Film & TV: Public Enemy of Justice

The shopkeeper was delighted to hear this, and instead of leaving, he found a seat and sat down, looking as if to say, "You've come to the right person."

"Young hero, you have such keen observation skills. You guessed right."

Lin Yaoxie paused, his hand still holding the food, not understanding what was going on.

"Yuelai is actually a name, and it can be said to be the ancestor of Yuelai."

"What ancestors?" Lin Yaoxie interrupted the shopkeeper's recollection. He didn't understand. This was just a small town, so why was the question of ancestors being brought up?

"This young hero is right again; this town can be said to have ancestors."

Lin Yaoxie raised an eyebrow, while Tang Xuejian ate and talked, acting like a complete foodie.

"I heard it from my grandfather; there used to be a story circulating in this town..."

"Legend has it that long ago, only one person lived in this town. According to my grandfather, this Yue Lai was probably a woman. As for why only one person lived there?"

That's because the town is a dead town..."

Upon hearing the innkeeper's words, Lin Yaoxie had a bad feeling. Looking at the innkeeper's somewhat distorted face under the lamplight, Tang Xuejian dropped her chopsticks. Lin Yaoxie pulled Tang Xuejian to sit beside him, and Xu Changqing gripped his sword tightly. A howling wind blew outside, and the atmosphere instantly became tense. This scene reminded Lin Yaoxie of a scene from a ghost movie.

Is this shopkeeper a human or a ghost?

"Haha, you guys are truly worthy of being called young heroes, you can remain calm even in this situation."

The shopkeeper laughed heartily, which showed that he was joking.

"Go on," Lin Yaoxie said, relieved. It was good that he was a normal person. It wasn't that he couldn't beat them, but he didn't want to sleep on a dark boat; he wanted to sleep in an inn.

"Listen up, fellow young heroes, what follows is about a town that is actually a dead town."

That's because a large number of plagues spread here a long time ago.

(aefd) Everyone in the town died, and no one came to this place anymore. Everyone was saying that this place was unlucky, but then another war between humans and demons broke out.

Many, many people became innocent victims, and everyone was starving and freezing.

Until one day, a fairy-like person came here and cleansed the plague.

She destroyed everything in a dead town, including the things that were afflicted by the plague. Later, people came to live in this town, and the grateful people asked her what her name was.

She only said two words, "Yuelai," and later the people here named the town after this "Yuelai."

Therefore, all the shops on this street are from Yuelai.

Tang Xuejian clapped and cheered excitedly, and Xu Changqing also clapped. Only Lin Yaoxie smiled and remained silent while drinking the wine in front of him.

"Young hero, why aren't you reacting?" The shopkeeper had a chubby face that was easy to like, but did he not notice the flaw in his words?

"Yeah, what is this Yue Lai anyway? What makes her think she deserves to be served by the people here? And to have her name used in the whole town?"

Lin Yaoxie's words left the three speechless, and Tang Xuejian was slightly taken aback, unsure of what to say.

For a moment, no one spoke; the silence was eerily profound.

How dare you insult her!

The shopkeeper was displeased upon hearing this.

"Or rather, you are Yue Lai, right?"

Lin Yaoxie smiled slightly, revealing a set of brilliant white teeth that appeared exceptionally white at that moment.

"Nonsense." The shopkeeper's reaction was unexpectedly strong.

Lin Yaoxie didn't waste any more words. He drew a long sword from the system and aimed it straight at the shopkeeper.

"Haha, I never thought someone would see through me."

Xu Chang remained calm and composed, leaving Tang Xuejian confused and puzzled.

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper dd transformed into a woman with white hair, white clothes, and white eyebrows.

The woman was holding a mirror, and the mirror reflected their current situation.

"Do you know what this is called? This is a trapping mirror. Just like its name suggests, it can trap people inside, and they can never escape. You can stay here until you die of old age." The woman in white said fiercely, her face somewhat distorted. Lin Yaoxie was too disgusted by this kind of thing. He picked up his gleaming sword and slashed at the woman in white.

