Chapter 88: Testing the Elixir Given by Qiao
Upon hearing this, the City Lord's wife suddenly stood up, a flash of panic on her face before she regained her composure. She looked as if she hadn't understood, her eyes evasive as she said, "What are you talking about, Miss Lingxiang? I'm naturally the mistress of the City Lord's Mansion..."
Seeing her like this, Lingxiang just smiled lightly and then slowly sat down.
"That's true. Although you pretend to be 80% like the city lord's wife, you can fool the city lord and the servants in the mansion, but you can't fool me." Lingxiang said as she picked up the teacup in her hand.
The City Lord's wife sat down gently and stroked her face with a handkerchief: "What is Miss Lingxiang saying? I don't understand..."
Lingxiang was not in a hurry. After taking a sip of tea, she slowly looked at the city lord's wife.
"It doesn't matter if you don't say anything. The man behind me, although nominally my disciple, is actually the descendant of a demon-killing family. He can make ordinary little demons reveal their true forms with a flick of his hand. Why not let him 'explain' for you?"
Upon hearing this, Xinyi felt a little amused. Lingxiang had said something to her before, and now she was using tricks to drag him into it. But since she had already said it, she might as well do it. After all, she was nominally her master, so she had to give her some face.
Thinking of this, Xinyi glared at the city lord's wife. This glare was not simple. It was one of the Lu family's methods of subduing demons, a method of frightening demons.
The City Lord's wife immediately became nervous upon seeing this, but she forced herself to remain calm and said, "You! What are you going to do? This is the City Lord's Mansion, and I am the City Lord's wife!"
"Oh? Really?" Lingxiang said, putting down the teacup. "Since she's the City Lord's wife, then why are you so nervous? The magic he just used is only effective against demons. If it were an ordinary person, it would just be a glance."
"I... I wasn't nervous at all! It's just... that man looked so ferocious and scary that he scared me."
"Not nervous?" Lingxiang said, pinching the City Lord's wife's chin. "There's no charcoal fire in this room. If you're not nervous, why are you sweating so much in the middle of winter?"
"Maybe... maybe I'm wearing too much..." The city lord's wife couldn't persuade Lingxiang and had to look aside.
"Heavy?" Lingxiang let go of the City Lord's wife and turned around, chuckling, "They're just some silk clothes. I didn't expect the City Lord's wife to have maintained such good health in the past two or three months."
"Yes... yes, since you left last time, I have learned some martial arts from the guards in the mansion, and my body..."
"shut up!"
Before the City Lord's wife could finish her words, Lingxiang immediately stopped her.
"Not to mention that the City Lord's wife has learned martial arts, with her body, even doing some heavy work is impossible! Otherwise, I wouldn't have secretly given her a packet of health pills before leaving last time!"
As he said this, he turned around and looked at the city lord's wife, with no trace of the teasing expression on his face.
"Before, the City Lord's wife fainted from shock even when she was bumped by a yellow fox, and you said Xinyi's ferocious appearance frightened you, yet you can still sit here perfectly still! Why don't you tell the truth!?"
The "City Lord's Wife" on the seat was speechless after being asked this question. She looked at Lingxiang for a long time and finally slumped down on the armchair.
"How did you know I wasn't the city lord's wife?" the man asked after a long while.
"Since you ask this, you are admitting that you are not the city lord's wife?" Lingxiang said, sitting back in the chair.
The person sitting on the table hesitated for a long time before saying, "I am indeed not the City Lord's wife, but this body is hers..."
These words surprised Lingxiang.
"So, you used the method of taking over another's body?"
The person seated nodded. Lingxiang asked, "Did Ah Jin help you?"
When the man heard this, he looked at Lingxiang in surprise, but Lingxiang seemed to know everything and just sat there calmly drinking tea.
"Indeed, I guessed who you were from the beginning and just wanted to find out. With your cultivation level, you've only received incense for a few years, so it's impossible for you to take over someone else's body. The only one who can help you is Ajin, right, Alu?"
It’s actually A’lu!
"Since you already knew it was me, why bother with this?" Ah Qu said as he sat up, completely losing his gentle demeanor.
Upon hearing this, Lingxiang took out two boxes from her Qiankun bag.
"With your level of cultivation, even if you succeed in taking over another body, I'm afraid this body won't be able to fit you. And your body is probably being guarded by those little yellow-skinned guys, so it will definitely rot over time." As he said this, he placed the box on a small table beside him.
"Here is a box of Fragrance Retention Pills. Take one pill for your physical body every month to ensure safety. You've taken over the City Lord's wife's body, so this body is certainly not used to it. If this continues, something bad will happen. The Fragrance Retention Pills will help you get through this period. Now that Ah Jin is away, you can't take care of the guards at the mansion. The City Lord's mansion is a place with abundant spiritual energy, and it might attract spirits. I'll also give you two Spirit Gathering Pills to help train your descendants. That way, you'll be safe."
"Since you already know that I am not the real Madam, why do you still treat me like this? Don't you practitioners all claim that it is your responsibility to eliminate demons and defend the way?" A'qu asked Lingxiang in a daze.
Lingxiang chuckled. "That's just the sophistry of some hypocritical people. They say demons harm people, but who are you harming by doing this? There are so many clear-cut right and wrongs in this world. What I believe is that only human nature matters. Some people born as humans are not as pure and kind as you. Or maybe..."
"Or just think of it as me doing this for my own good!"
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Ah Qu stared at the elixir given by Ling Xiang on the table in a trance, and kept thinking about the instructions given by his wife on her deathbed that night.
On the night of the 28th, Ajin suddenly found her place of refuge and said that her wife wanted to see her, which surprised her greatly.
This lady is frail and doesn't seem to have any cultivation skills. How come she knows of my existence?
She followed Ajin half-believing and half-doubting, but she couldn't help but ask the questions in her mind on the way.
"Do you think my wife is really as ignorant as she appears to be?" Ajin said without turning his head.
What does this mean? Could it be that Madam still has some cultivation abilities?
At this time, Ajin turned around, his fur blending into the darkness, but his golden eyes were like a golden moon, adding a bit of momentum to this crescent moon night.
"She is a descendant of the Qiao family, a famous demon-slayer family in Gaoling. How could she be the same as those people in the boudoir?"
What?! A family of demon hunters!?
Although he had only been practicing cultivation for a short time, he knew a little about human affairs. It seemed that his wife was a descendant of the Qiao family, which was really not the case.
Besides, wasn't the Qiao family wiped out many years ago? How did the lady escape?
"Madam is a person with the celestial spirit root aptitude that only existed in ancient times."
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