Don't be afraid, fairy, I'm blind

Chapter 386: Disaster of the Master of Mathematics

The wind and snow were like knives, cutting every inch of space, as if even time was frozen by the biting cold.

Venerable Ao Shu and Venerable Cheng Liang stood opposite each other, and the atmosphere was so heavy that it was suffocating.

You Su and Bai Ze stood behind Master Ao Shu, their eyes wide open, but they remained silent. They could only watch the confrontation between the two masters quietly, secretly speculating about their relationship and the ins and outs of the old man's belief that Master Ao Shu was guilty.

After all, in their opinion, Master Ouma has nothing to do with sinners.

"Venerable Chengliang, you and I are both immortal officials of the Immortal Ancestor Temple, and we know very well that there are some things that cannot be said carelessly. Although I am a little lazy on weekdays, I have never done anything that disregards the law. How could I be called a sinner?"

The Master of Mathematical Olympiad spoke in a playful tone, with that unruly smile still on his face, but his eyes revealed an unquestionable firmness.

Venerable Chengliang had a cold expression on his face, his eyes were as sharp as ice. He spoke slowly, his voice hoarse and dry:
"I have already entrusted someone else with the task of investigating the taxes in Shuo City. Why do you need to take over?"

Upon hearing this, Master Olympiad laughed softly and shook his head:

"The person you sent couldn't figure it out, so I happened to have some free time, so I made some contributions for the Ministry of Households to avoid people saying that I was just eating and drinking for free. The only omission was that I used your seal to issue new documents without your consent, but I also left a letter, so it can't be said that I did it behind your back."

The Immortal Ancestor Temple is the core organization that governs an entire continent. It represents and conveys the will of the five great immortal ancestors. It is divided into the Department of Personnel, the Department of Rites, the Department of Laws, the Department of Households, and a priest.

Venerable Aosu is a member of this household department, and You Su inferred that Venerable Chengliang should be the head of the household department of the Immortal Ancestor Temple of Kongyuan Shenshan, and the immediate superior of Venerable Aosu.

You Su had never expected that he would meet a great man at the pinnacle of power in Beiaozhou when he first entered Kongyuan. You know, the heads of the six ministries are different from ordinary venerables. They are usually extremely mysterious and rarely show up. Even when You Su was in Zhongyuanzhou and his status was not low, he had never seen one of them.

Venerable Chengliang snorted coldly, his tone full of unquestionable majesty:

"Olympic Mathematics! I have already told you! The water under Shuo City is too deep! Don't wade into this muddy water!"

"I don't want to go either... Then why don't you ask them to pay the tax? You can't let me watch Shuocheng suck the blood of others and pretend I don't know."

"Ridiculous! I have my own plans! Why do you need to interfere?!"

"Long-term consideration?" The face of the Master of Mathematics also turned grim. "How long-term? How long will it be? The longer it is, the more tax money will be in deficit, and more people will die because of the lack of this money. You can wait, but I can't!"

Hearing this, You Su frowned slightly. It turned out that the people in the Immortal Ancestor Temple had already noticed the tax problem in Shuo City, but judging from the attitude of the old man, it seemed that they did not intend to investigate it immediately. However, Venerable Ao Shu was an outlier among their immortal officials. He ignored the advice of Venerable Cheng Liang and went to Shuo City to clarify the tax issue without authorization.

"I taught you this when you took office! Don't try to manage everything in the world! As an immortal official in the Immortal Ancestor Temple, you should put the Immortal Ancestor first in everything, and saving the people and governing the world is secondary. Don't confuse the important with the unimportant! Have you ignored my teachings?!"

“Not distinguishing between the serious and the minor…?”

Venerable Ao Shu suddenly laughed out loud, as if he had heard a very funny joke. When he stopped laughing, he immediately became serious and said confidently, "Venerable Cheng Liang, you have tried every means to prevent me from investigating this Shuo City, but you are vague about the reasons and only use the meaning of your so-called Immortal Ancestor to pressure me. I really want to ask you a question. When you say long-term concern, are you worrying about the Immortal Ancestor, worrying about the people, or... worrying about yourself?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Venerable Chengliang became furious, and the wind and snow behind him quickly retreated, as if retreating in fear, forming a space around the old man that was impervious to wind and snow.

"Incredibly stupid!!"

But his anger didn't seem to affect Master Aoshu at all. Master Aoshu just looked at the furious old man, shook his head and sighed:

"Anyway... the teacher never praised me for being smart, right?"

