Chapter 336: Jade Maiden Valley

There are twelve people in total on this trip.

Eight people from the five major sects.

Two from the Taoshan Sect, Yang Yan and Xu Ziyin; one from Jinfo Temple, Master Zhizhang; two from Qinglong Temple, Daoist Wensong and his disciple Yiye; two from the Wanjian Sect, Lu Jianchen and his junior sister Lu Yao; and one from Jade Maiden Valley, Liu Sisi.

Two from the Imperial Court Son of Heaven Academy.

One is Meng Yang, who has bronze-colored skin and is known as "Copper Wall Iron Claws," and the other is Song Erlang, a graceful young man in white robes holding a jade flute.

The remaining two.

One is a petite girl with twin tails, the captain for this trip, Wang Qiangzhuang; the other is Luo Zijun, who goes by the name "Hua Liu."

Aside from Luo Zijun, the group seems to know each other.

Even if they don't know each other, they seem to know the other's name, or the names of their masters, uncles, or elders.

Since they have become teammates, they naturally have to exchange pleasantries.

Although Luo Zijun's "high-profile" remarks just now made everyone look at him with a bit more interest, they had already concluded in their hearts that he was just a wealthy Young Master who was spending money to seek pleasure and had no regard for his own life, so after greeting him perfunctorily, they ignored him.

Moreover, his name is truly hard for people to feel close to.

"In this cold weather, carrying a fan and waving it around, do you think you're very charming? It's pretentious and disgusting. I really don't know what you all were thinking, actually agreeing to let such a guy join the team."

Lu Yao, the female disciple of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect who carries two long swords on her back, couldn't help but mock him as soon as they met.

Seeing that no one spoke, she snorted coldly and said, "Wasn't it said that others could only join if everyone agreed? I didn't agree! Captain, can you tell me what's going on? How did an extra person suddenly appear?"

Wang Qiangzhuang was looking down at a map and didn't look up when she heard this, only saying indifferently, "You can ask your senior brother."

Lu Yao's gaze turned to her senior brother, who is also her cousin, Lu Jianchen.

A look of embarrassment appeared on Lu Jianchen's face, and he could only whisper, "Someone gave our Lu Family Manor a sum of silver. The clan leader and your father went to the Ten Thousand Sword Sect to find me personally. You were still training on the mountain peak at the time, so we didn't tell you."

Upon hearing this, a flash of anger surged onto Lu Yao's face: "Is our Lu Family Manor that short of that bit of silver? Senior brother, we are now disciples of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect. Even if the clan leader and my father came personally, you shouldn't have agreed without authorization! If the sect finds out, they will definitely laugh at us for being greedy for money and tarnish the sect's reputation!"

Lu Jianchen sighed and said, "The Sect Master went with them."

Lu Yao: "???"

Lu Jianchen glanced at the Young Master over there who was still gently waving his folding fan, and whispered, "The Sect Master personally gave the order for us to protect him well along the way. Your father also said that you are to protect him closely; if anything happens to him, you are to bring your head back."

Lu Yao: "..."

"Tsk tsk, money really can make the devil turn the millstone."

Liu Sisi of Jade Maiden Valley said with a mocking tone.

The monk Zhizhang looked at her and asked in a rough voice, "Your Jade Maiden Valley has always refused to associate with any faction and doesn't need any money, so how did you agree?"

Liu Sisi stretched out her slender fingers on the table, applying nail polish, and snorted upon hearing this: "Who knows? Anyway, I just agreed. My master even said that if necessary, I am to serve him using the Jade Goddess Divine Art."

Everyone: "..."

Lu Yao couldn't help but say, "Aren't disciples of your Jade Maiden Valley forbidden from losing their virginity?"

Liu Sisi lifted her pink fingernails and sniffed them under her nose, saying indifferently, "Those with a future naturally cannot lose their virginity. For someone like me who clearly cannot break through any further, it doesn't matter. The sect is very happy to use disciples like us to return favors."

Lu Yao frowned slightly and said, "Aren't you going to the Daughter Kingdom this time to seek a glimmer of hope for a breakthrough?"

