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Xuannv said silently in her heart, and then said: "You don't have to worry about this."
"How can I not worry about this? He took my disciple away... Alas, it's unfortunate for our sect."
Taoist Yuzhu sighed heavily, and then said slowly:
"To be honest, I can't always keep an eye on Lu Qing. How about I let Zhu Zhen live with Lu Qing for a while and be my spy? What do you think?"
"Doesn't she also know Jiang Lu?"
"They know each other, but I have questioned her and they don't seem to be familiar with each other."
Having said that, Taoist Yuzhu wanted to ask Zhu Zhen to prove it to Xuannv.
But unexpectedly, Zhu Zhen, who was still in the palace in the evening, was nowhere to be found at this time.
"Eh... weird, it should be here..."
Just as he was wondering, Taoist Yuzhu suddenly felt uneasy:
"Not good! Could it be... Grandmaster, please follow me to take another look!"
Chapter 350 Lion King Competition
“I don’t know what’s good to see…”
Xuannv muttered.
She was sure that Jiang Lu must be exhausted and collapsed in the cave now. Judging from his condition when he went down the mountain, he would have been almost dead even if he didn't have to hold on to the wall. Even if he wanted to, he wouldn't have the strength to do so.
But it was impossible for her to explain all these things to Yuzhu, and seeing that she was really anxious, she had no choice but to follow her reluctantly.
In the blink of an eye, the two arrived right above Jiang Lu's cave.
But just when Taoist Yuzhu was about to perform magic on the eyes, Xuannv suddenly stopped her.
"Master, what are you doing?"
Xuannv's face showed some struggle: "Well... I think it's not good to peep at others, right?"
Taoist Yuzhu was speechless for a moment. He stared at her for a long time before finally saying, "Are you kidding me?"
Xuannv didn't know what was going on. Although she wanted to pretend that nothing had happened before, when she actually got nearby, she always felt like there was something blocking her heart and she couldn't let it go.
At least just now when Taoist Yuzhu was about to peek at Jiang Lu, she felt inexplicably unhappy.
It’s not that she can’t peek, but... she doesn’t really want others to peek.
"Look, it's late at night. He might be asleep. If he has any strange habits when he sleeps, we might get stye if we see him."
Xuannv pressed Taoist Yuzhu's shoulder and turned around:
"That is to say, why not look at Lu Qing in the distance? At least we are all women, so we will be less shy."
After Taoist Yuzhu struggled to escape from Xuannv's clutches, he turned around with a puzzled look on his face: "Are you kidding me? Haven't you already seen what you should and shouldn't have seen? Why are you still so fussy about this?"
"Hey, hey, hey!"
Xuannv pretended not to hear and pointed to Lu Qing's cave:
"Look, she's at home, resting quietly by herself. There's no one else around, and she's not running around. Okay, now we're relieved. Let's go back."
Taoist Yuzhu was led by the rhythm without paying attention.
Looking down, I saw that Lu Qing was sleeping.
"Well, I wasn't too presumptuous." She nodded. Although she couldn't say she was relieved, she felt a little more comfortable.
"Hmm? That's not right." She suddenly realized, "It doesn't matter whether she's at home or not. Isn't Zhu Zhen the important thing now?"
"Alas..." Xuannv, who had already walked a few steps out, had to turn back upon hearing this, pretending not to care: "Forget it, to be honest, I really don't like doing this kind of thing, but since you are really worried, I will accompany you to look for it."
"Hmm..." Taoist Yuzhu seemed to be hesitant to speak.
That's because of the seniority relationship, otherwise she really wants to ask you why?
After all, it was you who led me to spy in the first place, wasn't it?
But now she didn't want to waste time worrying about these things. After making the worst-case plan, Taoist Yuzhu looked down again.
As the two of them saw Jiang Lu's cave through the thick mountain, Taoist Yuzhu exclaimed in despair: "How can it really be here?"
But then Xuannv asked doubtfully: "Did we see the wrong cave?"
The reason she asked this was because the current situation was a bit complicated.
This is obviously Jiang Lu's cave, but Zhu Zhen is here, which is fine, but the key point is that Jiang Lu is not here.
"It's okay, it's okay. Fortunately he is not here." Taoist Yuzhu breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Zhu Zhen is here, Jiang Lu is not here, so it is safe and you don't need to pay any attention to him.
"Compared to this, I think you should pay more attention to Zhu Zhen's mental health issues."
Xuannv frowned, looked at Zhu Zhen's strange behavior and said:
"Why is she not sleeping in the middle of the night, riding a stone lion alone? I think it's weird..."
"Huh?" Taoist Yuzhu was so focused on finding someone that he ignored the details.
