Chapter 90: There’s Something Wrong With His Head

Inside the Law Enforcement Hall.

Lin Yuchu looked at the patrol team’s captain standing before him, who had suddenly changed expression. His face was fierce and savage as he slapped the table and shot to his feet. Lin Yuchu blinked.

Was it his imagination?

Although the captain had put on a very fierce and frightening expression, Lin Yuchu could not sense the slightest bit of malice from him. Instead, he felt…

Lin Yuchu looked thoughtfully at the captain before him. Though the man’s expression was vicious, the look in his eyes was rather uncomfortable, his gaze shifting away as he did not dare meet Lin Yuchu’s eyes directly.

All at once, as if he had realized something, Lin Yuchu gave a faint smile.

So that was it!

Tsk. You really couldn’t judge a person by their appearance.

Lin Yuchu thought to himself that he truly had not expected this captain, who looked so fierce and decisive, to actually be hard on the outside and soft on the inside.

“Actually, I’m…”

Once he had figured this out, Lin Yuchu had no more misgivings. He cleared his throat and explained his origins.

When the captain standing in front of him heard this, the expression on his face gradually eased.

After Lin Yuchu finished speaking, the captain looked at him and said, “So you’re the newly arrived little martial nephew.”

As if he had confirmed Lin Yuchu’s identity and knew he was not a suspicious person, the captain’s expression and attitude toward him instantly became much gentler.

“Your luck really is something,” the captain said. “You had only just arrived in Kunlun City, and you already ran into those two groups.”

As the captain of Kunlun City’s law enforcement patrol team, he was naturally very familiar with the idle, troublemaking prodigal sons in Kunlun City. When Wu Xi and Liu Fan were mentioned, his tone was rather disdainful.

Wu Xi and Liu Fan, who were standing off to the side, immediately grew dissatisfied when they heard his undisguised tone of disdain. They glared at him angrily. Hey, hey, hey! Don’t say that right in front of us! Do we not need face?

That said, when facing the impartial, iron-faced captain, Wu Xi and Liu Fan only dared to be angry and did not dare speak.

After all, being a prodigal son also required a prodigal son’s self-cultivation. One had to know which people could be provoked and which could not. Otherwise, if they really provoked someone they should not have, their old men’s whips back home could beat them to death.

“Forget it.”

The captain said this, then turned to look at Wu Xi and Liu Fan, who were standing nearby daring to be angry but not speak. He then turned to the other members of the patrol team behind him and said, “You two, stay here and watch them for me. Until their families send over five million spiritual stones, do not release either of them, not even if one spiritual stone is missing!”

After saying this, he turned back to Lin Yuchu and said, “Give me that Red Beauty Pill of yours.”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu did not ask any questions. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately took out the Red Beauty Pill and handed it to the captain.

Seeing the child be so straightforward actually made the captain feel somewhat uncomfortable.

He raised his head, glanced at the youth before him, and asked, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll trick you?”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu smiled.

He raised his head and looked at the captain before him with a pair of especially clear, dark eyes. Smiling, he said, “What would you trick me out of?”

“…”

The captain immediately fell silent.

He thought to himself, This child’s eyes really are beautiful.

Looking at Lin Yuchu’s dark, clear eyes, without the slightest impurity, as if they could see straight into a person’s heart and reflect everything, the captain thought they were like the brightest star that had fallen into the mortal world, fished out from spring water.

“My surname is Lu, given name Zheng. Just call me Martial Uncle Lu,” Lu Zheng, the captain of the patrol team, said to Lin Yuchu.

Then he stood up and handed the bottle of Red Beauty Pills he had taken from Lin Yuchu to the two patrol team members behind him. “When the Wu family and Liu family send the spiritual stones over, give these to those two brats.”

“Money in one hand, goods in the other,” Lu Zheng said.

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

The two patrol team members behind him answered.

After finishing his instructions, Lu Zheng finally turned around in satisfaction. He looked at Lin Yuchu before him and said, “Let’s go. I’ll take you up to Kunlun.”

The Kunlun here naturally referred to Kunlun Mountain.

Lu Zheng meant that he would escort Lin Yuchu up to the Kunlun Sword Sect.

Lin Yuchu had clearly not expected him to do this. Hearing it so suddenly, he was very surprised, and a hint of that showed on his face.

It seemed like confusion, and also like incomprehension.

Lu Zheng looked at the expression on his face and explained, “It’ll be faster if I take you. It’s getting late now. If you rely on yourself, who knows how long you’d have to walk.”

After saying this, his expression was rather disdainful.

“…”

Lin Yuchu.

Then I really should thank you.

Lin Yuchu looked at Lu Zheng’s cold expression and impatient brows and eyes, thinking, This person really says the opposite of what he means.

