Chapter 107: Drinking at night and remembering the past
Xinyi sat alone in the yard, gazing at the starry sky, wondering what she was thinking.
At this moment, he heard footsteps behind him, but he did not immediately become alert as before. Instead, he continued to sit there and stare at the stars in a daze.
The visitor did not disturb him, but sat down by himself and then put a pot of tea on the table.
"The dew is even heavier. It's better to drink some medicinal tea to dispel the dampness and cold." The man poured two cups and took one to drink.
Xinyi did not reply, but just stared at the night stars in a daze. After a long time, she picked up the teacup.
"It took me a long time to figure it out. It's just that you knew about our affairs a long time ago, so you made all these arrangements." Xinyi held the teacup but didn't drink it. She just stared at the starry sky and asked.
The visitor smiled softly, put down the teacup and looked at the night sky.
"In this sect, apart from Senior Brother Fuyin, I think you are the only one who understands me." It was none other than Lingxiang.
But her clothes today are different from usual.
"You knew the identities of Long Qi and me from the very beginning. I'm afraid you also knew about Madam Qiao from the Lord's Mansion of Guyang City. That's why you asked her for the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss and returned it to Long Qi. Then you accepted us into Qingwei Peak before checking our spiritual roots, because you knew that with your level of cultivation, the sect would definitely not allow you to teach us two." Xinyi said, picking up the teacup and bringing it to her mouth, but suddenly stopped.
"What exactly do you intend to do by plotting this?"
Lingxiang just smiled without saying anything, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"What you said is not entirely correct. As you said, you overestimated me. The only person I knew about from the beginning was Long Qi, but it was Madam Qiao who asked me to keep an eye on you."
Xinyi was just about to drink her tea, but after hearing what she said, she was very confused.
"Madam of the City Lord?"
"That's right. I went to the City Lord's Mansion to exorcise demons initially for the reward. At that time, I didn't even know about the Seven Star Dragon Abyss until I saved Madam Qiao..."
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"Lingxiang Lingxiang! Look! This filigree gold hairpin given by the lady actually has three South Pearls on it! If we take it to the pawn shop, we can definitely exchange it for a lot of silver!" Maidong flipped through the jewelry box given by Mrs. Qiao, his face full of joy.
Lingxiang, on the other hand, sat by the window with her head propped up, looking somewhat listless, and answered only sporadically.
It wasn't that she didn't love money; on the contrary, she loved these things immensely. But there was one thing that she found puzzling. As the wife of the city lord, Mrs. Qiao had seen a lot, so how could she be frightened into unconsciousness by a mere yellow-skinned creature? Furthermore, with Ah Jin by her side as her guard, how could Ah Lu have such an opportunity to take advantage of her?
Lingxiang was puzzled and stared at the old pine tree outside the window with a frown.
"I say, even if you have already received so much, you should just let it go. Are you still thinking about the reward of ten thousand gold?" Maidong did not get a response from Lingxiang. When he looked up and saw her like this, he thought she was thinking about how to ask for the reward, so he stepped forward and poked her.
Lingxiang glanced at Maidong, then propped up her face with her arm and said, "You think I'm you? You're so heartless all day long. You don't care about anything else as long as you have food, drink, fun and money. But I, your master's sister, care about the people of the world and am making long-term plans for this matter!"
Maidong curled his lips and rolled his eyes: "If you said this, I wouldn't believe it. If a kid said this, I would definitely praise it!" Then he went back to rummage through the treasures in the jewelry box.
Lingxiang was about to retort when she heard this, but she saw two maids entering the courtyard through the moon gate from the window. She hurriedly got up and went out to greet them.
"My two sisters are here, but the city lord has something to ask?"
The two maids looked at each other and thought that this female fairy was extremely funny, actually calling them sisters.
"Fairy, we are Madam's maids. We are here on Madam's orders. Please go to Madam's room with Fairy Lingxiang for a chat."
Looking for her? What a coincidence, she also happened to have something to ask.
"Since the madam has invited us, I'll have to trouble you two sisters to lead the way." Lingxiang said, saluting them with one hand.
