Chapter 276

Mie Jie’s 鈥淚 disagree鈥� was truly decisive and resolute. The tone of his voice was so firm that it was like hammering four nails into the White Snake’s heart!

The White Snake was slightly startled, and then became angry, 鈥淲hy do you disagree?鈥�

Mie Jie said calmly, 鈥淢y disciple, whom I raised with my own hands, says she disagrees, so she disagrees. Why should she have to explain to you, little demon girl, why or why not?鈥�

The white snake was furious, her eyes rolling, but she said, 鈥淗mph, the Ming Sect attacked you at Emei, and our Wuxian Sect refused to ally with the Ming Sect. My younger sister even helped you fight, doing you a great favor. Are you, a grand master of your generation, not going to repay that favor?鈥�

Mie Jie said disdainfully, 鈥淚f the Five Immortals Sect had allied with the Ming Sect, it would have been long since disbanded! Besides, you only mentioned that your junior sister came to help Emei, but you didn’t mention that your senior sister and junior sister also went to help the Ming Sect. Hmph, betting on both sides, what favor do you think I owe you?鈥�

White Snake has always been quick-witted. In the past, in the Five Immortals Sect, she was the one who bullied the others the most. Xuewu and the others were always the ones getting bullied. However, now she has unexpectedly won the verbal battle against her nemesis. However, she suddenly flew into a rage and shouted, 鈥淵ou are only relying on your martial arts being better than mine! Hmph, a woman’s revenge is never late. When I am as old as you, I will definitely beat you into begging for mercy.鈥�

Mie Jie raised his eyebrows and said sternly, 鈥淟ittle demon girl, if you say that, I’m afraid you won’t have the chance to grow old like me.鈥�

The white snake gave a start and exclaimed in surprise, 鈥淥h no, are you going to kill me?鈥�

Mie Jie said, 鈥淚 am from the prestigious Omei Sect, and I must have a good reason to kill someone. You haven’t hurt any of my disciples, so you don’t deserve to die. But you did offend me by capturing my disciple. I will take you back to the mountain and imprison you for ten years before letting you go. That’s payback for payback.鈥�

The white snake exclaimed in horror, 鈥淭en years? After ten years, Ye Kuhong’s child will be able to buy wine! Oh, I know, you old nun, you are actually selfish for not letting your disciple marry me!鈥�

Upon hearing this, Mie Jie felt her blood rush to her face. Fortunately, she was now highly skilled in kung fu, and quickly used her internal strength to calm herself down, narrowly avoiding blushing.

Only then did she say indifferently, 鈥淲hat selfishness could a poor nun possibly have?鈥�

Bai Snake pointed at Zhou Jiangli and said, 鈥淒on’t even think about hiding it from me. You want Ye Kuhong to marry this stupid girl, don’t you?鈥�

She had extraordinary eyesight and could tell that Zhou Jiangli had extremely high talent, so she was sure that Mie Jie would definitely favor her.

鈥淛iangli?鈥� Mie Jie didn’t know what to say, but secretly let out a sigh of relief. He said with righteous indignation, 鈥淣onsense! How could that be!鈥�

The white snake blinked suspiciously, but she could see that what she said was true, and she couldn’t help but speculate, 鈥淒o you want to match Ye Kuhong with another disciple? But none of your other disciples are worthy of Ye Kuhong!鈥�

Mie Jie sneered, 鈥淢y Emei disciples are all elites, so what’s not worthy of them?鈥�

Bai Snake shook her head and said, 鈥淵our Emei disciples are useless. They fell for my decoy tactic and are all brainless. There’s only one powerful old man who is still scared of snakes. Hmph, I alone snuck down from your Emei Mountain. What are you boasting about?鈥�

Mie Jie opened her mouth, but had nothing to say. The disciples of the mountain were fooled by a demon girl, and even though she was protective by nature, she had no defense at this moment.

She became angry and said, 鈥淒emon girl, I will arrest you and lock you up for twenty years!鈥�

She was about to act when she heard someone outside the house shouting, 鈥淲hite Snake, hurry up and go. This nun is disrespectful to our Wuxian Sect. Watch as your master takes revenge for you!鈥�

The voice was gentle and charming, but it was also drifting, and it was impossible to tell the distance.

