"It's alright, I'm much better now after taking the pill." Ji Jiuying said with a smile. Seeing Qingling deep in thought, she decided to take out the Ancient Demon Qin and place it on the table. The Ancient Demon Qin gleamed with a cold, eerie light, as if it were sealing away demonic energy crystals, making it sinister and terrifying.

However, in the near future, she regretted countless times not having modified her second uncle before giving it to Qingling.

Qingling looked at the zither on the table with a puzzled expression. "Miss, what are you going to do?"

Miss, you wouldn't be planning to play the piano on this dark and stormy night, would you? That would be truly terrifying!

Ji Jiuying did not answer her, but instead placed her hands on the strings and plucked them lightly, but silently.

"Miss, why is there no sound from this zither?" Qingling asked in confusion.

"Qingling, why don't you give it a try?"

Qingling gazed at the dark zither and gently stroked it. With a resounding "zheng," the zither, silent for centuries, began to play again, its clear notes echoing across the vast sea. Each note seemed to come from distant times, ancient and powerful, warm yet majestic.

Underground, in the distance.

The suppressed demonic energy surged and churned, threatening to break through some forbidden barrier...

The Star Academy was trembling violently. Yu Bugui suddenly opened his eyes, flew to the forbidden area, and observed the terrain and constellations. This formation had not been shaken for eight hundred years. How could it be like this this time?

Just as he was wondering, a crack appeared in the sky, and a middle-aged woman headed straight for Star Academy.

Looking at the middle-aged woman not far away, Yu Bugui frowned slightly. Old Lady Fu Yan rarely came here unless there was a reason. As he wondered, the woman had already arrived in front of him.

"Old Yu!"

"Old Lady Fu, what brings you here?" Yu Bugui asked irritably.

"You old man, don't you dare call me an old woman!" Fu Yan unleashed a burst of spiritual energy.

The two started fighting in mid-air. "Hmph, Old Lady Fu is as shrewish as ever. No wonder no one dares to marry you!"

"Oh dear, you old drunkard, you still have no one to marry!"

“A good man doesn’t fight with a woman. Tell me! What are you doing here?” Yu Bugui stopped what he was doing, summoned the golden lion and sat on it. Fu Yan followed suit and flew up, sitting down without any hesitation. Old Man Yu’s eyes flickered slightly at this.

"Something big has happened! Just now, the barrier of the Demon Realm seemed to be loosening. Something serious is probably going to happen. I came here just to ask if you've noticed anything amiss?"

Yu Bugui pondered for a moment, not expecting that the higher plane had also sensed it, and then said, "This formation trembled violently for a few seconds just now, I'm afraid the thing below is about to awaken."

"How could it suddenly awaken after being dormant for eight hundred years?" Fu Yan asked in confusion.

"It was probably awakened by something, and the demonic barrier of the Heavenly Domain Continent was likely affected by that thing as well." Yu Bugui stared ahead, thinking that the world was about to change.

"You've come at the right time. Let's reinforce this formation together!"

The two exchanged a glance and then landed on the ground.

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Ji Jiuying stared in surprise at Qingling, who was playing the zither with great concentration. Perhaps it was due to her talent and her cultivation of the Illusionary Sea Sound, but Qingling and the ancient demonic zither were inexplicably in harmony.

The fact that she could produce a sound meant that the Ancient Demon Zither recognized Qingling. The music in the room stopped abruptly, and Qingling's gaze turned cold as she looked towards the door. "Who's there?"

Ji Jiuying frowned and rushed to the doorway. The gradually clearer figure made the wariness in Ji Jiuying's eyes disappear. "Second Uncle?"

"Second Master Feng!" Qingling stepped forward to greet him. Ji Jiuying stared at Qingling's profile, lost in thought. She hadn't even noticed her second uncle's presence just now, but Qingling had, which made her suspect that it might be because of the zither.

"Second Uncle, are you still awake so late? Were you disturbed by the music?" Ji Jiuying asked.

"Xiao Jiu, which zither was that playing just now?" Feng Che answered, glancing at the dark zither on the table, and asked.

"What's wrong, Second Uncle?" Ji Jiuying nodded gently.

Feng Che stepped forward slowly to examine the ancient demon zither, seemingly lost in thought. "I feel that this zither exudes an ancient aura, like darkness yet not quite darkness."

"Second Uncle guessed correctly, this is indeed the ancient Demon Qin from ancient times."

Feng Che stood there in shock. The Ancient Demon Harp! The Ancient Demon Harp, which had not appeared in the world for tens of thousands of years, had actually appeared and was being played! This meant that the Demon Clan, which had been silent for so long, was about to emerge. Feng Che looked at Ji Jiuying with complicated emotions.

hiss--

A gasp interrupted Feng Che's thoughts. He saw that Qingling's hand, which was resting on the strings, had been cut, and blood dripped onto the instrument, where it was quickly absorbed and disappeared.

Buzz! The ancient demon zither and Qingling resonated a little more, and a connection was formed in their minds.

Feng Che then came to his senses and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, realizing it wasn't Xiao Jiu.

"Miss, this..." Qingling looked at Ji Jiuying awkwardly, she hadn't expected the strings to be so sharp.

"Qingling is fine. The fact that you can play this instrument means she approves of you. From now on, you are her master," Ji Jiuying said with a smile.

Qingling's eyes widened in surprise. To be honest, she really liked this violin. When she played it, she had a dazed feeling, as if the violin itself belonged to her. It was so familiar and so easy to use, like a lost child finding its mother and being found again.

Seeing that Feng Che remained silent for a long time and looked preoccupied, Ji Jiuying couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with the zither.

"Qingling, you should rest in your room first!" Ji Jiuying said to Qingling.

"good."

"Take the zither with you," Ji Jiuying said again, and Qingling turned around and took the zither from the table.

Yingyue, who was watching Qingling's every move from the shadows, looked at her thoughtfully as she came out carrying the zither. Who exactly was she, that she could gain the approval of the demon clan's ancient zither?

After Qingling left, Feng Che sighed, "The world is probably about to change!"

Ji Jiuying looked at Feng Che with a puzzled expression. Feng Che then said, "The ancient demon zither has appeared and been activated. It seems that the demon race is about to reappear in the human world."

"Are there demons here?" Ji Jiuying had been in this world for so long, and this was the first time she had ever heard of the existence of demons.

"Demonic energy is scarce here, so there are usually no demons. But in the Heavenly Domain Continent, humans, demons, and monsters coexist, they are just separated into different areas."

Feng Che said earnestly to Ji Jiuying, "Xiao Jiu, whether the Ancient Demon Zither is good or bad depends on the person using it. Xiao Jiu, you must always pay attention to Qingling's every move..."

Upon hearing this, Ji Jiuying knew exactly what her second uncle meant. Qingling was kind-hearted by nature, and she believed that she could make good use of the ancient magic zither.

"Second Uncle, Qingling is very kind." Ji Jiuying gave an affirmative answer. Looking at her earnest expression, Feng Che really couldn't bring himself to say those hurtful words. People can change...