Chapter 805: She dared not look

Lu Lu Chunying stood by the window, seeing a beautiful, alluring woman singing in the courtyard. Everyone in the household heard the singing, and they all knew this woman had come with ill intent.

The branch guards quickly arrived in the courtyard and asked the woman about her origins.

The woman swept her gaze over the crowd; her singing did not change, but the volume increased slightly.

The few branch guards who had charged to the front felt a sharp ringing in their ears and collapsed to the ground, clutching their heads one after another.

The remaining branch guards had the intention to charge forward, but either they lacked the courage or they lacked the strength; all of them remained frozen in place.

Lu Lu Chunying pulled the rope inside the room, and a burst of bell chimes rang out from the roof.

This was to remind everyone to evacuate immediately. Lu Lu Chunying knew very well that this woman was not someone the people present could handle; letting the branch guards stay to fight to the death was equivalent to sending them to their doom.

Hearing the bell chimes, the branch guards fled for their lives.

Lu Lu Chunying grabbed Xiao Yeci and ran wildly toward the outside of the mansion. Just as they exited the back gate of the residence, Lu Lu Chunying suddenly felt that something was wrong; she smelled a scent of flowers.

In the middle of the harsh winter, there were no wintersweet or daffodils nearby; where could such a heavy floral scent come from?

Lu Lu Chunying felt that there was danger in this scent. She did not run toward the street, but instead took Xiao Yeci and jumped into a silk shop next to the residence.

This silk shop was a business Lu Lu Chunying ran herself. It didn't make much money, and Lu Lu Chunying didn't expect it to; this shop had another use.

The silk shop was hidden with many traps, all designed by high-level Craft Cultivators hired at great expense. Even if the opponent were an expert from above the clouds, encountering such formidable traps, they might not be able to escape unscathed.

Listening to the singing gradually drawing closer, Lu Lu Chunying activated all the mechanisms and, taking Xiao Yeci with her, escaped into Sheep Horn Garden along a secret passage in the shop.

She had thought that after fleeing so far, the matter would be over, but she didn't expect that after the mother and daughter hid in the garden for a while, Lu Lu Chunying would vaguely hear the woman's singing again.

How did she find her way here?

Xiao Yeci exclaimed, "Yinyin, is this woman someone we know?"

Lu Lu Chunying had no time to think; she pulled Xiao Yeci and continued running.

After running out of Sheep Horn Garden and arriving on the main street, Lu Lu Chunying smelled the floral scent again.

Where exactly did this floral scent come from?

Lu Lu Chunying stood by the street and looked in both directions. The shops on both sides had closed their doors, leaving only one person pushing a cart selling porridge, who also seemed to be packing up. Xiao Yeci whispered, "Yinyin, there are no porridge sellers near Sheep Horn Garden. This place isn't right!"

She often stayed up late reading, and when she was hungry at night, she was too embarrassed to disturb the cook, so she would go out to buy something to eat. There were people selling steamed buns, flatbreads, and mutton soup near Sheep Horn Garden, but Xiao Yeci had never seen anyone selling porridge here.

"Illusion!" Lu Lu Chunying gritted her teeth, realizing that she must have been hit by an Illusion Cultivator's technique.

At this time, one must absolutely not run around blindly; taking one wrong step in an illusion could lead to total destruction.

Xiao Yeci chanted, "Evil ways and crooked paths, retreat quickly!"

She wanted to use 'Same Script, Common Rules'. In the cognition of Literary Cultivators, some techniques of Illusion Cultivators, Thought Cultivators, and Charm Cultivators belonged to evil ways and crooked paths; using 'Same Script, Common Rules' could effectively restrain the means of these sects.

But the problem was that Xiao Yeci's cultivation was insufficient.

After entering the Lu family, there were enough medicines, enough money, and enough tonics, but Xiao Yeci had only barely reached the fifth layer of Literary Cultivation. Her 'Same Script, Common Rules' could not break the opponent's illusion at all.

The singing came again, but the street did not change at all. Lu Lu Chunying took a glass bottle out of her pocket and smashed it on the ground.

