Chapter 84
Lin Jichen sighed as he recalled this, "I couldn't beat that Shi Yunzhou, so Senior Brother Zhou was taken away by him. I was woken up by Senior Brother Shen."
Gu Qingci breathed a sigh of relief that Lin Jichen was safe and sound, but she was also worried about Zhou Xuanzhi. At the same time, she didn't know why Shi Yunzhou had become like this, since it was Shi Yunzhou who had saved her back then.
Murong Jing looked puzzled. He really couldn't understand why the demons would capture two disciples of Tianyu Mountain, and how Lin Jichen could survive in their clutches. There must be something he didn't know yet.
Seeing Murong Jing's expression, Lin Jichen suddenly said, "I really can't understand why I survived. According to the way the demons do things, they should have eaten me."
Some of her subtle expressions fooled Murong Jing, but not Sui Fu sitting next to her. "The demons are indifferent to cultivators. To them, cultivators really affect their appetite."
Lin Jichen thought of the state of those demons after they had eaten and the time she met them. She turned to Sui Fu and said, "Senior, do you mean that I affected their appetite?"
Sui Fu nodded, "That might be the case."
"Then why did they arrest Senior Brother Zhou?"
Thinking of Shi Wanqing's remnant soul being taken by the demons, and now even her disciple Chonghua is being targeted, he had better ensure that the two of them are safe and sound, otherwise no one could quell her anger.
"What can the Shennong Cauldron and the Breath of Earth do?" Murong Jing thought it would be better to think about what the Demon Clan actually wanted to do.
Lin Jichen had a bold idea: "Could he be planning to use the Shennong Cauldron to refine something? And use the Breath Soil as fuel?"
Sui Fu vaguely understood why Chonghua wanted to learn from Yunzhou and Zhou Xuanzhi. They both carried her aura, and if that failed, she would use their souls and essences to refine her soul! Thinking of this, he shifted his gaze to the bracelet on Gu Qingci's wrist, realizing that Gu Qingci would also be Chonghua's target.
That madman!
"What's wrong, Senior?" Seeing Sui Fu's angry expression, Lin Jichen was a little curious. Didn't he just say that Chong Hua wanted to use these two divine artifacts to refine something?
"What a waste! This is the Breath of Earth, and he just used it as fuel? What a waste!" Sui Fu said, slapping his knee, his face full of regret and anger.
"This is just speculation."
Sui Fu stood up and walked outside. Gu Qingci really needed someone to protect her now. They also needed to find a way to rescue those two children; it was too dangerous for them to stay with Chonghua.
Looking at Sui Fu's retreating figure, Murong Jing asked, "Where are you going, Senior?"
"Go talk to your master and tell you juniors to stay away from the demons. They're too dangerous." Sui Fu didn't even turn his head.
Murong Jing suddenly found Tianyu Mountain really interesting. He wondered what these disciples were thinking all day long, daring to enter the Demon Cave.
Because she was still injured, Murong Jing took Gu Qingci away, saying that Lin Jichen should rest well.
Throughout the journey, Murong Jing remained absent-minded. Gu Qingci asked, "What are you thinking about?"
He had had contact with people from Tianyu Mountain but wasn't familiar with them. "Did you feel uncomfortable at all when you had contact with people from Tianyu Mountain before?"
Why would he ask that? Could it be that he thinks there's something wrong with the people of Tianyu Mountain, or does he suspect that there's a traitor among the demons among them? Thinking of this, Gu Qingci quickly explained, "They're all very good. There wouldn't be a traitor among the people I've met."
Hearing Gu Qingci say this, Murong Jing knew she had misunderstood him, but he didn't bother to explain. "Do you think Senior Sister Lin is lying?"
Gu Qingci didn't understand why he would ask such a question. "What are you thinking?" Would Lin Jichen lie? Yes, but her lies were insignificant to the world. "When we came here, didn't we hear others say that no matter how Headmaster Han of Tianyu Mountain asked, Senior Sister Lin was very certain that it was the Demon Clan who kidnapped Senior Brother Zhou, and that she fainted from exhaustion?"
Even the sect leader of Tianyu Mountain doesn't believe this explanation, let alone himself. But since the sect hasn't investigated further, it's none of his business.
Murong Jingdian nodded. "You should go back and rest too! You haven't been getting enough rest lately. I'll stay outside and protect you."
Hearing Murong Jing say this, Gu Qingci shook her head and refused, "You've been the one who's been most tired lately. I didn't do much. You should rest well. The Yan Yue Sect is very safe now, so you don't need to worry."
Sui Fu arrived at Fang Xingyang's room. After confirming that no one was around, he asked with a serious expression, "You've heard about what happened to those two disciples from Tianyu Mountain, haven't you?"
Of course I heard about it. It happened right under the noses of the leaders of various sects, how could I not know?
“You also know who these two people’s master is.” Sui Fu made Fang Xingyang lose the anger that had just been slapped at his doorstep.
Only when Fang Xingyang realized that they were Shi Wanqing's disciples did he remember that the Demon Lord must still have feelings for Shi Wanqing, otherwise why would he have brought both of them to his side?
Sui Fu's idea wasn't so rosy. He continued, "Those two people carry Shi Wanqing's aura. If he fails to repair Shi Wanqing's soul with the divine artifact, then the two children will be in danger."
This was something he hadn't expected. Fang Xingyang looked at Sui Fu, pointed outside, and asked in a low voice, "Those were her disciples. Everyone saw how protective she was of her own when she was alive. If she comes back and finds out that her two disciples died like this, how can she let it go?"
