Demons and Gods

  Thirty miles west of Suzhou City, on the west side of Taihu Lake, where the smoke and waves are vast and the distant water meets the sky, is Yanziwu. The Sima family's Canhe Zhuang was built here. Among the red lotus leaves and deep water, there were four or five small and exquisite houses with the words "Qin Yun" written on the plaque above the house, which was quite elegant.

  In the house, a monk sat quietly on a chair drinking tea, his eyes coldly watching the performance of several people in the hall. A delicate and elegant young man was kowtowing to a seventy-year-old old lady, a green-shirted girl smiled with joy. Two big men had angry eyes, looking like they were enduring something.

  But in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the monk suddenly made a move towards the green-shirted girl. Just as she dodged two attacks and was about to be hit by the third, a cold hum sounded, and a blue figure suddenly appeared in the room. With a wave of his sleeve, the monk and his chair were blown flying several meters away.

  The monk exerted a great deal of effort and finally managed to steady the bamboo chair, preventing it from falling over.

  "I was wondering who dared to come to Yanziwu and be so presumptuous, it turns out it's you, this barbarian monk." The handsome man in the green long gown looked at the disheveled barbarian monk with a hint of a smile, "Just relying on your cultivation of the Small No-Emptiness Skill, you came here to cause trouble, do you really think the Murong family has no one left?"

  He didn't like the discordant Mu Rong family, which was also the family of Mu Rong Ya Ge. He could not be tolerated, but outsiders could bully him at will? Besides, this Ji Mo Zhi learned from Li Qiu Shui's small Wu Xiang Gong, but he himself is not a member of the Xiao Yao Sect.

  Outsiders know that the carefree sect will perish, what crime is it for a thief to learn martial arts?

  Since practicing the Little No Phase Skill, apart from Li Qiushui, it can be said that Ji Moyi, who had never been defeated, changed his face and was about to stand up and counterattack. However, after hearing what the newcomer said, his body suddenly stiffened. He raised his eyes and looked at the man in shock, who smiled warmly and elegantly, like a gentleman made of jade.

  "What's that, didn't Li Qiushui tell you that besides Wu Ya Zi, she also has a senior brother named Murong?" Murong Yage sneered, her slender fingers gleaming like jade as she swiftly pointed at him from afar. Before he could dodge, Ji Moyi let out a muffled groan and fell off the bamboo chair, clutching his chest and kneeling on the ground, with bright red blood trickling down from the corner of his mouth.

  The two burly men beside him looked at each other in shock, for Kou Mokkei had easily defeated them and taken their weapons with just a few moves. Now this man claiming to be Murong had so effortlessly inflicted serious injuries on Kou Mokkei; it seemed that their quest for revenge today was nothing but a joke.

  "Considering Autumn Water's sisterly affection, I'll just render your Minor No-Shape Technique useless." Her eyes narrowed slightly, and Mu Rong Ya Ge's radiant smile sent shivers down everyone's spines. "Ji Mo Zhi, you'd better watch yourself."

  As the state preceptor of Tubo, Gumozhi was a man who cherished his life. Although his internal strength had been crippled and this dealt a great blow to him, as long as he still had his life, his martial arts skills could be practiced again.

  "Thank you, Senior Murong, for sparing my life." After bowing and paying his respects, he covered his chest and walked away with slow and deep steps. Duan Yu didn't care about him anymore; even if the martial arts of the Ring Shui Pavilion were good, one had to be alive to appreciate them. With this Senior Murong in charge, the martial arts of the Murong family were not something he could aspire to.

  Chui and Guo bid farewell to Kumarajiva and left, knowing in their hearts that their plan was futile. They also hastily took their leave and departed.

  "Shall I send two?" The green-shirted girl asked with a smile.

  "No need, miss, please stay." He hastily bowed and the two of them quickly followed after Kumarajiva.

  Looking at the backs of the two, the green-shirted girl wrinkled her nose and made a face: "You were called to our Panhe Village to show off your might, if the young master wasn't away, I and Sister Zhu would have long since beaten you all out of here!"

  "Young masters are not around, you can't behave yourselves, huh?" Murong Yage said with a flick of her sleeve, "If I hadn't let Mei Jian keep an eye on your side, would this matter have ended well today? Ah Bi is one thing, she's always been a bit mischievous, but Ah Zhu, you're also causing trouble. You're not usually the type to call yourself 'sister', huh?"

  The old woman with a cane spat out her tongue: "Before the young master left, he specifically instructed us to take special care of you, old sir, so my sisters and I dared to be so presumptuous."

  Murong Yage's gaze, full of oppressive might, swept over her, causing her to touch her nose in embarrassment. She said that she only dared because he was taking care of her, but the original story didn't have him, and these two sisters still performed this act.

