Xue Mingyuan?

Yu Yi looked at his expression and asked hesitantly, "Are you Xue Mingyuan?"

The man in front of him moved his eyes slightly, and his expression was like a bud blown open by the spring breeze. He smiled brightly and said, "You still remember me."

His smile was very beautiful, making people feel like being bathed in the spring breeze. When he said this, he didn't have an overly excited tone, but a very calm and gentle voice. However, from the tone of every word he uttered, it seemed that he could feel his happiness and surprise.

It was clearly the same person, with the same facial features, but at this moment, in Yu Yi's eyes, he had a completely different taste.

But there were still traces of Xue Chenjing's tears on his face, and his blood on his cheeks and chin. When he looked up at her, there was still a trace of pity in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

The blue flames suddenly flickered, causing the light and shadows on that face to change constantly.

Yu Yi suddenly closed her eyes, her eyes left his face, and looked at her own flickering sword fire. She tried to calm down, and the cluster of blue flames stopped again.

Xue Mingyuan had a smile in his eyes and considerately did not mention the fluctuations of her sword fire. His eyelashes drooped slightly, and he glanced at her neck and said, "I'm sorry, did Chen Jing hurt you?"

Facing Xue Mingyuan, Yu Yi was somewhat restrained. He stepped back a few steps before replying, "No."

"That's good." Xue Mingyuan breathed a sigh of relief and was about to speak when there was a sudden violent knock on the door, and the sword light barrier that Yu Yi had set up in the room also trembled.

The two of them paused at the same time and looked towards the door. Xue Mingyuan stood up and took two steps forward. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he half-blocked Yu Yi behind him and asked, "Who's knocking on the door?"

The person outside said in a gruff voice, "Yinzhou City Patrol, a demon has sneaked into the city. We are now checking this place. Please open the door immediately."

Upon hearing this, Yu Yi walked a few steps towards the window and half-opened it. Outside the window, the lights in this area became bright again. Under the night, the flashing light of the barrier could be seen, sealing several nearby blocks in the barrier.

This area was exactly the area where the door god had wandered around looking for the demon's breath before.

Yu Yi knew something was wrong, so she turned around and asked, "Do you want to find a way to hide?"

Xue Mingyuan shook his head, cast a spell to roll up a lamp from her room, lit it, and placed it on the table by the wall, which was still barely intact. He answered loudly, "Wait a moment."

Then he walked over, bent down, and placed a pair of shoes at her feet. The shoes were white brocade with light pink peach blossoms embroidered on them. They were the embroidered shoes that Yu Yi had placed on the footstool in her room.

He stood up and casually pulled off a robe from the hanger and put it on her. He pulled up the collar to cover the marks on her neck from the tentacles and whispered, "It's okay. Put on your shoes, go back to your room and put on your clothes, take back the green bamboo sword, and I'll go open the door."

Yu Yi watched his series of unhurried actions. It was not until this moment that she realized that when she got up, she was only wearing a thin underwear, and her ears were slightly hot.

He seemed very confident that he could hide the truth, so Yu Yi nodded, raised her hand and pinched the collar

of the robe. Seeing that he was about to turn around to open the door, she quickly reminded him, "Wipe your face." The room was messed up by Xue Chenjing's tentacles. Xue Mingyuan looked around and couldn't find a towel to wipe his face. Yu Yi had no choice but to reach her fingers out from under her robe, cast a cleansing spell and tapped it lightly on his face.

Spiritual power flowed across his face like a stream of clear spring water, Xue Mingyuan cooperated by closing his eyes, the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously, and his smile was filled with complete trust.

The cleansing spell wiped away the traces of tears and blood on his face, and Xue Mingyuan's eyes, which were reopened, were as clear and clean as a lake. He thanked, "Thank you." He paused and tentatively called out, "Master? Do I need to call you that?"

Yu Yi's heart beat violently and almost jumped out of her throat. For some reason, when the word "Master" came out of Xue Mingyuan's mouth, she felt so ashamed.

She blushed and waved her hands, saying, "No, no! Don't call me like that."

