klisemfg Chapter 343 The Unglamorous Fox Fairy vs. the Aloof Dragon Lord (19)
Chapter 343 The Unglamorous Fox Fairy vs. the Aloof Dragon Lord (19)
Chapter 343 The Unglamorous Fox Fairy vs. the Aloof Dragon Lord (19)
Yitian looked at the shards scattered on the ground, then looked around.
Before long, quite a few immortals had arrived one after another. They were whispering among themselves about what had happened, and Fairy Fengqing looked very unwell.
"Fairy Maiden," Yi Tian said, his hands behind his back, looking at her, "What happened?"
Fairy Fengqing took a deep breath. Facing Yitian's question, she barely suppressed her anger and explained the reason for the matter, "This time we brought a box of gifts, which are specially for the Netherworld Dragon Lord. One of them, and the most precious gift, is this jade ruyi that was broken on the ground."
"It is a jade ruyi with the five elements attribute. I heard that the Netherworld Immortal Lord is currently making magical artifacts, so I thought I would give it to him. Who knew that I would only go out for a short while today, and when I came back, I found that the jade ruyi had been broken."
"When I entered the cave, I found that the runes in front of the cave entrance had also been forcibly destroyed. Someone broke in for some unknown reason."
"They took a lot of our Phoenix Clan's things. They probably broke this when they were moving it out. I was almost back then, so the thief probably didn't have time to clean up and ran away."
Yi Tian frowned deeply.
No one expected that in the territory of the two Dragon Lords, there would be immortals who would do such petty theft.
Because she hadn't expected it, Fairy Fengqing didn't use any powerful runes to seal the door when she went out, which gave the thieves an opportunity.
However, these words certainly cannot be said to the victim's face, but rather blamed.
Yitian glanced at the surrounding immortals, "Has anyone seen anyone suspicious nearby?"
Everyone shook their heads in agreement.
"Lord Dragon, today is the Flower Festival, and I think most people have gone to admire the flowers."
"That thief probably knew this too, and deliberately chose this time. It's despicable."
He Suining quietly crept up to Chi Feng's side, and hardly anyone noticed her. Even if they did see her, they would only glance at her and then ignore her.
"what happened?"
She asked quietly, "This isn't the solution you came up with, is it?"
Chi Feng looked helpless and cautiously glanced at her angry aunt. Seeing that her aunt wasn't paying attention to her, she put her hand to her lips and whispered, "I originally planned to break my aunt's things to make her angry and leave. But before I could do it, someone else had the same idea as me and broke the most precious gift."
"This is terrible. My aunt will definitely not give up until she finds him."
He Suining looked puzzled. "Who is it? Why are you being so boring?"
Chi Feng shrugged speechlessly. "Who knows?"
Just then, the fairies from the Flower Fairy's side also arrived.
Fu Ying's face was slightly pale, and she had lost a lot of weight.
As soon as she arrived, she felt many eyes on her. She subtly curled the corners of her lips, then glanced at her mother beside her.
Xuanxian walked over helplessly, "Dragon Lord, Fairy Maiden."
The two nodded casually.
The next second, the fairy pulled out a white hair. "Today I asked Fuying to bring something to the fairy, but she wasn't here. At that time, Fuying saw a fox tail, which disappeared quickly. This is what I found on the ground."
Fairy Fengqing was taken aback, then immediately reached out and took the white hair.
His cold gaze swept back and forth across the fox spirit clan.
White fur is quite common among fox spirits; they are basically all this color.
Under the watchful eye of Fairy Fengqing, the fox spirit clan dared not even move their tails.
Subsequently, even He Suining was not spared by the Fairy of Phoenix.
Yitian directly blocked her view, obstructing the fairy's gaze.
Chi Feng stared at her tail. "It can't be you."
He Suining thought of a bad possibility, and her face turned dark. "I shed fur, and I'm the only one in the entire fox spirit clan who sheds fur."
"..."
Chi Feng hesitated for a moment, then patted her shoulder and said, "I believe you."
"Whose is it?"
Fairy Fengqing did not know He Suining, so she naturally did not suspect her immediately.
But now that she has evidence, she is pointing the finger at the fox spirit clan, saying, "Appear and admit it before I get too angry. Otherwise, once I catch you, it won't be so easy for you to say it now."
The fox spirits looked at each other in bewilderment.
