Volume 3, Chapter 191 – Pheromone Detection Stone

“Was it just a joke?” Chi Xiyan laughed lightly.

She slowly sensed the state of the Dao contract seal with her spiritual consciousness and could confirm that the Dao contract seal hadn’t stirred at all.

This girl hadn’t lied.

Lu Zhuxin pressed her lips together. “Sister, this morning I was bored staying at the manor, so I planned to take Senior Lin Xiu out for a stroll…”

“But along the way, Senior Lin was like a stuffy gourd the entire time, never speaking and just staring at my back.”

“Then I asked Senior Lin Xiu why he kept staring at me…”

“Sister, my intention was just to make casual conversation and joke around a bit. I didn’t mean anything else by it…”

“But Senior Lin Xiu seemed to get angry…”

“He said I wasn’t really a farm girl at all and that I had deceived you…”

Lu Zhuxin looked at Chi Xiyan with a pitiful expression.

“Sister… did I really say something wrong? Is that why I made Senior Lin Xiu unhappy…”

Lin Xiu, who was steering the carriage, froze for a moment.

Chi Xiyan looked at the girl before her with her anxious appearance and couldn’t help but find it somewhat amusing.

The Dao contract seal still hadn’t stirred at all.

During the process of Dao contract questioning, if the person who signed the contract lied, it would trigger punishment from the Dao contract seal.

A Seventh Realm Dao contract talisman was already the highest level talisman Chi Xiyan could obtain.

Once this level of Dao contract seal was triggered, it wasn’t something a little girl like Yu Lizhi could withstand or endure.

So this girl still hadn’t lied.

At least in her heart, the starting point of these words was indeed to open up conversation in the form of a joke.

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However, unfortunately, this method of opening up wasn’t successful.

Chi Xiyan understood Lin Xiu’s temperament.

That man’s usual style was indeed like this—rather dull, disliking unnecessary words.

Unless it was something very important, he wouldn’t take the initiative to say anything to Chi Xiyan.

Yu Lizhi was exactly the opposite. This girl was precisely at the age when her energy was most abundant.

These two people, one lively and one dull, it was very normal for them to be incompatible with each other.

“It seems there’s some kind of misunderstanding here,” Chi Xiyan said with a light laugh.

“Zhizhi, how did you know Lin Xiu was staring at you?”

“Of course I saw it,” Lu Zhuxin said. “I noticed from the moment we left.”

“Then along the way, I secretly used a mirror to look at Senior Lin Xiu several times.” Lu Zhuxin took out the small mirror. “Every time I saw Senior Lin Xiu staring at me with a strange look…”

Chi Xiyan recognized this mirror. It was hers.

The Dao contract seal still hadn’t stirred.

This girl wasn’t lying now either.

It seemed she really had secretly observed Lin Xiu many times with this small mirror.

“Sister, what should I do?” The naturally innocent farm girl’s face was filled with anxiety and gloom. “I didn’t mean to make Senior Lin Xiu angry. I didn’t want our relationship to become like this either…”

“But…”

The anxious farm girl suddenly bit her lower lip tightly, her face showing a trace of hesitation and uncertainty.

“But what?” Chi Xiyan’s gaze glanced in the direction where Lin Xiu was.

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Although Lin Xiu was outside the carriage driving it, Chi Xiyan knew Lin Xiu could hear everything they were saying. She hadn’t set up a soundproofing formation in this carriage.

“It’s fine, Zhizhi. Whatever thoughts or matters you have, you can tell me,” Chi Xiyan said. “We’re sisters now. Sisters shouldn’t create distance because of some unnecessary concealment.”

“Besides, don’t worry. There are only the two of us here. The others can’t hear what we’re saying.”

Lin Xiu, who was driving outside, had a slightly strange expression.

“Sister.” After receiving Chi Xiyan’s assurance, the harmless farm girl seemed to finally relax.

“Sister… do you think Senior Lin Xiu actually disliked me from the start…”

“Why do you say that?” Chi Xiyan asked.

“Because…” The farm girl bit her lower lip. “I noticed that the way Senior Lin Xiu looks at me is a bit strange.”

“He seems to be suspicious of me…”

“Sister, I know Senior Lin Xiu is a good person. He wouldn’t look at me like that for no reason. I must have done something wrong to make him dislike me.”

The farm girl looked at Chi Xiyan cautiously.

“Moreover, he’s your bodyguard, loyal and devoted, with a high position by your side.”

“And I’m just a lucky farm girl who inherited the Chi family bloodline. I have no foundation or background in the Chi family and can’t afford to offend anyone.”

“I know I should maintain a good relationship with him.”

“But now it seems I’ve already messed things up.”

“Sister… I’m sorry…”

“I don’t want your bodyguard to dislike me, and I’m even more afraid you’ll hold it against me because of this…”

The girl’s voice gradually grew smaller.

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Her head also drooped dejectedly.

Lin Xiu outside frowned as he listened.

This wasn’t right. This was very wrong!

Although this girl sounded like she was blaming herself for not handling her relationship with Lin Xiu well…

The more Lin Xiu listened, the more he felt that in the girl’s words, he was the one at fault.

It was Lin Xiu who was ungrateful, couldn’t see her goodwill, got inexplicably angry at her, bullied others with his position, and sowed discord in front of the young miss.

This pitiful girl seemed to be the aggrieved party.

But the truth wasn’t like that at all!

“Alright, Zhizhi,” Chi Xiyan said with a smile. “It’s not what you think.”

“Lin Xiu has that kind of personality.”

“No matter who it is, he has that same attitude. It’s not directed only at you.”

“So you don’t need to take it to heart at all.”

“Zhizhi doesn’t need to please anyone. Zhizhi just needs to be herself.”

The black-haired girl blinked her watery eyes when she heard this. “Really, Sister?”

“Of course,” Chi Xiyan said. “Moreover, Zhizhi, you’re not without any foundation or backing.”

“Have you forgotten?”

“You’re my person.”

“No matter what happens, I’ll believe in you and stand by your side.”

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“I’ll always be your foundation and backing in the Chi family.”

“Sister!” Lu Zhuxin was moved to tears.

If Chi Xiyan’s Dao contract questioning hadn’t remained open, she could have been even more moved.

With a creak, the carriage suddenly stopped.

Chi Xiyan frowned and asked outside, “What happened?”

“Miss, there are people inspecting passersby and merchants at the city gate,” Lin Xiu’s voice came in.

“Is it the commandery’s garrison troops?” Chi Xiyan asked. “Haven’t Chi family convoys always been exempt from inspection?”

“No, Miss. It’s the court’s Demon Suppression Bureau and outer disciples from the sword sects.”

“They’re using ‘pheromone detection stones’ to search for fox clan spies disguised and mixed into the crowds.”

Pheromone detection stones. As the name suggested, they were a special type of spirit stone that could react to fox clan pheromones.

Rare in number and exceptionally precious.

Besides being able to verify a fox demon’s identity, any person or object that had come into contact with fox demon pheromones would cause the pheromone detection stone to emit intense red light when approaching it.

This kind of thing was supposed to be a treasure of the great sword sects, right?

Only used when verifying whether disciples under their banner had any involvement with fox demons.

Why would it appear in a place like this?!

Lu Zhuxin furrowed her brow and looked toward Chi Xiyan’s profile.

This girl’s body had been contaminated with Lu Zhuxin’s pheromones.

This was going to be trouble.