This little baby is so cute it's out of this world.
I could barely take my eyes off it when suddenly, I felt lighter and Yu Longting lifted me up in a horizontal embrace.
Yu Longting, carrying me in his arms, briskly walked away.
The village elder hurriedly followed us. "Lord Dragon God, aren't you going to look at the counterfeit oracle?"
"What for? That baby is inside, and if I entered, it would be scared," Yu Longting waved his hand, seeming unable to keep up the act of a high and mighty deity, reverting slightly to his mischievous persona.
The village elder found it odd. "We've never seen this baby in Barbarian Village before, where did it come from exactly?"
"It's a pet I used to have, didn't expect it to be so loyal," Yu Longting said nonchalantly without turning back.
The door of the previous house we stayed in was broken, so the village elder arranged a new one for us.
Before going to sleep, I asked Yu Longting a question, "What was your original purpose for sending the Ginseng Spirit here?"
"To use it to stir up conflict, muddle the waters, and draw out those hiding in the shadows," Yu Longting hugged my arms tighter, "On one hand, it was to flush out the old man in disguise, and on the other hand…"
"What is it?" I looked at him anxiously.
Seeing Yu Longting struggle to speak.
I swallowed hard and ventured a guess, "Is it because you discovered something in the Serpent Domain that made you think your father might not be dead? After all, he became a True Dragon; it couldn't have been that easy for him to die, right?"
"Wife, I don't feel wronged about falling into your hands, and I'm willing at that. My heart, soul, Life Lamp, inner core, all belong to you," Yu Longting chuckled softly and kissed my collarbone, which served as his answer.
But I was somewhat perplexed, actually guessing it correctly, "Then could your father's body have vanished from the Serpent Domain because he woke up and left on his own? If that's true, Master Qingyang would be infuriated. A True Dragon has always been in this world, and he has been troubling you, yet targeting the wrong person all along."
"Wanwan, it's just a hypothesis, don't have too high hopes," Yu Longting said with a heavy tone.
The next day, I accompanied Yu Longting to the Temple to take a look at the Divine Oracle.
The Divine Oracle appeared in the reflection of a bronze mirror held in the hands of a statue, a treasure known as the Heaven-Reaching Mirror, where two lines of text were clearly written:
The snake demon disguises as me, framing others for murder.
Truly heart-wrenching.
The reflection of the Divine Oracle in the bronze mirror was already hard to falsify, let alone corroborated by the testimony of two Yellow Skins.
No wonder the villagers turned against Yu Longting in an instant, their passions inflamed as they came swarming over to attack us.
"Tomorrow's Dragon King's marriage ceremony will continue, and I intend to lure the snakes out," Yu Longting himself was a snake, but he used the idiom with remarkable calm.
Upon hearing his plan, the village elder found it troublesome. "But the Falling Cave Girl chosen by our village has run away, and chasing her back might not leave us enough time."
"Pick another then, is that so hard?" Yu Longting asked in return.
The village elder shook his head vigorously, not daring to disagree, "Not hard, not hard at all. We will follow your orders."
"Why don't I go? The custom of the Falling Cave Girl is vulgar and cruel to begin with, and should have been abandoned long ago. Besides, the girl chosen also faces certain risks."
My words made perfect sense, leaving the village elder pale-faced, while Yu Longting's eyes smoldered with fury.
As Yu Longting's aura of malevolence expanded, the legs of the village elder trembled like noodles, as if ready to kneel at any moment.
I tugged at the hem of Yu Longting's clothes. "Don't you like how I look in a wedding dress? I'm wearing it for you, not for anyone else, let alone a counterfeit."
"Since you like it, there's no need to choose another. After all, with me here, no one can hurt you," Yu Longting frowned and unfrowned, finally compromising.
When we returned to the place we were staying, I almost didn't recognize it as the same room we had lived in before; the walls were adorned with a large 'happiness' character.
In front of the 'happiness' character on the incense table, there were even Dragon and Phoenix Candles laid out.
And looking at the bed, it was strewn with all sorts of dried fruits like lotus seeds, peanuts, and walnuts.
"Yu Longting, was this your idea, or did the people of this village take it upon themselves?" I turned around mechanically, looking at Yu Longting with a despondent gaze.