The time-velocity of the area in Vajra Bell was different from the outside. It was already the second day when Feng Bujue and Like Rain stepped on the island.
Noon, Cangling Hotel lobby.
Except for a few people, almost all Wulin people were looking for the answer to the same question. And the question is — where’s Xie San?
Through the night and the morning, even the uninformed people heard the news… Yesterday evening at dusk, Nameless Sword Xie San passed Copper Fort and went to Cangling directly. Towards evening, Xie’s horse strolled back to the Copper Fort alone.
And so far, no one in Canglin Town has seen the sign of Xie San.
So….. Where did Xie San go? How can a person inexplicably be missing in the middle of the road?
These days, the main road was taken by some people. People using it were mostly the disciples that responsible for passing message. In any case, none of these people have seen Xie San in the middle of the road.
On a normal assumption, it looks like when Xie San got on the road, he did not come to Cangling but went to the mountain forest.
But this statement can't support itself at all. Is that Master Xie asked in Copper Fort and knew that there's no guest room in Canglin and decided to act wilderness survival?
Or is that…… Is Master Xie ambushed? That’s not likely. Who could beat him? Unless Ye Cheng the Sword God is present, otherwise even if the Six Swordsmen in Ye Family fight him, they can't do something to Xie San. In martial arts world, the gap cannot make up by numbers. As a lone swordsman, Xie San is as well-known as the Master of Ye Family, his Kungfu level is extreme high for sure.
Of course, if a thousand men come and surround Xie San and keep him in a place where he can only fight and cannot run, he will be able to do it when his internal Qi and physical strength are exhausted.
This is obviously less likely… And then finally there’s the assumption, maybe, Xie San was haunted.
Wulin people, especially the old ones, may not be awed by such things as ghosts and gods, but they are not totally disbelieving them. Almost everyone in Copper Fort had known the news of Haunted Canglin Town.
These days, people got disappearing mystery really made the town feared.
But the ghost on the hill was not entirely to blame. She did not go out into town to arrest people. A lot of people were after killing someone and went uphill to disposal the body, arranged themselves together with the corpse……. These people were making their own death. If they went into the mountains before dark, and do not go any further, they shall back lively with burying the dead bodies in the corners of the forest.
But the fact was they basically entered the mountain in the middle of the night, carrying the dead body and walked far deliberately. They went into the forest hinterland to discard the body. Not only Bella, but the corpse they brought with them was a threat.
The man who had just died of his untimely death had not yet lost his anger and soul, but the murderer walked with the dead body into a ghostly forest, which was covered with resentment, and it won't be weird that dead people asking for murderer's life…… In short, although we have known that Xie San was got a sneak attack, Wulin people did not know. They don't know Lin Chang's thing, so they had to guess blindly…
“What does this master Xie want to do? Although the Nameless Sword has always kept a low profile, this time is really strange… “
“Are there a few strange things in this town? Last night, a few more disciples were missing again, no one even sees the corpses…"
“I heard that Lu Qingning of Ye Family, went missing the day before yesterday evening, and she didn't appear till today."
“Hey, I knew about this in the morning. I also heard that there were only one of shacker from Breaking Sword Tea Shack left in the inn among the five who just arrived yesterday. The other four did not return overnight.”
“Well, speaking of that, you know? I hear people said, last night, the young master of Tang Family suffered a great loss from Jin Fugui.”
“What? Young Master Tang? He’s a tough guy.”
“Who said not, I also heard that he was taught by the young man Jin and lost his temper, only to bow to the people of Breaking Sword Tea Shack.”
“Wait, why does Young Master Tang and that… Jin fought?”
“Well, you don’t know this matter? For the women.” The speaker then spoke about the gossip.
“Oh, I see.” Another one gloated: “But… This Breaking Sword Tea Shack is really not simple, and we also don't know this school's origin.”
“The owner of this shack has already said, study himself.”
“Hey, you still have been in Jianghu for so many years. Do you really believe he’s immortal? In my opinion, maybe the boy got some great master to give the Qi, which would have such amazing inner strength."
“All right, you are all bu***hit, we are talking about Master Xie, what do you think of that?”
“What is the matter, if we say something not well… “He lowered the voice:” Tomorrow is the duel, that Ye Master has not appeared, perhaps… “
BANG, there’s a big wine jar smashed on the table.
Lu Shan’s tall figure appeared at the wooden table where the speakers sat.
“Hey, waiter. There seem to have some flies in the lobby.” Lu Shan opened his mouth: “Let me count, one, two, three, four, four flies are buzzing around here, it is very annoying.”
The four men heard the words. Although they were angry in their hearts, all of them were afraid to speak. They put down their teacups, left some money on the table, and walked out the door quietly.
In fact, these four people are some few third-rate roles. Such people, whether their martial arts or character, are difficult to be called a true hero. These people are always eager to slander those who are better than themselves with malicious speculation and rumours.
It was because of the proximity of Lu Shan that his words fell on his ears, he can't stand it at all.
The four men were so boastful in their criticism of the great men, that, while they were speaking, they alluded to Ye Cheng attack on his opponent before the duel. Isn't that kind of nonsense? Who is Ye Cheng? If now Wulin had a leader, it has to be Ye Cheng. His great attitude to all Wulin people and his top level of martial arts will suppress all the mess in Wulin.
“Monk, don't be angry, just sit down with me drink a few cups.” A drunk young man came to the table and invited Lu Shan to sit down. That’s Tang Shize.
