To avoid causing misunderstandings, I'll give you a spoiler in advance.

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I'm taking a day off; I'll update again tomorrow.

Today, my friend was celebrating the housewarming party at his new house. I drank a little alcohol at noon, but because I rarely drink, the 52-proof liquor was too strong for me. After waking up, my head was completely numb.

I really don't have time to update my status. I'll take a break, get some sleep, and update tomorrow morning.

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Chapter 172 A Few Things About Zhou You and Jun Xia's Past

"Clang!"

Just as Su Yan was stretching, a long sword, as sharp as a hairpin, shot out from the bed and hovered in front of Su Yan with a resounding clang. The red vertical pupil on the hilt stared at Su Yan, revealing a slight look of pleasure.

The sound of a sword's cry echoed in the dormitory. Su Yan, who had been stretching on the carpet, looked up at the Crimson Jade Hairpin Sword floating in mid-air. The sword's red eyes looked at him with pleasure. Su Yan rolled his eyes at the Crimson Jade Hairpin Sword, annoyed, and said:

"What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a fox roll around before!"

This red jade hairpin sword, which originated from Emperor Wusheng, reveals a stubborn nature inside and out. If its master is not Emperor Wusheng or another female fox, it would rather destroy itself than recognize any other male as its master.

Its hilt is the purest and most flawless, and it will never allow any other damned male creature to touch it, otherwise it feels ashamed to face its former master, Emperor Wusheng.

but!

The day after arriving in the flower region, Su Yan woke up to find that the stubborn demonic spirit inside the Crimson Jade Hairpin Sword had, for some reason, signed a blood sacrifice contract with him while he was asleep.

Although the blood sacrifice pact was signed, Su Yan was still not allowed to touch the Crimson Jade Hairpin Sword.

Every time Su Yan returned to her dormitory, the Crimson Jade Hairpin Sword would float in mid-air, its crimson eyes looking at Su Yan with pleasure. Whenever Su Yan tried to touch the Crimson Jade Hairpin Sword, it would quickly slip away.

Luckily, Su Yan didn't get seriously injured from anger.

"Go away, you cheap sword that I won't even let you touch, don't wave it around in front of me and block my way of changing clothes."

After Su Yan had settled comfortably on the carpet, she got up and began to shower and change.

The Crimson Jade Hairpin Sword swayed in mid-air, as if contemplating something. Its bright, blood-red blade detached directly from its sheath, the tip pointing upwards, as if saying: Here, if you want to touch, touch here!

"Traitor! Stop your arrogance!"

Su Yan shouted and grabbed the dirty clothes from the field, throwing them directly at the Red Jade Hairpin Sword.

Seeing Su Yan approaching again, Hong Yuzanjian darted onto the roof, pried open a tile, and slipped out.

………………

"Do we need a physical examination?"

After Su Yan finished washing up in his dormitory, the nameless man sitting in the pavilion saw him, looked him over and smiled, "Perfect timing. I've recently developed a very special pill and need cultivators to test it."

"Uh, let's forget about drug trials."

When Su Yan saw that the nameless man was trying to mess with her again, she immediately slipped away from the courtyard to the front hall, fearing that something terrible might happen between the two of them alone in a room.

Girls who study medicine are really scary.

"Hey"

Seeing Su Yan flee in a flash, the nameless man in the pavilion sighed with regret, "He acted too hastily earlier and scared Young Master Su half to death."

She had previously used the pretext of a company-wide physical examination to conduct a basic physical test on everyone, saying that in case anything happened, she could use her knowledge of her colleagues' physical condition to provide quick treatment.

The anonymous person was using the guise of a physical fitness test, but actually just wanted to study Su Yan.

She had read the "Yan Di Jing Manuscript" and knew more than 60% of the types and pharmacology of the world's spiritual medicines. The remaining 40% were extinct spiritual medicines, so they were removed from the "Yan Di Jing Manuscript" by later generations.

However, before the spring outing at Yongle Academy, Grand Tutor Jin took out two strings of sugar spirit fruits that looked exactly the same, and the Grand Tutor himself ate the string of sugar spirit fruits made from snow fruit.

Grand Tutor Xia Yu fed Su Yan the sugar spirit fruit made from that string of unknown spiritual fruits, for reasons unknown.

Although the nine spiritual fruits looked very much like snow fruits, the nameless man was certain that they were definitely not snow fruits, but probably belonged to some kind of spiritual plant fruit that had long since disappeared from the cultivation world.

Therefore, it was only when they were in the academy that the nameless man agreed to Su Yan's invitation to form a team, and he kept looking for an opportunity to examine Su Yan's body, wanting to see what the nine spiritual fruits Su Yan had swallowed were for.

Unfortunately, Su Yan is extremely vigilant. In a few more days, the remaining spiritual energy of those nine spiritual fruits will probably be completely refined by Su Yan.

The anonymous man gazed at Su Yan's retreating figure with a look of deep resentment.

"What exactly are those nine spiritual fruits?"

.....................

Su Yan, who had strolled to the front hall of the government office, was unaware of what the nameless man was thinking, nor did he know that the old dragon had fed him some unknown fruits. In fact, to lure him into a trap, the dignified Grand Tutor of Xia Yu had disregarded his reputation and was enjoying candied hawthorns in public.

"You've come at the perfect time. Would you like something to eat? I just went out and bought some frog porridge."

Princess Luanming sat at the magistrate's desk, where a dazzling array of food was laid out. When she saw Su Yan come out from the back room, she smiled and invited Su Yan to come and have a meal.

Although the Hua family of Flower City invited us to their residence for a banquet in the evening, the banquet was close to the local Spring Festival, so their true intentions were clearly not what they seemed.

