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Chapter 372 The Origin of the Withered Flower Doll (asking for monthly votes)
Xu Shu’s post had just been published and refreshed in the world channel. Soon there were dozens of replies.

Normally, content like this kind of "targeted help post" is unlikely to attract much attention.

But this is a reflection of the efficiency of Xu Shu's previous management of his personal image.

The popularity of 'Taichu' is quite high nowadays, and many people already know that this is a master who plays with the world and whose actions are hard to guess, and he is suspected to be the pseudonym of a powerful person on the Heavenly Ranking.

Therefore, even if they are not Bai Yujing's followers, there are many people who reply to the posts below. Although they are just trying to make themselves familiar to the big guy, they can also constantly push his posts to the front of the channel.

When I opened it, I saw quite a few people eating melons:

"First, I want to pay my respects to Big Boss Taichu, and I'm looking for the epic seal for the physician path in the front row. If you have the product, please PM me." - A young widow from a poor family.

"I'm from the countryside and I don't understand. What is the boss talking about?" - A 30-year-old master of hand speed.

"Maybe he wants to communicate with the people in Baiyujing. Baiyujing has a method of dual cultivation of life and death, which is quite powerful." - Wang Laoma.

“Cultivating the living and the dead together? Does it mean that a living person and a dead person cultivate together? Isn’t that a ghost marriage?” - Shared Bicycle Sister.

"The above person has such a unique train of thought. I suddenly want to join Baiyujing. Didn't they say they were recruiting last time? Please contact me, thank you. My curse is very big." - Unbreakable Silver Spear, Second Order Iron Armor.

"I'm a reading expert. Let me translate it for you: The boss likes to try new things. He secretly learned the unique skills of Baiyujing and refined a demigod-level strange servant. Maybe something went wrong, and now this demigod strange servant is lost and is hiding outside the border, ready to devour anyone. The boss doesn't want to hurt innocent people, so he hopes that people from Baiyujing can help solve the after-sales problem. Is that what you mean?" - Chen Huang, a first-level child prodigy.

"Can the things done by the great ones on the Heavenly Ranking be called stealing? That's called borrowing." - Let's be honest.

"Damn, Uncle Chen Huang is indeed a true prodigy. Now I understand." - Lucky Little Spearman, a second-level assassin.

“Now I understand~” — Several people below.

"Thank you."——Taichu (reply to Chen Huang).

“You’re welcome.”——Chen Huang (reply to Taichu).

"Not my buddy, you come again? Last time he also dropped a demigod monster next to him. Who can testify that this melon is true?" - Yu will only harm you, the third-level lecturer.

"I'm not quite sure. I kind of suspect that this guy is here to cause trouble. Who would lose a demigod-level pet every day... Um, it's a pet, right?" - Divorce means losing half of your cultivation.

"Thank you for your kindness, Senior Taichu. The plastic surgery monster I got last time tasted very good! I'm also planning to pass by nearby this time. The Withered Flower Doll can't escape from my grasp. I hope you can report the exact location!" - Sword Qi is approaching, a third-level butcher.

"Look, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared. Slow people are still wondering whether the melon will be ripe, while the truly wise are already ready to rush to the scene." - Add some color.

“Isn’t the brother upstairs at level three? The masters on the Human List are so terrifying, a level three can defeat a level four!” - Try it and you will die.

"Don't be silly. Master Ren is a strong man on the Earth Ranking. Do you think he is just an unloved little yellow-haired boy like you?"

"The best of the best, I and the big guy from the Earth Ranking joined forces to defeat the ruins. The two of us are really too strong."

"Okay, I'm a humble Ma Luo, embarrassed online, crying with envy~" - Try it and you will die.

"Ah, I woke up and found that the great masters on the Heavenly Ranking have joined my Huo Xiu Dao Sect! Thank you for your kindness, Huo Xiu Xing, and the King of Taichu! Some people please move aside, you dead cultivators, what do you know about the weird servants?" - Die Lian Hua (replying to Jian Qi Jin)

"You're useless. If you can't manage the animals you raise, you're no different from animals. All the evil servants should be destroyed!" - The sword energy is approaching.