Mie Jie was shocked, and thought to himself, 鈥淭his woman has a high level of internal strength!鈥�

Bai She was overjoyed, jumping up and down and saying, 鈥淢aster! I knew you wouldn’t be able to let go, and that you would secretly protect your disciple!鈥�

The voice laughed lightly and said, 鈥淣onsense! Otherwise, would that old man Zhou really be scared off by just two snakes like you?鈥�

At the beginning, when she heard Xue Wu mention the characters of the Five Immortals Sect, she knew that the White Snake, the most outstanding of the Five Immortals’ emissaries of this generation, was the sect leader Long Kongkong. She immediately angrily said, 鈥淕ood, it turns out that the sect leader of the Five Immortals has arrived. As the saying goes, ‘If the upper beam is not straight, the lower ones will go awry. Today, I, a poor nun, will let you know the power of Emei!鈥�

She said she wanted to catch the White Snake, lest she lose face if she let it escape. She immediately flew into the air, but heard a loud crash, and the roof split in half. Seven or eight triangular-headed poisonous snakes sprang towards her like arrows.

The two swords, Qingfeng and Baihong, had both been destroyed by the Corpse Demon. The sword she now wore at her waist was from the Taishan School.

Most disciples of the Taishan School are burly men from Shandong and Hebei. They have inherited a heavy and steady style of swordsmanship, and therefore use swords that are different from the norm. They are shorter than ordinary long swords, but twice as wide.

However, Mie Jie’s martial arts had reached the pinnacle, and no matter what kind of sword he used, he could make it work. With one move, 鈥淪ix tusks of the white elephant鈥�, a supreme move from the Emei Golden Summit’s nine styles, he saw six flashes of sword light, and the heads of the seven or eight poisonous snakes were all severed together.

Her swordplay was truly marvelous, but the White Snake’s kung fu was also truly outstanding. She got the poisonous snakes to block her, and after getting them to do so, she jumped back, smashed open the window, and flew away.

Mie Jie shouted, 鈥淲here are you going!鈥�

He jumped out the window, chased after her for a few steps, and then heard that soft and charming female voice laughing, 鈥淥uch, you’re only after my disciple, don’t you want your own disciple? Then let’s switch, you go catch my apprentice and imprison her for twenty years, let the brat be on her own, and I’ll take your handsome apprentice.”

Mie Jie slammed on the brakes, furious, 鈥楽hameless witch, if you’ve got the guts, come and fight me to the death!鈥�

He turned around and was about to run back when he saw a colorful cloud floating up, but it was a woman with an incredibly graceful posture. Looking at what she was holding, it was Ye Guhong, who had been immobilized by Mie Jie.

Mie Jie let out a loud cry and dashed back, only to see Zhou Xiangli exclaim, 鈥淢aster, my senior brother has been captured by the villains.鈥�

Zhang Qubing had fallen to the ground and was crying out in pain, having obviously tried valiantly to rescue his master but been no match for the other party.

Mie Jie ignored his disciple and grandchild, leapt onto the roof and chased after Caiyun. Unexpectedly, the woman’s martial arts were extremely proficient, and she leapt high and far, carrying Ye Guhong, without slowing down at all.

If it had been just that, Mie Jie would not have cared, but as she chased after them, long and short poisonous snakes kept popping up from under the tiles. Although they could do nothing to Mie Jie, they prevented her from increasing her speed, and she watched helplessly as the enemy gradually pulled away.

Mie Jie angrily said, 鈥淚 don’t believe you have endless poisonous snakes on your body. Today, I, a poor nun, will chase you to the ends of the earth!鈥�

Before she finished speaking, she heard Zhou Xiangli scream behind her. Mie Jie looked back and saw that the white snake had returned at some point, picked up Zhou Xiangli, and fled in the opposite direction at high speed.

This was truly a dilemma. With his wisdom, Mie Jie could only stand there in a daze. After thinking for a while, he came up with an idea: Yes, I should save Lonesome first. He is smart and has been to the headquarters of the Five Immortals Sect. Saving him first will make it easier to save Zongjing. Besides, Zongjing should be fine in the hands of the Five Immortals Sect, but Lonesome is different. Those demon women are shameless…

Having made up her mind, she was about to set off in pursuit, but saw that the woman in red and the white snake had already disappeared without a trace. She was at a loss for words for a moment, then swallowed her anger and went back, watching Zhang Zhibing slowly stand up.

