abandon the universe

Lan Xiaobu pondered for a while and said, "Does Sect Master Xiao know Nightmare?"

"Nightmare? I have a nightmare in my body?" Xiao Yueshui looked at Lan Xiaobu in shock. Nightmare is too scary.

Lan Xiaobu nodded, "Yes, there is indeed a Nightmare in Xiao Zongzhu's body, but this is not an ordinary Nightmare, but Dan Nightmare."

Xiao Yueshui's fists turned white, and he fully understood what was going on.An alchemy infiltrated into his alchemy, as long as he made alchemy, the alchemy and alchemy would be swept away by the alchemy.So he couldn't refine the elixir at all.Even if it is cultivation, as long as he absorbs the vitality of the heavens and the earth, the vitality of the heavens and the earth will also be swept away by Dan Nightmare.

This Danmao in his body will grow stronger as time goes by, and will even occupy his body in the end, and Xiao Yueshui will completely disappear in this world.Xiao Yueshui couldn't help trembling when he thought that once he was occupied by Danmao, the suzerain of Yongyu Pill Sect was a Danmao, it was really too scary.

At that time, where will there be a pill in the entire Yongyu Danmen, and where will there be an alchemist?All are nutrients for the growth of Danmao.

It was precisely because Lan Xiaobu knew it was Dan Nightmare that he didn't dare to speak too clearly.Relying entirely on his own trust, when he was refining alchemy, he invaded his alchemy, and took the opportunity to kill alchemy.It can be said that Lan Xiaobu has to take risks in this process.

Once he doesn't trust him, he will join forces with Dan Nightmare to deal with Lan Xiaobu. Even if he trusts Lan Xiaobu, Lan Xiaobu may be backlashed by Dan Nightmare, and finally possess him.

Xiao Yueshui, who understood how much Lan Xiaobu's kindness is, bowed again to Lan Xiaobu, "Lan Xiansi, I, Xiao Yueshui, will always remember your kindness to me. As long as Lan Xiansi has any orders, I, Xiao Yueshui, He must give his life to help."

Lan Xiaobu hurriedly helped Xiao Yueshui up, "Sect Master Xiao is serious. I suspect that Sect Master Xiao was plotted against. Sect Master Xiao's alchemy is upright and peaceful, and he didn't take any crooked ways. Moreover, Sect Master Xiao's exercises are also very upright. , it is impossible to cause problems because of this, and it is absolutely impossible for Dan Nightmare to appear."

This sentence is more straightforward, that is Xiao Yueshui, your talent and alchemy are average, and you are really not qualified to give birth to alchemy.

Xiao Yueshui's face became more and more ugly, and after a long time, he sighed and said, "I know who attacked me, and that person is Yuan Ji. He is also a sixth-rank great immortal alchemy master, and he is Jiang Yan, the seventh-rank master of immortality. Elder Dan Dao of Pinxianmen Alchemy Valley. He planted Danmao on me, probably not to make Danmao grow to occupy my body, but to deprive me of my primordial spirit, and finally let Danmao become his body. The alchemy spirit."

In other words, it was to make Xiao Yueshui the spirit of the alchemy furnace.

This is not unusual, although this Dan Nightmare has not grown up, it has some value, Lan Xiaobu has no plan to exterminate the Dan Nightmare right now.

Since it is Yuanji's Danmao, it must have a spiritual connection with Yuanji.He helped Xiao Yueshui kill this Danmao, but he had to be careful with this guy Yuanji.

Xiao Yueshui didn't say anything more, and took out another furnace of Yanglin's elixir to start refining.

This time, in just two hours, Xiao Yueshui successfully refined a furnace of Yanglin elixir.There are twelve Cheng Dan, eleven high-grade ones, and one medium-grade one.

Each of these elixirs contains a strong alchemy and vitality.

Xiao Yueshui held the elixir in his hand and couldn't help himself.No one can understand the torment of loving alchemy all his life but being unable to refine a single elixir.The gratitude to Lan Xiaobu can no longer be described in two words.

"Sect Master Xiao, I'm going back to the Forbidden Immortal Division. Guangjie is at the Yongyu Pill Sect, please take care of him." Lan Xiaobu was delayed for half a year, and it would be hard to justify not returning to the Forbidden Immortal Division.

