Wedding ceremony tomorrow

Chapter 60 We can go up tonight

"Let's go and wait for her."

Yuan Tong and his son left with full confidence and returned to the training ground of the second team to wait.

But this wait lasted all morning.

With the sun already high in the sky, the two finally couldn't sit still any longer.

"That girl is proud and shy; she probably won't dare to come over on her own. Fang'er, go find her directly. Tell her that if she misses this opportunity today, she won't have another chance!"

Yuan Tong's face was gloomy.

The patience and confidence I had in the morning have completely vanished by this time.

"yes!"

Yuan Fang left immediately.

When he found Nightingale in the training ground of the first team, she was sitting on a bench by the field, leisurely eating a biscuit.

Yuan Fang considered his tone for a moment before slowing down and walking over with a calm expression.

"Junior Sister Ye, haven't you made up your mind yet? Time is almost up."

He remained remarkably calm.

Nightingale turned to look at him and asked, "What are you considering?"

Yuan Fang paused, then suppressed his anger and said, "Join my team and come with us to the Great Buddha Temple to exorcise the demon. There you'll find the Golden Lotus from under the Buddha, a medicine that can cure your sister's illness."

Nightingale looked thoughtful as she slowly ate her biscuit. After a moment, she looked at him and said, "I do need the Golden Lotus of Buddha."

A smug look appeared on Yuan Fang's lips. Just as he was about to speak, he heard her say, "But the thought of joining your team makes me sick. So, I'd rather not."

Yuan Fang's smug expression froze instantly, and his face darkened: "Junior Sister Ye, are you really going to give up this opportunity? Don't say I didn't give you a chance; even if you beg me after this afternoon, it won't be possible!"

Nightingale ate her biscuit, her gaze fixed on the training ground ahead, ignoring him completely.

Yuan Fang, suppressing his anger, asked again, "Junior Sister Ye, I'll ask you one last time, you...?"

"roll!"

The nightingale suddenly looked at him coldly and said, "Don't disturb me while I'm eating."

"you……"

Yuan Fang was furious.

He had never been treated like this before. If it were a wealthy, powerful young lady, it would be one thing, but she was just a poor, helpless girl. How dare she treat him like this? He wanted to curse her as an ungrateful little bitch, but looking at her beautiful face and graceful figure, and remembering his father's words, he could only say with a grim face, "Fine, I hope you won't regret it!"

After saying that, he turned and left.

After taking a few steps, he suddenly couldn't help but turn back and sneer, "I heard you have a lover in the North Courtyard, a new disciple rejected by our South Courtyard? Junior Sister Ye, I didn't expect someone as intelligent and beautiful as you to have such poor taste. You'll regret following that kid!"

After saying that, he left with a gloomy expression.

The nightingale lowered its head and ate its biscuit, remaining silent for a long while before murmuring softly: "They wouldn't even look at me..."

Noon has passed.

Under a large tree outside the training grounds of the second team, Yuan Tong's face was grim.

Yuan Fang stood aside with his head down, not daring to utter a sound.

"Hmph, she's really stubborn. Let's see how long she can hold out! You all go ahead and retrieve that golden lotus from beneath the Buddha first, then..."

"how?"

"Hmph, just pretend to sell it to someone else. Didn't you already win over her captain, Wang Lin? Give Jinlian to him; that little bitch should trust him and will pay him to buy it. Then, sell it for a higher price and make her write an IOU..."

Yuan Fang's eyes lit up immediately: "That little bitch thinks she owes Wang Lin money, but actually she owes us. Then we can use the IOU to do whatever we want!"

Yuan Tong said calmly, "Paying back debts is a matter of course. If she can't pay, then we'll use her sister to pay. Let's see how arrogant she still is then!"

Yuan Fang agreed and left immediately.

After gathering his men and giving them some instructions, he immediately left the city and headed towards the Great Buddha Temple.

They traveled at a leisurely pace.

