Chapter 74 Chapter 74 The Damp Male Ghost
Lu Rong looked at the person at the door, startled for a moment before calling out, "Lin, Senior Brother Lin, why are you here?"
Zhou Li handed over the food box in his hand: "I'll bring you some food."
Lu Rong looked at the food box in his hand, then at his appearance: "Thank you, Senior Brother, please come in. It's quite hot outside."
Zhou Li stood at the door, hesitating whether to go in or not. Lu Rong hummed in confusion: "Brother, why are you standing at the door?"
He then stepped inside, and there was a chill in the room.
It was the formation he had set up earlier that caused the temperature in the entire house to drop a lot, and it was no longer as hot as before.
Lu Rong sat down on her own. Zhou Li stood in the room for a moment, feeling guilty, not knowing what to do. He heard Lu Rong call out, "Sit down! You weren't so reserved when you came to my room before."
Lu's words made Zhou Li feel a little uncomfortable, just like what she had said before, that many people liked her, and she and Lin Zetian were childhood sweethearts.
Just because Lu Rong doesn't like him doesn't mean Lin Zetian won't have any bad intentions.
Zhou Li sat directly across the table and placed the food box in front of her: "Eat."
Seeing that he wished he could stay away from her for a million miles, Lu Rong smiled and asked, "Brother, are you going to Pingxiang Town tomorrow too?"
When Zhou Li heard what she said, he thought of what Minhui had said to Lu Rong this afternoon about going to Pingxiang Town together to eliminate the evil spirit.
The events in Pingxiang Town are actually related to the demon world.
There was a cholera outbreak among Cheng Liu's former subordinates there. He didn't want to take care of it and planned to let Lu Fang handle it. Now it seems that he still needs to handle the matter himself.
Zhou Li nodded and said, "If everyone goes, I will go too."
Lu Rong said meaningfully, "Senior Brother is still so warm-hearted."
This was the first time she heard the word warm-hearted. He was never a warm-hearted person, and Lu Rong had always known this, but she never expected to hear these three words from her mouth.
Lu Rong looked at the lunch box in front of him and opened it. "Brother, I had the best lunch I've had in days. I wonder what Brother Lin sent me?"
Zhou Li thought about the meal that had been eaten at noon today, and saw Lu Rong take out the food from the lunch box and put it on the table. Each dish was not very large, but it looked very exquisite.
Zhou Li knew that Lu Rong would eat more if the food looked good, and even if she didn't like it, she would still take a few bites just because the food looked good.
Sure enough, when Lu Rong saw the food being served, his eyes lit up.
Zhou Li said, "They are all home-cooked meals. If you don't like them, just pick something you like."
Lu Rong looked at the food and pastries in front of her. Each one was her favorite. Although Senior Brother Lin grew up with her, they were only siblings and he didn't know her taste that well.
Even her father wouldn't know everything about her.
She looked at the person in front of her, her eyes warm. She said nothing more, but just lowered her head and started eating.
Zhou Li didn't leave either. He just sat quietly opposite her, watching her eat the food on the table slowly and leisurely. His eyes subconsciously fell from the food to Lu Rong's eyebrows.
Perhaps because she enjoyed these two meals, she looked less tired and regained some of her spirit.
When Lu Rong finished eating and put down her bowl and chopsticks, she noticed the gaze on her. She said to the person in front of her, "It's so late, isn't it time to go home?"
Zhou Li immediately realized that he seemed to have overstepped the boundaries. Lin Zetian shouldn't stare at Lu Rong while she was eating.
He felt embarrassed as he took away all the dishes and left after saying just one sentence: "Go to bed early."
Lu Rong watched his back as he left, listening to what the system in her head was saying to her.
[Host, your main mission six: Practice dual cultivation with the male protagonist in his beast form. You have three days left.]
Lu Rong thought three days was still too long.
Zhou Li returned to the demon world and summoned Lu Fang, saying to him, "I will personally go to Pingxiang Town to handle the matter. You don't have to go."
