Humph……The white peacock let out a moan, turned around, breathed a breath of fragrance at Yin Xiu, and glared at Yin Xiu fiercely. "How many times are you going to glare at me like that?" Yin Xiu said helplessly. "It's not your fault?" White Peacock said indignantly: "When you bullied us sisters, you acted like a master, using all kinds of methods and tricks. You are really fierce and powerful." Yin Xiu felt strange when she heard this and couldn't help but defend herself: "I wasn't that rude, and at that time it was you two on your own..." "what are you talking about?" The white peacock glared at him again. “I mean, there are less than a hundred people here, and they don’t have any weapons. You are a master of the synesthesia realm, and you can only last for an incense stick of time at most. None of these people will survive. And you are still crowding here, is it just to take advantage of me?" "Who do you think I am?"
Yin Xiu pushed Bai Kongque's shoulder slightly with his hand, but the narrow sedan chair made it impossible for the two of them to keep some distance. Instead, Bai Kongque put his hands on the wooden board in front of him and lowered his waist, assuming a more ambiguous posture. Helpless, Yin Xiu could only pull her back. The white peacock was not polite and sat back upright, making Yin Xiu frown. "Are you feeling wronged?" asked the white peacock. "No grievance..." Yin Xiu held her waist and moved her slightly to the side, but White Peacock sat back angrily. "If I had known it would be so crowded, I shouldn't have come in." "Then why are you coming in again?" The white peacock became even angrier. "Is this the attitude you all have towards your savior?" Yin Xiu sighed, "It seems that you are also a top master. You must have a way to escape by yourself with your intelligence, right?" "What do you mean?" "What I mean is, I will leave the same way I came, and I think you will be satisfied then." Yin Xiu replied. "Well, you dare!?" The white peacock was shocked and angry. It shook its waist and turned violently several times, causing the whole sedan to sway. Yin Xiu quickly held her waist to prevent her from moving. "Hey, do you really want those people outside to find you and tie you up?" "My name is not Hello, my name is White Peacock." She crossed her arms and said, "Since you've come here, but you're leaving like this, if this gets out, will I still be able to live as a human being?" Yin Xiu loosened his hand, "Hey, what reputation? I didn't ruin your innocence."
White Peacock pulled his hand back and said, "I already told you, my name is White Peacock." Seeing that Yin Xiu was still confused, she finally explained: "My mother said that if a girl is in a critical moment and there is no good man to save her, it is a failure!" "..." Yin Xiu touched his brow and said, "So that's how it is. Actually, you may have some misunderstandings." "What's the misunderstanding?" the white peacock asked him. "I mean, it's not like I'm a hero saving a beautiful girl. I first sneaked in just to see what this wedding snake god is, that's all." "That's it?" White Peacock felt humiliated. "So you're planning to watch me marry that snake god, and you're not going to help me at all. You're going to let me fall into the fire pit?" "You don't have to be so desperate." Yin Xiu patted her on the shoulder and said, "As the saying goes, a good person should do his best to help you. Now that I have seen this, I will definitely help you." "So, you're saying you'll be responsible, right?" "Responsible……" Yin Xiu just felt that the white peacock spoke strangely. Maybe it was because he was used to speaking Miao dialect, so he was not very good at Mandarin, otherwise he would not have such an obvious southwestern accent. So he could only follow the White Peacock's meaning and said, "That's right, be responsible." Seeing that she seemed unconvinced, Yin Xiuteng reached into his pocket and handed her a dagger. "Here, I'll give you a knife for self-defense. Even if I save you, you should be able to protect yourself, right?" "I don't care. If you don't save me, I will stab you to death with this knife." White Peacock took the knife, took out a hairband, lifted a corner of her skirt and tied it around her thigh. Yin Xiu only felt a dazzling whiteness in front of his eyes. Once he concentrated, he inevitably lost control, so that the feedback was reflected on Bai Kongque's face, which turned red again. The two fell into this awkward silence again until someone in the team shouted in dialect, and then it became dark around them. The sedan chair was lowered, and Yin Xiu heard the crackling sound of burning torches and the pungent smell of kerosene on the torches being ignited. "What are they talking about?" Yin Xiu asked. The white peacock pouted and said, "How should I know? This is a local dialect, not the Miao dialect." "Then what do you think it is?" Yin Xiu asked her again. When he asked this, the white peacock actually started to think seriously about it. "Maybe it means [We've arrived]? Or [Light the torch]?" "That's the same as not saying anything..." Yin Xiu planned to find out for himself.
