The Boy's Luck Was Truly Strange

The reason Plum Blossom Mountain's Immortal Market was so lively was, firstly, that the Demon Race had a far larger population than the cultivators of the immortal sects. Secondly, Plum Blossom Mountain was, after all, one of the Demon Race's five sacred mountains, and the six Great Sun Saints had long been renowned for their might. With no immortal sects within a thousand miles, all the rogue cultivators nearby could only come to Plum Blossom Mountain's Immortal Market to trade.

Fortunately, the several mountain lords understood this. Although there were businesses to be conducted among demons, demons were ultimately not skilled in alchemy, talisman-making, or formations. No matter how they traded, it would amount to little more than digging out each other's demon cores and forcibly seizing Spirit Medicine. Only by allowing human cultivators to come and go could the market become lively and make it convenient for the demons in the mountains to obtain cultivation resources.

There was another matter as well. Most demons had no orthodox cultivation methods. Although cultivators would not sell fundamental Daoist arts, the various spells circulated among outer sects—even those their own sects did not care about—were often brought by rogue cultivators for trade. Those were precisely what the demons of the mountain needed.

Thus, Plum Blossom Mountain's Immortal Market had never prohibited human cultivators from entering. It would even offer them a little protection.

Even so, the cultivators who dared come to trade still worried about their safety. They always traveled in groups, forming caravans, and rarely acted alone.

When Jiang Ningxue, Xie Zhanrou, and Chen Ganliu entered Plum Blossom Mountain's Immortal Market, everyone saw them as three weak little demons and paid them no attention at all.

Once Jiang Ningxue and Xie Zhanrou arrived at the market, both became brimming with interest. They wandered everywhere and had a grand time playing around.

The two women did not buy anything expensive. After all, what good things could an ordinary immortal market have for them? What did Three Saints Island lack? They only took a fancy to some bizarre little trinkets, yet spent their money with astonishing boldness.

Although Chen Ganliu had some spirit stones and Talisman Coins, he did not dare spend recklessly. Instead, he felt somewhat pained thinking about the share of merit he had scraped up back then. By now, he did not even know whether his two senior sisters had taken it or whether it had simply been left in Blazing Light Cave, Twin Cloud Mountain.

He knew he could not ask about it. That would make him seem petty and easily ruin his senior sisters' favorable impression of him.

His two senior sisters were generous by nature. With a casual gesture, they could give away a demon insect that had already grown powerful, a complete set of Brocade Handkerchief Warriors, or even the Wild Boar Demon's demon core. People like them disliked stingy individuals most of all.

Chen Ganliu could only think that, if he had the chance later, he would return to Blazing Light Cave and try his luck. Perhaps it was still there?

His cultivation was insufficient. Although he stayed close behind the two women, after turning several corners, he lost sight of them in a moment of carelessness. Greatly alarmed, he hurried over, but no matter how he searched, he could not find his two senior sisters.

Just as Chen Ganliu was growing frantic and looking around in all directions, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder. A cheerful voice sounded by his ear. "How come I'm seeing you again?"

Chen Ganliu turned around and saw an unfamiliar man. He had two thin, elongated mustaches and a sallow face, but his eyes were exceptionally bright, darting about with spirit.

Chen Ganliu hurriedly said, "Brother, we don't know each other."

The unfamiliar man smiled. "Didn't you call me Third Ancestor Hu?"

Chen Ganliu was utterly shocked. Lowering his voice, he said, "So it's you, Sister Xuesheng."

How had Yang Xuesheng turned into this appearance? Just as doubts arose in Chen Ganliu's heart, he caught a trace of demonic aura and asked in surprise, "Sister Xuesheng, how did you become a demon?"

Yang Xuesheng smiled. "How could I dare flaunt myself when coming to Plum Blossom Mountain?"

"I borrowed a Yellow Weasel Demon's demon core and used a spell that concealed my aura. I also changed my appearance before I dared come here so boldly."

"Eh? Why do you have demonic aura all over you too?"

"My method is a secret transmission of Jinyun Mountain. Surely no one in the Green Leaf Sect knows it?"

"Did you come to look for Spirit Medicine for your master?"

