Chapter 263 An unexpected discovery
After learning that Lu Sen had a close relationship with her two sisters, she looked at Lu Sen with much gentler eyes.
"As a cultivator, it is rare that you do not hate us spirits."
Lu Sen drank the wine and said slowly: "Because I am not a cultivator in the true sense. But how come you are the Queen of Loulan here?"
"That's a long story."
Lingling told her story again.
It turned out that more than three hundred years ago, she and the real Whale Huan were beaten by the Tianji Sect and had to run westward. The third sister was the first to get tired, and not long after leaving the Central Plains, she found a place to hide and rest.
After walking for a few more days, she felt tired, so she found a cave nearby, crawled into it and fell asleep.
This sleep lasted for more than three hundred years, and she only woke up in recent years.
When I woke up, I was right outside the city of Loulan.
Because her appearance and clothing after transformation were those of a Central Plains person, she was taken to a home in Loulan City by kind-hearted Central Plains people and raised there.
She slept too long and was a little confused, and it took her several months to wake up.
In the past few months, because she was too beautiful, she caused a lot of trouble to the family that adopted her, but no matter what, the family that adopted her and the Han people around her have been trying to find ways to protect her.
Until the King of Loulan came knocking.
At this time, Lingling also woke up and remembered everything, including her identity, abilities, and so on.
Afterwards, she became the Princess of Loulan and killed the King of Loulan with magic.
If she can't deal with practitioners, can she deal with mortals?
The King of Loulan thought until his death that he had a beautiful woman like a fairy to enjoy, but in reality... he was naked and breathing in the air every day, which was very eye-catching.
As soon as the King of Loulan died, she eliminated his cronies and followers and has been protecting the Han people in Loulan ever since.
Although she was not in a conscious state and acted like a fool during that period, she would not be in any danger, but since others were willing to show kindness to her, she could not go without giving anything in return.
"After all, I am the Qingqiu Fox, an auspicious animal that the human race has always believed in."
She seemed a little proud when she said this.
Um!
Lu Sen looked at the other party from head to toe for a while, and the auspicious beast's statement was indeed correct. However, apart from the later views on fox spirits, in the Northern Song Dynasty, people began to have mixed opinions on fox spirits.
He couldn't help but ask: "Lingling, do you think you are a Qingqiu fox or a whale?"
There is a girl named Jingjing at home, but Jingjing is very playful. Every day she either plays with Bilian, goes shopping with Xue Nu, or learns embroidery and making clothes with Yang Jinhua. She is so busy that Lu Sen seldom talks to her.
Now that he saw Lingling seemed talkative, he asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time.
"Of course it's a Qingqiu fox." Lingling said as if it was a matter of course: "We are all separated from the eldest sister, if not a fox, then what is it. If I thought I was a whale, I would have run away with that woman long ago."
Are the real whale victims also women?
Lu Sen couldn't help but ask, "Lingling, can you tell me what the whale patient looks like?"
"Are you heading west because of the whale plague?" Ling Ling looked at Lu Sen curiously, then nodded and said, "Yes, you definitely don't look like you're going to live in the barbarian lands in the west. You must have something important to do."
Lu Sen smiled. He thought Lingling was very smart, obviously smarter than Jingjing.
Even if it is a 'life' transformed from the same fox tail, there will be huge differences in the original personality and abilities.
"It's not a big deal, I just want to go find the hibiscus tree in the west." Lu Sen looked into Ling Ling's eyes and said, "I want to destroy the hibiscus tree."
Lu Sen is not afraid to tell the truth to the other party now, because he feels that Ling Ling really cannot beat him.
Illusions have little effect on me, and I now have enough means of attack.
If you really want to go up, use the redstone bomb, it doesn't matter if it explodes close to you.
I can block several redstone explosions with my 'Iron Armor', but the other party can't.
Especially after the Qingqiu Fox transforms into a huge form, it will suffer greater damage when attacked in a large area because the hit area is larger.
Ling Ling was lying on her side. She sat up in shock after hearing this: "You want to destroy the Fusang tree, aren't you afraid of the backlash of your luck?"
"Don't be afraid." Lu Sen wanted to say that he didn't seem to be affected by luck, but he finally said: "Because I also have a hibiscus tree at home!"
"real?"
When Ling Ling heard this, she excitedly used her hands and feet and almost crawled in front of Lu Sen: "Is this also what Sister Xianxian and Jingjing are willing to follow you?"
