Chapter 141 Get younger!
Luo Yuan threw a piece of iron in from the window, and Liu Muchen used it to pry open the door of the dark room.
"Hurry, let's leave by boat tonight!" Luo Yuan said anxiously.
Liu Muchen looked hesitant, "I have to get my sword."
In fact, after she said that she would go with Luo Yuan, she felt a little regretful.
She had never left Zhongzhou, let alone gone to the Demon Realm.
What if Luo Yuan had lied to her? Or if Luo Yuan had also been deceived, wouldn't it be very dangerous for her to go there?
Holding the sword was just an excuse to delay time, she needed to think it over carefully.
Luo Yuan seemed to notice Liu Muchen's retreat, but she did not try to persuade her. She just stared at her quietly with a reluctant look, as if she had determined in her heart that this would be their eternal separation.
But her lips parted slightly, and her anxious, trembling voice held a hint of inexplicable hope. "Then hurry up. I'll wait for you at the side door in a quarter of an hour... no, two quarters of an hour. If you don't come, I'll leave."
Liu Muchen was very confused. He nodded perfunctorily and turned to leave the dark room.
The moonlit night was quiet and all the servants in the governor's mansion were asleep. Liu Muchen came to Li Jingui's room without any hindrance.
She guessed that her sword was probably taken away by her mother.
Ever since her younger brother was born, her mother and her father had been sleeping in separate rooms. Plus, her mother's cultivation level was low, so as long as she was careful, it shouldn't be difficult for her to sneak into the room and steal the sword quietly.
Liu Muchen gently pushed the door open and slipped inside. The room was empty. Looking up, she saw her sword resting on the table by the window. Delighted, she was about to reach for it when a voice suddenly shouted, "Don't mention that rebellious girl to me!"
Liu Muchen was shocked. Why did Liu Xiaozhi come to her mother's room tonight?
Hearing two footsteps, one light and one heavy, gradually approaching the door, she hurriedly held her breath, lowered her body, and quietly crawled under the bed.
Just as I lay down under the bed, the door was pushed open.
Li Jingui helped Liu Xiaozhi sit down beside the bed, turned around, closed the door, lit the light, took out the blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicine, and applied it to Liu Xiaozhi.
Liu Xiaozhi frowned in pain, "Hiss, be gentle, don't be too heavy!"
Li Jingui immediately eased her pressure, gently rubbing the bruises on his face with her fingertips, and whispered, "Mu Chen used to be very obedient, but in the past two years, since she went to the academy to learn some magic, her temper has become increasingly erratic and erratic. I'm really worried about her. With such a violent temper, I wonder what kind of husband's family she'll need to find to control her in the future."
Liu Xiaozhi snorted coldly, "It's all because of those aristocratic families who set the precedent by sending all their daughters to the academy for cultivation. Nowadays, if a young woman doesn't have some cultivation, these cultivators won't even look at her, let alone a marriage contract. If not, why would I have sent that rebellious girl to cultivate? She dared to attack me with only her foundation-building strength. If her cultivation was higher, wouldn't she have caused chaos?"
Li Jingui heard his tone and saw that he was still angry, so she didn't dare to say anything. She just silently applied medicine and bandaged him.
Liu Xiaozhi glanced at her, a trace of disdain flashing in his eyes, and said coldly: "However, women should practice some immortal arts so that they won't age too quickly. It's disgusting to think that a young and promising man has an old and ugly wife."
Li Jingui understood his insinuation and felt a pang of pain in her heart, but because he was telling the truth, she dared not refute him. She forced a smile and replied, "That's indeed not a good match."
After a pause, he continued, "But Mu Chen's cultivation is quite high now, so there's no need for her to continue studying. I think it's better to marry her off sooner rather than later. Otherwise, I'm afraid her reputation will spread and we won't be considered a good family anymore."
Liu Xiaozhi thought for a moment, then calmed down, "Let's keep her for two more years. She's already at the age to collect spirit beads, and that's when her spiritual energy is at its peak. We should take this opportunity to collect more spirit beads and save them for Chong'er. That way, we won't have wasted all the time raising her."
