March 7th thumped her chest proudly, "Of course! Wherever there's trouble, there's the Astral Express!"
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The crowd hurried over, just in time to see several Borisin locked in a fierce battle with the Cloud Knights.
Fu Lin frowned and asked, "Are these… werewolves?"
Stelle retorted, "They're kobolds!"
Dan Heng explained in a low voice nearby,
"They are Borisin, the main group of the Xianzhou's enemies, the followers of abundance."
Before his words fell, before Yanqing even drew his sword, a red light suddenly descended from the sky, stirring up a cloud of dust as it landed.
From within the dust, an impatient voice rang out, "Tsk, where did these big dogs come from, barking around here? They're ruining my fortune-telling business and scaring off all my customers, haven't they heard the saying 'cutting off someone's livelihood is like cutting off their way of life'?"
As the dust settled, they saw Fu Shi sitting cross-legged atop two unconscious Borisin, her face full of irritation.
Fu Lin teased, "Fu Shi, you're back to your old trade again?"
Hearing his voice, Fu Shi turned and, seeing the group, sighed helplessly, "So you're all here. As for the old trade… sigh, you know how it is. Even a hero can be stumped without a penny. I want to buy something, I can't just freeload, can I?"
"You'd actually pay willingly?" Fu Lin raised an eyebrow.
"Do I look like someone who freeloads?" Fu Shi raised an eyebrow back.
Fu Lin held back a laugh and didn't continue, one had to know when to stop.
At this moment, Yanqing stepped forward and saluted, "Thank you for your help."
"It's nothing, don't mention it."
Fu Shi waved her hand casually, but when her gaze swept across Yanqing's face, her pupils suddenly contracted, Ma Feima's image instantly flashed through her mind.
The next second, without hesitation, she summoned her longsword and thrust straight at Yanqing!
Yanqing, startled by the sudden attack, hurriedly drew his sword to block, then summoned several flying swords at Fu Shi.
But when it came to sheer numbers of swords, how could Yanqing, who had to buy his swords, compete with Fu Shi, who could conjure countless flying swords at will?
In just a few moments, he was forced back repeatedly, his expression grave and confused as he demanded, "I do not know you, why do you suddenly attack me?"
Fu Shi burst out laughing, "Hahaha! You don't know me, but I know you! You look exactly the same as when you were a child, good for you, Ma Yanqing, good for you, Ma Feima!"
On the side, March 7th watched nervously and tugged at Fu Lin's sleeve, "Fu Lin, why is Fu Shi suddenly fighting Yanqing?!"
Fu Lin sighed helplessly and quickly stepped forward to try to stop them, "Fu Shi, stop! He's not the Ma Yanqing we knew!"
Fu Shi rolled her eyes at Fu Lin but didn't slow her attacks in the slightest, "Of course I know."
"Then why are you-" Fu Lin's words were cut off by a clear voice.
Yanqing's eyes now burned with fighting spirit. Gripping his sword tightly, he said solemnly, "Lord Fu Lin, please stand back. This is a duel between swordsmen."
Fu Lin still wanted to persuade him, but Stelle walked up and whispered in his ear, "Dad, Yanqing is the 'Luofu's viral checkpoint.' Coming to the Xianzhou Luofu without fighting Yanqing doesn't count as really coming here, so don't worry."
"Checkpoints on the Xianzhou are this weird?"
Fu Lin gave Yanqing a strange look but didn't say more. Instead, he turned to slowly tell the group about Fu Hua and the Seven Disciples of Taixuan mountain.
After hearing the story, March 7th clenched her fists, her tone full of anger,
"Those seven disciples are awful! Fu Hua kindly raised them and taught them martial arts, yet they dared to kill their master!"
Kiana☆, who had seen Fu Hua's memories, was relatively calm, though the slight clench of her fists showed she was angry too.
Mei☆ couldn't hide her anger and murmured softly, "So the class monitor had such a heavy past."
"That's just too much." Elysia frowned, her voice full of disapproval.
Stelle crossed her arms, eyes sharp, "If it were me, I'd definitely make them taste the wrath of the Galactic Baseballer. Rules are made to be broken!"
