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Xie Lian instantly shot to his feet, "THE BROCADE IMMORTAL?!"
Naturally, that silhouette didn't respond and didn't move either, only standing there, still.
Xie Lian pressed his hands down on the shoulders of the other two and whispered, "Don't move."
A moment later, a night breeze blew by, and that silhouette of a man seemed to have sighed before dispersing, gone with the wind. Xie Lian abruptly stood up. Just then, outside the door of the textile house suddenly came a knocking sound. The three all looked towards it and Xie Lian raised his voice, "Who is it?"
The voice of a man rang from outside the door, "Your Highness, it's me."
Xie Lian went over to open the door, and outside the textile house was a man with an open countenance, his form immaculate and chaste, and he entered with his hands on his sides. Xie Lian was slightly bewildered, "Ling Wen, why did you come yourself?"
Ling Wen fixed his sleeves, "Since I heard Your Highness say things were difficult, I
figure your typical heavenly officials wouldn't be able to assist, so I've come to see
things for myself. Greetings, Your Highness Qi Ying. Why are you sitting on the ground?
What's wrong? What's with that look?"
It was Ling Wen in male form. Xie Lian walked to that cloth curtain and flipped it open,
and sure enough there was nothing behind. A moment later, he turned his head, "The
Brocade Immortal showed itself."
Ling Wen was amazed, "What?"
"It should be it, I'm sure of it." Xie Lian said, "It was a young man, very tall in height,
maybe two inches taller than me. Judging by his bone structure, he must be someone
skilled in martial arts."
Ling Wen was somewhat doubtful, "Your Highness, are you sure? In the past so many
years, there's never been word that the Brocade Immortal had shown itself to anyone.
Besides, didn't you say that none of these ninety-eight pieces of ghost robes were the
real thing? Could it be someone in disguise and playing tricks?"
"I'm afraid that's not possible," Xie Lian replied, "After that wave of chaos was over, to
prevent ghost robes from sneaking out and harassing mortals, we shut the door and
windows and set an array. Things inside couldn't get out and things outside couldn't
come in. There's only the three of us in the textile house, no one can plot anything.
Humming for a moment, Ling Wen said, "Then the real thing must've run into a special
circumstance, or, what you all saw was a silhouette of a vengeful spirit possessing one
of the ghost robes?"
Yin Yu who having little Hua Ying on his lap and Quan Yizhen were crouched on the ground, both in a state of spacing out. Xie Lian and Ling Wen stood with their arms crossed, assuming the appearance of adults, and were in serious discussion. Finally, Ling Wen suggested, "Why don't I take these ghost robes to the Palace of Ling Wen and have my people examine them? If that won't work, then we can make inquiries at the next meeting. I'm sure someone in the
Upper Court is an expert."
Giving the idea a thought, Xie Lian nodded, "That's probably a good idea. But, this was
a mission we're responsible for after all, I still want to be a little more thorough. Since
the real Brocade Immortal is mixed in here, let me think of a few more ways to bring it
out. If there's still no results by tomorrow then I'll pass the ninety-eight ghost robes to
you." After all, this affair wasn't under the jurisdiction of the Palace of Ling Wen.
"There's no need for Your Highness to be so polite." Ling Wen said, "Oh, if you'll be
sending them over tomorrow, it should be a hundred and one pieces, right?"
Xie Lian was taken aback, "Why are there suddenly three more?" Then it dawned on
him. "You're suspicious of the robes we're wearing right now?"
"It's not impossible." Ling Wen said.
Xie Lian lifted the sleeve corner of his cultivation robes so worn that threads were loose,
"I've worn this robe for several years now, it definitely wouldn't have issues. The one
Hua Ying is wearing right now was newly bought, but he didn't obey my words so it
shouldn't be problematic either." He told Hua Ying to stay still, but the boy still running around the shrine non stop. He ask his son to sleep but the boy didn't even want to closed his eyes!
However, Ling Wen shook his head, "That's not what I meant. Your Highness, you might
not be aware of this, but the essence of evil of the Brocade Immortal is strong, and since it's here, that essence would affect other normal clothing. In any case, just to be safe, don't wear the clothes you have on anymore and do something about them. Your Highness... He's Xue Yu Tan Hua Child? "
Hearing this, Xie Lian blink his eyes as peeled off the outer Quan Yizhen, while Yin Yu throwing Hua Ying robe away. "Don't wear this anymore, don't wear this. Take it off, take it off. Then, I'll wrap
up the clothes and bring them to the Palace of Ling Wen tomorrow. "
"Your Highness.. Is this Xue Yu Tan Hua child may i know why did he live with you? "Ling Wen as Hua Ying run from Yin Yu to hug Xie Lian. "Nyanggggg! "
Ling Wen look at the little baby. "He's mine. "
"I'll send people to come pick them up?" Ling Wen said not to make the situation awkward dragged along.
"No need, no need." Xie Lian said, "It's already embarrassing enough to trouble you
every time. Your palace is busy, I can handle this myself." Xie Lian say as he guide Ling Wen to the other places leaving little Hua Ying with Yin Yu.
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