Chapter 12: The Beginning of a Lie

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People, it's not always so quick to learn a lesson. Yuan Huang had just been in a hurry while thinking about things, and he almost lost his life in the wolf's mouth. Now it's even more because of the amazing power of the staff, and his mind is full of thoughts, and he doesn't pay attention to anything around him at all. He really shouldn't have been.

He held his head in pain from overthinking, and before he knew it, he was back in front of the hut.

"Perhaps...... No, it's not possible...... But ......" Yuan Huang lowered his head and walked straight forward, unaware that a girl was standing at the door staring at him.

The girl's name is Xiao Yuxiang, and she is the daughter of the Teleportation Emperor, who has often delivered goods to the Prophet for three years. He has a petite and cute body, short hair that looks very lively, and wears light leather armor that is easy to walk in the forest. She saw Yuan Huang from a distance, and wanted to say hello but was stunned because the other party had changed too much, and missed the opportunity.

His whole body was stained with blood, dirt, and charred black, and before he could get closer, a strong scorching smell came to his face, and it was so embarrassing that it looked more exaggerated than rolling in a pile of dead people; The left cuff was torn and dangled messily, as if it had been used as a bandage temporarily; The left trouser leg was also torn from the knee up, and the broken part was unevenly hung high, revealing a very eye-catching, ingenious, and new shiny metal prosthetic leg, and the walking posture was completely uninhabited; staring at the oddly shaped, bare-topped thick metal staff without a magic crystal inlay, perhaps just an iron rod, in a position that was almost licking; On his finger was a large black ring carved with a millipede; The originally obscene and stiff back is also straight, and the exaggerated dark circles under the eyes disappear; The most important thing is that Yuan Huang is alone, and the prophet is nowhere to be seen.

If you don't make a sound to stop Yuan Huang, I'm afraid that the latter will go straight over like this and crash into her chest.

"Yuan, Yuanhuang?"

Just saying hello actually startled Yuan Huang, obviously thinking about something intently before, and really didn't see her.

Then both sides stared at each other and fell into an awkward silence.

Xiao Youxiang is because there are too many slots, and I don't know where to start for a while. Yuanhuang has more complex concerns.

"...... you?"

As soon as Xiao Youxiang asked half a sentence, Yuan Huang immediately hid his left leg behind his right leg.

Yuanhuang is not so simple. The original plan was to activate the mana in her body while hiding her leg, and cast an illusion on Xiao Yuxiang, copying the scene of her right leg on her left leg, so that Xiao Yuxiang could not see the metal prosthetic leg - however, the other party's face was full of embarrassment, and it was obviously unsuccessful. Today is the third day of secretly pouring out the sealing poison, and Yuan Huang thought that he could use a half-star illusion in a hurry.

He is suspicious all over his body, but he prefers to hide his prosthetic legs.

For three years, he was imprisoned in a wooden hut and was not allowed to go outside, and the only woman he could see was Xiao Yuxiang. The other party is not only lively and cute, but also occasionally laughs at Yuan Huang a few words, which is a light in a painful life, so that Yuan Huang unconsciously has a little good impression of her, and he doesn't want her to know that he is a cripple. Of course, the act of hiding the leg has not yet been unsealed because the mana has not yet been unsealed, and it has become a futile effort to make the atmosphere even more embarrassing.

Xiao Youxiang watched Yuan Huang actually plan to hide his left leg behind his right leg and try to hide it, and couldn't help but sigh, could it be that this matter is so important?

She actually wanted to ask what was going on with the most conspicuous strange staff, but before her fingers were raised, she only said half a sentence before Yuan Huang panicked, hiding a shiny metal prosthetic leg behind the other leg, how could she hide it? It must be a knee-jerk move, right?

So, she didn't want to continue asking - Xiao Youxiang was curious, but she was also very sensible. Since Yuan Huang's intention to cover up the metal prosthetic leg is so obvious, the only thing that can be obtained by forcibly questioning is a lie.

There is a very strange feeling in the bottom of Xiao Youxiang's heart - Yuan Huang's panicked appearance is also quite cute. She hadn't noticed the strange change in mood, and even if she did, she couldn't understand why.

