Chapter 426: Does Erniu Want It?

Xu Qing also saw Yao Yunhui, his brows furrowing slightly. But today he was accompanying Immortal Zixuan here, so it was inconvenient to say much.

And at this moment, as they approached the pavilion, the palace-attired woman and the Daoist-robed woman both looked at Xu Qing in unison.

Especially noticing that the two were under one oil-paper umbrella, their expressions could not help but rise with some curiosity. They focused on examining Xu Qing, and gradually, a glint of brilliance flashed in their eyes, smiling without speaking.

Xu Qing was silent, simultaneously sensing the cultivation of the other two women in the pavilion besides Yao Yunhui.

Like Zixuan, their eyes had thousands of threads flowing like starlight; they were at the first stage of Return to Void.

While Xu Qing was observing, Zixuan had already moved her lotus steps, walked into the pavilion, and smiled.

"Sister Feihe, Sister Shitao, long time no see."

The palace-attired woman and the Daoist-robed woman smiled beautifully upon hearing this. The former looked at Zixuan with a smile, while the latter's beautiful eyes continued to examine Xu Qing, her red lips opening slightly, and a charming laugh came out.

"Sister Xuan, who is this little friend?"

"He is Xu Qing, the person I admire." Zixuan was generous. As soon as the words came out, Xu Qing didn't know how to speak. He didn't expect Zixuan to be so direct.

For a moment, Xu Qing was a bit unable to handle it.

Not only him, but the palace-attired woman and the Daoist-robed woman in this place also had their expressions move slightly, and there was a bit more brilliance in their eyes.

Only Yao Yunhui, upon hearing this sentence, was somewhat lost.

Zixuan's beautiful eyes swept over her two girlfriends, smiled gently, signaled Xu Qing to sit beside her, and then pointed at the Daoist-robed woman, speaking to Xu Qing with a smile.

"Xu Qing, this is your Sister Li, Li Shitao, one of the three deacons of the Executive Palace."

"This is your Sister Yao, Yao Feihe. She is the younger sister of the Yao Hou."

From beginning to end, Zixuan did not look at Yao Yunhui, directly ignoring her.

Xu Qing felt a bit chaotic in his heart and could only look solemn, cupping his fists to pay his respects.

Li Shitao blinked her beautiful eyes, covered her mouth and laughed, then teased Xu Qing.

"So you are Xu Qing. Do you know? You are the first person I have seen beside Sister Xuan who she introduced like this. Tell us quickly, how did you make Sister Xuan so moved?"

Yao Feihe, who was wearing palace attire, clearly had a steadier temperament than Li Shitao. At this moment, she was not joking with Xu Qing, but transmitted a gentle voice.

"I heard before that the sect where Sister Zixuan is located produced a peerless genius. Seeing it today, it is even better than the rumors."

Zixuan's direct introduction made the two women quite interested in Xu Qing, and at the same time, they did not put on the posture of high-level cultivators, but treated him as a peer, although joking words were unavoidable.

"A few days ago, we invited Sister Xuan, but she always refused. Today we know the reason; it turns out she wanted to give us a surprise."

"Now that I think about it, a month ago she asked us about the Imperial-level cultivation technique, the Melting Heaven Palace. I think it was also prepared for you, Xu Qing."

Xu Qing could only nod upon hearing this, his expression solemn, unable to relax, sitting on pins and needles.

It was just that one Zixuan already made him nervous. Now facing the teasing of her girlfriends, and he was not good at talking and had never had such an experience, he didn't know how to respond.

And the more he was like this, the more that Sister Li from the Executive Palace liked to tease him.

"Hey, little brother, why don't you speak?"

"Oh my, Sister Xuan, your Xu Qing is so shy."

Finding that Xu Qing didn't know how to speak, Zixuan's beautiful eyes flowed, taking over her girlfriend's topic.

"How have you been these years? How are things with Senior Brother Chen of the Taigu Thunder Pulse?"

"Don't mention him!" Li Shitao sighed, her gaze falling on Xu Qing again.

"Little brother, do you have any good friends? Introduce them to sister."

Xu Qing thought for a moment upon hearing this and nodded.

