Chapter 14 Deception "Wu Shanqing, are you worried about me?"...

After Mei Zishi left, Yue Mingxi sat on the recliner and continued to memorize her cultivation assessment book.

After washing the dishes, Wu Shanqing sneered, "If we can't even get out the door, what's the point of carrying it?"

Not only could he not sleep every night, but he also had to listen to her recite her lessons every day, which gave him an even bigger headache.

I thought she would calm down after suffering such a heavy blow today, but who knew she would be carrying it even more enthusiastically.

Yue Mingxi didn't even look up, muttering to herself, as if she wanted to bury herself in the book.

Wu Shanqing frowned; he felt a little uncomfortable.

He was the one ignoring her, yet she defied the heavens and ignored him instead.

Walking up to her, Wu Shanqing coldly snorted, "I'm asking you a question."

"What?" Yue Mingxi looked up, her eyes bright. "What are you asking?"

It turns out she was so engrossed in reciting the poem that she didn't hear his mockery at all.

Wu Shanqing felt a little better, and said coldly, "Are you out of your mind? You're wanted by the police, why aren't you thinking about how to save yourself? Why are you carrying this thing around?"

Moreover, based on his experience, 20 percent of the book is wrong.

Yue Mingxi blinked and smiled, "Wu Shanqing, are you worried about me?"

"You're overthinking it," Wu Shanqing said expressionlessly. "I just think you're stupid."

Yue Mingxi snorted and punched Wu Shanqing's stomach a few times in mid-air.

"You're the idiot. Get out of here and don't bother me while I'm reciting my lessons."

After saying that, Yue Mingxi lowered her head and continued reciting her book.

After a while, Wu Shanqing's annoying mouth rang out again above her head.

"Idiot, now you regret saving him, don't you? You almost lost your life."

Yue Mingxi turned a page of her book and replied to him in a moment, "I don't regret it. Saving people is a happy thing."

She likes to hear people thank her; at that moment, she feels that her life has value.

With no words above her, Yue Mingxi focused intently on reciting her book.

After memorizing more than twenty pages, Yue Mingxi raised her head, wanting to look into the distance and rest her eyes.

Seeing Wu Shanqing still standing there, Yue Mingxi's eyes widened. "Wu Shanqing, why are you still standing here?"

He blocked all the good light, no wonder it was so dark for her to read.

Wu Shanqing recovered his senses, twitched the corners of his mouth, and continued his sarcastic remarks.

"I'm curious, why do you enjoy doing useless things so much?"

Taking a breath, Yue Mingxi stood up and punched him in the air a few times.

“Everything I do is useful,” Yue Mingxi sighed. “Do you think it’s stupid and silly of me to work so hard to memorize things when I can’t go out and attend the assessment conference?”

Wu Shanqing said speechlessly, "Isn't that right?"

"Of course not, it's because I can't think of a way to save myself right now, so I can only do what I have to do first."

Yue Mingxi patiently explained to him, "There are still six days until the assessment meeting starts. I still have more than four books to memorize, so I need to speed up my pace and put in more effort to finish memorizing the books. Then I can think carefully about how to save myself."

Once she starts talking, she can't stop. She said so much in a row, but she didn't seem tired. With a sigh, Yue Mingxi continued.

"Things need to be done one by one. Of course, I should first do the things that I can do without thinking before thinking about and doing the things that I cannot do for the time being."

Wu Shanqing paused, then sneered, "What an idiot. So optimistic, aren't you afraid you still won't be able to leave the house in the end?"

Yue Mingxi smiled and said, "All I know is that if I ever manage to leave the house, I'll definitely regret not having studied harder now."

"If you have nothing else to say besides talking about me, I'll keep memorizing it."

With a smile, Yue Mingxi sat back down in her chair and began to read and memorize the book.

The babbling sound of someone reciting their lessons rang in his ears again, and Wu Shanqing pinched the bridge of his nose in exasperation.

He must have caught the idiocy.

Otherwise, why would he think that this idiot actually possessed a sliver of wisdom?

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It took Yue Mingxi two days to memorize the remaining four books.

Stretching lazily, Yue Mingxi happily ran around the stream.

She's amazing; she's a memorization genius.

After finishing her run, Yue Mingxi stood by the stream and completed her daily practice of Baduanjin and Wuqinxi.

With a slight smile, Yue Mingxi skipped and hopped to the front yard.

The pouch at her waist fluttered in the wind with her movements; she was not wearing the jade pendant she wore when she was in plum blossoms.

She thought this must be the collateral that Mei Zi had given her. Yue Mingxi carefully wrapped the jade pendant and put it into her storage bag.

When I planned to return it to Meizi next time we met.

On the same night the jade pendant was discovered, Yue Mingxi also found her lost gold and silver ingots at the door of her house.

Wu Shanqing actually returned the money she had spent on herbs intact.

Yue Mingxi was both amused and exasperated. What was Wu Shanqing, this childish brat, trying to achieve?

Yue Mingxi went to ask him specifically, only to be met with a cold reply: "If you don't want it, just throw it away."

Yue Mingxi twitched the corner of her mouth. Very good, that's a very Wu Shanqing answer.

