Chapter 95: The Feather Wheel of the Kunpeng (Extra update for alliance leader 'Book Friend 160322003002867')

"Who are you, why are you burning fire on the roof?"

Xiao Yu hadn't had time to ask about the "Double-Spear General" Chen Taiping and the Five Thunder Eight Trigrams Zhang Tianshi Talisman, when a roar came from behind, and then a cold star tore through the dark sky and flew towards the back of her head.

Xiao Yu sighed lightly and waved her sword, "Clang!"

The steel-headed arrow hit the tip of the sword squarely, splashing a few sparks, and she didn't know where it flew.

"There is a mysterious expert of unknown identity here, crossbowmen, prepare!"

"I'm not a bad person, my courtyard is cramped, so I'm having a barbecue on the roof," Xiao Yu shouted.

Xu Huier shouting, she also lifted the stove, preparing to jump into the courtyard.

She wasn't afraid of one archer, and she still had confidence in protecting her bottles and jars against three or five archers.

But a group of crossbowmen... crossbows and arrows sounded the same, but their power was completely different, because crossbowmen wouldn't get tired, and the power of crossbows was terrifyingly great.

"Master Zhang, that little miss is indeed not a bad person; it's true that she knows martial arts, but she is also a local resident; the old man can guarantee for her."

Xiao Yu looked back at the courtyard in the distance; several torches were lit, and an old man in the appearance of a squire was talking to soldiers in full armor.

"Since Master Wang guarantees for her, it should be a misunderstanding. You guys put away the crossbows and continue to search for suspicious people."

Master Zhang gave an order to the soldiers in the courtyard and shouted in Xiao Yu's direction: "Stay at home honestly, wait for the Feather Forest Guard to come and check, don't do anything shocking again."

"Heard it," Xiao Yu responded and jumped back into the courtyard with the stove.

"Almost ruined a pot of good soup!"

After putting the stove back, Xiao Yu asked: "What is the Five Thunder Eight Trigrams Zhang Tianshi Talisman?"

"I'm not sure, just guessing blindly," Hong Qu shook her head.

Xiao Yu said: "Whether it's certain or not is one thing, but my curiosity about the Five Thunder Eight Trigrams Zhang Tianshi Talisman is another."

"Do you know the Li family of Western Shu?" Hong Qu asked.

"The Li family is the royal family, deeply trusted by Great Qin, guarding the West on behalf of Great Qin," Xiao Yu said.

Hong Qu smiled mockingly: "It's true that the Li family shoulders the mission of disrupting the situation in the West and not letting any vassal state in the Western Shaman region grow big and strong. But to say Great Qin trusts them..."

"Sigh, you just talk about the Zhang Tianshi Talisman; I'm not interested in your grudges," Xiao Yu said.

Hong Qu said: "After Qin destroyed the ancient Shu, Ba, Hanzhong, and other countries, it exiled those ancient royal families and nobles to the Western Flowing Sand region.

Today's Western Shu Li family is the descendant of the ancient King of Shu.

But at that time, almost all the men of the Shu Li family died in battle, leaving only one direct princess.

The King of Qin let one of his own direct

So, the Li family also carries the bloodline of the Qin Emperor.

The Qin prince did not enter the Li family empty-handed; he brought a Five-Thunder Eight-Trigrams Celestial Master Talisman.

Building a nation in the western wilderness, thousands of miles away from one's homeland, through arduous struggle, involves countless difficulties; the most terrifying and hardest to solve is not the hardship of the journey, but the demon plague.

Especially Great Demons!

A single Great Demon could swallow the entire population of a commandery, hundreds of thousands of people, in one gulp."

Xiao Yu's heart stirred, "Can the Five-Thunder Eight-Trigrams Celestial Master Talisman suppress a Great Demon?"

Hong Qu said, "Suppressing is not quite the word, but it can deter them, making Great Demons afraid to invade the Shu Kingdom, and especially afraid to run wild in Luodu.

In recent years, even a militarily strong and culturally prosperous nation like our Lu Kingdom has repeatedly suffered from demons slaughtering cities, yet only the Shu Kingdom has never been invaded by Great Demons.

It can be said that the Celestial Master Talisman is the Western Shu's most precious national treasure."

Xiao Yu murmured, "If the Celestial Master Talisman has such miraculous effects, the Thousand-Hand Qianshou Dao Sheng stealing it would be a way to take fierce revenge on the Shu Kingdom and also make the Great Qin envoys uncomfortable.

But how could such an important item be stolen?"

"I'm just guessing wildly; there are countless precious treasures in the Shu King's palace. It doesn't even need to be very valuable; as long as Uncle Zong Ergou shows his face, it's worth the Twin-Spear General Chen Taiping personally leading men to search for him," Hong Qu sighed.

