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The Strongest Fox-Demon (42)
[Xiang’er, do you think that noble person is me? Can I help my benefactor become the prime minister?]
[Who else but you? The scholar did a good deed only recently.]
Fortune tellers could never foretell things that concerned them, so it was the first time Bai Yi knew she could give Zhuang Yulang so much help. She was happy to finally stop worrying about how to repay her benefactor. Although she still did not know exactly how to help, with the snake demon’s divination, she felt more or less at ease.
Zhuang Yulang got up and saw Bai Yi, and said, “Immortal Doctor, my cousin is not feeling well. Can I trouble you to examine her?”
The Immortal Doctor took a look at Bai Yi and said, “She is fine.”
“Then
 Can I let her rest here for a while?”
The Immortal Doctor was a little puzzled as to why Bai Yi’s face looked ghastly but her body was fine. This was a case he had never encountered before, so he pointed to the soft couch behind the curtain. “Rest there for a while and see if she gets better.”
Bai Yi was delighted that Zhuang Yulang had discovered her “discomfort”, enjoyed this kind of care, and walked slowly behind the curtain to lie down on the soft couch. Zhuang Liu was overjoyed because of the prime minister divination. Thus, she led Zhuang Yulang and asked the Immortal Doctor to calculate his marriage. Zhuang Yulang couldn’t resist, so he had to stay. Chu Xiang went inside with Bai Yi.
The Immortal Doctor calculated for a moment, and said: “Your son’s marriage is promising. He will marry a noble person, a virtuous wife. She will surely protect your son’s riches and honor for three generations.”
“Really?! Oh my god, Son, we’ve finally made it through!” Zhuang Liu wept with joy, tightly clutching Zhuang Yulang’s hand. Zhuang Yulang was both happy and sad, because the noble and virtuous wife who could help him obviously couldn’t be an orphan like Bai Yi. She even used all her family’s wealth to support his traveling expenses. How could she help him? However, if he was meant to marry a noble wife, what was he supposed to do with Bai Yi?
Zhuang Liu wanted to ask more questions, but then the Immortal Doctor’s face drastically changed and he suddenly got up.
“I still have something to do, please.”
The Immortal Doctor hurriedly stepped into the inner room and walked towards the back door. Bai Yi and Chu Xiang looked at each other. Chu Xiang smiled and said: [Sure enough, he is very timid. A powerful monk came outside and scared him away!]
Bai Yi almost laughed out loud. [He is too timid, right? He is doing good deeds and not doing evil, so why is he so afraid of monks?]
[Huh? That monk discovered him and is giving chase. Let’s go and have a look.] Chu Xiang pulled up Bai Yi and also ran out of the back door. Anyway, the Zhuang mother and son were now in a state of turmoil and couldn’t care less about them.
Seeing them running to join in the fun, Li Yufeng stayed behind to help take the Zhuang family’s mother and son out. Chu Xiang and Bai Yi ran to the depths of the bamboo forest, and saw the great monk dragging a bowl to block the Immortal Doctor. He said with a frown, “A snake demon? Why are you playing tricks here?”
Bai Yi snorted softly. [Are all people in the righteous path like him? Can they indiscriminately convict a demon without trial? Can’t demons do good deeds?]
[In their eyes, that is indeed the case. Only a few can tolerate deviants.]
[Fortunately your Li Yufeng is one of the minority. Otherwise, we would be in trouble. He is much more powerful than this great monk.]
Chu Xiang smiled and said, [Don’t worry, I won’t let anyone put us in trouble.]
The Immortal Doctor bowed respectfully and said, “Grand Master, you have misunderstood. This humble one not doing evil here, but doing good deeds and accumulating virtue to help people eliminate their illnesses. If you don’t believe me, you can ask anyone about it.”
“Hmph, if you didn’t do anything wrong, why did you run away when you saw me coming?”
“This humble one just doesn’t want others to misunderstand me and our current confrontation happened. This humble one has been here for more than three years. I’ve been performing good deeds and accumulating virtue, concentrating on cultivation, and have never entertained the slightest evil thought. Grand Master, I hope you can judge clearly.”
The great monk refused to accept this and said indifferently, “I think you are deceiving the public with evil words. I don’t know what method you have used to confuse innocent people. Since I met an evil creature like you today, how can I let you go?”
The great monk took action at the drop of a hat. The snake demon only defended and did not attack. It was obvious that he didn’t want to hurt him. Moreover, it seemed that he lacked fighting experience. Bai Yi tilted her head in confusion and said, [Why is he so tolerant? That old bald donkey has gone too far. He convicted him straightaway. If he doesn’t fight back, is he going to wait to be caught?]
Chu Xiang picked up a few leaves and fiddled with them in her hands. [Some people may have some rules in their practice, such as not killing, not eating meat, not being close to women, and so on.]