Chapter 21 also says, "I might be attracted to you."...
(21)
The next day, Shen Changyi used some small spells to repair Shen Xiaohuang and put some more spiritual power into it, so that when Xiaohuang dealt with the demon cultivators, he could use the spiritual power to put a protective barrier on Li Shanglu.
Li Shanglu looked at the repaired Xiao Huang. Although it could still run and jump, he always felt that something was missing.
"Does it still remember me?"
Hearing this, Shen Changyi, who was helping Xiao Huang put on his shoes, slowly raised his head and looked at her. Seeing her concern for Xiao Huang, he pursed his lips and said softly, "Shanglu, it's just wood."
"Nonsense." Li Shanglu raised his hand to help Xiao Huang straighten his clothes and said casually, "Even if it's wood, it's good wood that saved my life."
Li Shanglu never straightened his collar.
Chen Changyi stared at her gentle expression, his fingers curled slightly in his sleeves.
If it was him who protected Shang Lu yesterday...
"Can you make him learn to speak? Is there such a magic?" Li Shanglu enthusiastically pinned up Xiao Huang's long hair. Since he was not as tall as Xiao Huang, he stood on tiptoe and placed his palm lightly on Xiao Huang's shoulder, as if he was hugging it.
Shen Changyi looked at her, pursed his lips, and said softly, "No."
Lied again.
The tips of his ears turned red with embarrassment, and he felt more and more shameless.
But if Xiao Huang could speak and protect Shang Lu, maybe... he would replace his already precarious position.
Sorry, Xiao Huang.
You'd be better off being a piece of wood.
Li Shanglu didn't suspect anything. She didn't know any magic to begin with, so she just mentioned it casually. "That's a pity. If she could talk, she could keep me company and relieve my boredom."
Listening to her words, Shen Changyi looked away guiltily, tied his head and pretended that he was busy.
After helping Xiao Huang put on his new clothes, Li Shanglu took it out for a stroll.
Shen Changyi had no mission today because he had spent the entire night yesterday eliminating all the demonic cultivators within a fifty-mile radius of the Mingzhou Sect. When the Sect Master learned of this, he was shocked and hurriedly asked him to rest for a few days.
In fact, he was not tired. With Shen Changyi's current cultivation level, he was like an inexhaustible spring and a never-ending tide. Even if he continued to eliminate demons day and night for thousands of years, it would be no problem.
He had very little time to rest in the three years since he joined the sect, and all his rest time was when he went home to visit Shang Lu.
Just as the Lord said, he was born to suppress demons.
Demonic cultivators are transformed from the evil thoughts in the hearts of humans, so he can never kill all the demonic cultivators in the world, but he can frighten those demons so that they dare not kill humans too arrogantly.
Originally, Shen Changyi planned to accompany Li Shanglu, but Li Shanglu's mind was completely on Xiao Huang, and he completely ignored his repeated attempts to speak but hesitated.
The abandoned Sword Immortal sat in the room, sipping his tea.
It's just a wooden man, and Smilax glabra will soon get tired of it.
After sitting for a while, Shen Changyi stood up and walked around the room twice, but he couldn't help but chase in the direction Li Shanglu left.
Xiao Huang has just been repaired, and some places are not very strong.
He went to take a look, not to follow.
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"Elder Teng, are you refining the elixir again?"
Li Shanglu walked into Ziyan Pavilion holding Xiao Huang's hand, and raised his hand to fiddle with the newly refined pills on the medicine shelf.
Seeing her coming, Elder Teng felt a headache. He walked closer to her with his head held high, but saw a tall and slender figure standing behind her.
"Master Sword Immortal?" Elder Teng rubbed his eyes and realized that it was not Shen Changyi, but a wooden dummy. "It turned out to be a fake. I was wondering why you looked so bad."
Li Shanglu turned to look at him, his eyebrows curved, "Its name is Xiao Huang."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Huang moved slightly. Elder Teng was so frightened that he took a half step back, stroking his chest and saying, "It actually moved. This is incredible."
