Chapter 1: The Seven-Colored Dragon Boat, Azure Pearl...

  "Let's go." Cao Wu snorted and didn't want to argue with that disciple of the Shocking God Sect, Zong Zhen, anymore.

  Luo Bei nodded, then suddenly seemed to remember something and paused for a moment. "Wait, Zhu Shi Jie."

  "What's wrong with you? Dilly-dallying." Cao Zhu hadn't even finished speaking when Luo Bei very humbly asked Zong Zhen and the other two, "Right, three senior brothers, did you see any Cirsium grass along the way?"

  "Stinging Tongue Grass?" Zong Zhen and the other two exchanged a glance, and suddenly Zong Zhen burst out laughing, reaching into his waist pouch to pull out a plant with fruit resembling red chili peppers, but with dark green leaves. "So you're looking for Stinging Tongue Grass? How convenient, I just so happen to have several stalks of it."

  "Run north, go!" Cao Zuan's voice suddenly became sharp.

  Because she had already heard the teasing in Zong Zhen's words, although she was only a thirteen or fourteen year old girl, but being with many people of the same age, she could easily see through other people's childishness and shallowness. She knew that if Luo Bei continued to speak, he would definitely say something like "If you apologize to us and show some respect for your teachers, I might consider giving you a chance".

  If Luo Bei really begged those people for the Stabbing Thorn Grass, he would absolutely ignore this guy!

  "En." Luo Bei nodded and didn't say anything else before preparing to head back in the direction he came from.

  He didn't have the slightest idea of getting something for nothing, and he had seen the appearance of the Cirsium setosum anyway, so maybe he could still find it on the way back.

  "You two who have just started, stop right there!" The triumphant feeling that had just risen up instantly disappeared, and Zong Zhen couldn't help but shout out at the thoroughly disdainful attitude of Cai Shu and Luo Bei.

  Luobei turned back to look at Zongzhen and the others with some surprise. Born in hardship, even after entering Luofu, he still carried the fate of Luofu on his shoulders, struggling against fate every day, never having any sense of superiority. Luobei couldn't understand why Zongzhen would be so furious. The person walking beside him, Cai Shu, didn't even turn his head, his good-looking mouth curled up in a disdainful arc, coldly spitting out a sentence, "You're still looking for the荸荔果 herb at this point, I suppose you haven't been here for long."

  "Who would have thought that Gu Li's disciples are so arrogant." Zong Zhen was furious and laughed, "If I don't teach you a lesson today, I'm afraid you'll be walking sideways in Shu Mountain from now on."

  "What is that talisman?" Luo Bei saw that Zong Zhen's hand, which was shaking with rage and laughter, held a cyan-colored talisman.

  "Yīn Mù Qīng Léi Fú? So you still have this kind of talisman." Cǎi Jū looked at Zōng Zhèn and suddenly smiled again, her pretty nose slightly wrinkled, nodding towards Luó Běi. "But do you know who he is? Hurting me isn't a big deal, but if he gets hurt, I'm afraid the three of you won't be able to bear the consequences."

  He was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the talisman in his hand, and he stared at Cai Yu and Luo Bei with a look of shock and suspicion. "Who is he?"

  "He is the renowned Luo Bei, with a title of being the most talented disciple in Mount Shu for decades. You shouldn't be unfamiliar with him, right?" Cao Zhu blinked at Luo Bei and smiled.

  Luobei's face turned slightly red with embarrassment.

  Is he Luobei?!

  Zong Zhen and three others exchanged silent glances.

  Now everyone knows that Ge Li Xin has accepted a new disciple who is said to be extremely talented, named Luo Bei. Even the likes of Dai Zhang and others hold him in high regard.

  If he is hurt, he will definitely be severely scolded.

  Moreover, if he achieves great things in the future, he may not necessarily repay today's grudge.

  These thoughts flashed through Zong Zhen's mind, and the wooden thunder talisman that was originally about to be released couldn't be thrown out no matter what. His face was also uncertain, extremely embarrassing.

  "Never mind, everyone is...". Luo Bei saw Zong Zhen's awkward expression and couldn't help but mediate. He originally wanted to say that they were all fellow disciples and shouldn't be so tense, but before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a tug on his sleeve from Cai Shu. He was taken aback and turned to look at Cai Shu, who had already narrowed her eyes and smiled again. "However, this fellow who wants me to call him 'older brother' is just a fellow disciple, I don't have any seniority over him, he can't lecture me, it's not like it would be a big deal if I were to lecture him."

  "What did you say?" Zong Zhen's eyes narrowed suddenly, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

  "Let's make a bet." Cao Yu didn't mind the chill in Zong Zhen's eyes at all, and smiled as he raised his small white hand, pointing to himself and Luo Bei's medicine bag, "If you win, our taro fruit is yours. If I win, your thorny grass is ours."

  Full of gunpowder smell.

  "Alright! You asked for it, don't blame me for taking advantage of you!"

