Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

Hearing this, Shen Ye shook his head helplessly; his luck with women was still as strong as ever.

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(I'm actually getting better and better at writing this kind of plot, I'm so touched)

Chapter 394! Junior sisters, did you guys... last night?

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"Let's talk about it later." Shen Ye patted Lu Linxuan's head again and then said, "Let's go out, don't keep your senior brother waiting."

"Never mind him." Lu Linxuan enjoyed the feeling of Shen Ye patting her head and said with narrowed eyes, "It's okay to make him wait a little longer."

"But I'm hungry." Shen Ye patted his stomach. He was indeed hungry. Although he had eaten a lot of food yesterday, he had drunk even more alcohol.

Upon hearing this, Lu Linxuan immediately said, "Then let's hurry out and have breakfast."

As she spoke, she turned around, opened the door, and then took Shen Ye's arm and went out with him.

At this moment, Li Xingyun was chatting with Zhang Zifan, who had just gotten up. Hearing the door open, he turned around, glanced at them, and waved to the two of them: "Brother Shen, Junior Sister, are you done?"

"If you can't speak properly, then don't speak at all." Lu Linxuan glared at him.

Li Xingyun scratched his head and said awkwardly, "What I mean is, have you finished talking?"

"I'm done." Shen Ye nodded, his gaze falling on Zhang Zifan beside him. He saw a hint of surprise and disappointment flash in Zhang Zifan's eyes and couldn't help but think, "Goodness, he really is trying to make a move on Lu Linxuan."

"However, you're too late," he thought smugly.

At that moment, Li Xingyun suddenly moved between the two and whispered, "Brother Shen, Junior Sister, um...did you two do *that* last night..."

"What do you mean, 'that'?" Lu Linxuan was completely confused, but then he saw Li Xingyun's mischievous grin.

Then Li Xingyun gestured again: "It's that one, the one we saw in Master's collection of books when we were kids."

Only then did Lu Linxuan understand Li Xingyun's meaning. His face flushed red, and he raised his sword sheath to smash it over Li Xingyun's head, shouting in shame and indignation, "Senior brother! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll report you to Master."

"Hey, junior sister, stop hitting me! Brother Shen, please discipline me properly!" Li Xingyun dared not fight back or dodge, so she could only cover her head and ask Shen Ye for help.

Shen Ye smiled and reached out to grab Lu Linxuan's arm: "Alright, Xuan'er, stop hitting him."

"Oh!" Lu Linxuan obediently put down his sword sheath.

"Brother Shen, you are a role model for us all!"

Seeing this, Li Xingyun gave Shen Ye a thumbs up again, but when he saw Lu Linxuan glaring at him, he quickly shut his mouth.

After calming himself down, Lu Linxuan said, "Senior brother, Brother Shen is hungry. Let's go downstairs for breakfast."

"Alright!" Li Xingyun rubbed his head, which was throbbing from being hit, and turned to Zhang Zifan, calling out, "Brother Zhang, let's have breakfast together."

Zhang Zifan closed his folding fan, smiled and nodded, saying, "Then I thank you very much."

He didn't bring much money with him when he went out, and he's already spent it all. Now he can only mooch food and drinks off others.

The four of them then went downstairs and chose a seat by the window. Li Xingyun waved his hand and told the waiter to bring out some good food.

Before long, a variety of exquisite breakfast dishes were served, and the four of them began to eat and chat.

Of course, Lu Linxuan spent most of his time talking to Shen Ye, while Li Xingyun chatted very congenially with Zhang Zifan.

However, just as the group was having a pleasant chat, someone suddenly walked in from outside.

The man was short and stocky with a mustache. After glancing around the lobby on the first floor, he walked towards Shen Ye and his companions.

"Gentlemen, I greet you." The man cupped his hands in greeting to the four of them.

So the four of them stopped talking, and Li Xingyun asked in confusion, "Who are you? What do you want?"

The man chuckled and said, "Who I am is not important. What is important is that my master would like to invite you all to a meeting outside Yuzhou City."

"Your master?" Lu Linxuan asked, puzzled. "Who is your master? What does he want with us?"

"You'll see when you get there." After saying that, the man turned and left without waiting for Shen Ye and the others to agree or not.

Watching the person disappear into the crowd, the other three, apart from Shen Ye, were somewhat bewildered.

After a long while, Li Xingyun finally said, "You strange fellow, Brother Shen, Junior Sister, and Brother Zhang, what do you think, should we go or not?"

"Whatever," Zhang Zifan answered first, tapping his palm lightly with his folding fan, looking completely indifferent.

"Let's not go," Lu Linxuan shook his head, looking at Shen Ye: "Brother Shen, what do you think?"

Shen Ye was engrossed in eating his porridge when he heard this. He looked up, wiped his mouth without any regard for appearances, and sneered, "Why should we go? They'll come looking for us anyway."

"Them?" The three of them were taken aback when they heard Shen Ye's words.