Chen Ganliu hurriedly said, "Martial Aunt Yang, it isn't like that. I was kidnapped here."

"The person who kidnapped me was a Golden Core Great Cultivator of the Demonic Sect. I don't know where he went just now, and he might return at any moment."

"There are things that aren't convenient to discuss here. Where are you staying, Sister Xuesheng? I'll come find you tonight. We can talk more later, brother and sister."

Strictly speaking, Chen Ganliu should have called Yang Xuesheng his junior martial aunt, but the two had known each other for a long time, and he did not want to lower himself by an entire generation for no reason. Besides, this form of address sounded more intimate. As long as he did not call her junior martial aunt but instead called her Sister Xuesheng, there would be endless benefits in the future.

He was worried that Jiang Ningxue and Xie Zhanrou might run into her. Those two Demonesses were in the Golden Core Realm. Although Yang Xuesheng's magical power was not weak, she was still no match for the two women. Thus, he first explained the situation and then made arrangements for later.

Yang Xuesheng was startled and was about to ask something when she heard Chen Ganliu call out, "Senior Sisters, your junior brother is here."

She did not dare turn around. She brushed past Chen Ganliu and walked a long way before looking back. She saw Chen Ganliu chatting and laughing with two beautiful women. How did he look even remotely like someone who had been kidnapped?

Yang Xuesheng clicked her tongue in amazement inwardly and thought, This boy's luck is truly strange. How did he manage to pick up two more sisters in no time?

No, they aren't sisters. They're senior sisters!

He said those two women are Demonic Cultivators...

Oh dear! Could they be disciples of that fiend Yao Hanshan?

Yang Xuesheng was deeply shocked. She did not dare look any longer and hurried away.

Chen Ganliu felt a little regretful that he had not learned where Yang Xuesheng was staying. He thought, I originally wanted to use Sister Xuesheng's connections to get into Plum Blossom Mountain. I didn't expect that she really would have a way in, only for me to be with other women.

Although put that way, I do sound like a scumbag, I really am not that kind of person.

Jiang Ningxue tugged his ear and said, "Why did you run off on your own?"

"This is Plum Blossom Mountain. There are powerful demons everywhere. Some of them even possess greater magical power than the two of us. What if they caught you and ate you alive?"

Chen Ganliu hurriedly admitted his mistake. "It was this junior brother being too playful. I lost sight of you two senior sisters after a moment of carelessness. I absolutely won't dare do it again."

Jiang Ningxue giggled. She knew she had wronged Chen Ganliu, but this junior junior brother of hers was extremely fun to tease, and she could never resist playing with him a little.

Xie Zhanrou laughed from the side. "That woman just now was from the Green Leaf Sect, wasn't she?"

Chen Ganliu's heart jolted, but he immediately realized that he was only at the Second Layer of Qi Condensation. Although Yang Xuesheng's magical power was formidable, she was still merely at the Qi Condensation level. How could she fool two Golden Core Realm Great Cultivators?

He honestly admitted, "She's my junior martial aunt from the Green Leaf Sect. She takes very good care of me, so we exchanged a few words."

Jiang Ningxue and Xie Zhanrou cultivated on Three Saints Island overseas. Other than this trip, they had never come to the mainland and thus did not know Yang Xuesheng. Even if they knew Yang Xuesheng's identity, the two women would not care.

Yang Shiyilang of Jinyun Mountain might have possessed a little renown, but how could that put him in the eyes of the two Demonesses?

When the two women heard that she was from the Green Leaf Sect, they laughed together. "This place is already several thousand miles from the Green Leaf Sect. Would they really send someone to rescue you?"

Chen Ganliu gave a bitter laugh. "This junior brother only became a disciple a few months ago and has seen his master only once. On top of that, my aptitude is poor. Even if I went missing, the Green Leaf Sect probably wouldn't come looking. This was truly just a chance encounter."

The two women could tell that Chen Ganliu was not lying. Together, they said, "Since you became a disciple of Three Saints Island, stop thinking about the Green Leaf Sect. We'll allow you to chat with your former sect elders later, but don't entertain any other thoughts."

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