"I have a senior brother..."

Zixuan coughed immediately upon hearing this, changed the topic, and her gaze swept over Yao Yunhui.

"Who is this?"

If it were any other time, Yao Yunhui would definitely not be so silent, but today her aunt asked her to come here, and she knew the reason. She also didn't expect that even her father had to give three points of courtesy to her aunt, who was actually a close friend of that Immortal Zixuan.

Thus, she sighed in her heart, suppressed the complexity, stood up, and bowed to Zixuan.

"Yunhui pays respects to Immortal Zixuan."

Zixuan nodded indifferently and looked at Yao Feihe.

"Sister Yao, what is the meaning of this?"

"Yunhui acted recklessly, and there were some things that were not right before. I specifically asked her to come here today to apologize to you and Xu Qing."

Yao Feihe noticed that Zixuan's address to her had changed, knowing that Zixuan didn't like it, so she explained softly.

Her original intention was to let her niece apologize to Zixuan. Seeing the other party introduce Xu Qing like this today, she immediately understood all the reasons, so her words also changed.

She was different from Li Shitao. Li Shitao's temperament had always been jumpy, and the people she associated with were of all kinds. But as the younger sister of the Yao Hou, she was very concerned about the quality of her friends.

Like Zixuan, although her sect was remote and not a big force, her intelligence and aptitude were both excellent. And such people would have many changes in the future. You can never look down on them because of their background. Perhaps a turning point would allow them to reach a level where you would have to look up to them.

Especially since she knew deeply that her brother had sacrificed his reputation for Fenghai County, and this matter could not be told to outsiders, so the Yao family seemed huge, but in reality, it was also swaying in the wind and rain.

So she could not let the Yao family continue to make enemies. This was also the fundamental reason why she wanted to turn hostility into friendship.

Xu Qing was also judged this way, but after all, the other party had not truly grown up yet, and what the future would be like still needed to be observed.

So she finished explaining, with a fierce look in her eyes, and looked at Yao Yunhui.

Yao Yunhui lowered her head. In a trance, she heard her aunt's words and bowed to Zixuan and Xu Qing.

"Yunhui is also a pitiful person. Her husband died early, and it is not easy for an orphan and a widow." Yao Feihe looked at Zixuan and said softly.

Zixuan's expression was as usual. She neither agreed nor disagreed, but talked about the past with Yao Feihe and Li Shitao with a smile, and the three soon laughed constantly.

As for Yao Yunhui, under her aunt's arrangement, she played the zither on the side, the music echoing, cooperating with the wind and rain, having a unique charm.

Xu Qing did not express his stance on this from beginning to end. He didn't know the true relationship between Immortal Zixuan and the Yao Hou's sister, so he couldn't express any inclination on this matter at this moment.

And in reality, for him, whether they reconciled or not was not important and did not affect his choice.

When there was an opportunity, he would still take action to solve the mother and son, once and for all.

Thinking of this, Xu Qing's gaze turned cold, and he swept a glance at Yao Yunhui. It just so happened that Yao Yunhui also raised her head to look at Xu Qing.

The moment their eyes met, Yao Yunhui instinctively avoided his gaze, and the zither sound was slightly chaotic.

Xu Qing frowned, and there was more surprise in his heart, and at the same time, his vigilance rose greatly.

He felt that the other party must have some calculations again, so the murderous intent in his heart fluctuated slightly, but he controlled it well and did not reveal the slightest bit.

Just like that, as time passed, when dusk arrived, Zixuan ended the conversation with her two girlfriends and chose to say goodbye.

Before leaving, Li Shitao, who was also leaving, looked at Xu Qing outside the Apricot Blossom Pavilion, smiling and continuing to tease.

"Little brother, I remember what you said about introducing your senior brother to me."

Xu Qing looked at the other party seriously and nodded.

Li Shitao was satisfied, waved to Zixuan, and walked away with lotus steps.

At this moment, the rain outside had also stopped. On the way back to the branch sect, Zixuan and Xu Qing walked side by side and spoke slightly.

