Chapter 27 Bai Qingping of Qiushui Town
Cheng Minxi and Su Fuying agreed to meet in Qiushui Town.
Since the day the Demon Lord appeared at the Bai Mansion in Qiushui Town, Su Fuying has been investigating whether there are any other demons hiding in Qiushui Town.
She had just come out of the Bai residence when she received Cheng Minxi's message.
The demonic energy remaining in Miss Bai's body has completely dissipated and transformed into the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
A month has passed since the Demon Lord appeared in Qiushui Town, and Miss Bai has recovered from her illness. Qiushui Town is peaceful, but Su Fuying still feels uneasy.
Su Fuying paused when she saw the girl in plain clothes behind Cheng Minxi. She looked at Cheng Minxi, who simply smiled and said, "Want to find a place to talk?"
They checked into the Wusang Inn once again.
Fu Yusheng casually picked up a teacup and poured a glass of water for the person next to him.
When Fu Yunyao took it, the cup still retained a warm scent.
Su Fuying glanced at the two people inside the room, then looked at Cheng Minxi again.
"What happened? What can I do for you?"
She didn't ask Fu Yunyao why she was with him; she just wondered if they had run into some trouble.
Cheng Minxi leaned against the door frame with a smile, his eyes sparkling as he stared intently at her.
Su Fuying: ?
"What's wrong? Why isn't anyone saying anything?"
Silence fell over the room for a moment. Fu Yunyao tilted her head slightly and looked at Cheng Minxi from the side.
Cheng Minxi naturally noticed her gaze and felt somewhat helpless.
Even though he was certain that Su Fuying knew everything, he still couldn't bring himself to speak when he was actually facing her.
How could he possibly begin? Could he tell her, "We suspect your master has developed a demonic possession, and in order to avoid the heavenly tribulation, she broke the seal of the demon realm"?
If that's really the case, it sounds absolutely suffocating.
Since they didn't speak, Su Fuying stopped asking.
She turned to look at Fu Yunyao and said softly, "Yu Bai was supposed to come with me, but he ran into some trouble and went to deal with it. When he comes back, we can have a good talk."
Fu Yunyao blinked and nodded in agreement.
Cheng Minxi finally composed herself and was about to speak when the communication jade slip on Su Fuying's body lit up.
“Fuying, traces of demons have appeared on the border of the South China Sea.”
Shi Yubai's voice came from the jade slip and clearly reached the ears of the people in the room.
Cheng Minxi was shocked. "What? Demons?"
Although the seal on the Demon Realm has been broken for ten years, most of the demons still remain in the Demon Realm, and the few who escaped were almost wiped out by the combined efforts of the Wu Da Sect and the Immortal Alliance.
"How could demons appear in the South China Sea?" Su Fuying was also puzzled and quickly instructed Shi Yubai over there.
"Don't act rashly by yourself. Minxi, I, and... we'll be there right away."
She looked at the girl in plain clothes inside the room, and seeing that she did not move, she simply said...
"Yun Yao, wait for us to come back."
After saying that, Su Fuying and Cheng Minxi disappeared from the spot.
Fu Yunyao took a sip of water from her teacup, then got up and walked to the window.
A long queue stretched down the street, and at the end of the queue, Miss Bai, with her sleeves rolled up, was distributing porridge.
Her face was serene and gentle, still showing signs of weakness from recovering from a long illness.
The people, having received the porridge, joyfully called her "the living Bodhisattva."
"What's wrong?" Fu Yusheng asked, looking at her.
Fu Yunyao spoke softly, "Master Bai, a renowned philanthropist in Qiushui Town, lost his beloved wife in childbirth, leaving behind a daughter named Bai Qingping..."
Bai Qingping was born prematurely and was weak from birth, even showing signs of dying young. The patriarch of the Bai family pitied his beloved daughter and once spent a thousand taels of gold to offer a longevity lamp at the Nanhai Temple. He also asked several Taoist priests to draw talismans in the mansion to ward off evil spirits.
"However, a willow demon appeared in the Bai residence and fell in love with Bai Qingping. A month or so ago, the willow demon was possessed by the Demon Lord, which brought about a disaster."
