Shaojun riding the sea

Chapter 238 The Inner Demon Rises Again
The tall and handsome figure approached Shi Xuanling, the long sword in his hand gleaming coldly, and the whole person was full of oppression. Shi Xuanling involuntarily took a step back, and the bell on his wrist also made a slight tinkling sound.

Just as Princess Fengzhou's face changed slightly and she raised her hand to stop him, Shi Xuanling had already taken a deep breath, stretched her hand to her face, and whispered:
"I dare not. I will take off my veil. I hope General Yu will not be frightened by me."

As she spoke, the white veil was lifted lightly. The girl brushed the hair by her ears and raised her head. Under the golden morning sun, her whole body seemed to be glowing. Her pair of light brown eyes were smart and moving, but it was just that -

The left half of her face was covered with a large, horrible brown-red birthmark. The mark even covered her nose bridge and upper lip, blurring and distorting her facial features. Her entire face looked as if it had been burned. There was not a trace of a woman's graceful beauty. She looked extremely scary in the sunlight, just like a "female ghost" in broad daylight!
When this look was suddenly revealed, all the soldiers at the bow were dumbfounded and made sounds of disgust. However, Shi Xuanling stood in the sun, pretending to be inferior, sad and uneasy on the surface, but she was actually relieved in her heart. Fortunately, she had made preparations in advance and everything was as she expected.

After getting on the ship, she had been acting cautiously. In order to conceal her identity and appearance, in addition to wearing a veil, she also put on special makeup on her face every day, just in case. However, she didn't want him to see her "ghostly appearance" when they met for the first time after a long time, but she didn't expect that she couldn't escape it after all.

Thinking of this, Shi Xuanling reached out and touched the "birthmark" on her left cheek, lowered her eyes and sighed. The sad expression on her face seemed more realistic, which made Tuo Xuanyu in front of her feel nervous and his hand holding the sword became more powerful.

When he saw Shi Xuanling's face behind the veil, he was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes began to flow with a trace of unspeakable guilt. Just as he opened his mouth and wanted to say something, the girl in front of him had already taken a step back and spoke before him:

"I'm sorry, it's my fault. I was born ugly. Did the birthmark on my face scare General Yu?"

"No, I'm not..."

When Tuo Xuanyu hurriedly spoke out to explain, a gust of sea breeze suddenly blew, and blew the veil hanging on Shi Xuanling's ear into the air. Before Shi Xuanling could react, Tuo Xuanyu had already tiptoed, flew into the air, and grabbed the light veil with quick eyes and hands.

His sleeves fluttered as he landed lightly beside Shi Xuanling and handed her the veil. Shi Xuanling was a little at a loss: "Thank you very much... General Yu."

"No need. I was wrong this time." Tuo Xuanyu pursed his lips and took another step forward, shielding Shi Xuanling from the mocking gazes of the soldiers behind him. He looked at her and said softly, "What's your name?"

"Slave calls... Qianli."

In the Qingli Mountains, there is a beautiful bird called Qianli Bird. Shi Xuanling once erased Yue Wujiu's memory and sent him to Gumo Kingdom. While sitting on the boat looking at the sunset, she wanted so much to transform into a free bird so that she could fly to Gumo Kingdom to see her A Yue in the future.

Unexpectedly, she has actually met the reborn A Yue under the pseudonym "Qian Li". Is this a dream come true in another sense?
Thinking of this, Shi Xuanling hurriedly took over the veil, met Tuo Xuanyu's gaze again, and said firmly: "Qianli, thousands of mountains and rivers, quietly waiting for the dawn."

"What a nice name, Miss Qianli. I'm sorry, I misunderstood you this time." Tuo Xuanyu's eyes were filled with apology. After a pause, he said to Shi Xuanling, "You don't actually need to wear a veil. It's just a birthmark. You don't have to mind it... The princess said that you are proficient in music and have extraordinary talent. Compared to your appearance, your flute music has a broader world."

