Fairies Are Fierce

Chapter 236 How will you know if you don’t try?

When the lanterns first come on, the streets of Yacheng are brightly lit and people are moving like flies.

In a house in the west of the city overlooking the harbor, Jiang Yi was wearing a red summer dress, standing by the fence on the second floor of the attic, looking at the fish-scale waves under the moonlight, in a daze.

The cool sea breeze stirred up her long black hair, and her slender jade fingers fumbled with the bamboo pendant. The scene carved on the pendant was vivid in her mind, as if it happened yesterday, but the rapist who was holding her down and beating her was gone at this moment. There is only a trace of lovesickness left, making people unable to sleep.

The storm in the East China Sea has only been going on for four days, but these four days have been longer than any time in the past year or more - because Zuo Lingquan has completely lost his voice, and even the ancestor Shangguan has no idea where he has gone.

Jiang Yi liked Zuo Lingquan, but she didn't know how much she liked her. Suddenly there was no news, she didn't know whether she was alive or dead, or when she would return. Only then did she realize that in the secular drama, the husband goes out to fight and the wife waits at home. What a worrying feeling.

The feeling is heart-breaking, and the days feel like years. I can't help but fantasize about the situation my husband is facing at this moment, but I have to comfort myself not to think about the worst. If my husband doesn't come back, this tangled feeling will never end.

She is like this, and the other girls are not much better.

Standing next to the attic fence, you can see Jingxun respectfully offering incense and praying through the window of the wing below.

Jingxun experienced the misery of separation between yin and yang in her family when she was young, and her attachment to Zuo Lingquan can be imagined. Hearing that Zuo Lingquan was missing, Jingxun felt like he had lost his soul. He no longer had the enthusiasm and cheerfulness of the past. In order not to affect other people's emotions, he avoided seeing people all day long and didn't even say a word.

Jingxuan used to call Patriarch Shangguan 'dead mother-in-law' every day, but her attitude changed drastically at this time. She took it as the last straw and started calling her 'good sister', speaking in a low voice for fear of offending Patriarch Shangguan. It’s up to people to control Zuo Lingquan’s life or death.

Ancestor Shangguan didn't respond for several days, and Jingxun didn't dare to urge him. Yesterday at noon, he went to the secular temple fair, invited many imaginary gods back, put them in the house to offer incense, and worshiped them seriously.

This move seems a bit ridiculous. Most of the gods worshiped in the world are high-level monks who have accidentally exposed their traces. No matter how god they are, they can't compare to the Shangguan Patriarch; but a woman's family can ask for help when the man is missing and powerless. How much sanity does she keep?

Compared with Jingxun, who was sick and rushed to the doctor, the aunt was much more rational. At this time, the beauty in the courtyard was sitting cross-legged and practicing, which seemed to be no different from the past.

But Jiang Yi knew that her aunt was doing this for her to see.

Whether Zuo Lingquan is at home or not, her aunt is the "elder" of the family. She has brought her up and has become her warmest harbor and support instead of her parents.

At this time, even if my aunt is confused and worried more than anyone else, she still has to show the stability and responsibility that an elder should have in front of her, and be her last resort when she is in panic.

Seeing her aunt's calm expression, Jiang Yi felt a little more at ease. Sometimes she comforted herself, "My aunt is not panicking, why should I be panicking?" Although she knew this was just self-deception, she felt more at ease after all.

She was distracted, and Leng Zhu, as a maid, obviously couldn't relax there either.

In the room at the back of the attic, Leng Zhu moved the things from the boat and immersed himself in handling the piles of case files from the Demon Hunting Department, with a bit of worry and sadness on his face.

Not only was he worried about Zuo Lingquan's safety, but he was also worried that she would not be able to think clearly. If she was busy working for a while, she would take the file and ask some business questions when she had nothing to say, so as to distract her and stop thinking too much.

It's a pity that Jiang Yi was not in the mood to deal with official duties at this time, and didn't want Leng Zhu to notice that she was distracted, so she went outside the attic to enjoy the sea breeze in a daze.

Jiang Yi had been gazing at the sea alone for an unknown amount of time. She never saw anyone returning from the sea. But when the moon came over the branches, she suddenly heard vague noises coming from the room behind her:

"呲呲呲……"

Jiang Yi quickly came to her senses and thought it was an auditory hallucination, but the sound was always there, becoming clearer and clearer from blurry.

Just as Leng Zhu raised his head in confusion, Jiang Yi flew into the room like a strong red wind and looked in front of the desk.

