Unable to resist Tu Shanqing's enthusiastic invitation, Yan Baibai, who originally planned to leave after returning the snack iron beast, decided to stay in the demon world.
Perhaps it was because she had used the excuse of "it was inconvenient to live in the Demon King's Palace" before and wanted to leave the demon world quickly. After she agreed to stay and rest for a few days, she and Tu Shanqing visited several more distinctive places in the Demon King's Palace during the day. After dark, Tu Shanqing took her directly to the top of a mountain.
When heading to Wanjie Mountain, Yan Baibai was still worried about the whereabouts of Xiaoshi Tieshou and Lu Wuxiu, but he didn't expect that the two little guys were very sensible and followed the palace servants away, which made Yan Baibai relieved.
Arriving at the top of the Wanjie Mountain, what caught my eye was the concave scenery on the top of the mountain. Many spiritual plants and fruit trees were planted on the gently sloping slope. The flowers were in full bloom and the fragrance was everywhere. What surprised Yan Baibai was that there was a pond full of lotus flowers at the bottom. There was a small courtyard not far from the pond, and there was a piece of land not far from the courtyard for growing fruits and vegetables.
"This is the Swastika Mountain. My becoming the Demon King has something to do with it."
Tu Shanqing and Yan Baibai walked down the high stairs slowly, neither of them intending to use their cultivation to reach their destination quickly.
"Oh, is it because of some opportunity I got here?" Yan Baibai looked around and felt that the layout here was indeed very good. The terrain here subtly formed some kind of strange formation. If there was a weapon refining master here, he could use everything on the top of the mountain to make a fairy-grade magic weapon.
"That's only part of the reason. Actually, I didn't initially want to become the King of the Demon Realm. I stumbled into this place by chance and was immediately drawn to everything here. I love it here, like... everything here should be mine."
As Tu Shanqing spoke, she couldn't help laughing. She gently picked a pure white peony with a red glow from the roadside and handed it to Yan Baibai before continuing her story.
"I easily entered the study in the courtyard and found a book on weapon refining on the desk. Senior, guess what? The notes there were extremely similar to mine. Moreover, I only read it once and immediately memorized everything in it."
Tu Shanqing stopped talking again, picked a red peony for herself at the end of the stairs, and led Yan Baibai to the small courtyard, all the while talking.
"After reluctantly leaving this place, I inquired and found out that for a thousand years, this Wanjie Mountain was the exclusive property of the Demon King and Queen. So from then on, I began to rise to prominence, and finally became the King of the Demon Realm and claimed this place for myself."
"You did the right thing, Tu Shanqing. You are one of the best female cultivators I have ever met in all my years of traveling around the world." After just one day together, Yan Baibai already liked Tu Shanqing very much, so he asked, "What are your plans for the future?"
"I'll shamelessly accept your compliment, Senior." Tu Shanqing's cheeks flushed before she continued, "Senior, what do you mean by that..."
"You have a good talent for cultivation, and you are a weapon refiner." Yan Baibai did not continue her words, she knew that Tu Shanqing understood what she meant.
As expected, Tu Shanqing replied with a smile, "Senior, my life is long, and I will naturally not confine myself to the position of Monster King in the Monster Realm. Once I find a qualified successor, I will take the two queens out to see the outside world."
Hearing Tu Shanqing's answer, Yan Baibai felt a little relieved. After traveling for so long, she had seen too many outstanding female cultivators who were always bound by some rules and regulations, and they were bound by them voluntarily. When encountering such situations, Yan Baibai always felt very powerless, but these were personal choices, and she should not and would not interfere.
"But before that, I have to clarify one thing." Tu Shanqing naturally didn't know what Yan Baibai was thinking. When Yan Baibai looked at her curiously, she smiled and said, "I want to know what the connection is between me and this Wanjie Mountain!"
"Haven't you figured it out yet?" Yan Baibai was a little surprised by this. She thought that with Tu Shanqing's personality, she would be able to solve this secret immediately after becoming the Demon King.
"That's not true," Tu Shanqing said honestly, her expression growing heavy. "In the millennia since the world's catastrophe, our demon realm has only experienced two demon kings, and the previous two demon kings had no queens. I've looked up ancient texts and asked some old monsters, and I learned that the previous queen was a fox woman, and her name was the same as mine: Tu Shanqing."
"Such a coincidence?" Yan Baibai raised his eyebrows.
"Logically speaking, the fact that our Tushan Fox Clan has the same name shouldn't be a big deal to me. But what really concerns me is that the husband of that queen, the previous demon king, has the same name as my Eastern Palace Queen, Bai Dijiu."
"Hmm... this is a bit too coincidental." Yan Baibai frowned, thought for a moment, and looked at Tu Shanqing meaningfully: "Your Queen of the West Palace, the heartless Buddhist, wouldn't also...?"
"Well, there are some stories about the former queen as well." Tu Shanqing nodded.
"What is this, past life and present life?" Yan Baibai smiled. This was the most bizarre thing she had seen since she started traveling. Although all cultivators agreed that only the body died after death and the soul would continue to transform into other creatures after a baptism, the world was so big that such encounters and continued entanglements were still too rare.
"I don't know." Tu Shanqing was unusually confused. She looked at Yan Baibai for help. "Senior, I've been devoted to the art of refining weapons my entire life. I didn't think I'd have a Taoist partner, but when I met Baidijiu and Jueqing, my heart started beating uncontrollably. That's when I knew I'd be entangled with them for the rest of my life."
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