Chapter 59 [3rd World 16] Escaping the calamity

Ruan Jiaojiao woke up after a while and found herself lying on a bed.

Truthfully, she was also pretending to have fainted and had heard the entirety of the conversation of the three. When the old fox Lu Yuanpeng saw that the odds were stacked against him, knowing he wasn’t Ye Hanzhou’s opponent, he obediently handed her back to Ye Hanzhou, making her feel at ease and soon truly falling asleep.

Seeing her wake up, Ye Hanzhou then asked her to pack up her things and took her away from the Free Manor.

How could Lu Yuanpeng let the tiger go back to the mountains? Even though he had a good relationship with Ye Hanzhou on the surface, Ye Hanzhou’s existence was also a dangerous threat to his position as the head of the Martial Arts Alliance.

And so that very night, he notified all the sects to hurry over, claiming that Ye Hanzhou had colluded with a member of the demonic cult and was conspiring a crime.

Because of this, before Ruan Jiaojiao and Ye Hanzhou had even gotten far, they were surrounded by experts from every big sect.

With a long sword in hand, Ye Hanzhou protected Ruan Jiaojiao in his arms and confronted the hundreds of people surrounding them.

Ruan Jiaojiao secretly thought to herself that even if Ye Hanzhou had amazing abilities, with a burden like her at his side and the overwhelming number of people in the enemy camp, there was no way Ye Hanzhou would be able to win this battle.

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Holy shit! The male lead wouldn’t be killed here right?!

When Lu Yuanpeng saw Ye Hanzhou on the verge of collapsing, he felt secretly thrilled, emphasizing the next few words.

“Don’t hurt the girl, capture her alive as a bargaining chip for the demonic sect!”

Ye Hanzhou was injured but he had to protect Ruan Jiaojiao, They were surrounded by enemies on all sides and he sustained injuries on his stomach and back, a gash on his arm, fresh blood  flowing down his arm, reaching the back of his hand. Ruan Jiaojiao’s lotus colored dress was also dyed red, a bright red plum blossom blossoming.

Ruan Jiaojiao finally couldn’t hold herself back and quickly held Ye Hanzhou, using her petite frame to cover him and exclaiming.

“Don’t attack us anymore! We surrender!!”

If the fight went on, the male lead was really going to die!

She also heard Lu Yuanpeng’s command of capturing her alive so she wasn’t afraid of those people harming her.

As expected, after seeing her act, everyone stopped.

Ye Hanzhou had gotten harmed because there were a number of those who had previously received his help, there were naturally those who took pity on him and only kept an eye on him.

Whereas Ruan Jiaojiao was detained in a cell.

Lu Yuanpeng hosted a banquet to entertain the guest and not too long after the banquet began, the slightly intoxicated head recalled the presence of the little beauty locked alone in her cell. Capriciousness took over him as he found an excuse to leave the banquet, impatiently hurrying to the dark cell.

However, he never expected that Envoy Bai’s sword would be the one to welcome him, the other person piercing a hole in him.

Lu Yuanpeng originally happily thought that he was going to have a blissful time but the result was that he had been killed, dropping down to the ground, his blood spreading everywhere.

The martial arts alliance head of the generation died ever so quietly.

Ruan Jiaojiao was brought out of the cell by Qi Shen. At this moment, the upright sects had long been unaware of the demonic sect’s forces infiltrating the manor. They indulged in merrymaking, celebrating with songs and dancing. Little did they know they had drunk the poison Luo Yunlou slipped into their drinks but by the time everyone noticed it, it was already too late.

Ruan Jiaojiao wanted to go find Ye Hanzhou but before she could even open her mouth, as if knowing her thoughts, Qi Shen’s gaze was cold as he calmly said.

“If you want me to spare his life then forget his existence.”

And so, she could only swallow her words back and did as he commanded.

How could Qi Shen really let Ye Hanzhou live? Not long after they left, he set the manor in flames. Even though some were fortunate enough to escape, the majority of the upright sects were caught in the trap, the casualties numbering aplenty.

At this night, a thick and heavy stroke streaked inevitably across the future of the Jianghu power balance.

….

A month later.