Xue Mingyuan chuckled and wanted to say something, but there was a heavier knock on the door outside, warning, "There are monks guarding inside and outside the inn, don't play tricks, or we will break in if you don't open the door."

Yu Yi frowned and glanced at the wall with a big hole in it. The people outside were urging her so urgently that she couldn't go back to change clothes. She simply took the belt beside the bed and tied it on, and directly wore his outer robe.

Xue Mingyuan saw that she looked neat in this outfit, so he turned around and tied his hair again while walking, quickly tidied his collar, and opened the door before the people outside broke in.

The bright light poured into the room, and Xue Mingyuan stepped back to Yu Yi's side and let the patrolman come in. In addition to patrolling soldiers, there were also monks.

Yu Yi looked over Xue Mingyuan's shoulder and saw Pei Jingchao behind the soldiers. Both of them were stunned.

Yinzhou belongs to the jurisdiction of Zhaohua Palace, and the monks who came to patrol should be from Zhaohua Palace. Yu Yi did not expect that Pei Jingchao would be in charge of patrolling Yinzhou City. The reason

why Pei Jingchao was stunned was that they actually lived in the same room. The outer robe that Yu Yi was wearing was obviously a men's style, and the other man was only wearing an inner garment.

They took so long to open the door, it was hard not to imagine what they were doing in the house.

Pei Jingchao clenched his hands in his sleeves. His eyes were fixed on Yu Yi. He only saw her long hair and another man's robe. He didn't notice the mess on the floor. It was not until the

patrol officer asked suspiciously, "What's going on in your room?"

The tables and chairs in the room were lying in a mess in the corners, and there were five or six cracks on the floor where sharp weapons had penetrated.

The most serious problem was the wall on the right, which collapsed into a large hole that almost connected to another room.

Xue Mingyuan also felt Pei Jingchao's offensive look. He took a step to the right, and his slender figure completely blocked Yu Yi behind him. He replied according to the prepared words: "I was meditating and my Qi flow was temporarily misplaced. I lost control of my spiritual energy and destroyed the house. I will compensate the shopkeeper for the damaged items later."

Practice?

The two patrolling officers exchanged glances. They both understood the mockery in each other's eyes. It was so intense. Could they be practicing dual cultivation?

Of course, they didn't dare to be disrespectful to the monks who came with them. They turned around and asked the monks who came with them for their opinions, and said respectfully: "Shen Daojun, please take a look at this room to see if there are any traces of demons."

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The monks who followed the patrol officers and soldiers were indeed disciples of Zhaohua Palace. Their status was not low. They were the eldest brother of Zhaohua Palace, Shen Qingzhi.

Lishan Sword Sect and Zhaohua Palace were on good terms, so Pei Jingchao naturally had a good relationship with Shen Qingzhi. Before coming here, he was a guest in Shen Qingzhi's villa.

When the door gods were patrolling over Yinzhou City, Pei Jingchao also received reports from the two monks who were sent out to follow him. They knew that there was something unusual in his house, so they followed him.

Shen Qingzhi nodded and walked into the house. "I am Shen Qingzhi, a monk from Zhaohua Palace. I am sorry to bother you two."

He took out a round box-shaped glass magic weapon from his sleeve. There were broken starlight points flashing inside the magic weapon.

Shen Qingzhi drew a rune on the lid of the box with his fingers. The lid opened, and a group of ice-blue butterflies flew out and scattered around the room.

Yu Yi saw a butterfly flying in front of her and wondered, "What kind of butterfly is this?"@无限好文，盡在晉江文学城

"Demon-eating butterfly." Xue Mingyuan tilted his head slightly and answered her in a low voice, "They are born to eat demonic breath. No matter how subtle the demonic breath is, they can feel it. Don't be afraid, they will not harm the cultivators."

Yu Yi looked at the butterfly that landed on her and flew away after a moment. The tip of her eyebrows moved slightly, and she turned her eyes calmly to look at the bloodstains left by Xue Chenjing on the bed.

However, the bed mattress that was soaked with blood before was now clean and without any trace.

The glowing butterfly fluttered between the beds, but could not find any trace of demonic breath left.

