Chapter 6 (Part 2) Little Fox and Mother Tiger

  "Hey!" Kaori stamped her foot and scolded, "How can you be so shameless?"

  "I exclaimed in surprise: 'You guys came out without bringing any money, aren't you obviously going to eat for free? I'm a small rogue, and you're all big rogues.'"

  Haiji gave me a sideways glance: "I've been carrying dry rations." From her ear, she conjured up a golden conch shell with a round mouth, and spat out an orange-yellow grain of millet that rolled around in the palm of her hand.

  I stared at the millet grain: "How can such a small dry ration be eaten? Licking one mouthful every day?"

  The sea princess said proudly: "This is the nine-ear millet, its size is like a mountain, it's just been shrunk by me using the armor technique. As for Gan Ningzhen, he has always been eating wind and drinking dew, Ji Danmei is sucking the moonlight. Unlike you, who are completely a low-level little demon."

  I sneered: "You think you're a celestial being by eating the wind and drinking the dew, absorbing the moon's glow? If you have the ability, show me your skill in turning stones into gold!"

  "Pointing stone into gold is a unique secret technique of the Qingxu Tiandan Ding flow. Unfortunately, many years ago, the Ding flow was destroyed and the pointing stone into gold was lost."

  At this time, several people wearing silver silk robes came over, surrounding a one-armed big man. Seeing the three beauties, the one-armed big man was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Who just bought things without paying?"

  The old man replied weakly: "It was my mistake, don't mind."

  "Shut up from now on!" The one-armed man scowled, staring at Haiji for a few moments before suddenly becoming respectful: "If I'm not mistaken, you're Haiji, the female martial god of the Pulse Temple, right?"

  Hai Ji nodded calmly, the one-armed big man's face showed joy: "I am a subordinate of Ouyang Yuan, the lord of Ruyi City. Twenty-one years ago, I had the good fortune to follow the city lord and visit Mai Jing Hai Dian. At that time, I caught a glimpse of the female warrior god from afar, her stunning beauty is still unforgettable."

  "Hai Ji nodded and said, 'The one-armed warrior bowed his head and said: Since the female martial god has arrived here, no matter what, please do us the honor of visiting the city lord's mansion. I think Master Ouyang Yuan will be deeply honored.'"

  Hai Ji frowned, and Ju Danmei smiled: "This is for the best. Our Lin Fei will also have a place to eat and drink. Otherwise, if he makes trouble, we'll just have to fight on his behalf."

  Gan Ning hesitated for a moment and nodded his head. Hai Ji asked me: "Are you going?"

  The one-armed Han looked at me in surprise, the female martial arts god who shook the north, where are you going, and actually asked for my opinion. Heh heh, he must not have thought that now I'm heading east, three big beauties dare not head west.

  I suddenly felt very proud of myself, and with a wave of my hand: "Lead the way ahead, let your city master prepare a banquet."

  "Thanks for your patronage." The one-armed man took a close look at me, got down on all fours, and took a deep breath with his head raised.

  His body immediately inflated like a blown-up balloon, constantly expanding, black scales emerged from his skin, three limbs stretched out thick meat pads, and a sharp tail drilled out of his buttocks, transforming into a giant lizard, with only his face still human.

  The one-armed hero lowered his head: "Please come aboard, I'll carry you forward."

  I took a deep breath, looking at him like a human, but it turned out to be a lizard demon. The three beauties seemed to take this in stride, jumping onto the lizard's back one after another. As soon as I sat down, the lizard demon darted forward. Although he only had three legs, his speed was incredibly fast, and he ran very steadily, sitting on top of him, not feeling any bumps at all.

  The wind whistled past my ears, and the scenery retreated rapidly. Growing up like this, I've never even ridden a horse before, but now there's actually a demon serving as my mount. I was extremely excited, waving my hands and feet about, shouting loudly.

  Hai Ji leaned in close to my ear and whispered, "I want to remind you that Ouyang Yuan has extensive connections with many sects of the Hongchen Heaven, Qingxu Heaven, Luosheng Heaven, and Mosha Heaven. When you meet Ouyang Yuan later, be extremely careful not to reveal your identity." Her breath was fragrant, making my ear itch.

  Staring at her plump cherry lips, I whispered: "I also want to remind you, if you get this close to me again, I'll kiss you."

  Hai Ji's face turned red as she subconsciously took a step back: "Rascal, I'm trying to have a serious conversation with you."

  I patted my chest: "Don't worry, beauty, I'm not that stupid to go looking for trouble. But I do want to ask you, can all monsters transform at will like this guy?"

  "Ah, you should ask me that," said Ji Dan with a smile. "Low-level demons can't transform. Only when their demonic powers grow and they reach the initial evolution state can they change into humans or demons at will."

  "Primary evolution state? Does a youkai's evolution state have many variations?"

