Chapter 201 Three Days "Lord, aren't you going to feed him yet?"...
The expressions and gazes of the crowd varied, most carrying an incomprehensible gloom. But Lin Feiran was not frightened by the shrill question. Instead, she took a step forward, walked to the edge of the high wall, and looked down.
For her, these unfounded questions were nothing new, so she merely frowned slightly, her gaze calm and deep.
The closer we get, the clearer everything becomes.
"Who is this person?" She didn't speak rashly, but asked Xun Feifei beside her while sizing up the person.
He was a boy of eighteen or nineteen, with a delicate face, dressed in plain white, with bright and winding patterns painted on his face, bloodshot eyes, and a string of scales around his waist, gleaming with a cold light.
Behind him, the demons dressed similarly looked on with resentment.
Bi Qing chuckled twice and stepped forward, saying, "Don't listen to their nonsense..."
Xun Feifei pressed down on the jade chime, shook her head slightly, and then said to Lin Feiran, "This is the young master of the snake clan, the child of the Slender Waist King."
Lin Feiran raised an eyebrow and tapped lightly on the wall, wondering to herself: This man had just demanded that she pay for his mother's life, implying that she had killed the Slender Waist King...
Her gaze paused slightly before turning to several other groups of people gathered.
On the far left of the city gate, a group of people were also dressed in white, but their upper bodies were bare, and a bright red wolf's head was tattooed on their shoulders.
On the far right of the city wall, another group of people knelt on one knee, with several withered bones in front of them and red marks like canine teeth painted below their eyes.
At the very back of the city, several silent demons sat cross-legged on the ground. Regardless of gender, they were all shirtless, their long, muscular arms smeared with thick vermilion, a sight that sent chills down one's spine.
Lin Feiran parted his lips slightly and said slowly, "Based on this calculation, those on the left are the wolf clan, those on the right are the greyhound clan, and the last ones who wish they could devour me are the giant bear clan."
These four clans were the main force on the day of the siege, but the fox clan did not appear at this time.
"And what about the demons in the middle?" she asked again.
Among these "victims," nearly a hundred cultivators sat cross-legged, dressed in different clothes, and appeared to have no connection with the four clans.
Xun Feifei raised her hand to hold the silver mask tighter and replied, "You should have the answer in your heart. When someone comes to collect a debt, there will definitely be someone who stands up for justice."
Lin Feiran chuckled, not out of sarcasm or helplessness, but simply out of a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of deep emotion or reflection).
"You want it?" Xun Feifei glanced at her sideways, deftly putting away the note. "If you work hard this year and share more of my burden, I will definitely get a golden pot approved for you as a reward at the end of the year."
Lin Feiran coughed lightly: "Just kidding."
"Is this the time for jokes?!" Biqing couldn't help but facepalm as she watched the two of them exchanging barbs.
Xun Feifei raised her finger to the sky, looking extremely serious: "I swear, I'm not joking."
Perhaps only God knows that every morning when he stands atop the tree and looks into the distance, he is not contemplating life, but praying.
He prayed that a reliable and capable deputy would come along.
Heaven took pity on him, and he finally got Lin Feiran. If she agreed, he would even pay out of his own pocket to make this golden pot.
Unfortunately, neither of them understood how sincere he truly was; they simply took it as a joke.
Lin Feiran looked down again: "Did they arrive on the day I and the Lord returned to the city?"
Biqing broke free from Xun Feifei's clutches and stepped forward, saying, "No, it was the day after you went to the human realm."
Hearing that Lin Feiran had escaped death in the human realm and that she had gone there to pay respects to her father, she and Xuan Zhen originally did not intend to tell her about these things so as not to bother her. However, Xun Feifei thought otherwise.
At this point, there was no need to hide it any longer, so she simply told her everything.
On the second and third day after Lin Feiran and Ru Xian went to the human world, a number of demons gradually gathered outside the city.
The Demon Capital Lan City has strict entry and exit controls, requiring tokens for entry and exit, making it difficult for most people to enter. So they simply gather outside the city. When Ping An noticed something was wrong, he stepped forward to talk to them and persuaded them to leave.
"The first to arrive, besides the group of rogue cultivators in the middle, were the three young masters of the Giant Bear Clan."
