Beside the official road, there is a tea shop.
Although the name of this teahouse is elegant, it is actually just a simple shed with a few square tables and benches. Su Baiyi sat on the bench and drank a large cup of hot tea in one breath before she came to her senses. Finally, she came to a conclusion: "So, Senior Sister, we were kidnapped?"
Nangong Xier quietly kicked Su Baiyi under the table, then drank a sip of tea as if she didn't hear anything.
Zhao Xiaqiu didn't care. After a moment's silence, he said, "I think we are just traveling together. It can't be called kidnapping."
"Then we want to go back to Tian Xiaoyun Realm, and don't want to go to Demon City with you." Su Baiyi said. They just heard people talking about Xiaoyun Realm in the teahouse. It is said that all the people from Tianshu Hall and Tianshui Villa have gone down the mountain. Mu Pan, the second hall master of Tianshu Hall, was carried back with serious injuries. It seems obvious that Feng Yuhan and his team won the final victory.
Zhao Xiaqiu shook his head: "That won't work. We have to go to Demon City together."
Su Baiyi sighed: "You said it's not kidnapping. But Taoist priest, are you very good at martial arts? Senior sister, you can't beat him?"
Zhao Xiaqiu took a sip of tea: "Not bad."
"By the way, I have seen your city lord. Is he a very burly man, dressed in black, carrying a golden sword on his back, and with a very long scar on his face?" Su Baiyi asked.
Zhao Xiaqiu nodded: "That's right."
Su Baiyi was even more confused: "He clearly saw me, but he didn't say he wanted to take me away at that time."
"The city lord always acts on his own accord. This idea might have suddenly popped up after he left." Zhao Xia Qiu didn't bother about this issue at all.
"Why are you looking for me? I understand that Shanglin Palace wants to capture me because of the Immortal Book on me. Why is the Demon City Lord looking for me? Is it also for this Immortal Book?" Su Baiyi asked.
Zhao Xiaqiu shook his head: "I don't know. I will take you back to see him. I won't take care of the rest."
"Senior Sister, this time I followed you down the mountain and traveled around the world. I met many people, but this Taoist priest is the one I admire the most." Su Baiyi said with emotion.
"Why?" Zhao Xiaqiu asked.
"He's obviously unreasonable, but every word he says is so sincere, as if he's really making sense!" Su Baiyi gave Zhao Xiaqiu a thumbs up, "Great!"
"The steamed buns are here." The waiter shouted at this time, and then placed a plate of steaming buns on the table.
"Eat steamed buns!" Su Baiyi would feel weak and hungry every time he woke up from a dream. At this moment, he was drooling at the sight of the steamed buns. He immediately reached out to grab them, but was hit on the hand by Zhao Xiaqiu with a chopstick.
Su Baiyi was puzzled: "I just said one sentence to you? You've revealed your true colors? You won't even give me a bun to eat?"
Zhao Xiaqiu turned his fingers slightly and inserted the chopsticks into the steamed bun: "Is there poison in this steamed bun?"
"You can see this too?" Su Baiyi asked in surprise.
Nangong Xier frowned, stretched out her hand and tore off a piece of steamed bun, put it to her nose and sniffed it, and said in a deep voice: "Corpse Bone Powder?"
Su Baiyi was even more amazed: "So he could smell it."
Zhao Xiaqiu immediately stood up, waved his hands, and took out two broken swords from the scabbard on his back. Su Baiyi was even more amazed when he saw it: "Senior sister, such a person must be a master in novels and stories. Because only the best masters can use such broken copper and iron."
"This is Wudang iron wood, not some scrap copper or iron." Zhao Xia Qiu said slowly.
Several waiters in the teahouse immediately drew out the long swords hidden by the stove and rushed forward. The leader shouted, "Hand over the secret book of the Demon Cult!"
Su Baiyi covered his head and said, "How come I can always run into someone who wants to steal my secret book just by drinking tea or eating a steamed bun?"
Nangong Xier whispered, "It must be Shanglin Palace that spread the news. He deliberately wanted these bastards to muddy the waters."
"I think many people in the world can't understand some very simple things. In short, there is a problem with their logic." Zhao Xia Qiu said slowly.
Nangong Xier took a sip of tea and laughed out loud: "You actually think that other people's logic is problematic... Tell me about it."
"They want to steal the secret book because they can become unparalleled masters after practicing the secret book. But if that's the case, why do they dare to fight with those who have already practiced the secret book? Isn't this courting death?" Zhao Xia Qiu asked.
Su Baiyi thought for a moment: "So they poisoned it, didn't they?"
"Now that you've been exposed, why don't you run away?" Zhao Xia Qiu looked at the waiters.
The waiters reacted immediately and turned around to run away. Zhao Xiaqiu moved slightly at this moment, and several waiters fell to the ground instantly, leaving only the leader trembling with two broken swords on his neck.
"Great hero, let's talk it over." The man's legs felt weak.
"Give me the antidote." Zhao Xia Qiu put away his swords.
The leading waiter hurriedly took out a medicine bottle from his arms and handed it to Zhao Xia Qiu respectfully. Zhao Xia Qiu didn't even look at it, but just stretched out his hand and threw it in front of Su Baiyi.
Su Baiyi asked in confusion: "I'm not poisoned, why do I need an antidote?"
"Aren't you hungry? Eat the steamed bun first, and then take the antidote. Isn't that enough?" Zhao Xia Qiu raised his hand and knocked the waiter in front of him unconscious.
Su Baiyi and Nangong Xier looked at each other, and Su Baiyi said with emotion: "This Taoist Zhao is really amazing."
Shanglin Heavenly Palace.
Youshui Pavilion.
A man covered in wounds was lying in the medicine pool, his eyes slightly squinted, as if he had fallen asleep. A young disciple placed a bowl of medicine beside him and whispered, "Master Bai has failed."
The man opened his eyes: "Bai Jile, you actually failed?"
"Mr. Confucian Sage, the Red-robed Sword Immortal, and the Lord of Demon City, these three people showed up at Daze Mansion at the same time. Lord Bai was first blocked by Mr. Confucian Sage, and both of them suffered heavy injuries after a fierce battle. Afterwards, Lord Bai took Su Baiyi away from the Wufang Platform, but was kidnapped by the people from Demon City on the way. Now that Lord Bai has spread the news, people from all over the world will soon start to hunt them down." The young disciple gently pushed the medicine forward.
The man picked up the bowl of medicine and drank it all: "Where is the Immortal Book?"
"The two volumes from Tianshu Hall and Tianshui Villa have been taken back, but the one from Tianxiaoyun Realm is still hidden by Feng Yuhan." The young disciple replied.
"None of theirs is important. I'm asking about the half volume that Xie Kanhua took away!" the man said angrily.
The young disciple knelt down hurriedly: "It has been confirmed that the young man named Su Baiyi has practiced that half of the Immortal Book!"
"Okay. Let Bai Jile bring him back to me immediately! I can't wait!" the man said in a deep voice.
"Yes, sir!" the young disciple said hurriedly.