Chapter 20

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Chapter 20 – Flower Hairpin Tournament (1)

“I saw the Master’s robe sleeve shake – what do you think? It turns out he released the red luan! It was like a red bolt of lightning as it whooshed towards the gu eagle! With just a few strokes, the red light fills the sky and you can see the feathers of the Gu Eagle falling down like rain…”.

Zhong Minyan spoke so much, as if he was reading from a book. He is so eloquent that not only did Ling Long listen to his speech, but also Du Minxing was interested. Xuanji even nodded her head as if she had really seen the scene.

Only Yu Sifeng poured cold water on him, saying calmly, “Red Luan’s hair, it’s lost, more, and more, and later, it was thrown off by a tengu and injured.”

“I was just about to say it!” Zhong Minyan glared at him unhappily. ”Later . . . Red Luan was not strong enough and was bitten by the tengu. But Master and Chu Yinghong acted immediately! The flashing of sword lights is like thousands of silver dragons biting into the old man’s vitals…”

“It’s a tengu, and, not a sword-light, a vinegar jar.” Yu Sifeng kindly reminded him.

Zhong Minyan continues to glare at him, “It’s a vinegar jar! A million jars of vinegar hit the Tengu in the head!”

“It’s only two.”

Zhong Minyan jumped up, “Hey! What do you mean! Don’t interrupt like that!”

“I’m just telling the truth,” Yu Sifeng calmly said.

“You . . .” Zhong Minyan really wants to punch someone.

“It’s all right, it’s all right!” Linglong waited anxiously and waved her hand, “Stop talking Sifeng! Let Little SIx talk! I want to know how Dad and the others managed to subdue the Gu Eagle? I didn’t see them bring it back!”

Zhong Minyan stepped in with laughter, “Hahahaha! You’re asking the right person! None of them saw it, only I did!”

“Then tell me!”

Zhong Minyan cleared his throat, took a sip of tea, and said, “The Gu Eagle was badly injured by the master and the others, and escaped into the cave, it’s so dangerous! Why do you think? Because we all stayed in the cave! As soon as the Gu Eagle flew in, I grabbed Xuanji on my back and led Sifeng to run inside.”

“It’s me, with Xuanji on my back. You were in a daze.”

Ignore him. Ignore him!

He continued, “No matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t outrun the Gu Eagle. When I saw his iron claws coming down, I put Xuanji into the fork in the road and turned back with a stroke of my sword to cut its claw.”

“Cut, claw, it’s me. You almost got yourself killed by it.”

“. . . . . . . . .”

“Yet, the Gu Eagle’s claws were so hard that when they were broken, my sword was also broken. Having lost my weapon, I looked at the situation and immediately took the injured Sifeng into the fork in the road. Xuanji was the most useless girl. She started to get a fever at the critical moment and scared us to death! Fortunately, afterwards…!”

Suddenly, he stopped abruptly and broke off at the best part.

“What happened after that? You tell me!” When she saw that Zhong Minyan was still in a daze, she asked Yu Sifeng, “What happened afterwards?”

Yu Sifeng shook his head, “I don’t know, I… I fainted.” He looked at Zhong Minyan and wondered what happened afterwards.

He looked at Zhong Minyan and wondered what happened afterwards, why the Gu Eagle disappeared and they were unharmed.

Zhong Minyan chewed his lip for half a day and looked at Xuanji with a complex expression.

She didn’t know anything and was waiting for the answer excitedly.

His heart trembled, what can he say, she killed the Gu Eagle… no, ate it! That’s why she recovered so quickly and slept for so many days… He’ll never forget her contented smile, which was more terrifying than 10,000 nightmares combined.

“And then…and then I fainted, too,” he stammered, “so I don’t know what happened.. I think Master rushed to get rid of it… When I woke up, I was already in the inn.”

“Che-”

There was a chorus of disapproving boos.

Zhong Minyan said anxiously: “Hey, it’s not a sin to not see it! If I had the master’s skills, of course I can see behind!”