The room was lit by candlelight, the Kirin paperweight was placed on the desk, and the water curtain that had not appeared on the screen for many days reappeared.

The angle of view of the water curtain is very strange. Only the woman's left eye and a bit of her cheek can be seen. Her long eyelashes are very close to each other, as if they are touching each other.

Jiang Yi recognized that these were Shangguan Lingye's eyes, but their eyes lacked the coldness and wisdom of the high-ranking people in the past. Instead, they were a bit blurred, and there seemed to be light in the crystal pupils, shining brighter than the stars in the sky.

Jiang Yi's eyes also lit up, and the depression of the past few days was gone. She ran forward to ask about the whereabouts of Zuo Lingquan, the concubine, but suddenly she realized something was wrong - the picture she saw was none other than Zuo Lingquan. What I see now, this distance...

? !

Jiang Yigang's relieved mood was replaced by suspicion before it fully appeared on his face. The first words he spoke were:

"Zuo Lingquan! What are you doing?"

Before he finished speaking, the water curtain shook, the scenery began to spin, and the next moment it turned dark again, and nothing could be seen anymore...

——

A little earlier.

After the Shangguan Patriarch left, Zuo Lingquan was eager to return home and galloped towards the city.

Yacheng was the capital of the Western Xinjiang of the Emperor Zhao Dynasty, not too far from Linhai County where Sixiang Shenhou was located; however, the location where Zuo Lingquan came out was not the sea area where the last conflict occurred, but near the waterway to and from Huajunzhou, with The straight-line distance between the city and the city is more than a thousand miles.

The sea is boundless, and nothing else can be seen except the waves and the unchanging starry sky.

Zuo Lingquan can judge the direction through the starry sky, but he doesn't know where he is. There is no Sky Escape Tower covering the sea, and he can't contact Jiang Yi and the others. He can only follow Tuanzi and fly eastward.

Shangguan Lingye left Macheng County, wearing the clothes of a secular woman. When he returned to this world, after his spiritual energy recovered, he put on the golden phoenix skirt and resumed his former graceful and noble appearance.

At first, Shangguan Lingye was walking by the wind beside him, talking and laughing, asking about the ancestors and Lord Peach Blossom. However, after walking forward for two quarters of an hour, the words became less and less, and the speed also slowed down.

Zuo Lingquan noticed something strange and turned around to look, only to find that Shangguan Lingye's lips were white and his eyes were a little dazed. He quickly slowed down and asked:

"Empress, what's wrong with you?"

Tuanzi, who was leading the way, also flapped his small wings and hovered in the air, asking with concern:

"grumble?"

Shangguan Lingye was ambushed by the Nether Ancestor at sea a few days ago with a soul-gathering flag. His soul was severely damaged and he had no time to recuperate. Returning to the vicinity of Yuyaozhou, although the Qi Sea in the body recovered, the damage to the soul did not disappear. After arriving at a safe area and letting down the guard, the dizziness and fatigue originating from the depths of the soul began to impact the mind and limbs again.

"My soul is traumatized and my spirit is exhausted. It has little impact."

While talking, Shangguan Lingye took out the lotus platform from Linglong Pavilion and wanted to control the Law Weapon back.

However, controlling the Law Weapon also requires Spirit Partitioning. Seeing this, Zuo Lingquan leaned forward and gestured to the long sword at his feet:

"I'll take you back, you can rest for a while."

During Zuo Lingquan's battle in the East China Sea, his flying sword was knocked away by Gongsun Li who suddenly appeared and was lost to no one knows where. He is currently wielding the Mo Yuan Sword.

Shangguan Lingye did not refuse, and landed lightly in front of Zuo Lingquan, relaxed his body and stood up, but the long sword bumped up and down, almost throwing her off.

Zuo Lingquan reacted very quickly and quickly held Shangguan Lingye's shoulders.

Shangguan Lingye frowned slightly, not sure whether Zuo Lingquan did it on purpose or if it was a real trick. She turned back slightly and said:

"Can you do it?"

Zuo Lingquan is already very proficient at flying objects in the sky, but he doesn't need a flying sword to lead people to Yufeng. He just tried it a few days after he learned it. It's relatively unfamiliar and he hasn't found the feeling yet. He held Shangguan Lingye's shoulders and said confidently:

"Okay, just get used to it and you'll be fine. Stand firm."

After saying that, Yu Jian broke through the air and left.

The swift push back made Shangguan Lingye directly stick to Zuo Lingquan's chest, and the bulging front of his clothes was flattened a little, and it didn't return to its original state until the acceleration ended.

