A robe of brocade scales, hair tied in a high bun reaching towards the sky.
Height of three feet three, bright eyes that gaze with grace.
A little loli who looks adorably cute, only six or seven years old!
“Hiss…”
Lu Zheng drew in a sharp breath of cold air, not because of the loli, but because of the two fuzzy short horns on the little loli’s forehead.
“Dragon!?”
Then, the little loli’s face paled, her aura wilted, a strand of black qi seeped from her body, and her form swayed unsteadily.
“Demonic qi!?”
“I cannot hold on any longer, I am going to revert. Only by using the transformation technique can I suppress the demonic qi.”
The little loli’s form became unsteady, and she prepared to change back into the koi.
“No need!” Liu Qingyan grabbed the little loli with one hand, then drew out a pill with the other and fed it into the little loli’s mouth. “Swallow it.”
The little loli obediently took it, and Liu Qingyan immediately produced a pack of silver needles. “Be good, it will not hurt.”
The little loli nodded, and then Liu Qingyan inserted thirty-six silver needles, using the needle technique to expel the demonic qi.
Lu Zheng also came to her side, placing one hand on the little loli’s back, probing with true qi to assist Liu Qingyan in her needling.
Moments later…
“This demonic qi is remarkably pure and thick. The demon who inflicted it is no ordinary foe.” Lu Zheng frowned. “The demonic qi clings to the five viscera and six bowels. Can it be driven out?”
Liu Qingyan nodded. “It is indeed rather difficult. I could not do it before.”
“Now you can?” Lu Zheng was somewhat dazed.
In wuxia novels, heterodox true qi could linger in the body for decades and be hard to expel, let alone in this xianxia world. Just looking at the quality of that demonic qi, its master was clearly stronger than both him and Liu Qingyan, much stronger.
How could Liu Qingyan expel it?
“A while ago, I created a set of acupuncture techniques myself. Using spiritual medicine as a lure, fusing it with the wounded person’s aura, it creates an illusion at the tip of the silver needle, erupting with stronger attractive force in a short time, enough to shift the target of the heterodox true qi and draw it out of the wounded person’s body.”
Lu Zheng was dumbfounded, his face full of bewilderment. “What kind of acupuncture technique is this?”
“It has no name yet. How about calling it the ‘Demon-Exorcising Needle Technique’?” Liu Qingyan said.
So casual?
“Fox Sister! You are amazing!” The little loli felt her body lighten, then sensed the silver needles gently pricking inside her, guiding the demonic qi which was then directly expelled through the needles out of her body.
Liu Qingyan raised her brows with a smile, extremely proud of the needle technique she had created.
“How did you know she is a fox?” Lu Zheng could not help asking.
“I saw it!” The little loli said matter-of-factly.
Lu Zheng was bewildered. Was this what a dragon was like? Seeing through illusions at a glance?
“I was born with a pair of divine eyes.” The little loli said with a giggle. “They can see through all kinds of concealment and transformation techniques.”
Lu Zheng asked, “Innate divine eyes? Not just dragons can see through them?”
The little loli nodded. “Of course, otherwise how could they be called divine eyes? They might as well be called dragon eyes.”
So that was it. That was a relief, otherwise the dragon clan would be too powerful.
“But are you not a dragon? Why did you revert to the form of a koi? Could it be that your true body is a koi, transformed into a dragon?”
The little loli could not help rolling her eyes, giving him a look that said you are truly ignorant. “I am a dragon to begin with. The koi is the transformation technique my father taught me. I cannot very well turn into a dragon in front of mortals, can I?”
Lu Zheng, “…”
Despised by a little loli!?
Liu Qingyan could not help but chuckle softly, then twirled the silver needles, activating the medicinal power, fusing it with the little loli’s own aura, guiding the demonic qi to turn and surge madly into the silver needles, then rush out of the body.
The demonic qi condensed, not dissipating or spreading in the air, but coiling into a mass like a black cloud, roiling and bubbling.
Lu Zheng formed seals in his hands, sending out streams of Flying Cloud Demon-Breaking Incantations straight into the black cloud.
Demonic qi was after all rootless duckweed, unable to absorb essence qi from the person’s body, so under the assault of dozens of Flying Cloud Demon-Breaking Incantations, it was finally scattered and thoroughly ground away.
“So terrifying…”
Lu Zheng raised his brow. This small clump of demonic qi black cloud had actually withstood over thirty of his Flying Cloud Demon-Breaking Incantations.
More importantly, this clump of demonic qi did not seem to follow the path of the Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor.
“Hoo…”
With the demonic qi expelled from her body, the little loli let out a long breath, her face visibly regaining its rosy hue, then she threw her arms around Liu Qingyan, rubbing her little head against Liu Qingyan’s chest. “Fox Sister, thank you. You are so amazing!”
“Hee hee!”
Such a soft and cuddly little loli felt very comfortable to hold, and Liu Qingyan giggled as she hugged the little loli. “What is your name? How did you get injured? How did you end up here?”
At these words, the little loli trembled, and tears immediately welled up in her eyes. “Wah wah wah… Deputy General Xie might be dead! Wah wah wah… Deputy General Xie sent me in the wrong direction!”
Liu Qingyan hurriedly comforted her. “There there, do not cry, do not cry. Tell us slowly, what happened?”
…
This little loli was named Ao Qian, a descendant of ancient divine dragons, one of the four orthodox dragon clans of the East Sea today: the Jade Dragon Clan, the youngest princess of the current Dragon King Ao Jin.
Lu Zheng: (⊙o⊙)!!!
Liu Qingyan: (⊙ω⊙)!!!
The East Sea was vast and boundless, with countless islands, and sea demons held ruling status among them, the most powerful being the dragon clan.
The dragon clan’s bloodline inheritance was ancient and long-standing. Besides branch bloodline dragon clans like the chi dragon, pan dragon, kui dragon, qiu dragon, and others, there were the four orthodox dragon clans.
Gold Dragon, Jade Dragon, Azure Dragon, Azure Dragon!
Thus, the status of the contemporary Dragon King of the Jade Dragon Clan was self-evident.
“A few days ago, I was bored and came out to play, so Father sent Deputy General Xie to follow me. But just as we left the Jade Dragon Clan territory and reached the sea near the shore, that demon appeared.”
Ao Qian pouted. “Deputy General Xie could not beat him either. He was injured in just two moves, so he took another strike from that demon to send me away with the wind and rain.
However, that demon also seized the chance to send a strand of demonic qi over, striking me gravely. I had no choice but to use the transformation technique, turning into an ordinary koi, sealing all my extraordinary powers and phenomena, which also suppressed the demonic qi together.”
“So that is how it was.” Lu Zheng nodded, then asked again, “And the direction?”
Ao Qian lowered her little head. “Deputy General Xie’s true form is a crab, and his sense of direction has always been poor. He meant to send me back to Jade Dragon Clan territory, but he got the direction backwards. With the wind and rain all the way, he sent me to the middle and lower reaches of the Yi River.
I originally wanted to swim back, but it seems I got closer to that demon head, causing the demonic qi in my body to surge even stronger, so I did not dare return to the East Sea. Instead, I swam upstream against the current, probably for over half a month.
Just this morning, I was tired from swimming and fell asleep, and carelessly got caught in that fisherman’s net.”
Nodding, Lu Zheng understood.
He had robbed that Li Yong of a tremendous opportunity.
Perhaps that Li Yong would have no fate with cultivation in this lifetime.
That was for the best. Go and study in peace. This unpredictable and perilous cultivation world, best not to step into it again.
The waters are too deep; you cannot grasp them.
Brother will take it for you.
Lu Zheng: ^ω^
