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They put Shirley into the pond.
Shirley flicked her tail and plunged downwards; the others only saw her dive to the bottom of the pool. As she went deeper, the edge of the pool became invisible, but they could vaguely see a mysterious light at the bottom.
After a while, Shirley surfaced again and told them from the water, "There really is a path leading to the underground lake of the Crystal Palace."
"Although it's quite murky, and even my people may not have discovered it yet, I'm certain that this is a place I can go back to. Thank you."
Then he hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to say something.
Song Lingyue knew what she was worried about, so she squatted down and said, "We will never tell anyone about this entrance."
“We are from the Dragon Claw Sect of Xiaodiancang Mountain, and we live on this mountain south of Anjun City. You and your clansmen are welcome to come and visit us when you have time.”
Shirley felt much more at ease after hearing what they said.
Fu Hai then said earnestly, "I observed your chest last night and discovered that you and your people may soon face danger. If you need any help after you return, you can try to come to us."
"We may not be able to offer much help, but perhaps we can do something."
Observing breasts at night?
Sherry was completely confused, but she didn't know much about martial arts and magic on the ground. Since there was face reading and palm reading, perhaps there really was chest reading?
Hearing him say that, and recalling the original entrance to the Crystal Palace, where there were many people of unknown origin outside, she also became worried.
Chapter 208: Dragon Claw and Phoenix Dance are of one mind
After thanking them repeatedly, Shirley flicked her tail upwards, splashing water droplets as she descended at an angle.
Then it plunged into the bottom of the pool.
Xia Yuelan exclaimed, "If it were before, I would have said, 'There really are mermaids, how amazing!'"
"But after seeing how Sayo was alive even when she was just bones, all I can say now is, 'That's it?'"
Song Lingyue said softly, "It's actually quite magical, especially since this time it's right next to me. It's like living here and discovering that all my neighbors are ghosts."
Xia Yuelan said, "Isn't our own house the one inhabited by ghosts?"
Xiaoye raised her finger and squinted, "I'm not a ghost, Yuelan, it hurts me to hear you say that."
Xia Yuelan hurriedly waved her hands: "Ahhh, I was just joking."
Fu Hai nudged her: "Xiao Ye was just joking."
Sister Qiu Ying said softly, "In these mountains, there is a fortune teller who can tell a girl's fortune just by looking at her breasts, there is the always clever Miss Lingyue, there is the increasingly powerful Miss Yuelan who can even learn a legendary sword technique that disappeared decades ago, and there is also the magical Miss Xiaoye."
"I feel a bit melancholy, like I'm just an ordinary person."
Fu Hai, Song Lingyue, and Xiao Ye all looked towards Sister Qiu Ying.
Xia Yuelan turned around and looked for a while, then raised her hand: "Look!"
The others also turned to look.
The setting sun shines on the cliff face on the south side of Xiaodiancang Mountain. From here, the cliff face appears steep and precipitous, like a giant.
Dark clouds rolled in toward the mountaintop, accompanied by lightning and thunder. In no time, the mountaintop was shrouded in a thick, dark fog, adding to its imposing and perilous appearance.
Song Lingyue looked up and said, "From here, our Little Diancang Mountain looks quite high."
Xia Yuelan said, "Right, right? I didn't realize it before."
Seeing the dark clouds gathering, Fu Hai said, "It looks like it's really going to rain. Let's go back."
Sister Qiu Ying said, "Miss Yue Lan, carry me on your back."
Xia Yuelan said, "Okay." She bent down in front of Sister Qiu Ying.
Sister Qiu Ying climbed onto her back, and the group used their light-footed skills to fly back.
Halfway there, the rain started pouring down, and the sky suddenly darkened.
Fortunately, Lingyue brought an umbrella, and everyone held their own umbrellas, with Sister Qiuying holding one for Yuelan.
They weren't in a hurry, chatting and laughing together in the rain, quite leisurely.
When we returned to the inn, the rain was getting heavier, and it was dark outside, with the world a vast expanse of darkness.
Sister Qiu Ying opened the small door at the main entrance and looked outside. Sure enough, no one came, so she simply stopped opening it.
They heated up some wine and stir-fried some side dishes in the inn's kitchen, and chatted idly with lanterns hanging up.
In the evening, after taking a bath, Fu Hai went to the library to find Xiao Ye with an umbrella. Xiao Ye had guessed that her brother would come to find her, so she let him discipline her with a stick.
For a time, inside and outside the library, the sounds of wind, rain, and delicate cries filled the air...
The rain subsided again the next morning.
Fu Hai was in Xiao Ye's room, holding her as she slept soundly.
There's a saying: "Sleep until you naturally wake up, count money until your hands ache." Although he doesn't have that much money to count, he can still sleep until he naturally wakes up, which is the envy of many.
After waking up, I touched Xiaoye's smooth and petite body. Her delicate figure, bathed in moonlight, was like a beautiful little jade maiden, and I couldn't get enough of touching her.
"Xiao Ye? Xiao Ye?" Xia Yuelan's voice called from outside.
"Yue Lan came to practice her sword with me!" Xiao Ye got up from her brother's arms.
