"Lingshui Twin Heroes—this was merely the beginning of Duan Old Devil's wicked deeds. Five innocent Thunder Listeners of the Thunder Duke and Old Mother Sect were slaughtered by him over a single disagreement."
"In Yellowwater City, nearly a thousand people from the Yellow Fish Gang and the Red Crane Sect were killed or wounded after he casually sowed discord among them. Those were the two great pillars of Yellowwater City!"
"Also, a fairy maiden from the Red Tower had formed a bond with an old master from Maplewood Town. At the slightest disagreement, he killed the fairy. Killing her was not enough—he even turned that old master into a woman, indulging in every extreme of perversion and humiliation."
"Everyone, this is merely the tip of the iceberg of that devil's atrocities. It is said that he has already come to Springwatch City. If Springwatch City gains such a devil, you had better watch yourselves!
Once that devil arrives, rape and murder will be nothing out of the ordinary. Just his habit of making people undergo Feminine Descent is something never seen before in all of history! As for what other twisted methods he might have, one simply dared not imagine."
The storyteller spoke eloquently from above, while Duan Old Devil himself sat below, grinding his teeth.
By this point, Duan Yun could clearly sense that some people in the teahouse were afraid.
After all, how many of those who came to Springwatch City were not lustful?
Liking beautiful women and becoming a beautiful woman were entirely different concepts.
Someone could not help saying, "After that devil turns a man into a woman, will he take the chance to ravish the one who underwent Feminine Descent and make her bear some bastard spawn?"
At those words, half the teahouse clenched up tight.
Even Duan Yun himself was stunned.
I have always been out of place with you people because I am not perverted enough.
Just listen to that—was that something a human could say?
At that moment, someone questioned him. "You storyteller, you are spouting nonsense and only know how to scare people. There are plenty of devils in the martial world. How could there be anything so fantastical?"
The storyteller sneered. "Nonsense? A dramatic telling is not nonsense! Divine Physician Xue of the Jiangzhong Sect said this with his own mouth!
"Who is Divine Physician Xue? He is a living immortal who can save lives, but he is also famously loose-lipped! His mouth has been this big for so many years—has he ever told a single lie?"
"What? Divine Physician Xue said it?"
At once, the mood in the teahouse changed.
Clearly, they placed great faith in Divine Physician Xue's words.
Duan Yun could not help saying gloomily, "With such a big mouth, is Divine Physician Xue not afraid of being beaten to death?"
He truly wanted to beat that rumor-spreading bastard to death!
The storyteller looked at him and smiled. "Little brother, one can tell at a glance that you have only just entered the martial world. If Divine Physician Xue could truly be beaten to death, he would probably have died more than ten times over by now."
"Then why has he not died?" Duan Yun demanded angrily.
"Because Divine Physician Xue's medical skills are superb, and his martial arts are not bad either. Ordinary people truly are no match for him. Over the years, because of that mouth of his, who knew how many people wanted to silence him forever, yet none succeeded.
"The reason is simple. What martial artist goes uninjured? Whenever Divine Physician Xue was sought out for vengeance and encountered someone he could not defeat, he would promise that person a chance to have their illness treated or their life saved.
"As long as one was not a fool, one knew it was a fine thing to have a divine physician watching one's back. Naturally, they let it go. Divine Physician Xue owed no fewer than eighty, perhaps over a hundred lives in the martial world—all of them experts. Who would dare trouble him?"
Duan Yun: "..."
So this was what it meant by becoming a fine physician after long illness, and becoming even more arrogant once one had too many creditors?
At that moment, someone questioned him again. "You are just a storyteller, yet you dare expose Duan Old Devil's secrets. Are you not afraid that devil will turn you into a woman, then ravish you?"
The storyteller immediately thrust out his chest and declared righteously, "The tradition of our Virtue Jade Society is to be Bloodthirsty Storytellers. As long as the tale is thrilling and satisfying enough, even if Old Devil truly takes a liking to me and kills and ravishes me, or turns me into a woman before ravishing and killing me, it will all have been worth it!"
Duan Yun discovered that this place had not only plenty of martial arts lunatics—even the storytellers had something wrong with their heads.
"But the Lingshui Twin Heroes, the Thunder Duke and Old Mother Sect, and the Red Tower are not easy to provoke! Duan Old Devil is acting so arrogantly, bringing disaster everywhere he goes. Is he not afraid those people will deal with him?" someone could not help asking.
