Chapter 107: Drinking at night and remembering the past
Xinyi sat alone in the yard, gazing at the starry sky, wondering what she was thinking.
At this moment, he heard footsteps behind him, but he did not immediately become alert as before. Instead, he continued to sit there and stare at the stars in a daze.
The visitor did not disturb him, but sat down by himself and put a pot of tea on the table.
"The dew is even heavier. It's better to drink some medicinal tea to drive away the dampness and cold." The man poured two cups and took one to drink.
Xinyi did not reply, but just stared at the night stars in a daze. After a long time, she picked up the teacup.
"It took me a long time to figure it out. It's just that you already knew about our affairs a long time ago, so you made all these arrangements." Xinyi held the teacup without drinking it, just staring at the starry sky and asked.
The visitor smiled softly, put down the teacup and looked up at the night sky.
"In this sect, apart from Senior Brother Fuyin, I think you are the only one who understands me." It was none other than Lingxiang.
But her clothes today are different from usual.
"You knew the identities of Long Qi and me early on. I'm afraid you also knew about it, so you asked for the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss from her and returned it to Long Qi. Then you accepted us into Qingwei Peak before checking our spiritual roots, because you knew that with your level of cultivation, the sect would definitely not allow you to teach us two." Xinyi said, picking up the teacup to her mouth, but suddenly stopped.
"What exactly do you want to do by doing this?"
Lingxiang just smiled without saying anything, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"What you said is not entirely correct. As you said, you overestimated me. I only knew about Long Qi, but it was Madam Qiao who asked me to keep an eye on you."
Xinyi was just about to drink her tea, but was very confused when she heard her say this.
"Madam of the City Lord?"
"That's right. When I first went to the City Lord's Mansion to exorcise demons, I did so for the reward. At that time, I didn't know about the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss until I rescued Madam Qiao..."
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"Lingxiang Lingxiang! Look! This golden hairpin given by Madam actually has three South Pearls on it! If I take it to the pawn shop, I can get a lot of money from it!" Maidong was flipping through the jewelry box given by Madam Qiao, his face full of joy.
Lingxiang, on the other hand, sat by the window with her head propped up, looking a little listless, and only answered sporadically.
It's not that she doesn't love money, on the contrary, she loves these things very much, but there is one thing that she always feels strange. As the wife of the city lord, Mrs. Qiao should have seen all kinds of storms, so how could she be scared to faint by a mere yellow-skinned beast? In addition, she has Ah Jin as her guard, so how could Ah Lu take advantage of her?
Lingxiang was puzzled and stared at the old pine tree outside the window with a frown.
"I say, even if you have already received so much, you should just let it go. Are you still thinking about the reward of ten thousand gold?" Maidong did not get a response from Lingxiang. When he looked up and saw her like this, he thought she was thinking about how to ask for the reward, so he stepped forward and poked her.
Lingxiang glanced at Maidong, then propped up her face with her arm and said, "You think I'm you, you're so heartless all day long. You don't care about anything as long as you have food, drink, fun and money. I, your aunt, care about the world, and I'm thinking long-term!"
Maidong curled his lips and rolled his eyes: "If you said this, I wouldn't believe it. If a kid said this, I would definitely praise it!" Then he went back to rummaging through the treasures in the jewelry box.
Lingxiang was about to retort when she heard this, but she saw two maids entering the courtyard through the moon gate from the window. She hurriedly got up and went out to greet them.
"My two sisters are here, but does the city lord have something to ask?"
The two maids looked at each other and thought that this female fairy was very funny for calling them sisters.
"My dear, we are Madam's maids. We are here on Madam's orders. Please go to Madam's room to have a chat."
Looking for her? What a coincidence, she also had something to ask. "Since the Madam has invited me, I'll have to trouble you two sisters to lead the way." Lingxiang said, waving a one-handed salute to the two of them.
The two maids felt that this female fairy was very interesting, so they bowed according to the rules, turned around and led Lingxiang out of the yard.