There were two grasshoppers in the glass bottle; these grasshoppers were given to Lu Lu Chunying by Lu Lu Yuanxin.

The grasshoppers were not exactly good at fighting, but they were very spiritual. They were not afraid of illusions, and they specialized in hopping toward places with lots of grass.

Lu Lu Chunying followed these two grasshoppers, retreated back to Sheep Horn Garden, and, braving the opponent's singing, charged into a forest.

This forest was originally a forbidden area of Sheep Horn Garden because there was a circle of boundaries around the woods under the control of the Border Defense Hall. Once inside the woods, if the Border Defense Hall activated the boundaries, people could not get out.

Lu Lu Chunying knew that the Border Defense Hall had completely lost power in Puluo Continent and that the boundaries were no longer under their management, so she entered the woods with confidence.

If the opponent were familiar with Green Water City and had been to Sheep Horn Garden, they should not dare to easily chase into the woods.

The trees in this forest had not been pruned for many years; the branches were intertwined, and there was no path left for passage at all.

Lu Lu Chunying relied on 'Severed Path' to open a way through the forest and walked onto the street again, seeing Xiao Yeci nodding incessantly, seemingly talking.

What was she saying?

Lu Lu Chunying could not hear.

She felt that she could not hear anything anymore.

Xiao Yeci could not hear either. She kept saying to Lu Lu Chunying, "Yinyin, this road is right, let's walk faster!"

Lu Lu Chunying saw that Xiao Yeci's ears were bleeding.

She grabbed Xiao Yeci and continued running; she felt that the danger was still closing in.

She wanted to run to Xiaoyao Dock, but she estimated that Ma Wu was still reclaiming land on his new territory.

She wanted to go to Chu Chu Huaiyuan's residence to find Li Qi, but Li Qi should have left, and in Chu Chu Huaiyuan's current condition, this matter could not implicate her either.

Lu Lu Chunying did not know where she should run for a moment. A large area of locations flashed through her mind, and she finally selected one destination: the Golden Seal Hall of the Three Heroes Sect.

Arriving in front of the hall gate, the gatekeepers blocked their way. Lu Lu Chunying forced her way in, and there was a great chaos in front of the gate. Qin Qin Xiaopang walked out, draped in his clothes.

"Miss Lu, what happened?"

Lu Lu Chunying could not hear; she pointed to her own ears and then pointed behind her.

Seeing Lu Lu Chunying's ears bleeding, Qin Qin Xiaopang understood what had happened immediately: "Miss Lu, you go hide in the backyard first. Brothers, grab your weapons, there's a dog biting at our door!"

Qin Qin Xiaopang's wife, Feng Feng Yuqiu, arrived at the gate and settled the mother and daughter down.

Everyone in the Three Heroes Sect Hall grabbed their weapons, preparing for a slaughter, but what they didn't know was that the opponent they encountered this time was not quite the same.

"The moonlight is so blurry, the earth is shrouded in night mist, my person in my dreams, where are you?"

The woman followed the accompaniment, still singing this "Person in My Dreams," slowly approaching the Golden Seal Hall.

Feng Feng Yuqiu reminded Qin Qin Xiaopang: "Don't listen!"

Saying not to listen was easy, but how could it be that simple? Even if they covered their ears, the singing would still swirl in their minds. As long as they vaguely heard a trace of singing, even if the sound was very small, it felt like their eardrums would be torn apart.

The opponent relied on more than just volume; the special melody of this song, combined with her special singing method, was the main reason for causing the damage.

Lu Lu Chunying was made deaf by this woman's singing. If the opponent were allowed to keep singing like this, so many people in the hall would all become deaf.

Qin Qin Tianjiu took a deep breath and roared loudly toward the direction the singing came from. This breath was long, and the roar was loud, shaking people's internal organs until they were almost displaced; it lasted for a full minute before stopping.

This minute was truly not easy; Qin Xiaopang's throat went hoarse, he was covered in sweat, his clothes hung loosely, and he lost over ten pounds in weight.

