A genius girl with her own space

"Qiqi, let's go in from the back. I'll pretend to go to the toilet and look around the backyard. There's no one in the other rooms. There's a cellar that can't be entered during the day, and there's also a room for storing firewood. I also feel something is wrong. Let's go and take a look at night." Zhou Jingze replied.

"Qiqi, I think Xiao Si, who delivered the food, is very smart. Your Hidden Sect is recruiting people, so I think he can be trained to be a secret guard to collect intelligence." Zhou Jingze told Qiqi about Xiao Si's performance in the temple, and Qiqi was also optimistic about Xiao Si.

Xiao Si himself did not expect that his performance would be appreciated by Zhou Jingze and Qiqi, allowing him to rise rapidly from Xiao Si to the secret guard.

Qiqi wrote a letter and asked Xiao Si to deliver it to Fuxiangju in Zoucheng. She asked Xiao Si to wait for the shopkeeper to read the letter and then come back. After giving Xiao Si a five-liang silver note, Xiao Si quickly asked for leave from the shopkeeper and happily went to deliver the letter to Qiqi.

Qiqi's letter informed the leader of the Fuxiangju branch, asking him to talk to the messenger, Xiao Si, to see if he would be willing to work as a servant at Fuxiangju for double the wages. "You should carefully observe and test this Xiao Si to see if he can be trained as a secret guard to gather intelligence."

Qiqi and Jingze never imagined that this little Si would become the leader of a branch in the future. The intelligence he collected allowed Qiqi to evade the pursuit of the upper realm time and time again.

As night fell, Qiqi and Jingze donned their nightgowns and vanished into the darkness. Using their qinggong skills, they hurried to Yunji Mountain. They reached the mountain's back gate and soared onto the rooftops. The temple was quiet. Lights shone from a few rooms.

Qiqi and Jingze walked slowly on the rooftop until they reached a brightly lit area. Jingze carefully untied two tiles. There were two monks drinking tea and chatting.

"Brother. When will the master complete his training? He has left us in this desolate place with only a small amount of money coming in every day, barely enough for our daily expenses. If I hadn't raised the prices of incense money and vegetarian meals, the money we received wouldn't be enough for us to spend. Why would the master want to come to such a place? The abbot of the temple was also poisoned. I don't know what the point is for the master to keep him around." said a monk.

"I don't want to stay here either. I live in fear every day. We stole other people's little girls, and many of them were reported to the government. I'm afraid we'll be found out. We did something so unscrupulous that we'll lose our heads if caught by the government. If the master hadn't given us poison and sent us the antidote every two weeks, I would have run away long ago. The master makes him bleed these ten little girls every day, and I feel sorry for them. Sooner or later, they will be tortured to death by the master." said another monk.

The master the monk was referring to was the leader of the evil cult, the Zhan Yi Sect, known as Wang Lao Xie. He was ruthless, a master of martial arts, and a master of poison creation. He survived in the cracks between the various sects. By chance, he stole a martial arts manual from a wealthy businessman. It contained a blood-based technique, which used the blood of young girls to infuse a powerful formation and enhance his own power.

In recent years, Wang Lao Xie has been frequently hunted down by decent people. He has no fixed place to live and has been hiding with his disciples. One of his disciples was driven out by the abbot of Yunji Mountain for stealing. He has always held a grudge against the old abbot. Knowing that they had nowhere to go, he led his master to Yunji Mountain. The abbot of Yunji Mountain saw the murderous look in their eyes and was unwilling to take them in. Wang Lao Xie made him eat poison, which made him mute and made him clean the temple every day. The other monks in the temple were also fed poison, and Wang Lao Xie gave them an antidote every two weeks.

Wang Laoxie recalled the Blood Power, learning how to take revenge on so-called decent people. He ordered his disciples to steal ten girls for him to practice his evil power. Seeing that his disciples were reluctant, he gave them poison, and anyone who disobeyed would die immediately.

Qiqi and Jingze overheard the two monks' conversation and exchanged glances. Jingze landed on the ground. He walked to the door and knocked. Immediately, a voice called out, "Who's there?" Zhou Jingze stammered, "Master is calling you over."

They were talking badly about the master, and they couldn't tell if it was their own people who were talking, so they came over and opened the door. Zhou Jingze flashed and came in front of them, pressing their acupoints. He also pressed their mute point. Qiqi also followed in.