After a brief struggle, Yanqing began to feel overwhelmed and soon fell into a disadvantage.
Seeing this, Fu Shi stopped, folded her arms, and said with a note of praise, "To have such skill at such a young age, you're far stronger than the one I knew. Not bad at all~"
"Yanqing admits defeat. Thank you, senior, for the lesson." Yanqing sheathed his sword, cupped his hands, and bowed respectfully.
Straightening up, he turned to the group and said apologetically, "This happened so suddenly. I've delayed you a bit, allow me to first find out what exactly happened just now."
Meanwhile, after hearing Fu Lin's story, March 7th only snorted coldly and ignored Yanqing, clearly projecting Ma Feima onto him.
Stelle followed suit, crossing her arms and turning away with a disdainful "hmph."
Dan Heng instinctively reached toward his waist, then suddenly realized and stiffly withdrew his hand, his expression unnatural.
Faced with the three's sudden coldness, Yanqing was baffled. Feeling it inexplicable, he wanted to ask, but remembered there was a more pressing matter and suppressed his confusion for now.
Yanqing turned to question the Cloud Knight captain and the Foxian Cloud Knight who called himself "Lord Lu," while Fu Shi moved beside Fu Lin, her eyes full of suspicion as she sized up Lu Jun.
She poked Fu Lin's arm and signaled him to lean closer, then transmitted her thoughts directly,
"Fu Lin, that Lu Jun and the captain beside him aren't good people. They're with those big wolves from before, trying to infiltrate something called The Shackling Prison to free their leader."
Fu Lin glanced helplessly at Fu Shi, she could use telepathy but still asked him to lean closer.
But hearing her words, he raised an eyebrow, instantly guessing she must've secretly used mind reading.
Fu Lin calmly asked, "Oh? Then what do you plan to do? Tell Yanqing?"
Fu Shi's voice came through telepathy, "Of course I'll tell him, saves trouble. Otherwise if something really happens, I'll have to protect Kiana☆ again, so annoying."
"True. Then it's time for me to show my hand."
Fu Lin nodded, rolled his neck, and before anyone could react, slapped Lu Jun's face.
Smack!
"Ugh!"
The crisp sound echoed as Lu Jun covered his face, staring at Fu Lin in disbelief, as though he couldn't understand what had just happened, a flash of anger flickering in his eyes.
The Cloud Knight captain beside him immediately raised his spear at Fu Lin.
Yanqing also frowned deeply, striding forward to stop him, his tone questioning, "Sir! What are you doing? Why did you strike my Cloud Knights for no reason?"
March 7th was startled by Fu Lin's sudden action and quickly spoke up, "Fu Lin! What are you doing? Hitting Cloud Knights will get you jailed!"
Stelle, still joking, put on an "I get it" look, "Dad must have some 'big plan' for doing this!"
Fu Lin's mouth twitched, and he glared at Stelle before slowly turning his back, not even looking at Yanqing, his voice calm, "These two are Borisin in disguise. Lu Jun is a fake name. Those Borisin you saw earlier, he's the one who released them. Their goal is a prison break."
"Lies!" Lu Jun's pupils shrank as he shouted angrily.
Yanqing naturally wouldn't take one side's word for it, his brows knitting tighter, "Do you have proof? Without evidence, don't blame me for showing no mercy and throwing you into the Shacking Prison."
Fu Lin looked at Fu Shi and said openly, "To tell the truth, my… wife here has mind-reading abilities. She told me this just now."
"Hey hey hey!" March 7th instantly latched onto the key point, her voice rising,
"How many wives do you have? And you and Fu Shi look so alike, don't tell me you're into bone, "
[System: Benefactor, such words must not be spoken!]
Before she could finish, Elysia chimed in playfully, "In the future, there'll be four. Mei☆ and I both want to be Fu Lin's wife~"
Stelle immediately looked at Fu Lin with envy and sighed slowly, "Dad, how come you haven't been chopped up with a cleaver yet!"
"Is that even human speech? Can't you hope for something good for me?"
Fu Lin half laughed, half fumed, truly wanting to open up Stelle's head, was it filled with a hundred thousand "abstract encyclopedias"?