After this raid, the security of the Floating Jade Island was a hundred times stronger than before. Dongfang Qingqi led the disciples in a hundred miles around the Island on their swords. They flew many round trips to make sure there are no more suspicious characters, only then did they return to the island, and the Island disciples are organized into small teams, taking turns to patrol outside, if any suspicious situation is encountered, they must immediately report.
Chu Lei and the other sect leaders also did not rest, but helped to inspect the island personnel casualties, counting the number of people, so busy they even did not eat.
Xuanji and several of the others are more or less wounded, so no one assigned them any tasks. It was easy for them to escape the tight surveillance on the island until evening, and they flew to Fuyu Town with their swords.
The young people gathered together, even though they are injured, and worried about Linglong and the matter with the Dinghai Iron Chains, but in the end still have a laugh, very lively.
It turns out that Lu Yanran came back so late, because on the way she had to find her fellow disciples, which delayed a lot of time. She thought her friends were staying in Taihua Mountain, but she found them in the vicinity of South Mountain. She heard that they heard something about the Xuanyuan Sect along the way, so they went to find out the news.
“I think, that perhaps Xuanyuan Sect had something really big happen.” Lu Yanran, who had begun to turn red after a mouthful of wine, shouted. “I heard from the people nearby that a few months ago, there was a large number of people going in and out of the place without moving, like some kind of celebration. Who knows that in less than two days there will be no one in the area, it has become a dead city. We originally thought to go in and take a look, but were afraid to cause trouble, so only lingered in the doorway for a few days, there really was not even half a person in and out, there is no sound inside. I think …… only afraid that this Dinghǎi Iron Chain thing can not be unconnected, everything bodes ill!”[1]
Yu Si Feng shook his head: “Xuanyuan is still a big sect in the world, it can’t be destroyed without a sound. This sect is a bit strange from top to bottom, not a good sign, we should be careful.”
Lu Yanran smiled and threw him a wink, but he was blind and didn’t see it at all, instead, he turned back to serve Xuanji whose right hand was injured.
The bone of one of Xuanji’s right hand fingers was cracked, the wound was so severe that she could not even grasp the chopsticks, and could barely use her left hand.
She could only use her left hand to poke at things to eat, basically not being able to eat food is torture to her, and this meal is even more miserable.
However, she was much more relaxed than Zhong Minyan, who had bandages all over his head and had to pull them down when he ate.
As the town of Fuyu is near the sea, Lu Yanran ordered a lot of seafood that they had never eaten before, some of which even Ruo’Yu and Sifeng, who also grew up by the sea, had never seen before. The owner brought up a large pot of steamed sea crabs with red shells and large clamps in front that looked like scissors.
Yu Sifeng carefully peeled off a leg and handed it to Xuanji who took it but didn’t eat it, just stared at it in a daze, after a long time she suddenly sighed and said softly, “If Linglong were here, I don’t know how happy she would be. She likes to eat crabs … “
She suddenly mentioned Linglong, Zhong Minyan who had just brought the crab meat to the mouth can no longer eat, slowly put aside, the heart sore beyond compare.
Seeing this Lu Yanran heartily snorted and said, “When she comes, I will treat her to a better meal. This time, let’s pretend that we eat secretly behind her back.”
Zhong Minyan barely laughed twice, and suddenly, out of nowhere, he got a sense of pride and said loudly, “If I can’t find Linglong, I won’t go back to Shaoyang School for the rest of my life!
After saying that, he drained the wine in his cup and urged Lu Yanran to refill it urgently. The crowd shouted in agreement and drank it up with him. When Zhong Minyan’s shoulder was suddenly tapped, everyone looked up hastily and saw Du Minxing and Chen Minjue wearing hats and standing behind them with smiles on their faces.
“Huh? Why are you here too? Do you want a drink?”
Zhong Minyan handed over his cup, Du Minxing smiled and pushed it away, saying, “Master has ordered me and Minjue to go back to Shaoyang Sect and inform the whole school to take extra precautions.”
Everyone’s heart is moved, Zhong Minyan hurriedly said: “That …… did Master also explain what this is all about? Those demons in the end what is ther identity …… and that Dinghǎi Iron Chains ……”
Chen Minjue is not polite, grabbed his cup to drink, said: “Who knows this! The matter of the Dinghǎi Iron Chain, Master did not say we do not interfere with it? But you have so many problems!”
He also picked a crab leg, laughing: “You guys, wounded but also restless, and out behind people’s backs to drink. When I go back to Shaoyang Peak, I’ll tell Master and Mistress about you two.”
The crowd pulled the two of them to sit down and drink and eat crabs, barely persuaded a few cups, Du Minxing was worried about the orders of the master, so they urged Chen Minjue first. The young men ate some more crabs, feeling full of wine and rice and much more relaxed, and afraid of smelling of alcohol when they returned, they asked the owner for a lot of tea leaves and chewed them in their mouths before secretly returning to the Fuyu Island.
Xuanji drank a lot of wine and went back to the house and fell asleep. In the middle of the night she woke up with a start and realised that half of the window had been blown open by the wind, and the trees outside were swaying with the wind, making a rustling sound.
She rubbed her eyes and got out of bed to pour water. The night breeze came to her face and she was shocked – demon aura!
It seems that some demons really did take advantage of the chaos in the afternoon to get into the Fuyu Island.
