Xie Lian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he was also deeply grateful. He said, "Master Feng, I'm afraid you've misunderstood. Actually..."
He tried to explain that Huacheng hadn't come to him to accuse him of anything because of Jilefang, but Shi Qingxuan winked at him subtly, as if to silence him. Huacheng didn't argue, simply saying, "I haven't settled the matter of Junwu inserting spies into my ranks yet. What can you offer me in negotiations?"
Xie Lian understood. Shi Qingxuan had already seen that Huacheng meant no harm, but he had to pretend that Huacheng had come to Xianjing to seek justice. This would prevent rumors from spreading that he was absconding with malicious intent. Huacheng understood his intentions and agreed. However, Xie Lian was unwilling to continue. He said, "Alright, stop pretending. He came to Xianjing to save me. Sanlang means well, so why hide it?"
Shi Qingxuan said, "I won't act anymore. I've already transmitted those two sentences to the spiritual communication array. You don't understand. Good intentions will eventually turn into malice if passed around. It's better to have malice from the beginning."
Hua Cheng raised an eyebrow and said, "An understanding person."
Shi Qingxuan said proudly, "That's right. Otherwise, how could this Wind Master survive in the Upper Heaven? General Nanyang, put down your bow."
Feng Xin, however, still stretched the string to its full seven-tenths, holding his breath and remaining silent. Shi Qingxuan patted him and said, "Put it down. I'm familiar with you and mean no harm."
Feng Xin said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the one next to you is Jue..."
Seeing that his hostility remained undiminished and his bow and arrow were still drawn, Shi Qingxuan suddenly made a "huh" sound and bumped into his elbow.
At that moment, Feng Xin's expression was truly horrified, a thousand times more than if he had seen a ghost. With a loud cry, the half-condensed spiritual energy in his right hand collapsed and vanished into thin air. His face paled as he unleashed a long stream of curses, finally devastated, "Fuck you! What the hell are you trying to do!!!"
It turned out that Shi Qingxuan had hit Feng Xin's arrow-gripping hand with his chest. Apparently, this collision had frightened Feng Xin to death. Shi Qingxuan flicked his whisk, his ethereal form unflinching, completely oblivious to the indecency of his actions. He said, "I haven't even asked you what you were up to. I've already said that Blood Rain Scholar is going to rescue the Crown Prince, and yet you're pointing an arrow at someone. If you're so eager to start a fight, I, Master Feng, won't engage you."
Feng Xin suddenly retreated a great distance away, as if he didn't dare to approach her anymore. He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Don't do this again! Don't do it again! Do you hear me?!"
Seeing him avoid him like a snake or scorpion, Shi Qingxuan, who was very confident in his handsome appearance, couldn't help but feel depressed. He said, "Okay, okay. I won't do it anymore. You won't suffer any loss, right? What's with your attitude???" As if feeling that he had lost face, he transformed back into a male form, turned around, and said, "Hey, where's Qianqiu?"
Hearing this, Feng Xin finally regained some consciousness and looked around. Xie Lian exclaimed, "Ah!" and asked, "Isn't he in the spiritual communication array?"
Shi Qingxuan said, "No! He rolled the dice, took the right path, and then he remained silent. I asked him several times what the correct number was, but he never responded. In the past, he always answered quickly when anyone spoke to Qianqiu. Even the little priests of the Central Heaven Court never put him off. It's really strange."
Xie Lian sighed softly and said, "Prince Taihua has gone after Qi Rong."
The two visitors were both startled: "Qi Rong?"
Xie Lian said, “Indeed. This is exactly where Qi Rong’s lair is. Well, anyway…”
Feng Xin said, "Wait a minute. Why would His Highness Taihua chase Qi Rong? Wasn't he after you?"
Hua Cheng said from the side, "No reason. He was chasing the murderer who massacred the Gilded Banquet, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince merely cleaned up the murderer's mess. When Lang Qianqiu learned the truth, he went after the real murderer, that's all."
Feng Xin's expression was stern, and he said, "The real murderer? Seriously?!"
