Gu Xicheng: "It means that as long as we find Wang Sheng and Pei Rong and retrieve Xiao Wei's heart, you will give us the demon core."
Nine-Tails nodded: "That's right!"
"Alright! Let's go find them now."
Nine-Tailed Fox reminded, "Also, think about who this inner core is meant to save."
Lu Qing and the others paused and looked at Lu Qing again.
Lu Qing pursed her lips and lowered her head, saying, "Let's get the inner core first."
Lu Qing knew very well that her situation was much more critical than Liu Manyun's, but the scales in her heart were tilted slightly towards Liu Manyun.
It wasn't just because Liu Manyun called her her idol and always thought of her, but also because she was afraid that even if she survived, she wouldn't be able to find a way to bring Liu Manyun back to normal.
She could endure the torment of the backlash for twenty years; she couldn't bear it for another hundred or a thousand years.
Gu Xicheng, Qin Yuebai, and Helian Shi were all well aware of Lu Qing's thoughts, but they had all made up their minds that they must preserve Lu Qing's soul.
But now is not the time to consider choices.
After Lu Qing and the others left Qingqiu, Bai Xi sighed and asked Jiuwei:
"Senior Nine-Tailed Fox, if your demon core can save them, then can the demon cores of other ten-thousand-year-old demons also save them?"
Nine-Tails rolled its eyes at him:
"Theoretically speaking, that's true, but in all the world, there are only a handful of ancient demons with my cultivation level who have lived for ten thousand years. They're not easy to mess with."
"Moreover, this demon core is indeed nothing to a ten-thousand-year-old demon, but without the demon core, it will lose at least 50% of its cultivation. Which great demon would be happy about that?"
If I told them, wouldn't that be asking for death?
Bai Xi: "But if you say it, at least you'll give them some hope."
Those two possess divine bones; within a few hundred years, they'll be able to snatch demon cores from ten-thousand-year-old demons.
Nine-Tails suddenly realized: "Oh right! How could I have forgotten about that!"
"Since you knew, why didn't you remind me?"
Bai Xi lowered her head timidly: "How dare I interrupt when you're speaking!"
"You... coward! Do you think I'd eat you?" Nine-Tailed Fox roared.
"Never mind! They'll come anyway, we'll just tell them then."
While she was at it, Nine-Tailed Fox went to study the most vulnerable ancient demon besides herself.
...
Meanwhile, Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng were already busy searching for the reincarnations of Wang Sheng and Pei Rong.
After the Underworld system was updated and upgraded, searching became much faster.
Lu Qing contacted Lu Pan at 5 p.m., and he replied around 8 p.m.
"The names of these two reincarnated individuals are Huo Tianyu and Chang Yajing. Their birth dates and times are written down. Take a look for yourself!"
Judge Lu handed a note to Lu Qing and then left.
Lu Qing immediately asked Wang Yanjun to help retrieve the identity information of the two people.
Upon seeing the information sent back by Wang Yanjun, Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng were surprised:
"These two are actually husband and wife!"
What a tragic fate!
Gu Xicheng: "They live in Bianzhou, which is not far from the capital. We'll leave tomorrow morning and drive there."
"Okay!" Lu Qing nodded with a smile.
"Gu Xicheng, I'm hungry!"
Gu Xicheng: "How about I make you some meat sauce noodles?"
"Um!"
Looking at Lu Qing's smiling face, Gu Xicheng could only manage a forced smile.
Knowing that only one of Lu Qing and Liu Manyun could be saved, he couldn't be happy at all.
Lu Qing wasn't actually that happy, but she didn't want Gu Xicheng to notice.
Regardless of whether she survives or not, she hopes to spend every moment happily with Gu Xicheng.
After finishing their meal, Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing embraced and fell asleep.
The next day, after waking up, they set off for Bianzhou.
Qin Yuebai and Helian Shi followed them, fearing that Lu Qing might secretly give the demon core to Liu Manyun.
Human nature is biased; they couldn't bear to watch Liu Manyun suffer, but compared to Lu Qing, this reluctance was nothing.
Seeing that the atmosphere inside the car was a bit awkward, Wang Yanjun took the initiative to break the ice.
"What do we do when we get there? Do we just kidnap them?"
Lu Qing: "What else can we do besides kidnapping people?"
We can't exactly tell them they are the reincarnations of Wang Sheng and Pei Rong, and that Xiao Wei's heart is inside their bodies. We have to take them to Qingqiu and remove the heart."
"If we really said that, they might think we're scammers and call the police to arrest us!"
Just imagining that scene makes Wang Yanjun want to laugh.
"It's settled then. When you see someone, lure them to a place without surveillance cameras, drug them, and take them away."
"Have you informed Uncle Li yet? We still need to take them from Bianzhou to the entrance of Qingqiu, which is quite a distance. If the traffic police find out and misunderstand, we won't be able to explain it."
Wang Yanjun: "Don't worry! He's already made arrangements, no one will check our car."
"Um!"
Lu Qing nodded, and the topic ended.
An eerie silence fell over the car once again.
Lu Qing simply closed her eyes and went to sleep.
What she didn't notice was that Gu Xicheng, who was sitting next to her, was on his phone contacting Liu Mosheng.
[The fox demon's inner core can only save one person, and that person can only be Lu Qing. Sorry!]
The other side replied quickly:
[It's alright! The Heavenly Mystery Sect exists solely to ensure her survival. As long as she survives, nothing else matters.]
Gu Xicheng immediately sensed that the tone of these words was off; it didn't sound like Liu Mosheng.
[You're not Liu Mosheng? You're Liu Manyun, right?]
The other end replied: [Yes! My brother forgot his phone with me, sorry! I saw your message!]
Gu Xicheng pursed his lips and sent a message:
【sorry! 】
After rescuing Qingqing, we will work together to find a way to eliminate the backlash from you. We will definitely not abandon you!
Liu Manyun: [I believe in you, and I believe in my idol.]
If your idol wants to give me her demon core, tell her that if her soul is destroyed, I will not survive either.
I, Liu Manyun, always keep my word!
Gu Xicheng felt even more guilty.
After putting down his phone, he looked at Lu Qing, who was already asleep beside him, and silently exhaled.
When Lu Qing woke up, they had arrived in Bianzhou.
Wang Yanjun drove the car to the parking lot next to the building:
"This is Huo Tianyu's studio, but to be precise, it should belong to Chang Yajing. She is the real owner of the studio."
"Chang Yajing runs a clothing studio specializing in fur called Yipi Zhenpin."
After getting together with Huo Tianyu, she spent more time focusing on her family and handed over the management of her studio to Huo Tianyu. However, it is said that many of her client resources are still in Chang Yajing's hands.
Huo Tianyu later leveraged the studio's reputation to contact a factory to produce bedding, but he stopped after less than a year due to financial problems.
"At this time, Huo Tianyu should be at the company, and Chang Yajing should be at home taking care of the children."
Should we tie them up one by one, or wait until they all meet up and then tie them up together?
Lu Qing was somewhat amused and exasperated: "Brother, we're police officers, can you not talk like we're kidnappers?"
Wang Yanjun thought for a moment and changed his words:
"Should we invite them back one by one, or invite them all back together?"
Lu Qing: "Um... let's do it one at a time. Doing it two at a time will make too much noise!"
That sounds more like something a kidnapper would say!
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