The sound of the water in the Hibiscus Pond surging could be heard from afar. On the Conferred God Platform close to the lakeshore, the Toad Taoist stood on the wall of the platform with his flippers on his back, watching Lu Liangsheng write seal characters one by one to draw the pattern of the imperial edict formation. The focused look on his apprentice's face made him feel distressed for no reason.
"Liangsheng, although the matter of the demon star is urgent, you should first get rid of the demon star aura sealed in your body. It would be better to let your master absorb it."
"inappropriate."
Lu Liangsheng wrote the last word, inserted the flag back to its original position, circled the flagpole with his fingertips to draw a stable spell, raised his eyes, "The demon star in my body is at least suppressed by the righteousness. If it all goes to Master, I'm afraid it won't be suppressed. Moreover, with Master's level, he will be affected by them. This is what makes it difficult for Liangsheng to do."
"It's up to you. I was just mentioning it casually." A short figure in a black robe with gold patterns sat on the edge of the wall with his flippers on his legs, watching his disciple casting a spell and setting up an array formation over there.
"Alas, I shouldn't have taught you so many principles of life. What about those who do good should uphold justice and stand in heaven and earth, at the cost of their lives? You are really rude."
Over there, Lu Liangsheng finished everything. The command flag fluttered in the wind. He raised his head to look at his master. His old face was wrinkled and he smiled: "But if there was no master, and the teachings of the master, then Liangsheng's path might be the same as Lu Yuan's. On the day when the evil star descended, the world would have been devastated and the nine provinces would have been in flames."
"That's perfect, isn't it? I can ride a donkey and enjoy the mountains and forests with a book in my hand."
"hehe."
Lu Liangsheng chuckled, took his master and put him on his shoulder, then turned around and slowly walked down the stone steps. Rows of houses and figures walking in the streets and alleys came into view.
"If that were the case, it wouldn't be me."
"Aren't you the same person you are now, also shaped by Lu Yuan?" The Toad Taoist snorted.
Lu Liangsheng put his hands behind his back and walked down the stone steps around the Conferred God Platform. "That is also me now, not Lu Yuan."
He paused and was about to say something else when a woman's scream suddenly came from afar, breaking the tranquility of the Hibiscus Pond. The moment Lu Liangsheng and Toad Taoist turned their eyes away, a black shadow suddenly broke through the surface of the lake and took a deep breath towards a corner of Quchifang.
The reeds on the shore fell down, and the windows of the houses near the lakeshore opened with a crackling sound. The green tiles on the eaves shook violently, slid down and fell to the ground. In mid-air, a woman in a white dress screamed and rolled, and landed on the stone railing not far from the lake. Her slender figure landed steadily without suffering any harm. When she raised her pretty face, she met a pair of big copper bell eyes that looked out from her. She screamed in panic again, and stepped back in fear.
Suddenly, the sound of water, wind, a woman's scream, and the movement of tiles and window frames attracted the residents of the houses on the edge of Quchifang to stick their heads out. They saw a tall figure standing upright in the lake from afar and were so frightened that they hurriedly closed the windows. Some brave people wanted to take a closer look, but their wife, who had only seen the woman by the lake, pulled them into the house, slammed the window shut, and then heard a loud yell.
"What are you looking at?! Just look at me!"
"No... there's something in the lake..."
Bang! There was a slapping sound, and the woman's voice was hysterical, "You are lying with your eyes open. You are obviously a woman. Look at her beautiful face. You look down on my yellow and wrinkled skin, right?"
"Listen to me..."
"Well, you really look down on me... Fine, I'll leave now. There are other men who will love me!"
"You bitch, you didn't even wait for me to finish. Hey... why did you drag your son to the next door?!"
…
The noisy scene in the distance did not affect this side. The woman on the shore looked at the ferocious dragon head hanging in the air, stumbled back a few steps on her embroidered shoes, covered her mouth and tried not to scream, when suddenly a voice came from behind her.
"Old Jiao, don't scare this girl and the people of Quchifang."
Hearing this, the woman was startled again and turned around abruptly. Opposite her was an old man in a gray robe, with a sword hanging from his waist and a big toad lying on his shoulder. He was walking slowly towards her, and the words just now came from his mouth.
"Friend Lu!" The old dragon in the lake glanced at Quchifang in the distance, nodded, and slowly retreated into the water. His long snout remained closed, but words came out into the air.
"Just now I saw this girl spying on you in secret, I'm afraid she might have some plans for you..." As the voice fell, a tall and sturdy figure slowly sank to the bottom of the lake, a few bubbles appeared, and the lake returned to calm.
A breeze blew, swaying the reeds.
When the woman saw the terrifying dragon disappear, she felt a little calmer. After calming herself down, she hurriedly bowed to the approaching old man.
"I have met the Imperial Master."
Seeing her slightly raised face, Lu Liangsheng roughly guessed who she was at a glance. He had seen her once in front of the world's number one martial arts arena, and later he had seen her figure from afar near the Chang'an government prison.
"You are Xiaoxue, right?"
The woman was stunned for a moment: "The Imperial Master knows me?"
"Jing'er mentioned you." Lu Liangsheng looked at her face, and her hesitation was evident in her brows. He knew what she was here for. He walked to the stone railing by the lake and looked at the gently rising and falling water waves.
"Are you here to plead for Jing'er?"
Without waiting for the woman to speak, he waved his hand again and put it on the stone railing, "But no, snatching the Xuanyuan Sword, attempting to murder the emperor, and disturbing the peace of the world is a capital crime!"
"National...National Master."
Over there, the girl named Xiaoxue was twirling the corner of her clothes with her slender white fingers. She was anxious and came quickly behind Lu Liangsheng with small steps. Tears welled up in her eyes.
"But he didn't succeed."
"If I succeeded, I would not be in prison now, but on the rack!"
Lu Liangsheng almost laughed out loud at what the girl said. He turned around and waved his hand, asking her to leave. "Miss, that day when I went to see Jing'er in prison, he asked me to pass on a message to you."
The woman's heart skipped a beat. She didn't want to hear this, but she couldn't help but ask, "What did he say?"
"Don't wait for him."
Xiaoxue pursed her lips for a long while, then suddenly smiled, took two steps back and shook her head.
"Brother Jing would never say that. You must have said that on purpose. I don't believe it, I don't believe it..."
She turned around decisively, but after turning around, she paused for a moment, sniffed, put on her embroidered shoes, kicked up her skirt, and ran away quickly.
"In fact, Liangsheng, have you ever thought of killing Chen Jing who is imprisoned in prison?" The Toad Taoist watched the woman who raised her hand to his face and ran away, then sat up.
"That girl is a little weird."
"In his heart, he is not a bad person."
Lu Liangsheng retracted his gaze and turned to walk towards the mountain gate, echoing his master's last words, "It seems that she is the same as Master and Sun Dasheng, also the Sky-Repairing Stone, but she seems to be a reincarnation."
As he walked through the mountain gate, leaves fluttered down and passed through Toad Taoist's field of vision as he kept looking back. He muttered something depressed.
"… Is the Heaven-Repairing Stone so uncommon? Why are they everywhere?"