Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 371 - 310: Xuan, Can You Please Hurry Up?_1

Chapter 371: Chapter 310: Xuan, Can You Please Hurry Up?_1

When Li Xuan flew onto that rock, Yu Hongshang was holding a seal in one hand and the "Taoheng Xuanji" in the other, releasing her Zhenyuan. It slowly circulated in the shape of the Yin-Yang Fish Diagram.

The Princess’s control over her own extreme ice and flame power had obviously surpassed the time when she first arrived at Longhu Mountain.

A month ago, doing this would definitely freeze half of the area ten miles around the Hualong Pool and turn the other half into a fiery hell.

But now, she merely makes half of the pool boil and the other half freeze.

The progress she made was visible to others and far exceeded everyone’s expectations.

However, when Li Xuan arrived, Yu Hongshang stopped her movements and looked at him in confusion: "Xuan, what’s this about?"

She knew that Li Xuan never disturbed her during her regular cultivation. He always used sword practice as an excuse to stay away. This made it convenient for Li Xuan to sneak out whenever he needed to.

And with his serious demeanour, it was obvious he had something to say.

"I’m here to apologise to Your Highness." Li Xuan looked serious, a touch of purple in his pupils: "I have an urgent matter, and I must return to Nanjing City as soon as possible."

Yu Hongshang was startled by his words, and instantly became reluctant: "Isn’t there still a month left? What exactly does Xuan have to do? I can send someone to help you."

Li Xuan’s heart trembled slightly, thinking if I stay here for another month, I might be tormented by you to the point of death, even both boats might capsize. Moreover, he was indeed worried about Qianqian’s situation.

"Qianqian is in trouble. You should know her, Hongshang, right? The Boshi of Demons who has helped you and me several times. For some reason, she has been put in the Demon Tower for interrogation."

Yu Hongshang was taken aback, she naturally remembered Yue Qianqian, there was no way she could forget. Indeed, she’s a very kind girl who had helped out a lot. The "Four-legged Gilded Universe Star Cauldron" in Yu Hongshang’s hand was obtained with Yue Qianqian’s help.

She had sent a grand gift afterward to show her gratitude, but it had been rejected by Yue Qianqian. However, Yu Hongshang still kept it in mind.

Yu Hongshang liked her very much. If this girl didn’t have feelings for Li Xuan, she and Qianqian would definitely be good friends by now.

"Yue Qianqian was put in the Demon Tower? Could there be a mistake?"

"That’s why I need to go back and see."

Li Xuan’s hand was on the "Bixue Leique Sword", looking towards Nanjing City: "You know how Qianqian is, she never causes trouble."

Therefore, he harbored some resentment towards Luo Yan and Peng Fulai, couldn’t they even keep an eye on one person?

Moreover, who was scheming against Qianqian? He had only left Nanjing for a little over a month, and someone already dared to touch his subordinate-

Yu Hongshang’s cheeks ballooned; she didn’t want to let him go but could not find a reason to keep Li Xuan.

Just then, a golden arrow shot through the air. It rushed over and hovered next to Yu Hongshang like a fleeting shadow.

Li Xuan recognized the magical instrument used expressly by the royal family for messaging, it was much faster than a regular charm. Not only was the speed ten times that of a charm, the information it could deliver was more extensive, and it could fly a distance of two thousand miles at once. Additionally, the relay stations along the way would refill its magic for free.

Yu Hongshang took the golden arrow and placed it on her forehead for a moment. Her facial expression changed greatly.

Her earlier reluctance had disappeared without a trace, and a trace of happiness even floated up in her eyes: "It’s good for Xuan to go to Nanjing City now. Within a day, the central hall of Liudao Division will probably issue a transfer order to you to let you go to Beijing for a post."

Li Xuan was startled: "The Central Hall? What should I do in Beijing all of a sudden?"

He thought he was on the verge of becoming the local overlord of Nanjing City, and his good days hadn’t even begun yet. Why should he be transferred to Beijing?

"Because at noon today, a major incident occurred in The Court. Fei Yuan, Wujing Boshi of the Hanlin Academy, was poisoned in the presence of the Crown Prince in the East Palace."

When Yu Hongshang mentioned the cause of the incident, her expression became extremely solemn. The incident involved her father and cousin, she had no choice but to care: "This case involves the Crown Prince and the current court dispute. The courtier led by the cabinet thought of many candidates to handle the case, but none of them were satisfactory. Then they thought of you."

Li Xuan couldn’t help feeling sour: "Why must it be me? What if I don’t go?"

"Who else is as righteous as you are, and has been gaining more renown recently?" Yu Hongshang smiled: "You can choose not to go, but the courtiers and the Liudao Division have ways to persuade you. Just like you usually say, to convince others with virtue. In any case, prepare early, and of course, don’t agree too quickly. In this situation, Xuan, you can negotiate for more benefits from them."

As for Li Xuan’s transfer to Beijing, she naturally would be happy.

She was recently reluctant to let Li Xuan leave because she had only been in Jiangnan for a few days. But now knowing that Li Xuan was going to Beijing, the situation has changed.

She figured it was a good thing for Li Xuan to leave Longhu Mountain as soon as possible, so he wouldn’t sneak around with Xue Yunrou every day.

"The Xiuyiwei prepared a speedboat for me at the mouth of the Xingjiang River to prevent accidents. It’s the best kind and can travel three thousand miles downstream in a day. You’ll use this boat to return to Nanjing. You don’t have to worry about Yunrou, I’ll inform her. After you get to Nanjing, handle all matters as soon as possible, don’t leave any loose ends."