  "Xiao Fu has been out for a while, it's better to temporarily close the Swallow Crag," said Ya Ge lightly. "Recently, many people in Jianghu have died under their own ultimate skills, and now not a few people are eyeing the Murong family."

  Mentioning this made him want to sigh even more. The vast Mu Rong Manor, the Mu Rong family's estate, aside from Mu Rong Fu who had martial arts skills that could be considered close to top-notch, there wasn't a single person who was of any use. The four major stewards were at most second-rate in terms of their fighting abilities, and as for the maidservants in the manor, they couldn't even be considered third-rate!

  It's impossible to compare Murong's family and Lingyue Palace, but Ye Ge had to say that Murong's family was almost at the end. The strength of Murong's family when he was young was simply worlds apart from now, with each generation being worse than the last.

  Duan Yu looked around and thought that the Murong family was really strange, with young girls dressing up as old women and young men being called "old master".

  "It's nothing, I'll leave first. Remember what I said." He gave Duan Yu a meaningful look, smiled slightly and flew out of the room, stepping on water as he left, leaving Duan Yu staring with wide eyes in surprise.

  I suppose Qiu Mo Zhi has left, so the three of them won't be running to Mount Mandrake again? Wang Yu Yan is now acknowledged by Murong Fu as his fiancée, and he wouldn't want Duan Yu to get in between them.

  "Don't look anymore, our old master's martial arts skills are extraordinary and beyond the reach of ordinary people." Ah Zhu patted Duan Yu on the shoulder, "It's getting late, you can rest here for tonight and we'll send you off again tomorrow."

  "Uh... Sister Zhu, may I ask a question?" After hesitating for a long time, Duan Yu still gave in to his curiosity.

  "What?"

  "That gentleman just now, why did you call him 'old master', is it because of his generation?" The young man looked to be around thirty at most, and Duan Yu could only think of the generation.

  Abi couldn't help but let out a "heh" and burst into laughter, while Azhu also covered her mouth and laughed. After they had their fill of laughter, Azhu slowly said: "Don't look at Old Master being so young, he's actually 100 years old. He's our young master's second uncle, it's just that the martial arts he practices happen to have a rejuvenating effect."

  The man is fine, she and Abi are actually very envious of the old master, and that young and beautiful old lady is even more admired by them. Which girl doesn't love beauty, doesn't want youth to last forever? However, they also know that such a good anti-aging effect is not something that these maids can practice.

  So, it's just admiration.

  Duan Yu's mouth was wide open in surprise.

  One hundred years old?!

  He absolutely wouldn't believe it, Ah Zhu must be cheating him again!

  Although Yage's mountain villa was some distance from the Swallow Cavern, when he had stretched his Lingbo Wei Bu to its limits, it took only a little over an hour to arrive. Seeing from afar the delicate pavilions hidden among peach blossoms and apricot blossoms like clouds, Yage revealed a complex expression.

  That day, facing Wen Xiu Yun's question, he fled in disarray. It wasn't that he didn't want to tell her, but rather that he couldn't say it.

  For the mission goals in the task world, Ya Ge doesn't dare say he really loves them, but he does like them. If he didn't like them, he wouldn't be able to guard and pamper them for decades like it's just one day.

  He had to answer Xingyun's question, and now he was just dragging it out. If this went on for a long time, there would definitely be a rift between them as husband and wife. He didn't want that to happen, not only because of the mission, but also because Xingyun was his wife.

  Actually, Ah-ka knew that for the mission's target to be happy didn't necessarily mean she had to become his partner, just like in her previous life, her sister Shin Yoo-mi, whose happiness was with Han Tae-sik and not him, her brother. So, he simply chose a shortcut to complete the mission.

  For most women, happiness is having a happy and harmonious family where a responsible good husband occupies the largest position. Rather than training a man to be one and still being anxious, it's better for him to take charge himself. Thinking back to how much thought he put into Han Tae-sik, fortunately, he lived longer than Han Tae-sik, a lifetime of hypnotic suggestions is really not humanly possible!

  At this time, Murong Yage had to admit that habitual thinking was harmful. Wang Lüping and Cui Xīn'ài were modern women, so they were different from Wū Xíngyún. Their hearts wouldn't be entirely focused on him, but also on their careers, families, children, whereas Xingyun, even as a Jianghu woman, had her whole heart devoted to him alone.

  Moreover, this time the task is really too much for him to handle, and it's been decades since the two of them got married and lived a reclusive life. It would be strange if Wu Xingyun didn't discover anything.

  Your love is the driving force behind Tuber's coding!

  Today is Tudou's birthday, and after a candlelight dinner with her husband, she returned home shortly afterwards, only to discover that the safe deposit box had forgotten to set the time!

  Sorry for the late update, Potato won't make the same mistake again.