When I looked closely, I found that there was a wisp of soul attached to it, and I could guess whose soul it was without thinking.
The soul of a cultivator is very important. Once the soul is damaged, the person may become an idiot at best, or even his life may be in danger at worst. I am afraid that the only one in this world who dares to attach his soul to such a toy is the Sword Immortal.
The higher the level of cultivation, the more positive the state of mind, and the less likely the soul will be damaged.
"Not only can it move, it can also kill people." Li Shanglu patted Xiao Huang's shoulder, "Go, kill one for Elder Teng to see."
Elder Teng stared at her in disbelief, his beard flying in anger. "How could you, little girl, instigate a puppet to kill someone? How tyrannical and inhumane!"
Seeing that he was very angry, Li Shanglu laughed even more happily, "You old-fashioned guy, it's just a joke. It only protects me, it won't kill anyone."
Hearing Li Shanglu's words, Elder Teng breathed a sigh of relief, but he still glared at her, "How can you make such a joke? What are you doing at Danfeng again, girl?"
Hearing this, Li Shanglu suppressed his smile and lowered his voice, "Elder, has Helan Jin returned to the sect?"
"Lan Jin?"
Elder Teng's expression changed slightly, and he frowned and said, "He is indeed back, but..."
Li Shanglu's eyes grew colder, and he clenched the red rope holding Xiao Huang's hand.
She still felt that there was something wrong with Helan Jin.
"But he is seriously injured and is still in a coma."
As soon as he finished speaking, the force suddenly loosened. Li Shanglu was stunned. "Coma?"
After a while, she saw Helan Jin in Danfeng's Rejuvenation Room.
There was not a single piece of healthy flesh on his body. His body was bandaged with three layers of bandages inside and outside. The wounds kept oozing blood, and the young disciples had to keep changing the bandages.
Li Shanglu stood there in shock. He heard Elder Teng sigh and say, "I wonder which demon cultivator he encountered to injure him so badly. The gatekeeper disciples said he crawled back on his own. The green steps in front of the mountain gate are stained with blood."
Is it because of her?
Because she took Xiao Huang away and ignored Helan Jin, so he was seriously injured and on the verge of death?
Elder Teng went back to make the elixir. Li Shanglu sat silently in front of the bed, looking at the unconscious Helan Jin. After a long time, she took out the spirit stones that Helan Jin had given her from her purse and wanted to stuff them into his clothes.
Suddenly, the hand was gently pushed away.
Li Shanglu was startled and looked at the person on the sickbed. The other person had opened his eyes without him knowing when.
"Are you awake?" She hurried to call someone, but saw Helan Jin put the only intact finger to his lips and made a hushing gesture.
Li Shanglu paused slightly, feeling a little overwhelmed.
Helan Jin looked at her solemnly for a long time, then said in a hoarse voice, "The spirit stone is a gift for you, you don't have to return it."
Hearing his words, Li Shanglu frowned and whispered, "It was wrong of me to run away yesterday. I will..."
Before she finished speaking, Helan Jin interrupted her calmly. He smiled slightly, his eyes warm.
"Luckily, you escaped."
Li Shanglu was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.
That's right. Helan Jin was not seriously injured yesterday because of her escape. Instead, Helan Jin was seriously injured when he went to investigate the lair of the demon cultivators. Perhaps he accidentally exposed his whereabouts when he went to investigate the situation and was discovered by the demon cultivators.
She just didn't bring Xiao Huang to save him.
But she is a mortal without magical powers. Even if Xiao Huang is by her side, she may not be able to rescue Helan Jin from the demon cultivator's lair.
Xiao Huang killed sixteen demon cultivators yesterday, and that was his limit. Who knows how many there are in his lair?
Li Shanglu can hardly protect himself, how can he be saved?
"That's true." Li Shanglu sighed helplessly, "It's not easy for both of us."
