The five moved on. Besides always being with Jade, Hsi Wu debated with Uncle from time to time. They held different views on the use of magic. Hsi Wu thought as long as the purpose was right, it did not matter to use bad magic while Uncle insisted that only good magic could be used.

“Humph! Uncle will turn you to stone if you dare to question him anymore!” Uncle was quite annoyed at Hsi Wu.

“Uncle, I find we haven’t encountered any demons these days,” Jade mentioned this to adjust the atmosphere.

“Maybe not too long after we will, there are so many monsters and demons across China. You see, Shendu, Chinese; Daolon Wong, Chinese; Frog Monster, Chinese; he, also Chinese!” Uncle pointed at Hsi Wu.

Hsi Wu could only raise hands flat.

“Uncle, Hsi Wu has learned to be a good person now,” said Jackie.

“Uncle’s never acknowledged he has been good!”

“Uncle, people are always changing. As you see, Tohru once worked for the Dark Hand, and that female thief, Vi…” Saying this, Jackie was a little embarrassed.

“Jackie, if you wanna say Viper, speak out loud,” Jade said, grinning.

“Alas, anyhow she has rehabilitated.”

“Jade, tell me whether the relationship between this Viper and Uncle Jackie is just like that of you and me?” Hsi Wu leaned on Jade’s ear but said loud deliberately, which made Jackie Chan hear clearly.

“Hsi Wu, don’t talk nonsense…but, also right, right…” Jackie felt somewhat embarrassed.

“You are so bad!” said Jade. Hsi Wu, Jade, Uncle, and Tohru all laughed out loud while Jackie became more awkward. Or more properly, had something in his mind.

“When did I become so dull? I didn’t find that Jade…” It turned out that on hearing Hsi Wu’s words, Jackie perceived the relationship between Hsi Wu and Jade was not so normal.

Jackie thought it was necessary to have a talk with Jade. He felt it was not appropriate no matter from the perspective of Jade’s age or the perspective that the two matched well. However, now Jade was always with Hsi Wu just like one with his shadow so he had no chance. If Hsi Wu was a common boy, he might talk with both. But Hsi Wu was a demon and this may infuriate him…

Luckily, chances would come. When they visited a high mountain, Hsi Wu could not help soaring for a while again.

“Come here, Jade. I have something to talk to you about.” Jackie called Jade away from Uncle and Tohru. Despite the smile on his face, Jackie’s voice was serious.

“What’s up, Jackie?” Jade found it strange that Jackie suddenly wanted to talk to her.

“Jade, you may not distinguish some emotions at your age.”

“Jackie, what are you saying?”

“Jade, it’ll be best if you can’t understand me. But I still hope you keep a certain distance from Hsi Wu.”

“Jackie, what’s the matter with Hsi Wu? Do you still have a prejudice against him?”

“No prejudice in that aspect. I just say you’re still too young. You should bear in mind that he has been thousands of years older than you and you’re not the same race either…”

“Jackie, don’t say that. We’re not in that relationship. And even if we were, would it really matter? Does my age really matter, or does race matter?” Jade was a little excited and walked away.

Seeing Jade annoyed, Jackie Chan sighed.

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“Jade, you seem unhappy?” After a round, Hsi Wu flew back.

“Nothing,” said Jade. But her expressions did not correspond with her words.

“Speak out, needn’t hide anything from me.” Hsi Wu perceived Jade may have something reluctant to speak out in front of Jackie, so flying with Jade. Jade told to Hsi Wu.

“Hahaha, we’re really in that kind of relationship?” Hearing it, Hsi Wu smiled with white teeth out.

“Be serious!”

“Jade, that’s nothing. When social norms were initially formed, they were suitable for society at that time. But when times and conditions changed, they gradually became ropes that hampered your development and yearning for a better life. We should view the world with a pair of intelligent and changing eyes. Inherit the core virtue of tradition and abandon its disadvantages. As Yi says, ‘Follow the right principle of the universe and everything will operate well. Everything will naturally renovate healthily and the world will be at peace’.” Hsi Wu said these words in classical Chinese.

“Speak like a human!”

“Hahaha, don’t understand? I practice my native language a little to prevent myself from forgetting it.”

“Then when did you learn English and modern Chinese?”

