Chapter 115: I Have a Friend
“Holy Maiden?” Shi Feizhe grabbed Guan Shan, who was about to flee, and said with a smile, “I didn’t expect you, a poor man, to have a hobby of keeping a beauty hidden in a golden house.”
Hearing the teasing of “keeping a beauty hidden in a golden house,” Guan Shan instinctively retorted, “They are not someone’s hidden ‘beauty’!”
This anger startled Shi Feizhe.
What’s going on? Why is this guy so worked up all of a sudden?
“Sorry! Academy Head Shi…” Guan Shan suddenly remembered that Shi Feizhe was not from Luoyang City, nor was he from the Bright Sacred Cult.
He didn’t understand the concept of a Holy Maiden.
“David Guan! Tell us the whereabouts of the Holy Maiden and come back with us for trial!”
While they were talking, several people wearing white robes with cross patterns surrounded them.
Guan Shan was a little nervous at first, but seeing Shi Feizhe’s calmness and remembering the previous sword energy, he calmed down.
“Who is David Guan?” Shi Feizhe asked in confusion.
“In the Bright Sacred Cult, every believer must choose a new name according to the 《Divine Covenant of Salvation》. I chose ‘David.’ In the Bright Sacred Cult, the believer’s given name comes first, and the surname comes after, to show loyalty to the Cult Leader!” Guan Shan explained.
“That sounds a lot like an obedience test!” Shi Feizhe suddenly realized.
“Your Excellency, this is a matter within our cult. Please do not interfere!” One of the people in robes stepped forward and said to Shi Feizhe.
His robe had a circle of red thread, seemingly indicating he was the leader among them.
“Wait! Didn’t you join the Bright Sacred Cult before?” Shi Feizhe suddenly thought of a blind spot in what Guan Shan had said.
Guan Shan eventually joined the Bright Sacred Cult, but the Bright Sacred Cult had not been destroyed or absorbed!
“I previously joined the Xin faction, but last month, the Bishop of the Xin faction was killed by the Demon Sect in Mobei. Now, the You faction has been parachuted in from headquarters, and they are suppressing us severely. So, in anger, I quit the Bright Sacred Cult!”
Guan Shan explained the situation in a few words.
Shi Feizhe understood. Although the Bright Sacred Cult still existed, the Bright Sacred Cult that Guan Shan had joined was gone.
“David Guan, once you join the Holy Church, you will be the Lord’s lamb for life. How can you just quit?” The man said, “Loyalty to the Lord that is not absolute is absolute disloyalty!”
“David Guan! You have committed the crime of apostasy, and your sins are even heavier!”
“Come back with me, confess the whereabouts of the Holy Maiden, and then…”
He didn’t finish speaking because a thin layer of sword energy surrounded his throat. If he said anything more, his head would be separated from his body!
“Get lost!” Shi Feizhe said.
He still had things to do, and there were True Realm experts in Luoyang City.
It was better to keep a low profile.
The people in white robes behind the man saw that their priest was threatened and were furious, wanting to say something.
But under the shroud of fog, they shut their mouths.
Martial arts were so magical; they could make people calm down.
“Do you dare to leave your name?” The man squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth.
A hero wouldn’t suffer immediate losses, and a gentleman could take revenge ten years later.
“I am Fan Jianqiang! I’m waiting for you!” Shi Feizhe said lightly.
“Good! We’ll meet again!” After dropping the harsh words, the man took his people and left.
The ordinary people behind them looked at Shi Feizhe and Guan Shan with disgust, muttering things like “demon,” “devil,” and “those who don’t believe in the Lord will be punished.”
“Academy Head Shi, isn’t your surname Shi?” Guan Shan led the way, and after passing another intersection, he suddenly asked.
“Yes!” Shi Feizhe nodded and said, “I have a friend who really wants to be a great hero, so he entrusted me to do good deeds and spread his fame!”
“…You are really good to your friend!” Guan Shan thought for a moment and could only say this.
“Of course, I am loyal to my friends! But my friend…” Shi Feizhe sighed and said,
“I have a friend who agreed to come to Luoyang with me. But halfway there, he met two female heroes at Xueqi Manor.”
✿✿✿
“The two female heroes of Xueqi Manor invited my friend to travel the Jianghu together.”
“So…I came to Luoyang alone.”
Shi Feizhe sighed and finished talking about Shan Xu, who had forgotten his friend for the sake of beauty.
He still remembered Shan Xu’s words: “Brother Shi, I was chopped twelve times by my friend while practicing the 《Twelve-Layered Pagoda》, so I must have mastered it! This time, I won’t be chopped again!”
After listening, Guan Shan said, “Why did the two female heroes invite your friend but not you?”
Shi Feizhe’s face darkened, and he said, “Shut up!”
Guan Shan looked at Shi Feizhe’s unremarkable appearance and probably guessed the reason.
Ah, he also had the troubles of a handsome man.
“I guess that my friend will probably be chopped into several pieces by the two female heroes! Tsk tsk tsk…”
Guan Shan heard Shi Feizhe say again.
He even spoke like that about his friend behind his back. It seemed that this Academy Head Shi was also a ruthless person!
That’s right, where were there friends in the Jianghu?
The two were silent for a while and arrived at the Luoyang Book Market.
The Luoyang Book Market was a market made up of several streets forming a square shape. It was very large, and martial arts manuals only occupied a small part.
Most of them were scriptures, such as Buddhist scriptures, Confucian classics, and Taoist scriptures. These were all best-selling books, and they were actually printed!
A small part were essays, poetry collections, and even picture albums. As for the content of the pictures, they were the kind that made people blush.
It could be said that the Luoyang Book Market covered most of the books in the Nine Provinces.
Naturally, there was also the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 that Shi Feizhe was looking for!
For the entire day, Shi Feizhe and Guan Shan visited every bookstore to ask about the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》.
Many bookstores found the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 from the corner of a table or a nook, and Shi Feizhe bought them all when he saw them.
Anyway, they were worthless, and the bookstore owners even had to thank him!
Naturally, there were also branches of the True Martial Hall among these bookstores. But now that the Northern Headquarters was gone, who the hell was still carrying out missions?
Wasn’t it better to make some money?
It was tough for Guan Shan, who was carrying a pile of books.
“Academy Head Shi, why are you buying so much toilet paper? We can’t use it all!” Guan Shan, carrying a basket of 《True Origin Sword Finger Formulas》, said in confusion.
“Even in toilet paper, there is the Great Dao!” Shi Feizhe said, flipping through a copy of the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》.
Among so many copies of the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》, only this one was different from the four he had seen before.
The fifth 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》!
This 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 seemed to have been circulating in Yu Province for a long time and was quite different from the ones he had seen before. There were many places where it used the dialect of Yu Province.
For example, “ping,” “tei,” “zhong,” “xinqiu,” and so on, making Shi Feizhe read with great interest.
The Jianghu was so vast, and he didn’t know how many copies of the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 there were in the Jianghu. It was truly exciting!
“Academy Head Shi, can you lend me some money?”
Guan Shan walked in front, carrying the basket of books, and Shi Feizhe couldn’t see his expression.
A book friend in the group said, “Dog author, have you added more chapters for the Alliance Leader?”
I said, “No!”
The book friend said, “You should still add more. He must love reading this book.”
I thought about it. After all, he was the first and only Alliance Leader of a newbie author. The chapters that should be added still had to be added.
（Actually, I should have added more chapters earlier. But because of the previous burst of updates after the book was launched, coupled with the fact that the previous plot was more difficult to write, I haven’t added more chapters. Better late than never. ）