"Don't worry Lan Xiansi, I promise that the disgusting thing like last time will not happen again." Xiao Yueshui said solemnly.

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As soon as Lan Xiaobu got back outside the Forbidden Immortal Division, he saw Teng Mo approaching him from a distance. Before anyone arrived, a laugh came over him first, "Lan Immortal Division, I was about to go out, but I didn't expect to see you come back. Let's go, let's go , let’s go and see your new cave together.”

Lan Xiaobu despises this guy a little in his heart, go ahead and lie to the ghost, he asked Xie Chuan to come back first, it must be Xie Chuan who said he was back, that's why this coincidence happened.But Lan Xiaobu also wanted to know what kind of help Teng Mo wanted from him.If it's alchemy, it's easy, just refine as many furnaces as you want, as long as you have fairy grass.Of course, he has to charge part of the alchemy fee for alchemy.

If he was asked to join Teng Mo's camp and help in some messy competition for the successor of Xianting King, then forget it, he didn't have this idea.

After following Teng Mo to the fourth floor of Immortal Immortal Division, Lan Xiaobu discovered that his office had been moved from the right to the left.It turns out that the office of the Great Immortal is on the left, and the offices of the four little Immortals are on the right.Now the left side is the office of Lan Xiaobu and Teng Mo, while the right side is the office of the four little fairies.

As soon as he entered the office that Teng Mo had arranged for him, Lan Xiaobu understood that the eleventh prince of the Immortal Court King had invested a lot of money.The entire cave is made of spirit-gathering fairy wood. The cave is luxurious and spacious but not tacky. The rich fairy spirit surrounds the cave. At a glance, you can tell that there are fairy veins implanted underneath.Not only that, there is also a special alchemy room in this cave.

"Da Xiansi also implanted a fairy vein below here?" Lan Xiaobu felt that the grade of this fairy vein was higher than his own high-grade fairy vein. Could it be that this is the top grade fairy vein?

Teng Mo nodded, "Yes, it's just that I'm not rich. I only have a broken high-grade fairy vein, which was then implanted under the Forbidden Immortal Division. This fairy vein is mainly for your cultivation. I am currently cultivating If you can't rise in a short time, you don't need too much fairy energy."

Lan Xiaobu sighed inwardly, he brought dozens of high-grade fairy spirit veins in the ring, now it seems that he guessed right.Lingwei Immortal Territory is limited by the rules of heaven and earth, and the high-grade immortal spirit veins he obtained are actually only equivalent to middle-grade immortal spirit veins here.As for the middle-grade fairy spirit veins, it should only be equivalent to the low-grade fairy spirit veins.

Lan Xiaobu knew that Teng Mo must have something to do with him, so he simply invited, "Sis Fuji, please come in and sit down, I have some fairy tea that I get occasionally."

After inviting Teng Mo to enter the cave, Lan Xiaobu took out Qiefeng tea and poured a cup for Teng Mo.

"Good tea." Teng Mo praised Qiefeng tea after taking a sip.

Lan Xiaobu didn't care too much, Qiefeng tea can only be said to be okay, it is not considered a good tea in Moxuan Immortal Territory.

"Is there anything Daxian Si needs my help with?" Lan Xiaobu didn't have time to gossip, if he could help, he just said yes, and he couldn't help everyone with their own things.

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Teng Mo is not bad as the Great Immortal Division, and he also has a backstage division master, so Teng Mo can't do anything to him.As for Xiao Xiansi's position, he really didn't take it seriously.The only advantage here is to live freely. Of course, the wood attribute fairy vein that has not been obtained is also the key point.

He hadn't looked for Bian Yufeng before because he wasn't strong enough. Now that he is on the fourth floor of Dayi Immortal, he can look for that guy.

Teng Mo said seriously, "Lan Xiansi should know that I am going to participate in the Danbi in Moxuan Immortal Territory in Ascension Star Immortal Court. This Danbi is very important to me. Before I had no hope, I could only be a salted fish. Now I have Some hope, I don't want to give up."

It doesn't matter to Danby, it depends on how much it affects him.Lan Xiaobu didn't speak, he waited for Teng Mo to explain.