Ling Long scowled at him, “Shame on you! Who told you to brag earlier! If you didn’t see it, you didn’t see it!”

“I…!” He was about to argue, but then he drew back and pursed his lips, never to say another word.

The group gossiped for a while, and as the sky darkened, Du Minxing said, “It’s time for supper, let’s go to the Plum Pavilion at the back of the hill. The master said just now to have a meal together in the evening.”

After saying that, he looked at Yu Sifeng and smiled again: “Sifeng should come too. No one from Lize Palace is here right now. I’m sure they won’t be here until tomorrow.”

Yu Sifeng was dumbfounded, so his master is not here yet! He immediately relaxed and nodded his head.

Linglong grabbed Zhong Minyan’s hair and yelled, “Little Six, guess what good things were made in the kitchen to reward you tonight?”

Zhong Minyan was in a bad mood, but couldn’t bear to disappoint Linglong, so he smiled and guessed: “Is it the eight-treasure duck? Or the emerald fish boat? Well, it’s not colorful beef tenderloin, right?”

Linglong scratched her face and laughed, shaking her head repeatedly and asking him to guess again.

Xuanji had an inspiration, “Is it diced chicken with peach kernel?”

She remembers that when we used to eat together, she and Zhong Minyan loved to eat this dish, and often ate all of it in just two bites. Mother knew their tastes, she would have asked the kitchen to make this dish.

Ling Long pulled her pigtail, “You’re a Ghost, how did you guess! But today’s food is cooked by mother herself, hmmm, if there is a little leftover, you know…”

She stares at Yu Sifeng, feeling that this person who can’t speak the language well likes to antagonise others.

Yu Sifeng could only bow his head and touch his nose again, telling himself that good men do not fight with women.

On their way to the plum pavilion at the back of the hill, they met other brothers and sisters who were joking and talking about their experiences in catching demons, and they all envied Zhong MInyan for such treatment.

As they were laughing and joking, Zhong Minyan was finally in a better mood and started to tell the story again.

Speaking of her mother, Xuanji was the most impatient, opened the door and ran in, and she saw He Danping sitting in a chair waiting for them with an anxious expression.

She shouted, “Mother!”

Then she threw mherself into her arms and wouldn’t let go for a long time.

It’s better at home

She sighed secretly.

He Danping saw that her daughter was fine, and was overjoyed. She held her in her arms and examined her head, neck, hands, and feet, and said softly, “I talked to your father in the morning, but you weren’t back yet. In the evening, you can finally come home. I heard that you were sick, but have you recovered?”

Xuanji nodded vigorously: “I’ve been well for a long time. Aunt Hong said I have slept for three days, but I don’t feel anything at all.”

He Danping stroked her head and sighed: “This child of mine always makes people worry.”

“I’m fine now,” she said. She smiled, but suddenly she remembered something and turned around to pull Zhong Minyan and Yu Sifeng over.

“Mother, thanks to Sixth Brother and Sifeng for taking care of me. I admire them very much.”

The face of Yu Sifeng she praised was almost blushing red, so he bowed to He Danping with embarrassment, “I greet, madam.”

He Danping looked at him kindly and said softly, “Don’t mention it, thank you for taking care of Xuanji on the way. Come, sit down. Sifeng, it’s just like in your own home, don’t feel restrained.”

Zhong Minyan said, “He won’t feel restrained, he specialises in antagonising others.”

Yu Sifeng glared at him.

He Danping looked at Zhong Min Yan with a smile on her face and said, “Minyan has grown up a lot and is no longer the little brat he used to be. The demon-hunting was a good experience. It is better for young people to go out and see more things.”

She was still chattering with her disciples, but Linglong was already impatient and yelled, “Mother, stop talking so much! Let’s serve food! We’re all starving!”

Today, her daughter returned unharmed, He Danping was in a very good mood. She even went to the kitchen and made a few small stir-fries, and everyone’s tongue was about to fall off.

And Yu Sifeng, who was previously suspected of being a devil by Linglong, ate more than everyone else.

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