"Of course they will. Experts from forces such as the Thunder Duke and Old Mother Sect and the Red Tower are all searching for Duan Old Devil now, seeking to regain their honor. But Duan Old Devil's whereabouts are elusive and unpredictable, so they have yet to succeed for the moment.
"But that is only temporary. In the future, this martial world will have no shortage of bloody storms!"
"All right, I have just revealed the tip of the iceberg of Duan Old Devil's havoc across Cloud Prefecture. Now, let me tell you in detail exactly how the Lingshui Twin Heroes were made to undergo Feminine Descent by Duan Old Devil!"
Having said that, the storyteller suddenly picked up his teacup and began drinking, saying no more.
"Get the hell on with it!"
"Tell us in detail about Feminine Descent, and how Duan Old Devil made those heroines undergo Feminine Descent!"
"That's right, hurry up! Is it not just reward money? Take it!"
For a moment, reward money rained onto the stage.
The storyteller beamed with delight and began recounting in detail the tale of the Lingshui Twin Heroes' Feminine Descent into the Lingshui Heroines, and their fateful, twisted entanglement with Duan Yun, Duan Old Devil.
Duan Yun left the teahouse with his head spinning.
He felt the malice of the world.
He had merely wanted to become a great hero who cleansed filth from the world and spread martial arts across the land, yet these people not only spread rumors about him—they even spread lewd rumors about him and Hua Wen and Hua Wu!
Half of what the storyteller said was true and half false. If he himself were not "Duan Old Devil," he might have believed it was all real.
He had clearly acted chivalrously and wiped out the Thunder Crazies, yet it was told as though he had murdered innocent passersby. He had clearly killed the Red Tower Madwoman and saved the entire Lu Family, yet it was told as though he had killed a woman and forcibly torn apart a pair of ill-fated lovers! Hua Wen, Hua Wu, and he were clearly friends of the martial world, yet they insisted on saying they had turned against one another in hatred.
Most outrageous of all, his Moon Stake Technique nourished yin and fortified yang. Every morning, he stood erect for a long time, yet these people insisted on saying that he made others undergo Feminine Descent.
Duan Yun had reason to believe that someone was definitely trying to harm him!
This human world was far too filthy. Someone wanted to strangle him, a young hero who was a clear stream in this muddy world, in the cradle.
That was simply too vicious!
The storyteller's words were utter nonsense, yet they had also served as a warning to Duan Yun.
People from the Red Tower and the Thunder Duke and Old Mother Sect were looking for him. Last time, when he killed a Red Tower elder, he had even been wounded. If he encountered an encirclement by experts, he might not be enough to handle it.
He had to continue gathering divine art manuals, then find a secluded place to cultivate divine arts.
As long as he mastered a few more divine arts, what would he have to fear from an encirclement?
When that time came, he would kill one with each finger, slaughtering them clean and crisp.
He would let everyone under heaven see how he upheld justice, punished evil, and eliminated wickedness!
He would let the world know that all of this was slander from evil demons and Outer Dao.
He was a clear stream, a young hero—not some perverted devil who made people undergo Feminine Descent!
Thinking of how much there was still to do, Duan Yun was filled with motivation for a time.
Considering that the Red Tower and the Thunder Duke and Old Mother Sect might shamelessly gang up on him, Duan Yun decided to keep a low profile for the time being.
But when he thought of those rumors, he could not help feeling angry again. He could only comfort himself, saying, "Take one step back and the sea is wide, the sky is vast. Take one step back and the sea is wide, the sky is vast. I, Duan Yun, am not a vengeful person."
Mm, yet the more he thought about it, the angrier he became!
That evening, Bloodthirsty Storyteller returned laden with rewards, humming a little tune as he left the teahouse.
Yet after only a few steps, darkness fell before his eyes. Someone stuffed him into a sack, broke one of his legs, kicked him more than ten times, and even robbed him clean of the generous reward money Bloodthirsty Storyteller had earned that day.
Duan Yun spat, then left.
This was the price for spreading lewd rumors about me!
If not for the fact that this storyteller had merely believed the rumors of that damned Divine Physician Xue, he might even have wanted to beat the man to death.
After doing that, the non-vengeful Duan Yun felt much better.
Tonight, he should finally be able to sleep for a while.
He had to hurry and search for new divine art manuals!
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