The sect leader Qin Zhanfeng suddenly passed away and the young leader Qi Shen succeeded him.

Moreover, a lot of the people from the heroic sect died in the Free Manor’s gathering. With this, the demonic sect’s strength skyrocketed, becoming invincible, the wind turning to their favor.

The newly elected head of the martial arts circle quickly rectified the messy situation in haste.

During the calamity that struck Free Manor, Ye Hanzhou was rescued by Lu Xueyan but after having lost so much blood, he fainted.  By the time he woke up, Ruan Jiaojiao had already gone back to the demonic sect.

Everything seemed like a conspiracy.

Ruan Jiaojiao approached him, used her beauty to seduce him, leading him to bring her to the Free Manor, helping the demonic sect infiltrate, and with forces cooperating inside and outside, it led to today’s aftermath.

Ye Hanzhou felt depressed. Lu Xueyan took care of him meticulously, trying to move his heart with her tenderness but once Ye Hanzhou’s condition had improved, the moment he could get off the bed, he left behind a notice and disappeared.

The note contained words that expressed his gratitude towards her and if they had any fate in the future, he would surely repay her.

Lu Xueyan was so angry she could spit out blood. He had been deceived and betrayed by that woman but he still couldn’t forget her. She knew that he had definitely gone to the demonic sect to find that girl so she also headed to the direction of the demonic sect.

When the system told Ruan Jiaojiao that both the male and female lead were heading towards the demonic sect, she had already been idling in the town of Xuejia for several days.

That’s right!

Up until now, she hadn’t made a single progress in her mission so now she needed to resume the important task of finding her parents.

However, despite much time passing, after walking everywhere in town, trying to find traces of the original owner’s birth, she didn’t find anything.

Ruan Jiaojiao sat inside a teahouse, peeling peanuts out of boredom. She was at her wits’ end until the subordinates Qi Shen sent over to protect her, notified her that the leader was urging for her to return, even giving her an ultimatum.

If she didn’t find anything by tomorrow, she must return.

Ptoo Ptoo Ptoo, why was he trying to hurry her for!

Ruan Jiajiao thought to herself, the wolfdog she raised was now so insufferable. Upon becoming the leader of the sect, he was now flaunting his power.

Just as she was harboring a lot of thoughts, another person sat beside her.

Ruan Jiaojiao raised her eyes and looked at the person, feeling a little surprised.

Luo Yunlou?

“Brother Luo, why are you here?” Ruan Jiaojiao put on a flattering smile but on the inside, her heart dropped down.

If he wasn’t researching those poisons in the sect, why would he come here?

“I’m here to collect a debt.” The moment Luo Yunlou sat down, he became quite eye-catching.

In order not to attract other people’s attention, Ruan Jiaojiao disguised herself as a man and even put on a cap. She also smeared her pretty face grey, appearing like an ordinary-looking youth.

When Luo Yunlou sat down, with white clothing, face as gentle as jade, his appearance handsome, he looked like an elegant noble son from the world of mortals, attracting several women inside the teahouse to look over, staring at him with smitten eyes.

Ruan Jiaojiao lifted her cup up to take a sip. This guy was always good at putting up airs when in fact, he had a belly full of black water.

As long as anyone in the sect carelessly offended him, they would inexplicably feel unwell, rolling around in pain. Furthermore, they would itch until they broke their skin and couldn’t even plead for death, in the end, they would resort to taking a knife and stabbing themselves to death to end their misery.

“Debt? Who owes you?” Ruan Jiaojiao wore a curious expression, acting in accord with him but alarms rang in her heart, a sense of foreboding arising.

“Didn’t you steal something from me?”

Luo Yunlou raised the teapot, pouring tea for her and speaking in an unruffled tone.

Ruan Jiaojiao’s legs suddenly turned soft. She had always evaded Luo Yunlou in the demonic sect and was afraid of getting on his bad side. Thinking of the demented ways he sought revenge, she felt her scalp turn numb.

And back at that time, she had dared to steal his stuff because she wanted to leave the demonic sect and never come back again.

T/N: Even though Luo Yunlou was mentioned in passing in the first part of the series, I feel like at this point author is just adding more male lead because…..the more the merrier? Living up to the reverse harem genre I guess.