"Brother Shen, it seems you know who they are?" Zhang Zifan asked tentatively.

“Of course.” Shen Ye nodded, then glanced at Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan and said, “Think about who you’ve offended recently.”

"You mean... the Xuanming Sect?" Li Xingyun wasn't stupid. He had only come down the mountain yesterday, and the only sect they had a grudge against was the Xuanming Sect.

"These persistent bastards! The Fire Spirit Mushroom isn't even in our hands, yet they still keep bothering us!" Lu Linxuan said angrily.

Shen Ye shook his head: "This time they're not after the Fire Spirit Mushroom."

"What is it for? Is it for me?" Li Xingyun said with dissatisfaction.

Then, he saw Shen Ye looking at him with a mischievous grin...

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Meanwhile, in Fengxiang Prefecture.

After a long journey of a day and a night, Ji Ruxue finally returned to Huanyinfang. At this moment, she was carrying a box containing the Fire Spirit Mushroom and slowly walking up the stairs built against the mountain.

When she reached a waterfall, she stopped, took a deep breath, looked at the building with its flying eaves and brackets, and continued to climb the steps.

After a short while, she finished walking up the last set of steps and then stopped.

At that moment, a female voice, as melodious as water and as beautiful as a song, came from inside the building.

"Is that Xue'er back? Come in!"

Ji Ruxue then quickly walked into the building.

"Your Majesty, I have successfully brought back the Fire Spirit Mushroom, fulfilling my mission."

Upon entering, Ji Ruxue knelt down in front of a curtain and respectfully addressed the woman behind it, while simultaneously raising a box containing the Fire Spirit Mushroom with both hands.

A maid from the Illusionary Sound Pavilion took the box from her hands, passed through layers of curtains, and bent down to present it to the stunningly beautiful woman known as the Empress.

"Thank you for your hard work, Xue'er."

Behind the curtain, the Empress slightly raised her eyes, but without even glancing at the box, she looked at Ji Ruxue through the semi-transparent curtain and continued:

"I heard that the Huan Yin Fang was attacked by assassins from the Xuan Ming Cult at one of its strongholds in Yuzhou. Several sisters at that stronghold fought to the death. I was worried that something might have happened to you too. Well, it's good that you came back alive."

"I almost got into trouble, but I was able to escape thanks to the help of a master." As Ji Ruxue said this, she naturally thought of Shen Ye, and her voice became exceptionally gentle and affectionate.

As the woman in charge of Huanyin Pavilion and Fengxiang, the Empress could easily detect the unusual quality in Ji Ruxue's voice, and immediately said coldly, "That expert... is a man, isn't he?"

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(I've been busy these past few days, so updates have been slow and there have only been two chapters. Sorry.)

Chapter 395! The Empress

(Empress)

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Ji Ruxue didn't speak, but simply lowered her head.

Seeing that Ji Ruxue remained silent, the Empress's expression turned cold. She then said in a tone of disappointment, "I knew it! You little slut, you can't even get your heart stolen by some random man when you go out to do something. How can I trust you to do things in the future? Tell me, how should I punish you?"

Ji Ruxue turned pale with fright and hurriedly said, "This servant is loyal to the Empress and would never betray her. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"Hmph, I'm sorry you don't dare either."

The Empress snorted and nodded. She didn't doubt that Ji Ruxue would lie to her. Besides the fact that Ji Ruxue had been raised by her since childhood, there was also the Fire Spirit Mushroom that Ji Ruxue had just presented as proof. If Ji Ruxue really had ulterior motives, she probably would have already secretly taken the Fire Spirit Mushroom and fled far away.

She gazed at Ji Ruxue for a while, a hint of dissatisfaction still flashing in her eyes. She valued Ji Ruxue highly; although she was just a maid, she had raised her from childhood and was practically her daughter. She was reluctant to punish her, so she said, "However, forgiveness is impossible. But you brought back the Fire Spirit Mushroom, which is a merit. How about this, you don't need to go out on errands anymore. Just stay by my side and serve me well, okay?"

After hearing the Empress's words, Ji Ruxue suddenly looked up. She understood the meaning behind the Empress's words: she wanted to keep her by her side forever and not let her leave Huanyinfang.

"No, if I stay by the Empress's side, won't I never see Brother Shen again?" she thought with a heart full of despair, and even forgot to respond to the Empress.

Seeing that Ji Ruxue remained silent for a long time, the Empress's voice became impatient: "What, are you not happy?"

"This servant dares not, this servant...this servant..." Ji Ruxue was somewhat embarrassed, not knowing how to say it.

Suddenly, she remembered what Shen Ye had said to her when he left, and immediately said, "Your Majesty, I have another important matter to report to you."

"Oh... tell me, what important matter is it that you're only reporting to me now?" the Empress asked casually.

"This servant is on her way back..."

So Ji Ruxue told Shen Ye everything he had told her.