CHAPTER 57: CHAPTER 57: IS THIS THE JOYFUL SECT?

Zhang Ze did not go to rest, but was led by Mu Qiu to a storeroom.

"Brother Zhang, if you want to see something, feel free to find it yourself."

"The miscellaneous records of the past hundred years of Cold City are all here."

"Tomorrow, I, Mu, will host a banquet, and I hope Brother Zhang will not decline."

Having said that, Mu Qiu turned and left the storeroom.

Zhang Ze dusted off and took a book from the shelf that recorded cases related to the Demon Race in Cold City over the past few years.

Opposite the shelf, Li Yueqi looked at Zhang Ze curiously, "What are you looking for?"

"Looking for someone, my uncle’s old lover."

"..."

Li Yueqi was speechless, feeling that the person in front of her was babbling nonsense again.

Chen Qin wasn’t here; she had just left with an excuse to go to the Sword Hall. There were relevant records in the Sword Hall too; comparing the two might yield results.

"I’m really not lying to you," Zhang Ze sighed.

"My junior sister and I came to Cold City this time to find Aunt Niao to ask her something."

"Now Aunt Niao is missing."

Zhang Ze put the booklet back and pulled another one from the side.

"What’s the matter? Did something happen to your Aunt Niao?" Li Yueqi also picked up a booklet and flipped through it, "What’s her name? I’ll help you find her too."

"Ling Liu, Bird Demon. Immense cultivation, Golden Core Realm."

Zhang Ze put the booklet back again.

Zhang Ze felt this was not the way; he needed to call in some reinforcements.

From the Hundred Treasures Bag, he took out his Sound Transmission Jade and finally found Mei’Er’s Jade Pendant after searching for a long time.

"Is Mei’Er sleeping?"

"What’s the matter, just say it... Liu Lili, get out of the way!"

"Swish swish swish!"

"Wow, help, help, help! Quickly catch them!"

"The boss will kill me when he comes back! Fuji, help me!"

"On my way, they can’t escape."

Listening to the sound from the Sound Transmission Jade on the other side, Zhang Ze knew it must be Liu Lili causing trouble again, and it definitely exploded.

He thought it should be about the Trial Cave incident.

Forget it, better not ask what’s happening over there; Cold City is already messy enough.

Probably because there were enough experts, the mess calmed down quickly, and Mei’Er found a quiet place, "What’s wrong?"

"Is something wrong with the Trial Cave?" Zhang Ze couldn’t help but ask.

"No worries, it’s been handled here. How’s the young lady?" Mei’Er asked.

Zhang Ze didn’t ask more about the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, directly recounting the situation he and Chen Qin faced.

"My junior sister and I lack experience, really can’t see any clues here."

"I want to ask Sister Mei’Er to trouble my master and see what he thinks."

After a while, Mei’Er’s voice came again.

"Elder Li and Elder Wang have left the Sword Pavilion for days, and the Pavilion Master has also gone into seclusion."

"But I can help you check in the Sword Pavilion Library Pavilion or ask other elders."

"I’ll also send a letter to the Mistress, since it’s also the young lady’s issue."

"Thank you, Sister Mei’Er."

Having said that, Zhang Ze put away his Sound Transmission Jade.

"You have such a big influence?" Li Yueqi looked at Zhang Ze curiously.

Li Yueqi did not expect Zhang Ze to get along with Mei’Er, and Mei’Er would even go to trouble Chen Qin’s mother for her sake.

In Li Yueqi’s impression, that person was not easy to talk to.

"Yes, we have good relationships. People love us, and flowers bloom when they see us." Zhang Ze responded matter-of-factly.

"..." Li Yueqi.

The two flipped through two more bookcases until the moon was high in the sky but found nothing.

Then Mu Qiu’s voice suddenly came from outside, arriving before he did.

"Brother Zhang, are you free?"

"I have time, Brother Mu, what’s up?"

"Nothing major, my mother wants to meet you." Mu Qiu smiled, showing no embarrassment.

