Li Mingke propped his head up with one hand and held a paintbrush in the other, aimlessly poking at the paper.
Demon Lord Luan Hua quietly walked up behind her, "You've been sitting here all morning, what have you been drawing?"
Li Mingke was so shocked she almost jumped up. "Demon Lord?" Then she immediately covered the painting. "I didn't paint anything, haha, ha."
The Demon Lord noticed her darting eyes and knew something was amiss. "Take your hand away and let me see!"
"No!" She covered it even tighter.
The two were struggling to their limits. Demon Lord Luan Hua tried his best to pry her hands off, but she tried her best to cover them.
But how could her little chick's power compare to that of Demon Lord Luan Hua? The drawing paper was pulled out in no time.
The Demon Lord looked at Li Mingke's painting and fell silent.
The painting depicts a large tortoise, which is not unusual in itself, except that it wears a crown identical to that of the Demon Lord Luan Hua.
That's hard to explain!
Li Mingke tried to crawl under the table. Demon Lord Luan Hua picked her up like a chick.
"Tell me, what did you draw?"
“This…” Li Mingke choked up, “I drew the most powerful turtle in the world, what do you think, not bad, right?”
Demon Lord Luan Hua's lips curved into a smile. "Indeed, it's quite good. Since you drew it so well, I've decided to reward you."
Huh? There's a reward for drawing like this? Did he really not realize that she was using the drawing to insult him?
Are some people blind or not very smart?
"Then thank you very much, Lord Demon Lord!" Li Mingke said with a beaming smile.
"Well, I'll reward you by not letting you eat for a day! Alas, it's a pity that the kitchen made the Five-Color Pearl Soup, Creamy Fish Fillets, and Dried Scallops with Spicy Balls today. Of course, there were other delicious things too, but you won't be able to eat any of them."
Li Mingke's face immediately fell. "No, Demon Lord, that painting was actually of myself. You've misunderstood."
Waaah, the food at the Demon Cave is so delicious! Every dish suits her taste. She really wants to eat!
"Those who cultivate immortality must not indulge in gluttony. Aren't you cultivating your mind? You should use these days to cultivate diligently."
"Wait, Demon Lord, don't go! I was wrong, okay?!"
But Demon Lord Luan Hua completely ignored her and left her alone in the room. She even heard the sound of the door being locked.
Li Mingke: ...
This is imprisonment! This is absolutely imprisonment!
In a fit of anger, Li Mingke threw the painting on the ground and stomped on the turtle's head several times. Finally, exhausted from her outburst, she plopped down on the ground.
How long are they going to lock her up? Is it really for life? Her hand touched the blood jade ring on her thumb. She hesitated, wondering whether to smash the ring. Her master said that as long as the ring broke, he would sense it and come to her side immediately. She originally intended to use it in a life-threatening emergency. Although her life was not threatened, the situation was not optimistic.
She sighed. Wang Jingyuan and the others must have sent a message to their master or mother after they found out she was gone. Oh well, she'll just have to wait and see.
When the Li family in Pengzhou received Wang Jingyuan's letter, they were instantly thrown into chaos.
"The Demon Lord has gone too far!" Patriarch Li Zengqing slammed the letter on the ground, cursing loudly. Wu Xilan frowned as well, "Why would the Demon Lord kidnap Mingke? Could it be that he already knew...?"
"This is what I'm most worried about! Who is the Demon Lord? He kills without blinking an eye! He murdered his master and wife, things even a madman wouldn't do! Everyone saw how good Half-Fairy was to him, and he still did those things. Now, if he finds out that the person he's looking for is Ming Ke, I don't even want to think about what he'll do!"
Wu Xilan held his wife in his arms and comforted her, "Didn't Jingyuan say that he has already informed Immortal Venerable Jinyun? Once the Immortal Venerable knows, he will definitely go to save her."
Li Zengqing sobbed in her husband's arms, "How many days has Mingke been Immortal Venerable Jinyun's disciple? Would someone as cold-hearted as Immortal Venerable Jinyun really go to save her? And if he goes and finds out Mingke's identity, how will he treat her?"
Wu Xilan didn't know that even he felt powerless in the face of his daughter's situation.
“The one with the best chance of rescuing Mingke right now is Immortal Venerable Jinyun, but if he is unwilling…” He paused, his tone more resolute than ever before, “Even if I have to give up the rest of my cultivation, I will still rescue her.”
"Yes." Li Zengqing wiped away his tears and regained his usual dignity as the head of the Li family. "She was born as my daughter in this life, so she is my child, Li Zengqing's child. As her mother, even if I can't defeat the Demon Lord, I can still fight to the death!"
Li Pinyue, who had just finished practicing her martial arts, learned that her cousin Wang Jingyuan had sent a letter about Li Mingke. Without even changing her clothes, she rushed to her parents' courtyard, asking, "Dad, Mom, what news is it about my brother?"
Her clothes were soaked, but she didn't care at all, still holding the long spear in her hand.
When she picked up the letter from the ground and read it, she was so angry that she almost tore it up. "The Demon Lord really doesn't care about our Li family, and he doesn't care about Immortal Venerable Jinyun! Father, Mother, I'm going to the Demon Cave right now to bring my brother back!"
She rushed out like an angry little leopard.
Li Zengqing stopped her, "Yue'er, don't get so agitated. Your father and I have already discussed it. We'll go to the Immortal Sect first to see if Immortal Venerable Jinyun has taken any action. If all else fails, your father and I will rescue your brother."
"I'm going too!"
"No!" Li Zengqing interrupted her sharply, "Yue'er, you stay at home!"
"I can too..."
"Yue'er." Li Zengqing's voice softened as he gently embraced Li Pinyue. "Yue'er, stay at home. Your father and I will go. If anything happens to us, you will directly inherit the position of family head."
"Mother!" Upon hearing Li Zengqing's words, Li Pinyue's tears streamed down her face.
"Don't worry, your mother and father were once prominent figures on the list of heroes, so they might not be unable to win." She stroked her daughter's hair. "If we really don't come back, Sister Yingxue will tell you what to do."
Yingxue's family has served the head of the Li family for generations.
"Mother, I don't want to be the head of the family!" Li Pinyue's tears soaked Li Zengqing's clothes, leaving large dark stains.
"Silly child!" Li Zengqing's eyes were also filled with tears.
“Brother will definitely come back, right? I won’t be the head of the family. I’m just your gun. She’s the head of the family. I will always protect her.” Li Pinyue’s shoulders were shaking.
"Yes, we will definitely come back, with your brother."
Li Pinyue gripped the spear, watching her parents leave, feigning nonchalance.
A woman with a slicked-back hairstyle and wearing a deep purple dress walked up to Li Pinyue and bowed gracefully.
"By order of the head of the family, Yingxue will serve the second young lady personally until the head of the family returns."
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