Yin Xiu came to the stream, scooped up a handful of clean water and washed his though the drought was raging and the sky was cloudless, the water flow in the deep mountains of Jiaozhi seemed to be able to hold out for a while. After washing his face, Yin Xiu dipped the water bag into the water and looked at Bai Fenghuang. "Are you here to take care of me or to monitor me?" Bai Fenghuang smiled but didn't reply. She just put her shoes aside, put her feet in the water, and swayed them from time to time, quite leisurely and naturally. Seeing that Yin Xiu was still looking at her, Bai Fenghuang's smile grew even wider. "How would I know? I just do whatever the leader tells me to do. If you want to know, go ask the leader yourself." She blinked her eyes, looking very proud, as if Yin Xiu had become her prisoner. Yin Xiu also laughed, stood up and said, "You really listen to your leader, don't you?" "That's natural." Bai Fenghuang put away her smile, jumped into the water and stood up straight.
"Who in the Moonlight Cult doesn't respect the leader's words as if they were divine? The leader wants us to die immediately, we only ask how we want to die." As soon as she finished speaking, Yin Xiu pushed her back onto the stone. "what you do!" Bai Fenghuang stood up and tried to kick Yin Xiu, but Yin Xiu bent down to avoid it. "black." Bai Fenghuang was both embarrassed and angry. She didn't even bother to hold down her skirt. She twisted her waist and delivered another difficult roundhouse kick. But before she could kick out, Yin Xiu grabbed her foot and pressed it back onto the stone. Now she couldn't move, and was held tightly by Yin Xiu. "What are you going to do? Are you trying to take me hostage?" "Do you think I'm some kind of despicable person?" "Aren't you? Despicable, shameless, and a great villain!" Bai Fenghuang said angrily. Yin Xiu didn't care about her abuse. He just squatted down and gently wiped off the river sand on Bai Fenghuang's instep, revealing her smooth and white instep. At this moment, goose bumps appeared on the instep of Bai Fenghuang's feet. "Hey, you can't be... Hey!" Bai Fenghuang looked at him with disdain, but Yin Xiu just stared at her feet, which made Bai Fenghuang feel even more frightened. Yin Xiu still smiled, "Didn't your leader say that no matter where I need care, you, as the person who takes care of me, must do it?" "He did say that, but as a man, you can't do such obscene things..." "Can't!" Before she finished speaking, Bai Fenghuang frowned and almost fell off the stone. Veins bulged on the back of her hands, which were as white as her feet.
"Your kidneys don't seem to be in good condition." Yin Xiu pressed the soles of her feet twice more, and Bai Fenghuang felt even more pain than before, her fingers about to dig into the cracks in the stone. "Kidney deficiency, do you often get up at night and have many dreams?" "Is there any cure?" Bai Fenghuang was sweating profusely. "Let me try." Yoon Soo handed over a handkerchief. Bai Fenghuang took it and bit it in her mouth, "Come on." "Well, bear with it for a while." Yin Xiu pinched a phoenix eye with her hand and rotated it vigorously a few times on the sole of her foot. Before Bai Fenghuang almost fainted, Yin Xiu stopped. "Okay?" Bai Fenghuang was breathing like a bellows. "almost." Yin Xiu wiped her hands on her clothes. "Once it's unblocked, you'll feel better. I've heard from the technicians that if it's unblocked, there's no pain, and if there's pain, it's blocked. Did you feel less pain afterwards?" "Yes, it doesn't hurt as much anymore." Bai Fenghuang exclaimed in amazement. "but." Yin Xiu touched his feet again and looked at them carefully. "I noticed that you haven't been drinking enough water these days. It seems that you have trouble going to the toilet?" "Can this be seen?" Bai Fenghuang said awkwardly: "Can you adjust it?" "of course can." Yin Xiu nodded, and Bai Fenghuang immediately put the handkerchief back into her mouth. "Mmm!" She signaled to Yin Xiu that he could start. Yin Xiu pinched her hands into a phoenix eye again and pressed them down on the soles of her feet. Well…… Bai Fenghuang's body was shaking, her face was bright red, and she couldn't help but humming softly, almost biting her handkerchief. Her eyes became blurred and absent-minded when she looked at Yin Xiu. Yin Xiu heard a strange sound and looked up, only to find something was wrong. "Oops, this acupuncture point is not for relieving constipation, I pressed the wrong one." cough cough...