Xie Lian felt like he couldn't explain it again, and he couldn't quite articulate it immediately. He shook his head and said, "It's not that simple. I'll explain it in detail when we get back."
Shi Qingxuan, unaware of the situation, said happily, "Sure enough, there's a misunderstanding here. This Master Feng is truly as good as a god at foreseeing things. Now, even if you go back, you won't have to be put in solitary confinement."
Feng Xin said, "Alright!" He seemed relieved, sheathed his bow, and his earlier wariness faded considerably. Hua Cheng sneered. Xie Lian said to Feng Xin, "You know, Qi Rong is that Qi Rong."
Feng Xin said, "That Qi Rong? Which one?" He was surprised. "The one we all know?"
Xie Lian asked, “You really didn’t expect it to be him, did you?”
Feng Xin's face darkened as he said, "No. I've never dealt with Qing Gui himself, and I always thought it was just a coincidence. How could a ghost go around with his real name on his head? Isn't that crazy?" As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately thought that Qi Rong was really crazy, and he immediately looked at Xie Lian in silence.
Long before the two of them ascended, Feng Xin was extremely unhappy with Qi Rong. Qi Rong is the son of Xie Lian's mother, the sister of the last queen of Xianle. He has been raised in the royal family since he was a child and has been pestering Xie Lian all day long. As Xie Lian's bodyguard, Feng Xin naturally has to see him often. This person is young, ignorant, disobedient, energetic, and behaves in extreme ways. The worst thing is that he is a relative of the emperor and no one dares to beat, scold or discipline him. You can imagine how lawless he is. What he used to talk about most often was "The prince's cousin is perfect!" "How is my cousin?" If someone is disrespectful to Xie Lian, or brings the slightest trouble to Xie Lian, no matter who it is, Qi Rong will definitely beat the crap out of that person with a sack. He has never had any thoughts of respecting the elderly and caring for the young. Xie Lian once rescued a child who was no more than ten years old from his hands and beat him until he was covered in blood and couldn't look human. It was extremely miserable. Xie Lian sympathized with his background, and felt that he was truly loyal to her, so he never taught him a lesson. However, if he only used words to guide or scold him, he would not change his ways, which was a headache. Feng Xin was straightforward and spoke harshly, not as patient as Xie Lian. He contradicted Qi Rong and disobeyed his orders several times, which made Qi Rong extremely disgusted with him. He always found ways to make things difficult for him and acted bossy. Moreover, after Xie Lian ascended to heaven, Qi Rong became even more aggressive. Sometimes, even if the other party made an unintentional mistake, such as spitting in front of the Prince's Palace, he would stuff red-hot charcoal into the other person's mouth. In order to prevent Qi Rong from going too far, Feng Xin often had to go down to the mortal world to clean up Qi Rong's mess, which annoyed him so much that he often said to Xie Lian: "Qi Rong is sick. Sooner or later, he will cause trouble!"
Feng Xin said, "If it's really him, it's not surprising that he would act like this."
Shi Qingxuan asked curiously, "Why, do you know Qing Gui himself?"
Xie Lian nodded and said, "My cousin."
Shi Qingxuan was startled and folded his arms, saying, "That's amazing."
Xie Lian said, “He’s truly quite formidable.”
Shi Qingxuan said, "I'm not saying he's amazing, I'm saying you're amazing. Your Highness, look, the Southeastern and Southwestern Martial Gods are old acquaintances of yours, the Eastern Martial God is your apprentice, Qingdeng Yeyou is your cousin, Xueyu Tanhua is your sworn brother, and this Master Feng is your friend. Isn't that amazing?"
Xie Lian smiled faintly, thinking to himself, "The Wind Master is just like the wind. When the wind comes out, the haze will be blown away." However, when Hua Cheng and Feng Xin heard that "Xue Yu Tan Hua is your sworn brother," their expressions seemed to disagree. Hua Cheng raised an eyebrow, while Feng Xin frowned and said nothing. After a moment, he said to Xie Lian, "If there is nothing else, you should hurry back to Xianjing. After the incident just now, the other priests don't know what happened and are still waiting up there. The Emperor should know about it too. You need to give an explanation to what happened."
