Chapter 4: Young Lady

Days passed one by one.

In a blink of an eye, He Pingsheng had been on Xiuzhu Peak for more than half a month.

During this half month, nothing special happened, but He Pingsheng himself, through the condensation of meat and Spirit Rice for half a month, plus daily walking to carry water, had grown in weight and body.

He was much stronger.

When carrying water, he naturally wouldn't be so strenuous.

Let's put it this way, now he carries water twenty times a day, and he can handle it easily.

But in order to hide the effect of the gold rice, He Pingsheng still had to make an exhausted expression every day.

On this day, the weather was clear and the sky was clear.

He Pingsheng carried water from the mountain spring to the cafeteria entrance as usual. Before he reached the large vat, he saw a group of people gathered in front of the cafeteria from afar.

Colorful, eye-catching.

He Pingsheng looked and saw many strangers appearing here.

There were personal disciples wearing special Tai Xu Men robes, and there were also handyman disciples like He Pingsheng.

Everyone gathered together, pointing and discussing.

Occasionally, one or two stern female voices came out.

He Pingsheng didn't want to get close, but before he poured the bucket of water into the vat, he heard a woman say: "That... water carrier, come over here!"

He Pingsheng turned to look. The dense crowd parted a gap, and he saw a woman in a pink robe with her almond eyes wide open, looking at him angrily.

In front of this woman in the pink robe, Zhang Laoda was lying on the ground like a dog, with blood on the corners of his mouth.

This...

What's going on?

Zhang Laoda was beaten?

"Young... Young Lady, hello..." He Pingsheng put down the carrying pole and came to the woman respectfully, bowing.

The rules in the Tai Xu Men are strict. Handyman disciples must bow when they see Inner Sect disciples, and even kowtow.

When seeing male disciples, regardless of whether they know them or not, they must respectfully call them "Master." When seeing female disciples, they call them "Young Lady."

"Are you the handyman responsible for carrying water?" The woman in the pink robe looked at He Pingsheng with a frosty face.

He Pingsheng took a deep breath and said cautiously: "Yes, I am in charge of carrying water!"

"Clang..." The woman drew the precious sword from her waist without a word, swung it forward, and the sword edge pointed at He Pingsheng.

The sword hadn't arrived, but a sharp wind blew over.

He Pingsheng was so scared that he retreated three or four steps.

The woman said: "Young Lady asks you a question. If you dare to deceive, I will not spare you today!"

"Yes, yes, yes..." He Pingsheng lowered his head again.

The woman said: "The mountain spring of our Xiuzhu Peak has always been clear and sweet, the head of the nine peaks of the Tai Xu Sect, even Tianyi Peak cannot compare to us. I ask you, why has the water become increasingly filthy and unbearable recently?"

"Ordinary, and hard to swallow!"

He Pingsheng's face turned bitter: That's right!

When he first came, he also felt the water was delicious, but recently it has become more and more ordinary.

He Pingsheng himself wanted to know the answer!

"This... I don't know either!" He Pingsheng didn't know, so he could only tell the truth.

"Humph!" The woman snorted coldly, her pupils shooting out two sharp rays of light: "You dirty thing, could it be that you went to the spring to take a bath when carrying water, dirtying our Xiuzhu Peak's immortal spring? If so, see if this young lady doesn't kill you!"

He Pingsheng was terrified and said: "Never, please investigate, Young Lady!"

Before the woman could speak, Zhang Laoda, who was lying on the ground, jumped up. He ran to He Pingsheng and kicked him.

With a bang, He Pingsheng was kicked to the ground.

Zhang Laoda raised his fist and smashed it on his head several times, saying: "You damn bastard, I let you carry water, you are resentful, and you dare to pollute the water source. See if I don't beat you to death, you ignorant thing!"

Bang bang bang...

Zhang Laoda hit him a few more times.

Seeing He Pingsheng bleeding from his nose and mouth, he stopped his hand fiercely and said: "Young Lady, don't worry, I will chop this dog thing up to feed the dogs later!"

After speaking, Zhang Laoda kicked He Pingsheng a few more times.

Although He Pingsheng had become stronger recently, he was only a fourteen-year-old youth after all. How could he compare to Zhang Laoda, who was over thirty and fierce?

He naturally couldn't fight back and could only curl up.

The woman's expression softened a bit, and she said: "It's fine to chop this dog thing up, go back and change to a sensible one, but this is your own handyman class's business!"

Hearing that these people really wanted to decide his life and death, He Pingsheng panicked. He climbed up from the ground and said quickly: "Young Lady, please see clearly, I carry water every day, I have no time to take a bath there at all. Please investigate, this matter really has nothing to do with me!"

At this time, another woman in a green robe walked over in a panic.

"Little Tian Shimei, what are you doing?" The woman in green said: "What kind of trouble are you making again?"

The woman in pink said: "Second Senior Sister, you are here..."

"Nothing big, just these dirty, disgusting handyman disciples who dare to take a bath in the spring water at the back of the mountain and pollute the immortal spring, so the water has tasted different these days. I am here to preside over justice and kill this dirty thing!"

"No!" The woman in green was shocked and said: "Absolutely not!"

Seeing that he had hope of being saved, He Pingsheng walked two steps toward the woman in green and said: "Young Lady, please see clearly, I have never taken a bath in the pool!"

"I also have to drink the water here, how could I disgust myself?"

The woman in green nodded, then withdrew her gaze from He Pingsheng and looked at the woman in pink: "Little Tian Shimei, if someone took a bath in the pool, the taste of the water wouldn't change much. If you want to know what happened, it's better to go to the mountain spring yourself to see!"

"You can't wrongly accuse people for no reason. Although these people are low-status handyman disciples, they are not easy either!"

"Humph..." The woman in pink snorted coldly, feeling very embarrassed.

The woman in green said: "How about this, I will accompany you to the mountain spring to see... you guys follow, let's see what's strange about this water?"

He Pingsheng didn't know how to address these two women, but it was clear that the woman in green had more say.

Everyone followed the two and came to the back of the mountain.

When walking, He Pingsheng was still limping and in pain all over.

His face was also bruised and purple.

But even so, He Pingsheng was still carrying two empty buckets.

After all, he still had to work later!

Otherwise, the consequences would be even more serious. ===== CHAPTER 5 =====