Volume 3, Chapter 215 – This is Fishing

The innkeeper had already cleared several tables and chairs for Qin Qingfen and her group, pouring tea.

“Mortals without cultivation are so troublesome.”

After Qin Qingfen grumbled in dissatisfaction, she sat down at a table.

Only leaving one Foundation Establishment stage maid to follow Lu Zhuxin.

Though this maid was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, it still wasn’t something Yu Lizhi, an ordinary person, could resist.

A cultivator with cultivation could indeed handle an ordinary person without cultivation as easily as catching a chicken.

Lu Zhuxin glanced at this maid.

Nearly thirty years old, with quite a few weathered marks on her face.

At this age, just entering the Second Realm Foundation Establishment stage, her talent was indeed very poor.

However, those with real talent wouldn’t be doing menial servant work like serving tea and running errands.

In some prestigious families, even menial servants who possessed exceptional talent were valued and given special treatment.

“Sister… thank you for your trouble,” Lu Zhuxin said.

On the second floor, the heroic-looking woman watched Lu Zhuxin’s departure.

“A girl of the Chi family?”

Wei Qingyu’s fingers lightly tapped the table, her gaze still on the direction Lu Zhuxin had departed.

She seemed to see a little fox, twisting its alluring figure as it walked away gracefully.

Only after a long while did Wei Qingyu withdraw her gaze.

She was acquainted with Chi Jingwen, the head of the Chi family, and naturally also knew the Chi family’s eldest daughter, Chi Xiyan.

That girl had been independent and different from ordinary people since childhood.

She still remembered the first time she’d met that girl. She’d still been a half-grown little thing.

Finding the girl cute, she’d wanted to hug her, but that girl had jumped far away as if seeing a ghost, her face pale.

Every time she recalled that first meeting when that girl had treated her like something dirty, she found it amusing.

So many years had passed in a flash. That little girl must have grown much taller. Did she still fear dirty things like before?

In the blink of an eye, that little girl had already become the Fairy Xiyan praised by Beihe Commandery’s common people.

Wei Qingyu’s face showed a light smile.

If not for the Empress’s secret orders this time, requiring the Demon Suppression Bureau and sword sect disciples to cooperate in investigating fox demons, she wouldn’t have had leisure to visit Beihe Commandery.

Just now, when the Chi family people entered the inn, she’d recognized Qin Qingfen at a glance.

However, today, the little girl beside Qin Qingfen wasn’t Chi Xiyan. Rather, it was a pretty girl who resembled a fox.

Who was she? Another young lady of the family?

But didn’t the Chi family’s Beihe Commandery main branch only have Chi Xiyan as their young lady?

Could it be…

Wei Qingyu pondered, her brows slightly furrowed.

It seemed she’d need to pay the Chi family a visit another day.

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The heroic woman raised her hand and beckoned to the side.

A man dressed as a scholar walked up. “Lady Wei, what are your orders?”

Wei Qingyu said, “Did you see that young lady just now?”

“Mm, I saw her,” the man nodded.

“That young lady should be from Beihe Commandery’s Chi family,” Wei Qingyu said. “Send two people to follow her and protect her well.”

“As you command, my lady.” After the scholar finished speaking, he cupped his fists and withdrew.

Wei Qingyu redirected her gaze back into the inn’s main hall, her eyes narrowing slightly.

She’d barely managed to catch the tail of this time’s target. She couldn’t easily let it escape.

…

Lu Zhuxin also followed the maid to the back courtyard.

When two Demon Suppression Bureau experts followed behind, she noticed immediately.

Lu Zhuxin raised her eyebrows.

Why did it feel like more and more people were watching her? She hadn’t done anything annoying, had she?

How had she inexplicably attracted so much attention?

Were these two people sent by the woman on the upper floor?

What was with that woman? She didn’t have some ideas about her, did she?

Lu Zhuxin frowned.

Like this, how could she secretly slip away to get her things?

Knock out this Foundation Establishment stage maid?

In that case, those two Demon Suppression Bureau officials behind would definitely see.

So knock out those two officials together as well?

This idea seemed feasible, but how would she explain things afterward?

Moreover, recently, the Demon Suppression Bureau and sword sect disciples had also increased their efforts to investigate fox demons, so Lu Zhuxin couldn’t borrow the fox demons’ power again.

Compared to fighting and brawling, foxes were more suited to hiding and secretly gathering intelligence.

