Chapter 25025 You Can’t Be So Bad to Jing Huai
"Huh, you're eating something so greasy so early in the morning?"
A hoarse female voice sounded from the stairs.
The little snake swallowed the large piece of duck meat that it had bitten off in anger with difficulty, and looked up at the person who came.
The man's appearance was completely inconsistent with his voice. His clothing was somewhat rough and unrestrained, and his temperament was a bit casual and annoying... This was the centipede demon cultivator named Wuheng!
Everyone present looked at the new guest who suddenly appeared. Even Liao Sanda put away the shock and emotion he felt at the reappearance of the mechanical bird. He turned around and seemed to take on the responsibility of the boss and walked forward to greet him.
Only Zhuang Rong'er still kept a low profile on all external perceptions. Without even turning her head, she just clenched the mechanical bird in her hand and stared at Ah Huai.
"...Hello, Zhuang Rong'er?" Wu Heng didn't wait for her to turn her head, so he just called her directly.
He didn't appear here just to make fun of the greedy white snake. He actually had something to ask Zhuang Rong'er, but the person at the root of the problem ignored him. What was going on?
“…”
Zhuang Rong'er turned a deaf ear to him and focused all her attention on Ah Huai.
She looked from his face to his hands, wondering how he had used them to hold the wood last night, how his fingers had controlled the carving knife, and how he had put all the loose parts together. He had carefully stroked every inch of the mechanical bird. Thinking of this, a strange feeling spread in her heart.
It was just like when she first met Jing Huai in Qianmu Forest, but there seemed to be some indescribable bitterness, as if her heart was filled with a bowl of sugar water mixed with bitter almonds.
"...Thank you." Her voice was so soft that it was barely audible, but Ah Huai heard it. He simply pursed his lips and smiled at her, then softly reminded her, "Wu Heng called you."
"Um."
Zhuang Rong'er put the mechanical bird into the Qiankun bag as if nothing had happened, but she put her hand down twice before putting it in.
Liao Sanda seemed to be hesitant to speak. He hadn't seen enough and wanted to ask Zhuang Rong'er to "contribute" the finished mechanical bird. However, Ah Huai hinted at something with his eyes, so he kept quiet for the time being.
"Zhuang Rong'er, come with me. I don't need so many people to listen to me."
Wu Heng nodded at her, motioning her to follow him to the side.
Although Zhuang Rong'er did not move, she did not seem to have any intention of refusing.
Seeing this, Ah Huai said, "I'll go with Boss Liao to look at the blueprints again."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liao Sanda immediately understood the implicit promise in this sentence. He nodded frequently and said yes repeatedly, looking very happy.
With Zhuang Rong'er's tacit consent, the two of them went downstairs, leaving only the unhappy little snake holding the plate. He asked, "Master, do I have to leave too?"
“…”
Zhuang Rong'er didn't say anything, but looked at him with a look of "what else?"
"Okay... I'm going to eat this roast duck to death! Eat it so hard that it will be reincarnated as a chicken!" The little snake made up sentences randomly, as if cursing the cooked duck, and then turned around and went back to the room.
…
"Zhuang Rong'er, I want to ask you something." Wu Heng waited until the others had left, his expression unusually serious. "Do you know where You Xueqi is? What did you do to her that day in Liusha City?"
"No, I did."
"What on earth can you possibly do if you give me a full answer? Why are you being so frugal with your words?" Wu Heng said anxiously. "Xue Qi and I have a special way of communicating. Even though we're thousands of miles apart, we can still sense each other. But a few days ago, I saw her disappear near the Xingluo Sea. I can't sense her anymore. I'm afraid..."
"...Are you afraid that she will be killed in her attempt to take revenge on Qinghailou?" Zhuang Rong'er raised her eyes and asked back.
If Jing Huai is a genius that is hard to come by in the world of cultivation for hundreds of years, then Qing Hailou is the genius of the previous generation before him.
However, this person's whereabouts are strange and unfathomable. He has never joined a sect and has always acted alone. Not many people know that he is the legendary owner of the Ghost Market and the banker of the Changbao Club.
Zhuang Rong'er had only met him once, and that was when she went with Ghost Grandma to do business with him.
All I remember is that he was a young man with a red mole on his forehead.
The deal ended unpleasantly, Ghost Grandma left in anger, and Zhuang Rong'er also suffered a lot as a result, being forced to bear the rage that she had nowhere to vent.
Even someone like Guilao is helpless against him. It is simply a fantasy for You Xueqi to defeat him on her own.
“…”
Wu Heng stopped talking, but that silence was a kind of acquiescence.
He was indeed afraid that You Xueqi would act impulsively and bring disaster upon herself.
Qinghailou's thoughts are difficult to guess. She disobeyed him and plotted against him in Liusha City. Although he did not kill her, he tolerated her once, but he might not tolerate her a second time.
"If your connection is based on blood, then You Xueqi will probably be fine." Zhuang Rong'er said.
Nearly a month had passed since the incident in Quicksand City, which was almost the time when the "poison" had completely spread.
Zhuang Rong'er's blood itself can be considered a poison.
She fed her blood to You Xueqi, which polluted her bloodline. From then on, You Xueqi could no longer serve as the key to open the Quicksand City.
It was normal for her to lose contact with Wuheng after her bloodline was reset.
Wu Heng breathed a sigh of relief very visibly, but immediately became nervous again.
