Witch, don't do anything reckless!

Li Chuqiu's second uncle was a famous pig butcher in Yuhua City, known for his superb knife skills and the practice of squeezing the kidneys before butchering pigs.

To be precise, he was not Li Chuqiu's biological second uncle.

Many years ago, Li Chuqiu's adoptive father had saved his second uncle's family's lives. The two families lived close by and were on good terms. Therefore, Li Chuqiu had always called his second uncle "Second Uncle" since he was a child.

Lin Shuci is the second uncle's biological daughter, two years younger than Li Chuqiu. The two are childhood sweethearts.

In a sense, to outsiders, Lin Shuci is indeed Li Chuqiu's nominal younger sister!

Therefore, Aunt He's words made Li Chuqiu sigh.

"Aunt He, you've misunderstood. I don't have those kinds of feelings for Shuci!"

But Aunt He clearly didn't believe it: "It's one thing to lie to others, but to lie to your own Aunt He? You and that girl have been inseparable since you were little. That girl is so pretty, how could you not have feelings for her? I've heard that you even tried to pull down her pants when you were little."

"Absolutely not!"

"Auntie also heard that you often peep at her while she's showering?!"

"Nonsense!"

Li Chuqiu was furious. Who spread the rumor? This was something only he and that girl knew about.

"Aunt He, you must have misunderstood. Shuci and I are completely innocent..."

"Auntie doesn't care about misunderstandings."

Aunt He interrupted Li Chuqiu, stared at him for a couple of seconds, and then sighed regretfully, "Auntie knows you're close to that girl Shuci, but you also know that she's been chosen by a big shot from some sect and taken as their personal disciple. You know what a sect is, right? It's where immortals live. That girl has a destiny with immortals; who knows, she might become a real immortal someday..."

"You know what kind of person your second aunt is. Now that that girl is successful, would she still be willing to marry her daughter to you?"

"Although you two had a verbal engagement, it was just something you said casually back then. How can it still be considered a real engagement now?"

Listening to Aunt He's regretful and sighing tone, Li Chuqiu's memory gradually surfaced of a lively and beautiful girl who used to like following him around.

Half a year ago, the palace master of Linglong Palace passed through Yuhua City and took a liking to Lin Shuci at first sight. He believed that she had a great destiny to become an immortal and wanted to take her as his disciple and bring her back to Linglong Palace to train her.

Linglong Palace is one of the top sects in the Great Xuan Dynasty, holding a transcendent status. It is comparable to the Celestial Master's Mansion of the Great Xuan Dynasty. The Palace Master of Linglong Palace is one of the most powerful experts in the world today, a figure even the Emperor of Great Xuan respects!

Lin Shuci became her personal disciple and embarked on the path of cultivation. Naturally, his career soared to great heights, and his future was limitless. As a result, it was unlikely that Li Chuqiu's materialistic second aunt would agree to the marriage.

It's not that his second aunt was bad. To be fair, his second aunt had never treated Li Chuqiu badly since he was a child, and he could completely understand her thoughts.

After all, Li Chuqiu was just a lowly constable of the Tianxuan Division!

Compared to the direct disciples of major sects, they are far inferior.

Thinking of this, Li Chuqiu couldn't help but sigh softly.

It wasn't exactly regret, but the thought of the little girl he used to bully and suppress suddenly becoming someone he might have to look up to in the future made him feel a little uneasy.

I wonder if, given that girl's vengeful nature since childhood, she'll come looking for revenge for taking off his pants once she's achieved some success in her cultivation.

……

In the city streets, on a pavilion, stood a woman with a cool and aloof demeanor.

The woman was about twenty years old, wearing a long, tight-fitting black dress. Her hair was styled in a bun, which reflected her cold and beautiful face.

Her gaze was fixed on the direction of Prince Jing's residence not far away, her dark pupils calm and undisturbed, as if she were lost in thought.

"On such a joyous occasion, aren't you going to join in the fun?"

Not far behind the aloof woman, a young man appeared. He was about the same age, dressed in luxurious clothes, exuding an air of nobility, and his fairly handsome face vaguely revealed a cynical and roguish air.

The aloof woman ignored her, turning her gaze from the distance back to the street.

The man wasn't annoyed. He carefully smelled the wine in his glass; it tasted like celestial brew. He took a small sip. After a while, he put down the glass with satisfaction and then spoke again, with a hint of regret: "You shouldn't have come."