They had terrible tempers. Sister Ping'an smiled and asked them why they had gathered, but they remained silent. She raised her hand to attack, but not only did she fail to land a blow, she also kicked them two miles away. Naturally, the conversation was over.
As more and more people gathered, Biqing and the others had no authority to intervene since they were outside the city. Fearing that the attack on the city might happen again, they could only send more people to guard the city to prevent a riot.
On the fourth day, Xun Feifei, who was originally dealing with the matter of the boundary gate, rushed back and spoke with the newly arrived snake clan, and only then did he learn the whole story.
Upon hearing this, Xun Feifei succinctly asked, "After the last siege, when you went out with the Lord and fought against the Slender Waist King and others, do you still remember?"
Seeing Lin Feiran's brows furrow slightly, he continued, "Shortly after you returned, King Xiyao, King Kuofeng, and others all died from their serious injuries. The death of the clan leader is no small matter, and they were inevitably agitated, which is why they came here together to seek justice."
They want the Demon Capital to hand you over, so they can pay with their blood.
Lin Feiran recalled the events of that day, his expression slightly hardening: "There was indeed a contest of magic, but I did not kill anyone."
She was even certain that they couldn't possibly be seriously injured or killed by this.
Everyone saw it; it was you who did it.
He turned to look down, and a deep voice came from under the mask: "At that time, you were not in the Demon Realm, and the Endless Sea Gate had malfunctioned, so they could not leave and waited outside the city."
I sent a message to the Lord, but he only said to wait for his return.
He rarely handled such matters before, and this answer meant he wanted to do it himself.
Lin Feiran's gaze shifted slightly, turning to look at the long spear nailed to the city wall.
Bi Qing immediately chimed in, her tone excited: "The day you returned from the mortal realm, you needed to recuperate and didn't wake up. It's such a pity! The Lord doesn't often take action, that day..."
On that day, which few knew, Ru Xian sensed that her time together was approaching. That night, she got up and sat by the window, no longer getting close to Lin Feiran, but only watching from afar.
Just as dawn broke, he turned away from the scene, poured himself a cup of tea, and Lin Feiran got up groggily. She shook her head at him for no apparent reason, and before he could ask her anything, she did a somersault, jumped out of the window, and hung on a sycamore tree.
"..."
He was uncharacteristically stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but find it amusing. But before he could even utter a laugh, he had already chased after her and caught Lin Feiran as she fell from the tree.
She almost fell into a deep sleep, her head buried against his chest, her breathing slow and weak.
Although the boys didn't say it, they liked her. When they saw this, they exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly brought out the silver needles that were flying like hail, afraid that if they were a moment too slow, this lecherous man who went out the window would die!
Before they could react, Ru Xian had already raised her hand to take their pulse and was concentrating on making a diagnosis.
The courtyard fell almost silent. Everyone stared at her, and after a long while, a barely perceptible sigh was heard.
Ru Xian looked down at Lin Feiran, brushed away the stray hairs on her face, her gaze uncertain, and said softly, "It's nothing, she's just too tired."
The tension in my heart finally eased, the breath I had been holding in my chest dissipated, and all the pent-up pain and ailments naturally surfaced.
After administering three acupuncture treatments and instructing the ginseng children on the medicine to be prepared, he picked up Lin Feiran and slowly walked back to his room.
"Let her get some rest."
With their love affair approaching but not quite, being in the same room with Lin Feiran felt somewhat torturous.
She never burned perfume on her clothes, and her constitution was not as special as his, so she didn't actually have any scent on her body. If one had to smell it, she would only be slightly tainted by his cool fragrance, and if one went deeper, there would only be a faint chill in the air.
But it just so happens that he is in his love season, and he can always smell a special, sweet scent, like a mountain breeze and a clear spring.
That was a flavor unique to Lin Feiran.
Just a whiff of the scent made him feel a dryness as if he had been in the desert for hundreds of years, as if his whole being had been torn into pieces, desperately needing a spring to irrigate and reunite him.
But he didn't move. He simply held Lin Feiran tenderly as they sat against the headboard, his long fingers gently brushing away the dust and occasionally combing her loose hair. Her chest, which she was leaning against, rose and fell slowly, her breathing sometimes stopping and sometimes starting, carrying a secret warmth.
Only when the ginseng children hurriedly brought the medicine and made a commotion were he finally able to spare a thought and look up at the door.
