Fairies Are Fierce

Chapter 178 Fanxin

Zuo Lingquan stood under the eaves, looking at the cold moon half hanging in the sky.

In the bathhouse separated by a wall behind, two women were whispering:

"He didn't peek, did he?"

"No, how could a decent person like Mr. Zuo deceive the darkroom..."

"Hmph~ Did he see you when you went out naked just now?"

"No...I'm wearing a bellyband~"

"You're not wearing anything underneath..."

"Princess, don't talk about it, you're ashamed to death!"

"Oh...it's true. Don't worry, I will make the decision for you. I will take care of him later."

"No need to clean up..."

"Um?"

…

The whispers continued for a short time before the two girls dressed up and walked out.

Jiang Yi was wearing a bright red dress. Her long black hair was still wet and spread on her back. She wiped her hair with a towel and looked unhappy.

Leng Zhu's face was still like a red apple at this time, walking weakly behind Jiang Yi, subconsciously covering his chest with his hands, and not daring to raise his head to look at Zuo Lingquan.

Zuo Lingquan turned around, raised his hand and swept away the moisture on Jiang Yi's hair, and said with a smile:

"I wanted to give you a surprise, but I didn't expect you to be taking a shower. I was reckless."

Jiang Yi's hair was as dry as new in an instant. There was a bit of surprise in her eyes, but she didn't say thank you. She threw the towel to Leng Zhu and ordered:

"Leng Zhu, go and give the files that you have compiled these days to the concubine for her review."

"Yes. Mr. Zuo, I'll go first."

After Leng Zhu glanced at Zuo Lingquan, he lowered his head and ran quickly towards the Tianji Palace ahead.

Zuo Lingquan watched Leng Zhu go away. Before he could speak, he felt a pain in his waist and was pinched hard by his hand.

"Hiss—princess, why are you pinching me?"

"Why do you think I pinched you?"

Jiang Yi pinched her waist and walked out of the palace, dissatisfied:

"You sneaked into the bathtub and didn't realize that we were taking a bath? You learned to bully the maid before you even entered the door. She is a member of this palace, and you can bully her at will?"

Zuo Lingquan held Jiang Yi's hand and said with a smile:

"I didn't bully Leng Zhu. I was just going to enter the room to tease you. I didn't really want to take a peek. I didn't expect Leng Zhu to run into my arms. He wasn't even dressed yet..."

"Are you still willing to say?"

Jiang Yi tried to break free from Zuo Lingquan's hand, but to no avail, she let him hold it and hummed softly:

"That's all, we are all a family anyway. But I told you in advance that Leng Zhu and I grew up together and are no different from sisters. If you treat her as a maid and servant based on your status and cultivation, I would rather marry her off. .”

"I know, are you tired after a long day of work? I'll carry you on my back."

Zuo Lingquan pulled Jiang Yi behind him and carried her on his back.

"Eh?" Jiang Yi lay on Zuo Lingquan's back with her feet in the air. She quickly looked around and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that there was no one else in the palace. After thinking about it, she stopped being cruel to Zuo Lingquan, hugged his neck with her hands, and asked:

"How about going outside? Did you get any benefits?"

"I got a lot of benefits, including three Law Treasures..."

After Zuo Lingquan briefly recounted what he had gained in the past, the two of them had already walked outside the palace wall, only half a street away from the house.

Zuo Lingquan turned his head, looked at Jiang Yi who put his chin on his shoulder, and said softly:

"By the way, Senior Wu asked us to get married here, what do you think?"

"marry?"

Jiang Yi raised her cheek and blushed. After thinking carefully, she said:

"Do people in spiritual practice also get married?"

"Well……"

Zuo Lingquan recalled it, and it seemed that he had never heard of serious immortals holding wedding banquets. He thought for a while and said:

"If a practitioner becomes a Taoist couple, how should they do it?"

Jiang Yi had never been a Taoist couple, but these days when she was reviewing case files in the Demon Hunting Department, she roughly understood the difference between immortals and mortals, and said:

"Cultivators live a long life, because of the differences in their practice, it is difficult to have a consistent couple; I have seen some cases, there are records that a certain female cultivator was once the Taoist partner of a certain ancestor, because The gap between each other is too big, we can no longer accompany each other, but we still have a passion for each other, um... It doesn't feel like a secular couple, but more like a partner on the path of practice, the relationship is weaker."

Zuo Lingquan shook his head: "Isn't that just a casual marriage? We definitely can't do it. Let's just follow the rules of the world."

