Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 306 Sending the Hero Home

The boat was resupplied and set off again. The captain came to inform Pei Xia that they would reach the outskirts of Yunhu Mountain the next day.

Yunhu Mountain has six peaks, rising from low to high and reaching straight into the clouds, like stone steps leading to heaven, hence the name "Yunhu Mountain Climbing".

The lowest of them is Baihe Peak. Forty miles outside Baihe Peak is a tributary of the river. To facilitate travel, the court of Xiao Chen Kingdom funded the construction of a small port for Yunhu Mountain. Over time, a village gradually formed there.

The next day, when Pei Xia's boat arrived, he could see colorful flags waving at the village's harbor from afar, as if it had been carefully prepared.

The little boy, who had been eagerly waiting on the deck, immediately shouted excitedly to Pei Xia, "See that! My master must have known I was coming and sent someone to welcome me in advance!"

Pei Xia shook her head: "Even someone like Luo Chen, who is at the Heavenly Consciousness Realm and has the aid of divine sense, couldn't know in advance that you were coming. How could we welcome you?"

Judging from the way the siblings looked when they boarded the ship, they were clearly desperate and had nowhere else to turn, so it was impossible that they had informed the crew in advance.

The child didn't understand, only feeling that Pei Xia was deliberately going against him, and looked like he'd been stepped on a sore spot: "How could you possibly know Master Luo's abilities? These lanterns and flags aren't for me, are they for you? How shameless!"

After saying that, he kicked Pei Xia's leg indignantly: "Wait until we get to Yunhu Mountain, I'll teach you a lesson!"

With Pei Xia's physique, a child kicking her wouldn't hurt her at all.

But he still narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at him with his lowered gaze.

Therefore, poverty and kindness are not necessarily related; sometimes people simply lack the power to bully others.

With this temperament, if he were to cultivate something on Yunhu Mountain in the future, he would surely become a vicious figure who wreaks havoc on the region.

The older sister next to him was finally quite frightened. She rushed over and slapped her younger brother across the face without saying a word.

The little girl rebuked her sharply, "What nonsense are you talking about?! Without this sir, we might have all died on the way from Qingjiang!"

As she spoke, she glanced sideways at Pei Xia, as if observing whether he was angry.

Pei Xia wasn't angry; it wasn't worth it.

But Xiaoyu's younger brother, after being slapped, turned red in the face.

He naturally dared not do anything to his sister, with whom he had shared a life of mutual support, so he could only glare at Pei Xia with even greater ferocity: "Hmph, what's so great about you? Just because you own a broken-down boat, you think you can look down on people?"

Pei Xia laughed: "When have I ever looked down on you?"

The child exploded, climbing over the railing and pointing at the approaching village harbor: "You just said those lights and flags weren't there to welcome me!"

His sister yanked him off the railing, pointed at his nose, and snapped, "Kneel down! Apologize!"

It's not necessarily true that she didn't feel sorry for her younger brother.

As the eldest sister, she had to mature earlier after her parents passed away.

But the younger brother refused to kneel, staring stubbornly at Pei Xia as if she were some kind of villain who had bullied and humiliated them: "If I had known you were this kind of person, I would have preferred to walk rather than use your boat!"

Pei Xia, who had been laughing, stopped now, touched her nose, and thought it was absurd: "Now that you've eaten your fill, you speak with more confidence, huh?"

"I won't eat your food either!"

“…” Pei Xia nodded, “Good, that’s ambitious.”

After saying that, he turned to the boatman and called out, "Boatman, come here, I have something to tell you."

As the ship slowly approached the harbor, the steps were lowered, and two Taoist priests from Yunhu Mountain, dressed in Taoist robes, immediately came to greet us.

The two men, one around forty or fifty years old and the other much younger, were walking one in front of the other, suggesting they were of different generations.