Although his words were unpleasant to hear, he was actually quite a decent person.

…

Naturally, Lin Yuchu could not have asked for more than to have someone lead the way.

As soon as they left the Law Enforcement Hall, Lu Zheng directly summoned his sword, grabbed Lin Yuchu by the back of his collar with one hand, and lifted him onto the sword.

Then, with a whoosh, he rode the sword and flew toward the Kunlun Sword Sect established far away on the Kunlun Mountains.

Lin Yuchu stood behind him. The wind blowing against his face stirred his hair at the temples and sent his sleeves flying.

But his mood was excellent.

Sure enough!

Sword cultivators were cool!

Lin Yuchu thought to himself, flying on a sword was so cool it could make you cry!

The entire world lay prostrate beneath his feet, while above his head was the vast, boundless sky that seemed close enough to touch.

His good mood seemed to infect Lu Zheng in front of him.

Lu Zheng could not help letting out a soft laugh. “You’re quite calm.”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu turned his head and looked at him in confusion, as if he did not understand why Lu Zheng would say that.

Sensing the questioning, puzzled look Lin Yuchu sent his way, Lu Zheng said, “You’re the first person I’ve ever seen who could fly on a sword with someone else for the first time and still be this calm.”

After hearing this, Lin Yuchu retorted, “No, I’m very excited.”

“Oh?” Lu Zheng said lightly. “Then your excitement is truly calm. I really can’t tell where you’re excited.”

After saying this, he narrowed his eyes, as if remembering something. “The first time someone took me flying on a sword, I was so excited my whole body was trembling. From that moment on, I made up my mind that I would definitely become a sword cultivator in the future!”

“Kid.”

Lu Zheng lowered his head and glanced at Lin Yuchu behind him, who was much shorter than him. A rare smile appeared on his face. “You’ll become a sword cultivator in the future too, right?”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu looked at him and said, “What are you talking about?”

“If my goal wasn’t to become a sword cultivator, why would I come here?” Lin Yuchu asked in return.

It was as though Lu Zheng had said something very strange.

Lu Zheng was stunned when he heard this. Only then did he burst into loud laughter. “That’s right!”

“You’re right.” Lu Zheng reached out and rubbed his head. “Since you were able to enter the Kunlun Sword Sect as the winner of the Sword Path Grand Competition, your talent in the Sword Path must be outstanding. Work hard!”

“When you become an impressive sword cultivator in the future, you’re welcome to come to our Law Enforcement Hall,” Lu Zheng said, extending an invitation to Lin Yuchu.

However, before Lin Yuchu could speak, a voice suddenly cut in.

“Martial Uncle Lu, you’re trying to abduct one of our Lonely Sword Peak’s little disciples again!”

A clear, bright voice rang out.

Lin Yuchu had just descended from the sky. His feet had only just left the sword and stepped onto the ground when he heard the voice and looked up.

He saw a young man in a sky-blue sword robe standing ahead, looking at Lu Zheng with an expression of disapproval. “Martial Uncle Lu, I appreciate your good intentions on behalf of these children, but they are still young now and should focus on cultivation.”

“As for the Law Enforcement Hall’s affairs, I’ll have to trouble Martial Uncle Lu to continue putting more thought into them.” The young man’s tone was warm and gentle, but the meaning in his words brooked no refusal.

When Lu Zheng saw him, the expression on his face immediately turned awkward.

Standing beside him, Lin Yuchu could clearly sense that ever since the young man appeared, Lu Zheng, who had just been speaking so grandly to him, had undergone a drastic change in expression. His whole face practically had the words “Oh no! I’ve been caught” written all over it.

Taking advantage of the child’s guardians being absent to seize the chance and abduct the child, Lu Zheng had been caught red-handed by the guardian rushing over. Right now, his heart was panicking.

But who was Lu Zheng?

Even if his heart was panicking, he still forced himself to hold on and bit the bullet. “I just saw that your Lonely Sword Peak had gotten a good seedling and couldn’t help admiring talent, all right?”

“Besides, what’s bad about our Law Enforcement Hall?” Lu Zheng said righteously. “Good benefits, good treatment, high status, plenty of real combat opportunities and experience. What’s more, it’s full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Every one of us is talented!”

“Come in and stay a few years, then once you leave, I guarantee you’ll be invincible under heaven,” Lu Zheng boasted shamelessly.

Hearing this, the young man immediately gave a soft laugh.

He thought, You’re not exactly lying. Isn’t your Law Enforcement Hall precisely the kind of place that fights everyone under heaven?

But these words were only spoken in his heart. The young man had no intention of arguing with Lu Zheng. His purpose today was to receive someone.

The young man turned his head and looked at Lin Yuchu, who stood beside Lu Zheng with a somewhat dazed expression, not understanding what was going on right now. The smile on his face deepened a little, and he said gently, “You must be Junior Brother Lin?”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu raised his eyes and looked at him.

