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When the two of them returned to the side hall, the tea on the table had just been changed, and Linglong and the others were waiting impatiently. When they saw them enter, they immediately surrounded them and asked, “How was it? What did you find out?”

Yu Sifeng waved her hand to signal them to keep their voices down, and when they got inside, he smiled and said, “It’s a big deal. It turns out that the fairy goddess is even more powerful than men, marrying four husbands a year!”

He then relayed what he had overheard in the main hall, and Ling Long was stunned and said, “Is there really such a thing? So the fairy goddess is a demon?”

Xuanji said, “By the way, this morning at the ancestral hall, when the Fairy Goddess came, I thought I could smell demon qi.”

Zhong Minyan frowned: “Demon Qi can be smelled? So tell me, what’s the smell?” He didn’t know that you could smell evil energy.

Xuanji froze for a moment, “Well, the smell…” She couldn’t say what it was, but once you smell it, you can tell what it is.

“Haven’t you guys ever smelled demon qi before?”

Zhong Minyan laughed, “I have never smelled it, and I don’t believe anyone can smell it.” He flicked Xuanji’s forehead and laughed again, “Why do you always have so many strange things going on? You’re really a strange child.”

Xuanji touched her forehead with a dazed feeling.

Yu Sifeng said, “Naturally, you can smell the demon qi, and you will be able to feel it when you are well trained. Let’s not talk about whether the immortal is a demon or not, even if she is a true immortal, doing this kind of thing, we can’t let it go so easily.”

Zhong Minyan nodded, “Immortal practitioners should eliminate demons and rid the people of evil!”

He and Yu Sifeng looked at each other and smiled, both remembering the pearl incident four years ago and the cheerful line: We are heroes!

Yes, they are heroes, and now, they must continue to be heroes too.

Now that they are sure they want to help the people of Zhongli City, the five of them gather together to discuss their strategy and find a foolproof way to avoid being discovered by the fairy goddess.

While they were discussing the matter, they heard a clamor coming from the corridor outside, and all of them sat back down to drink their tea. The next moment the door was opened with force, and a group of people pounced in and fell to the ground, kowtowing and sobbing, saying “We beg of you all to help! Help!”

In the end, they are just young people, they have never seen such a situation before. They hastened to help each of them up, one by one, and Ruo’yu smiled and said, “You don’t have to be like this, if you have any difficulties, please feel free to say. We’ll do our best.”

The old man in the front, Grandpa Fang, choked with sobs and told the story of the fairy goddess once again, and finally kowtowed to the ground, begging, “That fairy goddess is truly powerful, we commoners dare not go against her. I ask for you kindness, please save my son!”

Yu Sifeng stepped forward and helped him to stand up, saying, “Please rise, uncle. Don’t worry, we will investigate the matter thoroughly and leave Zhongli City in peace.”

After saying that, he walked up to the four young men, looked at them left and right, up and down, and stared at them for a long time, then suddenly pushed the trembling Fang Yizhen forward and asked Zhong Minyan, “Am I similar to him?”

Zhong Minyan already knew what he meant. Him and Ruo’Yu smiled and walked over to them, and each of them pulls over one of the other men, and asked, “Do you think I am similar to him?”

The rest of the people did not understand what they meant and looked at them blankly, puzzled. Ling Long clapped her hands and said urgently, “Oh, my God! She’s coming to pick you up tomorrow night, so let her come and pick us up! Each of you hide your son from her, don’t let her see them!”

It was only then that the people realised, and they were so grateful, kowtowing, crying, and speaking incoherently. The hall was in a mess.

Yu Sifeng and the others easily persuaded the agitated people to leave. Grandpa Fang naturally stayed, and ordered his subordinates to prepare a banquet and clean the best guest rooms, he even wanted to give up his main room to them.

The only one who is still crying is the old man from the Zhuang family, it turns out that there are only three men among the five of them, and Zhuang Jing has no one to replace him.

When Ling Long saw the poor man crying, she volunteered and said, “I’ll take his place! Don’t look at me like this, but I’m also very capable!”

Ruo’Yu shook his head, “No, I’m afraid Linglong’s face is not like a man, and you are lively and active… …”

Ling Long stomped her feet and said, “Where am I not like that! Where am I lively and active!”

“Everywhere…” Yu Sifeng muttered in a low voice. It’s been four years, and this female demon king is still the same, just like a firecracker that explodes when you light it.

“What did you say!” When Ling Long stared at her, Yu Sifeng kept his head down and pretended to be deaf and mute, not saying a word.

“I think that Xuanji is more suitable.” Ruo Yu pushed Zhuang Jing, who had a bitter gourd-colored face, in front of Xuanji and compared them, “Although there is a difference in size, if you wear your shoes higher, you won’t be able to see it at night.”

Xuanji was so happy that she had nothing to do, but after hearing him bring herself up, she hurriedly shook her hand, “I… I don’t want it! Let Linglong go, she likes these things…”

Ruo’Yu asked, “This is a virtue of justice and righteousness, does Xuanji want to shirk it?”