Lu Fang asked in confusion, "Pingxiang Town is a very small matter, why would the emperor go there in person?"
Bing Lie naturally knew what Zhou Li was thinking, and it was because he wanted to go to Rongrong.
It felt that its master had changed. Before, he only thought about two things every day: cultivation and Lu Rong.
Now the only thing in my mind is Lu Rong.
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The next day, Lu Rong went to Pingxiang Town with Senior Brother Minhui, Qiu Ling and Senior Brother Lin. Before leaving, Lu Wen gave them some worried instructions.
He was particularly worried about Lu Rong: "Although the matter in Pingxiang Town sounds relatively minor, if the four of you cannot resolve it, immediately send a message back to the Xuanyang Sect. The sect will immediately sense it and come to the rescue."
Lu Wen gave each person a spiritual weapon that released signals.
Lu Rong said to his father, "Everything will be fine with Minhui and Senior Brother Lin here. They are both very capable."
Then Lu Wen glanced at Lu Rong and said, "They're just afraid that you'll hold them back."
Lu Rong: “…”
She was too lazy to tell her father and just turned around and left. When the four of them arrived at Pingxiang Town, they found that Pingxiang Town was already a desolate place with weeds growing everywhere and countless huge black flowers. The originally small town no longer had any trace of people, but traces of previous human life could still be seen.
Senior Brother Lin glanced around and suggested, "Let's find a place to settle down first, and then split into two groups to observe the surrounding situation."
Senior Brother Minhui also said, "The situation in Pingxiang Town doesn't seem to be simple. Let's first transmit the current situation to the sect and let the headmaster take a look at what the situation is."
Senior Brother Minhui transmitted some scenes in the town back through the virtual realm, and then went to meet up with the other three.
Lu Rong followed Senior Brother Lin and Qiu Ling to find an abandoned inn. The rest of the place was covered with bushes, and the first and second floors were submerged in human-high grass. Only the third floor of the inn was still intact, and it was the only place that could be entered, but bloodstains could still be seen in the inn.
It can be seen that what happened in Pingxiang Town before was not just the appearance of monsters as reported by Xuanyang Sect.
However, in just one day, there have been earth-shaking changes, and no one knows what kind of monster caused it.
Senior Brother Lin looked at the desolate and dilapidated surroundings and felt a little sad. "Now monsters are rampant. I wonder if the people in charge of the monster world are aware of it. If they know and still do nothing, they are really helping the evil."
Senior Brother Minhui didn't say much, "The demon world wasn't like this a few years ago. Ever since their emperor was sacrificed because of the heaven and earth formation, the demon world has been in chaos. The demons in the demon world have become more and more bullying, even bullying the powerless people."
"That's why Xuanyang Sect has always been the enemy of the demon world." Qiu Ling also responded, only Lu Rong remained silent.
For a moment, everyone looked around, not knowing where his mind was wandering.
"Ah?" Lu Rong noticed the gazes of others and looked at them in confusion.
"Forget it, let's go clean up the room first." Qiu Ling also gave up. Lu Rong was always in a daze during this period.
Lu Rong actually just wanted to know whether the person who was supposed to come would come.
She heard what the three of them said, but she just didn't want to get involved.
Lu Rong found an empty room, tidied it up simply, then stood by the window and looked down.
Looking down at the entire town, you can see that the place has been covered with weeds, and only tall buildings can be seen.
Those plants were all kinds of strange and varied, not just weeds, but also tall trees, exaggeratedly shaped flowers, and even many things that Lu Rong had never seen before.
She suddenly thought of Ye Tang. She could also cover the entire city without anyone even noticing.
But there is only one kind of Yetang flower in Yetang, and there are no others.
The monster fruit in this place is really a bit strange.
After everyone had packed up, the four of them split up into two groups.
