Chapter 207

Hu, Hu, Lady Hu, you didn't come at a good enough moment; our divine eagle just flew away!

Liu Dongzhu spoke with a trembling voice, afraid Lady Hu wouldn't believe her and suspecting she was lying, she spoke harshly, hurriedly continued:

"Lady Hu, I'm not deceiving you; our divine eagle just left, and you appeared right after!"

While speaking, Liu Dongzhu's heart was full of panic and regret; when Luo Taiqing carried Shu Mu away, she should have given her Ping'an to Luo Taiqing, letting Luo Taiqing take him away.

But at that time she was completely immersed in the fear that Lady Hu was a demon, not daring to make a sound, fearing to draw Lady Hu's attention.

She actually wasn't afraid of death; upon receiving that letter from Wang Ruhai sent from the Capital City, her heart was already as dead ashes; she feared that her Ping'an hadn't even opened his eyes yet to behold this beautiful world.

She then accompanied her to report to the Yama King!

Her sole motivation for persisting in living now is to watch her Ping'an grow up, marry, and have children.

"Like that!"

Lady Hu's face showed no expression; just as Liu Dongzhu worried Lady Hu would get angry, Lady Hu then spoke again:

"I heard your family, besides having a divine eagle, also has a divine cat?"

She didn't suspect Liu Dongzhu of deceiving her; from Liu Dongzhu's nervous expression, one could see she didn't dare lie, and moreover, on her way here, she deliberately intended to lure out Daoist Xuanqing.

It was deliberately releasing a tremendous demonic aura!

Daoist Xuanqing is not a fool; upon sensing demonic aura, he would rush over immediately to exterminate demons, and besides the reckless few, few people act this way.

Most people would gauge the demon's strength from the aura's intensity, estimate whether they are a match, and if they are not,

Except for cultivators who care for the world, the vast majority of cultivators, even if they know the demon will bring disaster to a region, would not rashly charge forward.

They would seek helpers or notify powerful cultivators to act on heaven's behalf.

She didn't know Daoist Xuanqing's actual strength, nor whether he would assess her strength, nor whether he was her match.

But she knew that even if Daoist Xuanqing clearly knew he wasn't her match, he would still appear.

It's not that Daoist Xuanqing lacks brains; it's that her direction of advance is toward the Wang Family.

Daoist Xuanqing, to stand up for the Wang Family, would dare to storm even the Premier's mansion, as perilous as a dragon's pool and tiger's den; knowing a demon approaches the Wang Family, even if he clearly knows he's no match, he would still appear.

Fearful that Daoist Xuanqing might be too far away to notice her emitted demonic aura, she deliberately expanded the area of its release, so that even if Daoist Xuanqing were far off, he could still detect her approaching the Wang Family.

The peregrine falcon that fled to the Wang Family could also notice this; especially since it had just narrowly escaped death at her hands, it knew she would appear at the Wang Family.

Regardless of whether the peregrine falcon is smart or not, or whether it would guess she's coming for it, the falcon will follow instinct—to flee, at the very least staying away from her location.

As soon as she released the demonic aura, the peregrine falcon, at top speed dragging its badly wounded body, fleeing this place is the most basic thing.

"Yes, yes, yes… our family does have a divine cat, but it's not at home!"

Liu Dongzhu's face was ashen, her heart pounding; she didn't know whether those words would offend Lady Hu.

But this statement cannot be said to certainly offend Lady Hu; however, there is at least an eighty percent chance it will offend her.

She feared Lady Hu would misunderstand, as she didn't want Lady Hu to see her family's eagle and the Divine Cat Hero.

Let Lady Hu bear a grudge!

From many stories, she clearly knows that demons are fickle, and many demons not only enjoy playing tricks on demons but also like to eat humans.

Liu Dongzhu again said: "Lady Hu, you might not know, our family's divine cat has the beautiful name of Divine Cat Hero, because it can help everyone solve the rats in the granary."

These days, every granary in Hutou Gou has been patrolled by our family's divine cat, and the rats inside have been eradicated.

This, Young Master Dai should know; if you don't believe me, you can ask Young Master Dai. But it's a restless sort; I heard that a few days ago it started running to Yan Family Village to help the villagers there clear out the rats in their granaries!

It goes out early and returns late; at this time, it should be performing righteous deeds in Yan Family Village!

She will know that the Divine Cat Hero's going to Yan Family Village, or rather, the Yan Family Village people entrusted a daughter married into Wang Family Village to come to her home to thank her family.

More precisely, to thank the Divine Cat Hero!

This information came precisely from the mouth of that Yan Family Village maiden.

"You say that, and I really want to see your family's Divine Cat Hero!"

Lady Hu's eyes sparkled.

Cats catching mice is ingrained in their bones, yet I've never heard of a cat running to another village to eliminate its mice.

Cats also have territorial divisions.

For a moment, Lady Hu developed a strong curiosity about the so-called Divine Cat Hero.

"Lady Hu..."

Seeing Lady Hu not joking and showing no anger, Liu Dongzhu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, just as she was about to make a few perfunctory remarks, a thunderous cold shout rang out from not far away.

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"Where did this demon come from, daring to act wildly in Qingyang County? Do you really think I, the Immortal Official of Qingyang County, am dead?"

The next moment, a streak of Flowing Light streaked across the distant horizon; shortly thereafter, a small vessel flew above the Wang Family—this was the flying magical artifact, the Spirit Boat.

However, compared to the Spirit Boat Wang Ping'an originally obtained, this one is far more exquisite, and its contained energy is not comparable to Wang Ping'an's Spirit Boat.

Clearly not an ordinary magical artifact Spirit Boat!

Standing on the Spirit Boat was a figure with the bearing of an accomplished Dao master—none other than Qingyang County's Immortal Official Luo Liang, who lowered his gaze to look downward.

His sight fell on Liu Dongzhu and Wang Ping'an, but he did not linger.

Although Liu Dongzhu's husband is the Top Scholar, ever since that divorce letter arrived from the Capital City, it means she can no longer rely on the Top Scholar's connection.

The Top Scholar likely wouldn't care about Liu Dongzhu's life or death.

As for Wang Ping'an's life or death…

The Top Scholar might care, but dare not show it, since he has married, and moreover married the Premier's Daughter, and will have children in the future.

No.

The Premier's Daughter brought a child, and moreover she remarried as a male; even if not the Top Scholar's offspring, she now bears the Wang surname.

The Top Scholar can only concern himself with the life or death of the Premier's Daughter's child, not his own biological son's life or death.

At least on the surface, that's how it is!

Therefore.

Liu Dongzhu and Wang Ping'an's life or death, aside from her own relatives, perhaps only Xuanqing Daozhang would care; others would not.

He and Luo Quan knew that Wang Ping'an's so-called Primordial Sword Body was merely the great sword hero Dong Qing injecting a strand of pure Sword Qi into Wang Ping'an's body, which caused them to misunderstand.

After learning the truth, they lost interest in Wang Ping'an, and naturally no longer cared about his life or death.

(End of chapter)