Outside the street, the people praised, "The entire Bai family truly has the heart of a bodhisattva."
"Isn't that right? Anyone who can marry Miss Bai is truly blessed."
"Hey, that's not how it works. Miss Bai is such a celestial being, how could anyone else even dream of her?"
"What if it's a cultivator?"
“Even if she’s a cultivator, that won’t do. Miss Bai is a goddess descended to earth; she’s destined to be the bride of a celestial being.”
"Yes, yes, Miss Bai is going to be the bride of a fairy."
"..."
They laughed and talked, and no one noticed Bai Qingping's stiff expression.
Her expression was observed by Fu Yunyao on the second floor of the Wusang Inn. Seeing the stiff smile on Bai Qingping's face, she raised her eyebrows slightly.
Fu Yusheng naturally heard the conversation outside the street. He sat at the table, rested his chin on his hand, and looked at the person by the window, his voice filled with laughter.
"What has our young master discovered this time?"
Fu Yunyao turned her head to look at him, ignoring his form of address.
"The White Mansion, which is covered with spells to prevent evil spirits from entering, has raised a willow demon and even provided the Demon Lord with a temporary place to live. Don't you find that strange?"
"You investigated the Bai residence?"
Fu Yunyao returned to her seat, looked at the teacup that had been refilled, and remained silent.
Fu Yusheng raised an eyebrow and asked her, "What?"
She shook her head, holding the teacup in her hand. "After leaving Qiushui Town that day, someone threw a jade slip containing information about the Bai family at the entrance to the forbidden area."
Fu Yusheng's languid expression paused. "Forbidden... Yaotai Realm has been secluded from the world for many years. How could someone leave something behind and then leave without a sound?"
Fu Yunyao observed his expression, and the surprise in his eyes seemed genuine.
“How could there be no one? I remember that your two junior brothers and sisters, including yourself, can enter the island without disturbing the Yaotai Realm barrier.”
"You... doubt me?"
She held up a finger and waved it in front of him. "I'm not doubting you, I'm doubting your entire sect."
A small sect with an elusive sect leader, a senior sister who is a demon, a former sword master whose meridians are all severed, and two junior brothers and sisters who cultivate both formations—it all seems incredibly strange.
Fu Yusheng blinked and couldn't help but chuckle, "Why don't you tell me about the message you received first?"
He thought that Liao Liao might not even have realized it herself, but she was in a very good mood today.
Fu Yunyao withdrew her hand and spoke.
"Did you hear what those people were discussing just now?"
"You mean, the fairy bride?"
Fu Yunyao took out a jade slip, a jade slip that could only be used to record information. The surface of the jade slip was smooth and had no markings.
This is the jade slip she saw at the entrance to the forbidden area.
Fu Yusheng took the jade slip from her hand and sighed softly, "Don't carry things of unknown origin with you."
Fu Yunyao didn't reply to him; the words on the jade slip slowly appeared in the air.
Seventeen years ago, Master Bai offered a longevity lamp for his newborn daughter at the Nanhai Temple. That night, a Taoist priest came to the mansion.
The Taoist priest took Bai Qingping's birth date and time and began to calculate using his fingers.
The people in the Bai residence watched him, his brows furrowed one moment and his expression relaxed the next, their hearts pounding with anxiety.
Finally, he opened his eyes and gently touched the baby girl's forehead with the whisk in his hand.
A lotus mark appeared between the baby girl's eyebrows, glowing with golden light, before slowly disappearing again.
Master Bai asked anxiously, "My lord, is there something wrong with my daughter?"
The Taoist priest stroked his beard and coughed lightly.
"This girl is a reincarnation of an immortal, her destiny is beyond measure. She must be carefully nurtured, for she is destined to become a fairy princess."
"..."
"A fairy princess?" Fu Yusheng murmured, finding it amusing. "Where did this Taoist priest come from, swindling people everywhere?"
Fu Yunyao countered, "Do you think he's lying?"
"For over three thousand years, no one in the cultivation world has been able to attain immortality. Where could she possibly become a divine concubine?"
"You also think that cultivating immortality is a scam?"