So he quietly lifted the curtain, but caught a glimpse of a strange scene. I saw that both the sedan bearers and other people in the queue stopped their work, turned their backs, and seemed to be preparing something. They should be in a dark, damp cave at this time, illuminated by torches, reflecting the moss on the rock walls. After Yin Xiu's eyes got used to the darkness here, those people finally turned around, each with a white mask on their faces. It is called a mask, but in fact it is more like a piece of blank paper. Apart from the places where the eyes were dug out, there is no other decoration on the mask, not even a single extra line. It looks crude, yet the eyes are meticulously crafted, which seems contradictory. Those people turned their eyes towards the sedan chair, so Yin Xiu could only quietly lower the curtain and hide in the sedan chair to conceal his breath. Despite the previous commotion, the White Peacock is not a fool. She also knew that she should try her best not to let anyone notice any traces or anything strange, so she just sat there quietly and did not compete with Yin Xiu anymore. After a while, Yin Xiu heard a uniform sound coming from outside. Someone shouted in the local dialect, and then almost everyone knelt down in unison, kowtowed, and prayed. After repeating this three times, Yin Xiu heard sparse footsteps, probably everyone was leaving. However, it seemed that not everyone was leaving, as there were still two people staying beside the sedan chair. Taking advantage of the fact that there were few people around, Yin Xiu secretly released a blood butterfly from his sleeve, and finally gained a view of the surroundings with the help of the butterfly's vision. The two people who stayed here were an old man and an old woman. Both of them were short and fat and looked very old. Yin Xiu originally wanted to ask Bai Kongque if he knew them. However, without the drums and music, their breathing became a little louder, not to mention whispering to each other. So they just kept silent and suppressed their breathing. There was some movement outside the sedan. The old man lit up a bunch of sandalwood, probably dozens of them, and put them together in a big handful. It looked like a blazing fire and filled with smoke. He took the sandalwood and bowed respectfully in all directions, then walked to each direction and inserted three sticks, and bowed three times again. The old woman did not leave. She held a Buddhist scripture and a rosary in her hands and chattered in Chinese beside the sedan chair. "Girl, this is your blessing. How can an ordinary woman marry the King of Lingquan? The king has married. I have only seen it three times in my life. You are the fourth time. I saw it once when I was a child, and then I took care of it twice before. With yours this time, it’s three times. I, an old woman, have completed my merits. Amitabha.” Her voice was intermittent, as if speaking had taken up a lot of her energy, or as if she was particularly excited. It seemed that for the old woman, presiding over this sacrifice really allowed her to accumulate merit. Yin Xiu didn't say anything, but he had already come up with an idea in his mind. He slid his hand down the white peacock's thigh. The white peacock immediately gave him a pitiful look and shook his head to indicate that at least he shouldn't do it here.
