Blood-red rain.
Falling from the sky.
Covering the countless pavilions and towers of Cyan Wood Province, the hos of its residents, and the roads where vendors shout and pedestrians walk under umbrellas.
And above the thick clouds in the aftermath of the blood rain is the outline of a giant silhouette.
The silhouette sits still, left hand turned upward in a pondering pose; the right hand with two fingers pinched together, the other fingers spread out.
This mudra, Li Xuan had seen before.
It was sothing his mother had told him about.
This is the Buddha’s preaching gesture.
Once the Buddha performs it, it’s as if saying, "Co, listen to my teachings."
However, the giant silhouette that resembled a Buddha statue had no head.
Without a head, how could it preach?
Boom!
A thunderclap!
Lightning snakes in all directions, the sky suddenly turned dark, the heavens seed sared with yellow earth, while the world... seed like a buried tomb, the blood rain flowing through the soil akin to the blood plasma of a not-quite-dead corpse.
Rainwater surged down fiercely, the wind howling like a giant serpent threading through streets and alleys.
Rose’s face was pale, her delicate body stiff, scared to the point of not daring to say a word, sticking tightly beside Li Xuan.
Li Xuan could only look at the sky like this.
No one knew what was happening...
If disaster was approaching, how could the fish and shrimp foresee it?
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...
Fortunately, this kind of thunderstorm didn’t last long.
After the ti for two sticks of incense to burn, the earth-colored sky disappeared, turning into a cold rainstorm.
The rainstorm gradually slowed, with no stars or moon.
Li Xuan closed the door in advance, took off his clothes and got into bed, squeezing intimately with the high and mighty Saintess of the Yu Sect at ho.
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Several days later.
A letter from ho ca from Xiongshan County once again.
The ssenger was still Li Shu.
The letter was written by Tian Yuan, and its content was, "I saw the letter you wrote last ti, I also like the scenery you ntioned. These days, so things happened at ho, take care of yourself outside, don’t worry about us" and such.
After the letter, Li Shu quietly conveyed a verbal ssage.
He lowered his voice, with a heavy expression said, "Young master, the master said... Mr. Ying is missing.
The master had originally arranged a eting ti with Mr. Ying, and the master wanted to use this opportunity to sever ties with him.
But... Mr. Ying didn’t show up.
The master says he is now extrely anxious."
Li Xuan: ...
The atmosphere beca sowhat grim.
Li Shu asked anxiously, "Young master, what should we do?"
Li Xuan swiftly reported three nas.
Li Shu was slightly stunned, rembering that these were the nas of the maids and caretakers of the Li family.
Li Xuan said, "Go tell the master to inform these three servants that the young master misses them and wants them to co ho."
Li Shu: ???
Li Xuan patted his shoulder and said, "Keep it secret, go quickly."
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...
Sumr had arrived, and the coastal rainstorm from a few days ago seed to be an extension of a seaside hurricane.
Zhou Eli, Wang Fengyang, and their people, adhering to the plan, led a team of two hundred and thirty-one martial artists to investigate.
According to the plan, this group would also reasonably disappear in the East Sea, then quietly return to the south of Chaotic Crow Ridge in Xiongshan County.
Evil spirits don’t need to eat, nor do they need anything.
And the cold mountain environnt of Chaotic Crow Ridge is suitable for long-term residence of evil spirits.
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Clip-clop...
The young man rode his horse, as usual, heading to the Governor’s mansion.
While on the way.
He saw a group of elite cavalry, about a hundred n strong, approaching urgently from the opposite direction.
They wore jet black cold armor, their horses strong and sturdy, yet at their sides were neither the lances traditionally used by cavalry, but shields and swords instead.
Aside from this, there was also a leather pouch, its contents unknown.
"Make way! Make way!!"
The elite cavalry galloped past.
Li Xuan reined in his horse, moving aside slightly.
Beside him, many commoners were discussing, but basically, it was all guesswork with no one being reliable.
Monts later, Li Xuan arrived at the Governor’s mansion.
Zhou Jihai excitedly pulled him to play chess.
anwhile, Commandery Princess Chunyang beca a "tea servant," brewing tea for the two, and called a maid to bring so preserves to prevent them from getting hungry in the middle of the ga.
Li Xuan opened his mouth, "Commandery Princess Chunyang..."
He had just begun to speak when that beautiful woman with cloud-like hair and vermilion lips interrupted him, smiling, "My son calls you elder brother, so why not call Aunt Yun?"
Li Xuan, with an old manner, wanted to accept, but hesitated first, saying, "This... this... isn’t it inappropriate?"
Commandery Princess Chunyang said, "Are you looking down on us widow and orphan?"
Li Xuan hurriedly said, "You are a Commandery Princess, and I am but a commoner in the county town, how dare I overreach?"
Zhou Jihai, already familiar with Li Xuan, directly said, "Elder brother, why be so polite?
If you were ordinary, even if you were of royal blood, my mother and I wouldn’t spare you the ti of day.
Elder brother is talented in both literature and martial arts, we are like-minded, why hesitate?"
Li Xuan then stood up and respectfully bowed to the beautiful woman, saying, "Aunt Yun."
"Well..." Commandery Princess Chunyang replied with a beaming smile, adding, "Now that you called Aunt Yun, you must not leave tonight, Aunt will personally cook sothing good for you. In the future, co and visit Jihai often."
Li Xuan said, "I will listen to Aunt Yun."
Commandery Princess Chunyang wiggled her hips and happily went off.
Without an accomplished Secret Martial Triple Cultivator husband, gaining a talented nephew in both literature and martial arts was indeed a smart move.
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By the shore of the East Sea.
Zhou Eli, Wang Fengyang, and others successfully completed their "disappearance."
At this mont, disguised as beggars, the evil spirits with hideous appearances quietly infiltrated into the sea.
Evil spirits are afraid of fire but love water, and even if soaked in water for several months, they’d be unhard.
Therefore, Zhou Eli and other evil spirits plan to use the sea’s tributaries, following the tide to bypass the Cyan Wood Province area, and then silently reach Chaotic Crow Ridge through Qing River.
Swish...
Swish swish swish...
The tides surged, swallowing the grim-faced evil spirits.
The evil spirits subrged and swam with the current.
As they swam along, Zhou Eli suddenly noticed sothing amiss.
Her cold eyes glanced downward and saw that what seed like a mass of seabed rock below suddenly... moved.
This movent rose like a mountain, engulfing the subrged evil spirits.
Shortly after, tranquility returned to the seabed, and the stowaway evil spirits were nowhere to be seen...
Demons and monsters all have their territories.
Intruders, perish.
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