Although he has not been in Immortal Division for a long time, Teng Mo has already inquired about everything about Lan Xiaobu.As soon as Lan Xiaobu came in, he found Jin Buqiao's relationship and became a fairy Cao.Just a few months later, Lan Xiaobu let Ju Xiuruo go and used it as a bait to solve the case in Wumufang City, and by the way, killed Prince Jing's Mansion, and became Xiaoxiansi as a matter of course.

Even though Lan Xiaobu is a little fairy secretary, Qi Yunshu, the oldest little fairy secretary here, also listens to Lan Xiaobu.This shows how extraordinary Lan Xiaobu is.

Just because he investigated Lan Xiaobu, Teng Mo decided to tell his needs sincerely and not to play tricks with Lan Xiaobu.The case in Wumufang City seemed to be solved by Lan Xiaobu by coincidence, but Teng Mo didn't think so.How can there be so many coincidences?Any coincidence is due to strength.Whether it is planning or anything else, it is a kind of strength.

"My Ascension Star Immortal Court Immortal Court King is already in the realm of the Immortal Emperor, and soon I will have to retreat for a long time to hit a higher level, so the Immortal Court King hopes to pass on the Immortal Court Taoism. I have 15 brothers in total, and my competitiveness It's relatively weak, and even uncompetitive..."

Hearing this, Lan Xiaobu nodded inwardly, this Teng Mo is still honest.If this guy said he was competitive enough, or even had a bunch of backgrounds, he wouldn't be involved no matter what.If you cooperate with a dishonest guy, you may be killed by the other party one day, and you may not know it.

Teng Mo continued, "The Immortal Court King will select an heir through two comparisons. The first is Danby, and the second is how people live in the mortal world under his control. In the second competition, I will not lose to anyone, only the first I can't do anything about Xiang Bidou. Because the good elixir masters have already been invited away by them, or those elixir masters are not optimistic about me, even if I want to invite them, I can't invite them."

"Daxiansi..."

Teng Mo stopped Lan Xiaobu's words, "Xiao Bu, if you think highly of me, Teng Mo, please call me by my name. Daxiansi or something, it's obvious."

Lan Xiaobu didn't care about how to address him, and asked, "Brother Teng, what did you mean when you said you controlled the ordinary world?"

Teng Mo glanced at Lan Xiaobu suspiciously, and still explained seriously, "The realm of a fairyland is boundless, and there are many mortal planets living there. Only when the weather is good on these mortal planets will people survive. Even better, more geniuses will enter the Immortal Realm..."

Lan Xiaobu became more and more puzzled, "Brother Teng, are you saying that the world where mortals live needs fairy gardens to spread clouds and rain? Not only to prevent droughts and floods, but also to make people have no problems with basic necessities of life?"

Teng Mo pondered for a while and said, "There is nothing wrong with roughly saying this, but of course the facts are far more than that."

Lan Xiaobu chuckled, "All these things can be done by a slightly stronger monk. For example, a monk in the Real God Realm, is it not easy to do these things? Need the fairy court to send immortals to do it? If the monk is not willing to do it, Wouldn’t anyone do it in the Immortal Court? More importantly, I heard that the mortal world also has the way of heaven, spring, summer, autumn and winter alternate, birth, old age, sickness and death are the reincarnation of the law of heaven, where is there any need for human intervention?”

Teng Mo really didn't understand why Lan Xiaobu had doubts about these simple questions, and he said it clearly and logically. He could only explain, "It's not as simple as you think. The first monk in the true god realm can indeed do it." Raining in a small area, but the mortal world is so huge that even tens of thousands of monks in the true god realm cannot take care of it at the same time.

Not to mention that there are no monks who are willing to waste time doing this kind of thing. Even if there are monks who waste time doing this kind of thing, their rain is just a drop in the bucket, and it is barely enough for a small village with a radius of more than ten miles.Not to mention controlling one side of the mortal world and understanding the needs of this side of the mortal world.

Besides, when the monks cast rain with magic techniques, the effect is not obvious and the problem cannot be completely solved. Not to mention, it will also destroy the balance of the laws of the world and bury hidden dangers.If you spread the rain in front, there may be a severe flood or drought in the back.

As for the Dao of Heaven you mentioned, there are indeed a small number of mortal worlds where the Dao of Heaven has complete rules, and the cycle of the Dao is controlled by the Dao of Heaven. There are too few such mortal worlds. "

Lan Xiaobu frowned, "As far as I know, rain in the mundane world is automatically derived from the rules of heaven and earth. How can there be a theory of rain?"

