Chapter 74: Unlike me, I only feel sorry for the lady

The entire village is generated by a maze, which is similar to an illusion and a separate space.

This village exists only as a test for Xie Yanyu to enter the mountain. As long as she walks out of the maze, she will find that there is no village here at all, only a mountain road leading to the mountain.

Because this village is illusory,

So the village was dark, there was not even a living person, and there were only empty houses. It was very easy to find a place to stay.

There were houses, but no better ones. All the houses were very simple, and the beds in them were made of hard wooden boards.

Xie Yanyu had lived in all kinds of places, so he didn't mind the simple nature of this house.

She was just about to stay like this,

Chen Lang asked her to go out first. He wanted to clean the house and then help her make softer sheets and quilts.

Li Xun said slowly, "You're quite attentive. How could a guard do all the work expected of a servant in the inner chambers? You're always around your young lady, taking care of her food, clothing, housing, and transportation. You're also there to take care of her writing, making the bed, and cleaning the house. How much is the monthly salary the Xie family pays you?"

Chen Lang hugged the quilt, as if he didn't understand his sarcastic remarks:

"After all, the others are just coachmen, only good at driving. Lord Sword Master, although he is the young lady's fiancé, is of noble status. I think he would not be willing to lower himself to serve the young lady as servants. So, I am the only one left. After all, I don't want to see the young lady suffer. Lord Sword Master also cares about the young lady, right?"

That feeling of a needle hidden in cotton comes again,

Li Xun was silent for a moment and almost laughed out of anger.

But Shen Lang left after he finished speaking, so Li Xun could only say to Xie Yanyu next to him: "Look at the good dog you raised."

Xie Yanyu: "Can you please talk nicely? Otherwise, can you help me pave the floor?"

Li Xun almost wanted to say, "Why can't I help you make the bed? It's not like I haven't done that before." But that sounded a bit strange. It would be like asking to be the dog. So he swallowed his words back and said sinisterly, "You're so protective of others. I can't even say a few words. You have so many dogs. If I scold each of them, how can I protect them all?"

Xie Yanyu really wanted to shut him up: "What do you mean by so many?"

Li Xun brought up the past: "Isn't there another demon? Be good. When you wanted to see me at the inn, he immobilized me and tied me up in your room. He took advantage of the fact that I channeled all my spiritual energy into my dantian, and beat me while scolding me for being ungrateful. It's my blessing that you wanted to see me, so I had to rush over."

Xie Yanyu: "..."

Xie Yanyu realized for the first time that Li Xun had said those words before he tied her up in her room. No wonder he was so angry at that time. As soon as she opened the door, he looked at her with a distorted face and bloodshot eyes, as if he wanted to tear her apart.

She twitched her lips.

Seeing that she was about to smile, Li Xun's expression became even gloomier.

He raised his hand and touched the corners of her lips with his two fingertips, one on the left and one on the right. Then he used a little force to squeeze her mouth so that she couldn't smile at all.

Then he leaned over, put his face in front of hers, stared at her with resentful eyes, and said in a sharp and mean tone: "Laughing? You're still laughing? Do you have any manners at all? You asked me for a kiss, how dare you let someone around you treat me like this? If you don't sell him out to vent my anger, how dare you laugh here?!"

Xie Yanyu opened his hand with a snap: "If you don't like him, just chase him away if you have the guts. Don't yell at me."

Xie Yanyu was treated a little differently.

She didn't have much empathy for the monster. He was very useful and obedient, but she gradually had fewer needs for him. Moreover, all the good things he did for her were forced upon her. He was always by her side, and she couldn't even help but accept his kindness.

In this situation, she treated him as a handy tool, but people would not favor a tool that was delivered to their doorstep, and when they wanted to get rid of it, they would not hesitate to do anything.

But she had a subtle empathy for the guard.

She didn't have much sympathy, but he was too obedient and docile. Some of his behaviors and situations always reminded her of herself, so she thought that as long as he didn't block her way and didn't bother her, she would keep him. It was like seeing a doll that was somewhat similar to herself, and she would never throw it away with her own hands.

Shen Lang knew this in his heart.

So he couldn't let go of his identity as a guard.

With such an identity and such despicable means, he was able to get a little attention from her. He knew it was despicable, but could he just let go?

