Chapter 485: A Place Where Feng Shui and Fate Converge
The elder held his tea, sighing repeatedly. Xu Qiuyue sat below, feeling somewhat awkward and uneasy.
Meanwhile, Song You and his young attendant sat together, each with a cup of snow pear[1] tea in hand. The two of them sipped their tea in near-perfect synchrony, as if one had deliberately copied the other.
Finally, the elder raised his head, his voice weak.
"Your name is...?"
"Oh!" Xu Qiuyue quickly lifted his head and answered respectfully, "My name is Xu Qiuyue[2]. These demons understand this well—
"Which is why they use illusionary arts to exploit it and harm others. You must be able to see through it."
"I’ll remember your teachings, immortal master..."
Xu Qiuyue trailed off for a moment. Then, his expression turned peculiar as he shook his head and admitted, "It was just as you said. Once I went down with the staff, I naturally understood how to make them talk."
"And what did you learn?"
"At first, they refused to answer. So I raised the staff to strike. When I hit two of them, their forms shattered—they turned into scorpions and snakes, writhing on the ground. The others were terrified, and only then did they finally speak."
Xu Qiuyue took a breath before continuing, "According to them, they originally lived in the grand courtyards of the Chen Dynasty palace and also within a well. They were both serpents and scorpions within the well that had cultivated into demons and palace maids who had drowned themselves, transforming after death.