Chapter 127 [The mission process must be accelerated.]

Su Xiaoyuan did not watch the execution. After leaving the Law Enforcement Hall, she returned to Longji Peak to continue her classes.

Sect Leader Shen originally wanted to give her a day or two off to let her have a good rest, but she was worried that she would miss classes and not be able to keep up with the progress, so she declined.

What happened in the afternoon was pure hell.

She is now the official Taoist partner of Ling Yue Xianzun, and is the focus of everyone's attention wherever she goes.

It was fine when she hid in the crane carriage covered with curtains on the way, but as soon as she got out of the car, all kinds of eyes were directed at her from all directions, making her wish she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

The situation was not much better after returning to Longji Peak. At first, the students looked at each other, somewhat at a loss, but soon familiar and enthusiastic classmates gathered around them to show concern and comfort.

Su Xiaoyuan had no choice but to deal with them one by one.

She and Ruan Mianmian made an appointment to meet in the dining hall. In order to make it convenient for them to talk, she spent two medium-grade spirit stones to rent a small private room.

As soon as they met, her best friend gnashed her teeth and started to blame her: "You are such a naive little girl. You don't care about your sisters anymore because you have a Taoist partner. You actually kept such a big thing a secret..."

Su Xiaoyuan quickly explained: "I just found out yesterday..."

He recounted what happened yesterday when Meng Caichun and Li Hanlin suddenly broke in to search, and were then taken to Wuji Palace for interrogation by the deacon, though he omitted the details of the interrogation.

Ruan Mianmian was different now. When she heard the word "interrogation," she tilted her head and looked at her best friend with a half-smile. "My brother-in-law is interrogating me personally. How is he doing it? Is he being tortured?"

As he spoke, he approached, suddenly pressing Su Xiaoyuan down on a chair and beginning to attack her waist and armpits: "Is this the way you interrogate her, or that way? Has Big Yuanzi been tortured? The criminal, Little Yuanzi, please confess quickly!"

Su Xiaoyuan's face turned red, she was out of breath, and begged for mercy repeatedly.

Ruan Mianmian tormented her for a while, but she finally calmed down. "You must have been scared to death yesterday? You didn't even bother to consult me ​​when you encountered something like this. Luckily, your brother-in-law was interested in you. Otherwise, what would you do if they really wronged you? At least I could ask my mother for help."

After a pause, he said, "That's not right. Why didn't you send me a message after you went back last night?"

Su Xiaoyuan lowered her head, not daring to meet her gaze. The tips of her ears were red as if bleeding. She stammered, "I... I was a little tired. I fell asleep as soon as I got home..."

Ruan Mianmian was not so easy to fool. She stared at her for a while and asked, "Did you stay in Wuji Palace last night?"

Su Xiaoyuan shook her head vigorously: "No, no, I went back, really."

Ruan Mianmian looked at her suspiciously: "You're so guilty, there must be something fishy going on."

Su Xiaoyuan quickly changed the subject: "Let's go get the food quickly, we have classes in the afternoon!"

Ruan Mianmian was unwilling to let her go easily: "Tell me the truth, where have you come from?"

He leaned close to her ear and lowered his voice: "Did you get the Yuan Yang?"

Su Xiaoyuan's ears were almost smoking: "No! How can it be so fast! We have to wait until after the wedding..."

Ruan Mianmian suddenly tugged at her collar with quick eyes and hands: "Ha, what are these? Don't tell me they were mosquito bites. You little bastard, you've learned bad habits and are not honest..."

Another round of torture.

After the commotion finally ended, Su Xiaoyuan lay on the table to catch her breath for a while, and the two of them went to the dining area to get some food.

Ruan Mianmian quickly noticed her bestie was in a bad mood and asked, "Xiao Yuanzi, are you okay? Why do you look unhappy? Isn't this your wish?"

Su Xiaoyuan raised her head and smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm just a little tired in the Law Enforcement Hall."

Only then did Ruan Mianmian no longer suspect anything.

After a while, she suddenly raised her head again: "By the way, you are getting married, what about the puppet?"

