Chapter 60: Water Fairy (7)

The most melancholy is the night-shining pearl, yet it shines like the full moon.

Li Yuanying slept through the night, and when she woke up the next day, it was already noon. She went to the cabin to find some food and brought it back to the embroiderer. On a long voyage like this, fruits and vegetables were the most scarce, and Li Yuanying only managed to find some noodles.

Fifteen was holding a white flour bun and chewing it happily, almost choking himself.

"Sister Li...that brother Qingchen...he ran away..." Fifteen said as she ate, her cheeks puffed up like some small animal.

Li Yuanying didn't expect the little guy to suddenly mention Zhang Qingchen: "Run away? Where did he go?"

"Originally, it was Brother Qingchen who was supposed to save you. Later, Brother Qingchen turned into a monster, so he asked Sister Bingyi to save you. And then..." Fifteen took another bite of the steamed bun, "Sister Bingyi wanted to go somewhere else with another brother, the one who was—who was covered in flames and had ice-cold eyes. So she gave me the key, and mother and I went to save you together."

I think the brother who is "covered in fire" is Qilang.

"Brother Qingchen has turned into a monster?" Li Yuanying heard the clue.

"Because he took too long and didn't drink Fifteen's blood in time, and in the end he used up a lot of his inner energy to stop that brother covered in flames, he..." Fifteen shuddered, "and became possessed..."

Senior Brother...

Li Yuanying became a little worried.

"And then?"

"Then he ran out of the city, and Fifteen didn't know where he went."

Li Yuanying pursed her lips: "Well...thank you Fifteen for telling me this..."

"I hope Brother Qingchen is okay." After saying this, Fifteen continued to eat the steamed buns happily.

Children's happiness is always simple. As long as they are hungry, anything tastes delicious to them.

"You don't have to worry. Although your senior brother has mutated, he won't die. It's just that for such a gifted person, it might be hard for him to accept his fall into a demon," said the embroiderer.

Yes, senior brother has been the pride of the master since he was young. He has been carrying the expectations of the family since he was born. Along the way, he has overcome many difficulties and never complained. He has made many contributions to the Zhang family, so he took the position of leader of the Shouming Guard at a young age.

My senior brother has always been very careful about his reputation, so he never forms cliques or engages in any bad habits. He looks very handsome and upright, like a snow lotus without any stain.

Because of this, Li Yuanying only respected him as a senior brother and never developed any romantic feelings for him. He had always grown up surrounded by applause and flowers, but she hadn't. She had always grown up in the midst of killing, fighting humans, slaying demons, and having to be wary of Jiang Qie's backstabbing.

In order to survive, she would do everything, including flattery and fawning, and her senior brother looked down upon all of these.

Now, Senior Brother has turned into a demon...

Li Yuanying didn’t know if Zhang Qingchen was devastated... because he had become the thing he once hated the most.

"I hope so." Li Yuanying said softly.

"Xiu Niang, I have another question. Does Fairy Puxian know who framed her back then?"

When the embroiderer heard what Li Yuanying said, she was stunned for a moment, and then she started eating the steamed bun, as if she was hesitating.

"Sure enough, Fairy Puxian knew who framed her back then, right?"

The embroiderer said helplessly, "There is a suspect, but I don't think it's her."

"Before we entered the Lingyao Illusion, you said that someone from the Fuxi Clan must have framed her."

The embroiderer nodded. "Yes, but Fairy Puxian didn't believe it. I didn't doubt the Fuxi Clan at first, but when the war between humans and demons broke out and the Fuxi Clan took out the Polar Frost Lotus, I suddenly realized."

"The Fuxi tribe took out the Polar Cold Lotus? Was it in the first year of Yongning?" Li Yuanying frowned.

"Yes. However, after the Li family sacrificed three generations of souls to forge the Yuanming Realm, the Polar Frost Lotus disappeared. At that time, there were rumors that the Polar Frost Lotus would not reappear until the third generation of goddesses from the Li family were born."

Li Yuanying was silent. She was this goddess.

"Then... who did Ling Yao think framed her back then?"

Sadness crept onto the embroiderer's face, and she sighed softly, "It was her...personal servant."

Li Yuanying understood about 80% of it: "Then the servant boy..."

The embroiderer glanced at Li Yuanying's watery eyes and nodded.

Li Yuanying had a rough idea of ​​how she was going to deal with this Ling Yao tonight. She'd said she wanted to kill her, but that was just to trick the sailors. She wanted to untie Ling Yao's knot and help her ascend to heaven soon.

On this day, Li Yuanying had to prepare a lot of things, all to ensure that the evening's plans could proceed smoothly.

Tonight, Li Yuanying no longer stayed in the room, but sat alone on the deck.

The river breeze blew by, carrying a hint of dampness and greasy flavor, while the cool night air seeped through, making one shiver. Li Yuanying sat in the center of the deck, a gleaming dagger in her right hand, her gaze fixed intently on the direction the ship was heading.

The sound of rushing water drifted past my ears. Apart from that, there was no other sound, which made it even more terrifying.

Not long after, the familiar singing voice came from the direction of the cabin.

