Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

Touching the barrier blocking the way in front of him, Nanzhi knew that Zhu Yan was still able to control himself at this moment. He still had some rationality left to suppress the control of his anger over himself.

Nanzhi breathed a sigh of relief.

She walked to the bamboo forest by the roadside, sat on a stone, looked at the barrier beside her, and worried about Zhu Yan who was inside the barrier.

He must be in great pain now, and is trying hard to resist the control of violence.

……

Demon Hunting Department.

After Wen Xiao was released from Chongwu Camp, Bai Jiu used his own blood to make the true body of the sacred tree that his mother Bai Yan revealed grow new branches, but the sacred tree, which was less than three hundred years old, could not be used to repair Bai Ze Ling.

Things have reached a dead end again.

Late at night, Bai Jiu, who was sleeping on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes. A mark made of locust leaves appeared behind his ear, as if he had been possessed by Li Lun.

Looking at the hand in front of him that clearly belonged to a child, Li Lun lowered his eyes and said, "Chongwu Camp, let me see what your purpose is."

Tianxiang Pavilion is the most lively place in Tiandu City late at night.

But the room where the courtesan Zhimei was was so quiet that there was not a sound at all, and the singing, dancing and laughter outside could not be heard in the room at all.

Wen Zongyu, wearing a mask, sat in the middle of the large soft couch. This was Li Lun's favorite place to sit when he possessed Zhimei.

But now, Wen Zongyu obviously felt that his cooperation with Li Lun had turned into a situation where he was in a dominant position.

A ray of light and shadow gradually gathered into a human shadow, and Bai Jiu, who was possessed by Li Lun, appeared outside the hollow screen compartment.

"I'm here." Wen Zongyu, holding a cup of tea, looked at Bai Jiu, who was separated from him by a hollow screen, and asked meaningfully: "Is this body still useful?"

"Not bad." Li Lun said solemnly, "Sometimes I'm really curious about what kind of face you have under this mask."

"Wait until I get Zhao Yuanzhou's inner elixir, then you'll see." Speaking of Zhu Yan's inner elixir, Wen Zongyu tightened his grip on the teacup. "After sealing the demon's five senses, the inner elixir won't come out of his body at all. Li Lun, you lied to me."

"So what?" Li Lun didn't care.

"I heard that the subordinate you always bring with you has caused trouble for Shen Nanzhi?"

Wen Zongyu's eyes darkened, and he tried to speak in a relaxed tone: "I just asked her a few questions when I went to arrest Wen Xiao. It's not a big deal."

"Why not?" Li Lun walked out from behind the screen, and Bai Jiu's body stood in front of Wen Zongyu.

His face was gloomy, without any of Bai Jiu's lively youthfulness.

Bai Jiu's pupils were emitting golden light, and so were Wen Zongyu's pupils.

After lending Wen Zongyu the true eye that could see through illusions, what Wen Zongyu saw was Li Lun, a tall figure standing in front of him, dressed in black like a dark night dotted with stars.

The strands of hair on his temples fluttered slightly, and Li Lun had a dangerous smile on his lips: "I asked, so what?"

Wen Zongyu's face froze: "I thought we were still in a cooperative relationship."

Although he was sitting and Li Lun was standing, the oppressive feeling of the top-level demon still made him feel a little nervous in his heart as he was strategizing.

Li Lun is too crazy. He doesn't play by the rules and is like a bomb that can explode at any time.

"Cooperation?" Li Lun sneered, as if he had just remembered the relationship between him and the man in front of him. "When I was sealed, we were partners, but now that I'm out, we're no longer partners."

"You are just a chess piece of mine. Don't think too highly of yourself."

The only ones who could stand on equal terms with him were Shen Nanzhi and Zhu Yan.

Is the man in front of him worthy of it?

Holding the teacup tighter, Wen Zongyu practically gritted his teeth, "But the body you got belongs to my apprentice. Remember? Our cooperation was based on Bai Jiu's body."

"I will help you get Bai Jiu's body after you remove the restraints of Bai Ze Ling, and you will help me get Zhao Yuanzhou's inner elixir."

