At this mont, Li Xuan felt as though he had been hit by a teor. Fortunately, the magical instrunts on him instinctively protected him, especially the ’Kuiniu luminous armor’, which took on most of the strength from Jiang Hanyun.
Li Xuan quickly recovered and his figure swiftly turned into a flashing lightning bolt, avoiding the remnants of Jiang Hanyun’s punch.
However, before he could start speaking to identify himself, Jiang Hanyun swung her sword again filled with resentnt. This sword even thundered out to twenty feet, obliterating the wall of the courtyard in front of her.
And at this ti, Li Xuan was exactly in the phase where the old strength had gone, and the new strength had not yet grown.
Li Xuan couldn’t help feeling his scalp tingle. While secretly complaining, he regretted that he had been too careless and didn’t prepare his ’Shenyi’ in advance.
Just as Li Xuan was concentrating wholeheartedly on his Zhenyuan to withstand Jiang Hanyun’s sword, a middle-aged man in a blue robe suddenly appeared behind Li Xuan, holding the back of his collar and abruptly lifting him to ten feet high.
"Uncle?"
At this mont, Li Xuan’s feelings were extrely complicated. He was both surprised and happy, but at the sa ti, his face was red, and he felt utterly humiliated.
"So, it was Xuan." Jiang Yunqi said with a teasing look, letting him go, "With that mask on, I almost didn’t recognize you. You look like a flower-stealing thief, I almost blasted you. What brings you to our house this late at night?"
"I am here to deliver an elixir to Hanyun." Li Xuan thickened his face and took out an elixir bottle from his hand. "Didn’t I ask you before via a flying talisman? After obtaining the Guiyuan Elixir, I wanted to deliver it to Hanyun’s hands as quickly as possible."
Jiang Yunqi glanced at the elixir bottle, and there was so relief on his face. He took the Guiyuan Elixir and jokingly asked, "But, nephew, couldn’t you have taken the front door? Why tintillate all our servants and martial masters in the Jiang residence?"
Li Xuan looked back at the way he ca and saw nothing but black and silent. He figured that his two fellows had already ’fallen’.
He let out a forced laugh, "Uncle, you joke. As in the Book of Songs, ’The silent girl is beautiful, waiting for at the city corner. Love, but not seen, scratching head and pacing in distress.’ I wanted to et your daughter, but was turned away at the door twice, so day and night, I scratched my head and paced in distress. So, I had to resort to this thod, I apologize for any impropriety. By the way, at this ti, shouldn’t you be cultivating in the west courtyard?"
By the ti he said this, he was completely unashad. The logic was that as long as he didn’t feel embarrassed, then the embarrassed ones are others.
Jiang Yunqi was indeed speechless, thinking that this fellow not only had a thick skin but also a bit of literary talent. He could sugarcoat sneaking into his house in the middle of the night and barging into his daughter’s room.
This last sentence even implied resemblance of blaming him for being nosy.
But if he hadn’t interfered just now, this kid would have been hacked by his daughter!
On the other hand, this guy is really useless, he was already at the door, but failed at the last hurdle.
anwhile, in the main room of the courtyard, Jiang Hanyun hastily wrapped herself in intimate clothing and then peeked out of the window apprehensively.
Actually, the mont she slashed out, she had already recognized the identity of the man outside. She had been trying to reign in her strength to avoid hurting Li Xuan.
Later, Jiang Hanyun was afraid that her father would not recognize the person, and gave Li Xuan a beating.
But from what was happening outside, the situation she was most worried about did not occur.
Jiang Hanyun, at this mont, felt both amused and annoyed, and also felt a touch of warmth. After pondering for a while, she reached for her outer garnt, "This guy, I better go out to see him."
Mrs. Jiang, also stunned by the events of the night, quickly recovered and pulled an outfit from the wardrobe and threw it over, "Put this on too, it’s good to et, lest the kid worry too much."
The mont Jiang Hanyun caught it, she realized it was a cloak.
She looked at the mirror beside her, only to see a girl with spring in her eyes and peach blossoms on her face. She looked alluring and charming.
Jiang Hanyun’s face imdiately turned red. She quickly put the hood over her head, pushed open the door, and walked out.
"Father!"
Jiang Hanyun glanced at Li Xuan, her face flushed. Fortunately, she had a cape to hide behind, so she wasn’t worried he’d see her.
"Let have a few words with Li Xuan."
Jiang Yunqi felt the atmosphere was quite awkward. When he heard these words, he was like being pardoned, and imdiately nodded, striding away. He looked calm, but disappeared in the blink of an eye.
As soon as Jiang Yunqi left, Jiang Hanyun coldly said to Li Xuan, "I can’t believe you dared to do such a thing. It’s done! You’ve seen , now tell it’s not a big deal."
Even though she was using a cold tone, her voice was heart-wrenching.
Looking at the cloak on Jiang Hanyun, Li Xuan was speechless. You’re wearing this to go out and you say it’s okay?
He tried to glimpse the face hidden in the shadows of Jiang Hanyun, but was imdiately stopped by the little fist she raised. He sighed helplessly, "But I heard that your transformation into a demon will happen much sooner now."
