Chapter 82

Chapter 82: Those Who Steal Others’ Buttocks Will Have Their Buttocks Stolen

Night had fallen, Sang Nian and the others had a relatively safe journey meeting up with Chu Yao.

Chu Yao had just obtained a high-grade jade crystal from the demonic beast, covered in smelly demonic blood.

Shen Mingchao covered his nose:

“No, there’s a river right next to you, can’t you wash up? I really can’t stand it, it’s suffocating.”

Chu Yao rolled her eyes: “Men are so fussy.”

Shen Mingchao was furious:

“What do you mean fussy? You’re covered in blood, anyone would be uncomfortable.”

He turned to Sang Nian and asked:

“Can you stand it?”

Sang Nian: …

Sang Nian was frantically scrubbing her hand, which had accidentally gotten demonic blood on it, by the river.

Seeing this, Chu Yao also walked over, she was about to bend down to wash her hands, but her ears twitched.

The next moment, she pulled Sang Nian and Shen Mingchao to hide under the shallows beneath the bridge.

Shen Mingchao looked at the bloodstain on his wrist, and exploded:

“You—“

Chu Yao put her finger to her lips, gesturing for him to be quiet with her eyes.

He realized, and immediately concealed his aura, carefully lurking.

The night in the secret realm was not peaceful.

Unlike the open fighting during the day, the danger at night lurked in the shadows.

After a while, several cultivators walked to the other side of the river, chatting and laughing.

A small bonfire flickered, they sat around the fire, roasting a few fish on long swords.

Shen Mingchao secretly poked his head out, observing the group.

Just as he was about to speak, Sang Nian pulled his collar, pointing to another direction.

She set up a soundproof barrier:

“Don’t act rashly, someone’s lurking.”

Shen Mingchao looked in the direction she pointed, the reeds in the night were indeed swaying gently.

There was no wind around.

Shen Mingchao: “They want to ambush.”

Sang Nian nodded: “Look over there.”

She pointed to a small hill behind the reeds.

Shen Mingchao: “There are more people? What are they trying to do?”

Chu Yao said concisely:

“They want to be birds.”

Shen Mingchao: “Huh?”

Sang Nian explained:

“The people in the reeds want to ambush them, the people on the hill want to ambush the people in the reeds, the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is behind.”

Shen Mingchao: “What about us?”

Sang Nian: “In a nutshell, those who steal others’ buttocks will have their buttocks stolen.”

A pufferfish popped up from the shallows, round and puffed up.

She picked it up casually, carefully used it to clean her shoes that were stained with demonic blood, then kicked it back into the water, her smile sinister:

“Our target is definitely those people on the hill.”

Chu Yao looked approvingly, high-fived her:

“Clever.”

Sang Nian’s smile froze, she turned and continued to frantically scrub the sticky demonic blood on her hands.

Shen Mingchao looked at Chu Yao with condemnation:

“Look, look, you’ve made the kid smell so bad, it’s not just me who dislikes you.”

Chu Yao sniffed herself, then went to wash her hands on the other side.

On the other side, the people in the reeds couldn’t hold it in anymore, they started to attack after not lurking for long.

Both sides were sword cultivators, they fought evenly, neither side gained an advantage for a while.

Suddenly, a group of cultivators appeared from nowhere, drawing their swords and joining the battle.

Judging by the sect uniforms they were wearing, they were from the same sect as the cultivators who were roasting fish.

Shen Mingchao gasped:

“It’s a trap! They’ve been lurking all along, those few people were bait!”

“Tsk tsk, so insidious.” Sang Nian said, “Let’s go, before they finish fighting, we should strike and ambush the hill.”

Shen Mingchao quickly followed her and Chu Yao.

The fighting was fierce ahead, they were lurking behind them, creeping in the shadows.

The people squatting on the hill were completely focused on the fight by the river, they didn’t notice the approaching figures.

Sang Nian counted the heads, and sent a voice message to the two:

“There are only three of them.”

Chu Yao was very confident: “Three against three, we’re good.”

Sang Nian: “They’re three Golden Cores.”

Chu Yao was even more confident: “I’ll take on three, we’re good.”

Sang Nian: “Calm down.”

Shen Mingchao quickly agreed:

“Yeah, yeah, calm down, we can’t beat three Golden Cores.”

Sang Nian pulled out a longbow from her storage bag:

“Ranged attacks are more effective at this time, try this, a Heavenly Extreme magic tool, guaranteed to take down one Golden Core with one arrow.”

Shen Mingchao: “No need to calm down, let’s go.”

Chu Yao couldn’t wait to take the longbow, pulled the bowstring, and praised:

“It’s a good bow indeed.”

“Where are the arrows?” She asked Sang Nian.

Sang Nian: “I used them to skewer barbecue.”

Chu Yao: …

Shen Mingchao: …

Chu Yao gritted her teeth:

“Apologize to us first, then apologize to this bow.”

Sang Nian quickly added:

“You can use long swords instead, but I thought of something that has more killing power than long swords, and is less likely to be detected.”

Chu Yao’s eyes lit up: “What is it?”

Sang Nian pointed to Shen Mingchao beside her.

Shen Mingchao: …?

Chu Yao’s eyes became brighter and brighter.

Shen Mingchao squeezed out a smile with difficulty:

“Can I refuse?”

Chu Yao: “Hehe.”

Sang Nian: Smiled but didn’t speak.

On the hill.

“They’re almost done.”

The leading cultivator said to his companions:

“When I give the signal, charge immediately.”

The two companions said in unison:

“Understood!”

One of the young men grinned:

“They’ll never dream that we’re ambushing them here, we’ll catch them off guard.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a gentle breeze swept past them from behind.

There was something mixed in the wind.

He turned his head alertly.

In the night sky, an unidentified object was shooting towards him.

It was too fast, he couldn’t even see what it was, and in the blink of an eye, it flew in front of him.

At this moment, time seemed to freeze.

The young man slowly lowered his head, meeting the dead-eyed gaze of Shen Mingchao.

He slowly typed out a question mark.

“Bang!!”

The young man was knocked flying, his figure disappearing in mid-air.

“Ding”

The few jade crystals he was carrying scattered on the ground.

Everything happened too fast, almost in an instant.

The remaining two companions hadn’t reacted yet, when another whistling sound came.

They met the gaze of the red-clothed girl with firm eyes, their faces filled with disbelief.

“Bang!”

The two were knocked flying at the same time, before disappearing, they both let out a curse.

Chu Yao landed on one hand, her other hand extended casually, accurately catching the jade crystals that fell from the air.

She brushed off the dust on the jade crystals, and stood up satisfied.

Sang Nian flew over:

“Are they all dealt with?”

Chu Yao pulled Shen Mingchao out of the ground with one hand, brushed the mud off him and put him aside, revealing eight white teeth:

“Effortless.”

Sang Nian: “That’s good, Shen Mingchao, you… Shen Mingchao, what’s wrong with you?!”

She looked at the young man who was bleeding on the ground, her eyes filled with horror.

Shen Mingchao touched his bleeding forehead, casually retracted his hand.

He clasped his hands in front of him, tilted his head and smiled slightly at her, his expression serene:

“I hate all of you.”