Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

Outside Baidi Tower.

Nanzhi sat on the stone, looking at the many shining stars in the night sky.

Back then, Yinglong turned into the first star and led all the stars back to their positions. He gave his life for the wilderness. She saw the compassion and great love of a god in him.

Did Yinglong feel sad when he died?

There should be some...

It was as if she was already beginning to feel reluctant to part with all the important people around her.

A warm cloak with fur fell on his shoulders, resisting the erosion of the cold wind in the wilderness. Nanzhi turned around and saw Li Lun.

Under the moonlight, his expression was unusually gentle, and his handsome eyes fell on her with a warmth like spring breeze melting snow.

"Why are you sitting here alone?" Li Lun asked.

Nanzhi looked at the gravel under her feet, then looked out at the sea in the distance where the sound of waves crashing against the shore continued to echo: "I think it's quieter here."

Li Lun sat beside Nanzhi and also looked out at the dark sea: "I always feel that you are not a person who likes quietness."

"Do you like quiet?" Nanzhi asked.

"I don't like it." Li Lun said, "I like to have people around me."

The locust tree likes quietness, but it cannot be too quiet. It needs friends around it. It was Zhu Yan in the past and it will be Zhu Yan in the future.

I still want Shen Nanzhi by my side. It’s Shen Nanzhi now, and it will be Shen Nanzhi until the end of my life.

Li Lun turned his head calmly and looked at Nanzhi beside him with a gentle look. He was willing to stay by her side forever, accompany her, and accompany her no matter what she wanted to do.

……

After the Yunguang Sword was repaired, everyone decided to return to Tiandu City.

Wen Zongyu and Chongwu Camp in Tiandu have not yet been dealt with.

As soon as everyone returned to the Demon Hunting Bureau with the help of the Shanhai Cunjing, they saw Situ Ming running towards them in a hurry.

Situ Ming grabbed Zhuo Yichen and said, "There is... there is a big demon!"

"Big demon?" Wen Xiao asked, "Where is it?"

Pei Sijing took out the hunting bow, Yinglei drew out the kitchen knife, and Bai Jiu hid behind Zhuo Yichen.

Zhu Yan and Li Lun looked at each other.

Zhu Yan laughed and said, "A demon has invaded the Demon Hunting Bureau? This is truly bizarre."

Li Lun raised his eyes and looked towards the Demon Hunting Division hall: "You have no demonic power now, hide at the back."

"Okay." Zhu Yan immediately walked to Nanzhi's side, "Azhi, I will protect you."

"Please protect me as well." Situ Ming, who pointed out the location of the big monster to Zhuo Yichen, walked to Zhu Yan and smiled at him.

"..." Zhu Yan responded with a polite smile: "Please go aside."

Situ Ming: “…”

Li Lun used his demonic power to blast open the door to the Demon Hunting Bureau's main hall. Zhuo Yichen held the Yunguang Sword, Pei Sijing drew the bow and loaded the arrow, Wen Xiao and Bai Ze placed the wooden flute on their lips, and Ying Lei was ready with a kitchen knife in his hand.

A gust of wind blew by, ruffling everyone's hair and clothes.

Nanzhi turned her head away, and suddenly the evil wind was blocked by Zhu Yan's black sleeves embroidered with gold thread.

The wind blew away and the sleeves fell off, and Nanzhi saw Cheng Huang sitting in the hall of the Monster Hunting Bureau drinking tea.

The mottled light and shadow fell on Cheng Huang, as if he was coated with a layer of light. Coupled with his elegant and dignified sitting posture, he did not look like a big demon, but rather like a young master of a noble family.

Everyone who had already prepared their attacking stance: "..."

Holding a teacup in hand, Cheng Huang cast a calm gaze over the crowd: "Is this a welcome ceremony? Quite grand."

"..."

There was a moment of silence, and everyone put away their weapons awkwardly. Some were doing their hair, some were doing their sleeves, and in short, everyone was very busy.

"Cheng Huang?" Nanzhi walked forward and asked happily, "Are your injuries healed?"

