"Who on earth are you?"
Chen Xuan heard the title "Senior Brother Shou Jian" and couldn't help but show a look of surprise in his eyes.
In this world, there were only a few people who would address him like this, and for Second Miss Zhuo to call him like this caught him completely off guard.
As a man who constantly slaughtered resentful spirits to level up.
Chen Xuan could still tell the difference between humans and ghosts, and Second Miss Zhuo before him was indeed a living, breathing person.
"I am naturally Xiao Zhuo."
Second Miss Zhuo said calmly: "As for why things are like this, I'll explain to you two senior brothers later."
"Mmm."
Chen Xuan nodded slightly. This was not the place to talk.
The banquet was still continuing, but Chen Xuan's attention wasn't on the banquet at all. He just wanted it to end sooner, as saving Junior Brother Leng was the top priority.
However, looking at the expression on Second Miss Zhuo's face, it seemed that Junior Brother Leng's situation wasn't that bad.
So where exactly was Junior Brother Leng?
The banquet ended.
The guests who had attended the banquet left one after another.
Second Miss Zhuo took the initiative to stop the young county princess.
"Jing'er, we haven't seen each other in a long time. Stay behind and chat with me for a while."
When the young county princess heard this, she subconsciously glanced at Xianshi Chen, her puzzled eyes seeming to say:
Xianshi Chen, you're not asking me to stay behind to be the third wheel, are you?
But seeing Chen Xuan nod toward her, she still agreed: "Alright, Second Miss Zhuo, it really has been a long time since we've seen each other."
"You all can go now. I need to have a private conversation with Princess Jing."
Second Miss Zhuo immediately blocked out everyone around them.
"Yes!"
The maids who were tidying up quickly retreated, and soon only Princess Lingxiu, Chen Xuan, and Chao Youqian remained in the pavilion.
Princess Lingxiu was no fool. She said calmly: "You all chat here, I'll go get some fresh air."
Soon, only two men and two women remained in the pavilion.
The young county princess still felt something was strange. This was Second Miss Zhuo, bowing to the two Xianshi in front of her:
"Xiao Zhuo has met Senior Brother Zhang Jian and Senior Brother Shou Jian."
When Chao Youqian heard this, question marks appeared on his face.
"Brother Chen, what on earth is going on?"
"Don't ask me, I don't know either."
Chen Xuan had a completely calm expression.
"So who are you exactly?"
Chao Youqian asked with a confused expression: "The young county princess says you're Second Miss Zhuo, but you call yourself Xiao Zhuo. As far as I know, Xiao Zhuo died more than ten years ago, and Second Miss Zhuo hasn't left Jinyang in over a decade."
"I'm both."
Second Miss Zhuo explained: "This body belongs to my younger sister, the second young lady of the Zhuo family, and my soul is the Xiao Zhuo you all know."
When Chen Xuan heard this, his face couldn't help but show an expression of disbelief. He had only heard stories like this in "Liaozhai" in his previous life.
But considering this was a world of immortals and heroes, something like this happening could be considered normal.
"Does that mean you now have the body of Second Miss Zhuo but the soul of Xiao Zhuo? Then doesn't that mean Junior Brother Leng is..."
"Double the pleasure!"
Chao Youqian blurted out subconsciously, but then covered his heart with his hand, muttering to himself:
"Junior Brother Leng clearly promised to be a death knight with me, but instead he secretly found a body for Xiao Zhuo."
Although Xiao Zhuo was used to the two men's way of speaking, when she heard this, her face couldn't help but flush slightly:
"Two senior brothers, please stop making fun of Xiao Zhuo. I didn't know about this beforehand. Only after I got home did I learn that my sister, who looks exactly like me, had her soul damaged.
She needed my soul to heal her. At first, I thought I was going to die, but I didn't expect that my sister's consciousness was already gone, allowing me to merge smoothly with this body."
"Does that mean Junior Brother Leng knew about your situation? Then where is he now?" Chen Xuan asked.
"He went to the Taiyin Academy."
When Xiao Zhuo spoke of this academy, a trace of worry appeared on her face:
"It's also my fault. If I hadn't gone to find him back then, Young Master Leng wouldn't have asked my father to promise me to him.
Young Master Leng wouldn't have agreed to the bet with my father and gone to study at the Taiyin Academy."
Chao Youqian shook the folding fan in his hand and said: "Junior Brother Leng is indeed a good man. That's like me, devoted in love."
But soon he realized that everyone had stopped talking and was looking at him with strange expressions.
"Why are you all looking at me like that. Is there something wrong with what I said?"
Chen Xuan said helplessly: "You still have the nerve to call yourself a good man devoted in love, when you go to the Red Pavilion every day."
Chao Youqian said with an air of righteousness: "I went there to learn skills. You don't understand the pressure I'm under."
"..."
The two women, Xiao Zhuo and the young county princess, were instantly speechless. They had never seen such a shameless man before.
Chen Xuan immediately changed the subject: "Is there something wrong with the Taiyin Academy?"
"There is indeed a problem, and for men, it's deadly."
The young county princess said with a serious expression: "The Taiyin Academy is one of the four great academies of our Jin Kingdom, but nowadays it's basically only female cultivators who go there."
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