The first thing she did was to put on her coat, grab Bēng Yù[2] and jump from the windowsill. The wind is very strong tonight, dark clouds with the moon behind, quiet in all directions, only the sound of the wind. The wind made it difficult to open one’s eyes, and the demonic aura appeared and disappeared, so Xuanji had to look for it little by little. Se walked to the courtyard across the path and saw a few people sitting under the tree, talking about the sky. When they looked up and saw her, they were stunned.
“Xuangei,” Yu Si Feng hurriedly walked over to her, “Why are you still up at this late hour?”
Xuanji froze for a moment, “I … the three of you … are also …….”
The three teenage boys have not seen each other for a long time, so they naturally have a lot to talk about, but they feel that there are women around in the restaurant, and it is not easy to talk, so they secretly brought wine and went back to the Fuyu Island to continue talking.
Zhong Minyan rolled his eyes, “We’re asking you! What are you asking us for?”
Xuanji touched her nose and said softly: “I think I felt a demon smell, so I followed the smell and came here. You didn’t see anything?”
Yu Sifeng shook his head, Zhong Minyan sighed: “Demon smell again …… Fuyu Island how can there be demon smell? Where did you smell it ……”
But Ruo’Yu said, “Speaking of which, I think I heard something just now, but I thought it was the wind, so I didn’t care. Since Xuanji said so, we might as well look for it, in case there are really demons in the area, it’s a good idea to alert everyone.”
Zhong Minyan was having a good time drinking wine and chatting about the day, suddenly interrupted and had to go to his room and grab his sword.
“If there is no demon, you have to compensate me with three jars of good wine.” Zhong Minyan glared at Xuanji and suddenly remembered those memories that he did not want to remember and his complexion changed slightly, and could not say anything else.
Xuanji grabbed the braid hanging on her shoulder and looked at him aggrieved. Ruo’Yu laughed and said, “Xuanji, don’t mind him, he is being childish. Minyan, I’ll buy you some good wine next time, don’t be so mean to girls.”
Zhong Minyan lifted the corners of his lips, a little annoyed, carrying the sword to walk forward first, said, “Well, let’s go, let’s go! Where is the demonic aura? Xuanji, you lead the way!”
Xuanji nodded and was about to lead the way when the sky above their head suddenly lit up, and the orange-red light reflected on the face of Zhong Minyan, who had a shocked expression on his face.
“What’s …… again?” He looked up and pointed to the fiery red glow above, the stars falling in dots, distant like fireflies in summer, but bright like burning stars.
The crowd was watching in bewilderment as the orange glow slowly fell until the northwest corner was ablaze, a fierce banging sound rang out, and someone was shouting, “Fire! Get water!”
Yu Si-feng was the first to react and ran away, while urgently saying, “No! Another demon attack!”
This time it was not a bomb, but countless burning arrows.
The group finally reacted and ran towards the gate, far away they saw Dongfang Qingqi and Chu Lei standing there, it was too late for them to hide, they had to walk up to them, only heard Dongfang Qingqi methodically instructing the disciples to extinguish the fire, he was busy all day without rest, his eyes were bloodshot.
After the explanation, he took a dozen of his disciples to go up to remove the demons, but was pulled by Chu Lei, sighing, “I and Master Rong Gu will go, you stay on the Island, do not let the children panic.”
Dongfang Qingqi was about to oppose, but saw the disciples outside the gate panic and run over, many of them are on fire in the back of their clothes, frantically running, one side hissing and shouting: “Sect Leader! Those demons attacked us!”
His heart is tight, Chu Lei pushed him with a hand, “Stay!” as he moved his eyes to look around, Chu Lei and Master Rong with a dozen elder disciples flew away on their swords. He was silent for a long time, raised his hand to support a disciple whose back was full of flames, and painfully called, “Come on! Get water!”
As soon as the words fell, there were disciples at the back who brought buckets of water and poured it down over their heads.
Dongfang Qingqi wiped his wet face, drew his sword from his waist and sternly ordered, “Zhen Lan, Run Yue! You are the team to take care of the injured brothers and sisters! Pianpian, Yu Ning, your team and I will guard the gate!”
The current demons did not wait for them to attack, they all crouched down and drew their bows, with lit arrows on them. With a whoosh, they shot over like the wind, the Fuyu Island disciples had to swing their swords to sweep those rockets down, landing on the ground and burn, not to mention the time to get water to put them out. Fire grows in the wind, the wind tonight is blowing around, the fire suddenly rose more than a person high, immediately the crowd was confused.
The group of demons attacked together and struggled with the disciples of Fuyu Island. Dongfang Qingqi was hit by an arrow on his shoulder and his clothes were burned with a hole. He waved his sword to cut off the end of the arrow and gritted his teeth to cut down several demons in front of him. Hold on!
Suddenly several people rushed up behind him, and Yu Sifeng said urgently, “Island Master, we’re here to help!”
The five of them lined up in a circle and their swords shot out, immediately slowing down the momentum of the group of demons rushing in. When Dongfang Qingqi saw that it was them, his heart was relieved and he grinned and said, “Excellent! Thank you!”
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[1]: 凶多吉少 (xiōngduō jí shǎo) – is an idiom meaning -> everything bodes ill / no positive signs / inauspicious / everything points to disaster. Literally it can mean ‘more bad, less good’
[2]: Bēng Yù is the name of Xuanji’s sword that she received from her father in Volume 2 Chapter 46 – Fu Yu Island (5).
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