Recently, the entire Mingxin Sect and the cultivation world were shrouded in the shadow of Immortal Lord Lianhua's death. Amidst such chaos, no one noticed Qiu Tao leaving with Lin Xinglan.
When the news spread, everyone on the continent, besides anger and sorrow, felt fear spreading among them. The death of the First Immortal Lord made them feel much less confident in their confrontation with the demon race. Simultaneously, the demon race's actions became increasingly rampant.
Everyone's hatred for the Demon Lord reached its peak.
After all, it was he who killed their Immortal Lord Lianhua.
No one knew who the true killer was.
For some reason, Cheng Wenyu suppressed the fact that Shen Jianxi was present.
Not only that, but everyone who was at the scene that day was ordered by him to keep silent.
After that day, he gradually calmed down and discovered some discrepancies.
She was from the Shen family of Beichangzhou, making her conversion to demonhood highly unlikely. Moreover, she did not exhibit any demonic energy.
Besides, that day, he was stimulated by what he saw initially, coupled with her intimate contact with the Demon Lord. He lost his reason for a moment. Now that he thought about it, her state that day was clearly unusual, as if she were injured.
Furthermore, he understood his Master. With his cultivation, even if he were distracted, it was impossible for a Golden Core stage cultivator to take his life.
As for the Demon Lord Fuzhi…
When he saw him in Beichangzhou, his thoughts were clearly not right. No matter what, Fuzhi would not call a woman "sister," especially since she was much younger than Fuzhi.
A series of questions and the various events that had been happening recently were making Cheng Wenyu's head feel like it would explode. To make matters worse, his second and third junior brothers had disappeared.
Standing on Qingyuan Peak and looking into the distance, Cheng Wenyu's eyes were deep. Xixi, what exactly are you trying to do…
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Demon Realm.
In the Demon Lord's chambers, a pale woman lay with her eyes closed. All the demon doctors had been summoned by Fuzhi. He had even sent people to the cultivation world to fetch some physicians.
He stood by her side with a grave expression, watching the physicians treat her wounds.
"How is she?" A man in red, holding a fan intricately embroidered with gold thread, walked up to Fuzhi. Standing beside Fuzhi, he did not appear inferior in the slightest. The two of them had their own unique charms, one enchanting, the other demonic.
On his shoulder was a cat with beautiful markings. All three pairs of eyes were looking at the person on the bed with concern.
This person was Qiu Tao.
Taking advantage of the chaos in Mingxin Sect, he had brought Lin Xinglan to the demon realm.
In fact, he had already sensed something was amiss.
When he returned to Dongchangzhou to deal with the demon race's minor disturbances, Qiu Tao felt something was not quite right, so he investigated thoroughly.
Upon investigation, he discovered many inconsistencies.
The demon race seemed to know too much about his Qiu family's affairs. Some matters were even known only to members of the Qiu family.
He worked hard to capture the mole and, following this lead, gradually uncovered his Master, Immortal Lord Lianhua.
At first, he simply couldn't believe it, thinking his intelligence was faulty. He dispatched more people to investigate, and all the clues pointed to Lianhua.
Even the constant minor disturbances by the demon race in Chongjian Continent recently and the infiltration of demons into Mingxin Sect were apparently orchestrated by him!
It was impossible not to feel hatred.
His Qiu family had suffered dozens of casualties, and their foundations had been destroyed by the demon race.
However, before he could figure out what to do, this incident occurred.
For a moment, he was even somewhat grateful that she had taken action.
Fuzhi glanced at him, his impatience evident and unmasked. "She's fine."
This person had come uninvited.
Seeing him was truly annoying.
He looked like a flamboyant butterfly, dressed so garishly. Who was he trying to seduce?
With a soft snort, Fuzhi turned away, unwilling to look at him any longer.
Qiu Tao was also an extremely proud person. Seeing Fuzhi like this, he naturally wouldn't try to ingratiate himself. Moreover, this person clearly had designs on Xiao Xi'er, so it was good that they hadn't fought yet.
"Your Highness," a demon doctor approached and bowed respectfully. Fuzhi, eager to know her condition, waved away his greeting.
"What's the situation?"
The demon doctor lowered his head further. "Replying to Your Highness, this young lady is out of danger. She just needs to wake up."
Upon hearing this, both men and the tiger breathed a sigh of relief.
Heaven knew how panicked they were when they saw her lying there lifeless. Fuzhi was even overwhelmed by regret.
Regret for his arrogance, regret for his manipulation of her. Although he would still choose the same if given another chance, he would at least have protected her better.
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When Shen Jianxi woke up, a small cat was curled up by her pillow, sleeping soundly.
She gently lifted her somewhat stiff and numb arm. To her surprise, even such a careful movement woke Lin Xinglan.
He stretched, yawned widely, and then licked her face.
The barbs on his tongue were a little uncomfortable, but at that moment, Shen Jianxi only found him adorable.
She chuckled softly and raised her hand as if to pet him. Lin Xinglan, sensing her intention, moved before her hand could reach him and proactively rubbed his head into her palm.
"You know, I wonder when you'll recover." Deep down, Shen Jianxi actually didn't want Lin Xinglan to recover. He was just too cute in this form. She had no resistance to fluffy little animals; otherwise, she wouldn't have taken Fuzhi back in the first place. Su Dan Novel Network.
Qiu Tao, who had just entered, saw her leaning against the headboard, looking down and playing with Lin Xinglan. Her expression was so tender that one could almost drown in it.
"Xiao Xi'er has finally woken up. If you sleep any longer, you'll get as fat as a little pig."
As expected, Qiu Tao was Qiu Tao. He couldn't say anything decent. The moment he spoke, he made people want to hit him. She wondered how he had so many admirers.
Shen Jianxi rolled her eyes at him. Even so, Qiu Tao found her adorable. Perhaps this was a case of love being blind. Seeing that she had woken up, Qiu Tao's anxious heart finally relaxed.
77: "Beep! Favorability +6, current Qiu Tao favorability is 56."
He walked over slowly, fanning himself. He stood by the bed, closed his fan, hooked her chin with his finger, and examined her from left to right.
"Hmm!" He first nodded emphatically, then continued, "You really have gained a bit of weight."
In reality, she hadn't. She had been injured and unconscious for so many days; it was a wonder she hadn't lost weight, let alone gained any. However, Qiu Tao just wanted to see her lively expression, confirming again and again that she had truly woken up by saying this.
As expected, after he finished speaking, he received a fierce glare. Then, he saw her gritting her teeth and saying, "Do you want to fight?! You're the one who's fat, you're the fattest, you always will be..."