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Wang Lifu's thoughts were more like a reckless abandon; she wasn't afraid to acknowledge her feelings, only afraid of offending the beautiful woman.
Wen Ji had ulterior motives, her eyes darting away: "Yes, we... are innocent, we're not afraid."
Wang Lifu, with her sharp eyes, noticed the unnaturalness in Wen Ji's words. However, she couldn't be sure of Wen Ji's feelings.
She deliberately approached him before saying "I want you," so it must not have been genuine. Wang Lifu didn't know what her true feelings were.
She deliberately sat closer, her gaze seemingly glued to her, feeding her the medicine spoonful by spoonful. The medicine overflowed and dripped to her lips, which Wang Lifu carefully wiped away with a handkerchief.
For some reason, Wang Lifu's gaze and actions were intimately ambiguous.
During the days she spent recuperating, Wang Lifu was incredibly attentive and took meticulous care of her, and she could see him every day. Wen Ji couldn't help but ask her, "Aren't you taking care of the affairs of your sect anymore?" She replied calmly, "Someone will take care of them."
She spends her days either drinking tea and watching birds, or listening to opera and drinking wine.
The more she acted this way, the more guilty Wenji felt. Finally, one day, when Wang Lifu was drinking under the pavilion, Wenji went over and snatched her wine cup, saying, "Don't drink anymore!"
"Give me."
"Are you going to give up after a setback?"
"Concerned about me?"
Wang Lifu, slightly drunk, his eyes glazed over, no longer concealed the emotions within them.
"If you fail once, you can try again. Keep doing it, and one day you will succeed."
"Will you be there when I succeed?"
Wen Ji paused, realizing she had chosen a dead end.
"Whether I can see or not is not important. What is important is that you have to live up to the expectations of those poor families who believed in you. They are afraid to come because they are afraid of being hurt again. Once this security issue is resolved, they will continue to come to you."
Wang Lifu: "There is a way, but I am unwilling to do it."
She had just become the sect leader and head of the sect, and her foundation was not stable. She thought that with the help of the Wang family and her own efforts, she could open up a new world for herself. However, she was no match for the masses.
Wen Ji's face lit up with joy: "What method?"
Wang Lifu: "The Li family is willing to help, on the condition that I marry Li Qiaoyan, the eldest daughter of the Li family. She wants to use me to climb to the position of family head. If I agree, they will agree to send people to protect those poor students and help me, so that I can secure my position."
Wen Ji felt a sharp pain in her heart, but forced a smile and said, "Isn't this wonderful? Why won't you agree?"
Wang Lifu looked at her, his gaze intense: "Why? I want to say something, do you want to hear it?"
Wen Ji's heart skipped a beat, and she didn't want to avoid her gaze.
She remained silent for a long time before hesitatingly saying, "Don't you want them anymore... You've worked so hard, and you finally managed to complete the Immortal Sect's Grand Examination. The matter is almost over, and victory is just around the corner. Don't give up."
"No, I don't want it."
"No, that won't do," Wen Ji said urgently.
"Wenji, all I want is now." Wang Lifu's eyes were filled with tears as he slowly reached out to touch her hand hanging by her side. "You're all better now, it's time to go down the mountain again."
Her hand touched hers and gently held it: "Could you fake your death and go back the way you came?"
Wen Ji grasped her hand in return, feeling a warmth in her heart. She smiled gently and said, "Okay."
Wang Lifu's dim eyes lit up again. She gripped her hand tightly and said excitedly, "I'll arrange it for you. I'll send people to impersonate those vicious cultivators. I'll arrange everything!"
Wen Ji nodded gently, "It's late, let's rest." She led her back to her door. Wang Lifu opened the door and went in. Just as he was about to turn around and say goodnight to her, he was surprised to find a soft body nestled in his arms.
Wang Lifu was so happy that he stammered, "Wen, Wen Ji, you...you..."