Liu Sisi sighed softly and said, "That is what I hope, but who knows if I will succeed? However, before that, I certainly cannot lose my virginity."

Saying this, she raised her eyelids, glanced at that Young Master, and said, "If this Young Master Hua needs me, then I can only use these slender fingers, or my mouth. If he is still not satisfied, then I will have to sacrifice other places. However, I have also heard that this Young Master Hua has other hobbies, which is quite easy to satisfy."

As she spoke, she crossed her legs under the table, lifting one slender, boot-clad foot.

Everyone was made somewhat awkward by her blunt words and looked at each other.

Daoist Wensong coughed and changed the subject: "I heard that the array fluctuations in the Jiudao Haiyu have been unstable recently; I fear it won't be easy to pass through there this time."

The monk Zhizhang said in a rough voice, "What is there to fear? If gods block us, we kill gods; if Buddhas block us, we kill Buddhas. We'll just kill our way through!"

Everyone ignored him.

Luo Zijun couldn't help but look at him again. Is this guy really a monk from Jinfo Temple? Not a bandit from Cangyun Mountain?

"Get lost!"

At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came from the corner.

Luo Zijun turned his head to look and discovered that the white-robed, jade-flute-wielding youth from the Son of Heaven Academy, Song Erlang, was standing in front of a corner table with a face full of smiles, trying to strike up a conversation with the girl in red sitting there.

After being scolded, Song Erlang didn't feel embarrassed and laughed: "Alright, Miss Xu, don't be angry, I'll get lost now."

Then he walked away, but didn't go elsewhere; he leaned in front of Liu Sisi of Jade Maiden Valley again, his face full of smiles. Just as he was about to speak, Liu Sisi spoke first: "Officer Song, I am already Young Master Hua's person. Every part of me that can be used has been reserved by Young Master Hua, so don't even think about it."

Song Erlang laughed: "It's fine, I just wanted to talk to Miss Liu."

Liu Sisi refused: "Sorry, this mouth of mine is also Young Master Hua's; it doesn't want to talk to you."

Song Erlang: "..."

"It's fine, it's fine..."

He smiled and took his leave, his gaze turning to the girl from the Ten Thousand Sword Sect who carried two swords on her back not far away.

Before he could walk over, Lu Yao said with a cold face, "I would rather talk to a real dog than talk to a court lackey."

Song Erlang smiled slightly and said, "I am not a court lackey."

He didn't dare to go over again. His gaze searched the room, lingered for two seconds on the little girl with twin tails, Wang Qiangzhuang, then moved away, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "It seems this long journey will be boring to death."

"Copper Wall Iron Claws" Meng Yang frowned as he looked at him, his face full of disgust.

"Let's set off."

At this time, Wang Qiangzhuang stood up from the table, put away the map, swept her gaze over everyone in the room, and said with a serious face: "Let's get this straight: once we enter Cangyun Mountain, it counts as having signed the contract for this trip. Those who go back on their word or break the team rules will be killed first and then raped."

Song Erlang's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but ask: "Captain, who kills and who rapes?"

Wang Qiangzhuang looked at him seriously and said: "I kill, and the wild dogs in the mountains rape."

Song Erlang: "..."

"Set off!"

The group followed behind Wang Qiangzhuang, left the inn, and walked on foot toward the nearby Cangyun Mountain.

"Creak, creak..."

The frost on the ground let out a groan as it was crushed underfoot.

The cold wind blowing from the river surface whistled past everyone's ears, showing off its might.

Luo Zijun followed behind and could not help but ask Yang Yan, who was at his side, "At this rate of walking, when will we arrive?"

Yang Yan said, "First we enter the mountain; I hear there are wild mules in there that can carry us across the mountain ridge on the other side."

"Wild mules?"

Luo Zijun was taken aback and asked doubtfully, "They aren't domesticated; can they carry people?"

Yang Yan laughed, "Our captain's 'Heavenly Beast Sound' is not just an empty reputation."

"Heavenly Beast Sound?"