I am a boss in the world of nine uncles

half an hour.

Inside the Lintian Pavilion.

The ceremony concluded, and the disciples left.

Ling Yue smiled and walked up to Qin Yao, raising his hand to pat his arm lightly: "Tu Su, I am very happy to see this scene, and I am very happy that you have received this honor."

"Thank you, senior brother."

"Now that you're an elder, just call me Ling Yue."

"No." Qin Yao shook his head firmly: "Elder is just a title, not a seniority. Seniority cannot be confused."

Seeing his sincere expression, Ling Yue felt a sense of relief: "Alright, no matter how our identities change, we will always be the closest and dearest brothers and sisters."

Qin Yao chuckled and then asked, "Senior brother, could I ask you for a favor?"

"What kind of help?" Ling Yue asked.

"While I'm down the mountain, please feed Ah Xiang for me," Qin Yao said softly.

This Ah Xiang was originally a gyrfalcon raised by the original owner of the body. After Qin Yao took the place of Li Tao, he did not mistreat the bird and would often feed it some fine pork belly.

But once he leaves, no one knows when he will return, so naturally a new owner needs to be found for him.

Ling Yue nodded slightly: "Okay, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of A-Xiang for you!"

"Thank you, senior brother."

Qin Yao sincerely thanked him, then looked at the smiling sect leader and said, "Sect leader, Qingxue and I will now descend the mountain."

The sect leader waved his hand and said, "Go, but don't forget to come home."

"The two of them..."

After a short while, watching the two figures walk away side by side, Ling Yue seemed to be deep in thought.

The sect leader smiled and said, "Love arises without knowing its origin, yet it makes people vow to follow each other to the death. Ling Yue, you should also think about your own important life matters. My Tianyong City does not forbid its disciples from falling in love."

Ling Yue gave a dry laugh.

He used to be able to use helping Tu Su suppress the Fenji Qi as an excuse, but now that excuse is gone, and it's time to face Fu Qu's feelings head-on...

a few days later.

Guanzhong Plain.

Qin Yao released his divine sense to scan the eight hundred miles of Qin Chuan, but he could not sense Ouyang Shaogong's aura, nor could he determine whether he had not returned to his hometown or whether he was carrying a magical artifact that could conceal his presence.

"Did you find it?" After a short while, seeing him withdraw his gaze, Chang'e asked softly.

Qin Yao shook his head: "No."

"Where do we go now?"

Qin Yao raised his hand and pointed westward, saying with a smile, "Qinchuan City!"

Half an hour later.

Qinchuan Castle.

Baishi Lane.

A plump woman led the two into a small courtyard, smiling broadly as she said, "This is the courtyard. The monthly rent is four hundred coins. What do you two think?"

Qin Yao turned to look at Chang'e and asked, "How are you feeling?"

"It's alright, it'll be just about right after a little more tidying up," Chang'e replied with a smile.

"Then let's settle it." Qin Yao raised his hand and handed a silver ingot to the woman, smiling, "You deduct the amount yourself, and come find me when you're done."

"Good good."

The woman hurriedly took the silver and said, "Then I won't bother you any longer. As long as you don't tear down my courtyard, you can do whatever you want with it."

"Wait a minute." Qin Yao called out to the other person, "Sister Feng, I have two more things to ask you."

"You said that I would tell you everything I know."

Faced with such a wealthy customer, Sister Feng was much more patient than usual.

Qin Yao asked, "Have you ever heard of the name Ouyang Shaogong?"

“Ouyang Shaogong? Isn’t he just the young master of the Ouyang family?” Sister Feng said.

"Where does he live?" Chang'e asked immediately.

"It's in Qianqiu Lane in the West District, the courtyard that bears the name of the Ouyang family. But over the years, it seems there's only been an old woman looking after the house, and the young master Ouyang has disappeared without a trace," Sister Feng replied.

Qin Yao's mind stirred slightly.

The old woman the other party mentioned should be Xunfang, who used the alias Jitong.

"Another thing, has anything new happened in the city lately?"

"Is it anything new that there are flower thieves?" Sister Feng asked rhetorically.

"A flower thief?" Chang'e frowned slightly.

Sister Feng looked at her face and said seriously, "You are beautiful and have a slender figure, which makes you quite dangerous."

Remember not to go out at night, and even if you must go out during the day, don't wander around alone.

Through the flower thief incident, Qin Yao figured out Ouyang Shaogong's timeline, or rather, his destiny's progress bar.

If nothing unexpected happens, the other party will return to Qinchuan in three to five days, or at most ten days, thus starting the Flower Thief instance.

"Any other questions?" Sister Feng asked.

Qin Yao waved his hand: "That's all, Sister Feng, take care."

"Okay, if you need anything, come to my house and find me." Sister Feng waved and quickly left.

The next day.

afternoon.

