When Li Xuan returned to the Jiang residence, a soft, gentle rain began to fall from the sky.
He waited under the eaves at the entrance of the hall for a while, but the maid who had gone to announce his arrival returned with an unexpected response.
"The young lady said she can’t see you right now, and that if Colonel has anything to say, to do it in a few days."
Li Xuan’s brow furrowed: "What about my aunt? What did she say?"
"Lady Jiang said the sa." The maid glanced at Li Xuan’s face: "She also said that your injury has almost healed. She suggested you could visit the hospital during your free ti instead of staying here. Moreover, she will arrange to send over the elixir and dicine you need daily to Earl Chengyi’s mansion."
At her words, Li Xuan froze, his mind absorbing the impact. Was Lady Jiang asking him to leave? How could this be? Wasn’t everything fine before?
After thinking for a mont, his face fell and he queried the maid soberly: "Tell the truth, how is your young lady’s injury really? Hmm?"
The maid couldn’t face his dignified expression and intense gaze, and she panicked: "The young lady’s injury is fine, but according to the doctor, when she protected you from the Ziwu Soul-breaking Nail, she used a secret divine skill. This, combined with being hit by three Soul-breaking Nails, ans that the young lady’s transformation into a half-demon will significantly advance, perhaps within the next few months."
Li Xuan’s breath hitched and his eyes filled with confusion.
anwhile, in a clean and elegant room full of weapons in the eastern courtyard of the Jiang residence, Jiang Hanyun, wrapped in a blanket, watched her mother in surprise.
"It’s strange, mother, are you really planning to let go?"
"What else can I do if not let go?" Her mother snorted and then sighed: "Even if I have thousands of talents, if my daughter does not strive and only holds us back, what can I do? The boy is also a loyal and righteous person. Yunrou was the first to declare her feelings, so our family is unlikely to snatch him away. If we persist, people will just ridicule us. Also, I’ve thought about it carefully—"
Her voice trailed off as she continued with a bitter smile: "Even if Hanyun becos a half-demon, doesn’t she remain my daughter? As long as she doesn’t mind, it doesn’t really matter. Hanyun, you are destined to achieve the heavenly level like your father. So whether you’re a half-demon or not doesn’t really hinder much. I can’t view your affairs from a mortal perspective."
"Mother!"
Jiang Hanyun sniffled, and then with teary eyes embraced Lady Jiang tightly: "I’ll stay with you and not marry for a lifeti."
What Hanyun didn’t know was that Lady Jiang, looking out the window, had a gleaming light in her eyes.
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In the end, Li Xuan was still unable to see Jiang Hanyun. When he left the Jiang residence, he was full of guilt and unease.
Hanyun would transform into a half-demon in a few months? No, isn’t there a way to turn it around?
It wasn’t until a familiar and pleasant voice rang in his ear that he broke out of his thoughts: "Hey! Colonel! Are you back to your senses? Hey!"
Li Xuan abruptly ca back to his senses and found Luo Yan waving her delicate hands in front of his eyes.
"Zidie?" Li Xuan was taken aback as the words left his lips: "Duwei Luo!"
He realized that Luo Yan was wearing formal colonel-level battle armor. The complete leopard emblem on her chest signified her status as a 6th-rank military minister.
Unlike before, when even though she also received a colonel’s salary, Luo Yan’s leopard was downgraded, lacking two clouds, and the ’Kingly’ character was also missing.
Then, Li Xuan looked around with a puzzled look: "Strange, how did I get here?"
This was the inner Qinhuai River, under the jurisdiction of Mingyou City, thousands of miles away from Earl Chengyi’s mansion.
"How would I know? You rode your horse over here in a daze, who knows what you were thinking about. But your riding skills are not bad, even in such a state you didn’t hit anyone."
Luo Yan folded her arms and looked up and down at Li Xuan: "Are you okay? I heard it was quite dangerous in the Under Palace battle?"
"I’m fine, it was indeed perilous, but fortunately, I didn’t get hurt."
Li Xuan held up his hand to show he was fine and then turned to Luo Yan with a concerned look, "I heard that the woman nad Yuan is already dead by Duwei Luo’s hands. Did you get hurt?"
This was what Tingtian had said, but it didn’t know Luo Yan’s situation as it was too scared to spy on Zidie.
""She hurt ? She is not qualified!"
Luo Yan scoffed and then pointed to her chest with a smile: "Look, this is the blood-stained official seal obtained from that woman’s head."
What Li Xuan was really worried about was the aftermath of using the Buddhist Holy Artifact. However, seeing Luo Yan quite lively and energetic, she didn’t seem to have any hidden problems.
At this mont, he noticed a sense of sentintal reluctance in Luo Yan’s expression, as if she was hesitant to speak. Li Xuan couldn’t help but feel an unusual sensation: "Duwei Luo, are you leaving?"
