Chapter 30: Four Elephant City (Part 2) Breath Convergence
"Taoyuanju. This is the hotel where my junior brother has settled us." Qu Wanqing shouted to everyone from a distance.
Zhu Ciying and others quickly moved over.
Taoyuanju is five stories high, with carved railings and jade bricks, and is magnificent. It is the most luxurious hotel in Sixiang City.
Zhou Mingran whispered, "Junior Brother Xu, it's obvious that this isn't something we can afford. Where did you get so many spirit stones?"
Xu Feihuai said: "It was given by Shaoyang Sect. It's one year's supply of spirit stones for me."
He thought for a moment and added, "Master said that girls are precious and should be given the best food and accommodation."
Zhou Mingran nodded heavily: "Master uncle is absolutely right." Master aunt is a great teacher!
At the counter, the hotel owner took out six keys.
The proprietress is nearly fifty years old, but thanks to her secret to maintaining her youthful appearance, her face not only has no wrinkles but her skin is still smooth and delicate.
"Dear guests, your accents don't sound like locals. Are you visiting from other states?"
Zhou Mingran weighed the paper bag in his hand and admitted generously: "Yes. Sixiang City has beautiful scenery and beautiful people."
The proprietress chuckled, feeling somewhat fond of her forthright and straightforward personality. She lowered her voice and offered them a few more words, "You may not know, but in recent years, Four Symbols City has been in turmoil. Demons are wreaking havoc everywhere, specifically capturing young, beautiful, and highly skilled women like you three as sacrifices."
As she was about to finish her words, the expressions of several people changed.
These monsters are too arrogant. The Four Symbols City is within the realm of cultivation!
Zhu Ciying asked, "Who were they captured and sacrificed to?"
"have no idea."
"What about the younger man? Was he also captured as a sacrifice?" she continued to ask.
The proprietress sighed softly: "I don't know. Maybe they just killed him."
hateful.
Zhu Ciying clenched his fists.
As a result, Ji Feibai's situation was dangerous.
After handing out the last key, the proprietress's expression did not relax, but instead became even more solemn. She said in a deep voice, "When you are sleeping at night, if you hear someone knocking on the door, do not answer, otherwise you will be taken away."
"Be sure to remember what I said."
Everyone was in a heavy mood. They looked at each other knowingly and went upstairs with their keys.
After the formalities were arranged, everyone gathered in Zhuciying's room for a small meeting.
"This place has an excellent location. People from all walks of life come here, so information must be flowing smoothly. Tomorrow, we will split up and go to different places to gather information." Yun Bujin analyzed.
Qu Wanqing chose the area where she was most comfortable: "I'm in charge of the shops on the commercial street."
Xu Feihuai: "The underground black market."
Zhu Ciying: "I'm going to the City Lord's Mansion."
Xie Rangchen: "I am in charge of the academy, a place frequented by celebrities and scholars."
"You have taken care of everything, where should I go?" Zhou Mingran scratched the back of his head, thought for a while, and then suggested a place that no one expected.
"Then I'll go to the brothel and take a look."
Everyone: “…”
Qu Wanqing and Xu Feihuai, two innocent people, blushed furiously. Zhu Ciying's eyes twitched slightly. Even at this age, she was still left speechless by her senior sister's occasional outbursts.
The remaining two people looked normal.
Yun Bujin narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "It is indeed an important place to gather information. Let's arrange it this way."
*
at night.
The sky was dark and there was no moonlight.
Undercurrents surged in the air, and the demonic energy and evil spirits gradually became thicker.
Zhu Ciying closed the window and continued to look down at the jade slip, checking the posts in Sixiang City over the past year.
In the east of the city, there are Li Xiuxiu's family and Zhang Qiaolan's family; in the west of the city, there are Chen Yaning's family and Jiang Wanqing's family; four families in the south of the city and six families in the north of the city lost more than ten young girls within a year.
These people have been captured for a long time. Given the impatience of the demons, they will be tortured to the point of being left with only one breath if they don't die.
Xu Shuguan has been missing for over a month, and I'm afraid he's in grave danger. Ji Feibai has been missing for half a month, and it's also hard to say whether he's good or bad.
She rubbed her aching temples, and suddenly she heard light footsteps in the corridor.
Zhu Ciying immediately extinguished the candle and held her breath.
Sure enough, there was a rustling sound in front of her door, which was knocked by the devil.
"Knock, knock, knock." The heartbeat and the knocking sound overlapped.
