novelsmap Chapter 29
Chapter 29
Hong Menger felt that what Le Xiaoyi said was also reasonable, so she asked her: "Then what do you think of Miss Ji? She even planned to hurt you before."
Le Xiaoyi blinked, and first glanced at Long Yan and Wang Wenshuo, seeing that they didn't pay attention to her, she whispered: "She slapped me, and then took another slap for me, this debt Just write it off, the fact is, she saved you, helped us, and I think she is actually kind."
Even if they stand on different positions, Le Xiaoyi will not say that Ji Yuxuan is not good against her will. In fact, she thinks that Ji Yuxuan is good everywhere. She is smart, beautiful, talented, and has a very high level of cultivation. For her sake, she thought, there should be no one better than Ji Yuxuan in this world.
After today's incident, Le Xiaoyi felt sorry for Ji Yuxuan even more. Ji Yuxuan silently protected her, and was so eager to disregard her relationship with her in front of others, why was it not for her safety?
Ji Yuxuan will not suffer any loss if other people know about her close contact with the demon girl, but for Le Xiaoyi, it will be a catastrophe.
Le Xiaoyi understood what Ji Yuxuan meant, so she only performed that scene in front of Wang Wenshuo and Long Yan after she bandaged Ji Yuxuan's wound earlier.
She was greedy for the tacit understanding at that moment, and after a while apart, she began to miss. She remembered Ji Yuxuan's injury, and was afraid that Ji Yuxuan would still be disappointed by what she did today.
Will Ji Yuxuan think of her when she wakes up?As soon as this thought came to him, Le Xiaoyi shook his head, laughing at himself for being too greedy, meeting Ji Yuxuan by chance was already a rare and precious encounter.
After hearing her finish, Hong Meng'er looked thoughtfully at the expression on Le Xiaoyi's face that was exactly the same as Xue Yang's, and felt even more weird in her heart.
She opened her mouth, but didn't make a sound, swallowed the words again, shook her head and sighed.
Afterwards, the journey went smoothly. The three of Long Yan sent Hong Menger and Xue Yang to the pier on the east bank of Jiangzhou. Hong Menger and Le Xiaoyi bid farewell to each other. Hong Meng'er and Xue Yang boarded the cargo ship for the long journey.
Le Xiaoyi waved at Hong Menger, wondering if it was her illusion, why did she feel that Hong Menger's eyes were meaningful.
As the ship drifted away, the blood deed on Le Xiaoyi's chest glowed red again, and a reminder that the task was completed appeared in her mind, and then a row of red words appeared: Do you want to leave Jiangzhou immediately?
Le Xiaoyi pondered for a moment, looked at Wang Wenshuo, and Wang Wenshuo clasped his fists at her: "Junior Sister Le, let me go ahead." Long Yan beside him disappeared at some point.
"Senior brother will meet later." Le Xiaoyi also cupped his hands, they are both in the Sword God Sect, and there will be opportunities to see each other in the future.As soon as the voice fell, a light array lit up under Wang Wenshuo's feet, and his figure was immediately submerged in the light array.
Le Xiaoyi stood by the river for a while, looking at the string of flashing red letters, but did not immediately answer yes or no.
She raised her eyes to look at the sparkling river under the sun, she didn't know what she was waiting for, but she had an inexplicable premonition that she still had something to worry about, so she followed that illusory feeling and waited a little longer.
But she sat cross-legged by the river, waited for an hour, found nothing, and finally lowered her eyes, ready to leave.
"Miss Le!" At this moment, a soft cry sounded from a distance, and Le Xiaoyi turned his head when he heard the sound, his eyes brightened.
Yin Changxiao came quickly, and when he stopped, he clasped his fists at Le Xiaoyi, his blank face showed no expression, but Le Xiaoyi was used to his appearance, before Yin Changxiao could speak, she took a step forward eagerly and asked : "How is sister Ji? Are you awake?"
"Miss Le, don't worry, your lord is fine." Yin Chang said with a smile, "She also asked me to bring you a sentence."
Yin Changxiao used the honorific title to Le Xiaoyi, and Le Xiaoyi was terrified, but she cared more about what Ji Yuxuan wanted to say to her, so she asked, "What did she say?"
"My lord, let me tell Miss Le that because the sword casting ceremony is approaching, the Sword God Sect has not been peaceful for a while. If there is any difficulty, I will go to Xuan and the elders."
"Elder Xuanhe?!" Le Xiaoyi was shocked.
Did Xuanhe take orders from Ji Yuxuan?In this way, was it also Ji Yuxuan's arrangement for her to be sent to the south courtyard by Xuanhe?
