Human and Serpent Together
Next, Ma Feifei gave an opening speech, expressing his welcome to White Lady and his relief that Xu Xian had found his other half. Xu Jiaorong was also secretly wiping away tears, happy that the Xu family line could continue.
In short, they went through the motions of being sentimental and acting, and after speaking for more than ten minutes, Ma Feifei, seeing that the time was right, finally raised his wine bowl and said loudly, "Drink this bowl of wine, and from now on we are family! Come on!"
Xu Jiaorong and Xu Xian quickly picked up their wine bowls. White Lady and Xiao Qing exchanged a glance. White Lady hesitated for a moment before picking up her wine bowl, while Xiao Qing's expression became complicated, and she hesitated to pick up her wine bowl.
Seeing this, Ma Feifei sneered inwardly and was about to speak when White Lady spoke first, "Xiao Qing?"
"Yes, Miss." Xiao Qing quickly responded and hurriedly picked up the wine bowl with both hands. Ma Feifei narrowed her eyes slightly. The wine bowl was trembling even with Xiao Qing holding it with both hands, and the wine kept spilling out. Obviously, she was particularly afraid of realgar wine.
"It seems she's not that dragon." Ma Feifei calmly withdrew his gaze. Dragons are extremely powerful, and Ma Feifei felt that a bowl of realgar wine shouldn't be enough to frighten a dragon like this. In the Legend of the White Snake, Xiao Qing's cultivation was very shallow, and a bowl of realgar wine was simply too much for her to bear, which is why she appeared so frightened.
Since Xiao Qing is not a dragon, the only possible candidate is the White Snake.
"Drink!" Ma Feifei glanced at the white snake, raised his wine bowl, and took the lead in drinking the realgar wine in one gulp.
Xu Xian and Xu Jiaorong didn't hesitate and drank it down. White Lady also raised her wine bowl, smiled slightly, and drank it down as well. Xiao Qing had no choice but to Bite, close her eyes, and drink the wine in her bowl with a pained expression.
Outside the projection.
"Why does it feel like Xiao Qing drank poison after drinking that bowl of wine?" Xiao Qing's unusual behavior naturally didn't escape everyone's notice, and they couldn't help but start speculating.
"Women are not good at drinking; perhaps Xiao Qing was a teetotaler in the past," a cultivator said.
"Brother, have you read too many books and made yourself stupid? Have you ever seen a woman on the Azure Dragon Continent who doesn't drink?" a cultivator nearby scoffed. In the fantastical world of the Azure Dragon Continent, men and women have no difference in status. Furthermore, it's a world of cultivation where strength reigns supreme, so women don't adhere to the traditional virtues of obedience and subservience. As for drinking, it's deeply ingrained in the minds of every person on the Azure Dragon Continent. It's almost fair to say that while there are women on the Azure Dragon Continent who don't drink, there are no women who can't drink.
However, the cultivator was clearly unconvinced and retorted, flicking his sleeves, "You brute! What do you even know about the world in books? The world inside is different from ours. Have you read 'Precepts for Book of Female Conduct'? Have you read 'The Family Rituals of Sishui'? The women in those books are not like the women on our Azure Dragon Continent. Forget about drinking; they'd be condemned by everyone just for showing their faces in public."
This practitioner launched into a long and eloquent speech, hoping to vindicate himself and silence others, but he did not expect that everyone would look at him differently.
"This brother's reading tastes are quite unique... he actually reads books like 'Book of Female Conduct' and 'The Family Rituals of Sishui'."
"Perhaps he wanted to pass on the knowledge from the book to his wife..."
After rambling on for a while, everyone turned their attention back to the projection. In fact, they also wanted to know why Xiao Qing's face had turned so pale after drinking a bowl of wine.
Inside the projection, Ma Feifei watched with a smile as the White Snake and Xiao Qing drank the realgar wine, then picked up the jar and refilled their empty bowls.
This time, Ma Feifei noticed that even the White Snake's expression was somewhat heavy. Clearly, the second bowl of realgar wine was also quite a burden for her. As for Xiao Qing, her face was contorted with grief, her expression as if she were being led to the execution ground.
"Oh dear!" At this moment, the white snake suddenly put her hand to her forehead and exclaimed softly.
"What's wrong, my wife?" Xu Xian quickly helped the white snake up, asking anxiously.
The White Snake leaned against Xu Xian's shoulder, saying weakly, "My husband, I feel dizzy."
"Miss, Xiao Qing, please go back to your room and rest." Before anyone could speak, Xiao Qing quickly got up to help the white snake.
"Yes, yes, let's go back to the room and rest first." Xu Xian was also anxious. He and Xiao Qing helped the white snake up, and then glanced at Ma Feifei and Xu Jiaorong.
Ma Feifei didn't mind, and waved her hand with a smile, saying, "Since your sister-in-law isn't feeling well, Shilin, please help her back to her room to rest."
Xu Jiaorong, who was standing to the side, nodded in agreement. Only then did Xu Xian turn around and, together with Xiao Qing, help the White Snake leave the hall, thus ending the banquet that had just begun.
Looking at the table laden with delicacies, and then at the wine bowls on the seats of the White Snake and Green Snake, Ma Feifei couldn't help but reveal a smug smile.
"Next, it's time for you to Transform, right? We need to find a way to make Xu Xian see it," Ma Feifei thought to herself. According to this plan, as long as Xu Xian sees the White Snake's true form, Xu Xian Fahai help. This is not the later revised version of "The Legend of the White Snake," this is "The Legend of the Righteous Demon." In this version, Xu Xian (Xu Xuan) did indeed sleep with the snake, but he didn't have the courage to continue living with the White Snake later.
In fact, according to the Ming Dynasty novel "Jingshi Tongyan", Xu Xian was threatened by the White Snake after learning that the White Snake and the Green Snake were demons. This made Xu Xian terrified and he eventually ran to Fahai for help.
So what Ma Feifei needs to do is advance the plot, so that Xu Xian knows the true form of the White Snake sooner, so that he can go to Fahai for help and let Fahai subdue the White Snake.
"But speaking of which, why did this dragon disguise itself as a white snake? Is it also because of the system?" Ma Feifei was a little confused. The dragon had mistakenly entered the <The Legend of the Righteous Demon>, so it should have its own consciousness. There was no reason for it to transform into a white snake to find Xu Xian and marry Xu Xian, thus becoming a human-snake couple.
Thinking of this, Ma Feifei, taking advantage of the remaining time, rushed into his mind to ask the system for the reason.
"The dragon is severely injured. It can heal itself by absorbing the pure yang energy from Xu Xian." The system gave this statement, which also indirectly proved that the white snake was indeed a dragon.
Ma Feifei was even more shocked after hearing the system's explanation. Absorbing Xu Xian's pure Yang energy could repair its own injuries. Did that mean that the longer the dragon spent with Xu Xian, the more its injuries would gradually heal, eventually reaching its peak condition?
"What if even Fahai can't handle this dragon?" Ma Feifei was a little panicked. The dragon's strength was obvious to all. Although the world of <The Legend of the Righteous Demon> was also a mythological world, its combat power was not high. The highest-level character in it was Guanyin Bodhisattva, but she only appeared briefly and then disappeared. Among the characters who actually appeared, only Fahai Master Fahai was the most powerful.
As Divine Beast that survived from ancient times, the Jiaolong possesses unfathomable strength. In a one-on-one situation on the Azure Dragon Continent, it is practically invincible. If Fahai were to actually lose to it, things would get very interesting.
"No, we have to deal with it as soon as possible." With that thought, Ma Feifei didn't hesitate and got up to go to the small courtyard prepared for Xu Xian and the others.