Settling down in Canghua
Yunqi Que didn't know when he fell asleep or how long he had been asleep. When he woke up, he was lying on the couch in an unfamiliar and luxurious bedroom.
The wound on her chest had been bandaged, her hair had been loosened, her body had been washed, and her dress and bellyband had been changed into new ones. However, they were a little too loose, but when she stood up by supporting herself on the bed with her hands, the wide collar loosened and slipped off her shoulders.
As he raised his hand, the red bell on his wrist rang.
Outside, Lan Zhuochi knocked on the door and said, "Master, are you awake? Don't move around, be careful not to tear the wound. It's me, Lan Zhuochi, can I come in?"
Yunqi Que straightened his clothes and then answered the door, "Yes, please come in."
Lan Zhuochi walked in and took a look at her. Seeing that she was dressed neatly and warmly, he walked to the door, opened it wide again, came in, and moved a small round stool to sit beside her bed.
"Where is this?"
"Cang Hua Shan. Is this bed comfortable for you? I arranged it before I went to the Western Regions to find you. I specially laid out several layers of cotton mattresses, and the pillows are also filled with soft cotton. They are all new, I washed them and they are clean. By the way, if you prefer to sleep on a hard bed, I will have them removed immediately."
"No, I like to sleep on something soft. What's my dress?"
Lan Zhuochi sat upright and explained, "A few maids helped you change your dress. They were bought in a hurry and were too big. I didn't expect you to be so thin. It's my fault. You'll have to make do with it. I've sent for the best tailor in the county to come and take your measurements. Oh, and it was these maids who washed you, too. Don't worry, I've hired the best female doctor to treat your injuries."
"Thank you very much."
"These are all my responsibilities. Master, if you need anything, just tell me. There's no need to thank me, it would seem strange. I told you, come home with me, you'll be my master and I'll be your slave. The hilltop behind the mountain where I live is very quiet, the courtyard is large, and there are many flowers, plants, and fruit trees. I even built a swing for you so you can go out and bask in the sun. From now on, this is your courtyard, and I'll move to the courtyard next door. Don't worry, I've made an agreement with the master, and no one will bother you. The maids who serve you are all my people, carefully selected. If you like something or need something, just tell me, and I'll go get it for you. From now on, you can treat this place as your home, and me as yours."
She listened quietly to Lan Zhuochi's thoughtful arrangements and warm instructions. He didn't seem to feel tired at all, and his rosy lips opened and closed, making a constant "baba" sound.
Perhaps because the look in her eyes was too direct, he suddenly stopped, his whole body revealing a bit of awkward nervousness.
"Have I talked too much? I'm sorry, I know you need to rest and recuperate, and I shouldn't keep talking to you about this boring nonsense. I don't have any bad intentions, I'm just worried that you won't get used to it here, or that you'll feel like leaving because this place isn't good enough."
"If I leave you, I'm afraid no one will be willing to take me in with good food and drink and a good temper, right? I'm a person who knows how to judge the situation, is afraid of death, and loves wealth and luxury, so you can put your heart at ease, I won't leave."
"good."
"By the way, has the matter between Xu Tu and Chi Xu been resolved?"
"Healing your injuries is more important. I'll be back in the next few days to finalize the deal with Xu Tu. Is it okay for you to be home alone?"
Thinking that the entire Canghua Mountain was inhabited by foxes like him and that he was away on a long journey, Yun Qique's dreamy mind was filled with countless images of him being eaten by other fox demons.
She was a little scared.
"If I say no, does that mean you won't go?"
"A gentleman's word is as good as his bond. Once a deal is made, it must be kept. You have to go. However, if you don't want to be alone at home, I can go at night and be back with you before you wake up to see me."
"Although I can't guess how you got to Canghua Mountain from the Western Regions so quickly, I imagine it must have been difficult. You don't have to do this. Go ahead."
"If I travel thousands of miles just to keep my appointment with you, then all the hardship and setbacks are worth it."
He took out a golden demon-summoning talisman and handed it to her. In addition to the incomprehensible spells on the talisman, there was also a picture of a demon that looked like a radish spirit, with a mushroom umbrella on its head, short arms and legs, round eyes, and a chubby body. It was very cute.