The younger generation was a little scared when Aunt Wuyin, an elder of the fox spirit clan, came out.
“Dragon Lord, this is indeed the tail hair of our Fox Fairy Clan.” She could tell at a glance that there was no way to deny it, nor was there any need to deny it. “But you can’t just make a definitive statement based on this alone. Who saw where the fox hair fell from? It’s not good to rely solely on Xuanxian’s one-sided statement.”
Xuanxian flicked his sleeve and said angrily, "Do you think I'm lying?"
Fairy Fengqing rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on. "What you say makes sense, but the problem is that we only have this one piece of evidence right now."
Fuying's hand was held by Xuanxian and hidden behind his back.
Before coming, Xuanxian had repeatedly warned Fuying not to act recklessly and that she should handle everything.
Fu Ying had readily agreed, but when the moment actually came, she couldn't hold back anymore.
If we keep dawdling like this, what if Anning manages to escape? Such a good opportunity won't come twice.
Thinking of this, she disregarded her mother's strength and struggled to break free.
He walked up to Fairy Fengqing, "Fairy, it's her..."
"Shut up, Fuying." Xuanxian quickly pulled her outstretched finger, but Fuying struggled and shouted, "Mother, you know perfectly well, why won't you let me say it? It's Anning, in the entire fox spirit clan, she's the only one who sheds fur, who else could it be but her?"
It's my fault that it's shedding.
Although it was inappropriate, Chi Feng couldn't help but chuckle.
She received a death stare from He Suining, then coughed and stopped laughing.
Fairy Fengqing shifted her gaze away from the Dragon Lord and landed on He Suining.
He Suining walked out confidently, "Indeed, Fairy. I'm the only one in the entire Fox Fairy Clan who sheds fur, but because my fur falls out everywhere, who knows who picked it up. It doesn't mean that I'm the one who broke the Phoenix Clan's precious treasure."
Fu Ying was already feeling guilty, and upon hearing her explanation, she immediately retorted, "What do you mean? Are you saying I framed you?"
This was what she was waiting for.
He Suining smiled at her and innocently spread her hands, "Fairy, you can ask the people around you. Everyone knows that Fu Ying is targeting me because she admires the Dragon Lord, so it's possible that she used some kind of feather she picked up from somewhere to frame me."
Fengqing Fairy is not an unreasonable person.
She felt that what the fairy in front of her said made sense, but now there was only one piece of evidence, and who else could it be but her?
“Alright then.” Fairy Fengqing looked at the two fairies before her, each holding their own opinion, and decided to proceed in her own way. “One of you has a valid point, and the other has evidence. So, tell me where your evidence came from, and you can provide your alibi.”
Why does it sound like a crime investigation?
He Suining wasn't guilty at all; why should she be guilty about something she hadn't done?
However, she suddenly remembered that she had gone to Yitian's secret garden with him. How could this be explained?
She was thinking.
Fu Ying glanced at her and said first, "This morning, my mother asked me to deliver something to the fairy, so I came early."
She paused for a moment, then continued, "Today is the flower festival, and everyone is out admiring the flowers. So when I arrived, there was no one there. After I put my things on the stone cabinet over there, I suddenly heard a noise."
Fu Ying pursed her lips and stared intently at He Suining's wagging tail. "Fairy, to be honest, I didn't actually see who that person was. But I clearly saw a white tail, and I instinctively chased after it, only to see white fur scattered on the ground."
"I picked one up, but the rest were blown away by the wind."
The fairy nodded expressionlessly, "That sounds reasonable." But she didn't seem to believe it. This discovery made Fuying return to her mother's side with unease. Her mother glared at her, but then held her hands to comfort her.
"Don't be afraid. If you're not lying, the fairy will definitely believe you."
Fuying listened to her mother's words and forced a smile.
The fairy then looked at He Suining and said, "Fairy Anning, it's your turn."
He Suining nodded. "I woke up very late this morning and didn't know it was the flower festival until I saw the pink petals fluttering in the air."
Speaking of which.
Yi Tian added, "That means after nine o'clock, the bellflower will only bloom at nine o'clock."
The fairy nodded thoughtfully.
He Suining continued, "I then followed the crowd to the Flower Valley to see the flowers, where I also met Chi Feng."
Chi Feng immediately raised her hand, "Yes, I chatted with her for a few minutes."