As soon as they entered the house of the city lord's wife, the maids left and closed the door tightly. Lingxiang was very surprised. Was she going to tell some secret? Why was she so cautious?
Just as she was wondering, she heard Mrs. Qiao in the inner room calling her, "Miss Lingxiang, come in quickly."
Lingxiang entered the inner room suspiciously, only to see Ajin was there as well. To her surprise, Ajin had transformed into a human form and was standing in the room.
"Uh..." Lingxiang didn't know how to start for a moment. She looked at Ajin hesitantly, then looked at the city lord's wife who was sitting on the bed.
"I know you must have a lot of questions in your mind. I invited you here to help you solve them. To be honest, I also have something to ask you." The city lord's wife coughed twice.
Ling Xiang quickly replied, "Madam, you are too kind. I will do whatever I can to help you. But you are not fully recovered yet. You should take a rest first and we can discuss this another day."
"If I don't make things clear with you today, you won't be at ease." The city lord's wife stood up with a smile. Ajin hurried forward to support her, but she raised her hand to indicate that it was okay. She walked straight to the table and invited Lingxiang to sit down.
Lingxiang was not polite. Since the master said so, it was difficult for her to refuse.
"Then I'll ask straight to the point." After Lingxiang sat down, she asked the question in her mind.
"Where should I start..." The City Lord's wife said as she poured a cup of tea for Lingxiang and handed it to her, "Let's start with the Long, Lu, and Qiao families."
Legend has it that the three demon-killing families of Long, Lu, and Qiao were originally one family, but later they were separated to Nanhuai, Youlu, and Gaoling for unknown reasons. In ancient times, when the three families were still one family, the Long family specialized in the art of beheading demons, the Lu family was good at detecting demons, and the Qiao family was good at sealing demons.
One year, a traitor appeared in the Qiao family and released Zhu Yan, who had been imprisoned for many years. As a result, the people suffered and their lives were in misery. Fortunately, Yuanqing faction came to help and the traitor was suppressed again.
However, the casualties in this battle were heavy, and even the Qiao family was seriously injured. Most of the powerful people in the Qiao family died in the battle to seal the demon.
Over the years, most demon hunters in the world could only fight against ordinary demons. Only the Qiao family mastered the secret technique and could suppress these ancient beasts. However, the Qiao family has already shown signs of decline.
After a few years, no one was able to inherit the Qiao family's legacy, but ancient evil beasts like Zhu Yan could not be suppressed forever. They would come out every few hundred years. If no one was in charge of the family, Zhu Yan would only leave early.
But now is a time when spiritual roots are scarce. If Zhu Yan is allowed to escape, there will surely be another bloody storm, and it is unknown how long it will last.
It was at this time that a girl with heavenly spiritual roots appeared in the Qiao family.
Originally, the head of the Qiao family thought that there would be a successor, however, people with heavenly spiritual roots are born with a certain talent. This woman's talent is too overbearing, and it is difficult for a mortal body to bear it, let alone practice. Even to save her life she has to leave it to fate. By chance, the head of the family met the eight-tailed divine cat, and he made a wish to let it protect this girl for life.
Even so, this woman still cannot live long.
Later, the head of the Qiao family got a set of ancient books from somewhere and learned about the three families of Long, Lu and Qiao. He thought that if he could use the power of the three families, he might be able to save her life.
At worst, you can choose someone with superior qualifications to marry, and maybe give birth to a child who inherits the spiritual roots of the Heavenly Star.
But the two families in Longlu don’t have such a candidate…
Later, he asked for the life-extending pill from the fairy Tumi in the hope of saving the girl. But the girl had no cultivation at all, and if she took it rashly, it would be like giving up her life.
However, when this woman saw the life-extending elixir, somehow, the innate power that had been suppressed suddenly ran wild and became uncontrollable.
It was because of this rampage that she actually predicted the destruction of three families!
(End of this chapter)