She was a little worried: "Does my brother-in-law know what your puppet is used for?"

Su Xiaoyuan put down her chopsticks, feeling as if the food she had just swallowed had turned into a block of ice, sinking into her stomach: "She probably doesn't know yet..."

Ruan Mianmian frowned: "What are you going to do with him? If you keep him around, your brother-in-law will find out sooner or later. Although I want to keep Song Wen, our situations are different after all."

Su Xiaoyuan also understood that Song Wen was just a puppet to Kaishan. Yu Yingchun and Ling Yuexianzun had completely different personalities and were incomparable. Moreover, they had neither formed a covenant nor gotten married. It was unreasonable for him to interfere with Kaishan's raising of puppets.

But if Immortal Master Ling Yue discovered that she had different feelings for the puppet, he would most likely not tolerate him.

Su Xiaoyuan had never thought much about these things because she was about to leave after the massage.

However, after being reminded by her best friend, she realized that there were still three months before the wedding. If Ling Yuexianzun found out within three months that she liked the puppet and deceived his feelings, he might not let her get the wedding.

Even if Cai is still allowed to stay, she might vent her anger on the puppet after she disappears.

She had to arrange a retreat for the puppet first.

The matter of the will cannot be delayed any longer. The spirit pets, puppets, and her spirit stone mines must be arranged as soon as possible.

Su Xiaoyuan couldn't directly entrust the orphan to Kaishan, as Kaishan would definitely be suspicious. She could only hint at it: "If the Immortal Venerable minds the puppet, I may have to send him away. Can you help me take care of him?"

Ruan Mianmian: "This is not a matter of a word. Where are you planning to send him?"

Su Xiaoyuan thought for a moment and said, "It's fine, as long as I stay away from Tai Yan."

Ruan Mianmian: "Why not send him to Xuanwu or Fenglinzhou, my hometown or Ah Chun's hometown, so that we can send servants to look after him at any time. Or it would be better to go closer to Yanshi Sect, where there are many puppets nearby, and maybe I can make some puppet friends."

Su Xiaoyuan lowered her eyes: "That's fine too, let him choose for himself when the time comes."

Seeing her counting the rice with chopsticks, Ruan Mianmian looked worried and said, "Xiao Yuanzi, you like the Immortal Master, right?"

Su Xiaoyuan raised her eyes in surprise, met her bestie's concerned gaze, and nodded: "Of course."

Ruan Mianmian instinctively felt that what she said was true, but for some reason she seemed even sadder.

…

After finishing the afternoon class, it was already dusk when I returned to my home.

Seeing that there was no cloud car from Longji Peak parked in front of the door, Su Xiaoyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

When I pushed the door open and went in, the yard was quiet. The spirit pets were obviously still having fun in the mountains and forests and had not returned yet.

She vaguely heard some movement coming from the kitchen, and guessing that the puppet was cooking dinner, she walked straight over.

When she reached the door, she saw a puppet dressed in black standing in front of the stove with his back to her.

Thinking that she would have to send him away soon, Su Xiaoyuan felt a pang of sadness in her heart. She walked over, hugged his waist, and put her cheek against his back: "Fu Tingyun..."

The muscles in the man's back suddenly stiffened.

Su Xiaoyuan had a bad premonition and subconsciously let go of him, then she realized something was wrong.

She smelled the scent of frosted pine branches, and last time she had asked the puppet to stop using that lavender scent.

Su Xiaoyuan felt as if struck by lightning, and she mistook Immortal Ling Yue for a puppet again.

It was because their bodies were too similar, and Ling Yue Xianzun was usually dressed in white, so when she saw someone in black she naturally thought he was a puppet, but she forgot that he was wearing all black in the Law Enforcement Hall today, and he probably came directly to her without changing his clothes.

This was the second time he had admitted his mistake in one day. Even if Immortal Master Ling Yue was slow-witted, he should have noticed it.

Su Xiaoyuan felt cold from head to toe.

The man turned around and looked at her calmly: "The puppet man is not here, I asked him to go to Wuji Palace to do something."

Su Xiaoyuan: "Oh..."