The two maids felt that this female fairy was very interesting. They bowed according to the rules, turned around and led Lingxiang out of the yard.
As soon as they entered the Lord's wife's room, the maids retreated and closed the door tightly. Lingxiang was very surprised. Could they be telling some secret? Why were they so cautious?
Just as she was wondering, she heard Mrs. Qiao from the inner room calling her, "Is that Miss Lingxiang? Come in quickly."
Lingxiang entered the inner room suspiciously, only to see Ajin was there as well. To her surprise, Ajin had transformed into a human form and was standing in the room.
"Uh..." Lingxiang didn't know how to start for a moment. She looked at Ajin hesitantly, then looked at the city lord's wife who was sitting on the bed.
"I know you must be full of questions in your mind. I invited you here to help you solve them. To be honest, I also have something to ask of you." The city lord's wife coughed twice.
Seeing this, Lingxiang quickly replied, "Madam, you are too kind. I will do whatever I can to help you. However, you are not fully recovered yet, so it is better for you to rest first and we can discuss this another day."
"If I don't make things clear with you today, you won't be able to rest easy." The city lord's wife stood up with a smile. Ajin hurried forward to support her, but she raised her hand to indicate that it was okay. She walked to the table and asked Lingxiang to sit down.
Lingxiang was not polite either. Since the master said so, it was difficult for her to refuse.
"Then I'll ask straight to the point." Lingxiang sat down and asked the question in her mind.
"Where should I even begin..." The City Lord's wife said as she poured a cup of tea for Lingxiang and handed it to her. "Let's start with the Long, Lu, and Qiao families."
Legend has it that the three demon-slaying families of Long, Lu, and Qiao were originally one, but later dispersed to Nanhuai, Youlu, and Gaoling for unknown reasons. In ancient times, when the three families were still one, the Long family specialized in demon slaying, the Lu family excelled in demon detection, and the Qiao family specialized in demon sealing.
One year, a traitor appeared in the Qiao family and released Zhu Yan, who had been imprisoned for many years. As a result, the people suffered and their lives were in misery. Fortunately, Yuan Qingpai came to help and suppressed the traitor.
However, this battle resulted in heavy casualties, and even the Qiao family was severely damaged. Most of the powerful members of the Qiao family were killed in the battle to seal the demon.
For many years, most demon hunters in the world could only fight against ordinary demons. Only the Qiao family mastered the secret technique and could suppress such ancient beasts. However, the Qiao family has already shown signs of decline.
After a few years, no one was able to inherit the Qiao family's legacy, but ancient evil beasts like Zhu Yan could not be suppressed forever. They would come out every few hundred years. If there was no one to take charge of the family, Zhu Yan would only leave early.
But now is a time when spiritual roots are scarce. If Zhu Yan escapes, there will definitely be another bloody storm, and it is unknown how long it will last.
It was at this time that a woman with heavenly star spiritual roots appeared in the Qiao family.
Originally, the head of the Qiao family thought that there would be a successor, but people with heavenly star spiritual roots are born with a certain talent. This woman's talent is too overbearing, and it is difficult for a mortal body to bear it, let alone practice. Even to save her life, she has to leave it to fate. By chance, the head of the family met the eight-tailed divine cat, and he made a wish for it to protect this woman for life.
Even so, this woman still cannot live long.
Later, the head of the Qiao family got a set of ancient books from somewhere and learned about the three families of Long, Lu and Qiao. He thought that if he could use the power of the three families, he might be able to save her life.
At worst, you can choose someone with superior qualifications to marry, and maybe give birth to a child who inherits the spiritual roots of the Heavenly Star.
But the two families on Longlu don’t have such a candidate…
Later, he asked Fairy Tumi for a life-extending elixir in the hope of saving the girl. However, the girl had no cultivation at all, and if she took it rashly, it would be tantamount to killing herself.
However, when this woman saw the life-extending elixir, for some reason, the innate power that had been suppressed suddenly ran wild and became uncontrollable.
It was during this rampage that she foresaw the catastrophic destruction of three families!
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