Fairy, I really am a villain!

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

The young lady in charge of reception came running over, poked her head out from behind the screen, and said, "Third Master, someone's looking for you again."

"I still have to entertain guests." Pushing the paper and pen back, Fang Xiwen shook hands with him and said with a smile, "There is no rush for this matter, Master Xue, let's talk about it another day."

"Okay, I'll take my leave now."

Knowing that he couldn't convince the other person with just a few words, Xue Ruyu thought that at least he had gotten an attitude, so he left without hesitation.

~~

"I always feel that person is stupid."

After closing the piano store and returning to the rented courtyard, Luo Qingni made this comment.

Both of them were working on location and had no strict requirement to rest, so they returned to the house and turned on the lights again.

Sitting at the desk, Fang Xiwen first wiped the wrinkles on his face in front of the bronze mirror, and smiled at her: "As the saying goes, 'every man has his own opinion'. If it's you, it's normal to have such an opinion."

"You think I'm stupid?"

"I didn't say that...Okay, okay, I agree with you this time."

Seeing him give in, Luo Qingni's puffed-up face finally deflated, and she asked in confusion: "Why did the court send such a person?"

"Because of suspicion. Just like Xingchu suspected that a sect had defected to the imperial court, the same is true in reverse. Gao Yuanhuai is suspicious by nature, so he will not give the aristocratic families a chance to make connections. He values ​​family background more than talent."

Just like before when they forced the noble families to abandon their own talented children, now it seems that their attitude is more tolerant, but in fact they simply do not use them and instead use the scholars with clean family backgrounds in the academy.

Although these writers are not very capable, they have their feet firmly on justice and are loyal to the Gao family. They possess the latter two of the typical impossible triangle of "ability, loyalty, and conscience."

"I can only say that it fits my imagination of the Gao family." Fang Xiwen's tone was somewhat sarcastic as he picked up the pen to write.

"No wonder the emperor wants you so much. You are so capable and have no family background. You are much more useful than them."

“That always sounds weird.”

"And what about that 'ferry' he mentioned? Was he lying to us?"

"It shouldn't be. Although the inspector is only responsible to the emperor, others don't know what orders he has received, but the plan for the ferry has been proposed long ago. This is a vicious plan left by Yang Tianxiu."

As he wrote, he thought: "If we want to take action against the Dajiang Gang, this is a good excuse. As long as they dare to use force to stop us, the court will have a reason to send troops. If we don't stop them, we can use the ferry to divide the Cao Gang. There is a lot of room for maneuver."

"...I don't quite understand."

Scratching his head, Luo Qingni knew that she couldn't discuss everything with Xiao Jiang like he did. At most, she could just be a supporting role, so she simply stopped asking.

She just took small steps to come behind him, stretched out her little hand, and began to massage his shoulders.

"Hmm, that's a good technique."

"Hehe, I learned this by massaging my mother. What is this you wrote on the paper?"

Concerned about what he wrote, Luo Qingni put her arms around his neck and leaned over to look. She saw the words "To Do List" written on the top line.

"Sort out your future plans and get ready to work. You have to exchange the natural resources you need for your cultivation with the Dajiang Gang, and there's also something your master asked us to do... Don't tell me you forgot, ok?"

He picked up the pen and drew a circle on Luo Qingni's cheek, and the latter rubbed it back on his face, insisting that she still remembered it.

Ever since the battle in Divine Capital, Fang Xiwen owed a huge amount of favors to the great leaders of various sects, with the Sword Sect and the Sword School being the first to bear the brunt of the debt.

However, Sword God Lu Tiangang acted like a senior, saying frankly that what he had gained far outweighed his efforts, and that he would return to the sect for retreat. If there was anything else, he could still look for him.

But the leader of Mingyue Sect is much more stingy.

As soon as the two of them left Shendu, she came up to them with an expression that said "You kid finally fell into my hands", and immediately assigned them a task to track down a traitor in the sect.

"That man defected from the sect decades ago. I asked my senior sister, and she said that even she didn't recognize him. Can we find him by ourselves?" Luo Qingni pointed at the paper and said.

"Since your master said that she figured out the clue is in Jiangzhou, then do your best. You can also meet my 'old friend' by the way."

"Who is it? The one with the surname Jiang?"

"It's nice to meet him, but I didn't come here just to see him." Fang Xiwen suddenly put down his pen, tilted his head to look at her, and finally smiled and said, "Well, my Qingni is getting more and more beautiful."

"Do you have something to ask me?" Luo Qingni was delighted and asked with a smile.

"Is it not possible to simply praise you? But since you asked, there is something that really matters... Well, shall we practice together?"

He grabbed her hand and pulled her, and Luo Qingni slid into his arms obediently, but her expression looked a little hesitant.

She bit her lower lip, poked his chest with her onion-like fingers, and then said, "Well, you can...but you can't take off my clothes, touch me everywhere, or kiss me, otherwise I will go crazy."

"You are a little too sensitive. Why don't we just stop practicing dual cultivation and just do bad things?"

"No, I have to surpass you. I don't have time to accompany you in this and that...ah!"

~~

I didn't practice all night.

The next day, Fang Xiwen sat at the desk to change his appearance. Facing the bronze mirror, he took a ball of mud-like stuff in his hand and smeared it on his face.

Just as he made a few wrinkles, Luo Qingni came over to mess with him. She tickled him for a while, and then he ate a few slaps on the head. Then he quietly lay down across the desk, holding his cheek and asked:

"How come you look so old that I can recognize you at a glance?"

