A master of comedy!

"Jinse, you're awake!"

A hint of surprise flashed in Zhou Sheng's eyes, and he also breathed a sigh of relief.

Yao Taifeng wasn't as thick-skinned as him. At this moment, besides the joy of her friend's awakening, she felt more embarrassed as if she had been struck by lightning.

The phrase "Xiao Feng is definitely not that kind of person" made her so embarrassed that her eyes glazed over and her face turned bright red.

As her best friend, Jinse naturally noticed her unusual behavior.

"Looks like I woke up at the wrong time."

"No, you woke up at just the right time."

Zhou Sheng remained expressionless and smiled, "We were just telling a play called 'Hibiscus Screen,' which tells the story of a woman who was humiliated by bandits, escaped by jumping into the river, and was eventually reunited with her husband through a screen."

Yao Taifeng glanced at Zhou Sheng, who was talking eloquently, and couldn't help but admire the guy's quick wit and his thick skin.

"But Jinse, why can I only hear your voice but not see you?"

Zhou Sheng asked curiously.

"Because your cultivation level is too high, I almost couldn't withstand it..."

Jinse sighed, "After becoming your natal magic weapon, it became closely connected with your magic power and was nourished by it. But I never expected your magic power to be so profound that my true body almost couldn't withstand it and was almost torn apart."

After a pause, as if remembering something, she asked in confusion, "Did your cultivation suddenly increase a few days ago? I was almost awake at the time, but as your cultivation soared, I was shocked again."

Zhou Sheng glanced at Yao Taifeng and saw that she was deliberately looking down at him, pretending to be very busy.

No wonder Jinse took so long to wake up; she was affected by the incident.

"I am currently working on harmonizing my rapidly increasing magical power, which requires my full concentration. I cannot reveal my human form yet. I only came out to let you know that I will be going into seclusion again later."

"It's alright, you can focus on your cultivation. We'll take care of everything."

Yao Taifeng finally relaxed from the initial awkwardness and greeted her friend.

"Okay, Xiao Feng, Master, then I'll leave it to you."

After saying this, the guqin on Zhou Sheng's back fell silent again. Xiao Feng even secretly reached out and touched Jiao Wei. Seeing that there was really no reaction, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Then she realized something was wrong; why did she suddenly feel... guilty?

"This place is remote and deserted. Let's mount our horses."

After saying this, Zhou Sheng summoned the black horse from the painting, and then rode together with Yao Tai Feng. With a pull of the reins, the horse's hooves rippled like water, and it quickly rushed into the clouds, disappearing into the sky like a shooting star.

This time, since he wasn't going to perform a ghost opera, Zhou Sheng didn't plan to take the path of the dead.

The road was too gloomy, and the entire route was desolate with no scenery to speak of. Since he had plenty of time, he wasn't in a hurry.

And so, he and Yaotai Feng traveled and enjoyed the scenery along the way. The two were like newlyweds, inseparable all day long, and naturally, they had many romantic encounters.

Of course, Yao Taifeng also thoroughly enjoyed being a female knight-errant, helping those in need, upholding justice, and punishing evil.

That swordsmanship, swift as lightning and graceful as a startled swan, was like a celestial being descended to earth, invincible. No matter how many bandits or outlaws there were, they could hardly withstand a single strike.

Because of her unparalleled beauty and aloof, dignified demeanor, she actually earned the title of Snow Mountain Sword Immortal.

What the world doesn't know is that this Snow Mountain Sword Immortal, whose swordsmanship is fierce and who is invincible in the martial arts world, would fall into the hands of a "lecherous thief" as soon as night falls, and suffer humiliation and shame.

There are countless interesting "role-playing" examples.

The joy here is beyond words for outsiders.

……

The journey of three thousand li should have taken less than two days, given the speed of Wuzhui, but the two of them walked for a full half month.

