Fairies Are Fierce

Chapter 249: The Unavoidable

It was already dusk when I returned from the market.

The dumplings returning with their loads were jumping on the branches of the peach trees, stopping from time to time to look back at the women walking side by side.

Mrs. Huazhu chatted with a smile, Wu Qingwan answered from time to time, while Shangguan Lingye was a little absent-minded, walking beside her in silence, and even broke off a flower branch and swung it gently without any purpose.

Shangguan Lingye is very smart, but she is slow to react to people's feelings. She has never put her mind on this aspect since she was a child, and no one taught her about it. She has only changed in the past two years.

Ever since the drunken brawl, Shangguan Lingye has fallen into a tangled situation, not knowing how to accept the change in his identity in the future.

Master told her to 'just do what you want' and encouraged her. On impulse, she wanted to confess to Zuo Lingquan.

As a result, I accidentally bumped into Zuo Lingquan and Wu Qingwan. The timing was not right, and I suppressed my courage. I waited until dawn to muster up the courage to say, "I really have a crush on you," but it was difficult to say it.

She couldn't say anything, but her mentality had changed. She could no longer treat Zuo Lingquan as naturally as before. She could only act lukewarm and lose her temper to prevent Zuo Lingquan from seeing through her mind.

As for what to do next, Shangguan Lingye didn't know. He thought about it all day today and came to the conclusion that if the master encountered this situation, he would definitely push the man to the ground and say in a cold voice: "From now on, you are my Shangguan Yutang. If you dare to say no, I will kill you."

Shangguan Lingye wanted to follow the master's path, but her personality was not like that. It was awkward to do such a thing. She said: "From now on, I am your Zuo Lingquan. If you dare to say no, I'll die for you" is pretty much it.

But Shangguan Lingye obviously couldn't say such spineless words, and there was no one around him to discuss with, so he could only escape temporarily by shopping outside, silently thinking about appropriate countermeasures.

Tuanzi has been following him, and he naturally noticed that Shangguan Lingye suddenly changed his temperament. Seeing that she was not in the mood to interact with others, he was a little worried - after all, the matter was related to bird food. What if it happened again tomorrow morning? What if I throw it out to find insects to eat?

In the past, Tang Jingxun would have such abnormal moments, sitting alone in the room in a daze, sometimes happy and sometimes irritable.

Tuanzi looked at Shangguan Lingye and felt that the two were in a similar state, so he began to recall how his mother had been happy before...

Looking at the rouge box sent by Quanquan, I started to giggle...

But Quanquan didn't send the wet nurse's rouge box...

Then give one as a gift?

An idea flashed through Tuanzi's little head, and he felt that he had grasped the key point, but the nanny didn't need rouge, whatever she liked...

A book about fighting villains...

Nice socks and bellybands…

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Tuanzi thought about this and thought this method could be tried, so he spread his wings and sailed across the Peach Blossom Pond, directly to the foot of the mountain.

It was getting dark, and the lamps were lit in the bamboo building. Zuo Lingquan was still sitting behind the desk, rubbing his eyebrows and reading the files. There was a pile of neatly stacked files beside him.

Tuanzi flew in from the window and landed on the green bamboo pen holder. He spread his wings and said seriously: "Chi Chi Chi..."

Zuo Lingquan had been busy all day, and he probably read more words than he had in the past ten years or so, and was exhausted. When he saw Tuanzi coming back, he was overjoyed, put down his gold pen and looked out the window, but there was no trace of Shangguan Lingye and Qingwan.

"grumble!"

Tuanzi jumped onto the unfolded file, reminded Zuo Lingquan to hurry up, and then pointed at Zuo Lingquan's belt with his wings.

Zuo Lingquan couldn't understand Tuanzi's words, but after being exposed to them for a long time, he could roughly understand the meaning. He took out the Linglong Pavilion on his waist and said with a smile:

"Are you hungry? Didn't the Queen Mother feed you?"

Tuanzi shook his head like a rattle and came closer, waving his wings and making gestures, signaling Zuo Lingquan to give something to please Shangguan Lingye.

It's just that the expression is a bit complicated, but Zuo Lingquan seemed to understand it. He took out the bird food from Linglong, rejected the dumplings, and took out the fur ball toy.

"Chiji..."

Tuanzi felt his head hurt. It landed directly on the pagoda-like Linglong Pavilion and wanted to find it by himself.

Linglong Pavilion is restricted and no one without permission can open it, let alone birds.

Zuo Lingquan didn't understand what Tuanzi wanted, so he tried to lift the restriction; it turned out that Tuanzi was really good at using it, and he rummaged through it, and finally pulled out a colorful thing and several boxes of rouge.

