We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

A quarter of an hour ago.

In the middle of Qingshi Lane, Dongcheng District.

"Mother, Mother... Wife, come, come, have another cup! I... I can still drink!" At this moment, Xu Xian held a pot of wine in his hand, his face flushed unnaturally, his clothes were disheveled, he spoke haltingly, and he walked unsteadily.

In his mind, the whole world seemed to be spinning around him as he swayed.

As for Bai Suzhen, she sat on a stone table, propping her head up with her right hand, looking sweetly at the handsome man in front of her. One glance felt like a thousand years, and another glance felt like hundreds of years.

Although time has passed and the world has changed, things have long since changed beyond recognition.

But that person seems to have returned, truly returned, not as two similar flowers, but as the exact same flower.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In Bai Suzhen's eyes, Xu Xian's gentle and scholarly appearance was not a disadvantage but a plus.

"My lord, you are drunk."

"My wife, I...I'm not drunk."

"you're drunk."

"I'm not drunk."

"..."

Bai Suzhen looked at Xu Xian, who had a childlike temperament, and chuckled helplessly. At this moment, she looked at Xu Xian, who had an extremely poor alcohol tolerance, and instead of feeling annoyed, her eyes were filled with doting affection.

Xu Xian, who usually doesn't drink alcohol at all, got drunk tonight because she did it on purpose, and it was definitely not his intention.

Of course, this wasn't just because Bai Suzhen wanted to satisfy her own low-level, perverse pleasure of seeing Xu Xian drunk.

It's because a man can't not drink. He can choose not to drink, but he can't completely abstain from alcohol, especially since he has a long life ahead of him. Bai Suzhen wasn't 100% confident that she could protect Xu Xian.

Furthermore, the man she wanted was not just a doctor who could only treat illnesses and save lives, but a strong and upright man who could shoulder heavy responsibilities.

Therefore, she did not spoil Xu Xian excessively. It was better for her to make a fool of herself now than to make a fool of herself in front of outsiders later.

Bai Suzhen's decision to get Xu Xian drunk today was also a spur-of-the-moment thing, because she remembered her previous life... to be precise.

It must be Xu Xian's previous life... his past life—

Xu Xuan!

"We've had enough fun, it's time to sleep." Bai Suzhen propped her head up, looking at Xu Xian who was wobbling like a toddler learning to walk, and murmured softly.

He wanted to use a little magic to wake Xu Xian up.

however.

"Boom!"

The moment Bai Suzhen made a move with her magical power, it was as if some unknown switch had been flipped, and the seeds of Buddhism within her began to take effect, rampaging through her body.

Her body began to tremble violently, and the rosy color on her face faded rapidly.

"This, this is..." Bai Suzhen felt the Buddhist light expanding wildly within her body. Her eyes flickered wildly, her fair eyebrows were covered with fine beads of sweat, and her eyes were filled with disbelief.

She didn't understand when exactly, or when Fahai made his move.

"Wine, my wife, another cup... hiccup—"

Bai Suzhen was startled when she heard the intermittent words in her ear, and a sound as loud as a great bell suddenly rang in her mind.

She realized, it was alcohol!

It was the realgar wine we drank on the high platform earlier; it had been spiked!
With her thoughts racing, Bai Suzhen's mind was pure at this moment, and her doubts were quickly swept away. She understood, she completely understood.

The wine containing realgar is just a smokescreen, used to deceive people. The real killer move is the Buddha's light hidden in the wine.

However, what Bai Suzhen doesn't understand now is, has that bald monk gone mad?
Within Lin'an City, there are at least tens of thousands of ordinary people, if not hundreds of thousands. And since no one knows who the snake demon is, the drinks will definitely be distributed randomly.

Planting the seeds of Buddha's light in the face of such a massive amount of wine would cost even the most bald monks, who had already reached the level of terrestrial immortals, a great loss of their vital energy and hundreds of years of cultivation.

Is it worth it?
Bai Suzhen really couldn't understand what that bald monk's purpose was. Although she was hiding in Lin'an City, she had never hurt anyone!
Sometimes, when Xu Xian couldn't cure an illness, she would even use her magic to do her part.

Some time ago, a plague suddenly broke out in Lin'an City. It was she who promptly expended her energy to create a large quantity of antidote, thus preventing the plague from spreading and causing widespread suffering.

