novelbin Chapter 1193 615
Chapter 1193 615
The ashes in Little Mountain City were very thick, accumulating to a depth comparable to a heavy snowfall.
Some roads were entirely blocked.
However, Little Mountain City quickly regained its vitality.
Because after unexpectedly coming together in warmth and sincere friendship, everyone felt not only the warmth of human hearts and the true feelings of the mortal world, but also a group of storytellers spreading the word, encouraging people to do good and perform heroic deeds.
Among these heroic deeds, naturally, was the task of sweeping the entire city.
Though Little Mountain City is small, it's part of the Martial World, where not killing and not robbing is considered fortunate. Asking them to help sweep ashes was sheer fantasy.
You storytellers might be eloquent, but money talks and that's all they care about.
In the end, it's the ones with money who are the masters, so why do they need to listen to you?
But the storytellers in this city were different; they were not only Bloodthirsty Storytellers, but the elite among the Bloodthirsty Storytellers.
Who would have thought that attending a gathering would lead to "Hero Fall."
If encountered with resistance, they would resort to "Enchantment" without hesitation, turning bad folks into temporary good ones.
While advocating for knightly deeds, they also trumpeted Duan Yun's Yuzhu Manor and Heroic Land.
"Duan Juxia is unmatched in benevolence and righteousness, his Heroic Spirit reaches the heavens; truly he should be the number one in the world."
"Heroic Land is a rare piece of pure land in the mortal world."
"I believe, under Duan Juxia's leadership, the whole world will be Heroic Land!"
"What are emperors and Martial Arts Alliance Hierarch compared to a fart from Duan Juxia!"
"Is that a fart from Duan Juxia? No, it's Heroic Spirit!"
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Duan Yun and Ziyu listened to these words feeling a sense of disbelief.
They were habitually slandered and ridiculed by these storytellers, so this kind of praise felt quite unsettling.
It was too fantastical.
This change was too thorough.
Duan Yun couldn't help but sigh, "Their praise feels like sarcasm."
Being praised like the Star Sect Old Immortal made Duan Juxia somewhat embarrassed, as he was thin-skinned.
However, he did not refuse this situation.
Having been slandered for too long, it was time to let these folks clean up his reputation.
The remedy had to be extreme, so let them continue in this manner.
Under the "incitement" of Bloodthirsty Storytellers, the city was filled with "Righteous Warriors" for a while.
Duan Yun and Ziyu barely intervened, yet the little town gradually regained order.
After finding no issues, the Bloodthirsty Storytellers planned to leave.
They intended to go, to promote the Hero, Heroic Land, and the women of Duan Juxia, or rather, the female knights.
In their portrayal, given Duan Juxia's magnificent achievements, it's not too much to regard all the female knights under heaven as Duan Juxia's private property.
Duan Yun felt this claim was a bit excessive, but he didn't stop them.
He was slandered too long!
The remedy had to be extreme!
Previously, he was maligned throughout the Martial World with various "Meat Horns," such that a respected Young Hero was misunderstood as a Demon.
The most relentless and influential in slandering him were these Bloodthirsty Storytellers.
Now they served as Meat Horns to praise him; isn't this a kind of compensation?
Let the music play, let the praise continue!
At this time, Duan Yun, who usually likes to exterminate clans, started to ponder seriously, saying: "The Third Sect Master is Cao Wang, the Second Master is that four-eyed Wang Xiaofeng, but what about the Great Sect Master?"
Yes, surely we can't forget the Great one.
Duan Yun randomly grabbed a few storytellers, and they all claimed not to know the whereabouts of the Great Sect Master.
He soon found Wang Xiaofeng, the Second Master.
Though the storytellers did not know the whereabouts of the Great Sect Master, the Second Master, who usually led affairs here, certainly did.
When Duan Yun saw Wang Xiaofeng, Wang Xiaofeng's four eyebrows kept twitching rhythmically, like they were dancing. Quite a spectacle.
Duan Yun assumed Wang Xiaofeng's Hero Fall was incomplete and prepared to unleash a deadly move.
Then he heard a thud as Wang Xiaofeng knelt down, with tears streaming, saying, "Hero, you truly are a mirror. Seeing you reflects my own evil and the insignificance beneath my robe, simply shameful!"
"From now on, I vow to be a true Hero!"
"Bloodthirsty Storytelling Hero!"
"Be a Hero!"
These three words "be a Hero" seemed like a magical switch. Wang Xiaofeng, who was previously crying profusely, suddenly had his eyes light up, as if he had found hope in life.
Duan Yun initially thought he was acting and wanted to use Beiming Divine Skill to verify, but couldn't bring himself to act.
He was already so much of a hero that to further intensify his own "Hero Fall" would be somewhat beastly.
Even if Wang Xiaofeng was pretending, Duan Yun accepted it.
If he was truly pretending, the level of performance—from actions to expressions, down to eye contact akin to an acting master—warranted a temporary reprieve.
Duan Yun inquired about the Great Sect Master's whereabouts.
Wang Xiaofeng stood there and said, "He probably burned to death?"
Duan Yun asked puzzledly, "How could he have burned to death?"
He had set quite a large fire, which made it easy to burn ordinary people, but experts of this caliber should be able to use movement techniques to swiftly escape the blaze.
Wang Xiaofeng explained, "The Great Sect Master was secluded in those Tai Sui Meat while cultivating, entering a deep sleep akin to a coma."
From his explanation, Duan Yun and Ziyu roughly understood his meaning.
Similar to their previous encounter with the Jade Guanyin, where the Jade Guanyin preferred to cultivate in that jade mine, the Great Sect Master's cultivation involved immersing himself in those dead Tai Sui Meat.
Cultivating within Tai Sui Meat puts one in a "death-like sleep" state till certain conditions or time passes before awakening.
And coincidentally, at the time Duan Yun set the fire, the Great Sect Master was precisely in a "death-like sleep" state.
In this state, one is unconscious, immobile, almost like a corpse.