They planned to spend the night at the Great Buddha Temple and take the opportunity to exorcise the demon.

In most parts of Shanghai, they only dare to show themselves at night.

As evening fell, they finally reached the top of Cangshan Mountain and entered the gate of Dafosi Temple.

The monk guarding the gate hurriedly went to report.

Before long, Abbot Yunhai of Dafosi Temple arrived in a hurry with a group of monks. He looked at them with some doubt, then put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, may I ask what brings you gentlemen from the Demon Suppression Academy here?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Fang and the others were immediately taken aback.

"Abbot, didn't you request assistance from the Demon Suppression Academy, asking us to send people to help your temple exorcise the demon?"

A young man behind Yuan Fang frowned and said.

If he hadn't heard that this old monk had some connections in Kyoto, he would have already started cursing. Was this a rhetorical question, meant to make fun of them?

Upon hearing this, Yunhai was even more astonished: "This...this..."

Yuan Fang frowned, somewhat displeased: "Abbot, what do you mean? Have you changed your mind?"

That golden lotus under the Buddha is indeed priceless and unavailable. Could it be that this old monk is feeling sorry for it and has changed his mind?

Yunhai looked on in surprise and quickly explained, "My lords, monks do not lie, but... wasn't the demon in our temple already eliminated by your Demon Suppression Academy? Now our temple is free of demons."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Fang and the others were first taken aback, and then their expressions changed.

Yuan Fang hurriedly asked, "Who did it? We are the demon exorcists from the Demon Suppression Academy, and we just arrived today! Abbot, what exactly happened? Speak quickly!"

Upon hearing this, Yunhai stood there dumbfounded.

Then, he quickly recounted the whole story in detail.

"Those two were indeed formidable. They vanquished two demons from our temple, and one of them even produced a badge from the Demon Suppression Academy. This old monk assumed they were from the Demon Suppression Academy, so..."

Yuan Fang was both shocked and furious: "Where is that golden lotus beneath the Buddha?"

Yunhai bowed his head and said, "Amitabha, it has already been given to the other party."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Fang disregarded his status and immediately glared angrily, shouting, "You, the abbot, how could you mistake someone for someone else? How could you just give that Golden Lotus of Buddha to someone else like that?"

Yunhai raised his head, looking at him calmly, and said, "My lord, you are mistaken. Regardless of whether the other party was from the Demon Suppression Academy or not, they did indeed help my Great Buddha Temple exorcise the demon, and were even injured in the process. In that case, the reward I promised should naturally be given to them. I did not explicitly state before that only your Demon Suppression Academy was allowed to send people to exorcise the demon. I merely sent someone to the city to request assistance. As long as someone can help exorcise the demon, whoever it is, the reward is theirs. If you do not believe me, my lord, you can go back and ask again."

Yuan Fang was so angry that he was practically fuming, gritting his teeth.

But since things had come to this, he couldn't very well kill the blind old man to vent his anger, so he had to suppress his rage for the time being and asked, "What does the other person look like? What's their accent? What are their distinctive features?"

Yunhai shook his head: "I forgot."

"you!"

Yuan Fang was furious and clenched his fists.

Yunhai, however, remained completely unfazed, calmly looking at him and saying, "If you send your Demon Suppression Academy's Dean Qin over, this old monk can inform him. When he came to visit this old monk with Elder Shangguan from the main branch of the Demon Suppression Academy in the capital, his attitude was not like yours."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Fang's expression immediately changed.

He then remembered that his father had told him before he came that although the old monk in front of him was not a practitioner, he had connections in the capital.

"good!"

He gritted his teeth, didn't dare say anything more, and immediately left with his men.

It's impossible for him to go to the dean for such a trivial matter.

If the old monk won't tell him, he can just ask other monks.

After leaving the temple, they did not go far, stopping in the woods to wait for nightfall.

"Go find a monk later, give him a lot of money, and intimidate him a bit. He'll definitely tell you."

