Chapter 1396 Find a new way

"Let's not talk about me. I noticed that since you came to Tiansheng City, there has been a look of worry in your eyes. Is there something on your mind?"

After listening to Luo Lishang's story about his own situation, Zhou Yiqiao could clearly feel that Luo Lishang seemed to trust him more and was closer to him.

Look, when she saw that Zhou Yiqiao felt the same way as her, Luo Lishang actually took the initiative to skip this heavy topic and focused her attention on Zhou Yiqiao.

"Your Highness the Princess has a keen eye. This is indeed a bit tricky."

Zhou Yiqiao did not hide anything and directly told Luo Lishang what Senior Wang had instructed him to do before he came to Daxuantian, hiding the key information.

Luo Lishang frowned slightly, as if he had caught something abnormal. After thinking for a moment, he spoke.

"The Cailian Alley on Wanfo Street in the south city has the thinnest spiritual energy in the entire Tiansheng City. Most of the people living there are relatively poor monks or powerless people."

"If that mother really has the cultivation level of Refining Void, with her strength, she shouldn't be living in a place like that with her daughter in obscurity, right?"

"Who knows."

Zhou Yiqiao shrugged, looking a little helpless.

If it wasn't for the purpose of getting the Escape Jade from Senior Wang, he would never have been willing to accept this mess.

"Do you need me to talk to Uncle Fourteen and ask him to send a team of guards to Cailian Alley to help Master Zhou protect the mother and daughter?"

Luo Lishang looked concerned, but Zhou Yiqiao shook his head and refused without any hesitation.

"Senior Wang told me to keep a low profile and protect them. If I trouble Senior Luo's subordinates, it will attract the attention of those with ulterior motives and cause unnecessary trouble."

"Of course, if Your Highness Princess is willing to help, you might as well help me secretly check the specific identities of this mother and daughter, so that I can have a better idea."

Upon hearing this, Luo Lishang nodded.

"In that case, I will send someone to investigate the palace files on this mother and daughter. If I find anything, I will inform Master Zhou as soon as possible."

"Ah."

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As night fell, the bustling atmosphere of Tiansheng City not only did not subside, but became even more ethereal as the mortals rested.

A hunchbacked old man staggered through the crowd and appeared on Wanfo Street in the south city.

This person is Zhou Yiqiao in disguise.

He was wearing an old robe that had been washed so much that it looked bleached, and in his hand he was leaning on a seemingly ordinary walking stick that emitted a faint spiritual glow. Although his steps were slow, each step could cover a distance of several feet, and in the blink of an eye he arrived at the entrance of Cai Lian Lane.

In the alley, the lights are dim, and there are a few simple wooden houses scattered around. Occasionally, you can hear children laughing and women talking. The atmosphere is rich and simple.

Zhou Yiqiao hid behind an old locust tree, observing all this quietly, thinking secretly in his heart.

According to Luo Lishang, this place is indeed very different from what he imagined the place where the powerful Void Refiners would live in seclusion.

After calming down, Zhou Yiqiao stopped in front of a half-open wooden door and knocked gently.

A gentle but slightly tired female voice came from inside the door.

"Who?"

Then, the door was gently opened, revealing a gentle face. It was the mother Zhou Yiqiao was looking for.

"I am Mo Bai, a doctor who has traveled all over the world. I passed by here and saw that your house was filled with auspicious auras, so I came to visit you and hope to help you solve your problems."

Zhou Yiqiao lowered his voice to make himself sound older and more mysterious. At the same time, he handed over a wooden token engraved with simple runes that he had prepared in advance to show his identity as a "doctor".

When the woman saw this, a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes, but she was more wary of the stranger.

She did not let Zhou Yiqiao into the house immediately, but stood at the door and asked softly.

"Old sir, my family is small and we don't have any valuables. We have never heard of any auspicious signs. Have you come to the wrong place?"

Zhou Yiqiao smiled slightly, his eyes passed the woman and looked towards a little girl with pigtails in the middle of the yard.

The little girl was squatting on the ground, drawing on the ground with a branch. Her expression was focused and innocent, and she didn't notice anything unusual at the door.

As a mother, the woman hurriedly moved sideways to block the little girl's figure after feeling Zhou Yiqiao's gaze, and the vigilance in her eyes completely turned into malice.

"I don't care what your intention is! Please leave immediately! I don't have time to play around with you!"

The woman shouted loudly, stretched out her hand and slammed the door, making a loud noise.

Along with the loud noise outside the door, the little girl with pigtails suddenly looked up, her clear eyes looking towards the door. After taking a look at the old man who was Zhou Yiqiao's incarnation, she ran back into the house.

"Madam, why are you so alert? I have no ill intentions. I just saw that your daughter has an extraordinary temperament and is afraid that she is not an ordinary person, so I came to see what's going on."

Zhou Yiqiao still maintained that mysterious smile and spoke in a calm tone, trying to calm the nervous mother in front of him.

