Ways to handle this little demon

A night of spring with graceful adornment of silvery moonlight....it was such a gorgeous night indeed. Right now, the night was peaceful and tranquil. But nobody would have expected that this was simply the calm before the storm. Tonight...it was bound to be really chaotic with some terrifying incidents awaiting ahead.

And culprits of all those so-called terrifying incidents were now standing on top of a resplendent pavilion's roof. And these two would be, of course, crown prince, Ming Zixin, and his princess, He Jingyi.

In fact, this pavilion existed in lotus village which was right next to butterfly village. And near this beautiful pavilion was a shelter for prostitutes of the ruined brothel. That's right. This shelter should have been built in butterfly village. But since all vacant lands in butterfly village had been occupied with shelters for male and female villagers, the one for prostitutes somehow ended up being constructed in lotus village.

In the right hand of Ming Zixin was a small pendant which was radiating some beautiful green light. According to the light of pendant, the kid they've been looking for all this time must be in the shelter of prostitutes.

" So the kid we've been looking for.....he was in this shelter? What's a child doing in a place for prostitutes?"

Skillfully twirling Ming Zixin's magical flute in his hands, He Jingyi cocked his head in a cute manner before replying to Ming Zixin. 

" I have no idea either. Maybe the child is an offspring of a prostitute?"

" Maybe."

Prostitutes were not allowed to bear children. Even if they accidentally got pregnant whilst serving clients, they were to abort fetus immediately. This was such a simple and basic rule of every brothel. But it didn't mean all prostitutes were willing to follow this rule. At times, very few portion of prostitutes were found out bearing children of their clients without letting anybody knew. This sorts of dramas were really common in brothels. It's just that both of this crown prince and He Jingyi didn't expect to see such an old drama in a little brothel of a remote village.

" So what are we going to do next? Kidnap the kid?"

Chewing on the tip of Ming Zixin's flute, He Jingyi asked, mumbling those words with a boring look on his face. Hiding his laughter with a cough, Ming Zixin tried not to get distracted by his princess' tantrum.

This evening, whilst the two of them were passing by an inn in the village as they searched for the child, his princess made an unexpected suggestion. And it was to drink liquor!

Well...the crown prince was not surprised by this sudden suggestion of his princess though. His Jingyi was always like this. Every time she came to human realm, whether it was just for her mission or just for fun, she tended to have her eyes on liquor half the time.

Of course, if it was with him, Ming Zixin never let it happen. Liquor was only for men. Though his princess was not some weak and fragile flowers like other mortal beauties, still, drinking liquor was no good for her. 

So, like always, this evening when his Jingyi suggested to drink liquor together, the prince didn't agree. Just like this, He Jingyi didn't even get to have a single sip. If it were before, she used to throw so many tantrums if the prince didn't allow her to do something she wanted. But, today, his Jingyi didn't do any excessive tantrums other than robbing him of his dizi and playing with it this whole evening.

But compared to her previous tantrums, this one was just nothing. Right now, there's only one thing Ming Zixin was worried. And it was his princess' teeth.

It's been almost like a good hour since this princess had been biting and chewing his flute. Since his dizi was a magical flute, his princess wouldn't be able to leave a single scratch on it no matter how long she bit or chewed on it. 

To tell the truth, Ming Zixin wouldn't care even if his flute were to be broken by his dear princess. All he's concerned the most right now was just his princess' teeth.

No matter how dissatisfied or feeling indignant He Jingyi was, she shouldn't torture her own teeth like this. His flute was not made from some normal bamboo. It wouldn't be broken even if one tried to cut it with legendary swords. But now, here was his princess, sneakily trying to break his flute with her teeth.

This was just too cute and stupid. But his princess wouldn't stop no matter what. Even he had to urge his princess to stop biting it or to bite him instead if she was that angry. But guess what her response was. His Jingyi said he wouldn't taste as good as his flute.

And now, just look at this...their target had already been found out. But his princess still didn't stop biting his flute. To be honest, Ming Zixin was even starting to feel jealous of his own flute.

Knowing that telling his princess once again to stop biting his dizi, was completely useless, the helpless Ming Zixin had no choice but to focus on the current subject.

" We have to catch the kid. But neither you nor me can use our powers."

If prince Ming Zixin used his power, then not only all the people would know that the person who kidnapped the kid was a righteous cultivator but Jianyu sect elders would also find out his real identity.

But for He Jingyi, it was a different problem. Right now, he just couldn't use any power at all. Since the day he stepped into the territory of Jianyi Sect, He Jingyi had lost all of his power. 

And it was because of the barrier created by Jianyu Sect at the border of Tian forest. The barrier was powerful and no average demons could pass through it. Only humans and righteous cultivators were allowed to come and go through it without any hindrance.

So, Ming Zixin didn't have any problems when he stepped into this sect's territory. But, for He Jingyi, he just couldn't pass through this barrier as long as his body had that demonic aura and power.

Though it didn't mean He Jingyi couldn't even use his power to destroy the barrier, to really do it this way would be even more idiotic. By destroying the barrier, all sect elders would find out a demon was trying to invade their sect's territory even before he finished disintegrating the barrier.

So He Jingyi had no choice but to consume the mortal pill before coming here. It was such kind of pill which could turn a demon or a cultivator into a complete mortal temporarily. Though it was already strange enough that how someone even got such an idea to create this kind of pill whilst all the three realms were in hunger for endless powers, there were still times this pill could be extremely useful.....especially for people in complicated situations like He Jingyi, of course. And that's why Ming Zixin said both of he and his princess couldn't use their powers.

" So?"

"We're using your foster father's puppets."

Taking out a crimson talisman from his sleeves, Ming Zixin showed it to his princess. Lately, he'd been carrying these talismans given by puppet master Ye Hu, in case if he encountered some incidents where he couldn't use his own powers.

He Jingyi seemed really surprised to see his foster father's talismans in this crown prince's hands. He felt really suspicious right now. His foster father willingly giving his talismans to Ming Zixin? He'd rather believe that fire was cold and ice was hot instead of convincing himself to believe this. This matter was just utterly unbelievable.

" Zixin.....don't tell me that you.....you robbed my foster father of his talismans."

Ming Zixin "......"