The person in charge seemed to have great respect for the woman in red. He bowed and scraped as he replied, "Yes, it's her. Everyone who came in yesterday was taken away by the various hall masters. Now she's the only one left without a place to go."
The woman in red seemed to have no choice but to compromise. "We have no choice but to use her. Who told the sect leader to set such absurd rules? To recruit someone else would be to slap ourselves in the face." After she finished speaking, she looked at Qiao Zhen with pity. "Poor thing, take good care of the sect leader and my sect's spirit pets. Sigh, why am I saying all this? Whether you can even survive is still a question."
Qiao Zhen huddled under the covers, trembling. She hugged herself tightly. "I...can I refuse?"
The woman in red narrowed her phoenix eyes, her alluring charm revealing a hint of malice. She parted her crimson lips slightly and spat out cruel words from between her teeth: "Choose one: one, obey my teachings; two, follow my teachings."
Qiao Zhen answered without hesitation: "I choose option two."
“Those who disobey my rules shall die.”
"I choose one."
"Good child." The woman in red raised her hand and pinched Qiao Zhen's cheek. "In that case, you will follow the steward to pay your respects to the sect leader in a little while."
Qiao Zhen nodded tremblingly, then breathed a sigh of relief as she watched the woman in red walk away. The safety device bracelet on her wrist had almost burned her skin. The woman in red seemed to be just teasing her, but her killing intent was incredibly strong; she was terrified!
The steward followed the woman in red respectfully as she left, and just as she stepped out the door, he gave Qiao Zhen a knowing look.
Qiao Zhen almost cried even more. She had thought that since her interaction with the Demon Sect Leader could only be through the Amber Ice Lotus, she hadn't bothered to conceal her true appearance. And this time, she came to Qingfeng Palace without hiding her face either. Apart from sending herself a song called "Cooling Down," she really didn't know how to save herself.
Qiao Zhen dawdled through her dressing and washing, and before she even had breakfast, she was led by the steward to see the leader of the Demonic Sect. She kept her head down the whole way, praying that the leader of the Demonic Sect hadn't seen her face clearly that night.
"Master, this is for you and your spirit pet."
Qiao Zhen smelled the tempting aroma of meat, and her stomach protested with a rumbling sound. But her thick skin was as thick as a city wall, so she calmly lowered her head and looked at her toes, pretending that she wasn't the one who had just made that shameful sound.
"Raise your head." The Demonic Sect Leader's icy, sharp eyes stared intently at Qiao Zhen.
Qiao Zhen, in a fit of despair, raised her head, her face expressionless. "Qiao."
The icy coldness in the demonic sect leader's eyes was replaced by interest. He looked at Qiao Zhen with a half-smile, "Admit it, woman, you've taken a liking to me."
Qiao Zhen didn't even bother to say "hehe". She said as if she were reciting a script: "Your handsome appearance, graceful demeanor and your deep, magnetic voice are like a magnet, attracting my heart, which is as hard as stone."
"..." The Demonic Sect Leader was speechless. He had only intended to tease this married woman who amused him, but the result was truly unexpected. "My suitors always have the right to be treated leniently, so even if you cannot serve me and my sect's spirit pets to their satisfaction, I will spare your life."
Qiao Zhen looked at the Demonic Sect Leader with a strange gaze. The man who easily escaped from prison before was also specially instructed by the leader to be treated leniently. This Demonic Sect Leader is bisexual! Wow, that's impressive!
"I will be eternally grateful for your generosity, and I will bury my infatuation with you deep in my heart. I will try my best not to do anything out of line to you and will not lose any limbs thanks to your generosity." Qiao Zhen said expressionlessly, her fists clenched over her heart.
"Hmm, come and have breakfast with this cult leader." The masked cult leader waved away the steward and then casually pointed to a spot for Qiao Zhen.
"Thank you, Master." Qiao Zhen was really hungry, so he immediately sat down without ceremony, picked up his chopsticks, took a piece of meat, and put it in his mouth, chewing it noisily.
The leader of the demonic sect put down his chopsticks and looked at Qiao Zhen with a leisurely air. "What do you think?"
“Very good, but I prefer a stronger flavor. It would be even better with a little more salt.”
A sharp glint flashed in the eyes of the Demonic Cult Leader. "These dishes were made by the centipedes, geckos, poison dart frogs, and golden scorpions that my cult cherishes. Even the Emperor himself couldn't get his hands on them."
But the taste was really good, and Qiao Zhen silently put another piece of food into her mouth. "The Emperor won't want to eat it."
Instead of the horrified expression or vomiting reaction he expected from Qiao Zhen, the leader of the Demonic Sect was somewhat displeased. "Did you think I was trying to fool you?"
"No, I believe you. Does the Master know my background? I came here as a maid from the Northern Desert, and I did indeed wander and work as a maid in the Northern Desert. The poisons in the desert are nothing compared to those here, Master. It's just that after staying in the Northern Desert for so long, I no longer care whether something is poisonous or not; what I care about more is how disgusting it is. Have you ever eaten maggots? In their lifetime, they like to crawl on human excrement, piling up and wriggling around. They're everywhere that's dirty, but after being deep-fried, they're really crispy and..."
"Ugh—" The leader of the demonic sect finally couldn't hold back and pushed Qiao Zhen away, hugging the door and vomiting violently.
Qiao Zhen was also somewhat helpless. She thought the leader of the Demonic Sect would have a strong mental fortitude, but he turned out to be unexpectedly weak. "Leader, you've made me so nauseous that I can't eat anymore."
The leader of the demonic sect put his arms behind his back, waved his hand, and a gust of wind overturned several dishes on the table. "I have no appetite. Shouldn't you, my servant, share my suffering?"
Qiao Zhen put down her chopsticks, letting out a faint sigh, her eyes filled with regret for the remaining dishes. "Have you ever heard the idiom 'share the joys and sorrows'? You can only share the sorrows after sharing the joys. I haven't tasted a single bit of the joy, so why should I share the sorrows with you?"
The Demonic Sect Leader hadn't expected her to be so sharp-tongued, and for a moment he couldn't find a single word to refute her. He could only resort to violence to deal with Qiao Zhen. "This Qingfeng Palace is not a place for pedantry. I, the Sect Leader, am the rule."
Qiao Zhen frowned, looking at the Demonic Sect Leader as if he were a spoiled child, "Fine, fine, whatever you say."
The doting tone made the Demonic Sect Leader feel a pang of heartache. Did he, the dignified Lord of Qingfeng Palace who commanded respect throughout the martial world, really need the pampering of a mere little girl?!
Although she was unhappy, she didn't refute Qiao Zhen.
The leader of the Demonic Sect—oh no, now we should call him Palace Master. After vomiting and cleaning himself up, the Palace Master took Qiao Zhen to the forbidden area of Qingfeng Palace, which was a bamboo forest. The spirit pet was probably a panda that was munching on bamboo and acting cute…?
Their black and white fur, their large dark eye circles, and their adorable backs all clearly indicate that they are pandas.
"Ah~ Happiness came so suddenly!!!" Qiao Zhen shook off the Palace Master and picked up a soft and chubby little boy.
"!" The Palace Master of Qingfeng Palace originally intended to show off his graceful demeanor and play the hero to save the beauty after Qiao Zhen was attacked by the spirit pet, but this development is not normal.
So Qiao Zhen lived a happy life petting pandas, and the saying "from then on, the emperor no longer held court in the morning" couldn't be more true.
Because Qiao Zhen got along very well with her spirit pet, she quickly gained the approval of everyone in Qingfeng Palace.
She was one step closer to the blue ghost lamp.
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