Chapter 19: Finding a needle in a haystack is not such a coincidence

Xie Yanyu has a bit of a rebellious streak in him. He will do anything to achieve his goal, and it is normal for him to pretend to obey but actually disobey.

But someone like her—

Such a person who is greedy for power and wealth, and who is eager to be the boss and live a good life, now takes the role of a servant and comes to such a dangerous place to suffer.

This is a very abnormal thing.

It's so abnormal that it's even absurd.

Xie Yanyu's dreams have always been very real, and Xie Chengjin's attitude has always been to believe it, but this is the first time that he feels that this dream is fake.

He couldn't find any reason why she did this.

In order to suppress her thoughts on Helan Wei, he raised her treatment again and again, even to a level far beyond her current status. If we make a comparison, perhaps only the young lady of the Xie family could receive such treatment; the Xie family and the Helan family are on par with each other, and even if she really became the young lady of the Helan family, her treatment would not be better than it is now.

He thought that this would make her give up the idea of clinging to Helan Wei, and he never thought that she would follow him secretly, walking dozens of miles step by step.

In the world of cultivation, one looks at strength first, and secondly at family background and bloodline.

If a son of a noble family wants to marry, the young lady he chooses must be able to shoulder the glory and prosperity of the entire family.

Her cultivation was only at the foundation-building stage, and her spiritual roots were not suitable for cultivation. She was just an adopted daughter of the Xie family, and she could not erase the time when she was homeless. Even if she entered the Helan family, it would be difficult for her to take the position of young lady. Even if Helan Wei agreed, the elders of the Helan family might not agree.

She should be very clear about this in her heart.

So if she really follows, what is her goal?

It can't be that he is really in love with Tu Helan Wei, so much so that he would abandon his nature and suffer for him.

Xie Chengjin's solar plexus jumped when he thought of this possibility. For the first time in his life, he felt so absurd that he wanted to laugh. His emotions fluctuated, and he didn't know if it was the remaining poison in his body that was triggered. His chest felt sore and stuffy, and his fingertips felt a little sour.

His chest rose and fell.

He closed his eyes again.

However, he couldn't fall asleep this time. After a while, he got up, put on a robe, and went straight to Helan Wei's residence.

It's better to be just a dream.

*

The other side.

When Helan Wei heard Xie Yanyu's words, he was stunned for a rare moment.

He thought that she had followed him secretly because she wanted to ease their relationship, and that she stayed in his bedroom and didn't want to leave because she wanted to find a chance to reveal her identity to him. He also anticipated how she would confess her identity to him, perhaps directly, or she might take it slow, throwing out a few words at the right time to lead him to reveal her identity.

But he had never thought that she would just say she was leaving after packing her things—

There is no intention to clarify the identity at all,

He doesn't believe it.

If it wasn't for deepening the relationship with him,

Why did she come all the way here and show up in his bedroom?

Helan Wei didn't believe that she was really leaving, so he didn't respond to her words of farewell. He just looked at her quietly, trying to find any trace of insincerity on her face.

However, Xie Yanyu's expression did not change at all.

She bowed to him with her head lowered, and after that she didn't wait for him to speak. She turned around and walked out directly, with no intention of staying any longer.

She didn't look back until she walked out of the room, and she didn't even slow down her pace.

It was as if she had really stayed here because she hadn't finished packing her boxes.

How ridiculous.

Helan Wei couldn't figure out her intentions at all.

She is not really a servant, so how could she possibly do the work of a servant diligently and responsibly?

Maybe it's a game of hard to get?

It was clear that their relationship had cooled down in the past few days, so he was ready to have nothing to do with her anymore.

But she seemed to know what he was thinking. At this time, she came to him again, wandered around, and left without saying a word, forcing him to guess her intentions.

As soon as this thought came out.

Helan Wei felt something was strange again.

Why should he guess her intentions?

Others have always been the ones guessing what he is thinking. He stands too high, looking down on everything from the clouds above. In his eyes, Xie Yanyu is just a slightly interesting pastime. In her previous life, she married someone else, which did make him a little unwilling. But no matter how unwilling he was, she was just a plaything to pass the time.