"Xiao Yuan didn't ask me what was going on?"

"What's the matter?" Su Xiaoyuan asked blankly.

"It's nothing serious," Ling Yuexianzun said, "I just found an excuse to get him out of the way. Xiao Yuan won't blame me for interfering in other people's affairs, right?"

Su Xiaoyuan was stunned and didn't understand what he meant for a moment.

Ling Yuexianzun walked to the bamboo pipe that brought in mountain spring water, washed his hands, dried them with a clean silk handkerchief, came back to her, and suddenly grabbed her waist, lifted her up, and put her on the table.

Before she could react, he lifted her chin and gently pressed his soft, hot lips against hers: "Like this, I don't want him to disturb me."

The tip of his tongue teased her lips: "I don't want to let anyone else handle Xiao Yuan's affairs..."

Su Xiaoyuan subconsciously parted her lips, and he immediately penetrated her. The sound of water almost covered up the gurgling sound of the broth on the stove.

He interlocked his left hand with hers and placed his right hand on her chest, pushing very slowly. The heat from his palm penetrated several layers of clothes and burned her skin.

Su Xiaoyuan couldn't help but straighten her toes, and her heart seemed to turn into a bird, flapping its wings and flying towards his palm.

The last bit of clarity in her mind made her plead in a low voice: "Go to the bedroom, not here..."

The kitchen is almost the puppet's territory. Except for the time when he is not in Taiyan, he can be seen busy in the kitchen almost every day.

Although it is self-deception, it is better not to be here.

The man suddenly exerted force in his hand, as if he wanted to use his five fingers as a cage to imprison the invisible bird in his palm.

"I don't want anyone else to get involved in anything about Xiao Yuan..."

His tone was calm and gentle, but it was faintly revealing of madness and possessiveness, like the turbulent undercurrent beneath the calm sea.

He knew it all, probably from the beginning!

Su Xiaoyuan didn't dare to look into his eyes.

He is so smart, how could she possibly deceive him?

"From now on, Xiaoyuan only has me, right?" He held her jaw, turned her face, and forced her to look at him.

He was forcing her to make a choice.

It's time to make up your mind.

But there was never much of a choice for her, going home was always the only answer.

She nodded: "Yeah."

There seemed to be a storm in the man's eyes. He kissed her deeply, grabbing the air in her lungs until her face flushed and she was out of breath. Then he let go, and as she tilted her face back and took a deep breath, he moved down along her carotid artery, deepening the faded marks one by one and leaving new ones.

He gently stroked her shoulders, and her clothes fell from her shoulders to her arms. The cool breeze of dusk blew in from the half-open window, stimulating her skin, and the night flowers quietly budded.

Fortunately, he didn't plan to do much in the kitchen. After he had thoroughly tasted the food inside and out, he contentedly pulled her clothes in place and slowly straightened her collar.

Su Xiaoyuan breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, a feeling of emptiness spread over her. She just looked at him blankly with watery eyes.

Fu Tingyun pulled a lock of hair out of her collar and kissed her plump, slightly parted lips: "Let's have dinner first."

It took Su Xiaoyuan a while to come back to her senses, and her legs were still a little weak when she got down from the table.

The man deftly cut the tofu into thin strips with a knife. "Go and rest for a while, then make two more vegetarian dishes."

Su Xiaoyuan was embarrassed to let him work alone: ​​"I'll help you, Senior Brother."

She said she was helping out, but in reality she was just watching from the side, occasionally passing plates and bowls. Ling Yuexianzun's cooking skills were so perfect that she could hardly help at all.

I wanted to help wash the vegetables, but before I even touched a leaf, he stopped me with his hand: "That's too much for your hands, I'll do it."

Su Xiaoyuan could only praise him from the side, providing emotional value, from praising his knife skills to the cooking temperature to the presentation of the dish, and supporting him wholeheartedly.

Immortal Master Ling Yue obviously benefited a lot and worked even harder.

After cooking, the two of them sat opposite each other in the kitchen and ate.

If Su Xiaoyuan hadn't seen it with her own eyes, there was no way she could have put the Immortal Lord in such a warm and homely scene.