Jiang Yi was actually a little hesitant. After all, her talent was much worse than Zuo Lingquan. She said softly:

"It is inevitable to divide human relationships in practice. The life expectancy difference between a husband and wife may be hundreds of years. If there is a couple for a lifetime like the secular world, then when the partner dies and the Dao disappears, he will inevitably suffer an unbearable blow... just like You, you practice so fast, and now you have a lifespan of 156 years. I may be dying at the age of 80. By then..."

"When the time comes, I will come to you and say, 'I can live for more than eighty years, but why are you half in the ground...'"

? ?

The sadness that Jiang Yi had just brewed up disappeared, and she raised her hand and hit Zuo Lingquan on the shoulder:

"Are you done yet? I soaked in Canyang Pond for two months, and my cultivation level skyrocketed, reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining. Do you think I can't catch up with you?"

Zuo Lingquan hugged Jiang Yi's thigh and asked her to lie down:

"This is to stimulate the princess and give you the motivation to catch up. Since we are husband and wife, we must stay together until we grow old. The princess cannot give up on herself."

"Who gives up on themselves? With the help of the Crown Princess, it will be a matter of time before I catch up with you."

Jiang Yi snorted, pondered for a while, and said, "I'll ask the Empress Dowager Empress tomorrow to see how the immortals marry wives. She has profound morals, and she must be better than us thinking about it."

Marriage between a man and a woman is a lifelong event. Zuo Lingquan also felt that it would be best to find a reliable person to ask. He nodded and said:

"Okay. Will you come to the palace tomorrow?"

"Hey~ If you don't come to the palace to help out, how dare you go to soak in the pool. You have to rely on your own strength to practice... But the Nine Sects Alliance has started, and I want to go to the Iron River Valley. You come to the palace tomorrow afternoon, and I will borrow the boat of the concubine. Come on, let’s go shopping together, how about that?”

"No problem, you can go now."

"I don't have Entering Spirit Valley. I have to sleep at night. Do you want to sleep through me?"

"That's right...then I'll take Jingxun there first..."

"How dare you?! She's been out to play for two months, and I'm a cow and a horse at home... You don't know how many strange things there are on the way of cultivation, have you heard of snakes and so on?"

"Then what?"

"That's it...that's it. You must understand the meaning."

"Xu Xian?"

"Who is Xu Xian?"

…

The two chatted casually and soon came to the front street of the house.

In the middle of the night, there are no shops on the streets in residential areas, so there are naturally few people.

When Zuo Lingquan passed the house in Jiujiang on the road, he took a look and saw that it was empty.

Although Jiang Yi did not leave the palace, someone still reported the situation at home. She explained:

"Song Chi, whom we met in Bitan Mountain Villa, has come to the capital and was accepted as the inner gate of the Tiezhu Mansion. He also came here to look for you. It should be the residence that Situ Zhenzhen told. When Song Chi came, Cheng Jiujiang thought it was Jiang Hu. Xiaoxiao was so aggressive that he was about to chase someone away. He made a move when he said three wrong words. Then he was so frightened by Song Chi's fist that he almost knelt down and yelled, "Wait a minute, hero"..."

? !

Zuo Lingquan paused, his eyes full of surprises, but thinking about it carefully, Song Chi's boxing skills are terrifying, and his foundation is much stronger than that of Cheng Jiujiang, who was born in Yexiu, so it's not surprising that he was frightened by a punch. He asked:

"They didn't really fight, did they?"

"You don't know Cheng Jiujiang's temperament? He is famous for his knowledge of current affairs. Seeing Song Chi's powerful boxing skills, Natou bowed and called him master. Now he has gone to learn boxing with Song Chi. I don't know if he has sneaked into Tiezuo's mansion."

Zuo Lingquan nodded and smiled: "With Song Chi's boxing skills, there is no problem in teaching Lao Cheng. This is also an opportunity. By the way, has the person who shocked the terrace come here?"

"Come here, they are all in the Iron River Valley. Senior Brother Xu and the others should be among them."

"Is Fifth Brother in there?"

"I don't know. The relationship between the nine sects is not good. People from the Monster Anti-Monster Department will not be allowed to enter the Jing Terrace. I don't know who is here."

"oh……"

While chatting, the two entered the gate of the mansion.

Wu Qingwan was already looking outside the door of the mansion. When she saw Jiang Yi, she hurriedly greeted her.

Jiang Yi didn't feel comfortable being intimate with her lover in front of her aunt, so she jumped off her back, hugged Wu Qingwan's arm directly and entered the yard...

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On the other side, the Tianji Temple was brightly lit.

Leng Zhu put the dossiers that he had compiled into volumes in the past two months on the large desk, and then he resigned and left Miyagi.