Zhu Ciying's heart was as calm as water and she did not respond.
But the next moment, she noticed something strange around her. The space was distorted by a powerful external force, and something tore through the space and drilled into her house.
Monster? Or demon?
Zhu Ciying didn't come to a conclusion in her mind, but she rushed forward at top speed, grabbing his wrist with one hand and his neck with the other, moving closer and closer until he hit the wall and let out a slight groan from his throat.
The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
The two people were so close that their breaths met.
The moonlight shines through the window, illuminating a corner of the wall and the young man's intoxicating eyes.
Zhu Ciying saw the person clearly in the dim light.
“Master…” Senior Brother?
Xie Rangchen raised the other hand that was not held by her and gently placed it on his lips: "Shh."
Zhu Ciying's hands felt as if they were burned by fire, and she quickly let go. However, the fire persisted and spread to her ears.
Xie Rangchen was not in much better condition. After the pain in his Adam's apple from being pinched by her, he started to feel hot.
The atmosphere suddenly became strangely awkward.
Finally, the deadlock was broken with a "tsk" from the devil.
Not having caught anyone, the demon left angrily.
The dark shadows on the doors and windows disappeared.
Zhu Ciying finally explained, "I'm sorry, it was too dark in the room, and I thought you were a demon or something, so I attacked you. Does your neck still hurt?"
"It's okay." Xie Rangchen coughed lightly twice.
When Zhu Ciying distanced herself from him, the heat in her throat gradually subsided.
"You have quick reactions and a good sense of danger."
Xie Rangchen took out his jade flute and explained his purpose: "I was worried you might be targeted by a demon tonight, so I've been keeping an eye on your movements. Then I remembered you didn't have any magical weapons, so I had no choice but to barge in."
"Take a look and see if there's anything inappropriate. I'll help you change it."
Zhu Ciying took the jade flute and carefully examined it from beginning to end. The flute was exactly the same as before it was broken in two. It was repaired so perfectly that no cracks were visible at all.
As for the more subtle differences...
Zhu Ciying was very discerning and pointed out the key point: "The quality is even higher than before."
"Good vision." Xie Rangchen praised, "Try to mobilize your mind and imagine the feeling of holding a sword."
The feeling of holding the sword... Zhu Ci closed her eyes, recalling the day when she fought with Yinglong. She slowly drew out the sword, the blood in her body flowed faster, and she was excited from the inside out.
In just a moment, her mind moved and the aura around her changed drastically, and the hand holding the flute also felt strange.
She slowly raised her hand, an action she had done thousands of times in Qingwei Sect before.
Draw the sword.
She pulled out a magic sword from the top of the jade flute.
The sword is short and thin, strong and sharp.
Zhu Ciying stared at the sword in his hand, his eyes full of disbelief.
She was surprised and recognized that it was the sword that Xie Rangchen had used before, and its name seemed to be "Yansheng".
She said, "Brother, your spiritual sword."
Xie Rangchen: "Yeah. It's called Yansheng."
Hmm? Hmm what?
Zhu Ciying couldn't understand what he was thinking, so she asked simply and directly: "How can your spirit sword be integrated into my jade flute?" A sword cultivator loves his sword like a partner. Is this something a sword cultivator can do?
“Because it suits you.”
Xie Rangchen said, "Besides, I'm not the master of the Spirit Sword. I only have the power to use it."
The true master of Yansheng is his master, Qianji Sword Master. This sword was once his natal spirit sword.
After the death of Thousand Machine Sword Master, it became an ownerless sword.
"Then you can't just hand it over to me casually..."
Xie Rangchen smiled and stopped her unfinished words: "Years ago, the master of Yansheng said that this sword only recognizes those with extremely high sword talent. So, it's not me who chose you, but Yansheng's own will."
As if responding to his words, Yansheng made a buzzing sound with his sword.
But she had already broken her own spiritual sword once, and she felt that she was not worthy of holding a sword again.
"I can't even protect my own jade flute, let alone the Yansheng." Zhu Ciying said in a deep voice, "Brother, please take it back."
"Don't worry, the magical weapon I modified won't break easily."
"You don't trust yourself, so why don't you trust me?"
Zhu Ciying looked up and blinked blankly.
In the eyes of her senior brother, she already trusts him so much?
How come she didn't feel anything when it happened?
Zhu Ciying felt a warm feeling in her heart: "You have helped me so much, I don't know how to thank you."
"Compared to you risking your life to find medicine for me in the secret realm, it's nothing."