  Zong Zhen's mouth was chanting incantations, and he had some foundation in cultivation before entering Shu Mountain. As a disciple of the Jing Shen sect who could be called a king or overlord, he relied on his incantations to quickly enter a state of tranquility and concentrate his spirit. His hand quickly emitted a faint clear light, but just as he was about to throw out the cyan talisman in his hand, everyone felt a sudden flash before their eyes, and Cai Shu suddenly appeared in front of him. Then he saw a gradually enlarging fist coming towards him.

  With a "bang", when the nosebleed and tears almost burst out at the same time, Cai Zhu's seemingly fragile body somehow ended up behind him again. "Bang", a black footprint suddenly appeared on his buttocks, then he rushed forward, and his entire face made thorough contact with the wet ground.

  When he was punched in the bridge of his nose, the faint light in Zong Zhen's hand had already disappeared.

  As he fell forward uncontrollably, Cai Shu stretched out his hand to catch the blue talisman that had lost its support and was slowly floating in mid-air. At the same time, he turned around to look at the dumbfounded skinny monkey-like boy and the boy with a black mole on his face.

  Two young men, who had been dazed, suddenly came to their senses when they heard Zong Zhen's painful howl and simultaneously reached into their cloth bags and handed over the thorny grass to this demon-like beautiful girl.

  Cai Wu looked at Zong Zhen, who had fallen to the ground, and handed a stem of Cirsium grass to Luo Bei. As Luo Bei followed her and turned around, she smiled again, wrinkling her nose slightly, "You did pretty well today, so I'll give this thing to you."

  Luo Bei was taken aback, and in his hand appeared that blue talisman.

  Not far away, on the mountain waist, at the top of a towering giant sequoia, Mingyuan's face was slightly pale, wearing a black long shirt, frowned and showed a hint of anger, "This little girl Geli is really too much."

  At the same time as his muttering, a purple glow suddenly appeared under the feet of this master, who was one of the few top-notch experts in the martial arts world and also the uncle-master of Zong Zhen and others. However, he suddenly turned around.

  "Ming Yuan, brother." A man in a black robe, with an icy face that seemed to never smile, stood not far behind him on top of a tree, his gaze also falling in the direction where Luo Bei and others were. "The kids are just playing around, what's wrong with that? Can't let them be as dull as us, can we?"

  "Your skills have improved again, Brother Duan." Ming Yuan gazed at Duan Tianya for a moment before letting out a soft sigh. "It seems that this time, our new disciple who shocked the gods may not necessarily be able to surpass you, Ge Li brother."

  "Senior Brother Mingyuan, you're being stubborn." Duan Tianya looked at Mingyuan and said, "However, having mutual stimulation isn't necessarily a bad thing."

  "Brother Duan is right." Ming Yuan smiled, walking against the wind to stand beside Duan Tianjiao in the sunset. "For these twelve years, I've always wanted to surpass you."

  A red light shot up to the side of the iron chain bridge at the waist of the mountain, which was already shrouded in a thin mist. Suddenly, dozens of rays of light burst forth, dyeing the icy face of the sky with a crimson hue.

  Ming Hao released a flying flame talisman to summon all the Gou Lei disciples back to gather.

  "Is Cai Shu's sister all right after that severe shock?"

  "What's it to you whether he lives or dies? Anyway, he won't die. At most, his nose will collapse later and look ugly, haha."

  "Hey... Adopted sister Zhu, does this count as robbery?"

  "Phooey! If you don't want it, then get rid of the Tongcao grass and the Yimu Qinglei symbol too!"

  "Lost... but it was stolen anyway. Never mind, I'll just keep it for research purposes."

  "You're actually quite clever!"

  "Zai Wu's sister, how does this Qing Lei symbol work? Is it the same as the Fei Yan symbol, where you can use it by dripping a drop of fresh blood on it before having any Taoist powers?"

  "Seriously, are you annoying or what, asking non-stop. Aren't you the number one genius, how come you don't understand anything? Do you think your blood is omnipotent, that any symbol can be used? Anyway, remember this, this Qing Lei symbol is a pretty good talisman, I don't know where that kid got it from. Well, let's put it this way, this isn't like the Fei Yan symbol that can be easily cultivated, even someone with Ming Hao Shu's cultivation would find it hard to resist, so you'd better hide it well. As for how to use it, Ming Hao Shu and the others will teach you later..."

  "Vegetable nun, you just injured Master Zongzhen, what kind of Taoist magic is this?"

  "Luobei, you're annoying! Why are you like Yanran shijie, always asking questions? Fortunately, you don't get infatuated as easily as she does..."

  "Lotus-picking young nun..."

  "I'm so annoyed! Aren't you thirsty?...."

  On the way back, Cai Shu was always talking to Luo Bei with a serious face, but this time no matter how she scolded Luo Bei, she never told him not to talk to her.

  Some of the disciples who had returned to the Iron Chain Bridge earlier, including Ming Hao who was waiting there, were also surprised to hear Luo Bei shouting "Shi Mei" (sister) at Cai Bu. "How can Cai Bu be called Shi Mei by him and not get angry?" Moreover, what made them even more surprised was that they saw Cai Bu and Luo Bei almost shoulder to shoulder appearing in their line of sight.