However, Yin Xiu's hand suddenly pinched. Well…… The white peacock covered its mouth, but still made noises, causing the sedan chair to shake. The old woman heard the sound outside and paused. The old man on the other end asked, "What's wrong?" "Maybe he's awake." The old woman didn't take it seriously, "The spell won't last long, the bride will inevitably wake up, it's not a big deal." As she spoke, the old woman lifted a corner of the curtain and took a look inside. The wrinkled face, which looked like frosted old tree bark, came closer. The white peacock leaned forward, just blocking Yin Xiu behind him. In addition, the light in the sedan was dim and the old woman's eyes were blurry, so she could only see the white peacock. “Look girl, you’re so hot, your face is red. Don't worry, everything will be fine once you get to the King of Lingquan. It's a paradise, very cool." The old woman took out her handkerchief with some concern and wanted to wipe the sweat off the white peacock. The white peacock turned its head and avoided the old woman's hand. "Bah, you really have the guts to ask me to marry a monster, old witch." When the old woman heard this, she was not angry, but just coldly took the handkerchief back. "You are still young and don't understand. When you become the bride of King Lingquan, you will know what a blessing that is." "Such a good blessing, do you want it? You were taken away by that monster, so you have no role in warming the bed, but I can still ask you to fetch water for washing feet." The white peacock said disdainfully. "You have such a sharp tongue, young lady. I have to advise you that speaking too much is not beneficial to your practice." While the old woman was speaking, the old man also came over. Unlike the old woman, who had no expression on her face, he looked fierce, as if everyone owed him a lot of money. "Why are you wasting so much time talking to her? She's about to die, so what's wrong with letting her scold you a few times? Let alone marrying the king, these maids all cried and screamed when they got on the bridal sedan. There is no difference. " Having said this, he suddenly asked, "By the way, why aren't you crying?" The white peacock sneered, "Why should I cry? In my opinion, you are the ones who are about to cry." "Oh?" The old man was irritated by the white peacock for some reason, so he said to the old woman, "Teach her a lesson, otherwise she will be confused." "I think so too." The old woman reached out to grab the white peacock.
The white peacock just smiled and suddenly said, "I have another question." "What's the problem?" The old woman did not stop, but continued to catch the white peacock. Just then, she heard a roar. "How many innocent girls' lives have you killed, old whore?" The sedan chair broke into pieces, and countless wood chips flew onto the two of them. The old woman was the first to be hit. She felt her face was covered with sores, as if it was covered with sand. But what followed was terrible. Yin Xiu grabbed the two men, one in each hand, and lifted them up high as if they were two chicks. "Well, I said it's you who are going to cry." White Peacock stood up, adjusted her skirt, and said with a smile: "Now you know I am not lying." The old woman's face was extremely panicked. She no longer cared about the white peacock's ridicule and just begged for mercy from Yin Xiu. "Sir, this is a ceremony dedicated to the King of Lingquan, to bless the four directions with peace and tranquility, and the whole territory with peace. You are offending him by doing this." "Does that beast deserve it?" Yin Xiu glanced at her and said, "Isn't it just a snake demon? And it's blessing the whole area to be safe? Do you think it's the city god or the land god?" The old woman was speechless and could only shut her mouth. The old man on the other side seemed to have become mute, with a cold face and no words. He knew very well that he could not resist someone who could lift up two men weighing over 100 pounds, one in each hand, as if they were two chickens. Seeing that the two were silent, Yin Xiu smiled slightly, "Next, I will ask questions and you answer truthfully, that's all. So who is the King of Lingquan?" "who are you?" Before the old woman could finish her words, her neck had already been deformed and twisted into a knot. Her already ugly face quickly turned pale. After she exhaled a breath of foul air, Yin Xiu threw it on the ground casually as if it were a piece of garbage. "This old witch got away with it." White Peacock gritted his teeth. "I've already said that I was the one asking the question, but she insisted on answering it with a question. Isn't this courting death?" Yin Xiu's eyes sparkled, and he asked the old man again: "I believe you are probably not such a stupid person." The old man didn't answer, but just laughed out loud, and his whole body trembled unconsciously. [It seems that this is also a stubborn person. ] Just as Yin Xiu was about to finish him off, the old man suddenly said in a hoarse voice: "You want to know what kind of existence the King of Lingquan is, why don't you ask Him yourself? Because He has already come to our side." As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of flowing water was heard behind Yin Xiu.
Then behind them, in the stagnant water, a whirlpool began to turn, stirring up more water and making a loud noise. Under the stagnant water, two golden lanterns lit up. (End of this chapter)
