Geng Qi finally understood: whenever he went to a place where people gathered, he would definitely take a bath upon returning.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness? Unlikely!

He deftly took off his clothes and jumped into the water, splashing water over the edge of the pool and wetting a corner of Rong Yu's robe.

Rong Yu sat behind him and tied up his wet black hair, saying calmly, "Why didn't you tell him?"

Geng Qi chuckled: "Have you ever seen someone talk in their sleep after their soul has been stabilized?"

"..."

Cultivators are different from ordinary people. The higher their cultivation level, the easier it is for them to develop inner demons. Inner demons are not only things that cultivators have experienced that they cannot forget, but also things that they fear or are afraid of that have not yet happened.

Dreams are the embodiment of one's thoughts and ideas. Since thoughts are uncontrollable, if the things one fears happen in a dream, it can easily lead to demonic possession. Therefore, cultivators who have reached the Nascent Soul stage or above can easily prevent their souls from leaving their bodies and thus avoid falling into dreams.

Jie Beiying unified the Demon Realm with the former Demon Lord a thousand years ago. His cultivation level is far above that of the Nascent Soul stage. Moreover, he is always vigilant. How could he allow himself to make the mistake of talking in his sleep?

“Every room in the Demon Palace is protected by a barrier. If he hadn’t removed the barrier himself, Qinghan wouldn’t have been able to hear our conversation. If he really wanted to hide it, he should have stopped Qinghan when he came out with me.”

But he did nothing!

He allowed Qinghan to come to Sangzhong City with him.

Rong Yu pondered for a moment and said, "You suspect that he deliberately wanted the Imperial Uncle to know?"

"..." Upon hearing the title "Imperial Uncle," Geng Qi hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know, I'm just guessing, but if that's the case, many things make sense. He kept the matter of the Zhan Prince's Mansion a secret for a hundred years, and Qing Han also stayed in the Demon Realm for a hundred years. If he didn't want to, I couldn't take Qing Han away. He knew that the more Qing Han interacted with people, the greater the risk of being recognized, yet he let him leave the Demon Realm and even let him enter the Yan Dan Sect. And when I went to find you, it was he who asked me to go..."

He knew Rong Yu's royal status and that he had already met Qing Han, yet he still sent him to Tianzhi Sect to find someone.

He subtly revealed Qinghan's identity to him, instructing him to investigate the affairs of the Zhan Prince's Mansion...

Rong Yu asked, "Did he send you?"

“Yes…” Geng Qi paused, suddenly sensing something amiss in his nonchalant tone. Turning to see his calm expression, but with a hint of something more in his eyes, he quickly said, “It’s a willing buyer and a willing seller! I would have gone to find you even if he hadn’t said anything!”

After all, there's also the system's assistance.

He stroked the jade thumb ring on his hand, then turned his back to Rong Yu and whispered, "Besides, you weren't even thinking of coming to find me, were you?"

Rong Yu gently stroked his neck: "I can't break the Demon Palace's barrier."

"..."

Geng Qi slowly turned his head, a barely concealed smirk playing on his lips: "So you miss me too, don't you?"

Rong Yu didn't answer, but lowered his head and kissed him.

To prevent his apprentice from "stealing" drinks at the banquet, Rong Yu drank quite a bit of wine himself, the mellow aroma of which lingered on his lips, making him feel intoxicated.

Geng Qi opened his lips and their tongues lingered together for a while. When they parted, both of them were slightly out of breath.

Rong Yu raised her hand to wipe the moisture from the corner of his mouth: "You don't want him to know?"

"He" refers to Qinghan.

Geng Qi said, "Scorpion may not really want him to know, and what use would it be for Qing Han to know? If he hadn't remembered it himself, listening to others would just be listening to other people's stories. His memories after losing his memory started from the Demon Realm. He and Scorpion spent a hundred years together, and now he's being told that they are enemies, and that he should turn against the person he trusts most for someone who doesn't exist in his memory, for so-called relatives he doesn't even recognize? Is that even possible?"

Human emotions are complex. Putting aside whether Qinghan would be willing to believe the truth, even if he did, could he make a choice?

"Perhaps something forced the scorpion to do this..."

For example, when he was about to be unable to hide what he wanted to hide, he wanted to guide Qinghan to know the truth little by little in order to prevent her from being more stimulated by the sudden return of her memories.

Geng Qi frowned and pondered.

"The Imperial Uncle's cultivation has not progressed for a hundred years."

The words that rang in his ears were like a wake-up call, and Geng Qi suddenly looked up.

He had not cultivated, so his cultivation level had not improved at all. But Qing Han was different. He was exceptionally talented, but he had not made any progress in the past hundred years. Although it was difficult to make progress in cultivation after entering the Nascent Soul stage, before entering the Nascent Soul stage it was called cultivating truth, and after entering the Nascent Soul stage it was called cultivating immortality. Some people even stayed in the Nascent Soul stage and never made any further progress in their entire lives. But he did not believe that Qing Han would stop at the early stage of the Divine Transformation stage.

He had never paid attention to this issue before, but now that he thought about it, Qing Han had been stuck at the Great Perfection of the early Nascent Soul stage for a long time. If he was about to break through, would his memories be restored as a result?

How did he lose his memory?

Why was Xie Beiying in such a hurry to tell him the truth?

Is that so-called truth really the truth?

Who exactly injured him a hundred years ago?

Oh, and his injury!

He suffered a meridian injury a hundred years ago, which caused him to go blind, and he has not recovered to this day.

With his cultivation level and medical skills, who could have injured him so badly?

Back then, the Demon Realm was besieged, and the former Demon Lord left without leaving anything behind. The righteous forces took advantage of the situation and invaded. The people of the Demon Palace fought against overwhelming odds. If Jie Beiying hadn't been injured in a battle with someone else, Qing Han alone wouldn't have been able to defeat him.

Thinking about it, Geng Qi was suddenly stunned. Everyone said that Scorpion slaughtered the Zhan Prince's mansion to take revenge on the Zhan Prince. But if the Zhan Prince was Qing Han, he wouldn't dare to use his full strength when fighting others. How could he have injured Xie Beiying's eyes?

But apart from the Zhan Prince's Mansion, I've never heard of Xie Beiying taking revenge on anyone else!

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