Ji Fengyao had already sensed that something was amiss, and the subtle fluctuations caused by Song Huiru's vow to Heaven and her inner demons drew her attention even more.

She looked up at the night sky and saw nothing.

But Ji Fengyao's intuition told her that there must be something wrong with the surroundings.

Thinking of the incident and the person at the top of Niu Mang Mountain, Ji Fengyao tried closing her eyes and using her divine sense to transmit her voice: "Senior, is that you?"

Upon hearing Ji Fengyao's telepathic message to him, Shang Beiyu couldn't help but curl his lips into a wide smile, his expression filled with delight.

His little darling really sensed him; what a clever little thing.

"Hmm," Shang Beiyu responded with his divine sense.

Ji Fengyao tensed up instantly. She knew that she, Shang Xiye, and all the secret guards combined were no match for this person, so she did not alert Shang Xiye. Instead, she used her divine sense to transmit her voice, saying, "Senior, I have a friend named Wuzhong. Has he offended you? If so, could you please release him?"

"Is he very important to you?" Shang Beiyu asked calmly.

In his eyes, Wu Zhong was just a servant in the Ninth Prince's mansion, and had nothing to do with the little bandit girl. How important could he be to her?

The young female bandit, however, became serious and affirmed, "Yes, it's very important. He's a family member of the younger generation."

"Then you have far too many family members," Shang Beiyu said, his gaze softening as he looked at the little bandit. It seemed his little one was too kind; this was a flaw he needed to correct.

“Senior, your stay in Da Zhao is certainly not for worldly things; what do you seek? Perhaps you could enlighten me a little, for I know a bit about the cultivation world and may be able to exchange something of equal value with you,” Ji Fengyao said with utmost politeness.

She knew that people in the cultivator world were different from ordinary people. Most of them had strange personalities and regarded human life as worthless. They would kill people at the slightest disagreement.

Shang Beiyu was amused by Ji Fengyao's cautious yet adorable appearance and chuckled, "You are too valuable; you could exchange ten thousand of him for more than enough. But I do not have ten thousand of him in exchange, so let's leave it at that this time."

"Huh?" Ji Fengyao was stunned: "Me???"

Did that person already know that she was an alchemist?

That shouldn't be happening!

She always kept a low profile when she was refining pills, and even Lin Shuang and Bai Lu had never seen her!

"Hmm, you," Shang Beiyu smiled faintly, her lips moving silently as she thought to herself, "I love you more than anyone else in the world."

After Song Huiru made the oaths to Heaven and to the Demon within, the double oaths were almost too much for her mortal body to bear. She felt dizzy for a while, and when she looked up at Shang Beiyu, she saw him silently uttering those words, and her heart pounded wildly.

He likes her!

Overwhelmed with joy, Song Huiru suddenly threw herself into Shang Beiyu's arms, hugging him tightly, and shyly confessed, "Your Highness, from now on, Huiru belongs to Your Highness. Whatever Your Highness wants to do to Huiru, Huiru will do it willingly!"

Shang Beiyu: "..."

What kind of epileptic seizure is this woman having now?

She was so moved by the Heavenly Dao Demon God's oath that it would cost her her life that she confessed her feelings.

"As long as you are willing to let Wu Zhong go, I can cooperate with you." Ji Fengyao did not think about it for long.

Elixirs, even temporary freedom, are all external things, as long as they can save Wuzhong.

Shang Beiyu frowned slightly, suddenly feeling a pang of regret.

Unexpectedly, the little guy values ​​Shang Xiye's subordinate so much.

It's just a pity...

"I look forward to cooperating with you, but he is not in my hands at the moment," Shang Beiyu lied for the first time in a fit of frustration.