Chapter 2 The Next Day
The next day, Shen Jianxi woke up early and began making desserts.
She made some jujube cakes.
These cakes were fragrant, sweet to the taste, and could mask the slight bitterness of the medicinal pills.
Moreover, jujube cakes were rich in nutrients such as vitamin C, protein, calcium, and iron, which were also good for the body.
The steaming hot jujube cakes were soon ready. She had people bring them to the table during breakfast.
She deliberately made the portion without any medicinal pills a bit larger, because she knew her parents would leave that piece for her and choose others.
As expected, the last plate only had that large piece left.
Shen Jianxi watched them finish the jujube cakes completely, and her heart finally relaxed.
Now, all they had to do was wait for them to advance quietly.
...
Shen Jianxi knew they would come to attack Sifang City, but she never expected who the attackers would be.
Looking at the person she had bound tightly in the middle of the night, she yanked off the cloth covering his face, and in the next second, her entire body froze.
"Brother Wen Yu?!"
The person before her was Cheng Wen Yu, whom she hadn't seen in a long time.
But his state was extremely abnormal.
Facing her exclamation, Cheng Wen Yu showed no reaction at all, his eyes fixed straight ahead.
Shen Jianxi frowned, "77, what's wrong with him?"
77 glanced at him casually and understood, "His soul is suppressed. He's just an unfeeling killing machine now."
Hearing this news, the anger that welled up in Shen Jianxi couldn't be suppressed.
Lian Hua actually treated him like this?!
"...Is there a way?" Shen Jianxi asked.
If 77 couldn't help, she would kill Lian Hua.
"Yes," 77 replied nonchalantly, "Didn't you forget that our system is bound to souls? You can also think of us as soul masters."
Soul masters...
Couldn't it have a nicer name?
However, knowing that 77 had a solution was good enough. Shen Jianxi carefully moved the bound Cheng Wen Yu onto the bed. "77, thank you for your hard work."
At this moment, if she let go, he would only fight and kill, so keeping him bound was much easier.
She didn't know how long 77 would take, so she simply climbed into bed and lay down to sleep. After all, it wasn't the first time they had slept in the same bed.
Shen Jianxi woke up after an unknown period of time.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she met a pair of eyes gazing at her affectionately.
Not only had Cheng Wen Yu's suppression been lifted, but his eyes had also recovered.
Seeing that she was awake, he leaned in and kissed her forehead, then held her tightly in his arms.
The satisfaction of this moment caused a sigh to escape from his heart.
After so many days, she was finally by his side again.
Shen Jianxi had expected him to hate her after waking up. She never imagined his reaction would be like this, which made her freeze for a moment.
"Wen, Brother Wen Yu?" She moved her body slightly, but he held her even tighter.
"Xi Xi, let me hold you for a while. I've missed you so much."
After being held for who knew how long, Shen Jianxi felt her arm go numb and couldn't help but push him away, finally breaking free.
"You..." She hesitated, "Don't you hate me, Brother Wen Yu?"
Cheng Wen Yu sighed, "I know everything."
Not to mention when Lian Hua attacked Mingxin Sect and wantonly slaughtered disciples, he had quickly figured things out after that day.
However, his master's current state was something Cheng Wen Yu could never accept.
Seeing the pain on his face, Shen Jianxi patted his back comfortingly.
She could understand Cheng Wen Yu's feelings. His master was like a second father. It would be unbearable for anyone's father to transform from the number one immortal lord to the number one villain.
But—
"Brother Wen Yu, what is the current situation of Mingxin Sect?"
Speaking of this, Cheng Wen Yu forgot his distress, and his expression immediately became serious.
"All the surviving disciples of Mingxin Sect have fled to other sects. The entire Mingxin Sect has now been occupied by demons."
He now understood that this matter had nothing to do with Fu Zi. Precisely because of this, Cheng Wen Yu felt even more ashamed. His master had committed such a heinous act, and he was regretful that he hadn't discovered and stopped it in time.
"Moreover, Master, Lian Hua is no longer in Mingxin Sect."
This sentence made Shen Jianxi jump up in shock.
Not in Mingxin Sect?
The investigations from various forces indicated that he was there, yet Cheng Wen Yu actually said that Lian Hua was no longer in Mingxin Sect.
Shen Jianxi naturally believed Cheng Wen Yu. After all, he had been in Mingxin Sect during this period, so he was more likely to know the truth.
"Do you know where Lian Hua went?"
Cheng Wen Yu shook his head, "I once heard the name Li Cheng. I don't know if he went there."
As soon as the words "Li Cheng" were spoken, Shen Jianxi's brows furrowed tightly.
That place could be considered their base camp.
After a large-scale slaughter, Lian Hua returned there. She wouldn't naively believe he was homesick.
Perhaps the formation was already complete?!
This guess caused her ominous premonition to reach its peak.
If that were the case, the next step would be for these two to ascend to godhood. By then, the entire Chongjian Continent would be finished.
"Xi Xi," 77's voice was unusually tinged with urgency, "You've been tricked!"
Shen Jianxi's heart skipped a beat, "What do you mean?"
"Lian Hua didn't send anyone to Beichangzhou, Dongchangzhou, or Nanchangzhou at all. He and Li You went to the demon realm!"
A diversion.
This was the only thought that flashed through her mind.
Lian Hua and Li You's target was probably the demon realm and Fu Zi from the very beginning.
"Where are they now?"
"Three days away!"
Three days...
Shen Jianxi calculated the time. It was probably enough.
She stood up abruptly. Cheng Wen Yu, who had been waiting by her side while she was lost in thought, also stood up. "Brother Wen Yu, we need to hurry to the demon realm now!"
Cheng Wen Yu didn't ask why. Without a word, he started packing her things.
Shen Jianxi left a letter and slipped out through a small door with Cheng Wen Yu under the cover of night.
She wasn't worried about the Shen family now. Father and Mother Shen's cultivation was already at the late Nascent Soul stage, and they had now reached the early tribulation stage. Shen Ziqian and Shen Jia Yi had also reached the middle and early Nascent Soul stages, respectively. As long as it wasn't Lian Hua and Li You themselves who came, there wouldn't be any problems.
To save time, as they traveled, Shen Jianxi had 77 send messages to Qiu Tao and Lin Xinglan, asking them to meet at the demon realm.
Shen Jianxi and Cheng Wen Yu did not stop along the way, compressing a four to five-day journey into two and a half days. They finally arrived at the demon realm half a day before Lian Hua and the others.
The place was now heavily guarded, and there were signs of fighting. After she and Cheng Wen Yu were brought in, they discovered that Qiu Tao and Lin Xinglan had arrived before them.
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Father Shen: Is my daughter back because she missed her father? Sudan Novel Network
Shen Jianxi: No, just to deliver medicinal pills.
Father Shen: qaq