Chapter 16

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The town was bustling in the afternoon, probably because the residents believed the announcement from the Yamen that the demon had been caught, so it was back to life. Street stalls, juggling and selling arts, snacks and so on sprung up one after another.

Xuanji walked from one stall to the next, looking at wooden toys and touching various stone root carvings, looking leisurely and carefree, not as if she wanted to save someone, but as if she was shopping.

Zhong Minyan pulled her sleeves behind and whispered: “Hey, can you focus on the job first? If you want to go shopping and we have time to go shopping later.”

Xuanji took a mouthful of steamed cake and said indistinctly, “I know, but you two look so nervous, as if you are about to do something bad. Everyone is looking at you.”

They looked around hurriedly and sure enough, many people were staring at them, some even whispering to each other.

Yu Sifeng’s face turned pale, and he hurriedly pulled Xuanji’s hand to whisper in her ear, “What should we do? They, they, don’t they, know, what we’re going to, what we’re going to do?”

Xuanji shrugged her shoulders: “How would they know? As long as you two don’t act like you’re going to do something bad right away, no one will look at you, of course.”

She slipped him a candied haws. “Here, eat.”

Yu Sifeng hesitantly put the candy gourd into his mouth, but his face suddenly relaxed, “Yes, it’s delicious!”

“Really?” Zhong Minyan also took one, “It’s sweet! …No, it’s sour!” He spat it out with a sour face, “Where is it?”

Xuanji and Yu Sifeng laughed, and finally, even Zhong MInyan laughed at the thought.

“Now you’re not scared anymore, right?” Xuanji said slowly and methodically, “To do great things, stability is the key…….that’s what father always says. If you are afraid, you won’t be able to do it well.”

Yu Sifeng looked longingly, “Sect Leader Chu, what he said is right. Xuanji is also right. Master and the others have never, ever, told me this before. It turns out that a good school is not only about cultivating immortality, but also about learning the principles of human life.”

Every time Zhong Minyan heard him stammering, he couldn’t help but laugh at him and simply slapped him on the back, laughing, “Then why don’t you just join our Shaoyang Sect? Learn the Central Plains dialect as well!”

Having been treated like this by Xuanji, the two of them were no longer as nervous as before.

When they turned the corner, the Yamen was right in front of them. The huge glass jar was still there, and the number of onlookers was much less, but for some unknown reason, the number of officials guarding the area was twice as much as last time, and the glass jar was almost enclosed.

“There are too many officials, so we must avoid conflicts.” Zhong Minyan hid in the shadows and took a closer look, “Come, Xuanji, let’s go there first.”

He pulled Xuanji’s sleeve and pretended to be an ordinary passerby, standing on tiptoe in front of the glazed jar to watch.

The water in the glass jar was not as clear as it was on that day, probably because someone had smashed too many things into it, and the water became cloudy and dusky, the surface of the water was stagnant and without any ripples.

“Is it… dead?” Xuanji asked in a soft voice.

Zhong Minyan shook his head and was about to say something when the guard in front of him laughed and said, “It won’t die! Little girl, you don’t know, demons don’t die that easily. We have to take them to the capital in a couple of days.”

Xuanji looked up at him sincerely with an “oh”, “Uncle, can I come closer? I’ve never seen a demon before.”

The official hesitated for a moment, “I’m afraid…….no. This demon is so ugly that little girls will have nightmares when they see it.”

In the meantime, Xuanji’s brows are knitted, “Just take a look, okay?”

The official was unable to resist the pretty little girl’s plea, and finally let her in.

Xuanji stepped in front of the glazed jar, and this was the second time she had approached the merman. She remembered the first time she saw him, when he looked at her with his intelligent eyes, his eyes were filled with sadness, but strangely, the sadness was calm, as if he didn’t care how he was treated.

She stretched out her hand and knocked on the glass jar, the water in the jar suddenly changed, as if there was something moving inside. Immediately afterwards, a pale face appeared and stuck to the wall of the jar.

As if he knew it was her, he didn’t move, just looked at her quietly. A long time later, the corner of his lips curved, and he actually gave her a smile.

The officer behind her hastily took her away and said, “You must have been scared! This demon is cunning!”

After saying that, he kicked the tank hard, and his pale face quickly disappeared into the murky water.

Xuanji was still in a state of shock and whispered: “His face…….there are so many wounds!”

The officer laughed, “I told you not to look. Okay, go home obediently.”

Xuanji looked at the glazed jar reluctantly, then turned around and left. Zhong Minyan followed her, and the two of them found an alley and hid, covering themselves with the black cloth.

“Did you see him?” Zhong Min Yan asked.

Xuanji nodded: “He has many wounds, but some of them don’t look like he was hit by a stone. Maybe someone had tied him up with an iron chain and there were traces of a whip…”.

“He’s been abused!” Zhong Minyan was a bit angry, “This is too useless, if it’s a demon, how can it be so easily abused by others!”

Xuanji sighed: “He looks very weak… Let’s not talk about that. It seems like it’s about to start with Sifeng!”

They hid behind the wall with bated breath and watched. Not far away, Yu Sifeng made a hidden gesture to them, and they immediately understood, covering their heads with a black cloth, leaving only two holes in front of them.

Yu Sifeng pretended to be a passerby, stopped and watched for a long time in front of the glass cylinder, and then slowly retreated behind the crowd. As soon as he got a chance, he squeezed an iron pellet out of his pouch, poured in his qi, and flicked it out without a sound.

The people only heard a “whoosh” sound, followed by the glass jar cracking and broke, and the cloudy water poured out. For a while, the scene was in chaos. People hid, yelled, and were in a daze. Even the guards were confused, looking for suspicious people everywhere like flies.

Yu Sifeng seized the opportunity and struck like electricity, firstly, he clicked the acupuncture points of several people who were guarding around the glass jar, and then threw the smoke bombs that had been prepared on the ground.

The puff sounded and the pale purple smoke rose from the ground, the smell was extremely spicy. The people were confused, and the officers couldn’t see a thing, so they shouted, “Watch the glass jar! Watch the demon!”

While they were screaming at the top of their lungs, Xuanji and Zhong Min Yan had already carried away the Merman who was lying on the ground and couldn’t move.

When the smoke finally dispersed and the people rubbed their eyes with tears, they came back to look for it and discovered that there was nothing left in the broken glass jar, only the rocks at the bottom of the jar, large and small, mocking them silently.

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