Mie Jie had encountered all kinds of things while wandering the world, and most of the time Ye Guhong had been in charge. Now that Ye Guhong had been captured, she felt an emptiness in her body, as if she had lost her backbone. For a moment, she was at a loss, and then she thought to herself, 鈥淚f I hadn’t pressed Ye Guhong’s acupuncture points, with his martial arts skills, who could have captured him in one move?鈥�

Thinking about her regrets, she couldn’t help but shed a couple of tears.

Zhang Qubing was shocked to see his master cry in anger. He swallowed hard, gathered his courage, and offered his advice: 鈥淢aster, your disciple just heard the two evil women talking, and their words show that they still have some affection for our school. They will not harm Master or your uncles.鈥�

Mie Jie brightened up, wiped away his tears, and hurriedly asked, 鈥淭hen what?鈥�

Zhang Jubing said, 鈥淭hen we can’t fight them with just two fists, so we should immediately return to our school, mobilize a large number of people, and go to the Five Immortals Sect to ask for help!鈥�

Mie Jie frowned and said, 鈥淵our plan is far inferior to your master’s. Why didn’t you think about the long journey we’ll have to make? By the time we get there, your master might have already been forced to marry. By then, it’ll be too late. Do you really want me, as your master, to beat up your wife?鈥�

Zhang Qubing hurriedly said, 鈥淕randmaster, I think that the evil woman has captured your junior apprentice. Even if the senior apprentices of our school fell for the trap for a while, they would definitely react later. If I am not wrong, the pursuers of our school are already on their way. We don’t need to return to our school, we will meet them on the way.鈥�

After listening to this, Mie Jie rolled his eyes and said with joy, 鈥淲hat you said is not bad! The disciples of our school are close and there is no reason not to ask! In that case, I will go first. Wait for me outside the city gate. When your uncles arrive, tell them to meet me at Wuxian Ridge!”

After saying this, he soared into the sky, and his whereabouts were unknown.

Zhang Jibing never expected her to just leave like that. He was dumbfounded. Helpless, he immediately felt around in his bag for some coins, went to the inn to buy some dry provisions, and then went outside the city gate to wait for Emei reinforcements.

Who knew that the innkeeper was a cunning one. Earlier, he had been scared out of his wits by the fight between Zhang and the others to save the inn from being robbed. Now that everyone had left, except for Zhang, a child, he came up with an idea and held Zhang back, demanding compensation for the roof.

Zhang Qu-bing is kind and honest by nature. Originally, he would have just paid for the damage, but then he suddenly remembered what Ye Guhong had taught him: 鈥淢y dear disciple, you are a rare kind and honest person, which is a good thing. However, you must know that there are few reasonable people in the world, and many bullies. Others may take advantage of your kindness and goodness, and try to bully you. Therefore, sometimes you might as well be a little more stubborn, so that you can avoid trouble.鈥�

Thinking about this, Zhang Quibing rolled his shoulders, broke free from the shopkeeper’s grip, and shouted, 鈥淵ou didn’t even get hurt, let alone break your roof. How dare you ask me to pay for it? Hmph, if you talk nicely, I’ll see that you don’t lose money in your small business, and maybe I’ll even let you keep some money to repair your roof. But if you think I’m an idiot, just watch!鈥�

With that, he slammed his hand, splitting an eight-legged table in the shop in half.

The shopkeeper was so shocked that he gasped for breath, and dared not yell anymore. He shrank back, exposing a pitiful posture.

Zhang Zhibing noticed that his palm was gradually swelling up and the pain was like pins and needles. While forcing himself to endure the pain, he took out a small ingot of silver from his bag and said, 鈥淥ur Emei School is a prestigious and righteous school. We neither bully others nor let others bully us. Since you are not making a fuss, take this silver to repair the roof. But you must understand that this is a reward from me, not a debt owed to you.鈥�

After saying this, he threw the silver, which the shopkeeper received with both hands, beaming with joy, repeatedly thanking him, and running back and forth, taking oiled paper for him to report many noodles and beef, but refusing to charge any more.

Zhang Qubing felt that he had done a good job, in line with his master’s teachings, and was pleased in his heart. He took the paper package, led the horse away to the west gate, found a stump to sit on, and slowly nibbled on the meat and bread while waiting for someone to come.

It was already late at night, and Zhang Gebing’s small figure, sitting alone outside the western gate of the county town, was enveloped in endless darkness, and he felt indescribably lonely.

