Chapter 1485: Brother Hua, Help Me

"Sigh!"

Xu Que glanced at his remaining Acting Cool Points, shook his head, and let out a deep sigh.

After the system leveled up, the Luck Halo had strengthened accordingly.

However, the Acting Cool Points required to consume it had also skyrocketed.

Previously, activating this halo cost one thousand Acting Cool Points per second.

But now, activating this function directly consumed one hundred thousand Acting Cool Points per second.

If he were in a small place, such as Tianzhou, Xu Que might still be able to try Throwing Shoes to Ask the Way.

But now, here on the Immortal Yuan Continent, the geographical span was simply too vast, comparable to seven Tianzhous combined.

With the few million Acting Cool Points he had left, he could at most throw his shoes a dozen or so times.

Trying to use this method to find Jiang Hongyan and the others would be like throwing money into the water, a complete waste, unless his luck was explosively good.

So, Throwing Shoes to Ask the Way? Ask a hairy line!

"This feels awful!"

Xu Que sighed with grief.

Rather than gambling on that non-existent luck, he decided to spend his Acting Cool Points where they mattered most.

If Throwing Shoes to Ask the Way wouldn't work, then he would use an even older method!

However, he had just said he needed to keep a low profile since he was new here, and he was already a mature and steady serious person; causing trouble again like this didn't seem quite right, did it?

But in order to find the little girls and the others as soon as possible, it seemed this was the only course of action available right now.

The Three Sects selection?

The Four Great Heavenly Gates?

Alright then, let's start from here!

On the dining table in the Inn, several exquisite dishes had already been laid out.

Seeing Xu Que sitting there looking dejected, Guan Zheng couldn't help but ask, "Does Brother Hua have some trouble on his mind?"

"I'm homesick," Xu Que replied absentmindedly.

"Oh? Could it be that Brother Hua is leaving home for the first time to train?" The other's eyes immediately lit up.

"That's right, it is indeed so," Xu Que nodded.

"No wonder you don't understand many things; actually..."

Guan Zheng nodded in sudden realization, then looked around cautiously before whispering, "Actually, I secretly snuck out from home this time."

Xu Que raised an eyebrow, his gaze falling again upon her excessively exaggerated pectoral muscles, and the corner of his mouth twitched: "I can tell."

"What?"

Guan Zheng was instantly shocked; she had always disguised her words and actions to appear very experienced, so how could she be seen through?

"How did Brother Hua know?"

He asked curiously, while also noticing that Xu Que's gaze seemed to be lingering constantly on her chest.

However, he clearly didn't think anything else of it; looking down, he saw a plate of chives placed right in front of him on the table and mistakenly thought Xu Que liked to eat them, so he immediately pushed the plate forward.

"Does Brother Hua want to eat this dish?"

"I don't seem to need it," Xu Que shook his head. "But you can eat more; this object strengthens the yang."

Hearing this, Guan Zheng froze in inexplicable confusion.

"???"

She was a woman! What kind of yang was there to strengthen!

As expected! Were all men like this?

When she first met Xu Que, she had actually thought he was a righteous gentleman.

She hadn't expected that after just a few more sentences of conversation, his true nature would be immediately exposed.

Heh, men!

"No need, I am not fond of this taste," she said with a pout.

At this moment, a clamor suddenly erupted from outside the Inn.

Both of them were instantly attracted by the noise and turned their heads to look.

They saw that outside the Inn, two Cultivators were currently confronting each other.

One of the men was handsome in appearance but looked somewhat familiar; in fact, he resembled Guan Zheng by seventy or eighty percent.

"Xiang Min! Where exactly have you hidden my sister!" The man grabbed the other youth by the collar and asked furiously.

"Brother Guan, I am not lying to you; I truly do not know where Zhengzheng has gone," the youth said with a face full of helplessness.

"Bastard, is Zhengzheng a name you are allowed to call?"

"Uh, Brother Hua..."

At the same time, Guan Zheng had already left her seat, crouching her body with a sneaky, guilt-ridden demeanor, as if hiding from something.

"What's wrong?" Xu Que pretended to be confused, not exposing the other party.

"Cough, um... my stomach suddenly hurts a bit; I want to go to the latrine."

"Oh, then go ahead, but we cultivators, having reached such a realm, still need to take a... dump?" As Xu Que spoke, he suddenly raised his voice, wearing an expression of shock.

These words instantly attracted the attention of everyone around, and gazes swept over one after another.

Who was it? Who the hell still needs to take a dump?

"Zhengzheng!"

At the same time, the two people arguing outside also looked over, and then simultaneously exclaimed in shock.

"Oh dear, Brother Hua, you..."

Guan Zheng immediately stamped her small foot in frustration, her face flushing red, but she could no longer care about such things.

The two people outside rushed over with faces full of joy.

Guan Zheng's gaze fell upon Xu Que; a thought suddenly struck her, as if she had conceived an idea, and a Treasure Grade dagger abruptly appeared in her hand, which she quickly shoved into Xu Que's grasp.

"Brother Hua, help me!"

As she spoke, she grabbed Xu Que's arm and actively leaned her entire body against his chest.

"What are you doing...?" Xu Que looked utterly speechless.

In this day and age, would anyone still believe such clichéd drama?

"Brother Hua, hurry, they are coming over!" Guan Zheng urged anxiously.

"Very well, I understand your meaning."

Xu Que's expression hardened; he nodded, gripped the dagger tightly in his hand, and said, "Rest assured, you go first, and I will definitely use this dagger of yours to kill both of those men."

"Ah?"

Guan Zheng was instantly startled; she waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "Brother Hua, no, no, no, you misunderstood..."

"Misunderstood?"

Xu Que deliberately played the fool. "Oh, I understand now; you want me to help deal with those two, and this dagger is to serve as my reward."

"Oh dear, that is not it, Brother Hua..." Guan Zheng was nearly driven to spit blood from anger.

This Hua Wuque appeared refined and gentle, so why was his mind filled with nothing but fighting and killing?

I want you to pretend to take me hostage and lead me away; why must you insist on thinking about killing people?

One of those two is my own elder brother!

"Presumptuous!"

"Stop!"

At this moment, two shouts of rebuke arrived simultaneously.

Two men arrived at the same time; seeing the dagger gripped tightly in Xu Que's hand, their expressions immediately turned grave and tense.

"Fellow Daoist, I advise you not to act rashly," one of them said, as a longsword suddenly appeared in his hand.

With a mere hum of a sword cry, the longsword instantly left its sheath, pointing straight at Xu Que.

The crowd in the Inn, who had previously been quietly watching the spectacle, instantly became excited.

"I recognize this person; he is Xiang Min, the Young Sect Master of Qinghong Sect!" someone said in a low voice, looking at the man holding the sword.

"As for the other one, I estimate everyone is familiar with him; he is Guan Chengping, the Young Sect Master of Fencheng Gate."

"That youth being held hostage... no, wait, that person is a woman disguised as a man; I recognize her now! She is Guan Chengping's younger sister, Guan Zheng!" someone exclaimed in shock.

"I heard that Qinghong Sect and Fencheng Gate are preparing a marriage alliance, wishing to arrange a marriage between Xiang Min and Guan Zheng."

"Then the question arises: who is that young man beside Miss Guan?"

Everyone's gaze shifted to fall upon Xu Que, their expressions beginning to turn strange.

"Good heavens, what is this fellow's background? In broad daylight, he actually dares to take the daughter of the Fencheng Gate Sect Master hostage."

"Is this not too audacious?"

"The Three Sects Selection has not even officially begun yet, and someone actually dares to offend two of the Three Sects simultaneously? Admirable!"