Two children came to deliver the medicine. They stared blankly at the scene inside the house, and for a moment they dared not go in.
Demons in the estrus cycle still retain in their blood the ancestral vigilance and protection of their territory, the drive away of outsiders, and the endless dependence on and possession of their lovers. At this time, they are undoubtedly in danger.
Moreover, this person is as fleeting as snowflakes.
Lin Feiran was embraced by him, only a strand of black hair was visible.
Seeing that they were slow to enter, Ru Xian slightly closed her eyes, reducing her intimidating aura, before speaking in a hoarse voice: "Come in."
The two ginseng boys exchanged a glance before responding in unison. They entered the room, taking small, hesitant steps, and walked to the bedside. They stood on tiptoe to look at Lin Feiran, who had only a wisp of hair left.
"My lord, how should we administer the medicine to her?"
If an ordinary person were unconscious, they could simply pry open their mouth and pour the medicine down their throat, but this person was no ordinary person.
"I'll do it."
Ru Xian's voice was still somewhat hoarse. He reached out and took the porcelain spoon, finally revealing half of Lin Feiran's face.
Two children carried a medicine tray. Since they had never seen Ru Xian feed medicine to anyone before, they couldn't help but look up and watch. Fortunately, Ru Xian didn't try to hide it. He skimmed off the excess medicine from the porcelain spoon and slowly brought it to Lin Feiran's lips.
The boy looked over and saw that she was sleeping peacefully, and her complexion was not as bad as before. He quickly realized that Ru Xian had given her another medicine beforehand, which should be a medicinal ingredient.
The two of them guessed this in their hearts and waited to see how he would feed the medicine, but after waiting for a long time, there was still no further action.
They looked on in confusion, only to see snow-white hair hanging down, obscuring her profile like scattered snowflakes, revealing only slightly curved eyelashes and a hint of thin red lips.
Below, one of his hands was supporting her chin, his fingertips subtly caressing her cheek, while his other hand held a spoon to her lips, but didn't insert it, only gently pressing it against her philtrum.
One of the boys couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Master, aren't you going to feed him yet?"
The call rang out instantly shattered the thick, stagnant atmosphere in the room. Her curved eyelashes trembled slightly, and her thin, red lips parted a little, letting out a breath that made one's ears burn.
He didn't look at the two of them, but stopped what he was doing, lowered his head and whispered in her ear. His voice was almost a murmur, and even though they were so close, they couldn't hear a single word.
A moment later, Lin Feiran, who was fast asleep, stirred slightly, opened his mouth to hold the spoon, and then slowly drank the medicine amidst his soft laughter.
She didn't drink quickly, but Ru Xian was able to be patient and feed her spoonful after spoonful, occasionally wiping away the medicine left on her lips, very carefully and attentively.
It took him almost 45 minutes to feed him a bowl of medicine. He didn't find it troublesome; on the contrary, he felt a little unsatisfied.
"alright."
It's unclear whether these words were spoken to them or to Lin Feiran.
He put down his spoon and said to the two of them, "At 5 PM today, brew another bowl of this medicine, add three ounces of white ginseng and two qian of double-water grass, and mix in three drops of spiritual dew. I will personally come back to feed you the medicine then."
The children nodded and then left on their own.
He had received Xun Feifei's message long ago and should have been outside the city by now, but he couldn't bear to leave. So he sat by the bedside for half an hour, stroking her long hair intermittently, not knowing whether he was comforting her or comforting himself.
Only when he had to leave did he finally get up, settle Lin Feiran on the bed, cover her with a quilt, look at her for a while, and then couldn't help but bury his face in her neck, gently swallowing and exhaling that sweet spring-like scent until his tongue was full of moisture and his parched tongue was nourished, before slowly leaving.
Sweet dreams.
He spoke in a hoarse voice, stroked her eyes, and quickly disappeared from the room.
...
Outside the city of Yaodu, because someone had spotted Lin Feiran returning to the city at night, they waited and shouted at dawn, demanding that Yaodu hand over Lin Feiran.
Xun Feifei and Xuan Zhen stood in front of the city gate, facing the sea of people. One remained silent, while the other explained until his throat was dry.
"The facts are still undetermined, so we must not slander people!"
Neither side dared to cross the boundary of the city gate, so they could only exchange words, which unexpectedly stirred up a bit of heat in the winter.
