Chapter 177: Demonic monsters (Part 1)
“Cute boy? Just a moment ago she threatened him with death, and now he’s a cute boy?”
‘What do you mean?’
“You’re crazy?”
Liu Yan fell silent and raised an eyebrow: “It seems you’ve confused your thoughts.”
“Khe-khe…”
Xie Qing coughed embarrassedly. But that was indeed what he was thinking. Only a crazy person could change their emotions so quickly.
Seeing the young man’s reaction, Liu Yan found it amusing and laughed.
“I was just testing you. Don’t worry,” she said with a gentle smile, and suddenly took a step forward. Xie Qing didn’t have time to react before Liu Yan’s face appeared in front of him.
From a close distance, she looked even more beautiful. The young man was slightly surprised. If he moved his head slightly, they would have kissed!
“Heh… but I still hope you won’t deceive Xu Mei,” Liu Yan said with a teasing smile. She pinched Xie Qing’s cheek and left with a laugh.
Standing alone in the garden, the young man raised an eyebrow.
“Is she really crazy?”
***
There was nothing to do. Xie Qing didn’t need sleep and spent all his time training. In the early morning, as he meditated in the garden, the young man felt a familiar presence behind him.
“Li Yuilan, why aren’t you sleeping?” he asked, smiling and opening his eyes.
“Sleep? We’re cultivators. We don’t need sleep,” Li Yuilan replied with a light smile.
She walked up to him. Xie Qing had not noticed before, but her gait was indeed very elegant. With a straight posture, her left hand rested on her belly, and her right hand covered her fingers.
“That’s true. How’s your cultivation?” Xie Qing asked, standing up. It would have been impolite to talk in that position.
“Not bad. Thanks to Lady Liu Yan’s help and your gift, the mental demons no longer bother me. In fact, I’ve even managed to raise my cultivation level a bit,” Li Yuilan said, smiling quite happily.
“Oh?” Xie Qing smiled, seeing Li Yuilan’s good mood. He checked her cultivation level and saw that although there was no breakthrough, her foundation had strengthened. He praised her: “Well done.”
“It’s mostly your doing,” Li Yuilan giggled.
Xie Qing shrugged. He had only given her some cheap items that didn’t cost much in the system store, so he didn’t worry about it or ask Li Yuilan to repay him.
Speaking of which…
Xie Qing glanced at Li Yuilan out of the corner of his eye. She was wearing a long dress that reached her ankles. The dress was white and looked very innocent.
But what didn’t look innocent was her deep cleavage. A pendant hung from her cleavage, a gift from Xie Qing.
It must be said that even Xie Qing had to be careful, or his gaze might wander over her body. Although looking was fine, staring was very rude.
Li Yuilan seemed not to notice his gaze. She continued to talk about something, and Xie Qing listened attentively, only occasionally responding.
Since standing in one place was uncomfortable, they decided to walk around the garden. After all, it was quite spacious.
“By the way, what’s your relationship with Fang Lan?” Li Yuilan suddenly asked, slightly surprising Xie Qing.
“Friendly…” Xie Qing answered, and after a pause, ignoring Li Yuilan’s strange look, asked in return: “What? Is something wrong with her?”
“No, on the contrary. They say she’s collaborating with a mysterious alchemist who recently appeared,” Li Yuilan said.
Xie Qing’s expression was strange. Of course, the mysterious alchemist was him. He had disappeared for some time, which made his identity mysterious.
Of course, he was still completing tasks for the “Silver Moon” trade organization. Wang Feifei hadn’t asked for his help as often lately.
“Speaking of the alchemist Ge Hun… recently, the ‘Silver Moon’ trade organization was in danger,” Li Yuilan suddenly said, seeing Xie Qing’s interest, and continued: “They say they sent a group of cultivators to the barrier to bring food. But the enraged demonic monsters simply destroyed their group. It was terrible.”
“Ho-o-o…”
Xie Qing, hearing this, showed a rather meager reaction, but in his mind, he was somewhat concerned.
He couldn’t help but recall when a representative of the “Silver Moon” came to him and suggested that he escort a group of cultivators to the barrier. As it turned out, he was right to decide not to go there.
Although Xie Qing liked to fight, going to certain death was just stupid.
“Although, with my current strength, I don’t think they can just kill me,” he thought. But, of course, he still needed to test this to be sure of his own strength.