Li Xuan thought inside, I would be a fool to believe you. If he truly leaves Yunrou without telling her, he won’t be able to live in peace in the future.

After bidding farewell to Yu Hongshang, he took his Fumo Vajra and dashed towards the Tianshi’s mansion.

What Li Xuan didn’t know was that after he left, everyone at a distance, led by Vice Master Zhang, all collectively sighed in relief, wearing strange expressions on their faces.

Duchess was thinking that this guy had finally left, and the progress of the princess in balancing yin and yang should accelerate considerably.

As long as Earl Jingan was around, Yu Hongchang had always been torn between feelings and couldn’t put her heart into her cultivation. Despite her incredible talent that shocked everyone, there was only a minor improvement in the past month due to her splitting focus.

At this time, a small Molosser dog emerged from the sky and wiggled its tail, sitting next to the princess.

Yu Hongchang opened her eyes and glanced at him:" General Tingtian, weren’t you supposed to go to Yingtan and handle your master’s private affairs? You sure returned at the perfect time."

This guy unexpectedly stayed outside for a whole month.

Upon hearing her words, Tingtian Ao gave an embarrassed smile and started scratching his dog face.

He thought that Xue Yunrou had already become the Young Heavenly Master of Tianshi’s mansion, holding the ’Zhengyi Fumo Sword’ and ’Zhengyi Divine Talisman’, she could contend with anyone at the heavenly level.

And that Li Xuan seemed obviously willing to play both sides at once. How could he dare to get involved in this situation?

If the princess ordered him to eavesdrop on what Li Xuan and Young Master Xue were saying, should he listen or not?

Therefore, after much thought, Tingtian Ao decided to stay outside.

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Using the teleportation technique ’Rising Thunder’, Li Xuan covered a distance of seventy miles in just a moment, arriving at Tianshi’s mansion.

He originally thought that Xue Yunrou would be heartbroken and might have a tearful farewell with him.

But when Xue Yunrou heard about it, she simply nodded slightly: "It’s fine if you go to the capital, Xuan. Once things settle here at Tianshi’s mansion, I will also go to Beijing for the official canonization by the court. At that time, I might have to stay for a while at Rensheng Palace in Dongyue of Beijing."

Rensheng Palace in Dongyue is the largest Daoist temple of the Zhengyi Sect in Beijing.

In fact, most of the time, the successive Heavenly Masters of the Tianshi’s mansion had stayed at Rensheng Palace, Dongyue, in order to offer advice and discuss Tao with the emperor and the court.

Her Uncle Zhang Shenye was formerly stationed at Rensheng Palace, Dongyue. It was only in recent years, when his two disciples one after another achieved the heavenly level, that he returned to Longhu Mountain, preparing to extricate himself from worldly affairs and advance further in his personal cultivation, but then this incident happened.

As the successor to Tianshi’s mansion, Xue Yunrou definitely needs to go to Beijing to strengthen connections with the royal family and the court.

She wanted Li Xuan to leave Longhu Mountain early, to prevent him from getting too close to Yu Hongchang, and inadvertently developing an intimate relationship due to constant companionship.

Yu Hongchang was at the heavenly level, if she wanted to make something happen, how could the female officials stop her?

As for the future, although Beijing was indeed Yu Hongchang’s lair, it was also her territory for Xue Yunrou.

With so many Qingliu in the court keeping a watch, Yu Hongchang would not be able to make any more moves, and His Majesty wouldn’t allow Yu Hongchang to cause any trouble either.

"So that’s how it is." After hearing it, Li Xuan was somewhat joyful: "Then I will wait for you in Beijing - um, I mean, wait for you to come."

He almost said ’both of you’.

At this moment, Xue Yunrou handed another shuttle to him: "Xuan, you take this thing with you, you can use it daily."

Li Xuan recognized it as Xue Yunrou’s ’Xuanming Zhiyang Shuttle’, he was startled and looked at Xue Yunrou: "What about Yunrou, what will you use?"

Although this shuttle was just a high-grade magical instrument, it could be used for both offense and defense. When there was enough mana, it could travel thousands of miles a day, reaching the upper skies or the Nine Quiets. Its cost was at least seven times that of a normal high-grade magical instrument.

"I have the ’Nine Heavens Ten Earths Pimo Divine Shuttle’ of Tianshi’s mansion." Xue Yunrou smiled: "My uncle has already given me this magical instrument."

Li Xuan instantly brightened up, and put the instrument inside his sleeve: "Well, I wouldn’t be polite then."

This ’Xuanming Zhiyang Shuttle’ was actually a replica of the ’Nine Heavens Ten Earths Pimo Divine Shuttle’.

At this time, his Azure Phoenix Niulang and Weaver Girl, were still unwilling to part, pushing their two bird heads together.

Li Xuan, however, didn’t hesitate to reach out, grabbed Niulang in his hand and said, "Yunrou, I’m leaving now."

His figure was like thunder and lightning, and directly vanished towards the foot of the mountain where Tianshi’s mansion was located.

At this moment, Xue Yunrou had an intricate look on her face: "Someone, please call my master - my elder brother Xuanchen over here."

When Xue Yunrou mentioned Xuanchen, there was an involuntary twitch at the corner of her mouth.

In just a moment, a Daoist, wearing a plain Daoist robe, whose gender was hard to distinguish, came before Xue Yunrou.

Xue Yunrou looked at this brother of hers with a complex look, then solemnly said: "I am wondering if my elder brother has any spare time recently. If so, I would like to invite my elder brother to accompany me to Beijing."