77: "Ding! Random Mission: The host is always too strong. Please be a cute and whimpering little darling, and pretend to reluctantly accept Fu Zi's advances within two hours!"
Shen Jianxi's hand, holding a sunflower seed, paused, her eyes filling with a smile.
...
Upon hearing the news, the two of them stopped.
They also noticed the two people in the corner.
Qiu Tao lightly wiped the blood from the wound left by Fu Zi on his face and walked in front of them, looking down at their leisurely demeanor.
"Are you two enjoying yourselves? Satisfied with what you're seeing?"
Shen Jianxi quickly put away the remaining sunflower seeds in her hand. Seeing the coldness in his eyes, she suddenly pointed at Fu Zi, "Go quickly and see what's happening! It looks quite serious!"
Qiu Tao licked his back molars, feeling for the first time that he had been too gentle with her.
Was his anger not obvious enough, for her to dare to change the subject?
However, the situation with Fu Zi was indeed quite serious.
From the few words that came through, terms like "formation," "dried corpses," and "Lianhua" indicated it was no simple matter.
Shen Jianxi also became serious. Lianhua? Why was he involved?
Wasn't he... killed?
Shen Jianxi stood up and walked towards Fu Zi, with Qiu Tao and Lin Xinglan following closely behind her.
As she walked, she contacted 77 in her mind.
"77, check up on this Lianhua. Is there anything we've overlooked?"
77 also knew the seriousness of the situation. It quickly checked carefully, afraid of missing anything.
Finally, just like last time, a line of text slowly turned from transparent to red before its eyes, stating:
[Immortal Lord Lianhua cultivated a secret technique, capable of transferring souls.]
Damn it!
Even 77 couldn't help but curse.
What was this? The second time! Just like last time, the mission had a time limit and wasn't displayed at first, only appearing when time was almost up. What rubbish!
77 relayed the information to Shen Jianxi. Compared to 77, Shen Jianxi was much calmer.
Ever since Fu Zi's last mission, she had known the system was unreliable. If it didn't cause trouble, that would be good enough. She couldn't really blame 77 for this.
As she got closer, she finally heard the true situation clearly.
It turned out that the demons brought by Li You and the demons in the palace were now confronting each other outside.
For some unknown reason, there were no other reinforcements.
Shen Jianxi sneered in her mind. Why else could it be? They had underestimated Li You.
They thought it was just a few individuals, but now it seemed there were more traitors than they had imagined.
"…And Immortal Lord Lianhua, he actually attacked Mingxin Sect with demons. Now, the disciples of Mingxin Sect have suffered heavy casualties."
The attack had come too suddenly, and no one had reacted. Many disciples were even sucked dry into corpses while still asleep.
According to the scout, Mingxin Sect was now unrecognizable, with corpses scattered everywhere, all of them in a gruesome state.
"Lianhua?!"
All three present were extremely shocked.
Lianhua had practically died in front of them that day. Now, he wasn't dead?
A hint of solemnity appeared on their faces.
If this matter only involved Li You and Fu Zi, it would be an internal affair of the demon race.
But now, Lianhua was involved…
It seemed they had formed an alliance at some point and were plotting something.
"Right," Shen Jianxi suddenly remembered something the demon general had mentioned earlier, "What about the formation you mentioned?"
The demon's expression was hesitant, unsure whether to speak or not.
Seeing his dawdling, Fu Zi immediately lost patience, frowning and sternly ordering, "Speak!"
The demon was startled and blurted out everything like beans pouring out.
"I… I don't really know."
"I only heard someone mention it, and I don't know if it's true."
"They all say that Lord Li You and Immortal Lord Lianhua are plotting to become gods through a formation."
Shen Jianxi suddenly remembered the formation book that the original owner had bought. She had put it away carefully before marrying Cheng Wenyu, and it was now in her storage ring.
If she remembered correctly…
That formation book also contained a formation that could lead to godhood.
It just required a large amount of human blood.
Connecting this with the dried corpses the demon general had mentioned earlier…
It seemed to be the same formation.
Qiu Tao and Lin Xinglan did not show much shock upon hearing this news.
They had long known that Lianhua was not as he appeared on the surface, and only Cheng Wenyu had been kept in the dark.
Right!
What about Cheng Wenyu!
Lin Xinglan stepped forward, grabbed the demon general's collar, his face and voice filled with urgency, "Where is Cheng Wenyu, Senior Brother Cheng, from Mingxin Sect?"
"I… I don't know!"
The demon general cried inwardly. He thought only the Demon Lord was scary, but how could this young man in front of him also be so terrifying?!
The faces of the three became solemn. Shen Jianxi didn't want Cheng Wenyu to be in danger.
"77, can you monitor Cheng Wenyu's current condition?"
"…Xi Xi, wait a moment, let me check." After a while, 77 replied, "I'm sorry, Xi Xi, the entire Mingxin Sect is now shrouded by a barrier. I can't see."
Shen Jianxi furrowed her brows. "Is there really no way, 77?"
She was now somewhat worried about Cheng Wenyu's state. Her most respected master was the main villain; who could endure that?
"I'm sorry, Xi Xi. In every plane, there are things that restrict us. We can't get all the information."
Shen Jianxi understood. The restriction in the modern plane was that if information about the target of conquest hadn't appeared online, it couldn't be found. This world probably had barriers.
Lin Xinglan's face turned ashen after hearing his answer.
He didn't believe that the current Lianhua would still care about master-disciple affection.
However, he didn't know that even before, Lianhua never cared; in his eyes, there was only himself.
But the bad news wasn't over yet. The demon general spoke again:
"And… and, there's news that Lianhua sent hundreds of demons to Beichang Prefecture, Dongchang Prefecture, and Nanchang Prefecture respectively, to… to…"
Even without him saying the rest, how could Shen Jianxi and the other two not understand?
These three places could only be for the Qiu family, the Lin family, and the Shen family, and perhaps the Cheng family as well.
This was clearly intended to separate them, but given the current situation, they had to be separated.
No one could abandon their own family.
Fu Zi also understood the current situation. He looked at Shen Jianxi and said, "I will arrange for someone to escort you back."
As for the other two, he gritted his teeth, suppressing his annoyance, and continued, "And the two of you."
The situation was now critical. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the entire Chongjian Continent was in danger.
Although they didn't know about Xichang Prefecture, it was likely they wouldn't let it off either.
In this situation, Fu Zi knew that the two of them being alive was the most beneficial for them, so he wouldn't act out of spite.