The last time he went back to Dadan, Zuo Lingquan bought out all the Huajianli and Yanzhi in Xianzhizhai. They were all prepared for Wanwan and Jiang Yi. It was impossible to carry a large bag of clothes with them, so they were all placed in Linglong Pavilion. .

Seeing Tuanzi taking out these things, Zuo Lingquan was a little confused and said with a smile:

"What do you want with these? You can't dress up."

Tuanzi searched quickly on the table, and finally picked the bellyband of the golden carp and a box of rouge, raised his wings and pointed outward:

"grumble."

Zuo Lingquan now understood the meaning, his eyes were very surprised:

"You want me to give Lingye something?"

"grumble."

"You're so smart, I'd forget it if you didn't remind me."

Zuo Lingquan patted his forehead, feeling that he was worse than a ball. But rouge is a worldly object, so it would be dishonest to give it away; a sexy bellyband doesn't seem appropriate either.

Zuo Lingquan thought for a while and felt that giving things should not be too perfunctory, so he wanted to carve a hairpin himself and carve a few words or something.

But Tuanzi suddenly became unhappy when he saw that Zuo Lingquan understood the meaning but was not ready, and even wanted to take the things back.

Thinking that Zuo Lingquan was embarrassed, how could Tuanzi let him escape from the battlefield, he grabbed the golden bellyband with his claws and flew out of the window.

"Eh?"

Zuo Lingquan was looking through the materials. He didn't understand what was going on, and he couldn't use Divine Ability to knock down the dumplings, so he quickly said:

"Come back, don't carry this thing around outside."

"grumble!"

Tuanzi didn't care, he flapped his little wings and went straight to the foot of the mountain.

On the forest path, Mrs. Huazhu had just left. Shangguan Lingye and Wu Qingwan were walking side by side, discussing the next arrangements.

Hearing the sound of flapping wings, Wu Qingwan glanced out of the corner of her eye. Unexpectedly, when she raised her eyes, she saw a small white bird floating over from the sky, holding a hollow and flirty little bellyband.

? !

How could Wu Qingwan not recognize this thing? Her face instantly turned red and she quickly waved to Tuanzi to come over quickly.

Shangguan Lingye's slightly absent-minded expression also condensed, showing that he was neither crying nor laughing.

Tuanzi clung to the tree crown and came all the way to the two of them:

"Jiji~"

Wu Qingwan's face was burning, and she asked secretly, "What the hell is Ling Quan doing?" She wanted to snatch her bellyband off, but unexpectedly, Tuanzi hid a little to the side and did not let her take it. Instead, she chirped at Shangguan Lingye. ...", as if to say "Look, isn't it beautiful?".

Shangguan Lingye felt that something was not quite right. She raised her hand to take the brand new Huajian carp and said doubtfully:

"Did you give it to me?"

Tuanzi shook his head quickly and landed on Shangguan Lingye's shoulder. He first pointed his wings at the small building on the mountain, then pointed at Shangguan Lingye, then opened his beak and asked for dried fish.

Even a fool can understand such a simple action.

Shangguan Lingye raised his eyebrows slightly with a stunned expression:

"Zuo Lingquan asked you to give it to me?"

"Jiji~"

Tuanzi nodded as if pounding garlic.

"..."

Wu Qingwan had a strange expression. She didn't know what to say for a moment. She rubbed her forehead, pretending to be sleepy, and walked silently to her destination.

Shangguan Lingye looked at the bellyband in his hand and also didn't know how to evaluate Zuo Lingquan's behavior.

There is water in the head? Is this it?

Could there be any special hint...

What could this suggest?

Shangguan Lingye thought for a moment, trying to figure out Zuo Lingquan's motive. She also took away her bellyband, took it directly in her hand, and ducked back to the bamboo house.

It was already dark, the moon had not yet risen, and it was dark outside the bamboo house.

Zuo Lingquan stood at the window, covering the awning with his hands, looking for traces of Tuanzi. He felt a gust of night wind blowing, and a figure fell into the house.

Zuo Lingquan turned around and saw Shangguan Lingye holding a bellyband in his hand and dumplings standing on his shoulders. He breathed a sigh of relief and was about to speak. Unexpectedly, Shangguan Lingye's expression turned cold and he spoke first:

"What do you mean by giving me this thing?"

"Um?"

Zuo Lingquan noticed that Shangguan Lingye had a bad expression and knew that she had misunderstood, so he explained:

"Just now Tuanzi was disobedient and flew out while carrying the flower carp. How could I give such a thing to the empress?"

"grumble?"

Tuanzi spread his wings with a very aggrieved expression.