Ling Yue Immortal Venerable raised his eyelids: "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Su Xiaoyuan hurriedly looked away: "...It's just a little unexpected."

"Why?"

"I didn't expect that my senior brother would eat with me in the kitchen..."

Ling Yue Immortal Venerable reached out and rubbed the top of her head: "It's not that particular."

He withdrew his hand, his eyes dimmed slightly, and said lightly: "Save time, I'm hungry too."

Su Xiaoyuan didn't react at first: "Brother, you've been fasting for a long time, how could you be hungry..."

Then she realized something, raised her eyes to meet his hungry eyes, and her face suddenly became hot.

Ling Yue Xianzun concealed his naked gaze and asked, "Are you satisfied with the Law Enforcement Hall's handling of the matter?"

These facts were not pleasant at all. Su Xiaoyuan nodded silently: "Well, thank you, Senior Brother, for taking the trial on my behalf. Otherwise, I really don't know what to do."

Ling Yue Immortal Venerable said: "This matter was originally caused by me, and you have been wronged."

Su Xiaoyuan suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, is that box really not filled with Gu worms?"

"Of course," the man said, "I took the Mantra Pill and can't lie."

"But didn't Senior Brother say..."

"I said it was a token of love Xiaoyuan gave me," Lingyue Immortal Venerable, "it was given to me by Xiaoyuan, so I will treat it as a token of love, what's wrong with that?"

Su Xiaoyuan: "..." I always feel it's a bit forced.

"What on earth is that thing?" she asked in confusion.

Ling Yuexianzun's eyes flickered slightly: "Where did Xiao Yuan get this thing?"

Su Xiaoyuan didn't dare to reveal the puppet, so she could only vaguely say, "I bought it from a traveling merchant. It seems to be from the south."

Ling Yue Immortal Venerable: "Xiao Yuan was probably cheated by a dishonest businessman."

Su Xiaoyuan: "..." It turned out that it was too difficult for the puppet to deal with this kind of deceitful business activities.

"So what is this?"

Lingyue Immortal Venerable: "It seems to be just a red thread that has been cast with magic."

Su Xiaoyuan wanted to ask him what kind of poison he had put on her, but then she thought that was his privacy, so she swallowed her words.

Although they did some intimate things, they were not very familiar with each other.

After dinner, Ling Yue Immortal Venerable asked her to sit and digest the food while he quickly cleaned up the kitchen. He then asked her, "It's still early. Do you want to go for a walk in the woods?"

"Huh?" Su Xiaoyuan opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Didn't you say you were hungry? How come you still have the time to take a walk?

But of course she wouldn't tell it.

The two of them walked hand in hand into the woods. The paths in the mountains and forests were intricate, like a spider web. Su Xiaoyuan was not as familiar with the terrain as he was, so she let him lead the way and unknowingly came to a familiar place.

It was the spiritual spring they had bathed in together.

He did it on purpose! Su Xiaoyuan suddenly understood, her heart pounding.

It's not a walk, it's a picnic!

Su Xiaoyuan suddenly remembered the first time Fu Zhishang brought her here.

He said he fell in love with her at first sight. Was it really a coincidence that Linghe led her the wrong way that time?

As if he had guessed her thoughts, Ling Yue Immortal Venerable bluntly admitted, "I personally raised your spiritual crane when you were a child. I was the one who asked it to bring you here that time. If I hadn't been afraid of scaring you, I would have done the same thing."

He caressed her cheek and slowly moved back, inserting his fingertips into her hair, caressing her scalp.

So it's not Crane who has a negative IQ, it's her...

"Why are you like this..." Su Xiaoyuan protested in a low voice.

"You think I'm scary?" He held the back of her head, made her lean back, and bit her carotid artery.

Su Xiaoyuan's heart went numb, and half of her body instantly went limp: "Master... Senior Brother..."

The man's lips brushed against her ear, his hot breath drilling into her ear canal, but his voice reminded her of a ferocious and cold reptile: "It's time for me to eat."

