Obscuris Labyrinth

Zhao Yuxuan's heart was like being shrouded in a fog, with a huge mystery lingering there. Full of doubts, he quickly followed closely behind Lin Yaxuan, shouting, "Hey, Lin Yaxuan, look, your family already has a servant with great strength. What am I still doing here?"

Hearing his words, Lin Yaxuan snorted coldly through her nose. There was obvious displeasure in her voice as she said, "You do your own thing, and it does its own thing. Anyway, you can't be a freeloader here. If you don't want to stay here, you can leave on your own."

Zhao Yuxuan felt very uncomfortable when he heard Lin Yaxuan's tone towards him. Her words were like little thorns, stinging him a bit. However, his mind was rapidly thinking. He knew that if he wanted to stay in Tianwang Fort and explore the hidden secrets of the Lin family, it seemed impossible without going through this seemingly innocent but clear - cut Lin Yaxuan in front of him. This Lin Yaxuan was targeting him everywhere. Not to mention whether he could find out the secrets, just like this at present, he had to endure a lot of unprovoked hardships. After much deliberation, he thought it would be best to bury the hatchet with Lin Yaxuan and try to please her. After all, he couldn't defeat her in terms of martial arts, but he couldn't lose in terms of using his brain.

Thinking of this, he suddenly stopped and then bowed deeply to Lin Yaxuan.

Seeing his move, Lin Yaxuan was stunned all of a sudden. Her eyes were full of confusion and vigilance as she said, "Zhao Yuxuan, what devious idea are you plotting again? I'm telling you, I won't be fooled by you again."

Zhao Yuxuan looked solemn and said sincerely, "Miss Lin Yaxuan, I'm apologizing for the misunderstandings between us in the past. Also, there's one thing I must tell you. Do you know? The song you sang was really, really beautiful. That day when I came to the stream, I was completely attracted by your singing. But later, you hit me with stones and beat me up with fists and kicks. I was angry in my heart, so I deliberately lied to you. I hope you don't take those things to heart."

Lin Yaxuan was originally an extremely pure and gentle girl. Since she was a child, she had never really hated anyone in her heart, nor had she made things difficult for anyone. It was just that the impression Zhao Yuxuan left on her was really bad, so she had been against him everywhere. But unexpectedly, at this time, Zhao Yuxuan would use such a seemingly sincere appearance to apologize to her, which made her a little at a loss. She snorted and said, "Humph, I knew you were lying to me. Last night I asked my grandparents again, and they all said that my voice was really nice."

Zhao Yuxuan quickly said, "It's not just nice. Your singing can make the lark commit suicide in shame and the oriole hang itself. No wonder since I came to this mountain, I have never seen these two kinds of birds. It turns out that they have been driven to extinction by your singing."

Lin Yaxuan frowned and said, "Bah, Grandma said that glib - tongued men are not good people, and you are indeed a bad guy."

Zhao Yuxuan never expected that his flattering words would backfire. He couldn't help but cry out in his heart that he was unlucky. But he didn't dare to delay either and quickly said again, "Yes, yes, what your grandma said is right. Glib - tongued men are of course not good people. However, what I just said was sincere praise from the bottom of my heart. There wasn't a single false word. Besides, think about it. Last night you gave me pickled vegetables to eat, and this morning I drank green vegetable porridge. There wasn't even a trace of oil in the food. Eating such food, how could I say glib - tongued words?"

Lin Yaxuan listened to his words, pouted slightly, and her face was full of a somewhat unbelieving expression. However, her complexion was more amiable than before as she said, "Forget it, no matter who you are, you can't stay in Tianwang Fort for long anyway. After your injury is healed, leave immediately."

Li Yuexuan's bottle of "Zhihu San" was very effective. Last night, Zhao Yuxuan only applied it once, and the originally unbearably painful wounds unknowingly stopped hurting, and the swelling also subsided a lot. Judging from this situation, it is believed that his injury will be healed soon. But Zhao Yuxuan wanted to stay here for a few more days, so he had made up his mind not to use this medicine anymore. So he said, "All right, Miss Lin Yaxuan, I will leave when my injury is healed."

Lin Yaxuan immediately raised her voice and said loudly, "Don't call me Miss Lin Yaxuan."

Zhao Yuxuan felt very strange and asked, "Why? Isn't that what everyone in the fort calls you?"

Lin Yaxuan gently bit her cherry - like lips slightly. She looked both cute and stubborn as she said, "It's okay for them to call me that. But when you call me that, I always feel something is wrong. Because you are a bad guy. Maybe when you call my name, you are secretly scolding me in your heart."

Zhao Yuxuan thought for a while and said, "Well, then I'll call you Yaxuan, okay?"

Lin Yaxuan immediately shouted again, "Don't call me so affectionately."

Zhao Yuxuan had no choice but to say, "Then just call you by your name, Lin Wanting."

Lin Yaxuan tilted her head and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "All right."

Zhao Yuxuan said, "Then you are not allowed to call me Zhao Bad Guy either. This name is both awkward and unpleasant."

Lin Yaxuan said, "You are a bad guy after all. Why can't people call you that? It's also a good way to remind the people in the fort not to be deceived by you. And I don't think this name is awkward at all."

Faced with Lin Yaxuan's强盗逻辑 (robber - like logic) of only allowing herself to treat others like this but not allowing others to do the same, Zhao Yuxuan could only accept it helplessly. After all, he was under someone else's roof and had to bow his head. At the moment, he didn't express any more opinions but just said, "Hey, Lin Yaxuan, your family's orangutan seems to be very obedient. How did you get it?"

At this time, Lin Yaxuan's expression became very proud as she said, "You mean 'Xingda'? Let me tell you, it is my grandma's protective beast. It only listens to my grandma. Other Miao people can only kowtow when they see it."

Zhao Yuxuan asked curiously, "Your grandma's protective beast? It seems that your grandma is very capable."

Lin Yaxuan's face became even more complacent as she looked at Zhao Yuxuan and said, "Zhao Yuxuan, do you know who my grandma is?"

Zhao Yuxuan immediately thought of Li Yuexuan's sharp eyes in his mind. Looking at Lin Yaxuan's current expression, he knew in his heart that this grandma must be an extraordinary person. So he said, "Who is she? Is she the daughter of the chieftain?"

Lin Yaxuan said with a look of disdain, "The daughter of the chieftain is nothing. Let me tell you, my grandma is the most famous shaman in all the Miao villages in Xiling. All the chieftains will bow respectfully when they see her. Everyone is afraid of her and also respects her."

Zhao Yuxuan was stunned when he heard this answer. Immediately, an article in a magazine he had read before came to his mind. In that article, it was said that in many ethnic minority villages or settlements, the chieftain was not actually the most powerful. The most authoritative ones were often the local shamans. Because the local people believed that the shamans' words represented the will of the gods. No matter what they did, they had to ask the shaman to divine and give instructions first. And these shamans often mumbled some strange sounds like "wu o ya yi" randomly, and then drew some peach - wood charms in a feigned - mysterious way, so they could deceive people out of their money and live a comfortable life. However, in Zhao Yuxuan's impression, those shamans were all old, ugly, dry, and thin guys. He never expected that the beautiful Li Yuexuan would be a witch.