He did not speak.

He only used his pair of clear, dark eyes to size him up, as if trying to figure out who he was.

Seeing him like this, the expression on the young man’s face grew even gentler.

He looked at Lin Yuchu before him, whose bearing was delicate and refined, whose appearance was pretty, and whose spiritual air was almost overwhelming. He looked so quiet, obedient, and well-behaved. The young man thought, Lonely Sword Peak is full of brats, but this time, a well-behaved and obedient one has finally arrived.

The young man’s first impression of Lin Yuchu was excellent. People all liked obedient, innocent, sensible cubs, especially when there was a group of unruly little troublemakers to compare them against.

“I am Su Hui, Lonely Sword Peak’s eldest senior brother,” the young man said. He smiled faintly at Lin Yuchu. “You may call me Eldest Senior Brother.”

“By the peak lord’s order, I have specially come to receive you,” Su Hui said to Lin Yuchu before him.

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu blinked and looked at him.

A moment later, he called, “Eldest Senior Brother.”

The youth’s voice was crisp and pleasant, like the beautiful, melodious sound of pearls and jade falling onto a plate.

When Su Hui heard this, the smile on his face deepened further.

Standing off to the side, Lu Zheng looked at these two senior and junior brothers, who had so quickly acknowledged each other and become friendly. He could not help reaching out to rub his nose, feeling rather uncomfortable inside.

This silly little bird—how was he coaxed away so easily?

Lu Zheng thought, I haven’t even petted him enough yet.

And now someone had coaxed him away!

So angry.

Clearly, Su Hui had not forgotten Lu Zheng standing beside them.

After exchanging a few words with Lin Yuchu, Su Hui turned his head and looked at Lu Zheng beside them. In a warm and polite tone, he said, “Thank you for troubling yourself to send our little junior brother back, Martial Uncle Lu.”

Hearing this, Lu Zheng had just been about to say it was no trouble when he heard Su Hui’s next sentence. “Leave the rest to me. There is no need to trouble Martial Uncle Lu further.”

“…”

Lu Zheng.

After hearing this, his eyes immediately widened.

This was…

Was this throwing away the donkey once the grinding was done?

So decisive!

As expected of that Su Hui.

Su Hui took Lin Yuchu’s hand beside him, raised his head, and looked at the dumbstruck Lu Zheng before him. Smiling warmly, he said, “The Law Enforcement Hall is busy all day long, so we won’t delay Martial Uncle Lu’s valuable time. Martial Uncle, please return.”

After saying this, he even turned his head and said to Lin Yuchu beside him, “Little Junior Brother, say goodbye to Martial Uncle Lu.”

“…”

Lin Yuchu.

“…”

Lu Zheng.

Only after a long while did Lin Yuchu’s mouth twitch. He raised his head and looked deeply at Su Hui before him, whose smile was warm and gentle, but whose refined and handsome face hid a forcefulness that allowed no refusal. He thought… Sure enough, you really couldn’t judge a person by appearance.

The Kunlun Sword Sect truly was full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, deep and unfathomable!

“Fine, there’s no need for you two to waste any more breath saying goodbye.”

Lu Zheng quickly adjusted his state of mind. He returned to that same slightly frivolous look from earlier, casual and unconcerned about everything. Turning to Lin Yuchu, who stood beside Su Hui, he waved a hand and said, “I’ll send you only this far this time. See you next time.”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu looked at him too, nodded at him, and said, “Goodbye.”

…

After Lu Zheng left.

Su Hui looked at Lu Zheng’s departing figure, a thoughtful expression on his face, as if he were pondering something.

A long while later, he finally withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Lin Yuchu beside him.

A smile appeared on his handsome, refined face, and he asked warmly, “Little Junior Brother, how did you meet Martial Uncle Lu?”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu glanced at him.

He did not hide anything and told him one by one about everything that had happened earlier in Kunlun City.

After hearing it, a trace of surprise appeared on Su Hui’s face. Then he said, “Something like that actually happened.”

“Then this time, we really do owe Martial Uncle Lu thanks,” Su Hui said. He looked at Lin Yuchu before him. “The next time you see Martial Uncle Lu, you must thank him properly.”

After saying this, he paused.

Then he looked at Lin Yuchu before him, whose expression was innocent and whose brows and eyes were young, just like a newborn, bewildered cub. In his heart, Su Hui sighed.

He really was a child who understood nothing, Su Hui sighed inwardly.

His expression did not change, but he still instructed him, “Don’t be fooled by how cold and unapproachable Martial Uncle Lu appears. In truth, he is fair and strict, does not show favoritism or bend the law for private reasons, and enforces the law impartially.”