"This is the 'makeup' Xiao Jiang designed for me. She said this is not a disguise, but that I will look like this when I am old, around 40 years old."

"Wow, Xiwen looks quite handsome even as an uncle." Luo Qingni pulled his face.

"Really? But it's true. I heard that many girls like older guys recently. What's called uncle control?"

"Bah, how can you lie like that?"

"How can it be a lie? Wouldn't it be over if I just waited for twenty years..."

After the disguise was completed, Fang Xiwen picked up a cane from the house and walked out very gracefully, while Luo Qingni stayed in the room to practice.

As he walked along the road, he thought about the request from the Mingyue Sect Master:

In fact, it is very difficult to find someone in a city as big as Jiangzhou, especially when there are few clues in hand.

The information currently known is that the sect traitor is a male named "Shen Wanke" and was already an outsider when he defected twenty years ago.

This person stole several secret books of the sect, betrayed the Mingyue Sword Sect and fell into the evil way. He committed so many evil deeds that he was listed on the "Black List". From then on, he was wanted by both the black and white worlds. After escaping death several times, there was no news about him.

'He has disappeared without a trace. Even if the Mingyue Sect Master's calculations are accurate, the probability of finding him in Jiangzhou is very small, but there may be clues about him.'

Precisely for this reason, to a certain extent, his goal is the same as Xue Ruyu's, both want to go through the muddy water of Zhoushan and find some "things" hidden under the water.

But unlike the latter, he is not just a scholar who can only post manifestos. He is not only capable, but also has clues - he has a very powerful old friend - perhaps she will know Shen Wanke.

After walking through the streets and alleys and arriving at the door of an inn, Fang Xiwen asked the owner for a room.

Go upstairs and push the door open. The tables and chairs inside are simply furnished. Looking out of the open window, you can see that the Jiang family's courtyard is not far away.

In fact, she can be summoned as long as she is in Jiangzhou, but what is needed is the sense of ritual.

[Spiritual realm resonance is strong, entry conditions have been met]

[Whether to summon the Azure Sword Immortal through the Spirit Realm]

【Yes】

Press confirm, and a light outlines a thin and cool figure in green, as thin as smoke, gracefully landing on the ground. She appeared out of thin air, but it seemed as if she had always been there.

Although the eyebrows and eyes are familiar, the face is still cold and clear, showing a unique temperament very strongly.

It’s the long-lost Sword Immortal.

When she raised her eyes and met his gaze, the woman's indifferent eyes began to ripple, and a trace of surprise appeared on her face.

"Outside, has it been decades?"

"...Hmm," Fang Xiwen felt amused and pretended to lower his head. His expression showed some sorrow as he sighed, "The mystery of life and death is too profound. I have wasted dozens of years and finally managed to crack it. But it's too late now."

"How could it be..." "Sword Immortal, I failed."

Hearing this, the other party fell silent as death.

The expression on the sword immortal's face changed, with disappointment and relief. Then he subconsciously stretched out his slender hand and took the initiative to touch him for the first time.

Suddenly, she stopped moving, restrained her expression, only slightly frowned her eyebrows, and let out a "huh" sound like ice chips from the corner of her mouth.

"You think this is interesting, don't you?"

In an instant, Fang Xiwen's whole body suddenly became cold, as if the will of death had seeped into his bones, and it seemed that the tip of the sword would pierce through his head in the next moment.

"No, no, I just had no choice. I am still wanted by the court, and I chose to disguise myself to escape capture. I didn't mean to tease you at all, really!"

"Well, keep quibbling."

"It's because your reaction is so cute, Sword Immortal, that I couldn't help but tease you. You just reached out your hand to comfort me, right? I'm so happy..."

"Alas——" The sword immortal finally couldn't help but sigh.

She couldn't understand why Fang Ximing had clearly already attained the state of external vision. Logically, he should have realized his true self and reached the stage of clarifying his own path.

Why do you still act so childish in front of her?

"Wait, you said you were wanted by the imperial court?" The sword immortal frowned slightly and asked.

"correct."

"Weren't you the hawk of the Six Gates?"

"The version has been updated. Now I am the most wanted criminal in the Six Gates."

Seeing his proud look, the woman smiled a little more, "Well, I finally met someone I know."

"Wait, wait, you misunderstood. I'm not wanted for doing bad things. Instead, I did a great good thing. Just listen to me and I'll tell you slowly..."

Inviting the swordsman to sit at the table, Fang Xiwen took out a set of tea sets from the mustard ring, brewed a pot of sweet scented tea, and told him everything he had done.

As he secretly observed, the Sword Immortal showed some interest in his affairs. He took a few sips from the teacup and leaned forward slightly when he heard something important:

"The descendants of the Jin royal family are colluding with the demons? As expected of them. It's because the demons are afraid of them, otherwise Luyang would have fallen long ago. Tian Haiyuan can speak up there. You have saved many people..."

"You straightened Fang Qingxiao and asked her to confess her love to you? Fang Xiwen, you are at least a Dharmakaya in matters of love..."

"Gao Yao was forced out ahead of time... The whole world knows that Dajin has a human Dharma body... Lu Tiangang got the enlightenment of the earthly immortal ahead of time..."

The sword immortal tapped the tabletop lightly with his index finger. His expression was complicated at first, but then he seemed to have figured something out. He nodded slightly and said, "This is your story, so it's not surprising what happened. I'm just a witness at best."

“Is it a big deviation from the history you know?”

When a butterfly gently flaps its wings, a storm arises somewhere.