  "Of course, the initial state is called body condition. As the cultivation of demonic power increases, demons also evolve continuously, entering higher levels of reception, number, intention, spirit, transformation, world, and final Alaya consciousness. Anyway, with your current demonic power, I might as well tell you that you wouldn't understand."

  I'm dizzy and my head is swelling, I can't even maintain a decent posture now.

  "In her past life, you had reached a state of transcendence. In the mortal world, you were almost invincible."

  I curled up my fingers and counted, the evolution state of the demon, from low to high, has a total of nine stages. To restore my former demonic powers, I need to evolve at least six times.

  In front of a shining mansion, the Lizard Demon stopped and turned around, saying: "The City Lord's residence has arrived."

  I jumped off the lizard's back and gazed at the mansion in amazement, which turned out to be a gigantic turtle shell, towering high with thirteen shell plates on its back. The central plate was hollowed out, half of them were inlaid with whole pieces of colorful gemstones, and the other half retained their original mother-of-pearl color.

  The Lizard Demon let out a low roar and transformed back into the one-armed giant, leading us through the circular gate. Inside was a very large garden, with corridors surrounding it on all sides, pavilions and towers scattered about, and the beautiful glazed tile roofs sparkling in the sunlight.

  "This Ouyang Yuan is really rich."

  Ji Dan Mei said: "Of course, doing business in Ruyi City requires paying taxes to the city lord. In return, Ouyang Yuan guarantees their property safety."

  "No wonder a colorful phoenix flew to the door early this morning, it's a good omen that noble guests are arriving." The person hadn't arrived yet, but the warm and gentle voice blew over like spring breeze.

  A plump middle-aged man with a round face and small eyes, beaming with smiles, came out from the inner courtyard: "I am Ouyang Yuan, sorry for not welcoming you earlier, please forgive me."

  The one-armed hero bowed and said: "I have met the city master, this is from Luoshentian,"

  "No need for introductions." Ouyang Yuan interrupted him, laughing: "The chief female martial artist of the Pulse Temple, how could I forget? Once you've seen Miss Haiji, no matter how many years have passed, you won't be able to forget."

  Hai Ji nodded: "Master of Ou Yang City, hello."

  Ouyang Yuan's gaze shifted towards Gan Lingshen: "If my old eyes aren't playing tricks on me, isn't this the renowned Ganshenzi of the Northern Realm?"

  Gan Ning nodded and gazed up at the sky with his hands behind his back, not even giving Ouyang Yuan a glance. What character! I silently praised him, it turned out that Gan Ning was always aloof and proud to everyone.

  Ouyang Yuan was not at all concerned, always with a spring breeze on his face: "I think that apart from Qingxu Tianbi's Luofu Gan Xianzi, who else can have such elegance? It's really better to see than to hear." He then turned to Ji Danmei: "The colorful phoenix does not fly with the black crow, apart from Mo Sha Tian's first beauty Ji Danmei, there is no third woman in the North who can walk alongside Gan Xianzi and Hai Wushen without being inferior."

  Ji Dan smiled and said: "Ou Yang Yuan, you have a clever mouth, no wonder you've been in charge of Ruyi City for many years, nobody can control your mind."

  I rolled my eyes, Ou Yang Yuan this fat guy, his flattering skills are pretty good though.

  Ouyang Yuan looked at me and I immediately said, "My name is Lin Fei, not famous at all, so don't be polite, otherwise I'll get goosebumps."

  Hai Ji let out a snort of laughter, and Ju Dan Mei laughed so hard that her flowers shook violently. Gan Ning looked at me with an eye that seemed to appreciate my answer.

  Ouyang Yuan chuckled and said, "As the saying goes, a true person does not reveal their appearance. Today, I finally understand. However, Lin Gongzi, although you do not love fame, your innate extraordinary temperament is like a dazzling pearl, impossible to conceal."

  Master Lin? I couldn't help but want to laugh, the two words "Master" were too novel for me. Although I knew that Ouyang Yuan was flattering me, I still had to admit that he flattered me very comfortably.

  I patted my empty stomach and hinted: "Master Ou Yang, you're quite hospitable. We just arrived at Ruyi City and hadn't even had a chance to eat yet, but you've already invited us over."

  Ouyang Yuan hastily said: "It's the fault of my subordinate, I hope you can forgive us. I've already prepared some simple food and tea in the main hall to welcome everyone."

  The banquet was naturally sumptuous, but mainly featured vegetables and fruits. Ouyang Yuan had obviously figured out the preferences of the beauties. During the meal, he spoke eloquently and tactfully, never neglecting anyone.

  "For years, there has been no news of Hai Wu Shen, Gan Xian Zi and Jiu Da Mei Ren. The various major sects in the Northern Territory thought that the three had gone missing." Ouyang Yuan said seemingly casually.

