Chapter 15

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Chu Lei straps the demon’s body to the imperial sword and sends it back to Shaoyang Sect. Chu Yinghong and Dongfang Qingqi are both wounded and shouldn’t move much, so they stayed in Lutai Town and will return to Shaoyang Sect half a month later to watch the Flower Hairpin Tournament.

Once Chu Lei leaves, the children feel much more relaxed. The head of the Shaoyang Sect is never humorous, like a scary rock, and with him around, the children don’t dare to joke around. Chu Yinghong and Dongfang Qingqi, who are left behind, are both funny and humorous, so the children are much bolder.

Once the demon-hunting matter was settled, it was the children’s turn to carry out a secret operation – to save the wrongly accused merman.

The hunters who had followed them up the mountain earlier returned and spread the news that the demon had been removed. Naturally, some of the townspeople believed and some didn’t. How could a demon that had not been rid of with so much manpower and resources be easily dealt with by two or three people? What’s more, the glass jar with the merman closed is still displayed in front of the Yamen. It is said that one of the haunting demons is hiding in the water, so it must be so.

Since the hunters had no evidence and argued for several days without success, they did not bother to talk about it.

However, Xuanji slept for two days, and when she slept, Chu Yinghong was so anxious that she thought something had happened to her again. However, her face was red and white, and even when she asked someone to check her pulse, they said she was not sick, so why didn’t she wake up?

Just when everyone was at their wits’ end, Xuanji finally woke up at noon on the third day. Chu Yinghong, who had been taking care of her, was overjoyed and asked her how she was feeling.

The little girl blinked her eyes blankly, her brows suddenly furrowed and she sighed: “Aunt Hong, I am very hungry.”

Chu Yinghong smiled: “Of course you are hungry! You’ve been sleeping for three days!” She helped Xuanji sit up and said, “What do you want to eat? Tell Aunt Hong, I’ll ask someone to cook for you.”

“Anything will do, as long as it fills the stomach.”

Xuanji got out of bed and put on her shoes. Suddenly she thought of something and asked, “Where are Si Feng and Sixth Brother? By the way, have you caught those two demons yet?”

As Chu Yinghong is putting up her hair, she says, “We’ve already caught it! They are eating downstairs, so it’s good that you’ve finished freshening up, so go down and eat together.”

At this time, Zhong Minyan and Yu Sifeng were indeed downstairs, but instead of eating, they were secretly discussing a plan to save the merman in the afternoon. Originally, Zhong Minyan was unwilling to mix up in this matter, but he was moved by Yu Sifeng’s long and strange-toned speech.

Although they had made cultivation their lifelong goal, they never forgot to do righteous deeds. Now that the merman is weak and downtrodden and only a few of them in the whole town know the truth about the demons, isn’t this the right time to be a hero!

After all, they’re just kids, they’re restless, and they want to do something big every chance they get.

“Then it’s a deal!” Yu Sifeng lowered his voice, even burying his head, and gave a mysterious appearance in a “we’re discussing military matters” manner, “I’ll go and distract them first. You just go over there and smash that jar!”

Zhong Minyan nodded repeatedly and said, “If an officer comes to stop you, set off a smoke bomb. I’ll leave with the merman. Don’t forget to cover your face. It’s a problem if someone recognizes you!”

“You’re right! You can’t be recognized!” Yu Sifeng lowered his head and touched the small pouch on his waist for a long time, took out two pieces of black cloth, and handed him one, “You one, me one. Let’s do it after eating!”

“What’s the action?” The two young men froze at the sound of a question from behind.

When he turned around, he forced a smile and said, “No, nothing…” Suddenly, he saw that the person behind him was petite and exquisite, wasn’t it Xuanji? He couldn’t help but be surprised, “You, you’re awake!”

Xuanji nodded and sat opposite to them, “I woke up just now. What are you talking about?”

Yu Sifeng didn’t want to bring her along in the first place, and the words said last time were just to coax her. After all, to save a merman, one needs to be agile, and this girl is not good at anything, she is only good at slowing down.

He thought about it, and then hesitantly said, “Yes… Well… Yes…”

Xuanji, however, clapped her hands and laughed, “You mean to rescue the merman, right? When? Can I come too?”

She found it so fun that she didn’t want to be lazy anymore.

Yu Sifeng looked at Zhong Minyan with a bitter face, but he looked pale and nervous. Staring straight at Xuanji. He wondered out loud, “What are you looking at?”

