Chapter 419 - Daily Life in a Demon Sect (29) (1/2)

The next day, when Fu Yiyun got up, he found that both Liu Xu and Meteor were missing.

His first thought was that Liu Xu had been kidnapped.

He anxiously went downstairs to ask if anyone saw her.

Quite a few people had at least some impression of her.

After all, it was hard for most people to forget pretty, refined young ladies with glib tongues.

But the result he got from asking caused Fu Yiyun to be shocked.

Last night, someone had gone out to drink. On the way back, he just so happened to catch Liu Xu hurriedly leaving the inn.

Because the man had drunk too much, he hadn’t been able to ascertain if she had Meteor with her.

But since it had been lost in the inn despite so many people around, there was an 80% chance that Liu Xu was the one who’d stolen it.

Even if one person didn’t notice a stranger entering the inn, someone should have, right?

Fu Yiyun had Meteor in his possession even before he became famous. Few knew of his true identity and background. They only knew that his sword technique was impeccable, which led to him becoming the number one swordsman.

Yet this number one swordsman now had his sword stolen by a woman…

Even if now was the time to put aside internal strife to face against external threats, there were still some people secretly looking to watch a good show.

Fu Yiyun didn’t have the energy to deal with their mockery. He didn’t understand. Just how had he let Liu Xu down for her to steal his sword?

His chest tightened and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. “Pfft!”

“Sir Fu!”

“How come you spat blood?! Quick! Call the physician! Help Sir Fu up first!”

The crowd fell into chaos.

……

The Demon Sect was currently under siege, but the besiegers discovered that they couldn’t actually scale the mountain.

They could see the path up, but after following it, they’d always come back right where they started.

“The hell? No matter how we walk, we always end up right back where we started.”

“Getting lost and circling around[1]?”

They gathered together, their gazes odd as they stared at the path not far from them.

“It’s a divination technique.” As the Alliance Head, Shen Xingyang was naturally here. He was the calmest out of everyone.

Beside him stood the Village Head of Jadewater Village. He spoke in response to Shen Xingyang’s words. “I didn’t expect the Demon Sect to be so brimming with talent.”

Divination techniques were one of the more mysterious aspects of jianghu. Once everyone else heard Shen Xingyang’s words, they quietened down. None of them were well-versed in this subject.

“The Demon Sect isn’t that easy to attack.” Shen Xingyang sighed.

‘That lady called Wu Zheng… If not for these people, I wouldn’t even have come here.’

“Alliance Head, do you have any ideas?”

Shen Xingyang shook his head. It wasn’t as if he knew divination, what could he do?

Village Head Zhong looked at Shen Xingyang, a gleam in his eyes.

“Should we try attacking with fire?” Divination techniques relied on external objects to form. If they just burned down the whole mountain, they’d be able to break in, wouldn’t they?

Shen Xingyang didn’t speak. ‘As if it’s that easy to break.’

But since they had no other choice, they could only try.

They were successful in starting the fire…but only up to a certain point. The fire was halted before it could get very far.

It was as if there was some invisible boundary there. Despite the blazing inferno outside, the plant life past the boundary didn’t catch so much as a spark.

Just as the people outside were feeling puzzled, several human figures appeared on the limestone path. They stopped one step away from the fire and gestured at it.

“Sect Master was right. The fire really can’t get in.”

“Sect Master is awesome. She even said that they can’t come in to attack us. I wonder if it’s true. Wanna test it out?”

“Who’s going to be responsible if we die?”

“You dumb? Why would you stand there and let them hit you? Don’t you know how to run back?”