Chapter 75: On the Brink of Disaster

I didn’t quite understand what Wal-Mart meant, so I simply waited in silence for Wal-Mart’s answer, but I still expressed my confusion in my eyes just right. I was afraid that Wal-Mart’s directness just now was just a flash in the pan, and that he would start being polite and wordy again later, so I hinted at him with my eyes.

Wal-Mart did not notice my eyes, but he did not ramble either. Instead, he said directly, “Your whereabouts have been exposed. You are at the border. Therefore, this puts you in a dangerous situation.”

I remembered the encounter at the border and asked, “We did encounter some trouble at the border. Do you mean that the lamas completely exposed our whereabouts?”

“Yes, according to the various intelligence networks in this circle, the speed of information dissemination is terrifying. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been assassinated at the train station, and you wouldn’t have met me.” Volma’s Chinese was good, but it still felt a bit awkward. Fortunately, I understood what he meant.

When it came to the assassination, I was furious. I asked Walma, “Do you know who assassinated us?”

Hearing my question, Wal-Mart stood up, walked back and forth a few times, and then looked at me and said, “Mr. Chen Chengyi, to be precise, it was you who was assassinated. It doesn’t matter whether the others died or not. The girl named Ruyue should have been implicated by you.”

Worma’s words made me feel guilty again. If he wasn’t direct, he would have brought up the wrong thing. Fortunately, there was a solution to the matter of Ru Yue, which made me feel a little relieved. So I took a deep breath and said, “I think I know that the main target of the assassination should be me, but who is the key person?”

“I think with your insight, you should have an answer in your mind, right? It’s an international top-level killer organization. If my intelligence is good, it should be a code name. In Chinese, it’s called the “Reaper’s Scythe” organization. The forces behind this organization should be the cultivators, and they should be the top forces of the cultivators. You can consider it against the four major forces.” Volma gave me detailed information, although most of it was speculation and uncertain. But this kind of classified information, who would dare to say it with a 100% sure tone?

“In that case, it’s really dangerous.” I sighed with a sense of forlornness. Killers are hard to guard against. Even if my spiritual awareness can warn me, how can I be sure who the killer is among the multitude of people? What kind of means will they use to assassinate me? The incident at the train station is obviously a lesson.

“You don’t have to worry too much, because you are not alone. In fact, this is what my master, Ruan Qingqiu, wanted me to tell you.” Walma said seriously.

“Huh?” In fact, at the Fish-Leaping Dragon Gate Conference of the Snow Mountain School, the righteous forces did not make any clear statements. Now in India, what does it mean for an Indian to say something like this to me? Obviously, I still don’t understand.

“It’s like this,” said Varma, straightening his white collar as he spoke. “I, Varma, am not very good at Taoist magic or martial arts, but in my homeland, in this land, I can provide you with enough protection. Although I hate the caste system, and I long from the bottom of my heart to break the shackles of class and give people more freedom and equality, my surname was given to me by my ancestors, and the power and status that comes with it can really provide you with enough protection. I am a Kshatriya, a true Kshatriya! People outside India think that the pure-blooded Kshatriya, which has disappeared, is as pure as my surname.

I looked at Wal-Mart speechless. I didn’t mean that at all, and who knows what a Kshatriya is? Is he trying to tell me that the supermarket is a pure Kshatriya? I could only shake my head apologetically and say to Wal-Mart, “I never doubted your strength, but what I want to know more is the meaning behind your master’s words. You know that the righteous way has not clearly expressed its support for me.”

In response to my statement, Wal-Mart patted his head and began to apologize again, while I began to politely indicate that I didn’t care.

After another three minutes of this, I finally couldn’t take it anymore and said in a louder voice, “Wal-Mart, can we actually stop being so polite?”

“Ah?” Wal-Mart was obviously not responding.

“In fact, Taoists emphasize nature, especially Taoist men, who should eat meat and drink wine in large chunks, speak loudly and generously, and don’t need to pay special attention to etiquette.” What I actually said was “bandit,” but in order for Wal-Mart not to use such a strange way of speaking with me, I had to choose this way.

“Ah?” Wal-Mart was a little uneasy, and it took him a while to say to me, “My master didn’t specifically tell me about this, and my surname predestined me to be a nobleman, I…”

“It’s not too late to start now.” I let out a sigh of relief in my heart.