"Why would a direct descendant of the Celestial Master's Mansion, the head's own daughter, abandon her promising future and lower herself to get involved in the feud between the imperial court and the Prince Jing's Mansion?"

The aloof woman's black hair danced in the wind, her stunningly beautiful yet cold face devoid of any emotion: "I have no interest in their grudges, nor do I intend to get involved."

"Who would believe that?"

The man shrugged. "You should know His Majesty's situation better than I do. This Prince Jing has been pulling strings behind the scenes these past few years; countless eyes in the court are watching. I was sent here by my family, I had no choice, but you're different. With your status and your father's abilities, you could go anywhere you wanted. Why did you have to appear here at this crucial moment, as a mere deputy commander? Who do you think would believe that?"

The aloof woman remained silent for a long while before saying, "I have a clear conscience."

What a clear conscience!

As expected of a direct disciple of the Celestial Master's Mansion, he is as willful as ever!

But there's nothing we can do; they're just that talented and have a powerful background.

As Xu Jinghong was feeling sentimental, he heard a cold voice again: "Have you investigated those demonic creatures that appeared a few days ago?"

"not yet."

Xu Jinghong shook his head: "We have already sent people to investigate, but the whereabouts of those monsters are very strange and secretive. We have not yet found out their origins and purposes."

Several months ago, several incidents of demons injuring people suddenly occurred in Liangzhou, which had been quiet for a long time. The origins and purposes of these demons are unknown.

Meanwhile, recently, many traces of demons have been discovered in and around Yuhua City, including some high-level demons, which has aroused the vigilance of many people.

Since the battle in the Northern Region eighteen years ago, the elite of the demon race suffered heavy losses. The number of demons in the entire Great Xuan Dynasty, especially in Liangzhou, has decreased sharply. Most of the remaining demons have gone into hiding and dare not show themselves easily.

But the sudden appearance of so many demonic creatures is somewhat unusual.

"This matter must be investigated and clarified as soon as possible."

The aloof woman frowned slightly and said coldly, "The appearance of so many demons at the same time suggests their purpose is not simple. I suspect they may be planning a comeback."

"They're already investigating, so don't worry too much!"

Xu Jinghong said casually, "The battle in the Northern Region eighteen years ago almost severed the roots of the demon race. Now the demon race is already disintegrated. Even if some experts emerge, they won't amount to anything."

"With the chief in charge, they can't cause any trouble."

The aloof woman remained silent, but her beautiful, arched eyebrows were still furrowed.

"Speaking of the demon race, the story of that person from your Celestial Master's Mansion who fell in love with the demon race's holy maiden despite worldly opposition and was even willing to give up everything is truly a moving and legendary tale of love..."

Xu Jinghong seemed to remember something and clicked his tongue twice.

Twenty years ago, the Celestial Master's Mansion produced a genius, a truly exceptional genius!

His martial arts talent was unparalleled, appearing only once every millennium. He entered the realm at the age of eight and reached the upper three realms at sixteen, crushing all the chosen ones. What ordinary cultivators struggled to overcome in their entire lives was as easy as eating and drinking in his eyes.

Throughout the past thousand years, he has always been the most dazzling one!

The Celestial Master's Mansion also regarded him as their most valued disciple and groomed him for the position of the next Celestial Master early on.

However, this once-in-a-millennium genius with limitless potential fell in love at first sight with the Holy Maiden of the Fox Demon Clan, and they became entangled together. In the end, he even betrayed the Celestial Master's Mansion, ultimately ending up as an ordinary person...

As Xu Jinghong was clicking his tongue, he suddenly caught a cold look in his eyes.

It seemed a bit unfriendly.

Xu Jinghong suddenly remembered... Come to think of it, the current Celestial Master of the Celestial Master's Mansion was, back then, that junior sister of the "fallen genius"?

In other words, that "fallen genius" is actually the senior apprentice of the person in front of him.

Thinking of this, Xu Jinghong wisely shut up.

Just as I was trying to change the subject to ease the tension, a scream for help suddenly came from the street.

"Help! There's a monster!"

Upon hearing this, the two people in the attic simultaneously turned their gazes to the street.

A middle-aged man covered in blood stumbled out of an alleyway on the side of the street, his face filled with terror.

The two people in the attic simultaneously sharpened their gazes, sensing that something was amiss.

Today is the wedding day of Prince Jing's Mansion, and the whole city is on high alert. How dare a demon appear in this open place in front of everyone?

Before the two could react, a figure in blue and black quickly swept across the street.

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