After a pause, he seemed to be organizing his words. Only after a long while did he say, “He is a good person worthy of trust.”

Lin Yuchu felt that these words sounded very strange.

He looked at Su Hui before him, who was explaining to him with a serious and proper expression. His tone was like confusion, like incomprehension, and even more like bafflement as he said, “I know he’s a good person.”

Seeing him like this, Su Hui was the one who froze for a moment instead.

He stared at Lin Yuchu for a long while.

Only after quite some time did he seem to realize something. His expression eased, and he sighed. “I said too much.”

“Never mind. You don’t need to take it to heart,” Su Hui said.

In his heart, he thought, Little Junior Brother has only just arrived at the sect today. He is not clear about the delicate position of the Law Enforcement Hall within the Kunlun Sword Sect, nor about Lu Zheng’s awkward status.

It was too early to tell him these things. He would not understand them either.

I was too impatient, Su Hui thought.

However, that was also because the regard and special treatment Lu Zheng showed Lin Yuchu forced him to think too much.

The scene today…

Su Hui recalled the scene he had just seen: the older, tall, steady, cold, and solemn Lu Zheng bringing the young, slender youth behind him as they rode a sword over.

From the distant wind, passing through a sea of clouds, crossing countless mountains and waters, they had arrived at this sacred land of the number-one sword sect under heaven, the Kunlun Sword Sect.

How similar was this scene to the one back then?

It was as if the history of the past had appeared once more.

When Su Hui saw that scene, his heart could not help trembling, and he could not stop an absurd, baseless guess from surfacing in his mind.

He feared that what had once happened would happen again.

For that reason, he had stepped in.

And interrupted the two of them.

Perhaps I’m overthinking it.

Su Hui thought this, and his gaze swept over the child before him who still knew nothing. He thought again, I hope I’m overthinking it.

“Let’s go.”

Su Hui said to Lin Yuchu, “I’ll take you to familiarize yourself with Lonely Sword Peak. This is where you will study the Dao from now on.”

“Thank you, Eldest Senior Brother,” Lin Yuchu said.

He glanced at Su Hui before him. Although he felt that this eldest senior brother of Lonely Sword Peak’s attitude toward him was very strange, he could not figure out exactly what was strange about it for the time being.

So he did not think too much about it. Thinking too much was useless.

Right now, he had only just arrived at Lonely Sword Peak. He could only take one step at a time.

“However…”

As Su Hui was taking Lin Yuchu around to familiarize him with Lonely Sword Peak’s terrain, Lin Yuchu seemed to remember something and suddenly asked, “How did Eldest Senior Brother know I was coming today and specially come to greet me?”

Lin Yuchu thought to himself that while he had indeed entered Lonely Sword Peak as the champion of the youth division of the Sword Path Grand Competition, surely it was not enough to alert the head senior brother of an entire peak and have him come specially to receive him, right?

Hearing this, Su Hui glanced at him, then immediately smiled.

He looked at Lin Yuchu, his eyes full of laughter. “Naturally, it is because someone wrote a letter long ago to give instructions.”

“…”

Lin Yuchu.

Hearing this, a bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

Looking at the teasing expression on Su Hui’s face, Lin Yuchu’s bad premonition grew stronger and stronger. For an instant, he had the urge to reach out and cover the mouth of the person in front of him.

Please shut up!

However—

He was destined to be disappointed.

“As early as a month ago, Grand-Martial Uncle Lin wrote a letter to the peak lord…” At this point, Su Hui paused.

Then he raised his eyes and glanced at Lin Yuchu before him. The smile on his face deepened. “He said that Lonely Sword Peak rejected him back then, and now his son was coming to win glory back on his behalf.”

“…”

Lin Yuchu.

I knew it!

Hearing this, the corners of Lin Yuchu’s mouth twitched nonstop.

“However,” Su Hui said with a sigh, “I truly hadn’t expected that Lonely Sword Peak rejecting Grand-Martial Uncle Lin back then would leave him brooding over it so deeply.”

“…”

Lin Yuchu.

Yes, that was right.

Lin Yuchu also knew about this matter.

Once, before Lin Yunheng entered Taixuan Palace, he had also come to the Kunlun Sword Sect to seek a master, only to be rejected.

After being rejected, Lin Yunheng angrily went to the Kunlun Sword Sect’s brother sect next door, Taixuan Palace.

He swore he would make something of himself and make the Kunlun Sword Sect, which had rejected him, unable to climb up to him!

Then he became a dual grandmaster of talisman Dao and alchemy Dao.

And the Kunlun Sword Sect… was a Sword Path sect.

So why did someone dual-cultivating talisman Dao and alchemy Dao go seek entry into the Kunlun Sword Sect in the first place?

Tell me, is there something wrong with your head?

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