I'll come find you after I leave the capital.
After that, all they could do was wait quietly. Xu Yi had thought that, given the speed at which the palace processed things, they would have to stay in Quhua Town for a long time. But after only half a month, Qu Yi said that the people from the capital were already on their way...
It's important to understand that from the emperor issuing the edict, through the Three Books and Six Ministries, to the specific responsible persons, to the final discussion of candidates, feedback being sent back, approval being granted before being issued to the Six Ministries, and then the dispatch of personnel... such a complicated process, if delayed even slightly at any point, would waste more than half a month in a single round...
It's only been half a month, and the people being sent abroad are already on their way... This speed is practically lightning fast...
Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh, "Wow, that's how fast power works... Maybe the emperor was genuinely frightened, which is why he wanted to resolve things quickly..." Thinking this, Xu Yi felt quite pleased...
Seeing Xu Yi happy made Wu Zi feel good too. However, whenever he saw the shadow at Xu Yi's feet, he would involuntarily jump in surprise… But for the past two weeks, no matter how much Xu Yi swayed or jumped, the shadow at her feet remained perfectly still… as quiet as a real shadow… Wu Zi sometimes even felt a little dazed, wondering if it was really the one he knew before…
Wu Zi shook his head, trying to forget what the previous figure had done, and told himself it was just a shadow. He looked at Xu Yi and said, "Xu Yi, we still need to find out more about that monster. We can't let him get away."
“Okay,” Xu Yi nodded, “Then we’ll go after lunch.”
“Okay…” Wu Zi unconsciously glanced at the shadow at Xu Yi’s feet, and only felt relieved when he saw that it didn’t react either…
After lunch, Wu Zi took Xu Yi to the riverbank, used a magical artifact to locate the monster, and then buried a Soul-Destroying Nail wrapped in red cloth in the place where the demonic energy was most concentrated on the bank...
Xu Yi asked, puzzled, "Wu Zi, why did you wrap it in red cloth before burying it?"
“I used my spiritual power to carve French characters on this red cloth to isolate its aura,” Wu Zi explained to Xu Yi, patting the mud off his hands. “It’s mainly to prevent the river monster from noticing and running away beforehand… It’s rare for me to search the whole world for him again.”
"Hmm," Xu Yi nodded. She didn't want to search for a needle in a haystack, but she was still a little worried: "Is it enough to just plant a nail? Is anything else necessary?"
"Not for now," Wu Zi shook his head, "to avoid alerting them. We'll discuss the rest once the people from the capital arrive..."
“Okay,” Xu Yi nodded, then noticed the little bell between his eyebrows light up for a moment. Xu Yi touched his eyebrows and said to Wu Zi, “Big snake, Wu Zi.”
"Bai Er?" Wu Zi stood up and looked around, but couldn't find the Bai brothers, so he asked Xu Yi, "Where are they?"
"The little bell only lit up once and then stopped responding..." Xu Yi answered honestly.
"Oh, they probably just passed through this area within a hundred miles. It's nothing."
"Let me ask them where they went!" Xu Yi took out her little bell and asked, "Bai Er, was that you just now?"
After a while, Bai Er's voice came from inside the bell: "It's me, I sensed you too."
Where are you going?
"My brother and I are planning to go to the capital for a stroll," Bai Er said, his voice full of amusement. "What about you?"
"Oh, we're dealing with a demon pretending to be a river god here."
"Oh, is it dangerous? Do you need help?"
Just as Xu Yi was wondering whether to have the two brothers come over, Wu Zi called out to the bell, "No need, we'll handle things here." Then he swiped the bell and cut off the connection.
Xu Yi was somewhat surprised by Wu Zi's attitude and tentatively asked, "You seem... not to like the Bai brothers?"
"No, no..." Wu Zi shook his head: "I just don't like Bai Er."
"Why? Bai Er gave us so many snakeskins and made a lot of money selling them... So, Bai Er is actually our benefactor!"
Wu Zi glanced at Xu Yi: "I didn't have any feelings for him before, but now," he glanced at Xu Yi again, "I do dislike him a bit."
Xu Yi felt that Wu Zi's gaze towards her seemed to contain a lot of things, but she really didn't know what they were, so she asked in confusion, "Why?"
Wu Zi didn't answer her, of course. He just said, "I'm leaving..." and waved for her to follow. He then walked away.
Xu Yi frowned, genuinely unable to understand what Wu Zi was thinking. But she always believed in leaving things unresolved for the time being, so she didn't delve into it and quickly forgot about it, responding to Wu Zi's retreating figure with a "Coming."
Since leaving the mountain, Xu Yi has only had two friends: Lingjian and the Bai brothers. Thinking back to how Lingjian had just vanished, she now only had the Bai brothers as friends. She often chatted with Bai Er, asking, "Bai Er, Bai Er, have you arrived in the capital yet?"
Wu Zi watched as Xu Yi relayed a message to the little bell across from him, then viciously chewed up the noodles in his mouth without saying a word.
"No," came Bai Er's voice from the little bell, "My brother and I aren't in a hurry, so we're playing along the way, and we haven't arrived yet."