  Three beauties exchanged a glance, and before they could respond, I seized the conversation: "City Master, your words are quite problematic. Ji Danmei is indeed a great beauty, but does that mean Hai Ji and Gan Ning aren't? Ah, in the eyes of lovers, everyone is a Xi Shi; have you taken a fancy to our Ji Danmei?"

  Ouyang Yuan was taken aback: "All three are stunning beauties, how dare I favor one over the others? Lin Gongzi, who is Xishi again?"

  "Xi Shi? You heard wrong, I said it's eye discharge. Staring at one's lover for a long time, looking for too long, the eyes get sour, and there will be eye discharge." I blabbered on, Ou Yang Yuan is quite clever, but I'm not bad either. Every time he intentionally or unintentionally asks about the three beauties and me, I always manage to dodge the question with a rogue move, changing the subject.

  On the table, the sound of bowls and plates colliding was constant, but only I was eating and drinking heavily, while the three beauties didn't move their chopsticks.

  The sky was getting darker, but the hall was still brightly lit, with dozens of night pearls hanging from the beams, shining brightly and illuminating the surroundings.

  Pointing to a jade basin, Ouyang Yuan said to Hai Ji: "This is the thousand-year-old Zhu Guo juice, from the Dai Mei peak of Jixiang Tian, with the magical effect of shaving hair and washing marrow, consolidating foundation and cultivating origin. Hai Wu Shen, please try some."

  The emerald green jade basin, the blood-red juice, just looking at it is very tempting, let alone being able to wash the marrow and solidify the foundation. I'm going to boost my demon power now, and this is exactly what I need. Before Haiji could speak, I snatched the jade basin from her, picked it up, tilted my head back, and gulped it down with a few loud swallows.

  "Bang", I put down the bowl and wiped my mouth: "The taste is average, a bit bitter, isn't it fake?"

  Ouyang Yuan was stunned, and after a while, he said: "This... Lin Gongzi, this..."

  "I smiled and said: 'Forget about that, I know you want to please Hai Ji, but she has dry rations to eat and doesn't care about the thousand-year-old Zhu fruit. Right, beauty?'"

  "Hmph, you're going to eat yourself to death, all you ever think about is eating."

  "I'm delighted: 'Food is heaven for the common people, you know what? Eating is a culture. When I'm in the mood later, I'll discuss it with you thoroughly.'"

  Ouyang Yuan looked at me, then at Hai Ji, clearly unable to guess what our relationship was. After a pause, he said: "Lin Gongzi's cultivation is deep, so it doesn't matter. Otherwise, drinking this large bowl of Zhu fruit juice would render someone immobile for at least several hours."

  "What?" I jumped up at once: "Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier! Did you take some kind of aphrodisiac?"

  Ouyang Yuan smiled wryly: "Lin Gongzi is really good at joking, what is a knockout drug? How come I've never heard of it? Zhu Guo is produced in Jixiang Tian, it's the fire of the earth's heart that has been transformed, with a yang and hot nature. For cultivators, eating one Zhu Guo is enough. And this bowl of Zhu Guo juice contains dozens of thousand-year-old Zhu Guo. Gongzi drank the whole bowl of Zhu Guo juice in one breath, but it's too much to chew, if the cultivation is not deep, it's impossible to open up the strange effect of Zhu Guo, and the blood gas in the body is too strong and condensed, making it difficult to move. However, Gongzi can rest assured that as long as he rests for a night, he will recover as usual."

  At this time, my body began to feel hot and dry, my head was dizzy, and after a while, my limbs became weak, and I only had the strength to speak.

  "Hai Ji said with a smile: 'Lin Fei, it's rare to see you so quiet.'"

  "I hummed: 'It's getting late, I was just thinking of sleeping, this is just right.'"

  Ouyang Yuan smiled and said: "I have already prepared several clean and elegant rooms, if you are willing to stay, it will be my greatest honor."

  Three beauties exchanged a glance, and Ji Danmei smiled: "Since the city master is so polite, we can only give you face. However, one side room is enough."

  Ouyang Yuan was stunned: "The four of you live together in one room?"

  Hai Ji reluctantly nodded, they had no choice but to do so in order to protect me. Gan Ning said, "Trouble the city master to call a few people to carry Lin Fei inside."

  Ouyang Yuan looked at me with a mixture of envy and surprise, called over several maidservants, had them carry me, and headed towards the side room. The maidservant sisters were all delicate and soft-bodied, although I was weak in my limbs, but I shook my head and swayed back and forth, taking advantage of the opportunity to eat tofu.

  The maids giggled one after another: "Oh dear, young master, you're making me so itchy."

  I grinned mischievously: "What a pity I'm immobile, or else I'd definitely help you scratch that itch."

  "You're really bad, young master."

  "My good qualities are invisible to you."

  "The young master is really handsome."

  "Sister, you're also lovely, we two are a heavenly match."

  All along the way, I was having a great time joking and teasing with the maids. In the past in Luoyang, where had I ever enjoyed such pleasure?