"Are you scolding Taichu?" - Dielianhua.

"The boss has the guts to take responsibility for his mistakes and to tell others that his evil servant is missing. Do you dare? You are a bunch of sinister villains." - The sword energy is approaching.

"Why not? No matter how good we are at being living cultivators, we are better than those hypocrites who pretend to let bygones be bygones on the surface, but secretly assassinate and settle accounts with innocent people. What a bunch of bastards!" - Dielianhua.

"Who are you talking about, bitch?"——The sword energy is approaching.

“Anyone who kills someone and denies admitting it is a bitch!” - Dielianhua

The two exchanged sharp words, back and forth, and quickly refreshed dozens of columns.

There is a row of question marks downstairs.

"What's going on???"

"Why did you start arguing?"

"Oh, isn't it just that the living cultivators and the dead cultivators in Baiyujing have a grudge against each other? How come you don't even know this? You are really ignorant." - The little aunt who loves kp.

"666, this scolding is much more exciting than those lecherous girls in Nuxu Palace, hahaha." - The Violent Sea Traitor.

"Be careful what you say upstairs. Don't confuse us with those shameless nuns. We in the Taoist sect are devoted to love and never talk about love. We keep our chastity like jade and never talk about love. I hope you won't make up rumors, believe in rumors, or spread them." - No Sourness.

“Hehehe, women from certain factions say that they are pure saints on the surface, but in fact they secretly give birth to children and don’t even know how to cover it up.” - Leng Mingxiao, the third-level Silent Mysterious Woman.

“Fuck, what’s this?” - It’s no big deal to watch the fun.

"Oh my, guess why some Taoist sects inexplicably closed their mountains a while ago?" - Leng Mingxiao.

"Shut up bitch, do you want to die?" - No more bitterness.

"Look, it's urgent. Who is this? If you have the guts, go to the toilet and talk." - Leng Mingxiao.

"Master, tell me in detail!" - Several people below (replying to Leng Mingxiao)

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The post became more and more lively, with hundreds of comments appearing in just two minutes.

Especially the quarrels between the living and dead sects of Baiyujing and the Taoist and Buddhist sects of Nuxu Palace, their respective quarrels occupied the main part.

Xu Shu couldn't help but cover his head when he saw this.

This is really the case when one becomes famous, one is prone to gossip.

But this is also a good thing, as I don’t have to worry about the top leaders in Baiyujing not noticing my news.

Even if they themselves were not browsing the forum, 'Jianqi Jin' and 'Dielianhua' were important figures in Baiyujing, and they would report the situation themselves.

Later, when their demigod comes to find me, I will reveal the location of the 'Broken Flower Doll' to him, and then find an excuse to clear myself of the matter.

Well, this 'Chen Huang's' imagination is very interesting. This is what I originally thought, but I just didn't have a good explanation. He helped me fill in some logical loopholes and can serve as my excuse.

Haha, I'm an 'old monster' with a mysterious origin who has been secluded for hundreds of years and has just come out of the mountains. I don't understand many new things in this world. Is there any problem?

This is reasonable and obviously understandable!

By the way, speaking of this Butterfly Love Flower, isn’t this the one Xiaoya mentioned, the leader of the organization “There Are Beautiful Girls in the World” who has ordered the hunt for me?
Interesting. Judging from the meaning of her words, it seems like she wants to take the opportunity to tie "Taichu" to their camp of living cultivation?
Damn it! On the one hand, he was chasing me and conquering Wang Yumingluan, and on the other hand, he wanted to get my tiger-skin coat. How dare he!

Should I take the opportunity to expose her little thoughts and say something unfavorable to them, so that she will lose more than she gains and become the target of public criticism?
But as a great power on the Heavenly Ranking, it would be rather embarrassing for me to directly reply to such a "junior"...

After all, my character is an old monster with a mysterious identity and experience in the world. It's not a big problem if I appear to be 'ignorant' occasionally, they will help me make up for it in their imagination, but I have to keep my identity in check.