"I'm giving it to you. It's called Wanli Mushroom. It can carry a sedan chair and travel a million miles at night. It can speak human language. A summoning notice contains four Wanli Mushrooms. They are very reliable and loyal little monsters. I used it to bring you back to Canghua Mountain from the Western Regions so quickly. When you recover, I will teach you how to use it. However, Wanli Mushroom can only use the magic of traveling a million miles at night once in its lifetime. Once used, it will be exhausted and die the next day. I usually summon it for fun. As long as you don't use this magic, it will not die."
"I see that the movements and incantations used by you and Yun Jinglu when using the Demon Summoning Sticker are different. Can your Lan family's method of using the Demon Summoning Sticker be passed on to others?"
"It cannot be passed on to outsiders. Even outer disciples are not qualified to learn how to use the Demon Summoning Sticker."
"Then you still teach me."
"You're not an outsider."
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"I am yours, everything I have is yours."
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That day, the two chatted for a long time, talking about everything, from the scenery of mountains and rivers to the secret techniques of the Lan family, and then to Lan Zhuochi telling about the strange stories and monsters he had seen in the past few months. Yun Qique was most interested in this part.
Since arriving at Canghua Mountain, Lan Zhuochi has taken care of her meticulously, coming to accompany her to heal her injuries and talk with her every day, and bringing her many interesting and new toys, and he never gets tired of it.
Yun Jinglu had shown her many rare things. In order to please him, even if he had seen them, he would pretend not to have seen them. If she praised him, he would be happy all day long.
Gradually, he suddenly came to his senses and started bringing her some harmless and cute little monsters to play with her.
Because these little monsters are cute and harmless, they have no ability to protect themselves. Lan Zhuochi brought them back to Canghua Mountain to take them in and shelter them. They were very grateful, so every time they played with his sweetheart, they tried their best to cooperate, often making Yunqi Que laugh.
Yunqi Que later learned from him that he was like this because Lan Zhuochi heard from somewhere else:
If you want a woman to be willing to talk to you, find it interesting, and be able to talk to her for a while without making her bored, the simplest way is to bring her some fresh and rare exquisite gadgets every time you meet. Once you have figured out her preferences, bring them to meet you. It is very likely that in the future, she will gradually begin to look forward to meeting you.
He said, "I'm trying to please you this way, hoping that one day you'll start looking forward to meeting me. However, my biggest goal is to divert your attention. I always see you looking sad and depressed when you're alone, your eyes fixed on the same spot for a long time. I think you haven't gotten over it yet. I hope that the joy I bring to you can offset the unhappiness you feel when you think of him."
Lan Zhuochi knelt at her feet and looked up at her as she said these words. The sincerity in his eyes could not be deceived. The truth talisman he had affixed on his head long ago could not be deceived either.
The cool mountain breeze blew through his hair, bringing the faint fragrance of his sandalwood soapberry across her face.
After three months of companionship and the warm relationship between the two, at this moment, a certain part of one side began to change quietly and unconsciously.
It was not until her body was completely recovered and she no longer dreamed every night of Yun Jinglu's murderous desire to strangle her neck that Yun Qique had the time to ask Xu Tu Chi Xu.
The truth told by Lan Zhuochi is:
On the eve of the engagement, a large number of demon catchers and demons from other regions gathered and wandered in the Western Desert. They circled in the territory of the sand fox, neither moving nor leaving.
Until she was alone, all the outsiders attacked her, wanting to capture her alive. Some despicable ones even threatened to kill innocent members of the Sand Fox Clan and use their magic pills to force her to surrender.
No matter how powerful her magic was, she could not withstand the attack of the group.
So, late that night, she tried her best to conceal and destroy all traces of her existence and left.
She was in a place far away from the Sand Fox Clan. She used the secret magic jade hairpin and her own demon pill as the core of the formation, and used all her demonic power to weave this sand-transforming illusion.
In this way, she saved all the members of the Sand Fox Clan from being innocently implicated, and was able to keep a trace of her soul to meet him again.
Her illusion of turning sand into sand claimed the lives of hundreds of demon hunters and monsters who came to kill her and steal her treasures. Bones were piled everywhere, and she used a simple sleight of hand to prevent new intruders from seeing the real bones.
This cycle repeated itself over and over again, killing one after another.
The old monster that Lan Zhuochi and his friends encountered was a duck-tongued monster that had just broken in. It had run through the entire illusion countless times but still couldn't find the exit.
In fact, Zhixu's soul is not having an easy time either.
