
"You!"
"Wicked girl!" Xiao Caihong roared with his typical childish voice. He pouted with his reddened eyes crying out. He didn't like to see this bad woman.
"Son, you don't misunderstand me. Sister Ningzhi is not a bad person. It's not good to say such a bad thing." The man who had since defended Li Ningzhi was 'advising'.
"By the way, I've never heard of any sect member having children, just getting married is not." One of the men instantly remembered that point. As long as they practiced, never heard a child's voice at all.
All new members are recruited without any background. Sect members also hardly ever thought of having a partner because of work. Both men and women, no one has ever had a partner. Even the waiter.
"Right, whose son is he?"
"I have also never heard of the Sect Chief bringing a small child into the residence."
"Are there any sect members who raised it?"
"True, it's possible if he brought it today."
"Son, do you know who took you?" One of the men asked curiously.
Xiao Caihong only looked at him for a moment, then looked the other way when he noticed someone approaching. The person behind them all exactly made Xiao Caihong smile after a long time and directly ran towards him.
"Mother~"
Li Ningzhi who was aware of Xiao Caihong's identity immediately stiffened. She called someone 'mom', is Xie Ran here?
They all turned to look towards Xiao Caihong leaving. Their gaze stopped precisely on a beautiful woman ..or she was more suitable to be called a girl because of her very young-looking stature. Even she looked younger and beautiful compared to Li Ningzhi.
With her existence, Li Ningzhi's beauty could only be said to be a joke. No one can match him. In an instant, the men gulped down the saliva. Who is that woman really?
Li Ningzhi was more surprised. His voice became complicated. That woman was not Xie Ran but the woman who was with Pei Xi and Zhou Kui just now, as well as the woman he cursed.
How could Xiao Caihong call her 'mother'? Did he misidentify? But, Xiao Caihong's face was exactly that of Mr. Qu. Wouldn't Mr Qu have another child, and he'd misunderstand?
When seen, that woman was indeed more beautiful and graceful than the arrogant Xie Ran. But how can it rival her beauty and charm? Even Mr. Qu was lured to her and left Xie Ran.
If you look, Xiao Caihong should also be a dozen years old, different from this one child. Li Ningzhi could not believe it, Master Qu would not glance at him just because of that lowly woman.
Different from Li Ningzhi's thought, the men looked extremely shocked at the presence of the unrecognized beautiful woman. The members of the main sect knew who it was, but not with newly recruited sect members like them.
"Are you a newly recruited member?" In the end, they could only think about it.
The woman who was none other than Xie Ruo pulled her eyebrows. "Why?"
"Your son is making trouble a little, slandering Sister Ningzhi is bullying him."
"Obstressing?" Xie Ruo glanced at Xiao Caihong.
Xiao Caihong hurriedly spoke in a pitiful tone. "Mother, they bullied me. The wicked woman accused me, then asked them for their help to suppress me. I don't accept, huaaa~"
"This ...." The men began to be confused.
Due to Xiao Caihong's unruly mouth, Li Ningzhi was forced to come forward. "Madam, I was wrong, had nothing to do with them. Ningzhi did not see him running so hit him. After all, this is a small matter, Madam very well, will not count."
Li Ningzhi believed, the woman would not make things difficult for him because they did not know each other. Except for Xie Ran, no one dared to make things difficult for him. Just a brat, that woman would not dare to make trouble just for the sake of a child.
Xie Ruo quietly smiled a little on his calm face. "I don't like dealing with little people, it won't make things difficult for you."
Little man said? Li Ningzhi was furious, but could only display a smile. If only Mr. Qu were here, he would try to ask him for help and make his impression of the unknown woman bad. Even the rude Xie Ran was left behind, he could not believe the arrogant woman was not left behind either.
"Mother .. food~" Xiao Caihong pointed at the food spilling on the floor sadly.
Xie Ruo glanced at Li Ningzhi, then smiled. "What if I call you Ningzhi?"
"It's okay, Ningzhi would be happy instead." Li Ningzhi still maintained her face.
"Because my son is spilling his food, while I'm busy, I leave him to you."
"What?" Li Ningzhi was close to release. In the end, will he be made a child manager again? Suddenly he felt a sense of dejavu. "B-well, Ningzhi will take good care of her."
"Cai Hong is quite active, it might be able to disappear. It's been troublesome for Ningzhi to keep her temporarily."
