"Senior Brother, is that Carp Spirit really as terrifying as you said?" Qingshi was rather curious. He had never seen that Carp Spirit, only heard his senior brother mention her. From the description, she sounded like a world-ending Demon King...
"You'll understand when you see her. Only Master has the ability to deal with her..."
The young daoist priest recalled the carp demon's appearance. She did not actually look frightening; on the contrary, she was exceedingly beautiful. But that aura of darkness, those crazed, murderous eyes... Seeing her felt like being cast into the Avici Hell itself, and he shuddered again.
"Enough, don't bring it up... She's not a demon we can handle. We'll have to rely on Master. At a time like this, don't think so much. Enjoying ourselves is what matters..."
The young daoist priest did not intend to continue the subject. Instead, he wore a lecherous grin as he summoned over a maidservant.
"..."
Fu Hua sat by the window in her room, holding a cup of hot tea as she stared blankly outside... Her thoughts were elsewhere.
"So they weren't here for Bai Yunhan. A Carp Spirit, huh..."
Though she had guessed they might not have come for Bai Yunhan, these two Daoist priests might not even know there was a demon inside Yiyin Residence.
They had merely stumbled upon this place by chance...
"A Carp Spirit... Could they be talking about Hong Meiling...?"
Fu Hua set down her teacup and frowned slightly. Judging from their description... it did sound somewhat like her disciple. If it really was Hong Meiling, then things would be a little troublesome. Of course... only a little.
The vengeance for killing a son—her only child, no less—meant there could be no reconciliation. Fu Hua had never expected to clash with