"That's why you can sit here and talk to me." Li Lun looked down at him and said, "Now, you have a chance to make amends."

"What is it?" Wen Zongyu's heart sank.

Ao Yin dragged Zhen Mei, whose heart was shattered and who was only breathing her last breath, into the room.

She threw Zhen Mei in front of Wen Zongyu.

Zhen Mei rolled around on the couch for a few rounds and stopped in front of Wen Zongyu. With his breath barely flowing, he struggled to open his eyes and saw his teacher.

He opened his mouth and called out in a trembling voice, "...Teacher."

Wen Zongyu paused as he reached for Zhen Mei's hand. How could anyone be so heartless? Especially since this was a child he had watched grow up and personally taught...

But for someone like him, nothing is more important than the ultimate goal in his heart.

He wants revenge, revenge for his wife and children!

and so……

With red eyes, he asked Li Lun, "What do you want to do?"

"You kill him." Li Lun looked down upon him, as if he were watching a farce.

If Shen Nanzhi doesn't like him killing people, then let someone else do it.

A dagger was thrown in front of Wen Zongyu.

Wen Zongyu tremblingly picked up the dagger. When the tip of the dagger was pointed at Zhen Mei, he looked at Zhen Mei's eyes, which seemed to accept her fate. He looked at Li Lun and said, "Zhen Mei is my right-hand man. Now we have to deal with Zhao Yuanzhou and the White Ze Goddess. We can't do without him for the time being."

Li Lun looked at Zhen Mei, his eyes full of disdain for mortals: "What else can he do with only one breath left?"

"I have a way to save him."

"But I don't want him to live."

Li Lun must kill Zhen Mei, and Wen Zongyu has completely lost hope.

Before he took action, Li Lun asked, "There's one more thing I'm curious about. Who was the guy who transformed into the White Ze Goddess and killed the Prime Minister?"

With cold sweat on his forehead, Wen Zongyu, who couldn't let Li Lun discover the secret of the demonized man, made an excuse: "I just had someone disguise themselves as Wen Xiao and commit the crime."

"That's it." Li Lun didn't say whether he believed it or not.

He stood beside the couch from beginning to end, looking down at Wen Zongyu condescendingly, indicating that he should get down to business.

Looking down at Zhen Mei who called him teacher, Wen Zongyu closed his eyes.

Li Lun was like playing a game of cat and mouse, giving him hope but then telling him there was a dead end ahead. He watched him trembling with fear with great interest, just to satisfy his own evil taste.

He exerted force and pierced Zhen Mei's heart with the dagger in his hand!

Gasping for breath, Wen Zongyu finally realized how dangerous Li Lun was.

But this was not the end. A cluster of vines slowly rose in front of Wen Zongyu. He watched the vines approach and take off the mask on his face.

Looking at the kind and gentle face beneath the mask, Li Lun found it amusing: "Humans are truly adept at disguise. If you hadn't said it yourself, who would have known that the leading doctor in Tiandu City was actually the military advisor behind the Chongwu Camp?"

Wen Zongyu forced a fake smile. He handed a bottle of poison to Li Lun and told him, "I heard that the Demon Hunting Division is looking for a way to repair the Bai Ze Order. If they succeed, apply this bottle of colorless and odorless poison to the Bai Ze Order, and the Bai Ze Goddess will not have much time left."

Li Lun stepped onto the couch, walked to Wen Zongyu and squatted down.

The black robe formed intricate arcs on the soft couch. He looked at the porcelain bottle held between Wen Zongyu's fingers, and his gaze slowly fell on the black leather gloves he was wearing.

He said, "Goddess Bai Ze is no longer a threat to me. If you want to poison her, do it yourself."

"Wen Zongyu, I've figured out what our relationship is now."

"What?" Wen Zongyu's voice was horrifyingly deep as his plan to poison both the Bai Ze Goddess and Li Lun by smearing poison on the porcelain bottle failed.

"I am the master and you are the servant." Li Lun stood up, his eyes full of mockery as if he was watching insects.

"I just happened to be investigating something, so I'd like to borrow your Chongwu Camp."