Hearing this, Hua Cheng burst out laughing. Feng Xin said, "What are you laughing at?"
Hua Cheng said, "I thought you were so straightforward, but it turns out you're also a person who likes to beat around the bush. You just want His Royal Highness to stop associating with monsters like me. Why don't you dare speak directly? Are you afraid you don't have the right position to speak?"
Xie Lian coughed lightly and said, "Sanlang..."
Feng Xin said coldly, "He shouldn't have been hanging around with demons and monsters. Just know that."
Hua Cheng remained silent on this. Xie Lian calmly interrupted, saying softly to Feng Xin, "I'll give you an explanation, but there's something else we need to do right now. Qi Rong hid over three hundred people in his lair, ready to be eaten. Thanks to San Lang's help, we were able to rescue them all. There are still a few imps left, and we'll have to deal with them slowly. I'll be heading up after that."
Feng Xin said, "It's not good to delay it too long. Just let me handle it."
Hua Cheng nodded and said, "Given the efficiency of the Heavenly Court, we should be able to complete the process within the next month."
Feng Xin said, "You make it sound like it can be resolved in an instant."
The two of them were at loggerheads. Shi Qingxuan looked at Xie Lian and asked, "Do they have a grudge?" Xie Lian shook his head. Before he could change the subject, Hua Cheng pulled out an umbrella from somewhere. The umbrella was a crimson red like maple leaves, a fiery blaze. Hua Cheng held it with one hand, shielding himself and Xie Lian from the other, casting a crimson hue on their cheeks.
This must have been the same umbrella he'd held up when he'd crossed the bloody rain in the forest of corpses at Yujun Mountain. However, it wasn't raining now, so Xie Lian couldn't help but feel a little strange. He asked, "Sanlang, why are you holding an umbrella?"
Hua Cheng faced him, moved his umbrella closer to Xie Lian, and said with a smile, "Wait. The weather will change soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, heavy rain fell from the sky!
The sudden, clattering rain drenched Xie Lian. However, he was sheltered beneath Hua Cheng's umbrella, avoiding a single drop of rain. However, Feng Xin, standing across from Xie Lian and Hua Cheng, was completely unprepared and was drenched from head to toe.
Even more unfortunately, the rain was blood-colored, so Feng Xin looked like a blood-soaked crimson figure, his entire body white except for the whites of his wide-open eyes. Shi Qingxuan, standing in a cave, escaped the calamity. He was so stunned he forgot to throw away his whisk.
The bloody rain had come and gone quickly, and soon calm had returned. Feng Xin finally came to his senses and wiped his face, which was still a bloody red, showing no sign of improvement. Xie Lian said, "This..."
Hua Cheng folded his umbrella and laughed, "In a moment. How's that?"
In the space between those five words, he leisurely took a few steps, already covering a considerable distance. Xie Lian, on the other side, was rummaging through his sleeves for a cloth. Shi Qingxuan plucked a few handfuls of white hair from his whisk and offered them both to the silent Feng Xin. As Hua Cheng left, Xie Lian immediately noticed someone missing. He turned and ran a few steps, saying, "Sanlang, are you heading back to the Ghost Market?"
Hua Cheng turned around and said, "Aren't you going back to Xianjing too?"
He half-jokingly said, "However, if you want to go back to Ghost City with me, I welcome you."
Xie Lian smiled and said, "Next time." He said sincerely, "Next time I have the chance, I will definitely go to the Ghost Market again. You rebuild the Paradise Square, and I'll help you carry the bricks."
Hua Cheng said, "No need to move bricks. It's fine for you to just sit and watch."
Xie Lian slowly suppressed his smile and said, "Regarding Qianqiu's matter, thank you very much." After a pause, he said, "I don't know what's right, but perhaps this isn't so bad after all."
Hua Cheng said calmly, "You're thinking too much."
Xie Lian was startled, tilting his head slightly. Hua Cheng said, "Just do it."
After saying that, he turned around and waved his hand.
Soon, the red-dressed figure gradually disappeared from the mountain, under the moon, and from Xie Lian's sight.
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