What a big label to pin on her… Xuanji looked bitter, as if not agreeing to being a chivalrous and righteous person.

“Let’s do it! Xuanji, you pretend to be Zhuang Jing, and Ling Long, you will be the backup. When you sneak up the mountain, don’t alert the snake[1], so that the fairy goddess won’t strike first. It is, after all, her territory, and we have to be careful.”

Zhong Minyan waved his hand in an unconcerned manner and decided on this plan. Xuanji’s lips moved, but in the end, she accepted the proposal without any objection.

The banquet was a joy for both the guests and the hosts, it went on until the moon rose in the middle of the sky, and even Xuanji was so drunk that she covered her hot face and ran to the courtyard to look at the moon.

Tonight is a crescent moon, hanging in the horizon, curved like a piece of pancake that has been gnawed halfway, Xuanji thought silently, and leaned against the corridor railing, unaware of the coldness on the ground, and drifted off to sleep.

Suddenly, she heard someone whispering in front of her, and it seemed to be Linglong’s voice, as if she was smiling sweetly.

“…hate it… I don’t care about you!”

Xuanji opened her eyes and saw the silhouettes of two people swaying in front of the porch. She felt bad about over-hearing, and was about to get up to avoid it, but then she saw Ling Long standing up and stretching her waist, saying, “I’m sleepy. You should go to bed early too, we have things to do tomorrow.”

After saying that, she went back to her room. Xuanji saw that Zhong Minyan had been left alone in the atrium. She felt that she could not stay any longer, she hurriedly got up to go back to her room, and had just taken the first step when she heard Zhong Minyan say, “Hey, is that Xuanji?”

She froze for a moment, but she turned around obediently and called out, “Sixth Brother.” She slowly walked over and saw Zhong Minyan lying on his back with his hands behind his head, he was probably drunk, and his eyes were much sharper than usual, like cold electricity.

“How did you know it was me?” She asked, confident that she hadn’t made a sound just now.

Zhong Minyan smiled faintly, “You always wear orchid sachets on your body, I knew it was you when I smelt it.”

Is that so? She put the scented sachet to her nose, but she didn’t smell anything special.

I’m sure he thought that what he just said was too intimate, so he coughed once, and then he said seriously, “Why haven’t you gone to bed at this time of night? Don’t you usually go to bed early?”

“Oh,” Xuanji said scratching her head, “I’ve had too much to drink and I wanted to take in the cold breeze.”

Zhong Minyan didn’t say anything, and Xuangui didn’t know what to say either. One was laying down and one stood there for a long time, but finally Xuanji couldn’t help herself and said, “I’d better go to sleep.”

“Hey, wait…” Zhong Minyan suddenly called Xuanji.

Xuanji turned around, and her face was blurred in the night, except for her eyes, which were so bright that they looked a bit frightening.

“The thing is…you…” Zhong Minyan thought for a while and finally found the topic. “Tomorrow night, we go to Gao Mountain. You will follow us, do not mess around and don’t make noises, understand?”

Xuanji nodded obediently.

“If there’s any danger, you must call us. Understand?”

Nod again.

“When I tell you to run first, you run first. When I tell you to hide, you hide. Don’t be a hero.”

Still nodding.

Zhong Minyan turned his head and stared at her, “You always nod, but you’re not listening at all.” she said.

“No,” she said quietly, “I’m listening to you.”

Zhong Minyan stared at her for a long time. Suddenly he smiled faintly and spread his arms wide, lying on the ground, taking up a large space. He said softly, “A person like you, a person like you … hey, how can there be a person like you in the world?”

He shook his head, laughing and sighing.

Xuanji was startled, and suddenly said softly, “Do you hate me?”

“No, I don’t hate you.” He shook his head, squinting his eyes as if in deep thought, before whispering, “I don’t hate you, I just don’t know how to get along with people like you. Who says… I hate you?”

Xuanji was silent, and after a while, she turned around and left, saying softly, “I am sleepy, go to bed. The Sixth Brother should also go to bed early.”

He was probably drunk, which is why he would talk to her so much tonight. Thinking about it carefully, ever since he was a child, he has hardly ever had a good conversation with her. The two of them always have nothing to say after a few sentences, either he is angry or she is depressed.

“Chu Xuanji…” he called out again, somewhat vaguely. “The secret of yours … …don’t worry, I … no one knows … you, you really are…”

“What?” Xuanji was very curious, but when she turned around, he was asleep.

He was really drunk. Xuanji dragged Ruo’Yu and the others here to help and sent him back to his room, and she also went back to her room to rest.

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[1]: 打草惊蛇 / dǎ cǎo jīng shé is an idiom. Literally it means, ‘beat the grass to scare the snake‘. Figuratively it means, ‘to inadvertently alert an enemy’.

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