With an awkward dry cough, Yin Xiu and Bai Fenghuang both stood up. Bai Fenghuang's legs were still a little weak at this time. If Yin Xiu hadn't held her up, she would probably have fallen into the water. "Mrs. Lin, I just was..." "fine." The old woman who was speaking was one of the two followers beside the leader Ye Tianwen. She lowered her eyes and glanced at Bai Fenghuang, then said to her, "Go and take a shower. I'll chat with this young man." Bai Fenghuang originally wanted to explain, but after looking down, her face immediately turned red like a tomato. "I'll be back soon." After glaring at Yin Xiu, Bai Fenghuang threw the handkerchief back to Yin Xiu. "Don't worry, we'll wait for you." Yin Xiu put the handkerchief back into his pocket and looked at the elderly Mrs. Lin again, "Sorry, I didn't notice you coming." "I am the one who is sorry for disturbing your fun." Grandma Lin looked to the other side. At this time, the white phoenix had hidden behind a rock, and only the sound of splashing water could be heard. Yin Xiu said awkwardly: "Misunderstanding, just some misunderstandings." "No need to explain." Grandma Lin waved her hand, "It's just a small matter. I came to you for something else." "Something else?" Yin Xiu spread his hands, "I wonder if there is anything I can do to help you?" "Of course you do." Grandma Lin motioned for him to sit down on the stone, and then she sat down leaning against the stone. "I know you young people are impatient and don't like to play witty tricks or guess riddles, so I'll speak frankly. As I said, our leader is also an impatient person. He is eager to take the world into his arms. I want to do my best to help him, but God is not willing to give me more years. I am already old enough to go into the coffin, and I can't help him for much longer. The church is lacking a capable leader, and I can't trust others. " "Oh?" Yin Xiu vaguely guessed what Grandma Lin meant. “Fighting for the world is not an easy task, but it is something that most people have thought about. Even the children in the village would use tree branches as swords and play games of horseback fighting. After winning, they would be given titles of nobility and prime ministers, and be rewarded with concubines. Grandma Lin smiled and said, "When I was a child, I didn't have the opportunity to participate in this kind of game, because other children called me a witch and were afraid that I would cast a spell on them. As soon as I got close, they would scold me and drive me away with stones.
So I could only watch from afar, feeling so envious at that time." "It's okay to play around, but it's not good to take it seriously." Yin Xiu said intentionally or unintentionally. "Oh? Do you think we can't accomplish this?" Grandma Lin was not angry, but just looked at Yin Xiu with a smile. "Young man, all the heroes in the world started from humble beginnings. Before they achieved success, they were just nameless people." "Of course, there are beggars who became emperors, and there are also scoundrels who became emperors, but that requires opportunities. Do you think the court is terminally ill now?" Yin Xiu shook his head. "The time has not come yet. With your strength, how can you possibly compete with the imperial court?" "With our strength, we are still a little short of it." Grandma Lin stared at the water with cloudy eyes, "But if I tell you that the people of Fa will support us, what do you think?" "Do you want to be traitors?" Yin Xiu narrowed his eyes. Grandma Lin laughed and said, "We are Miao people, not Han people. How can we talk about traitors?" "Too." Yin Xiu stretched and asked, "Are the people of Faguo reliable?" "Just be a little more reliable than others." Grandma Lin glanced at Yin Xiu and said, "These days, no matter how good you are, you still have to rely on yourself in the end. The people of Fa country suffered losses before and did not gain any advantage, so they have been thinking about getting it back. They have no share in the railways, ships, and opium. If you cut off the source of income for these foreign devils, it would be more painful than killing them." "So you made those Faguo people an offer they couldn't refuse?" Grandma Lin did not comment, but just pointed her finger behind the stone where the white phoenix was hiding. "I'll also give you a good price. As long as you agree to join the Moonlight Cult, you can choose either the White Phoenix or the White Peacock, and I'll betroth her to you." "Who do you think I am?" Yin Xiu said firmly: "I want both." "it is good!" A smile appeared on Grandma Lin's face, as if a dry piece of wood was cracking and gaps appeared. “Greedy people are often liked by others.” "Whether others like me or not is not important at all." Yin Xiu said coldly: "I just want something, and it would be best if it were delivered to my door. That's what I want." As he said this, he glanced in the direction of the White Phoenix. "Send her here tonight, and then call her over when the white peacock comes back. But by then, you should change the bed."