This ten pounds of fat was not consumed in vain; the singing woman was shaken and injured, her melody and rhythm were all disrupted, and the singing stopped immediately.

Qin Xiaopang not only withstood the woman's singing but also locked onto the opponent's position.

"On the roof of the two-meat shop across the street! Brothers, go up and kill her!" Qin Qin Xiaopang gave an order, and led a group of people to charge up.

Feng Feng Yuqiu took a step ahead and arrived on the roof, capturing the singing woman in one move.

The roof of the two-meat shop suddenly turned into a pot of oil. Feng Feng Yuqiu and the woman both sank into the oil pot; oil bubbles rolled under their feet, and heat waves with a fishy oil smell wandered against their skin. From a distance, it felt like both of them were about to be deep-fried until crispy.

The singing woman looked at Feng Feng Yuqiu with a calm expression: "You want to perish together with me here?"

Feng Feng Yuqiu was expressionless, as if she could not see the oil pot, and even less could she feel the pain. She exerted force suddenly with her hand and broke the woman's arm.

The woman laughed: "Fighting on the battlefield for years, this little injury counts for nothing. Miss, if you don't leave now, you'll really be cooked through."

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Feng Feng Yuqiu fought with the woman right in the oil pot. She could not kill this woman, but she also did not give her a chance to open her mouth to sing.

Qin Xiaopang charged over, plunged headfirst into the oil pot, and gulped down the whole pot of oil.

After drinking, Qin Xiaopang spat: "Bah, there was only this one bucket of oil, playing god and acting like a ghost here!"

The so-called big oil pot was all an illusion. There was an iron oil bucket with an opening on the roof, and a fire was lit under the oil bucket; the rolling heat waves and the pungent fishy oil smell all came from this oil pot.

Now that the bucket of oil had been drunk clean by Qin Xiaopang, the illusion dissipated, and Qin Xiaopang led a group of people to surround the singing woman.

The singing woman was unhurried, smiling as she changed the song: "Spring arrives, the willow threads grow long, the big girl embroiders mandarin ducks under the window."

She had changed to singing "Four Seasons Song."

This tune made everyone feel warm in their hearts and soft in their bodies, their consciousness slightly blurred, and the singing woman took this opportunity to charge out of the encirclement.

Only Feng Feng Yuqiu was not greatly affected. She wanted to pursue, but the singing woman's figure disappeared rapidly, leaving not a trace behind.

Qin Qin Tianjiu stretched his muscles and bones: "There's a high-level Illusion Cultivator in the dark, he's been making trouble here all along. What are the origins of these two people?"

Silver Badge Ban Yue Shu hurriedly called for people: "I'll take the brothers to investigate immediately!"

Silver Badge Yun Yun Yongcheng advised from the side: "Great Golden Seal, you should still ask Miss Lu; this is their family's business."

Qin Qin Tianjiu returned to the hall to visit Lu Lu Chunying; asking about things right now was a bit difficult.

Lu Lu Chunying and Xiao Yeci could not hear anything, and their ears were bleeding incessantly.

Feng Feng Yuqiu looked at the injuries and said to Qin Qin Tianjiu: "It's a Sound Cultivation technique."

Qin Qin Tianjiu ordered people: "Hurry and find a doctor."

Feng Feng Yuqiu shook her head: "A doctor can only treat external injuries; even if they are healed, they won't be able to hear. To let them hear sound, we still have to find a Sound Cultivator."

Qin Qin Xiaopang did not know much about Sound Cultivators, so he turned back and looked at the people in the sect: "Which hall has Sound Cultivators? Call them all to me!"

Feng Feng Yuqiu stopped Qin Xiaopang: "You can't just call anyone; the level must be higher than that one just now."

"That woman singing just now?" Qin Xiaopang was in a difficult position; that woman's cultivation was at least above the clouds. Where could a Sound Cultivator above the clouds be found so easily?

Watching everyone arguing, although Lu Lu Chunying could not hear, she guessed it was about right: "Ninth Brother, is my hearing not going to be cured?"

Qin Xiaopang waved his hand: "No such thing. You guys rest here with me first, I'll think of another way."