Although he also wanted to see what Jiang Hanyun looked like as a fox demon, Li Xuan was aware that ’half-demons’ were heavily discriminated in this world.
Among the Liudao Division, there were several ’half-demons’, but none of the half-human, half-demon creatures had ever risen to an official position above that of Fumo Zhonglangjiang.
"It’s just about half a year earlier." Jiang Hanyun crossed her arms and stated nonchalantly, "Being a half-demon or not, I don’t really care. Don’t worry! If one day, even the Liudao Division can no longer accommodate , I’ll just wander the world like my uncle and aunt from the Le family. Anyway, you don’t have to worry about my affairs."
"Yet, I can’t rest easy." Li Xuan shook his head gravely, "After all, it’s because of ──"
"Why are you so nagging?" Jiang Hanyun interrupted him before he could finish, "On the contrary, wouldn’t you throw yourself into danger to save ?"
Upon saying this, a complex expression crossed her eyes, "Enough, I’ve said you don’t have to worry about it, and I really don’t care. If you feel you owe , just repay once in the future. That’s it. Do you have anything else to say? If not, hurry up and leave."
Li Xuan opened his mouth, but words failed him. Jiang Hanyun then half-drew her waist sword, implying a threat, "Go! If you dare to break into my house again, I’ll emasculate you. Even if Yunrou will scold , I don’t care."
With that, she turned her back on Li Xuan and urged impatiently, "Get moving!"
However, under her cloak where no one could see, a faint redness tinted her eyes.
Li Xuan gazed at her retreating figure, wishing to say sothing but holding back. The girl, known as the Blood Hand Butcher, seed unusually vulnerable tonight. For a mont, he wanted to rush over and hold her in his arms. However, her determined silhouette made Li Xuan sigh lightly, and he turned to head towards the gates of the Jiang residence.
At this point, Li Xuan’s mind was set. He would not let Yunrou down, but he also couldn’t ignore Hanyun.
He had to understand what the secret technique was all about, and how long would he need to practice it? Once? Twice? Three tis? Or countless tis?
Jiang Hanyun remained standing in the courtyard, motionless for a long ti.
Inside the main room of the small courtyard, Mrs. Jiang, who was watching all this through the window, furrowed her brows deeply. Her eyes filled with endless love and helplessness.
※※※※
Just when Li Xuan was leaving the Jiang residence with the unconscious Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue,
In the Forbidden City, in front of the side hall of the Fuqing Palace, Zhang Yingyuan, the vice tianshi who had reverted to his true form, Master Jinxia who governed the Heavenly Queen Palace, and others including the abbot Miao Ru, and Master Yuanwu of the Great Baoan Temple, were all seated together with serious expressions.
"Starting from the Hour of Wu, the condition of the princess has neither worsened nor improved. It has taken Jiang’s dical skills and our mana to prevent her condition from further deteriorating. This isn’t a viable solution for the long term,"
This was Master Yuanwu of Great Baoan Temple. His expression was solemn,"To help the princess, balance Yin and Yang, we need to find another solution."
The other abbot, Miao Ru, also pondered, "In Buddhism, there are two thods that can resolve the princess’s predicant. Among them, the ’Dayuan Spell’ is the most effective. But since the princess practices Taoism, I guess she would not convert to Buddhism."
Next is the use of sacred and immortal artifacts to suppress the threat, which could turn danger into safety, temporarily resolving the princess’s Yin-yang Counterflow crisis. But such artifacts are treasure troves of every sect, and there is no such thing as lending them."
"Prolonged use of the elixir is not a viable long-term strategy," added Master Jinxia, "The accumulated toxicity will only create bigger problems in the future."
"It’s true that the royal family of the Jin Dynasty possesses several immortal treasures and artifacts. The ’Dragon Gate Sect’ of the Quanzhen Dao, where the princess originates, also has two or three of such treasures. But all these treasures have a use. Firstly, determining who gets them is troubleso, and secondly, it’s just treating the symptoms, not the root cause."
Zhang Yingyuan thought that despite the princess being from the Quanzhen Sect and thus not directly related to his own Zhengyi Sect, she was, after all, born into the royal family and a rare heavenly level power. It was worth it to establish good relations with her.
"We should stick to the previous plan. Until a better solution is found, we should ask the princess to recuperate at the ’Hualong Pool’ in Longhu Mountain──"
As the Buddhist and Taoist masters were in discussion, inside the side hall, Yu Hongchang was looking at her younger brother, the second prince, Yu Jianji, with knitted brows.
"Must I go to Longhu Mountain?"
Reluctance was written all over her eyes, but then her expression shifted slightly, "I will go there, but I need Li Xuan to escort all the way. Right now, apart from Li Xuan, I trust no one else. If not, I would rather stay in Nanjing."
Upon hearing this, Xue Yunrou, who was sitting next to her with a charming smile, froze.
Yu Jianji considered it and found it to be a little tricky. People from outside had already started whispering rumors, and the Imperial Censors and Ministry of Rites were eyeing the palace.
But then he gave in to compassion, realising that apart from Xiaowei Li, he too could not trust anyone else in Nanjing.
"Alright then, I will go and discuss this with old Manager Long──"
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