Wen Ji pushed him away, flicked her finger, closed the door, pulled him to the bedside, and laid Wang Lifu down. Wang Lifu didn't dare to breathe. Wen Ji pressed down on him and said, "You people are so indecisive. If you like someone, just say so. Why make things so complicated? I thought I was just having a one-sided crush."
Wang Lifu felt as happy and radiant as if fireworks had exploded, and she said that she had a one-sided crush on him.
Wen Ji boldly kissed him, and Wang Lifu accepted her kiss. Wen Ji's kisses were as gentle, soft, and sweet as she was.
Gradually, Wang Lifu returned the kiss. Unlike Wen Ji, she was not gentle; she was filled with longing and deep desire. Wen Ji could not resist and yielded to her. The two switched positions and deeply cherished each other.
They kissed each other, their necks intertwined, their palms rubbing together; their desire and longing grew deeper and deeper, gradually becoming unrestrained.
The next day, when Wang Lifu woke up, Wen Ji was no longer by his side.
She left a letter with very few words: "Don't choose me."
Wang Lifu frantically searched for Wen Ji, but in the vastness of the world, she was so small and so hard to find.
Suddenly, she received a letter from the Wang family, forcing her to return. The Zhou family wanted those poor students who had received the Bluebird Letter to join their sect, almost resorting to coercion and enticement. If the Shangqing Sect didn't help them, they would all face certain death.
The Wang family sent her a telepathic message: "You were the one who organized the Immortal Sect Examination and selected these people. Now they've suffered an undeserved disaster. What are you still doing out there causing trouble? Come back and clean up this mess!"
In the freezing cold, Wang Lifu stood before a desolate wilderness, suddenly feeling that the road ahead was endless and he could not see the end.
Before, when she came home, there was always someone waiting for her, someone she couldn't get rid of no matter what; now, when she comes home, she wishes she could be there all the time, but unfortunately, it's hard to see that person anymore.
She went back.
However, she did not marry Li Qiaoyan.
She was trying to recruit cultivators from the Shangqing Sect. In the past, she couldn't recruit them; those people would agree on the surface but actually just go through the motions. This time, after she mentioned the Zhou family's situation, the sense of justice in people's hearts was awakened, and they spontaneously protected them.
Wang Lifu shamelessly sought help from other sects, and seven minor sects responded in succession. Together with the Wang family, they managed to resolve the matter amicably.
She rekindled her hope, and as Winnie said, if she didn't succeed the first time, she would try twice, and keep trying until she succeeded.
She went down the mountain again. If she couldn't find Wen Ji in one day, she would search for two days. She had a lifetime to find Wen Ji; she could keep searching forever.
In the end, it wasn't Wang Lifu who found Wen Ji; it was Wen Ji who came to find him herself.
At that time, Wang Lifu was walking through the streets and alleys, searching for people with her eyes. She dared not ask anyone and could only look for them herself.
Someone patted her on the shoulder and called her name: "Li Fu".
Those two words were enough for her to know who it was; it was this gentle voice that she had been longing for day and night.
Wang Lifu hurriedly pulled her into the Wang family's shop and found a secluded spot to talk.
Wen Ji spoke first, saying, "Does your promise to help me fake my death still stand?"
Wang Lifu was extremely excited: "It's a promise. I will definitely arrange everything for you."
Just as she said, Wang Lifu arranged a perfect fake death for her, and the entire Shangqing Realm believed that the Demon King Wen Ji had died in the Tongxuan River.
The two began a secret relationship.
In the small courtyard that Wang Lifu had prepared for her, Wang Lifu made a vow to her:
"I will love you even if it means transcending the hatred between humans and demons, transcending worldly condemnation, and overcoming all obstacles in our path. I will stay true to myself and always put you first in my life."
"Wenji, I am willing to give everything to love you, and I swear I will never let you down in my life."
Wenji hugged her: "Lifu, I love you too." Wenji wouldn't make any vows, she would only show her love through her actions.
