Chapter 231 Just as I Expected!
"It is a celebration that Yuzhou City is preparing to hold."
Just as Cui Hao was pondering, he heard a voice that sounded like music from heaven. He looked in the direction of the voice.
He saw A Nian and Zhao Wanqing walking towards him.
These must be the reinforcements Master called for.
Cui Hao suddenly felt a bit teary—worthy indeed of Master.
Simply too reliable! No matter the circumstances, there are never any issues at critical moments!
He hurriedly echoed, "Yes... it is a celebration. My brain was dead just now, and I didn't react in time."
Li Yingling ignored her fifth junior brother, who was acting a bit off today. She revealed a smile on her face and said:
"It's you guys. This event is quite big."
A Nian exclaimed with emotion, "Mm, the entire Yuzhou City is preparing. It's going to be lively."
"When is the event?" Li Yingling asked. "If I have free time that day, I will also come and participate."
The smile on A Nian's face stiffened slightly, and her gaze turned towards Zhao Wanqing.
Zhao Wanqing responded with ease, "It hasn't been set yet. It mainly depends on when preparations are complete."
"This event is considered somewhat sudden. When there is news, I will personally notify you."
"Will that be too much trouble for you?"
"Naturally not. After all, the Demon Suppression Division has also informed me to invite your noble sect to participate."
Hearing this, Li Yingling nodded lightly: "Then I will trouble you."
Hearing this, Cui Hao breathed a sigh of relief. Worthy indeed of the reinforcements Master found, truly reliable!
Li Yingling continued walking towards the city, her gaze examining the lanterns hanging at every household. Everyone seemed to be brimming with happy smiles.
She asked somewhat curiously, "Why is this event being held this time? Everyone looks very happy."
Hearing this, Zhao Wanqing did not dare to continue making eye contact with Li Yingling. After all, according to Chu Xingchen, this eldest disciple was a bit too clever.
She was afraid Li Yingling would see through her preparation to talk nonsense.
Looking towards the street, Zhao Wanqing said with a sigh according to Chu Xingchen's instructions, "That is naturally for that one matter. The entire Yuzhou City takes it very seriously."
"What... matter?" Li Yingling looked at Zhao Wanqing, who seemed to have said nothing at all.
The Demon Suppression Division squadron leader, who used to be capable in her work, now seemed to have lost her brain stem as well.
Have Evil Cultivators recently been specializing in refining human brains? Did her own fifth junior brother and this Zhao Wanqing both have their brains sucked out?
"Elder Sister, you don't even know about this?" Cui Hao said with a face full of surprise.
"It is naturally the celebration of Zen Forest Temple, preparing to celebrate Yuan Kong."
This matter still had a contingency plan. However, this excuse needed someone to coordinate before it could be said.
It was to avoid Eldest Sister launching a sudden raid on Zen Forest Temple after finding out.
There was a pile of things on the Zen Forest Temple side that needed to be covered up first.
So Cui Hao could only try to stall until someone came to back him up.
"Yuan Kong?!" Li Yingling's expression was slightly shocked.
Then, she seemed to realize something and sighed, "Is the Abbot Yuan Jing of Zen Forest Temple about to pass on soon?"
"No, no. Hasn't the Xuanwu Kingdom been suffering many disasters recently?" Cui Hao pointed at the people on the roadside and said.
"Consider it a blessing ceremony; Yuan Kong is just an add-on. Otherwise, why would everyone hang lanterns spontaneously?"
Li Yingling nodded lightly, seemingly accepting this explanation completely.
She looked at Zhao Wanqing and asked with curiosity:
"If holding such a large event, does one need to report it to the Demon Suppression Division or the government?"
Zhao Wanqing's heart gave a small jump. She looked at A Nian, only to discover that A Nian's gaze was also on her.
If nothing unexpected happened, this was probably the irrelevant question Chu Xingchen mentioned.
"Naturally, it must be reported." Zhao Wanqing nodded first to acknowledge.
Before Li Yingling could ask again, A Nian clapped her hands.
She looked as if she had suddenly realized something, but also as if she had caused a major disaster: "We're done for! I forgot all about it!"
"Did you forget that one we caught last time..."
Zhao Wanqing didn't wait for A Nian to finish. Her eyes widened, and then she started bidding farewell to Li Yingling with an urgent tone.