In the east of the county town, however, the Master of Disaster Prevention was walking quickly, having already decided that the Five Immortals Sect’s poison techniques were formidable, and that if her disciples went in force, there would be heavy casualties.

As for telling Zhang to wait for the main force, she was simply playing along with the plan. She also firmly believed that someone from the Emei Sect would surely come after him, and that she would naturally not have to worry about no one to take care of Zhang.

Meanwhile, more than ten li to the east of the disaster, a rare strong horse in the southwest was carrying two people galloping.

The person sitting on it was wearing a colorful light veil, with the beauty of her body faintly visible. Her face was also covered with a light veil, except for her pair of beautiful eyes, like stars and the moon. It was Long Kongkong, the leader of the Five Immortals Sect.

A person was lying across the saddle in front of him. It was none other than Ye Guhong, who had had a terrible misfortune.

Long Kongkong laughed softly as he controlled his horse: 鈥淵oung Master Ye, I can’t understand why I had to press your acupuncture points to avert the disaster. I’m afraid you’ll be dying of anger now, hahahaha.鈥�

Ye Guhong said lazily: 鈥淢y master wants to train me to be able to deal with attacks at any time. This is the training method of our prestigious school. I’ll tell you for free today.鈥�

Long Kongkong laughed and said, 鈥淵oung Master Ye, let’s be honest. You only say such nonsense to fool young girls. Do you think I will fall for it? I can see that you hesitated to save your junior because your master suspects that you have a crush on the white snake and is jealous.鈥�

Ye Guhong was shocked and said sternly, 鈥淣onsense! That’s my master, what’s there to be jealous of?鈥�

Long Kongkong ran his hand over his face and said, 鈥淲hat’s so rare about a master falling in love with his disciple? Not to mention that you are a man and a woman, but even if a male master falls in love with a male disciple or a female master falls in love with a female disciple, there’s nothing unusual about it. After all, the first thing in life is eating and sleeping, and the second thing is love. I am not such a narrow-minded person with a small mind. Just tell me without worry.鈥�

Ye Guhong shouted, 鈥淣onsense.鈥�

Long Kongkong laughed, 鈥淒o you think I don’t know? Your master and the Ming Sect have a deep-seated hatred for each other, because Xiao Feiyang angered and killed her elder brother. Hee hee, her elder brother was called the Lonely Reaper, and you also happen to be called the Lonely Reaper. Everyone in the martial world says that you are the reincarnation of the Lonely Reaper. Is it any wonder that she would think this way, and that she would find it hard to treat you as an ordinary disciple? It is not surprising that she would fall in love with you. What I am curious about is, do you love your master?鈥�

This woman is full of evil and her mouth is full of forbidden topics. Ye Guhong’s heart skipped a beat as he listened, and he turned his eyes to her, changing from the defensive to the offensive. 鈥淵ou’re joking, Master. I was a clueless young boy, how would I know anything about love? It wasn’t until a few years ago at Wuxian Ridge that I saw your immortal beauty and realized that there are such lovely people in the world. If you ask me if I love you, well, I only love you in my heart.鈥�

Long Kongkong laughed heartily, pinching Ye Guhong’s face and saying, 鈥淎re you playing a trick on me? You think that White Snake is in love with you and that you can turn my master and I against each other? You must be out of your mind. How dare my White Snake compete with me? If you want to play with fire, be careful you don’t get burned. It’s a beautiful moonlight night, so be careful, or I’ll really eat you.鈥�

While he was talking, his hand had slipped from Ye Kuhong’s face and slipped into his clothes. He gently caressed and fondled him, and Ye Kuhong couldn’t help but be shocked. He begged, 鈥淥kay, okay, I was wrong. Please spare me, Master.鈥�

Long Kongkong smiled and muttered, 鈥淵ou will spare yourself, so why do you need me to spare you?鈥�

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard hoofbeats from the diagonal rear. Someone shouted, 鈥淚s the person on the horse in front of you the master?鈥�

Long Kongkong drew back his hand, and his face suddenly took on a solemn expression as he shouted, 鈥淵ou little bitch, come here quickly! Hmph, you really think you’ve grown up and dare to go to Emei alone! If I hadn’t come, even if you could get down from Emei Mountain, how would you escape the old nun’s clutches today?鈥�

Ye Guhong said unhappily, 鈥淢aster, in terms of age, I’m afraid my master is still younger than you. I’ll return the word 鈥榦ld鈥� to you as it is.鈥