Unlike the 'Lord of Natural Disasters', who had long established a persona as a reckless lady with no restraint, no matter what came out of his mouth, others thought it was normal...

Alas, this is the burden. As the saying goes, success or failure depends on the character!

Xu Shu kept complaining in his heart, shaking his head and sighing.

Not long after, he found that there were several red dot messages in his private chat channel.

“Is there probably a demigod or even a powerful person on the Heavenly Ranking who is going to ask me about the details?” Xu Shu seemed to be thinking about something.

I clicked on the message and it was just as I expected.

The first message came from an old friend, from the spokesperson of the Astronomical Society, “Master Dongxuan” Melanie.

She asked straight to the point: "Senior, you were not careless again this time, were you? Why did you deliberately leave that guy at the gate of Penglai? Are you...testing that guy's situation?"

Xu Shu: ???
What the hell?
What are you thinking about, little sir?

Melanie seems to know the identity of this withered flower doll?

Wait, I smell a conspiracy!

Hiss... Could it be that there is actually a big secret here!

So it didn't appear by chance, but someone wanted to test 'that person' and deliberately left it here, and I just happened to see it?
Who did it? Who is 'that person'?
Xu Shu took a deep breath, feeling quite surprised, and did not reply immediately.

“It turns out that my speech this time was full of loopholes in the eyes of those who were interested!

"Fortunately, I had a good character before, so no one suspected that I was fake. After all, the Tier 4 Plastic Monster and Tier 5 Aphelios were real news. Now they just think I am acting on purpose."

"Haha, okay, okay, you guys have a lot of inside information, but now I have guessed it!"

When faced with such a special situation, Xu Shu, who has always been alert, recalled things quickly in his mind, and some information about the top leaders of Baiyujing quickly condensed in his mind and emerged automatically.

First of all, the fact that Melanie, who was at the top of the Earth Ranking, addressed him as 'that person' instead of calling him by his name seemed to indicate that she was quite fearful. Moreover, this person was related to Penglai, so his identity was obvious - the Taoist master of Baiyujing, the leader of a super power.

Xu Shu once learned the news about the Taoist master of Baiyujing from the mouth of that "fake big mouth", Mu Xifeng, the lord of natural disasters.

At that time, they encountered Aphelios who was secretly recovering from his injuries outside the border, which triggered the topic.

Mu Xifeng said that the leader of Baiyujing had not responded for a long time and many people believed that he had disappeared.

At that time, he also mentioned some of the doubtful and secretive issues of the leaders of other superpowers, which once caused heated discussions on the entire ascending network. In the end, the people from the Astronomical Society forcibly suppressed the heat by covering their mouths. (Note 1)

It was after this incident that Xu Shu finally understood that the 'outspoken big mouth' was just a character setting deliberately created by Mu Xifeng.

In fact, this "Lord of Disaster" is an out-and-out old villain. He is taking the opportunity to leak out some news about major forces.

In addition, Xu Shu remembered something else.

After the heated discussion caused by Mu Xifeng, a guy in Baiyujing with a ci tune called "Shuilongyin" mistakenly thought he was the master of Baiyujing and asked several times, "Master, is that you?"

This Shui Longyin is a fourth-rank Earth List expert, and his status in Baiyujing is definitely not low. I wonder if he is one of the 'Five Cities'. She has asked this, which shows that the disappearance of the Lord of Baiyujing is a foregone conclusion!

So the question is, since this withered flower doll was placed there intentionally by someone with ulterior motives, will this "person with ulterior motives" come to speak to me and test me?
Judging from the situation that has been shown on the upgraded network, those who dare to test the fifth realm can only be those in the fifth realm.

A fourth-level demigod doesn't have the guts to commit an act of disobedience, as evidenced by the fact that Melanie, the leader of the Earth Ranking, was still respectful when talking about a fifth-level powerful being who didn't know the difference between life and death.

and so……

"Let me see which fifth realm people come to ask me questions. Whoever asks is the suspect!"

Xu Shu clicked on the panel and returned to the message list, where he found that many people were asking him for news.