You Su's pupils dilated slightly when he heard this. Only then did he understand that the relationship between the two people was intricate and complicated. It was definitely not just an ordinary superior-subordinate relationship, but also a master-disciple relationship.

When Venerable Chengliang heard this, his anger seemed to have subsided a little. He stared straight at Venerable Aoshu and advised earnestly:
"Xiaohua, follow me to admit your mistakes in front of the Immortal Ancestor, and we'll let this matter go. Not only will it not be counted as your mistakes, but you have also done a great job in investigating taxes and killing the great evil. With all your merits added up, from now on, the position of my master will belong to you..."

"It seems that the teacher is still keeping secrets from his disciples..." The Master of Aoshu smiled meaningfully, "The teacher's attainments in the art of numbers are really profound. He can even predict that the disciple killed an evil spirit in Shuo City thousands of miles away. The disciple admires him very much."

You Su was also suddenly enlightened. It was obvious that Venerable Chengliang knew in advance that the people behind the Lord of Shuo City were trying to bribe Venerable Aosu with evil powers.

"You are a genius, don't waste your talent. Even if you have a million ambitions, once you reach the top, no one will be able to hold you back."

Venerable Chengliang threw out the last big pie.

"I see you're tired of living, aren't you?"

The Master of Aoshu was still smiling, his cynical look was quite provocative. "After I send my two friends to their destination, I will return to the Immortal Ancestor Temple to report, and by the way... ask for credit."

"Stubborn!!"

A loud roar suddenly rang out between heaven and earth, shocking You Su so much that he had to cover his eardrums to resist. Bai Ze even rolled his eyes up and grimaced in pain.

"Do you know how much it cost for me to send down this magical snow just for you? I did it to hide the fact that we met! So that I could persuade you to confess your crime voluntarily! If you really just wanted to investigate the tax evasion in Shuo City, why would I have to go to such lengths for you!"

Venerable Chengliang was already standing in the air, with the wind and snow surging behind him, drawing intricate trajectories, as if the pressure around him had become substantial.

"You moved something you shouldn't have moved, you know it!"

You Su felt his soul shaken and his ears tinnitus continued. Hearing this, he realized that the purpose of the Aoshu Master's willingness to go to such a far place to check the accounts was not so simple. During the two days he stayed in the other courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion to recuperate, the Aoshu Master who was outside to sort out the taxes must have found something else, and that was his real purpose.

You Su felt that this was the only explanation. Although there were many taxes missed in Shuo City, it was not to the extent that those big shots would pay such a huge price in exchange for the Master of Aoshu turning a blind eye.

"It's not me who moved something that shouldn't be moved, it's you. In the final analysis, you still can't convict me of a crime. Since I'm innocent, why should I be punished? If you must convict me, it shouldn't be decided by your head of the household department. The court will decide it. What a pity..."

The Master of Olympiads looked up, his momentum weakened by a bit, but his eyes showed no fear at all, and he sneered:

"It's a pity that you don't dare to let me return to the sacred mountain, right? The reason you attracted the sacred snow was not to save me, but to capture me here. Because outside, there is no place like the foot of the sacred mountain that is concealed enough. Once the sacred snow falls, no eyes can reach in. There must be a lot of corpses hidden under this white snow, right?"

"The reason why I never say you are smart is precisely because of this reason." Venerable Chengliang looked down at Venerable Aoshu from a high position, and there was even a hint of regret in his tone:
"You know full well that danger is coming, and this blindness is your greatest stupidity."

"Blind?"

A wheel of light suddenly appeared behind the Master Aoshu, and the scriptures on it kept spinning, with mysterious meanings ready to emerge. "Then the teacher really misjudged me. I am not here to seek death. I have read my fortune before I came here."

"The man who schemes does not count himself, this is the law of nature."

"Teacher, don't you want to know what I calculated?"

"It's meaningless, because if you go against the laws of nature, you will be punished by heaven. Your defeat is inevitable."

The Master of Mathematics turned around, and his gaze was fixed on You Su through the wind and snow.

You Su had the illusion of looking into the eyes of the Taoist priest through his sunglasses. The Taoist priest smiled at You Su and spoke slowly, as if he was saying to You Su:
"No! This will definitely work!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Master Olympiad rose into the sky, colorful rays of light spread under his feet, and the roulette wheel behind him spun rapidly, scattering snow-like light particles.

And the Venerable Chengliang opposite him was even more imposing. The wind and snow in the sky seemed to be under his command, condensing into columns behind him, as agile as a dragon.