Zhong Minyan was slightly startled, wiped his face of expression, and said softly, “It’s nothing… It’s just one more person, one more strength, it’s good to bring her along.”

“That’s not your usual style, Brother Zhong!” Yu Sifeng looked at him in surprise, but he nodded his head in the affirmative, “Take her with us. Otherwise, if she is left alone, it will be even more troublesome for her teacher to know about it.”

Yu Sifeng had no choice but to acquiesce.

Xuanji smilingly went to pat Zhong Minyan’s shoulder and said, “It’s rare that you agreed so readily…”.

Before she finished speaking, she saw him shrink back in fear, as if the hand she was holding out was not a hand, but the claw of some monster.

Xuanji was stunned, and so was Yu Si Feng. However, the one who reacted the most was Zhong Minyan, who coughed once and looked uneasy, “I…uh, I guess I was too nervous the other day when I was catching demons and I haven’t recovered yet…let’s eat! Let’s act after eating.”

Does she have anything in her hand? Xuanji couldn’t help but look down at her hand. It’s the same as before, small and soft, there’s no difference. What’s wrong with Zhong Minyan?

At that moment, Chu Yinghong ordered the food, sat down and said with a smile: “You children, as if you were discussing something important and confidential. The Master has left, and everyone is happy as a monkey.”

“Daddy’s gone?” No wonder I didn’t see him. Xuanji felt an inexplicable sense of relaxation all of a sudden.

Chu Yinghong nodded, “The Hairpin Flower Competition is more important. Right, this afternoon, I have to go to the cave with the Island Master. The Gu Eagle has mysteriously disappeared, so I must find out the reason. All of you stay here in the inn, don’t go anywhere and don’t cause any trouble, understand?”

God helps us! The three children, with secrets in their hearts, all agree to do as they are told. Now there are no more adults in the house, and the town is still under their control?

As expected, Chu Yinghong and Dongfang Qingqi left the house early after dinner.

In the house, the three children redeploy their rescue plan and give it a name: The Pearl Incident. They named it the Pearl Incident, because tears cried by the merpeople would turn into pearls,

“The plan changed a little. Xuanji and I will hide in a place not far from the glass jar, and you, Si Feng, will disguise yourself as an ordinary passerby and use your flicking finger skills to break the jar when no one is looking. At that moment, everyone will panic, so you should take advantage of the opportunity to release the smoke bomb and Xuanji and I will go out to save the person in question. We’ll meet up in front of the lake at the foot of Mount Lu Tai.”

Zhong Minyan planned seriously, drawing a sketch on a piece of paper as he spoke. At last, all three of them had memorized everything they had to do, and Yu Si-feng gave Xuanji a piece of black cloth to cover her face.

He tried it himself first, covered with a black cloth, and suddenly saw Xuanji staring at him when he turned his head, his face blushed, and he stammered: “You, what do you see, what are you looking at!”

Xuanji looked at him with his head tilted, “Ah, when did you take off your mask? Didn’t you say you couldn’t take it off?”

Yu Sifeng’s face darkened, “The mask, it’s broken. It’s broken by the demon.” When he saw that Xuanji’s big shining eyes were still pinned on his face, he was embarrassed and shy, “You, how can you look at people like that! Central Plains girls, really!”

And he’s not wearing a mask anymore! She should have seen him downstairs just now, but she didn’t react at all, making him nervous for a while, thinking he was ugly. God knows what this girl’s eyes are looking at on a regular basis!

Xuanji stared at him again for a long time, and when he was about to get angry, he let out a sigh of relief and smiled, “Si Feng, you’re so good-looking. I like you like this, don’t wear a mask from now on! What a shame to cover it up?”

As soon as this was said, the whole room went dead silent.

Yu Sifeng’s face was red and green for a while, and now he really couldn’t hold back a single word.

In the middle of the day, he spat out a series of strange words in an odd tone, which must be the dialect of his hometown. When he finished speaking, he got up and left, walked to the door, and waved his hand with his back to them, saying, “Come on, let’s go!”

Xuanji followed slowly and suddenly heard Zhong Minyan calling out to her from behind.

“Xuanji, you…” he whispered in a low voice, with an indefinable emotion, ghostly and gloomy.

What is it? She looked at him curiously.

“No, it’s nothing.” Zhong Minyan patted her shoulder, “Let’s go. Don’t hold us back this time.”

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