After a few days, Yu Sifeng’s injury was healing faster and faster and he was able to walk slowly holding the wall. Xuanji paid someone to take care of him and gave him some instructions before she left Ge’ermu and flew to Qingyang with her sword.
Quickly rescue Linglong and then return to Ge’ermu with Linglong and stay with Sifeng to recover from his injuries. The three of them will go to Bu Zhou Mountain together and bring back Sixth Brother. When Xuanji thought of this wonderful process, she couldn’t help but smile and her depression during this period of time was immediately swept away.
Since she had been to Qingyang once before, she knew her way around, so she went to Liu Yihuan’s doghouse first. As expected, he was not at home, so she had to look for him at Jiao Hong Fang. Thinking that this man was not someone who learnt well, lingering among the flowers every day and that he had even forced Ting Nu to go to the brothel with him, who was also suffering.
It was noon, and the place was quiet, with few customers. When Xuanji entered, she immediately attracted a lot of attention. The madam had good eyesight and immediately recognized her as one of the strong men who had come back to cause trouble. She immediately refreshed herself and said with a smile, “This girl, it is your second visit? Do you want some girls to drink with you to relieve your boredom? Or have some cakes and tea.”
Xuanji said in her heart, I’m not a man, I’m not looking for girls to drink with to relieve boredom. However, when she looked back at the table, she was a bit hungry. She had come all the way here by flying sword and it didn’t take her half a day’s effort but flying sword was a physical task after all. She couldn’t help feeling hungry, embarrassed to talk, just staring at others dim sum in a daze.
The obedient people at the side immediately brought the dim sum to her. Xuanji recognized one of the round-faced women, who had kissed her on the face last time and said she was cute, so she immediately smiled and said, “Eat it too, sister.”
The prostitute was so flattered that she looked back at the madam and saw that she was giving her a meaningful glance, so she boldly ate two pieces of dim sum and made Xuanji talk.
“The girl came here again? This is not a good place for young girls to come.”
Xuanji hurriedly said, “I am looking for Liu Yihuan, is he here? Is there a handsome man in a wheelchair next to him …”
Before the words were finished, she heard a loud laugh coming from the second floor: “I said why my eyelids are jumping today, it’s you, the little girl, who came! Since you’re here, why don’t you come up to me?”
She heard the voice of Liu Yihuan and was surprised. She ran upstairs in three steps and saw Liu Yihuan in disheveled clothes with his chest wide open, leaning on the door with a mouthful of white teeth looking at her.
The smile, the attitude, as always, the lewdness. “Brother Liu!” She called out and pounced forward to ask, “Where is Ting Nu?”
Liu Yihuan nodded towards the room, “He’s sitting inside. He’s in good hands, not even a hair has fallen out.”
Xuanji looked in and found that Ting Nu was sitting upright in the room and there were two young and beautiful prostitutes kneeling beside him, one feeding him grapes and the other helping him pour wine. He looked calm and not even a little as if he was suffering.
Sure enough Liu Yihuan has led him astray! Xuanji glared at Liu Yihuan, walked in and said, “Ting Nu, I want to see you about something important.”
Ting Nu raised his eyes, smiled and said softly, “Did you get Linglong’s soul back?”
“Ah! How do you know?” The two prostitutes beside her saw that they had private matters to discuss, so they both walked out and flirted with Liu Yihuan at the door for a while.
“Look! We did it! We snatched Linglong’s soul back from Buzhou Mountain!”
She never mentioned how she snatched it but only looked at him with great interest, hoping that he would immediately say: Let’s go to Shaoyang Sect.
Ting Nu took the bottle, looked down for a moment, suddenly smiled slightly, put it down and asked: “Where is Minyan and the others? Didn’t they come together?”
Xuanji’s smile froze for a moment, and only after a long time did she force a smile: “They …… did not come. I’m the only one who came.”
“What happened at Buzhou Mountain?” Instead of his previous gentleness, he asked aggressively.
Xuanji felt pain in her heart, biting her lip without speaking.
Liu Yihuan sneered from behind, “Let me guess. That foolish boy, who thinks he is invincible, has become a spy inside, right? The guy in the mask is also following, right?”
Xuanji turned her head back suddenly, rushed over and grabbed his collar, almost knocking him to the ground. Liu Yihuan laughed and said:
“Hey! You’re still a little girl. You’re still a little girl …… I’m not interested in those who haven’t grown …… wow, so passionate! Okay! Because you are so enthusiastic ……”
Before he finished speaking, his feet staggered and was pulled by her and fell on his back. Xuanji also fell on top of him, causing stars to pop out in front of his eyes.
Liu Yihuan looked up grinning and grimaced in pain: “Just say what you like …… ……”
A few drops of hot water suddenly fell on his face, and his nonsensical words immediately broke off. Xuanji leaned on him, tears like rain, falling on his face and hair. She tugged at his neckline with both hands and tremblingly said, “You knew! You already knew! You have the eye of heaven …… know everything beforehand! Why didn’t you tell us?”
Liu Yihuan rarely showed a serious expression, he raised his hand and patted her head and said softly, “God’s will cannot be violated. Even if I can know what will happen in the future, do you think you won’t go if I tell you?”
“But … at least, they wouldn’t be like this …” Xuanji didn’t know what to say, her heart squeezed, her tears couldn’t stop.
