Minglong

Chapter 300 Miss Jiang?
After the rain, the sky cleared, and a magnificent sunset bathed the valleys in its golden light.

Xie Jinhuan vaguely woke up, still feeling the soreness from being drained, her mind a complete mess, the images jumping back and forth between Tiger Vanguard waiting at a traffic light and her daily life on the island, to the point that she couldn't quite distinguish between dream and reality.

what happened……

Xie Jinhuan took a while to recover, thinking he had been sent home to recuperate, but the cold stone behind him and the birdsong in the empty mountains reminded him that he was still sleeping in the wilderness.

But unlike last night, she was covered with a cloth, and in her arms was a warm, plump body, somewhat like the landlady...

?

Xie Jinhuan was taken aback. Her eyelids felt incredibly heavy, so she touched them with her hand. The size was like a small watermelon. Combined with her petite figure, it gave her a childlike face with large breasts, which didn't quite look like a landlady...

Who is that?
If she's not wearing armor, she probably isn't the white-haired senior sister...

Even A Piao, Wan Yi, Tuo Tuo, Sister Guo, Sister Bu, and Qing Mo aren't this short, Zi Su...

I didn't dare touch Zisu, but her development probably isn't that good...

Duoduo?!
Xie Jinhuan thought it looked somewhat similar, so she pinched it a few more times, but then realized it wasn't.

After all, the kind and understanding Naiduo isn't that violent!

thump--

Just as he was feeling around to confirm his identity, he suddenly found his wrist grabbed, and then his arm was twisted and flipped over, with one hand pressing down on the back of his head, like Wu Song fighting a tiger.
"what--"

After the scream that seemed to shatter gold and split rocks, came a torrent of tiny fists.

crackling and popping...

Xie Jinhuan felt like a seriously injured person, almost unable to catch his breath after being brutally beaten like that. Looking back out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the woman pinning him down was wearing a blue constable's robe, and his eyes widened in astonishment.

"Miss Jiang? Ouch~ It hurts, it hurts, it hurts..."

Jiang Xian's face flushed red. She fumbled for her knife but couldn't find it. She was stunned to discover that the naked man she was holding down was Xie Jinhuan. Then she glared at him angrily and said:
"Xie Jinhuan? Weren't you in Yanjing? When did you come to Hanhai City? And why... what did you do to me?!"

"what?!"

Xie Jinhuan was puzzled by what he heard, and first looked around to confirm the location.

After all, Hanhai City is the capital of the Northern Kingdom, located beyond the Great Wall of Northern Zhou, which is quite far from here.

It was the dead of winter, and even in the mountainous region of Hanhai City, the mountains should be covered in snow. However, the surrounding climate was clearly southern, so he should still be within the territory of Daqian...

"Uh...isn't this the Great Qian Dynasty? What's Miss Jiang doing here?"

"The Great Qian Dynasty?"

Jiang Xian looked around and found that the surrounding environment was indeed vastly different from that of the Northern Grasslands. Her eyes were even more puzzled than Xie Jinhuan's.

After all, she was on the northern grasslands last night, eating roasted whole lamb and drinking mare's milk wine with Shen Cang and other good people from the yamen. Shen Cang must have been informed by Lord Guo, as he kept asking her how she felt about Xie Jinhuan during the meal. After that, she went back to her room to sleep.

As a result, when she opened her eyes, she was lying in Xie Jinhuan's arms, being rubbed on the chest and touched on the buttocks. She was so frightened that she thought Guo Laodeng had gone crazy trying to be a matchmaker and had forced her into a fait accompli...

How did I end up in Daqian?

Jiang Xian frowned, feeling that the invisible hand controlling her was causing trouble. She pressed Xie Jinhuan down with one hand and took out her 'Xian'er's Diary' to check, only to find a new instruction:

Send Xie Jinhuan back to the capital, then find a secluded place to sleep...

are you crazy?

Jiang Xian was furious and thought to herself:

What do you take me for? A maid who can be ordered around?

And if you're going to give me a gift, why can't you at least give me a heads-up? Why do you have to shove me into a man's arms? Doesn't that ruin my reputation?
Last time she said I wasn't allowed to sleep with Xie Jinhuan, but this time she's actively pushing him into her arms. It's simply outrageous...

……

Xie Jinhuan was pinned to the ground and, noticing that Jiang Xian was unresponsive, asked:

"Did Senior Qixia send you to take care of me?"

Jiang Xian frowned, put away the diary, and asked:

"You mean, it's Master Qixia who's been secretly tormenting me all this time?"

"?"

Xie Jinhuan actually suspected that Jiang Xian was actually the White-haired Ancestor in disguise.

But apart from their similar figures, the two are very different in other aspects, and why is the white-haired senior sister disguised as such?

Seeing that Jiang Xian's confusion seemed genuine, Xie Jinhuan could only reply:
"Uh... I'm not sure either. Why don't you let me go first? I was accidentally injured while slaying demons last night and passed out. I didn't do anything..."

