Chapter 294: Red Cloud Covering the Face Arouses Suspicion
The Youyuan Palace was bustling with activity, with punches and kicks thrown around, and shouts and curses, it was a complete chaos.
Looking at the men with red faces and stiff necks, Lian Qiao shook her head helplessly.
It seems that men are all the same everywhere. The brothers at home often fight over trivial matters. Now that I am in the Taoist sect, I can still see this situation.
A few months ago, the master sent a group of disciples down the mountain for training. Lian Qiao had no intention of returning home, but wanted to travel around the world and see the mountains and seas. However, when she was about to leave, Master Chengxin's words about letting go of worldly ties made her change her mind.
Yes, after all, I grew up under the care of my parents. Even if I have decided to devote myself to cultivation, I cannot ignore my parents. My parents gave me life, and since I want to leave the world, I should say goodbye to them properly. How can I act so casually?
But who would have thought that once I returned home, I would never be able to leave again.
Lian Qiao's father's surname is Huang, and they are a famous demon-killing family within a radius of dozens of miles. Whenever people nearby encounter something evil, the first person they think of is the Huang family. Sometimes, even some Taoist temples nearby will come to visit.
Although the Huang family has a good reputation, in reality, the family has long been in decline.
Nowadays, spiritual roots are scarce and spiritual veins are weak, so most of the secret techniques of the demon-killing families in the mortal world are impossible to practice. In order to survive, the head of the Huang family made arrangements and sent his daughter to the palace.
Originally, he just thought that by relying on someone in the palace, he could be considered to have some divine power, but he did not expect that his daughter would be so capable and win the favor of the current emperor, and rise all the way to the position of imperial concubine.
With the emergence of a noble concubine in the family, the entire family naturally rose in prominence. The Huang family's prestige in the local area became more important than before, and even the local officials flattered the Huang family.
After tasting the sweetness of power, the head of the Huang family somewhat forgot his roots, neglected the moral principles that he should follow as a demon-slayer, and fell into the quagmire of the world.
However, the Huang family's nephews and nieces are mediocre in talent. They can neither make a name for themselves in the demon-slaying world nor have the ambition to become great scholars. The future of the Huang family is bleak.
Fortunately, the Huang family had two daughters. The younger daughter, Lian Qiao, was more beautiful than the eldest daughter who entered the palace.
Therefore, the head of the Huang family thought of sending this little daughter into the palace to consolidate his family's position in the court.
Lian Qiao was naturally unwilling, but she couldn't resist her father. Fortunately, although her talent was average, she learned some skills from Yuan Qing and even got the magical treasure of Mirror Flower and Water Moon. She easily escaped with a little trick.
As soon as she escaped, she traveled alone for some time. After seeing the vastness of rivers, lakes and seas, she decided to return to Yuanqing.
It has been some time since I returned to Yuanqing. Among the fellow disciples who left at that time, only four or five have returned.
Although Yuanqing is a famous sect, there are only a handful of female Taoists, and after a martial arts selection, there are only a few left.
Faced with a group of men, Lian Qiao naturally had nothing to say and could only practice on her own every day.
Fortunately, Banxia came back a few days ago. The two of them had always had a good relationship, and now that they hadn't seen each other for a long time, they stayed together all day long, just like those close friends in the boudoir, talking about their secrets endlessly.
However, what surprised Lian Qiao was that Banxia had treated Liu Xia with some disdain before, but now, after only a short training of three or two months, the two of them had become inexplicably much more harmonious.
This is not ordinary!
For example, during the chaos in Youyuan Palace this time, Banxia was trying to look at the excitement but was pulled behind by Liu Xia. She vaguely heard Liu Xia say, "Be careful, don't get hurt by those people by mistake." And Banxia was no longer as repulsive to Liu Xia as before. Instead, there was a hint of suspicion on her face.
Hiss! This damn girl, could it be? Could it be?
Humph! We agreed to devote ourselves to the Dao together. Our words were even louder than the crowing of a rooster, but we never imagined that they would be nothing more than the energy of grains.
But compared to being angry, Lian Qiao was more curious about how Liu Xia could make Banxia, that dull girl, come to her senses?
Um... unusual! unusual!
The more Lian Qiao thought about it, the more curious she became. She carefully bypassed the chaos in the hall and quietly approached Banxia. When she wasn't paying attention, she pulled her out.
Banxia was stretching her neck to watch the fun, but was unknowingly dragged out of the hall by a force. Only after she saw that it was Lianqiao did she breathe a sigh of relief.
"Why are you pulling me? I haven't seen enough!" Banxia said, and raised her leg to go into the hall again, but Lianqiao grabbed her sleeve and pulled her back again.
Lian Qiao stared at Banxia without saying a word, crossing her arms in front of her, acting like a lady.
Banxia was originally from the countryside, so when she saw Lianqiao like this, her momentum immediately dropped. She shrank her neck and asked in a stammer, "You...what do you want to do..."
Seeing Banxia retreating step by step, Lianqiao showed an evil smile on his face. He did not speak until he had forced Banxia into a corner and had no way to retreat.
"From now on, I will no longer believe anything you say unless you can give me a reasonable explanation." Lian Qiao said, raising one hand to support the door panel, blocking Banxia's way.
"Tell me! When did you and that Liu Xia guy get together?"
She couldn't wait to find out!
"Hmm?" Hearing this, Banxia was stunned at first, then relaxed, "Just... this matter?"
"What do you mean by just this? Who said that before I left? What about some people being pretentious and unable to handle the responsibility, or being stubborn and inflexible? Are they all just excuses?"
"This... is not an excuse, it's just..." Banxia didn't know where to start for a moment.
On the day of begging for skill, Liu Xia confided his true feelings to Banxia and told her everything that happened in his childhood, which was exactly the same as what he encountered in the Four Symbols Formation in the Long family's underground palace.
Lingxiang once said that time flies like water, and the Black Tortoise Formation was originally a water-shaped formation. It was probably because of that formation that she met the little Liu Xia at that time, and thus the seed of seeking the Tao was planted in Liu Xia's heart.
"Is there such a miraculous thing?" Lian Qiao was shocked when she heard it, but she understood it after a moment.
Taoist magic spells are already very strange, so it is not surprising that such strange phenomena can appear in the ancient formation guarding the underground palace.
"So this is why you no longer hate him?"
Banxia hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "Not really. On the day of Qiqiao (Qiqiao Qi), he said... he said..."
"What is he saying?" Lianqiao urged impatiently when she saw that Banxia couldn't make any sense for a long time.
"He said he likes me..." Banxia said, covering her eyes.
"What?!" Lian Qiao was shocked, her voice rising involuntarily. Fortunately, there was a quarrel and fight going on in the hall, so it didn't attract attention. "He said he liked you, and you looked so lustful? You believe what a man says?"
Hearing this, Banxia opened her fingers, revealing a pair of eyes, but still covered her face with her hands and said in a muffled voice: "At first I didn't believe it either, but...but..."
"But he bought me some delicious food, isn't that a debt owed to someone..."
Lian Qiao rolled her eyes and almost sighed, cursing Banxia in her heart for being hopeless, but at this moment, Lingxiang's voice came from behind her.
"Oh~ I see. I was wondering if something was different after you two came back, but I didn't expect it to be like this."
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