"That’s exactly what I wanted to say to you." Luo Yan nodded with a complicated expression, "The reasons I had earlier allowed myself to be caught deliberately by you and then mixed in with the Six Paths Bureau were firstly, to escape public attention; secondly, to use the power of the Six Paths Bureau to find the mastermind behind my grandmother’s murder. Now that everything has been achieved, there’s no reason for to stay in the Six Paths Bureau."
Li Xuan’s heart tightened, he still rembered Qiu Qianqiu’s order to do whatever it takes, even use seduction, to keep Demoness Zidie."
He imdiately turned his eye pupils: "So, what are the plans of Duwei Luo? Surely you aren’t planning to be a thief again? You should know that tis have been tough at the Duke of Zhen’s Mansion."
Back when Demoness Zidie was caught in the Demon Tower, that Duke of Zhen had his full of troubles.
"I haven’t figured it out yet." Luo Yan’s eyes were confused: "Anyhow, I can’t keep using the identity of Zidie."
Now that her cover has been blown, if she engages in thievery again, people will only bla Duan Dong. Many of the treasures she had stolen in the past are still coveted by many."
Should she pick back up the troubles that she managed to get rid of with great difficulty with the help of the remnants of the Jianling monsters?
"How about staying at the Six Paths Bureau until you’ve decided what to do?"
Li Xuan softened his voice, and patiently persuaded: "I really can’t do without you right now. The higher-ups see as a hamr and freely use to solve problems. But I know very well that the real pillar of the Third Flag in Mingyou is you. It’s rather irresponsible of you to leave now."
Upon hearing this, Luo Yan chuckled. She decided not to fall for Li Xuan’s flattery. Li Xuan had already solved many major cases before she arrived.
The few crises that arose afterward were also resolved by Li Xuan himself, and she actually contributed very little.
"Most importantly, we don’t have any fighter in the Third Flag! And the paper chores, you really want us to rely on Peng Fulai and Zhang Taishan?"
Luo Yan couldn’t help but laugh again, thinking that Li Xuan could defeat Zhenru under the suppression of the Drought Demon, what more combat power was he seeking? There’s also the spellcaster Xue Yunrou in the flag.
Besides, among Li Xuan’s acquaintances, there is even soone who has reached the heavenly level.
As for paperwork, Yue Qianqian could handle that.
"Truly, I can’t bear the thought of you leaving." Li Xuan heaved a sigh, a lancholic look in his eyes as he clutch his chest: "I don’t know why, but I just can’t bear it. Feels so uncomfortable, like a bird losing its wings."
Luo Yan’s eyes were slightly radiant as she gazed at Li Xuan with suspicion: "Are you being honest?"
"Of course, it’s absolutely true." Li Xuan felt that he would have to show his true colors now, he stared at Luo Yan sincerely: "Where would you go, Yan? Where would you hide in this world? Will you still be alone like before? I feel heartbroken whenever I think of these."
Moved once again by his word, Luo Yan’s face blush in response under his gaze, "Alright, then I’ll think about it."
Then she looked at Li Xuan with a hint of provocation, "I heard that during the event in the Xiao Mausoleum, you, Li Xuan, showed an unparalleled style technique that even those of the heavenly level could do nothing against. I am very curious about that, and since I ran into you today, it would be great opportunity to test it out!"
Li Xuan’s lips twitched involuntarily, "Actually, that wasn’t really a unique style technique. It was the help from a magical instrunt, and its range only covers an area within a distance of two hundred feet. Compared to you, Yan, I am far off."
"I would like to see it for myself though. Over there is the Great Baoen Temple, there’s space there."
Luo Yan had already jumped into the air, like a wisp of smoke she flew to the Great Baoen Temple: "It can be regarded as a condition then. If your style technique satisfies , I will stay and help you. Relax, I will only use the cultivation of the fifth house level."
She noticed that Li Xuan’s cultivation level has advanced, crossing the threshold of the fifth house level.
Li Xuan was originally unwilling, but hearing the last sentence, he had no choice but to rise from the Dragon Colt and chase after Luo Yan’s figure.
Just as he neared the Great Baoen Temple, Li Xuan had already spread out thousands of threads from the disc on his back, overlaying every inch of the void within two hundred feet.
By the ti Li Xuan’s figure had landed in the backyard of the Great Baoen Temple, a figure as smoky as a phantom flashed in front of him, and a blade’s radiance rushed towards him.
This figure, other than her Zhenyuan being sowhat reserved, was not holding back at all, even using her best short blade.
That was none other than Demoness Zidie’s fad martial art—Fuguanglueying Hongxiudao!
Li Xuan, however, flashed his body and directly dodged, not confronting it face-to-face. He swiftly flashed three feet away.
Luo Yan’s eyes instantly lit up, she thought that he was indeed extraordinary, his strength far surpassed her own when she was at the fifth house level.
The next struggle between the two evolved into a chase. One figure was like smoke, the other like lightning, moving and flashing quickly in the backyard of the Great Baoen Temple.
Gradually, Luo Yan discovered a discouraging fact—Li Xuan seed to have foresight and could always predict her moves.
This damn heart-to-heart connection, this damn synchrony!
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