Qiu Ling and Senior Brother Lin looked at the traces left by the monster together, while Senior Brother Lu Rong and Senior Brother Minhui were responsible for checking whether there were any survivors in Pingxiang Town.
Qiu Ling walked up to Lu Rong and winked at him ambiguously, saying, "Do you see that Senior Brother Minhui is very interested in you?"
Lu Rong hit her a few times and said, "Don't try to match us up. Senior Brother Minhui and Senior Brother Lin are both my brothers. There is no other relationship between us."
Qiu Ling put his hand on her shoulder, lowered his head to her ear, and whispered to her, "I'm telling you in secret, your father plans to let you be with Senior Brother Minhui."
"Huh? Where did you hear that?" Lu Rong was shocked.
"My father accidentally said it when he was drunk. He was envious and said that Senior Brother Minhui was the most outstanding disciple of Xuanyang Sect."
"Who said that? It was obviously Zhou..." Lu Rong paused subconsciously.
"Zhou?" Qiu Ling looked at her puzzledly. "Do you have someone you like? Is his surname Zhou?"
"No." Lu Rong shook his head. "Is there anyone with the surname Zhou in the Xuanyang Sect?"
"Then why do you keep talking about Zhou?" Qiu Ling looked at her suspiciously.
Lu Rong smiled with the corners of his lips pulled: "You heard wrong, but my father didn't return the favor before."
"From what my father said, the headmaster saw that your cultivation level was not high, and he planned to find a good family to take care of you."
Lu Rong thought that this was something his own father would do.
Although her father loved her very much, he was still feudal and old-fashioned in his heart. He thought that giving her a good husband would also protect her a little.
Although Senior Brother Minhui is a very good person, she is not the one she likes. So even if her father loves his daughter very much, Lu Rong knows that nothing will happen between her and Senior Brother Minhui.
Lu Rong didn't explain too much, just said: "No, my father's meaning is not mine."
Qiu Ling didn't know what these three words "I don't know" meant.
While the two were talking, Senior Brother Minhui came over. Qiu Ling didn't ask any more questions and could only follow Senior Brother Lin and leave.
So the four of them split up and left the inn in two groups.
Senior Brother Minhui quickly took Lu Rong out to see if there were any other survivors in Pingxiang Town.
The roads in Pingxiang Town were covered with weeds. The two men used swords and fire talismans to clear the weeds as tall as people on the roadside.
But it will still grow after it dies, just not as fast.
The two searched for a while, and Lu Rong called out for a while; "Is there anyone there?"
But no one responded.
"Brother, is there anyone else who survived?" As soon as Lu Rong finished speaking, the ground shook, as if something was breaking out of the ground.
Lu Rong's expression changed slightly and he looked at Senior Brother Minhui hurriedly: "Senior Brother Minhui, do you have something?"
Minhui hurriedly protected Lu Rong behind her, subconsciously holding her wrist tightly, and looked at the shaking ground with the sword in hand.
But the ground only shook for a moment and then returned to calm after a moment, as if it was deliberately suppressed by something.
The two looked around blankly, and Lu Rongxian felt a gloomy gaze staring at him from behind.
This kind of gaze made Lu Rong feel familiar, and it was not the first time she felt this kind of gaze.
I looked around, but didn't see any other figures.
"Rongrong, are you okay?" Senior Brother Minhui asked worriedly.
"No, it's okay." Lu Rong shook her head and did not break free from Senior Brother Min Huishan's hand that was held through her sleeve.
Since he wants to watch, let him watch enough.
"Let's move on." Senior Brother Minhui also took her forward directly.
Zhou Li, who was hiding in the dark, had a gloomy look on his face. It was just a small monster, and he suppressed it before it even appeared. What was there to be afraid of?
"Master, it's over. Rongrong is going to like someone else." Bing Lie said from the side, "It's over. It's over. After not seeing you for a few days, you've already become a thing of the past."
Then he was flicked away by Zhou Li's single finger. When Lu Rong looked up, he vaguely felt a familiar light and shadow passing by.
