Chapter 54: The End of Ma Wencai's Schemes

  "Why come back?" asked Tuoba Qiurong.

  "Ah?!" Liang Shan was stunned. He was studying Tuoba Qiurong's hairstyle. In this era, women's hairstyles were diverse, with Ling Sheji, Fei Tianji, Shuang Huanji and so on, but Tuoba Qiurong only had a Daoist nun's bun, simple and plain. Liang Shan then thought, what would it be like if Tuoba Qiurong's hair was all let down...

  "Oh, we're partners, huh." Liang Shan reacted.

  Two people crept along the way and sat down in a recessed rock to rest when night fell.

  If the area that even the top masters of the Golden Elixir stage in the You Mao mountains dare not enter is considered one ring, then they are already at the fifth ring. It's relatively safe here.

  "Is that all?" Taobao Qiurong asked after a while. The moonlight was like water, shining on her ghost mask, with a bronze glow.

  "Autumn Orchid sister, there's no one else here, you don't have to wear a mask, anyway I've already seen it." Liang Shan chuckled.

  "Are women looked at by men once and then transparent every time?"

  Liangshan immediately turned his head, looked at Yue and thought: Fierce!

  Liangshan dared not imagine too much, lest the "Baigu Jing" gong method automatically operated again, turning "Tuoba Qiurong" in his mind into a bubble of pus, which would be a great disappointment.

  "Tell me about yourself, why are they targeting you?" Tuoba Qiurong changed the subject.

  Tuoba Qiurong used "fierceness" to conceal her inner excitement. If it were just the Ghost Face Army being so desperate, that would be fine. But Liangshan Bo and she had only reached a level of mutual understanding, not yet at that level. Tuoba Qiurong couldn't help but feel moved in her heart.

  "Alright, help me think this through." Liang Shan's energy was boosted.

  As he listened, Tuoba Qiurong's face changed slightly. It turned out to be the case. After thinking for a moment, Tuoba Qiurong said, "It must be that someone from the Zhengqing Sect has taken a liking to your wife and wants to form a Daoist partnership with her, which is why it's difficult for you."

  Compared with ordinary people, Liang Shanbo is incomparable, but his wife belongs to the Zhengqing Sect and the situation is completely different.

  "I guess so too." Liang Shan scratched his head and asked again: "Then what should I do?"

  On the tenth day after Liangshan and Tuoba Qiurong left, everything in Shengjian Hall was as usual. If there's anything different, it's that five external disciples came to the lower courtyard, and it's said that people also arrived at the middle and upper courtyards.

  The Sacred Sword Hall has always had a good relationship with the Huajian Hall and the Listening Rain Hall, among other cultivation institutions. To promote the "teaching quality" of both sides, they would exchange excellent disciples to stay at each other's place for two or three months every now and then, in order to learn from each other.

  Ma Wenzai only noticed that many outer disciples were surrounding a female disciple named Hua Manxi from Huajian Hall. To be strict, she wasn't considered beautiful, but when Ma Wenzai took a glance at her from afar, he felt his blood rushing to the top of his head. Ma Wenzai almost ran back to the residence with bated breath.

  At night, Jin Zhanglao summoned Ma Wencai and gave him an instruction, letting him think of a way himself.

  Ma Wenzai's heart was racing after he left the door, and he couldn't help but think, will Liang Shanbo come back?

  On the twelfth day, Liang Shanbo still hadn't returned.

  Ma Wencai opened the door early in the morning, but didn't see Liang Shanbo wearing a green robe with a carefree and mysterious smile. Ma Wencai suddenly felt an urge to cry, and he immediately gave himself a slap: A person can't be so despicable!

  Ma Wencai indeed misses Liangshan. Ma Wencai reflects on his inner self and realizes that with this guy around, he has even more motivation.

  Apart from practicing his skills, Ma Wencai spent all his other time sweeping the courtyard.

  Every day, it sweeps once, and can be said to be spotless, like a loyal "maid" waiting for the master's return.

  In the late afternoon, Ma Wenzai heard a rustling sound outside the door and immediately rushed out to see Liangshan and Tuoba Qiurong walking shoulder to shoulder, with the sunset seemingly resting on their shoulders, looking quite stylish.

