Immortal Brother

"I don't have an antidote on me. Only my father can cure the Lightning Marten's poison."

The girl with twin ponytails said helplessly, "I told you already, don't force me to fight. You'll only make my father scold me. What good would that do you?"

"You little brat! You still dare spout nonsense at a time like this? Do you believe I could leave you here to starve to death in a fit of anger?"

"Everything I told you was true, and you..."

BOOM!!!

Before the girl with twin ponytails could finish, a fireball roughly ten feet across suddenly fell from the sky, blasting a huge crater in a nearby clearing.

At the sight, the girl with twin ponytails couldn't help asking curiously, "Was that a meteor?"

"That's..."

The old man with the goatee's pupils abruptly contracted, his expression as though he had seen a ghost.

A handsome youth in black robes walked out of the blazing crater without a scratch on him.

After surveying his surroundings, Nalan Sheng asked everyone expressionlessly, "Can anyone tell me what place this is?"

"Immortal Brother, this is Mount Wuliang!"

Before the shock could fade from the old man's face, the girl with twin ponytails called out first, "Mount Wuliang is the Wuliang Sword Sect's territory. These fellows are villains from the Shennong Gang. They came to wipe out the entire Wuliang Sword Sect.

Brother Duan and I were only passing through, but they wanted to bury us alive. They have no conscience whatsoever."

"So this is Mount Wuliang. I wore out iron shoes searching in vain, only to find it without the slightest effort."

The corners of Nalan Sheng's mouth lifted slightly. "Do you know where the Wuliang Jade Cliff is?"

"Immortal Brother, I know where the Wuliang Jade Cliff is. I can take you there!" the girl with twin ponytails hurriedly called out.

"Oh? You know where the Wuliang Jade Cliff is?"

A hint of amusement flashed through Nalan Sheng's eyes. "In that case, you shall lead me to the Wuliang Jade Cliff!"

"Immortal Brother, I can take you to the Wuliang Jade Cliff, but shouldn't you rescue Brother Duan and me first?"

"Very well."

Nalan Sheng nodded slightly. "Attend me. Dig them out."

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Under everyone's astonished gazes, ten Shadow Ninjas with gray-blue skin and glowing red eyes suddenly emerged from Nalan Sheng's shadow.

The Shadow Ninjas strode over to the girl with twin ponytails and her companion, drew the kunai they carried, and dug the two out in the blink of an eye.

After rescuing the girl with twin ponytails and her companion, the Shadow Ninjas silently merged back into Nalan Sheng's shadow before everyone's eyes.

The girl with twin ponytails first brushed the dirt off herself, then glanced twice at Nalan Sheng's shadow before asking with a bright smile, "Immortal Brother, my name is Zhong Ling. What's yours?"

Zhong Ling? It really is her!

Looking at the girl's lovely, delicate features, Nalan Sheng inwardly nodded, but his expression remained indifferent. "My surname is Nalan, and my given name is Sheng."

"Nalan Sheng?"

Zhong Ling unconsciously repeated his name, then said with easy familiarity, "Then I'll call you Brother Sheng from now on."

"As you wish."

Feigning impatience, Nalan Sheng urged her, "Little girl, I've already freed you. Isn't it time you took me to the Wuliang Jade Cliff?"

"Mm."

Zhong Ling nodded with a smile. "Brother Sheng, follow me."

"Wait!"

Just as Zhong Ling was about to leave with Nalan Sheng and Duan Yu, the old man with the goatee suddenly stopped them. "You may leave, but please leave behind the antidote for the marten's poison."

Although the old man with the goatee did not believe Nalan Sheng was an immortal, the fact that he had emerged from the flames unscathed and summoned the Shadow Ninjas told him that this was no ordinary person.

Given his temperament, the old man with the goatee would never normally have dared to stop Nalan Sheng.

But one of the gang members bitten by the Lightning Marten was his own nephew, so he could only steel himself and speak.

"You rotten old man, didn't I just tell you? I don't have an antidote for the Lightning Marten's poison. Only my father can cure it."

"Then please take us to your father, miss! Otherwise..."

BANG!!!

A sound like a thunderclap suddenly rang out, cutting the old man off.

A bloody hole the width of a thumb appeared in the old man's head, while a silver-and-black pistol had appeared in Nalan Sheng's hand-the Infinite Desert Eagle.

"Too noisy!"

Only after blowing the old man's head open with a single shot did Nalan Sheng snort impatiently.

"G-gang Leader..."

Seeing Nalan Sheng kill the old man in an instant, the Shennong Gang members did not dare step forward to avenge him. Instead, they instinctively retreated a few paces.

"Let's go!"

A trace of disdain flashed through Nalan Sheng's eyes at the sight, and he turned to urge Zhong Ling, whose mouth hung slightly open.

"Oh! Right!"

Recovering from her shock, Zhong Ling hurriedly led Nalan Sheng and Duan Yu toward the rear slopes of Mount Wuliang.

Watching them leave, the Shennong Gang members did not dare stop them. Instead, they secretly breathed sighs of relief.

"Rumble..."

Under Zhong Ling's guidance, the three soon arrived before a waterfall.

To the right of the waterfall stood a stretch of rock as smooth and lustrous as jade. The waterfall must once have been larger than it was now.

The rock face must have been scoured and polished by the waterfall for countless years before becoming as smooth as a mirror. Later, as the flow diminished, it had been exposed.

"Brother Sheng, is there something special about this rock face?"

Zhong Ling couldn't help asking curiously, "Why are you and the Shennong Gang so interested in it?"

"There's nothing special about this rock face, but some treasure lies hidden beneath the cliff where it stands."

"Treasure?"

Zhong Ling blinked her beautiful eyes. "What treasure?"

Rather than answer her directly, Nalan Sheng gave a somewhat mysterious smile. "Won't you find out if you two come down with me and have a look?"

"But it's so high here. How are we supposed to get down?"

Duan Yu cautiously approached the edge of the cliff, craned his neck to look into the seemingly bottomless valley below, then turned to Nalan Sheng and

asked.

"Of course, I'll send you down."

As soon as he finished speaking, Nalan Sheng kicked Duan Yu straight off the cliff.

[Ding! The host kicked the destined male protagonist off a cliff. Reward: 20 Villain Points!]

"Aaah-"

With a terrified scream, Duan Yu soon vanished from their sight.

"Brother Duan!!!"

Zhong Ling's expression changed drastically, and she demanded of Nalan Sheng, "Why did you do that? Brother Duan has never wronged you. Why did you kick him off the cliff?"