"I'm sorry... I forgot an urgent matter I need to handle. I must hurry back to the Demon Suppression Division."
Li Yingling nodded lightly: "Important matters come first."
"See you later. When the celebration starts, I will personally notify your noble sect."
Zhao Wanqing hurriedly cupped her hands in farewell, then immediately retreated with A Nian.
Worthy of being Chu Xingchen's eldest disciple... it only took two sentences.
The smile on Cui Hao's face remained unchanged, but he felt somewhat tired in his heart.
How did they retreat after just two sentences, leaving me all alone again?
Seeing Zhao Wanqing leave, Li Yingling's gaze leisurely landed on Cui Hao's face.
The expression that seemed like a smile yet not a smile made Cui Hao panic slightly in his heart.
Without asking anything further, Li Yingling just reached out and patted Cui Hao's shoulder.
She revealed an expression that said—you kid, watch yourself.
Facing his Senior Sister's expression, Cui Hao didn't know if this Eldest Sister had seen through it or not.
But he felt that Master's fist was far away, while the pills Master refined were getting closer.
Li Yingling didn't say anything more and walked towards the inside of Yuzhou City.
Cui Hao, holding the idea of never giving up until the last moment, cheekily stuck close to her again.
Sometimes it doesn't matter if things are messed up, but the attitude of handling them must be correct.
Even if it's a mess, one must stand there and pick up the feathers.
However, Li Yingling's itinerary for the next part was still somewhat relaxing for Cui Hao, body and mind.
Eldest Sister still went to find Lin Luoyu and Li Junzi first.
They met in an elegant pavilion by the river.
Facing Li Junzi, Eldest Sister appeared very patient.
Li Junzi's stalling tactics were very effective. Eldest Sister answered every question and showed no sign of impatience.
In the end, it was Li Junzi who proposed stopping here.
Probably because Li Junzi couldn't find any more topics to chat about.
After all, Li Junzi had started telling Lin Luoyu's embarrassing stories.
This made the Fourth Senior Sister nearby want to stop him, but she didn't dare to ruin the grand plan.
She could only let some childhood dark history spread.
In the second half of the meeting, Fourth Senior Sister basically acted like an ostrich.
When Eldest Sister naturally agreed, she once again expressed the hope that Li Junzi could return to the sect to stay.
After Li Junzi briefly declined, Eldest Sister didn't continue to invite him.
She instead told Li Junzi he could come to the sect to play again when he had time.
In short, Cui Hao could rarely relax during this meeting.
For some reason, Cui Hao suddenly felt that not talking was actually quite good.
In short, for this one matter, both Cui Hao and Lin Luoyu had put in a lot of effort.
If calculated carefully, Cui Hao actually still felt that his own Fourth Senior Sister had contributed more.
Cui Hao had a premonition that within the sect, a brand new story was about to set sail.
After the gathering broke up, the sky was gradually getting late.
Contrary to Cui Hao's expectations, Li Yingling did not go to Zen Forest Temple to investigate.
She chose to return to her residence instead.
It seemed as if the purpose of this trip to Yuzhou City was simply to greet Li Junzi.
But Cui Hao's heart was not that optimistic. Eldest Sister might have already seen through the clues.
Just as expected.
The moment they returned to the sect, Li Yingling turned her head to look at Cui Hao:
"You kid, are you causing trouble again? What do you plan to do at their celebration?"
Before, when Cui Hao heard this, he would first be stunned.
Previously, when he heard this, Cui Hao only felt it was a demonic noise piercing his ears—Eldest Sister was preparing to strike!
But now hearing it, he felt it was like music from heaven.
Cui Hao pursed his lips. For some reason, even though he hadn't slipped up, he now had a feeling... that was difficult to describe.
"In the end, I couldn't hide it from you, Senior Sister." Cui Hao laughed bitterly.
A look of "just as expected, you kid can't hide anything from me" appeared on Li Yingling's face.
"Don't say Eldest Sister doesn't look out for you. Stop causing trouble at their celebration, lest you lose face for our Immortal Sect."
"Be obedient this time and just watch with Eldest Sister. Eldest Sister won't report your bad deeds this time."
Cui Hao revealed a grateful expression:
"Thank you, Eldest Sister, for the grace of sparing my life..."
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