Seeing her so excited, Lu Sen couldn't help but ask curiously, "Is the hibiscus tree rare? And Xianxian and Jingjing didn't come to my Lu family for the hibiscus tree. Xianxian came to get spiritual energy to survive, and Jingjing just wanted to live with Xianxian."
"Oh, that's right!" Ling Ling seemed to realize that she and Lu Sen were too close. She stepped back and continued to sit cross-legged: "Big sister is different from us. She is a pure Qingqiu fox. She can't absorb spiritual energy by herself. Now all the spiritual energy in the world has been absorbed by us."
She gently pressed her lips with her fingers. This action seemed very tasteful and, of course, very tea-like.
But the problem is... Xianxian actually does this action often. It is completely an unconscious instinct of the vixen. As a member of the Qingqiu fox, it is not surprising that Lingling "learned" it.
Jingjing hardly ever does that.
"You also have a Fusang tree, so you don't have to worry about your luck backlash." Ling Ling looked at Lu Sen and asked, "That means you will definitely be the darling of heaven and earth in the future."
"That's not necessarily true." Lu Sen shook his head.
If there is a Fusang tree, then it is definitely the darling of heaven and earth? If this statement is true, the Tianji Sect would not have been beaten like this by me.
"Relatively speaking." Ling Ling said with a smile: "Then, my two sisters' husbands, can I ask you for a favor?"
There was a hint of flattery in her smiling face!
Lu Sen said: "Tell me, let's see if I can do it."
After all, she is Xianxian and Jingjing's sister. As long as there is no hostility or conflict of interest, they should have a good relationship with her.
"Can you lend some of your luck to our Loulan Kingdom? My dear, you should have seen when you came here that the water source near Loulan is getting smaller and smaller. If this continues, Loulan Kingdom will have to move its capital again in less than 60 years, and it will be a problem whether it can find a new water source at that time. But if there is enough luck, then this matter may be able to turn around."
After Lingling finished speaking, she shook her sleeves, and a very strange piece of paper fell out.
At first glance, it looked like parchment, but after taking a closer look, I discovered that there were some very strange handwriting on the paper.
Lu Sen looked at it carefully for a while and said, "Oracle?"
"Oracle bone script?" Lingling was stunned for a moment: "This is Yin script! But it was indeed written on turtle backs and bone plates in the past, so it seems correct to call it oracle bone script."
Lu Sen looked at the twisted and strange fonts on the paper. Because the characters were passed down from generation to generation, he could barely recognize a few words.
"What's written on it?" Lu Sen asked.
"It says that Loulan Kingdom is willing to form an alliance with you. Let's share what we have!" Lingling said with a smile.
Lu Sen thought for a while and asked, "Does this alliance have obligations and rights? Also, can the content be converted into regular script? Or is it only effective if it is written in Yin script?"
"No need for Yinwen, other styles will do." Lingling smiled a little embarrassedly: "It's just that the memory I inherited from my elder sister uses Yinwen more in Qingqiu!"
I see.
She looked at Lu Sen with her beautiful fox eyes and continued, "As for the rights and obligations you mentioned, it seems that there are none. It is just a simple alliance. Then both parties share a certain fortune."
Lu Sen was stunned for a moment: "Then my family will suffer a loss?"
Although he himself seems to be unaffected by luck, others will be affected.
Apart from anything else, he personally hopes that his three wives, as well as other family members, can live a happy, long and healthy life without any pain.
What if their luck is divided and their fortune decreases?
People have a sense of closeness and distance. Although the Kingdom of Loulan was indeed very miserable and was eventually destroyed, what does this have to do with Lu Sen?
Loulan is not the Central Plains, and the larger the Kingdom of Loulan becomes in the future, the more luck it may have to draw from it.
If we really want to distribute the "luck", wouldn't it be better to distribute it to the Central Plains?
Ling Ling pouted in annoyance: "My dear, you are right to worry, but I really can't give you anything valuable."
Your own body?
This guy didn't even touch my sister and Jingjing, so there's no way he would touch me.
The spiritual energy that you collected yourself?
It's so sad, because those are the supplies she relies on for survival.
If conditions permit, there is no problem in helping Loulan, but she is reluctant to give up her own "food".
Then, I put myself in other people's shoes and thought that asking this man to give up his luck was just like giving up one's spiritual energy, which was a painful thing.
She sighed and said rather embarrassedly, "My dear, it seems that I was too reckless. I am sorry for not considering it carefully."