The woman in white seemed very confident in her bronze mirror, but this confidence lasted less than a second before she was dumbfounded. For no particular reason, it was because Lin Yaoxie had smashed the mirror open, and at this moment they were no longer in the inn.

Instead, it was a deserted suburb, with their boat moored nearby.

Lin Yaoxie had seen this kind of trick many times before. There was another reason: the system had awakened in his mind when he was at the inn and had told him that this was a conspiracy, and that there were still people in the town who were trapped by this woman and needed to be rescued.

Lin Yaoxie looked at Xu Changqing, then at Tang Xuejian. It seemed he would have to stay in this town for a while to complete the task assigned to him by the system.

Something was amiss. Lin Yaoxie had intended to catch the woman, but when he came to his senses, he realized she had run away. This left him speechless. Was she really that afraid of him? He wasn't some monster.

Xu Changqing then realized why his master had told him that Lin Yaoxie would definitely be able to successfully escort them.

"What's going on? Could it be that what we just saw was an illusion?" Tang Xuejian asked incessantly like a curious child. Lin Yaoxie nodded and told her that it was an illusion, an illusion created by someone.

With no other option, Lin Yaoxie shrugged and had to rest on the boat again.

As usual, Xu Changqing meditated and rested.

But these weren't the main reasons. Lin Yaoxie was a little confused at this point. He didn't know why this system, which was clearly a dark system, was doing things that good people were doing.

However, at this point he realized that perhaps the Dark System was just a name, and its main purpose, like the protagonists in novels, was to save people—something he understood.

"What are you thinking about?" Tang Xuejian sat down next to Lin Yaoxie, who looked worried and distressed.

"Nothing, I was just wondering why you're so beautiful." Lin Yaoxie glanced at the girl beside him, whose face looked exceptionally fair in the moonlight.

Chapter Eighteen: The Town

"Really?" Tang Xuejian's fair face was particularly charming under the moonlight, and her eyes held an indescribable affection.

"Yes, you are the most beautiful in my heart." Lin Yao said without any hesitation. In his heart, if you like someone, you should say it. This may be partly because he is a modern person.

"Don't be so blunt," Tang Xuejian said awkwardly in a low voice. Actually, she liked Lin Yao, but she didn't want him to be so obvious about it.

Under the moonlight, the two were deeply in love, without a care in the world. In the end, Tang Xuejian lay completely in Lin Yaoxie's arms, selfishly thinking how wonderful it would be if things could stay like this forever.

Xu Changqing, on the other hand, was not in such a good mood. During his meditation, he encountered a woman, or rather, a woman who appeared in his mind. This made him somewhat panicked. The woman in his mind was a woman dressed in purple with a veil covering her face. He could not see her face, but he could see a pair of beautiful eyes.

No matter how many times Xu Changqing chanted the Heart-Cleansing Mantra, it was no use. He didn't know why, but the image of that woman kept flashing through his mind.

Lin Yaoxie looked at Xu Changqing, who was pale-faced not far away, and couldn't help but think. Could it be that Zixuan would appear at this time?

Lin Yaoxie just watched quietly, not intending to step forward. After all, it was better for him to handle this kind of thing himself.

Xu Changqing was diligently chanting the Heart-Cleansing Mantra when he finally stopped. The images of women were no longer flashing through his mind, which put him at ease.

Xu Changqing didn't understand where the image in his mind came from, since he had always been in Shu Mountain, and even when he went down the mountain to train, he had never seen such a woman.

After thinking for a while without coming up with any ideas, he had already given up.

Nothing happened that night. They all woke up at daybreak the next day. Tang Xuejian had fallen asleep with her head on Lin Yaoxie's lap. She was quite embarrassed when she woke up, which made her feel a little lost.

