The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 1020 Between Fellow Disciples
With these fellow "fellows" taking action, the No. 144 bus, which was about to plunge into the dark mire, came to an instant stop.

The pale-faced "passengers" on the bus were also cleared out by various means, leaving black blood mixed with bits of flesh flowing all over the floor.

Only the office worker remained, trembling and hiding in the corner.

His face turned pale with fright.

They were almost indistinguishable from those scattered "passengers".

I don't know whether I'm more afraid of these strangely shaped "passengers" or these ruthless Taoist priests.

As one of the young men, dressed in a Taoist robe and with his hair tied in a topknot, approached him carrying a long sword dripping with black blood, he shrank back, his teeth chattering, unable to utter a complete sentence.

"Please, please, please... I, I, am not..."

But the longsword was merciless and still hurtled towards him.

With a "bang," it was blocked by a golden shield that suddenly appeared.

The longsword was extremely powerful, and the light shield shattered into countless runes and streams of light in an instant.

Then another shield of light lit up.

The young man looked coldly at the person who had made the move.

That is, Qiao Yu's side.

His face, which was originally extremely handsome, was now cold and even resentful, like a venomous snake.

Qiao Yu, however, was not afraid and met his gaze directly.

“When you can forgive, forgive.”

The man sneered, "What is this? You can't possibly not understand, can you?"

“Of course I know,” Qiao Yu replied calmly.

The young man narrowed his eyes, seemingly unable to understand her.

The sword in his hand was still raised.

His companion—a burly, middle-aged man—came over, gently placed his hand on his shoulder, and whispered:
"Junior brother, don't be impulsive. It's not a good time to make a move here... Everyone's watching."

He was referring to the blonde woman in a white robe who was watching him intently from the side, and the old man with a cane who was wearing sunglasses at night.

The car is now filled with blood, and the two men deserve some credit for that; their abilities are clearly extraordinary.

Now, however, the two of them are just watching silently, seemingly waiting for something.

At least from the blonde woman's undisguised gaze, it was clear that she harbored ill intentions.

It seems these people have a subtle competitive relationship...

Liu Sheng pondered silently.

At this point, she was still playing the role of a helpless "attachment," which caused these people to glance at Qiao Yu with subtle looks as well.

If they were to really fight, she would probably be seen as Qiao Yu's "Achilles' heel".

As for whether it's a "real weakness" or a "false weakness"...

That's another matter.

The young man glanced around and, recognizing the current situation, slowly lowered the longsword in his hand.

The office worker was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he just sat on the ground clutching his briefcase tightly.

So Qiao Yu picked him up like a little chick.

He threw it onto the wet, blood-soaked seat.

"You should go home," Liu Sheng said.

"I, I, I..."

But the two ignored his rambling and instead looked at the people in Taoist robes.

"Shouldn't we leave here too?" Qiao Yu said.

"Of course, there's nothing worth keeping here."

The young man glanced at the office worker, then got off the bus with a cold smile.

The others followed suit.

Finally, Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu left.

As soon as I got out of the car, the door behind me slammed shut with a creak.

Everyone turned to look – the headlights were on, and the engine was emitting a deep roar.

The car, which was covered in blood, started up again.

The cold white lights, combined with the rusty and worn-out body and the dripping blood, made it look like a car from the abyss.

The office worker's eyes widened in terror, his face pressed against the car window as he looked at Qiao Yu, as if hoping she could save him again.

But Qiao Yu remained unmoved, only watching as he opened his mouth as if to let out a silent scream, and swayed away with the slowly rising and reconstructed flesh and blood of the car.

The crowd watched the car drive away in silence, and they could clearly see that the driver, who had been stabbed in the head by a long sword, was sitting perfectly fine, his eyes fixed on someone with a cold gaze.

"It seems you already knew that we had no solution to the mystery surrounding bus route 144," the young Taoist priest, whose gaze was fixed on the "driver" monster, said coldly.

Liu Sheng shrugged: "That's just your guess."

"No wonder we didn't gain any reputation points despite all our efforts. I thought there was a delay, but it turns out the problem wasn't solved at all. It seems brute force won't work."

The blonde woman smiled and crossed her arms, tapping her slender fingers on her forearm.

"It's all because of you! You made the first move! Otherwise, we would have had time to think things through!" the young man said angrily.

“Oh dear, Sun Yiying, you should really keep a closer eye on your junior brother. He can’t be so impatient.”

“I think my junior brother is right,” said the burly middle-aged man, “Sun Yiying.” “‘Witch’ Zhang Anna loves to use underhanded tricks. Everyone in the sect knows that. Who knows if you did it on purpose?”

