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Seeing Feng Jiuyou and his party leave, Xu Shulou also clasped his fists to the head of Qingcheng Sect and said, "Sorry for disturbing you today. We will take our leave now."
The head of the sect looked at her and felt extremely upset: "Miss Xu, please do as you please."
"Do you recognize me?"
The headmaster said calmly: "We have met before."
Yes, she had met him before. She had come to Qingcheng with a group of people from Wuchen Island to congratulate the new leader. But she didn't expect that he would remember her just by meeting her once in the crowd.
Chu Fu looked left and right, and it was obvious that there was nothing to exchange pleasantries with the Sect Leader, so he bowed and took his men to leave.
Before leaving, the head of Qingcheng Sect glanced at the students behind him and said, "Go to school peacefully after you return."
The students all hung their heads in embarrassment, not daring to speak, for fear that if they spoke carelessly they would displease the headmaster, who would take revenge and change the small test from once every three months to once every three days.
Only after they left the Qingcheng Mountain Gate and were out of his sight did the students become lively again, chattering around Chu Fu and Xu Shulou: "We are going to the Phoenix Clan's territory next, right? Let's go!"
"Go, go, go, where are you going? Don't you think the situation isn't serious enough?" The other teachers who came to attend the wedding banquet were waiting for them outside the mountain gate. "The small secret realm has ended. We have to continue our studies tomorrow!"
"Isn't it tomorrow yet?" One student immediately turned to ask Xu Shulou and Chu Fu, "Can we finish the killing today?"
Chu Fu's mouth twitched: "Not necessarily..."
"Let's go!" the students urged, "Who knows the way to the Phoenix Clan's territory? Come out and lead the way."
"...We'll let you go and have a look, so you can give up." Several teachers looked at each other, and in desperation, they simply followed this huge crowd.
When they arrived at the Phoenix Clan's territory, the students found that this place was cleverly built, with a spiritual formation guarding it outside. If Feng Jiuyou stayed indoors, they would not be able to attack.
After discussing, the group decided to let the Xuanji disciples guard here for a while, pretend to be helpless and disperse, and wait for Feng Jiuyou and the others to relax their vigilance before making a surprise attack. The students were also taken back by the teachers and resumed their normal school life.
Xu Shulou had been keeping watch nearby, and Song Ping and Bai Roushuang also insisted on staying with her.
Feng Jiu You'an had been born for less than half a month, but he couldn't help wanting to contact the outside world. On this day, Xu Shulou observed that the Phoenix clan's territory was briefly opened, and someone entered the door. After an incense stick of time, a man dressed as an immortal servant left with him in the night. She exchanged a glance with her junior brothers and sisters. Xu Shulou and Bai Roushuang stayed where they were, while Song Ping followed tacitly.
This immortal servant actually went all the way to the mortal world. He did not notice that someone was following him from a distance. He entered the courtyard of a wealthy family as if he were familiar with the route, knocked out the servants and guards with sleeping pills, and then went into the inner room and took out a newborn baby.
This family was also a bit strange. For some reason, there were guards everywhere outside the baby's room, as if they were on guard against someone coming to steal.
The baby didn't cry or make a fuss, and seemed to have been drugged. The fairy servant held him in his arms and flew towards the Phoenix clan's territory on his sword.
What was this for? Was this trip just to steal back a mortal baby? What evil things were Feng Jiuyou and Qi Wutong planning to do? Song Ping frowned, memorized the location of this family, and followed the fairy servant back.
Taking advantage of the brief opening of the Phoenix Clan's territory to allow the immortal servant to enter, Xu Shulou and the other two quietly slipped in and finally sneaked in successfully.
The fairy servant held the baby and handed it to a beautiful young girl, who then took out a spiritual stone and threw it to him as a reward. Song Ping took this opportunity to whisper to his senior and junior sisters what he had seen during the tracking process. When they heard this, they both frowned.
The young girl held the baby and walked towards the main hall. She had no spiritual power and was easily stopped by Xu Shulou and others halfway.
The girl saw the faces of the men clearly, but she was not panicked at all. She held the child and bowed: "Meetings, gentlemen."
“…”
She performed this greeting gracefully and naturally: "I'm sure you have something to ask."
"What's the matter with the child in your hand?" Song Ping asked straight to the point.
"Since you followed us here, you must have seen that man stealing the child?" The girl's voice was extremely pleasant, as if she had been trained. Her voice was neither too high nor too low, and her pronunciation was clear.
"That's right, Miss, please tell me the truth, what are Feng Jiuyou and Qi Wutong doing behind my back?"
The girl lowered her head and looked at the sleeping face of the baby in her arms. "Six hundred years ago, when the Wutong Goddess had not yet transformed, a mortal passed by a Wutong tree and urinated under the tree. The Nine Nether Immortal Venerable then ordered that from then on, the eldest son or daughter of each generation of this mortal's descendants be taken away as a punishment."
"..." The three of them looked at each other, all of them were shocked. Such a small matter actually took 600 years to avenge? Even now, 600 years later, they didn't seem to have any intention of stopping. What kind of lunatics were Feng Jiuyou and the other two?
Song Ping came to his senses and asked again: "Where are we going to take this baby?"