Finally, the gold and silver ingots obediently returned to Yue Mingxi's storage bag.

Standing in front of the stove, Yue Mingxi drank a large bowl of mung bean porridge and squinted her eyes contentedly.

After putting down her bowl, Yue Mingxi returned to the front of the house, lay down on her recliner, and ate the osmanthus cake that Wu Shanqing had bought for her at the market while thinking about being wanted by the police.

Having memorized all the books, she could now focus entirely on this matter.

Removing the warrant for her arrest is impossible; she knows very well that she doesn't have the power to do so.

Disfigurement? The thought had barely crossed my mind when Yue Mingxi shook her head and brushed it away.

Her appearance was the only thing her mother left her, and she didn't want to ruin it.

Suddenly, the little light bulb in Yue Mingxi's head lit up.

Disfigurement is not an option, but she can disguise herself.

The bundle of cosmetics and balms that Wu Shanqing had given her before was still in her room, and now it could be put to good use.

Without hesitation, Yue Mingxi quickly stood up from the recliner and skipped into the house.

She's so clever; she's got a brilliant mind to come up with such a wonderful idea.

Wu Shanqing is a complete idiot; I've never seen her intelligence.

Sitting in front of the dressing table she had bought, Yue Mingxi straightened the bronze mirror and untied the bundle containing cosmetics.

They began to show their skills.

With her face powder box open, Yue Mingxi applied it to her face in front of the bronze mirror.

She was filled with excitement, joy, and a sense of wonder; this was her first time using cosmetics.

She was too poor before; all the money she saved and earned was used for her own checkups and medical treatment, and she simply didn't have the money to buy these things.

A large gemstone stood on the dressing table, emitting a colorful light. The clear gemstone reflected her flushed cheeks, thick and long eyebrows, and lips stained crimson with rouge. She had also added some small black moles to her face.

Looking in the bronze mirror, Yue Mingxi was extremely dissatisfied. Even though she painted it like dog poop, it couldn't hide her stunning beauty.

Even if they go out, they can still be recognized and arrested by the soldiers.

Do you expect me to draw it even heavier, more exaggerated, and uglier?

Yue Mingxi thought with distress, "Is this why beautiful women have always had tragic fates?"

Taking out her eyebrow pencil, Yue Mingxi prepared to add a few more moles to her nose.

"Knock knock knock".

The wooden door at home creaked.

Chen Wanbai's voice rang out, "Xiaoxi, are you home?"

"It's Sister Bai!" Yue Mingxi immediately put down her eyebrow pencil and ran out the door.

With a creak, the wooden door opened, and Yue Mingxi said happily, "Sister Bai, you've come."

Chen Wanbai's eyes were initially filled with worry, but upon seeing her endearing face, she burst out laughing.

"Xiaoxi, why did you draw yourself as a human doll? You're so cute."

Yue Mingxi scratched her head and laughed, "Isn't this because I'm wanted by the police? I was thinking of disguising myself."

Chen Wanbai exclaimed in surprise, "So Xiaoxi knew! I saw you smiling so happily, I thought you didn't know, so I flew over to tell you as soon as I had some free time."

Yue Mingxi chuckled and said, "Crying won't help. Laughing will make you happy."

Chen Wanbai rubbed Yue Mingxi's head and said, "Little Xi is so smart. Even though I've lived for so long, I'm not as insightful as Little Xi."

Yue Mingxi curled her lips and said, "Sister Bai, come in quickly."

Chen Wanbai followed her into the courtyard and said worriedly, "Why did Xiaoxi think of impersonating a princess? Now there are wanted posters of you all over the place, and everyone is praising your beauty as if you were a fairy while searching for you."

Yue Mingxi moved a chair for Chen Wanbai and chuckled, "To save them, I couldn't think of any better way, so I pretended to be a princess to scare them. I wish I were a little smarter."

“Oh, I see,” Chen Wanbai nodded, leaning closer to her. “Xiaoxi, do you know? Something big has happened in the royal family.”

Yue Mingxi loved listening to gossip, so she quickly leaned closer and asked, "Sister Bai, what happened in the royal family?"

"The princess encountered an assassin when she went to the temple to offer incense yesterday. Fortunately, the guards came to her rescue in time, and the assassin was caught on the spot. The guards originally wanted to kill the assassin directly, but the princess stopped them because she was soft-hearted."

"The assassin was taken away by the princess. People are saying that the princess took advantage of the assassin's good looks and kidnapped him."

Chen Wanbai frowned. "The princess has become arrogant and domineering in recent years. This time she actually spared the assassin. If it were before, the princess would have ordered her guards to cut the assassin into a thousand pieces on the spot."

For no apparent reason, Yue Mingxi felt that something was off about this princess.

Impersonating her would cost you your life, but assassinating her would save yours.

Intuition urged Yue Mingxi to ask Chen Wanbai, "Sister Bai, do you know what the assassin's name is?"

Chen Wanbai hummed in response, "I heard them say something about plums? I've forgotten what plums are called."

"Mei Zi Shi?" Yue Mingxi's eyes widened. "Sister Bai, is it Mei Zi Shi?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Chen Wanbai nodded. "How did Xiaoxi know?"