Just as Qin Yao and Chang'e were arranging several potted green plants, a group of constables in black hats and red uniforms with knives at their waists suddenly rushed into the courtyard. The leader glanced at the two of them and asked in a low voice, "You look unfamiliar, you're not from around here, are you?"

Qin Yao nodded: "No... is there something wrong?"

"Show me your ivory tags," the lead constable said in an unquestionable tone.

"What is a tooth token?" Chang'e asked, puzzled.

"It's just an identification document," Qin Yao replied, but because he wasn't sure what form the ivory tag took or what information was written on it, he couldn't conjure it up.

"You don't even know what a 'tooth token' is, so how did you get to Qinchuan City?" the lead constable questioned.

Qin Yao said, "This is my wife; she's registered under my household registration."

The lead constable nodded: "Then where's your ivory tag?"

"I lost it," Qin Yao said. "To be honest, I'm staying here temporarily because I lost my ivory token."

The head constable paused slightly, then said, "There's a lot of flower thieves causing trouble in the city right now, and everyone without a warrant has to be taken to the yamen for questioning. So, please come with us."

Qin Yao smiled and, with a flick of his finger, controlled them using the Law of Seven Emotions and Six Desires, ordering, "There's no need to investigate here anymore. You can go back."

"Yes." The constables clasped their hands in acceptance and quickly left.

Only after they left Baishi Lane did Qin Yao lift the influence of the law, allowing the constables to return to normal.

"The government is taking this so seriously; it seems that the flower thief has indeed harmed many people." Chang'e silently withdrew her gaze and turned to say.

Qin Yao understood what she meant.

But doing good deeds, or rather, standing up for justice... After a moment's thought, he summoned the Guhuoniao with a wave of his sleeve and said indifferently, "There's something I need you to do."

The Guhuoniao didn't want to do it, but dared not refuse, so she cautiously asked, "What is it?"

"Find the flower thief in this city, and then... kill him," Qin Yao ordered.

The Guhuoniao looked completely bewildered: "M-Master, I don't know how!"

"I'll give you a hint: the flower thief might be hiding in Sun Yueyan's house. Go ahead," Qin Yao said, waving his hand.

The "flower thief" arc takes up a significant portion of the original series. From investigation to suspicion, and finally bringing the flower thief to justice, the main characters spent a considerable amount of time on it.

Even more so, the drugged flower thief was stronger than Tu Su wielding the Burning Sword. If Tu Su hadn't been possessed by a demon, he really wouldn't have been able to defeat him.

However, this situation is destined to never happen again. First, he knows that the flower thief is the gardener of the Sun family, and second, the Guhuoniao can kill the flower thief directly and rid the people of this scourge!
A short while later, after leaving the courtyard with her mission, Guhuoniao couldn't help but sigh to herself: How did I, a ferocious beast, end up like this?
evening.

After tidying up the courtyard little by little to make it look the way she wanted, Chang'e patted her dusty hands, turned around with a smile, and said, "It's lunchtime again. Let's go out for a stroll and see what good food we can find."

Qin Yao smiled slightly and said gently, "Let's go."

"Hey, hey, hey..."

Not long after, in Xicheng District, as the two were crossing a white stone bridge, a girl in an orange dress on the riverbank below the bridge suddenly pointed at Qin Yao and shouted loudly.

Qin Yao paused slightly, looked in the direction of the sound, and immediately saw the faint outline of a fox on the girl's face.

"It's a little fox."

Chang'e, having also seen through the other's true identity, glanced at him and asked, "Do you know each other?"

"I don't know him, let's go." Qin Yao shook his head.

In the blink of an eye, the little fox spirit came chasing after them, calling out, "Brother Yunxi, Brother Yunxi..."

Qin Yao did not react at all until the other party opened his arms and blocked his way.

"Are you calling me?"

"Of course I'm calling you," the little fox spirit said. "Brother Yunxi, I've finally seen you again."

Qin Yao smiled and said, "Little fox, you've mistaken me for someone else."

The little fox spirit's expression changed drastically: "Brother Yunxi, how could you see through my true form?"

“Anyone with the Dharma Eye or Heavenly Eye can see it,” Qin Yao said. “Also, I am not your Brother Yunxi, so don’t follow us.”

"You must be Brother Yunxi." The little fox suddenly transformed into its original form and asked, "Can you recognize me now?"

Qin Yao laughed and said, "I still don't recognize you."

Although he did not inherit Baili Tusu's memories, based on his familiarity with the original plot, he knew very well that she was the little fox spirit Xiangling from the drama.

The problem is that he doesn't need to team up with Xiangling and Fang Lansheng, nor does he need to replicate the main characters from the original drama.

Therefore, to avoid trouble, it's better not to acknowledge each other.

Xiangling transformed back into human form and hesitated, saying, "Brother Yunxi, have you lost your memory? You were the one who saved me back in Wumeng Spirit Valley!"