After Yin Xiu finished speaking, he turned and left. "and many more." Mrs. Lin suddenly called him. "What's wrong? Are you reluctant to leave?" Yin Xiu glanced at her. "It is their blessing to be entrusted to a hero like you." Grandma Lin laughed and said, "But, in fact, you just want to find an excuse to leave, right?" Yin Xiu stood there, expressionless. Grandma Lin guessed correctly. Yin Xiu said this just to confuse her so that he could turn around and escape without a trace. But how did she know? "Because I have seen countless people." Grandma Lin narrowed her eyes and looked at him. "The White Peacock and the White Phoenix are certainly not bad, but you have the world in your heart." "I don't want to fight for the world." Yin Xiu replied. "That's right, I didn't say you were going to fight for the world." Grandma Lin smiled and said, "But you do have your own plans for the future of Jiuzhou, don't you?" In this case, Yin Xiu had no choice but to confess. "What I want to do has nothing to do with any ambitious person, and there is not even any conflict between them. Whether you seek help from the French or Japanese is none of my business." "You don't want to stop us? After all, in your opinion, we are colluding with foreigners." Mrs. Lin looked at him, waiting for Yin Xiu's reply. Yin Xiu was silent for a long time, and finally answered: "I can't split myself into two." "It's really hard to be in two places at once." Grandma Lin sighed. "Well, I've finished what I've said. There's nothing more to say." Yin Xiu didn't intend to say more to her and turned to leave. Grandma Lin said faintly: "You can't leave." "Can't leave?" Yin Xiu sneered, "Do you think Ye Tianwen and the entire Mingyue Divine Cult can keep me here?" "If we don't use them, both sides will suffer." Granny Lin smacked her lips, exhaled, and then said, "But if I told you that the medicine I used to treat you was filled with poisonous insects and black magic, what would you think?"
Yin Xiu frowned and glanced at Bai Fenghuang again. "Not her." Grandma Lin took out a hairpin from her head and said, "I know that if a man is poisoned by a woman, he will inevitably feel disappointed and frustrated. So I didn't ask her to do that because I didn't want to make you so sad. She doesn't know either, because I don't want her to be hated by you, I'm just like this..." She shook the hairpin gently, and a bug the size of a grain of rice crawled out of it. "When I play with the hairpin like this, it has already been poisoned. You must have heard of it before you came to Southern Xinjiang, right? We old witches can plant the poisonous insect on the target by just saying a few words to them and patting their shoulders." "That's why you old witches are so disgusting." Yin Xiu watched the rice-sized insect fall into the water. The insect struggled on the water surface and then floated away with the stream. Grandma Lin put the hairpin back on her head and was not angry. "It's just a means. The sword is fair and just, but it kills far more people than these bugs." "You think you can threaten me?" Yin Xiu looked at her with murderous intent in his eyes. "You think you have a detonator and can blow someone to pieces with just a push, but you should also know that I can strangle you at any time before you explode." "I believe you can do it." Grandma Lin smiled and said, "If you were not such a powerful master, I would not have taken the risk to cast the curse on you while you were unconscious. Besides, putting a curse on you is the best defense against you." "You cut off the path to negotiation." Yin Xiu spread his hands, "You saved me in the first place. As long as your request is not too excessive, maybe I will repay you? No price is required." “You also said maybe.” Grandma Lin laughed, "Who says you have to repay someone for saving you? There are many stories about farmers and snakes in the world. As long as you don't kill the whole family, you are considered to be a good person." She looked at her sleeve, where a bamboo jar was hidden. Green light flickered in the densely packed air holes. “Compared to humans, Gu insects are more trustworthy. Young man, I can tell you the truth. I am the only one who knows the formula of the antidote, and I am also the only one who knows what kind of poison you have been infected with. However, even if you know the secret formula of the antidote, no one else can make it. If there is no antidote from me, or if I die and the poison breaks out, you will die in extreme pain no matter how great you are." "Do you think you can defeat me?" Yin Xiu glared. "Don't be so angry, I don't have such an idea, I just need your help."
"This is the attitude you take when asking for help?" Yin Xiu sat down and threw a stone into the water, causing six or seven stones to skip. "Tell me, what do you want me to do?" "Don't worry, let's go to Yufeng Temple first." (End of this chapter)