glance at him again. Was this guy really a monk from Jinfo Temple, or a bandit from Cangyun Mountain?
"roll!"

Just then, a familiar voice suddenly came from the corner.

Luo Zijun turned her head and saw that Song Erlang, the young man in white robes and playing the jade flute from the Emperor's Courtyard, was standing in front of a table in the corner with a big smile on his face, chatting with the girl in red sitting there.

After being reprimanded, Song Erlang was not embarrassed and laughed, "Alright, Miss Xu, don't be angry. I'll get out of here now."

Then he walked away, but didn't go anywhere else. He approached Liu Sisi from Jade Maiden Valley with a big smile on his face. Just as he was about to speak, Liu Sisi spoke first: "Lord Song, I am already Young Master Hua's woman. All the parts of my body that are useful to him have been reserved by Young Master Hua, so don't even think about it."

Song Erlang laughed and said, "It's nothing, I just wanted to talk to Miss Liu."

Liu Sisi refused: "Sorry, this mouth of mine also belongs to Young Master Hua, and it doesn't want to talk to you."

Song Erlang: "..."

"it's okay no problem……"

He smiled and took his leave, his gaze then turning to the girl from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect carrying two swords not far away.

Before he could even walk over, Lu Yao said coldly, "I'd rather talk to a real dog than a government lackey."

Song Erlang smiled slightly and said, "I am not a lackey of the imperial court."

He didn't dare go any further. His gaze swept around the room, lingering for a couple of seconds on Wang Qiangzhuang, a little girl with pigtails, before looking away. He couldn't help but sigh, "It seems this journey is going to be incredibly boring."

Meng Yang, nicknamed "Iron Claws and Copper Walls," frowned and glanced at him with a look of disgust.

"lets go."

At this moment, Wang Qiangzhuang stood up from the table, put away the map on the table, glanced at everyone in the room, and said with a serious face: "Let's make it clear beforehand that once we enter Cangyun Mountain, we will have signed the contract for this long journey. Anyone who goes back on their word or violates the team rules will be killed first and then raped."

Song Erlang's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but ask, "Captain, who killed and who raped?"

Wang Qiangzhuang looked at him seriously and said, "I will kill him, the bastard from the mountains."

Song Erlang: "..."

"set off!"

A group of people followed Wang Qiangzhuang out of the inn and walked on foot toward Cangyun Mountain, which was not far away.

“Crackle, crackle…”

The frost on the ground groaned as it was crushed.

The cold wind blowing from the river whistled past everyone's ears, swaggering and domineering.

Luo Zijun followed behind and couldn't help but ask Yang Yan, who was standing beside her, "How long will it take to get there on foot?"

Yang Yan said, "Let's go up the mountain first. I heard there are wild mules in the mountains that can lead us across the opposite ridge."

"Wild mule?"

Luo Zijun was taken aback and asked in confusion, "It can carry people without being domesticated?"

Yang Yan laughed and said, "Our captain's 'Heavenly Beast Voice' is not just a name for nothing."

"The Sound of Celestial Beasts?" Luo Zijun immediately became curious: "What is the Sound of Celestial Beasts? Is it a kind of cultivation technique?"

Yang Yan said, "It's not a technique, it's a talent. It's said that the captain was born with this talent, which allows him to make a very powerful sound that makes many wild beasts submit."

Luo Zijun looked at the thin figure walking ahead and thought to herself: No wonder he can become the team leader.

"By the way, Brother Yang, do you know how old the captain is?"

he asked curiously.

Yang Yan shook his head: "I don't know, but he looks to be fourteen or fifteen years old."

Lu Yao said coldly from behind, "How could he only be fourteen or fifteen years old? He must have cultivated some kind of technique to become like this."

Luo Zijun turned to look at her: "How old is Miss Lu?"

Lu Yao's face darkened: "No comment!"

Luo Zijun waved the folding fan in her hand and said, "If Miss Lu has such an attitude, then don't blame me for ordering you to do things. Your father and the sect leader of your Ten Thousand Swords Sect have instructed you to protect me."

Lu Yao sneered, "They only told me to protect you, not to do anything for you. Dream on if they want to order me to do anything for you!"

Luo Zijun said, "I'm so cold right now, I feel like I'm about to get sick. If I get sick in this godforsaken place, I'll definitely die. Miss Lu, since you're going to protect me, you can't let me get sick. Take off your clothes and put them on me. Come here and hug me tight, warm me up, and save my life."

"you……"

Lu Yao glared at him fiercely, raised her hand to grasp the hilt of a sword, and said angrily, "Believe it or not, I'll cut you down with one stroke?"

Luo Zijun said, "Why don't you try? Can you defeat your senior brother, the other four major sects, and Captain Wang Qiangzhuang by yourself? They are all my guards!"

Lu Yao: "..."

Lu Jianchen, who was standing nearby, quickly tried to mediate: "Junior sister, let it go, don't pay any attention to this guy."

Luo Zijun looked at him and said, "Brother Lu, your attitude isn't good either. Are you trying to warm me up too?"

Lu Jianchen's lips twitched, and with a sullen face, he pulled Lu Yao to the front, ignoring him completely.

