Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

"It's okay." Zhu Yan said, pointing his fingers at her shoulders.

Feeling that she could move again, Nanzhi handed her hand to Zhu Yan, who had stretched out his hand in front of her, and tears fell like pearls from a broken string.

She looked at the sword wound on Zhu Yan's left rib with tearful eyes: "You are injured..."

Zhu Yan gently wiped away the tears from Nanzhi's cheek with his fingertips, and placed his hand on the wound on his left rib. After a burst of scarlet demonic power, the wound disappeared, and even his clothes returned to their original state.

"Don't cry, look." He showed Nanzhi: "It's done."

"But it will hurt too," said Nanzhi.

Zhu Yan had not expected her to say that, and had never received such meticulous care. He was at a loss for a moment, and then he crawled into the cabin. He was tall, and once he entered, he took up most of the cabin, completely hiding Nanzhi in front of him in the shadow of his body.

Zhu Yan squatted in front of Nanzhi and slowly made an excuse: "I am a great demon, and great demons are not afraid of pain."

Seeing that Nanzhi didn't believe it and was still crying, Zhu Yan smiled at her and said, "Then Ahzhi, blow on me. It will stop hurting."

Standing outside the cabin, with his arms folded over his chest and holding the sword, he waited for Zhu Yan to remove the magic from Nanzhi. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yan actually went straight into the cabin, and Zhuo Yichen lifted the door curtain.

Seeing Zhu Yan half-kneeling in front of Nanzhi, blocking Nanzhi completely, his face darkened. He grabbed the back of Zhu Yan's collar and pulled the big monster out with force!

"Hey?... Lord Xiao Zhuo, you are too overbearing." Zhu Yan, who was about to blow towards Nanzhi, looked downcast.

"Stop talking nonsense." Letting go of his hand, Zhuo Yichen warned Zhu Yan again: "Don't think of doing anything bad!"

Such a good opportunity to cultivate feelings was ruined. Zhu Yan sighed helplessly: "Yes, yes, yes."

Nanzhi walked out of the cabin and when she saw Zhuo Yichen beside her, she asked with concern, "Xiao Zhuo, are you hurt?"

"No." Feeling concerned, Zhuo Yichen couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips.

Nanzhi got off the boat and ran to Wenxiao: "Sister Wenxiao, are you hurt?"

Wen Xiao smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, I'm not hurt."

Nanzhi also wanted to ask Pei Sijing why they didn’t see her since she came with them to catch monsters.

"Ran Yi..."

Miss Qi's voice interrupted what Nanzhi was about to ask. Nanzhi looked at Miss Qi who was sitting beside her and snuggling with a man in black.

The man she was holding was injured.

Nanzhi walked towards Miss Qi and looked at the man in her arms: "Is this... Ran Yi?"

Miss Qi looked up at Nanzhi, her eyes, originally numb and empty, now filled with sadness: "Ran Yi was injured by the Yunguang Sword."

"No vital injuries." Zhu Yan also walked over to Miss Qi and Ran Yi and reassured Miss Qi: "Master Xiao Zhuo changed the direction in time when he stabbed him, causing a slight deviation. He will recover after a period of rest."

His restraint towards Ran Yi was seen through, and Zhuo Yichen looked away uncomfortably under Zhu Yan's gaze.

"But there's one thing I'm curious about, Miss Qi." Zhu Yan looked at Miss Qi. "When Li Lun possesses a mortal for too long, his evil spirit will penetrate into their internal organs. Eventually, they will be unable to withstand the erosion of his evil spirit, and no medicine can cure it."

Wen Xiao looked at Miss Qi in surprise: "Are you saying that Miss Qi should have died from Li Lun's evil spirit corroding her internal organs?"

"That's right." Zhu Yan nodded. "And Miss Qi has been possessed by Li Lun for such a long time and is still fine. What's the reason?"

"I'm very curious."

Ran Yi, who was in Miss Qi's arms, endured the pain and sat up, grabbed Miss Qi's hand, and looked at her worriedly.

Miss Qi looked confused and shook her head: "I don't know."

