Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

Looking at the demon-binding rope that bound Nanzhi and Wenxiao together, which had broken into two pieces, as if cut by a sharp weapon, Zhu Yan pondered, "It seems someone doesn't want Nanzhi and Wenxiao to be too close."

Zhuo Yichen looked at Zhu Yan, doubtful: "It wasn't you who did it?"

Zhu Yan felt very wronged: "Master Xiao Zhuo, although I am an evil demon, I am not responsible for all the evil deeds in the world."

Wen Xiao also looked at Zhu Yan: "I also thought you were jealous of us and played this prank in secret."

Her hands and Nanzhi's hands were tied together with a demon-binding rope. The rope had just broken, but she didn't even notice it. If it wasn't Zhu Yan, who else could it be?

Zhu Yan looked towards the brightly lit, bustling hall of Tianxiang Pavilion and said, "This person can come and go without being noticed by the three of us. Only that old monster Cheng Huang can do that."

"So powerful?" Zhuo Yichen was shocked.

Zhu Yan was already the most notorious and powerful monster in the entire wilderness. He knew that Cheng Huang was powerful, but he didn't expect that Cheng Huang could be so much more powerful than Zhu Yan.

"It's not that he's powerful, but this is his territory. He controls everything we do." Zhu Yan explained, looking at the broken red demon-binding rope still tied around Nanzhi's wrist, feeling unhappy. "He's really an old bastard with a weird temper and a petty mind."

……

Watching the actions of several people in the Illusion Tianxiang Pavilion, Cheng Huang, who was dressed in white and had long golden hair braided into a complicated braid behind his head, tilted his head slightly. His handsome face had a hint of demonic aura, and the instincts of a demon beast were slightly revealed.

He said to Pei Siheng who was standing behind him, "You miss your sister a lot, right? It's a good thing she's here too, go find her and catch up."

Pei Siheng's blue eyes were dead silent, and he had completely turned into a puppet that only knew how to follow orders.

Hearing Cheng Huang's order, Pei Siheng walked towards the memory illusion where Pei Sijing and Bai Jiu were.

After Pei Siheng left, Cheng Huang's gaze fell on Nanzhi who was talking to Wen Xiao again, and his eyes softened and became nostalgic.

The illusion carrying memories could not trap Zhu Yan for long. He wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Pei Sijing first, and then take back the Bai Ze Order belonging to the first generation of Bai Ze Goddess from her.

By then, he will have accomplished his mission and will be able to appear by Nanzhi's side without any worries.

……

Wen Xiao didn't believe it: "Re-tie it. I don't believe Cheng Huang can succeed every time."

Zhu Yan walked to Nanzhi's side, handed his hand to Wen Xiao, and gave Nanzhi a well-behaved smile: "Please, Goddess, tie me and Nanzhi together. With me here, Cheng Huang will not act rashly."

Wen Xiao: “…”

Zhuo Yichen: “…”

What Zhao Yuanzhou said made a lot of sense, and the two of them couldn't refute it for the time being.

Nanzhi and Zhuyan's wrists were tied together with a demon-binding rope. Zhuyan said to Nanzhi gently, "If you're scared, you can hold my hand."

"I'm not afraid," Nanzhi said, without a trace of feeling that she would be hurt. "I always feel that Cheng Huang has no ill will towards us. It seems that he just wants to trap us here."

Zhu Yan curved his lips and reminded: "If they have no ill intentions towards us, then the one who has ill intentions is probably..."

Zhuo Yichen suddenly realized, "It's Xiaojiu and Pei Sijing!"

"Xiao Jiu and Sister Pei are not with us now." Knowing the seriousness of the situation, Wen Xiao asked Zhu Yan: "How can we leave here?!"

Zhu Yan looked around and looked at the woman in red dancing in the center of the dance floor surrounded by flowing pearl curtains: "This is someone's memory. If you want to leave, you can only follow her memory and find a way to leave."