It was less of a banquet and more of a mobilization meeting to discuss the invasion of foreign tribes and cults from the south.

If we don't eat our fill now, who knows how long everyone will have to argue in the banquet hall before the meal can begin.

So, after receiving the invitation, Princess Luanming went outside and bought some cooked food.

"Here you are, Brother Zhou, please have some too! Let the little foxes eat by themselves."

Su Yan sat down at the table, turned his head, and called out to Zhou You, who was feeding the little fox raw meat and bones like chickens, inviting him to have some too.

You guys eat first!

Zhou You waved his hand with an awkward smile, showing no intention of taking a seat, and fed the fox at a leisurely pace.

He and Princess Luanming were students of the same class. Fighting to the death and drawing knives to slash each other was commonplace at Yongle Academy.

Zhou You dared not sit next to Princess Luanming, fearing that the old bird might flip the table, draw his sword, and slash him a hundred times while they were eating, causing him to die a horrible death on the spot.

"Well"

Su Yan glanced at Zhou You, then at Princess Luanming who was calmly drinking her porridge, and couldn't help but look at Feng Shiqi and whisper, "Do the two of you have some kind of grudge?"

"Celebrating a holiday."

Feng Shiqi said very cryptically, "Young Master Su, have you forgotten your first encounter with the County Princess?"

Our first encounter was at the Myriad Flowers Pavilion.

As Su Yan was speaking, her expression suddenly changed, as if she had suddenly understood something. She didn't say anything, but lowered her head and began to drink the clay pot of frog porridge in front of her.

Given that Princess Luanming is a VIP of Wanhua Pavilion and Zhou You and Princess Luanming are classmates, Su Yan decided to keep quiet and stop asking questions, as it might be impolite to continue gossiping about certain things.

"There's nothing I can't say. He and I are competitors, vying for the right to choose a spouse first among the girls of Yongle Academy."

Princess Luanming chuckled and said, "Zhou You used to be very popular with female cultivators in the academy, so naturally I was very unhappy and annoyed by it. We were probably fighting each other from the time we entered the academy until graduation, right?"

“In his mind, I should be the kind of hateful old woman he should immediately avoid when he sees me.”

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

As soon as Princess Luanming finished speaking, Su Yan looked at Zhou You, who was squatting at the gate of the government office. Zhou You seemed not to hear him and leisurely whistled as he fed the little fox.

"The psychological trauma seems to be quite extensive."

After looking around, Su Yan silently complained to herself: "This entertainment circle is really messy."

I don't know if it's because I was tired of the food I ate yesterday or because I drank alcohol.

Compared to yesterday when I was so frustrated that I couldn't even type, I'm a little better today, but I still feel uncomfortable all over.

This feeling is so awful.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 173 The Hua Family Banquet (Seeking votes and subscriptions)

"My lords! I beg you to do me justice! I am in such a terrible state!"

Inside the Flower City government office, Su Yan and Princess Luanming were discussing the various forces in Flower City. On the table were leftovers from their previous meal. Just then, a cry came from the entrance of the government office.

"My lords! This humble woman wishes to sue her husband, Zhou Dagen, for deception."

A beautiful woman, still charming, rushed in before the government office closed, her face streaked with tears. Behind her followed a pale-faced young man. He wasn't particularly thin, but he walked with a swaying gait, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.

"What's going on here?"

Upon seeing this strange combination, Su Yan put down the fried bamboo rat meat skewers in his hand, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Your Honor, you must bear witness for this humble woman!"

Upon seeing Su Yan before the desk, the young woman's already tear-streaked face flushed with even more shame. She even changed her self-description from "commoner" to "commoner woman," and cried out her grievances:

"This man is utterly unfit to be a husband. He lied to me, saying before the marriage that he was as strong as an ox and could plow five acres a day without rest. But after the marriage, he just stayed in the mansion and never went out. I work hard outside all day to earn money, and when I came home, I thought I could relax a bit, but this man is just a lazy bum!"

After the woman finished speaking, she burst into tears and collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.

Su Yan & Princess Luanming: "."

You really should be talking about farming.

Then, Su Yan looked at the woman's husband, Zhou Dagen. Although he could barely walk steadily, he still managed to raise his hand and bow tremblingly, replying, "My lords, you are wise. I have never lied to my wife. It's just that I have been unwell for the past two weeks. After some rest and recovery, I will be able to continue our farming and weaving."

"."

Su Yan sighed and pointed to the back hall of the government office, saying, "You don't need the magistrate. You need to go to the pavilion in the courtyard. There is a court physician there who is studying. You can ask her for a consultation and get some medicine to regulate your body."

As the magistrate of Flower City, besides sweeping the streets and urging the various clans to pay taxes, his main job was to sit in the government office listening to the grievances of the people, and then make judgments or give advice to both parties according to the laws of Xia Yu.

In the few days since arriving in the flower city, Su Yan has dealt with some trivial matters.

The couple in front of us is the most outrageous one so far.

"My family has been running a dessert shop for generations, a two-hundred-year-old establishment. We also have a five-red dog that can do backflips. Would you like to come and observe, sir?"

Zhou Dagen drifted along in the direction Su Yan pointed, as if he were a wandering ghost. The woman, who had been crying with tears streaming down her face, paused briefly and whispered some heartfelt words to Su Yan.

"Madam, you'd better have a dog in your household that knows how to do backflips, otherwise, Xia Yu has a complete set of punishments!"

Upon seeing the woman behaving indecently, Feng Shiqi immediately became displeased, stood up, slammed her hand on the table, and shouted.

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