Chapter 331: Speculation
Half a month later, Li Xiu and his apprentice, Qianzhen Yishou, also returned, followed by another person - Mo Yu.
Tao Zi looked at Mo Yu and asked in surprise, "Why is Daoist Mo here?"
Mo Yu smiled and said, "I heard there was a plague, so I came to check it out. I didn't expect to run into Fellow Daoist Li, so I just followed him. Miss Tao, you won't chase anyone away, will you?"
"Of course not. Daoist friend Mo can live here in peace."
Mo Yu smiled and bowed, then went to find a house to live in very familiarly.
The Thousand Needle Doctor asked, "Tao Zi, where is Wuchou?"
"Not sure, maybe in the house."
He nodded: "I'll go find him first."
Tao Zi suddenly called out to him, "Senior, if it's convenient for you and Cheng Zhenjun tonight, you can come over to my place. I have something to tell you."
He waved his hand without looking back: "Got it, we'll be there."
Li Xiu looked at her master's elegant back and said disdainfully, "You came looking for Master Cheng right away, like conjoined twins."
Before he finished speaking, he saw the look in Tao Zi's eyes and had to swallow the rest of his words. He turned and said, "Tao Mei, what's wrong?"
"Did you tell Yueshan about what happened over there?"
Li Xiu touched his nose, coughed a few times, and said, "I thought something was wrong, and Yue Shan suddenly asked me through voice transmission, so I just told him a little bit. Did I cause trouble?"
Tao Zi shook her head and said, "That's not the case."
"That's good." He breathed a sigh of relief. "At the time, I felt that the atmosphere between you, Master Yue, and Master Qiu wasn't quite right, but I couldn't say anything, so I just asked Yue Shan to be more careful. By the way, what did Yue Shan do that made you ask me this?"
She said calmly, "It's nothing, I just scolded the two True Lords."
“Oh…what!?”
Li Xiu looked at her in shock. Han Yueshan happened to pass by and greeted her, "Senior Brother Li, you're back."
He replied in a complicated tone: "Yueshan, I don't dare to be your senior brother."
Han Yueshan looked at him in confusion: "What?"
"I heard that you had a conflict with the True Lord?"
He replied seriously, "Not really, it was just a friendly exchange."
Li Xiu twitched his lips, not believing what he said. After Han Yueshan left, he looked at Tao Zi and said, "I admire your courage, Junior Brother. Oh, by the way, how is your relationship with Zhenjun and the others?"
She smiled and said, "Not bad."
He complained: "Aren't you answering the wrong question?"
Tao Zi looked at him and smiled, changing the subject: "As a medical practitioner, you have a high ability to accept."
"That's because I don't have high expectations of your morals... Uh, no, I mean I don't think you're a good... well, not really." Li Xiu racked her brains and finally came up with a passable answer. "I think you've been very restrained, but they might not think so. Besides, based on my experience, I don't think I'm qualified to teach you a lesson."
She looked at him dimly and said, "I won't bother with you. Come over with them tonight if you're free. I have something to tell you. Oh, and call the Flower Monk."
"OK."
By night, a group of people gathered in the room.
Tao Zi sat on a chair and said, "Now that everyone is here... Li Xiu."
Li Xiu immediately understood and skillfully took out the soundproofing instrument.
Yue Qingya sat beside her and turned to ask her, "Azi, what's going on this time?"
She smiled and said, "Just one thing, about alien races."
Suddenly, everyone present perked up and looked at her.
"The alien races are particularly concerned about the Imperial Princess. Once it comes to her, they will most likely take action." Tao Zi observed the expressions of the people present. "Does anyone know the reason?"
Everyone looked solemn. Cheng Wuchou was the first to speak: "As far as I know, the greatest interaction between the Emperor's Princess and the alien races was that war."
The Flower Monk hesitated and said, "From what I know, the foreign races suffered heavy losses at the hands of the army led by the Imperial Princess and were forced to temporarily withdraw from the continent. During that time, there were rumors that the Imperial Princess left behind some extremely precious treasures, which even the foreign races were wary of."
He said, "But this is just a rumor. Besides, what's in the hands of the Emperor's daughter? Isn't it good?"
The flower monk thought about it and nodded, "That's true."
The Thousand Needle Doctor disagreed and reminded him, "Not necessarily. If we talk about the good things we have, the Sword Immortal back then was not much worse. But the alien races don't go around looking for the Sword Immortal's remains."
After everyone discussed it for a while, they looked at Tao Zi and Li Xiu said, "Tao Mei, what do you think?"
Tao Zi smiled and said, "I'm thinking that perhaps what they want is not everything that the Imperial Princess has, but something that the Imperial Princess holds."
Yue Qingya was startled. The difference between the two was huge.
Cheng Wuchou sat with his eyes lowered, turning the teacup in his hand slowly: "Are you saying that the Emperor's daughter left behind something that might threaten the alien race?"
"This is my boldest guess. Otherwise, I can't explain why they are so desperate to go to the Valley of Strange Beasts."
Tao Zi concealed the matter of Xulan Palace for the time being. If the speculation was true, then it would be better not to reveal the purpose of the necklace easily.
For some unknown reason, Cheng Wuchou suddenly dropped the teacup in his hand, stood up and said, "I have something to do and need to go back to the clan. Please do as you please."
Everyone looked at him blankly. The Thousand Needle Doctor seemed to be thinking about something and didn't say anything. Instead, Tao Zi stood up to see him off.
When they got outside, Cheng Wuchou suppressed his anger and said, "Tao Zi, I want to go back and check something. If it's true, I can verify your statement."
She smiled and said, "I wish you good luck."
As he turned to leave, he suddenly added, "I thought you were doing that just to embarrass and ridicule the main peak, so I didn't quite agree. I didn't expect there were other races involved. Sorry, I took it for granted."
Tao Zi smiled and said, "It's also because I didn't explain it clearly. It's fine like this now."
Cheng Wuchou nodded and said, "If you want to explore the affairs of the alien race, then your actions this time are not to be blamed. After all, this is a big deal. I apologize for my previous attitude."
"No need, Cheng Zhenjun, just go and do your thing."
After Cheng Zhenjun left, the little fox jumped onto her shoulder and said meaningfully, "What's the difference between Cheng Wuchou and those people from the Sword Sect?"
Tao Zi replied calmly, "There's no difference. They're all cultivators who are willing to sacrifice a small number of people for the greater good. It's just that Master Cheng truly does it for the greater good, but those people may not."
"That's right, but you don't seem to be disgusted by what he said, at least not as much as you are against the Minglan Sect and the Jian Sect."
She added, "In order to deal with the alien race, many people will indeed have to be sacrificed. If we can't bear to do so, more people will die. But I suspect that the Minglan Sect is simply motivated by selfish motives, and the Sword Sect's reaction is also not right."
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