The middle-aged Taoist priest in the lead looked up and saw Pei Xia's attire. He was taken aback and didn't greet her. Instead, he turned to his disciple behind him and asked in a low voice, "Wasn't it said that the winner of the Eastern Frontier Martial Arts Competition was coming today? Why is this Changjing Sect's attire?" The disciple was stunned for a moment, not knowing why his master asked such a question. He subconsciously replied, "The Changjing Sect is here... that means the Changjing Sect won."

"Nonsense!" A hint of displeasure flashed across the Taoist priest's cold face. "What kind of sect is the Long Whale Sect? Do you think they can win?"

The good news is that the village is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. It seems that Yunhu Mountain has prepared this specially to welcome the cultivators who have won the martial arts competition and won the quota to go to Liancheng Illusionary Realm. Although it is a bit tacky, it is clear that they attach great importance to it.

The bad news was that Pei Xia, who had already stepped off the platform, stood there for a while but no one came to greet her. She was in an awkward situation, unsure whether to stay or leave, and didn't seem to care much about the situation.

So he could only cough dryly: "Ahem, I'm sorry, Taoist priest, we did win."

Perhaps because he had been humiliated, the older Taoist priest turned back to look at Pei Xia and immediately gave him a cold look. He grumbled a couple of times and prepared for his disciple to take him up the mountain.

Just then, a sharp cry came from the boat: "Master! Master!"

The group turned around and saw a head sticking out, anxiously calling out to the middle-aged Taoist priest.

The middle-aged Taoist priest didn't recognize her at first, until the older sister hurriedly ran down from the deck, and then he realized: "Ya'er?"

Ya'er trotted over, first glancing nervously at Pei Xia, then hurriedly ran to the middle-aged Taoist priest: "Uncle, that...that Xiao Yu...is tied to the boat..."

No wonder only its head could stick out.

The Taoist priest immediately snapped out of his daze and stared at Pei Xia.

Pei Xia calmly replied, "It's nothing, I was just robbed. They rode on my boat, ate my rice, and then tried to break my legs. Luckily, my cultivation is still decent, so I barely managed to win. Daoist, you don't need to worry about it."

The boy's shrill scream rang out again from the ship: "You bastard! My master is right here, you're dead, I'm telling you! You piece of trash from some unknown sect, daring to mess with Yunhu Mountain!"

Pei Xia turned to the boatman and said, "Let's head back. Remember to take this tough guy back to Qingjiang. Oh, and don't give him our dirty food on the way. Don't dirty the young hero's mouth."

The boat captain was hired by the Long Whale Sect, and he dared not interfere in the affairs of cultivators, so he naturally obeyed his employer.

As the boat was about to depart, the Taoist priest's face darkened, and he said to Pei Xia, "The person on the boat is an old friend of mine."

“Oh,” Pei Xia nodded, “Does the mountain provide lunch? It’s almost lunchtime.”

The Taoist priest's face darkened further: "Stop the boat and release the people!"

Pei Xia remained unmoved.

The Taoist priest sneered, "The Long Whale Sect is truly a third-rate sect. The cultivators in the sect can even argue with a child."

Without waiting for Pei Xia, he took a step forward, his Taoist robe fluttering as he flew towards the ship.

As soon as he leaped, a hand gripped his ankle tightly.

The Taoist priest turned around and saw that it was Pei Xia who had made the move.

His eyes flashed with ruthlessness as he immediately activated his protective spiritual energy.

Using spiritual power carries a hint of fighting, which is inappropriate for the host.

But precisely because this is the territory of Yunhu Mountain, who in the entire Maizhou would dare to make things difficult for the Taoist priests of Yunhu Mountain in this place?

To his utter surprise, this young man from the Long Whale Sect showed absolutely no restraint.

As he activated his protective spiritual energy, an even more condensed and pure golden aura burst forth from Pei Xia's palm. In a split second, Pei Xia crushed the aura on his feet!
The force was deep and powerful, making his ankle ache!

(End of this chapter)