"Go and show them to the Wutong Goddess. If they suit her taste, she will keep them and raise them as fairy servants. If not, she will send them to the countryside of the mortal world and find a family to raise them." The girl smiled sarcastically. "The Wutong Goddess is kind-hearted and will not take the lives of these children."
"How many children have you... stolen in total?" Bai Roushuang couldn't help but ask.
The girl shook her head: "Six hundred years, one for each generation, you can calculate it yourself."
“…”
Xu Shulou murmured, "It seems that Feng Jiuyou and the other two are doomed to die."
The girl smiled and said, "Then I wish you all get what you want."
Song Ping and Bai Roushuang looked at her in surprise.
Xu Shulou observed her every move and realized, "You... are the noble lady from the mortal world who Feng Jiuyou hired as a maid for Qi Wutong in exchange for a huge sum of money, as rumored."
"You guessed right," the girl said with a smile, "As for promising huge profits, I don't believe someone like Jiuyou Xianzun who said he would help my family cultivate immortality, but our lives are always in their hands, so we have to bow our heads."
Song Ping looked at her dressed as a maid, his throat tightened: "You are not willing..."
"Of course I don't want to," the girl raised her eyebrows slightly, "I am also a daughter who grew up pampered by my family. How can I be willing to be a maid?"
Bai Roushuang was a little dazed. The girl in front of her had graceful manners in every move and her every frown and smile was like a spring breeze. She was indeed the kind of noble lady that could only be taught in a scholarly family in the mortal world. No wonder she was chosen by Feng Jiuyou and invited to be Qi Wutong's maid.
"My Wutong is extremely noble. Not everyone is worthy of serving my little goddess." Feng Jiuyou's words in the past were written in a storybook and moved countless girls. But now when Bai Roushuang thought about it, she only felt nauseous.
"How long have you been here?" Bai Roushuang asked.
"It's been ten years, from the age of fifteen to twenty-five," the girl sighed slightly, "Miss Li who was 'invited' here with me back then is no longer with us. I have become a close confidant of the Wutong Goddess."
"Why... is she gone?"
"Because she discovered the secret of the Wutong Goddess," the girl said softly, "The prototype of the Wutong Goddess doesn't look like a Wutong tree."
“…”
"We both discovered it together. Miss Li saved me with her life." The girl handed the baby to Xu Shulou and winked at her. "I saw your sword at the wedding banquet. Today I have told you everything I know. I hope you can successfully kill Feng Jiuyou and Qi Wutong. I am looking forward to it."
She bowed again, as if preparing to leave.
Xu Shulou called her and said, "Miss, since you are Qi Wutong's confidant, do you know the password to open the gate of the territory?"
"Of course." The girl laughed.
Song Ping left with her, preparing to contact the Xuanji Sect. Bai Roushuang looked at Xu Shulou: "Senior Sister..."
She didn't say anything, but Xu Shulou nodded: "I understand."
———
After being woken up, Feng Jiuyou pushed the door open and strode out in disheveled clothes. Just as he was about to scold the immortal servant impatiently, he was met with Xu Shulou's annoying face.
His first reaction was to look back at the main hall. Seeing that the bedroom was intact, he looked at Chu Fu and the others and sneered, "I think I have always treated my subordinates well. I wonder which villain betrayed me? Who let these greedy people in?"
"We heard that Qi Wutong was not transformed from a Wutong tree at all. I wonder if the Immortal Lord knows what she is?" After hearing the news brought by Song Ping, the people of Xuanji Gate mocked happily.
Feng Jiuyou sneered, "Are you so desperate? You can even resort to such a crude method of provoking me? I have been in love with Wutong for hundreds of years, but you can't even tell whether she is Wutong's transformation? Do you think I am a fool?"
"Aren't you?" Xu Shulou asked back in confusion, and his words expressed the thoughts of everyone present.
"Do you think I haven't seen her original form? When I first met Wutong, she was already conscious and could communicate with me in a simple way. She also stretched out her branches to protect me from the wind and rain when I was still a fledgling. Before I left, I specially left my phoenix blood to help her transform. Could it be that I couldn't smell the scent of my blood on her? Your lie is too clumsy," Feng Jiuyou seemed to have seized the opportunity to tell how loving he and Qi Wutong were. "If you dare to slander Wutong again, don't blame me for being rude!"
"Hmm? How do you mean rude?"
Feng Jiuyou looked unhappy: "Do you really think that just because I lost to you, you can act so presumptuous in front of me?"
"What else?"
"Stop trying to talk in front of me," Feng Jiuyou snorted, "There are so many immortal servants here, do you really think you can get away unscathed today?"
After their last encounter, the people of Xuanji Sect realized that this man had his own logic, so they ignored him. Knowing that Qi Wutong's matter was the most likely to anger him, they seized on this matter and kept mocking him. They fabricated several stories about Qi Wutong's life, which made Feng Jiuyou so angry that he simply raised his hand and shot a phoenix fire towards the room behind him: "Phoenix fire can't burn through Wutong wood, I will let you die knowingly!"
Qi Wutong's wailing voice soon rang out in the room: "Brother Jiuyou! Save me!"
“…”
Hearing the wailing in his ears, Xu Shulou looked at Feng Jiuyou, whose expression seemed to be cracked, and said hesitantly: "Jiuyou Immortal Venerable, are you really... not going to go in and save them?"
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