Lu Zheng stayed in Hai City for another three days, just in time to enjoy a pleasant weekend with Lin Wan.

Early Monday morning, the two freshened up and got ready for Lin Wan to go to work, while Lu Zheng was preparing to time travel.

"You go first, make sure everything is okay on the other side before I follow." Lin Wan held onto Lu Zheng, earnestly instructing, "Be very careful, if anything's wrong, come back immediately. I've found several locations in the Interpol database where nuclear weapons are stored in Damao..."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Lu Zheng almost choked on his own saliva, "No need, no need, and nuclear weapons might not even affect the Black Fish."

"Better safe than sorry!" Lin Wan said solemnly.

"Don't worry." Lu Zheng nodded, took out the fish scale from the gourd and placed it aside, then gave Lin Wan a slight smile and disappeared instantly.

In the living room, Lin Wan widened her eyes, staring intently at the spot where Lu Zheng vanished.

One, two, three, four...

About ten seconds later, Lu Zheng reappeared.

"Whew—"

Lin Wan couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, "Is everything alright?"

"All good, I just landed on the official road and chose an uninhabited spot to cross over. I didn't find any trace of Divine Monarch Xuan Ruo." Lu Zheng replied.

"That's great! That's great!"

"Alright, you go to work, I'll head back to Tonglin County." Lu Zheng said.

"Okay, be careful on the road."

"Don't worry."

After seeing Lin Wan off, Lu Zheng crossed over again.

In the blink of an eye, he was back in the sparse forest beside the official road.

A gentle breeze blew, white clouds drifting leisurely, farmers working in distant terraced fields, buffalo plowing the nearby paddy fields, birds circling in the sky, and insects singing in the woods.

The sun was shining just right, a magnificent scene everywhere.

If it weren't for Lu Zheng clearly sensing the tremor of the Black Fish Scale three days ago, he would find it hard to believe that the Black Fish was hiding here.

As Lu Zheng walked towards the official road, seemingly slow yet fast, heading north, he thought, "There seem to be several villages within thirty miles around. I wonder where he's hiding, is he transformed into a human hiding in a village, or has he revealed his true form hiding in the wild?"

...

Lu Zheng didn't head to the Jinhua Sect. After leaving the area for a certain distance, he resolutely performed a seal technique, rode the clouds and drove the mist, flying straight to Tonglin County.

Half a day later, Lu Zheng flew back to the county town, descending from the clouds at Peach Blossom Plain.

In Taohua Village, under the old peach tree, Si Lingxi was playing a game with Shen Ying. Sensing Lu Zheng's arrival, she looked up and smiled, "Lu Lang is back?"

Shen Ying turned around with a smile as bright as blooming lotus.

"I'm back!"

Lu Zheng landed directly between the two, kissing them both, making Xiaocui and several Celestial Maidens who were attending to them giggle quietly.

Si Lingxi's lips curled up, and Shen Ying reciprocated the kiss, stamping a pink lip mark on Lu Zheng's cheek.

"Didn't Lu Lang say he would only be gone for three to five days? Why has it been almost ten days? Did the ancestor Dongyangzi see your extraordinary talent and keep you longer for personal guidance?" Shen Ying asked with a smile.

"Not at all." Lu Zheng shrugged, a mischievous smile on his face, and conveyed with meaning, "I made a trip back to Blue Star midway, stayed for three days."

"Hmm?" Shen Ying blinked, her eyes transitioning from confusion to clarity within a breath, instantly realizing the situation, the light in her peach blossom eyes flashing, and her expression turning serious.

But before Shen Ying could speak, Si Lingxi already asked, "Who is it?"

Lu Zheng patted the gourd, waving out the palm-sized black fish scale he had just brought back from the modern world, "It's Divine Monarch Xuan Ruo."

Shen Ying's pupils contracted, "He's in Great Jing?"

"Three days ago, he was still in the Yangzhou area at the junction of Sanjiang Dao and Yinan Dao."

Lu Zheng waved his hand, dismissing Xiaocui and several Celestial Maidens, then recounted the incident from that day.

Shen Ying listened with lingering fear, "At that time, Lu Lang was within twenty or thirty miles of him. If it weren't for Lu Lang's vigilance, he might have encountered him."

Si Lingxi's phoenix eyes narrowed, "It seems his injury is quite serious, he even dares not return to the Great Abyss Marsh."

The situation was clear. If Divine Monarch Xuan Ruo were too injured, to the point of returning to the Great Abyss Marsh being unsafe due to the possibility of enemies, then the best choice would be not to return but to find a place to heal.

He doesn't appear, and those enemies dare not act on the Great Abyss Marsh for fear of unlimited retaliation once Divine Monarch Xuan Ruo recovers, similar to the situation with Hu Yijun in the past.

"Could it just be a misunderstanding? Maybe he still wants to hide in Great Jing, waiting for an opportunity?" Lu Zheng asked, "If it's just a stab, it shouldn't be this serious, right?"

"I don't know, but seeing him would tell." Si Lingxi smirked, taking the fish scale and reaching out to Lu Zheng again.

"See him now? Won't it alert him?" Lu Zheng asked, "Why not go to White Cloud Mountain first and call Master Dongyangzi?"

Lu Zheng and Si Lingxi had a great understanding, clearly intending to keep Divine Monarch Xuan Ruo in Great Jing.

This Divine Monarch Xuan Ruo, being a killer, Lu Zheng had no goodwill towards him at all. Since he encountered him seriously injured, why not seize the chance to eliminate him, and acquire a substantial Light of Fortune since his Mind Jade Seal's stocks were running low.

Si Lingxi also had no regard for him, especially since the man had insulted her, making lewd comments. Given the opportunity, she would certainly strike him down because Si Lingxi was confident that if she were injured, this Divine Monarch Xuan Ruo would absolutely exploit it.

"Don't worry, with his Dao Practice, he can't detect me." Si Lingxi smiled.

Thus, Lu Zheng patted the gourd and retrieved the long-unused Cloud Palace Treasure Mirror.

Si Lingxi reached out for it, then gently brushed the fish scale, drawing a wisp of black energy from it into the Cloud Palace Treasure Mirror. Then she performed a seal technique, slowly merging a curse seal infused with a trace of golden-red phoenix aura into the Treasure Mirror.

The next moment, a layer of white clouds appeared on the surface of the Cloud Palace Treasure Mirror, slowly flowing. Then the clouds became thinner and thinner, and gradually dissipated layer by layer, revealing a clear scene.

In the center of the image was a scholar in white, sitting on a large stone, with a stretch of terraced fields and scattered wooden huts behind him. Next to him sat a pretty young girl, watching the scholar drink medicine.

The scholar held a bowl of herbal medicine, sipping it while chatting with the girl, about the various trivial matters of the village, often comforting her, which were just on point.

Meanwhile, farmers occasionally passed by the country path behind them, teasing them, making the scholar bashfully smile, and the girl blush.

Lu Zheng blinked at the scene in the Treasure Mirror, then looked at Si Lingxi, "Is this scholar Divine Monarch Xuan Ruo?"

Si Lingxi nodded, "Clearly, it's him."

Shen Ying rubbed her chin, "Doesn't look like the legend..."

Lu Zheng clicked his tongue, sneeringly commented, "A thousand-year-old demon, truly acts like a human, acts like a ghost."

Shen Ying blinked, biting her lip, restraining her laughter but couldn't help her shoulders from twitching.

Lu Zheng looked up, meeting Si Lingxi's amused gaze.

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