Lu Lu Chunying looked blank. Feng Feng Yuqiu wrote a few words for her: "Don't be afraid, sleep for a while first."

That evening, Lu Lu Chunying and Xiao Yeci slept in the hall of the Three Heroes Sect. Xiao Yeci held Lu Lu Chunying tightly, and regardless of whether she could hear or not, she kept muttering:

"Nannan, don't be afraid, we'll be fine. Mom will definitely find someone to cure you."

Lu Lu Chunying kept gritting her teeth: "This grudge, I must avenge it!"

The next day, Lu Lu Yuanxin and Tan Tan Fucheng brought people to the Three Heroes Sect, and Duan Duan Shaoxia and Zhang Zhang Xiuling also came.

Learning that Lu Lu Chunying and Xiao Yeci were injured by a Sound Cultivation technique, everyone went to seek out high-level Sound Cultivators to help the mother and daughter break the technique.

But the number of people in the Sound Cultivation sect was not large to begin with, and Lu Lu Chunying and Xiao Yeci were hit by a high-level technique; finding someone to resolve it was really not that easy.

Ma Wu and He He Yuxiu also took action upon hearing the news, and even Feng Daiku came to help. Over a dozen Sound Cultivators were invited, but they all shook their heads upon seeing the mother and daughter's condition.

Most Sound Cultivators could not resolve this technique at all. One or two Sound Cultivators could see the way to resolve it, but it required the use of sound, and it had to be performed with the cooperation of Xiao Yeci and Lu Lu Chunying.

Now Xiao Yeci and Lu Lu Chunying could not hear sound at all; how could they cooperate?

At a loss, He He Yuxiu shook her head and sighed: "For this matter, we still have to find Old Seven; he knows the most high-level cultivators!"

Qin Xiaopang contacted Li Qi and explained the matter. Li Li Banfeng was quite curious: which Sound Cultivation expert had set their sights on Lu Lu Chunying?

The Lu family was a Puluo tycoon; although their strength was not what it used to be, there should still be quite a few people coveting their family business.

Li Li Banfeng told Zhao Zhao Xiaowan about the mother and daughter's symptoms, and Zhao Zhao Xiaowan understood as soon as she heard.

"This method is called 'Thousand Machine Wonderful Sound.' If this person's cultivation is above Xiaonu's, I'm afraid I can't help either. If the cultivation is below Xiaonu's, I can cure them with one song."

Li Li Banfeng complimented: "My wife is a Sound Cultivation grandmaster; whose cultivation could be higher than my wife's?"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan waved her hand repeatedly: "Husband, don't say that. Xiaonu cannot bear the title of grandmaster. The grandmasters of each sect have all made breakthroughs on the path of cultivation; Xiaonu is not yet at that realm."

Li Li Banfeng kissed Zhao Zhao Xiaowan's cheek: "Why must my wife be so humble?"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan brought the 'Blood-Containing Pendulum' and asked her to put on some makeup for her.

Li Li Banfeng said: "My wife doesn't want them to see your true face?"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan nodded: "Meng Meng Yuchun is a local god in a remote place, so meeting him is fine. Lu Lu Chunying is the eldest daughter of a Puluo tycoon, and this matter has caused a stir in the whole city; it might be inappropriate if she sees me."

My wife asked the pendulum to make her look ugly, but the pendulum replied: "Madam has a beauty that topples cities and countries; how can I make you look ugly?"

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan twisted the pendulum: "Little hoof, you're quite good at talking. Do you think I'll fall for this?"

The pendulum felt a bit wronged: "I'm speaking the truth; Madam really cannot be made to look ugly."

"Then make me look old."

The pendulum gave Zhao Zhao Xiaowan a head full of white hair and a face full of wrinkles, looking like a seventy-year-old woman. Zhao Zhao Xiaowan hunched her back and followed Li Li Banfeng to the Golden Seal Hall of the Three Heroes Sect.

This old woman looked like an expert from outside the world at first glance. After everyone saw her, their hearts felt much more at ease.