"Bang, bang, bang!" The courtyard gate was knocked, and Zi Ying's voice came, "Sister Fengxian, Sister Hong Qu, are you both alright?"

"We are fine, what happened outside?"

Xiao Yu opened the door and let her in.

By now, the Red Sleeve Pavilion was also beginning to become noisy.

"I'm not too sure, I only heard that the Qianshou Dao Sheng stole a precious treasure from the monarch, and the government soldiers are searching everywhere!

Aunt Liu told me to notify you both to stay in the Wu Xiaojing Pavilion and not move. No matter what happens, do not leave the courtyard gate tonight."

After speaking, Zi Ying looked dazed, gazing toward the chaotic sounds of the front courtyard.

Hong Qu also stared at the courtyard gate, full of worries.

Xiao Yu, unconcerned, drank her soup with ease.

Before the bone-strengthening soup was finished, Aunt Liu personally led two female swordsmen to the Wu Xiaojing Pavilion.

The female swordsmen were all in their early twenties, with high ponytails, wearing gray and white short outfits, with long swords hanging at their waists, looking very capable and heroic.

After they entered, they stared at Xiao Yu and Hong Qu, looking them over carefully, and then checked the courtyard and the small room thoroughly before leaving silently.

"Alright, go to sleep early."

Aunt Liu was also dressed in a capable outfit, with the precious sword she had discarded in the afternoon hanging at her waist.

"What precious treasure did the monarch lose?" Xiao Yu leaned in and asked.

"Don't know, don't ask blindly." Aunt Liu waved her hand and took Zi Ying away as well.

"Sigh, let's sleep." Xiao Yu took off her coat and splashed into the pool.

"You're sleeping in the pool? Didn't you return to bed last night?" Hong Qu asked.

"There's only one bed in the room, no place to sleep."

Hong Qu said, "There was only one bed to begin with; you sleep at one end, I sleep at the other, and I even put a pillow out for you."

"Then you should wash your feet; last night I was prepared to go back and nap for a bit, but you not only didn't wash your feet, you were also wearing thick cloth socks, they stank!" Xiao Yu said with a look of disgust.

Hong Qu's face turned red, and she shouted, "Nonsense, how could they stink? Besides, don't you wear foot socks when you sleep?"

Xiao Yu said, "Even if I were a barbarian, I would definitely wash my hands, face, and teeth before sleeping; if conditions allow, it's best to take a bath.

And change into a clean set of pajamas after the bath.

You, a dignified Prime Minister's daughter, actually don't wash your feet; heavens, that's too slovenly."

Hong Qu pointed her finger at her, her arm and voice trembling with anger, "You actually called me slovenly! You ignorant sand barbarian, you insult me too much, you insult me too much, I am so angry!"

"You fumigated me with your feet and still have the nerve to be angry; I'm the one who should be shouting 'I am so angry'."

Hong Qu's defenses broke, and she shouted repeatedly, "Barbarian, barbarian, sand barbarian, ignorant stupid barbarian!"

Xiao Yu gave her the middle finger and gracefully dove into the pool.

Hong Qu cursed for a while longer before returning to the room in low spirits.

She took off her clothes, sat on the bed, and sniffed her feet for a while.

Although she still didn't think they smelled, she hesitantly slipped into her shoes, carried the teapot, walked into the courtyard, looked around, came to the side of the pool, and began to wash her feet with the tea that was about to go stale.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Xiao Yu emerged from the water, pinching her nose, avoiding her from afar, and shouted, "Heavens, so slovenly, so disgusting!"

"Sand barbarian Yu, don't go too far!"

Hong Qu's eyes were blazing with fire, wishing she could take the teapot and smash it against that dripping head.

"I'm going too far? You splashed me with foot-washing water, and you say I'm going too far? Dou Yilin's daughter, you have no manners at all."

Hong Qu finally couldn't bear it anymore; she didn't use the teapot to smash Xiao Yu, but instead threw herself out—leaping toward Xiao Yu.

"Splash!"

Xiao Yu didn't indulge her either; she dodged to the side, grabbed her hair, and pressed her down.

Hong Qu was no match for her at all; her head was buried in the water, her hands and feet flailing wildly, splashing water everywhere, but she couldn't struggle free.

After she gulped down several mouthfuls of water, Xiao Yu finally let her go.

"Cough, cough, cough," Hong Qu lay on the stone steps, coughing violently, saliva, snot, and tears flowing together.

She had lived her whole life and never felt as aggrieved as she did at this moment.

If not for the sound of Xiao Yu's contemptuous laughter from the side, she would have almost burst into tears.

"I'm going to practice, don't bother me again."

Xiao Yu didn't push it too far and dove back into the water.

Hong Qu calmed down after a while, quietly rubbed her feet against each other, deliberately washed them, and then climbed out of the pool.

The next day, Tianmen Town was already under martial law, and the Red Sleeve Pavilion closed its doors and stopped business.

