Chapter 9: "Auntie and Other" Birds

Not far from the Xinxiu Palace, there was a village called Daning Village.

 Li Xiao and Li Dan's parents died long ago, and Li Xiao, an ugly mute girl, lives with her brother and sister-in-law.

 Li Xiao has almost no hair on her head, ringworm and sores on her scalp, it's very ugly, plus she can't speak, her sister-in-law has always looked down on her, and often beats and scolds her, and her brother sometimes turns a blind eye.

 Li Xiao also had to herd sheep and spin thread all year round to supplement her family's income.

 Li Xiao is sixteen years old, two days ago, Li Xiao had a dream.

 A white-haired immortal called her Young Master. The white-haired immortal said that he had searched for a long time and finally found Li Xiao. In his dream, the white-haired immortal cast a spell on Li Xiao, and Li Xiao changed back to her original appearance, could talk, and regained part of her memory.

 This dream turned out to be real!

 Early the next morning, Li Xiao was spinning yarn after dressing up, when her sister-in-law suddenly realized that Li Xiao had a head of dark and beautiful hair, black hair pouring like a waterfall from the top of her head to her waist, and that Li Xiao had unexpectedly become beautiful.

 On the table next to Li Xiao was a scabbed helmet mask, which was surprisingly made of silver.

 Sister-in-law was surprised and happy, she just wanted to go into the house to flatter Li Xiao, but she didn't expect Li Xiao to see her sister-in-law as well.

 Li Xiao got up and went out the door, still holding the spinning thread in her hand.

 My sister-in-law chased after him, shouting, "Auntie, wait for me! Auntie, wait for me!"

 The voice sounded from a distance like : "Auntie, wait! Auntie, wait!"

 As she was running so fast, one of the flower headscarves on her sister-in-law's head was blown off by the wind and hung around her neck.

 Li Xiao's mind, surfaced all these years sister-in-law treated herself all kinds of scenes, she was burning with anger, a wave of her right hand, sister-in-law turned into a gray turtledove, sister-in-law's headscarf, turned into the neck there stars and feathers.

 The sister-in-law called out in a low voice: "Auntie, wait! Auntie, wait!"

 So, this was the reason why Li Dan invited the four Lin Xianglan people to come!

 Li Dan wanted Lin Xiang Lan and the others to change his daughter-in-law back.

 The four of them, Lin Xianglan, tried their best, but they still couldn't turn Li back into her human form.

 Luo Bin said: "To unlock the bell, it seems that in order to unlock this spell, we still need to find Li Xiao back, do you guys know, where did Li Xiao go?"

 Li Xiao's niece said, "I heard people in the village say that my aunt seemed to have gone to the woods to the west."

 The four of them, Lin Xianglan, headed towards the woods to the west.

 "This is the continent of Kyushu where I've been living for sixteen years! Although the days have been hard, it still can't hide its beauty. I should have gone back early, but I couldn't help but stay a few more days, once I go back to the Feather Clan, it should be hard to come back to earth!" The green-clothed woman reveled in the beauty of the Kyushu Continent.

 The arrival of Lin Xianglan's four people had obviously spoiled her mood.

 Li Xiao's face changed drastically, but her head of hair was still as beautiful as a waterfall, and her hair danced with the wind as the breeze blew.

 Rong Fangyou smiled and said, "I think the girl is Li Xiao! Could you please ask the girl to undo the spell for your sister-in-law?"

 Li Xiao gave the four a disdainful glance: ''A mere mortal, how dare you make demands on me, you guys are too unimportant! You guys have no idea how she has treated me for so many years! I'm not going to let her change back to her human form, whoever of you is capable, go help her!"

 When she finished speaking, she pointed her finger at the blue sky and a harsh wind swept over her.

 Lin Xianglan's four had long been ready to meet the battle, but no one expected that in the blink of an eye, Li Xiao had already disappeared without a trace.

 Lin Xianglan asked the elders of Xinxiu Palace to try everything, and no one was able to break Li Xiao's spell.

 Xinxiu Palace poked around, and Li Xiao was like evaporating on earth, above the continent of Kyushu, there was no trace of Li Xiao anymore.

 Luo Bin said, "Could she really be a legendary immortal?"

 ...