Luo Zijun followed behind, leisurely waving her folding fan. After walking for a while, she turned around and looked at Xu Ziyin, who was following at the back and dressed in red. Before she could speak, Xu Ziyin coldly said, "Get lost."

Luo Zijun looked at Yang Yan beside her and complained, "Brother Yang, look, your junior sister is so fierce. I only glanced at her, and she got upset. How can such a lovely little girl be so rude and disrespectful to a handsome, elegant, and polite young master?"

Yang Yan smiled wryly and advised, "Brother Hua, don't provoke her."

Then she whispered, "She's in a bad mood."

Luo Zijun waved her folding fan and asked curiously, "Why are you in a bad mood? Shouldn't you be happy and jumping around when you're traveling in such beautiful scenery?"

Yang Yan was speechless. This young master really treated this dangerous journey as a leisurely trip.

He could only explain in a low voice: "I heard that her sweetheart has abandoned her. This time, she took the initiative to go to the Women's Kingdom to seek opportunities, quickly advance, become stronger, and then come back to take revenge on her sweetheart."

Luo Zijun was stunned: "She said it herself?"

Yang Yan said in a low voice, "Her brother said it."

Luo Zijun's lips twitched, and she asked, "How does she plan to take revenge?"

Yang Yan said, "Who knows? But given her personality, if she really becomes powerful, her sweetheart will probably be in big trouble. He might lose an arm or a leg, or he might be stabbed to death."

"So cruel."

"That's right, when a woman gets ruthless, even she's afraid of herself."

"..."

Luo Zijun trembled as she listened, and after a while, she suddenly asked, "Does your junior sister know this story?"

Yang Yan said, "Of course I know. Once she even said viciously that this is how women should take revenge."

Luo Zijun didn't say anything more.

At this time, the sun had risen high.

But the towering trees all around blocked out the sunlight with their dense foliage, making the forest dark and cold.

【Fairy, I've set off and just entered Cangyun Mountain】

Luo Zijun secretly sent a message when she had a spare moment.

Even though he knew the other party wouldn't reply, he still wanted to let them know.

He hasn't forgotten her, and he will never give up on her.

Whether she went to the Land of Ten Thousand Demons voluntarily or was forced to go, he would go to find her.

Just then, he heard the young Taoist priest Yi Ye and Song Erlang chatting in front of him.

“Benefactor Song, you are disciples of the Emperor, it is your duty to leave at this time. Is it appropriate to leave? The country is in turmoil, the capital has been captured, and the royal family has been massacred. Why don’t you go to their aid?”

"The edifice has already collapsed, what can we, a mere imperial court, do? We have done everything we could. Must we all die to be considered dutiful? Besides, the true duty of our imperial court is not to protect the royal family and the court, but to protect the people of the world. Who is emperor is not important to us. We will protect whoever is good to the people."

"Do you think that the King of Wu will be good to the people after ascending the throne?"

"Haha, Little Daoist Yiye, whose words did you hear that the King of Wu can ascend the throne as emperor?"

"The Rebellion of the Seven States was led by Wu, and it was also initiated by the King of Wu. Wu was also the most powerful of the seven states. Now that Yujing has been captured, if he doesn't ascend the throne, will he hand it over to someone else?"

"Hehe, he doesn't have that ability now. In the Battle of Luoyang, the armies of the seven kingdoms have lost more than half their strength. Some died, some fled, morale was low, and the people's hearts were gone. And it was not those seven kingdoms that broke through Yujing, nor was it his Wu kingdom."

"It's the Liang army, but aren't the Liang army allies with them?"

"Who said we're in cahoots?"

"King Liang is gone, and he left no princes. If they don't rely on King Wu, who else can they rely on? King Wu is a descendant of the late emperor, and now he has won the war..."

Luo Zijun listened quietly, thinking that by this time, the Queen should have already set off and was heading towards Yujing.

No one in the world would believe that the Great Liang, which had captured Yujing and dealt a fatal blow to the Great Yan Dynasty, would fall into the hands of a teenage girl; even fewer would imagine that she was now riding swiftly and triumphantly towards Yujing, preparing to seize the throne in one fell swoop.

The journey will obviously not be smooth sailing, but what is the meaning of life if there are no storms?
Some people like to lie flat, while others like to take risks.

How can two people who are constantly mocking each other possibly understand each other's life pursuits?

So he didn't try to persuade him any further.

He originally wanted to persuade her to go to Yujing and find a puppet to gradually transition the situation so that the people of the world could accept it. However, she only said one sentence domineeringly: "I just want to kill people. Whoever doesn't obey, I will kill! No matter how tough the bone is, it can't withstand my blade!"

Judging from the current situation, even the Imperial Household Agency, which is most loyal to the royal family, has bowed its head and accepted its fate, let alone other forces.

"Hualiu!"

As Luo Zijun was thinking about the Queen, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind her.

Yang Yan, who was standing to the side, turned around and looked back with some surprise.

This was the first time he had met this junior sister, and she had taken the initiative to talk to a man, a man who had previously been "rolled away" by her several times.

Luo Zijun was also somewhat surprised and turned around to ask, "Miss Xu, what are your instructions?"

Xu Ziyin stared at him and asked, "Where are you from? Lin'an City?"

(End of this chapter)