Le Xiaoyi thanked Yin Chang with a smile, and after Yin Changxiao left, he stared blankly for a while with a confused expression on his face.What did Ji Yuxuan mean by telling her such secrets?Did she gain Ji Yuxuan's trust?
She thought of the kiss that Ji Yuxuan had dropped on her cheek before she fell into a coma, and the softness and moistness she tasted when she fed Ji Yuxuan the medicine, her heart beat unexpectedly out of rhythm.
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On the low table in front of Ji Yuxuan were pieces of black gold tokens and magic crystals, and she repeatedly observed the patterns carved on the pieces.
After a while, she threw one of the magic crystals to Jin Moqiong: "The seal on this magic crystal is newly engraved, and it must be the venerable that You Yuanzhao mentioned. Go check it out. This seal comes from Whose hand."
She didn't think all of this was a coincidence. The other party used such a roundabout way to lure her into the urn, either because he was not strong enough to confront her head-on, or because his status was limited and he couldn't directly attack. Based on these two conditions, it can be predicted There are not many people who judge her actions and set her up.
Jin Moqiong took the order, bowed back, passed by the court, and happened to meet Yin Changxiao who came back to his life, he stopped, stretched out his hand to block Yin Changxiao's way, cleared his throat, and said in a low voice: "Yin Duyan , the last game... I was the one who reported to the Lord first, right?"
Yin Chang smiled indifferently, and snorted, noncommittal.Jin Moqiong patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "If you are a good brother, just help me, and I owe you a favor."
"You committed a crime yourself, why don't you go and plead guilty?" Yin Changxiao finally spoke.
Jin Moqiong coughed in embarrassment and rubbed his chubby palms: "You know that woman's temperament, I will be beaten to death by her."
The corners of Yin Changxiao's mouth curled up a little, revealing a not-so-obvious smile.
"Anyway, you have rough skin and thick flesh, what's wrong with giving someone a beating?" Yin Changxiao took out an invitation card from his sleeve and handed it to Jin Moqiong, "September [-], Yuelongtan, Jeju, Mr. Guo, eight hundred On birthdays, Xu Wuniang will go to celebrate her birthday and seize the opportunity."
Jin Moqiong had a sad face: "I... oh! I'll think about it again." He hesitated for a while, but still accepted the invitation in Yin Changxiao's hand.
Yin Changxiao walked past him, and patted him on the shoulder like he did just now.
"My lord, the message has been delivered." Yin Changxiao bowed slightly and returned to Ji Yuxuan.
Ji Yuxuan nodded: "Okay, go find out who gave You Yuanzhao five years ago to find such a treasure land."
Yin Chang smiled: "Yes."
"In addition, I feel a little familiar with the aura generated by the Spiritual Rejuvenation Array, and it seems to have a similar feeling somewhere." Ji Yuxuan stroked the lines on the edge of the black gold order with her fingertips, "If I remember correctly, it should be in the big Within the territory of the Yu Dynasty, in the Longyin Mountain Range."
As she spoke, her eyes sharpened: "Let all the people we put in the Sword God Sect pay attention to, and if they find out, report it immediately."
Although You Yuanzhao died, the past is difficult to track down, but it is impossible for him to build such a large spirit recovery formation by himself within five years, and there must be an expert who is proficient in the formation to help.
Although she felt familiar this time around, she had never seen it before. This feeling made her very uncomfortable. She was used to understanding all variables and preventing disasters from the root cause.
Therefore, she wanted to find out where this resurrection formation came from, whether the familiar aura in the Dragonsong Mountains was related to this formation, and if so, would there be other changes, and who was plotting behind it?
Yin Changxiao took the order, and asked again: "How is your injury?"
Ji Yuxuan picked up the tea and took a sip: "There is no serious problem."
Yin Changxiao bowed and stepped back.
Ji Yuxuan lowered her eyelashes, picked up a few bamboo slips on the table, and looked them up.
"Young Palace Master, the hot soup is ready, you can take a bath and change your clothes." Half an hour later, a maidservant knelt in front of the corridor, bowing her head respectfully.
Ji Yuxuan then put down the half-read bamboo slips, got up and went to the bathing pool.
She stepped back, undressed and took a bath, holding the skirt with her fingertips, and the plain brocade robe peeled off inch by inch. There were several hideous scars on Ji Yuxuan's delicate skin, and one of the newly added bloodstains was particularly clear.