…

The next day, a faceless puppet dragged a cart of clothes, utensils, books, and medicinal herbs from Wuji Palace, as if he was going to stay there permanently.

Her puppet would come back from time to time, but whenever Ling Yue Xian Zun wanted to have a meal, he would be sent to Wuji Palace to avoid her - which was about every night and many days.

Su Xiaoyuan still felt sad when she thought of the puppet, but at the same time she felt relieved.

This yard is too small, and Immortal Ling Yue is not very particular about the dining venue. If a puppet were there, she really wouldn't know what to do.

A few days passed like this, and the next day was the day to form the soul bond.

According to custom, the couple must bathe, burn incense, fast, and live separately on the eve of the contract.

Immortal Venerable Ling Yue then reluctantly returned to Wuji Palace, but did not send her puppet back. She only let the cube puppet do odd jobs, and the meals were brought back from Wuji Palace by the faceless puppet.

As soon as Su Xiaoyuan tasted it, she knew it was made by Immortal Ling Yue himself.

After dinner, she read for a while, then took a shower and went to bed early.

The ceremony is held on the Falling Star Terrace at the top of Dragon Ridge Peak, and people have to get up before dawn.

She looked at the dress hanging on the clothesline, still a little dazed.

She is getting married.

Although it was a stopgap measure to get home, she was getting married.

These past few days have been like a dream, and she still doesn't understand why Immortal Master Ling Yue likes her - maybe it's more than just like, it's more like an almost paranoid obsession.

Maybe there is something about her that he himself hasn't discovered that just attracts a pervert like him.

Don’t think too much, just finish picking and go home early.

Su Xiaoyuan made up her mind countless times, but the guilt still soaked and corroded her heart like acid.

She felt despicable for taking advantage of him.

Even if she returns home, she may never be the same again.

She curled up in the quilt.

At this moment, a "ding" sound suddenly came from the depths of my mind.

The system suddenly came online!

Su Xiaoyuan: "Why are you..."

The system interrupted her, its voice crackling like an unstable electric current: [I paused time, but it only lasts about two minutes. To cut a long story short…]

The system said rapidly: [The mission process must be accelerated.]

Su Xiaoyuan: "What? How fast?"

System: [I'll give you ten more days at most.]

Su Xiaoyuan was shocked: "How is that possible!"

System: [I am not negotiating with the host. Failure to complete the mission within ten days will be considered a mission failure.]

Su Xiaoyuan: "Why? You're so anxious all of a sudden. You have to tell me why."

System: [The system may have been exposed. It is dangerous to continue.]

Su Xiaoyuan didn't understand for a moment: [How was it exposed? And to whom?]

System: [I was attacked and tracked by an unknown person last time. The target of the mission may have discovered my presence.]

Su Xiaoyuan: "By the way, the heroine's plot seems to have gone astray. Is it a big deal?"

System: [Host, don't worry about the heroine. Just focus on achieving the mission goal.]

Su Xiaoyuan frowned: "This is different from what you said."

System: [Lin Wan and Ling Yuexianzun had already gone astray during their second meeting.]

Su Xiaoyuan: "The second time? Wasn't the second time a few days ago? Didn't Ling Yuexianzun in the secret realm..."

The system interrupted her impatiently: [They did! In the end, it was Immortal Ling Yue who rescued her, but the relationships and emotions between the characters were completely messed up.]

Su Xiaoyuan: "Impossible! I'm also in the secret realm, Ling Yue Immortal Venerable didn't come at all!"

System: [He's always here, just pretending to be a realm spirit. Anyway, don't worry about the plot line. Conquer the mission target within ten days, otherwise it will be considered a mission failure.]

Su Xiaoyuan was stunned for a moment as if she had been hit on the head with a stick. She asked, "What happens if the mission fails?"

System: [I already said it...]

Su Xiaoyuan: "I'm not asking myself what will happen to the world if I fail in my mission?"

System: [Oops…]

Before it could finish its words, there was a "swish" sound, and it was completely silent.

Su Xiaoyuan only came to her senses at this moment and slowly digested the information she had received.

Fu Shiyu and Ling Yuexianzun are the same person.