Chapter 292: Three Immortals Return to Cave: Moyunzi

Zhou You felt he had walked into a dead end; he had wasted a great deal of time recently.

Truly, romantic love between men and women is a great enemy to a martial artist; drowning in a bed of softness is harmful and of no benefit to fist-martial arts.

He reflected on his actions during this period, which could be described as a complete mess.

Regarding the three Qi Family daughters, Qi Wu Guniang was neither cold nor warm; meeting him was like clocking in for work—she would leave when the time was up. Her attitude was very clear: blind dates were like attendance checks; one shouldn't expect any results.

Qi Fengzi had been frightened by him once and had become like a startled little deer, always hiding from him afterward.

On the other hand, Qi Qingyao was persistent, showing goodwill toward Zhou You many times and expressing a willingness to marry him and spend her life with him.

They were all flawless; he couldn't find out which one was the seed player of the Human Seed Sect.

There was another annoying matter! Zhou You later went to Zeng Fu again, wanting to heal his soul after all the scheming and infighting by finding his simple-minded junior sister.

Unexpectedly, his junior sister Ceng Ruyu was also acting abnormally; she would often blush and stare blankly, and she would even dodge his gaze, not daring to meet his eyes.

Had the little girl fallen in love recently? He only found out later that Dujuan had bought her a pile of storybooks, and he understood the root cause—the situation was like a middle school girl reading Qiong Yao.

One day on the street, he saw someone setting up a stall to perform a trick; it was the famous "Three Immortals Return to Cave."

The way to play was simple: three inverted bowls with a peach pit hidden inside. The bowls were swapped back and forth, and in the end, one had to guess which inverted bowl the peach pit was hidden under.

One copper coin to guess; if you guessed correctly, you got ten times the return; if you guessed wrong, the money went down the drain.

This kind of street trick for small-stakes gambling attracted many residents to crowd around and try; a single coin wasn't much, and one could find it just by digging into the seams of their clothes.

"Left side, left side, flip it over quickly!"

"Didn't get it, how is that possible? I clearly saw..."

Since it was a gambling game, the house naturally held the advantage; there were more losses than wins, and many people were frustrated after guessing wrong.

Zhou You listened to the noisy sounds; he was very clear on the principle of this trick, as magic reveals had already become commonplace in the world he came from.

The so-called Three Immortals Return to Cave, the secret lay entirely in hand speed; the peach pit was not under the bowl, but hidden in the palm. Once the guesser decided on a bowl, the house would insert it into one of the other two bowls with lightning speed.

In this way, even with the sharpest eyes, one couldn't guess correctly, because the essence of the trick was cheating.

"Hmm?"

Zhou You shook his head and left the stall surrounded by the crowd; after walking a few steps, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck his mind.

Three Immortals Return to Cave?

His vision suddenly cleared, and he understood: the information provided by Bao Shuixian was not wrong; the only discrepancy with reality was the Human Seed Sect's method of operation—they weren't offering a choice of three, but were determined to have a one-hundred-percent hit rate.

Originally, Zhou You had also thought that one of the three women must be a pawn of the Human Seed Sect.

But after thinking about the principle of the Three Immortals Return to Cave, he understood: all three were pawns, or rather, none of them were pawns.

When Zhou You hadn't chosen, all three Qi Family women were innocent people, but the moment he chose any one of them, that woman would automatically become a tool for the Human Seed Sect to borrow seeds.

The peach pit under the bowl was no different from the Human Seed Sect identity of the Qi Family women; both could be manipulated artificially.

"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful; it can be called absolutely wonderful."

Although Zhou You was in the middle of being schemed against, he was still amazed by such a technique.

Since the Human Seed Sect member hiding in the Qi Family was so persistent toward him and had firmly set their sights on him, Zhou You...

To not reciprocate is against etiquette; he also had to send the other party a grand gift! That very night, Zhou You brought out the second face from his Void Mask, and Kaibeishou Yan Ping was born into the world once again.

He specifically controlled his Qi and blood to remain internal, making Yan Ping's hair and beard turn snow-white, his appearance aged by several decades.