"We may also be able to find out what Cheng Huang is trying to do."

"Let's act separately." Wen Xiao suggested.

The two teams walked on different sides, Nanzhi and Zhu Yan went in one direction, and Wen Xiao and Zhuo Yichen explored in the other direction.

It wasn't long before the two teams reunited.

Not finding any clues, Zhuo Yichen couldn't help but feel disappointed: "There is nothing in this Tianxiang Pavilion."

Zhu Yan grasped the key point and looked at Zhuo Yichen with a teasing expression: "None of us said this was Tianxiang Pavilion, how did Master Zhuo know? Could it be that Master Zhuo, who looks so dignified and upright, often comes here..."

"Investigate a case!" Zhuo Yichen's handsome face flushed with anger, and he hurriedly explained, "I came here to investigate a case once, and it was definitely not what you think!"

"Nanzhi, believe me!"

"Yeah." Nanzhi nodded, indicating that she absolutely believed him: "Xiao Zhuo usually doesn't even dare to look girls in the eye, so he definitely wouldn't come to a place like this to have fun."

To help his nephew regain his dignity, Wen Xiao immediately called out to Yin Yang Zhu Yan: "Not only does Xiao Zhuo know, it seems that Zhao Yuanzhou also knows where this place is. What's going on? Are you a regular here?"

"I really can't tell, a great demon..."

"You're too fickle." Zhuo Yichen responded with disdain.

Zhu Yan's mouth twitched, and he pointed helplessly at the two people in front of him: "Okay, you two team up to deal with me alone."

"I have indeed been here," he admitted generously. Amidst Wen Xiao's surprised expression and Zhuo Yichen's anger as he threatened to separate him from Nanzhi, he said, "But I didn't come here to drink, I came to save someone."

"Who to save?" Zhuo Yichen's face was gloomy, and he didn't believe his words: "Who could ask you to come here to save?"

Nanzhi raised her hand awkwardly and admitted, "It was to save me."

Zhuo Yichen: “…”

After realizing that he had fallen into Zhu Yan's trap, Zhuo Yichen explained rather awkwardly: "Nanzhi, I didn't mean that..."

Suddenly, he reacted with great insensitivity: "How did you get caught here?"

"This is all thanks to Lord Xiao Zhuo." Zhu Yan raised a polite smile and was about to speak when Nanzhi stepped on him. He endured the pain and shut up.

Zhuo Yichen frowned and asked Nanzhi nervously, "Does it have anything to do with me?"

"It was Li Lun." Nanzhi explained simply, "Li Lun brought me to Tianxiang Pavilion, asked me a few questions, scared me a bit, and then let me go."

"It's him again!" Zhuo Yichen tightened his grip on the Cloud Light Sword. "That guy always has bad intentions! What exactly is his purpose?"

"I don't know." Thinking that someone seemed to be guiding them to investigate Cheng Huang this time, Zhu Yan's voice was solemn: "But I think we will soon know what Li Lun wants to do."

Suddenly, the scene in Tianxiang Pavilion changed. The Tianxiang Pavilion, which was just bustling, became gloomy, and Zhimei, who was dancing on the dance floor, was replaced by another girl.

Hearing the discussions of people around her, Nanzhi learned that Tianxiang Pavilion was about to select a top courtesan, and Zhimei, the top courtesan of previous years, was getting older and no longer as beautiful as she used to be. It was very likely that she would fail in the election this year and miss the good opportunity to get married, and finally end up in a miserable situation.

Nanzhi looked up and was surprised to see Zhimei sitting on the stairs crying with her makeup smudged. "Is it him?!"

Zhuo Yichen looked at Nanzhi: "Do you know her?"

Just now, the dance floor was covered by a water curtain, so I couldn't see Zhimei's face clearly. Now that I can see it clearly, Nanzhi is very sure: "Li Lun is possessed by her."