Chapter 421 – Pulling A Stunt On Uncle; A Strange Man In Black (4)
Cheng Xiao Xiao couldn’t help but sighed, mankind would truly do just about anything for their own gain.
“Ever since this unaffiliated cultivated had come up with this method, we have heard of more and more cases of mystical beasts being sucked dry. We have also heard of cultivators being sucked dry, especially those who were exceptionally talented. They would be sought out and sucked dry!”
Old Man Ying shared more of what he had heard.
Cheng Xiao Xiao felt that she was starting to get goosebumps. How was that different from cannibalism? No wonder they were the most sinister of all criminals.
Knowing that element like that had been appearing within her perimeter made her uncomfortable. A stroke of killer intent flashed through her eyes and she said, “We can’t allow someone like that to be around. They must be killed once we found them!”
“I agree. Someone like that would never do any good to keep around. We just never expected this to happen again!” The old nun looked at the tiger skin in front of her and said softly.
Everybody nodded. Worried, Cheng Biyuan said, “It seemed this person was just hiding nearby; that’d pose a threat to us!”
“That was odd. It was been such a short time since the incident had taken place. How was it that we weren’t able to locate him? That doesn’t make any sense!” Cheng Xiao Xiao wasn’t happy about that either.
Whatever the reason was, this person was bold enough to injury her people and ate her mystical beast on her turf. She couldn’t possibly let them go.
“We don’t have that many mystical and sacred beasts on this continent. Now that words have gotten out that there are an abundance of mystical beasts at Sacred Land Zhongyuan, naturally it would attract all the cultivators that adopt this technique!” analyzed Valley Master Ji.
“You mean we will have to deal with the threats from these individuals all the time then?” frowned Zhou Jinjiang.
Cheng Xiao Xiao squinted and asked, “We really weren’t able to locate them?”
“………” Nobody said anything, as they did not know what they could say.
After a long while!
Finally, Mo Xuanzun, sitting next to her, said, “Xiao Xiao, this kind of depraved cultivators had their own twisted methods. It wouldn’t be easy to locate them if they don’t want to be found. But, don’t worry, as soon as we found any traces of evidence, I will be able to calculate his whereabouts.”
“Hmm…”
Cheng Xiao Xiao gave him a look then started communicating with little Yuteng and asked, “Little Yuteng, you can’t locate the person either?”
“Young Mistress, don’t worry. I have my ways. I will go take a look right away!”
“Okay, be careful. Don’t turn into someone else’s snack!” Cheng Xiao Xiao was a bit worried not know what kind of an opponent she was dealing with.
“Are you kidding me, Young Mistress? I will be fine. Unless they had already left our area; otherwise, I will be able to locate them!”
Even with little Yuteng’s guarantee, Cheng Xiao Xiao was still a bit worried, “How do you plan on doing it? Maybe we should think it through first before you go. If you were eaten like a snack, I’d have no idea where to go find you.”
“Ugh, Young Mistress, stop saying that. I’m not some kind of nuts, how can anyone eat me?”
“Haven’t you heard? This kind of depraved cultivator will eat mystical beasts or humans, let alone you. If you got caught, you will be eaten!”
“Oh….”
Now that little Yuteng realized Cheng Xiao Xiao wasn’t kidding, she was more careful.
Suddenly, an idea occurred to Cheng Xiao Xiao, “Hey, little Yuteng, doesn’t King Bee has a lot of tiny bees? I have an idea!”
Suddenly, she pulled on the man next to her and said, “Abacus, let’s go!”
“Xiao Xiao, where are we going?”
Mo Xuanzun stood up and, the two didn’t exchange another word, and left in a flash.
“Miss, did you figure something out?” Old Man Ying seemed to have noticed something as well and also disappeared in front of everybody in a falsh.
Everybody remained looked at each other and thought: what had just happened?
422 – Pulling A Stunt On Uncle; A Strange Man In Black (5)
Luo Junhao said, “I am somewhat curious. Let me go see what is going on!”
