Legend Management Bureau Chapter 376

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“Master, what should we do?” Li Lianying asked. “Do we just charge into the battlefield like this?”

The young girl frowned, sensing that something was amiss.

“Cowherd, my eyesight is not what it used to be. Take a look for me…” the young girl shook her head and said, “Why does it look like Mo Liqing and Mo Lishou are fighting to the death?”

Cowherd looked up and knew that Meng Po was right. Mo Liqing and Mo Lishou, both members of the Four Heavenly Kings, were currently blasting their magical treasures at each other with reckless abandon. It was a bizarre sight.

It was not just Mo Liqing and Mo Lishou. Many immortal beings of China were locked in deathmatches in the sky above.

“Sister Meng, something does not seem right,” Cowherd muttered. “Could this war not be an external invasion… but an internal rebellion?”

At that moment, another girl stepped out from behind Meng Po. She had a lip piercing, wore black lipstick, and was quite beautiful despite her eccentric outfit. She scratched her ear with her pinky finger and declared, “To defeat the group, catch the king first. To curse a man, curse his mother first. As long as we smash that giant Buddha to pieces, internal rebellion or external invasion, it will all be easily solved.”

Cowherd turned to look at the woman and asked, “Will that really work? We have not even distinguished friend from foe yet…”

Though he said that, he could not help but worry… Where was Zhi Nv? Could she be in danger too?

After she finished speaking, she realized it sounded a bit inappropriate and quickly added, “Not to mention we have Sister Meng, damn it!”

Meng Po frowned and said, “Qiang Nv, I have told you many times. Do not add profanities when saying my name.”

“Ah! Yes, yes!” The girl called Qiang Nv hurriedly nodded in agreement. “I am so damn sorry.”

Cowherd shot Qiang Nv a glance. “Qiang Nv, what do you mean by three bosses? An Lushan’s territory has already been taken over by Zhi Er. He is now on equal footing with me, making him one of the four bosses of the Inner Yellow Springs.”

“Bullshit!” Qiang Nv rubbed her nose. “You think I do not know? Zhi Er has always been your lackey. Even if he took over An Lushan’s territory, he still follows your orders. Not to mention, he lacks the seniority to be considered a boss.”

Cowherd could not be bothered to argue with her. He sighed and said, “Whatever you say.”

With that, Cowherd waved his hand and led his numerous subordinates forward.

Zhi Er and the thousand men he led also followed Cowherd forward without a word.

“Cowherd, where are you going?” Li Lianying asked.

“I am going to find someone.”

Cowherd and his subordinates headed deep into the battlefield without looking back.

“In that case… let us begin our operation as well.” Meng Po watched Cowherd’s receding figure and spoke slowly. “I do not ask much of you. Number one is to stay alive. Number two is to stay alive. Only number three is to win. Understood?”

“Understood!”

The thousands of subordinates replied in unison.

Cowherd walked for a while before ordering his men to scatter. After all, it was far too inconvenient to move around with several thousand people in tow.

Zhi Er stepped forward and asked, “Brother Lang, you had us split up, what are you going to do?”

Cowherd’s expression was incredibly serious. He constantly scanned the immortal beings in the sky around them, then replied, “Zhi Er, I have a terrible feeling. I need to find Zhi Nv first.”

Zhi Er nodded upon hearing this. “If that is the case, I will lead the boys to find a way to breach the giant Buddha. Once you find Sister Zhi, come rendezvous with us.”

“Alright, Zhi Er, I leave it to you.” Cowherd nodded. He then kicked off the ground and soared into the air.

“Zhi Nv… where exactly are you?” Cowherd pressed his lips tightly together, a strong sense of foreboding washing over him.

Cowherd could give up anything and everything, but he could never give up Zhi Nv.

In order to see him, Zhi Nv had forced her way across the Naihe Bridge multiple times in her immortal body, a path meant only for the dead.

In the end, she had gone from a celestial maiden to a mere wandering soul.

“Crossing the Naihe Bridge for a man like me… isn’t that just a wrongful death? Zhi Nv, I still haven’t been able to give you a happy life. You absolutely cannot let anything happen to you,” Cowherd said bitterly.

It did not take long before Cowherd finally picked up on a familiar sound across the battlefield.

Pingju opera!

Sure enough, in a corner of the battlefield, a ghostly figure was humming a folk tune while weaving in and out of the fray. The black monks nearby were all getting their heads sliced off.

“Liu Ling!” Cowherd shouted.

Hearing Cowherd’s shout, Liu Ling stopped in his tracks and turned around with a joyful expression. “Brother Lang?!”

“Liu Ling, it’s so good to see you!” Cowherd walked forward with an anxious expression.

However, Liu Ling suddenly thought of something and realized it was a bad situation. His eyes darted away, and he turned around, about to use a Fleeing Spell.

“Huh?” Seeing Liu Ling’s reaction, Cowherd was bewildered. He hurried forward and grabbed him. “Liu Ling, where are you going? I have something to ask you!”

Liu Ling gritted his teeth and hastily replied, “Brother Lang! Don’t ask me! I… I don’t know anything! Ask Brother Yu later!”

“You don’t know?” Cowherd sensed that Liu Ling was acting extremely odd. “I haven’t even said what I’m going to ask, and you already say you don’t know?”

Although Cowherd had not asked his question, how could Liu Ling not know?

Cowherd was looking for Zhi Nv.

But Zhi Nv was dead!

How could he possibly bring himself to say those words in a way that Cowherd could accept?

“Brother Lang, I am clumsy with words… I am afraid I will say the wrong thing… Maybe you should just ask Brother Yu…”

As a boss of the Inner Yellow Springs, Cowherd had dealt with countless people. Liu Ling’s behavior only intensified the overwhelming dread in his heart.

“Liu Ling…” Cowherd’s lips barely moved as he spoke slowly. “Did something happen to Zhi Nv?”

“I… I…”

Liu Ling had worked under Cowherd for a long time. Naturally, he knew the profoundly deep and sorrowful love story between him and Zhi Nv.

But what could he do?

Right at that moment, another person flew down from the sky, landing right beside the two of them.

Cowherd turned around and saw that it was A Can.

“Brother Lang?” A Can had not expected Cowherd to be here either. “Why are you here?”

Cowherd stared at A Can, his face pale as ashes. He asked, “A Can, tell me. Where is Zhi Nv?”

A Can’s heart skipped a beat. He turned to look at Liu Ling, but Liu Ling only showed a pained expression, constantly averting his gaze.

A Can knew that this matter could not be kept hidden forever. He pondered for a long moment before enunciating every word clearly:

“Brother Lang… Zhi Nv has fallen.”

Cowherd listened to these words expressionlessly, yet his heart shattered into pieces.

Zhi Nv had fallen.

Hundreds of years ago, Zhi Nv had pointed at Vega in the sky and asked Cowherd, “Look, that star is called the Weaver Girl star. Do you think a star can fall?”

“It won’t,” Cowherd had replied. “The brightest star in my heart will never fall.”

But now, the Weaver Girl star had fallen, completely unbeknownst to him.

A bitter smile surfaced on the corner of Cowherd’s lips. He asked slowly, “A Can, Liu Ling, tell me… who killed Zhi Nv?”

The two of them wanted to answer him, but they sensed something was terribly wrong.

Because the person who had killed Zhi Nv… was right there on the battlefield!