RI Chapter 77

They passed through the stone steps and finally stopped in front of a courtyard.

The courtyard was large, with three bamboo buildings inside, and the surroundings were very quiet.

Beside the courtyard wall enclosed by bamboo fences were planted many flowers, and beside them were herbs that were being dried in the sun.

Yuechan shouted at the tightly closed bamboo building door, “Granny, Innkeeper Lei is here.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the door of the bamboo building opposite suddenly opened, and a plate was thrown out. Lei Yun drew circles with both hands, caught the plate, and with a flick of his right hand, a talisman sent the plate back inside.

“Yinshuang, long time no see, no need to give me such a big gift!” Lei Yun teased with a grin.

“Bah!” came a woman’s voice from inside the room.

Lei Yun and Yuechan saw a woman dressed in a purple-black Miao ethnic costume walk out. The woman was beautiful, with eyes as clear as the spring waves of March.

Lei Xiaohui sized her up for a while, guessing that she was about thirty years old, but Lei Yun’s words shattered his guess.

“Goodness gracious, sixty years old, Yinshuang, you’ve maintained yourself well. Looking like this now, no one would believe me if I said you were Yuechan’s sister.”

Women all love beauty. Sure enough, Yinshuang’s face softened slightly upon hearing these words, but Lei Yun’s next sentence was just courting death.

“I don’t know, but next time you see Dayangzi, he might be shocked. His hair has all turned white, and his beard is almost bald. If I saw him, I would definitely regret how I could have ever liked him.”

Yuechan and Lei Xiaohui listened to this history with astonished expressions.

Yinshuang’s face immediately turned pale, and she scolded angrily, “You old lecher, shut your mouth.”

Lei Yun smiled sheepishly, “Why are you still so fierce after all these years?”

Yinshuang, enraged, leapt from under the bamboo building and walked to Lei Yun’s face, grabbing his arm and walking away.

“Hey, why haven’t you changed your habit of grabbing people’s arms?”

Yinshuang’s eyes blazed when she heard this, “Am I looking for a fight?”

She dragged Lei Yun into the house and slammed the door shut, “Is it good to make me lose face in front of my apprentice?”

Inside the door, Yuechan shuddered as she recalled, was that gentle, dignified, and calm granny really her?

“Yuechan, take Mr. Lei to stay in the back, Innkeeper Lei and I have something to discuss.” Yinshuang’s voice rang out in the bamboo building, as gentle and kind as ever.

Inside, Yuechan nodded blankly and led Lei Xiaohui away.

Inside the bamboo building, Lei Yun and Yinshuang sat facing each other, Lei Yun looking around at the furnishings in the room.

“Why did I suddenly come to the Miao region?” Yinshuang said unhappily.

“Tsk tsk, you don’t sound very welcoming?” Lei Yun leaned forward, smiling mischievously.

Yinshuang couldn’t help but roll her eyes at his usual appearance, only Lei Yun could make her like this.

Yinshuang picked up the teapot on the wooden table and poured a cup of water. The steam from the hot water slowly rose. The humidity in the Miao region was very high. Lei Yun leaned back slightly in the chair, waiting for Yinshuang to speak.

After pouring the tea, she put down the teapot and sighed, “I thought, you probably heard the news.”

She lowered her eyes, somewhat helplessly, “This matter is really an internal affair of the Miao region, I didn’t want outsiders to get involved.” At this point, Yinshuang slammed the cup in her hand heavily and said, “That old Black Miao scoundrel is really shameless. Family scandals should not be aired, but he actually went outside to find helpers.”

“Presumably Yuechan has already told you about this.”

She slowly raised her head, looking intently at Lei Yun, “I was still considering whether to tell you about this, but since you’ve already come, I’ll abandon this old face and compete with those scourges.”

“Just as I heard, the Tomb of the Gu King has appeared.”

Yinshuang said each word slowly, like thunder rumbling in Lei Yun’s ears. So, what Hu Lanlan said about the Yin Jade was true.

“A few days ago, both sides sent people to scout. If I’m not mistaken, there must be Yin Jade inside.”

“The Black Miao’s priest, Huo Dong, has already contacted the corpse drivers of Xiangxi to help him explore the Tomb of the Gu King.”

Lei Yun clenched his hands into fists at his sides, and said anxiously, “In that case, I’m afraid it won’t be so easy to get the Yin Jade.”

“The things in the Tomb of the Gu King are what all the people of my Miao region dream of, and the Yin Jade is even more so. We White Miao people actually don’t have any intention of keeping it. What we want is the inheritance of the Tomb of the Gu King.”

“The Miao region has been divided for many years, and each generation is inferior to the last. As a priest, I must end this dispute in my lifetime.”

Her two apprentices were both young. Although that child Xufeng had high cultivation, he was too honest, while Yuechan was too playful. If she left, how could these two children fight against those cunning old foxes?

“When you were outside, I heard that many people went to find you recently. Did they all ask you to help out?”

Yinshuang nodded, “That’s right, after learning about Huo Dong’s actions, I hurriedly sent letters to several old friends.”

“Now, the Qingyun Fairy of Diancang Mountain, and the old sister of the Liu family in the Northwest have also sent two disciples from their clans.”

“The art of Gu insects is different from others, even cultivators rarely can contend with it, now I can only ask these people.”

Lei Yun heard this, picked up the cold tea under the table, took a sip, and said anxiously, “Yinshuang, I know why you are doing this, you are determined to get the Yin Jade.” He put down the teacup, “Therefore, I must enter the Tomb of the Gu King.”

Yinshuang slowly said, “Alright, since it’s already like this, if you want to go, then go.”

Lei Yun has come, how could she chase him away.

Lei Yun’s fingers slid across the teacup and continued, “Why didn’t you ask the disciples of Maoshan to come?”

He smiled, “Dayangzi has taken a very good apprentice, named Chujiu, not young, but his qualifications are extremely high.”

Yinshuang smiled slightly and shook her head, “No, let’s not meet again.”

Lei Yun laughed at this, “Now this matter is spreading everywhere, maybe Dayangzi will have to get involved again.”

“He is a dignified and upright Maoshan sect leader, how can he mix with a Miao witch like me.” Yinshuang lowered her eyes and murmured.

Lei Yun sighed, “His master is already dead, what am I afraid of?”

Yinshuang chuckled, looking at him with some surprise, “You have changed a lot, you weren’t like this before.”

Lei Yun changed to a comfortable position, touched his nose and said, “Maybe it’s because I’m getting older, and my views have changed.”

“You stay here all day, I’m afraid you don’t know that the outside world has already undergone earth-shattering changes.”

“Now it’s not like it used to be.”

Yinshuang looked at him, “Lei Yun, you are more humane than before.”

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