"Achoo~"
Abu rubbed his nose without any regard for his image, while holding a thick stack of documents in his other hand.
"Hotaru, did you spill the perfume bottle? Why are you spraying so much?"
Huaiying's face immediately fell, her eyes narrowed, and she looked at him with displeasure.
She pestered Yu Heng for an entire afternoon before she was finally able to go out with him. Who knew that Yu Heng, being inexperienced in handling giant rock monster eggs for the first time, ended up getting her covered in that disgusting, sticky liquid.
"Uh..." Abu noticed that she was unhappy, so he immediately took his hand away from his nose and tried to control his nose from sneezing.
"There are only two things in the world that can't be hidden: a sneeze and love." Huaiying handed him a handkerchief. "Cover your nose; it'll make you feel better."
She didn't want it to smell so strong, but she hated the disgusting smell even more.
"Achoo~" Abu took the handkerchief, but instead of covering his nose, he put it in his pocket. "I can bear it. I'll get used to it."
"Whatever," Huaiying ignored him, rolled her eyes at him, and told him that there was a mission to go there in ten days. It wasn't very dangerous, and she could secretly take them out.
"Great!" Abu spread out a pile of documents in his hand.
He had everything organized, even considering the feelings of his neighbor, the giant rock monster, and intending to curb their development as well. He even created a list of the magical beasts in the demon realm, making it look like a death list.
"Senior Brother Abu, you're amazing!" Huaiying flipped through one extermination plan after another, regretting once again for using such a beautiful word as "saintly father" to describe him.
"I wouldn't be too surprised if you said you planned to wipe out the Demon Realm."
"No, I don't have such lofty ambitions," Abu said somewhat awkwardly. "I just feel sorry for the monsters, and the fellow disciples who encountered them are also pitiful."
"What's so pitiful about this monster?" Huaiying asked in a flat tone. If it were before, she would have thought this guy was probably a brainless spy from the demon realm.
“There were very few magical beasts in the Demon Realm originally, and many of them have even become extinct.” Abu took out a document and handed it to Huaiying. “Now, 95 percent of the magical beasts are synthesized using other methods that violate nature.”
"Take the Soul-Devouring Black Spider and the Flame Bear for example. Going back in their lineage, their races are actually sworn enemies, but the Demon Realm made them combine into a new species."
Huaiying: ...
“This is torture both mentally and physically, and it makes it harder for us to eliminate them. Isn’t that going too far?” Abu said indignantly, clearly having empathized with them. Then he thought of his senior brother.
“I have a senior from the same year who was seriously injured by a monster and can only work as an office worker on the island now.”
"Didn't you say you didn't like revenge? Is that what you're doing now?" Huaiying was very suspicious of him and brought up his incredible statement that had saved her back then.
"Is this revenge?" Abu asked, puzzled. Before Huaiying could nod, he quickly added, "I'm taking preventative measures so that my future companions won't encounter similar situations."
"This is entirely for everyone's sake, and it doesn't involve any of my personal hatred."
"Interesting," Huaiying said, her eyes full of admiration for him.
She had seen kind people, and she had seen many evil people, but he was the only one like him... a strange person.
"What?"
"I'll talk about the documents," Huaiying said, casually picking up a document and opening it.
"Oh," Abu scratched his head and continued organizing the remaining materials.
——
Huaiying had been eagerly anticipating the day of the mission these past few days, and she was much happier than ever, which puzzled Xuanming.
"Ah Ying, are you so happy because I'm back?" Xuan Ming reached out and pinched Huai Ying's face. Seeing her happy, his tired mood eased a lot.
“Of course…” Huaiying leaned back, rescuing her face from his grasp, and continued fanning herself while decocting the medicine, “…No.”
Xuanming was still surprised that she didn't jump up and down as usual, and when he heard her say no, his mood sank a little further.
"Ming, let me tell you, I met an interesting guy." Huaiying rubbed her face, then rested her chin on her hand and grinned foolishly.
"Male or female?" Xuan Ming narrowed his eyes, a dark blue light appearing in them, before being shoved in the face by a palm-leaf fan.
"Don't try to stop me from saying it, I'll say it myself." Huaiying took off her palm-leaf fan, looking displeased and giving him a reproachful look.
She had never kept secrets from her two closest brothers, so she didn't quite understand why Xuanming was so agitated.
Seeing that she was unhappy, Xuanming's mood inexplicably sank a little more, but his expression remained calm. "Go ahead and speak."
So Huaiying told Xuanming everything about how she met Abu, and also told him that she was going on a mission with them and asked him to help her cover her tracks.
“If you let Duo take you out, he’ll be punished by your brother when we get back. Why don’t I take you out myself?” Xuan Ming suggested after a moment’s thought.
"No, if you go, who will cover for me?" Huaiying poured out the freshly brewed medicine and carefully blew on it.
“If something bad happens to you if they take you there, no one can bear the consequences.” Xuan Ming didn’t care. He took the bowl from her hand, used his energy to cool her down, and then handed it back to her. “If you want to be locked up forever, I can do that.”
"Alright, then conceal your identity and take me there." Huaiying compromised, taking a sip of the appropriately warm medicine. "It's so bitter."
Then he drank the dark liquid in one gulp, "To my body, I hope it will be sensible and be able to cultivate soon."
Xuanming: ...
Huaiying put down her bowl, casually grabbed Xuanming's sleeve to wipe her mouth, and quickly ran into the cultivation room, shouting, "I'm going to cultivate!"
Xuanming pulled up his sleeve, gently wiped the faint medicine stain with his fingertips, and turned to find the elder in charge.
A moment later, someone presented Abu with all his information.
This guy named Abu isn't particularly outstanding in terms of ability, but he's very popular. Almost everyone knows him, and he's good friends with many people.
"Never mind, she has no friends. It's fine if she has another person to play with. As long as she's happy." Xuan Ming frowned, her cheerful smile appearing in his mind. He gave up the idea of using certain abilities to peek into other people's future.
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