"Give it to you?" The Holy Mother of Lishan asked rhetorically, shaking her head. "You've already met. In his eyes, you're just a snake demon. No matter what you say, he won't believe you. Instead, he'll think you're bluffing. Besides, you failed to save Xiaoqing from him. If you fight him again, you'll be the one who suffers. I have my own plan for this matter."
Given her status as the Holy Mother of Lishan, she naturally wouldn't personally rush to Jinshan Temple in a fit of anger to demand an explanation.
So she sent her top disciple, Guiqing, to find Fahai and demand the release of the person.
Gui Qing was much more composed than Bai Zhenzhen. He did not go directly to demand the person, but instead disguised himself as an old man and found the other protagonist at the scene of the incident—Xu Xian.
Bai Zhenzhen did not voluntarily reveal Xu Xian's existence. To understand how Gui Qing knew of his existence, we must mention one of Gui Qing's special skills.
For some reason, no matter how hard he tried, he could only see a few traces and couldn't figure out what had happened.
After being frightened, Xu Xian dared not go home to tell his sister. During this time, he dared not go out alone again, and went back and forth between home and the pharmacy every day, and his medical skills became more and more superb.
“Oh, my husband. I’ve been here for three or four days now, and I’ve noticed you always looking so worried. What’s wrong? Why don’t you tell me? Maybe I can come up with an idea for you.” Gui Qing stroked his beard with a kind expression.
When Xu Xian saw the old man asking him questions, he didn't know who to talk to, so he gradually started chatting with the old man.
"My name is Xu Xian, and I'm a local. On the day of Qingming Festival, I happened to run into two young ladies on my way home from paying respects to my ancestors. One was dressed in white, and the other in green; both were the most beautiful women I've ever seen. If they were just beauties, that would be one thing, but who would have thought they were two demons! That's right, that—that—that was a snake demon!" Xu Xian sighed with lingering fear. "The green snake wasn't scary at all; it didn't say a word the whole way. But the white snake, I don't know what possessed it, insisted that I become its husband. I've been well-versed in literature since childhood and know that humans and demons are different, so how could I agree to that? But it just wouldn't leave me alone. Fortunately, Master Fahai was very powerful and drove the demon away. I'm just afraid that one day the white snake will suddenly appear and kidnap me. How am I supposed to explain that to my sister at home?"
"You said—the White Snake wants you to be her husband?" Gui Qing asked again, uncertainly.
"Yes!" Xu Xian gave a bitter smile: "Perhaps that demon just wanted to use this as an excuse to drain my life force. Demons have their own way, and humans have their own way; they shouldn't have this interaction in the first place."
“My family has a long history of exorcising demons, and I also know some basic magic.” Gui Qing said, taking out a bundle from his bosom. “This contains twelve talismans. Although they can’t completely eliminate the demon, they will make it wary. Since we are destined to meet, I will give them to you here.”
"Thank you so much, sir!" Xu Xian's voice trembled with excitement as he hurriedly pulled out a few taels of silver from his pocket. "Sir, this is all the silver I have. Please give it all to me! Don't think it's too little; it's just a small token of my appreciation."
Gui Qing accepted the silver and then used a spell to put it back into Xu Xian's pocket: "This old man has other important matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave first. Young man, you should also hurry home."
Xu Xian lowered his head to put away the talisman, and when he looked up again, the old man was nowhere to be seen: "Uncle, where are you?"
Xu Xian called out a few times but received no response. He wondered if some master had come to his aid. With a smile on his face, he returned home.
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