The useless second daughter of the Hua family

On the third day, the whole city celebrated. The originally dim underground city was now hung with colorful street lights. The whole city was brightly lit, as if entering another world.

Tao Yao said to the people around him: "After the prayer ceremony is over, we can leave this place."

A group of people stood on the city wall, overlooking the bustling crowd below. Hua Miaomiao couldn't help but sigh: "Except for their appearance and living environment, these residents are not much different from the people on the ground!"

Pi Fu added: "Yes, many of them were forced to seek refuge in this so-called 'no man's land'. This place is not under the jurisdiction of the outside world, so at least it gives them a place to settle down."

Hua Miaomiao nodded slightly in agreement, and then said worriedly: "I just hope Xuanju can wake up in time and not let this place become a terrible purgatory." The puppet he created is a bottomless pit. If Xun Lie continues to indulge it, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Xiuzhu patted their shoulders gently and consoled them: "You don't have to think too much. The dungeon has its own operating rules, which are not something we can easily interfere with."

"That's right, it's better to mind your own business." Pi Fu echoed Xiuzhu, trying to make the atmosphere more relaxed.

While they were chatting, a maid suddenly came to tell them that Fu Duoduo had arranged a farewell banquet for them. They followed the guide to a garden. The flowers in the garden were in full bloom, and the air was filled with the fragrance of flowers.

"What a beautiful garden!" Hua Miaomiao exclaimed.

"There's no sunlight here for years, so how come the flowers and plants are so lush?" Tao Yao looked around thoughtfully.

Suddenly, a melodious flute sound came, attracting everyone's attention. Fu Duoduo was seen wearing a snow-white dress, holding a green bamboo flute, sitting in the pavilion.

After the song ended, she slowly stood up and invited everyone to take a seat. Hua Miaomiao didn't know if she was thinking too much, but she always felt that Fu Duoduo today seemed a little different from before.

"I have been busy these past few days, so I hope you will forgive me if I have neglected you."

Since Taoyao had issued a ban on alcohol before, everyone just drank tea instead of wine and raised their glasses to congratulate Fu Duoduo on his wedding.

However, after hearing these blessings, Fu Duoduo's face suddenly turned gloomy. She tightly held the teacup in her hand and stared at Xiuzhu, her eyes full of endless resentment and ridicule. "Oh, you really don't understand anything! I don't know if you are really heartless, or if you just don't have any sincerity towards me?"

Fu Duoduo's sudden change of expression instantly brought the atmosphere to a standstill, and no one spoke for a while. At this moment, Xun Lie came over. He first glanced at Fu Duoduo, then turned to the others and said, "Madam is drunk and talking nonsense. You don't have to take it to heart."

He glanced at Hua Miaomiao, as if he thought of the tragedy of the previous night. He silently walked to the other side and carefully helped Fu Duoduo up. "Madam, you are drunk. Let's go back to the house." After that, he helped Fu Duoduo leave.

After the farewell banquet ended hastily, Hua Miaomiao and several other people did not plan to stay any longer. However, just as they were about to get up, several wire nets suddenly appeared on the ground, tightly trapping them.

"What's going on? Where did these fairy-binding nets come from?" Pi Fu struggled desperately, but to no avail.

"Don't waste your energy, this immortal binding net is much more powerful than Yuan He's." Tao Yao said to everyone while casting spells to try to break the nets. Unfortunately, because her own cultivation was suppressed by most of it, she failed for a while.

"Xuan Ju, are you crazy? What do you want to do?" Pi Fu shouted at the air. She knew very well that apart from Xuan Ju, there was no one else who could prepare so many fairy-binding nets.

"You really wronged Xuanju. He didn't know that these things would be used on you." Xun Lie appeared again, and behind him, Xuanju was looking at everyone with a guilty look on his face.

Tao Yao moved her body, trying to block the crowd, and asked Xun Lie: "What on earth do you want to do?"