As soon as the conversation changed, Xiao Youxiang pointed to the ring that looked the least suspicious, and joked with a smile: "Which girl are you engaged to?" โ€

"Huh?" Yuan Huang was stunned after hearing this.

Xiao Youxiang smiled, pointed to her ring finger, and motioned for Yuan Huang to put the exquisite ring on the ring finger of her left hand.

Yuan Huang understood. Only then did he know that wearing the ring finger of the ring meant engagement, and he only saw the corpse wearing the ring finger so he also wore it in the same position, and he didn't think much about it. "Actually, I'm not ......" Suddenly the words paused for half a second, and then changed his words, "You saw through it, yes, this is a wedding ring." โ€

"Oh......"

Hearing the word "wedding ring", Xiao Youxiang responded lightly. She hadn't expected it to be just a joke, and she would get such an answer. Who would have thought that a man who had been locked up in a wooden house for three years would get engaged and come back after just half a day out. She didn't believe it, but she was in no mood to continue the conversation, because her heart had been pierced deeply.

Odd?

She actually felt the sadness and pain in her heart as if it was being torn apart? Just because he heard that Yuanhuang was going to get married, so he was so sad? Where is the reason why you didn't look at each other at all a few days ago, but now you suddenly love each other to the point of heartbreak? No way!

Xiao Youxiang has known Yuanhuang for almost three years, and in her eyes, Yuanhuang is just a thin and unlucky boy with a dark personality, and has never had the slightest affection or even interest. At most, out of pity, Xiao Youxiang sometimes laughs with each other, just pity. She is the daughter of the boss of a big business group, the only daughter of the Teleportation Emperor, and she is not a frog at the bottom of the well who has never seen a boy, how could she like an unlucky person like Yuan Huang.

Eccentric! It's really weird!

Even if it's sad, it's a little sad at best, how can it be so exaggerated? She always felt as if something wasn't quite right, but she couldn't tell. I couldn't help but put my hands on my chest, wondering if I was sick.

Falsely claiming to be a wedding ring, it's not that Yuanhuang came with his mouth open, but there is no other way.

If you answer that this ring was given by the prophet, it is too unbelievable, and Xiao Youxiang knows better than anyone what the relationship between the prophet and his apprentice is; If you answer a roadside pickup, this lie is not much better than that of a five-year-old; If he answered that he bought it, he had no money at all and was not allowed to go out, and even the daily necessities were delivered by the emperor's father and daughter in person; If you tell the truth, it would be too stupid, and it will completely expose the Heavenly Palace at once. First lied that it was a wedding ring, and then it was a big deal to hire a woman to play a double reed to round this matter, rather than being suspected of murder.

"So, what's the matter with the blood stains on your body?"

"Killed a demon wolf on the way. The other party was very strong, and they narrowly won by scuffling together, and they got bloodstained. โ€

It's hard to lie about, and it's not necessary. After all, he was covered in blood, and the charred black corpse of the demon wolf was still in the wilderness, and it was not difficult to find it.

Xiao Youxiang was a little surprised after hearing this: "You? Kill the demon wolf? I couldn't help but say, "It's impossible."

"The advanced electroshock technique I used."

"But you ......"

Yuan Huang smiled: "You have always misunderstood, although the master is very strict, but he taught me a lot of magic. โ€

Once again, the dialogue could not continue. Xiao Yuxiang had witnessed the Prophet beating Yuan Huang and condemning him, and it was hard to imagine that he would teach magic sincerely. And Yuan Huang felt disgusted because he had to praise the old bastard. After all, as long as you look at the corpse of the demon wolf not far away, anyone can understand that it is done by electric magic, and they can't hide it. He really had no other way to explain how he had learned the art of electric shock.

Xiao Youxiang stared at Yuan Huang's eyes with a suspicious expression: "I really didn't expect that the prophet was actually a good person?" โ€

"Of course, as the saying goes, things gather like people and people are grouped, Master and Ling Zun are inseparable friends, how can they be bad people?"

"Well, that's right." Xiao Yuxiang couldn't help but be happy when she heard the praise about her father.

Yuan Huang almost didn't throw up because he praised the Prophet as a "good person" for the second time, and his whole body was uncomfortable. He wanted to bypass Xiao Youxiang as soon as possible and return to the study of the wooden house to check the information. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by the other party.

"By the way, what about your master?"