There was genuine kindness in the deep voice, and Shi Xuanling couldn't help but feel warm in her heart: "Thank you for your words, General. I will remember them."

She bowed silently and left. One of her hands involuntarily touched the bamboo flute she carried with her. She said in her heart, "Ayue, you don't know that I practiced the bamboo flute so hard... all for you, right?"

The girls of the Feng family are good at singing and dancing. Shi Xuanling was already familiar with various musical instruments when she was young in the Qingli Mountains. However, when she heard the Qingxin flute music left by her ancestor Jiyue in Fenglou, which could suppress the obsession of the Yue family's swordsmanship, she practiced hard and improved her bamboo flute skills. Now, as Princess Fengzhou said, her flute music is so gentle and moving that it deserves to be called heavenly music on earth.

She only hoped that all her efforts would not be in vain, and that she could really help A Yue suppress his inner demons, and prevent him from letting his blood and qi attack his heart and putting him in danger due to the disorder of his true energy.

With this thought in mind, Shi Xuanling really practiced the bamboo flute diligently day and night on the boat, and no one doubted her identity as a court musician anymore.

During this period, Princess Fengzhou also came to her secretly many times. She knew that Shi Xuanling was concerned about Yue Wujiu's new life in Gumo Kingdom, so she told her every detail about him after he became Tuo Xuanyu. Princess Fengzhou was also a girl with a true nature. She was frank with Shi Xuanling and did not lie to her. The friendship between the two girls quickly heated up.

Princess Fengzhou even advised Shi Xuanling to take the opportunity to look at Shang Yue Wujiu more often, and she could arrange everything.

But Shi Xuanling shook her head and refused. She only sighed and said, "I am already satisfied to be able to see him once. It is better not to disturb him anymore. I also have things I need to do. When everything is over, if it is really as you said, the haze can be dissipated and the sky can be bright again, I will definitely go... to find him back."

To find her little gray cat, they will travel through thousands of mountains and rivers, and when they return at dawn, they will hold each other's hands tightly and never let go.

The days at sea were calm. Shi Xuanling kept in mind what she had to do and never looked at Yue Wujiu again. Just when the official ship was about to arrive at the Chinu tribe, one dark night, Princess Fengzhou came to Shi Xuanling anxiously.

"Oh no! Xuan Yu has gone crazy again while practicing sword skills. He doesn't recognize anyone because he's crazy. Xiao Lingdang, do you still have the Seven Mist Purifying Heart Pill? Go and save him!"

Everything happened so suddenly, so suddenly that Shi Xuanling got up in a hurry, without time to put any disguise on her face. She could only hastily put on a veil, grabbed the bamboo flute, and followed Princess Fengzhou to save people.

It was an empty secret room with many weapons placed in it. Tuo Xuanyu would practice swordplay in it on weekdays. Because sometimes his inner energy would run wild and he would go crazy and lose control of the sword in his hand, he was afraid of hurting others, so he would practice swordplay alone in the secret room.

And every time this happened, Princess Fengzhou would be by his side, carrying pills to calm the blood, just in case. Sure enough, tonight when Tuo Xuanyu was practicing sword, he went crazy again.

This time it was more intense than any previous time. The pills that Princess Fengzhou specially ordered to be made were no longer effective. In her panic, she could only think of Shi Xuanling.

"Because the ship was about to reach the Chi Nu tribe, and Xi Yuehan was a ruthless character, Xuan Yu was afraid that something unexpected would happen during the celebration, so he got up to practice swordplay because he couldn't sleep, but who knew something would go wrong!"

Princess Fengzhou spoke urgently as she twisted the mechanism, and the door of the secret room suddenly opened. The inside was already in a mess, with all kinds of weapons scattered on the ground. A familiar figure was holding a sword tightly, waving it wildly with bloodshot eyes, looking crazy and uncontrollable.

Shi Xuanling's heartstrings suddenly tightened, and she stepped into the secret room without thinking, breathing disorderly: "A Yue... General Yu, General Yu, calm down, don't hurt yourself!"