"This humble Daoist is Moyunzi of the Golden Immortal Dao." The white-haired Yan Ping chuckled twice, turned and leaped, and in the blink of an eye, he faded into the clear breeze and disappeared from where he stood.

Iron Peak Martial Hall... Bao Tiefeng had been in a good mood recently; his sleep cultivation was reaching a state of perfection, and consequently, his condition had also adjusted to a peak, full state. During his daily fist practice, the progress that had long been stagnant began to loosen.

Once his mood improved, he taught his disciples with more care; several Apprentices in the Outer Courtyard broke through their Qi and blood in succession, and his manpower became more sufficient.

Everything was getting better, except for the fact that Lu Zhigang, that thorn in his side, had not been removed, which was a fly in the ointment.

However, Bao Tiefeng had likely never heard the saying that when things are getting better, it is mostly a prelude to a sharp deterioration.

"Bao Tiefeng of Su Cheng?"

One evening, Bao Tiefeng was practicing his arts facing the sunset, inhaling and exhaling, when a calm voice came from above his head.

The hairs all over his body stood up; to infiltrate his safety range without a sound, this was definitely an expert above a high-level Martial Master.

Who was it?

On the roof, an old man with white hair stood alone, his hands clasped behind his back, his eyes looking at him with indifference.

"Who are you, Excellency?"

The white-haired old man did not answer, but asked directly, "You infiltrated Gongliang City as a mole; behind you is Kunpengzi, right?"

"I have no interest in you; reveal the whereabouts of Kunpengzi, and I will spare your life!"

Bao Tiefeng felt cold all over, as if he were drowning in the depths of icy water, suffocating and unable to breathe.

Hearing the three words "Kunpengzi," he felt as if he were about to explode; why did the other party connect him with Kunpengzi?

It was true that Bao Tiefeng knew of Kunpengzi, but he had absolutely no connection with him.

One was the Golden Immortal Dao, the other the Human Seed Sect; they were completely unrelated.

Furthermore, the first half of the sentence was even more fatal, pointing out that he had ulterior motives in Gongliang City; if this word got out, he wouldn't have a peaceful day left to live.

"Friend, don't talk nonsense; I don't know any Kunpengzi or Yuniazi. If you want to pick a fight, you've come to the wrong place."

Bao Tiefeng stared at the other party's face, his mind quickly searching for similar figures, and suddenly his body began to tremble violently.

In the village outside the city, a girl whose body was possessed by a charm was saved by a white-haired old man, suspected to be the "Drive Away Charm" divine ability of the Golden Immortal Dao.

The white-haired old man before him had called out the name of Kunpengzi; could he be that same Golden Immortal Dao member who had appeared briefly and then vanished without a trace?

No, your Golden Immortal Dao is having an internal conflict, what does that have to do with me? Bao Tiefeng cupped his hands in a salute, "Friend, I don't know any Kunpengzi, and the person you are looking for is not in the city. You should go out and look; perhaps you will have some success."

He dared not make his words too obvious; while the person before him certainly could not be offended, Kunpengzi was not someone to be trifled with either.

"Is that so? I don't believe it, unless you take one finger from me."

As soon as the words fell, cold frost petals drifted in the air, and murderous intent erupted from within their light and brilliant beauty.

Bao Tiefeng's vision blurred, the skin on his chest split open, and a fist-sized ice flower bloomed, which was shockingly formed from frozen blood.

Even the physical body of an Intermediate Martial Master cannot withstand the bone-chilling cold of the Ice Marrow Finger.

"Remember, if you dare to deceive me, I, Moyunzi, will turn you into an ice sculpture that will not thaw for ten years."

The words left behind by the white-haired old man as he departed echoed in the air, filled with murderous intent, completely at odds with his immortal and refined appearance.

Moyunzi? Bao Tiefeng suddenly realized that the old man's appearance was sixty percent similar to Yan Ping, the Stone-Splitting Hand who had disappeared for a long time.

There were even more doubts; how did Yan Ping get involved with the Golden Immortal Dao? And furthermore, how did Kunpengzi offend him, and what exactly happened within the Golden Immortal Dao? (End of chapter)