Shangguan Lingye didn't know what to say, and couldn't hit Zuo Lingquan any more. He stood quietly on the long sword, his long black hair with a faint fragrance, brushing Zuo Lingquan's cheeks.

However, Zuo Lingquan was eager to return home. Even though he had the warm and fragrant soft jade in his arms, he could not have any charming thoughts at this time.

When you are hunting in the sea breeze at night, you can't see anything except the bright moon, starry sky and sea water. The repetitive scenery makes it easy to get distracted.

Shangguan Lingye looked up at the moon in the sky, wandered for a moment, and sighed subconsciously:

"Alas~"

Zuo Lingquan will be reunited with his wife soon, and he is naturally in a good mood. Hearing the sigh, he felt that it was not caused by an injury, but rather by a depressed mood. He tilted his head in confusion and looked at the profile of the woman in front of him:

"We finally got out of trouble and can go home soon. Why are you so depressed? Is there something on your mind?"

Shangguan Lingye does have something on his mind. Her parents are long gone, and it is difficult for her master to see her. The deep palace in Linyuan City is no home at all; it can be said that she has no home since the day she embarked on the path of cultivation, and most monks in the world are like this.

Living in a dilapidated house in Macheng County for two days, although it was short, the day, one place and one couple did make her feel a little bit at home; it's a pity that the moon in the sky seems to have not changed, but the whole world has changed , as if people were brought back to the world from dreams in an instant.

After hearing Zuo Lingquan's inquiry, Shangguan Lingye came back to his senses and responded calmly:

"You're going home right away, and you can have sex with women. Where can I go back? I continue to sit on the boat and go with the crowd, and I have to deal with endless files. I don't have a leisurely time in Macheng County. What is there to be happy about?"

"This is what cultivation is like, you are always on the road, there is no leisure time. As long as you have a good attitude..."

Shangguan Lingye rolled his eyes slightly and interrupted Zuo Lingquan's words:

"You are not very moral, but you do have a lot of truths. Do you think women would be interested in hearing this if you discuss this with them?"

"I just want to enlighten you. If you don't like to hear it, I'll say something else. Well...what do you want to hear?"

"Anyway, I don't want to hear anything related to practice. I see that when you and Jiang Yi are together, you talk and laugh. It seems that she likes to listen to anything. You can talk to her as you like, just talk to me."

Zuo Lingquan was taken aback for a moment—he and Jiang Yi were a couple, and the topics they talked about couldn't be said to be shady, but they were very close after all, and they were all about love between children. How could this kind of conversation be applied to Grandma Toffee?

"Well... Jiang Yi and I talk about everything together. To be specific, there is no fixed topic. People are different, so it's not easy to apply."

Shangguan Lingye said casually: "This is not easy. Just think of me as Jiang Yi. Do you want me to look like Jiang Yi?"

"ah?"

Zuo Lingquan has weird eyes, and wants to explain that people have different intimacy and communication methods, but this meaning is not easy to express in words, and I can't just say "Jiang Yi is my wife, you are an outsider, so we can't talk" '.

Shangguan Lingye waited for a moment, and when Zuo Lingquan didn't respond, he sighed quietly:

"Oh~ I came out to protect you, and I lived and died together once. In the end, I asked you to say something interesting to relieve your boredom, but you resisted..."

Zuo Lingquan shook his head quickly: "This is not my fault, it's just the way Jiang Yi and I chatted privately. I really can't apply it to the empress..."

Shangguan Lingye's face turned cold, he turned around and said dissatisfied:

"How will you know if you don't try?"

I don't know if it was because he was in a bad mood, but Shangguan Lingye's tone was slightly irritated. I'm afraid if he pushed her further, he would really get angry and leave.

"..."

Zuo Lingquan paused in his words, looking at the resolute grandma Toffee who was close at hand, and couldn't give any more reasons. He was silent for a moment and could only nod:

"Okay, let me try."

Shangguan Lingye's expression softened a little and he looked at the sea again:

"Let's talk."

Zuo Lingquan thought for a while, put on a cold and handsome expression, raised his hand and turned the Crown Princess in a circle, facing him and looking into her eyes:

"What do you want to talk about?"

His eyes were condescending, saying that Xie Mei was too greasy, but he did have a domineering tone, and his tone was threatening. It seemed that if Shangguan Lingye dared to say no, he would dare to do something treasonous and unethical on the spot.

? ! !

Shangguan Lingye was stunned. He had been a proud child since he was a child, and he had been in the Dowager Palace for eighty years. This was the first time in his life that a man dared to look at her like this!