Li Jingui's expression was calm, as if she didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said. She nodded meekly, "Well, I'll listen to you then."
Liu Muchen, lying under the bed, covered his mouth, and tears suddenly welled up in his dry eyes.
Were the two people speaking really her mother and father, rather than some demons in human form?
She had originally been hoping that her mother would apologize to her, but now, what did she hear?
Her cold and numb tone didn't sound like she was talking about her daughter at all, but about something else.
The two were discussing how much this thing was worth, and how to choose a good time to sell it after squeezing it clean.
When Liu Muchen realized this, her body began to tremble uncontrollably and two suppressed sobs rose in her throat. She hurriedly put her hand to her lips and bit her fingers tightly with her teeth until blood oozed out, and then she barely suppressed her crying.
In this extreme pain, she suddenly thought of death.
If she died, these two people would not be able to gain any benefit from her and could only look at her corpse and cry bitterly.
She felt refreshed when she thought of the regretful and painful expressions on their faces.
But the next moment this thought arose, Luo Yuan's bright and hopeful eyes appeared in his mind.
No! She can't die, Luo Yuan is still waiting for her!
They had made an appointment, how could she break it?
Liu Muchen clenched his fists and finally made up his mind to leave here with Luo Yuan.
She wanted to run away so far that they would never find her again!
The two people in the room were unaware of Liu Muchen's presence.
Li Jingui made the bed and helped Liu Xiaozhi lie down on it. After a while, snoring sounds were heard in the room.
Liu Muchen held his breath and waited for a moment. He heard no other movement and guessed that both of them were fast asleep, so he carefully crawled out from under the bed.
However, as soon as she stuck her head out, she suddenly caught a glimpse of Li Jingui standing upright against the wall, holding a candlestick in her hand, her eyes wide open.
She was so frightened that she froze.
Li Jingui turned around, walked to the dressing table and sat down, looking into the bronze mirror and muttering to herself.
Liu Muchen immediately breathed a sigh of relief and retracted her head, but she was very anxious in her heart. What if Luo Yuan couldn't wait for her and left early?
But it was no use for her to be anxious now. She couldn't leave until Li Jingui went to sleep.
She could only listen patiently and carefully for a long time before she understood what Li Jingui was muttering.
"Am I really that old?" Li Jingui looked at herself in the mirror, her fingers trembling as she stroked the fine lines around her eyes. Her voice was filled with pain. "My beauty has faded, and my love has faded. How can I force him to like such an ugly me?"
We must find a way to restore her youthful beauty.
Li Jingui thought so, carefully opened the drawer, and took out a thin piece of paper from it. "It seems... I can only ask that person for help."
She got this piece of paper at a gathering of ladies from aristocratic families. It contained a secret method to maintain eternal youth, which required taking the hearts of ten young boys to make the elixir.
Her first thought was that this was too cruel. How could she do such a cruel thing? Only the demons could do such a thing!
After the party, Li Jingui stuffed the piece of paper into the drawer and never looked at it again.
But now, she was shaken.
The naked disgust in Liu Xiaozhi's eyes made her extremely painful. If she couldn't become younger, she would really die.
She held the paper to the candlelight, carefully distinguished the handwriting on it, wrote down the address, and threw the paper on the fire.
Li Jingui walked to the bedside and gently pushed Liu Xiaozhi. Seeing that he was not awake, she put on a black cloak, put on the hood, and left the room.
Hearing the footsteps fading away, Liu Muchen immediately crawled out from under the bed.
She didn't know why Li Jingui went out in the middle of the night, nor did she want to know. She only knew that Luo Yuan was waiting for her and she had to meet up with her quickly.
Liu Muchen walked quickly to the table, took the spirit sword, and was about to leave when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a bag of spirit stones in the half-open drawer of the dressing table. He immediately reached out and put the spirit stones into the bag.
After leaving Zhongzhou, they still have to live, and they can't do without money.