For example, "Shuilongyin" came and sent a long string of messages.

"Senior, did you see the traffic light? Please tell me where she is, I'd be grateful!"

"Senior, are you here?"

"Senior? Senior? Senior!!!"

Tsk, she is so anxious.

Xu Shu touched his chin.

It can be described as a 'traffic light', it is undoubtedly a withered flower doll.

While others are anxious, Xu Shu is not.

After a little thought, he put Shui Longyin aside for the time being and looked at other messages and some friend requests first.

This time he received three anonymous messages, all from friends he had added.

Judging from the last chat records, these three people are all at level five.

"Who are you?" - the first anonymous person asked.

Xu Shu almost laughed out of anger.

You're crazy. You've become anonymous, but you come to ask who I am? You're trying to get something for nothing, right? No one cares about you.

His tone seemed a bit reckless. Could he be the one who originally left the broken flower doll here? But it didn't seem like it...

This kind of person is a petty person who is unwilling to suffer any loss at all. There is no point in keeping him. Xu Shu thought about deleting him, but after thinking about it carefully, deleting him would seem like a sign of weakness, so he chose to ignore him.

Let’s look at the second one.

"Interesting, interesting. You actually found that enchanting doll. I roughly guessed who you are. Since you asked this question, it seems that you still can't judge Yun Shangtian's situation? Are you interested in communicating with me? I am also curious about what happened to the old thing." - Anonymous.

Got some good information this time.

The Taoist master of Baiyujing is named Yunshangtian.

Speaking of the floating city in the sky above the safe zone, it is also called Yunshangtian.

Only then did Xu Shu realize that the poem was named after the tune of their Taoist master.

Judging from the anonymous statement of No. 2, this should be a guy who has paid attention to this matter but did not take it particularly seriously. It seems that he does not have strong malice towards Bai Yujing, but is more of a curiosity.

There is too little information to speculate too much, but what is certain is that he was not the one who placed the Withered Flower Doll there, otherwise he would not have spoken in that tone.

A spectator watching the show?

Xu Shu touched his chin and said in a pretentious manner, "What's your idea?"

When being asked questions by strangers, you must never answer the question immediately. Instead, you should either answer a question that is not related to the question, or just ask the question what you want to know in order to get free ride.

This is where the experience of being a riddle teller finally came in handy.

The second anonymous reply said, "How about we go and see it together?"

The corner of Xu Shu's mouth twitched.

Well, Anonymous No. 2 chose the most aggressive approach and directly tore his paper tiger coat to pieces.

If this happens, it will be the scenario of 'a fifth-level netizen happily picking up a third-level grassroots hero'.

But Xu Shu did not show his fear, instead he said: "Oh, why should I waste my time on this? Talk about something else."

He refused, but not completely. As for his "real thoughts", he let this guy guess it himself.

Anyway, I can even find the broken flower doll that you can’t find, so how can I be afraid of you?

Xu Shu sneered, and seeing that he didn't reply, he didn't say anything more, but looked at the last anonymous number three.

Anonymous contestant number three said: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend, why not join forces?"

This statement is very direct. One can tell at a glance that this is Bai Yujing's enemy.

Xu Shu quite likes this kind of person who never drags his feet in what he says or does. He thinks he is much more interesting than Anonymous No. 1.

But even though he liked him, Xu Shu still couldn't agree to him.

"You are too extreme." - extremist Xu Shu commented.

"Don't persuade me. I will bear all the consequences regardless of success or failure. If you help me, I will pay you an equivalent reward." - Anonymous.

I don't want to advise you, buddy...and from what you said, it feels like you would be completely defeated by Yun Shangtian if you fight alone?
Xu Shu thought about it and did not reply to him. Instead, he paid attention to and remembered the historical chat records between this person and himself.

There is no 'note' function on the upgrade network, which is very inconvenient.

Xu Shu could only remember this guy's identity through his own artificial memory.

“Bai Yujing’s enemy”—he labeled No. 3 anonymously.

Afterwards, Xu Shu opened the information outside, which included several messages from demigods from other regions.