Li Ningzhi was getting depressed. His name ... Why should his name be the same as Xie Ran's son? Also, why does his speech sound like satire? He didn't misjudge, did he?
"Good." Li Ningzhi had no other choice. If he follows that woman, he'll meet Mr. Qu, right? Just thinking about it makes him happy. It's okay, he'll hold on in a minute.
Xie Ruo glanced at Xiao Caihong with a smile. "You, be a 'good' boy'. I'll give you a present."
Xiao Caihong pouted, then nodded obediently. Xie Ruo turned around to continue his unfinished business. Looking at Xiao Caihong, he so missed Qu Xuanzi. What the hell is he doing?
Speaking of which, Xie Ruo had deliberately asked Xiao Caihong to change his face to look like Qu Xuanzi for these 10 years. It was done in order to treat longing, as well as to motivate oneself to exit the Holy Tower faster. If only there were a photo here. Fortunately, Xiao Caihong was still small and had yet to determine the gender so that his face could change.
As Xie Ruo left, the men were curious and hurriedly found out who he really was. However, no one knows. Until finally they got the information that the woman was brought in by their Sect Leader also had a good relationship with the Association Chief.
The Sect Chief who brought the beautiful woman for the first time, plus a little boy who was less than 5 years old. That alone was enough to make them suspect that the woman was the wife of their Sect Chief! Thinking they had offended the child, made them suddenly cringe.
The news spread over the next few days. Unfortunately, the news did not reach the ears of Xie Ruo who was busy in the Iron Hand Association taking care of all his weapons.
Aside from the Iron Hand Association, he also went to Pei Xi's room to discuss Zhong Xiaorong's matter, hoping for more useful information. Unfortunately, the results remain nil.
On the other hand, Li Ningzhi who was forced to 'take care of' Xiao Caihong had to be depressed. Xiao Caihong continued to make things difficult for him and gave him an unexpected 'gift' that made Li Ningzhi ride black. Unfortunately, Li Ningzhi had to endure.
He cursed everyone in the sect who spread rumors that the woman was the wife of the Sect Chief. It was obvious that his son's face was very similar to Mr. Qu's. All the rumors made Li Ningzhi annoyed half to death, sometimes he would also feel lied to if it turned out that all the rumors were true.
In essence, he suffered because of a little child. He wanted to complain, but Xiao Caihong threatened him no-no. He was also further upset when Xiao Caihong guessed his thoughts regarding Mr. Qu and used it as a shield.
In the room that Pei Xi had reserved specifically for Xie Ruo to spend time cultivating, Xie Ruo was controlling the thunder spirits in his body that kept trying to get out. Even though he had absorbed it perfectly without a hitch, the thunder spirit was still difficult to conquer. It was harder than absorbing the fire element.
It had been a few days, Xie Ruo spent the rest of the night controlling it. Until finally he continued to use divine power, then caught the thunder spirit that roamed in his soul trying to get out.
Long Long Long came out of Xie Ruo's body in the form of a small dragon. He sat down, paying attention to the dragon symbol in the middle of Xie Ruo's eyebrows that kept flashing due to the effect of the thunder spirit's actions that kept rejecting Xie Ruo. That's too hard.
Long Long Long sighed. "Miss, this power is too strong. Can't it wait for His Majesty to come?"
Xie Ruo obviously wouldn't hear due to being too focused. Long Long Long could only lay himself on the floor.
Shortly after, he faintly saw a dongker blue light emerging from Xie Ruo's forehead. The beam floated in the air, appearing extremely small and petite with no fixed shape.
Xie Ruo opened his eyes. His blue iris followed the direction of the tiny light that danced in the air. It was the thunder spirit he had to control. All this time he kept dodging in the soul and now he let it out to catch it easily.
Since the power of the thunder spirit had already been absorbed by him, Xie Ruo could use that power to catch the tiny light that kept mocking him.
The divine power in his hand had been integrated with the thunder spirit so it had faint blue dots of dongker. Now, his divine power became even stronger.
Thunder spirits are very nimble. Its unstable form avoids precisely until it continues to explore the room. The ring balls chased after him and scattered back to make a trap. However, the thunder spirit could always dodge and make the ring balls hit each other.