She lowered her eyes and stepped into the bath with bare feet. There were a few flower petals of different colors floating on the surface of the pool, and the faint fragrance of flowers lingered in the air, diluting the smell of medicine in the pool.
The temperature of the ironing water relieved the fatigue of the whole body, Ji Yuxuan leaned on the edge of the bath, raised her head and closed her eyes for a nap.
Amidst the sound of the charming water, there was a sudden noise, and a piece of silver blade pierced through layers of water mist and pressed against Ji Yuxuan's throat, but just when the slender throat was about to be cut, the sword stopped abruptly.
Another short black blade pressed down on the visitor's throat first. Ji Yuxuan slightly opened her eyes, twisted a petal with her fingers, turned a blind eye to the life-threatening blade on her neck, and said lazily: "As long as your master has a little brain, I would not choose to do it at this time."
"Shadow..." The voice of the visitor trembled, and the hand holding the sword also trembled, "Why is this shadow by your side? Obviously..."
Ji Yuxuan gave her a sideways glance, and filled in what she hadn't finished: "Obviously the old palace lord is still alive, why is the old palace lord's servant actually used by me?"
She lifted the corners of her lips and smiled, with a contented tone: "Naturally, it's because I'm more favored than your master. Let me get the handle. Have you thought about what will happen to your master after today?"
Ji Yuxuan's casual smile made people shudder, and her body began to tremble, but Ji Yuxuan lost the patience to deal with her, and said to the shadow: "Take it down."
The shadow appeared without a sound, and then disappeared without a sound, taking away with him the overwhelmed assassin.
Ji Yuxuan maintained the posture just now and lay on her back in the pool, with her left hand covering the back of her right hand, her fingertips stroking the scabbed wound, her lips with a wicked smile: "Is it a battle for the throne... Humph."
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Le Xiaoyi left from the fantasy world and returned to Yueqingju South Courtyard.
She looked around and saw the familiar room furnishings, and was still holding the half-folded clothes in her hand, her expression was in a trance.
She felt that it had been a whole day since she had been away, but one moment the moon was in the sky, and the next moment the sun was shining brightly outside the window. No one knew what kind of adventure she had experienced in the moment she quietly left.
Le Xiaoyi closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing, opened his eyes again, took off his blood-stained robe and put on clean clothes, then took the needle and thread in a leisurely manner, and prepared to mend the damaged old clothes.
Just when there was a knock on the door, Le Xiaoyi answered and waited a moment, put the blood-stained clothes into the low cabinet beside the bed, walked over and opened the door.
"Sister Yue." Zuo Shixuan stood at the door with a heavy expression.
"Senior Sister Zuo?" Le Xiaoyi showed doubts on his face, seeing Zuo Shixuan's brows furrowed, he also became nervous, "What's the matter?"
"Have you seen Junior Brother Zhou Zhengqing?" Zuo Shixuan cut to the chase, seeing his expression, it must be no small matter.
Le Xiaoyi was taken aback when he heard the words: "No." Zhou Zhengqing is a disciple of the South Court who lives with Le Xiaoyi on the first floor. The room is on the right side of Le Xiaoyi's room, separated from Le Xiaoyi's room by an empty room , Le Xiaoyi didn't understand why Zuo Shixuan suddenly asked Zhou Zhengqing.
"Then did you hear any abnormal noise?" Zuo Shixuan asked again.
Le Xiaoyi was even more surprised, tilting his head and concentrating on his eyebrows, but he found nothing, then shook his head and said, "No."
Seeing Zuo Shixuan's serious face, she asked, "Did something happen?"
Zuo Shixuan looked around, lowered her voice and whispered in Le Xiaoyi's ear: "There is a puddle of black blood in Junior Brother Zhou Zhengqing's room."
Le Xiaoyi's expression changed when he heard the words, and he subconsciously glanced in the direction of Zhou Zhengqing's room, his eyes widened, and he said in surprise, "How could it be?!"
Zuo Shixuan made a silent gesture to Le Xiaoyi, signaling her to enter the room, and then closed the door behind her.
Seeing this, Le Xiaoyi closed her mouth subconsciously, only blinked her eyes, and quietly waited for Zuo Shixuan to explain her doubts.
Zuo Shixuan's face sank like water: "I just woke up from meditation and smelled bloody smell downstairs, so I came down from upstairs and saw Junior Brother Zhou's room door was wide open and there was a big pool of blood on the ground, but Junior Brother Zhou was not there. The figure, in such a state, Junior Brother Zhou does not know what happened."