Shangguan Lingye actually felt that Zuo Lingquan couldn't do such a stupid thing, but Tuanzi could do such a stupid thing?

Shangguan Lingye hooked his bellyband with his fingers and waved it in front of Zuo Lingquan:

"You were playing with this thing in my room just now?"

play? ?

Zuo Lingquan shook his head quickly: "No, it has been kept in Linglong Pavilion, and the dumplings were dug out by themselves just now... um..."

"You mean, Tuanzi flew back, took Linglong Pavilion from you, opened it himself, took out a bellyband, and gave it to me in your name?"

"It sounds a bit fanciful, but it's true."

Zuo Lingquan nodded seriously and looked at the dumplings on the tea table looking for melon seeds:

"Really, Tuanzi?"

Tuanzi buried his head in devouring it, looking like he could do nothing but eat me.

"..."

Zuo Lingquan spread his hands slightly and said:

"I just wanted to give you something as a gift. I was going to carve a hairpin, but Tuanzi thought the carp among the flowers looked good, so I brought it to you. If your Majesty doesn't like it, just pretend she didn't see it."

Shangguan Lingye put away his bellyband and frowned:

"That's a gift from Tuanzi. Does this palace like it or not? What does it have to do with you?"

"All right."

Zuo Lingquan felt that this was the truth, so he stopped talking nonsense about this matter and gestured to the file on the desk:

"Today's matters have almost been dealt with. They are all placed on the table. Your Majesty can just take a look at them. There are still many cases that have been shelved before and could not be completed in a few days. Should I spend the night here tonight or come back tomorrow?"

Shangguan Lingye came to the desk and sat down, shaking his head:

"We have plenty of time to get on the ship. Let's rest tonight and get ready. We will go to Sword Emperor City tomorrow."

Zuo Lingquan was stunned, came to sit across from the desk, and said doubtfully:

"We just arrived at Peach Blossom Pond, and Tao Zi's affairs haven't been settled yet. Are you leaving tomorrow?"

"There is some news over there in Sword Imperial City..."

While Shangguan Lingye reviewed the case file, he recounted what he had heard and said again:

"The rumors of the Bone Burial Ground are true. It is quite large. Several major families in the Central Continent are looking for it. They have been fighting in the sand sea for several days and have not yet found out the specific location..."

After Zuo Lingquan listened briefly, he said strangely:

"How do you know there is a large tomb buried underground without finding out the location?"

"When a monk retreats for life and death, the Cave Mansion will arrange various formations. If he fails to retreat and dies, the formations will not disappear and will continue to operate until the formations fail. At that time, the ownerless spiritual energy in the Cave Mansion will rush out and disperse. In terms of heaven and earth, the scale and general direction can be determined through this."

"Oh...then how can you be sure that it is the burial place of Wu Yezi?"

"Judging from the movements at that time, it must be the burial place of a giant of the immortal family. According to the natural failure time of the formation, it can roughly match the time when Wuyezi disappeared, but this method can speculate , the error is usually around a thousand years, so it’s hard to be sure.”

Shangguan Lingye raised his head and looked out the window:

"Peach Blossom Pond asked the disciples to investigate. When they first discovered the burial ground, there was already a similar speculation, but not many people spread it. It was only in the past few days that it suddenly spread throughout the Central Continent. For this to happen, either Someone discovered the clues, or someone deliberately guided me."

"Deliberately guiding?"

"If the news is true, you must go there and try your luck; if someone is lying about the news, there must be some conspiracy. The requirements for changing the owner of a fairy sword are extremely strict. First of all, the potential must not be weaker than that of the original owner.

Wu Yezi's dominance is only slightly weaker than that of Jiang Chengjian, the leader of Sword Emperor City. Not many people in Yuyao Continent have this potential. Plus, with the Five Elements Lord of Water, who do you think of first? "

Zuo Lingquan sat up a little straighter: "Me?"

"There are others, but you have the best chance. The Masterless Immortal Sword of Five Elements Masters Water is only available in Yuyao Continent. If you miss it, you can only go to other continents to find it. So even if you know it is a trap, you have to go and see what happens."

Sword cultivators have two swords, one is kept in the body and cannot be used easily, and the other is carried around to do odd jobs.

Working with an immortal sword sounds a bit luxurious, but if the opportunity to wield the immortal swords across the nine continents is presented to you, I am afraid no one will refuse.

Zuo Lingquan looked at the Spiritual Weapon grade Mo Yuan sword on his waist:

"It means that the news may be false. Someone deliberately lured me there?"

