Chà Chà Novel

An immortal flying artifact! Spiritual tea!

Liu Wanrou ground her teeth in jealousy. Hadn’t he said he liked her? He had kept so many wonderful things hidden instead of giving them to her, yet he still had the nerve to claim he liked her!

The others were scarcely in a better mood. Some even regretted boarding the Flying Spirit Vessel.

If they hadn’t, they could now be riding an immortal artifact and drinking precious spiritual tea too.

Aboard the Redleaf Flying Vessel, Qin Yu shot He Shen a smug look, as if to say: See? I helped you get your dignity back.

Only then did He Shen realize that Qin Yu had brought out both an immortal artifact and rare spiritual tea to restore his pride. The weight that had pressed on his chest until he could scarcely breathe vanished completely.

He Shen took out two porcelain bottles and gave one each to Qin Yu and Liu Yunbai. “These are fourth-grade Body-Tempering Pills. Taking them will benefit your cultivation.”

“Thank you, Senior Brother! These couldn’t have come at a better time.” Qin Yu accepted his bottle happily.

Although Body-Tempering Pills were not as potent as Marrow-Cleansing Pills, they were still exceptional aids to cultivation. Like iron being forged, the user’s body would be tempered, raising their physical constitution to a new level.

Yet only alchemists at the Nascent Soul realm could refine fourth-grade Body-Tempering Pills.

“System, has He Shen broken through to Nascent Soul?”

【He Shen is still in the early Core Formation stage.】

“He can refine Body-Tempering Pills while he’s still at Core Formation? Is his talent for alchemy really that incredible? I need to stay on his good side. Maybe I can even get a discount when I buy pills in the future!”

【The system store carries even ninth-grade pills. Why look farther afield when you have what you need right here?】

“Ha. Ha.”

Qin Yu ignored the system. Instead, he held his bottle high and declared loudly, “These are fourth-grade Body-Tempering Pills! Surely taking them will raise me by at least two cultivation levels?”

Liu Yunbai accepted her pills with delighted surprise. Hearing Qin Yu, she smoothly joined in. “We’ve only recently begun cultivating, so Body-Tempering Pills will be even more effective for us. They’ll make our future cultivation far more efficient too.”

“Senior Brother He Shen, you’re too kind!”

Listening to the two take turns showing off, Liu Wanrou nearly lost control of her expression. She secretly made the Flying Spirit Vessel accelerate, trying to put some distance between herself and Qin Yu’s group.

How could Qin Yu possibly like that useless, spineless female lead, Liu Yunbai? He was only doing this to get her attention. She refused to give him the satisfaction. She would make him come crawling back in tears.

What she hadn’t expected was that whenever she sped up, Qin Yu sped up too. Whenever she slowed down, he did the same.

This time, Liu Wanrou actually burst into tears of anger.

Seeing her cry, Jiang Fu finally broke his silence and demanded furiously, “Qin Yu, are you enjoying yourself?”

“What do you mean by that?” Qin Yu deliberately feigned ignorance.

Served them right for disgusting him earlier. He was determined to drive them up the wall.

Jiang Fu tightened his grip on his Bicheng Sword, looking ready to attack. “As a man, does bullying a woman like this make you feel accomplished?”

“Bullying a woman? That’s quite an accusation. Tell me, exactly how have I bullied her?”

“You…”

Even while crying with anger, Liu Wanrou remembered to maintain her gentle, kindhearted image. She hurriedly tugged Jiang Fu back. “Brother Jiang, A-Yu is just still angry with me. Please don’t argue over me.”

Urgh…

Qin Yu nearly spat out the Sea Dew Tea he had just swallowed. These scheming women playing the innocent really were nauseating.

He cut in firmly. “Please don’t! Let’s clear this up. Otherwise, word will get around that I’m some bastard who bullies women.”

Jiang Fu lost his temper too. If Qin Yu refused the chance to back down gracefully, he need not expect any consideration.

“Wanrou’s Flying Spirit Vessel may be inferior to your flying artifact, but what do you mean by deliberately staying alongside us like this? Are you mocking her vessel for being worse than yours?”

“Ha! Jiang Fu, has all that cultivation rotted your brain? Senior Brother He Shen is leading this expedition. He’s the only one who knows where Qu’an Village is. I accommodate you, and somehow that’s wrong too? Fine, find your own way!”

With that, he sent the Redleaf Flying Vessel surging forward at full speed. In the blink of an eye, it vanished from their sight.

At last, he had a perfectly legitimate excuse to ditch them!

He Shen glanced back. “If they report this to the sect master…”

Qin Yu patted his shoulder reassuringly. “Don’t worry. They were the ones who started bothering us. If they go running to complain, I will too.”

Liu Yunbai and He Shen: “……”

Having a powerful master really was something!

By evening, Qin Yu’s group reached Qu’an Village.

Since He Shen would not be participating in the training itself, he parted ways with Qin Yu and Liu Yunbai at the village entrance.

As soon as the two entered, they sensed something deeply wrong with the atmosphere. Although it was evening, the sky had not yet fully darkened. Yet there was not a soul in sight, nor even a single light.

Qin Yu secretly asked the system, “Does the book describe this village?”

【This is an event automatically filled in by the storyline. Host, you must explore it yourself.】

Right. So much for asking.

The two reached the village relay station and were about to knock.

A man came running from the side, interrupting Qin Yu before he could raise his hand to the door. He dropped to his knees before them with a thud. “You must be the immortal masters from the Divine Sect! I’m the headman of Qu’an Village. Please, save our village!”

He was that certain they were from the Tiannan Divine Sect?

Concealing his doubts, Qin Yu stepped forward and helped the self-proclaimed village headman to his feet. “Please, Headman, there’s no need for such formalities. We’ve come to help resolve your troubles. We couldn’t possibly accept such a gesture.”

“Wonderful! Our village can finally be saved.”

Qin Yu made a show of looking around before saying, “Headman, please tell us what’s been happening in the village. Once we understand the situation, we’ll be able to help.”

“Whenever I think about it, I’m filled with regret! It’s all because I believed those swindlers. Otherwise…” As he spoke, the headman raised his hand and slapped himself hard, leaving five vivid red finger marks on his aged face.

“Headman, what are you doing?” Qin Yu hurried to stop him.

“It’s getting late. Why don’t you two immortal masters rest at my home? I can explain everything from the beginning there.”

“Very well.”

The two followed the headman home.

Something unusual flickered in his wife’s eyes when she saw Qin Yu and Liu Yunbai. Then she warmly ushered them inside. “Please, come in, immortal masters. You must be hungry after such a long journey. I’ll prepare something nice to eat right away.”

Without waiting for an answer, she turned and disappeared into the kitchen.

The headman smiled awkwardly. “That was my wife. Please excuse her.”

Throughout the journey, the headman had spoken of nothing consequential. Liu Yunbai was almost out of patience. “We should discuss what’s happening in the village. The sooner we resolve it, the sooner the villagers can feel at ease, wouldn’t you agree?”

“Yes, yes, of course! What a muddleheaded old man I am!” Only then did the headman address the matter at hand. “The truth is, people in our village began dying inexplicably six months ago…”

According to the headman, the mysterious deaths had begun half a year earlier. The victims bore no wounds and had not died of poison. Moreover, all of them were young, and their bodies did not decay. The villagers had invited no fewer than a hundred Daoist priests to deal with the matter, but they had encountered only swindlers or people whose abilities fell short. After half a year of fruitless efforts, they had finally been forced to seek help from the Tiannan Divine Sect.

When the headman finished, Qin Yu asked Liu Yunbai, “What do you think?”