These past few days, he had been making continuous progress in his study of the *River Chariot Crossing the Crane Scripture*. Upon reaching the majestic and imposing Qinling Mountains, which seemed like an insurmountable barrier, his cultivation had subtly improved considerably. "Such a magnificent mountain range, it's like a guillotine, cleaving the heavens and earth in two..."

Looking at the magnificent mountain range that stretched as far as the eye could see, resembling a black dragon coiling around it, Yao Taifeng couldn't help but marvel.

Nature bestows its most wondrous beauty, dividing day and night with yin and yang.

The wonders of nature can only be truly appreciated through personal experience, their vastness and magnificence defying description.

"I think it's like a cauldron, a giant bronze cauldron that stretches across the heavens and the earth. Its ears are covered with snow on Mount Hua in the west, its legs are immersed in clouds in the Hanzhong Basin, and its eight-hundred-mile belly is cooking the dawn and dusk of the entire Central Plains."

Yao Taifeng smiled and said, "Alright, let's stop lamenting. We've been delayed on the road for too long. Now, where are we supposed to find that elusive old man from Niushan?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Sheng smiled confidently and said, "I have a brilliant plan."

He had already used the Luoshu to calculate the other party's whereabouts. They were located in the Qingyun Restaurant in Ruzhou City at the foot of the Funiu Mountains, and they wouldn't be leaving anytime soon.

Yao Taifeng naturally trusted him completely, and the two rode on Wuzhui, soon arriving outside Ruzhou City.

After putting away their horses, they headed straight for Qingyun Restaurant without any delay, not even a quarter of an hour later.

However, when Zhou Sheng arrived, he could not find the extraordinary person.

Only after asking the waiter did I learn that an old man with a disheveled appearance, a white beard, and singing lotus flower ballads had indeed come to the shop earlier to beg for wine.

Before he could report to the shopkeeper, the old man's expression suddenly changed. He started counting on his fingers and said something like, "Someone with a master mind is plotting against me," before he immediately ran out.

Xiao Er had a very deep impression of that old man.

"I thought he was quite old and his legs must be weak, but who would have thought that he would disappear in the blink of an eye when he started running? He was just like an old immortal from a play!"

"Yes, yes, yes, it's the old immortal!"

Another waiter agreed, saying, "I've seen countless people, and although that old man looked unkempt, his eyes were sharp. He suddenly glared at me, which startled me."

Upon hearing their words, a strange light flashed in Zhou Sheng's eyes.

The Luo Shu was not wrong; the old man of Niushan was right here. But as expected of the legendary diviner and the successor of the imperial tutor, he actually had a vague sense of the Luo Shu's divination.

Zhou Sheng had only ever experienced the ability to change the future predicted by the Luoshu (a mythical tree) with the Zhu Yan Bodhisattva, and now there was another one, the Old Man of Niushan.

"Let's go to Fulin Inn."

Zhou Sheng's eyes flashed, and he and Yao Taifeng continued on to the next place.

After a while.

"The person you're talking about... just suddenly left. I had already poured him some drinks, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye. I thought it was haunted."

Shuyuxuan, Zhuyunting, Xinghuazui, Jiangxianfang...

Zhou Sheng and Yao Taifeng kept running around, but each time they came up empty-handed, as the other party always seemed to anticipate their moves and deliberately avoided them.

Even though they're in the same city, or perhaps just a street apart, it's like there's an insurmountable chasm between them; they just can't see each other no matter what.

Meanwhile, in a shabby little noodle shop, a disheveled old man quickly finished a bowl of noodles. Before he could even catch his breath, his expression suddenly changed, and he blurted out, "Again?!"

He grabbed a jug of wine and hurriedly ran off into the distance.

"My benefactor, wouldn't you like another bowl?"

The noodle shop owner called out.

"No, no, I've been cursed today! Good heavens, this divination just won't stop!"

"Troublesome, more troublesome than a ghost!" (End of Chapter)