The great demon with a full head of silver hair only realized at this moment how good a person he was compared to the Demon Lord. "He doesn't care about anyone in the world. What are Shi Wanqing's two disciples in his eyes? So you are just a mortal who has cultivated, and you don't understand how we demons think."
“Chonghua is a human who has become a demon, you are a monster,” Fang Xingyang retorted. “It can only be said that I, a normal person, do not understand the thoughts of that madman.”
Sui Fu then explained his purpose, "So you need to send someone to protect Gu Qingci now, the bracelet on her wrist is very important!"
A few days ago, Sui Fu wrote to me saying that Shi Wanqing's remnant soul had been stolen by the demons, and they had also killed one of her trusted subordinates. Now, is what Gu Qingci has in her possession still important?
Sui Fu wasn't an unreliable person; otherwise, he wouldn't have been trusted, worshipped, and protected by those villagers. So Fang Xingyang nodded and agreed, saying, "I'll have Su Liyue come over to protect her with Murong Jing, but..." Fang Xingyang felt that this matter was ultimately a matter for their Tianyu Mountain, and they couldn't keep it from them. He had thought about this for a long time. "We should also inform Tianyu Mountain. After all, Shi Wanqing is Sect Leader Han's junior sister. He can't possibly harm his own junior sister!"
Sui Fu shook his head. "I promised her that I wouldn't let anyone else know about this. The fewer people who know, the better. If Gu Qingci wasn't in your Exorcism Division, you wouldn't know either."
To be honest, Fang Xingyang was not optimistic about this plan. Not to mention whether Shi Wanqing could defeat Chonghua after she returned, it was hard to say whether Chonghua still had feelings for her.
"Chonghua has held a high position for so many years, and the woman around him... are you really sure he still likes her? Isn't this plan... too hasty?"
"No, we won't," Sui Fu said confidently. "We're absolutely certain we can win!"
On their journey to the Yanyue Sect, Fei Xiang and his master Ming Shi heard that their former comrades-in-arms had been taken away by the demons, and they really doubted whether they had heard it wrong.
When he saw Lin Jichen, who was still recovering from her injuries, he couldn't help but think of how she seemed to be frequently injured back in Jianye Town.
In a courtyard of the Yan Yue Sect, Lin Jichen lay on a rocking chair with a worried expression, and beside him was a girl he did not recognize.
Fei Xiang greeted Lin Jichen with a smile: "Amitabha, how have you been lately, Cultivator Lin?"
Lin Jichen got up and saw Fei Xiang, which was unexpected. She thought she would see Senior Sister Mingmo or Xiao Mu first, but she did not expect that the person who came was Fei Xiang.
"Even the master has come; this must be a very serious matter." The demon clan's inside man is the sect leader of the Yan Yue Sect; how could this be anything but serious!
Fei Xiang nodded, indeed it was a big deal. "It's not really related to this matter. We're here to discuss how to fight against the demons."
Yes, the demons can now leave Guancheng at any time to wreak havoc everywhere; they can go wherever they want. The cultivators are in a worse situation. They not only don't know Chonghua's purpose in seizing the divine artifact, but they also don't know when the enemy will attack.
"It's foreseeable that we'll be extremely busy and stretched thin from now on," Lin Jichen said, filled with worry about the future. In truth, no one held much hope; this battle was bound to begin sooner or later, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps even now.
Gu Qingci has been with Lin Jichen for the past few days. Everyone has heard some of the discussions among the sect leaders. They have been actively responding and trying to find a way to fix the landing location of Guancheng, but they have not yet reached a satisfactory conclusion.
If the demons really start their attack, these people will be in deep trouble. Back in the capital, when it was under the jurisdiction of the Exorcism Bureau and during the Immortal Alliance Conference, the demons dared to act recklessly; how much more so now?
"So, we are now discussing whether we should proceed in two steps: first, to actively address the implementation of the city-wide plan; and second, whether to gather all the people together for our protection to reduce casualties." He also participated in today's meeting and is well aware of what happened today.
Fei Xiang looked at Lin Jichen and said, "This was based on your method of bringing people here. We are still discussing its feasibility."
Gathering all the people in the world together? That's really unlikely. "We brought all the people from the area around Cuiwei Mountain over here. It took a lot of effort, and we did our best to bring over just one village."
Fei Xiang nodded, "Everyone thinks so too, but what other way is there to protect the people of the world if we don't do this?"
Gu Qingci suddenly thought of what the Immortal Sect had done in the capital. "Didn't the leaders of the various sects in the capital set up a formation together before? Couldn't the formation protect..." Her voice grew weaker and weaker. The premise of this formation was that everyone was in the same city, and now the discussion was about whether to gather everyone together and how to implement it.
However, these were not things that disciples should be thinking about. Lin Jichen and Gu Qingci turned to look at Fei Xiang together, "Master, it shouldn't be just like that!"
“There is indeed a problem that needs to be solved. We need an inside agent within the Demon Clan. Our previous agent was discovered and has already been sacrificed,” Fei Xiang looked at Lin Jichen very seriously, as if trying to see through her. Lin Jichen turned her head slightly to avoid meeting Fei Xiang’s gaze. She heard Fei Xiang say, “We need to know the Demon Clan’s movements.”
Fei Xiang's extremely serious expression and words drew some people's attention to Lin Jichen standing to the side.
But she was just an ordinary cultivator. Everyone was suspicious of her, the only reason being that she had personally witnessed Zhou Xuanzhi being taken away by Shi Yunzhou.
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