Strangely enough, Zhu Zhen looked like he was possessed by an evil spirit, with a dull expression. He brought a stone lion from somewhere and sat on it, and no one knew what he was doing.
"Did she have this quirk before?" Xuannv asked.
Taoist Yuzhu shook his head in confusion: "I have never seen it either. Could it be wandering at night?"
"Night wandering?" Xuannv laughed dumbly: "People don't wander at night suddenly. By the time you discover it, it means that this situation has happened many times. Are you sure you haven't seen it?"
"This...I don't know either." Taoist Yuzhu blushed.
After Xuannv asked this, she realized that she was too busy and had not really paid attention to Zhu Zhen's daily life and habits. She was not even sure whether Zhu Zhen had the habit of sleepwalking.
"Night wandering is easy to explain." Xuannv suddenly became serious: "I'm just afraid that she has practiced some evil skills, or has gone astray."
Taoist Yuzhu was shocked and immediately said firmly: "Master, don't worry, this is absolutely impossible."
"I was just joking." Xuannv couldn't help but laugh when she saw Taoist Yuzhu was so nervous: "From her breath, we can tell that her spiritual power is gathered and not dispersed. There is no sign of it wandering around. It's impossible for her to be possessed. It seems that you are also confused and even forgot all this."
Taoist Yuzhu finally relaxed and said ashamedly, "I am confused because of my concern."
"She's probably out for a night out. Don't bother her now. Wait until tomorrow to ask her what's going on."
Xuannv collected her magical powers and prepared to leave. Before leaving, she said meaningfully:
"The sect's affairs are never completely dealt with. When you finish one old matter, there will always be new things coming up. I think you should spend more time with your disciples. If you are close to Lu Qing, how could she do something behind your back?"
Taoist Yuzhu felt as if he was struck by lightning.
That night, Taoist Yuzhu lay in bed, tossing and turning.
She kept reviewing herself and thinking seriously, if, as Xuannv said, she had really cared for Lu Qing, her most beloved disciple, would the situation today have occurred?
"Lü Qing was certainly wrong, but I also have an unshirkable responsibility..."
"I need to find some time to talk to her and listen carefully to her ideas..."
"This is a lesson for Zhu Zhen. Don't make the same mistake again..."
She reflected on herself and warned herself, and finally realized that there were some problems with the way she had educated her disciples before.
After thinking it through, she felt that her thoughts became much clearer. She had been tossing and turning and unable to fall asleep just now, but now, she was actually a little sleepy.
"Go to sleep."
She didn't think about it anymore.
In a daze, she suddenly thought of a question.
Where are the stone lions in Yaochi, including the main gate?
Where did she get the stone lion?
......
Zhu Zhen's legs, which could not stand firmly on the ground and had to stand on tiptoe to avoid being stretched open and closed, had already become weak and numb.
After getting down from the stone lion, she even became bow-legged, and she almost fell down several times just a few steps away from the bed.
At this moment, her heart, mind and mouth were in a mess.
"No more... No more animal friends..."
She kept repeating it incoherently, with a faint cry in her voice.
After hearing this, the stone lion actually stood up and struck a pose that represented the east wind.
Pulling off his silver-grey lion dance costume with holes on it, Jiang Lu raised his eyebrows in dissatisfaction: "Why, do you look down on me, the champion of the elementary school group of the Foshan Lion King Competition? Besides, wasn't it you who asked what the silver lion was?"
"Who knew you were talking about such a silver lion!"
Zhu Zhen cried and made a scene:
"I thought it was Master's master, and then... and then that yin..."
"Hey~" Jiang Lu stretched out his hand to stop him sternly: "Don't make fun of ethics."
"Anyway...anyway, I don't want this anymore. I'm almost broken." Zhu Zhen seemed to have been left with a deep psychological trauma and was determined to put lion dance on the blacklist.
"You only know your own feelings, but you don't consider that it's not easy for me either."
Jiang Lu sighed:
“Let’s not talk about the good fortune that I happened to buy this dress at the souvenir shop at the foot of the mountain yesterday, or the fact that I had to support myself backwards on the ground after bending down.
Just the fact that I have to walk on stilts to keep you from touching the ground is very difficult.
So don't take advantage of me, you've even used up all your skills for me, which is a unique skill that I don't perform easily."
"So, you are really the champion of the Lion King Contest?"
"That's right." Jiang Lu emphasized proudly, "And we are the champion of the elementary school group, not the kindergarten group, which is just a play-house competition."
"Okay..." Zhu Zhen nodded doubtfully: "Thank you for your hard work."
But before she could say a few nice words, she started grimacing again.
"It hurts..."