The ring balls that hit each other and missed uncontrollably shattered into pieces. The figure behind the dark blue light laughed mockingly feeling proud of his own achievements. But as soon as he was about to run away again, his true form was caught just like that by two fine fingers clamping down on him.
The thunder spirit was startled, then looked at the face of the woman who had been bothering him since yesterday right in front of him. It looks like he got caught in a trap.
"Lepaaaaa!" The thunder spirit sequenced the dark blue light until it revealed its true figure of a dongker blue feather ball with large, round eyes. His puppet-like body swayed in revolt while crying.
Xie Ruo's eyes twitched, shocked at the original form of the thunder spirit. Could be the form of a naughty spirit that is said to be very strong and became the target of the Upper World into a small and cute fur ball, with the voice of a small child as well. It seemed like the day Xie Ruo would never calm down in the future.
Why is he always met with a vicious creature in the form of a child!
Xie Ruo squinted, feeling doubtful. "I doubt that you're a thunder spirit. Don't you just be his henchman."
"Abroad! Bad woman, you bullied me for days, now you don't think of me. How could that demon let me fall into the hands of an evil woman like you!"
"Devil?"
"Isn't Asura the devil?" The thunder spirit stopped his crying. He was not sure the evil woman did not know the identity of Asura.
"Whatever you say. Now, you can't run from me. Just like Long Long, let's seal the contract."
"No!"
"Must!"
"No way!"
Xie Ruo growled. He pressed his finger until he pinched the cute feather ball. On Xie Ruo's finger, it felt like an extremely gentle puppet. Too soft until he feels very anxious.
Unfortunately, the ball of feathers screamed in pain and acted as if it had been oppressed. He cried back, his voice piercing Xie Ruo's ears would cry a shrill cry.
"Hey, I don't like wasting time. Even if I let you go, you'll just die horribly." Xie Ruo is scared.
"Only an ordinary human being, can it match me?" The ball of feathers deflected once more while sobbing
Xie Ruo snorted. "Am I not a 'common man'? I can even catch you. There are a lot of wild animals out there, you want to be their food? After all, your strength has also been absorbed. You're just dregs. I'm lucky to recruit you and give you 'protection'."
The ball of feathers pensive. The thunder spirit had a simple thought, let alone he had just lived into the world. Despite his intelligence and knowledge, his experience of life was very bad. It is just like someone who knows everyday learning, but lives in a closed place without knowing the outside world.
"One more thing, I have a demon that can eat you easily. You're very delicious to him. If you don't obey, I'll smash you into him." Xie Ruo threatened once more to scare away the little guts of thunder spirits. It's so good to scare a kid.
The ball of fur seemed to shrink his neck. His body trembled in fear, looking at Xie Ruo with round eyes and glazed over. "really?"
"I'm not kidding." The sound of Xie Ruo cooling down made the feather ball even more fearful. Then Xie Ruo continued while shaking his shoulders. "Yeah, I'm 'not pushy'. What I said is all true. There are so many people who want you. You lived in a small world for many years, kept by Asura. Now that he's given you to me, I'm definitely a trustworthy person."
Xie Ruo provoked the desire of the Thunder Spirit to willingly bind a contract with him. It's better than continuing to threaten and be branded the evil woman of the day.
The Thunder Spirit finally nodded resignedly. He lowered his head, remaining in the air as Xie Ruo took off his pinch. With his head bowed, he received a mark from Xie Ruo that was given to his head.
The silver light touched over the eyes of the ball of feathers and formed a dragon symbol. It was the dragon divinity seal technique he learned during his time in the Holy Tower. The seal was a contract seal, which could bind anyone to become his subordinate.
Previously he had intended to release Long Long because that one dragon had regained its original form. But Long Long whined he wanted to come with her. As a result, Xie Ruo could only put the contract seal on Long Long, so Long Long could stay in his consciousness.
Contract seals cannot be obtained easily. The technique came from the Upper World which only gods could do. The rest, only certain people had it including Xie Ruo. It even took Xie Ruo a year to master it and make Long Long the first try.
With the contract seal, he did not have to worry about being betrayed. Beings that are given seals will be obedient to them for life, even until their next incarnation. Unless his soul was destroyed and could not incarnate, then the contract seal was severed.
After the granting of the fur ball contract seal it became calmer and stopped crying. Looking at Xie Ruo, the doubt in his heart disappeared. He also breathed a sigh.
"May I stand on your shoulder?" The Thunder Spirit asked in a pitying voice.