And one more person disappeared.
Cheng Xiao Xiao dragged the person with her into the mountain ranges of Mt. Wanan, and the one followed them showed up as well.
Seeing her uncle there, Cheng Xiao Xiao was a bit surprised, “Uncle, how come you are here?”
“I want to see how Xiao Xiao can find this person!” said Luo Junhao with a smile.
“Miss, tell us quickly. What was this idea that you have?” urged Old Man Ying excitedly.
“Ugh…”
Cheng Xiao Xiao was speechless. She didn’t let little Yuteng appear, but secretly ordered King Bee to let out his little worker bees.
From where they were, they just saw her waving her arms and hives and hives of bees appeared, buzzing noises filled their ears.
Mo Xuanzun and Old Man Ying weren’t surprised by that, but Luo Junhao was astonished. He stared blankly at the dense bees and more were still coming.
Before long, the entire forest was a sea of gold. There were at least hundreds of thousands of bees if not millions. Luo Junhao was stunned silent by what he was seeing.
As small as they were, these bees were still mystical beasts, and they were able to comprehend and follow Cheng Xiao Xiao’s orders. She had them split up into ten teams and, under her command, split up and starting surveilling the area.
Sure, a human might not be able to locate the culprit; and if she sent mystical beasts, they might turn into snacks. As for these bees, Cheng Xiao Xiao didn’t think the unaffiliated cultivator would be powerful enough to absorb all these bees.
“HAHAHAHAHA…..”
Watching the bees carrying out Cheng Xiao Xiao’s order, Old Man Ying couldn’t help but laughed out loud, “That’s a great idea, Miss. As long as this depraved cultivator is still in this area, he won’t be able to remain hidden for long!”
“That is a great idea, Xiao Xiao. I don’t think he will be able to avoid these bees,” smiled Mo Xuanzun.
“We will just have to rely on them for the time being. Hopefully we will be able to locate him; otherwise, it will be quite difficult for us to guard against him. There will always be a part that we can’t cover and we don’t want any accidents to happen!”
As Cheng Xiao Xiao was walking, she noticed her uncle who was still dumbfounded. Amused, she smiled, “Uncle, what’s the matter with you? Do you like bees? Would you like me to give you a few of them?”
“Give me a few?” Luo Junhao was still trying to interpret her words.
“Right!”
She nodded with a smile and, all of a sudden, her smile turned into a cunning smile, her black eyes rolled a few times and, with a wave of her hand, a dozen or so bees appeared. Chuckling, she said, “Hey little bees, why don’t you go play with my uncle. Maybe even kiss him a few times!”
BUZZZZZ—
After receiving the order, the dozens or so bees immediately flew toward Luo Junhao, who was startled and jump up high in the air, “Xiao Xiao, what are you trying to do here?”
“HAHAHA….” Cheng Xiao Xiao laughed out loud as she watched the man being chased away by the bees.
Old Man Ying chuckled too, “Oh, Miss, you are messing with you uncle? I better stay away from here!”
Before Cheng Xiao Xiao recollected herself, Old Man Ying had already took off faster than anything else. He didn’t want to be stung by the bees.
“Hrm, that’s very smart of you!” Cheng Xiao Xiao rolled her eyes at the direction that Old Man Ying had ran in.
Mo Xuanzun pulled her into his arms and wrapped one arm around her waist. His deep eyes, sparkling from time to time, looked straight at her delicate face. Smiling, he asked, “Why did you prank uncle?”
“I didn’t prank him!” She pouted and denied the whole incident. “I was doing it for his own good!”
“Oh? You are being a bad little girl and still trying to defend yourself? Do tell!” Mo Xuanzun couldn’t help but planted a kiss on her forehead. He had already been conquered by that cute face.
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“Do you really not know?”
Cheng Xiao Xiao looked up and stared at him, she didn’t believe that he was completely clueless.