"How dare someone steal our mission! This must not be allowed to end here!"

Yuan Fang said bitterly.

He suddenly thought of the nightingale, and a thought struck him.

The other person has been refusing to join his team, could it be her...?

Soon, it got dark.

One hour later.

Yuan Fang returned home and angrily recounted the incident to his father.

"The monk said it was a man and a woman, but they were both wearing masks, so he couldn't see their faces clearly, nor could he hear them talking. As for how they got in, he didn't know..."

"Father, I suspect it's Nightingale and his lover!"

Yuan Tong's face darkened. After listening, he pondered for a moment and shook his head: "It's not Nightingale. I saw her in the courtyard yesterday. She couldn't have gone to the Great Buddha Temple."

Yuan Fang frowned: "Then who could it be?"

Yuan Tong's eyes turned sinister: "No matter who it is, I will definitely find them! There are rules in the academy that disciples cannot steal missions from each other! If I catch them..."

Yuan Fang suddenly added, "By the way, Father, that old monk also said that the other party was injured while fighting the demon."

"Are you injured?"

Yuan Tong narrowed his eyes, his face grim: "The most likely culprit is that brat from the North Courtyard. I'll investigate tomorrow. If it's him, hmph, it won't be as simple as just expelling him from the Demon Suppression Academy!"

Outside, night was falling.

at the same time.

The library in the North Courtyard, next to the bookshelves on the second floor.

Luo Qingfeng lit an oil lamp and sat by the window reading a book.

Although there weren't many books here, each one was very useful, and he had never heard of much of the knowledge contained in them.

For example, this book, "Demon's Unraveling".

It not only records the various demons that parasitize humans, including their types, characteristics, and supernatural powers, but also records the characteristics of demons that parasitize animals and wild beasts.

Yesterday at the Great Buddha Temple, he saw a demon parasitizing animals for the first time, so he was curious and immediately came to find books to look it up today.

Just as I was engrossed in watching, I suddenly noticed a dark shadow under the lamp.

He was startled and turned to look.

A graceful, aloof woman, dressed in a loose gray robe and with long, flowing hair, stood silently beside him.

Luo Qingfeng quickly stood up and respectfully said, "Senior Bai."

Bai Ruofei stared at the open book on the table, remained silent for a long while, and then suddenly asked, "Do you think humans are more terrifying, or demons?"

Luo Qingfeng was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and said, "Naturally, it's a demon."

Bai Ruofei asked, "Why?"

Luo Qingfeng said, "Demons harm people and commit all kinds of evil."

Bai Ruofei looked at him calmly, but her tone held a hint of sarcasm: "How many demons have you seen to draw such a conclusion?"

Luo Qingfeng paused for a moment, then said, "My family was all killed by demons."

Bai Ruofei said calmly, "How do you know they were killed by demons, and not by their own desires?"

Luo Qingfeng raised his head and looked at her, saying, "They do have desires, but not to the point of harming people."

Bai Ruofei said calmly, "That's because their desires aren't strong enough."

Luo Qingfeng frowned and said, "Does Senior Bai perhaps believe that humans are actually more terrifying than demons?"

Bai Ruofei did not answer.

Luo Qingfeng glanced down at the book on the table, pondered for a moment, and said, "Indeed, although demons harm people, they only do so to live and become stronger, while human desires are varied and endless, capable of any evil deed."

Bai Ruofei glanced at him indifferently and said, "Have you ever done anything bad or evil?"

Luo Qingfeng paused for a moment, then said, "I've done it."

He killed his childhood sweetheart, isn't that the worst thing in the world?

Bai Ruofei stared at him for a few more moments, then turned and walked towards the stairs, saying, "Come up with me."

Luo Qingfeng was taken aback: "Senior Bai, upstairs..."

Bai Ruofei stopped on the stairs, turned to look at him, and said, "You can go up tonight. If you satisfy me up there, you can go up every night from now on."

(End of this chapter)