Shangguan Lingye raised her cheeks and looked at the eyes that were trying to suppress her. The aura she had developed since childhood made her instinctively resist, and she frowned:

"What do you mean?"

Although he didn't say 'you are presumptuous', Shangguan Lingye's reaction was somewhat similar to that of Jiang Yi, who was born in the royal family.

Zuo Lingquan came closer and narrowed his eyes slightly:

"What do you think I mean?"

Shangguan Lingye felt that Zuo Lingquan wanted to round her up and flatten her, but unlike Jiang Yi, she could really beat Zuo Lingquan, so she would not be afraid, so her response was naturally tough:

"How would I know?"

"..."

Zuo Lingquan opened his mouth. He didn't have absolute strength to back him up. He couldn't control the girl and couldn't be domineering at all. How could he continue to answer the question?

Seeing that the concubine was looking down at him, with no intention of submissiveness, Zuo Lingquan secretly gritted his teeth, his face darkened, and he patted Shangguan Lingye's buttocks with his sword scabbard.

Snapped--

The sound sounds like it can be broken by a bomb.

Tuanzi, who was flying in front, turned around and said "Ji?!" in shock, and almost fell into the sea.

? !

Shangguan Lingye was stunned on the spot, his eyes were stunned, and his thoughts were short-circuited. He did not expect that Zuo Lingquan would suddenly come like this.

The blow was very light, not painful at all, and in terms of physical contact, a slap with the scabbard was far inferior to hugging her with his hands; but hugging her was an act of urgency and unintentional, and this time it was truly intentional.

Is this kid so brave after eating a bear's heart?

Zuo Lingquan's expression was cold, and he was actually ready to be beaten. Seeing that Grandma Toffee was stunned and didn't make a move, he could only maintain his current state and continue to speak condescendingly:

"I hit you with the scabbard. I didn't take advantage of you. This is to teach you how to be a human being. If you talk to people so arrogantly, it's okay if you meet someone who is reasonable like me. But if you meet someone who is unreasonable... you punch me If you go down, you have to beg others not to die."

"grumble??"

Shangguan Lingye stared with a pair of beautiful eyes. He was originally a little annoyed at Zuo Lingquan's boldness, but when he said this sentence, he was troubled again. He seemed to want to laugh, but he held it back, so his expression was very strange.

The bright moon is faint, and our eyes face each other.

Seeing Shangguan Lingye's mediocre reaction, Zuo Lingquan felt that the strength was still not enough, so he got closer, hooked his hands around Guan Lingye's lower back, and leaned his cheek close, pretending to force a kiss.

If Jiang Yi had encountered this kind of thing back then, she would have definitely avoided or raised her hand to him, and then the two of them started quarreling and flirting.

But Shangguan Lingye stood on the sword, keeping a strange expression. He didn't know whether he didn't react, or he had enough time to react, but he hesitated because of his inner thoughts. Anyway, he didn't move, and was caught in Zuo Lingquan's arms. .

Zuo Lingquan maintained a stern expression. He was just pretending, but Shangguan Lingye didn't hide, so he was naturally confused.

This situation should have stopped here, but Zuo Lingquan didn't know what to think, his heart trembled, and driven by an instant impulse, he continued to move towards the soft red lips.

Subconsciously, Zuo Lingquan felt that it was time for Empress Dowager to react and avoid or push him away, so she kept moving forward.

But what he didn't expect was that the Dowager Empress had mastered the true story of the Tiedong Mansion. She never retreated and didn't hide at all. The kiss was so smooth that the two of them even touched their foreheads.

Boom——

The four lips meet, cool and soft, with a hint of sweetness.

The endless blue sea under the moonlight seemed to freeze in an instant.

Shangguan Lingye, who was wearing a gorgeous phoenix skirt, was held up by the waist and raised on his toes. His clear eyes were wide open, but the thoughts in his eyes could not be seen.

Zuo Lingquan was the one who took the initiative, but instead he was stunned, with a little red lip between his lips, before he realized what he had done.

Zuo Lingquan was a little worried about being beaten to death and wanted to separate quickly, but the sweetness on his lips made him understand that even if he was separated now, he would still have to be beaten to death.

So Zuo Lingquan didn't let go in the end, he just stared blankly into the clear eyes in front of him, waiting for the Dowager Empress to react first.

But the impact seemed to be too great for the Dowager Empress, and she was stunned for a long time. She didn't even resist when her teeth were opened, she just looked at him with wide eyes.

In Haifeng Xunxun, a pair of men and women were galloping between the sky and the sea on the edge of their swords, facing each other, and their sword-wielding postures were very strange.