Mo Xuanzun cocked his head and thought about it for a while then, giving Cheng Xiao Xiao a spoiled look, he said, “Is it because of shi mei Gong?”
“You got it! No price though!”
Smiling, Cheng Xiao Xiao reached out, pinched him on his cheek and asked, “When did you realize that big sister Zixuan is fond of my uncle? How come I didn’t know?”
“Of course I could tell!” He lets her did all she wanted to with his face and, with the curling of his lips, he smiled and said, “Every time that uncle was around, I noticed shi mei Gone sneaking looks at him. I assumed that means she is fond of him.”
“Okay, not bad!”
Cheng Xiao Xiao gave him a coquettish look and said, “Big sister Zixuan had been fond of uncle for quite a while now. She told me that she had fallen for him since she first met him a few years ago except she wasn’t able to see him again since. It was quite unexpected that she ran into him again at our place.”
“Oh, is that so?” That was surprising news to Mo Xuanzun. He wasn’t aware of that before. Thinking about it for a while, he smiled, “That’s not a bad thing, uncle and shi mei Gong will make a good couple!”
“I agree, they will make a good couple, but…” Cheng Xiao Xiao frowned and, giving him a sidelong glance, asked, “Do you think big sister Zixuan’s parent will be okay with that?”
“Well, that….”
Seeing how Mo Xuanzun had gone silent, Cheng Xiao Xiao frowned and asked, “You think they wouldn’t like my uncle’s status?”
“Well, uncle might not be from a prominent family, but he is a disciple of the Clan of Magical Swords after all. That wasn’t bad. I don’t think Uncle and Aunty Gong would object to it. It’s best if Clan Master Qin will be their spoke person. Things will for sure go smoother that way!”
“Oh….”
Cheng Xiao Xiao nodded and felt much better. She didn’t want to see the two of them kept apart by those from the Palace of Immortal Beasts.
The two of them waited around for 2 hours in the forest and still didn’t hear anything back from the bees so they headed home. After all, the bees will notify them as soon as they found something.
As soon as they got back, they heard a voice from the living room that they were unfamiliar with. The two of them exchanged a look and went through a different way and avoided going to meet the stranger in the living room.
Even though she hadn’t met these people, Cheng Xiao Xiao knew that they were also seniors from the Top 9 Sects. So what if they have came to her place? She would meet them if she wanted to; and if she didn’t, then she wouldn’t!
The two arrived at the Yuteng Pavilion and Cheng Xiao Xiao asked as she was walking, “You said to set up tactical arrangements in the cherry forest, how’s that coming along? If we don’t plant soon, I wouldn’t have any cherry blossom to look at next year!”
“Almost. I have been working on setting the main arrangement with old man Ji lately so the small ones will have to wait.”
“How much longer?”
“I should be able to figure out what’s best to use there in the next few days.”
“We have all the mystical devices we will need?”
As Cheng Xiao Xiao had assigned them all to him, she wasn’t sure how those were coming along.
“We have all of them awhile back. Don’t worry, Xiao Xiao. Old Man Ji is good with with words!”
“That’s good to hear!”
As they were chatting, they had already arrived at Yuteng Pavilion. Yesu and Yecao greeted them with a curtsey, “Miss, Guye.”
“Prepare iced tea for us!” said Cheng Xiao Xiao.
“Yes, Miss.”
As soon as the two sat down in the small living room and before they could even take a sip of the tea, they heard a frustrated voice from the outside, “Little sister Xiao Xiao!”
Eh? She was here to complaint already huh?
The two unconscientious ones exchanged a look and smiled at each other.
Gong Zixuan, who busted into the room, saw the smiles that were still on them, making this beauty all the more sup, “Little sister Xiao Xiao, did you do that on purpose?”
“Oh boy, big sister Zixuan. What happened? Why are you so upset”? chuckled Cheng Xiao Xiao.
“You…!”