The reason why the sand-turning illusion she created could be maintained so well was precisely because her soul had long since become the fuel supply for maintaining the illusion. The formation would not disappear until her soul was reduced to ashes.
And the remaining soul she left for him was still repeating those words before it completely disappeared - Tu Tu, run!
The remaining soul she left behind tried to guide Xu Tu to find her secret magic weapon so that he could take it away and consolidate his power.
However, she didn't expect that the secret magic weapon had been taken away by someone first.
The illusion of turning into sand became extremely unstable. Without the balance of power from the magic weapon, the residual soul began to collapse. For some unknown reason, her enraged residual soul was catalyzed into a demon-eating monster, losing all its memories of life. It trapped them in the illusion, locked them up and killed them.
That night, Xu Tu and Lan Zhuochi almost died in her hands.
Xu Tu had to personally follow the method she had taught him to completely destroy the sand-turning illusion she had left behind and scatter all her remaining souls.
There will be no more Zhixu in this world, nor will there be any reincarnation of Zhixu.
Before Lan Zhuochi left, Xu Tu, who learned all the truth, was still so sad that he stood there like an unconscious zombie. After the illusion disappeared, he looked at the desert full of bones.
After listening.
Yunqi Que didn't dare tell Lan Zhuochi about the hairpin he found in the sticky cotton turning into sand and the bizarre love story in his past life.
In addition, recently, whenever she slept with Yuzhi, she would dream of the same place and the same scene over and over again, which made her feel that she must figure out the connection between herself and Yuzhi.
Of course, she is just an ordinary mortal, so why can she see all kinds of monsters? This is also a mystery that she must figure out.
With these Yin-Yang eyes, she is half qualified to be a demon catcher.
In order to become stronger and be able to protect herself, when Lan Zhuochi first proposed to take her in as a demon catcher, she agreed without hesitation. After that, she really followed Lan Zhuochi to study and practice the secret skills of demon catcher.
The only difference was their address. The two were as stubborn as donkeys, neither willing to obey the other and change their words. They each called her their own name, he called her Master, she called him Master, and no matter how they heard it, it felt strange and incompatible.
After only studying with her for half a month, trouble arose.
Lan Zhuochi accepted her as his disciple and taught her the Lan family's secret method of catching monsters. Some outer disciples somehow found out about it. Some disciples who had practiced hard for many years but failed to comprehend the secret method and enter the inner sect were dissatisfied and resentful, and immediately went to the back mountain to make a scene.
She claimed that Yun Qique had deceived their young master into giving her the secret technique by using her beauty to serve the master, and demanded that she, such a beauty who brought disaster, be driven out of Canghua Mountain.
The matter became a hot topic in less than an incense stick of time. Even the inner disciples began to feel unfair and joined in the riot. In particular, when they saw that all the monsters taken in by Lan Zhuochi protected her, they were even more certain that their young master had been deceived into teaching her the art of controlling monsters.
The rumors spread more and more fiercely, and no one was willing to believe Lan Zhuochi's explanation.
The head of the Lan family had no choice but to find him and ask him to drive her away.
Lan Zhuochi had a fierce quarrel with his nominal father.
In the end, after weighing the pros and cons, the head of the Lan family decided that if Lan Zhuochi did not drive her away, he would kill them both for the sake of justice and gain a reputation for being a strict family with secret techniques that could not be passed on to others.
Lan Zhuochi decided to leave Canghua Mountain with her.
The head of the Lan family refused to give in and only gave him two options.
Or, get rid of her.
Otherwise, they would die here together and give an explanation to the sect.
At this moment, Lan Zhuochi put away the appearance of a docile son, drew out a long sword that was silver with black inside, and pointed it directly at the head of the Lan family.
"Father, you are old."
"You daring son! How dare you kill your father! Do you still think you can hold on to the position of the next head of the family? You have such a wicked ambition! How dare you point a sword coated in demon corpse oil at me!"
"You're right. Bloodline inheritance can never withstand absolute suppression of strength. Whether you go through the motions or not, I can still sit firmly on the throne of this family head."
"you!"
The head of the Lan family was so angry that his face turned red and he coughed violently, spitting out a mouthful of blood caused by anger.
Lan Zhuochi interrupted him loudly, "Father! You've lived long enough, so long that you've become confused. Giving me two choices? No, I'm giving you two choices. Either you listen to me and be the head of your family, or I, your son, can help you become more peaceful and kind."
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