Although Xinyi was flustered, Qin Yanning did not find it surprising. It had been more than twenty days since the original owner last saw Fang Zhijie. She was surprised that Fang Zhijie could be so patient and summon her into the palace after so many days.

Qin Yanning calmly picked up a clean handkerchief and wiped his cut wrist, then stood up and dusted off his clothes.

Seeing this, Bai Jingchuan's eyes showed a hint of worry. He looked at Qin Yanning and couldn't help but pull her sleeve.

Feeling the resistance from his sleeve, Qin Yanning looked down at Bai Jingchuan, the worry in the boy's eyes almost solidified.

Qin Yanning couldn't help but laugh: "What? Are you worried about me?"

Bai Jingchuan was soft-hearted but tough-mouthed. Hearing Qin Yanning say this, he looked a little awkward. "Don't talk nonsense. I'm just afraid that if you die, no one will help me retrieve my aunt's soul."

Qin Yanning laughed, "Don't worry, I'm still very useful to Fang Zhijie. He won't kill me easily."

Bai Jingchuan nodded, took off his jade pendant and handed it to Qin Yanning, "This is a Qingqiu magic weapon. It can conceal your figure and aura. Maybe it can come in handy."

Qin Yanning did not refuse. Since it was produced by Qingqiu, it must be a good thing. She was not a saint who would leave good things behind. Once she captured Bai Jingchuan, wouldn't everything be hers?

Qin Yanning looked at Bai Jingchuan. The young man was no longer as disheveled as he was when they first met, and he had already changed into new clothes.

However, in order to conceal his tracks, Qin Yanning did not ask his subordinates to make new clothes for him, but instead gave him two of Qin Yanchen's new clothes.

Although Qin Yanchen is taller than his peers, his clothes still look a little off on Bai Jingchuan. Specifically, when Bai Jingchuan stretches out his hand, the sleeves are half a length shorter.

Qin Yanning considered finding a couple of servants' clothes for Bai Jingchuan to make do with, but when he thought about how precious he was, after all, a precious little fox in Qingqiu, he gave up the idea. Furthermore, although Bai Jingchuan was already 170 years old, in human terms, he was only an eighteen-year-old child. Qin Yanning simply couldn't bear to see the little fox with drooping ears.

Even though the clothes didn't fit him well, they still couldn't hide Bai Jingchuan's beauty. He was born with a pair of fox eyes with slightly upturned corners, and his eyes seemed to be full of affection when they moved. But his eyes were so clear that people couldn't help but keep looking at him.

Bai Jingchuan was frightened by Qin Yanning's gaze and said angrily, "Why are you looking at me? Don't think that I treat you as a friend just because I gave you a magic weapon. We in the Qingqiu Fox Clan have a clear distinction between love and hate. I gave you the weapon because we want to cooperate to deal with Fang Zhijie, not because I like you as a person."

The demon race has sincere emotions, and Qin Yanning also knows that the love that Bai Jingchuan mentioned is not the love between men and women, but she is not angry at Bai Jingchuan's straightforwardness at all.

Qin Yanning smiled and moved closer to Bai Jingchuan, scaring Bai Jingchuan so much that he took a step back and leaned on the desk.

The girl's voice was clear and crisp, with a hint of smile, "Why don't you like me?"

Bai Jingchuan felt helpless. Why did this human race like to ask questions even though they knew the answer?

When he first entered the human world, he knew nothing. The little mouse demon in the brothel thought he was a little fox from the valley and taught him a lot of knowledge.

It was mentioned that Fang Zhijie was not someone to be messed with, because he rarely judged whether the monsters were good or bad when he killed them, and Fang Zhijie's apprentice Qin Yanning was even more not to be messed with, because she killed monsters without blinking an eye.

Bai Jingchuan could not deny that there were many scums among the demon race who would choose to harm human lives in order to take a shortcut on the path of cultivation, but this did not mean that demons had no right to live in this world.

Seeing that Bai Jingchuan remained silent, Qin Yanning moved closer and repeated his question, "Little fox, I asked you why, why didn't you speak?"

Bai Jingchuan was forced into a corner by Qin Yanning and angrily said, "You killed so many monsters without any reason, and you still ask me why?"

Qin Yanning really didn't expect that the little fox was uncomfortable about this matter. She reached out and pulled a strand of Bai Jingchuan's hair. The boy was much taller than her, and their actions at this moment were indeed a bit ambiguous.

Qin Yanning sighed, causing Bai Jingchuan to shrink his neck. "What are you thinking about? I killed a lot of monsters before I caught you, but those were all monsters imprisoned in Daxia Prison. Those monsters all carried human lives, so what if I killed them?"

Bai Jingchuan looked down at Qin Yanning. The girl was wearing a lotus pink gauze dress today and a pair of pink crabapple flower hairpins on her head. She looked very pretty and had a faint scent of crabapple flowers on her body.

Bai Jingchuan was originally a wild spirit, and the natural and unsophisticated smell of Qin Yanning made his mind slightly swayed. Bai Jingchuan steadied his thoughts and gently pushed Qin Yanning away, "You don't need to explain your things to me."

Qin Yanning wanted to tease Bai Jingchuan. She looked up and smiled, "So what? I like the little fox so much, wouldn't it be unfair for the little fox not to like me? If you have any misunderstandings about me, I must explain them to you."

Bai Jingchuan was so frightened by Qin Yanning's words that his face turned red. If it weren't for the fact that his spiritual power had recovered a lot recently, his ears would have popped out uncontrollably again.

He knew that the human woman touched his ear because she wanted him to be her partner!

Seeing that Bai Jingchuan was so shy, Qin Yanning stopped teasing him and hurried into the palace with Xinyi, leaving Bai Jingchuan alone and disheveled.

Qin Yanning was Fang Zhijie's proudest disciple. She had always enjoyed privileges in the palace, and a sedan chair took her all the way to the observatory where Fang Zhijie usually lived.

Qin Yanning immediately noticed that Queen Lin Yingfei's sedan chair had also stopped at the foot of the Observatory. The original owner had seen Lin Yingfei looking for Fang Zhijie more than once before, but she had always thought that the two had grown up together and their affection was not as strong as others, so she did not take it to heart.

The rules in the Observatory were strict, but Qin Yanning led Xinyi straight in. They didn't stop until they reached Fang Zhijie's room on the fourth floor.

Seeing that the person coming was Qin Yanning, the maid guarding the door did not say anything and let Qin Yanning push the door open.

In the room, Fang Zhijie was sitting on the soft couch, and sitting opposite him on the small table was the current queen, Lin Yingfei.

Although Lin Yingfei is nearly fifty years old, her face is as well-maintained as a freshly peeled egg. Qin Yanning knows that Fang Zhijie starts refining elixirs every year just to make the Guyan Pill for Lin Yingfei.

In addition to a few people, there were also a few... monsters kneeling in front of Fang Zhijie.

Feeling the strong demonic power emanating from several demons on the ground, Qin Yanning quickly made his own judgment.

When Fang Zhijie saw Qin Yanning, his stern face seemed to melt as if ice had been melted, and he smiled kindly, "You girl still remember to come back. Master thought you didn't know the way back to the palace after going out for a while."

Qin Yanning approached Fang Zhijie without looking away and acted coquettishly, but he did not miss the flash of disgust in Lin Yingfei's eyes.

Qin Yanning was about to speak when a demon kneeling on the ground suddenly coughed up blood.