Zhang Anna chuckled softly, "I was just testing the waters. Or rather, you were all afraid I'd beat you to it, which is why you were in such a hurry to make a move, right, Huo Shu?"

"you!"

The young man, Huo Shu, immediately glared at him.

The longsword in his hand was about to be drawn again.

"Alright, who isn't in a hurry to be ordained?"

The old man wearing sunglasses tapped his cane, and the copper coins hanging from it immediately made a tinkling sound.

Strangely, as soon as the sound rang out, everyone fell silent instantly, as if they were quite wary of it.

Liu Sheng noticed that Zhang Anna was secretly holding a bright yellow object in her hand.

The old man coughed a few times and continued:

"However... you are all still young, unlike this old man who will soon die before he completes the ordination ceremony, so perhaps... you could all help this old man out..."

"Zheng Wanshou, you're shameless!" Huo Shu sneered. "Your lifespan is coming to an end, what about us? How many trials can we complete? If we fail all the trials, won't we end up like you?"

“Yes, Senior Brother Zheng, we also want to help you, but we are like clay bodhisattvas crossing the river, barely able to save ourselves…” Sun Yiying nodded in agreement.

“Besides—Senior Brother Zheng, we don’t just want to complete the ordination ceremony.” Zhang Anna smiled, but her gaze deepened. “Since we are all successors of the Celestial Masters, who wouldn’t want to…truly become a Celestial Master?”

After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

He silently took half a step back, further widening the already reserved distance between them.

It turned out to be the case.

Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu finally understood why these people, who clearly appeared to be "fellow disciples," were subtly wary of each other and eager to get ahead.

It turns out they all wanted to accumulate reputation points to complete the ordination trial.

Those with the highest reputation may even have a chance to obtain the position of Celestial Master.

That's why we have the competitive landscape we have today.

But for some reason, Qiao Yu's task was completely different...

"So, I really regret it now. That passenger was clearly the only one who was different. Maybe the key to solving the problem lies with him. But you let me go. What were your intentions?"

Huo Shu's icy gaze fell upon Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu.

After lingering back and forth, the gaze finally settled on Liu Sheng.

"Or... are you planning to handle this secretly later? I think I saw you slip him something..."

His gaze was icy and carried a heavy, oppressive aura.

Strangely, Liu Sheng seemed completely unaware.

This surprised the other three.

They became more inquisitive about this seemingly ordinary girl. She calmly said, "You don't need to overthink it. That person just got on this bus by accident and has nothing to do with this matter. You might as well let him go back. If you really kill him, it might actually lower your reputation."

"They're all about killing monsters, so what's the point of reducing..."

Liu Sheng interrupted Huo Shu directly:
"Shouldn't the disciples of the Celestial Masters strive for a balance between good and evil? What needs to be eliminated are the evil and wicked creatures that bring calamity to the world."

“That’s right.” Sun Yiying nodded. “I understand what you mean, but just because it’s not causing trouble for people now doesn’t mean it won’t in the future. A strange thing is a strange thing…”

"Besides, we don't need you two, who seem to have popped out of nowhere and sneaked into the trial space, to teach us 'how to act as Celestial Masters,'" Huo Shu interrupted. "We've never seen you in the sect before; you might even be part of the trial..."

The longsword in his hand gleamed coldly once more.

"Yes, I wonder what the names of these two unfamiliar senior sisters are... um, junior sister?"

Zhang Anna smiled warmly, but her emerald green eyes were as deep as a blue pool.

Sun Yiying nodded: "I didn't see you make a move just now, so it might really be a strange creature."

The elderly man in sunglasses also turned to the two of them.

Although the eyes are not visible, one can imagine that they must be filled with curiosity.

This eased the tense situation, and instead, they united and focused their killing intent outwards, directing it at the two of them.

Qiao Yu slowly drew out a long, narrow object wrapped in black cloth from her back, revealing a rough peach wood sword.

It looks like something you just bought off the street.

But when held in her strong hand, it emitted a faint golden glow, with arcs of lightning flickering within.

This method, clearly belonging to the Taoist school, was revealed, and everyone could see that Qiao Yu's cultivation level was not low, so they naturally kept quiet for the time being.

Liu Sheng smiled faintly and continued:

"I hadn't finished speaking yet."

"If that person just got on the bus by accident, then we should think about who the original No. 144 bus was trying to take here?"

Everyone was suddenly speechless.

“You mean—” Zhang Anna murmured, “we?”

Liu Sheng: "Otherwise, why would it be such a coincidence that we got on the bus at the same time?"

“That’s certainly strange,” Zheng Wanshou nodded. “I knew something strange would happen here, so I got in the car.”

“I heard about the strange stories surrounding bus route 144,” Zhang Anna said.