The first gift Wang Lifu gave her was an imperial green jade bracelet. Wen Ji's storage bracelet had broken, so he gave her a new one. Wen Ji laughed at her for being silly, saying that the one she had broken was just a mediocre Hetian jade bracelet, and there was no need to give her such an expensive one.
Wang Lifu pretended not to know; she just wanted to send her something nice.
Wenji gave her a pig, a rare and magical creature from the mountains, a three-horned pig called the Triangle Pig. It would become infatuated with any beautiful woman it saw, chasing after her and only eating if fed by her. She named it "Your Majesty," saying that Wang Lifu was like this pig—possessing a high-ranking title but actually just a pig that couldn't resist any beautiful woman.
Wang Lifu accepted the pig with great pride.
He often sent her jewelry, flowers, and beautiful clothes, and Wenji reciprocated by sending her rare stones and beautiful herbs that she had found in the mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas. The two were deeply in love and spent a year together.
But their relationship was eventually discovered.
Wang Lifu faced public condemnation, his reputation was ruined, his position as head of the family was unstable, and he lost his position as clan leader.
Because of the scandal of Wang Lifu, the sect leader, being in love with a demon, the Shangqing Sect was isolated and slandered by other sects, and his position as sect leader was in jeopardy. The sect's internal operations were brought to a standstill due to the strong malice from the outside world, the financial chain was broken, and the normal lives of the sect's cultivators were severely damaged.
Wen Ji, on the other hand, faced endless killing intent.
No one expected that Wen Ji, who was rumored to be dead, was still alive. Everyone realized that it was a fake death deliberately planned by someone. This time, Wen Ji was hunted down by almost all the cultivators.
Wen Ji knew from the start that she had chosen a dead end.
On the day she learned that Wang Lifu had lost all power, Wenji hid with her in a small wooden house on Zhujin Mountain in Qingxi Mountain, thinking of a final solution and saying a final goodbye.
Wen Ji: "The best solution now is for you to sever ties with me and arrange a marriage with the Li family."
Wang Lifu refused, tears streaming down his face, holding her hand tightly and refusing to let go: "No, don't."
Wenji said to her earnestly, "Lifu, this is the best solution. I will definitely die. One of us has to live. I don't want you and me to die in the end because of a love that goes against the world. If you have the ability, do what you want to do instead of wasting your life here because of me."
Wang Lifu let tears stream down his face: "Every time I'm with you, it's the last time we'll see each other. I don't care what people outside say, I just want to be with you, even if it means dying together."
Wen Ji, unable to contain her anger, shook off her hand: "Wang Lifu! Wake up!"
"Why would you risk your life for nothing?! I don't want your kind of infatuation! You should remember your place and become a good family head, a good sect leader, a good sect leader, instead of wasting your days with me."
Ignoring her anger, Wang Lifu rushed over and hugged her tightly, saying, "I just love you, sister. I can't live without you!"
Wen Ji struggled and said, "Are you an idiot? Just as stupid as His Majesty."
Wang Lifu held her tightly, refusing to let go, and when she calmed down, he kissed her directly, kissing her until Wen Ji couldn't breathe. She stopped and chuckled foolishly, "Sister, are you still going to scold me? Are you really willing to scold me?"
Wen Ji, both embarrassed and annoyed, patted her lightly: "Don't be like that, I'm talking to you about something important!"
Wang Lifu kissed her passionately, preventing her from getting down to business; she didn't want to hear about those things.
He kissed her and clung to her until they rolled onto the bed, entwined in each other's arms. They knew without a word that this parting today might be forever separated by death.
They were so enthusiastic that they reached a point of spiritual communion.
After the passion subsided, Wen Ji fell asleep. Wang Lifu dared not sleep, forcing himself to stay awake and guarding her, fearing that Wen Ji would leave immediately after waking up, just like before.
Wenji is leaving.
Wang Lifu held onto her tightly, refusing to let go.
She couldn't argue with Wen Ji.
Wen Ji ran out, with Wang Lifu chasing after her. In front of everyone in the Shangqing Sect, Wen Ji said the most hurtful things.
