Chapter Twenty-One: Preparing for the Ceremony

  The next day, Youjiao woke up and found Xianwu was no longer by his side again.

  Slowly putting on her clothes, the room was where Jian Wu had already prepared the water for washing up early, after washing and dressing, Yao Jiao slowly walked out of the house.

  The gate had not been repaired, and the demon's horned feet stepped into the courtyard, where Jian Wu was dancing with his sword again. In the large courtyard, there were a few people, who seemed to be commenting on Jian Wu's dance at this moment.

  The Second Cangshan, Sima Xiangru, Purple Jade, and Shangguan Linqing, the four of them suddenly arrived at their own courtyard early in the morning, catching Yaojiao off guard.

  "Hi"

  It seemed as if a demon horn appeared and walked out, and Sword Dance also swung its final move, then sheathed its sword and stood up.

  "Bang Bang Bang Bang"

  The four of them clapped their hands and looked at each other in surprise.

  "Old Master" shouted at the demon horn while dancing with his sword on horseback.

  The sword dance also startled the four people of the Second Cangshan. The four quickly looked around and saw that the demon horn had indeed come out of the house.

  "Yao Jiao, where is the book?" Zi Huaiyu immediately called out as she rushed forward. Sima Xiangru also followed and ran over together.

  Looking at the two excited gazes, Yao Jiao felt a chill run down his spine. He glanced at Shangguan Linqing's curious face and Er Chongshan's helpless expression. Yao Jiao said, "This is going to be sent back to my uncle for typesetting and printing soon."

  "Let me take a look first." Sima Xiangru immediately called out, and Zi Huaiyu also nodded in agreement.

  "Alright, Yao'er, let's give them a show for now." The Second Elder of Cangshan smiled.

  "Alright, be careful, don't tear it." The demon's horn nodded and said.

  "Definitely, definitely." The two of them laughed and said.

  "Come and dance with swords." The demon horn smiled.

  "Hmm" Jian Wu nodded and said.

  "We'll go together." Zi Huaiyu said immediately. Sima Xiangru also nodded affirmatively, and then went with Jianwu to retrieve the Divine Eagle Chivalrous Companion.

  "These two are as thick as thieves, just like when we used to visit the brothels together back in the day."

  Upon hearing Shangguan Linqing's words, the demon king also broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead. This Shangguan Linqing was indeed formidable. A woman, strolling through the brothel?

  "Great Uncle, why did you come so early today?" asked Yaogua immediately.

  "It's all because of your book, early this morning, Xiangru and Huaiyu were going to come over, and Lin Qingyi also joined in the fun, how could I not come?" said the Second Master Cangshan.

  "So you're saying you haven't had breakfast yet? Then let's have it together," said Youjiao.

  "It's alright." The Second Young Master of Cangshan smiled and said.

  At this time, Jian Wu also brought medicine porridge breakfast from the kitchen. As for Sima Xiangru and Zi Huaiyu, they were in the study of Yao Jiao at this moment and refused to leave.

  Around the stone table in the courtyard, three people sat down. The sword dance also prepared breakfast for the three of them and handed it over to their faces.

  "Xian Wu, you also sit down and eat." said Yao Jiao.

  "En," said Jian Wu, nodding his head.

  Then the four of them ate together.

  "Should we call them?" Xian Wu Yu asked as he sat down. He was obviously referring to Zi Huaiyu and Sima Xiangru.

  "No need, they won't starve to death." said Lin Qing, the superior officer.

  "Oh" Sword Dance nodded slightly.

  While eating, Shangguan Linqing stared at Sword Dance and said: "Ya Jiao, you've really picked up a treasure this time."

  "Huh?" The demon king said strangely while eating his porridge.

  "The sword dance's swordsmanship, if we don't count her true energy, her swordsmanship is actually above ours, a rare sword training prodigy." Upper Official Lin Qing affirmed.

  "Not bad, being able to cultivate swordsmanship to that extent without true energy is indeed unbelievable." The Second Elder of Cangshan also nodded in agreement.

  "So powerful?" The demon king looked at Jian Wu, with a hint of surprise and delight in his eyes.

  At this, Jian Wu became embarrassed and looked down, his face red, as he continued to scoop the porridge with a small spoon.

  "Haha, you're indeed my maid." The demon said shamelessly at once.

  Seeing the demon's horn, he added his own sword dance talent to himself. The Second Tian Shan and Shangguan Lin Qing also burst out laughing.

  "When I have a chance, I'll teach you the Yi Jin Jing of Da Bei Temple, and then you'll be a real master." said Yao Jiao with a smile.

  "Hmm" Jian Wu nodded his head while eating congee and replied in an embarrassed manner.

  "Easy Muscle Merit? That's one of Da Bei Temple's most important heavenly martial arts, can you get it?" Upper Official Lin Qing laughed and said.

  "Don't worry, there's nothing I, Yaoguo, can't do. It's just that the time hasn't come yet." Yaoguo said with certainty.

  "Haha, is it not time yet?" Upper Official Lin Qing couldn't stop laughing on the side.

  "Alright, let's eat quickly, we still need to take you to the Imperial Guard camp later." The second elder, Cang Shan, interrupted immediately.

  "Well, okay, but this nephew of yours is quite interesting." Shangguan Linqing said immediately.

  "What's a forbidden army camp?" the demon horned one asked strangely.

  "Yes, I just got back and the family had me go train the 100,000 Imperial Guards, not giving me any rest time at all. Hmm, how about you guys come with me?" said Shangguan Linqing immediately.

  "Never mind, we still have things to do, so let's not go." The demon king immediately refused. A military camp? He didn't want to go himself, and besides, he was still very busy, where did he have the time to go to a military camp?

  "What a pity." said Lin Qing, the superior officer.

  Then everyone quickly cleaned up the medicine feast made by Jian Wu.

  After waiting for a while again, Sima Xiangru and Zi Huaiyu still hadn't come out, so only Ouyang Linqing went over to pull them out, bid farewell to the demon horn together, and slowly left.

  Zi Huaiyu held the manuscript of "Yao Jiao" in her hand, and it was written with a dead seriousness, as if she feared that someone would snatch it away from her.

  After everyone left, he called over the miscellaneous workers from the right courtyard to clean up the porridge bowls. Old Wang also found someone to quickly repair the door of the haunted house.

  After everything is repaired and perfected, there are still two things left in the Grand Courtyard: the demon's horn and the sword dance.

  "Master, are you going out today?" Xian Wu asked.

  "No need, I have something important to do today. Go to the pharmacy and bring back that purple incense burner, replace it with the 'Wannian Sandalwood Incense' we bought at the auction. Also, instruct the miscellaneous servant in the right courtyard to move that brazier to my hall, set up the brazier, and boil some water. I have a use for it."

  Doubtful, he glanced at the demon horn, and then nodded: "En".

  As ordered by Youjiao, all sorts of things were soon brought into the hall of Zuo's mansion.

  In the hall, a one-zhang-high incense burner stood on the right side of the hall. The mouth of the incense burner had a small gap, from which a wisp of purple smoke rose, filling the entire hall with an atmosphere that was both solemn and fragrant.

  On the left side, a one-zhang-high fire basin was placed, with a bronze basin on top of it. The basin was filled with more than half a basin of clear water, which was being boiled by the fire in the lower fire basin and bubbles were rising to the surface.

  In the center was a table, on which was placed the jade box that Second Brother had given to Yaoguang last night.

  Everyone left, only Yāo Jiǎo and Jiàn Wǔ stood in the hall, Jian Wu looked at this scene with a strange expression, not knowing what the old master was going to do.

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