The Psychic Girl

Standing on one side outside the magnificent mansion of Yanjiabao, a man holding a folding fan raised his head to look at the plaque above and smiled slyly.

He looked like he had just arrived here, and he was dusty, with a slender figure as straight as a benchmark, and he was carrying a bulging gray cloth box on his back.

The scarlet hooded robe brought out the fair complexion of his skin and delicate features. He looked like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old, harmless boy next door.

However, who would have thought that behind such a young face lies a soul that has experienced more than three hundred years of life.

The two days after His Majesty's death were the busiest time for the court and the country. Dongye Qingling had been lurking outside Yanjiabao, trying to investigate matters related to the spiritual beast. When he suddenly saw this young man, he did not recognize him at first sight.

However, this young man had already felt her inquiring gaze coming from the darkness.

It's a familiar family scent. Is this someone from my mother's side?

"Higashino Kiyoriya? Why are you here? You can't even hide your aura properly, and you haven't made any progress after changing your spirit bones."

His eyes were as sharp as torches as he spoke slowly, and he immediately aimed at Qing Ling's hiding place.

"You...who are you?!"

After hearing that the young man recognized her easily and told her secret, Qing Ling couldn't stay even if he didn't look for her.

Higashino Kiyomi immediately appeared and raised the whip in his hand.

The momentum was as if the whip in her hand would instantly cut his throat if the boy gave the slightest wrong answer.

However, there was no fear in the boy's eyes. Instead, he walked up to Qing Ling with a smile.

He opened his thin but tightly pursed lips and whispered softly in her ear.

"Forgot? I was the one who replaced your spirit bones..."

The tone was gloomy. Although it was still noon, Higashino Kiyomi felt a chill from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing the same family crest on the back of his raised right hand, Higashino Kiyomizu immediately realized his identity.

"…It's you. Why are you here? The last time I saw you was more than ten years ago. I didn't recognize you in your young look. Please forgive me!"

She was so scared that she knelt down quickly, crawling on the ground and not daring to look up.

"Hahahaha!! Hurry up and get up! Am I that scary? Look how scared you are!"

He laughed heartily, and his mood seemed to suddenly improve.

"What are you doing here alone?"

Looking at Qing Ling's evasive eyes leisurely, a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of the boy's mouth.

……

After knocking on the gate of Yanjiabao, the young man glanced at Qing Ling, who had disguised herself as his accompanying disciple. She looked much more nervous.

The gatekeeper opened the brown bronze door and a figure poked his head out to look at the person who came.

Except for special agreements, Yanjiabao rarely receives outsiders.

"Please report to Lord Yan that Fang Jueqi has arrived as promised."

The young man smiled as if in the spring breeze and nodded slightly.

The gatekeeper had obviously been specifically warned, and his eyes widened immediately when he heard the name.

He opened the gate wide and respectfully welcomed the two men into the castle.

……

"Once the issues between Dad and Brother Tianming are resolved, we can get married, okay? I want to marry you legitimately and go back to Jinquan with you to meet your family. I will also take you to see all the interesting secret places I discovered on Lingwu Continent. You will definitely like them!

At that time, we can take 100,000 and leave Yanjiabao together, away from all disputes, and go wherever you want. "

As Yan Zini caressed Shi Wan who was sleeping soundly beside him, his gaze towards Xia Xi became more affectionate and gentle.

"And me! Master, I want to stay by your side forever!"

Qing Liu, who had rested well, suddenly sat up and shouted loudly when he heard his master's words.

"Why are you everywhere? We won't take you with us! Who told you to keep calling me a stupid woman..."

Leaning over and affectionately pulling the arm of Yan Zini beside him, Xia Xi hid behind him and stuck out her tongue at Qing Liu.

“You you you!!!! I’m going to yell! Stupid woman! Stupid woman!!…”

Seeing Qing Liu's angry look, Xia Xi became even more excited, and deliberately ignored him while mumbling. Instead, she asked Yan Zini,

"As the alchemist of Yanjiabao, can you stay outside all the time? Don't you have to stay in the fort to make medicine?"

Hearing this, Qing Liu sighed.

"Alas... since you came, the master's alchemy business has been abandoned from once a day to less than twice a month..."

Turning his head and staring at Qing Liu with a smile, Yan Zini successfully used his eyes to make him shut up in time. Qing Liu, who realized something was wrong, stopped talking and changed the subject, explaining to Xia Xi in a sullen manner.

“Cough cough cough cough!!!! Uh! As an alchemist, I have to go out to look for rare herbs every few years.

Over the years, the master has found no less than ten secret places, and there are so many treasures in them! But the master won't let me touch them, including the elixir, saying that it will be difficult to survive once it is taken away, and I can only take it when I need it."

"But if you leave it there, aren't you afraid someone might find it and break in and take it away?"

Xia Xi looked at the two of them, not knowing what they were communicating with their eyes.

"Any secret realm that the master has entered, if anyone breaks in again, no one will be able to come out alive!"

Qing Liu sneered and showed off proudly.

"Don't scare her! I just set up some traps in a few secret places where rare spiritual herbs are still stored.

These spiritual herbs are too precious. If someone who doesn't know how to pick them breaks in without permission, they will die and lose their effectiveness. I have also left a warning in the secret realm. After they break in, they can take the treasures inside at will, but if they insist on touching these herbs, they must weigh the price they have to pay."

Yan Zini explained to her carefully. He didn't want Xia Xi to have any misunderstandings about him.

"Wow! So cool! I really want to go to the secret realm and see the mechanisms you made! But if I were someone like me, I would be dead as soon as I entered without even understanding the warning..."

Although Xia Xi only had a vague understanding of all this, he was very excited at the thought of leaving Yanjiabao and going out for adventure.

Hearing her somewhat ignorant and silly words, Yan Zini couldn't help but lower his head and laugh.

"No! I'm here! If we encounter a secret place like this again in the future, I will definitely set up a mechanism that only you, Madam, can survive safely!"

Just when the three people and the beast were getting along happily, Yan Tianming walked in from outside.

His arrival also dissipated the lively atmosphere.

"Zini, my godfather has something important to discuss with you."

Yan Tianming looked much thinner.

He glanced at Xia Xi briefly and then spoke a few words softly to Yan Zini.

Yan Zini seemed to know why he came. Without asking any questions, he was about to leave with Yan Tianming.