Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 163 - 156: The Third Bombardment of Shuraba (Two-in-one - )_3

Chapter 163: Chapter 156: The Third Bombardment of Shuraba (Two-in-one Chapter)_3

Lady Jiang, on the side, was looking at Jiang Yunqi with an extremely admiring gaze. Her husband had indeed done something exceptional this time, especially his last few sentences, which were simply the perfect finishing touches.

Xue Yunrou kept her eyes cold until Jiang Yunqi ordered people to bring out the ’Yuanyang Blood Jade’. She then smiled and spoke, "Li’s cultivation really should catch up. Coincidentally, I could attempt to break through the Third Door these few days, and the ’Yangshen Bead’ could be used by Li. The efficacy of this thing is not inferior to the ’Yuanyang Blood Jade’, and it is specifically for nurturing the Shenpo."

Across from them, Madam Xue immediately gave a ’crack’ and split her chopsticks into two parts, unable to remain calm, "Yunrou, the Yangshen Bead is something your father left for you."

"Since it is something that my father left for me, then naturally I can do whatever I want with it." Xue Yunrou blinked her big eyes, looking at her mother: "I admire Li. What’s wrong with sharing my best things with him?"

Consequently, the atmosphere in the hall instantly turned cold. The faces of Madam Xue and Mrs. Jiang were already covered with three feet of frost. Jiang Yunqi was also stunned, looking at Xue Yunrou in disbelief.

Jiang Hanyun also slightly changed her color. Was her cousin so audacious?

"Li saved my life." Xue Yunrou seemed completely unaware of the anomaly of everyone, continuing to serve food to Li Xuan. "Moreover, someone like Li who has integrity, courage, and unblemished character, which girl in the world would not admire him?"

Jiang Yunqi then relaxed, thinking that Yunrou was very innocent. Her previous ’admiration’ probably does not mean what he thought.

Indeed, a little girl would inevitably admire her life-saver.

The soup in Madam Xue’s soup bowl, however, had completely frozen, and the hand under the table was tightly clenched.

Although the words of Xue Yunrou today were ambiguous and open to interpretation, she knew that this was her daughter’s declaration of war against Lady Jiang and herself.

She steadied her mind, and then pretended to lower her head to drink the soup, "Well Yunrou, can you tell, what is exactly about Li, which makes you girls admire him?"

"There are many!" Xue Yunrou thought with her chopsticks, "Li is upright and self-disciplined, has high moral standards, is fine discernment during trials, and is insightful. When confronting demons, he bravely fights without regard for his life and readily sacrifices himself. Just these two months, Li has already fainted twice because of it."

Jiang Hanyun, after hearing this, silently added a sentence in her heart, plus today, actually, it is three times already.

Madam Xue, holding a soup spoon scooping into the ice, had an ambiguous smile, "That’s indeed very admirable. Li has already achieved a bit of Great Rectitude Martial Intention. He is clearly loyal-hearted and upholds high morals. It is said that the casualty rate in the Liudao Division is high this year. After the battle of Tumu Fort, the number of demons in the world has been increasing, and local governments have started to live in fear of demons. Only the Liudao Division is still holding on, going forward one after another. One has to sigh, there are many righteous people there."

After listening, Jiang Yunqi couldn’t help but be stunned. Yes, the casualty rate of the Liudao Division has indeed been quite high recently.

Especially the backbone of those who have reached the second house level, it is said that more than a hundred people have already died this year.

And Li Xuan, this chap, has he really fainted twice already for the sake of his official duties? How unfortunate!

Right, this guy just said that he was almost in a deadly situation, and luckily he had a bit of luck to escape the calamity.

Upon thinking this, Jiang Yunqi felt that Li Xuan’s magical instruments seemed increasingly glaring in his eyes.

He initially thought that, having the Great Rectitude Martial Intention, Li Xuan must be a person with good character.

But what if, just what if something unspeakable happens to this guy?

Li Xuan’s face twitched, he knew that Madam Xue was saying in various ways that he would die soon due to his reckless actions.

He felt that the level of wit of this Madam was quite high, making her offending words sound like compliments.

