Chapter 99

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Ningchen is simply a fog.

How come Xie Tingyun is so unreasonable!

He didn't say anything, did he?!

Can't stand it at all.

Ning Chen couldn't swallow this breath. He didn't want to sleep, nor did he let Xie Tingyun sleep, so he simply stretched out his hand and poked Xie Tingyun's shoulder lightly. After poking for a long time, he finally annoyed Xie Tingyun. Xie Tingyun then stretched out a pale hand from under the quilt, grabbed Ning Chen's hand that was poking his shoulder, and pressed it into his own quilt.

Ning Chen tried to pull his hand away but failed, so he dragged the person over and pinched Xie Tingyun's cheek lightly.

He snorted unhappily and stopped talking.

“…”

Xie Tingyun's back hit Ning Chen's chest, and Ning Chen put an arm around his shoulders, like giving him a secret hug.

The quiet breath fell on the back of his neck, bringing a faint itchy feeling.

Xie Tingyun's breathing slowed down unconsciously.

…

When Ning Shen woke up, it was already late at night.

Xie Tingyun had turned over without knowing when, facing the person curled up in Ning Shen's arms.

Seeing that he was awake, Xie Tingyun said, "Sleep a little longer? It's not dawn yet."

His quiet head wasn't awake yet, he blinked sleepily, and felt a heavy sleepiness enveloping his brain, so he simply closed his eyes again.

He hadn't realized that he had slept for a whole day. Ning Chen just felt very sleepy, so he yawned and said in a low voice, "Hmm."

I haven’t slept for a few days. I’m so sleepy. Why couldn’t I sleep so well before?

This was the thought that inexplicably arose before Ning Chen sank into darkness again.

Xie Tingyun was quiet for a while. After his breathing slowed down to a steady rate, he raised his hand and extinguished the incense burner in the hall that had been lit at some point.

The incense burner is filled with soothing spices, and it seems to be working well.

Xie Tingyun lay in the warm embrace, and after hesitating for a while, he still couldn't make up his mind to leave.

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When Ning Shen finally woke up, the morning sunlight had already come in through the window.

Xie Tingyun was no longer on the bed. After all, Xie Tingyun was such a hardworking person, he would never sleep in with him.

Ning Chen then stretched to his heart's content, and then got out of bed refreshed.

There was still warm food in the hall, and a letter was written to remind Ning Shen to remember to eat breakfast, but the difference this time was that Xie Tingyun said he had important matters to discuss with his master and was not sure when he would be back.

Ning Chen symbolically ate a piece of cake, then released his consciousness to look for Xie Tingyun.

It won't be long before the Qingpanjiao Secret Realm opens, so he has to take advantage of this time to have some fun, otherwise he may not have the chance again later.

He just wanted to go outside to wait for Xie Tingyun. After all, he had the firefly in his hand, so he didn't have to worry about getting lost. However, Ning Shen paused for a moment, then he remembered that his current identity was still the Demon Lord.

After Ning Chen took off his disguise, he never put it back on, and what remained was his real face. When he walked in front of the Liuyun Sect disciples, he was telling them openly that the young Jindan-stage disciple following behind Xie Tingyun was him, the Demon Lord in disguise.

He is a demon, and it was Xie Tingyun who secretly helped him to sneak in. It is inappropriate for him to leave openly like this.

Ning Chen then threw a disguise on himself and walked out openly.

However, it was not until this moment that Ning Chen belatedly remembered that when he was stopped by the sect protection formation, he was also wearing the clothes of the Demon Lord, with his true face visible.

...Those gatekeepers didn't think it was strange at all, and even said they wanted to let him in secretly?!

Ning Chen was dumbfounded again.

After the door of Yunfeng Pavilion was opened, a passing disciple saw Ning Chen standing in a daze at the door, and then hurried over to push him back, whispering: "Many elders from other sects have come today, and they may come out soon. Do you want to go in and hide for a while? It's too conspicuous, and the sect master may punish you."

Ning Chen: “…”

Ning Chen lowered his head and looked at the disciple who was speaking. He paused for a while, pointed at his own face, and said, "Don't you think this face is familiar?"

The young disciple was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, "It's familiar. It's too familiar. The photo stones spread all over the streets and alleys are almost ruining this face."

But he still said politely: "It's quite familiar. What's the matter?"

“…”

Ning Chen said nothing and closed the door.

He thought for a while and came to a conclusion in one word:

ah?

At this moment, a wave of spiritual energy collided and stirred in the meeting room.

That wave of spiritual power had been extremely restrained. There was already a ban in place in the meeting room, but the wave was still able to be transmitted. One can imagine its original power.

The disciples outside the Yunfeng Pavilion turned pale, looked at the Council Pavilion in disbelief, and murmured, "...What's going on? Fighting is forbidden in the Council Pavilion."

The meeting room is usually used to discuss important matters. If there are any disagreements among the people, the disciples in the sect will not fight in public for fear of affecting other disciples.

...But what is going on?

Ning Chen heard his disciple's murmur and his expression darkened slightly.

The letter Xie Tingyun left for him said that he was going to discuss something with his master.

An elder from another sect is coming today, isn't he going to the meeting room to discuss something?

What were they discussing? They actually discussed it to the point of physical violence.

Ning Shen frowned, he suppressed his breath, cast an invisibility talisman, hid his body and walked towards the place where the spiritual power fluctuations came from.

He did not go through the main entrance, but went around to the back of the council chamber and quietly probed through the restrictions of the council chamber.

Dao Ling's voice came faintly, and he seemed very angry. He gritted his teeth and said, "Tingyun, you are confused!"

Xie Tingyun's breath was a little unstable, but his voice was still calm: "Master... if you hadn't eavesdropped, nothing would have happened today. If you had another way, Tingyun wouldn't have done this."

