Zombie Bodyguard

Chapter 1893 - 1890: Discovered?

Zhang Ruyan stopped and turned to look at Lin Tian: "Generally speaking, it’s hard to recognize. The life power of the four Zombie Ancestors has been gone for too long, and nobody knows what their life power looks like anymore. I can recognize it because Bai told me."

"That’s good." Lin Tian said with relief, if any Demon Exorcist could recognize it, using the purple flame wouldn’t be so carefree.

Zhang Ruyan nodded, turned around, and left without glancing at Xu Feibai. Xu Feibai seemed indifferent, as if it didn’t concern him, with a carefree demeanor.

After Zhang Ruyan left, Lin Tian sat back at the table, still facing Xu Feibai, just staring at him motionlessly.

"You didn’t drink Forget Love Water." After a long gaze, Lin Tian suddenly said.

"Indeed, I didn’t." Xu Feibai admitted very bluntly, to Lin Tian’s surprise, thinking he would continue being lighthearted, pretending nothing happened.

"So, you remembered Zhang Ruyan from the beginning. It seems you have a tough heart, acting as if nothing ever happened in front of her." Lin Tian frowned and then asked: "Why?"

Xu Feibai’s expression remained unchanged, but his fist clenched unnaturally. After a moment of silence, he said: "The Zhang Family wants to eliminate me, stop me from entangling Ruyan, but they can’t find me, and Ruyan refuses to reveal my whereabouts."

"The Zhang Family’s elder sent me a message through special channels, telling me to completely leave Zhang Ruyan. Otherwise, not only would they deprive her of the Heavenly Master’s Successor position, they’d also clean house, not letting her do anything disgraceful..."

"Huh..." Lin Tian snorted with disdain: "Those stubborn old fools, can’t persuade Zhang Ruyan, can’t kill you, resorting to threatening you with a woman. Truly shameless..."

Xu Feibai slightly shook his head, looking relieved: "If you’re in a large family, you’d understand this indifference. Even my relatives wouldn’t accept a Demon Exorcist, neither family would accept the other."

"You could elope. Zhang Ruyan considered that, willing to elope with you." Lin Tian said, puzzled.

"We’ve thought about it. If neither family pursued us, we could elope, no matter what. But a family would definitely pursue us. Both the Zhang Family and our Xu Family would relentlessly chase us and then clean house."

"Don’t mention bloodline affection. In a large family, bloodline affection is a luxury. In ancient times, princes could kill each other for the throne. Families like the Zhang Family and the Xu Family, in opposition, for pure bloodlines, family reputation, and authority, would hunt us without mercy."

"If being together can’t give her happiness and instead puts her in danger, separation is the best choice. I left Huaxia, disappeared from her sight." Xu Feibai spoke very indifferently, but his eyes betrayed him, that deep-seated pain hidden in the depths of his soul.

Women can cry and cause a scene, venting their inner pain, but men can’t cry, can’t cause a scene, can only bury pain in their hearts, silently knowing their woes.

"But she’s not happy now, probably you don’t know, she moved out of the Zhang Family, living alone, obviously very lonely." Lin Tian reminded.

Xu Feibai fell silent for a while, not responding. Lin Tian picked up the kettle on the stove, brewed a cup of tea, and handed it to him. He didn’t care if the tea was scalding hot, picked it up, tilted his head, and drank it all, making the tea feel like alcohol.

Lin Tian brewed a cup for himself, just as he was about to sip, Xu Feibai suddenly asked: "Earlier, she mentioned the Demon Star Embryo..."

"Pfft..."

Lin Tian spat out a mouthful of tea, the tea splattering on the stove, sizzling.

"Uh, I can explain this..." Lin Tian hurriedly said, if he didn’t know Zhang Ruyan was his ex-girlfriend, it’d be fine, but now it’s out in the open, making it particularly awkward.

"No need to explain..." Xu Feibai brewed tea for himself, still tilting his head to drink it like strong alcohol: "I understand, Ruyan harbors resentment, against the family and me, she doesn’t want revenge, just telling them she did nothing wrong."

"Come on, don’t say a word, bottoms up!" Lin Tian filled the tea cup, raised it, clinked it against his, and drank it down.

The two drank cup after cup, truly turning tea into the feeling of alcohol, an entire kettle of water drank dry.

"Alcohol and tea are the same to us, no matter how high the proof, can’t get drunk, is there a liquor that could make us truly intoxicated?" Lin Tian contemplated.

It’s not that Lin Tian is wild, for a zombie’s body, not just drinking alcohol, direct high-proof alcohol can’t get them drunk, a zombie wanting to be drunk is incredibly difficult. That’s why Xu Feibai prefers drinking tea rather than alcohol, because there’s no difference.

"Alright, tea’s finished, let’s go." Lin Tian checked the time, feeling it’s about enough, accompanying this guy any longer, they could drink all the water in the store.

Xu Feibai didn’t say anything, stood up, and followed Lin Tian out. It was already dusk, the sun’s afterglow enveloping Qingtan Town, the half-dark ambiance adding a touch of mystery to the ancient town.

Following the path from earlier, Lin Tian exited the ancient town, crossed the bridge, walked along the river, then came to the mountain stream and woods. They walked ordinarily, arriving at the garden and wooden house by the stream, almost at the time Zhang Ruyan had arranged.

Zhang Ruyan stood before the wooden house, but her white dress was gone, replaced by a black dress similar in style to Zhang Lingyu’s purple dress. The skirt wasn’t long, barely reaching the knees, her fair long legs dazzling in the sunset glow, alright, Lin Tian admitted, he looked a few more times.

The change to the black dress gave Zhang Ruyan a different aura, sweeping away previous melancholy and madness, becoming mysterious, striking, elegant, and somewhat heroic, as if this was the fighting posture a Zhang Family woman should possess.

"Your combat attire is somewhat similar to Lingyu’s. Is the Zhang Family going for a uniform look?" Lin Tian joked intentionally to ease the potential awkwardness of their meeting.

"Lingyu and I found the family’s combat attire too old-fashioned, we modified it ourselves. It’s enhanced with Spell Rune, allowing us to cast spells faster." Zhang Ruyan explained.

"All geared up, planning to raid the Zhang Family?" Lin Tian asked curiously.

"No, to obtain Jiang Chen’s Body, we must pass certain checkpoints." Zhang Ruyan said flatly, she glanced at Xu Feibai: "You wait here, Lin Tian and I will enter the Zhang Family."

Xu Feibai frowned, just about to say something, when suddenly the sound of rushing water echoed from the pond, Zhang Ruyan’s expression changed, telling Lin Tian and him: "That’s the Zhang Family’s Mystic Light Technique, quickly get inside the house."