“In the netherworld! We weren’t completely idle either. We also made some preparations for ruling…um, having friendly communications with humans. How could it be enough that we only master ‘Zhi Hu Zhe Ye’?”

“Friendly communications? Kidding whom?”

“Ok, ok. I admit it’s ruling the world.”

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The five arrived at a village. They had been visiting famous tourist spots or big cities and hadn’t sensed the atmosphere and culture in rural areas for the last month.

In the village, the roads were not paved with asphalt or cement and the houses were constructed with bricks, simple but not in a mess. The small paths connected and the snores of roosters, dogs, and pigs could be heard from time to time. Turning around a corner, only to see a lady crying sitting by a wall, who seemed to be in her 20s.

“What’s the matter, madam?” Jade came to the young lady.

“Remember, girl, never get married here, never come here! The villages here have always been ruled by Yixu Demon, no one can deal with it for generations.” The lady cried more fiercely.

“Aiiee-yaahh! There is a demon!”

A smile appeared on Jade’s face. “Madam, if there is a demon, we can handle it. This is Uncle, who is a wizard.”

“Madam, do you mind telling us more details?” Jackie said.

The lady calmed a little. “My name’s Lixia Wang and my boyfriend’s Zhanguo Wang. We fell in love independently last year but Yixu Demon forbids the ones with the same family name to fall in love or get married, the ones who obey this will be executed! We have been sneaky, not wanting to be discovered by it. We planned to escape this place but were finally caught by it. It has hexed on us that we couldn’t flee now. We will be executed tomorrow at noon!”

“Aiiee-yaahh!” Suddenly, Lixia caught a glimpse of Hsi Wu and Jade hand in hand. “You can’t do that! If boys and girls chat and laugh with each other before their adulthood, they will be punished. If they fall in love, be executed directly!”

“We haven’t…” Jade was a little embarrassed and released Hsi Wu’s hand.

“Damn! I will teach it a lesson!” Hsi Wu held tightly his fists.

“Boy, don’t say that. Yixu Demon masters magic and is large in size. Humans are not his opponents.”

“Sister Lixia, let’s just say he is not a human?” Jade said.

“Oops! He is immortal?” Lixia’s eyes lit up.

“I…right, I am an immortal.” Saying this, Hsi Wu spread his wings. He felt a little strange that he was called an immortal for the first time in so many years.

“Great! Pay a visit to my home?” Hope came to Lixia’s heart.

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“Dad, I came across some guests who master magic.” Lixia led the five into her home and her dad came out to greet them. An old woman stretched her head out of the right bedroom but suddenly turned back on seeing it was Lixia who came back.

“Come to the left room, friends from afar.” Lixia’s father said, taking out a bag of tea and making tea for the five.

“Who is that old lady? Why she didn’t talk to us?” asked Jade.

“She is my grandma. Alas, ever since I modified the ‘Li’ for standing in my name to the one for beauty three years ago, she didn’t say a single word to me.”

“What? Does it matter?” Jade was confused.

“Girl, don’t you know that the second character in one’s name represents the generation?” said Lixia.

“Although your grandma doesn’t say to you, she couldn’t sleep well after knowing your trouble.” Lixia’s father said. “Everyone, knowing that you are in command of magic, I beg you save my daughter, save my daughter.”

“As I see, beat it to death directly. If he can’t die, just control him to stop him from killing others.” Said Hsi Wu.

“No way. Yixu Demon can appear and disappear in an instant and it kills people using no instruments but his thought.”

“It turns out that we should do further research.” Said Uncle.

“It’s not early. I’ll accommodate you this night.”

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The five opened several large bags of Uncle, flipping magic books page by page but did not find any record of Yixu Demon after several hour’s work. Only Hsi Wu could stay awake at this time and the other four had almost fallen asleep with heavy eyelids.

“Maybe the pronunciation is wrong after passing it down from generation to generation. The monster follows old conventions so maybe his real name is ‘Yinxun’.” It occurred to Hsi Wu that.

“Perhaps, you have a try…” Uncle had nearly fallen asleep.

Hsi Wu flipped the books quickly. As expected, he found the record of Yinxun Demon in an old and shabby magic book. It was slightly white in the east then and Jackie, Uncle, Jade, and Tohru were all sleeping on the table.

The book wrote that to drive the Yinxun Demon away, ancient music should be played with complete electronic music. Hsi Wu was a little confused that what “complete electronic music” is. He woke up all ones except Jade.

