Chapter 58: The Informant's Worries

  Xiao Qiu was pulled away from Zhou Ping by Lin Du, both of whom had already fallen to the ground. At first, Zhou Ping struggled with all his might, but slowly he stopped moving. Xiao Qiu continued to hit him, unable to control himself, only wanting to fulfill Meng Yuanhou's reminder, beating the enemy until they didn't dare or couldn't fight back.

  The disciples around were silent, even if they weren't in the mountains of Pong Saan, they had never seen such a fierce fight, as if there was an irreconcilable feud, like a hungry beast tearing apart its prey.

  All of this was nothing to mention in Lin Du's eyes, he easily separated the two, picked up Xiao Qiu, spun around in a semicircle and put him on the ground, "You win."

  Xiao Qiu's strength had almost been exhausted, but his momentum was still unabated. If it weren't for the big belly blocking the way in front of him, he would have charged forward again. He took half a step before suddenly remembering that this was a senior teacher, and his mind suddenly cleared up.

  He felt a wave of inexplicable fear and astonishment, from small to large he had never fought less, but today's move was so heavy, this is not the style of Xiao Qiutown, but rather the kind of violent act that Shen Geng would commit.

  One of the Taoist priests took Zhou Ping away, while the other two left as if nothing had happened. Lin Taoist stayed behind and said to Xia Qiu: "You can go climbing now. The Nurturing Spirit Peak does not have a ready-made road, and the mountain terrain is similar everywhere. You can choose where to climb from."

  Among the onlookers, Shenyi led a group of people to turn around and leave, his face expressionless. Most of the other disciples didn't leave, the outcome of the martial competition had been decided, but their emotions hadn't calmed down because of it, instead they became even more turbulent, with fear, confusion, and a hint of anticipation. Zhouping's defeat caused a not small crack in the tightly sealed peaceful state of Yangshen Peak.

  Lin Du Jiao also left, Xiao Qiu raised her hand to wipe the sweat on her forehead, looking at the little friends in Ye Lin Town. The informant was no longer there. This was a foolish move. In her heart, Xiao Qiu hummed a tune. Originally, she could only guess six or seven parts from their expressions, but now she had a full grasp of ten parts.

  Xiao Qiu's move was ruthless, and among her companions, only Shen Hua was unfazed, his expression half excited and half admiring. Da Liang reacted the most strongly, constantly stuttering as if he no longer recognized his friend. Fangfang from the female disciples' side had a complex expression, looking at Xiao Qiu in the arena with unexpectedness and seemingly also with a hint of blame. The little girl behind her, Xiao Qingtao, was clearly frightened, only daring to show one eye.

  Yangshen Peak, from a distance, is a conical solitary peak, but upon closer inspection, it is nearly a sheer thousand-meter cliff.

  Xiao Qiu looked up and gazed around, bypassing the main gate of the Qiyou Hall, and walked close to a cliff wall covered with vines - there were no stone steps for climbing, and it was all the same from anywhere.

  The silent crowd, driven by curiosity, followed him as he moved.

  "Little Autumn, we've reached the top!" Shen Hao suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs, which seemed quite abrupt. After a while, Da Liang and several others also shouted out loud, followed by several unfamiliar voices, and the "we've reached the top" sound instantly filled the air.

  Xiao Qiu turned around and waved, then ran a few steps towards the cliff, jumped up more than ten feet high, grabbed the vines with both hands, and quickly climbed up the mountain using her hands and feet.

  He had already spent a lot of physical strength, and tonight he just wanted to try, also mentally prepared for the restrictions set up on the mountain. After all, he climbed more than 9,000 steps out of over 10,000 steps on Laozu Peak, but unexpectedly, he fell down after climbing only a dozen or so yards.

  "Ah......!" Everyone also did not expect it, and a string of exclamations burst out.

  Xiao Qiu fell heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust. Seeing Xiao Qiu lying motionless on the ground, the young men from Ye Lin Town rushed over. Just as they were about to reach him, Xiao Qiu suddenly sprang up, brushing off the dirt and making a silly face: "My arm hurts, I didn't even catch it."

  The companions let out a sigh of relief, Fangfang pulled over Xiaocitao, with a disapproving look on her face. Dalang held back Xiaoqiu who still wanted to try again: "Let's call it a day for now, we'll come back tomorrow."

  Shen Hao also started driving away the onlookers, "All of you leave, Little Autumn will try again tomorrow, today's attempt doesn't count."

  Back in her dorm, Xia Qiu hastily washed up and lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling for a while before starting to think about whether her method of climbing the mountain was correct. Lin Du had said "go against the small heavens and follow the big way", but apart from constantly going upwards, she couldn't find what was meant by "the way".

  It was already late at night, and Xia Qiu was sleeping drowsily when she heard the sound of the door being pushed open. She suddenly sat up and asked in a low voice, "Who?"

  "It's me." The voice from the darkness was hoarse and desperate, full of a sense of having no way out. "I'm Ah Zheng, Xiao Qiuge, please save me."

  "Mu Fei Huang." Little Autumn's anger burned, the two were distant relatives, in the past in Wild Forest Town he called Dizzy's father "Third Uncle", Dizzy called Old Autumn "Big Brother", but one family was rich and one was poor, they didn't interact much, Mu Fei Huang had never been Little Autumn's friend, but here they were united, he betrayed the interests of all partners in Wild Forest Town by revealing secrets to outsiders.

  "You didn't tell Shen Hao and them... I'm eternally grateful, I hope..."

