Cultivating Immortality Begins with Acting as a Girl Chapter 136

Under such circumstances, the lazy voice sounded extremely out of place, immediately attracting everyone’s attention. All eyes instantly focused on Song Ling and Ni Huaijun.

Song Ling ignored it, stood up, and walked out.

Li Mubai sneered, not stopping him.

The people outside were all assassins he had hired at great expense. The weakest were second-rate martial artists, and the strongest were even among the best in the first-rate realm. No matter what their background, these master and servant would absolutely not be able to step out of this Hu Mansion—

“Bang!”

A black-clothed man exuding the powerful vital energy of a first-rate martial artist attacked Song Ling and Ni Huaijun, but Ni Huaijun casually slapped him away like swatting a fly, directly slamming him into the wall, turning him into a puddle of blood.

Inside and outside the hall, silence fell.

“How could this be!” Li Mubai was even more dumbfounded.

The one who was slapped to death was the top-tier first-rate assassin he had spent the most to hire. How could he be killed by a casual slap from that little maidservant?!

Grandmaster, only a Grandmaster could do such a thing!

“Are you going to stop us?” Song Ling turned around, looking at Li Mubai with a half-smile.

Li Mubai’s face turned pale, realizing that he had kicked an iron plate.

To be able to cultivate such a young Grandmaster, and even use her as a maidservant… The other party’s identity was definitely far beyond his imagination!

“No… I wouldn’t dare, Young Master, please take your time.” Li Mubai squeezed out a smile.

Song Ling glanced at Hu Sanniang, who was lying on the ground beside Li Mubai. He curled his lips slightly and turned to continue walking out.

But not long after, Ni Huaijun gritted her teeth, stopped, and said, “Young Master, I want to kill that Li Mubai to avenge Hu Sanniang.”

Although Song Ling had never liked meddling in others’ affairs and never let her do anything to right a wrong, this similar tragic experience of having her family annihilated still made her feel strong empathy for Hu Sanniang, and she couldn’t help but want to act on her behalf.

“Kill Li Mubai? I’m afraid it won’t be your turn.” Song Ling said lightly.

Ni Huaijun was startled. “What does Young Master mean by that?”

Song Ling said:

“After Hu Sanniang’s family was annihilated back then, she didn’t fall into depravity, but instead worked hard to cultivate martial arts, even starting from scratch and building a foundation that surpassed her father’s. At the same time, she was able to reach the Martial Grandmaster realm… With such a determined mind and decisive actions, do you think she would really be engrossed in love and not discover the tricks Li Mubai was playing behind the scenes?”

“Furthermore… The physical strength of a Grandmaster is hard for those who haven’t stepped into this realm to imagine. Even if their heart is dug out, they can control the flesh and blood in their body to temporarily take over the heart’s function for a short period of time. How could they be deprived of all combat power by mere poison in a few breaths?”

Ni Huaijun’s eyes widened. “Young Master, do you mean that everything just now was deliberately performed by Hu Sanniang for everyone to see? Then why did she do that?”

“Do you remember the story we heard from the fishermen when we first entered this Fu Lin County?” Song Ling asked.

“I remember, it said that decades ago, there was a sizable water village on the banks of the Raoyang River. One night, a fire suddenly broke out, and most of the villagers died overnight. After that, the old site of the water village was built into a shipping terminal—”

Ni Huaijun suddenly froze, an incredible expression on her face. “Could it be…”

Song Ling continued:

“Due to natural disasters, Fu Lin County had no harvest for several consecutive years. The mountain road trade on the west side of the Raoyang River was blocked, and taking the waterway would require a lot of effort and a detour, which was simply not worth it. Many wealthy households had already moved their entire families away, and when Li Mubai participated in the imperial examination at the beginning of the year, he was noticed by the Grade 2 Guanglu Doctor, an examiner from the imperial capital, who wanted to take him as a student…”

Song Ling said a seemingly unrelated string of words, but Ni Huaijun felt enlightened.

Her expression was complex. “So… that’s how it is.”

“Let’s go. It’s probably going to get livelier here soon.” Song Ling glanced at the Hu Mansion behind him and quickly walked towards the bank where the bamboo raft was docked.

“Yes, Young Master.”

…

Zhao Kingdom.

Risheng County, Ziyao Mountain, Linyao Town.

After flowing down the Raoyang River into the Zhao Kingdom, Song Ling and Ni Huaijun spent another ten-plus days traveling, finally arriving at their destination today—Linyao Town, built against the mountain below the Ziyao Sect.

Although it was called a town, its prosperity was actually no less than the wealthiest area of Suiyi City, and even surpassed it.

Although there were still more than ten days until the Ziyao Sect’s disciple recruitment assembly, Linyao Town was already bustling with people coming and going continuously. There were wealthy young masters in luxurious clothing, as well as poor youths in simple clothes but with determined eyes, and many parents carrying large and small bags, dusty from their journey, accompanying their young children to participate in the assessment.

Song Ling walked down the street and looked east, and a towering mountain peak came into his view.

The mountain peak was majestic and magnificent, with clouds and mist swirling from halfway up the mountain. Countless buildings could be vaguely seen built along the mountain, scattered in an orderly fashion, grand and imposing.

“Ziyao Sect…” Song Ling murmured, his heart inevitably a little agitated.

He was only one step away from entering the true cultivation world!

Of course, to meet the age requirements for the assessment, Song Ling had already changed his appearance to that of a twelve or thirteen-year-old before entering Linyao Town.

Although Ni Huaijun was initially very shocked, Song Ling had already shown her so many extraordinary abilities, so it wasn’t too difficult for her to accept, and she quickly got used to Song Ling’s new appearance.

“Young Master, is that the legendary immortal sect?” Ni Huaijun looked at the majestic Ziyao Mountain with an expression of awe.

Before Song Ling could answer, a clear voice came from beside them: “Excuse me, by your appearance, you two must also be from out of town, here to participate in the Ziyao Sect’s disciple recruitment assembly, right?”

Song Ling turned around and saw a young man dressed in plain clothes, about seventeen or eighteen years old, grinning at him.

“We are indeed from out of town, here to participate in the recruitment assembly,” Song Ling nodded.

The plain-clothed youth leaned in and looked at Song Ling’s rather tender face, somewhat surprised. “You’re so young, why are you only accompanied by a maidservant? Where are your parents?”

“We encountered mountain bandits on the way here. My parents… they…” Song Ling’s eyes dimmed, and his emotions were low.

“Ah? I’m so sorry, I shouldn’t have brought that up. Oh, it’s all my big mouth’s fault.” The plain-clothed youth scratched his ears and cheeks, a hint of guilt on his face.

Song Ling shook his head, looked up at the plain-clothed youth, and asked innocently:

“Big Brother, are you also going to participate in the assessment?”

“I’m not. I’m already eighteen this year, way past the age.” The plain-clothed youth said with a smile, “I participated in an assessment three years ago, but I didn’t pass. After that, I stayed in Linyao Town, specializing in providing information and such to earn a living.”

“Oh, so Big Brother wants to earn my money?” Song Ling’s eyes were clear.

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