Liu Yihuan said with a serious face, “Wrong. Little Xuanji, let me tell you this. The reason why I stole this heavenly eye is to know the result beforehand. I thought I could change my fate, but in the end I realized that no matter how you change it, you can only change the process, but not the outcome. Even if they don’t join Buzhou Mountain today, they will do so in the future by coincidence. The result will always be the same.”
He pushed Xuanji away and stood up by himself, and said, “You are uncomfortable in your heart and want to find someone to blame, I understand. If you blame me, your heart will feel better, you will hate me for the rest of your life. As long as you can feel better in your heart!”
Xuanji wiped away her tears and was silent for a long time before she said softly, “No … no, I don’t blame anyone. I only blame myself for my lack of skills, I could only watch them take this step ……”
Liu Yihuan laughed happily and walked over, flicked her forehead and whispered, “If you are not capable, there will be no such capable person in the world, Master General.”
Xuanji turned her head in horror but he was already sitting next to Ting Ny, studying the soul in the crystal bottle with him.
“You ……” she did not know what to say.
Liu Yihuan ignored her, raised his hand to grab the bottle and gently shook it twice. The colourful light spots inside also shook and it was very beautiful. He looked at it for a while and laughed, “I say, girl, have you been tricked? This thing could be a soul?”
His words were like a sudden thunderbolt on a sunny day and Xuanji’s eyes ere dizzy and she trembled. “What … what do you mean by…? That is not …… Linglong’s soul?”
Liu Yihuan shrugged his shoulders, “As far as I know, the human soul is not like this. This kind of light and colourful soul is only found in animals. I’m not very good at this either, you’ll have to ask Ting Nu. He knows.”
Xuanji looked at Ting Nu blankly. He seemed a little uncomfortable and finally nodded, saying softly, “Xuanji, this is definitely not Linglong’s soul. The soul of a human is flame-like, this soul, as I see it, is like the soul of wild grass and flowers that can be found everywhere …… flowers and plants absorb the essence of heaven and earth to grow, so they are colourful …… human soul has only one colour.”
Xuanji was dizzy, her eyes turned black, her feet softened and she knelt on the ground. The experience of those in Buzhou Mountain is like flowing water, a scene passed in front of her eyes. Why did Wu Tong take out Linglong’s soul so easily, and why did he bring out Chen Minjue as well …… It turned out that everything was a trap! If he promised too easily to return Linglong’s soul to them, they will be suspicious, but together with Chen Minjue being sent out, ordinary people will believe that the bottle must be Linglong’s soul.
Then he played a little trick to make them feel that he was suspicious and naturally they would not focus on the issue of the authenticity of the soul. However, in reality, he never trusted Zhong Minyan and Ruo’Yu from the beginning to the end! He has lost nothing and has tricked them into serving him for nothing!
The more she thought about it, the more scared she felt, and her hands and feet were cold.
The two people across the table saw her lost and despondent look, and they couldn’t bear to see her like this and Liu Yihuan sighed, “Little Xuanji, you don’t have to feel bad. The soul of Linglong will always be retrieved, if not this time then next time. You are young people, new to the world, inexperienced rookies, it is normal to be cheated. You’ll learn after you’ve been cheated once or twice!”
Xuanji shook her head miserably, her face pale. This time, they lost, completely lost, lost very badly and even almost lost their lives. In the end, nothing was exchanged, nothing at all.
Ting Nu said softly, “You have not seen the human soul, it is not a big deal to be fooled. How about this, next time I’ll accompany you to Buzhou Mountain to negotiate with them. I will know if the soul is Linglong’s or not.”
When Xuanji heard that he was finally willing to be accompany then, she couldn’t help but wipe her face and tiredly and slowly nod.
Liu Yihuan nodded and said, “Yes, I’l be with you too. It’s no fun to stay here in Qingyang for a long time. The little flower girl from another family should look better ……”
After saying that, he suddenly remembered something and asked, “Where is the little Phoenix? He didn’t come either?”
Xuanji whispered: “Sifeng he …… was seriously injured, can not rush. I hired someone to take care of him and stayed in Ge’ermu.”
Liu Yihuan suddenly got up and said anxiously, “You are too stupid to even be called stupid! How can you leave him alone in that place? You don’t know that he has become a thorn in the side of many people in the Li Ze Palace because of the mask?”
Xuanji was shocked but she still didn’t understand, so she asked, “What mask? He …… did not tell me anything.”
Liu Yihuan was so bitter with hate that he wanted to beat her to wake the brain of this wooden fish.
He said sternly, “His mask is made of Kunlun divine wood and was put under the lover’s spell. Only the destined person can remove it and when the mask smiles after it is removed, the spell is lifted. You unmasked him for no reason but the spell was not lifted, so in such a case, you will be punished heavily at the Palace of Li Ze! They must have been looking for a chance to take him away but they didn’t do it because you were around. Now that you’re gone and he’s seriously injured, he’s a turtle in a jar, at the mercy of others!”
Xuanji was so shocked that she jumped up from the floor and turned to run out of the building, ignoring the greetings of the madam and prostitutes below and disappeared outside the door in the blink of an eye.
Liu Yihuan hurriedly pushed after Ting Nu and shouted, “Wait! I’m going too!”
After talking, he ran out of the brothel gate. It was so thunderous that everyone was in a daze looking at the series of smoke and dust. It took a long time for the old madam to react. He has spent the past few months in the brothel and used a lot of money. Now she is left gnashing her teeth and cursing and there is nothing else to say.
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