  Many people followed along, chattering and making a big fuss.

  On the way back, Liangshan really wanted to take a detour to Xiaoniu Mountain Liangjiazhuang to take a look, but unfortunately, every outer disciple's jade pendant would be tracked by the sect, and exceeding the range would deduct merit points.

  Liang Shan had a monkey on his back, and the task was actually completed. Ma Wencai's scorching gaze suddenly turned cold.

  "Brother Liang, is the task completed?" Wang Quancai suddenly appeared.

  "Nonsense." Liang Shan glared.

  Wang Quancai jumped up and said: "I won! I'm back victorious after completing the task!"

  Ma Wenzai watched as a group of people surrounded Liang Shan and Tuoba Qiurong, supporting them like stars surrounding the moon, as they headed to the Meritorious Service Hall to hand in their mission report.

  Half an hour later, Liangshan returned with a beaming face and shouted before entering the door: "Ma Wencai! Ma Wencai, where did you die?"

  Ma Wenzai hastily came out of the door, bowed his head, and when he raised it again, a smile was already playing on his lips. He bowed and said: "Your humble servant is here."

  "I thought you'd run away."

  "What's so good about that?" Ma Wencai squeezed out a smile, "Going back, every day there are countless official tasks to do, where is the comfort of being like Liang Shao?"

  "That's true." Liang Shan nodded.

  "Liang Shao must have obtained the Corpse God Demon Dan this time."

  "That's it."

  "Alright, alright." Ma Wencai said two "alrights", but his face showed a worried expression.

  "I'm not at home these days, what's going on?" Liangshan noticed.

  "Liango Shao, let's talk inside." Ma Wencai's face turned even more worried.

  The main house of Siheyuan, Ma Wencai paid another courtesy and said: "There is something I don't know whether to say or not."

  "Speak!" Liangshan's eyebrows furrowed, what kind of trouble was Ma Wencai getting into now.

  "Xinye is close to Nanyang, my family has been working at Qiushui Pavilion for a long time. Recently, a senior fellow from Qiushui Pavilion brought me a message that there have been some unusual movements near Nanyang and Xinye recently."

  "What's going on?"

  "There seems to be signs of troop movements, especially the Qinglang Army in Daxiaoniu Mountain, which is said to be attacking Shierlianwan, and Liangjiazhuang in Xiaoniu Mountain is also included."

  "How dare they?" Liang Shan was startled and his first reaction was that Ma Wencai had deceived him.

  "I'm also unclear, it's just that these past few days I've been having trouble sleeping, some things are better left believed." Ma Wencai was full of worry.

  Liáng Shān took a look and Mǎ Wén Cái indeed had some dark circles under his eyes.

  "Didn't Qin Lang, the leader of the Blue Wolf Army, reach a ceasefire agreement with your family's old master?"

  "It's been over three years now, and besides," Ma Wencai paused for a moment before continuing, "when I arrived, there were already signs that the Qinglang Army was intensifying its training. And then someone spread the rumor that there is a gold vein somewhere in Xiaoniu Mountain." As he spoke, Ma Wencai glanced at Liangshan.

  Liangshan's heart skipped a beat, and his face changed color.

  Ma Wencai was pleased with himself, adding this strong material, don't you believe it? This is the bridge section that Liangshan has carefully polished in recent days.

  Liáng Shān "xián tōng" secretly implemented, unexpectedly couldn't tell true from false, it can be said that Mǎ Wén Cái's "old and cunning" has become even more refined.

  Li's Village can stop a thousand or two people, no problem. But if there are ten thousand or twenty thousand people coming, then it will be impossible. Those bandits, I heard they have gold veins, aren't they crazy? Ten thousand or twenty thousand is still considered few, if it's really like this, won't Li's Village be turned into dust?

  The Liangshan gambling is not worth it!

  Things are bad, Liangshan realized that he had left a major flaw on the Golden Pulse, and his hands wanted to cover up the treasure, but he didn't think there was such a big palm print. In troubled times, having a treasure is a big trouble.

