Chapter 8: The Water Lily is in Danger
"A few days ago, a cousin of Master Liu came to visit. It is said that she looks like a fairy. It seems that she is here to get engaged to Master Liu San!"
"Isn't this Mr. Liu San missing? It's still unknown whether he's dead or alive. How can his cousin come to get engaged?"
"Hey~ Marriage is decided by parents. My relatives have become officials, so they are rushing to curry favor with them! But it's a pity for this young girl. She has not even married yet. She may have to be a widow..."
……
It's true that after the maid dressed Lingxiang up, she was indeed very different from usual: her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her skin was like fine fat and jade, her hair was like flying water and floating clouds, and her eyes were like stars and seas. Her clothes were even more like: the cloud comb on her head was broken by the clapping of the festival, and the empty rings and pendants returned to the soul of the night moon. The wind blew the fairy sleeves up, just like a feathered dress dancing.
As soon as Lingxiang came out, she shocked everyone, and Long Qi couldn't take his eyes off her: This girl is really... pretty...
Before everyone could come to their senses, they saw Lingxiang fall down with a thud, and the artistic conception was instantly gone.
"This damn dress is so troublesome!" she complained, covering her knees.
……
That night, the "cousin" from the Liu family went to bed early.
Around the middle of the night, dark clouds suddenly covered the moon and strong winds blew. Soon, a white figure stood in the darkness in the cousin's room.
We agreed to send a signal as soon as there was any situation, but after waiting for a long time, there was no movement from inside. Long Qi was a little anxious and wanted to rush in, but was held back by Chi Yanzi.
"Old man! It's been an incense stick, why won't you let me in?"
"Wait a little longer! Don't alert the enemy."
"Aren't all the monsters here?"
"If we go in now, if we scare him away and make him defensive, it will be difficult to lure him out! We should wait for the spiritual incense..."
Before he could finish his words, the evil wind blew again, and after a moment, the obscured moon was revealed.
"Oh no!" Chi Yanzi was shocked.
Long Qi hurriedly jumped out and pushed the door open, only to find that the room was empty!
"Look, old man! I told you to go in, but you refused to let me. Now look what happened. Even this evil woman has been kidnapped!"
"Don't panic. Lingxiang is a shrewd woman. She must have some plans. Look around. Maybe she left something behind." Chi Yanzi said as he started looking around.
Long Qi followed his instructions and flipped through it carefully.
"What is this?" He was holding a yellow talisman in his hand.
"Mother-child talisman!"
The so-called mother-child talisman means that the child is born from the mother, and is used to leave a message to find someone. Lingxiang is naturally not stupid, she just has other plans.
……
In order to prevent the monster from using its bewitching magic, Lingxiang pasted a calming talisman inside her clothes. After a moment of dizziness, she was taken into a cave.
The cave was deep and winding. After being blown by the evil wind for a while, it suddenly became clear.
There is a different world in the cave!
The top of the cave is hollowed out, moonlight is pouring in, and there are green tiles, red pillars, carved beams and painted buildings. It is actually a villa in the cave!
Lingxiang was marveling at such exquisite craftsmanship when she was caught off guard and thrown down.
"Young Master, you're back!" As soon as Yaofeng appeared and sat down, a group of women surrounded him.
I saw that the monster had a thin figure and charming fair skin. Looking at it more closely, I saw that it had slender phoenix eyes and a smile on the corners of its mouth.
It's really outrageous that a male demon looks so charming!
"Since you haven't been seduced, stop pretending."
The male demon's voice was extremely alluring. Lingxiang hurriedly recited the Heart Purification Mantra to calm her mind.
"Since you know that magic can't do anything to me, don't waste your time and put away your thoughts!"
Since she was discovered anyway, Lingxiang simply sat up cross-legged. "Sir~ This person is so rude, how dare he bump into you like this, he should be taught a lesson~" A woman lay on the demon's legs, her voice soft and her eyes charming.
Looking at the other women, they were all like this. It seemed that they had all fallen under this guy's spell.
"To be able to use magic to this extent, you must be a fox." Lingxiang twisted her fingers and quietly activated the induction talisman.
"Oh~ You are so young, but you know a lot. How come you set a trap for me but no one came? Could it be that you are attracted by my beauty?"
"Don't try to trick me again. Since you already know what I did, just tell me straight out. What are you going to do by kidnapping these women?"
"Women in the world are all heartless. Leaving a marriage with them would only bring disaster. What I did this time is just a piece of cake." The fox demon supported his face with his right hand and said lazily.
"It's just a small favor? Don't make such a fuss! Ruining someone's marriage is not a good deed!"
"You little girl, what do you know now!" The fox demon's eyes suddenly turned red, and his ferocious look was revealed. With invisible energy, he shocked the woman next to him far away.
"Marriage? Are any women in the world worthy of such a beautiful thing?" The fox demon instantly came in front of Lingxiang and pinched her neck.
……
The mother-seeking talisman brought Chi Yanzi and the others to the entrance of the demon cave and burned to ashes. Long Qi ran into the cave without thinking, and Chi Yanzi hurried to catch up, but the demon cave was full of twists and turns and demonic energy, so it was very difficult to find the spiritual incense.
Just when they were at a loss, they suddenly heard footsteps approaching. The two of them hurriedly hid in the dark and prepared to attack the person by surprise when he was close to them.
Unexpectedly, the man was so agile that he dodged, then turned around in an instant and attacked forward, using his three-foot-long sword to strike with great force.
Can monsters use swords?
Chi Yanzi quickly withdrew his hand and stepped back, asking, "Is the person coming here a human or a monster? What are you doing here?"
"Of course it's a human, here to save people." The man dodged Long Qi's move and retreated.
"Save people? Save whom?" Upon hearing it was a person, Long Qi stopped his moves and asked.
"Save my sister."
"Is the visitor the third son of Liu Xian, the governor of Cangzhou?" Chi Yanzi asked again after hearing the man's answer.
"It is Liu Xia. Who are you?"
"The Taoist monk Chi Yanzi."
It turned out to be his benefactor. Liu Xia hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.
When he was a child, he always heard his mother talk about what happened in the past. This is why he was interested in spiritual practice.
I didn't expect to meet the immortal in such a place.
"If it weren't for the Immortal Master, I wouldn't be where I am today. I will never forget your kindness!" Liu Xia said, and bowed solemnly again.
"Hey~ For a cultivator, it's natural and nothing to worry about." Chi Yanzi hurriedly helped him up.
"Okay, are you here to save people or to reminisce about the past? We haven't even gotten out of the demon cave yet, but you two are already talking." Long Qi said impatiently.
"Who is this?"
"My name is Long Qi, and I'm a ranger."
"You two are here to capture monsters?"
"This monster can transform itself into a cloud and cover the moon. I'm afraid it has the power of a demon fairy and we can't subdue it." Chi Yanzi just remembered at this moment that if they came here rashly, it would be difficult to deal with this monster based on its cultivation level.
"Lingxiang said that the magic this demon used was not evil, so it shouldn't be a wicked person."
"Wuxie is not a good person. If we really have to fight, I'm afraid..."
As Chi Yanzi was speaking, he suddenly felt the fluctuation of demonic power deep in the cave, and he was afraid that the spiritual incense had been discovered!
(End of this chapter)