Why would he try to guess the thoughts of a plaything?

Realizing this, Helan Wei's mood calmed down for a moment.

However, his eyes swept across Xie Yanyu's back and saw that she had already walked to the corner of the corridor outside. She only needed to turn another corner and her figure would disappear from his sight.

There's a feeling that if I don't ask her to come back, she really won't come back.

The next second,

The irritability that had just been suppressed immediately burst out more intensely.

She doesn't have to reply to his message if she wants to, and she can show up right under his nose if she wants to. Why?

He used her for entertainment.

It wasn't that she used him for entertainment.

If he doesn't react, doesn't that mean he's letting her do whatever she wants?

Helan Wei seemed to have found the source of his irritability. He almost never took the things in this world seriously because, in essence, he stood high enough to control most things in this world.

She was of low status and not very skilled, so he should have been able to control her easily, instead of being unable to predict her behavior like he was doing now.

He really didn't care about her intentions;

But perhaps, he should curb her behavior that always surprised him.

Helan Wei thought expressionlessly.

Seeing that she was about to turn the corner, he suddenly said, "Stop."

As the words fell,

Xie Yanyu paused.

She turned around and showed a hint of doubt at the right moment: "Sir?"

Helan Wei looked at her: "I don't think I've given you permission to leave yet."

He was still sitting there.

The candles in the room fell on him,

He was very handsome, like a perfect work of art, but the small mole on the tip of his nose added just the right touch of frivolity to his demeanor, as if bringing to light his inherent frivolity.

His tone was not much different from usual, still gentle and casual: "Come back."

However, Xie Yanyu heard a subtle coldness in his tone.

She really couldn't figure out what he was thinking.

He was trying to drive her away before, but now he won't let her go.

Could it be that he discovered that she had stolen the token of Shangqing Immortal Palace?

She was a little unsure, and stood there with her head lowered, looking submissive. However, her hands were tucked into her sleeves, and she hid the token inconspicuously deep in her sleeve pocket. "Sir, do you have any other instructions?"

On that side,

Helan Wei looked at her with his dark eyes. Seeing that she didn't move, the irritability seemed to spread from his whole body again.

He asked calmly, "Why don't you come over?"

Xie Yanyu didn't really want to go there.

If she didn't want to go, she wouldn't obey him, so she stood there without moving, and made up an excuse to put him off.

But before she could speak,

Helan Wei stood up first.

Whether it was not replying to his messages or just hanging around him without saying anything, she had her own plans, but he was determined to push her, to prevent her from being so relaxed and acting like nothing had happened. So he slowly walked up to her, then stopped, looked at her and asked, "You have the guts to disguise yourself, but you don't have the guts to stay under my nose?"

As soon as these words fell,

Xie Yanyu was rarely surprised.

How did he know that she had changed her appearance?

Did you just see that she had changed her appearance, or did you see that she was Xie Yanyu?

Her disguise skills were very powerful. Even though Helan Wei was a Nascent Soul cultivator, he couldn't tell that she had used the disguise skills.

Unless he uses his spiritual power to forcibly remove her disguise,

But he didn't use any magic just now.

Does that mean you know her identity?

This is also unlikely.

The only thing that could identify her was the gauze wrapped around her arm and at most the wound on her finger caused by a scorpion sting, but even if someone wanted to recognize her based on this, they would have to be someone who knew her very well.

Helan Wei's eyes were pure and he never noticed these details about her.

Even in the original plot,

It was not until much later, after they had become increasingly entangled, that he learned that she raised scorpions and noticed that her hands were always wrapped in gauze.

anyway,

It would be impossible for Helan Wei to recognize her through these details that year.

Xie Yanyu went through all the possibilities in his mind, and finally felt that -

He must be deceiving her.

She was confident, so her expression was calm, without any sense of panic at being exposed. Her tone was gentle, and she refused to admit it. "Sir, you are joking. I have not changed my appearance."

Tell lies with open eyes,

It seemed as if she had no intention of revealing her identity to him from the beginning to the end.

