Song Huilan stared blankly at the boy's stunning face at close range, and instantly fell silent.

Although she didn't ask, she knew that he was the Venerable One, the Venerable One she longed for.

Moreover, he didn't look down on her; he treated her as well as before.

Even though she despised herself terribly, and even though she was extremely unwilling to defile him, she couldn't bear to leave him.

She reached out and tightly grasped Qu Jinghuai, who was wailing and hanging on the boy's shoulder, in her hand, constantly squeezing and kneading him.

Qu Jinghuai's screams grew increasingly miserable and painful.

But the boy did not stop her. Instead, he looked down at the woman's fierce eyes, gently curled the corners of his lips, and smiled, "Very good."

Song Huilan then quietly buried her head in the boy's chest, kneading Qu Jinghuai's soul even more fiercely, like molding clay, while closing her eyes and silently shedding tears.

It wasn't until three days after the boy left the Qu family with Song Huilan in his arms that this happened.

Qu Jinxian sensed something was wrong and went to the dungeon to find Qu Jinghuai, only to discover that Qu Jinghuai's corpse was already stiff and covered with demonic spots.

These are clearly symptoms of being harmed by demonic forces.

Qu Jinxian dared not let anyone see that he personally prepared Qu Jinghuai's body for burial, guessing that this was the Hidden Sect's revenge against their Qu family.

In an instant, the entire Danling Continent knew that the Hidden Sect had emerged, and that the Qu family had offended the Hidden Sect.

Those families that were originally on good terms with the Qu family have deliberately kept their distance from them.

The once bustling and prosperous Tianque City has gradually become deserted and no longer enjoys its former glory.

On the Maple Moon Continent, Shang Xiye and Ji Fengyao were naturally unaware of these matters concerning the Qu family and the Hidden Sect.

Little did they know that each of these events in Tianque City would have a profound and earth-shattering impact on them in the future, perhaps even reshaping their worldview and having a lifelong influence on them.

After Ji Fengyao, Shang Xiye, and Qian Youying completed their initial plans for taking over the Maple Moon Continent,

With the help of Ji Fengyao's forces and Dongdan Shuiyue, Shang Xiye led a group of powerful demons to quickly eliminate the Dongdan family. Next, they swiftly wiped out the Zhou family, as well as the He and Bai families who had allied themselves with the Dongdan and Zhou families.

Bai Yusheng also returned to the Bai family, and with Ji Fengyao's help, cleaned up the mess and reunited with his mother.

This series of actions was so fast that even the demonic cultivators hiding around Ancient Moon City didn't have time to react, and they all speculated:

Does Your Highness really like that female spiritual cultivator that much?

Otherwise, how could she have acted so swiftly and decisively, taking over the entire Ancient Moon City for her?

Could it be that the female spiritual cultivator might one day become their Demon Queen?

(Rabbit: You guys go to the city and see for yourselves, go have some fun and you'll know!)

The group of foolish demon cultivators felt it necessary to offer their congratulations (following Rabbit's advice), and one after another they went to Ancient Moon City to gather information.

And then, that was it.

In the He family's courtyard, Shang Xiye watched as one demonic cultivator after another appeared, like the Calabash Brothers rescuing their grandfather, only to end up with a pile of corpses on the ground. He was both amused and exasperated. He turned to his wife and asked, "Do I really look that much like Jiu Yue? Why do they all call me Your Excellency?"

Xi Que finally couldn't hold back any longer and pointed at Shang Xiye, laughing loudly, "Young Master, look at what you're wearing around your waist!"

Shang Xiye looked down and saw the jade pendant that his wife had tied on his wrist a couple of days ago, and suddenly understood.

Then I looked at the little bandit girl, who was covering her mouth and giggling nonstop. I reached out to grab her: "So it was you, you little rascal, who did all this!"