CFSMS -Chapter 103 When in Doubt, Shake the Bird, Then Call for Reinforcements

The night was alluring—and dangerous. Qin Zhan remained vigilant and deeply uneasy.

He suspected this evil cultivator had some strange fetish. Otherwise, why was the man constantly writhing around, occasionally sticking his butt out in Qin Zhan’s direction while fidgeting restlessly as though suffering from an unbearable itch?

Every now and then, he even let out muffled groans.

Qin Zhan would swear on his master’s reputation that his own orientation was perfectly normal.

This was a small village, one of the Immortal Fallen Society’s strongholds.

Ever since arriving, the evil cultivator had become like this.

“Um… I really can’t help you with that.”

Qin Zhan spoke sincerely.

“Even if I’m your hostage, I won’t provide that kind of service.”

“Why don’t you… find someone else?”

The Qingyuan Realm was very open-minded. He truly didn’t mind—provided the person didn’t come after him.

As he spoke, Qin Zhan pressed himself into the corner farthest from Steward Zhu, his back firmly against the wall, determined not to give the man the slightest opportunity.

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

At first, Steward Zhu hadn’t understood. But after seeing Qin Zhan’s movements and suspicious gaze, he flew into a rage.

He wanted nothing more than to shout that he liked women too.

Unfortunately, every word he spoke brought a certain part of his body closer to complete collapse.

His stomach churned violently.

The twisting pain forced him to hunch over in an attempt to ease it.

At some point, he had been drugged.

Someone had poisoned him. It wasn’t fatal, but it was humiliating beyond measure.

He desperately wanted to find a toilet, but Qin Zhan was here. If he took his eyes off the hostage, he feared the brat would escape.

On the other hand, he had no desire to let someone watch him deal with his bodily needs.

He couldn’t kill Qin Zhan.

He couldn’t release Qin Zhan.

The situation became deadlocked.

Steward Zhu searched through his medicinal reserves. He had all kinds of expensive pills stocked away, yet somehow not a single anti-diarrheal medicine.

His face flushed crimson. Taking a deep breath—

His face instantly turned pale.

No.

He really couldn’t hold it anymore.

Grinding his teeth, Steward Zhu cast a spell that trapped Qin Zhan inside the room before bursting out the door like a cannonball.

Watching the man’s frantic retreating figure, Qin Zhan tapped on the transparent wall imprisoning him.

This thing couldn’t be broken from the inside.

He’d just have to wait for his master to arrive.

Resting his chin in his hand, Qin Zhan remained calm and unhurried.

Meanwhile, after finally finding a secluded spot, Steward Zhu was releasing himself from his suffering.

A series of sounds echoed through the night.

The pressure that had been building inside him poured out like a flood breaking through a dam.

His expression gradually relaxed.

Feeling utterly refreshed, Steward Zhu completely forgot to stay alert.

And so…

Thunk!

A crisp sound rang out.

The back of Steward Zhu’s head suffered a heavy blow, and he collapsed face-first onto the ground.

“Tsk.”

Holding a brick, Lu Wu dispelled her invisibility spell.

To be honest, she was the one who had drugged Steward Zhu.

As a law-abiding and kind-hearted citizen, she had never intended to harm anyone. The only useful thing she carried happened to be a bottle of medicine that caused diarrhea.

“So it really was that idiot.”

Lu Wu remembered Steward Zhu’s face clearly.

That fool had seemed suspicious from the beginning.

Her instincts had been right after all.

Now Qin Zhan had been kidnapped.

After receiving his distress message, she had hesitated briefly before deciding to come after him.

After all, they had been through a lot together. She couldn’t just sit by and watch him get into trouble.

Of course, she wasn’t stupid.

She had already notified the City Lord and sent a message to Old Master Li.

With powerful backers behind her, she wasn’t worried.

That’s why she dared to deliver such a heavy-handed strike to this idiot.

Using the Ruyi Hairpin together with her invisibility technique, she had quietly drugged Steward Zhu after locating him.

Then, when the man could no longer endure it—

One brick ended the battle.

The strategy was simple:

One strike. Guaranteed hit.

“Woof! Woof!”