Li Yuanying heard the screams of several men in the cabin. They seemed to be fighting with Ling Yao. Suddenly, a light overflowed from the cabin and Ling Yao let out a scream, which pierced the night sky and reached Li Yuanying's ears.

Here it comes.

Li Yuanying was extremely alert. Sure enough, in an instant, a huge black shadow appeared above her head. Li Yuanying looked up and met the eyes of the demon.

During the day, Li Yuanying discussed with Qiangzi and the others that when Ling Yao came, they would set up a formation to transfer Ling Yao to the deck, where she would set a trap and wait for Ling Yao to come to them.

Without saying a word, Li Yuanying immediately took out the talisman she had prepared in advance, burned it and threw it away. The flames fell sporadically on the ground, igniting a huge formation.

The formation began to glow when it encountered fire, and golden light pillars rose up, tightly binding Ling Yao's limbs and dragging him to the ground.

Li Yuanying quickly dodged from under Ling Yao, and then stabbed the dagger fiercely into the shadow of Ling Yao's head.

All I heard was Ling Yao's furious roar.

She made the right bet again.

Don't tear apart the shadow.

Li Yuanying felt that the lyrics of this song might mean this.

She pretended to cut Ling Yao's shadow in half, and Ling Yao screamed in fear, "Stop, stop now, I'll do whatever you say, I'll do whatever you say!"

Li Yuanying sneered: "Really? You listen to me in everything?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll do as you say. No, no..."

Seeing Ling Yao obeying, Li Yuanying said, "If I ask you to let everyone on our boat go, would you agree?"

"I'm willing. Why wouldn't I want to? Now you've caught me."

"Okay, then we'll keep our distance from each other from now on, okay?"

"able."

Li Yuanying felt that things were going unexpectedly smoothly, but she didn't think much about it.

"Well, Fairy Puxian, I have one more thing to ask."

"How do you mean?"

Li Yuanying took out a bag from behind her, which was full of pearls.

When Ling Yao saw this, her pupils shrank.

"You recognize these pearls, don't you?"

Ling Yao's eyes flickered: "I know you, what else do you want to do?"

"I was wondering what these pearls are used for. Can you tell me?"

Ling Yao twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "These are my tears. Those people wanted to steal them and sell them for money."

"Really?" Li Yuanying said faintly, "I thought these pearls...were transformed from the spirit of that servant boy."

When Ling Yao heard this, his face changed drastically: "What nonsense are you talking about! How could this be the soul of a servant boy?"

Li Yuanying blinked: "Oh? Do you know who I'm talking about?"

Ling Yao shut up and stopped talking.

"Stop talking?" Li Yuanying used force with her hands to cut Ling Yao's shadow again, causing her great pain. She howled, her eyes full of bloodshot.

"You...what do you want to know..." Ling Yao squeezed out these words from between his teeth.

"I want to know what you and Fairy Miaoling are planning." A chilling indifference appeared on Li Yuanying's face.

Ling Yao was indeed stunned for a moment, and her expression became unnatural.

"I just find it strange. Why would we just board a random ship and then encounter someone stealing your pearls, and then you come here to seek revenge? That's too coincidental, isn't it?"

Ling Yao didn't dare to look into Li Yuanying's eyes, and her head tilted slightly.

"After much thought, I realized the only one who could guarantee my passage on this ship was the embroiderer. So, your original target was me, right?"

Li Yuanying exerted force again and thrust it fiercely into the deck of the ship.

Ling Yao was in so much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"I didn't expect...you, a little girl, are quite smart..." Ling Yao sneered, "What a pity, you are just too smart."

After saying that, Li Yuanying felt a cold wind coming from behind her. She couldn't dodge in time and was slapped out by a huge palm.

Li Yuanying hit the side of the boat hard, feeling like her lungs were about to be shattered, and felt a sharp pain in her back.

Another demon appeared behind her.

However, the Ling Yao that was trapped on the deck by the magic circle she prepared in advance turned into a ball of ashes and was blown away by the wind.

Oh no, the creature trapped on the deck just now was not Ling Yao’s real body.

She was stunned and Ling Yao's true body rushed in front of her at lightning speed. Li Yuanying immediately blocked it with a dagger and narrowly escaped the disaster.

Li Yuanying rolled over to put some distance between herself and Ling Yao, but at this moment, a pair of hands grabbed her neck fiercely.

There is a third demon behind Li Yuanying.

The one in front of her was not her real body. The one who grabbed her neck from behind was the real one.

Sure enough, the Ling Yao who rushed towards Li Yuanying disappeared again.

Li Yuanying secretly thought that something was wrong. She felt that breathing was becoming more and more difficult, so she wanted to activate the demon pill, but at this time, Ling Yao pressed down on Li Yuanying's acupoint, preventing her from activating it.

Ling Yao lifted Li Yuanying into the air and watched her struggle in pain, with a smile on her face that became even wider.

"I've finally waited for this day. Five years ago, your father took you away and I failed. This time, I finally succeeded!" She shouted excitedly, with a cold light in her eyes.

As he spoke, Ling Yao snatched the bag of pearls from Li Yuanying's hand, poured out all the pearls, and then stuffed them into Li Yuanying's mouth one by one.