Shangguan Lingye sat back at the desk where he had been working for eighty years, lacking interest and enthusiasm for work.

But you have to do it when the matter is in your hands. After youyou sighed, you carefully checked the case file that Jiang Yi reviewed.

The palace is very quiet, only the white cat is lying on the desk, shaking the golden bell hanging on the pen mountain.

After an unknown amount of time, the paperweight on the desk shimmered, and a water curtain appeared in front of his eyes. Situ, who was 'strong and mentally handicapped', was shocked, showing his bearded face, and said:

"Uncle, can you see it?"

Shangguan Lingye had a bit of a headache, leaned on the back of the chair, and said flatly:

"Is something wrong?"

Situ Zhen stood above a valley - the long valley was brightly lit and the buildings were uneven, like a river of lights flowing on the earth, stretching to the horizon, with many monks walking through it.

Situ raised his hand shockingly to signal a majestic round building in the center of Iron River Valley, and said:

"Uncle, I just sent master the statistics file of the Criminal Investigation Division, and I heard the elders of Jiuzong arguing. Guess what they are arguing about?"

The elders of the Nine Sects talked about matters related to the self-interest of the Xian family, and it was too normal to quarrel with each other.

Shangguan Lingye, as the chief officer of the Dayan Demon Fighting Division, is also qualified to attend and express opinions, but she just came back today and has no time to go there, so she said:

"Say something quickly."

"Senior Li Chongjin from Yunshui Jiantan accused Qing Kui of Fulongshan of abducting his granddaughter; Fulongshan didn't believe it, so he contacted Xu Mo to inquire about this, and then responded, 'Obviously your girl posted it herself', Li Chongjin was furious when he heard the words Angry, the two families started fighting, Qiu Fengqing and my master fought in the middle, and the others fanned the flames... I was afraid of being beaten to death, so I didn't dare to look behind."

Shangguan Lingye blinked:

"What does this have to do with us?"

? ?

Seeing that Shangguan Lingye had 'forgot' that he was a matchmaker, Situ nodded lightly:

"Uncle Master said it's okay, so it doesn't matter. And Yun Zhengyang, in order to let him keep a secret, tricked him to Tiezhu Grotto-Heaven to find 'chance'. Qi Jia from the terrace has even inquired about the news, so it might not be a good thing if it goes on like this?"

Shangguan Lingye shook his head lightly: "Tiezhu Grotto-Heaven is a treasure of my Tiezhu mansion. Letting him in is to save Jiang Taiqing's face. If he can't find the way, he can only say that he is not lucky enough. What's wrong?"

Situ opened his mouth shockingly, cupped his hands and said:

"Understood, it's still the uncle's vision. By the way, when will the master of the palace come? I can't wait. Ge Yuelin opened a handicap below to bet on whether Shangguan Jiulong will be there. It's a free gift of immortal money .”

Shangguan Lingye shook his head and said, "It's just bait. Once the iron-headed man places a heavy bet, the outside world will know that Zuo Lingquan will definitely be there, and the odds will change on the spot."

Situ Zhen felt the same, and stopped talking nonsense at the moment. After cupping his hands, the picture on the water curtain disappeared.

The palace was quiet again, only one person and one cat remained.

Shangguan Lingye picked up the file to check again, but his heart couldn't calm down.

After reluctantly flipping through the recent case file, Shangguan Lingye leaned on the teacher's chair, rubbing his brows in silence.

Sitting in the deep palace for eighty years, no matter how firm her heart is, it should be shaken.

I used to think that if I wanted to live forever, I had to bear the loneliness and hardships that ordinary people could not bear, but now I really miss the days when I wandered around the world and stood out on various occasions, and even missed the time when I drank and chatted with Zuo Lingquan.

I used to think that "everyone is drunk but I am sober", and those things that have nothing to do with practice are meaningless.

But now that I think about it, if I give up all these things for the sake of longevity, then even if I have achieved longevity, will I still have to endure this kind of loneliness that I can't even bear for eighty years...

After thinking wildly for a long time, Shangguan Lingye sighed faintly, and with a flash of figure, he came to the main hall in front of him.

The main hall was also silent, the carved soft couch behind the bead curtain was empty, three sticks of incense were burning on the incense table next to it, and a little smoke drifted over the picture scroll on the wall.

Shangguan Lingye walked slowly to the incense table, looked at the woman in the golden skirt above, and after a long silence, raised his hand and saluted:

"Master. I...I don't want to stay here anymore."

I don't know how many times I have said similar words.

Shangguan Lingye's tone was very calm, and he didn't expect too much in his heart, because the master hadn't seen her for decades, and he couldn't talk to her when he saw her a few days ago.