While helping her spread the quilt, Chen Lang concentrated his five senses and listened to her conversation with Li Xun. Hearing her say this, he was even a little relieved that he hadn't let her know that he was the demon. With her current attitude, she would probably not only withdraw her gaze after knowing it, but would also dislike him.

Shen Lang suddenly felt a little frightened.

He paused as he spread the quilt, then checked his demonic energy to make sure it wouldn't leak out, and then continued to spread the quilt. He then spent some time cleaning the room, fixing a few candlesticks, and lighting the candles.

*

When Li Xun entered Xie Yanyu's room again, he smelled a strange smell.

The smell is very recognizable.

It was the smell of burning herbs. The smell of this herb was not unpleasant, but rather a bit fragrant. However, Li Xun frowned.

Then he quickly searched the house for the source of the smell. Soon, he found that the smell came from the candles. The wicks of all the candles used in the house were woven with this herb, and even soaked in the juice of this herb, because this would make the candles burn brighter, brighter than the night pearls, and burn longer.

Li Xun paused, frowning as he asked Chen Lang, "The candles you prepared? Who told you to light them? Don't you know she can't smell the herbs?"

Qingqing hates the smell of this herb.

Even though this herb is very precious, she hates it.

Because many years ago, Li Xun casually gave her a plant of this herb, Qingqing buried it in the soil, intending to grow more of this herb to sell for money, but this action angered the owner of the town's herb shop, so while she was out selling the herbs, the owner snatched all the herbs away.

Later, Li Xun helped her get the things back.

But the boss held a grudge, and when Qingqing went out on her own, he blocked her and beat her up with his servants. Then he held her down, forced her to open her mouth, stuffed the herbs into her mouth, pinched her nose and poured the medicine down her throat, forcing her to swallow it. He then pushed her head into the medicine soup and said to her, "You are so worthless that you dare to compete with me for my things? Fine, a few herbs, you can't let go, so I'll eat them all. Let's see how much you can eat."

Later, she took her last breath, smashed the shopkeeper's head with the medicine pipe, and then ran away.

Later, Li Xun killed the man, tied his hands and feet, and kicked him into a pigsty, letting the pigs eat him and his servants to death one by one.

But since then, Qingqing couldn't stand the smell of this medicinal herb. She would tremble all over and retch when she smelled it.

Li Xun put out all the candles and kicked the door open to dissipate the smell.

Shen Lang was very surprised and asked Xie Yanyu in a low voice: "Miss... don't you like the taste?"

In his memory, Xie Yanyu really liked to use this kind of candle.

Because this kind of candle is very bright and burns for a long time, she became night blind when she joined the demon clan, so she had to sleep with a candle lit at night.

Chen Lang once asked her why she didn’t use a dimmer candle. Could she sleep well at night with the candle so bright?

After all, night blindness only means that you cannot see the surrounding things when there is no light. If there is some dim light, you can still see with a dimmer light.

But at that time,

Xie Yanyu thought for a moment and replied, "I like to use this kind of candle."

So why, now, would Li Xun say that she hated the smell of the candle?

He thought she liked it.

But at this time, she was actually disgusted by the smell?

At this time, Xie Yanyu was also silent and did not immediately respond to Shen Lang's question.

She smelled the increasingly faint smell in her nostrils, and suddenly realized that she seemed to have stopped retching when she smelled this smell recently.

She really didn't like this smell, but it seemed that since a while ago, she no longer felt anything when she smelled it, so much so that she even forgot that she didn't like it. It was not until Li Xun mentioned it today that she realized that she didn't like it.

As soon as this thought passed through my mind,

She smelled the scent again, but for some reason, she still didn't feel disgusted. She even felt a sense of familiarity, as if she had used this kind of candle so often that she was used to the smell.

It seems that some fragmented memories flashed through my mind.

Someone seemed to have asked her why she had to use this kind of candle, and she said it was because she liked it.

But this picture emerged inexplicably,

She was sure that she had never had a similar conversation with anyone in real life.

Xie Yanyu pondered and frowned.

Seeing that she was still silent, Shen Lang frowned again.

He whispered, "It was my negligence. I didn't notice that the young lady didn't like the smell. I...Miss, please punish me. You can punish me however you want. I won't use this kind of candle again in the future."

After these words fell,

Xie Yanyu came back to his senses: "It's okay, it has nothing to do with you."

This is considered as not caring, and even a bit of comfort.