Helan Jin was silent for a moment, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.
...Is that true?
Any normal woman would feel a little guilty after seeing his horrific injuries, right?
Did she forgive herself so easily?
"I nearly died there yesterday, and I've been thinking about one thing." Helan Jin tried to keep a smile and said softly, "Shanglu, I was worried that you would be killed like me, so I tried my best to crawl back to find you."
Hearing this, Li Shanglu said with some sadness, "Indeed, I almost ended up like you. Sixteen demon cultivators surrounded me, and I was drenched in rain. I woke up feeling dizzy this morning. I must have caught a cold. I have to go get some medicinal pills from Elder Teng."
Helan Jin: "..."
His smile froze as he tried to change the subject, "Shang Lu, what I want to say is that I was able to crawl back to the sect with one breath, all because of you."
"I?"
Li Shanglu was confused.
"You want to come back and strangle me because I ran away?"
Helan Jin really wanted to strangle her to death, but he said with a fake smile, "That's not the case. I was worried that something might happen to you, so I crawled back to the sect to find someone to save you."
Before he could finish, Li Shanglu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about me. With Xiao Huang by my side, the demon cultivators can't get close to me."
Nonsense, is that what he meant?
Helan Jin gradually became impatient, and even suspected that she was pretending not to understand, so he simply pointed it out,
"Shang Lu, let me be frank. I might be attracted to you."
As the words fell, a long shadow was cast on the jade tiles of the Rejuvenation Room.
Helan Jin tilted his head with awareness and almost choked to death on his own saliva.
Outside the door, someone was staring at him coldly.
"You like me?" Li Shanglu couldn't help but burst out laughing. "You're the first one to say you like me. What do you like about me?"
In the past, because of that shabby engagement with Shen Changyi, no one had ever pursued her. Shen Changyi had never said the word "heart-pleasing" to her, and that idiot didn't know how to say anything.
Helan Jin started coughing violently, his face looking extremely ugly, and his mind suddenly flashed back to the time when he first met Shen Changyi three years ago.
The unfamiliar and cold face of the white-robed swordsman did not interest him at all. He was planning to kill him with a single blow, but he heard the other party ask in a calm tone.
"Have you ever been to Fangcao City?"
He told him viciously that he had been there and killed many people.
In fact, Helan Jin didn’t know what Fangcao City was. Even if he had been there, he wouldn’t remember the name of such a small place.
But at that moment, the expression of the swordsman in front of him suddenly changed, and a strong and heavy coldness appeared in his eyes. Then he slowly drew out the long sword at his waist and walked towards him step by step.
Every storyteller knows what happened later, and so does the entire cultivation world.
——The Lord of the Demon Realm was beaten by Shen Changyi until only a remnant soul remained. He fled in a panic and disappeared without a trace.
Damn it, damn it...
It’s Chen Changyi again, always Chen Changyi!
He took great pains to take over this mortal body without any demonic energy, just to sneak into the Ming Zhou Sect. This was the most dangerous place but also the safest. Shen Changyi couldn't find him for three years, so he couldn't be found today.
Anyway, Li Shanglu claimed to the public that she was just Shen Changyi's cousin. What's wrong with him pursuing his cousin?
Helan Jin ignored Chen Changyi's gaze outside the door and forced himself to speak, "Shang Lu, I am sincere to you. I like your gentleness, free and easy nature, and uprightness..."
Li Shanglu looked at him with a smile and asked abruptly, "Do you like pregnant women?"
After the words fell, Helan Jin suddenly came back to his senses and looked at her in disbelief, "Huh?"
"I'm. Pregnant." She repeated word by word.
The cool air around the person outside the door disappeared instantly, and the figure stood there motionless, as if struck by lightning.
Li Shanglu coughed lightly with some discomfort, moved closer to Helan Jin, and said in a low voice,
"I didn't have my period this month."
She seems...
Pregnant with Shen Changyi's child.
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