Zhao Zhao Xiaowan checked Lu Lu Chunying and Xiao Yeci's injuries and nodded at Li Li Banfeng; she could break this method, and it wouldn't take much effort.

She asked everyone to leave the room, leaving only the mother and daughter inside. First, she cleaned the pus and blood from their ears, then pressed her palms against their foreheads and began to transmit sound.

Although Lu Lu Chunying and Xiao Yeci could not hear with their ears, a beautiful song emerged in their minds: "Every sweet dream, seeing you in the dream, you are always gently calling me, wanting the two of us to lean on each other closely—"

This song was called "Sweet Dream." After Lu Lu Chunying and Xiao Yeci heard it, they fell asleep one after another.

After a few hours, Xiao Yeci woke up first. Seeing that the old woman was gone, she hurriedly greeted Lu Lu Chunying: "Yinyin, don't sleep anymore, that expert has left, we still need to get treated!"

Lu Lu Chunying opened her eyes. She vaguely heard Xiao Yeci's voice.

"Mom!" Lu Lu Chunying called out, and Xiao Yeci turned her head.

Although she could not hear very clearly, Xiao Yeci was sure that Lu Lu Chunying was calling her.

"Nannan! It's cured!" Xiao Yeci's eyes turned red with excitement.

Li Li Banfeng suddenly appeared nearby: "It's not completely cured yet; medicine is still needed."

Xiao Yeci was startled: "Benefactor, when did you arrive?"

Li Li Banfeng took a bottle of medicinal powder and a bottle of medicinal oil and handed them to Xiao Yeci: "Take the powder internally, use the oil externally. Take it for a month, and you'll basically recover."

The mother and daughter were endlessly grateful. Lu Lu Chunying said: "Seventh Brother, I can hear now. I'll go home immediately to gather people. Even if I have to turn Puluo Continent upside down, I must find the woman who harmed me!"

Li Li Banfeng gave a thumbs up: "Well done, you have ambition, but you can't go home now."

Lu Lu Chunying said: "Why can't I go back?"

"Because you can't beat her."

"I'll call everyone in the family!"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "As far as I know, this singing woman has cultivation above the clouds. Even if your whole family adds together, you can't beat her."

Lu Lu Chunying was very dejected. She knew in her heart that among the various families in Puluo Continent, the Lu family was currently the weakest, weak to the point that they could not even support a tycoon family.

This incident, to put it bluntly, was that the head of the Lu family was almost killed, and the whole process was without any power to fight back; it was only by relying on the Three Heroes Sect that they barely saved their lives.

Li Li Banfeng continued: "There is also an illusion expert among the opponents. This person hasn't used their full strength yet. Once both of them go for the kill, the Three Heroes Sect won't be able to protect you mother and daughter either."

Xiao Yeci shivered. Only now did she realize one thing: the Lu family might be finished.

After coming to the Lu family, Xiao Yeci learned a lot about the rise and fall of Puluo tycoons.

Puluo Continent had always been like this; tycoon families appeared quickly and disappeared even faster, but she never thought that the Lu family would encounter a disaster of extinction.

Lu Lu Chunying lowered her head: "Is the Lu family finished just like this? Is this grudge not going to be avenged?"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "The grudge must be avenged, but first we have to figure out who the enemy is."

This was what puzzled Lu Lu Chunying the most; she didn't remember offending any Sound Cultivation expert.

"I have never seen that woman," Lu Lu Chunying shook her head incessantly, "Seventh Brother, I really don't know who she is!"

"Floating clouds disperse, the bright moon shines on people coming, reunion and perfection, drunk this morning~" Lu Lu Xiaolan was singing "Moon Round, Flower Good," while putting on makeup in front of the mirror.

The face in the mirror was perfect and flawless, and even she herself was fascinated by it.

In her room was placed a four-poster bed of yellow wood with hanging curtains; the bedposts were carved with lotus branch patterns, and a cloisonné acacia buckle hung from the top of the curtains, with lake-green silk tassels hanging down.

Beside the bed was a brass-hinged flip-top desk; the wooden drawer was open, containing an enamel-faced pocket watch, a pure gold-tipped fountain pen, theater tickets for the Great Light Theater, and invitations to the New Year's Concert at the Paramount.