The wind howled, and people clamored. Suddenly, a cool fragrance wafted by, and a person appeared silently on the city wall of the Demon Capital.
Everyone fell silent instantly, with only the sound of the wind in their ears.
They all stopped and looked up.
The figure stood there in the wind, tall yet not frail, the gold ornaments gleaming coldly, piercing everyone's eyes with a sharp and flamboyant light.
He rarely appears in public, and few demons recognize his true appearance.
But not having seen it before doesn't mean you can't recognize it.
He only needs to stand there, and the vague impression in his mind will immediately materialize, and everyone will think in unison: He is Ru Xian.
Xuan Zhen's eyes widened in surprise: "Brother Fei, the Lord has really come!"
Xun Feifei was not surprised: "I told you before that the Venerable One would definitely come, so there was no need for us to come out and waste our breath, but you just wouldn't listen. However, the Venerable One is much later today, so I suppose there must have been some problems with Lin Feiran."
Xuanzhen asked, "Could it be that something went wrong during our trip to the human realm?"
Xun Feifei shook her head: "I don't know, let's go back first."
After saying that, the two of them leaped behind Ru Xian. He had already been told the whole story, so there was no need to explain it again.
At this moment, everyone looked up, expecting Ru Xian to say something, but he just looked down at them, his expression neither indifferent nor concerned.
"Your Majesty..."
One of them finally realized what was happening and was about to complain when Ru Xian raised his hand and formed a seal. A soundproof array was then attached to the city wall and expanded in an instant, blocking all the resentment and discontent outside the city.
Although Ru Xian had an eccentric temperament, Xun Feifei and the others had grasped a bit of the trick. When they saw him set up the magic array, neither of them was surprised. Instead, they had a feeling that they had expected it.
He was of high moral character, had keen hearing, and preferred quiet; he would never allow these sounds from outside the city to reach his ears.
Of course, he's even less likely to listen to people's complaints.
Ru Xian turned to Xun Feifei and said, "You mentioned the Gate of Boundaries in your last message, which was indeed unusual. Now that communication between the inside and outside is cut off, the situation is strange. Come with me to investigate."
"yes."
After saying that, he didn't look outside the city again, and soon he and Xun Feifei disappeared from everyone's sight.
Xuan Zhen's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was mostly relieved. He looked at the crowd of people who had come to "collect debts," and thinking of Lin Feiran, he couldn't help but sigh softly.
On the first day of Lin Feiran's slumber, Ru Xian repaired the abnormality at the boundary gate. After returning and feeding him the medicine for the second time that day, he did not approach it again. Instead, he entered the tower for the first time in a long time and searched for books about love.
He hadn't paid attention to these things before; he didn't really understand the impact of the Eternal Season on the human race.
If everything is good, that's fine, but I'm afraid there might be something wrong with it.
After reading all night, when he came across the sentence "The more humans love the demon race, the more they are influenced and the more they cannot help themselves," his eyes flickered, and he stared at it for a long time.
On the second day of Lin Feiran's sleep, he fed her medicine as usual and waited quietly with her for a long time until he had to leave. Only then did he finally let go of her hand and leave with a faint trace of warmth.
But this time, he still did not leave the city. Instead, he appeared in the city, made hand seals, and the tiny feathers in his palms transformed into messenger birds, which flew into the hands of every resident of the demon capital.
On that day, the city of demons was in turmoil.
On the third day, the day before Lin Feiran was about to wake up, he finally walked slowly to the city gate, facing the complicated gazes of the crowd.
"Who demands that Lin Feiran pay for his crimes in blood?"
Author's Note: The Sleeping Lin Feiran: A Mistake
The period of intense infatuation was quite difficult, especially now that he had fallen for her. He wasn't as relaxed as he appeared in front of Lin Feiran, almost wanting to merge with her completely. However, he was a little worried that he might scare her, so he became much more restrained after she woke up.
He wrote a little from his perspective; actually, if he could, he would probably have swallowed Lin Feiran whole (X).
Next time it'll be better, we can all just eat each other's food (not really).
P.S.: Everyone wanted to see a romance storyline, and the author wanted to include it too, so I changed the writing style and rewrote a chapter. Plus, I was busy working after the holiday today, so it's even later than usual. (orz)
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