Shen Yuan has to hide behind his fan for a hot second to bite his lip, lest he burst out laughing at the look on Lan Xichen's face and totally spoil the mood.
"Did I not say that this was a true story?" he asks archly, tugging his sleeve out of Huaisang's grip. "A-Sang will simply have to listen and find out. Now," he cleared his throat and continued, "this cultivator had specialized in the study of demons and their ways, and so as soon as he and his disciple had returned to the spot where the shijie was last seen, he cast a spell that allowed him to perceive the demon's energy as a glowing trail, which he and his disciple immediately set out to follow. They tracked the demon all over the city; over rooftops, through gutters, in and out of the shadows -- but who could have foreseen it? The trail led them straight back to the home of their host, the magistrate!"
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"Did I not say that this was a true story?" he asks archly, tugging his sleeve out of Huaisang's grip. "A-Sang will simply have to listen and find out. Now," he cleared his throat and continued, "this cultivator had specialized in the study of demons and their ways, and so as soon as he and his disciple had returned to the spot where the shijie was last seen, he cast a spell that allowed him to perceive the demon's energy as a glowing trail, which he and his disciple immediately set out to follow. They tracked the demon all over the city; over rooftops, through gutters, in and out of the shadows -- but who could have foreseen it? The trail led them straight back to the home of their host, the magistrate!"