Nanzhi asked, "Do you feel unwell?"

After carefully feeling her body, Miss Qi shook her head again: "No."

Zhuo Yichen said, "We don't know much about medical matters. Why don't we wait until we get back to the Monster Hunting Division and have Xiaojiu take Miss Qi's pulse?"

"That's not a problem." Zhu Yan raised his hand, forming a seal with two fingers. A red light flashed, and he opened his lips slightly: "Go out."

The one-word secret worked on Miss Qi.

A purse embroidered with plum blossoms rose from Miss Qi's belt and floated in front of Zhu Yan.

"Purse?" Zhuo Yichen was puzzled.

Wen Xiao also looked at the purse: "Is there something wrong with this purse?"

Nanzhi saw the purse and explained to everyone, "This is my birthday gift to Miss Qi."

It happened this year. Two months ago, it was Miss Qi's birthday. Nanzhi, whose family had fallen into poverty, had no money to buy her a gift, so she embroidered a purse for her.

It was inconvenient to take the things of the girls in the boudoir. Zhu Yan looked at Zhuo Yichen, and Zhuo Yichen glared at him, as if to say, don't try to set a trap for me.

Zhu Yan looked at Miss Qi and asked, "Miss Qi, could you please open this purse and let us see it?"

"Of course." Miss Qi stood up, took the purse and opened it.

There is a talisman in the purse.

Nanzhi looked at the amulet unfolded in Miss Qi's hand and said, "I also got this amulet from the Taoist temple."

On this amulet… Zhu Yan’s eyes flickered slightly, and he formed a seal with his fingers again: “Show.”

A flash of red rose from the amulet and then disappeared into the air.

Looking at the red color dissipating in the air, Zhuo Yichen frowned: "What is it?"

Although he already had the answer in his mind, Zhu Yan shook his head: "I don't know."

Seeing that he was about to be captured and taken back to the Demon Hunting Bureau, Ran Yi wanted to run away, but was immobilized by Zhu Yan's immobilization technique.

Zhu Yan looked at Zhuo Yichen and said, "Master Xiao Zhuo, please go to the room and find a wooden barrel."

Zhuo Yichen went to look for it with a cold face and full of energy.

Ran Yi was forced to transform into a fish and was taken by Zhu Yan into a wooden barrel full of water that he found in Zhuo Yichen's room.

The case was over, but the road was difficult to travel at night, and there were three weak women around. Zhu Yan and Zhuo Yichen decided to stay in a wooden house on the island in the middle of the lake for one night and set off early the next morning.

……

late at night.

Miss Qi stayed in the room guarding Ran Yi who had transformed into a fish.

Outside the house, Nanzhi and Wenxiao sat on the wooden bridge, listening to Wenxiao tell them what happened after they followed Zhu Yan to Jinghu Lake today.

Zhu Yan came over and sat next to Nanzhi. After a while, Zhuo Yichen also came over. Seeing that there was no place to sit, he simply leaned against the fir tree beside the wooden bridge with his sword in his arms.

"You can tell me now, right?" Zhuo Yichen said to Zhu Yan, "Why didn't Li Lun's evil spirit destroy Miss Qi's internal organs? And what is that red mist on the amulet?"

Zhu Yan didn't say it before because he didn't want Miss Qi and Ran Yi to know, but now that there are only four of them, he can tell them.

Zhu Yan smiled to himself: "As expected of Master Xiao Zhuo, you are very perceptive."

Then, he asked Nanzhi in a gentle voice, "Did anything happen to you when you went to ask for the amulet?"

Nanzhi recalled the scene that day: "It was raining the day I went to pray for the amulet, and I accidentally slipped and fell. When I grabbed the white marble railing to steady myself, the railing scraped the skin off my palm."

All the doubts in Zhu Yan's heart were resolved.

Why can't he lose control of his anger as long as he stays by Nanzhi's side? Why isn't Miss Qi's internal organs corroded by Li Lun's anger?

It turned out to be the case.

"It's divine blood." Zhu Yan said, "The purest and most authentic divine blood."