"It's okay. Things have to be said out loud, only then can it be considered a conversation, right?" Lu Sen had a good impression of Ling Ling. She was a woman who could consider others.
At this point, Lu Sen put his wine glass on the low table next to him and said, "It's late at night, I won't stay here anymore. Thank you Lingling for the banquet."
"polite."
Lingling stood up and returned the greeting.
Lu Sen is a traveler, and Ling Ling doesn't dare to act arrogantly in front of him.
Then Lu Sen, accompanied by his maid, left the Qing Palace on the Lake.
After Lu Sen walked a few steps on the street, Alice flashed out from the shadows beside him. She was soaked and shivering slightly.
There are some ice chips on the eyelashes.
After all, the desert nights are very cold.
Even though Alice had practiced some skills, they were not profound enough and she still couldn't withstand the cold.
Seeing this, Lu Sen immediately pulled her to the open space next to him, then took out a fence from his system backpack and built a small system home of 64 square meters.
Although not many people came to this place, he still built a small house with wooden blocks to block the view of any strangers who might appear outside.
The system home has a constant temperature, and Alice's body warmed up immediately.
Lu Sen took out two years' worth of clothes from his system backpack, threw them to her, and said, "Put them on. It must be uncomfortable to be wet."
Alice took off her clothes without hesitation, and her white, healthy and energetic body suddenly appeared in front of Lu Sen.
Lu Sen didn't show any surprise on his face. He turned around calmly.
Lu Sen turned around only after the sound of changing clothes behind stopped .
At this time, Alice had already changed into a skirt. She shook her wet hair and said, "I was really cold just now."
Lu Sen said: "You just dived into Crescent Lake?"
Alice nodded: "My dear, you must not know what I found down there?"
"What?"
"A huge sleeping fox."
Lu Sen's eyes moved slightly, and then he said: "That should be Ling Ling's real body... Wait, that's not right!"
His eyes suddenly widened.
Whether it is Xianxian or Jingjing, the essence and the body are actually the same "object".
Like two sides of a coin, you can only ever directly observe one side.
When it's facing you, you can only see the front.
vice versa.
Xianxian also said that it is impossible for to appear at the same time.
If this is true, then there is something very problematic about Lingling.
Lu Sen asked, "Do you think the fox at the bottom of the lake is alive or dead?"
"She should be alive." Alice said, "I dived into the water, intending to swim to the bottom of the Green Palace and wait for an opportunity to support you, but I didn't expect to see such an amazing thing with the help of the moonlight and the lights coming down from above. I also tried to get closer to her, but there was a force that prevented me from getting any closer. And the closer I got to it, the more I could feel the water gradually getting warmer."
"Things are getting a little troublesome." Lu Sen sighed.
Alice sat closer and asked, "What did you think of, my dear?"
“I personally think there are two possibilities!”
Lu Sen held up a finger and said, "First, the fox at the bottom of the lake is the real Lingling. The Queen of Loulan that we saw used some method to control Lingling and got a lot of her blood, which is why she looks very similar to Xianxian and even got the memory of the Qingqiu fox. After all, the Queen of the Xiao family of Western Xia was in a similar situation. But the possibility is very low. Ordinary people don't seem to be a match for Jinghuan."
"Secondly, the Queen of Loulan we saw was indeed Jinghuan, who might also be called Lingling. The one under the lake was another Jinghuan. The two sisters are both in Loulan."
After listening to this, Alice nodded slightly. She felt that both guesses made sense.
"So what are you going to do, sir?" she asked.
"Let's not go to Taixi for now." Lu Sen thought for a moment and said, "Let's go back to Hangzhou and bring Xianxian and Jingjing here. They will definitely be able to figure out what's going on. If there really is a whale plague under the lake that is being 'controlled', they will definitely find a way to deal with it."
Alice smiled and said, "As expected of you, my dear, this is a safe statement. Shall we leave now?"
"No hurry. If we leave now, it might arouse suspicion." Lu Sen said, "We will continue to travel west tomorrow. When we are farther away, we can use the aircraft to go back to Hangzhou."
"I'll listen to you, my dear." Alice said with a smile, "Then let's sleep here tonight. To be honest, it's more comfortable to sleep in your cave. It's too smelly outside."
"Okay."
Alice blinked her eyes: "Do you want me to warm the bed? The mistress specifically asked me to do that..."
"No need." Lu Sen interrupted her without hesitation.