Outside the toilet, the Foundation Establishment stage maid covered her nose lightly, saying impatiently, “Miss Yu, aren’t you done yet?”

“You’ve been in there for a very long time!”

“Wait a bit, my stomach hurts! Just a little longer and I’ll be done soon!”

Lu Zhuxin said perfunctorily.

These people were watching too closely. Whether knocking them out and running away or secretly slipping away, Lu Zhuxin wouldn’t be able to explain things properly afterward.

That maid outside even had to stand guard while Lu Zhuxin used the toilet.

“What should I do…”

Just as Lu Zhuxin was scratching her hair thinking of countermeasures, a trace of faint demonic energy appeared in her senses.

A demon?

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Could it be the person the Demon Suppression Bureau was waiting for?

This inn had gathered quite a few Demon Suppression Bureau experts.

However, this trace of demonic energy was extremely weak. It wouldn’t warrant the Demon Suppression Bureau mobilizing so many powerhouses.

Lu Zhuxin’s brows furrowed lightly. She vaguely smelled the scent of conspiracy.

However, this might be an opportunity!

After reconsidering, she decided to try her luck.

With this thought, she pushed open the toilet door.

“I’m sorry, Sister Maid, I delayed too long.”

The maid standing guard outside covered her nose with her hand, her eyes full of undisguised disgust.

“As long as Miss Yu is finished. Follow me to find Nanny Qin.”

With that, the maid prepared to lead Lu Zhuxin back to the inn’s main hall.

Lu Zhuxin’s gaze discreetly swept the distance.

Two Demon Suppression Bureau officials were hidden there, both at late Third Realm cultivation. Such strength was already quite formidable.

They hid in the shadows, observing Lu Zhuxin from afar.

However, Lu Zhuxin didn’t sense hostility from them.

They didn’t seem to be monitoring and investigating Lu Zhuxin. Rather, they seemed to be secretly protecting her.

Had that woman of unknown identity sent them to protect her?

Why would she do this?

Was it out of goodwill, or did she have another purpose?

But regardless of whether that woman had other purposes, her well-intentioned actions had ruined Lu Zhuxin’s plans.

If those two Demon Suppression Bureau officials weren’t watching, Lu Zhuxin could just knock out that Foundation Establishment stage maid.

After retrieving her things and returning, she could still pretend nothing had happened.

As long as no one discovered it, that maid wouldn’t mention her own unconsciousness.

Unless she wanted to be punished for nothing.

Even if she did speak up, Lu Zhuxin could feign ignorance.

After all, no one saw it, and no one would think an ordinary person without cultivation could have the ability to knock out a Foundation Establishment stage maid.

That maid would only think she’d been knocked out casually by some passing powerhouse.

In the end, this matter would simply be left unresolved.

But if the unconscious people included Demon Suppression Bureau personnel, then the nature would be completely different.

So Lu Zhuxin could only abandon this plan.

…

When Lu Zhuxin returned to the inn’s main hall, she discovered there was one more person in the hall.

To be precise, there was one more demon.

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In appearance, just a somewhat hunched middle-aged man, but Lu Zhuxin could sense the non-human aura from him.

This was a demon, approximately Third Realm cultivation, nothing impressive.

Moreover, this demon’s aura made Lu Zhuxin feel displeased.

From the aura, this should be a rat demon. It seemed he wasn’t even strong enough to conceal its form.

In the Demon Realm, rat demons were completely insignificant. In human territory, rat demons were very common.

However, a Third Realm rat demon wasn’t worth a Sixth Realm Demon Suppression Bureau powerhouse taking action, was it?

Lu Zhuxin looked at that rat demon. It sat in the main hall drinking prepared tea, seemingly waiting for someone.

However, Lu Zhuxin also noticed that the rat demon’s gaze would occasionally glance discreetly toward the woman on the second floor, then quickly look away again, continuing to drink tea nonchalantly.

So that’s how it is!

After brief consideration, Lu Zhuxin understood.

The Demon Suppression Bureau was fishing!

To have a Sixth Realm powerhouse personally take action, the fish behind this must have quite a background!

Since the bait was in position, that fish should be surfacing soon.

Lu Zhuxin calculated in her mind.

She followed the maid slowly moving to Qin Qingfen’s side.

Qin Qingfen looked up at her. “Why so slow? There’s still much to do today. No time to accompany your foolishness.”