It had been Gou Aotian’s sharp sense of smell that tracked down Qin Zhan’s location.

Now the dog was covering his nose with both front paws in a very human-like manner.

It stinks!

This dog’s nose is ruined!

Above them, Huohuo circled through the sky, signaling that no other enemies were nearby.

Only then did Lu Wu reveal herself openly.

Glancing at Steward Zhu’s pale, exposed backside, she immediately looked away.

One mustn’t look at indecent things.

Since the man was clearly dangerous, she couldn’t allow him to escape.

She took out the reward she had won from the lottery:

[I Have a Sword].

A tiny sword floated above her palm.

After aiming carefully, she threw it toward the unconscious Steward Zhu.

In an instant, sword light burst forth like a streak of white silk, illuminating the night.

Violent sword qi swept across the land, giving the enemy a full-body “massage.”

Slash! Slash! Slash!

Within moments, Steward Zhu was chopped into a corpse.

Sure enough—

No matter how high your cultivation, you’re still afraid of a kitchen knife.

Looking at the mangled remains, Lu Wu frowned and suppressed the nausea rising in her stomach.

It was her first time killing someone.

It felt disgusting.

But she understood.

In the Qingyuan Realm, such situations were inevitable sooner or later.

After confirming that Steward Zhu was truly dead, she prepared to leave.

Then she noticed a white jade bottle that had fallen from the corpse.

The bottle had opened.

Large amounts of black mist poured out and entered Steward Zhu’s body.

After convulsing for a while—

The corpse revived.

Covered in blood and with his head cracked open, Steward Zhu slowly climbed to his feet.

His bones crackled and popped all over.

The look he gave Lu Wu was filled with shock and regret.

As if he couldn’t believe that a nobody like her had actually killed him once.

“Huohuo!”

When in doubt, shake the bird.

Lu Wu had no intention of politely waiting for the enemy to finish powering up before attacking.

“Chirp!”

Huohuo dived rapidly from the sky.

Its tiny beak opened—

And unleashed an enormous torrent of flames.

Golden-red Phoenix Fire ignited the darkness.

The scorching heat engulfed Steward Zhu completely.

Black smoke sizzled and evaporated within the flames, which were naturally effective against evil forces.

Seeing this, Lu Wu immediately added a blast of Glazed Fire.

The two flames intertwined.

Their combined effect far exceeded the sum of their parts.

At that moment, Steward Zhu’s situation could be summarized in one sentence:

A raging fire was consuming him.

The flames clung to him like maggots on bone.

Their natural superiority over his powers severely weakened him.

But that didn’t matter.

From Lu Wu’s earlier attack, he had already roughly gauged her cultivation.

Just a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Someone he could crush with a flick of his fingers.

Remembering that villains often died because they talked too much, Steward Zhu didn’t waste time on threats.

He raised his hand.

Black mist surged outward, forming a gigantic python that lunged toward Lu Wu.

In response, Lu Wu simply threw out another [I Have a Sword].

The dazzling sword light blocked the python momentarily.

But against the overwhelming gap in strength, the sword light shattered.

Seeing the python about to bite her head off, Lu Wu swallowed nervously and immediately raised her voice to summon help again.

“Someone! Help! Save me!”

She couldn’t win.

Not even remotely.

She absolutely refused to continue scratching away at the boss’s health bar.

Watching Lu Wu’s “desperate struggle” and hearing her “pitiful cries,” delight appeared in Steward Zhu’s eyes.

Thinking back carefully, ever since this little stall owner had appeared, his casino had encountered all sorts of problems.

Previously, he had been deceived by those delicious skewers.

But now he had awakened completely.

Today, he, Zhu Ganglie, would slay the heart demon known as Skewers once and for all.

The giant python shot into the sky and then—

Hmm.

There was no “then.”

Before it could even reach Lu Wu, a gentle breeze swept through.

The python simply dispersed.

The wind brushed across Lu Wu’s face, warm as spring.

To Steward Zhu, however, it felt colder than the depths of winter.

Not only did the python vanish—

Even the spiritual energy within his body was completely suppressed.

Now, despite possessing immense power, he couldn’t use any of it.

He was no different from an ordinary mortal.