Fu Ying's eyes flashed, and she quickly spoke up, "You chatted for a few minutes? That means you weren't chatting the whole time. Where did she go?"
Chi Feng was taken aback, then crossed his arms and glared at her angrily.
He Suining remained silent.
This time, it was Fu Ying's turn to be stunned. As the person involved, she naturally knew where He Suining's tail hair came from. This was just a convenient accusation; when she came to deliver the gift, she suddenly remembered that today was the Flower Festival, everyone had left, and the cave was empty.
If she smashes things and causes trouble for He Suining with the Phoenix Clan, even the Dragon Lord can't protect her, right?
So the moment she smashed the jade ruyi, there was no turning back.
However, to her utter surprise, An Ning couldn't say where she had gone.
Could it be that she really did something bad?
Fu Ying sneered, then quickly concealed her smug expression and looked at He Suining, "Why aren't you saying anything? Is it because no one can vouch for where you went, or because you accidentally broke the jade ruyi and are too afraid to speak?"
"You're talking nonsense!" Chi Feng was furious. "Why would An Ning break the jade ruyi? She's my aunt, who's very close to me. She wouldn't target our Phoenix Clan."
Fu Ying glanced at her gently and whispered, "Fairy Chi Feng, I told you, she did it by accident. It's possible it was by accident, but she did something wrong after all, so it's understandable that she doesn't dare to admit it. Or, Fairy Chi Feng can testify that she's been with you the whole time."
She does want to testify, but once she does, everyone will see that it's fake.
Chi Feng pouted.
He Suining was speechless; of course she had witnesses...
Just about to speak.
Yi Tian suddenly looked down at her, his eyes filled with confusion. His voice was deep and resonant, his enunciation clear enough for everyone present to hear, "Is being with me so difficult to say?"
Is this the time for flirting?
Noticing the teasing in his tone, He Suining looked up at him helplessly.
There was no sound around, and no one reacted.
Instead, Chi Feng's eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had remembered something. She clapped her hands forcefully, "Oh, right. I remember now, An Ning and I were having a nice conversation when she suddenly said she had to leave. Could it be because the Dragon Lord sent her a telepathic message, looking for her?"
Only then did everyone begin to look at the two of them with incredulous expressions.
But some people muttered under their breath, "Could it be that the Dragon Lord is also a fighter? They even arranged to fight during the flower festival?"
He Suining: "..."
Are people's stereotypes about us a bit too strong?
Fu Ying was the first to disbelieve it. She shook her head and said, "Impossible. The sounds that Dragon Lord made when he fought An Ning were earth-shattering. If they had really fought, there's no way we wouldn't have seen a single one of them."
This is tantamount to saying that the Dragon Lord lied, but why would the Dragon Lord lie for the sake of peace?
Everyone was puzzled and didn't seem to be heading in the direction of romance at all.
The main reason is that when people see her with the Dragon Lord, it's always fighting and struggling, so it's hard to imagine anything else.
Fairy Fengqing frowned. "Dragon Lord, what exactly is going on?"
Yi Tian reached out and affectionately patted He Suining's head, speaking casually in a nonchalant tone, "I'm taking her to my secret garden to admire the flowers, is that not allowed?"
Now everyone could finally hear it clearly.
Ze Chen, who had arrived late, also heard these words and froze on the spot for a moment.
He had originally thought that if this were true, he would have to find a reason to remove An Ning from the picture.
This can be considered as repaying her kindness.
Unexpectedly, she didn't need him at all.
In an instant, Ze Chen remembered that at the banquet, it was also the Dragon Lord who was the first to speak up for him.
He didn't think much of it at the time, but now that he thinks about it carefully, the fact that the Dragon Lord spoke up to defend him was already quite contrary to his usual personality.
You should know that the Dragon Lord is aloof and doesn't like to meddle in other people's business.
He sighed, stood still, and blended into the crowd without saying a word.
Those around finally realized what was happening, and they all gasped in shock. For a moment, the only sound in the place was the rhythmic breathing of the people breathing.
The fuying tree was the most severely affected.
Everyone knows that the Dragon Lord has a secret garden, a place even more mysterious than the Dragon Lord's cave.
Once, a celestial child accidentally wandered in and was beaten out by the Dragon Lord. If everyone hadn't pleaded for mercy on his behalf, and if it hadn't been truly accidental and not intentional, he probably would have been beaten to death long ago.