Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

The night was deep and everything was silent. Xie Yuchen was communicating with Hua Yu through the water mirror about an astonishing piece of news: a Xiezhi had appeared in one of Pangu's strongholds.

"Dad, this is so strange! Xiezhi has always been known for its fairness and strictness. How could it appear outside a stronghold like Pangu, which is full of evil?" Hua Yu asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Xiezhi? Is it true or not? Have you taken any related photos? Show them to me quickly." Xie Yuchen was eager to confirm the authenticity of the news.

At this moment, Zhang Qiling came over slowly with a bowl of steaming brown medicine and sat down next to Hua Yu. He said gently, "Be good, it's time to drink the medicine! Come on, open your mouth." However, Hua Yu showed extreme disgust for the bowl of medicine with a bad smell in front of him. He turned his head away and refused to open his mouth.

However, how could a smart person like Zhang Qiling not guess Hua Yu's thoughts? He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a sly smile. Then, he quickly put the medicine into his mouth, and then suddenly reached out and grabbed Hua Yu's head.

Hua Yu had never expected Zhang Qiling to do such a thing, and was a little distracted for a moment. At this moment, Zhang Qiling took the opportunity to put the medicine in his mouth directly into Hua Yu's mouth.

After Hua Yu came to his senses, he glared at Zhang Qiling with wide eyes, as if he was very angry at his forceful behavior of feeding him medicine. But when he saw that Zhang Qiling had no intention of stopping and was still preparing to feed him medicine in the same way again, Hua Yu finally couldn't stand it anymore. He quickly grabbed the medicine bowl from Zhang Qiling's hand, raised his head without hesitation, and drank the whole bowl of medicine in one breath. Finally, he put the empty bowl heavily on the table and gave Zhang Qiling a cold look.

Hua Yu frowned, pursed his lips, and tried to endure the discomfort caused by the bitter medicine in his stomach. He felt as if the medicine had turned into countless bitter insects, crawling wantonly in his stomach, making him so uncomfortable that he almost cried out. At this moment, a crystal clear candied crabapple with an alluring sweet fragrance suddenly appeared in front of her, like a ray of light in the darkness.

"Could it be that this medicine contains ten times the amount of Coptis chinensis? Why is it so bitter?" Hua Yu complained as she couldn't wait to put the candied crabapple into her mouth. Immediately, a sweet taste spread in her mouth, slightly alleviating the bitterness in her mouth.

Zhang Qi, who was standing aside, was so angry that he stretched out his hand and gently tapped Hua Yu's forehead, scolding: "Who told you not to sleep in the middle of the night? Your body hasn't fully recovered yet, but you ran outside to blow the cold wind and soak in the cold spring! Now you have caught a cold and are suffering!" After that, he waved his hand to signal the servants to come and clean up the medicine bowls, and personally brought a bowl of green plum soup that had been prepared long ago, and brought it to Hua Yu, who was sticking out his tongue to try to dispel the bitterness in his mouth.

At the same time, Xie Yuchen's figure was reflected in the water mirror in the room. He covered his face with his palm, but his fingers opened one by one like a naughty child, making the face that was mostly covered vaguely visible. Seeing this scene, Xie Yuchen couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wow~"

Upon hearing the voice, Xie Yuchen immediately closed his fingers together, pretending that he did not peek. He deliberately raised his voice and said, "Dad! I didn't see anything! But... you can't blame me entirely. If you want to blame someone, you can only blame my ears for being too sensitive. I accidentally heard something I shouldn't have heard!" After saying that, he blinked at Hua Yu with a sly smile.

"This is not Xiezhi! This is his brother or his half-Xiezhi!"

"Xie? What is that? How come Xiezhi has half a body? Why have I never heard of it?" Xie Yuchen put down his hand and looked at Zhang Qiling.

"They are two souls in one body. Usually, only Xiezhi appears. But if they encounter an extremely evil person, Xiezhi will be suppressed by Xie. I'm afraid the people in that base have too many secrets, or maybe the secrets are so important that even Xie can't help but want to come out."

After Zhang Qiling cast a spell to take the photo from Xie Yuchen's hand, he stared at the mythical beast in the photo.

