Fellow Daoist! That scoundrel has written a new book again.

Chapter 254 The Riddler

The residents of Biyi City, three layers deep, surrounded Chaoxi Bookstore.

Many of them have seen it before.

Zhu Wuyao used his protective spiritual power to envelop himself and Hua Yingting, but he still felt that danger was lurking in the shadows.

She cannot kill, but she can hurt.

As Zhu Wuyao raised his hand, the leaf pattern on his right arm faintly shimmered with light, and a spiritual force carrying a sense of desolation and killing intent surged outward.

Even after reducing their strength, they still managed to knock down a large number of people in front of them.

However, they were not surprised by this turn of events; instead, they were still shouting:

"Stop pushing, you're knocking people down!"

Ouch—don't step on me!

"This is going to trample someone to death!"

……

They seemed to regard this as a normal phenomenon, and they were as blind as to the moment Zhu Wuyao raised his hand.

Did the stampede result in deaths?

This is no joke. What if someone dies and the cycle of reincarnation restarts?

Zhu Wuyao reacted quickly, scooping up the Biyicheng resident who had placed his face under someone else's shoe and helping him regain his footing.

However, at that moment, he suddenly grabbed Zhu Wuyao and said:

"Miss Zhu, please teach me how to write poetry!"

I can't teach him!

Farewell!

Zhu Wuyao shoved the person away, but this caused a delay, and he was surrounded by people again. Someone's jade pendant fell and broke, and was kicked up by the sole of a shoe.

Seeing the sharp shards before her eyes, she instinctively reached out to block them.

To my surprise, I found that my palm was cut.

Someone fell to the ground, and a calligraphy brush flew from their hand. Zhu Wuyao, who was about to escape the crowd, quickly turned around and caught the brush with one hand.

Yet a powerful spiritual force flowed from his palm to his arm.

This attack forced her to retreat several steps.

A sharp pain shot through my arm.

Without hesitation, Zhu Wuyao met up with Ye Xiaozhou and Xu San'er, who had come to meet him.

Without any hesitation, everyone turned and ran away.

The residents of Biyi City came to block the way, which was clearly due to manipulation of consciousness; they probably genuinely believed—

This is a tribute to Zhu Wuyao.

They even regarded this phenomenon of coming to besiege them as a pilgrimage, and were fervently eager to express their worship to Zhu Wuyao.

Meanwhile, the person in the shadows took advantage of the chaos to manipulate objects and attack Zhu Wuyao and his companions.

wrong.

Her ultimate goal is to make the waters of Feidu Lake flow. Since all beings in this world are demons, they should have the same goal, so why would she do this?

After two or three spins and jumps, Zhu Wuyao, carrying Hua Yingting, successfully made it onto the roof.

She glanced into the distance and gasped.

Is this a situation where she has nowhere to go but nowhere to hide?

Just as she was gazing into the distance, trying to find a gap in the encirclement, another unexpected event occurred.

In the distance, the person seemed to have regained consciousness.

From the outside in, it gradually recedes like the tide.

Zhu Wuyao took the opportunity to hide, and together with the unusually quiet Hua Yingting, they hid on the eaves, observing the movements at the entrance of Chaoxi Bookstore.

Sure enough, the crowd gradually dispersed!

It seems that everything before was just an absurd illusion.

Only a few people from the Wang family banquet remained, gathered in front of the door, trying to find Zhu Wuyao's whereabouts.

"I just saw Miss Zhu, how come she's gone in the blink of an eye?"

"That was truly impressive! No wonder you're a martial arts practitioner; otherwise, you wouldn't be able to 'traverse a thousand mountains with a sword'!"

"Hey, our admiration is a bit too overwhelming, haven't we scared everyone off?"

……

Not just scared, you guys probably want to kill me...

Zhu Wuyao thought to himself.

She looked around, found a secluded spot, and quietly jumped down with Hua Yingting.

Fortunately, Huayingting is usually quiet. If, after that commotion, someone had suddenly shouted "reversing cause and effect," it would have been truly absurd.

Their divine senses dispersed, and the group reunited.

Although the farce that just happened was extremely frightening, it did not pose a threat to their lives.

Xu San'er's round face showed some fear as she asked:

"Senior Sister Ye, Sister Zhu, what have you done to cause such a big mess?"

Ye Xiaozhou rolled her eyes at him and said:

"Before you two arrived, Biyi City and we were at peace."

Aside from the massacre that spread from the south of the city to the north.

"Huh? Our reason?"

Xu San'er looked surprised.

He glanced at Zhu Wuyao and Hua Yingting, then looked down at the dice in his hand.

Finally, without hesitation, he said:

"My strength is meager, and I must ask my two elder sisters for their protection!"

After he finished speaking, he and Hua Ying stood together.

Quiet, obedient, and enormous.

Zhu Wuyao ignored him and turned to Ye Xiaozhou to ask:

"Did you find anything?"

Ye Xiaozhou casually tossed the copper coin in his hand, seemingly somewhat puzzled, and said:

“I’ve done some divination, and what I can confirm now is that this is a reasonable development, not an anomaly brought about by outsiders, and… it really is the change brought about by your participation in the royal banquet.”

Wow, that's really strange.

Zhu Wuyao was truly at a loss.

The noteworthy things at the banquet, besides the fact that the level of education in the demon race needs improvement, were the homecoming ballads.

The Ballad of Returning Home possesses a beauty that doesn't belong to the demon race.

Reversing cause and effect... Under what circumstances would one reverse cause and effect?

Zhu Wuyao pondered for a moment, then his expression suddenly became quite interesting—

When else could it be? Of course, it would be when she's writing a storybook, and when she realizes she can't reconcile the story with the original one, and tries to force an explanation, that would be turning cause into effect!

They can also distort the truth and make far-fetched connections, but when pushed too far, they can sometimes come up with brilliant ideas!

So, placing it within the broader context of human life...

She looked at Hua Yingting and made a guess.

If the speculation is confirmed, then the moment Hua Yingting steps into the realm of all beings, as long as he can see through cause and effect, then victory is already assured.

Zhu Wuyao's eyes lit up.

She looked at Xu San'er and confirmed:

"Huaying stopped before entering the realm of all beings, and through a precognitive dream, already knew that your black jade abacus would be transformed."

Did she dream about how it changed?

Xu San'er shook his head blankly and said:

"You didn't dream about it, otherwise you would have said something to me, but she didn't say anything at the time. Instead, she seemed to be thinking and I was also puzzled."

Having heard the answer he wanted, Zhu Wuyao nodded.

She looked at Ye Xiaozhou and said:

"I'll go home first to let you know. I'll be staying at Chaoxi Bookstore from now on. You take good care of Huayingting."

"During the assessment of the disciples of Zhaixinglou, I heard that there were four lines of divination on the water mirror: deceiving cause and effect, concealing fate, preordained by destiny, and not in one's destiny. However, I never knew which person they corresponded to."

"I think I now know who one of the prophecies corresponds to."

Ye Xiaozhou nodded and said with great solemnity:

"You have become a qualified divination practitioner."

"Look at this riddle! It's so confusing and baffling that it makes me want to hit you on the back of the head!"