Xun Lie's eyes passed him and swept straight to Xiu Zhu, his eyes flashing with brilliance, as if he was calculating something. His voice came with a hidden smile: "Xuan Ju just wants to borrow something from Xiu Zhu."

However, Xuan Ju interrupted Xun Lie's words. He looked helpless and struggling: "Xun Lie, let them go."

Xun Lie's face was full of approval. He frowned and retorted, "Please, don't you want your little puppet anymore? Just take half of his spirit and place it in the puppet. After some time, she will be able to develop spiritual consciousness. By then, she won't have to constantly absorb other people's magic power. Moreover, they are from the same school, so their auras will be more similar. Don't you want a vivid spiritual connection?"

However, the answer he got was silence. Xuan Ju was indeed a little moved, and his heart seemed to be struggling, with contradictions and pain in his eyes.

At this moment, Fu Duoduo, who had been silent all the time, suddenly interrupted and said, "The bamboo has a strong vitality. We just need to bury it in this Hundred Demons Garden and let it be nourished by the flowers. It won't be long before it recovers. This seems to be a good idea." At this moment, her mind was in chaos, and she had only one thought in her mind, which was to keep that man at all costs.

Xun Lie saw that there was a chance, so he continued to persuade them: "Didn't you say that you raised them all by yourself? Now just think of it as him paying you back."

This sentence was like a sharp blade, completely tearing open the wound deep in Xuanju's heart, and made him fall into the memory of the good old days. He remembered the warm days he spent with his brothers and sisters in the valley, when they cared for each other and lived in harmony, and every moment was full of warmth and happiness. However, at this moment, looking at the disappointment and indifference in the eyes of Pi Fu and Xiu Zhu, his heart felt like it was torn apart and painful.

Xuanju held his head and cried, squatting on the ground and muttering to himself in pain: "No, I can't do that, he is my brother, Master will not forgive me..." His voice revealed endless struggle and contradiction.

At this moment, Xiuzhu suddenly broke the silence, his voice calm and firm: "Okay, I'll give it to you."

Pi Fu's eyes widened in astonishment, and she looked at Xiu Zhu in disbelief, almost blurting out: "Are you crazy too?"

Xiuzhu ignored her and continued to say to Xunlie: "I promise you. But you must let us go, none of us will stay." After saying that, his gaze drifted towards Fu Duoduo.

Fu Duoduo was panicked by Xiuzhu's gaze. She realized that her momentary anger had caused serious consequences. Xunlie, that madman, might really do something. Her voice was trembling: "Xunlie, how about..."

"No problem." Xun Lie interrupted her in time. He turned around and looked at Fu Duoduo, "You said it started, and it's up to me to decide when it ends."

"No..." Fu Duoduo tugged at Xunlie's sleeve, looking at him pleadingly. But Xunlie just waved her away and approached Xiuzhu step by step.

Tao Yao sat cross-legged, teasing his luck and trying to break the Immortal Binding Net, but unfortunately he failed in the end. He glared at Xun Lie in full readiness, "Have you thought it through? Do you really want to be an enemy of Lingxi Valley?"

"Taoyao, stop talking. Save some energy to lead everyone away." Xiuzhu knew that if Xunlie regretted it later, Taoyao would be the only one left to fight. He looked at Xunlie quietly, without a trace of fear in his eyes. "Go ahead, I hope you keep your word."

"No!" Fu Duoduo screamed and rushed over to grab Xun Lie, but it was too late.

Xun Lie has begun to practice his internal energy. His five fingers form claws and he slowly absorbs his magical power from Xiuzhu's head.

Pi Fu broke down and cried: "Xiuzhu, you are such a fool, you only have half of your demon spirit left, how can you give up the other half?"

Her words were like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone present. Xuan Ju sat on the ground with a deathly pale face and slapped himself hard. He shouldn't have hesitated!

At this time, Xiuzhu's consciousness was gradually becoming blurred. He turned around to look at a few people and gave everyone a comforting smile.