"Tell Lian Ce to let me come and keep you company, otherwise, he can forget about playing this game!" Ao Qian was still worried about Song Xiwei being alone.

Song Xiwei thought about it and agreed. It would be good for the two of them to be together so they could look after each other; otherwise, they would always be distracted and worry about each other.

So Song Xiwei relayed Ao Qian's original words to Lian Ce: "The Demon Lord just contacted me and said that if you want to play that game of chess, you should send him over to stay with me as well."

Lian Ce then realized that Song Xiwei had been multitasking, talking to him while also contacting Ao Qian.

He stared at Song Xiwei. "What makes you think I'd agree? Are you trying to threaten me?"

Song Xi shrugged. "I'm just relaying his words. You don't have to agree, but if you want to cooperate with the Demon Clan, you'd better obediently accept the Demon Lord's demands. Otherwise, you'll ruin your master's plans, and who knows who will suffer the consequences."

Lian Ce said coldly, "Then you'd better try to persuade the Demon Lord. Don't waste my patience. I'll give you one night!"

After Lian Ce finished speaking, he left the secret room.

Not long after, Aoqian was brought in.

Upon meeting, Ao Qian carefully examined Song Xiwei, confirming that she was unharmed, before letting out a sigh of relief and saying, "Now that we've gotten information out of him, why don't we kill him? You don't really want to go with him to see the Demon King, do you?"

"Why would I want to see the Demon King?" Song Xiwei said helplessly.

“I have a guess, though it’s just a guess, but it’s highly likely.” Ao Qian’s face grew increasingly gloomy. “When I forced Miao Ruyi back to her original form, her true form may have already escaped. This time, the Demon King orchestrated such a grand scheme. I simply do not believe that Miao Ruyi did not participate.”

"If you put it that way, it's quite possible," Song Xi nodded slightly.

Aoqian's face was extremely ugly. "He deserves to die!" Anyone who covets Song Xiwei and makes designs on her deserves to die.

"Don't be angry. Now that we know the demon race is behind this, and has even used such a big thing as the demon core to mislead the world, we need to come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible. Lian Ce said he'd give us one night, but I'm afraid they'll make another move tomorrow." Song Xiwei and Ao Qian needed to come up with a solution as quickly as possible that night.

“I’m worried that the matter of the demon core is just a smokescreen. If it really is Miao Ruyi stirring up trouble, he still hasn’t given up on you. He’s stirring up trouble for only one purpose…” To actually make Ao Qian hand over Song Xiwei is just a pipe dream.

Aoqian's murderous aura was beginning to leak out uncontrollably.

Song Xiwei remembered that Aoqian had recently suffered a qi deviation, so she quickly reached out and patted Aoqian's back to comfort him, saying, "Ningshen, perhaps it's not Miaoruyi's doing. I have you protecting me now. It won't be so easy for the Demon King to touch me. Don't overthink it."

"What do I think? Song Xiwei, then tell me honestly, if Lian Ce uses me and the Demon Clan to threaten you, forcing you to sacrifice yourself to submit to the Demon King, what will you do?" Ao Qian knew that Song Xiwei was willing to sacrifice herself for him.

From the moment Song Xiwei nearly lost her life for him, Aoqian knew that although Song Xiwei wouldn't like him, she would never allow anyone to harm him.

Song Xiwei was someone that Aoqian both hated and loved terribly.

Not understanding why Aoqian was fixated on this, he said, "Things haven't gotten to that point yet, let's calm down first."

Aoqian was still sullen, as if he was in a very bad mood and had suffered a great injustice. Seeing that Song Xiwei had not given him the answer he wanted, his eyes became increasingly red.

Song Xiwei sighed helplessly, "Then what do you want me to do?"

"I don't need you to sacrifice yourself. I would never want you to sacrifice yourself to protect me and the demon race," Aoqian said through gritted teeth, filled with resentment.