She called out, "Yue Lan, wait a moment, I just got up."
Xia Yuelan called out from outside, "Huh? You're sleeping so late today?"
Xiaoye got up, quickly dressed, and went to the outer room.
Xia Yuelan, unaware that her senior brother was inside, went into the outer room and spoke with Xiao Ye.
"You got up so late today!" Xia Yuelan said. "I thought you would go to the training ground first, it's almost noon now."
"I was reading last night and went to bed very late. Why are you up so late too?"
"Ah! I was planning to get up early, but I just kept falling asleep and didn't want to get out of bed. My senior sister came down the mountain early in the morning and then came back up to wake me up."
Fu Hai listened to their conversation outside. After Xiao Ye finished getting ready, he took her sword and went out with Xia Yuelan.
Fu Hai then went to sleep in the inner room, holding Xiao Ye's pillow as if she had not left.
In my dream, I made so much money that I couldn't spend it all, and I no longer had to worry about paying taxes every year. Everyone lived a leisurely and happy life.
I didn't get up until after noon.
After returning to his courtyard and washing up, he saw his junior sister Lingyue floating towards him.
"Senior brother, where have you been?" Song Lingyue asked softly. "I came to call you for lunch, but you weren't there. Yue Lan and Xiao Ye at the training ground both said they didn't see you."
Fu Hai scratched his head sheepishly, and didn't hide it from his junior sister Lingyue: "Actually, I sleep in Xiaoye's room."
Song Lingyue exclaimed "Ah!" and said, "Hurry up and go eat. You can't skip breakfast and lunch."
Fu Hai replied, "Okay." He then looked at the system taskbar and saw that no new prompts had appeared for the "Crystal Palace" side quest.
After descending the mountain, we had lunch. The afternoon was uneventful, so I spent it chatting with Sister Qiu Ying at the inn.
"If there's no new income, even if we pay this year's taxes, we'll still have a hard time getting through the year."
He placed the Luoxia Qin (a type of zither) on the Eight Immortals table, sat facing the zither, and played a few notes.
Sister Qiu Ying sat to his left, leaning against the counter, and said, "It snowed early last year, and this year the rain probably came early and it got cold quickly, so I guess it will snow early this year too."
Fu Hai looked outside. In this era, once it snows, the mountains are blocked by heavy snow everywhere. Not to mention this year, there are hardly any people in the cold winter.
Suddenly, he saw a magnificent carriage approaching from outside.
The coachman stopped the carriage in front of the inn.
Having run an inn for so many years, Fu Hai and Qiu Ying were generally familiar with the signs of the carriages owned by various famous families, renowned establishments, and wealthy households in the county.
Seeing the Phoenix Dance logo on the carriage, one knows it belongs to the Phoenix Dance Hall.
Immediately afterward, Cen Yao jumped off the carriage, spotted him, and rushed in: "Fu Hai, our Phoenix Dance Pavilion has been attacked! You need to go and help!"
Fu Hai was taken aback: "Huh? Fengwu Hall was attacked? It's a dance hall, not a martial arts hall, how can it be attacked?"
Cen Yao said, "Hurry up and go! Master Lu Hong has already lost. My sister is being forced to go on stage, but she says she might not be able to win. If this continues, the academy will be gone."
"My sister sent me to find you, saying that if she loses, she can only rely on you?"
Fu Hai said, "No, why would you expect me? If your master and your sister are both incompetent, what use is it to me? I just started learning!"
Cen Yao said, "I don't know either! My sister said that maybe only you can help."
"Oh right, the owner asked me to bring this, saying that regardless of winning or losing, this is your reward. She said please, you have to hurry."
He rushed back to the carriage, took out the brocade box, opened it in front of him, and found it contained one hundred taels of silver.
"Let's go!" Fu Hai said without hesitation, picked up the Luoxia Qin and went out. "In Anjun, who doesn't know that our Dragon Claw Sect and Phoenix Dance Hall are of one mind? I will definitely help with this."
"Sister Qiu Ying, please put that away first, I'll go see what's going on."
Chapter 209: I'm really not a fairy descended from heaven!
Fu Hai followed Cen Yao into the carriage.
He was still a little confused, but considering the past ties between the Dragon Claw Sect and the Phoenix Dance Hall, he felt obligated to do so today.
Sister Qiu Ying put away the brocade box full of silver, went to the entrance of the inn, and watched the carriage leave, lost in thought.
The "guan" in Ti Feng Wu Guan (踢凤舞馆)?
Xue Yanxiang, known for her decadent and erotic music?
If it were Xue Yanxiang, Feng Nihong of the Phoenix Dance Hall would indeed be hard to handle.
But why would Xue Yanxiang be interested in a place like Anjun? Or is she just a pawn for someone else?
Feeling a little uneasy, she turned and floated towards the backyard...
Fu Hai followed Cen Yao, riding in a carriage through the city gate, heading towards the Phoenix Dance Pavilion.
I learned from Cen Yao that the person who went to challenge the Phoenix Dance Hall was a woman named "Mi Mi Yan Yin".