But Shen Qing was unaware of Lin Yibai's changes. After dealing with that diary, she closed the door and left.
In the original text, Lin Yibai and the system, in order to make things seem more realistic, somehow managed to put Lin Yibai's body into a half - year - long slumber.
No matter what happened, she wouldn't wake up until the time was up.
This was also the reason why Shen Qing was so bold as to deal with that diary right in front of Lin Yibai.
After dealing with the diary, Shen Qing was in a great mood.
She almost sang all the way out. When passing by a small flowerbed, Shen Qing stopped.
This small flowerbed was Lin Yibai's exclusive garden, filled with some rare flowers and some beautiful plants brought back from the mortal world.
These plants were precious and needed constant care. A slight mistake could lead to a large number of them dying.
In her previous life, when Shen Qing saw Lin Yibai worrying about the flowers in this flowerbed, in order to get closer to Lin Yibai, she volunteered to take care of these plants.
For those flowers brought back from the mortal world, since they couldn't withstand the strong spiritual energy here, boundary stones had to be buried near them.
But the boundary stones needed someone to constantly infuse spiritual energy into them. As a result, the already meager spiritual energy in Shen Qing's body became even scarcer.
At that time, Shen Qing didn't think much of it. She didn't feel that using her spiritual energy on this was wrong at all. She just thought that since her talent wasn't high anyway, it was better to use her limited strength to do something within her power.
After all, she truly regarded everyone on Nianbai Peak as her family.
The flowers were well - taken - care - of by Shen Qing, so Lin Yibai kept expanding the flowerbed until it became a large flower field.
To make Lin Yibai happy, Shen Qing let Lin Yibai do as she pleased. Sometimes, when she saw any beautiful flowers, she would even plant them for Lin Yibai on her own initiative.
As a result, the rumor spread that Shen Qing had occupied Lin Yibai's flower field to plant some useless flowers and even ordered Lin Yibai to help her plant them.
Recalling these past events, Shen Qing wished she could slap herself.
In her anger, with a resentful look on her face, Shen Qing entered the flowerbed, intending to pull out all the flowers.
Gritting her teeth, Shen Qing forcefully pulled out the most precious flower in the flowerbed.
But the next second, she felt something was wrong.
She used to come to this flowerbed very often. She was in charge of both fertilizing and turning the soil.
But after Lin Yibai's accident, Shen Qing hadn't been here again.
The flowers in this flowerbed didn't seem to have been affected at all. Even the mortal flowers that needed the boundary stones, powered by spiritual energy, to isolate the spiritual energy showed no abnormalities.
However, the boundary stones had long stopped working.
Shen Qing took out a small shovel from her storage bag and began to dig the soil around the mortal flowers.
She wasn't a nosy person, but Shen Qing had a hunch that there was a secret buried in this flowerbed.
As the soil was dug up, the deeper she went, the wetter the soil became, as if it had been soaked in water.
Shen Qing's doubts grew stronger, and she also became curious about why Lin Yibai insisted on planting this flowerbed.
She originally thought that Lin Yibai planted this flowerbed just to show her uniqueness and to torment her a bit, but it seemed that things were not that simple.
After digging for a while, Shen Qing's small shovel hit something hard.
Frowning, Shen Qing quickly dug the soil around it. After digging halfway, a chill ran through Shen Qing's heart, and a look of shock flashed across her face.
What was inside was actually a human skeleton!
Shen Qing observed carefully and found that there was a purple aura缠绕 around the skeleton.
That was demonic qi!
Shen Qing stood up, her eyes wide with disbelief.
Who would have thought that in the flowerbed on a hill of Qingyun Sword Sect, the second - ranked sect, there was the skeleton of a person killed by the demons.
No wonder the flowers hadn't changed. There was 'fertilizer' down there!
Shen Qing tightly grasped the small shovel, her heart in turmoil. This shock was no less than when she was reborn and found out that this world was actually just a novel.
No, this thing couldn't be discovered for the time being!
If it was discovered, Shen Qing would be the first one to be regarded as a demonic heretic. Then...
Shen Qing quickly restored the flowerbed to its original state.
To make sure no one noticed anything strange, Shen Qing forced herself to circulate her spiritual energy to erase her aura, which caused a stinging pain in her dantian.
Sweating profusely, Shen Qing staggered out of the flowerbed.
She didn't even know how many such skeletons were buried beneath this flowerbed.
In this novel, the female protagonist was Lin Yibai, but the male protagonist wasn't True Lord Heng Ling or any of the senior brothers. It was Ji Chongming, the Demon Lord of the Demon Realm!
Although Ji Chongming was the Demon Lord, because he had half - mortal blood, he was targeted and hunted by some in the Demon Realm.
When he was seriously injured and on the verge of death, he met Lin Yibai, who was out on a training mission.
Ji Chongming hid his identity as the Demon Lord and fell in love with the strong and brave Lin Yibai. To recuperate, Lin Yibai brought Ji Chongming back to Qingyun Sword Sect.
No one knew how Ji Chongming managed to sneak past the mountain - protecting formation of Qingyun Sword Sect and swagger into Lin Yibai's courtyard.
No one also knew why True Lord Heng Ling, whose cultivation had reached the Fusion Stage, didn't detect a trace of demonic qi.
The original text only said that under Lin Yibai's careful care, Ji Chongming quickly recovered.
But the corpse in the flowerbed constantly reminded Shen Qing that the truth wasn't as simple as what was written in the book.
After returning to her small courtyard, Shen Qing calmed down.
She was sure that Ji Chongming had already left Qingyun Sword Sect, after all, this part of the plot was quite early.
"Crazy... This world has gone crazy..."
Shen Qing murmured to herself.
What she had discovered tonight was too shocking. Now, Shen Qing had only one thought left: to cultivate as quickly as possible and leave Qingyun Sword Sect!
As for the truth in the flowerbed, she would also find the time to expose it to the world.
Biting her finger, Shen Qing's mind was working frantically.
The most urgent thing was for her to go into seclusion as soon as possible!
She rummaged through her storage bag and found several top - grade boundary stones.
These were given to her by True Lord Heng Ling when she first entered the sect and took a master.
Going into seclusion was crucial for her to repair her Dao foundation and, if everything went smoothly, to purify her spiritual roots.
So, she couldn't let anyone disturb her!
Shen Qing placed the boundary stones around her and then sat down to meditate. With a thought in her spiritual sea, she came to the front of the small wooden house.
Following the method in the book, Shen Qing began to breathe.
The spiritual energy in this small world was very abundant. Soon, small whirlpools of spiritual energy formed around Shen Qing.
Because her meridians were damaged, it was quite difficult to circulate the spiritual energy. Shen Qing had to slowly draw the spiritual energy bit by bit.
Time passed little by little.
Shen Qing's Dao foundation was gradually repaired.
Facts proved that Shen Qing's decision to place the boundary stones was correct.
After Shen Chuyun returned from the training ground that day, he was in a slump for a few days. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Shen Qing was lying to him.
In a fit of rage, he grabbed his sword and came to settle the score with Shen Qing, but unexpectedly, he was blocked outside by the boundary stones.
"Shen Qing, let's see how long you can hide!"
Shen Chuyun raised his sword and shouted angrily. The angry sword qi slashed at the boundary...