The restlessness in Helan Wei's heart was completely ignited, and it became more and more intense for no reason.

He stared at her, from her nose to her eyebrows, for a long while, then raised his hand and touched her forehead with his fingertips: "Really?"

Xie Yanyu was about to nod when he felt a spiritual power fluctuation at his fingertips.

Then, she realized that he was going to use magic to break her disguise, and she heard him say slowly, "We'll know if it's true or not once we try."

Xie Yanyu: “…” This cannot be tried.

Isn't this test equivalent to him exposing her identity on the spot?

Then the plot point she wanted to leave would not be completed.

Xie Yanyu wanted to avoid his fingertips, but there was no way.

It would be inappropriate to continue struggling at this time, as it would seem that she was trying to hide her true intentions. She did not move again, but she was not the kind of person who would sit and wait for death. She did not want to be discovered by him, so she would struggle to the last second.

Helan Wei's magic has begun to work.

Xie Yanyu pinched his sleeves with his fingers, and suddenly remembered that he had brought a magic weapon.

Xie Chengjin had someone take her to buy this magic weapon before. She only needed to close her eyes and silently recite a spell to activate it. After activation, it could counteract any spell cast on her by others.

It can also counteract the spell that Helan Wei is currently using to break her disguise.

When she thought of this, she closed her eyes and prepared to chant the spell to activate the magic weapon.

However, before he could silently recite two words, he felt Helan Wei's fingertips pause.

Then, the spell used to break her disguise was suddenly interrupted.

Xie Yanyu was a little confused.

She didn't continue chanting the spell, but remained silent for a moment. Then she slowly opened her eyes and found that Helan Wei was turning his head and looking in another direction.

So she followed his gaze.

Then I saw——

Not far away, Xie Chengjin came over with a lantern.

*

On the other side,

Demon world,

After Chen Lang searched the souls of several great monsters, he drew a few new portraits. This time, he drew the maid with very attractive spiritual roots in the memories of the great monsters.

After finishing the painting, he left the demon world with his servants to look for someone.

The great demons then realized,

This maid was the girl with willow-leaf eyes that Chen Lang had been looking for, but she had changed her appearance.

The big demons were frightened by Shen Lang's paranoid and morbid appearance, and dared not pay attention to her spiritual roots again, but they did not dare to tell Shen Lang that the girl was just passing by the entrance to the demon world and had already left with the team.

Even though the demon race has a keen sense of smell, Chen Lang could sense her breath from the big demons, but she had been gone for so long that even if her sense of smell was keen, it would be impossible to find her by following the breath.

They were guarding the entrance to the demon world as usual,

at night,

A guest came to the demon world, a ghost with high cultivation level——

This ghost is called the Resentful Ghost. It used magic to build a resentful house next to the demon world, specifically to lure innocent passers-by in.

The great demons saw it and asked, "What are you doing here?"

The vengeful ghost said, "I want to see Master Demon Venerable. There are a new group of guests in my house, but I always feel that something is wrong. They smell like mortals, but I always feel that they are cultivators! So I want to ask Master Demon Venerable to stay in the vengeful house for a few days and help me identify the identities of those people. If they are really cultivators, we can cooperate to seize their cultivation."

When the great demons heard this, they said, "The master is not here."

Resentful Ghost: “Not here?”

"Well, the master went to the human world to look for someone."

The demon said, and showed a portrait to the vengeful ghost: "Have you seen her? The master is looking for her."

The portrait shows the girl with willow-leaf eyes in disguise.

The painting is detailed and very realistic.

The vengeful ghost came to find Shen Lang. It only wanted to cooperate with Shen Lang and did not want to help Shen Lang find someone.

What's more, Shen Lang is not here at all, so it has no intention of staying in the demon world for any longer.

So when it saw the great demons take out the portrait, it only glanced at it absentmindedly. It vaguely felt that the person in the portrait looked familiar, but it didn't look at it too closely and said perfunctorily, "I haven't seen him before."

There are so many people in this world, finding someone is like finding a needle in a haystack——

How could it have possibly seen the person Shen Lang was looking for? How could such a coincidence happen?