Shen Qingzhi heard their conversation, glanced over and said with a smile: "This Demon-Eating Butterfly is a rare creature. Most people don't know about it. I didn't expect that you know about it?"

Xue Mingyuan said slowly: "I have only read about it in books. This is the first time I have seen a living creature. It really opens my eyes."

A butterfly fluttered in front of him. Xue Mingyuan raised his hand and let the butterfly land on his fingertips.

He lowered his eyes to look at the small thing on his fingertips, and said with a smile: "I remember it was written in the book that this kind of butterfly is extremely difficult to raise. It looks fragile, but once it encounters a monster, it will immediately drill into its body and will not stop until it has sucked all its blood and flesh dry." "

It's true. I also spent a lot of effort to breed so few of them." Shen Qingzhi stared at his hand and said casually, "It is said that many big monsters died at the hands of this kind of butterfly. However, the world is peaceful now and no big monsters are born. I have no way to verify whether it is true or not."

This kind of butterfly is really precious. Shen Qingzhi was reluctant to take it with him when he left the mountain, and when the monster broke into the mountain, he missed the opportunity.

When he heard Pei Jingchao say that the demonic aura in Yinzhou City might be related to the demon-suppressing person who destroyed the quenching platform, he excitedly brought the demon-eating butterfly.

If he could use the mud to feed his little butterflies, they would definitely grow more beautiful.

Shen Qingzhi's eyes were filled with expectation, watching his beautiful blue little butterfly slowly flap its wings, stretching its slender mouthparts and reaching into the fingertips under it.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Xue Mingyuan's slender fingers. Pei Jingchao secretly grasped the sword at his waist, waiting impatiently for the butterfly's reaction. As long as there was any unusual movement, he would immediately kill him here.

Unfortunately, to everyone's disappointment, the butterfly stayed on Xue Mingyuan's fingertips for a long time, but didn't notice anything and flew away with its wings.

Only when the butterfly flew away from his fingertips did Yu Yi slowly relax his held breath.

The veins on the back of Pei Jingchao's hand clasped on the spirit sword were bony, and he could hardly suppress the sword energy in the sheath. But the magic-eating butterflies didn't detect the magic energy, so he really had no reason to take action.

The butterflies patrolled both rooms, and finally returned to the glass magic weapon without any gain.

Shen Qingzhi waved his sleeves to take back the glassware, turned his eyes to look around the room, he still seemed to have doubts, and asked: "Fellow Daoist, why is your spiritual power so turbulent?"

Xue Mingyuan nodded, "My cultivation was about to break through, and I encountered a bottleneck, so I was a little out of control."

Shen Qingzhi walked up to him, "Please release some spiritual power."

Xue Mingyuan raised his hand, and was about to cooperate and release his spiritual power, but was blocked by Yu Yi.

She took two steps forward, stood in front of Xue Mingyuan, and asked, "You just released such a large group of powerful demon-eating butterflies to explore the two of us, and checked all over the house, but did you find any traces of demons on us?"

Shen Qingzhi looked at her, "No."

Yu Yi continued to ask, "If that's the case, why do you still want to explore his spiritual power? How can you let anyone check the cultivation and spiritual power of a cultivator? Did you ask every cultivator who was checked to release their spiritual power for you to check?"

This question is impossible. If they dared to make such excessive demands on everyone, it is estimated that there would have been a big fight here.

Shen Qingzhi said with some embarrassment: "This... I am being rude." @無限好文，盡在晉江文学城

He gave up the idea of ​​exploring Xue Mingyuan's spiritual power, but asked again: "By the way, I heard from the shopkeeper here that there is a red-crowned crane spirit beast beside the girl."

Yu Yi was willing to cooperate and said: "Yes, if you want to check, I will call it immediately."

Shen Qingzhi waved his hand quickly, "No need, since no trace of demons has been found, we will not disturb you any more, goodbye."

As he spoke, everyone in the room followed him out the door, but Pei Jingchao stopped for a moment, did not go out, but took a few steps towards Yu Yi.