Cheng Huang's eyes were gentle: "After hundreds of years, I have finally recovered my demonic power to its peak."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Lun and Zhu Yan: "You two, one broke free from the Bai Ze Order, and the other has lost all his demonic power. It's really sad to see."

Li Lun looked away speechlessly.

Zhu Yan smiled and continued, "It seems that not only have you restored your demonic power, but you've also become more reserved in your speech."

Cheng Huang not only regained his demonic power, but his skill in taunting people also improved a lot.

After the misunderstanding was over, Zhuo Yichen asked Situ Ming what happened within a day after they left Tiandu City.

Sitting in his seat, Situ Ming was also a little puzzled: "It's strange to say, the Chongwu Camp has been much more well-behaved and hasn't done anything excessive."

Zhuo Yichen speculated, "Could it be that Wen Zongyu knows the gap in strength between us is too great, and isn't choosing to confront us head-on?"

"Don't forget, he can also create demonized humans." Pei Sijing said coldly, "Maybe he's doing something in secret, trying to catch us off guard and launch a surprise attack."

Nanzhi understood: "Sister Pei, are you talking about the demonized human army?"

"It's possible." Wen Xiao said, "Wen Zongyu is a sinister and cunning man. If he secretly creates a demonized army in Chongwu Camp, it will probably cause big trouble."

Zhu Yan, who was sitting upright, said, "If you want to create a demonized person, you need people."

Nanzhi suddenly thought: "Jixintang is Wen Zongyu's property!"

"Smart." Zhu Yan looked at Nanzhi and then said, "A doctor can cure diseases, but he can also kill people. If Wen Zongyu spreads the news of demonized people to the people of Tiandu City through Jixin Hall, I'm afraid the entire Tiandu City will be under his control."

Bai Jiu said: "The demonized people we caught in Yizhuang were imprisoned in the water prison. I can study them and see if I can make an antidote or a medicine to prevent demonization!"

Li Lun said in a deep voice: "The most urgent thing is to capture Wen Zongyu."

Ying Lei sighed: "That guy is like a turtle, it's hard to catch him."

Nanzhi nodded in agreement: "What's more, he has the Chongwu Camp and its lackeys. Whatever he wants done is done by the Chongwu Camp. He doesn't need to show up at all."

Li Lun thought for a moment and said, "That's easy. Just chop off the hands and feet of his lackeys until they are all gone. Then no one will work for him anymore."

"Not a bad idea." Cheng Huang chuckled, "That's exactly what I want."

"We can't do this," Wen Xiao objected. "The people of Tiandu City don't know the truth. This could easily turn into a factional dispute, and if that alerts Prince Xiang, and even he sides with Wen Zongyu, public opinion will only lead to us being isolated and vulnerable."

"Then kill King Xiang as well." Li Lun sneered. He drank a cup of hot tea and decided King Xiang's life or death as easily as drinking tea.

"..."

Noticing that everyone's eyes were on him, Li Lun was silent for a moment: "A suggestion."

Cheng Huang said, "Whatever Wen Zongyu wants, use something to lure him out."

"The Unburnt Wood." Zhu Yan lowered his voice.

"Before she died, the Dragon Fish Princess told us that the Dragon Fish Clan's secret treasure, the Phoenix Pearl, is in Wen Zongyu's hands. If he gets the Eternal Wood, he will probably achieve Nirvana and immortality."

"The phoenix is a divine beast." Li Lun said disdainfully, "But the Phoenix Pearl is just a fake phoenix transformed from a wisp of the phoenix's soul. Even if there is the Eternal Burning Wood, what is Wen Zongyu to?"

Looking at the three great monsters opposite, then at Zhuo Yichen, Nanzhi said, "We now have three great monsters standing at the top of the Great Wilderness. Xiao Zhuo's Cloud Light Sword has also been repaired. We also have Ying Lei, Sister Wen Xiao, Sister Pei, Ah Heng, and Xiao Jiu, the number one doctor in Tiandu, in the back."

"If we can use the Eternal Wood to lure Wen Zongyu out, it would be a good idea if we can control the situation."