Qiqi stuffed a pill into each of their mouths. "If you don't want to die, don't yell. What I just gave you is highly poisonous, enough to kill a cow in half an hour. I'll ask you questions, and you'll answer them. A lie is like a rabbit in my hand," Qiqi said. Then, she casually pulled a rabbit from her bag and gave it Ma Fei San, which made it motionless shortly thereafter. This frightened both monks.

Zhou Jingze pressed the mute point on the monk who wanted to run away.

Qiqi said to him, "I heard everything you said. Where are those dozen girls? Where is your master hiding? If you want to live, you must tell the truth."

"Please spare my life, little heroine. The master is in the secret room in the woodshed, and the little girl is also locked in there."

"How many of you are here? What bad things have you done? What's the name of your master?"

"Master's name is Wang Lao Xie. There are twenty-seven of us in total, and including the temple's people, there are more than thirty. We did all these bad things because of Master. Lady, please spare our lives."

Qiqi didn't waste time talking to him. "Lead the way, go find Wang Laoxie, hurry up and don't dawdle." Qiqi pushed the monk. Zhou Jingze also pressed the monk's mute point.

Zhou Jingze made a secret signal with his hand. A secret guard came in from outside, knocked the other monk unconscious and took him away.

The monk who had led the way was trembling with fear. Zhou Jingze picked him up and dragged him to the woodshed. He slowly opened the door.

The monk pointed at the pile of firewood. Qiqi kicked him. "Move it away!" The monk quickly moved the firewood away. There was a secret door under the firewood. The monk quickly opened the secret door and pointed with his finger.

Zhou Jingze pushed the monk, and he crawled into the secret room.

The secret room was dark, lit by a few oil lamps. The first thing I saw was the room where the little girls were imprisoned. The girls were lying on the ground, covered in blood and motionless.

Zhou Jingze pushed the monk forward. A large formation appeared before his eyes. There were many dried bloodstains at the bottom of the formation, and a round ball was hanging above it.

"Who's coming in?" an old voice called out. Zhou Jingze nodded at the monk and walked towards the voice. At the back of the formation was a square platform. A bald monk sat on it, with triangular eyes, a flat nose, and an old face.

He also saw Zhou Jingze. "How did you get in? Who are you? What are you doing here?" Wang Laoxie asked

"I was just about to ask you. You are harming and torturing these girls. You are completely unscrupulous. What do you want to do?" Zhou Jingze shouted.

"What do I want to do? I just want to kill you so-called righteous people. Kill my apprentice. And kill them all. I am forced by you, and I don't want to do this. Did you give us a way to live? Did you let us go? I just want to take revenge on you. I don't care what method I use. As long as I achieve my goal, it's fine." Wang Laoxie said.

"Wang Laoxie, today is the day you die." Zhou Jingze shouted angrily. He took out his sword and stabbed Wang Laoxie.

Wang Lao Xie also raised his staff and engaged Zhou Jingze. Despite Zhou Jingze's martial arts prowess, he was still young, and Wang Lao Xie nearly struck him in the arm. After more than a dozen rounds of fighting, Zhou Jingze stabbed Wang Lao Xie's arm with a sword, sending Wang Lao Xie plummeting to the ground.

Qiqi and the secret guards also rushed over. Qiqi paused to look at the girls imprisoned in the dark room. The secret guards helped her unlock the room, and Qiqi went in to examine the girls' injuries one by one. Unable to provide treatment in the dark room, Qiqi stuffed a life-saving pill into each girl's mouth, telling the secret guards to rescue them first.

The secret guard stepped forward and pinned Wang Lao Xie down, trapping him. Qiqi stepped forward and shot a poison bullet into Wang Lao Xie's mouth.

"Didn't you poison them? Let me give you a taste of poison." Qiqi casually pressed Wang Laoxie's mute point. "I'll let you harm a girl. I'll make you die of pain, unable to even scream." The secret guard led Wang Laoxie out.

"Brother Jingze, are you okay? I saw that you were not injured." Qiqi pulled Zhou Jingze over and took a look. She felt relieved when she saw that he was not injured.

Qiqi and Zhou Jingze came out of the dark room, found the abbot of the Yunji Mountain Temple, and detoxified him.