Le Xiaoyi was really taken aback. Her room was the closest to Zhou Zhengqing's room, but she was arranging clothes in the room before going to Fantasy World, and she didn't hear any movement. When Zuo Shixuan mentioned it, she seemed to be It also smelled blood.
She hurriedly followed Zuo Shixuan to Zhou Zhengqing's room to check. The tables and chairs in the room were neatly arranged, but there were many blackened human blood scattered from the bedding to the floor, and there were also splashes of blood on the wall.
These bloodstains have been left for more than an hour. There are not many people in the South Three Pavilion, and there are few disciples who live there on weekdays. Zuo Shixuan was the first to discover it.
Le Xiaoyi's throat rolled, and he said to Zuo Shixuan: "This matter should be reported to Deacon Liu immediately."
Zuo Shixuan nodded: "Let Junior Sister Le please take care of this place for now, I'll go find Deacon Liu."
Zuo Shixuan's footsteps were faster than Le Xiaoyi's. It only took half a cup of tea to rush from Nansange to Dulou. Le Xiaoyi agreed, and did not forget to warn: "Be careful."
"You too, if something happens, it's important to save your life." Zuo Shixuan said, turned around and left quickly.
Le Xiaoyi stayed in the house, looking around.
Before Liu Qingfeng and Zuo Shixuan arrived, she did an inspection in advance and found a cloud of grayish-white gravel at the foot of the bed.
She picked up two gravels, rubbed them with her fingertips, and the fingernail-sized gravels were crushed into fine sand. Judging from the quality of the stones, they were not owned by the South Courtyard.
Le Xiaoyi narrowed his pupils slightly, thinking of the stone formation that Huan Qian Shi Shi and his party saw at the foot of the cliff in Jiangzhou. Is it a coincidence that the texture of this crushed stone is similar to the stones peeled off from Xue Yang's body?
Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, but she immediately suppressed this thought after recovering, not daring to continue thinking about it.
Not long after, Zuo Shixuan brought Liu Qingfeng over, they saw Le Xiaoyi standing beside the bed in a daze, they walked over together, and saw the gravel beside the bed.
Zuo Shixuan picked up a few gravels with a square scarf and handed them to Liu Qingfeng. Liu Qingfeng held the handful of gravels with thoughtful eyes.
Liu Qingfeng didn't speak, Le Xiaoyi and Zuo Shixuan looked at each other.
After a while, Zuo Shixuan hesitated again and again, but still asked Liu Qingfeng: "Deacon, how to deal with this matter?"
Liu Qingfeng frowned, Le Xiaoyi noticed the flash of complexity and hesitation in his eyes, and then disappeared in silence, only to hear him shake his head and sigh: "I will deal with this matter myself, you lock this room up , go back to practice hard, don’t worry about it anymore.”
Zuo Shixuan frowned, but didn't say anything, seeing that Le Xiaoyi didn't speak, she said: "We know."
Liu Qingfeng nodded, and took away the gravel of that square handkerchief.
Zuo Shixuan found a lock, closed the door and window, shook her head and sighed while locking the door.
Le Xiaoyi raised his head upon hearing the sound, and tentatively called out, "Senior Sister Zuo?"
Zuo Shixuan looked at her, winked at Le Xiaoyi's room, and whispered: "Go into the room and tell."
Le Xiaoyi agreed, and entered the room with Zuo Shixuan, Le Xiaoyi gave the chair to Zuo Shixuan, and sat on the bedside, waiting for Zuo Shixuan to speak.
Zuo Shixuan's complexion was unusually heavy, she folded her hands on the table, shook her head towards Le Xiaoyi, and sighed softly: "This is already the fifth disciple of Yue Qingju who disappeared for no reason this year."
Le Xiaoyi was shocked, Zuo Shixuan motioned her to keep quiet, and replied: "There were two disciples from the East School who went to the hunting ground to do missions, but they disappeared together. Even the deacon guarding the hunting ground didn't know when they disappeared. There was also one case each in the north and west courtyards, and the same gravel was found at the scene."
"Now there are disciples in the South Campus who have also suffered disaster..." Zuo Shixuan murmured with a complicated expression.
Le Xiaoyi clenched her teeth, feeling entangled in her heart, her premonition was getting stronger and stronger, but she couldn't truthfully tell Zuo Shixuan what she had discovered.
In the blink of an eye, she suddenly thought of a person.
Xuanhe.
Ji Yuxuan once asked Yin Changxiao to send a message to her, if necessary, she can find Xuanhe.
