The deflated cultivator refused to give up and vowed to turn the tables.

The saying goes, "A man's knees are worth gold," but this time he's suffered a huge loss.

The leader remained silent for a long time, clearly enjoying the sight of his followers kneeling before him, tilting his head back, opening his arms, closing his eyes, and taking deep breaths. After a long while, he finally called out, "Rise."

After Su Zinong stood up, he stroked his knees and quietly looked up at the altar master on the stage.

He was dressed in a blue, wide-sleeved robe of the Heavenly Demon Sect. He had triangular eyes, drooping eyebrows, a small nose, a mustache, and loose hair. He was not particularly tall.

He called out in a slightly high-pitched voice, "Brothers and sisters, hello!"

I'm afraid the demon will be polite.

The Eastern Branch of the Heavenly Demon Sect first reintroduced the twelve elders sitting in the back row of the stage.

Because many new members join each year, they may not recognize all the elders.

Then he boasted about the various great achievements of the entire Heavenly Demon Sect and its Eastern branch over the past year.

Then, the two traitors were dragged out and executed on the spot as a warning to others.

Neither Su Zinong nor Huang Chenghe had ever witnessed such a scene before, and their brows furrowed slightly. After all, Su Zinong had never been to a major sect, and although Huang Chenghe came from a prestigious family, they did not have such strict laws.

The meeting proceeded in such a noisy and chaotic manner for an hour before finally addressing the important matters.

The altar master said, "Recently, we received a mission from the main sect to go to the south and join forces with the southern branch altars to carry out a major undertaking. Our target is a family of cultivators in the south, and we are determined to obtain their treasures."

"Since this matter is currently a secret of our sect, it is not convenient to say more here. It is only for the purpose of selecting disciples to go. This matter is somewhat dangerous, but if we succeed, we will be rewarded with great merit."

"Of the twelve elders, we need to send six, and we also need eighteen disciples. Each elder will select three disciples, whose cultivation level must be at least three stars, and they will be on standby in the South City within ten days."

"Of course, our Eastern branch is only assisting, because the real operation is in the South, and the brothers in the Southern branch will send more than forty-eight people."

"This mission will be led by Deputy Master Qiao. We wish this secret mission a complete success!"

The meeting adjourned.

Su Zinong and Huang Chenghe walked out with the crowd.

It's just that because his buttocks were bruised and battered, he walks extremely slowly.

“I just heard an elder ask a fellow believer if there were any suspicious people nearby. I heard that Miss Mo Mo has come to the east of Tianan City.” Su Zinong was getting restless.

"Really? Then let's hurry over there." Huang Chenghe was impatient.

"What's the point of us going? In our current state, we might not be able to beat her in a fight, and we can't catch up with her in a run. Are we just going to walk into her trap to win her smile?" Su Zinong sneered.

"If we can't win, we won't fight, but we'll find a way to mess with her. We've paid such a heavy price just to see her. At least we can catch a glimpse of her face this time, and that will make up for our bruised butts," Huang Chenghe said resentfully.

Su Zinong couldn't refuse Huang Chenghe, so he had no choice but to follow him, though he was also curious himself.

*** ***

The news I heard only mentioned that it had reached the east of Tianan City, but Tianan City is a large city with a vast population, making it difficult to find.

"Didn't you hear me clearly, in more detail? How are we supposed to find it here?" Huang Chenghe stared into the distance, his eyes vacant.

“They’ve only said so much, how can I hear any more! Should I go up and ask them?” Su Zinong retorted.

"I don't care! Aren't you incredibly smart? You take care of finding her, and I'll take care of figuring out how to prank her. That's something I'm good at. I've been known as the King of Pranks since I was three years old." Huang Chenghe looked confident, as if he could already see the wonderful expression on Mo Mo's face when she was pranked.

“Didn’t you say you fully understood her and had specifically studied the Four Great Women? Everyone has certain habits in their behavior,” Su Zinong patiently explained.

"Oh, I see! Let me think... that extraordinary woman, Mo Mo, likes clean, large houses, and travels in a special, exquisite carriage. Whenever she goes to a new place, she always goes to the east side, and when she stays at an inn, she prefers to stay in the east-facing rooms. In the same house, she likes to sit on the east-facing stools..." Huang Chenghe recounted the details with great familiarity.

“I usually laugh at you for studying these trivial things, but I never thought they would actually come in handy. Let’s head east and see if there are any large inns or inns with the character ‘East’ in their names.” Su Zinong was now confident.

Later, Huang Chenghe found her. He went to several inns in the east and sent small amounts of silver to the waiters to inquire. He quickly found her at the "Donghai Grand Inn." Sure enough, she was staying in an east-facing room, and there was a private carriage parked outside the inn.

The two waited for a long time at the tea table outside the shop, but still didn't see Mo Mo. Although they had never met her, they knew that Mo Mo was a very beautiful woman, so even without seeing her, they could recognize her at a glance.

"Let's go, let's take off her carriage wheels and get revenge for our butts." Huang Chenghe slammed his hand on the table.

"This isn't a good idea! After all, we brought this on ourselves. We broke into someone's residence at night, and they haven't even said anything to us yet, so there's no real grudge between us." Su Zinong quickly stopped him, making a show of it.

"Anyway, I'm going. Whether you come or not is up to you." Huang Chenghe walked forward without looking back.

"Hey, wait for me!" Su Zinong chased after her, "Don't break it all the way, just break it halfway so it breaks on the way and makes her fall on her little bottom!"

"A repressed pervert!" Huang Chenghe said with a look of disdain.

The two men went to a general store and bought a small saw. Then they quietly found the ornately decorated carriage, and despite the pain in their buttocks, they crawled under the carriage. Huang Chenghe sawed the carriage wheel axle until it was half broken and half intact.

After finishing, he looked satisfied, clapped his hands, and hid aside to watch the fun.

But after waiting for a long time, Mo Mo still hadn't arrived, so they booked a room by the window at the inn, and the two of them took turns keeping watch over the carriage.

The next morning, upon hearing the neighing of horses, the waiter outside the shop called out happily, "Thank you for your tip, sir!" Then the carriage rumbled and set off.

Su Zinong pulled Huang Chenghe and ran. Huang Chenghe was caught off guard and felt a sharp pain in his buttocks. Hearing that the carriage had started moving, he endured the pain and strode past Su Zinong to run away.

Because there were many pedestrians on the streets of the big city, the carriage did not move very fast.

Su Zinong and Huang Chenghe followed behind, waiting to see what would happen.

"Could it be that we didn't cut deep enough? How come it hasn't broken after walking all this way! I feel like it won't break even if we walk until we're breathless." Huang Chenghe couldn't help but wonder, already drenched in sweat from walking.

"So young, and at the peak of the fourth star cultivation level, how could she die so easily? I calculated it carefully. If it were on a flat road, it wouldn't break, and even if it did, she wouldn't fall so badly. Only when it suddenly breaks on a bumpy road would she really be thrown off balance, her buttocks would be bruised and battered. Ouch, ouch..." As he spoke, Su Zinong's own buttocks throbbed with pain, as if he had sensed it.

Sure enough, when they reached a section of road under construction with potholes, the carriage wheel axle snapped off with a crack, the two wheels wobbled back and forth, then one flew to the left and the other to the right, and the carriage overturned.

Inside, a figure dressed in white with blue trim fell into the mud puddle, covered in mud and water, turning into a living mud lotus root, spitting out mud and reeking of mud...

"Hahahaha!" Su Zinong and Huang Chenghe burst into laughter, feeling extremely satisfied.

Upon closer inspection, wait a minute? It's a man!