“Electronic music? Uncle knows nothing about modern technology!”

“Maybe we can toot the flute and record it with the camera. Then replay it with the maximum sound.” Said Jackie.

“I’m afraid it’s not so easy. Electronic music is popular in Japan now. It’s not recorded but directly generated in computer.” Said Tohru.

“But where could we look for such kind of music? Isn’t the electronic music in Japan all modern types?” said Jackie.

“Maybe we can split up. One group record the flute here and I go to big cities to look for music generated by programs.”

“Ok, Uncle, Tohru, you stay here then. I go to the cities with Hsi Wu.”

Hsi Wu spread his wings and took Jackie to fly. Suddenly, Jackie felt it rather heavy on his legs. He looked down only to find Jade holding his legs, leaving the ground with them.

“Hee hee!”

“Jade, it’s dangerous to fly like this!” said Jackie.

“No matter. I can seize you two.” Hsi Wu turned into the bat form and flew toward Beijing, with Jackie and Jade in his left and right paw, respectively.

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On arriving in Beijing, the three came to the distribution center of music players. Searching around, they did not find any electronic music for classical songs.

“Maybe we can program a piece of music now.” Jade thought up.

“But Jade, can you program?”

“But we’re in Beijing, we can seek help in Zhongguancun!” said Jade.

The three came to Zhongguancun and as expected, a company can take this order. But on hearing the deadline is noon on the same day, the principal repeatedly shook his head.

“Then is it Ok now?” Hsi Wu conjured a thick pile of RMB, showing it in front of the principal.

“Ok, ok, I call our programmers immediately, we will accomplish the work even without rest!” The attitude of the principal conversed at once.

“Which song do you want to be programmed?”

“Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.” Hsi Wu had a glimpse of Jade’s eyes and said.

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In the village, Tohru and Uncle had recorded the sound of the flute with Moose camera. Approaching noon, Yinxun Demon as expected appeared, who looked exactly like an ape-man and had the height twice as Tohru with such long hair reaching the ground from behind. Under the control of his mind, Lixia and Zhanguo were dragged from home, with hands tied seemingly by an invisible rope.

Tohru immediately played the recorded sound. However, it seemed that Yinxun Demon could not hear the sound.

“Aiiee-yaahh! This camera is out of use!”

Lixia and Zhanguo’s family came out of the house, kneeling in front of the Yinxun Demon, crying, hoping it could forgive Lixia and Zhanguo. Lixia’s grandma also came out of the house with the aid of her crutch, tears in eyes, putting down the crutch slowly, and kneeling on the ground, trembling.

Suddenly, Hsi Wu flew back with Jackie and Jade. Jackie Chan held a laptop and a speaker in hand. Hsi Wu, who held Jade’s hand, turned into the human form after he landed on the ground.

“You two are so shameless, wanna die with them?” Seeing Hsi Wu and Jade, Yinxun Demon shouted.

“I guess you want to listen to this!” Jackie began to play the electronic music of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai with the laptop.

“Oh, no!” Yinxun Demon covered its ears in pain, face twisting, falling apart. The strength that shackled Lixia and Zhanguo also disappeared and his family cheered up. Not too long after, the whole village knew that the Yinxun Demon was wiped out. The sound of fireworks echoed, which could only be heard during Chinese New Year as usual.

In the sound of fireworks, Lixia and Zhanguo hugged together, tears of excitement flooding.

Suddenly, Lixia’s grandma walked by slowly with the aid of her crutch.

“Lixia!”

“Grandmother!”

Lixia and her grandma hugged together. Seeing this aside, a pleased smile emerged on Zhanguo’s face.

The villagers were so sincere and warm. They slaughtered several pigs and prepared a grand feast. Jackie Chan and others were also invited, who enjoyed the meal so much. It was already dusk when the five left the village.

Under the slanting sun, Hsi Wu and Jade walked ahead, whose shadows were so long that stretched to Jackie Chan’s feet.

“Uncle Jackie, do you know why we must use electronic music?” Jade looked back, asking Jackie.

“Jade, in fact, you could also ask why electronic music should be used to play traditional music.” said Hsi Wu.

“I don’t know exactly. But Jade, Hsi Wu, I know it’s my fault that I was too worried about you. That’s too unnecessary. I’m so glad you have a harmonious relationship now!”