  "Don't thank me yet, I'll be telling everyone tomorrow, just waiting one night is just to give everyone a heads up."

  "No, no, Little Autumn, please don't say it, I was wrong, I really was wrong. I swear to you that from now on I won't dare again. Please, if Shen Hua finds out, he'll definitely beat me to death, and nobody will ever talk to me again..."

  "Why?" Xia Qiu still couldn't understand it now, "Why did you want to do such a thing? What's the benefit?"

  The Mu Fei Huang opposite him fell silent for a moment, uneasily scraping his shoe soles on the ground, "I... I'm scared."

  "What's wrong?" Xia Qiu was even more confused.

  Afraid of the demon's resurrection one day.

  "You...," Xia Qiu found it hard to understand, "Don't you even believe in the judgment of the sect master?"

  Mo Fei Huang's voice was trembling with a sob, "But the thing is, this has never happened before. That Daoist Li Yuechi committed suicide after being touched by the demon kind once, so... what if Master Zong is wrong? What if there are still remnants of the demon kind in our bodies?"

  "If you keep thinking like this, you'll go crazy even without being possessed." Xia Qiu said angrily, "But what does this have to do with you telling on me?"

  "With the Devil's seed, I'll either be killed or go mad. I don't want to die...I want..."

  "Do you think Pong Shan will spare your life when you have the magic seed? How is that possible?"

  "It's not what you think, I actually want to get rid of the Dao root. Our Dao root has an unjust origin, and I think that as long as we get rid of it, we won't have to worry about the revival of the Demon Species again. Shen Yi's father is a great enforcer of the Precepts Department, he has this ability."

  Xiao Qiu was speechless for a long time, and he couldn't believe that someone actually wanted to get rid of the Dao Gen. Although half a year ago, he hadn't even heard of the term "Dao Gen", but now he would rather die with it than without it. Da Liang Shen Xiu Ming had always been timid, but not to this extent. "Do you want to end up like Mei Chuan An?"

  "It's different, Mei Chuan An was possessed by a demon and had his Dao root removed at the same time, that's why he went crazy. If only the Dao root is removed, it should be fine, but then again, he would just become an ordinary person."

  "Just to become an ordinary person, you're going to betray Shenyi?" Xia Qiu suppressed the anger in her heart and suddenly thought of Meng Yuanhou's words. When facing a high mountain, some people stop in their tracks, some give up halfway, some reach the top, but he never thought that there would be someone who would turn around and run away.

  "No, Shen Ji drove me out and said he didn't need an informant, then...then Zhou Ping found me and said..."

  "No need to say more." Xia Qiu didn't want to listen anymore. Originally, he regretted being too harsh during the martial arts competition, but now he realized that he had been too lenient. Zhou Ping was of course a pawn for the Shen family, just as Xin Yutao said. The Shen mother and son would not lower their status to challenge a group of ordinary disciples, but they also wouldn't wait idly for five years without doing anything. Zhou Ping was the suitable opponent chosen by them for the Wild Lin Town youths.

  Zhou Ping extremely believed in the law of following heaven, Xiao Qiu could imagine it, Shen Yi or Yang Baozhen didn't need to buy it, just mentioning that the demon might still be hiding in the body of a young man from Ye Lin Town was enough to arouse Zhou Ping's intention to exorcise the demon.

  "I didn't expect Zhou Ping to challenge you, he only asked me to monitor your movements, and as soon as there's a sign of demonic possession, I'll go tell him, after that he'll plead with the sect on my behalf. He said it's better to get rid of the demon root than to let the demonic thoughts spread. Little Autumn brother, I'm really scared, I don't want to die, nor do I want to go crazy, we were originally ordinary people, and becoming ordinary again isn't a bad thing. The magical treasures left by Li Yuechi are still with us, if we take them to Xi Jie City, we can sell them for a good price, and from then on, live a peaceful life, wouldn't that be great?"

  "I won't say anything about you." Xia Qiu jumped to the ground, walked in the dark to Mu Fei Huang's front, "You want to get rid of Dao Gen I won't interfere, but if you dare to leak again..."

  "It won't happen again, never again." Mu Fei Huang made a pile of vows.

  Xiao Qiu sat back on the edge of the bed, feeling very sad in her heart. "What are others thinking?"

  "Anyone else?"

  "Shen Hao and the others, are they worried that the demon breed hasn't been completely eliminated?"

  "I don't know, but actually, people rarely talk about the demon species. However, I think it's not just me who is afraid of them. Da Liang, for example, is also very afraid. If removing the Dao root can completely eliminate future troubles, he would definitely make the same choice as me."

  "But he won't tell. You can go now, just as if nothing had happened." Xia Qiu said, suddenly feeling exhausted.

  "Thank you, thank you little Autumn brother, I will never do anything behind your back again." Dumbfounded Mu Fei Huang pushed open the door and added with a flattering tone, "You are more like a leader than Shen Hua, actually the people of Ye Lin Town all think that you..."

  Xiao Qiu walked two steps forward and heavily closed the door, blocking out Mu Fei Huang. He had never intentionally thought of being a leader, he just wanted a few good friends.

  Outside, the sound of footsteps echoed as Mu Fei Huang left. In the house, Xiao Qiu couldn't help but think that she had made too much of Meng Yuan Hou's unorthodox methods, and had gone too far in her own ways. Before he came to Yang Shen Peak, Shen Hao and Da Liang hadn't done anything out of line.

  "Reversing the small and following the big way", Xiao Qiu is not sure if his current goal is still on the right path, and even doubts whether the decision to climb the Nurturing Spirit Peak was a mistake.

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