"Hmm?" Lu Rong looked up, but didn't see what it was.
"Rong'er, what are you looking at?" Minhui subconsciously followed her gaze, but didn't see anything.
"Nothing." Lu Rong shook her head. Although she wanted to anger the damp male ghost in the dark corner to death, she still felt uncomfortable with her wrist being grabbed.
She withdrew her hand. Senior Brother Minhui was a little unresponsive and looked at her.
Lu Rong hid his hands in his sleeves: "Brother Minhui, don't take what my father said to you to heart."
"What did your father say to me?" Minhui looked at her in confusion.
"It's about you and me." Lu Rong knew that Minhui liked her. She could pretend not to know before, but her father was already planning to marry her off, so this was no longer a love affair between children.
Minhui's parents and her father have been friends for many years and cannot allow such a ridiculous thing to continue.
"Rong'er, your father hopes that I can take better care of you." Minhui reached out and touched her head, "I have the ability to do so."
"Senior Brother, I have someone I like, and it's not you." Lu Rong said directly without any unnecessary nonsense.
"You... have someone you like?" Min Hui cast a suspicious look on her face. "But in Xuanyang Sect, apart from being close to Zetian, you don't have anyone else."
That's because you all forgot Zhou Li.
And she didn't forget.
Lu Rong thought of the moment when Yetang wanted to erase her memory. Yetang did not show any mercy and erased her memory of Zhou Li. However, the system told her that she had completed the side quest.
Although she didn't understand how it was done, she got a golden finger.
So she regained her memory of Zhou Li, and the entire Xuanyang Sect forgot the genius they admired.
But Lu Rong didn't forget at all.
She remembered everything clearly, so she was particularly painful during those days. She understood Zhou Li's attitude towards the Xuanyang Sect, and because she knew that she couldn't have it both ways, she was indifferent.
But the more he likes her, the more passionate he is in showing it.
It was not until yesterday when she felt his presence in her room and knew that Zhou Li was back that she suddenly realized her wavering heart.
She wants Zhou Li.
"I like him very much." Lu Rong only said these few words, "He also said that he will only like me forever."
Minhui looked at her silently for a long time: "Rong'er, I...is he from the Xuanyang Sect?"
"Yes." Lu Rong nodded. In her heart, Zhou Li would always be the swordsman genius.
"Is he worthy of you?"
"Of course." Lu Rong smiled and nodded. Min Hui was also Lu Rong's senior and understood what Lu Rong meant. She just smiled and said, "Let's talk about these things when we return to Xuanyang Sect."
After he finished speaking, he felt really awkward again, and smiled and touched her head: "No matter what, I am still your senior brother and your brother."
"I know, brother." She looked at him with a smile on her lips.
His eyes followed Zhou Li all the way, and his palms were broken, with bright red blood dripping down.
"Your Majesty." Lu Fang came over to report the situation in Pingxiang Town, but there was no response from the other side.
He took a few steps forward, followed his sight, and saw a familiar figure in the distance: "Is that Miss Lu? Who is she standing with? Why is he touching Miss Lu's head? This man is so frivolous."
"Royal Lord, you..." Lu Fang was about to say that Lu Rong was about to be seduced away, but then he heard his own Royal Lord say, "You lead that man away."
"Um?"
"An eyesore."
Lu Fang: “…”
Of course Lu Fang followed Zhou Li's instructions: "Yes, sir!"
After saying that, he flew away. Zhou Li saw Lu Rong and Min Hui still moving forward.
Lu Rong and Senior Brother Minhui planned to finish their business first, but after walking for a while, they suddenly felt something unusual happening. The ground shook again and even a thick smoke suddenly rose around them.
The white fog instantly enveloped her and Senior Sister Minhui. She wanted to disperse the thick white fog, but when she stepped back, her back hit a broad chest, mixed with the chaotic sound of heartbeats.
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