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Gong Zixuan was angry and annoyed. She wanted to say something but swallowed her words when she saw that Mo Xuanzun was right there as well. Nonetheless the anger was still obvious on her pretty face.
“Where’s my uncle? Is he back yet?” ask Cheng Xiao Xiao purposefully.
Gong Zixuan couldn’t help but grumble in a low voice, “You have to ask? Were you trying to kill him?”
“Awwwww, look at how much big sister Zixuan’s heart is aching!” said Cheng Xiao Xiao without feeling any guilt. A bright smile on her face, she held Gong Zixuan by her hand and said, “C’mon, let’s go visit him!”
“No! If you want to go, you can go by yourself!”
“C’mon! Don’t be like that. Come, come. Come with me!”
With the coyish girl in toll, Cheng Xiao Xiao walked out of her own courtyard and toward the guest quarters.
Mo Xuanzun watched the two girls left then smiled and shook his head. He didn’t say much but sat down and started sipping his tea nonchalantly.
“AHAHAHAHAHA!” Loud laughter could be heard coming from the guest quarter and the servants of the Cheng’s looked at each other, wondering what made their Young Miss so happy.
After seeing her uncle in the guest quarter with his head covered in bumps, Cheng Xiao Xiao finally realized why even someone who was usually tender like Gong Zixuan wanted to snap at her. This was….
That was simply horrifying!
“AHAHAHAHAHA!”
The more she looked at it, the more Cheng Xiao Xiao found it funny. So funny that she couldn’t even stop laughing. Gong Zixuan, standing next to her, was enraged, “What was so funny about that! Give him the antidote quickly!”
“No… there is no antidote. AHAHAHAHAHA!”
The one with his head swollen to almost twice its normal size looked at the one who was laughing so hard she was about to roll on the floor and said helplessly, “Xiao Xiao, you are crazy, you.”
“Uncle, how did you get sting so many times with your cultivation?”
Cheng Xiao Xiao was quite surprised, she thought he was going to get a few bumps at most and let Gong Zixuan worried a little bit for him. She didn’t expect the little bees to try so hard and stung him up and down his face.
Luckily, these bees were not poisonous and none of these would be life-threatening. They would, however, be painful. Seeing the nonchalant look on her uncle, Cheng Xiao Xiao knew he’d be fine.
Luo Junhao knew that she was just messing around with him so he didn’t care much about it. He merely responded nonchalantly, “You gave your order to the bees so they must follow their order and not give up until they have stung me successfully.”
“Little sister Xiao Xiao, that’s not funny. That was a bit much!” said Gong Zixuan, her heart still aching for the object of her affection.
Luo Junhao merely gave her look and said, “Shi mei Gong, don’t worry about it. It’s not a big deal. I’ll get well before you know it!”
“Big sister Zixuan, if you want to help Uncle, you can smash some fresh ginger and dab the wounds with the juice. It will help him heal faster!”
“I will go check and see if they have raw ginger in the kitchen right now!”
Having said that, Gong Zixuan stood up immediately and hurried out of the room. Luo Junhao paused for a second and, right when he was about to tell her not to bother, she had already disappeared into the courtyard.
“Hehe….”
Seeing her uncle’s reaction, Cheng Xiao Xiao nodded contently, “It seems my idea is working out quite well. Even though Uncle is hurting a little bit, but at least you have a pretty girl worried about you. That’s good! That’s good!”
“Behave yourself!” scolded Luo Junhao was a tensed look without saying anything else.
Cheng Xiao Xiao looked at him, a little surprised, “Uncle, don’t tell me you don’t like girls!”
“Stop being silly!” Luo Junhao frowned, “You are a girl and should watch what you say. And stop pulling childish pranks. You are already engaged and shouldn’t act like a child anymore! You need to start behaving yourself!”
“What about you, Uncle? I am engaged already, how much longer are you going to wait?” Cheng Xiao Xiao wasn’t going to let him off the hook easily.