  How did Ma Wenzai know? Is there a spy from the Liang family in Majiabao? Liang Shan thought for a moment, it's also possible that using the ultra-pure golden bean multiple times has caught the attention of someone with ulterior motives.

  All of this is unimportant, but what Ma Wencai said revealed another layer of meaning: even if the Qinglang Army doesn't know about Jinvein now, Ma Wencai can still find a way to tell them.

  "Huh? Is this guy threatening himself?! Wanting to understand this point, Liangshan's eyes widened and he said: "What Golden Pulse, how come I don't know?"

  "No matter what, once the news gets out, the Qinglang Army will go crazy searching for it. I'm worried, I really want to fly back with wings." Ma Wencai said with a look of anxiety.

  Liáng Shān suddenly realized, after walking around for half a day, that he was actually urging himself to go back.

  Going back for a trip, half a month's worth of effort is 5 points, can't go back empty-handed, gotta buy something, at least need 2 points of merit, otherwise it's embarrassing to see people when going back.

  Ma Wenzai was just thinking of this idea.

  "Of course, maybe it's just a rumor." Ma Wencai turned the conversation around again, bowed his head and stood respectfully, saying "whether to go or not is up to you to decide."

  Sister, this guy is playing tricks on you.

  Most of it is fake, but what if it's true? Majiabao has been defending for three years and has done a good job, but Liangjiazhuang is not well defended. According to the original distribution, Liangshan gets 8 points of merit value, plus the original base score, just enough for 10 points, and a bottle of Yuanli Dan can be obtained. If 5 points are deducted when returning home, it will not be enough to buy Yuanli Dan.

  "Alright, I know, you can go down now." Liang Shan waved his hand and let Ma Wencai go down.

  The next day, Ma Wencai got up to practice his fist, and by the time the sun was high in the sky, he still hadn't seen Liang Shanbo come out. Ma Wencai shouted a few times outside but no one answered, so he pushed open the door and saw a note on the table.

  Liáng Shān left.

  Ma Wenzai smiled. There was indeed some unusual movement, but Nanyang Xinye had some unusual movements every year, so it wasn't particularly strange. When Liangshan returned, he couldn't say anything about himself, and 5 merit points were deducted. The Yuan Ye Dan didn't arrive in his hands, which slowed down this guy's cultivation.

  One step slow, every step slow, Ma Wencai's role is to hinder Liangshan. If there comes a day when Ma Wencai can defeat Liangshan, then Liangshan will truly be useless and he will be freed.

  Ma Wen only then realized the importance of Liangjiazhuang to Liangshanbo and couldn't help but return.

  Liangshan returned home overnight to hand over 5 merits at the Merit Pavilion, not just because of Ma Wencai's encouragement, but also because he had thoughts of returning to Liangjiazhuang himself. Now that I think about it, it wasn't just a simple impulse.

  Ma Wenzai deceived him, but it's hard to say if there really is trouble. If he doesn't go back, and something really happens, he'll regret it too late.

  Ma Wenzai was in high spirits all day, and when night fell, he closed the door and prepared to go to Jin Changlao's place to report his achievement. He had only walked halfway when he heard two outer sect disciples harassing Hua Manxi.

  "That man is called Liang Shanbo, and no one in our village is willing to be his master."

  "How could he hunt and kill two Corpse Gods, and they were even high-ranking ones in the Foundation Building stage?" Huamanxi's sweet voice made one's soul flutter.

  "Good luck to her, a mid-tier Corpse God suddenly broke through to high-tier but was still killed by them. It must be Tuoba Autumn Dress, this woman is too terrifying." Another one said.

  "This guy got 15 merit points for free, what a lucky break."

  Ma Wenzai felt as if he had been struck in the chest by something heavy, and almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He turned around and left immediately, not daring to go see Jin Lao anymore, losing face for this person.

  Returning to the courtyard, Ma Wencai sighed under the osmanthus tree, he had really done his best.

  Even after deducting the 5 minutes it took to get home, Liang Shanbo had just enough money left to buy a bottle of Yuan Ye Dan.

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