On that side,

When Li Xun heard this, his face darkened and his hands fell on the extinguished candles, wishing he could light them again.

Just suffocate her to death. If she suffocates to death, she will have no time to comfort other men, especially the man who specially lights this kind of candle for her.

He held the candle, but the next second, he heard her say, "Li Xun and I knew each other long ago and lived with me for a while, so he understands all this. You came to serve me, so it's normal that you don't know this."

Li Xun's fingers gripping the candle froze for a moment.

After a long while, he didn't relight the thing, but just threw it out the door.

On the other side,

When Shen Lang heard the second half of her sentence, his heart felt like someone had squeezed it.

He knew that she and Li Xun had known each other for a long time, but knowing was one thing and hearing her say it was another.

Li Xun had been involved in her life for many years, and there were many years of the past that he did not understand. Li Xun also knew her preferences and knew even more. He and she had many bonds that others could not interfere with. Small parts of their lives overlapped and were sewn together. Even if Chen Lang were to come back again, he still could not squeeze into that part of her life.

He clutched his finger bones and saw Li Xun preparing new candles.

For the first time,

He did not speak to Li Xun in any hidden way. He walked over silently and helped light the new candles.

at the same time,

In the meeting hall of Shangqing Palace,

Helan Wei's face was gloomy as she watched the two men circling around her. She couldn't bear to watch any longer, and after a while, she just turned away.

*

the next day.

Xie Yanyu got up early in the morning, washed up, left his residence, walked around the village, and began to observe the maze.

This maze was generated based on the information on her apprenticeship letter.

Just like some tests designed to make things difficult for people, they test her where she is weak and what she is not good at.

But in fact, Xie Yanyu was not very good at anything other than refining medicine. Earlier, she could not even break through the foundation-building stage and could only learn some of the most basic spells. Later, she had the ability to absorb spiritual power, and by relying on the spiritual power, she managed to improve her cultivation to the Golden Core stage. However, she did not have time to learn anything, and she had no strong points.

This maze was created using her weaknesses.

But she has so many weaknesses, and just thinking this way, it is basically impossible for her to get out of this maze.

She observed the village for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on. Finally, she sat down under a big tree.

On that side,

The elders of Shangqing Immortal Palace were puzzled when they saw her sit down directly. "Did she figure out anything?"

The headmaster said, "It's hard to say."

Someone else said: "You figured out it was a maze so quickly yesterday, did you guess it?"

Another elder said, "I've read her application letter and it shows she has no strong points. If she can get out of this maze within ten days, she'll be considered a genius. I will definitely accept her as my disciple."

"Ten days might be enough."

"Will I stay in there for a month?"

"If she asks those around her to help her, she might be able to come out in three to five days. Isn't Sword Master by her side? But if she doesn't do anything, she will just be a menial disciple."

"If she can come out within fifteen days, I will accept her as my personal disciple. Don't compete with me for her."

…

On the other side, the elders were guessing how long it would take for her to come out.

On this side, Xie Yanyu leaned against a tree, closed his eyes, thought for a long time, and said to the system: If I want to get out of this maze, I may never get out in my lifetime. It is a bit difficult for me and far beyond my ability.

System: [I really can't help you with this... The original text doesn't mention anything related to this assessment, and I don't understand these formations.]

Xie Yanyu didn't say anything.

The system reminded: [Although the original text doesn't mention how they specifically judge a disciple's strength, it does mention that anyone who asks others for help will eventually become a menial disciple. If you don't want to be a menial disciple, it's best not to ask for help.]

Xie Yanyu: Don’t look for anyone else.

System: [What are you going to do then? Are you going to stay here forever?]

Xie Yanyu said: I have a way, maybe we can get out tonight or tomorrow.

system:【? 】

Xie Yanyu: Let’s destroy this maze.

She said, "Since I can't get out, I'll just find the center of the formation and destroy it. This maze will be ineffective." You know where the center of the formation is, right? This is the maze at the gate of Shangqing Immortal Palace. No matter what trials are generated to trap me, the formation itself will not change. Such an important formation must have its location mentioned in the original text. Look for it, and tell me where it is if you find it.

system:【? ? ? 】

It just knows!

This person absolutely does not follow the rules!!

No, but what is this?

Failed the exam so he just blew up the school. Is that solving the problem from the root?!