Bai Suzhen believed that while she couldn't be considered a great philanthropist, she certainly wasn't an extremely evil person either.
If that's not the case, then what was that bald monk's purpose?
"Mother... Wife, what's wrong?" Xu Xian was about to raise the wine pot in his hand to continue drinking when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Bai Suzhen, who was trembling all over and covered in cold sweat.

Even after being soaked in sweat, the sweat dripped down like fine streams, clinging tightly to Bai Suzhen's white robes and onto her delicate, jade-like skin, creating glimpses of her skin beneath the fabric.
However, Xu Xian had no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery at that moment, and he became much more sober in an instant.

“Go… axis…” Bai Suzhen’s eyes contracted violently, her pupils seemed to burst out of their sockets, and large beads of sweat dripped down like raindrops, highlighting her extreme pain.

Her jade-like hands were clenched tightly, the veins bulging like dragons, as if she had suffered great torment. Her fingers dug fiercely into the edge of the stone table, her nails leaving deep marks on the stone surface.

pain!
The pain was excruciating!
It was as if an invisible giant clamp was tearing at her nails, each one seemingly being ripped off.

Then, it felt as if a hundred sharp steel needles mercilessly pierced the bare fingertips, penetrating deep into the bone marrow.

Even more cruelly, then icy saline solution was poured onto the already bleeding wound, each drop like hot oil, exacerbating the indescribable pain.

The excruciating pain was beyond what a normal person could bear. Xu Xian, watching from the side, felt his heart burning with empathy.

Especially when she saw Bai Suzhen's extremely painful appearance.

"No! I won't go!" At this moment, although Xu Xian's body was still swaying, he seemed to have completely sobered up and stumbled as he ran quickly toward Bai Suzhen.

boom!
Under the influence of a large amount of alcohol, although his mind was clear, his body was still in a dazed state. Xu Xian lost his balance and his knee slammed directly onto the stone table.

The force was immense, and the sound was deafening.

Bai Suzhen, who was immersed in pain, regained a sliver of consciousness. When she saw the blood flowing from Xu Xian's leg, her vertical pupils, which were almost bursting out of their sockets, suddenly turned red, and tears welled up.

"Ah!!!" Bai Suzhen screamed in agony as she looked at everything before her. She was filled with hatred; the rage she felt towards that old bald monk surged forth, instantly overshadowing the physical pain. She didn't understand. Why? Why was all of this happening?
It was like this hundreds of years ago, and it is still like this today. Is it really so difficult for lovers in this world to become a couple and stay together?

Bai Suzhen couldn't understand it. She was clearly just a demon, and even her cultivation relied on absorbing the essence scattered between heaven and earth, never on evil or crooked methods.

Sometimes, they would even do good deeds and pay homage to the gods and Buddhas in the sky.

Why do we still suffer such hardship?

"My wife, my wife..." Xu Xian looked at Bai Suzhen, who had turned into a "water person" and was roaring in pain to the sky. He was at a loss for what to do. His eyes were filled with tears, and he was panicked and had no idea what to do.

Even the blood gushing from his knee and the pain from the violent impact were overwhelmed by the emotions of that moment.

Xu Xian was not a particularly opinionated person, which was the biggest difference between him and Xu Xuan.

Both men were equally passionate and deep in their love for Bai Suzhen, though the former was reserved and the latter was fiery and unrestrained.

The night was unusually quiet at this moment, except for Bai Suzhen's roar to the sky; the night was also unusually bright, with the moonlight shining down on the world, as if draping the city of Lin'an in a silver veil.
At this moment in the night, Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian, the couple, were in extreme pain, so much so that they could not breathe and felt as if they were about to suffocate.

As for the residents of Qing Shi Lane, they were as if they had lost their hearing and become mute, turning a deaf ear to Bai Suzhen's painful screams.

This was undoubtedly the work of Fahai.

"As expected, I guessed right." Fahai, hidden high in the sky, followed the source of the painful roar and quickly located the destination.

He quietly watched Bai Suzhen below, who was about to reveal her true form, a slight smile playing on his lips, a smile that was completely opposite to the pained expression on her face.

"This Bai Suzhen is so beautiful that she doesn't seem like an ordinary person; she is indeed a demon!" In fact, from the very beginning, Fahai's suspect was Bai Suzhen.

As for the reason, it's nothing more than that Bai Suzhen was simply too beautiful; even celestial maidens descending to earth rarely could compare to her.