For example, the fourth-level "Ashura" Nine-headed Dragon asked: "Senior, do you still want this broken flower doll? If not, I can help you clean it up!"

I'm here to pick up mineral water bottles.

Marshal Pei, the fourth-rank "Giant Spirit", said: "Senior, the Withered Flower Doll is a great tonic for me. Excuse me, can you give it up? I am willing to pay a lot of money to buy it!"

This guy might want to take a concubine. He is indeed worthy of being a demigod of the "Lishi" path... Xu Shu silently gave him a thumbs up.

There are several other fourth-level ones in the same way, and the purpose is directly stated.

These people came straight to the point. It was obvious at first glance that they were unrelated people. They were simply out for the chance to earn a piece of this fourth-order erosion crystal, which was at least purple.

Xu Shu could also understand the enthusiasm of these people. The higher the level of cultivation, the more difficult it was to advance.

The whereabouts of a fourth-level monster is clear, which can indeed be sold for a large sum of money... Unfortunately, "Taichu" is a super boss who casually discards fifth-level monsters. He should not and cannot be greedy for these external things.

Ugh……

Xu Shu, who had lost a huge income, cried out in his heart, and turned to look at the other members of Bai Yujing's faction who came to add him as a friend.

Among them are "Dielianhua", "Jianqi Jin", "Yijiangnan", "Su Muzha" and so on, which are famous in the local area.

Although they are only at the third level, they are the backbone leaders of the "Twelve Towers of Yujing" and are relatively high-level leaders in Baiyujing.

However, their tone was extremely humble, as if even adding a friend was a huge offense, and they didn't dare to say a word that went beyond the rules.

Xu Shu did not approve their application because four people with higher status came to join him.

The fourth-rank "Soldier" Dianjiangchun, the fourth-rank "Dongxuan Zhenjun" Guanghanzhi, the fourth-rank "Pojunshuai" Basheng Ganzhou, and Chaotianzi who is also a "Soldier"!
Xu Shu had seen these four people at certain landmarks in the upper city.

There is no doubt that this is the 'Lord of Five Cities'.

Four people came from the five cities, and one more person probably didn't have time to come.

Including Shui Longyin, there are five demigods here alone, and many of them are masters of the Earth List... In fact, there must be more people. There are probably no less than ten resident demigods in the entire Penglai?

Alas, thinking back then, there were only two demigods stationed in the D8B3 area, and both of them were "weaklings" who could not even be ranked on the Earth Ranking. Perhaps this was the reason why the safe zone was targeted by the cultists and taken as a target to be destroyed.

Being weak is the original sin...

Xu Shu let out a sigh, and then thought, even though these guys are very interested in the Canhua doll, they may not know the inside story.

No, maybe no one knows the real inside story.

Although they are high-ranking officials in Baiyujing, as the saying goes, sometimes humans are more defensive than their own people.

Xu Shu did not rush to pass, but only then turned back to the conversation with Shui Longyin and replied slowly:
"Why didn't you call me Master this time?"

"Uh... Senior, you are joking. I was wrong last time. I am sorry for the offense. Please forgive me! Senior, can you tell me where the withered flower doll is?" - Shui Longyin.

"Okay, but how do you want to do it?" Xu Shu asked.

After a while, Shui Longyin sent a message:
"Senior, I don't know what you want to do, but now that things have come to this, I will be honest with you... My master has indeed not responded for a long time, and this matter is almost known to everyone!
"Auntie Traffic Light was my master's first strange servant. She has a close connection with him. If we find her, we will have a chance to find my master. I hope you can tell me her location. I will be very grateful!"

Wow, boy, that’s how it is!
This Shui Longyin must have remembered that he had revealed his true colors last time, so he stopped trying to hide it and came straight to the point!

Xu Shu looked at it in amazement.

No wonder those in the know "guessed" at first glance that I was testing the Lord of Baiyujing, and it turned out that I had met Yun Shangtian's mistress!

So, the Lord of Baiyujing and I were briefly fellow travelers?

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(Note: See Volume 138, Chapter )
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