Li Yuilan saw that Xie Qing was lost in thought and fell silent, not interrupting him. They walked side by side, and because of the height difference, it even looked cute.
When Xie Qing came to his senses, they had already reached the fountains. The young man blinked and saw that Li Yuilan was sitting by the fountains, looking at the stars.
“Sorry. I got lost in thought,” the young man said, sitting down next to the girl.
“It’s okay. I guess it was something important,” the girl said with a understanding smile, her voice gentle.
“She really is nice,” Xie Qing thought.
***
Morning for some begins with coffee.
Li Yuilan, Lu Yin, Liu Yan, and Zhang Mei silently watched the scene before them.
Xie Qing was sitting in a chair, and Xu Mei was holding his hand, examining his body for signs of injury.
Everything would have been fine, but… she had been doing this for about an hour…
Even the patient Zhang Mei began to get annoyed.
“I already told you that Liu Yan checked him and healed him! Why are you being so stubborn and stupid?!” Zhang Mei said angrily.
“Shut up! You have no right to speak!” Xu Mei snapped back and continued examining him.
Lu Yin and Li Yuilan did not participate, so they just watched. Liu Yan, as usual, smiled kindly.
“Xu Mei, don’t be so hard on the boy,” Liu Yan said, smiling gently. However, Zhang Mei shuddered. Such a reaction puzzled the two girls.
“Hm?”
Xu Mei frowned and turned around. Seeing that Liu Yan was looking at her with a gentle smile, she suddenly froze and reluctantly let go of Xie Qing.
“Phew…”
The young man finally managed to breathe! It was too hard when someone stared at him so persistently and examined his spiritual channels so intrusively.
A few minutes later, the atmosphere calmed down. Xu Mei looked indifferent, and Lu Yin and Li Yuilan pretended not to notice anything.
“It seems you have a lot of free time,” Liu Yan said, looking at Xu Mei and Zhang Mei, who turned away. Liu Yan narrowed her eyes: “You know about the recent incident with the ‘Silver Moon,’ right?”
Xie Qing, Lu Yin, and Li Yuilan were surprised.
“What do you mean, Master?” Lu Yin asked in surprise.
“Ah, yes, you don’t know yet…” Liu Yan nodded to herself and continued: “Recently, a problem has arisen. Demonic monsters have been infected with devilish qi. Before, it wasn’t so serious, but now they’re developing too quickly, and we can’t keep up with them.”
Demonic monsters… Xie Qing recalled Li Yuilan’s words. Indeed, it seemed that the situation was even worse.
But he didn’t understand. He was sure that the head of the Resting Eagle Sect was keeping a close eye on everything… hm?
Xie Qing’s expression became strange. Nevertheless, even if he had suspicions, what about Xu Mei and the others? He thought for a moment and decided not to voice his thoughts until he learned more about the situation.
“Since ordinary cultivators can’t defeat these monsters, I suggest sending our disciples to eliminate their population,” Liu Yan said, looking indifferent.
“Good idea. The Empress promised me her help,” Zhang Mei said and nodded.
“Hmph, don’t trust that stupid bitch. She’s obviously targeting the Southern Continent.”
Zhang Mei rolled her eyes and ignored Xu Mei. That’s how it was decided. Xie Qing smiled bitterly.
“Working again?”
***
“This armor… is extremely uncomfortable…” Xie Qing thought, looking at himself.
He was wearing plate armor with many formations for protection and so on. Everyone going to this region was recommended to wear armor to avoid infection with devilish qi.
Although he was somewhat unhappy, for safety’s sake, he still decided to wear it.
“Are you ready?” a voice came from behind Xie Qing.
The young man turned around and saw that Lu Yin and Li Yuilan were already armed. The armor didn’t look particularly good on them, but there was no other choice.
“You look funny,” Xie Qing laughed.
“Have you looked at yourself?” Lu Yin snorted in response, and Li Yuilan just smiled.
They exchanged glances, and Xie Qing took out his carriage. After helping the girls get in, he finally got in himself.
Snapping his fingers, the young man activated the carriage and set the coordinates. The carriage immediately flew towards the teleportation formation on the Southern Continent.
Inside the carriage.
Xie Qing took off his armor and put it inside his spatial ring. Wearing it was extremely heavy and uncomfortable.
Lu Yin and Li Yuilan also took off their armor. They had put it on earlier to try it on and see if it suited them.
