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Chapter 49 Hello, New World
"Drip!"

The bridge was completely jammed with vehicles, and horns were blaring incessantly.

Are you still coming or not?

"Don't panic, something seems to have happened up ahead!"

It's unclear who was the first to get off the bus, but as word spread, more and more people got off, eager to watch the excitement and peering over the railing.

Even so, no one could clearly see when the woman in white appeared.

She seemed to spring out of thin air, suddenly standing there.

brush brush...

The group moved in perfect unison, all taking out their phones and pointing the cameras at the woman in white.

The figure on the screen possessed an inexplicable coolness; the woman's long sleeves fluttered, and although she appeared solitary and frail, she stood as steady as a mountain on the narrow railing. Neither the bustling traffic behind her nor the shouts and commotion of the surrounding crowd seemed to exist in her eyes.

If immortals exist in this world, they must look like this.

Liu Shuyue, however, was in a different mood at this moment.

She saw the city where the Hermit of Lushan lived for the first time and confirmed that it did not belong to any continent outside the Abyss. There were so many things she had never seen before, both people and objects, all of which gave her an extremely fresh feeling.

On the other side of the bridge, the undulating buildings were even more awe-inspiring than the magical treasures of the Lotus Cloud Sect, for these treasures could only be wielded by a very few disciples, while these creations, comparable to great power, brought blessings to countless people. If the Lotus Cloud Sect hoped for a day of universal harmony, perhaps this scene best reflected that vision.

Did it just fall from nowhere?

The stories from ancient and modern times suddenly became heavy and realistic. Generation after generation of changes, step by step of innovation, until the world is in harmony, the price to be paid is far beyond what one or two disciples of a sect could offer.

Feeling the river breeze on her face, she felt her mind was clearer than before.

Of course, Liu Shuyue did not like to do such things in public, especially not in front of everyone, which would violate the teachings of the Lianyun Sect.

Being pointed at and talked about by hundreds or thousands of strangers made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, it was Chen Xuan who spoke to her.

Moreover, judging from his words, this matter was quite important, concerning the future development of the store, which is why she decided to make an exception and temporarily put aside the sect's reputation.

"Hurry up." She gestured to the horned deer.

“Even if I die here, it will be a glorious death in battle. My people will never let you go, you evil, evil, vicious... treacherous, ruthless…” The leader of the “barbarians” suddenly began to stutter.

"What's going on? His momentum seems to have weakened."

"Did you forget your lines?"

The onlookers immediately noticed something was wrong.

"Oh no," Lin Qing whispered, "he's out of sorts again."

Chen Xuan shook his head. It wasn't that Fu Jiaolu was out of sorts; rather, his honest-man syndrome had resurfaced—even knowing it was an act, he couldn't bring himself to utter a fluent curse in front of a Celestial Master he respected from the bottom of his heart.

This was no longer a problem that could be solved by the Mind Cleansing Mantra. He immediately took out a precious communication talisman and sent a message to Liu Shuyue, "I can't wait any longer, next stage!"

Liu Shuyue took a step forward expressionlessly and jumped off the bridge in full view of everyone.

"She wasn't tied up with any ropes!"

"Even if you survive jumping from that height, you'd be in serious trouble!"

The people on the bridge immediately craned their necks to look, and then they witnessed a scene that resembled a special effects shot. Liu Shuyue, as light as a kite, glided across the water, then walked on the water, rushing towards the three people on the other side!

Fu Jiaolu no longer needed to memorize his lines; he simply swung the wooden stick on his back and smashed it at Liu Shuyue.

The two sides immediately clashed!
Of course, this was all arranged by Chen Xuan beforehand. In any case, even if the three villagers fought with all their might, they couldn't possibly harm the immortal master in the slightest, so they treated it as a regular practice performance. Liu Shuyue didn't use any weapons either, relying on her qi-infused hands and feet to attack, emphasizing a visceral sense of impact.

But other people see it differently.

The woman in white's moves were incredibly fierce, with almost every strike producing a loud thud as it pierced the air. The sheer power of her attacks was terrifying even from a distance, unlike the more rigid and methodical depictions in movies. When she clashed with weapons, fragments would even fly everywhere.

The other three barbarians were no less formidable. Although they wielded wooden weapons, their sheer force of nature was overwhelming; when they swung their clubs, the onlookers could only see afterimages. They could easily imagine that if they were struck by such a weapon, they would likely succumb to their injuries.