He opened the drawer next to him, took out all the gold and silver jewelry, and then quickly left the room.
Liu Muchen hurried towards the side door, praying in his heart that Luo Yuan had not left yet.
But when he went out the side door, he didn't see Luo Yuan, but instead bumped into Li Jingui who was returning.
When she saw Liu Muchen, she immediately guessed that she wanted to escape and shouted, "Where do you want to go?!"
Liu Muchen's heart sank to the bottom in an instant and he couldn't say a word.
Li Jingui came forward and pulled her, "Go back."
Liu Muchen took a step back and said, "I'm not going back."
Li Jingui became even angrier, "Believe it or not, I'll call your father to arrest you!"
She strode forward and reached out to grab Liu Muchen's arm. However, before her hand touched him, a flash of cold light suddenly appeared, and a cold blade was pressed against her neck.
A low and cold female voice sounded in her ears, "Let Muchen go, otherwise, you know what I can do."
Li Jingui froze instantly and dared not move.
It’s Luo Yuan!
Liu Muchen's eyes lit up, "You didn't leave?"
Luo Yuan looked at her, "Do you still want to leave?"
Liu Muchen nodded heavily, without even looking at Li Jingui, and walked towards her quickly.
Luo Yuan's tense face softened instantly, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly. She was still afraid that Liu Muchen would scold her for meddling in other people's business.
After all, the person she was threatening with a knife was her mother.
Luo Yuan watched Liu Muchen approaching her, quickly sheathed the knife in his hand, then took her hand and turned to run into the darkness in the distance.
What awaits them ahead? Freedom, or imprisonment? Only when they get there will they find out.
The night wind blew, and the two people's clothes fluttered in the wind, gradually disappearing into the boundless darkness.
Li Jingui stood under the eaves, the red lantern cast a warm yellow light, outlining her thin figure clearly.
She stared blankly at the direction they left, as if all her vitality had been sucked out of the darkness, her eyes numb and dull.
Although she was standing in the light, her figure looked so lonely, as if she was the one abandoned in the darkness.
For a moment, she remembered the past.
In the fleeting glimpses of memory, in a fleeting glimpse, the girl was running as lightly as the wind, leaving behind a string of crisp laughter along the way - that was exactly what she looked like when she was young.
But the next moment, Li Jingui came back to his senses.
"That's right, getting younger! This is the most important thing!" She came back because she forgot to take the spirit stones as a reward.
Li Jingui hurried back, as if afraid of forgetting, and kept repeating, "Young... young... I want to stay young forever..."
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When Liu Xiaozhi woke up, he heard that Liu Muchen had escaped.
He was furious and immediately ordered his men to search the whole city.
After raising my daughter for so many years, it was time for her to repay me, but she ran off with someone else? This is simply unforgivable!
The search was so loud that everyone in Zhongzhou Prefecture knew that the governor's daughter had escaped, and they all found it difficult to understand.
"Why are you running away? You're leaving behind a good young lady..."
"I heard she eloped with a poor man. The governor didn't agree, so she ran off with him."
"What you said is wrong! I heard that it was because of the Eternal Night Organization. She mixed with the women who opposed the surrender of the spirit beads and wanted to escape to the Demon Realm!"
"You're not willing to hand over your spirit pearls? That's ridiculous, isn't it? Which woman hasn't handed over her spirit pearls? It's the duty of any citizen of Zhongzhou."
"That's why she's called a rich lady. She just can't stand hardship. Unlike me, I have thick skin and flesh, and every time I take the spirit pearl, I don't even frown."
"That Eternal Night, aren't they just a bunch of crazy women? If everyone was as selfish as them, the human race would have been finished long ago!"
As everyone was talking, they suddenly heard a loud bang above their heads, and a huge shadow covered them.
Looking up, I saw a huge cloud boat hovering in the sky, emitting a faint spiritual light. On the bow stood several monks in flowing white robes, with extraordinary temperament, as if they were banished immortals.
"It's an immortal, an immortal!" Everyone was dumbfounded and exclaimed in surprise.
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