 Lin Xianglan had the idea of going to the Imperial Five Elements Division, she felt that the only way to better help the people was to go inside the Huaxia Empire.

 Xue Yi Yi, Luo Bin, and Rong Fang You also decided to go with her to the Five Elements Division.

 With the help of King Rui, the four of them successfully passed the examination of the Five Elements Division and entered the Academy of Ceremonies, becoming part of the Miscellaneous Rong Lieutenants.

 The Five Elements Division is a royal institution.

 Since the founding of the Huaxia Empire, the Five Elements Division only had this current High Priestess: Qi Xianlin. Rumor had it that she had already lived for over a hundred years, only, in the last few years, her health was not as good as it used to be.

 The Department of Five Elements has a total of five courtyards: the Ceremony Courtyard, the Taiwen Courtyard, the Apricot Grove Witch, the Test Courtyard, and the Heavenly Calculation Courtyard.

 The House of Ceremonies was under the responsibility of the High Priest and the remaining four houses were under the responsibility of the four Elders.

 Each house also had a direct head: the Dean Elder, who was second only to the High Priest and the Four Elders.

 One day, Lin Xianglan's four were sent to the Ceremonial Bureau of the Tai Wen Yuan, and the four were to escort a very important item from Lord Zhang of the Tai Wen Yuan to the Prayer Hall of the Ceremonial House.

 After picking up her things, she was about to go back to the Ceremonial Courtyard when Lin Xianglan heard a few adults from the Rites Bureau chatting idly.

 Lord Le Jin was in a drunken stupor, and said with a fluttering brow, "I wonder if you all, have you ever seen a real immortal?"

 His colleague said with a calm face, "Which one of us cultivators doesn't want to become an immortal? Which one of us doesn't want to meet an immortal?"

 Lord Le Jin said glowingly, "Although I have never seen an immortal, I have heard the voice of an immortal."

 "Really?" The others said incredulously.

 "Of course it's true! But the Immortals probably won't make small talk with me later."

 "What's going on?" Everyone asked with interest.

 "The Immortal said that she had finally found her daughter, that the great matter of her heart had at last fallen away, and that, in future, she would not come back to me."

 The gentle Lord Ouyang Xuan frowned: ''That's such a pity! Brother Le Jin, do you know what that immortal looks like? Let everyone open their eyes as well."

 Lord Le Jin cleared his throat:``The Immortals said that they are the Feather Clan, when they are young, their bodies are covered in downy hair, and individually they may look rather ugly. When they reach adulthood, they will shed their tenderness, and their bodies have smooth and silky feathers, and if they take human form, they will have dark and thick straight hair, and most of them look so graceful that they make people's hearts flutter."

 When they heard this, they all longed for it, and they all looked forward to the day when they could catch a glimpse of the Immortals.

 But why does it sound familiar?

 Luo Bin came forward and asked, "Then does Lord Le know that the Immortal said they looked ugly when they were small, so are there any distinctive features?"

 Lord Lok replied:-"The Immortals say that when some races are young, mosses and sores grow on their heads, and that it is not until they reach adulthood that the mosses and sores molt from their heads, thus revealing dark, thick hair."

 Luo Bin said thoughtfully, "So that's how it is."

 After a while, Luo Bin asked excitedly, "Is what Your Excellency said true?"

 Lord Le replied calmly, "What this official says is naturally true."

 Luo Bin was shocked and delighted: "My lord, then the four of us should have seen the Immortal you are talking about."

 Lord Le's eyes lit up: "Really?"

 Luo Bin called Lin Xianglan and the others to the front and said to Lord Le: "It's true. We have met a woman named Li Xiao before, and the situation is very similar to what you said, my lord, I wonder where your lordship got the news about the Immortals?"

 Lord Le mysteriously pulled the four Lin Xianglan to the side.

 He was overjoyed and said, "That's great! We are truly destined to be together! Let's gather at my residence later."

 The four Lin Xianglan nodded their heads in agreement.

 The four of them, Lin Xianglan, sent the things back to Prayer Hall, and after they finished the matter at hand, they went to the Ceremonial Bureau to find Lord Le.

 Lord Le had been waiting for quite a while, and after that, the four of Lin Xianglan followed Lord Le to the Le Mansion.