Why did you abandon me?
Is power really that important?
"Do you really have to marry her?"
"What did our seven years together even mean? Did you ever truly love me?"
...
Wang Lifu never abandoned Wen Ji.
Wang Lifu was not solely devoted to power.
Wang Lifu never considered marrying Li Qiaoyan.
It wasn't seven years; there was only a short year between them.
...Wenji was determined to shoulder everything alone. She was on a path of no return. One of them had to live, so she gave the chance to live to Wang Lifu.
Her words were so harsh that there was absolutely no possibility of them rekindling their relationship.
After saying this, Wen Ji left behind a harsh statement: "If you don't turn back, I will never see you again in this life."
Wang Lifu dared not persist any longer. When Wen Ji said she would not see her, she really meant it. She had searched for her, and she knew that when Wen Ji was deliberately avoiding her, she would never find her.
Wang Lifu has returned to the Shangqing Sect.
What she had lost embraced her again: the trust, reputation, status, and power of others… When all that others could hardly attain surrounded her once more, she felt as if her body and soul had separated, and she was in a daze all day long.
When Wen Ji left her, danger lurked everywhere, and she had no time to care about herself. She hid for two months, and then one day she suddenly discovered that she was pregnant.
A female demon can impregnate a human woman after their souls have intertwined. The embryonic spirit usually chooses to conceive within the female demon's body because the female demon's constitution is better than that of a human. If one wishes to transfer the embryonic spirit into a human body, a spell can be cast within one day after the act. It cannot be done by just anyone. The embryonic spirit comes from the two people involved in the act, each contributing half of their spiritual energy, which is then combined. The embryonic spirit recognizes its mother and will not accept any other mother.
She knew she would have a child, but she didn't use magic to kill the embryonic spirit. She wanted to keep the child, the only bloodline of the Demon King. After the child was born, she would send her back to the small world they had created together for the demon race, so that she could become the next Demon King and continue to protect the demon race in her stead.
Just before giving birth, she heard the news that the man had gotten married.
She found a secluded place to give birth, but when she was in unbearable pain, the monks discovered her.
She could only flee, running from place to place. In the dead of winter, she endured the abdominal pain and collapsed in the snow. She thought she had reached a dead end this time, but her childhood friend Tao Song risked her life to come out of Taoyao Village and found Wen Ji.
They took her to the cave, lit a fire, and helped her give birth. When the baby was born, its loud cry attracted the nearby cultivators who were searching. Tao Song dealt with the cultivators who came, but because he was distracted by protecting Wen Ji and her daughter, one of the cultivators escaped.
The news that the Demon King Wen Ji had given birth to a daughter spread.
This child can never go back to Peach Blossom Village.
A life that has come into the world has vanished into thin air. Cultivators will definitely pursue her to the death. If she returns to Peach Blossom Village, the cultivators will track her down and find Peach Blossom Village by following her footsteps. The demon race is not powerful enough. If the cultivators discover it when it is weak, the demon race will face annihilation.
She was destined to spend the rest of her life in this world.
All expectations for her must be overturned and started anew.
Tao Song returned looking anxious: "Awen, a cultivator has escaped."
"Thank you, Tao Tao." Wen Ji hugged the child and wept. "I failed to protect you."
Tao Song put down his blood-stained sword, walked over, and squatted down beside Wen Ji and the child, gently asking, "What name should we give her?"
"Don't use the surname Wen. It's too dangerous and won't be convenient for her to hide in the future."
Wen Ji thought for a moment, her eyes softening with boundless expectation, and said softly:
"The character '令' has a beautiful meaning, so let's add the grass radical to it. I hope she will have a home to shelter her from the wind and rain in the future. After that, I hope she can learn a skill. In this life, having a skill can ensure a good living. I want to teach her to paint, to be seductive, and to use magic. So let's use the character '术' (shu)."
"Let's name the child 'Lingshu'."
Wang Lifu, who was far away, received the news that Wen Ji had given birth to a daughter.
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