Ning Chen: “…”

Yeah? It turns out he wasn't the only one eavesdropping.

Dao Ling slammed his staff on the ground and said, "No."

Xie Tingyun lowered his head and was about to say something when his expression changed subtly. He immediately interrupted the others and whispered, "That's it, Master. I'll take my leave."

The strength of the restriction suddenly increased significantly. Ning Chen was caught off guard and groaned, and was forced to retract his consciousness.

Dao Ling almost roared, "Who?!"

Ning Chen quickly retreated to Yunfeng Pavilion.

As a person in the state of Silence, he wanted to conceal his aura and not be found. Apart from Xie Tingyun, no one could find him.

Ning Chen pinched his eyebrows.

What on earth could cause them to make such a big fuss?

Not long after, Xie Tingyun pushed open the door of Yunfeng Pavilion.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Ning Shen curled up on the swing, pinching his temples. After a long silence, he walked over and sat down next to him, saying, "Headache?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore," Ning Chen glanced at him with an unclear look and said, "But I've almost finished listening."

Xie Tingyun stared at him for a while, then smiled: "That's it."

“…”

Well, that didn't work.

As soon as Xie Tingyun saw his reaction, he knew that Ning Chen must have listened to it without knowing the whole story, otherwise he would not have reacted like this.

So Xie Tingyun said slowly, "It's nothing. My master knew that I hid you in Yunfeng Pavilion, so he was very angry. He is an old-fashioned man, so of course he can't accept this."

Ning Chen was surprised and asked, "You gathered so many elders from other sects just to discuss hiding me in Yunfeng Pavilion?"

"..." Xie Tingyun laughed and said, "Of course not. You also know that the fireflies raised in Yunfeng Pavilion can recognize the road. They wanted to use my fireflies to do research, but I was reluctant to give them too much, so my master got angry again."

Ning Chen said: "Why are you angry? I can't force you to give it all away."

Xie Tingyun sighed, "No, it's mainly because when my master asked me why, I said I wanted to leave it for you to find the way."

"He got really angry." Xie Tingyun shrugged.

Ning Chen: “…”

Ning Chen coughed lightly, and his attitude unconsciously slowed down. He said rather uncomfortably: "...You don't have to leave so many for me, right?! One is enough. Besides, when you are here, I don't need fireflies at all."

What he didn't say was that he probably wouldn't need it anymore.

Xie Tingyun chuckled: "When I'm not around, you'll need it."

“…”

Ning pondered for a while, and finally said, "I don't quite believe it."

Xie Tingyun: "..."

Even though he is stupid, he can find something wrong.

He is not stupid. When he found something wrong, he actually said it out loud to let Xie Tingyun be on guard.

Xie Tingyun sighed softly and said, "Okay, I admit that this is only part of it. But the rest is a secret of the sect, and it is really inconvenient to tell you. Please forgive me."

Ning Chen really compromised: "Okay."

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No accidents happened in the next few days. Xie Tingyun handled the sect affairs as usual. After that, he secretly went down the mountain with Ning Chen to play around without telling his master.

During this time, Xie Tingyun collected materials for forging swords from all over the place, and also went down the mountain to buy commonly used items. He thoroughly decorated the Demon Palace, renovated the window frames, inlaid countless East China Sea night pearls, and made the Demon Palace brightly lit. Finally, he specifically instructed Ning Chen to completely dismantle the bed and then cover it with new thick and soft bedding, turning the Demon Palace, which had always been cold and lifeless, into a place with the same configuration as Yunfeng Pavilion.

Ning Chen was amazed: "...Do you think I am taking up your space by living in Yunfeng Pavilion?"

He probably doesn’t fight for the seat or the blanket when he sleeps at night...right?

Xie Tingyun chuckled and said slowly, "That's not the case. Don't overthink it."

Ning Chen embraced Xie Tingyun, pretended to rub his shoulders, and said, "Why have you been so busy these past few days? I don't even live here, and you even renovated the Demon Palace. I thought you were itching for seven days and started to get annoyed with me. This is like making arrangements for your funeral."

“…”

Xie Tingyun paused for a moment, raised his eyebrows and said, "Who do you think is like you who doesn't have to worry about the affairs of the demon clan? You are already a senior brother, it is normal to be busy."

Ning Chen didn't ask any more questions.

Apart from anything else, he was really surprised by Xie Tingyun's thoughtfulness.

Thanks to Tingyun for not having a lover, if he wanted to pursue someone, it would be easy for him to catch her. It's not an exaggeration at all.

Finally, Xie Tingyun had to retreat to practice sword skills, so Ning Shen became completely idle.

Ning Chen initially went to Xie Tingyun's side with great interest to watch him sharpen the sword, under the pretext of wanting to learn it, but Xie Tingyun needed to concentrate the whole time and could not be disturbed. Ning Chen became bored after watching for a long time, but he did not want to disturb Xie Tingyun, so he tiptoed out in the middle.

However, as soon as he came out, he received a message from Agui--

Other great demons in the Demon Realm are taking action.

According to the information Agui had heard, the demon world seemed to be ready to attack the human race in recent days.

However, because the Demon Lord Ning Chen never gets involved in affairs, no matter what important decisions they make, they generally do not ask for Ning Chen's opinion.

More importantly, they recruited the demon soldiers and targeted the two tribes that had surrendered to Ning Chen.

Ning Chen seemed to have finally found the fun, and was about to fly to the Demon Realm with his finger bones crackling.

However, before leaving, he paused for some reason, then turned back, pulled out the letter that Xie Tingyun had left on the table, turned it over, wrote in great detail that he was going to the demon world, and then put it back.