"Madam's name is Yang Liuyi, is that correct?"

It was a long time after Zhou Yiqiao finished speaking before the woman snorted coldly and slowly uttered three words.

"how do you know?"

"Haha, it's true. It seems that I came to the right place today."

Zhou Yiqiao chuckled and did not answer the woman's question, but continued talking to himself.

"When you broke through to the Refining Void stage a hundred years ago, you accidentally discovered a heaven-defying fruit that could transform ordinary people into practitioners. You were afraid that you would be killed if the news got out, so you lived in seclusion here with your young daughter, silently guarding this opportunity. Is that right?"

In just a few hours, Luo Lishang had already, through the people provided by Luo Fengmo, found out everything about Yang Liuyi and her daughter from the secret files of Daxuantian.

As expected, Yang Liuyi's face suddenly changed, as if what he said came true, and a look of disbelief and horror flashed in her eyes.

She stared at the old man in front of her, as if she wanted to see through his disguise and confirm who he really was.

"You... who are you? Why do you know all this?"

Her voice trembled, with a hint of desperate struggle.

Seeing this, Zhou Yiqiao sighed inwardly.

But in order to eliminate the last bit of resistance in the woman's heart, he continued to take an unconventional approach, maintaining an expression of seeing through everything on his face, and continued speaking.

"Not only that, you are worried that this cannot guarantee safety, so you use the friendship between your father and Li Jianlan of the Sword Sect when he was alive to beg Senior Li to protect you and your daughter for twenty years. Is that right?"

Yang Liuyi's face had turned pale. Every word Zhou Yiqiao said was like a heavy hammer, hitting her heart hard.

Her lips were trembling and she could hardly speak. She just stared at Zhou Yiqiao blankly, with only fear in her eyes.

"How...how on earth did you know that?"

She finally squeezed out these few words, her voice as thin as a mosquito.

Seeing that the other party had completely lost his guard, Zhou Yiqiao walked sideways into the courtyard and helped Yang Liuyi close the door.

"You don't need to know who I am. You just need to know that if you and your daughter still want to survive during this period of time, you must do as I say."

Zhou Yiqiao walked slowly to the center of the yard, found a stone bench and sat down, his eyes gentle but with a dignity that could not be ignored. He gently patted the empty seat beside him, motioning Yang Liuyi to sit down as well.

Yang Liuyi's body stiffened. After hesitating for a moment, she finally sat down slowly, but her hands were clenched tightly, revealing her extreme inner uneasiness.

Zhou Yiqiao doesn't care about Yang Liuyi's current condition. In the following period of time, he himself may not be able to protect himself. If he wants to complete the instructions of Senior Wang, he must make Yang Liuyi and her daughter fully understand his orders.

He threw the token he received from Luo Lishang in front of Yang Liuyi.

"This is the identity token of a palace maid in the Immortal Emperor Palace."

"I have arranged for you to work in the dining hall, responsible for the diet of the second princess Luo Lishang every day."

"I will only give you three hours. After dawn, no matter what else you have not done, you must appear in the dining hall of the Immortal Emperor Palace and prepare spiritual food for the Second Princess."

Yang Liuyi looked down at the token, her eyes full of shock and confusion.

If she understood correctly, the aggressive old man in front of her actually helped her obtain a more secure identity.

"Why? Why are you helping me?"

Hearing that the woman still had questions, Zhou Yiqiao frowned, obviously feeling a little impatient.

"I am helping you now, and I am also helping myself."

"Don't ask so many whys. Time is running out and you don't have a choice."

As he spoke, Zhou Yiqiao stood up and walked to a corner of the yard, where there were some simple farm tools and a few pots of sparse flowers and plants.

He gently stroked a leaf, and all the leaves withered instantly as if the life was sucked out of them.

Seeing this, Yang Liuyi's body trembled slightly.

She understood that this was Zhou Yiqiao's final warning to her.

"What about my daughter? I can't leave her here alone.

"I will arrange for someone to bring her into the palace to be with you."

"But in exchange, you must temporarily hand over the fairy fruit to me."

When Yang Liuyi heard this, a hint of hesitation and struggle flashed in her eyes.

That magical fruit is the hope for her and her daughter's future. It is the only bargaining chip that will ensure that her child will no longer be displaced in this crisis-ridden world like herself.

But at this moment, facing Zhou Yiqiao's unquestionable attitude and the powerful strength and means he demonstrated, she knew that she had no right to refuse.

"Immortal fruit...I can give it to you, but you must ensure the safety of me and my daughter."

Yang Liuyi's voice carried a hint of determination, but also revealed deep helplessness.

Zhou Yiqiao nodded slightly, with a barely perceptible hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

"Don't worry, as long as you follow my arrangements, I will keep you safe."

"That immortal fruit doesn't have much appeal to me. I can return it to you when Senior Li returns to Tiansheng City."