Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 552 - 443 Peng Fulai’s Romantic Encounter_1

Chapter 552: Chapter 443 Peng Fulai’s Romantic Encounter_1

On the way to the battlefield in Chang’an, Li Xuan noticed that Peng Fulai was continuously sidling up to Xuanchenzi, warmly greeting and expressing keen concern.

Initially, Xuanchenzi remained reserved. However, gradually, he was charmed by Peng Fulai, an old hand at socializing, who made him burst into laughter and chatting, often letting out a series of laughter like silver bells.

Then Peng Fulai overstepped even further. He brought his horse right next to Xuanchenzi’s, riding shoulder to shoulder, their bodies almost touching without any space between them.

Li Xuan felt it was quite a sticky situation but didn’t think it proper to specifically issue a warning.

Xuanchenzi was not a fool. If Peng Fulai suddenly left his side, he would certainly guess what was going on.

Li Xuan intended to use Xuanchenzi’s power and didn’t want to offend him.

Not until they were about to reach the destination, did the complacency hit Peng Fulai. He maneuvered his horse back to Li Xuan’s side, "It’s unexpected that there would be such beautiful and ethereal fairies in the Heavenly Master’s Mansion of Longhu Mountain. Li Qianzhi, you’re really unfair, you should have introduced her to me earlier."

Li Xuan had no words to answer. Torn between brotherhood and upsetting Xuanchenzi, he decided to favor the former, and coughed, "Actually, you’ve met this Taoist before. Besides, he’s not your type. Peng, if you’re looking for just a one-night stand, you’ve picked the wrong person. If you cling to this Taoist, you won’t be able to let go later."

"Met before? When did I meet him?"

Peng Fulai speculated it might be someone around Xue Yunrou. Probably he didn’t notice him being shadowed by the daunting charm of the Young Heavenly Master.

Without giving it further thought, Peng Fulai said with a grin, "Who said he’s not my type? This fair maiden, I fell for her at first sight.

I’ve got tired of decent girls just because they are too much trouble, but lately, my thoughts have changed a bit. Seeing Taishan’s woman devotedly care for him recently, I felt a pang of envy."

He thought this ’fair maiden’ was just right — breathtakingly youthful and stunning, with a charming posture, and pure by nature, like a snow lotus on Tian Mountain, unblemished by dirt and dust.

Having seen too many women in the brothel, he was fed up. But the ’fair maiden’, gave him a feeling of novelty.

Moreover, the fairy maiden had extraordinary Mana, young as she was, already had reached the Fourth Gate of Dual Cultivation. Her future was likely to be at the heavenly level.

While Peng Fulai wasn’t sure if he would win her heart, he, however, promised to himself to try no matter what.

Who wouldn’t envy Li Xuan for always being able to freeload? If there were easy pickings available, who would choose the difficult ones? After all, Peng Fulai didn’t have a strong stomach since his childhood.

Li Xuan shot a sidelong glance at Peng Fulai, thinking he was blinded by desire. He hadn’t realized what was going on with this much of a blatant hint already given?

Jade fairy? Did ’jade’ indicate Xuanchenzi’s family name? Jade Xuanchen?

At the moment, Zhang Yue was also present. When he heard this, he chuckled, "I also think this fairy maiden is not bad, Pure and naive, easy to deceive. With Peng’s skill, it’s like taking candy from a baby.

Peng is getting old, he should settle down. I too have been finding brothels less interesting lately. It’s okay to go there occasionally, but it’s truly pointless to spend too much time there."

Feeling helpless, Li Xuan added: "This fairy maiden, her Taoist name is Xuanchen."

"Xuanchen? Jade Xuanchen? What a beautiful name--"

Peng Fulai was ecstatic, but in a mere moment, he petrified.

"Indeed, it’s quite poetic!" Zhang Yue nodded in agreement, and then his pupils dilated in shock, maybe because of the extreme horror, even his voice became high-pitched: "He is Xuanchenzi?"

Jade Xuanchen? Xuanchenzi? Considering he practiced the Sutra of Innocence.

But he did not recognize that the woman with bewitching beauty he saw just now was the same Master Xuanchen they had met four months ago—

Li Xuan squinted at Zhang Yue, signaling him to lower his voice, then whispered to Peng Fulai, "In any case, you need to handle it well, pay attention to the tactics, and don’t anger him. I’ve heard that when practitioners of the Sutra of Innocence reach the fourth or fifth layer, their mental state becomes extremely sensitive and extreme, and they cannot stabilize it until the sixth layer."

He wasn’t sure about Xuanchenzi’s mental state, but he believed it was always best to be cautious.

However, Peng Fulai was pale, with trembling lips: "But I’ve made a promise to him that if we have time in the next couple of days, we’ll go to Wuyi Mountain together. He said he’d been wanting to look around and appreciate the martial arts left by the past generations of Heavenly Beings at the Liudao Division."

He looked ready to burst into tears, "I also showed off my eloquence, saying that I met a wonderful woman, as pure as a dewdrop in the wilderness, as gentle as a warm breeze, as alluring as my heart’s desire—"

Earlier, he felt so dashing when he was flirting with Xuanchenzi.

But now, however smug he was before, he felt equally regretful.

Li Xuan froze momentarily, looking at Zhang Yue.

