Ji Jiuying coldly stared at the man wearing a fox mask in front of her. The man also looked at her through the mask. His wide robes hung loosely on his body, and water droplets were still dripping from his hair. His collarbone and exposed chest were covered with water droplets. The scene looked extremely shocking, but Ji Jiuying was unmoved.
"You want to kill me?"
A deep, cold voice came from beneath the fox mask.
"No, I just don't want to touch you," Ji Jiuying said expressionlessly.
The golden eyes beneath the fox mask stared straight at Ji Jiuying. Did she hate him that much?
Why?
"You want to know? Come and catch me first..."
As Ji Jiuying spoke, she flew out of the window at top speed. The Demon King did not chase after her. He looked out the window, raised his well-defined hand, and took off the fox mask from his face. If Ji Jiuying turned around at this moment, she would definitely be shocked.
The figure under the crimson moon caught the attention of the demon soldiers.
"Assassins! Protect the Demon King!"
Instantly, all the demon soldiers in the demon palace chased after Ji Jiuying. Ji Jiuying flew quickly over the rooftop, and the demon soldiers also flew up. Seeing this, Ji Jiuying hid in a room and then disappeared into the room.
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Qinghu watched the direction she left in, a slight smile playing on her lips, and slowly and methodically put on her clothes.
A shadow appeared in the room. "My lord, shall we change targets?"
"No, go do something for me." Qinghu whispered beside the shadow, a cold glint in his golden eyes.
"yes."
Qinghu stood on the highest platform of the Demon Palace, looking down at the room where Ji Jiuying had disappeared.
Was she really only trying to save that man?
Will she leave the demon realm after saving the man?
For some reason, he didn't want her to leave...
Yin hour (3-5 AM).
Noticing that the demon soldiers outside had left, Ji Jiuying came out of her spatial dimension and looked out the window at the situation outside.
He noticed that there were many more demon soldiers patrolling downstairs, and he pursed his lips.
Just then, footsteps came from outside the door, and Ji Jiuying quickly held her breath.
"Everyone must carefully observe every corner, lest the thief escape!"
"yes!"
Judging from the sounds outside the door, there were at least ten demon soldiers.
"My lord, this thief is too audacious to dare to assassinate our demon king," one of the demon soldiers said.
The leading demon soldier scoffed, "Hmph, you wouldn't believe it. I've received some information that these thieves might be heading straight for that human..."
"Hiss, does this demon thief intend to save that human? That shouldn't be the case. Humans are treacherous and cunning, and demons should exterminate them. How could a demon take such a great risk to save an enemy!"
"Hmph, who cares why? But the Demon Palace's prison isn't so easy to break into."
"Too."
"Let's go patrol over to the prison..."
The sounds outside faded into the distance. Ji Jiuying lowered her eyes. How could the demon king have discovered she was there to rescue people so quickly? That shouldn't be the case. Could it be that the demon-transforming pill malfunctioned?
For the first time, Ji Jiuying doubted the pills she had refined, and without thinking, she took out another Demon Transformation Pill and ate it.
She then quietly followed the demon soldiers, remembering their last words: it would be best to have someone lead the way!
Ji Jiuying put on an invisibility talisman and followed silently. With a few light taps of her fingers, the last demon soldier fell to the ground. Ji Jiuying quickly put him into her spatial storage and had Hei Xiangling transform her into the demon soldier's appearance.
Everything went smoothly. Ji Jiuying followed the demon soldiers for about a quarter of an hour, passed through a long corridor resembling a city gate, and finally arrived at the demon palace's prison.
Here, a demon soldier stands guard every three steps, and there are birds and beasts in the sky, as well as half-demons patrolling everywhere.
The prison was heavily guarded. Although she had an invisibility talisman that could evade low-level demon soldiers, it wouldn't be able to evade high-level demons. Therefore, it would probably be difficult for her to take Si Yu away from here.
Ji Jiuying followed the group while observing her surroundings.
However, the team only patrolled around the prison once, and seeing that they were about to leave, Ji Jiuying couldn't help but feel anxious and had to find a way to get away.
At this moment, a group of demons carried a magnificent sedan chair toward the prison. Ji Jiuying had a sudden inspiration. As the procession passed by the sedan chair, she gathered spiritual energy in her hand and struck at the demons carrying the sedan chair.
The sedan chair suddenly lost its balance and tilted to one side. Ji Jiuying's group rushed forward in alarm to support the sedan chair, and the person inside cried out in panic.
"Ugh! You bastard! My makeup is ruined!"
"Please forgive me, Princess Wan!"
"What are you dawdling about? Quickly straighten the sedan chair! Can you afford to take responsibility for delaying this princess?"
Upon hearing this, the demons carrying the sedan chair quickly got up and carefully lifted the sedan chair.
These demons were completely unaware that another demon had appeared behind them. Ji Jiuying's lips curled up slightly, and soon she followed the group into the prison gate.
The woman on the sedan chair landed with a leap. Ji Jiuying raised her head slightly and saw that the woman had two fox ears on her head, white dress with white pom-poms hanging from it, and the long tail of her dress trailing on the ground.
Ji Jiuying's eyes flickered slightly as she thought of the fox tattoo on the Demon King's back, and quickly concluded that Princess Wan was probably also a fox demon.
"You few follow along, the rest of you stay outside and keep watch."
Princess Wan turned around, glanced arrogantly at everyone, and tapped her finger lightly. Ji Jiuying breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, she was one of them.
Passing through a dazzling gate, the entire prison came into Ji Jiuying's view. Ji Jiuying felt as if she were in the middle of a cosmic galaxy, with an almost transparent bridge beneath her feet and a bottomless abyss below. If she were a little timid, she would probably tremble and dare not move forward.
Not far away, hanging in the air are rows of birdcages, inside which are imprisoned demons who have made mistakes.
Ji Jiuying quickly spotted Si Yu not far away and quietly followed behind Princess Wan. She watched as Princess Wan walked step by step toward the birdcage containing Si Yu and stopped outside the cage. Inside, Si Yu didn't even raise his head, continuing to study the astrolabe in his hand.
"Human, I will give you one more chance. If you are willing to become my eighteenth husband, I can have the Demon King release you."
Ji Jiuying's lips twitched slightly. The eighteenth husband? This fox demon's life is truly...exciting!
Si Yu remained silent, as if he hadn't heard Princess Wan's words. But Princess Wan seemed used to his attitude and instead of being angry, she laughed: "Human, are you willing to be locked up in this dark and sunless cage for the rest of your life? Listen to my advice: in this demon realm, only I can save you."
"Princess Wan, you should give up. I don't like women with body odor!"
Si Yu put down the astrolabe in her hand and suddenly spoke, her tone revealing indifference and disgust.
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