Xie Ruo nodded. The Thunder Spirit was so pleased and directly jumped onto Xie Ruo's shoulder. Somehow, he felt comfortable. The ball of feathers glanced at Long Long with ridicule.
Long Long who was sitting on the floor was stunned. Eyes twitching. That little ball dared to occupy its place!
Sensing the hostile aura from Long Long and the Thunder Spirit, Xie Ruo sighed. "First rule, no one can fight near me. Or I'll just throw him out."
Long Long snorted in annoyance. He flew towards Xie Ruo, then returned to consciousness from being lazy to look at the flaunting Thunder Spirit. If only the Thunder Spirit was useless to his nona, Long Long had already destroyed that little thing in the first place.
"I'm looking for you everywhere, it turns out to be here." Pei Xi suddenly came entering the room. He saw a strange ball of fur on Xie Ruo's shoulder, his forehead wrinkled. "This ...."
"maintenance." Xie Ruo replied lightly, while the ball of feathers on his shoulders puffed out his round body proudly.
Pei Xi did not understand why Xie Ruo always had such a strange pet. Formerly a dragon, then a snake, now a ball of unknown feathers. It is like that, everything is in small form anyway, plus it is very strong and can be terrible. He was completely clueless with Xie Ruo's sense of humor.
Perhaps he would be more surprised to find out that Xie Ruo also 'maintains' the head of the devil that can be spoken to.
No longer thinking about all of Xie Ruo's pets, Pei Xi shifted the topic in a more serious direction. "Traces of shin poison were found in Canghai City. I've checked, there are some people who died from the poison. Fortunately my people found it first, so the poison didn't spread so badly as it did in Xia County."
"Canghai City?" Xie Ruo had never heard of it.
"City in the western region, not far from Xia County. It was just a small town, barely contributing and could be forgotten at any time. Judging from his equation of Xia County, both of them did not have much of an advantage for the empire. Xia County is poor, its mayor is corrupt. Whereas Canghai City mostly lives glamorous lives, but it doesn't contribute."
"There is no way one would want to destroy a city because it has nothing special. There must be something else." Xie Ruo thought. He wondered what was the motive behind all this.
"I also thought like that at first. But the two regions were not so conspicuous, making it easier for the mastermind behind all this to move. It seemed, he was going to make another small region into a dead city, then wait for the matter of the court of the palace to subside, only to continue the action. It really shows that the person behind all this is the court court court people."
"If so, the confidence of the people towards the emperor and the imperial family would decline. It wasn't Zhong Guofeng. There must have been someone who deliberately toyed with all these plots and controlled the opinion of the people. If the goal is for the throne, the move almost works."
"But, Mei Liena told me, this has something to do with the altar of soul sacrifice in the Spirit World." Zhou Kui came after a discussion with Mei Liena who was on her way to the sect.
"The altar of soul sacrifice controlled someone behind the war of gods and demons. It makes sense that massacres were carried out for the entire race, but doesn't that mean that person was inside the palace?" Xie Ruo had just thought about this. If so, this matter will get more complicated. It is only fitting that they find nothing.
"Because we can only take a hypothesis like this, it would be better to look for other evidence so as not to draw wrong conclusions" Zhou Kui said.
"Then, I'll go to Canghai City." Xie Ruo volunteered.
"You?" Pei Xi was not surprised, but rather felt that it was better for his people to investigate. Wasn't Xie Ruo still some other business?
"Actually, there are some things I need to take care of. This matter has to do with 'her', so I have to go forward on my own to check, others should not know about it because it is too dangerous. Besides, I'm looking for someone, too." Xie Ruo wanted to tell him about Xie Ran, but he felt that it was not the right time to prove it right.
"Nonsensely, this person is very dangerous and related to the three worlds. Ordinary humans could not probe deeper." Zhou Kui agreed.
Long speechless, Pei Xi finally agreed. "Alright then, I'll look for other information. Zhong Xiaorong, Yan Yao, and Liu Chang were investigating in the palace. Mei Liena will also be arriving soon. We'll all investigate in different places."
Xie Ruo nodded. "I'm leaving now."
The more here, Xie Ruo grew more agitated. He hoped that all this would be finished quickly, Xie Ran also did not get involved in the 'he' plan for everything to be fine. He does not know to what extent this conflict will end, but he will try while still alive.