"Miss Yu, Qingzhi and I are close friends. I happened to be visiting his house tonight, so I came along. I didn't expect to run into you here again. I am really bothering you tonight. If you don't mind, tomorrow I will..."

Xue Mingyuan didn't wait for him to finish, and interrupted him with a smile, "It's my duty to investigate the demons. This is official business, so it can't be considered as a bother."

"But it's late at night, and it's not suitable to chat and reminisce. If you continue to stay here, it will be a disturbance." He reached out and brushed back a strand of hair on Yu Yi's shoulder, "Ayi, what do you say?"

His tone was a little too gentle and intimate. Yu Yi glanced at Xue Mingyuan and replied, "Please, Master Pei, we need to rest."

Pei Jingchao looked back and forth at them for several times, and finally bowed and said, "Then I won't disturb you."

When he left the inn, Shen Qingzhi was still waiting outside, and asked curiously, "Why did Sigui come out now? I see from your appearance that you know them?"

Pei Jingchao was in a bad mood and didn't want to say more, just said, "I've only met them two or three times."

"Really?" Shen Qingzhi smiled and glanced at him, not knowing whether to believe it or not. However, today's trip was not in vain. The female cultivator was similar to the fairy described by the villagers of Ghost Town.

He raised his hand and put it on Pei Jingchao's shoulder, saying, "The magic-eating butterflies can't sense the magic aura from the two of them. He should not be the demon-controller you suspect."

Pei Jingchao didn't say anything, and Shen Qingzhi sighed twice and said, "I, a poor man, have to go to other places to investigate. Brother Sigui, do you still want to go with me?"

"No, you can take your time with your work." Pei Jingchao shook off his hand, and disappeared in a flash. Shen

Qingzhi tried to catch him but failed. She looked back at the inn, then at the direction he left, and smiled.

Inside the inn, Xue Mingyuan closed the door again and explained, "Just now I saw that you didn't seem to like him very much, so I called you like that. I wanted to send him away quickly. I hope you don't mind."

Yu Yiman didn't care, "It doesn't matter, it's just a name, you can call him whatever you want."

After struggling for so long, she was really tired and prepared to go through the hole and go back to her room to rest.

Xue Mingyuan called her from behind and said, "Last time, when we were still in the ghost town, thank you for saving me, young lady. I thought I would never have the chance to thank you in person again."

Yu Yi looked back at him from the other side of the cave. The lonely look on Xue Mingyuan's face immediately withdrew when he met her gaze, and he only responded with a gentle smile.

But the more calm he acted, the more people cared about him. When he said "I thought I would never have the chance again", did he mean that he couldn't come out casually?

Could it be that this time he could only appear because Xue Chenjing lost consciousness?

Yu Yi thought to herself, and then heard him ask, "I wonder how long it has been since the day we left the ghost town. Is it too late for me to thank you?"

"It's only been three or four days." Yu Yi replied. She thought to herself, if that's the case, then when Xue Chenjing was in control of the body, he couldn't feel the changes in the outside world? Then he would have been trapped in that temple in the mountain, repeating that day day after day forever.

Yu Yi understood this feeling of being trapped very well. At least she was free during the five years in the Bamboo Forest Secret Realm. At least she could see the light of day, and she had Senior Brother He to keep her company.

She felt a little sympathy for Xue Mingyuan, and continued, "You don't have to thank me. If you really think about it, I should be the one thanking you. It was because of your help that I was able to break the magic circle. Otherwise, I would have been tricked by the old ghost of the Ji family and become a tool for nurturing a ghost fetus."

Xue Mingyuan blinked, with a little starlight in his eyes, "So what are your plans for tomorrow?"

Yu Yi didn't expect him to... Why did he suddenly change the topic? After a moment of hesitation, he said truthfully: "I plan to go shopping for some materials for refining weapons, rent a furnace, and refine the spirit sword."

Xue Mingyuan asked expectantly: "If I can still see you when I wake up tomorrow, can you allow me to go with you? Just as a thank you gift for helping you break the magic circle."

He said this, making it impossible to refuse.

Yu Yi nodded, "Okay."