Even more incredibly, there wasn't a single wire attached to the four of them, nor a single foothold. Both sides moved and shifted on solid water, splashing water with each step. Initially, the noise was quite lively, but gradually everyone fell silent, each person focusing intently on the battle on the river, afraid of missing a single detail.

As the woman in white was once again repelled by the three men working together, she finally lost her patience.

“There has been progress, but not much.” She pointed to the sky with one finger, and her feet slowly lifted off the water, as if she were floating above the sandy river. “It’s time to end this.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the originally clear sky darkened instantly, with dark clouds rolling above the bridge and bright lightning flashing through the clouds like dragons that could leap out at any moment.

All the witnesses were stunned.

The fight on the water earlier could be explained as some kind of special effects performance, but how do you explain the fact that the bright sunny day disappeared in the blink of an eye?

Liu Shuyue raised her hand and waved.

This was the same tactic used to scare away the royal army at the foot of Zhangwei City.

In an instant, lightning flashed and thunder roared!
Countless bolts of purple lightning lashed out from the dark clouds, engulfing the trio in the blink of an eye. Steam billowed from the river's surface, as if it were boiling. Not only that, several bolts of lightning struck the streetlights along the tourist area, accompanied by crackling explosions and bursts of sparks!

Now everyone was really panicked.

Nobody wants to get struck by lightning while just watching a show!
Screams erupted as everyone scrambled to find safety. But the dark clouds came and went quickly; in less than ten seconds, the afternoon sun shone down again, illuminating both banks of the Shajiang River, causing the fleeing people to stop in their tracks.

Only then did they realize that the woman in white had vanished.

The trio opposite her also disappeared from the steaming river, leaving only half a charred wooden stick and a few pieces of tattered cloth in the water.

"Was I dreaming just now?"

"It's being filmed with a phone! This can't be fake!"

"Who exactly are they?"

"That's so cool! I want to learn that water-floating skill too!"

Everyone was completely stunned. Tourists on the scenic belt and drivers on the bridge were all in an uproar!

"Let's go," Chen Xuan said with satisfaction. "It's time to pick them up."

Liu Shuyue was directly teleported to the store by the "store manager's invitation," while Fu Jiaolu and the others dived into the water the moment the phantom lightning struck, using breath-holding talismans to move downstream. They would go ashore once they found an uninhabited riverbank, so they still needed to be brought back.

Hearing the excited discussions behind him, Chen Xuan knew that the curtain was finally about to rise.

……

"Breaking news! Another bizarre event has occurred in Jiangcheng, following the strange mirage!"

"Family members, something terrible has happened! We haven't found any aliens, but the immortals have already emerged from the mountains!"

"The live recording is here, don't forget to give it a like."

"I've said it before: superpowers definitely exist. Superhero movies are just documentaries!"

The incident escalated at an astonishing speed. In the afternoon, all sorts of discussion posts sprang up on various forums like mushrooms after rain, and by evening, it had climbed to the top of the trending searches, with YouTube filled with related videos.

"Young man, do you know what happened on the Shajiang Bridge this afternoon?" Even the old man in the neighborhood who often comes to buy cigarettes is talking about the "big show" at noon.

“I know, the TV stations all went to the scene to do interviews.” Chen Xuanxian helped him scan the code. “Two packs of Furongwang cigarettes, 40 yuan.”

"Hey, that's nothing. The best part is that my daughter was on the bridge at the time, only a few meters away from that woman in white. She also happened to have her camera with her and took a lot of pictures right away," the uncle proudly declared. "I heard that now someone is buying high-resolution photos of the scene at a high price, several hundred yuan per photo!"

"Really? Your daughter is so lucky! What does she think about this?"

"I don't know about that. If you're interested, why don't you talk to her? I'll give you her WeChat."

Chen Xuan was completely taken aback by this angle of salesmanship. He quickly pushed the cigarette towards the other person, "Haha...we'll talk about it later."

"Tsk, young people really don't know what's good for them." The old man shook his head and walked out of the shop with considerable dissatisfaction.

At this moment, Lin Qing, who was cleaning the table, suddenly walked over and whispered to Chen Xuan, "The Weixian Agency has taken action."

(End of this chapter)