Qiao Zhen diligently serves the Palace Master and the spirit pet every day, while also getting along well with her friends from Qingfeng Palace, showing a hint of developing into a tomboy.
Only she and Li Luo knew the truth (Li Luo was the name of the Qingfeng Palace Master): everything she did was just a smokescreen; what she really wanted was one of the three great evil artifacts of the martial world—the Qingming Lamp.
That said, Qiao Zhen never thought of Yuan Zhao as mentally challenged. On the contrary, when she barged into Yuan Zhao's room, Yuan Zhao's sinister eyes and the burning heat of the detection bracelet indicated that Yuan Zhao was not really stupid. Moreover, his gaze was very sharp. So what did he need the Qingming Lamp for?
Legend has it that the Green Ghost Lamp can bewitch people's minds, hypnotizing them to change their temperament or personality, but this is very difficult to achieve. However, using the Green Ghost Lamp to bewitch someone else's mind is an easy matter.
What puzzled Qiao Zhen even more was the spirit pet panda of Qingfeng Palace. In her memory, pandas were supposed to gnaw on bamboo, but the pandas here, although living in the bamboo forest, ate meat as their main food, while bamboo was used to grind their teeth.
[System: Chu Chu requests to establish a mental connection with you. Agree/Decline]
Chu Chu, who hadn't contacted Qiao Zhen for a long time, suddenly requested to open a mental channel.
Qiao Zhen chose: [Refuse]
She had gone to great lengths to deceive everyone in Qingfeng Palace, but if she did something suspicious because she was worried about Chuchu, wouldn't all her efforts be in vain? Besides, Chuchu did not enter this mission world in her true form, so Qiao Zhen was not worried.
A panda, as tall as Qiao Zhen's thigh, hugged her leg, making soft, sweet sounds in its throat—it was definitely acting cute.
"Sweetie, here's a bamboo stick for you to chew on." Qiao Zhen casually pulled out a bamboo stick from beside her and placed it in the little panda's paw.
The little panda clung tightly to Qiao Zhen's leg, unmoved, its eyes practically glued to the bamboo.
"It seems to like you quite a bit." Li Luo regularly visits the forbidden area to cultivate his relationship with his spirit pet and practice his skills. As always, he wears a thin, golden mask that reveals only his eyes and mouth.
Qiao Zhen once suspected that Li Luo and Yuan Zhao were the same person, but she clearly knew that Li Luo's eyes did not resemble Yuan Zhao's eyes at all, so this idea was abandoned.
"Because I'm beautiful, naturally they like me."
"Hmm!" The little panda squeezed out this sound, which surprised Qiao Zhen, but it also made Li Luo's eyes flash.
Li Luo didn't continue the topic. "The cook has to go down the mountain, you'll replace him tonight."
"yes."
In the afternoon, Qiao Zhen went to the kitchen to help. For a while, she stayed in the kitchen alone, tending the fire. She pushed firewood into the fire pit without any particular intention. She was just trying to slowly boil the frog in water, thinking there would be plenty of time in the future.
Although everyone felt closer to Qiao Zhen because of this test, some people became more wary of her, such as Li Luo and Fei Yi, the woman in red from before.
That evening, Qiao Zhen took a food tray to Li Luo's room and found Li Luo leaning against the soft couch with his chest bare and his legs exposed.
Aren't you cold?
Li Luo seemed somewhat displeased. Although his face was covered by a golden mask, Qiao Zhen could still sense it.
"What? You don't admire me, the leader of this sect? Now that I'm lying here helplessly, why don't you pounce on me?"
Qiao Zhen frowned. The more she interacted with Li Luo, the more peculiar Li Luo's style seemed. "You're wearing a mask, and I don't know what you look like. What if you're too ugly? I'll regret it later. Besides, what you get is a red rose, which will always wither. What you can't get is the white moonlight, which lasts forever."
"What kind of twisted logic is this?" Although it was a question, Li Luo said it with a contemptuous and disdainful tone.
Qiao Zhen retorted earnestly, "It's not fallacy, it's the truth."
Li Luo got up and stepped barefoot onto the lichen. It has to be said that Qingfeng Palace is extremely wealthy. Take the lichen in Li Luo's room, for example. The floor is covered with carpets made of wool, and the patterns on them are double-sided embroidery made of gold thread, which is very expensive.
Qiao Zhen's gaze, however, was drawn to Li Luo's left calf. There was a red birthmark on his left calf, which was clearly a standard feature of the mission target.
"Hmm?" Li Luo asked in a drawn-out, breathy voice.
Qiao Zhen shuddered at the teasing, "Palace Master, why do you call yourself the Sect Leader?"
Li Luo chuckled lightly, "The world calls my Qingfeng Palace a demonic sect. If I, the sect leader, don't call myself the sect leader, how can I live up to the flattery of the people in the martial world?"
What flattery? It's clearly shameful.
Qiao Zhen silently set out the bowls and chopsticks, then stood behind the fence, looking down at her own thoughts.
Li Luo didn't make things difficult for her anymore. "The martial arts tournament is in half a month. I heard your father will be going too. Why don't you come with me to take a look?"
The original owner's father was the leader of the martial arts alliance. He not only had to attend the martial arts conference but also preside over it. If Qiao Zhen went, "the daughter of the martial arts alliance leader and the leader of the demonic sect entering and leaving the martial arts conference" would become the talk of the town.
Qiao Zhen lowered her head and frowned. "No, for the sake of Father's health, I'd better not go."
"Who should take care of Jiuya?" Li Luo's implication was that Qiao Zhen had to go.
Jiuya was the little chubby bear who clung to Qiao Zhen's leg and acted spoiled, and it was also the one who clung to Qiao Zhen the most. Before Qiao Zhen went to the forbidden area, Jiuya always looked depressed, and even Liluo thought it was going to die soon. But after Qiao Zhen left, Jiuya started eating meat and drinking water, and the whole bear became much more cheerful.
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