Zhang Ze glanced at the moonlight outside the window, "Isn’t it inappropriate as it’s so late; it might be rude."

"No worries, just follow me."

Although he asked Zhang Ze if he was free, it seemed Mu Qiu was intent on taking him along, and he showed no intention of inviting Li Yueqi.

"What kind of people are these?" Zhang Ze was puzzled.

Following Mu Qiu, Little Ball’s voice echoed in Zhang Ze’s Divine Sense again.

"He still has a smell, the aroma of Enchanting Fragrance."

Little Ball’s sensitivity far surpassed that of the black dog beside Li Yueqi; now only Little Ball could detect the scent from Mu Qiu.

Zhang Ze looked at Mu Qiu, who had changed into clean clothes, contemplated Little Ball’s words, and recalled the previous experience at the inn.

On the first encounter, he cut off the head of the ringleader of that gang of vile bandits, then not long after, even the living one perished.

"It can’t be; this guy looks so decent, can he do such things?"

As he thought about it, Mu Qiu had already led Zhang Ze to the entrance of a high tower.

"My mother is on the rooftop, Brother Zhang can go up by yourself."

"You’re not going up."

"I have other matters."

With that, this Mu guy turned and left.

Standing at the bottom of the tower, Zhang Ze felt something was amiss; he opened his system for the first time in a long while and glanced at the names of Jade Heart Sect’s Heart Method Techniques.

"Jade Heart Sword Technique," "Cold Jade Transformation," "Ice Heart No Thought"...

Jade Heart Sect combined some of the Sword Sect’s and Celestial Sect’s inheritances; using Celestial Sect’s Heart Method internally and Sword Sect’s Swordsmanship externally, though coarsely pieced together, they managed to sort out some clues.

The Heart Method Technique talked about is Ice Heart Wuqing.

But...

But, the way this mother and child duo acted was akin to the Joyful Sect.

One would think Mu Qiu was finding a Tripod Furnace for his mother.

"Have I been writing too much of the Little Imperial Book lately, that a Lady would seek me out in the dead of night for a chat?"

"No, I must not go up."

"Mu Qiu reeks of aphrodisiac; who knows what he’s planning, what if he’s the most perverted one?"

"Using his mom to bait me into a trap? It can’t be."

"This is a proper Immortal Cultivation Sect, not street gangs fighting, nor is it a mafia-like cultivation; why play it so big."

"Besides, what’s she aiming for by playing me?"

"But this is an idea I can jot down and add to my book."

"There should be readers who fancy this kind of perversion."

Zhang Ze squatted on the flowerbed, lost in wild thoughts, and had no intention of going upstairs.

He was about to find an excuse to leave this Jade Heart Sect when someone appeared behind him.

"Little friend, why aren’t you going upstairs?"

It was a voice alluring to the bone, far surpassing the realm of the Fox Demon proprietress.

"Her scent is the strongest!" Little Ball suddenly reminded again.

Zhang Ze turned and found a beautiful woman shyly looking at him; her appearance was only middling, but her demeanor was bone-deep, enticing the heart.

Every move and smile, all are at the peak of the widow’s realm.

Judging by her eyebrows, this was likely Mu Qiu’s mother.

Zhang Ze jumped off the flowerbed, backed away from the woman, and bowed.

"Greetings, Madam, it’s late at night with no one around, so it’s not convenient for me to disturb you upstairs."

Saying this, Zhang Ze stepped back again.

"What’s the matter, I won’t eat you."

"Qiu’Er mentioned he made a friend who is a young hero today; as his mother, I’m curious and want to see."

Saying this, Han Yao Lady stepped closer to Zhang Ze.

"No, the aroma on her is not a medicinal smell, I can’t absorb it."

"This woman is seducing you!"

Again it was Little Ball’s voice.

Zhang Ze’s intuition told him, after hatching, this Little Ball would likely be a joker.

His cultivation path seemed destined to never have a normal companion.

"Little friend, what are you thinking?"

Han Yao Lady stepped even closer.

Old shoulders cunning, skin fair and tender, fragrant wind wafting.