"These two are girlfriends of mine in the capital who can be considered quite good. Li Shitao seems to have a jumpy temperament, but in reality, her scheming is not shallow. But she has a sense of responsibility in her conduct, and she can be trusted at critical moments."

"As for Yao Feihe, she has great ambitions and is not something Fenghai County can trap, and she has few friends. Although she has a utilitarian heart, she also has her principles in conduct. Today she took the initiative to ask Yao Yunhui to come and reconcile. You don't need to have concerns because of this; just act according to your principles."

Xu Qing nodded. This was also what he thought in his heart.

Zixuan didn't speak anymore, her pace was light, and her mood was very good.

Xu Qing followed by her side. In the moonlight, the figures of the two stretched out behind them until they reached the entrance of the branch sect, and the wind rose.

This wind carried coldness; it was the breath of winter about to arrive.

"Winter is coming, the autumn rain passed so quickly..." Zixuan turned around, her bright eyes reflecting the moonlight. Under the moon, at this moment, she was exceptionally beautiful.

Gazing at Xu Qing, she raised her hand to gently tidy up Xu Qing's collar blown by the wind. In Xu Qing's stiff body, she smiled gently.

"Xu Qing, you must cultivate faster..."

She spoke softly, looked at Xu Qing deeply, turned around, and walked into the branch sect. Her back was graceful as the purple dress went further and further away, and the fragrant wind was no longer there.

The maids who followed all the way also bowed to Xu Qing one after another and followed her away.

Xu Qing stood in front of the branch sect, looking at the departing Zixuan, the other party's last words echoing in his mind.

After a long time, he nodded, cupped his fists and bowed, and turned to leave.

He did not return to the Sword Pavilion, but took missions to earn military merits.

For the next few days, Xu Qing had been working hard to accumulate military merits. Among the daily missions, the one that earned the most military merits was capturing wanted criminals, so Xu Qing remembered most of the wanted criminals, among which there was one he had a deeper impression of.

Because this wanted criminal had a nickname, just like him, both called "Child."

Until seven days later, after accumulating military merits to a certain extent, Xu Qing went to the ninth floor of the Prison Division, where he applied for the guard assessment of Ding District One with a considerable amount of military merits.

This assessment was also the only path for a Ding District jailer to be promoted to a Bing District jailer.

Only by suppressing the prisoners in Ding District One could one be promoted to Bing District and possess the qualifications to go below the eighty-ninth floor of the Prison Division.

For the Prison Division, Ding District and Bing District were two completely different places.

The latter was mysterious and unpredictable, and the jailers there were more brutal, most of them being Nascent Soul, and any one of their status and position far exceeded that of a Ding District jailer.

Therefore, becoming a Bing District jailer was one of the things all Ding District jailers longed for most in their hearts.

Thus, the assessment Xu Qing applied for immediately attracted the attention of the Ding District jailers.

Just like that, amidst the attention of many Ding District jailers, Xu Qing stepped into Ding District One, located on the eighty-eighth floor!

An hour later, as the cell door of Ding District One opened, a figure covered in blood walked out staggeringly from within.

It was Xu Qing.

He was panting slightly, one leg was lame, and the path he walked was a long trail of blood.

His arm was also dislocated, and the injuries on his body were extremely severe, with numerous wounds.

There were many places where the bones could be seen, especially a huge wound on his back from the back of his neck to his waist, which was shocking.

There was also a scar from the center of his eyebrows to the right corner of his mouth, bloody and blurred, with blood dripping at this moment.

Those imprisoned in Ding District One were all Golden Cores of the Myriad Tribes with Nine Palaces combat power.

Although years of suppression made them extremely weak, each of them was once a genius and outstanding person of their respective tribes. To suppress them, even if Xu Qing opened all his poison prohibitions, the price he paid was still not small.

Walking out at this moment, Xu Qing spat out a piece of flesh he had bitten off, raised his head, looked at the people waiting outside, and grinned.

"They are all dead."

Inside the open Ding One cell door behind him, the ground was full of blood like a blood pool, and there were no corpses inside.

Under the Poison Prohibition Elixir, all the corpses eventually melted into part of the blood pool.

Shocking.