Tuanzi flapped his wings and flew ahead. He turned to look at the two of them, wanting to ask them what they were doing without looking at the road. However, he was afraid of being disliked by the nanny, so he didn't say "Ji?" in the end.

A long time passed, but it seemed like only a short moment had passed.

No matter how strong Shangguan Lingye's mind and body were, they were melted by the sweetness between his lips. His eyes gradually became blurred and his breathing showed slight ripples.

Zuo Lingquan gradually changed from being frightened to being distracted, with fewer and fewer distracting thoughts in his mind. He moved his hand up along the waistline, gradually approaching the place he shouldn't be close to.

Unfortunately, at this critical moment, a voice suddenly appeared in his mind and forcibly pulled Zuo Lingquan back:

"Zuo Lingquan! What are you doing?!"

Zuo Lingquan has a monitor on his right eye. He is now close to the coast and can contact Jiang Yi and the others!

A long-lost voice suddenly appeared in his mind. Before Zuo Lingquan could be surprised, he was so frightened that he fell into the sea with his sword.

Shangguan Lingye just remembered this, quickly raised his finger, and quietly destroyed the formation in Zuo Lingquan's eyes, but it was obviously too late to make amends.

Zuo Lingquan quickly parted his lips, helped Shangguan Lingye stabilize his body, turned his head to look at the sea, and said as if he was checking the enemy's situation:

"Jiang Yi? We've made contact. I'll be right back... Hello? Hello?"

After feeding for a long time, there was no response in my mind.

Zuo Lingquan was a little confused, blinked his right eye and asked:

"Mother Princess, what's going on?"

Shangguan Lingye pretended not to know and looked around a few times:

"The formation took too long and may have failed."

"Really? Everything was fine just now..."

Seeing this, Zuo Lingquan quickly took out the Tiandun Card from Linglong Pavilion and tried to contact:

"Hello?...Jiang Yi?"

A response quickly came from Tian Dun Pai:

"Why did you close your eyes?"

"I didn't close it. There was something wrong with the formation."

"Why was the concubine so close just now? It seemed like she was right in front of you..."

"Uh..." Zuo Lingquan's expression froze.

Shangguan Lingye interjected: "My eyes hurt just now, let Zuo Lingquan check if there is anything strange."

"Oh...are you all okay? Where have you been these past few days?"

"We're fine, we'll be back soon..."

…

The inquiries kept coming, and Wu Qingwan and Tang Jingxun soon joined in. Zuo Lingquan was overwhelmed by the mix of voices and words.

Shangguan Lingye stood beside him and would interject a few words, as if nothing had happened just now.

But after Zuo Lingquan and his family reported that they were safe, the light on the Tiandun card had just dissipated, and before he could put it away, he found a delicate white jade hand appearing in front of his eyes and taking away the Tiandun card.

Zuo Lingquan was a little confused, and turned to look at the beauty in palace clothes next to him, only to see the grandma Toffee, who had spoken kindly just now, her face turned to frost, and her eyes were full of shame and anger, staring at him.

! !

It’s over…

Zuo Lingquan tried his best to look calm and smiled:

"Lingye, what's wrong?"

"Did you call me Lingye?"

"Uh... Empress Dowager, what's wrong?"

There was murderous intent in Shangguan Lingye's eyes, and he raised his hand to wipe his red lips:

"What did you just do to me?"

Seeing that Shangguan Lingye seemed to be really angry, Zuo Lingquan secretly thought something was wrong and explained:

"Just now, the empress asked me to use the tone of communication with Jiang Yi..."

"Do you think I ordered you to kiss me?"

"No, no. Well...I was too involved in the drama, and I couldn't help but be impulsive. I thought the queen would run away, but the queen didn't hide..."

"My soul was traumatized and my reaction was slow. I was just distracted by your abnormal attitude."

"..."

Zuo Lingquan kissed her for half a quarter of an hour and even stuck out her tongue. No matter how slow the reaction was, it wouldn't be so slow, right? He was not sure:

"Yeah?"

"What? You take advantage of others' danger and want to put the blame on me?"

"No, um..."

"That's all, just think of it as your impulse. Don't mention this to outsiders."

After finishing speaking, Shangguan Lingye made a show of walking away, left the sword, and flew to the coast by himself in the wind.

Zuo Lingquan still wanted to speak, but Shangguan Lingye didn't give him a chance at all. He was left very far behind in the blink of an eye. He didn't catch up until he arrived at Yicheng...

(end of this chapter)