As she finished speaking, the sky suddenly darkened, and a thunderclap struck, producing a deafening roar.
“Yun Yao,” Fu Yusheng said helplessly, “you must not speak recklessly.”
The thunderclouds were still gathered in the sky, ready to unleash another thunderbolt at any moment.
"Why did the sky suddenly darken?" People outside the street were talking about it.
Fu Yunyao spoke again, "Cultivating to become an immortal is real, and I also want to cultivate to become an immortal."
The tone was so perfunctory that even the lightning-streaked thunderclouds paused suspiciously for a moment before slowly dissipating, and the sky began to brighten.
"Hey, why is it lit up again?"
Fu Yusheng looked at the person beside the table. "What are you testing?"
Fu Yunyao looked up and met his gaze; his eyes always seemed to hold boundless tolerance.
Don't you think I'm being ridiculous?
The Heavenly Dao's eyes and ears are everywhere. When she says, "Cultivating to become an immortal is a lie," it is simply a provocation against the Heavenly Dao. If she is not careful, she will invite divine punishment and even affect others.
Fu Yusheng smiled as he looked at her, the word "了了" stuck in his mouth but he swallowed it back down.
"Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous."
There was no reproach in his eyes, but rather a hint of doting.
Fu Yunyao looked away, no longer looking at him.
"I was just suspicious at first, but that reaction just now confirmed my thoughts."
She didn't say everything she suspected, but Fu Yusheng still understood.
"So, cultivating the Tao to become an immortal is truly..."
He managed to draw the attention of the person next to him back to him halfway through his sentence.
He then slowly added, "It's true."
Beneath the veil, Fu Yunyao closed her eyes briefly. She thought, after so many years, the person before her was still the same as always…
childish.
"So, how is Bai Qingping going to become this fairy princess?"
As she finished speaking, the sky darkened once more.
Fu Yusheng: ...
Fu Yunyao: ?
This time, what covered the sky above Qiushui Town was not the thunderclouds of the heavens, but a huge black dragon.
The black dragon hovered in mid-air, its gaze finally settling on Bai Qingping in the crowd.
He exhaled a beam of golden light from his mouth, which landed on Bai Qingping's brow, and a golden lotus mark slowly appeared on her brow.
The black dragon opened its mouth and spoke in human language.
"Three days later, I will welcome my bride back."
The bustling streets were filled with people kneeling in worship, cheering.
"It is the Dragon God. This humble subject pays homage to the Dragon God."
"The Dragon God has come to take His bride!"
Bai Qingping staggered, leaning against the tent pole where the porridge was being distributed, barely managing to keep herself from collapsing.
Fu Yunyao sat on the second floor of the inn, somewhat surprised by the scene.
"Dragon God?"
The black dragon looked towards their room, its gaze landing on Fu Yunyao, and its eyes gleamed.
He once again exhaled a ball of golden light, which floated straight towards Fuyun Yao.
The golden light was blocked by a sword shadow when it came within half a foot of her veil.
She paused in her action of summoning the Dust Sword.
Fu Yusheng stood in front of her, the Spring Return Sword in his hand unsheathed, its sharpness fully revealed.
The smile in his eyes vanished completely, replaced by coldness in his pale, jade-like eyes.
When the black dragon saw that its mark had been blocked, anger flashed in its eyes, but it paused when it met the cold expression on his face, and without further ado, it turned and left.
Amidst a chorus of "Respectfully bidding farewell to the Dragon God," Fu Yusheng turned around and looked at the person still sitting in the same spot. He lowered his brows, concealing the surging anger in his eyes.
She asked softly, "Are you alright?"
The Spring Return Sword in his hand had already sunk back into his sea of consciousness when the Black Dragon left.
Fu Yunyao raised her hand and showed him the Rangchen Sword in her hand.
"Actually, there's no need to block it. That golden light is just a marker. We can follow the marker and its connection to find our way."
He remained silent for a moment, then spoke slowly.
"Feel sorry."
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Author's Note: Yes, the Bai Mansion in Qiushui Town is the same Bai Mansion that appeared in Chapter 3.
New dungeon open!
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