All Heavens: A Role-Playing System Starting from Tianlong

Chapter 82 Questions

At the same time, inside the Valley of Deafness and Muteness, Zhang Cheng, who was meditating cross-legged, suddenly sneezed.

"Achoo—" He rubbed his nose, thinking to himself: Hmm, do the two little girls miss me?

Just then, Li Qiushui's voice came from behind: "Please trouble the sect leader to heal my senior brother's injuries again."

Zhang Cheng stood up helplessly: "You two have been beating people since last night, can't you give them some face? Stop treating them like punching bags."

Li Qiushui bowed gracefully to him: "My senior sister and I haven't seen our senior brother for many years, and we are overwhelmed with emotion. We hope the sect leader will be understanding."

She was always impeccably polite, leaving no room for criticism.

Even though Zhang Cheng knew she was putting on an act, he couldn't refuse her request. He could only resign himself to following her into the wooden house and helping her ride the Wuyazi for a while longer.

The sight of the two grown men leaning against each other was rather unsightly. After leading him into the house, Li Qiushui went out with Granny Tong.

With nothing to do, Zhang Cheng could only chat with Wu Yazi to pass the time.

"By the way, I still don't know your senior sister's real name. Is it Wu Xingyun?"

"Don't you already know that?"

Zhang Cheng casually replied, "Just a guess. I didn't expect it to be so accurate." He paused, then asked, "So, Sister Li's younger sister is named Li Canghai?"

"Having seen the vast ocean, other waters seem insignificant; having beheld the clouds of Wushan, other clouds are not worth seeing."

Wu Yazi muttered something to himself, then shook his head. "Your guess is quite interesting. However, I don't know what my junior sister's younger sister's name is, so I can't verify it."

Zhang Cheng was taken aback: "Huh? Isn't her younger sister learning martial arts from the Free and Unfettered Sect with the three of you?"

"There are only three of us second-generation disciples of the Free and Unfettered Sect," Wu Yazi said.

Zhang Cheng was even more puzzled: "Then how did you meet her when she was a child?"

"Naturally, my junior sister once brought her to Tianshan, and we met once before."

Just as Zhang Cheng was about to complain about this scumbag, he suddenly heard a whooshing sound coming from outside.

Clearly, someone was using their lightness skill to rush towards the wooden house.

Zhang Cheng got up from Wu Yazi's back.

"Alright, your injuries are almost healed. You can take care of yourself from now on. Since you're injured, they probably won't feel comfortable hitting you again."

Stepping out of the wooden house, one could see Granny Tong scolding Xiao Yu, complaining that her subordinates had been useless on this eastward journey and had even slowed down their travel speed.

Xiao Yu dared not retort and could only agree repeatedly. Behind him stood several commanders of the Lingjiu Palace, each with their heads bowed, not daring to utter a sound.

Zhang Cheng walked over and interrupted the old woman's scolding: "Alright, Sister Wu, calm down."

On the bright side, doesn't this just mean your junior brother has been hanging for a few more days? Essentially, it's no different from what you and Sister Li are doing now.

After listening to this, the old woman pondered for a moment and felt that there seemed to be some truth to it, so she stopped talking for the time being.

Taking this opportunity, Zhang Cheng turned to Xiao Yu and asked, "Xiao Yu, how many people from the thirty-six caves and seventy-two islands have arrived so far?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu immediately bowed and reported it.

"Reporting back to the Young Master, we have reached fifteen of the thirty-six caves and forty-three of the seventy-two islands. We still have Sunset Cave, Flying Cloud Cave, and Azure Wave Cave to visit."

She rattled off dozens of names in one breath, speaking at an extremely fast pace, without the slightest stumble.

Upon hearing this, the old woman's face darkened again.

"Good, these brats, they dare disobey Grandma's orders? I think they don't want the antidote for the Life and Death Talisman!"

"Alright, Sister Wu, don't be angry anymore."

Zhang Cheng knew that the twisted personality that Tong Lao had gradually developed due to her dwarfism couldn't be changed overnight.

He changed the subject: "You mentioned earlier that you'd reward me handsomely, do you remember?"

Granny Tong snorted and glanced at him sideways: "When I said I'd give you these maids, you pretended to be a gentleman. What? You regret it now?"

She deliberately dragged out her words, speaking provocatively, "Let me tell you, even if you ask now, Grandma won't give them to you."

Zhang Cheng said with some helplessness, "I wanted to ask you about the people from the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands."

"They're no use to you anyway, right? If you've received bribes from them before, you can let them continue doing so after they transfer to my team."

The old woman raised an eyebrow. "What do you need those useless things for?"

Those people were dispensable to her anyway, so giving them to Zhang Cheng wouldn't hurt.

In fact, with her martial arts skills reaching this level, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she was "capable of defeating a nation."

These subordinates are only good for running errands and handling trivial matters. If it really comes down to doing something serious, you can't count on any of them.

What she was more curious about was why Zhang Cheng needed these people.

Just then, Li Qiushui appeared out of nowhere from the side.

She interjected with a smile, "Senior sister, have you forgotten that our new sect leader likes to meddle in other people's business?"

"He sees how efficiently you manage your subordinates," he said, "and thinks that bringing over the people from the thirty-six caves and seventy-two islands would be a way to save them from their suffering."

Zhang Cheng quickly explained, "Sister Wu, please don't misunderstand. I just wanted to find some assistants for myself."

The old woman snorted coldly and didn't reply.

She was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Tell me, why did you suddenly start calling me 'Sister Wu'?"

"I think it's no longer appropriate to call you 'Old Woman' now that you've recovered your figure. I just asked your junior brother for your name." Zhang Cheng paused, "By the way, I've already healed his injuries."

The old woman's expression softened slightly. She said, "Since you want them, you can keep those useless things," and then turned and went into the wooden house.

Zhang Cheng silently gave Wu Yazi a thumbs up in his heart. "It has to be you, buddy. You really know how to build up that hatred."

As he was thinking, Li Qiushui quietly leaned close to his ear. "Sect Leader, do you think you've fooled my senior sister again?"

Zhang Cheng didn't speak, but turned his head to look at her.

Li Qiushui smiled and said in a low voice, "Actually, she was too embarrassed to admit it and found a way to back down."

After my senior sister recovered her figure, her temper improved a lot. It's just that she has some old habits that she can't break overnight.

Now that you've mentioned it, she realizes she went too far in the past, so she went along with it.

Zhang Cheng raised an eyebrow: "So, who's to blame for her developing this personality?"

Li Qiushui looked completely innocent: "Of course it's my fault. I've been going along with her these past few days."

But then again, we've been at odds for decades, we're used to it. Sometimes, if we don't tease her a bit, we just don't feel comfortable doing it.

As she spoke, she suddenly changed the subject: "By the way, Sect Leader, there's something I've been wondering about for a long time."

"What is it?"

Li Qiushui's smile faded, and her gaze fell on Zhang Cheng's face. "Where did you get those seemingly firsthand accounts, those stories that no one else could possibly know?"

She paused, then continued, "And then there's that healing technique that can bring someone back from the dead. Add to that your meddlesome nature—could it be that the sect leader is some kind of immortal descended to earth for tribulation?"

Seeing that Zhang Cheng's expression remained unchanged, Li Qiushui waved her hand with a smile before he could respond, saying, "I was just joking. Sect Leader, you don't need to take it to heart."