Lin Wan naturally knew that Lu Zheng had always kept this rented flat, and she knew he had some secrets here.
However, since Lu Zheng never mentioned them, Lin Wan never asked. She simply pretended not to know. This was their unspoken understanding.
But this time, Lin Wan could not hold back. She had to find Lu Zheng.
From the years they had travelled together far and wide, Lin Wan had never encountered anyone else in this world with transcendent abilities like Lu Zheng. So she was almost certain that Lu Zheng was the only one.
At that moment, a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared in the sky, accompanied by a faint pressure of spiritual energy. Lin Wan was sure this was not some bizarre weather event, but a genuine manifestation of the transcendent.
And Lin Wan had never seen Lu Zheng produce a phenomenon like this.
So she urgently needed to find Lu Zheng and confirm with him what exactly was happening.
Arriving at the door of the flat, Lin Wan pressed the doorbell, thinking that if Lu Zheng was inside, he would open the door for her.
However, after waiting a moment, there was no sound from within.
Lin Wan narrowed her eyes, steeled her resolve, pulled out a wire, and poked it into the keyhole.
Click.
The security door opened easily. Lin Wan nervously pushed it open and stepped inside, cautiously looking around. There was nothing shocking as she had imagined, except for two people.
Two women.
Two women?
One wore a plain white ancient skirt with cloud patterns, the other a pale pink palace gown with peach motifs. Both were stunningly beautiful, like celestial immortals.
Lin Wan had never seen women of such exquisite beauty in real modern life. Her first subconscious thought was whether they had undergone plastic surgery.
“Who are you?”
Lin Wan reacted instantly, closed the door behind her with her other hand, raised her fists in a guard stance, and asked warily.
Though Lin Wan had once suspected Lu Zheng of keeping a mistress, she had never imagined he would hide women in the same neighbourhood as her, and these two were definitely not the type that could be hidden.
So they were very likely enemies.
Strike first.
The instant Lin Wan spoke, she charged forward. Her muscles vibrated, vital blood surged to the top of her head, and one hand reached for Shen Ying’s shoulder.
Since the situation was unclear, Lin Wan did not dare to kill. What if these two women were really just ordinary people?
Yet just as her right hand’s force neared Shen Ying’s shoulder, Shen Ying remained motionless and simply used true qi to deflect Lin Wan’s strength.
“The Eighteen Forms of Carrying Mountains?”
A smile appeared at the corner of Shen Ying’s mouth, her eyes full of nostalgia. At the same time, she confirmed that the woman before her was Lu Zheng’s. Smiling lightly, she said to Lin Wan, “Do you know that this Eighteen Forms of Carrying Mountains was something I taught to Lu Lang?”
Lin Wan countered with a curse seal, but it was still easily broken by Shen Ying, who nodded and said, “The Taiyuan Mysterious Scripture. I did not expect Lu Lang to keep his promise so well and truly pass on only the techniques he was allowed to teach others.”
Liu Qingyan sniffed, quickly pulled Shen Ying back, and said, “I have smelled her scent before, a long time ago. At the time, I thought she was one of Lu Lang’s confidantes from the Spring Breeze Tower.”
Having had two consecutive moves easily neutralised, Lin Wan finally realised how terrifying the two women opposite her were. They were at least existences she could not resist.
Yet…
“Lu Lang?” Lin Wan calmed her mind and asked gravely, “Do you mean Lu Zheng?”
At this moment, Shen Ying gently pinched Lin Wan’s wrist. Together with Liu Qingyan, they both saw the storage jade bracelet on Lin Wan’s hand.
The two women exchanged a smile and each showed the jade bracelets on their own wrists.
One was a white fox gazing at the moon bracelet, the other a peach blossom bracelet.
Though different in style from Lin Wan’s cloud-patterned jade bracelet, it was immediately clear that all three were made of the same material.
Lin Wan: Σ(°△°|||)︴
“So… you…”
Lin Wan stared wide-eyed, dumbfounded and speechless.
“We are also Lu Lang’s women. My name is Liu Qingyan.” Liu Qingyan gave Lin Wan a slight curtsey, pointed to Shen Ying beside her, and said, “This is Shen Ying. May I ask how sister addresses herself?”
Liu Qingyan was cunning. Though unsure who came first between her and Lin Wan, she immediately positioned Lin Wan as the younger sister.
Seeing Liu Qingyan and Shen Ying dressed in ancient-style clothing, speaking in an old-fashioned manner, and being so powerful yet completely unfamiliar, a wild guess had already formed in Lin Wan’s mind.
At this point, she no longer had time to think about Lu Zheng having other women.
“You…”
Lin Wan had only spoken two words when she forcibly stopped herself and instead asked, “Where is Lu Zheng?”
Liu Qingyan and Shen Ying turned their gazes towards the closed bedroom door, pursed their lips in smiles, and said, “Lu Lang is currently helping another elder sister heal her injuries.”
Seeing the ambiguous looks and smiles in their eyes, Lin Wan finally understood.
“There is another one!?” Lin Wan stared in shock. “Did he not say he only hid two?”
“Oh?”
Liu Qingyan and Shen Ying’s eyes lit up. One on each side, they took Lin Wan’s arms and said with charming smiles, “So Lu Lang has mentioned us?”
The two women’s movements seemed slow but were actually swift. Lin Wan could not resist at all, though at this moment she did not even try. Helplessly, she said, “He only mentioned it jokingly a couple of times…”
Worried that Lin Wan might disturb Lu Zheng while he healed Si Lingxi, Liu Qingyan and Shen Ying guided her to the sofa and sat her down.
“Younger sister, do not be anxious. That elder sister has suffered serious injuries. Lu Lang is healing her right now, so it is not convenient to interrupt.” Liu Qingyan said.
Lin Wan was startled, finally reacting, and hurriedly asked, “Is Lu Zheng injured?”
Seeing how anxious Lin Wan was for Lu Zheng, Liu Qingyan and Shen Ying felt satisfied and quickly reassured her, “Lu Lang is not injured. Younger sister, rest easy.”
Shen Ying’s eyes turned, she took Lin Wan’s arm, and said softly with a smile, “No point hiding things among family. Younger sister has surely already guessed our origins. Since you are also Lu Lang’s woman, we sisters will be one family from now on. There is no need to conceal anything.
So, may I ask younger sister’s name? While we have time, why not introduce this world to me and Qingyan? We can also tell younger sister about the other world.”
“I… my name is Lin Wan… I am an international criminal police officer…”
Knowing the two women were both Lu Zheng’s, Lin Wan was no longer afraid or nervous, though once she processed it, her feelings were complicated.
So Lu Zheng really did have two little wives. No, three… Together they could really play a full table of mahjong…
But soon, Lin Wan no longer had time to dwell on this.
“Outer disciple of White Cloud Temple, inheritor of the supreme Taiqing lineage, with a thousand years of cultivation?”
“You… you are a… white fox?”
“Peach… peach blossom fairy?”
“Phoenix?”
Meanwhile, Liu Qingyan and Shen Ying were endlessly curious about the television, refrigerator, and mobile phone that Lin Wan showed them.
“Spiritual energy is thin, unable to cultivate.”
“Industrial revolution? Technology?”
“Films? Games?”
…
One day and one night later, when Lu Zheng and Si Lingxi finished their dual cultivation, tidied their clothes, removed the sound-isolating barrier, and walked out hand in hand, they saw Liu Qingyan and Shen Ying sitting on either side of Lin Wan, the three of them together watching the film A Chinese Ghost Story on the television.
Lu Zheng: (´°Δ°`)???