"Anyway—"Li Xuan didn’t know what to say, and on impulse, patted Peng Fulai’s shoulder: "Like I said before, Peng, be careful how you handle this. If you don’t want this marriage, figure out how to handle it delicately, don’t go angering people."

Zhang Yue had a puzzled look on his face: "What does ’There are trailing plants in the field and drops of dew’ mean?"

Li Xuan explained: "This is a poem from ancient times, called ’Country Style·Zheng Style·There are trailing plants in the field.’ The whole poem means ’In the wild field, trailing plants are verdant, strung with crystal dewdrops. There is a beautiful girl, whose eyes are full of emotion. Today, we meet by fate, and I am smitten. Trailing plants in the field are verdant, dewdrops are jewel-like. There is a beautiful girl, her eyes full of emotion. Today we meet happily by fate, and I walk hand in hand with you. Peng is implying that he likes her."

"What the fuck!" Zhang Yue was taken aback. "Peng, aren’t you moving a bit too fast?"

He wanted to laugh but couldn’t, and could only watch Peng Fulai sympathetically: "Qianzhi is right, Peng, don’t break her heart."

Zhang Yue had also heard about the state of the ’Sutra of Innocence.’

The grudges and grievances of those who had reached perfection in the ’Sutra of Innocence’ were legendary and had always been circulated among the martial arts community.

As the three of them were conversing, their destination came into view.

The expression on Li Xuan’s face grew serious. From his vantage point flying 5000 zhangs in the sky on the ’Divine Blood Azure Phoenix,’ he could see a vast field of corpses up ahead, the bodies of Meng Wu and Jin Dynasty soldiers mixed together, and countless scavenger vultures circling in the sky.

At the edge of the battlefield, he could see a group of about 2,000 Weisuo troops gathering bodies. Yet the ominous miasma in the area prevented them from accessing the center of the battlefield.

There were two people in charge of cleaning up the battlefield. One was Wang Chang, the Fumo Xiaowei under the Qinglong Hall. He had been ordered by the Venerable of Qinglong Hall to station 200 demon slayers here.

But, the situation had exceeded their capabilities, forcing them to ask for Li Xuan’s reinforcement.

The other person was the local Qianhu from Chang’an Office, a military minister of the 4th rank from the Weisuo Institute.

After saluting Li Xuan, the Qianhu relayed an apology from Zongbing Zhu Guoneng: "Zongbing Zhu bids me to inform you that Bater’s Iron Cavalry in the north has been defeated but not yet broken. They are lingering to the north of Chang’an Office. He needs to stay on the front lines to face the enemy, so he couldn’t come in person to receive you and apologises. He suggests that once this battle is over, he will personally invite you for drinks as an apology."

"Zongbing is too courteous, military affairs naturally take precedence," Li Xuan replied. Then he looked curiously at the center of the battlefield: "Why is the evil aura here so strong?"

The Fumo Xiaowei managed a bitter smile: "The Meng Wu used the Saman’s Blood Ignition technique, making thousands who drank the potion charge fearlessly. They also used magic to summon the spirit of the vicious beast Qiongqi to help their cavalry charge into battle. Hence the blood and terror here are exceptionally intense. When the main army was here, we could keep it in check. But after Bater’s cavalry retreated and Zongbing Zhu led the force to advance north, pushing the front lines to the north of Chang’an Office, the spirits here began to mutate,"

"Qiongqi?" Li Xuan’s brow furrowed slightly.

He knew of the Qiongqi, a beast that could amplify all ’evil’ forces infinitely. They were said to particularly fond of battlefields, where they would eat the ones in the right, bite off the noses of the loyal, and if anyone committed evil deeds, the Qiongqi would catch a beast as a gift for them, encouraging them to cause more mischief.

Not wanting to delay, Li Xuan knew every moment spent in such places would give rise to more aberrant spirits of the fallen. The more difficulties they would face.

At his command, Master Yuanmiao of the Shanji Temple and Master Lingjie from Jingjue Temple led their monks to form barriers on the edge of the battlefield.

The Shanji Temple set up ’Namo Maharaj Rohanamipura Rana’, chanting the ’Surangama Sutra.’

The Jingjue Temple, on the other hand, set up ’Infinite Life Amitabha Realm,’ and recited the ’Amitabha Sutra.’

As the monks chanted, two golden beams shot into the sky, forming two giant Buddha statues. One was standing on layers of open lotus petals, eliminating evil wherever it passed, and the other was pressing its large hand down.

The Taoists from Changchun Temple took their time setting up an altar at the edge of the battlefield. When the altar was complete, Master Chongyou fooled the gods of the Lei Department, and huge red thunderbolts under their control swept around, obliterating every trace of evil miasma.

The demon-removing method by Liudao Division, although not as spectacular, was more efficient.

They planted banners one by one in the ground, gathering the surrounding spirits, and eradicated them one by one, or gathered them into the ’Evil Suppressing Gourd.’

But at that moment, Li Xuan suddenly looked up. Through the vision of the Divine Blood Azure Phoenix, he saw a giant Golden Peng, diving towards them.

The Golden Peng’s wings spanned forty zhangs, and its body was wrapped in thunder and lightning. Its claws were like a giant pincer. In one move, the Golden Peng was in front of Azure Phoenix Niulang, and it lunged with its claw.