But to Shangguan Lingye's surprise, there was a response from the picture scroll in front of him - the portrait of the woman in the golden skirt gradually became unreal, showing a three-dimensional effect, and then slowly walked out of the picture scroll and landed in front of the incense table.

! !

Shangguan Lingye was slightly startled, he quickly bent over and cupped his hands, nervously said:

"Meet the Master."

The woman in the golden skirt slowly landed in front of the incense table. She was tall. She looked down at the beautiful women in palace costumes in front of her. They were dressed differently. From the outside, she looked like a tall and rebellious girl. She looked down at her well-behaved aunt and aunt.

However, the aura of the woman in the golden skirt is too strong, even if she doesn't make any movements, she can still feel that mountain-like oppressive force, and it is clear at a glance who is the elder.

Shangguan Lingye's demeanor was already majestic in the past, but now he looks like a child who has made a mistake, not daring to look up when he sees the dragon-scale skirt in front of him.

Only when Shangguan Yutang faced Shangguan Lingye, would there be a little more intimacy of an elder in his eyes:

"What's up?"

Shangguan Lingye didn't look directly into the ancestor's eyes, and said seriously:

"The disciple has served as an enshrinement in the Dayan Dynasty for eighty years, and the time limit for serving as an enshrinement abroad has long been exceeded. I don't know..."

"When have I ever asked you to be a sacrifice?"

Shangguan Lingye choked on his words, hesitated for a while, and said again:

"Master asked me to come to the secular world to be a concubine..."

"I thought you would discuss with me about your life-long event, but I didn't expect you to come here without saying a word."

"..."

Shangguan Lingye opened his mouth. Originally, he had many excuses to complain about his master, but now he didn't want to say it. It was meaningless to say it.

She raised her eyes and looked at Master calmly:

"The disciple knows his mistake, I should have my own opinion."

Shangguan Yutang nodded lightly: "Now that you have figured it out, let's go. Have you decided where to go?"

Shangguan Lingye was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the ancestor to agree so simply, but soon, his eyes showed a look of bewilderment again.

where to……

If the ancestor had asked her to leave, she would immediately be able to go overseas to practice and improve her cultivation crazily until she took over the burden of the ancestor.

But at this moment, I suddenly realized that it is meaningless to just practice, so I wanted to go to Zuo Lingquan to drink and celebrate, and then go to the Jiuzonghuimeng to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger...

It's obviously hard to talk about such a low-ambition idea.

Shangguan Lingye was silent for a moment and said softly:

"The disciple hasn't made up his mind yet, can Master give some pointers?"

Shangguan Yutang sighed secretly, shook his head and said:

"I will eventually escape into reincarnation. I can give you advice when I am alive. Who should you listen to when I die? Don't put your future in the hands of others. The choices I make may not bring you happiness." Come to a good result, only the path you choose can you go to the end without complaints or regrets."

Shangguan Lingye has been alone for so many years, but she has actually figured this out, she nodded slightly:

"The disciple will stay for a while, and when he thinks clearly, he will report to Master."

"You don't have to report to me, you are already a hundred years old, not the little girl you were back then. When I was a hundred years old...um~..."

In the solemn and solemn hall, an untimely humming sounded abruptly.

The hall fell into dead silence.

Shangguan Lingye, who was listening to the old ancestor's lecture, looked in astonishment. She couldn't believe that the old ancestor would make such spring-like panting sounds after killing her.

But there is no outsider in the hall, not the ancestor, and it cannot be herself.

Shangguan Lingye instinctively raised his head to look at the master, but saw that the master was looking at the top of the palace with a serious and cold face, as if he had encountered a very powerful monster.

? ?

Shangguan Lingye's eyes also became serious, he raised his eyes to look at the dome of the palace, and asked:

"Master, what was that voice just now?"

"It's not a teacher. There are strong men in the sky spying on it. It's that dead woman, Lord Peach Blossom, who is making trouble."

"Dead woman?... Hasn't Master always called Lord Peach Blossom the old witch?"

"It's easy to say... You go back to the dormitory and think about what you said just now, and go up to meet that old hag for your teacher."

After Shangguan Yutang finished speaking, his figure floated up, like a ghost in gold, slowly floated out of the dome of the hall, and disappeared without a trace.

Shangguan Lingye was a little dazed, he didn't understand how Venerable Peach Blossom could spy on this place, and how could he interfere with Master and make Master make such a weird sound.

But the old ancestor's words are the rules of heaven, let her go back and think about the conversation just now, she didn't dare to follow along to watch the fun, after bowing her hands, her figure disappeared in place...

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