Lu Shan saw Young Master Tang for a second, this boy was day drunk with a face decadent.
“Ha… Ok. Drink, Monk are always ready to accompany." Lu Shan sat down, his face was piled up with the usual generous smile.
Although Lu Shan’s nickname is Drunk Monk, he rarely gets drunk. They these experts all have measured: How much could they drink, how much could other drink. If they are really drunk, they can force the wine out of the body by internal force.
But Tang Shize was clearly drunk right now.
There is a saying: Draw a knife to cut off the water but flowing, drinking to vanish the sorrow but more sorrow come. Young Master Tang’s masochistic drinking cannot solve any problems. The monk saw this and tried to persuade him.
“Did you hear what they said? “Lu Shan asked.
“Hum… Hear that.” Tang replied with a weak voice.
Between questions and answers, a waiter had come to clean up the table, collected the money left by the other gentlemen, and quickly left.
“They are telling the truth, Mr. Jin has outstanding martial arts his virtue is also better than mine.” Tang then continued with a wry smile on his face: “I’m not satisfied.”
But Lu Shan knew his thoughts well. He shook his head and said: “Amitabha, troubles in our life is nothing but wine, wealth, anger and women, I'm afraid I cannot enlighten you.”
“Ha! Who wants you to enlighten, you monk with wine all the day said this?” Tang Shize said, "I just think it’s hard to drink alone, I’m looking for someone to share a few drinks with. Don’t talk nonsense to me.”
“That's not very true.” A woman’s voice joined.
Tang Shize's body immediately stiffened and turned away slowly.
Nobody mentioned when Murong Ying had walked to his side.
In Master Tang’s eyes, she was so dignified and elegant, lovely. But there was another man standing by her at this very moment. Jin Fugui!
“Is this Jin guy coming to demonstrate to me?” Tang Shi immediately drunk another depressed cup.
“Master Lu is kind and compassionate. He also wants to say something to you when you are suffering.” Murong Ying said as she sat down at the table.
Ji Bu also sat down, but instead of sitting next to Murong Ying, he went around to the other side and sat down.
Tang Shize raised his eyes to see Ji Bu, his face had a heap of laughter. Which fell in the eyes of Young Master Tang was no doubt a mockery.
“Hum… What’s so funny?” Said Tang Shize with a cold grunt.
“Oh, because there’s a Master Lu 1) in my hometown, too. I think it’s interesting to hear people being called that.” Ji Bu said.
Tang heard the speech, and it's hard to say something, so he just kept drinking.
“You seem to have a little misunderstanding to Mr. Jin.” Murong Ying spoke again, “So I asked Mr. Jin to come and tell you what happened.”
“A misunderstanding?" Tang said, “What’s the mistake? Hum… Don’t get it.”
At this point, Ji Bu interrupted, “Miss Murong has already told me about what happened between you two.” He shrugged. “I was wondering what happened last night. That’s the way it is.” He was directly: “Mr. Tang, me and Miss. Murong are just general acquaintance, yesterday I went to her room was to ask for some rules in Jianghu. This is Lord Feng’s order. We did not do anything shameful, your attitude is just weird right now.”
Tang Shi listened to this paragraph, his heart was also rise and fall. He hadn't completely reacted it, Murong Ying talked first: “Mr. Jin, there's actually nothing between me and him… You just said about the ‘thing between you two’…… “
“Well, you don’t have to explain it to me.” Ji Bu interrupted, “I’m just here to clear up the misunderstanding. I’m not interested in your affairs.” He turned to Tang Shize and said, “I’ll give you two advices. First, you’re free to come and fight with me, why don't you go and ask her? Don't you trust her? And, if she really doesn’t like you, does she have to ask me to explain it to you?
After that, Ji Bu got up and left. From the point of view of a young man after 30 years of the 21st century, he felt that these things were really no big deal. However, in ancient times, there were many things that could not be said clearly, especially in public places where people can hear that.
He finished, leaving the three men at the table dumbfounded. Lu Shan immediately “Amitabha Buddha” and got up as if himself was a stranger; Murong Ying was ashamed with red cheeks. Without a word, she bowed her head and glided away.
As for Tang Shize, he woke up in a few seconds. His eyes were staring like Black Cat Sheriff 2). His mind was in a state of confusion, and his heart was beating fast. Soon, though, his back was burning, as if the whole lobby of the hotel were watching him.
Actually… In fact, the hotel lobby was quite noisy, and not many people heard it, only a few tables close to them. Again, somebody else was also hard to leave comment, probably also pretend not to hear. Everybody was the person that had quality and status, even if there' no quality, there's still a bit status… It’s not like they’re going to be shouting and heckling right away.
There's no need to mention how Tang Shize left the lobby in a daze, Ji Bu was getting bored right now. After a night of waiting, his teammates were still staying outside. He was wondering whether to go out and look for them, and Murong Ying came to ask for help.
Now he was walking back to his room, still wondering what to do next. But suddenly, he heard the system’s warning:
[The Current Task has been completed and the Main Task has been updated]
He opens the game menu, the one that [Enter the Area in the Vajra Bell, find the ghost of Little Bella] was already ticked. Now a new mission has emerged: [Defeat the "Bell Demon"]
1) Master Lu: A computer software in China, working for computer safety and it could measure the computer then give a score.
2) Chinese Cartoon Character, the story of a cat sheriff (Yes, in an animal world) catching mice. The cat had two extremely big eyes.