Chapter 129: The Tumi Fairy Appears Again in the Painting
"I want you to help me steal something..." Lingxiang smiled cunningly, with a gleam in her eyes, which made Xiaobai feel uncomfortable.
What evil is this little fox plotting?
"Although I am now a demon, I was educated in my life. How could I do such a petty theft?"
In the past, he would have readily agreed, and perhaps even offered Lingxiang some advice. But now, he was still lost in his thoughts, the tip of the tail still felt as if it were still held in Lingxiang's hand, and for a moment, he lost his usual carefree attitude.
Lingxiang didn't seem anxious when she heard this, but instead smiled even more cunningly.
"Yo yo yo~" a voice like an actor's voice made Xiaobai shudder. "Look at what you said, you are still a scholar! If you are a scholar, how could you do such a thing as kidnapping a woman? Have you read all those sage books?"
Hearing her say this, Xiaobai didn't know how to refute her for a moment, hesitating and mumbling, saying that he was just confused at the time. Lingxiang found it even more funny, and if it wasn't late at night, she would have burst out laughing.
"Come on, we are kindred spirits. How can you be such a gentleman? Besides, even if you have studied, that was something from your previous life. Now that you are living another life, why do you still care about these bullshit dogmas?" Lingxiang said as she actually got out of bed.
"Besides, I was stealing something that originally belonged to me. So, I should say I was retrieving it, not stealing."
Xiaobai couldn't help but wonder, "Your things? If they're yours, then just take them openly. Why steal them?"
Lingxiang's expression darkened. "It does involve some past events, but I'd rather not talk about them. But now that I've gotten some information, I've guessed the approximate location, but I'm not entirely sure, so I decided to investigate."
Lingxiang stood barefoot on the wooden couch in front of the bed. The skin on her feet was a frightening white even in the darkness. Seeing her like this, Xiaobai remembered the incident at Langhuan Pavilion and his heart softened for a moment.
"It's still very cold outside, and your foot injury has just healed. Don't torture yourself like this. I'll help you." As he said this, he wanted to go forward and help her back to bed, but when he raised his hand, he remembered what happened just now, and for a moment he didn't know whether to help her or not.
Lingxiang smiled softly and sat back on the bed: "Of course I have to go with you, otherwise how would you know what you are looking for?" After saying that, she found her shoes and socks and put them on.
Although Xiaobai is now a demon and his mind is very wandering, he is, after all, as he said, a person who has read the books of sages. When he saw Lingxiang's bare feet, he thought it was inappropriate to look at her, but he couldn't help but want to take a few more glances. He was distracted for a moment, cursing himself for being filthy, and quickly turned his back.
"You... your leg injury still needs a few days of recuperation. Aren't you afraid of any future problems if you walk around like this?"
Lingxiang replied while putting on her shoes, "I am a doctor myself, so I know that this injury needs to be healed. However, it's not like what my senior brother said, that as long as I don't use my footwork, I can walk without any problems."
After Lingxiang dressed, she tiptoed out of the courtyard and headed straight for Master Fuyin's study. Xiaobai, who was standing behind her, couldn't help but think she was adorable. Acting like this, she looked just like the little foxes in the den, making him laugh, but he didn't dare to laugh out loud.
After all, what the two of them did could not be called a sneaky act.
Although Lingyun Pavilion on Prisoner Cloud Peak was built with Lingxiang often visiting, and before he received the Fire Spirit Pearl from Master Zhaoming, he would spend long periods of time there every winter, he knew it so well that he could feel it even with his eyes closed. However, Xiaobai, after following it around in circles for so long, was almost dizzy.
Just when he was wondering if Lingxiang had taken the wrong path, he saw her crouching figure suddenly stop, and after some incantations, her vision and hearing were fully activated. She looked around, and after confirming that there was no one in the room next door, she pulled out the hairpin from her hair.
Lingxiang actually doesn't like wearing any jewelry, but this hairpin was given to her by Mrs. Qiao herself, and it is really convenient to use.
As for how to use it, she inserted the hairpin into the keyhole of the study and twisted it, and the door lock opened as if it was opened with a key, without leaving any trace on the lock.
When the two of them entered the house, Xiaobai couldn't help but laugh at her, saying, "I didn't know that an elder of a sect could be so cunning as this little thief."
Lingxiang put the hairpin back on her head and said with a smile, "That's nothing. I know many tricks that you don't know about. No matter if they are from the upper nine classes or the lower nine classes, as long as they are useful, I know some of them."
However, Xiaobai didn't seem to give her face and said bluntly, "I remember that cultivators usually use some kind of magic to easily open the lock, but I've never seen anyone do it themselves like you do."
Lingxiang glanced at Xiaobai and said unhappily, "You're really bringing up something irrelevant. If I had that kind of cultivation, why would I be so sneaky? I could have gotten in with just one escape technique, but you know so little and you insisted on telling me. Having cultivation is so great, why not ascend to heaven? Besides, I'm doing it myself, what do you know?"
As he said this, he didn't care that Xiaobai was bent over with laughter, he reached into his pocket, took out a sound-silencing talisman and stuck it on the door.
Xiaobai was puzzled when he saw this: "What are you doing?"
Lingxiang didn't explain to him and went straight to the bookshelf. According to Maidong's instructions, she moved the branches in the celadon vase to another white porcelain vase.
After hearing the sound of a mechanism rolling, Xiaobai finally understood what was going on.
If it were during the day, such a sound would not necessarily attract anyone's attention, but now it was late at night and everyone was asleep. If such a sound were heard in the plain, even the soundest sleeper would be awakened.
Lingxiang glanced at Xiaobai proudly, and the meaning in her eyes was self-evident - I have my own plans for doing things, just watch and see, why are you so long-winded.
Xiaobai felt embarrassed for a moment, touched his nose with a smile and followed Lingxiang into the secret room.
It looked like no one had been in the room for a long time. Many objects were covered with a layer of dust. The two of them walked around the room for a long time.
Lingxiang searched around, but Xiaobai didn't know what she was looking for, so she asked. Lingxiang forgot to tell her, so she just said that if she saw something like an incense burner, she could show it to her.
However, after searching for a long time, the two of them did not find any incense burner. In the room, apart from books, there were swords, gossips and the like.
Lingxiang was flipping through the books while muttering to herself, "This Sixth Senior Brother really didn't complain about being poor to me. These magical instruments and treasures are really too few. I don't know if he goes around collecting some on a daily basis. He has more than a dozen disciples, but he doesn't even prepare some decent ones to pass on to them."
These nephews of the Guan generation, following a master like Senior Brother Fuyin, are really miserable...
Just as Lingxiang was searching everywhere, Xiaobai saw a painting. It was none other than the one Maidong had seen before.
"The night rain in the west window asks about the tea roses, the cold wind cuts the candle, the blue smoke is so beautiful that it refuses to go away. Pure and humble, I don't care about the worldly idleness, holding the incense in my white hands, the light is dim and there is no place to find..."
"It's truly incredibly beautiful!"
Seeing the appearance of the woman in the painting, Xiaobai couldn't help but sigh. Suddenly he came to his senses and found that there was no sound behind him. He hurriedly turned around and saw that Lingxiang was actually...
But I saw Lingxiang's face was covered with tears!
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