Xie Rangchen pulled out a chair and asked her to sit down. Then he sat across from her.
"I'm sorry, Junior Sister. Why don't you treat me to a cup of tea?"
Zhu Ciying opened the teapot, and found it was empty except for water.
"I don't usually drink tea, so I don't have any tea leaves in my storage bag."
"I have."
Xie Rangchen tapped the table with his fingertips, and tea leaves fell from above the teapot and automatically fell into the water.
Zhu Ciying used her spiritual power to heat the teapot.
After a while, the room was filled with the aroma of tea.
Zhu Ciying first poured tea for him, and then poured a cup for herself.
The tea was golden in color with a slight red tint. Zhu Ciying blew on it at the edge of her mouth and took a sip. It tasted sweet, smooth and tender.
It was a familiar smell to her.
In his previous life, my senior brother’s favorite drink was Moonlight Golden Branch.
Dianzhou's specialties are hard to find in the world.
She couldn't help but drink two more glasses.
"Junior sister, do you like to drink Moonlight Golden Branch?" Xie Rangchen took the initiative to add tea for her.
"Mm. Most teas are bitter, but Moonlight Golden Branch tastes sweet, just the way I like it."
When he was in the Qingwei Sect, the brothers loved to sit together and drink tea and discuss swordsmanship. Zhu Ciying couldn't stand the bitter and astringent tea, so he would always go to his brothers' cave to ask for candy to take away the bitter taste in his mouth.
After knowing the reason, the senior brother, like Xie Rangchen, picked up the teapot and poured her tea.
"The moonlight and golden branches are sweet in the mouth. Junior sister, trust me once."
Zhu Ciying picked up the tea and took a sip.
He still had the candy he had begged from his senior brother in his mouth.
Too sweet.
Until tonight, at this moment, she finally understood:
Moonlight Golden Branch is actually the same as most teas, still bitter, making it difficult for her to swallow.
The sweetness she thought at the time was just because of a piece of candy.
An old friend whom I can never see again.
A time that can never be returned.
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Author's words: The next [pre-collection] "When the Enemy is Bound to the Strategy System" is here. Please collect it, babes [poor]
On the day of unbinding the system, Xu Zhaoxue was facing a broken engagement. Her fiancé was hugging the third party and waiting for her to persuade him to stay. In order to get rid of her image as a bootlicker, she just wanted to beat the stinky scumbag's head off.
But unexpectedly, I heard the voice of another system.
[Look, the hero is protecting the heroine again! Once they deal with the lickspittle female supporting character, they can hold their reunion ceremony and openly share their sweet moments together.]
[Oh, you mean that bootlicker female supporting character? Of course she won't give up easily. She has to offer the male protagonist her heart's blood, exquisite heart, and natal spirit sword... until she dies.]
[Although I'm a bootlicker, I regret to inform you that she is your capture target.]
Xu Zhaoxue: ...
She looked around and finally locked onto someone.
Her nemesis Lee Jae-yang.
His face was ashen, as if he had lost his parents.
*
During the years when Xu Zhaoxue maintained her image as a "dog-licker," Li Zaiyang often opposed her, competing with her for treasures from heaven and earth, as well as secret manuals on magical instruments. Over time, the two of them became entangled.
However, she never expected that the knot would be untied one day.
*
[Alert! Xu Zhaoxue is about to donate her heart's blood!]
[Your chance to improve your favorability is here! Stop her and say the classic line, "Get away from me!"]
Just as Xu Zhaoxue was about to stab the scumbag's heart with a dagger, she paused. Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of her. Li Zaiyang drew his sword and said stiffly, "Get out! Stay away from my people."
Xu Zhaoxue: “!”
[Alert! Xu Zhaoxue is going to feed this scumbag some vegetables!]
[Alert! Xu Zhaoxue is about to dig out the heart of a scumbag!]
[Alert! Xu Zhaoxue was scolded and cried by a scumbag! ]
…
Born with a disease in his right ear, Li Zaiyang searched for medicine several times to cure the disease, but was often opposed by others.
He had seen her feelings being wasted more than once.
Until the day she was broken off her engagement, she slapped her fiancé for the first time, and then stuffed the magic medicine for curing ear disease into his hand.
Li Zaiyang felt that Xu Zhaoxue seemed to be able to be saved.
[Do you want to accept the mission to capture Xu Zhaoxue? ]
"Answer it."
——Who says that mortal enemies can’t get to the top?
1. Double C, he
2. I am a cultivator, and my private temple is as big as a mountain.
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