Chapter 13

The village chief threw a cluster of flames into the tea stove on the table, added two pieces of charcoal, then picked up the teapot on the table and walked to a water tank in the yard. He scooped a bucket of water from the water tank and poured it into the teapot. After thinking for a while, he said, "She went to visit Elder Jinchun this morning. Judging from the time, she should be back soon."

After saying that, he walked back to the stone table, placed the teapot on the tea stove, and carefully took out a bamboo tube. After opening the lid of the bamboo tube, a light fragrance instantly filled the entire yard.

Cheng Ju sniffed intoxicatedly, then looked at the village chief and said with a smile: "I have been away from the village for many years, and I haven't drunk the tea made by the village chief for a long time."

"Then you have to drink a few more cups today." The village chief stroked his beard and smiled. Then he picked up the bamboo tube and carefully put three tea leaves into the teapot.

At this moment, the gate of the front yard was pushed open by a demon from the outside. The demon looked panicked. After entering the gate, he bent over, gasped and said, "Village... Village Chief..."

The sudden sound scared the village chief, and he almost poured all the tea leaves in the bamboo tube into it. Fortunately, Cheng Ju was quick-witted and caught all the spilled tea leaves and put them into the bamboo tube.

After the village chief calmed down, he handed him the bamboo tube and said, "This Xiangshan Cloud Tea is the best tea. It is difficult to collect a few pieces in decades. The village chief must keep it well."

The village chief took the bamboo tube and breathed a sigh of relief. He then patted Cheng Ju's shoulder with satisfaction. He then turned around and looked at the reckless little demon. When he found out it was Gui Yuan, he was startled and couldn't help but look behind her and asked, "Why are you alone? Where are Jiang Yuan and the others?"

Guiyuan had recovered from his shock at this moment, and realized that he had nearly gotten into trouble, so he quickly replied, "Elder Jinchun said that he wanted to keep them and teach them something, so that they wouldn't be bullied by other monsters after leaving the village."

"Is that so?" The village chief had a complicated expression, and it was hard to guess what he was thinking. Then, he said to Cheng Ju rather embarrassedly, "It seems you have to stay in the village for a few more days."

"It's okay." Cheng Ju felt a little embarrassed when he saw that he had caused trouble for the village chief, and said, "It's not impossible to delay it for a day or two."

Cheng Ju had a gentle smile on his face, without any reluctance.

But he didn't expect that a month would pass by after this delay...

……

Voices came from the imperial city one after another, and the gentleness on Cheng Ju's face gradually disappeared.

The mission this time when returning to the Monster Village was to bring Jiang Yuan to the Imperial City to meet the Queen within half a month. However, a whole month had passed and not even a single person had been seen.

He really wanted to go to Longquan Forest...

But outsiders may not know Elder Jinchun's character, but the villagers know it very well. If they really go directly to Longquanlin to ask her for the person, they will probably go there in an unharmed state and return with one side of their body paralyzed.

Thinking of this, he once again went to see the village chief, but this time, he came to say goodbye!

Seeing him coming again, the village chief couldn't help but put down the brush he was practicing calligraphy with, and said helplessly: "Chengju, it's not that I don't want to give the person to you, but the person is not with me. You also know the temper of that girl Jinchun. Unless she takes the initiative to hand the person over, no matter who asks, the result will be the same."

He sent messages to Jinchun many times, but she either didn't respond or she played dead after only two words.
Cheng Ju had long been immune to this rhetoric, which had been said eight hundred times, but he still managed to put on a smile and explained the purpose of his visit: "The village chief misunderstood. I am here to say goodbye."

"Goodbye?" The village chief looked at him half-doubtingly and asked, "Didn't you say you were going to take her back to the imperial city?"

He suspected that this guy was bargaining with the street vendor. He said he was leaving, but in fact he was waiting for him to back down.

If he took another step back, he would have to go to Longquanlin in person to ask Jinchun for the person!
But Cheng Ju did not do as he thought. He just took out a red token from his arms with the word "Emperor" written on it in demonic script. He said, "Her Majesty the Queen only gave me half a month. Now it has been a month. I can only go back to the Imperial City first." Then he handed the token to the village chief, then bowed and entrusted him, "When the savior comes out of seclusion, please give this token to her. If she comes to the Imperial City one day, she can use this token to travel around the Imperial City without being blocked. Someone will come to pick her up at that time."

The village chief stroked his beard and nodded, "Don't worry, I'll leave it to her."

After saying that, he seemed to suddenly think of something and said with a smile: "By the way, you guys, don't always call her the savior. She has a name, her name is Jiang Yuan."

"Jiang Yuan..." Cheng Ju repeated the name to deepen his impression, and then said seriously: "I remember it. Thank you for reminding me, village chief."

……

When Cheng Ju came, he was riding on an eagle specially equipped by the Imperial Guard. Although this eagle was not intelligent, it was quite smart and could travel a thousand miles a day with its wings spread.

He flipped over and stood on the eagle, then nodded to the village chief. The next second, the eagle spread its wings and took off.

But in an instant, he disappeared...

The village chief looked at Cheng Ju going away, with a lot of thoughts in his mind: the Monster Village has been secluded from the world for many years, and in recent years only Cheng Ju had great ambitions and ran to the imperial city to participate in the monster trial. Although he now serves the queen as he wished, he is not as free in speaking and doing things as before.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, then turned away and went back to his room.

Never mind, it’s his own choice after all!

However, just as he walked into his front yard and was about to turn around and close the door, he was so shocked by the scene in front of him that he stopped moving.

"you……"

The village chief looked at the man, the demon, and the familiar white cat sitting in front of the stone table. He couldn't help but twitch his lips and asked, "Why are you here?"

Then he seemed to suddenly remember something, turned around and walked out of the front yard, quickly ran to where Cheng Ju had just left, and shouted, "Hey, Cheng Ju, come back... The person you were going to pick up has been cleared!"

But after he shouted twice, no monster came back. Seeing this, the village chief naturally gave up and walked back to the front yard with his hands behind his back.

He looked at Jiang Yuan and Jinchun who were talking, and tried to hold it in for a long time. Finally, he couldn't hold it in any longer, so he stepped forward and asked, "Jinchun, how is she doing?"

Jinchun glanced at him and replied, "Those I teach are naturally the best."

Seeing that the village chief was still full of doubts, she continued, "I told her everything, whether it was the ability to survive in the wild in the demon world or the details of the various demon tribes."

"What else?" The village chief didn't believe that she had only taught her the basics in this month.

"She has no demonic power and cannot learn any magic. I also passed on the great repairing technique that Qing Si left behind to her. Now..."

Having said this, Jinchun paused for a few breaths, then affirmed: "It can be considered a small achievement!"

(End of this chapter)