Lan Xiaobu was very clear about how rain was formed.There is a lot of water vapor in the cloud layer, and it will rain when it reaches a certain thickness.In addition, water evaporates in the sun to form water vapor, and when water vapor meets cold air, it also forms raindrops.

To Gangjing Lan Xiaobu's question, Teng Mo just smiled, "There are countless things that the Immortal Court controls the mundane world, I just use cloth rain as an example, the rain in many places is just like what you said, the evolution of the rules of heaven and earth Not every rain needs to be intervened. But there are exceptions to everything, such as a certain place where there is no rain all year round, at this time human intervention is required, otherwise famine will result.”

Lan Xiaobu said lightly, "I don't understand this even more. A cultivator is not willing to waste time taking care of ordinary things. You said a fairy would take care of such things? It's just for the better survival of ordinary people. ?”

If Lan Xiaobu is asked to do this kind of thing, Lan Xiaobu thinks there is no problem.He himself came out as a mortal, and in his eyes, immortals and mortals are equal.The so-called immortals are just because they can live longer by stimulating the potential of the human body.Lan Xiaobu didn't believe that all immortal cultivators had this kind of thinking. Many immortals even went so far as to destroy a planet in order to cultivate.

Teng Mo hesitated for a longer time this time, and finally made up his mind and said, "Brother Xiaobu, there are some things that many people don't know, but I am willing to tell you. Do you know what a fairy court relies on to survive forever? "

Before Lan Xiaobu could answer, Teng Mo took the initiative to answer, "It's luck and the power of great will. In the vast universe, there is endless mysterious power. The luck cannot be touched, but it is always there. The luck in the fairy court depends on Condensed by itself, the power of great vows is worshiped by countless ordinary people. Some fairy courts call this power the power of merit. Immortals who work for the ordinary world can not only obtain a lot of luck and merit, but also It can strengthen the luck of Xianting and accumulate wish power. Besides, there is one more important thing..."

"What?" Lan Xiaobu blurted out.

Although no one heard it, Teng Mo still lowered his voice, "A monk wants to step into a higher level, or even reach an unprecedented height. He must have a place where he can condense his luck. The door can be an Immortal Court, or something else. No matter what form it exists in, you must have it. You should know why we are all fighting for the successor of the Immortal Court King, right?"

Lan Xiaobu suddenly understood something, no wonder he always wanted to build a fairy city, a sect, or even a fairy garden after he got the cosmic dimensional model.

It turns out that this is the place where one's great fortune is gathered. There are people like this, and he will step into a higher level in the future.

"If one's avenue does not have any place to condense luck, it is like a tree without roots and roots, which will eventually collapse. The heirs of Xianting King can also condense their avenue luck, which is for their own future For the sake of the Dao. Brother Xiaobu, in the future, your achievements will allow you to establish your own alchemy gate, and I will definitely help you with all your strength." Teng Mo's words can be regarded as a heart-to-heart to Lan Xiaobu.

Lan Xiaobu cupped his fists, "Thank you for telling me, tell me how this Danby compares?"

Hearing Lan Xiaobu's words, Teng Mo lifted his spirits, explained so much, and finally got to the point.

"This time, the entire Moxuan Immortal Territory attaches great importance to Danby. The Danby of the Yongyu Danmen was also for this opportunity. As long as the Yongyu Danmen can get the top ten among the Danbys of the Rising Star Immortal Court, they will have the opportunity to be promoted to Seven Stars Immortal Gate, at the same time get the secret realm and a lot of other rewards. Not counting these, there is also a chance to represent Rising Star Immortal Court to participate in the Danby of Moxuan Immortal Court. If you get another ranking, the reward will be even richer."

No wonder Xiao Yueshui attached so much importance to this Danbi, it turned out that he wanted to promote the Yongyu Pill Sect to the Seven Star Immortal Sect.

Teng Mo continued, "We have fifteen sons of the Immortal Court King, but now there should be only fourteen. As long as you represent the Rising Star Immortal Court to participate in the Dan Contest of Moxuan Xianlu and get the results, you will have the opportunity to become the heir of the Immortal Court King. "

Lan Xiaobu asked, "Then do I have to participate in the Dan competition of Rising Star Immortal Court first, and after being selected, I can represent you in the Dan competition of Moxuan Immortal Territory?"

