Chapter 96 Yellowing Parchment
Chapter 96 Yellowing Parchment
"Master Liu Xi, this is your residence."
Liu Xi was brought by the maid to a courtyard in the core of the Xiao family's complex and looked around.
This place to stay is nice. There are trees and potted plants in the yard, which add a sense of shade. Some of the decorations are very elegantly carved, which is obviously very pleasant in this hot summer.
Suddenly, Liu Xi noticed the maid beside him from the corner of his eye. Her body was trembling slightly under her clothes. It was unknown what she was afraid of.
His thoughts were turning quickly, and he noticed that she was avoiding his gaze and didn't dare to look at him. He felt speechless for a moment.
He moved his feet and walked up to the maid.
Sure enough, the amplitude of his body shaking increased a lot, and he was about to run away in front of him.
"No, am I that scary? I don't eat people. Why are you like this?" Liu Xi said unhappily.
Hearing this, the maid lowered her head, clutched the corner of her clothes tightly with both hands, her teeth chattered, and she hesitated for a while, but she still spoke:
"She...they...they all said that Master...Master, you are lustful and they are afraid to serve you, fearing...fearing that their innocent bodies will be ruined..."
Hearing this, Liu Xi did not move.
After a long time, the little maid didn't see Liu Xi's reaction, so she glanced at him cautiously, only to find that he was actually staring at her with wide eyes.
This frightened her so much that she quickly lowered her head and tightened her neck.
However, her action did make Liu Xi laugh.
Taking a deep breath, Liu Xi waved his hand and said:
"Alright, alright, I'll say it again, I don't 'eat people'! You're a girl, how can you just believe everything you hear? Don't listen to those rumors outside, they're not true!"
"……oh……"
The little maidservant might not have recovered yet, so her reaction was a little slow, and it took her a long time to respond.
Seeing this, Liu Xi twitched the corner of his mouth.
Turning around and stroking the back of his neck, he said, "Now I'm going to give you a task. Do you know where your young patriarch lives? Call him over and tell him I have something to tell him."
"Yes... yes, sir."
After responding, the little maid ran out of the courtyard as if she was "escaping".
In the courtyard, Liu Xi glanced at the little maid's back, raised his hands, and pressed them on both sides of his temples.
……
A few moments.
Xiao Yan, dressed in black, was informed by the maid and came to the villa.
The two entered the house and waved away the maid. Xiao Yan couldn't help but said:
"Brother Liu, did you do something to that maid? I saw she was so scared of you."
Liu Xi was speechless. He reached out and touched the tip of his nose and said:
"I just finished talking to your father and the others in the meeting hall. As soon as I arrived at this residence, I asked her to find you. She hasn't been idle for a while. What can she do?"
Hearing this, Xiao Yan chuckled. He was just joking and didn't really think so. After all, that night at the Jialie family, the two of them had "exchanged information" on some issues and knew that he was not the same person as the "scumbag" before.
"By the way, Brother Liu, you didn't let anything slip in the hall just now, did you?"
Changing the subject, Xiao Yan asked about something he was more concerned about.
Seeing this, Liu Xi's eyelids drooped, he smacked his lips, looked at Xiao Yan, and said:
"Don't worry, I've covered it for you. From now on, the Xiao family's top management, that is, your father and others, basically believe that my master has some connection with the senior next to you, and think that I agreed to be hired by the Xiao family because of this relationship."
Hearing this, Xiao Yan smiled and rubbed his hands, saying: "That's good, that's good..."
Liu Xi saw that there seemed to be a light flickering in his dark eyes, and he wondered what this guy was planning.
Of course, he did not think much about it. When he agreed to let Xiao Yan come to the Xiao family, he had already guessed that Xiao Yan, this sinister guy, not only wanted him to come to the Xiao family to "take charge" and consolidate the profits of the market, but more importantly, he must want to use his identity as a pharmacist to secretly provide some "help" to his own family and father, or he might have some other thoughts.
"Brother Xiao Yan, the reason why I asked someone to find you to meet me as soon as I arrived at the Xiao family is that I want to discuss some things with the senior next to you."
They had been chatting for a while and the atmosphere was good, so Liu Xi went straight to the point.
"what?"
Upon hearing the voice, Xiao Yan's deep eyes slightly opened, and then he said with difficulty:
"Brother Liu, I'm afraid I can't make the decision on your matter. It depends on my teacher's own wishes, but he...he..."
Speaking of the latter, Xiao Yan hesitated to talk. Seeing this, Liu Xi of course knew his situation. He knew that Yao Lao beside him had become less trusting and unwilling to deal with people because of some things. Moreover, his current soul body's state had to be prevented from being revealed to prevent the people in the Soul Palace from finding any clues.
He had anticipated the current situation, and when he saw Xiao Yan suddenly fall silent, he guessed that he must be communicating with Yao Lao at this moment. He stopped dragging his feet and responded very directly by taking out something from his storage ring.
At the side, although Xiao Yan had been communicating with Yao Lao in his mind, he had always been paying attention to Liu Xi and noticed his actions at the first moment.
"Brother Liu, what are you doing?"
Facing Xiao Yan's question, Liu Xi remained silent and did not answer for the time being. He just slowly spread out the yellowed parchment in his hand that was rolled up into a bundle and made of unknown material.
As the parchment unfolded, the things depicted on it were exposed to the sight of the "three people" in the room.
"Teacher..." Seeing this object, Xiao Yan realized that this was probably what Liu Xi used to impress his teacher, and he couldn't help but call out Yao Lao in his heart.
"Don't talk yet, I'm watching..."
Before Xiao Yan could say anything more, Yao Lao's solemn and serious voice sounded in his mind.
Hearing the importance in Yao Lao's tone, Xiao Yan reported it in his heart and began to look at the yellowed parchment carefully.
There were some seemingly irregular patterns on it, just like ghostly talismans. His eyes followed the lines, moving slowly around, but in the end his eyes moved out of the parchment.
This? ? ?
Xiao Yan really couldn't understand this thing, so he didn't say anything and waited for his teacher to continue.
He believed that Yao Lao must have discovered something.
For a moment, the house was silent.
No one spoke, which was inexplicably strange.
In front of him, Liu Xi looked at Xiao Yan silently. Suddenly, he grasped the two corners of the mysterious parchment with both hands, slowly released them, and placed them on the long table beside him.
Xiao Yan saw that in the hidden corner of the parchment he was holding, there was a lotus-shaped object depicted. The lotus was black, but because there was a thin layer of black flame attached to its surface, it looked mysterious and strange.
I just feel that it is not ordinary.
"This... could it be the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire?"
In my mind, Yao Lao's voice, which had been silent for a while, suddenly rang out.
……
(End of this chapter)