Shangguan Lingye nodded lightly: "Even if the news is true, as long as someone is staring at you and knows that you will pass, they will be there waiting for you; this is how cultivation is, you will never recover from a wrong step, but you will stay where you are, forever. Can’t reach the top of the mountain.”

Having said that, there is nothing to worry about anymore. Zuo Lingquan nodded and said:

"Then hide your name and go to see the situation. If you can't get the fairy sword, you can just go to Sword Emperor City to engrave a character."

"Cut~"

Shangguan Lingye heard this and leaned on the chair:

"Sword Imperial City is the residence of Jiang Da Jianxian. Do you think anyone can carve words on the walls of other people's courtyards? By the way, Sword Imperial City sells old wall tiles that have been replaced. The sword cultivators there like to buy them back and carve words on them. Comfort yourself, you can buy a piece and come back to play with it.”

Zuo Lingquan didn't like hearing this very much and said confidently:

"I can't engrave it now, but I can always engrave it in the future. This matter is much easier than grabbing the fairy sword."

Shangguan Lingye felt the same, propped his hand on the side of his face, and asked curiously:

"Thousands of sword cultivators watch that place every day. What words are you going to engrave for the world to see?"

It’s obviously too early to talk about this now, Zuo Lingquan joked:

"How about engraving 'Shangguan Lingye and Zuo Lingquan are here for a visit'?"

"..."

Shangguan Lingye's expression condensed, and his eyes became cold again:

"Why did you bring my name with you?"

Zuo Lingquan chatted for a long time, and finally saw Shangguan Lingye's expression softening, but then his expression changed again, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Anyway, the topic has ended here. Zuo Lingquan stood up, walked to Shangguan Lingye's side, sat on the desk, and said softly:

"Are you still angry with me?"

Shangguan Lingye subconsciously leaned further away and motioned to the chair in front:

"Sit tight, who asked you to come here?"

Zuo Lingquan stood up straight, but did not return to his seat. Instead, he walked behind Shangguan Lingye and raised his hand to rub his shoulders:

"I was impulsive yesterday..."

"You want to die, don't you?"

"It's really wrong to kiss you rashly, but I'm a man and I have to take the initiative. You are sincere to me..."

Snapped--

Shangguan Lingye patted the desk and turned around, confused:

"You made the wall of shame? I am sincere to you?"

Zuo Lingquan felt that this was a bit shameless, so he changed his words:

"Slip of the tongue. I was sincere to you and couldn't help myself, so I kissed you. Yesterday was different from that on the sea. On the sea, you were weak and it was normal that you didn't react. Yesterday you didn't hide either..."

"Didn't I hide? Use your hands and mouth at the same time..."

Shangguan Lingye wanted to argue a few words, but found that this explanation was too weak. She said that Zuo Lingquan, a half-stepping boss, could not avoid being kissed by Zuo Lingquan. I was afraid that the group would not believe it, so she changed her words:

"You drank too much yesterday. I don't care about you. Don't mention this matter again."

Zuo Lingquan sighed, turned the Taishi chair in a circle, and asked Shangguan Lingye to face him, holding the armrests with both hands:

"I didn't drink too much today, did I?"

"Um?"

Shangguan Lingye leaned on the chair, feeling something was wrong.

Zuo Lingquan looked into Shangguan Lingye's eyes and leaned over slightly.

!

Shangguan Lingye's eyes widened. Of course, a chair couldn't lock Shangguan Lingye. She could get up and leave, but if she avoided it now, what would she prove?

Seeing Zuo Lingquan approaching, Shangguan Lingye's eyes changed several times, but finally stayed at lukewarm, but he tilted his head slightly and closed his eyes.

The dim candlelight imprinted on the beautiful face, with an expression of wanting to resist and welcome, she looked like a rich and noble lady who was scorned by a thief but had no choice but to do anything.

He didn't hide this time, that said it all.

Zuo Lingquan tapped Shangguan Lingye's face and said softly:

"Lingye?"

Shangguan Lingye did not respond. He opened his eyes and did not look at Zuo Lingquan. He turned his chair back, reviewed the file again, and said calmly:

"Go back and pack your things. We'll set off tomorrow morning."

With a smile in his eyes, Zuo Lingquan leaned down and kissed her face again.

Bo~

Shangguan Lingye still had no reaction and was looking at the file with all his attention.

It wasn't until Zuo Lingquan left and closed the door from the outside that a blush stained Shangguan Lingye's cheeks. The look in his eyes was changing. He raised his hand to rub his eyebrows and murmured in a low voice:

"What am I doing..."

On the tea table, I had been eating dumplings with melon seeds for a long time. At this time, I made two "chichi~" sounds, which probably meant "bah bah!"

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(end of this chapter)