"No, as the sons of the Immortal Court King, we are all eligible to directly participate in the Moxuan Immortal Domain Dan Competition, but each of us can only choose two elixir masters. Because I was not favored, I haven't selected any elixir masters who can participate in the competition until now. " Teng Mo said with a sigh, because he couldn't choose, he wanted to see the Yongyu Pill Sect that others despise.

"What are the requirements for the elixir masters participating in the Moxuan Immortal Domain Dan Competition?"

"As long as the age does not exceed [-], you can participate."

After Teng Mo explained, he felt that it was not enough, and added again, "Danbi No.1 in the Moxuan Immortal Territory will get a top-grade immortal spirit vein with a fire attribute. In addition, he will also get an Houtian Spiritual Treasure Pill Stove. Rumors After this pill stove comes out, everyone wants it. Unfortunately, there is only one pill stove, and it is simply used to reward Danby No.1. By the way, there is also a small world."

Lan Xiaobu said without hesitation, "Brother Teng, I will participate in this Danby, please tell me when it will start."

If you don't fight for so many good things, you're a bastard.

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Teng Mo was overjoyed, "There is still one and a half years left, and this period is for the Danbis in the major fairy courts. Brother Xiaobu can use this time to improve his alchemy level, if you need any fairy grass, just let me know. "

"Thank you very much. I still have some fairy grass. If brother Teng can help me get a fire origin crystal, that would be the best." Lan Xiaobu said casually.What he was worried about was his fairy flame, which was only level three.If you want to refine the seventh-grade elixir, it is best for Xianyan to rise to the fifth to sixth level.

Hearing Lan Xiaobu's words, Teng Mo looked a little embarrassed, "I really can't get this."

He was also very speechless, Huoyuanyuanjing?Don't talk about him, even his father may not be able to get it.This Lan Xiaobu can really open his mouth like a lion.

Lan Xiaobu might be hard to get, but he didn't care, "If that's the case, let's forget it. I plan to retreat here for a while, by the way, why didn't I see Jianxiancao and Guangxiansi?"

Teng Mo hurriedly said, "Guang Xiansi went to handle a case, and Jian Xiancao went with him. Lan Xiansi, you can retreat as you like, and I will call you when the time comes."

"Then thank you, Brother Teng." Lan Xiaobu thanked him.

Fuji Mo also got up to say goodbye.

With Lan Xiaobu, the Great Immortal Alchemist, he has a chance.As long as Lan Xiaobu's grades are not much worse than the other sons of the Immortal Court King, he can also get points from other places.

Another purpose of looking for Lan Xiaobu is to tell his father.Even though he, Teng Mo, had little hope, he did not give up his right to inherit.Not only that, but he also found a great alchemist like Lan Xiaobu.

After Teng Mo left, Lan Xiaobu checked the restrictions in his cave, and these restrictions were all from level three to level four, which could only be considered average.The main purpose of his inspection was to see if there were any monitoring restrictions here.

The result of the inspection reassured Lan Xiaobu that there were no surveillance restrictions, but the restrictions and guards here were poorly arranged.Without hesitation, he removed all these protective formations and restrictions, and then set up a six-level defensive formation and a strangulation formation in the cave.In addition to the sixth-level defensive formation, he arranged several third-level immortal formations.

After doing this, Lan Xiaobu took out the mark that Bian Yufeng had left on him.Before, his cultivation base was too low, so he just peeled off the mark and didn't check the mark.Now that he is on the fourth floor of Dayi Immortal, he can completely check this mark.

In order not to let Bian Yufeng notice, Lan Xiaobu's spiritual thoughts carefully infiltrated into the imprint.Although Lan Xiaobu only has the fourth level of Dayi Immortal, his divine sense is definitely far stronger than Bian Yufeng.In just a short time, Lan Xiaobu caught the information in Bian Yu's Fengshen Nian imprint.

"This person is the first-class immortal Cao of the Forbidden Immortal Division..."

There is only this bit of information in the imprint of divine sense, and Lan Xiaobu understands this meaning.This means that he is only a first-level fairy Cao.But what is the main purpose of leaving this imprint of divine sense and leaving this message?Is it just to tell others that Lan Xiaobu is only a first-level fairy?This reason is really ridiculous.

