"Do I need to lie to you?"

Ye Yun shook her head helplessly, "My dad's former colleague was a disciple of the Emei Sect. He often came to my house to play, and my parents have introduced him to potential partners, hoping that he can settle down and start a family soon."

However, he refused, stating that his marriage partner must be approved by his sect.

I heard that this condition only applies to formal disciples of Emei, and lay disciples do not need to abide by this rule.

You should be able to tell that Jingyu, with her young age and such strength, must be a formal disciple of Emei.

Although it's unclear why the Emei Sect would allow a young girl like her to venture into Xiangdu, given the Emei Sect's nature, they certainly wouldn't let it go unchecked.

"It seems that the Emei Sect also values ​​Xiangdu."

Lu Jun seemed to be thinking, "Xiangdu is a more suitable place for martial arts practitioners to develop, unlike in China where all martial arts disciples are directly accepted into various departments."

Previously, the focus was on guarding against and suppressing martial arts disciples. Now, it seems the higher-ups are particularly clever, directly using official positions and the abilities of disciples from various sects to serve the government.

This situation has both advantages and disadvantages.

On the one hand, the disciples of each sect could support themselves; on the other hand, the people they trained directly became government officials.

The Emei Sect's decision to send such an outstanding disciple as Lin Jingyu to Xiangdu is likely aimed at developing a branch here.

"That's probably the meaning."

Ye Yun also knew some things about the situation in China.

However, they did not thoroughly investigate Lin Jingyu's background and accepted her existence based solely on their own guesses, unknowingly missing out on many important pieces of information.

Lin Jingyu was completely unaware that these two seniors had filled in the blanks with their own 'truths,' which brought her convenience.

"Where are we going?"

Lin Jingyu looked at the driver and said, "I have to be back before 10 o'clock."

"Are you a good girl?"

Lu Zhengxing hadn't expected her to restrict her time at home. "Could it be that your elders are here too?"

"No."

Lin Jingyu responded, "I set a time limit for myself to go home and sleep early. Staying up late damages the liver and kidneys and makes you look ugly. Of course I have to take good care of myself for the sake of my appearance."

"You are beautiful!"

Lu Zhengxing glanced at her through the rearview mirror, his tone tinged with amusement, "With your current internal strength, maintaining your beauty shouldn't be a problem. You won't age so quickly, so you can rest assured about that."

Besides, you're still young and full of life. Isn't it a bit too early to talk about skincare?

"I'm used to sleeping at this time."

Lin Jingyu offered a reason: "I don't want to become a night owl, listless like a vampire during the day."

By the way, are there vampires among incense sticks?

Lin Jingyu remembered watching a movie about vampires in Xiangdu before.

If it weren't for the legend of vampires, why would people in the entertainment industry have thought of making a movie with this element?

Just like "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" and "The Legend of the White Snake", they are all TV series based on folk legends.

Now that she had the opportunity to inquire, she naturally wouldn't miss it.

"vampire?"

Lu Zhengxing nodded. "I think so. How do you know there are vampires in Xiangdu?"

"I heard it from someone else."

Lin Jingyu stated frankly, "Vampires came to our country during the Qing Dynasty, but there should be no vampires in mainland China now."

As for Xiangdu, I'm not sure.

"The vampires dare not come out and cause trouble."

Lu Zhengxing explained to her, "He usually stays in bars run by foreigners. As long as he doesn't provoke them, he won't dare to go on a killing spree in Hong Kong."

Occasionally, someone might kill one or two people, but as long as it's not discovered by people in the martial arts world, no one will care.

You know that the top brass of the police department are all foreigners now.

With these foreigners protecting those monsters, it won't be easy for us to take action even if we want to.

Unless we catch them in the act and they attack the martial arts practitioners, even if we kill vampires, the foreigners in the police station won't dare to do anything to us.

Our gangs combined number in the hundreds of thousands, and the foreigners are afraid we'll overturn their government offices.

Vampires are also clever; even though they crave the blood of us martial artists, they won't easily attack us.

After all, once they've angered us, their government can't protect them.

"It's best to have some reservations."

Lin Jingyu finally understood why there were so many gangs in Xiangdu.

Moreover, ordinary people are proud to join these gangs, perhaps just to prevent the place from being completely ruined by foreigners.

She then asked, "I've heard that powerful vampires aren't afraid of the sun? They dare to appear even during the day?"

"I'm not sure, I've never dealt with them."

Lu Zhengxing added, "We think that kind of monster is unlucky, so they don't dare to provoke us and we're at peace."

"In the end, it's the ordinary people who suffer the most."

Lin Jingyu muttered, "If that's the case, there must be quite a few missing people in Xiangdu every day."

"That's normal. Life and death alternate every moment."

Lu Zhengxing couldn't help but glance at her through the rearview mirror. "Don't even mention ordinary people, people die in gangs every day."

"That's true!"

Lin Jingyu sighed inwardly.

This chaotic situation may not be completely resolved until the day of return.

Lu Zhengxing didn't want to continue the previous topic, so he casually asked, "You came to Xiang for sightseeing, why do you want to settle down here?"

"Come do business."

Lin Jingyu composed herself and smiled slightly, "I've already decided to start a film company and am preparing to shoot a movie. The director is currently looking for actors."

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