"It's alright, I was just worried you'd catch a cold," Lin Yaoxie said, sounding particularly understanding. Tang Xuejian didn't make any further fuss. Xu Changqing continued meditating all night, and Lin Yaoxie couldn't help but feel a little smug. Based on what he had read about the Legend of Sword and Fairy, this Xu Changqing had already experienced so much, and had even had three lifetimes of feelings for the descendant of Nuwa. He might have truly loved her. Lin Yaoxie had read those plots and thought they were a bit far-fetched, but based on reality, this was indeed the most true story.

Could this TV series be based on the world of Chinese Paladin?

On second thought, it was impossible. The former was just a TV series, but the latter was real. This puzzled him. But Lin Yaoxie quickly figured it out. It was probably because of the butterfly effect.

He came into this world, so correspondingly, this world must make some changes.

However, these are minor matters. The immediate issue is how to save Yuelai Town. Clearly, they hadn't paid attention yesterday and had been misled. To save the people here, they need to find the woman in white from yesterday.

Lin Yaoxie felt a sense of familiarity with the woman in white for some reason, perhaps he had seen her somewhere before.

But I just can't remember it.

"Host, please accept the mission."

As Lin Yaoxie was lost in thought, a cold, metallic sound rang out. Lin Yaoxie was somewhat pleased, knowing that the system must have been restored.

"What kind of mission?" Lin Yaoxie asked curiously, but based on his previous experience, it couldn't be a mission that was too difficult for him, could it?

But before he could finish speaking, Lin Yaoxie fell silent.

"Host, please capture the leader of the evil sect as soon as possible and become the leader of the evil sect." The cold, mechanical voice issued the task one after another. Lin Yaoxie was a little confused. He didn't know what was going on.

The evil faction is very far from here, so why did the system give him this task?

He had only met the leader of the evil sect once, when he spied on her while she was bathing. It was possible that the leader was a woman, or it was possible that she wasn't.

Lin Yaoxie didn't understand why the system always made him do things without any reason after bringing him to this world.

This puzzled him somewhat.

"Host, do not doubt. Only in this way can you become the Demon King of this world. Humans, gods, and demons will all avoid you." The cold voice rang out again, telling Lin Yaoxie the reason. Lin Yaoxie felt his blood boiling. Yes, he wanted to be the Demon King. He had always had this idea, but he didn't expect the system to make it happen for him now. No wonder he went to conquer some evil sect.

0oo is asking for flowers....

But Lin Yaoxie still had a question: if he really became this devil king, then above humans, gods, and demons, wouldn't they all join forces to deal with him?

"The host just needs to execute the instructions."

The cold system voice issued the task again, and Lin Yaoxie was indeed willing to do it, after all, the name "Great Demon King" sounded quite pleasant to him.

"Let's go to the small town."

"But isn't this just a smokescreen from that woman yesterday? Where is this town now?"

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Tang Xuejian looked around in confusion, but found no trace of the town, which puzzled her. However, she still trusted Lin Yaoxie's words completely.

Brother Lin is right, there really is a small town here, but it's just been created as a hoax.

Xu Changqing patiently explained, and this explanation made Lin Yaoxie reconsider his opinion of Xu Changqing.

"Not bad? You even know about white tofu?" Lin Yaoxie patted his shoulder like a good buddy.

"We're all in the same boat, Brother Lin is no less capable."

The two men seemed to have reached a kind of resonance at that moment.

Lin Yaoxie glanced at Xu Changqing and thought to himself: Since you're so obedient, I won't compete with you for a woman.

Lin Yaoxie thought about his three lifetimes of love with Zixuan, and maybe this time he could show mercy and let him be with Zixuan.

Gods and humans certainly cannot be together, but with this mischievous devil around, anything is possible.

This isn't Lin Yaoxie being narcissistic; it's the truth.

Lin Yaoxie and the others arrived at a place not far ahead. There was indeed no one there, but upon closer inspection, they could still see a slight fluctuation of the formation.