Qin Yao waved his hand and said, "I'll say it one last time, you've really mistaken me for someone else."

After saying that, he turned around, took Chang'e's hand, and strode away.

Xiangling: "..."

That night.

It was past midnight.

Suddenly, the Guhuoniao grabbed a man with an ugly face and a hunched back and landed him in the courtyard, calling out repeatedly, "My lord, my lord..."

Qin Yao and Chang'e walked out of the east and west rooms respectively, and stared at the figure that had been thrown on the ground.

"Didn't I tell you to just kill him? Why did you bring him back?"

Upon hearing this, the flower thief immediately knew who to beg for mercy from, and hurriedly knelt before Qin Yao, kowtowing heavily.

"My lord, I was wrong, but there are extenuating circumstances. Please let me explain in detail."

The Guhuoniao continued, "He said that if I killed him without distinguishing right from wrong, you would surely blame me when the truth comes out. So, I brought him here."

Qin Yao was speechless.

This flower thief is quite adept at surviving in tight spots...

"Speak, I'd like to hear your explanation for your womanizing."

"Reporting to you, my name is Li Pan'an. I was born ugly, and as a result, I have been ridiculed by the world and even bullied since I was a child."

Later, I was fortunate enough to meet a strange man who taught me Taoist arts that allowed me to easily transform into different forms, but the transformations were very short-lived..." the flower thief said earnestly.

Qin Yao interrupted, saying, "Get to the point. I'm not interested in your life story."

Li Pan'an paused slightly, then said, "The key point is that all the women I pursued were women who had explicitly expressed their dislike for me."

Those girls who don't look down on me and are willing to respect me, even if they are as beautiful as angels, I will not touch them in the slightest.

Miss Sun Yueyan of the Sun family is a case in point; please investigate this matter thoroughly, Your Excellency.

Qin Yao said, "Are you trying to say that you are not doing evil, but taking revenge; and that your revenge is justified?"

"Put yourself in my shoes, if you looked like me, would you feel the same way?" Li Pan'an said.

Qin Yao shook his head: "No, even if I were to take revenge, I wouldn't use such a despicable method. Li Pan'an, you're just using revenge as an excuse to vent your own lust."

"That's not true, that's not it!"

Li Pan'an shouted, "What I value most is my self-respect, and what they value most is their reputation. They hurt my self-respect, and I ruined their reputation. What's wrong with that?"

Qin Yao said, "Stop making excuses. Someone insulted you, and instead of insulting them back, you killed them and then claimed you were innocent. Is that appropriate? Guhuoniao, kill her!"

The Guhuoniao suddenly grew countless times larger, and with a whoosh, it swallowed Li Pan'an into its mouth, chewed it briefly, and then swallowed it directly into its stomach.

"Senior Brother Tu Su is even more ruthless and decisive than I imagined." Suddenly, a voice rang out from behind the door.

Qin Yao raised an eyebrow, reached out and opened the door, and a figure with an understated aura immediately came into view: "Shao Gong, what are you doing here?"

"I sensed the demonic aura of the Guhuoniao and tracked it all the way here, but I never expected that this ferocious beast would be working for you," Ouyang Shaogong said with a smile.

Qin Yao nodded and stepped aside, saying, "Come in quickly."

Ouyang Shaogong then stepped into the courtyard and greeted Chang'e, who was looking at him, saying, "Qingxue, it's been a long time."

"Yes, it's been at least half a year," Chang'e replied.

"By the way, what brings you to Qinchuan City?" Ouyang Shaogong changed the subject and asked directly.

Qin Yao said, "After hearing that you had come down the mountain, we also had the idea of ​​coming down the mountain. But we don't have a hometown. After thinking it over, we decided to come to Qinchuan to find you."

Ouyang Shaogong looked enlightened and laughed, "You must come to my house tomorrow! Since you've come all this way for me, I should naturally extend my hospitality."

Qin Yao smiled and agreed, then asked, "Have you found a way to be reborn?"

Ouyang Shaogong shook his head: "We have found some ways to bring the dead back to life, but these methods all require the body of the deceased and the time of death cannot be too long; as you know, Xunfang's situation does not meet the requirements."

Qin Yao comforted him, saying, "There will definitely be a way."

"I hope so too."

Ouyang Shaogong smiled and continued, "It's getting late, so I won't bother you any longer. I'll be waiting for you at the Ouyang residence in Qianqiu Lane tomorrow."

"Okay, see you tomorrow." Qin Yao nodded slightly.

A moment later, watching his departing figure, Chang'e suddenly chuckled softly and transmitted her voice:
"You've searched high and low without finding it, but it's right here without any effort. When are you planning to ask him to help seal the spirit of the Burning Sword?"

Qin Yao secretly replied, "We still need a catalyst; there's no rush. As long as we stay together, we'll find the right time!" (End of Chapter)