"Then Xueqi must still be near Xingluo Sea. I must find her as soon as possible. If she does something stupid, I can stop her in time..."
Zhuang Rong'er remained silent.
She didn't mention that the reason she did that was because You Xueqi wanted to commit suicide.
How could a person who chooses the self-sacrificial method of revenge to destroy himself and himself, in order to prevent Qing Hailou from contacting Shi Jie again, be an impulsive and reckless person?
She was clearly very patient, able to endure humiliation and hardship for over a hundred years at the hands of her enemies who massacred the city.
Wu Heng pondered for a moment, then asked, "Then why did you come here? You brought Ah Huai with you, are you looking for the magical weapon under the sea?"
"Where did the legend of underwater divine soldiers come from?"
Zhuang Rong'er had no intention of explaining her obsession with the Reincarnation Fish Eye. Others did not need to know her resurrection plan, but she was somewhat concerned about the rumor.
She had been to the Xingluo Sea, and there were indeed ruins of the Xingluo Kingdom on the seabed, but she didn't think there were any magical weapons buried there.
Even the treasures of the weapon refining master Liao Shiquan seemed to have melted away in the earth's collapse, or were buried deeper underground and swallowed up by the cracked and merged land.
Under the sea are ferocious monsters like the World-Devouring Whale.
Although the World-Devouring Whale could only produce one in the past few decades, one was enough to kill a group of monks who rushed to the Starry Sea because of rumors.
However, most people probably won't be able to go deep enough to encounter the World-Devouring Whale.
Those who can go deeper will not come here for vague rumors.
I don't think it's a dangerous trap.
"I haven't delved into where this rumor came from yet. I'm just looking for an excuse to come here." Wu Heng said awkwardly, "I'll ask my nephew..."
Perhaps he'd taken Zhuang Rong'er's glance as contempt, but Wu Heng coughed twice and added, as if to prove his point, "That rumor does seem quite plausible. It says that the undiscovered peerless divine weapon was the result of a bet between Liao Shiquan and the former Tianque Sect leader, Jing Yixu. It might have been prepared for 'someone'..."
Someone?
Wu Heng deliberately blurred it, but it clearly seemed like an emphasis.
Jing Huai is Jing Yixu's favorite disciple.
If the rumors are true, then the so-called magic weapon should be given to Jing Huai?
Zhuang Rong'er didn't think the rumors were true. Not to mention the attitude of the Liao family's descendants towards this matter, just as someone who had personally entered the Xingluo Sea, she still had a clear judgment on "existence" and "non-existence".
But now that she heard that this matter might be related to Jing Huai, she was unhappy that others involved him to create a mystery, and at the same time, she really wanted to explore the ruins of Xingluo Kingdom again.
...If there really is something that belongs to Jing Huai buried in the sea, she must take it back.
But after taking it away, will it be prepared for the resurrected Jing Huai, or?
Zhuang Rong'er didn't think about it anymore. She felt a little gloomy because of her momentary hesitation. She actually felt that handing it over to Ah Huai was the most natural decision.
She couldn't be so mean to Jing Huai... She couldn't let anyone be above him, even if that person looked like him, even if that person... also gave her a mechanical bird.
"...I won't say anymore. I've arrived in town, but I haven't met my two nephews yet. I'll go look for them first." Wu Heng said so much and turned to leave.
Zhuang Rong'er followed him and walked down together.
As soon as I reached the corner of the second floor, I saw a girl in green clothes and double buns with a worried expression pushing the door out. When she saw Wu Heng, her eyes widened and she rushed over while shouting "Uncle Master--"
"Uncle Master, you're finally here! Did you receive the signal we left? Where's Senior Sister Xiaohe? Why didn't she come back with you?"
"Aren't you with her? Why are you asking about me?" Wu Heng was puzzled.
"What? I thought she hadn't come back for so long, so she went to meet you!" The girl said with a bitter face, "Last night, my senior sister was too tired from practicing and fell asleep. She was awakened in the middle of the night by a nightmare. When she opened the window for some fresh air, she suddenly said that she saw an old friend outside the building and would be back soon. She told me to wait for her in the room. But I waited until this morning, and she still hasn't come back! I was anxiously looking for her everywhere!"
As he listened to her story, Wu Heng's expression gradually became serious.
He frowned and asked, "What old friend? Have you seen what the person she's talking about looks like?"
Shu Qianhe has been practicing in the Wuji Sect since she was young. Because she is young and her cultivation is still low, she has basically never left the sect. Where could she go to meet old friends?
The girl bit her lip and nodded, reminiscing as she spoke, "I also peeked through the window. It was a young man with a red mole on his forehead and a smiling face... He had a laughing Buddha mask hanging from his waist. He looked like a lay disciple of Buddhism, but not quite..."
"Qinghai Tower."
The girl was so worried about her missing senior sister that she didn't pay any extra attention to the mysterious woman behind Wu Heng whom she had met twice before. When she heard her suddenly speak, she looked over timidly.
Wu Heng reacted greatly, turned his head, and asked in surprise: "What did you say?!"
Suddenly, a strong wind blew outside, and the morning light that was quiet and warm not long ago suddenly faded away.
Through the window in the corridor, you can see that the sky is covered with dark clouds, and raindrops as big as beans are falling in an instant. The sound of raindrops hitting the ground can be heard clearly in the building.
The sudden bad weather also announced the official arrival of the rainy season.
Zhuang Rong'er calmly replied, "I said, the person she described is Qing Hai Lou."
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