Bamboo Case Chapter 34: Block

“Is it true you wanted to see me?”

A woman of plain appearance, dressed in a simple robe, approached Lu Yun.

“I’m just curious why you hired people to hijack the ship.”

Lu Yun smiled. “The Emperor of Baiyuan Kingdom wouldn’t force you into the palace, would he, Miss Fengfeng?”

Miss Fengfeng narrowed her eyes.

Behind Lu Yun, the cultivator tasked with guarding the large ship looked shocked.

So the hijacking was deliberate?!

Miss Fengfeng said nothing but led Lu Yun to the deck.

People on the shore saw her and erupted in cheers, believing they had won.

“Do you know why they all like me so much?” Miss Fengfeng asked softly.

“Please tell me,” Lu Yun replied politely.

She smiled faintly, walked to the bow, and slowly stretched out her arms.

Her gaze fell on the crowd by the shore and the bright ship.

“You wouldn’t understand. No one in this wild world would.”

Lu Yun swung his sword, slicing through a sudden water pillar rising from the river. Through the transparent curtain of water, he caught a glimpse of Miss Fengfeng’s indistinct face.

Though her features were plain, they were unforgettable.

In her eyes, Lu Yun saw sorrow.

When the water curtain fell, Miss Fengfeng’s figure vanished.

“The aura is gone...”

Lu Yun tapped his sword’s hilt lightly.

“This is troublesome.”

The crowd grew lively again.

Their Miss Fengfeng had not been captured by the Emperor of Baiyuan Kingdom!

On the deck, Lu Yun sheathed his sword and was about to leave.

Let Yuan Mo handle his own troubles.

If Lu Yun hadn’t appeared today, even the cultivator guarding the ship couldn’t have stopped the fervent crowd; Miss Fengfeng would likely have disappeared.

As for her last words, Lu Yun found them intriguing.

“Se-Senior!”

The cultivator guarding the ship called out, wanting to know who Lu Yun was.

Lu Yun turned his head and said to him, “There’s no need to look for Miss Fengfeng anymore. Just honestly report everything that happened here to His Majesty the Emperor. You won’t be punished.”

The cultivator was stunned, but the next moment, Lu Yun had already disappeared.

...

Lu Yun returned to his room and looked at Song Lian, who was pretending to sleep on the bed. He casually asked, “Want to learn a move or two?”

The boy’s eyelids twitched slightly.

“If you don’t want to learn, fine,” Lu Yun said to himself, “Just don’t regret it when you seek revenge later.”

“I want to learn!”

Song Lian couldn’t hold back any longer. He hastily sat up and shouted.

Lu Yun chuckled and changed his tone, “You want to learn? Then I won’t teach you.”

The boy was stunned on the spot.

...

Outside the city, the priest Kesa leaned on his wooden staff, watching as a woman approached.

“You carry his aura,” Kesa said slowly. “Where is he?”

The woman—Miss Fengfeng—furrowed her brow and asked, “Who are you? And who is he?”

Kesa ignored her and stared at the city. After a moment of thought, he stepped forward.

“What do you want?!”

Miss Fengfeng blocked his way.

“You’re different from many of the demons in this wild world,” Kesa said, fixing his gaze on her.

“Heaven told me you will be trouble for Baiyuan Kingdom. It would be a pity to kill you, so please don’t block my path.”

Miss Fengfeng’s expression turned solemn.

The man in front of her radiated murderous intent.

She could not let him enter the city!

“Why stop me?” Kesa asked, puzzled. “Heaven told me you have a great hatred toward Baiyuan Kingdom. What I’m doing is weakening their power. Even if you don’t help me, you shouldn’t stand in my way.”

“You will enter the city and kill many people,” Miss Fengfeng said. “I can’t allow that.”

“I never kill,” Kesa said, glancing toward the city behind Miss Fengfeng.

“Perhaps you’ll be the first.”

...

“Keep your back straight, hold your breath, focus your mind.”

Lu Yun was guiding Song Lian into meditation when he suddenly sensed something and looked out the window toward the city.

“A fight?”

Lu Yun muttered, “Is there such a thing?”

Song Lian was about to open his eyes when Lu Yun flicked his forehead.

“Don’t open your eyes. Stay in the state you were just in.”

“Ugh...”

Song Lian grunted and continued his practice.

“Leaving now might be the best option, but I can’t let him keep following me...”

Lu Yun looked into the distance and pondered deeply.

Better to deal with it first.

...

“Why? Why do you help him when your heart burns with such hatred!”

Kesa, the priest who had chased Lu Yun all this way, tore off the upper half of his fur robe, revealing his scarred body.

“Have you forgotten how Baiyuan Kingdom has humiliated our countries?”

“I only know you’re going to enter the city and kill many people. I won’t let you.”

Miss Fengfeng raised her hand, and slender willow-shaped throwing knives hovered around her.

“Just based on a feeling?” Kesa sneered with rage, “I told you, I’ll only kill one person!”

“My feeling never fails,” Miss Fengfeng said seriously. “Not once. If you fail to catch the one you want, this city will be sacrificed by your yellow talisman.”

Kesa hadn’t expected that his backup plan would be seen through by a young girl. He flew into a fury.

“Then I’ll kill you first!”

Kesa planted his wooden staff into the ground. Red threads at its top quickly unfurled and wrapped around his arm.

At the same time, a yellow talisman appeared in the sky, radiating strange colors that gave Miss Fengfeng a bad feeling.

The willow knives around her started to leap. She lightly brushed her fingertips over the shining blades and softly commanded, “Go.”

The throwing knives split into two waves: one toward Kesa, the other hurtling toward the eerie yellow talisman in the sky.

“Hmph, childish tricks.”

Kesa assumed a fighting stance, the red threads on his arm tightening with his muscles.

He threw a punch. The willow knives scattered like slender branches with the rushing wind.

As Kesa prepared to deal with the knives aimed at the talisman, Miss Fengfeng stepped forward, casually catching a scattering willow knife and charged at him.

“Do you know where you’re foolish?” Kesa sneered and readied another punch.

“You’re foolish because you sent half your knives to block my talisman!”

Miss Fengfeng quickly reacted. The knives aimed at the talisman turned back, trying to return to her.

That red thread was his lifeline!

Kesa curled his lips, “It’s too late. You’re so weak, trying to protect a city—you probably can’t even protect a few people!”

He struck again.

Miss Fengfeng closed her eyes as a violent wind disturbed her hair, but no pain came.

“Meeting again, Miss Fengfeng.”

A calm voice whispered near her ear. She suddenly opened her eyes.

In white robes, Lu Yun’s sleeve rolled as he firmly blocked Kesa’s punch.