What haven't you done yet?
If Jiang Xian hadn't woken up in time, she felt that this seemingly aloof young master Xie might have slipped his hand inside her clothes, and who knows what might have happened.

She glanced at him briefly, then blushed and sprang up from the man, turning her back to him.

"Put on your clothes quickly."

Xie Jinhuan pushed himself up from the ground, feeling like the third prince of the Dragon King who had been skinned and had his tendons pulled out; his legs were trembling slightly as he stood up.

Looking around, he saw that the robe that had been covering him was a rich man's robe that had been found somewhere and didn't fit him at all. The coal ball was also gone, and only the Zheng Lun sword and the Tian Gang mace were stuck in the ground not far away.

Xie Jinhuan put on her robe and caught her breath, but ultimately sat down on the ground: "I'm sorry, I really didn't know you were Miss Jiang just now. Please forgive me if I offended you..."

Jiang Xian inwardly cursed the lunatic who was tormenting her, but upon discovering that Xie Jinhuan did indeed seem to be injured, she suppressed her anger and inquired:
"You were here slaying demons and monsters yesterday? Where are they now?"

"Sigh, something went wrong in Luoyang. Anyway, we were running around and fighting all night. It was mainly the Taoist and Buddhist sect leaders who did the work..."

Are you alright?

Xie Jinhuan sensed that aside from the exhaustion and soreness from being completely drained, there were no obvious external injuries, and his cultivation level was still in the late stage of the fourth realm, without any significant decline. He breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's nothing serious, just overexertion and muscle strain. You'll be fine after a few days of rest."

Seeing that Xie Jinhuan was having difficulty standing up, Jiang Xian went forward to help him up and supported him by the arms as they walked out of the mountain.

"I am under orders from the Empress Dowager to accompany Lord Shen and the others to the grasslands to investigate a case. We need to get there as soon as possible. Let me take you back first. Which way do you want to go?"

Xie Jinhuan had no idea where he had been abandoned. Looking around at the mountains, he could only head south according to the direction of the sunrise, and drew his weapon halfway through.

However, as the two continued forward, before they even left the mountain valley, they spotted a figure dressed in a black and white Taoist robe, carrying a sword box on his back, soaring through the sea of ​​clouds. His figure was ethereal and otherworldly, and a black eagle was beside him.
“Gujiguji…”

"Xie Jinhuan?!"

The figure came to an abrupt stop in mid-air.

Xie Jinhuan looked up and saw it was just a lump of ice. He breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand, saying:
"I'm fine, why are you here?"

Nangong Ye stayed at Danyang Academy last night, and then Lu Wuzhen came over to take over.

When Nangong Ye saw that Xie Jinhuan hadn't come over, he naturally asked why. Lu Wuzhen said that he had separated from Xie Jinhuan halfway through, and then Qixia Zhenren appeared and told them to come back first. He didn't know Xie Jinhuan's current whereabouts.

With Master present, Xie Jinhuan was naturally safe. Nangong Ye had been waiting where he was, but before dawn, Coal Ball flew back in a hurry and dragged her over.

She had thought something had happened to Xie Jinhuan and rushed over here at full speed. Finding Xie Jinhuan unharmed and accompanied by a female constable in green, she looked at her with a puzzled expression and asked:

"Who is this?"

Jiang Xian felt that this female Taoist nun seemed familiar, but she didn't know how she got there, and she didn't want to reveal heavenly secrets recklessly, so she simply nodded in response:
"I am Jiang Xian, the head constable of the Northern Zhou Criminal Investigation Department. I investigated a case with Young Master Xie in Northern Zhou some time ago. I heard the commotion last night and rushed over..."

Hearing a noise...

Nangong Ye thought that hearing the noise and coming all the way from Northern Zhou was a bit suspicious, but he couldn't just check Xie Jinhuan's background upon meeting him. He simply helped Xie Jinhuan up.
"I heard from Senior Brother Lu that the Hidden Immortal Sect's Daoist Kongkong has shown up. Was it this person who beat you up like this?"

Xie Jinhuan took a hit from a flying sword and ran away; what happened afterward was completely unknown. Now, thinking about it:
"I took a sword strike without even seeing the attacker. If Sect Leader Lu says it's the right person, then it must be him. As for being beaten like this, it must have been a sneak attack by Wei Wuyi. Fortunately, Senior Qixia arrived..."

"I told you not to come over, but you insisted on coming..."

"Sigh, I was able to walk yesterday, but somehow I lost consciousness halfway through..."

As they exchanged words, Nangong Ye lifted the two of them into the air, one on each side. Perhaps fearing that Miss Jiang might misunderstand, he added:
"In urgent situations, we must act expediently. Miss Jiang, please make do with this."

Jiang Xian was even more bewildered than Xie Jinhuan, currently wondering, "What is all this?" Hearing their conversation, she finally asked out of curiosity:
"Master Kongkong is said to be a reclusive immortal, how could he have hit Young Master Xie?"

