Chapter 410: Chapter 409: When Three Walk Together, Each Has Ulterior Motives_1

Perhaps because Lu Yang’s luck in love affairs had finally been exhausted, he didn’t encounter any wealthy daughters being intercepted or knight-errant women being robbed during their journey, let alone any martial arts recruitment for a spouse.

Recruitment for marriage by martial arts was the most problematic. The only option was to avoid them. If Lu Yang were to participate, he would not willing to lose his Invincible Elixir if he lost, but winning would unknowingly land him with an unknown wife.

No matter how one considered it, it was not worth it.

“Huh, it’s clear weather?”

Lu Yang, on his way back to his carriage, saw the clear sky in the mountainous area. The rain had finally stopped.

“It’s probably because Old Meng has given up on going to the city.”

Lu Yang saw four figures in the distance, which was right on his path back.

He approached quickly, seeing clearly that these four figures were not four people, but three cultivators and a living corpse.

The arguing voices travelled with the wind, reaching Lu Yang’s ears.

“We’ve tried to pass here several times, and each time we were intercepted by unexpected incidents. This is a warning! There is great horror ahead, we can’t go any closer!” A handsome cultivator was arguing passionately, restraining his companions from advancing further.

“Brother Ye, these are just coincidences; in such a big world, coincidences are also possible. I’ve never heard of such a form of warning before?” Another, with bronze skin and short hair, appeared casual. He turned his head to ask the third companion.

“Brother Zhao, you’ve travelled around and seen a lot. Have you encountered such situations before?”

Brother Zhao, who was called, had a fair complexion, even whiter than ordinary people, and seemed to be unhealthy.

Brother Zhao furrowed his eyebrows, seemingly recalling something about the matter, but couldn’t remember it no matter how hard he tried.

Lu Yang silently circumvented the three men and continued to move forward.

“Hey hey hey, you can’t pass through there, Brother!” the youth with short hair called out to Lu Yang.

“Can’t pass through?”

“There seems to be something sneaky ahead, we’ve encountered accidents time and again that stop us from advancing.”

The handsome youth continued, “Brother Wenren is right. For example, I was just about to move forward when a mistake occurred in the operation of my martial arts. I had to meditate on the spot for almost an hour to adjust.”

“After functioning normally, we ran into a lost elderly man and took him home.”

“When we returned here, we found we had left something at the old man’s house and had to run back to get it.”

“When we came back once again, several giant rocks rolled down from a distance and blocked our way. Only when we three moved the boulders out of the way did we realize something was wrong. There seemed to be an invisible force blocking the way.”

Brother Zhao suddenly seemed to realize something: “I remember now.”

“You remember what?” the other two asked eagerly.

“I heard my elders say this kind of situation happens when a Great Power wants to have a debate or battle in a particular location, they would set up an Array Method to drive people away in advance. Others then can’t continue to approach and can only bypass the place. However, this situation is rare since it’s troublesome to restore the original appearance after battling in the mountains. It’s more common to battle on plain fields or in the sky.”

“There should be experts battling ahead. Didn’t we also see just now? There are dark clouds and thunderstorms ahead, which means some experts are using the power of heaven and earth to battle!” Brother Zhao spoke more seriously, feeling that his analysis was logical.

The handsome youth and the short-haired youth knew of Brother Zhao’s extraordinary background and nodded in agreement with his analysis.

“It’s better to avoid the battles of Great Powers. Since we can’t pass through the mountains, we have to detour.”

Lu Yang stared at the three men for a while, then suddenly asked, “Which one of you three is disguised as a man?”

Upon hearing this, the handsome youth, known as Brother Ye, showed a fluctuating expression. He was forced to yield under Lu Yang’s determined gaze, “How did you find out?”

“Ye Brother, you…?” The other two looked at the handsome youth in surprise.

Brother Ye, or rather Miss Ye as she should be called now, laughed bitterly. She removed a jade pendant from around her neck, smoothed her Adam’s apple, and her originally handsome appearance transformed into a charming one. Her big, watery eyes were revealed, her hair lengthened to waist-length, and her chest turned plump.

Seeing Brother Ye transform from male to female, the other two companions were even more shocked.

The three of them haven’t known each other very long, having met each other when they were wandering in the martial arts world. They felt that they needed support when venturing into the world, and since they got along well, they travelled together.

Who would have thought that after going through so much together, Brother Ye turned out to be a woman?!

“No wonder Brother Ye, you never took a bath with us and always asked for separate accommodation when we stayed at the inn. You blushed when we told dirty jokes and asked us to stop!”

“Wait, so the woman I saw bathing in the lake that night… was also you!”

Brother Wenren made connections to certain incidents. During a camping night in the wild, he had gone by the lakeside. Under the moonlight, he saw a woman with a graceful figure bathing in the lake, like a fairy in the water. Unfortunately, due to certain circumstances, he hadn’t been able to see the fairy’s face clearly.

When he mentioned this incident to his companions the next day, Brother Ye had laughed and said he was half-asleep and had mistaken something else for a fairy.

“I lied, I am actually from the Ye family in Liang State.” Miss Ye said ashamedly. She had disguised herself as a man, traveled from Liang State to Wild State, and made friends with these two companions.

The Ye family of Liang State is a well-known influential family there, having produced both high-ranking officials and Great Cultivators in the past.

“This is a jade pendant that I begged from my mother. She said that she had travelled around disguised as a man before. She met my father in this disguise, and no one had ever seen through it thanks to this pendant. I can’t understand how this Brother saw through it today.”

Lu Yang responded with a smile, too embarrassed to admit that it was actually Meng Jingzhou who had identified the disguise.

His smile, to Miss Ye, appeared as a mysterious one.

Miss Ye sighed internally, acknowledging how unfathomable the people in the martial arts world are. One could just bump into a passerby on the road who could see through their disguise.

Since her identity had been exposed, Miss Ye stopped worrying about it and turned to face Brother Wenren, her eyes full of affection.

“Brother Wenren, I like you. Do you remember when we came across a Tribulation Cultivator, and you took a hit for me and saved me from him? From then on, I fell in love with you!”

𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Brother Wenren was somewhat at a loss as his good friend Brother Ye suddenly confessed love for him.

Fortunately, he quickly regained his composure, heaved a sigh, and took off his thumb ring.

His body changed, his arms became slender, his short hair lengthened to shoulder length, and his chest inflated, becoming full and round.

Only his skin tone remained the same, still a healthy bronze color.

“I’m sorry, I’m also disguised as a man.”

“Do you remember after I blocked that hit for you, I refused your offer to treat my wound, and asked to be left alone to recover? This is the reason.”

Miss Ye: “…”

Heartbreak comes fast.

Lu Yang, Miss Ye, and Miss Wenren all turned their heads to look at the sickly-looking Brother Zhao at the same time, clearly saying, “Your turn.”

Brother Zhao was suddenly furious: “I’m a man!”

So, out of the three of them travelling together, he was the only honest one!