Chapter 7: Ptooey! Scumbag!

Waking up in the early morning, Lin Xun subconsciously reached out to his side of the bed, only to embrace emptiness.

He groggily opened his eyes, only to find that his wife had already gone out, leaving only her neatly folded, light nightgown behind.

Lin Xun yawned, washed up with the still-warm well water his wife had boiled, and after eating the loving breakfast left in the kitchen, he was about to head to the academy to teach.

However, before he could even leave the courtyard, someone from the academy came with a message, saying that there would be no classes today; it was a day off.
The reason was that the children had been frightened by the centipede last night and needed a holiday to recover from the psychological trauma.
Lin Xun thought about it carefully and felt it wasn’t without reason. Then, Lin Xun prepared a set of test papers for each student and troubled this big brother to help deliver the holiday homework to the students’ doorsteps…
In this day and age, not having Penguin, WeChat, DingTalk, or the like was just inconvenient. Otherwise, he could have held online classes.

Sitting in the courtyard, thinking “I really am a qualified teacher,” Lin Xun lay back on the recliner to enjoy the cool air…
Involuntarily, Lin Xun also recalled last night.

Last night, because of the giant centipede, humanity had finally remembered the fear of being dominated.
However, this fear lasted for less than three seconds before the centipede was severed into ten thousand pieces, deader than dead.

The cause of death was a flying sword. The sword qi from this flying sword was very potent; its wielder’s realm should be at the Jade-Pu level. It was probably some great sword immortal who was just passing by.

As for his wife’s playful declaration last night, “It was I who protected you, you have to thank me properly,” Lin Xun naturally treated it as a playful remark.

But well, Lin Xun still “rewarded” his wife, it was just that he accidentally rewarded her a bit too late…

Qing’er will probably be dozing off at work today.

“Sigh… It’s just that Luo City seems a bit restless recently.”

Lin Xun slightly opened his eyes, his expression somewhat grave. In the sky that Lin Xun was subconsciously staring at, the white clouds were so frightened that they curled up together.

“Ever since that Elder of Heavenly Secrets prophesied that I would throw the world into chaos in a hundred years, things seem to have gotten a bit busy.”

Lin Xun muttered to himself.

If it were in the past, Lin Xun wouldn’t be afraid of trouble, because he himself was a trouble-making machine.

But now, Lin Xun just wanted to live an ordinary life, to live a “blissfully” happy life with his beautiful and ordinary wife, and then have a son and a daughter. Simply perfect!
“Blood Centipede…”

Lin Xun pondered carefully. That giant Blood Centipede was a unique creature of the Gu-Poison Sect, fed with human blood. As for its combat power, well, it was just so-so. He seemed to have chopped up a few hundred of them when he was ten.

But it had to be said, that Blood Centipede was indeed a master at burrowing into the ground to find things.

“Wait? Burrowing to find things? Could it be that the Gu-Poison Sect is looking for something?”

Lin Xun sat up and left the courtyard.

No matter what this Gu-Poison Sect was looking for, the fact was that the Gu-Poison Sect had already endangered his quiet life, and even threatened the safety of his wife!

Just imagine, if that Jade-Pu realm sword cultivator hadn’t been in Luo City at that time, and he himself had happened to be out, if anything had happened to Qing’er…
“No, I have to make them behave.”

Lin Xun got up, left a note on the table saying he would be back later.

A gentle breeze blew past the courtyard gate, the courtyard was locked, and the man within was long gone. Only that hard, black clothesline pole was issuing a silent protest!

Damn him! He didn’t treat me like this ten years ago! He was clearly super gentle with me, wiping my body every day, even hugging me to sleep!
Now that he’s married, he pulls up his pants and doesn’t recognize me! He doesn’t take me with him for anything anymore.

Ptooey! Scumbag!

“Your Highness! We have already captured the few people who summoned the Blood Centipede last night!”

In the Violet Mist Holy Land, on the high seat of the Holy Master’s Hall, Jiang Qingshang wore a simple and elegant long dress of a faint pink. Beneath the hem of her dress, her flawless, suet-jade-like legs were crossed.

Her delicate palm supported her chin, her fair elbow resting on the Holy Master’s throne.

Last night, not long after the Blood Centipede appeared, Jiang Qingshang’s life-bound flying sword, guided by her will, had crossed dozens of miles to sever it into ten thousand pieces!
But even though there were no casualties, the Lantern Festival could not continue!
And she had been bullied by that guy for the rest of the night.

At this thought, Jiang Qingshang lightly bit her red lip, a blush flying across her pretty face under the veil.

But then thinking again, what if she hadn’t been by Lin Pei’s side at that moment! What if Lin Pei had been… by that Blood Centipede…

The young woman’s eyes, filled with coldness, glanced lightly at the five people who had been tied up and brought before her!

And with just that one glance, those beautiful eyes, like black agate, hung over their heads like sharp swords!
It was as if with just one more look, their heads would roll!

Trembling, they were already drenched in sweat, on the verge of pissing themselves in fear.

“Speak! What is your purpose? What were you trying to find with the Blood Centipede?”

The power of her divine soul pressed down on their minds! It was as if the one before them was not just the woman ranked first on the Beauty Rankings, but a deity. Before a deity, who would dare to speak rashly!

“We… kch.”

The five Gu-Poison Sect disciples felt their sanity rapidly slipping away and all bit down on the “rat tail juice” [a slang for poison] in the poison sacs in their back molars!

“Pfft!”

However, the moment they bit down on the poison sacs, before the poison could even enter their throats, a sharp sword qi forced them to spit it all out. The five of them fainted and fell to the ground.

“Your Highness? This… what should we do?”

The Rakshasa Hall Master was in a bit of a predicament.

The Saintess had just used the Divine Eye Technique, which could control another’s divine soul.

However, the Saintess’s Divine Eye Technique only worked once on the same person.

“Send them to the Punishment Hall. Find out what their purpose is,” Jiang Qingshang said indifferently.

“Yes.”

The Rakshasa Hall Master and the others responded in unison, hoisting the five men up to leave!
“Wait.”

“What are Your Highness’s orders?”

The young woman’s icy eyes shifted slightly. “I hear your daughter is proficient in the arts of tracking and infiltration, having learned your true skills. At just sixteen, she has already reached the Golden Core realm?”

“To be honest with Your Highness, my humble daughter does indeed have some talent, ten thousand times better than this old man. She has also always admired Your Highness. If my daughter could serve by Your Highness’s side, it would be her honor.” The Rakshasa Hall Master was very happy, thinking that Her Highness wanted to use his daughter!

This was the future Holy Master! Perhaps even the future number one of the righteous path in the world!
And Her Highness had very few trusted aides. If he could latch onto this thigh now, the benefits would be immense!

Jiang Qingshang nodded. “If that’s the case, write a letter to her and have her do me a favor.”

“Your Highness is too kind! My humble daughter will certainly not fail Your Highness’s trust!”

“You may withdraw.”

“Yes.”

Everyone withdrew, leaving only the young woman in the Holy Master’s Hall.

But just as the young woman stood up, before she could even take a step, her brows furrowed slightly, and she supported herself on the Holy Master’s throne as she sat back down.

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(End of this chapter)