It's just a simulation game, how did the fairy become real?

"The head of the family was worried that you were tired from copying books, so he specially sent me to bring you some food."

"Please thank the head of the family for me." Su Chen took the food box. "By the way, butler, are your injuries healed?"

The butler froze for a moment, then quickly returned to normal.

"Thank you for your concern, Young Master Su. I'm all better now."

"Please eat quickly, young master. I have other matters to attend to and must take my leave now."

"There's something wrong with this housekeeper; something seems off."

As Su Chen watched the butler's retreating figure, he felt that something was amiss.

This person's injuries are healing a little too quickly.

"Find an opportunity to test him."

Su Chen tested for poison before eating the food the housekeeper brought.

To Su Chen's surprise, he actually received four food boxes within just one hour.

Each member of the Xin family, spanning three generations, has their own food box.

The food box delivered by the butler was indeed not ordered by anyone.

Su Chen disassembled the food box that the butler had brought over, inside and out, and sure enough, he found a hidden compartment with a small sachet sealed inside with water.

"Judging from the rate at which the water seeps out, the sachet will likely surface around midnight."

"Is the butler going to lay a hand on me?"

Su Chen frowned, and recalling the recent missing persons cases in the city, he had some guesses in his mind.

"Does this world also have demonic cultivators?"

What's going on?

After much deliberation, Su Chen finally decided to seek outside help. Gu Hongying had only recently begun his training, and if the other party was indeed a so-called demonic cultivator, he would be no match for him with his rudimentary skills.

"What do you want from me?"

Shortly after, Cui Xia appeared outside Su Chen's door.

"I may have found the person you need."

"you sure?"

Su Chen immediately informed the other party of his discovery.

"This only proves that he wanted to harm you, not that he is a demonic cultivator."

Yu Wei has been very busy lately and doesn't have time to stay here for too long.

If you're really worried, just have the Xin family expel them, and I'll notify the authorities to take over.

Cui Xia didn't take it too seriously, daring to make a wild guess about the other party's identity based solely on the smell of blood and the change in his condition.

That's really too childish.

The Imperial Guards had excellent wound medicine, which was very effective in treating external injuries.

When did you discover that the other person was injured?

Cui Xia suddenly realized something: five or six days ago, when he and Hui Yu first came to the Xin family, Yu Wei had injured the other party together!

The subsequent city-wide search did not seem to include the name of the Xin family's butler.

"...I'm going to meet this person. You stay hidden for now."

Shortly after Cui Xia left, Su Chen received a signal that he was safe.

"How could it be so fast?"

Is the housekeeper really without any problems?

"I hope nothing bad will happen."

After sealing the doors and windows and making two preparations, Su Chen went to sleep fully clothed.

In the middle of the night, a figure appeared outside Su Chen's door.

Wisps of black smoke seeped into Su Chen's room through the cracks in the door.

The moment the black energy touched Su Chen, it burrowed into his body through his skin.

"Demonic energy?"

Where did this demonic energy come from?

That cold and evil feeling instantly made Su Chen realize what was going on!

Su Chen quickly sealed off the meridians in his body to delay the entry of demonic energy into his body as much as possible.

Su Chen suddenly pulled the trap, and the figure outside the door quickly retreated.

At the same time, a signal flare suddenly shot into the air.

He found the ingredients and kneaded them by hand before going to sleep.

In just a few breaths, the demonic energy had invaded Su Chen's entire body, leaving only a trace of clarity in his mind.

Just as Su Chen was about to lose consciousness, the sound of fighting suddenly rang out outside the door, and then the power of the demonic energy invading him weakened considerably.

Su Chen was finally able to catch his breath for a moment!

"You're the one who fired the signal flare?"

The moment Su Chen opened the door, several guards stood outside. The one in the middle was dressed in black armor and had sharp eyes, as if he could see right through Su Chen.

Beneath his feet lay the butler, his limbs crippled, black energy emanating from him, seemingly powerless to resist.

"Yes."

How did you know the uniform of my Feather Guard?

Su Chen felt a blur before his eyes, and when he came to his senses, the other person's sword was already pressed against his throat.

"Given by Cui Xia!"

"I want to hear the truth. If you don't, you'll die with him."

The signal flare resembled the standard Yuwei flare, but the shape it exploded in was quite crude.

The guards might send out the signal flare, but they would never hand over the formula!

"This recipe of mine is a family heirloom!"

As for why it collided with Yuwei's signal flare, I have no idea.

If all else fails, you can look it up!

A few days ago, Cui Xia took away the family's secret manual, saying she needed to submit it for verification!

Jin Bufan remembered that someone had indeed submitted it before, but he had been tracking the whereabouts of the demon in the past few days and had not yet looked at it carefully.

Cui Xia had already been carried over by several white-feathered men. After coming into contact with the butler, he fell for their tricks.

But for some reason, the other party did not attack him.

"Sir, I have failed in my duty to report the situation immediately!"

"Alright, take him to recover."

Jin Bufan sheathed his sword and waved his hand.

The guards inside the courtyard changed their positions, and Su Chen was stunned for a moment when he saw this. This was a strangulation formation.

The other party still seems to doubt him!

Jin Bufan strode into Su Chen's room. Before he arrived, the butler had clearly already made a move on Su Chen.

But the other party was actually able to withstand the corrosive effect of the black energy.

A family secret recipe?

What kind of ancestral secrets could a scholar possibly possess?

Moreover, the Xin family's reaction to this scholar was quite strange.

All signs pointed out that this was not an act of befriending, but rather a blatant act of currying favor.

Given the vast difference in their social standing, why would the Xin family fawn over a mere commoner like him?

Unless the Xin family is out of their minds, this scholar must have something wrong with him.

Soon, Jin Bufan walked to Su Chen's desk.

Jin Bufan was stunned at first glance.

Over the past twenty years, he has also witnessed people imitating Prime Minister Pei's handwriting.

But this is the first time I've seen something so lifelike!

If Jin Bufan hadn't known that Prime Minister Pei was already dead, upon seeing these words, he would have subconsciously felt that Prime Minister Pei was still alive!

No wonder the Xin family's attitude towards Su Chen was so subtle.

"Did you write these words?"

"Yes."

“I will take them away, and you are not allowed to write these words again until I receive orders.”

"what?"

"Change the handwriting."

Today, the Emperor secretly ordered the Imperial Guards to search for anyone associated with Prime Minister Pei.

The conditions look very strange.

A man in his twenties, possibly familiar with the Feather Guards, possibly skilled with a sword, possibly of any identity...

If any similar target is encountered, its information must be sent back to the capital immediately.

Jin Bufan looked at Su Chen in front of him and suddenly realized something.

This person seems to fit the criteria perfectly.