Feng Tingliu's health had improved. To hide the bruises on his wrist, he wore a tight-fitting outfit with cuffed sleeves when he appeared before everyone.
He sat on the chair next to Yu Chifeng, propping his head up with one hand, looking down at the people present with a lazy air. The moon-white outfit made his waist look narrow and his legs long. His silky long hair cascaded down. Even though his blood-red pupils were intimidating, he still gave the impression of an immortal who had fallen into the mortal world.
The people of the North Dragon Hall were rough people of the martial arts world. They had never seen such a temperamentally beautiful person before, and they were all stunned.
It was hard for them to imagine that the "Deathly King of Hell" that everyone had known in the past looked like this...
" Tsk." Yu Chifeng clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction at their reactions.
They were like a bunch of provincials, staring at his young master without end!
Feng Tingliu was already used to being stared at like this. He acted as if nothing had happened, sipping the hot tea in his cup.
"Hall Master, the people from Liudu City have arrived." Someone pushed open the main hall door and said.
"Okay, let them in." Yu Chifeng raised his hand to allow them.
The people from Liudu City entered the main hall, also attracting everyone's attention. Mainly because Yu Ji was wearing a bright red dress today, which was particularly eye-catching among the simply dressed martial artists.
Three people were sent from Liudu City: Xia Yi, Qin Qichao, and Yu Ji. They sat opposite the people of the North Dragon Hall. Seeing that although Feng Tingliu looked a bit sickly, he was healthy and safe, they all felt relieved. The main purpose of this trip had been achieved.
"Let's skip the formalities." Yu Chifeng said. He looked around and said seriously, "The main purpose of joining forces with Liudu City is to eliminate the Evil Cult and clear up the remnants of the Evil Extermination Society's collusion with the Evil Cult. Although we made a wrong judgment about Liudu City in the past, from now on, there will only be a cooperative relationship between our two forces."
Yu Chifeng's tone was serious, causing the people of the North Dragon Hall to nod frequently. They then turned to look at Feng Tingliu's reaction.
The beauty put down his teacup, slightly raised his eyes, his long eyelashes fluttering. His thin lips parted as he said, "What the North Dragon Hall Master said is extremely correct."
As soon as his cold and clear voice rang out, the people of the North Dragon Hall all pricked up their ears and couldn't take their eyes off him.
"Fortunately, City Lord Feng approves. Since City Lord Feng is not fully recovered, let's use tea instead of wine as the beginning of our cooperation." Yu Chifeng smiled, picked up the teapot on the table, and filled the teacups in front of the two of them. He then picked up his teacup and used it as a toast to Feng Tingliu.
Feng Tingliu curved his lips and raised his cup to touch his.
The clear tea entered his mouth, but it was more fragrant than wine.
Xia Yi watched the two people exchange glances while acting as if they were strangers to each other. He couldn't help but tug at Yu Ji'sHem and whispered to him, "What kind of new kink is this?"
"Mind your own business about the affairs of the young couple." Yu Ji whispered and rolled his eyes secretly.
"When did this big oaf become so authoritative?" Xia Yi said again.
"You don't understand. When these stinky men are successful in love, they all act so arrogantly."
"Hey, why are you scolding yourself?" Xia Yi pretended to be surprised as he looked at him.
"You brat...!" Yu Ji was so angry that he reached out to twist Xia Yi's waist but dared not scold him loudly because of the presence of a bunch of strangers.
Today was just a simple meeting between the two sides. The follow-up will still be handled by Yin Cang and Qin Qichao, the two young men, who will exchange information.
And the people from Liudu City also brought the items on Yu Chifeng's previous list. A carriage was pulled, containing not only the clothes and daily necessities that Feng Tingliu needed but also a new set of tobacco pipes and a special tobacco made by Yu Ji.
"Why, are you planning to settle down in the North Dragon Hall?" Yu Ji stood in front of a carriage full of items and teasingly asked Feng Tingliu.
"...This is all Yu Chifeng's arrangement." Feng Tingliu said helplessly. He tucked the tobacco pipe into his waist and sat down in the courtyard, watching the people from Liudu City busily carrying things into Yu Chifeng's room.
"Tsk tsk." Yu Ji couldn't help but click his tongue. "So, why did you call me here? Is your headache acting up again, or has your body become weaker and you need me to take a look at you?"
Feng Tingliu stroked the tobacco pipe at his waist, thought for a moment, and said, "The real name of the Cold Dragon Hall Master is Yu Lin."
As soon as these words were spoken, Yu Ji immediately froze in place. The smile on his face stiffened, looking rather comical.
After a while, Yu Ji came to his senses. His expression was normal, but his shoulders slumped.
"Is that so... No wonder, no wonder it's like this..." Yu Ji muttered to himself in a trembling voice. Suddenly, he looked up at Feng Tingliu and asked, "So, why is she targeting you like this?! After all, you killed... our parents, and it can be considered as helping her to be liberated!"
Feng Tingliu's gaze met Yu Ji's. Seeing the disbelief in his eyes, he actually hesitated.
Facts are always hard to accept, but hiding them is also cruel.
