Chapter 60: Li Lingling, Li Yiyi

"Xue Jie, what is happening over there?"

The white veil hanging from her bamboo hat could not conceal the girl's bright, star-like eyes as she curiously sized up the sky above Xianhu Temple.

Squinting her eyes to look for a moment, she then said with some uncertainty:

"Over there... it seems there is a fox?"

Although the number of tails did not seem quite right, it was, in any case, the shape of a fox.

"The distance is too far, and the Qi Gazing Technique Mother taught me cannot see it clearly."

"Xue Jie, let's go over and take a look! If it looks cute, I want to catch it and raise it!"

With eyes full of sparkle, the girl kept acting like a spoiled child toward Shi Xue, wanting to bewitch this cousin into taking them over there.

As for anything else, Li Lingling had not considered it at all.

She was a Princess of Beigan; in this territory of Beigan, where could there be anything she could not get?

As for danger, her own guards were not just for show; they would naturally handle it.

"This..."

Shi Xue frowned, not speaking immediately.

She felt hesitant, even uneasy.

This was Chongzhou City.

Before her second uncle Shi Anqi left, in order to apologize to his niece, he had specifically brought soldiers to sweep through the entire Chongzhou City, cleaning out all the hidden monsters and demons.

It had only been a few days, and already new demonic creatures had snuck in?

And they were so blatant?

After thinking for a short while, Shi Xue made up her mind and cruelly ignored Li Lingling's pestering:

"No, there is likely danger over there; we had better not go and risk it."

"You two should not enter the city either; come with me directly to the Divine Path Sect."

Although Shi Xue also wanted to know what had appeared over there, compared to the identities of the two people in front of her, it was insignificant.

As for whether demonic creatures were causing trouble, the City Defense Army of Chongzhou City was not useless; they would naturally go and handle it.

"Ah..."

Li Lingling was somewhat reluctant, but she did not beg again, instead turning her head to look at the beardless attendant beside her.

But that eunuch did not obey as usual; instead, he smiled and shook his head, saying:

"Your Highness, the Leining County Princess is right. It is better to let this old servant send you to the Divine Path Sect first; it is not the time to invite extra trouble."

"If His Majesty were to find out, this old servant would be punished."

Li Lingling pouted unhappily, but she did not say anything more, instead idly looking up and fiddling with her fingers.

The eunuch said he was worried about being punished, but in fact, his words implied he was worried about the Princess being caught by someone with ulterior motives.

Her mother, Ran Guifei, had already been sent to the Cold Palace; for a princess who grew up in the palace, it was not hard to understand what this meant.

They had not encountered any interception when they arrived, but they had felt quite a few prying eyes along the way.

The palace was full of factions, and everyone wanted to carve out a piece of the power belonging to Ran Guifei's line.

Li Lingling understood that she could no longer willfully cause trouble for her mother.

But unfortunately, someone was not as sensible as she was.

"Hmph!"

The boy who had been silent on the side let out a cold snort at this moment.

"Why bother with them?"

Having said that, Li Yiyi whipped his horse and charged directly toward that side!

"If you all won't go, I'll go myself!"

"Your Highness!"

The old eunuch's expression changed, and he raised his hand to pull him back, but just as he raised it, he had to stop.

The boy looked back and coldly snorted as he put away the Golden Token he had raised.

That was the token Li Long had bestowed upon Ran Guifei; he had not expected that Ran Guifei would actually hand this over to Li Yiyi.

"Let's see who dares to stop me!"

Waving his whip in a circle, Li Yiyi charged straight past the guards at the gate and galloped away.

"This..."

Eunuch Yang turned his head toward Shi Xue in a dilemma and said:

"Your Highness, this old servant is worried about the safety of His Highness, look..."

With a cold face, Shi Xue looked in the direction Li Yiyi had left and slowly nodded:

"You follow him first, and Lingling and I will arrive shortly after."

"Many thanks for your understanding, Your Highness; this old servant will take his leave."

Relieved, Eunuch Yang tapped his feet and quickly chased after Li Yiyi.

Shi Xue: "... Hoo."

Blinking her large eyes, Li Lingling sensed that a storm was brewing in Shi Xue's heart.

Rolling her eyes, she smiled and hugged Shi Xue's arm, asking in a low voice:

"Xue Jie, are you angry?"

Looking down at Li Lingling, Shi Xue puffed out her cheeks and said sullenly:

"... I am not angry."

"Mm-hmm, our Xue Jie is not angry."

Lingling poked her cousin's cheek with a grin and clamored:

"It's just that I think Li Yiyi went too far this time; he actually dared to disobey Xue Jie! Once we find him, I'll definitely help you teach him a lesson!"

Feeling that Lingling was absolutely right, Shi Xue huffed and said:

"Hmph, no need for you, I'll do it myself."

That brat Li Yiyi actually dared to disregard me.

You've gone too far!

Lingling: Yay!

Seeing that her goal was achieved, Lingling quietly clenched her fist and then urged:

"Let's go quickly, otherwise we won't make it in time for anything."

Pulling on the reins, Lingling squeezed the horse's flanks with her legs and hurried off in that direction as well.

"It would be bad if they hurt the little fox!"

But when the two of them left their guards behind and arrived first, what they saw was not the scene of Eunuch Yang capturing the Fox Demon.

"This is..."

The scene before her eyes was completely different from what Lingling had imagined.

Amidst the broken ruins, a giant white fox four people tall sat upright, its blood-colored eyes coldly staring at the youth slumped at the entrance.

Eunuch Yang was shielding Li Yiyi, cautiously retreating slowly with the prince.

And atop the white fox's head sat a youth of peerless grace, who was slowly opening his eyes.

No ripples could be seen in his ink-like, abyss-deep eyes, and he possessed a detached divinity that made it difficult to look directly at him.

It was as if it were not a youth sitting there, but a god descended into the world!

!!!

Lingling had seen many young talents in the palace, and her own brothers were mostly dragons among men.

Yet, she had never before seen a youth who could exude such an aura.

Who is he?

"Ren Yidao!?"

Shi Xue's exclamation broke the silence, causing the atmosphere on the scene to change abruptly.

Ren Yidao detached himself from the state of merging with the Dao God, his divinity shifting back to humanity, and his whole person looked vivid once again.

"Miss Shi? I didn't expect to meet you on such a night."

Greeting the wide-eyed Shi Xue with a smile, Ren Yidao walked slowly down from the top of the lowered Heavenly Fox Dharma Image, accompanied by the moonlight filling the sky.

Even though she already had a considerable understanding of Ren Yidao, Shi Xue still couldn't help but fall into a daze at this moment.

"Is this the path of the Divine Path Sect..."

Studying the Divine Path, seeking to transform oneself into a deity.

She suppressed the doubts in her heart and asked with a frown:

"Daoist Ren, why are you here?"

"Nothing much, I was just wandering the night and suddenly had an epiphany."

Turning his head to look at Lingling and the others, he asked:

"And who are these people?"

Lingling, having regained her senses, didn't wait for Shi Xue to speak and charged directly toward the Heavenly Fox Dharma Image!

"Ah! What a beautiful fox!!!"

Ren Yidao:?

Very well, little girl, I'll remember you.

You have a good eye!

Today is the day to decide the next round of recommendations; the follow-up reading data is incredibly important, so please make sure to read it! Love you, mwah!

I don't know why the results for this second round of recommendations are so poor; I can only entrust you all to save this child—

(End of chapter)