"Demon Lord???" When Sheng Xi turned around and saw this face, she was completely stunned.
"How rude of you to call me 'Your Excellency'!" Xiao Wangyan flicked his forehead with his other hand.
Sheng Xi was momentarily dazed from the flick, "...Why did you...?"
Before he could finish uttering the question, he suddenly fell silent.
His astonished gaze swept over Ji Mofan, who was standing in the water, and he saw a hint of a smile in the other's half-closed eyes.
Sheng Xi blinked, and suddenly understood what he wanted to do.
Since it is widely rumored in the cultivation world that Chaoming Palace is protecting Sheng Xi, Ji Mofan will directly address the root of the problem and tell the world that although Sheng Xi is not dead, the protective umbrella is not Chaoming Palace.
Everyone knows that the Demon Lord's style of doing things is very unreliable.
He could quietly slip into the cultivation world, pick up a righteous child who is about to die from a lightning tribulation, take him back to raise as a demonic cultivator, and incidentally help him resolve his connection with his sect—the disciple's soul lamp. This is entirely possible.
For no other reason than that the Demon Lord's past misdeeds were simply too numerous to recount.
He didn't know about other sects, but Chaoming Palace had been tricked by the Demon Lord before.
The former sect leader was quite narcissistic. Whenever he rewarded his disciples, he always liked to include his own personal gifts, such as his own paintings or small portraits carved in his own likeness. He even went so far as to use gold, silver, or even jewels and jade to carve them.
Finally, and even more outrageous, he planned to erect a life-size statue of himself in front of the mountain gate so that all disciples and visitors could see his heroic figure as soon as they entered.
The statue, which took a month to complete, was erected just three days before the former sect leader went to inspect it on the morning of the fourth day, when he let out a terrifying scream.
The statue's face was inexplicably re-carved, with thick eyebrows and large eyes clearly resembling Xiao Wangyan.
Even his own demonic aura lingered blatantly in the surroundings, as if afraid that others wouldn't pin the blame on him.
As a result, the former sect leader was so traumatized that he ran away from home in tears, which is how the current sect leader was able to take office.
Sheng Xi thought both sides' behavior was quite absurd at the time.
Now he feels he's about to become part of the absurd.
If you ask why...
Ji Mo Fan is not someone who laughs often.
If he laughs, then something really funny is about to happen.
"Demon Lord, a few days ago when you were in the Demon Realm, you made a big show of saying that you would make me the only Demon Queen. Now, only a few months later, you are already protecting others in front of me?" Ji Mo Fan said.
Sheng Xi almost choked to death by him.
Is it okay for a guy to say that directly?
The heinous incident of colluding with demonic cultivators has directly turned into a love triangle plot in a storybook!
Doesn't he not read storybooks? Who taught him all this stuff?
"I am the Demon Lord, what I do is none of your business." Xiao Wangyan, who was suspended in mid-air, slowly descended and stepped on a branch that extended from the wisteria and locust tree.
Okay, case solved, it must have been the Demon Lord's cult.
It's something he's capable of doing.
To be honest, if you ignore the atmosphere, Sheng Xi thinks this scene should be quite beautiful.
Water droplets, stirred up by his battle with Ji Mofan, clung to the trees, shimmering in the moonlight. Every now and then, a few petals drifted by, creating a scene of ethereal beauty, otherworldly.
...But could you please let go of his hand first?
The skin on the back of my neck is about to peel off.
However, to pin an abstract charge on Xiao Wangyan is truly a case of Sheng Xi wronging him.
The person who actually came up with this idea was Ji Mo Fan. Xiao Wangyan just thought it was funny, so he chimed in to add to the humor.
After all, compared to the serious feud between demonic cultivators and the righteous path that has lasted for countless years, the tortuous and bizarre love and hate entanglements are obviously more in line with most people's gossip-loving tendencies.
By subtly shifting the conflict from the Chaoming Palace and the cultivation world to the Demon Lord and the cultivation world, and by using a version that spreads even faster, the current crisis facing the Chaoming Palace can be resolved.
What did I just hear?
"You heard me right, Ji Mofan is accusing the Demon Lord of falling in love with someone else."
"Are the three of them really in this kind of relationship? Oh my god!"
"Even traditional storytelling wouldn't dare to write it like this, but it feels normal when actors sing it."
Although there was some distance between them, the Moonrise Secret Realm wasn't very big, so even if Sheng Xi paid close attention, she could still hear what the onlookers were saying.
Upon hearing this, a knowing glint flashed in his eyes.
Such an absurd thing is indeed hard to believe.
"But...really? That's Jimo Fan."
"Ji Mo Fan Hui is talking nonsense? The sun will rise from the Demon Realm tomorrow."
“When others say it, I think it’s outrageous, but when Ji Mofan says it, I think it’s reliable.”
Sheng Xi's eyes widened when she heard the rest.
No, do you want to listen to what you've said?
Why should they make an exception just because the person in question is from Jimo Fan?
How many absurd things has he done lately?
Even setting aside the fact that he tricked all the demon cultivators in the Demon Realm with a coronation ceremony, just the fact that he returned to the Demon Realm and defeated the Yun Cang Sword Sect, which had finally climbed to the status of one of the five major sects, with just a few rumors, makes people still think he is trustworthy.
Having been an honest person for so long, has honesty become his lifelong get-out-of-jail-free card?
Who on earth is believing this?!
It's an act!
As this thought crossed his mind, Sheng Xi glanced at the crowd and spotted several familiar faces.
Those few shouting the loudest in the crowd are hard to miss.
They were jumping around and scratching their ears and cheeks, like monkeys from Flower Fruit Mountain. They would play the good cop and the bad cop, and they would move from place to place, leading the crowd in a frenzy.
Although he wasn't very dedicated when he was the chief of the Chaoming Hall, he was still able to get to know everyone.
Those few were clearly members of the Chaoming Palace who had stripped off their disciple robes and were pretending to be independent cultivators!
It really was an act!
Sheng Xi was being held in the Demon Lord's hand and couldn't speak, because the back of her neck was really sore.
Otherwise, they'd all yell and scream.
Forget it, if this bastard keeps going on like this, all those old impressions will eventually be wiped out.
He awaits the day when the entire cultivation world will be astonished.
It has to be said that Ji Mofan's image as an honest man is extremely deceptive.
Sheng Xi knew part of the truth, but she still couldn't figure out all of Ji Mo Fan's little schemes.
For example, he didn't realize that there was absolutely no need to include a fight scene in the entire plan.
Ji Mo Fan Chun Chun holds a grudge, both for the grudge he incurred four years ago on the arena and for the act he staged a few days ago to get him to take the Wu Shen Sword.
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