“My junior brother and I used the Qi Observation Technique to see it,” Sun Yiying said.

Liu Sheng nodded slightly: "It seems that everyone got on the bus by their own ability, but they all happened to be at the same time, which is obviously due to the influence of a strange and subtle force."

"And... why didn't the mystery be solved even after all the strange creatures on the bus were killed?" Liu Sheng paused. "Because the key to this mystery isn't the No. 144 bus at all."

“This…” Sun Yiying frowned.

Zhang Anna exclaimed, "Look around!"

Suddenly, the dark, empty streets around us were lit up with dim streetlights, and the old shops lit up one by one, shrouded in swirling smoke.

Before the crowd stood a gate made of colorful neon lights, on which was written:

144 Road Night Market

The surrounding area was also decorated with a lot of messy light signs—

"The wind that thinks of you blew to the 144 Road Night Market", "I love barbecue, but I love you even more", "I've always been waiting for you at the 144 Road Night Market", "At the 144 Road Night Market, I encountered a romantic collision of red and white".

It shimmered with a dazzling array of colors, almost blinding to the naked eye.

The aroma of fried and grilled food wafts on the evening breeze, resembling a sizable late-night food market.

Looking inside, the air was thick with smoke, and there were hardly any people in sight. There seemed to be a few people scattered around the stalls, but they were indistinct and hard to see clearly.

"This is... a massive, bizarre abyss!"

Huo Shu finally understood.

Liu Sheng nodded: "That's right. That car only brought us here, so no matter what you do, as long as this core issue remains unresolved, those 'passengers' will continue to exist."

"I see."

Zheng Wanshou nodded and finally slowly took off his sunglasses, his weathered eyes looking directly at Liu Sheng.

"May I ask what this junior sister's name is?"

"Liu Sheng".

Zhang Anna blinked and asked inquiringly, "Junior Sister Liu, why don't you have any traces of the Daoist sect on you?"

Liu Sheng just smiled mysteriously, "There's no need to say that, is there? Everyone has their own secrets."

Her words caused everyone's eyes to flicker.

"Of course, I can understand."

Zheng Wanshou chuckled.

Qiao Yu stood calmly throughout, like a giant statue guarding Liu Sheng.

Therefore, no one wants to test Liu Sheng's strength now.

Huo Shu, on the other hand, was very anxious.

"So, shouldn't we go in now that the real destination is right in front of us?"

"of course."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

However, before going inside, everyone noticed a sign covered in writing next to the messy neon signs.

Already old, mottled, and yellowed, it appeared even dimmer with the bright lights of the signs, as if it had been deliberately hidden away.

If we weren't all seasoned veterans, we probably would have let this slip by.

The sign read:
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[Regulations for the Management of Night Market on Route 144 (Trial Implementation)]

To maintain order in this night market and ensure the safety of vendors and customers, the following regulations are hereby established:

1. Business hours are 00:44-06:44 daily. Please leave after this time.

2. Customers must make at least one purchase before entering the market. For a better experience, please do not browse aimlessly for more than 144 seconds.

Third, being civilized and polite is a basic quality when visiting a night market.

IV. All forms of fighting and disrupting market order are prohibited.

5. Fire safety inspections will be conducted irregularly during the night market hours. Your cooperation is appreciated.

VI. Hygiene inspection will be conducted. If you have any objections, please report them to the night market administrator.

This regulation shall take effect from the date of its promulgation, and the final interpretation right belongs to the 144 Road Night Market itself.
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"It seems this night market has only just opened."

Anna Zhang glanced at her wristwatch, which showed exactly 00:44.

“But it wasn’t this time when we got on the bus…” Sun Yiying frowned.

"It's probably some kind of strange spacetime distortion," Zheng Wanshou said, narrowing his eyes.

"It also involves the laws of spacetime! This means that the influence level of this strange entity should be above A-level! Solving it should yield a considerable amount of reputation points!"

Huo Shu couldn't wait any longer and stepped inside immediately.

Sun Yiying clenched her fist and followed closely behind.

An excited look flashed across Zhang Anna's face. She tossed her snow-white Taoist robe and gracefully leaped into the doorway.

Zheng Wanshou, leaning on his cane, was about to follow when he suddenly turned back and glanced at Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu.

"What, aren't you two junior sisters coming in yet?"

"Okay, I'll be right there." Liu Sheng nodded with a smile.

"Hehe, don't blame your senior brother for not letting you fall behind."

"No, of course not."

As Liu Sheng watched the figures disappear into the dust, her gaze darkened slightly, and she whispered to Qiao Yu:
"Did you understand?"

"Ah."

Qiao nodded emphatically.

"They come from another world."

(End of this chapter)