Volma looked as if he had just realized something, and after a long silence, he suddenly stood up, ripped open his white, half-length robe, which was similar to a shirt, revealing his brown, slightly muscular chest, and then patted my shoulder heavily and said, “Is this the way? Damn it, this should be it, right? If you tell me it isn’t, then damn it!”

I looked at Wal-Mart speechless. Well, I hope Wal-Mart’s master or uncle or whatever doesn’t blame me. The appearance of a bandit cannot hide the essence of kindness. I quickly found a reason for myself in my heart and said with a stiff head: “Probably.”

“Fuck, if you want to ask my uncle what the fuck this means, I’ll tell you. The forces of evil have grown significantly, and it’s all because of a mysterious figure. He has injected new theories and blood into the forces of evil, and has adopted a more novel way of combining Taoism and science! I don’t fucking understand what that is, but it’s probably something like that. So, the evil way has some inexplicable stuff, suppressing the righteous way. The righteous way is having a hard time now. Although it can’t be said that it is in danger of self-preservation, it no longer has the right to speak as it did in the past. In order to maintain a delicate balance, the righteous way is now extremely cautious. But my master said that your sect is a fucking hero, and you are a hero too. We righteous people can’t just let you guys go, so we can only do it in secret. This is what my master wanted me to tell you. Wal-Mart finished this speech very quickly and boldly.

During this time, he put one foot on the sofa and waved his other hand dramatically, spitting out words with great enthusiasm, leaving me dumbfounded.

I lost count of how many times he said “fuck” in this speech, and I could only quickly ponder the meaning of his words.

“How am I doing in my studies?” Volma looked at me with trepidation, looking at me with anticipation, interrupting my train of thought.

I couldn’t help but laugh, and I began to like this somewhat simple Indian guy. So I stood up and helped him fix his shirt that was showing his chest, saying, “Not bad, but you’re exaggerating. You don’t need to tear your clothes. Also, you can say a few fewer fuck words.”

“But, Chinese is really complicated, you know, Indian men sometimes speak in a very straightforward way, and it’s inevitable that they will use a swear word or two, but the only swear word I know in Chinese is ‘fuck’.” Volma looked particularly innocent.

“If you don’t want to swear, you don’t have to. Nature is important, you know.” I don’t know if my facial muscles have already started to twitch, but I actually feel that I have ‘fooled’ this simple guy too much. I hope that Ruan Qingqiu will not withdraw his determination to help us because of this.

“Well, I will slowly understand and grasp the appropriate degree,” Wal-Mart said to my words with great seriousness.

I patted Walma on the shoulder and said, “No matter what, help me tell your uncle thank you. We, the Li family, should shoulder the moral responsibility and do what we should do, no matter how difficult the situation is. As I spoke, my tone gradually became more serious.

Facing my seriousness, Walma also became serious and held a standard Taoist ritual towards me, saying, “You are worthy of respect, and I will definitely convey your words to my uncle.”

The simple and pleasant conversation with Volma came to an end here. After a brief farewell, Volma left my room.

At the moment the door closed, I actually felt a huge pressure. After carefully pondering what Wolma had said, I felt a huge pressure, a sense of protection from the righteous way. This was of course a good thing, but from this small matter that gave us protection, it actually represented the beginning of a game between the righteous and the evil. According to the intelligence network, the evil way represented by the four major forces could not possibly not know the role of the righteous way.

The pressure comes from here. Although I don’t know what we are going to do, I understand that if we fail, it means the failure of the righteous. At that time, I can almost foresee that the righteous will face the most severe and declining situation in thousands of years.

The trip to the Lake of a Thousand Ghosts was like opening a Pandora’s box. Our group of people had inadvertently fallen into a huge whirlpool, and even called the focus of the game…

“What a headache,” I said to myself as I sat back down on the sofa and took a bottle of Chinese liquor from the cabinet. I opened the bottle and took a big swig!

The key is that I really don’t know what to do! The only thing that is clear is that I have to find that Johnny.

The long road ahead is not scary, but the scary thing is that the road ahead is a complete blur, and we started out just to find our master.

Thinking about this, I took another swig of the wine. As the alcohol was starting to take effect, there was a knock on the door, unusually urgent.

Could it be that Wal-Mart had returned? I opened the door with doubts, only to find that it was my brother-in-law, Chengxin, standing outside with a displeased look on his face.