Xue Yunrou seemed not to have heard the implications in Madam Xue’s words. She looked at Li Xuan’s profile with shining eyes, "Also, although Li is suave and has elegant manners, he is noble and of high integrity, his character is flawless. Other young noblemen hang around in the brothels by the Qinhuai River all the time, but I never saw Li go there."

Madam Xue looked at her daughter, who was in a state of love-struck, her body trembling uncontrollably. She continued to scoop the ice, making a cracking sound, "Of course, Li is dignified and free-spirited. In the past three years, is there any brothel among the one hundred and eight along the Qinhuai River that does not have traces of him? Where is there no legend of Li? He is indeed clean and upright, pure and chaste. I guess he must have seen all sorts of scenery, so he has long become indifferent to it, hasn’t he?"

At this point, she could no longer afford to save face for Li Xuan, her benefactor.

It took Jiang Yunqi a good while to understand what Madam Xue was saying. He was stunned and his gaze on Li Xuan turned sharply fierce.

So, this guy started frequenting the brothel and spending his days on women’s bellies since he was fifteen, for three consecutive years? Didn’t the lady say his moral character was upright, a flawless gentleman?

Lady Jiang held her forehead, feeling a massive headache and shifted her gaze to Madam Xue. Her gaze became increasingly cold, thinking that this mother-daughter pair might be trying to ruin her plans.

Xue Yunrou continued: "Brother Li’s martial arts talent is very impressive, far exceeding mine and my cousin’s. He’ll ascend to the heavenly level sooner or later."

Madam Xue nodded in agreement. But after the pair of chopsticks, she ground the soup spoon in her hands into powder: "He indeed is a favored son of heaven, Li might have been idle for ten years, but he grasped Martial Law within two months. Such talent is truly exceptional."

Xue Yunrou couldn’t help but frown. She felt the malice in her mother’s words: "Why do I feel like mother’s words sound weird? Brother Li might have been a bit wayward in the past, but he’s changed now."

Madam Xue chuckled heartlessly: "Yes, ’a prodigal who returns is more precious than gold,’ there is nothing wrong with that."

When she said the word ’prodigal’, she emphasized the volume especially.

At this moment, Madam Xue realized her sister-in-law’s gaze was growing colder. She was stunned for a moment, then noticed Jiang Yunqi at the head of the table was giving her a stern look.

Madam Xue subconsciously covered her mouth, realizing that she had misspoke. Her actions, in Mrs. Jiang’s eyes, undoubtedly seemed like sabotage.

Under Jiang Yunqi’s knife-like gaze, Li Xuan practically buried his face in the soup bowl. And the delicious Elixir of the Golden Abalone, which usually tasted delicious, was like chewing wax in his mouth.

The gaze of this Twelfth Layer Stage master was like a blazing fire, his face unusually dark. Such a little scoundrel dared to covet his cherished daughter? Should he chop him to pieces?

Also, should he take back the gift he just gave? He had given it too early.

At this moment, Li Xuan noticed the fox-like smile on Xue Yunrou’s lips out of the corner of his eye.

He thought to himself, he and Madam Xue must be on the second layer; but could Lady Xue be hiding on the third layer?

"Anyway, I greatly admire Brother Li."

Xue Yunrou gave herself a thumbs-up under the table, a sign of approval.

The plan was successful! This is called using the stones of other hills to attack the jade, also called using strength to fight.

With the situation going in her favor, Xue Yunrou decided to press her advantage and turned to ask Jiang Hanyun, "I guess cousin, you must also like the current Brother Li, right?"

In her prediction, this proud cousin would certainly not hesitate to deny it.

But to Xue Yunrou’s surprise, Jiang Hanyun fell into hesitation.

This ’Blood Hand Butcher’ indeed wanted to deny it subconsciously, but after glancing at Li Xuan, for some reason, she fell into silence, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t say the words she had on the tip of her tongue.

After a long while, Jiang Hanyun, who had finally collected her thoughts, blushed slightly and looked away: "Hmm, Li Xuan has indeed made great progress and is not like before. He’s quite a decent person now, and as long as he keeps it up, he will certainly become a pillar of the Liudao Division."

Xue Yunrou was taken aback. She watched Jiang Hanyun intently, her smile faded from the corners of her lips, her eyes gradually became serious.