Xie Jinhuan, recalling the events of last night, shook his head and said:

“The only reason a reclusive master could go astray is when they are nearing the end of their lifespan and want to fight for a chance to survive. However, the Hidden Immortal Sect follows the path of seclusion, and nine out of ten of them are either a single family or only three to five people per generation, making them very difficult to eradicate. I captured He Tianqi yesterday. He was the mastermind behind the murder of the late Emperor and former Crown Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty. I estimate that we can find clues about the person behind it.”

Nangong Ye had actually been pondering this matter for a while, and at this moment he interjected:
"To be able to use the Divine Soul Technique to this extent, in my opinion, only Patriarch Sikong can do it. Wei Wuyi and Patriarch Sikong were classmates. Bu Qingya was also considered a righteous person back then, but he was murdered, which may also be related to Patriarch Sikong's betrayal..."

Xie Jinhuan had also suspected the Old Ancestor Sikong. Not only him, but many righteous people also felt that the Old Ancestor Sikong and Shang Lianbi had problems, but these two were not so easy to define.

For example, Shang Lianbi was suspected by righteous people because he was a standard cultivation machine, and all his actions were aimed at surviving and cultivating immortality. This was evident in the chaos of the Witch Cult. If the Corpse Ancestor hadn't attacked his home, Shang Lianbi probably wouldn't have taken the risk.

If one could truly attain enlightenment through steady cultivation, Shang Lianbi would certainly not be considered a threat. However, in this world, even reaching the seventh realm is as difficult as ascending to heaven. Therefore, after reaching his limit, Shang Lianbi will most likely take an unorthodox path rather than remain stagnant and wait for his lifespan to run out.

Despite the doubts, Shang Lianbi did intervene in the witchcraft turmoil at any time, and after the war, he was recognized as one of the righteous leaders in both the North and South at the Fengbo Tower meeting.

Moreover, from the time Shang Lianbi first appeared to the present day, his biggest stain, apart from his involvement in demonic practices, is the rumored "secret relationship with Octopus Girl," and his inexplicable killing by the Northern Zhou Valkyrie. Because the Valkyrie had undergone corpse liberation, there was no retaliation. The Dragon Bone Beach under his rule was even more peaceful than during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

In this situation, the righteous path cannot simply kill Shang Lianbi with the words "this child must not be allowed to live." Moreover, even if they wanted to do so, they would have to be able to defeat him. Shang Lianbi was already a sixth-level old demon during the chaos of the Witch Cult. Now he has been cultivating peacefully for a hundred years. Who would dare to rashly test the depth of Shang Lianbi's strength?

Therefore, only by confirming that Shang Lianbi has betrayed the righteous path can we call on the righteous path elders to besiege him. However, Shang Lianbi has never shown any signs of betraying the righteous path. They finally managed to capture Zhang Yanzhou from Yanbo City, but he had already been expelled from his sect long ago, so it has nothing to do with Shang Lianbi.

The same goes for Patriarch Sikong. Lu Wuzhen always felt that Patriarch Sikong was not clean, but all the clues he found were "suspected to be related to Patriarch Sikong", without any concrete evidence. The only person from the Gu Poison Sect who was involved from beginning to end was the traitor Taishu Dan, while the Elder Council member Queyue Manor, the manor lord was even helping to suppress the demonic path everywhere, and Patriarch Sikong did not say it was not allowed.

If Lu Wuzhen went to the Southern Frontier to forcibly kill the leader of the Gu Poison Sect because of suspicion, then the Gu Poison Sect cultivators would collectively explode, and without a leader, they would face a survival crisis and start sectarian feuds, poisoning and retaliating everywhere. Who would be able to handle it?
Moreover, this is under the condition that he could be killed. The old ancestor Sikong's cultivation level is not low, and he is also very cunning. If he had lost the fight and was killed instead, he would have been justified, and the Dan Ding Sect would not have had the face to ask for an explanation.

Therefore, as long as these two don't openly betray their cause, any suspicion can only be harbored in secret. Xie Jinhuan thought for a moment and said:

“Let’s find out the truth first. Logically speaking, Bu Qingya is the second-in-command of the Gu Poison Sect and has a high reputation within the sect. Even if Patriarch Sikong resorted to underhanded tactics due to differences in stance, he shouldn’t have been released so easily. If we find out that he was the one who did it, he will immediately lose his authority as sect leader…”

"Perhaps he had run out of spies and didn't expect us to bring Bu Qingya back alive..."

After exchanging a few words, Nangong Ye saw that Xie Jinhuan was weak and listless, so he stopped talking and turned back towards Luojing at full speed.

Xie Jinhuan, feeling extremely weak, closed his eyes and fell asleep again, while Jiang Xian remained deep in thought, his brow furrowed in worry.

Coal Ball, who had stolen clothes and flown back last night, found the man and woman lying on the ground unresponsive. It covered them with clothes and ran to wake them. When it realized that Xie Jinhuan hadn't praised it after waking up, it became a little unhappy and instead perched on Xie Jinhuan's shoulder for a ride...

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