Le Xiaoyi made up her mind and decided to go to the Zongwu Hall to report the matter to Xuanhe today. Seeing Zuo Shixuan's worried face, she said, "Deacon Liu has his own considerations if he doesn't want me to intervene. Or, if there is something good or bad, with the strength of the two of us, I may not be able to help you."
"This is also why I am worried." Zuo Shixuan sighed, "If someone commits crimes in Yueqing and steals Junior Brother Zhou away quietly, his strength is definitely not comparable to that of my outer disciples. What I am worried about Yes, we don't know the other party's purpose, and we don't know the other party's means, and the elders and deacons suppressed the news, but we don't know if there will be disasters from the same sect."
Le Xiaoyi also had a sad face. The brother of the same school suddenly disappeared, and the accident happened in the next room, but she knew nothing about it. The deep sense of powerlessness made her feel anxious, but she knew that worrying could not solve the problem. , You have to trust the decision-making of the elders and deacons. If they don't cause trouble, it's considered a help.
Zuo Shixuan sat in Le Xiaoyi's house for a while, and a disciple from Nanyi Pavilion came to look for Zuo Shixuan, Zuo Shixuan bid farewell to Le Xiaoyi and left.
Le Xiaoyi poured himself a glass of water, drank it in one gulp, then went to fetch a basin of water and came back, washed the clothes he had changed before, and then went to the Zongwu Hall with his sword.
Xuanhe was not in the Zongwu Hall, Le Xiaoyi thought that Xuanhe might have gotten the news of Senior Brother Zhou's disappearance, so he was going to go back, planning to come back at a different time, unexpectedly when he turned around, he saw He Yunlu who had received the mission and was about to go out.
I haven't seen him for a few days, but He Yunlu's cultivation has improved again. There is another outer disciple beside her. Judging from his aura and appearance, he should have the strength of the pulse source state.He Yunlu said something to the senior brother beside him, and the senior brother glanced at Le Xiaoyi's place, then nodded.
"Le Xiaoyi!" He Yunlu walked towards Le Xiaoyi, with an indistinct smile on the corner of his mouth, "Are you also here to receive the contribution task?"
Le Xiaoyi gave a "huh" inexplicably, and asked without answering, "What mission did you take?"
When Le Xiaoyi took the initiative to ask about the task content, He Yunlu's eyes lit up, and the smile on his face deepened a lot: "I went to Longyin Mountains to pick herbs with Senior Brother Pei Haonan from the West Campus."
After saying that, she bit her lip, as if she had made a big decision, and looked at Le Xiaoyi expectantly: "If you don't have a mission yet, why don't you come with us? It just so happens that a junior who is traveling with us today has something to do?" Come."
The Sword God Sect has opened up an area in the Longyin Mountains to supply the needs of the outer sect. There are no high-level spirit beasts in the area, and the disciples of the outer sect are safe when they come in and out.
Le Xiaoyi thought for a while, since there is nothing to do today, and Xuanhe is not here, it is okay to go out to do missions with He Yunlu, and said, "I hope I won't hold you back."
He Yunlu was overjoyed, she couldn't help but tugged on Le Xiaoyi's sleeve and led her to see Pei Haonan, Pei Haonan nodded friendly to Le Xiaoyi, and they exchanged names.
When He Yunlu told Pei Haonan that he wanted to invite Le Xiaoyi to go with him, Le Xiaoyi saw Pei Haonan frowning slightly, and there was a fleeting inexplicable look in his eyes, but he hid it well and responded with a smiling welcome : "Sister Yue please give me some advice."
Le Xiaoyi had doubts in his heart. Coupled with the strange things that happened in the south courtyard, he was determined to go together.She thinks she has a two-point friendship with He Yunlu, this Senior Brother Pei Haonan looks suspicious, and He Yunlu must not let He Yunlu go to Longyin Mountain Range alone.
"Senior Brother Pei, please take care of me." Le Xiaoyi cupped his hands.
He Yunlu was visibly happy, and when Le Xiaoyi had registered and formally accepted the task, Pei Haonan walked in front, and Le Xiaoyi and He Yunlu followed behind, talking in low voices.
Le Xiaoyi showed curiosity about Pei Haonan, and asked He Yunlu in a low voice about his cultivation and how he knew He Yunlu.
He Yunlu was quite happy at first that Le Xiaoyi took the initiative to care about her situation, but later Le Xiaoyi asked Pei Haonan where he usually goes and if he knows anyone from the South Court. : "Why don't you ask him yourself when you're so curious?!"
Le Xiaoyi was embarrassed, of course she wouldn't ask Pei Haonan face to face, so she rubbed the tip of her nose in embarrassment, and murmured: "I'll just ask casually."