“Oh, oh,” Xu Yi nodded seriously at the little bell, which made Wu Zi roll his eyes again: “This bell transmits sound, he can’t see you nodding.”
Xu Yi glanced at Wu Zi with displeasure, then asked Bai Er, "Is there something you need to do in the capital?"
"No, I don't have any particular purpose. I just want to go and see what it's like. I've never been there before."
"The capital..." Xu Yi wanted to say that the capital was very boring, but then she remembered that she was bored in her previous life because she was confined inside the palace walls. Outside the palace walls, it was still very lively, so she changed her words: "Yes, the capital is indeed quite lively." Thinking of the Imperial Observatory, she added: "If you encounter any problems in the capital, you can go to the Imperial Observatory. The Director of the Imperial Observatory is very kind."
Wu Zici chuckled, "That's for you, but it might not be the same for them."
"Why?" Xu Yi asked, puzzled. Wu Zi picked up another bowl of noodles and put it in his mouth, mumbling, "After all, they are thousand-year-old demons. Their every move could affect ordinary people in the capital..."
“But they haven’t done anything wrong, so the supervisor should handle it fairly.” Although Xu Yi had only met the supervisor once, she felt that he would not be biased.
Wu Zi glanced at Xu Yi, thinking to himself that this girl was too trusting, but the old man, the supervisor, was indeed a good person, so he nodded in agreement: "He is indeed quite fair in his dealings."
“Right, right…” Hearing Wu Zi’s approval, Xu Yi was very happy and invited Bai Er: “You can come and visit us when you come back from the capital. We’re always traveling around, so we can go together.”
Before Bai Er could speak, Wu Zi retorted, "What are you playing around with? We have serious business to attend to."
“I know, it’s a good deed. Bai Er and the others can come with us; two more people mean more strength.” Xu Yi had been thinking about Wu Zi covered in blood from time to time lately, so she muttered softly, “I don’t want to see you bleed so much again…”
Hearing Xu Yi mutter, Wu Zi knew she had frightened the girl earlier and was doing it for his own good. He smacked his lips for a while but couldn't utter a word. Instead, he heard Bai Da's conciliatory laughter: "Miss Xu, you and Master Wu Zi have important matters to attend to. My brother and I are rather carefree, and we'd be afraid that going together would delay your business..."
"No, how could that be?" Xu Yi shook her head: "You guys are so amazing, with you joining us, we can definitely help more people."
Bai Da's laughter carried a hint of helplessness: "This... I don't know if it's appropriate."
Xu Yi looked at Wu Zi with starry eyes, but Wu Zi didn't want to agree. Bai Er spoke up instead: "Xu Yi, I'll come find you after I leave the capital. I have something to tell you. If you don't mind, I'll come with you, okay?"
"Okay, of course..." Xu Yi agreed immediately, before Wu Zi could even stop her. She could only sulk and turn her face away.
“Okay,” Xu Yi heard Bai Er say solemnly, “Then wait for me.”
"Hmm." Xu Yi cut off the contact in a good mood. Seeing Wu Zi's face covered in soot, she thought he was unhappy that she hadn't asked for his consent first, so she tugged at his sleeve in a conciliatory way: "Don't be angry. More people mean more strength. If the two of them had been there last time, you wouldn't have been so badly injured."
Unexpectedly, Wu Zi stood up immediately and said to Xu Yi, "You're clueless. You don't understand what he's saying at all." After saying that, he turned and left.
Xu Yi didn't expect Wu Zi to be so angry. She quickly caught up with him, not knowing what to say, and could only keep repeating, "Don't be angry, Wu Zi..." After saying that, she went to pull Wu Zi's sleeve. Wu Zi wanted to shake off Xu Yi's hand, but couldn't bear to. He looked up and saw that Xu Yi's eyes were clear. He felt like a peacock spreading its tail feathers for a blind man. He could only sigh and mumble, "We'll talk about it later."
Xu Yi, however, assumed that Wu Zi had given in, and smiled happily at Wu Zi: "Wu Zi, you're so kind..."
“I’m actually pretty good…” Wu Zi sighed to himself, then tapped Xu Yi’s forehead reluctantly, “It’s just that you have no idea what’s so good about me…”
"I know, I know..." Xu Yi quickly showered Wu Zi with compliments: "You're kind and smart, your martial arts skills are excellent, you always help those in need, you have a chivalrous heart, you're just too good to be true..."
Wu Zi looked at Xu Yi, who was busy praising him, and couldn't help but smile, saying, "You haven't gotten to the point."
Seeing that Wu Zi was smiling, Xu Yi assumed that Wu Zi was no longer angry, and looked at Wu Zi with a bright smile: "You're not angry anymore? That's good."
"Hmph...you have no idea what I'm angry about..."
Xu Yi genuinely didn't know. She had a gut feeling that Wu Zi didn't like Bai Erlai, but she didn't understand why Wu Zi didn't like Bai Erlai's help. But whatever she was angry about, as long as she wasn't angry, that was fine. So she smiled awkwardly and said, "As long as I'm not angry, nothing else matters."
This made Wu Zi breathe a long sigh of relief.
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