“Uncle, mom worries about you too. You are not getting any younger and the Luo’s are still waiting for you to pass on the family tree. Shouldn’t you be looking for a wife?”
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“Little brat, since when have you become so naggy?” Luo Junhao gave her a stare; sadly, his title of an uncle didn’t mean much in front of Cheng Xiao Xiao!
“Hehe, Uncle. I only have your best interest in mind. Would you like me to invite grandma over to check her out for you? Big sister Zixuan is so wonderful!”
“Xiao Xiao….”
Luo Junhao put on a serious look and said, “Don’t joke about that. This has to do with shi mei Gong’s reputation. If you messing around, Uncle is going to have to teach you a lesson!”
“Uncle, why don’t you just tell me the truth. Do you like big sister Zixuan or not? I don’t buy it that you can’t tell her fondness toward you. Do you have another girl on your mind?”
In order to get down to the bottom of it, Cheng Xiao Xiao exercised all her gossiping spirit; she was determined to pry to the end.
“These are adult matters, a child should not meddle in it!”
Cheng Xiao Xiao snickered.
It was a serious subject, but Cheng Xiao Xiao couldn’t help but busted out laughing. Smiling, she rebuked him, “Uncle, I am not a child any more. Hurry up and tell me….”
“…….”
Luo Junhao, his handsome face tensed, just ignored Cheng Xiao Xiao.
“C’mon, Uncle, hurry up. You must tell me today!”
“…..”
“Oh, c’mon, Uncle, there’s nobody else here. Just tell me. Otherwise, I am going to go tell mom and grandmom!”
“…….”
“C’mon, Uncle, don’t be such a stiff. Just me know what’s on your mind. Do you really not like big sister Zixuan?”
“…….”
“Uncle….”
“Alright, stop and go home. Go look for Xuanzun and play with him!”
Luo Junhao, now developing a headache, really couldn’t handle this whiney style of interrogation.
“Alright, Uncle. Regardless of how you feel, you should give big sister Zixuan a definitive answer. She had been fond of you for years. How could you have no feelings at all!”
“What did you just say??”
Luo Junhao looked at her, stunned. He couldn’t believe what he has just heard.
“Oh, Uncle, you heard me right!” Cheng Xiao Xiao rolled her eyes and continued, “Big sister Zixuan saw you at the Clan of Magical Swords a few years ago. You might not remember her but she had been fond of you and been looking for you since then. Unfortunately, you have been cultivating behind closed doors most of the time. Did you know that she had been waiting for you this entire time?”
“……”
“Uncle, I am guessing that you don’t believe me. But I am telling the truth. Think about it, big sister Zixuan is almost 20 years old and sis still single. Why can’t you believe that she has been waiting for you? Look at me, even I was able to find someone at 16. Not to mention someone of big sister Zixuan’s caliber. Why would she still be single if she wasn’t waiting for you?”
“……”
“Uncle, just think about it, okay? Big sister Zixuan cried tears of joy when she ran into you here. I truly hope that you wouldn’t let her down. She’s a nice girl and I would love for her to become my aunty. Please don’t let me down!”
“……”
Cheng Xiao Xiao had said her piece. Ignoring the person who was deep in thought, she left the room.
Right after she walked into the courtyard, she saw Gone Zixuan returning with a bowl of raw ginger juice. Cheng Xiao Xiao paused for a moment, smiled at her and said, “Big sister Zixuan, remember you should also remove the stingers from the bees while applying the ginger juice. Otherwise, the ginger juice wouldn’t be all that effective. Good luck!”
As things stand, she could only do whatever she could to assist. Cheng Xiao Xiao took off and left some space for the two of them.
She hoped they wouldn’t let the opportunity pass them by!
Almost a whole day and passed and the little bees still weren’t able to locate the man. Cheng Xiao Xiao was getting progressively more disturbed, had the culprit really gotten away under their noses