"You hold this for me." Tu Longjian was a little disgusted that the storage bag had been touched by Yan Ying. She didn't know if Yan Ying had washed her hands after going to the toilet, so she didn't want to touch it.
"I've given you the storage bag, fairy. You are as beautiful as a celestial being, and incredibly pure. I was wrong about you before. Please forgive me. I'm looking at you, so there's no need for me to call you 'Grandma' anymore..."
Yan Qiu, hands on her hips, said, "How can that be? Why are you dawdling like a man? Can't you keep your word? You're so cowardly."
He's a man, what do you mean by acting like a man? Yan Ying wanted to argue, but she chickened out and looked at Tu Longjian pleadingly.
It would be too embarrassing for a grown man to kneel down and call her "Grandma." How could he possibly live with himself like that?
A hint of reluctance appeared on Tu Longjian's face. Just when Yan Ying thought she was about to speak up and let him go, Tu Longjian spoke.
Her tone was timid, yet still so gentle, even carrying a hint of innocence.
“But Fellow Daoist Yan, you have made a vow to Heaven.”
"Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't call out, but if Fellow Daoist Yan dies because of me, I will feel uneasy." What a load of rubbish.
"I can't sleep at night." After all, no one has ever kowtowed to her before, so she actually has a little bit of hope.
Yan Ying's face turned ashen. Yes, he had made a vow to Heaven, and he had to keep it, or he would be struck by lightning the next second.
His legs trembled as he knelt down hard in front of everyone, whispering, "Grandma."
Tu Longjian, with a kind expression, tilted his head and asked, "Xiu Ming, do you think the Heavenly Dao can hear us if we speak too softly?"
"That definitely won't work."
"Auntie...Grandma!!!"
"Grandma!"
"Grandma!"
"Now Heaven has heard this!" Yan Ying, in a fit of despair, was somewhat exasperated.
"Sigh." Tu Longjian's eyes curved slightly. She didn't know if the Heavenly Dao had heard her, since the Heavenly Dao's oath was actually meaningless.
But her gaze darkened. This was just the beginning. How could anyone who dared to slander her leave so easily without being skinned alive?
Should I call her "Grandma" a few times?
Ha, she's been playing the submissive, dependent woman for ages, what's a little hardship to her?
In other words, those overly proud men think their dignity is something precious, when in fact it's nothing at all.
Thinking of the threat posed by the scholar, her heart sank. Perhaps she should test him and see how much he actually knew.
Tu Longjian approached the scholar and asked softly, "May I know your name, fellow Daoist?"
The scholar bowed to her and said softly, "My name is Lin Fengmian. What brings you here, Fellow Daoist Chun?"
"Fellow Daoist Lin is truly proficient in formations; he must come from a reclusive master of formations."
Lin Fengmian smiled and shook his head, "Not at all, Fellow Daoist Chun is too kind."
"My family has no lineage of formations, but we have some past connections. I just happened to obtain this formation detection device, and I am not very proficient in formations."
After saying that, he touched his neck, which felt a little cold, which was strange.
Tu Longjian looked at the triangular magic weapon in his hand, a hint of curiosity appearing on his face. "Can I take a look?"
"It's my pleasure." Lin Fengmian handed her the array detection device without hesitation.
Tu Longjian secretly manipulated the killing formation within the Qingfeng Hanshuang Formation, quietly surrounding Lin Fengmian.
At that moment, the ice spike was hanging in front of the man's neck, just a hair's breadth away from piercing his carotid artery and causing blood to splatter on the spot.
Seeing that Lin Fengmian's expression was normal, but he felt a little cold and almost bumped into an icicle several times while speaking, Tu Longjian breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems this person is indeed not very proficient in formations; otherwise, he would have reacted if his life were hanging by a thread.
Even if it wasn't resistance, the subtle facial expressions wouldn't lie to her, but this person's expression remained unchanged. If he wasn't sincere, then he was extremely cunning.
Tu Longjian moved gracefully, holding the array detector, and quietly returned to the position of the array's core.
Feng Tian and the others had already stood until their legs went numb, but they obeyed her instructions and dared not move.
It was time. Seeing that Yan Ying was trying to slip away, Tu Longjian secretly activated the Alchemy Array and said in a clear voice, "Fellow Daoist Yan, please wait."
Yan Ying turned her head angrily and said irritably, "I have nothing left now, and you still won't let me go?"
A fierce glint appeared in his eyes, as if he would have devoured the little white rabbit in front of him like a big bad wolf if there weren't so many people around.
"How ruthless!" Tu Longjian pursed his lips and fearfully hid behind Gan Xiuming.
"Xiu Ming, why is Fellow Daoist Yan being so fierce to me?"
"How strange, why would a righteous cultivator be so aware of a theft plot? I never even thought of that."
"I've never seen those treasures. Are there really no real treasures in the illusions?"
After listening, Lin Fengmian continued, "Actually, in order to deceive and lure cultivators, the illusionary realm will also release some real treasures."
The cultivators' eyes lit up. Could it be that there was still a chance to find their treasure?
Gan Xiuming affectionately stroked Tu Longjian's hair. "Yes, my Xiangxiang is so innocent and has never seen the dangers of the world."
"Could it be that you, Fellow Daoist Yan, stole everyone's treasures and then turned around and accused them?"
"Look, you didn't immediately suspect that you had entered the secret realm's formation, but instead led everyone to suspect that we were stealing treasures. Isn't that very suspicious?"
Tu Longjian manipulated Gan Xiuming, guiding him to say what he wanted to hear, putting on a one-man show. None of the cultivators noticed anything amiss, and they simply nodded in agreement.
It's definitely suspicious. It's all Yan Ying's fault for stirring things up and confusing them. There might actually be a problem.
Behind the crowd, Lin Fengmian's eyes flickered, and he thought to himself that something seemed amiss. He lowered his gaze and pondered carefully; this male cultivator's behavior seemed familiar.
"Hey, why do you have a storage bag hidden on you? Take it out and let everyone see. Is it some kind of stolen goods?"
Gan Xiuming forcibly pulled open Yan Ying's clothes and addressed the crowd.
Hmm? Lin Fengmian narrowed his eyes in confusion.
The male cultivator named Xiu Ming had always been wary of Fellow Daoist Chun seeing other cultivators' bodies, but now he no longer had that taboo and actually allowed Yan Ying's body to be exposed in the air.
Yan Ying's face flushed red as she retorted, "This storage bag is full of fake treasures we found before, just stones."
After he finished speaking, he looked up at the sky in fear. Fake treasures shouldn't count as belongings, they're just a pile of broken stones. If that counts, then he'd have to be stripped naked.
Damn it! Why did he have to target them like that? I never expected he actually had evidence. I've almost lost everything.
"Tsk tsk, that's not necessarily true. We'll have to open it and see." Under Tu Longjian's control, Gan Xiuming's expression became a bit smarter.
Yan Ying pursed her lips, reluctantly opened the storage bag, and dumped the stones inside onto the ground. "I told you, they were just some stones... well..."
He stared in disbelief at the treasures and spiritual herbs scattered on the ground, then jumped up.
"This! How is this possible! I just checked and it was a stone!"
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