The furnishings in this room were exactly the same as Lu Lu Xiaolan's boudoir before she went to university in Yuezhou.

A man walked in, looked at the desk drawer, and felt it was a bit messy: "The fountain pen should be placed on the table."

As the words fell, the fountain pen in the drawer disappeared and appeared next to the ink bottle on the table.

This was actually an abandoned Western-style house, and everything in the room was an illusion created by the man.

Lu Lu Xiaolan frowned: "I like to put the fountain pen in the drawer."

The man raised his eyebrows: "I think some things are better placed on the table, and some words are best laid out on the table to be made clear. We are here this time to execute an important mission; I hope you don't mix personal grudges into the mission."

Lu Lu Xiaolan turned back to look at the man: "Attacking the Lu family was a plan we formulated together. You didn't oppose it at the time, and now you're talking to me about personal grudges?"

The man shook his head: "I reiterate my opinion again: attacking the Lu family was to lure out Li Qi, but I see you clearly want to kill the head of the Lu family."

Lu Lu Xiaolan put down her eyebrow pencil: "I didn't kill her; she's still alive. I just made her deaf."

The man said: "Her ears have been cured."

Lu Lu Xiaolan looked at the man with disdain: "I heard about this too. The person who cured her ears was an old woman, not the steam phonograph you mentioned, and even less the so-called Zhao Zhao Xiaowan you mentioned!"

The man pulled up a chair and sat next to Lu Lu Xiaolan: "Lord Yu has already investigated the foundation. That phonograph is Zhao Zhao Xiaowan. After several twists and turns, it drifted to Medicine King Ditch and was finally bought by Li Qi.

For these years, Li Qi has been stirring up trouble in Puluo Continent, all relying on Zhao Zhao Xiaowan's secret help. As long as Zhao Zhao Xiaowan is controlled, Li Qi is completely vulnerable.

If we can kill Li Qi, Lord Yu will grant us a marquis title. Think about it: the status of a marquis and a fiefdom, compared to the Lu family's little family business—which is heavy and which is light, you should be able to see clearly."

Lu Lu Xiaolan fiddled with the lipstick on the dressing table: "Is Li Qi that important? Isn't the person the whole Great Shang wants to get rid of the most the Peddler?"

The man shook his head: "Getting rid of the Peddler is too difficult, but getting rid of Li Qi is much easier. Bring Li Qi's head back, and Lord Yu can retake Xiao Capital.

Xiao Capital hides a large number of fugitive slaves. By sending these slaves back to their original owners, Lord Yu can win back people's hearts, and the new monarch and new cabinet can revitalize the imperial court. Can you understand this now?"

Lu Lu Xiaolan rolled her eyes at the man: "Who can't talk about war on paper? You said yourself that Zhao Zhao Xiaowan's cultivation is extremely high, and she is both wise and brave. What are you going to use to deal with her?"

The man took out a silver dollar and spun it between his fingers.

One side of the silver dollar was written with 'Illusion Cultivator', and the other side was written with 'Leader'.

"When the Peddler gave me this silver dollar, I was so happy I couldn't sleep for days and nights. I now dare to puff out my chest and say that I am worthy of the title of leader of this sect."

Lu Lu Xiaolan laughed: "Just relying on illusions, you can deal with Zhao Zhao Xiaowan?"

The man leaned into her ear and said to Lu Lu Xiaolan: "There is one thing Zhao Zhao Xiaowan cannot look at. Once she sees it, she won't be able to move."

Lu Lu Xiaolan was startled: "Are you talking about the Great Totem? She doesn't dare to look at the Great Totem either?"

The man nodded: "She is the same as you; neither of you dares to look."

Lu Lu Xiaolan looked at the man, a trace of fear appearing on her face: "The Great Totem is so special; can you make it?"

"That depends on my ability." The man put the silver dollar back into his pocket and left Lu Lu Xiaolan's room.

PS: No wonder my wife lost so many memories. ### CHAPTER 806