“Nanny Qin…” Lu Zhuxin’s fingers nervously rubbed her skirt hem. “Can you let me rest a bit longer… I’m a bit tired…”

“Just now we also walked for a long time…”

Qin Qingfen’s brows furrowed. “You feel tired after just this little walking? Mortals without cultivation are so troublesome.”

“But I’m really very tired,” Lu Zhuxin said pitifully and loudly. “Moreover, I’m still injured… If Sister Xiyan were here, she definitely wouldn’t let me get this tired!”

Qin Qingfen’s brows knitted. This seductress dared to mention Chi Xiyan to her?

Sister Xiyan? How intimately she called her!

What qualification did a seductress have to use such a form of address?!

Just now Lu Zhuxin’s voice wasn’t small, attracting the gazes of many customers in the inn.

Qin Qingfen felt she’d lost face. She felt those people were looking at her as if she hadn’t properly educated a child.

“Making such a scene, what propriety is this!” Qin Qingfen said sternly. “If you want to lose your own face, that’s one thing. Why must you lose Xiyan’s face?”

“Nanny Qin…” Lu Zhuxin pointed at her neck. “It hurts a bit here. Just now, when going to the toilet, I accidentally pulled my arm…”

“Let me rest here for a while, just a moment…”

Lu Zhuxin knew that most of the customers in this inn were Demon Suppression Bureau officials in disguise.

Right now, in this inn, only Qin Qingfen’s group were outsiders who knew nothing.

On the inn’s second floor, Wei Qingyu frowned.

“Little girl, don’t cause me trouble at this time…”

Behind her, a man inquired of Wei Qingyu, “My lady, the appointed time is almost here. Should we have the innkeeper drive them away?”

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Earlier, the innkeeper had already gone upstairs to inform Wei Qingyu that Qin Qingfen was just stopping to rest and would leave soon.

So Wei Qingyu hadn’t created complications and hadn’t had the innkeeper invite the Chi family people to leave.

But now it seemed this wasn’t a good decision.

“Have the innkeeper go ask what happened.” Wei Qingyu’s slender fingers lightly tapped the table. “First, have them leave the inn’s main hall.”

The innkeeper received the message. He wiped his sweat, preparing to approach and inquire about the situation.

However, at this moment, with a creak, the main door was pushed open.

Everyone’s gazes involuntarily drifted over.

An old man, bringing two sturdy men and a young lady of marriageable age, appeared at the entrance. Four people in total.

Lu Zhuxin’s divine consciousness briefly swept over them.

Four demons. The aura on their bodies was very different from human cultivators. Humans might not sense this difference.

But Lu Zhuxin could very clearly determine these four people weren’t human.

However, they should be wearing artifacts that concealed their auras. The artifacts blurred their auras, preventing Lu Zhuxin from accurately identifying their demon forms.

These four demons had vigorous blood energy, their bodies faintly carrying terrifying killing intent.

Possessing such strength, their demon forms must be ranked among the top.

It seemed these were the big fish the Demon Suppression Bureau crowd had been waiting for.

Indeed, a big fish.

Though the old man’s cultivation was unclear, he was at least Sixth Realm. Those two sturdy men had auras around Fourth to Fifth Realm.

Even that black-veiled young lady had Fifth Realm aura.

The demon clan’s cultivation evaluation differed from humans. Lu Zhuxin could only make rough comparisons.

Such a combination could walk sideways on a frontal battlefield. Why would they appear in this kind of place, appear in the human heartland?

What exactly were their identities? Were they truly members of a demon clan from the Demon Realm?

She didn’t seem to have written such a scene in the original work.

Had she triggered some special flag?

The four uninvited guests entered the inn. The inn was lively and bustling, customers drinking and talking freely. No one seemed to pay attention to these four travelers’ arrival.

“Grandfather, this is the place we agreed upon earlier,” the veiled young lady said gently, supporting the old man.

All four wore traveler attire, dressed in worn cloaks, covered in travel dust.

The old man was approximately seventy years old, with a long white beard and a long wooden staff in his hands. Though elderly, his eyes were bright and spirited.

The young lady supported the old man. Though her graceful figure was concealed by the cloak, one could vaguely sense her elegant form through the outline.

The remaining two sturdy men carried luggage. Upon entering the inn’s main hall, their gazes discreetly swept the entire inn.

In the main hall, that Third Realm rat demon stood up and waved at them. “Over here!”

The young lady leaned close to the old man’s ear and said softly, “Grandfather, that’s him.”