Chapter 247 - 247 245 Snake in the River

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247: Chapter 245: Snake in the River 247: Chapter 245: Snake in the River The sound of water splashing arose. Lin Yuan’s face flushed, her hands braced on the edges of the bathtub, her fingertips nervously picking at the wood as she said anxiously and ashamedly, “Si Chen, what are you recklessly smelling?” Fang Geyu gently tapped a porcelain bowl with a spoon, the miss flipping her eyes up so haughtily yet beautifully, “What are you so flustered about? The little corpse demon has no sense of smell; he can’t smell the fragrance on Little Yuan’s body; he is sniffing the stench of corpses and blood on your clothes.” Lin Yuan’s fingers, without a place to rest, slowly curled up as she huffed, sinking into the water until it submerged her pretty nose. She blew fish bubbles and looked at Fang Geyu with a face full of silent resentment. Her fishtail slapped unhappily against the water surface. She suddenly realized that ever since she had come to Xianling City with Fang Geyu, her temper had been getting worse by the day, speaking as if she had gulped down kerosene. She really didn’t know what had set her off this time. Baili An still hung the clothes in his hands, his brow furrowed for a moment before quickly relaxing as he looked at the plump sweet dumplings in Fang Geyu’s bowl, unable to help asking, “Do you have any more?” Fang Geyu raised an eyebrow at the little girl in his arms and mockingly said, “Where did you kidnap this little brat from? She’s ugly as sin, skinny as a monkey.” Never knowing the phrase ‘speak good fortune with your mouth,’ the lazy Miss Fang got up, her gaze upon the little girl like she was looking at a bothersome nuisance. But she still got up, took a delicate ceramic spoon from the tray and handed over an empty bowl with a languid sweep of her eyes over the little girl, her expression listless, “How many will you eat?” The little girl, looking at this haughty young lady who resembled a beautiful swan, envied the gorgeous crane feather cloak that seemed warm enough to fend off the entire winter chill. Suddenly hearing the question, she dumbly replied, “Ah?” pointing to herself, “Can… can I eat?” That little jade furnace for the dumplings looked very expensive. Fang Geyu’s impatient expression grew a bit denser, “When you eat here, you are not allowed to waste, so monkey girl, how many will you eat?” For some reason, despite Meng Zifei’s warm and approachable demeanor, Fang Geyu was a stranger to her, always appearing as if she was barely tolerating life. Yet Ji San wasn’t really afraid of her, just possessing a timid, self-deprecating look as she held up eight fingers, her voice small, “Eight… eight pieces, may I?” Without further words, Fang Geyu filled a bowl with eight dumplings and poured steaming broth over them, hooking a stool over with her foot, “Sit nicely and eat on your own.” Not long ago, the little girl who had been crying and shaking, unable to calm down, suddenly became well-behaved, looking up at Baili An. Baili An smiled, placed her properly on the stool. She truly became quiet, starting to eat with her small spoon. Her mouth smeared with the dark, sweet sesame paste, she wore a look of happiness. When she had just eaten the first piece, suddenly, a warmth fell on her shoulders; the crane feather cloak she had admired for a long time draped over her. She turned her head, looking at Fang Geyu, suddenly feeling very shy, her face flushing as she hurriedly scooped another soft dumpling for her, “Little… sister, you eat.” To her surprise, Fang Geyu looked even more awkward than her, snorting, “Monkey girl, eat your own, don’t stretch your hands aimlessly.” The little girl dumbly stared at the spoon in her tiny hand, the plump white dumpling originally resting there was now gone. She then glanced at Fang Geyu’s turned cheek, bulging, exactly the shape of a dumpling. Awkwardly, Fang Geyu was tying a knot for her, fumbling for a long time, ending up tying a twisted and ugly knot. Ji San looked down at the ugly knot, grinned showing a missing tooth. Having finished the last dumpling, the little girl’s suppressed drowsiness surged, cupping the bowl, she began drinking the soup, and mid-drink, her face buried in the bowl as she fell asleep. Baili An hurriedly picked her up, fetched a basin of warm water to wash her face and hands, and placed her in Fang Geyu’s bed to sleep soundly. “Where did Sister Lin Yuan go today?” After the little girl fell asleep, Baili An finally spoke. Lin Yuan had already come out from the bathtub, undoing the knot at her waist, her fishtail forming legs, and casually casting a spell. Moisture on her body instantly condensed into frost, shaking off a layer of icy particles, making her body instantly dry and refreshed. “Fang Geyu said, within the Wandao Immortal Alliance, Lan Youdie’s personal maid resides in the border city, not even Lan Youdie has the credentials to enter the Inner City. Yet her body appeared in the Ghost House amid the mountains, although Mr. Meng is a resident of the Inner City, it’s impossible for him to bring someone from the border city into the Inner City under the sharp watch of the guards.” Lin Yuan opened the window, enjoying the cool night breeze, and continued, “Being able to imperceptibly transport the maid’s body into Ghost House, the land route being impossible, leaves only the waterway, so today I dived into the various river channels of the border city for inspection.” Baili An puzzled, “The city’s water is flowing, even if there were a body in the water, it would have washed clean by now.” Thus, it was natural that Lin Yuan couldn’t have picked up the scent of a corpse. “What if I say I killed a slew of little creatures in the water?” Lin Yuan lightly smiled, her palm suddenly holding a blue long knife, its blade trembling as it suddenly shook off a brightly colored long snake. The snake’s neck had been pierced, falling limply onto the floor. A horn, sharp and venomous like the fang of some wild beast, grew on its forehead. It was a type of snake Baili An had never seen before. The snake was completely dead, its body limp, only the tip of its tail seemed to shudder with a life of its own. That sound! Baili An’s pupils shrank slightly. If he hadn’t been mistaken, that was the sound, right at the stroke of nighttime, that he’d heard in the alley near Ji San’s house. So, that dense and tiny sound, was it a snake crawling through the snow? Lin Yuan explained, “This is a Corpse Gu Snake, bred by Fierce Ghosts, able to sense the bodies of those who died of ghostly calamities, sneaking into the border city when unwatched to transport bodies to the river channels.” As a Merfolk from the sea, wherever there was water, it was her territory, her subjects’ realm; in the river channels, Lin Yuan’s sensing abilities were not just a hundred times stronger than on land. Although the Corpse Gu Snakes were troublesome, for Lin Yuan in the water of the river channels, killing them was as easy as crushing a bunch of ants. “I roamed the river channels, finding that the border city had seventy-six river channels, all interconnecting; at the end of where the river channels converged, I discovered that the other end was the aqueous world of the river channels of the Inner City.” Baili An’s expression shifted subtly, “Did Sister Lin Yuan enter the Inner City?”

Chapter 247 - 247 245 Snake in the River

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