"Father, how do you know that the person in the photo is Xie and not Xiezhi?"

Xie Yuchen looked left and right but couldn't see any difference in the Xiezhi in the photo. If there was any difference, it was probably its eyes.

"The eyes of Xiezhi are clear and bright, while Xie's eyes are full of malice! Xie will devour secrets. The only way to escape Xie's pursuit is to tell the secret, but once the secret is told, it is no longer a secret!"

"A secret that is told is no longer a secret, but Xie is a beast that eats secrets. How could he allow such a thing to happen? So, no matter whether the person says it or not, the secret will be eaten, right? Father!" Xie Yuchen is very smart, but sometimes being smart doesn't mean anything.

"No! No one will know about Xie's secrets, because only the secrets hidden deep in the heart that even oneself has forgotten can attract Xie. But how can such a secret that even oneself has forgotten be revealed?"

"So that person's soul was devoured by Xie!"

"Devouring the soul?" Xie Yuchen didn't understand why his father would say such a thing.

"Because the forgotten secret has penetrated deep into the soul, and if Xie wants to eat the secret, it will take the person's soul away as well. A body without a soul is just a shell. So, Xiaohua, what use do you think is there for such a shell?" Hua Yu looked at Xie Yuchen with a smile.

"Dad, you said that Pangu Evil Mind has no body, only a black mist!" Xie Yuchen suddenly realized something, "That base was specially prepared by Pangu Evil Mind for Xie, and it is also where he obtained his body!"

"Xiaohua is really smart. Pangu's evil thoughts have no body. If he wants to walk in the world like us, he must have a legitimate identity, and the body whose soul was eaten by Xie is the most suitable choice for him."

Xie Yuchen suddenly stood up and paced anxiously in the room. "If this is true, then Feng Yukui and his men may not be a match for those people! No, I have to write a letter to tell them!"

"Xiao Hua'er! Calm down! Feng Yukui and the others may not be unaware of this matter. They are cultivators and have different senses about this kind of crisis than ordinary people. I think they should have sensed the dangerous aura." Hua Yu's eyes darkened and his tone sank.

"Xiao Hua'er, although Fang Tiandao was severely injured after being attacked by Pangu's evil thoughts, he still has the necessary means. Xie doesn't seem to have any offensive power and only eats secrets, but it will be troublesome if you are really entangled by it."

"But, what forgotten secrets could I have?" Although Xie Yuchen was also afraid of Xie, he had had smooth sailing since he was a child. Even if he encountered the Wu family's mess when he grew up, he didn't think there was any secret that could attract Xie to follow him.

"You don't have any forgotten secrets, but that doesn't mean those who have forgotten their secrets won't come looking for you. If he comes looking for you or touches you, even though some of your little secrets wouldn't attract Xie's attention on weekdays, he won't let go of such little pastries if he comes across them."

Hua Yu took Xie Yuchen to her side and raised him up with care. Would she not know what secrets Xie Yuchen had? But there would always be someone who would use such a person to lure Xie to Xie Yuchen.

"Xiao Hua'er, you leave for Changbai Mountain early tomorrow morning. I will inform Uncle Liu and the others to deal with the Xie. After the Xie is dealt with, you can leave Changbai Mountain again."

Hua Yu didn't want to use probability to gamble Xie Yuchen's life. Even if the probability was only one in a billion, he couldn't afford the gamble!

"Daddy!"

Although Xie Yuchen didn't want to retreat without a fight, looking at Hua Yu's pleading eyes, Xie Yuchen could only nod in compromise, "Okay! Dad, I will leave Yanjing early tomorrow morning. However, if I leave now, will those people stop me halfway?"

Hua Yu thought about Xie Yuchen's words. If Pangu's people knew that Xie Yuchen had suddenly left, they might intercept him halfway. "Xiao Huaer, do you remember the green jade bead I asked you to carry with you?"

Xie Yuchen pulled out a golden rope from his neck. On the golden rope hung a hollow ball, and inside the ball was a bead shining with green light.

"Xiao Hua'er, if you smash this bead tomorrow, he will send you directly to Changbai Mountain."

Xie Yuchen held the pendant tightly and nodded seriously.