Feng Tingliu removed the tobacco pipe, put the tobacco into the pipe bowl, and lit it himself. He held the pipe in his mouth and took a light puff. The tobacco immediately glowed a faint red, followed by a cloud of smoke.
Holding the pipe, Feng Tingliu said in a low voice, "Alright, you should always know."
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Yu Chifeng's residence was not large. He never needed many things in his life, and there was still a lot of space in his original residence. Now, however, it was filled with Feng Tingliu's things.
Yu Chifeng looked at the bedroom filled with Feng Tingliu's presence and nodded in satisfaction. He placed the tobacco pipe stand in the most prominent position.
At the same time, Feng Tingliu pushed the door open, closed it, and walked slowly to the bed and sat down, casually leaning against the headboard.
When Yu Chifeng saw Feng Tingliu return, he sat down next to him, took off his boots, and let him lean inside the bed.
"Did you tell Dr. Yu about the Cold Dragon Hall Master?" Yu Chifeng asked.
"Well, he's sitting outside." Feng Tingliu pointed outside with the tobacco pipe.
Yu Chifeng turned his head and looked through the window.
Yu Ji was sitting on a chair in the courtyard, hunched over and silent. Although his bright red clothing was particularly striking, at this moment, it seemed dull and a bit disheveled.
"Let him calm down for a while." Feng Tingliu said again.
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Yu Ji sat outside for an hour. It wasn't until Xia Yi came to tell him to leave that he regained his senses in a daze.
Yu Ji did not leave with Xia Yi. Instead, he suddenly stood up and walked quickly towards Yu Chifeng's bedroom.
He knocked on the door, his voice urgent.
Yu Chifeng opened the door and welcomed him into the room. Before Yu Chifeng could ask if he wanted a cup of tea to rest for a while, he heard him speak quickly in a hoarse voice:
"You just said that her whereabouts are unknown. I have a way to find her!"
Feng Tingliu looked up in surprise and said, "What?"
"Since she once lived here, did she leave anything behind?" Yu Ji looked at Yu Chifeng and asked.
Yu Chifeng thought for a moment and nodded: "There might be some things left in the guest room where she previously stayed. She fled in a hurry and couldn't take many things with her."
"Take me to have a look!"
The three of them came to the guest room where Yu Lin had lived.
The room was neat, and there was almost no sign that someone had lived there. That was why no one had come to tidy up the room.
There were only some daily necessities in the corner, seemingly left by Yu Lin.
Perhaps they should search at this moment, but the three of them looked at each other and did not move - even though those were Yu Lin's things, they were also women's items. It wouldn't be proper for three men to search through a woman's things.
"Forget it, I'll do it." Yu Ji, as her younger brother, stepped forward, squatted down, and carefully searched.
"How are you going to track her? Could it be... with Gu worms?" Yu Chifeng couldn't help but ask.
"More or less... She shouldn't have left Gu worms here, but..." Yu Ji searched for a while and suddenly his eyes lit up as he took out a small box. He opened the box, which was empty but had some traces of Gu worms having been there.
Then, he took out a small earthenware pot that he carried with him, opened the wooden stopper, and poured the Gu worms inside into the small box.
That Gu worm was different from the ones Yu Chifeng had seen before. It was completely black with hairy legs, and just looking at it made one's whole body feel itchy.
The Gu worm sniffed around in the box but didn't react.
Yu Ji put the box on the ground and took out a knife as long as a finger from his bosom. In the next moment, he actually slashed at his left index finger!
Blood dripped and fell into the box.
The black Gu worm immediately frantically pounced on the blood, devouring the pool of blood.
Then, it blindly charged towards one direction and hit the inner wall of the box. It frantically moved forward but could only spin in place because it was blocked by the wall. After a while, it started to circle in the box again, but soon it charged towards the previous direction again.
"It worked!" Yu Ji disregarded the knife wound on his hand and carefully held up the box to show the two of them. "The direction it's moving is where Yu Lin is! The closer the distance, the more accurate it will be!"
Feng Tingliu looked at his finger and frowned. "You should deal with your wound first."
"Oh, oh." Yu Ji responded and put the box in Feng Tingliu's hand before taking out a gauze and casually wrapping it around his finger a few times.
"How did you do that?" Yu Chifeng looked at the bug crashing around in the box, greatly shocked.
"Because there is the smell of Gu worms in the box, and that's Yu Lin. Using my blood, which is related by blood, as a guide to let it identify the direction and become a compass." Yu Ji shrugged. "If I had known earlier that she was Yu Lin, using the blood of Feng Tingliu, who was poisoned by her Gu worms, along with my blood, we might have been able to find her earlier."
Feng Tingliu closed the lid of the box, looked up at Yu Lin, his crimson eyes filled with complex emotions, and asked:
"Now that you know she is Yu Lin and also know the truth of that year, are you still going to do this?"
"Rest assured, City Lord Feng. I am loyal to you." Yu Ji suddenly smiled, but there was also a hint of bitterness at the corner of his mouth. "Although those who are hateful must have their pitiful aspects, the evil deeds she has committed are still a reality. I don't hate her, but I can't forgive her actions either. Things have come to this, and her life must be used to give everyone an explanation."