The reason why Bai Suzhen transformed into such a conspicuous form was most likely to make Xu Xian fall in love at first sight.

As for Bai Suzhen's appearance, it hadn't attracted much attention before, which must have been because she used some kind of magic to conceal her form.

The above are all Fahai's personal speculations, but they are not far from the actual situation.

"I'd like to see how long you can endure this, you beast." Fahai coldly looked at Bai Suzhen's miserable state below. His purpose today was not to capture Bai Suzhen, but to force her to reveal her true form in front of Xu Xian, so that Xu Xian could see her true colors.

He has no say in matters of love between immortals and mortals.

However, he absolutely could not allow such a thing that violated human ethics and natural law to happen before his eyes, and he was determined to make that prodigal son Xu Xian turn over a new leaf.

As for taking advantage of his illness to kill him?

This method is indeed a good way to reduce damage for those who catch demons, but it is a loss of face for someone as proud as Fahai.

If we can't even capture this thousand-year-old snake demon, what face do we have to serve as the abbot of Jinshan Temple? What face do we have to protect the peace of the people here? (Former abbot of Jinshan Temple: Don't drag me into this bragging.)
……

"Go, go quickly..." Bai Suzhen felt the flood of magical power within her body, which was like a burst dam, and the pain coming from her body. Coupled with Xu Xian's miserable appearance, she was heartbroken to the extreme.

On its delicate skin, some translucent, jade-like scales were already faintly visible.

She realized her situation and wanted Xu Xian to leave as soon as possible. The last thing she wanted was to reveal her true form and frighten Xu Xian.

Otherwise, how will the two of them get along in the future?
After all, one is a human and the other is a demon. There are differences between immortals and mortals, let alone humans and demons who are almost mortal enemies.
If she really reveals her true form to Xu Xian today, it's uncertain whether there will be a future for her.

"No!" Ignoring his leg injury, Xu Xian firmly embraced the woman in front of him whose body was trembling wildly, his tone becoming increasingly resolute: "I cannot leave you at this time."

As a man, and as Bai Suzhen's husband, he would never leave her when she was in the most pain; otherwise, what kind of couple would they be?

Husbands and wives are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, they will face it together.

"Good boy." Bai Suzhen suppressed the surging Buddhist light within her body, swallowed the blood that overflowed from her throat, and tried her best to steady her hands. She gently comforted the uneasy Xu Xian: "You are a doctor, you must know how to handle this, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes!" As if hearing celestial music, Xu Xian instantly realized his identity. He then stood up abruptly and whispered, "Wife, wait for me here. You must wait for me. I will be right back."

"Hmm." Bai Suzhen nodded, the scales on her face opening and closing.

Under the influence of alcohol and blood loss, Xu Xian's vision gradually blurred, and he barely noticed the unusual changes in Bai Suzhen's body. He staggered and ran into the house.

"boom!"

The door was pushed open roughly. Although the room was very dark, and Xu Xian's vision was almost blind, his long-cultivated sense of smell played a crucial role at this moment.

Without even seeing it, Xu Xian could pinpoint the location of the medicine and find a remedy for the pain simply by smelling its aroma.

"Boom—!"

A loud bang suddenly rang out, but Xu Xian, who was focused on his work, was completely oblivious to it, or rather, he didn't have time to hear it.

After a while~
"Wife, hang in there, just a little longer, I'm coming." Xu Xian muttered to himself as he stumbled open the door and walked out into the courtyard.

However, there was nothing there; Bai Suzhen had long since disappeared.

Wow!

Xu Xian was stunned. The medicinal herbs in his hand fell uncontrollably to the ground, and blood from his knees flowed down his skirt, staining the lower half of his calves blackish-red.

"My wife, my wife, where...where have you gone?" Xu Xian roared hysterically, looking around and wiping the increasingly blurry world with his hands.

suddenly.

His gaze suddenly sharpened as he noticed a section of broken wall in the backyard. The once intact wall had been damaged, leaving a large hole, and the flowers and plants on the ground had been trampled, leaving a clear mark.

"Wife, wife..." Xu Xian was only stunned for a moment before running towards the broken wall as if he had a premonition.

Under the combined influence of pain and alcohol, he didn't even think about details like how a weak woman like Bai Suzhen could have damaged the brick wall and the strange marks on the ground.

Not far from the backyard of Li Gongfu's old house is the West Lake, which is covered with reeds.

"My wife, my wife, where are you...?" (End of Chapter)