Geng Qi was used to being misunderstood. He had been subjected to all sorts of insults, hatred, and fear. He had heard at least ten versions of the evil deeds committed by the Demon Realm Protectors just from his sneaking out for a stroll. As the saying goes, one is influenced by one's surroundings. With Yuan Xin's nature of hating evil, being taught in the largest righteous sect, he naturally wouldn't know about the dirty side of his seniors.
She meant what she said, but it was an unintentional slip of the tongue, so she can't be blamed.
Geng Qi sighed inwardly and looked into the courtyard. The body of a roasted Guhuo ghost was already showing its skeleton, but its head and tail had not been touched.
In the two years since he came to this world, his cultivation level has not improved much, but his fire control technique has become superb. When roasting a bird, he can burn what needs to be burned and keep what needs to be kept. Once the meat is cooked, the useless parts are burned away, while the head and tail are left behind, purely for aesthetic purposes.
The Guhuo Ghost resembles the Guhuo Divine Bird, with dark gold tail feathers and feathers at the ends, which shimmer in the firelight. It is beautiful, but when you think of its blood-red maw that breathes fire and feeds on souls, you can't appreciate it anymore.
Beautiful things always carry a hidden danger, just like people...
The image of Rong Yu's handsome face instantly flashed into Geng Qi's mind. He was startled and subconsciously shook his head.
Beautiful things can indeed be poisonous, and highly poisonous at that!
He picked up some melon seeds to crack open, when Yuan Xin, who was sitting next to him, suddenly stood up. He turned to the side and looked up, asking, "Aren't you going to eat?"
Yuan Xin said, "I'm not eating anymore. I'm going to find my grandmaster uncle and ask about rescuing Junior Sister Su."
Do you know where she is? How can we save her?
"Now that we know the demon's purpose, we might as well overturn the demon realm and find the person!" he boasted, and then went into the backyard.
Geng Qi thought to himself: "So young, yet so boastful."
He never said that the act of swapping corpses and refining people was done by people from the demon realm. He only said that the practice of using cultivators who had no soul to make them go into demonic possession had already made people assume that the murderer was someone from the demon realm.
His heart sank slightly, and he had no way of explaining it.
The seat next to him that had just become empty was filled by someone else. Qinghan came out from behind the pillar, looked at him, and hesitated to speak.
"Ask me anything."
Qinghan tightened his sleeves: "A hundred...a hundred years ago, what happened in the Demon Palace..."
"Hmm?" Geng Qi paused in his eating of melon seeds and turned his head slightly.
He suddenly remembered that Qinghan was not born in the Demon Realm.
A hundred years ago, during the great war between the righteous and the demonic realm, one of the four guardians of the demonic realm died and another was injured. Wang sacrificed himself on Mount Kaopan to protect him, resulting in his death, while the other was injured, namely the chief guardian, Chi.
Jie Beiying was severely injured in the great battle and disappeared after the war ended. Everyone thought he had died, but a few months later, he returned to the Demon Palace with a boy.
That boy was Qing Han. He remembered nothing. When he woke up, he found himself lying in a pile of corpses. He looked around blankly and unintentionally saved Jie Beiying, who was also lying in the pile of corpses.
With nowhere to go, the amnesiac boy stayed after sending Xie Beiying back to the Demon Palace, taking over the position of the third guardian, Wang.
A century has passed in the blink of an eye, and no one has ever investigated where he came from.
Geng Qi suddenly laughed: "I fell asleep a hundred years ago after I hatched. I only heard about what happened after that from other people. If you want to know, you should ask your partner instead of me, right?"
There was a teasing tone in his words, and Qinghan couldn't help but blush slightly. "He... he wouldn't tell me about his injury."
"That's for sure." Geng Qi waved his hand: "Who is he? The leader of the four great protectors of the Demon Realm. Since he was injured, he must have lost a fight. How embarrassing would it be for him to tell others such an embarrassing story! The two of you are together, so you can't ask questions you shouldn't ask, understand, young man?"
"..."
Seeing him frown in deep thought, Geng Qi leaned closer and asked, "What's wrong? Missing him?"
"No, I..." Qinghan gripped her sleeve tighter, looked up to meet the teasing face, then quickly lowered her head again: "He... he's not in good health."
"He's in poor health, and you don't know how to treat him."
"I can show him the way!"
Geng Qi: "..."
I almost forgot that the scorpion in my house is blind.
But that person could climb down the cliff with his eyes closed, so he really couldn't see where he needed someone to help him see the way.
People were already walking towards them from the courtyard. Geng Qi stopped talking at the right moment, patted Qing Han on the shoulder with an ambiguous expression, and got up to walk towards the backyard.
He never asked what the relationship was between Qinghan and Xie Beiying, but it's not hard to imagine that, as an open-minded and knowledgeable superior, he was very supportive, but as a single man, he lured Qinghan away.
With the image of the scorpion jumping around in the Demon Palace in mind, I unknowingly found myself outside someone's door.
Yuan Xin had already left, but the candlelight in the room was still burning. He went up and knocked on the door.
Soon someone came out, with a jade crown binding his hair and a moon-white robe, exuding an elegant and refined demeanor, as gentle and graceful as jade.
"What's wrong?"
Seemingly surprised by his arrival, Rong Yu paused for a moment, then spoke calmly.
For a moment, Geng Qi forgot the purpose of his visit. He looked over Geng Qi's shoulder and saw the screen standing in the room. He blurted out, "I've come to borrow your bathhouse."
"..."
"Um... if it's inconvenient for you, I'll..."
"No." Rong Yu stepped aside to open the door, his hands hanging at his sides were a little stiff, and he curled his fingers slightly.
Geng Qi stepped in: "Then I won't stand on ceremony."
He went straight to the bathroom behind the screen. He had been covered in mud in the secret passage earlier that day, and had only cleaned himself up briefly afterward. He was a bit of a germaphobe, and he probably wouldn't sleep well without taking a shower and getting clean.
The sound of water soon came from the bathhouse. Hot water was not needed in the summer, and water was readily available in the village head's residence. After the person went in, Rong Yu stood stiffly in place for a while before remembering that there was an unfinished book by the window.
The sound of water was distracting, making it impossible to concentrate on reading. Soon the water stopped, and after a soft rustling, the red figure went around the screen and returned to the room.
Seeing that his hair was still dripping wet, Rong Yu put down his book and stood up: "Why didn't you wring it out a bit?"
Geng Qi put on a new outer robe, his wet hair soaking through his clothes. He raised his hand and ran his fingers through his hair, drying it halfway. He said nonchalantly, "It's hot, this is perfect for cooling off."
Upon seeing this, Rong Yu withdrew his hand from the velvet cloth he was about to take.
Geng Qi didn't notice his subtle movement. After straightening his clothes, he looked up and asked, "What do you plan to do about the capture of your sect's disciples?"
This was the real reason he came to talk to the person.
We can't leave yet since we haven't found the female lead.
Rong Yu sat back down at the table and said calmly, "Investigate to the end."
"I sense that the person behind this is somewhat wary of you. As long as you're in this town, they probably won't show their faces here again."
After the people from Tianzhi Sect arrived in Gefeng Town, not a single charred corpse appeared in the town.
Rong Yu pursed her lips and looked at him, seemingly waiting for him to continue.
Geng Qi smiled calmly: "I have a plan to lure the snake out of its hole."
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