However, the teaching at the Li Xiang Garden did not stop.

Because they didn't need to operate, the aunts even added a class in the afternoon.

Xiao Yu borrowed the spacious area of the Li Xiang Garden to practice her sword for the whole afternoon, reaping countless cheers and awe from the young ladies and "daughters."

At that time, several sword maidens expressed their desire to learn swordplay from her.

"Don't be in a hurry; wait until I visit the senior who mastered the 'Nine Flower Sword' with Aunt Liu and gain some insights, then I will teach you the Nine Flower Divine Sword." Xiao Yu did not refuse anyone, accepting all requests for learning, but did not start teaching immediately.

From the beginning, she made it clear that if they wanted her to teach swordplay, they either had to bring their own sword manuals or choose from the "Ghost Shadow Capture Hand," "String Flower Butterfly Step," "Iron Armor Divine Fist," and "Flying Star Blade" gifted by Xu Dahao and others.

Since they didn't have their own manuals and specifically wanted to learn the "Nine Flower Sword," they could only wait.

"Where did the red carp in the pool go?" After a day of cold war, Hong Qu took the initiative to speak to Xiao Yu.

And her expression was very calm, without any awkwardness, and her tone was very flat, as if last night's conflict had never happened.

Xiao Yu looked at her with slight surprise, "Aren't there still two left?"

"What about the others?"

"I threw them away long ago. You were right, too many fish in the pool will make it smell fishy."

Hong Qu nodded gently, "Very good! From today on, I will also use the pool water to bathe."

"I'm going to practice, you can fetch your own water to bathe."

After a pause, Xiao Yu lowered her head and glanced at her embroidered shoes, "Think about it, I couldn't even tolerate your stinky socks, how could I tolerate all the filth from your body flowing into the pool?"

Hong Qu's angry eyes seemed to be shooting out little sparks, "Where else can you practice, why must you practice in the pool?"

"I'm a sand barbarian, I grew up by the Liusha River, I like water, so what?"

Hong Qu said gloomily, "The pool is very big."

"No matter how big the pool is, it can't accommodate the grime on your body!"

Hong Qu couldn't take it anymore and turned to run out of the courtyard gate.

Before long, she came back panting, carrying half a bucket of water.

By the third day, Tianmen Town finally returned to normal.

There were few pedestrians on the street, even fewer street vendors, but there were many patrolling government runners and soldiers.

Xiao Yu in the carriage still felt everything was fresh, lying at the window, never feeling like she had seen enough.

"Hehe, never seen such a prosperous town, right? Goods from all over the world gather here, everything you could want." Aunt Liu laughed proudly, "The beggars in our Tianmen Town are more knowledgeable and fortunate than the masters in other places."

"Aunt, what I'm looking at is not prosperity, but freedom and ease! The Red Sleeve Pavilion has good food and lodging, but you can't go out, it's like a cage, it makes people uncomfortable." Xiao Yu didn't hide her feelings and sighed truthfully.

"Freedom? Hmph, apart from immortals, who in this world can truly be free?" Aunt Liu sneered.

"For me, if I can come out to stroll every few days, that counts as being as free as an immortal." Xiao Yu said.

Aunt Liu glanced at her and said, "Wait a few more months; after the Great Qin envoys leave and the turmoil of the thirty-six nations completely subsides, I can even arrange for you to follow Shao Yao to see the world."

"Who are the Great Qin envoys? Is it the Marquis of Lieyang?" Xiao Yu asked.

"Whoa~~~~"

As soon as she finished speaking, the carriage came to a sudden stop, and the driver lowered his voice, shouting nervously, "Aunt Liu, it seems something big happened at the front gate."

"What happened?" Aunt Liu lifted the curtain, looked ahead, and exclaimed, "Little Fengxian, what kind of mouth do you have? You speak of the Marquis of Lieyang, and the Marquis of Lieyang arrives."

The Marquis of Lieyang did not come for them.

At the intersection ahead, a group of burly Shu Kingdom knights lined up to separate a wide road, and the Fire Crow Army's iconic "one-and-a-half-zhang Great Qin giants" cleared the way; the Marquis of Lieyang's procession walked silently toward the east of the city.

"What is this for—ah, what is that in the sky? Airship? Flying ship?"

Xiao Yu leaned out to look left and right, seeing many familiar faces among the Fire Crow Army.

Then the sky above suddenly darkened, and six "flying carriages" appeared above Tianmen Town as if by teleportation.

The carriage style was very strange, over ten meters long and over two meters wide, with four windmill-like wheels on the lower sides.

The windmill "blades" were made of colorful feathers, the feathers were extremely huge, wider than a palm and three or four meters long.

"This is the 'Kunlun Speed-Car,' the Marquis of Lieyang is returning to Great Qin... Why choose this time?" Aunt Liu said with a solemn expression.