The wind and snow were dancing wildly, and it seemed as if only this blinding white remained between heaven and earth. The fierce battle between the Aoshu Master and the Chengliang Master was like two raging torrents colliding in the ice and snow.

The aftermath of their fierce battle should have destroyed the world, but this piece of "divine snow" seemed to have tenacity and was able to trap the aftermath of the explosion in a corner, preventing it from wreaking havoc in all directions.

You Su thought to himself that it was no wonder that the Master of Mathematical Olympiad would say that once the divine snow fell, no eyes could see this place. This snow was indeed strange!
But You Su had no time to think. Under the impact of this force, he and Xiao Bai Ze were like two fallen leaves blown by the wind. They were involuntarily blown out of the safe range and fell into the snow in the distance.

They barely managed to keep their bodies steady, looking at the blurry figure in the wind and snow, their hearts filled with shock and powerlessness. The duel between the powerful Dongxu masters was far beyond their imagination, and even the aftermath was enough to scare them away.

You Su was nervously thinking about his current situation. It was obvious that he had been involved in a mystery without knowing it. There must be someone in the Immortal Ancestor Temple of the Nakongyuan Divine Mountain who was doing something shameful, otherwise why would they attack a colleague in the Cave Void Realm? And You Su was sure that at least these activities must be bad things for the people of Beiaozhou, otherwise the Aoshu Venerable would not have chosen to go to the tiger mountain.

But looking at this situation, the Master of Mathematical Olympiads can't handle it alone, and he has touched their weak spot, so he is almost certain to lose...

You Su was a little anxious. He didn't want to get involved in too many things, so he didn't ask about what Master Ao Shu had done or what he had investigated in Shuo City, just as the other party didn't ask about his affairs.

But why did the Master of Aoshu stare at him at the end? Could it be that he was the key to helping him turn the situation around? But he clearly knew nothing...

Just as You Su was thinking about how to find a glimmer of hope in the gap between the two venerables, the little Bai Ze in his arms suddenly jumped down, baring his teeth as if threatening something.

You Su then came to his senses and realized that there was someone approaching in the wind and snow.

The man was dressed in a long, snow-white robe, as if blending into the snow. He had an extraordinarily handsome face and a temperament as gentle as jade, like an immortal walking out of a painting.

However, You Su felt a hint of hostility from the other party, which set off alarm bells in his heart.

"You are the one who killed Hei Haiyue?"

The man's voice was cold and calm, yet it carried an authority that could not be ignored.

"I do not know what you're talking about."

You Su took a step forward and protected Bai Ze behind him. His hand was already on top of the Qiankun bag, ready to take out the Mosong sword at any time.

"You are indeed a country bumpkin who has never seen the world." The young man in white did not hide his contempt in his words, "The moon in the sea is a jellyfish, and the black moon in the sea is a black jellyfish. Do you remember it?"

You Su suddenly realized what was going on. He did not deny it, but just looked at the other person quietly, with a hint of wariness in his eyes.

He couldn't find out the other person's cultivation level, but he could feel that the person in front of him was very strong. Even after his strength had greatly increased, he still felt a heavy pressure.

Seeing You Su remained silent, the man put his hands behind his back and said:

"Do you know how much we paid to save Black Sea Moon and bring it back to North Aozhou? I had hoped that it would be of great use in the next great cause, but I didn't expect that it would be killed so easily by a blind countryman like you. Tell me, should I be angry?"

"What does it have to do with me?"

You Su lowered his body, ready for battle.

"Of course it matters." The young man in white walked over with a faint smile, "You killed it, so I will naturally ask you for compensation."

"I stepped on a stink bug on the roadside and you said it was your family's treasure and asked me for compensation. Are all the people in Kongyuan Shenshan so unreasonable?"

The young man in white stopped in his tracks when he heard this, and his smile deepened, yet a sinisterness that he could not hide was revealed in his expression.

"So, you're planning to cheat?"

"This is my cat. You just looked at it twice. My cat is very valuable and I don't usually show it to others. But I won't charge you for it this time. Let's consider it as settlement." You Su said casually, challenging him without showing any sign of weakness.

"Hahaha! Country folks are just country folks, they speak in a sharp and sharp tone."

The young man in white, dressed in a snow-white robe, danced in the wind, with a fierce aura.

"It doesn't matter. It's a debt you can't get rid of. If you don't give it to me, I will come and take it myself!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man moved and shot towards You Su like an arrow!

(End of this chapter)