Yue Mingxi suddenly stood up from the chair. Last time, when Mei Zi was there, she thought she was a princess, and even though she was seriously injured, she was determined to kill her.

He and the princess clearly had a blood feud, so why would the princess spare his life?

Yue Mingxi's heart sank; Mei Zishi was likely in grave danger.

Chen Wanbai stood up as well, "What's wrong, Xiaoxi?"

Yue Mingxi said softly, "The person I saved was Mei Zishi, but I don't think he's a bad person."

Although she had only spent less than half a day with the awake Mei Zishi, for some reason, Yue Mingxi's subconscious told her that Mei Zishi was not a bad person and that he had his reasons.

It was probably during a torrential downpour, in the middle of the night amidst thunder and lightning, in the small pavilion where rain was constantly dripping, that Mei Zi's eyes looked so heartbreaking.

It's also possible that Mei Zi's eyes were round and bright, much like the cat she couldn't save when she was a child.

As the rain poured down and the surroundings were flooded, Yue Mingxi glanced back as she left, through the thick curtain of rain.

Mei Zi curled up in her blanket, her head bobbing gently up and down as she felt its softness.

Her cat also liked to rub against the blanket like that, but it only lasted a short while before the cat left her forever.

It was a rainy day, and the rain was very heavy.

She rescued the cat from the bad guys and had just covered it with a blanket when the cat meowed softly twice, its head bobbing slightly as it rubbed against her blanket.

He gently closed his eyes in her arms and never woke up again.

The kitten's paw, shaped like a plum blossom, can no longer draw in the snow.

Chen Wanbai was taken aback. "Could it be someone with the same name?"

Yue Mingxi gently shook her head. "No, it must be him."

Taking out a jade pendant wrapped in a silk handkerchief from her storage pouch, Yue Mingxi whispered, "I haven't returned his jade pendant to him yet."

Chen Wanbai's pupils contracted. "Xiaoxi, can I take another look at this jade pendant?"

Yue Mingxi handed the jade pendant to Chen Wanbai, who examined it carefully and her expression changed.

"Did that assassin give this to you?"

Yue Mingxi nodded. "What's wrong, Sister Bai?"

"This jade pendant was a gift from our Xuan Yun Sect to the princess at her first birthday banquet. Xiao Xi, do you still remember the Taotie tooth pendant that Lord Wu gave you? The jade pendant was made from a tiny bit of powder ground from a Taotie tooth. It can save the princess's life in times of danger."

At this point, Chen Wanbai couldn't help but smile. "This bit of powder comes from the pendant by Xiaoxi. Lord Wu commissioned my master to drill a hole for the Taotie tooth. With Lord Wu's permission, my master collected the powder left over from the drilling. My master then took a small amount of this powder and added it to this jade pendant."

After removing the pendant from her neck, Yue Mingxi stared in utter shock at the tooth, which was about the size of a thumb.

These are actually the teeth of Taotie, one of the four ferocious beasts.

Looking at the extremely small hole, Yue Mingxi realized that Wu Shanqing was lying to her again.

With such a small hole, very little powder could be ground out, and Sister Bai's master took out only a tiny bit from that small amount of powder.

Even a tiny bit of powder can save a life in a crisis.

Why did Wu Shanqing tell her that the pendant could only be used once?

Or is it really true that it can only be used once?

Taking advantage of Wu Shanqing's absence, Yue Mingxi decided to tease Sister Bai. She blinked and said, "Sister Bai, it's true! I always thought Wu Shanqing was joking when he said this pendant could save me many times."

Chen Wanbai smiled and said, "Of course it's true, but there is a time limit. It's a cycle of half a month. After it's saved once, the Taotie's tooth will turn dark. It will return to its original state after half a month, and then it can be used again."

So that's how it is. No wonder Taotie's teeth are dark now.

Yue Mingxi put the Taotie tooth pendant back on her neck and no longer thought it was ugly.

Chen Wanbai handed the jade pendant to Yue Mingxi, frowning. "The strange thing is that this jade pendant was used three years ago, but the princess did not suffer such a serious injury that required the protection of the jade pendant three years ago. This jade pendant will only work when the princess is on the verge of death."

Yue Mingxi scratched her head. "How did Sister Bai know that this jade pendant was used three years ago? Could it be that someone else used this jade pendant?"

"Judging from the patterns on the jade pendant, after the Taotie tooth powder saves the person, it will begin to corrode the jade pendant. I only need to use a little of my immortal power to know how long the jade pendant has been corroded. However, there is no need to worry about Xiaoxi's pendant corroding, because it is originally a Taotie tooth."

Looking up at Yue Mingxi, Chen Wanbai said again, "It can't be anyone else. Only the princess can use this jade pendant. Moreover, I just discovered that it must be because of the Taotie powder that this jade pendant has become spiritual. Unless the princess really wants to give it to someone else, no one can take this jade pendant away."

Looking at the jade pendant with complicated expressions, an unbelievable thought popped into their minds.

Yue Mingxi asked incredulously, "Is Mei Zi the real princess?"

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