Maybe there is such a possibility, Bian Yufeng's accomplices don't know that Bian Yufeng was arrested by the Forbidden Immortal Division, and Bian Yufeng put this mark on him to tell his accomplices that he is now imprisoned in the Forbidden Immortal Division, and he, a first-level immortal, can see him To Bian Yufeng.If so, it makes sense.

This should be the only reason.

Lan Xiaobu attached this imprint of divine sense to himself again, and then left the Forbidden Immortal Division.He intends to show off everywhere, and it is best to make Bian Yufeng's accomplices notice him.In order not to let the Forbidden Immortal Division know, Lan Xiaobu deliberately transformed into the appearance of Yan Chengjian, the owner of Yan's Immortal Villa.

Lan Xiaobu first went to several large and small markets around him. He wandered around in all the large and small markets, but no one came to him.In desperation, Lan Xiaobu went to Tianjiang Fairy City again.Tianjiang Immortal City is the largest Immortal City in Jiangyan Immortal Dao, monks from all walks of life gather here every day, and the people who come and go are extremely chaotic.

After the boring Lan Xiaobu wandered around Tianjiang Fairy City for a few laps, no one paid attention to the marks on his body, which made Lan Xiaobu very disappointed.That Bian Yufeng's friend is a bit unreliable, he has shown off in such a high-profile way, and he hasn't been found yet?

Turning east and west has wasted more than ten days, Lan Xiaobu decided to go back and ask Bian Yufeng.After entering the Forbidden Immortal Division, he couldn't believe that he couldn't find out who had the top-grade wood-attribute immortal spirit vein.

A burst of pleasant fairy music came, and Lan Xiaobu, who was still wandering on the street, was also attracted.Then he saw eight beautiful fairies standing around a fairy chariot, and a woman was sitting on the fairy chariot.

Lan Xiaobu is not someone who has never seen beautiful women, whether it is Luo Caisi or Liu Li, they are all extremely beautiful women.Because Luo Caisi has never practiced before, many beauties cannot be reflected as vividly as the immortals.But the woman in front of him, Lan Xiaobu admits, is the most beautiful one he has ever seen.

Between his eyes and his eyes, there was an air that other women could envy for a lifetime.Even if she is sitting, that graceful figure has been automatically formed in everyone's mind, which is a kind of impeccable beauty.

As a bystander, Lan Xiaobu was obviously far away from the woman on the fairy chariot, so he could feel that beautiful woman smiling at him.

It's amazing, Lan Xiaobu is sure that this woman's exercises are very unusual.

"This is the eighth daughter of Rising Star Immortal Court King, Teng Man'er. Don't think that she is just beautiful, but her biggest advantage is not her appearance. Of course, beauty is also recognized, she is the number one beauty in Rising Star Immortal Court. "An abrupt voice sounded beside Lan Xiaobu's ear.

Lan Xiaobu saw that the person who spoke was a middle-aged man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and his cultivation should be around the late stage of Dayi Immortal.

"What is her greatest strength..." Lan Xiaobu asked subconsciously, but his words stopped abruptly, thinking to himself, this bastard finally came.

Because at this moment, he felt the imprint of Bian Yufengxia's spiritual sense on his body move, and it was obvious that the middle-aged man who spoke had stripped the imprint of his spiritual sense from him.Not only that, but the other party also placed a new imprint of divine sense on him.

The middle-aged man seemed to be even more happy after taking away the imprint of divine thoughts, and he smiled, "She is a top-notch alchemist. It can be said that there is no one in the entire Rising Star Immortal Court who is more talented in alchemy than her. She is already a Stepping into the ranks of the seventh-rank elixir kings in half a step, she is very popular with the Immortal King of the Rising Star Immortal Court. This time, she will definitely participate in Danby of the Moxuan Immortal Territory."

"It's amazing, it's really amazing." While talking, Lan Xiaobu also imprinted a divine sense imprint on the guy beside him.

As the chariot passed by, Lan Xiaobu sighed before turning and leaving.Lan Xiaobu was sure that the other party would follow him out of the city.

What Lan Xiaobu didn't expect was that a pretty woman in a green dress blocked his way just as he was walking for a while.

He knew this woman, she was one of the eight maids beside the fairy chariot.