"Lan Qiu, are you okay?"
Huan Qianyu was still crying. Shen Qing had no choice but to first ask Chu Lanqiu beside her if she was seriously injured.
There were beads of sweat on Chu Lanqiu's nose. The intense movement just now had left her a bit exhausted, but luckily with Huan Qianyu's help, those poisonous insects hadn't managed to get close to her.
"I'm fine. Don't worry."
"I haven't congratulated you and Li Xian on both advancing to the Nascent Soul stage. Your speed is really enviable."
Shen Qing smiled sheepishly, "You'll advance soon too."
This wasn't just Shen Qing talking nonsense. In her previous life, not long after this, something happened in the Beast Taming Sect that forced Chu Lanqiu to advance to the Nascent Soul stage on the spot.
"Qianyu... What are you going to do?"
Shen Qing shook her head. She didn't know what to do either.
Huanyuan struggled in Shen Qing's arms for a bit, then jumped down and trotted towards Huan Qianyu.
"Huanyuan!"
Shen Qing anxiously chased forward, wanting to pull Huanyuan back, but was stopped by Li Xian.
"Wait. Let's see first."
Although Shen Qing was worried, she still stopped in her tracks and watched as Huanyuan affectionately rubbed its head against Huan Qianyu.
Huan Qianyu's emotions had calmed down a bit by now, but she was still sniffling, with her face covered in snot and tears.
Seeing Huanyuan run over and rub its head against her, she immediately hugged Huanyuan into her arms.
"Wuwuwu... Do you still remember me? I fed you two pieces of meat when I let you go. How could you forget me? I've been kind to you!"
"Aowu!"
"You even disliked the meat for being too tough. If I hadn't fed you, you would have starved to death at the hands of those demonic cultivators!!"
"Aowu..."
"You ungrateful little thing! Your parents are fine. They've been taken back to the Demon Realm, but I don't know where they're being held. Anyway, their situation is not good."
"Ah, wu, aowu!"
"How can I save them? I almost got killed by Lin Yibai!!"
The girl and the wolf started chatting like this, without any hindrance due to the language barrier.
"Lin Yibai. Do you know Lin Yibai?"
Hearing the familiar name, Shen Qing couldn't hold back any longer. She stepped forward and questioned.
Seeing Shen Qing approaching with a sword in hand, Huan Qianyu couldn't help but shrink back, but still answered Shen Qing's question, "Of course I know her. If it weren't for her, how would my father and I have ended up in such a sorry state?"
Shen Qing raised her eyebrows. It seemed that Lin Yibai had really gone to the Demon Realm. Without even thinking, she knew that it must have been that fool Ji Chongming who saved her.
"So... You're enemies with Lin Yibai?"
Huan Qianyu nodded, "We're enemies for life. She not only stole my husband, ruined the Huan family, but also made the maid who grew up with me betray me. She even let those demonic beasts devour my most loyal maid."
"She's really a very, very scary person. My father had his hands and feet severed, all thanks to that bitch Lin Yibai!"
As soon as Lin Yibai was mentioned, Huan Qianyu seemed to come back to life. She jumped up and down while cursing.
Only when Shen Qing got closer did she see Huan Zhong. His whole body was wrapped in gauze, and blood was seeping out in some places. His face was pale, and he was breathing in less and out more. He was nothing like the majestic figure who had shouted in the Qingyun Sword in her previous life.
"This is your father, the great general of the Demon Realm."
Shen Qing said it with certainty, which surprised Huan Qianyu.
Huan Qianyu warily stood in front of her father, staring at Shen Qing and the sword in her hand, afraid that Shen Qing would pierce them through with a single word.
"That's right. We're both from the Demon Realm. My father is General Huan of the Demon Realm. You people from the Nine Desolations Continent hate us very much. If you want to kill us, then please give us a quick death."
Although she said so, Huan Qianyu's body still couldn't stop shaking, afraid that Shen Qing would really stab her with the sword.
Shen Qing raised her eyebrows, squatted down, and looked at Huan Qianyu eye to eye.
"You people from the Demon Realm have committed many evils. If I were to kill you here, once others find out, they would only clap their hands in glee."
"But are you willing?"
Huan Qianyu sobbed twice. Her emotions were on the verge of collapse, "Then what can I do? Although our Huan family is from the Demon Realm, I think we haven't done anything immoral. Even when practicing, we've never harmed the lives of innocent people."
"My father is a great general, but for tens of thousands of years, the Demon Realm and the Nine Desolations Continent have been at peace. Apart from the leakage of demonic energy and some demonic cultivators and beasts causing trouble in the Nine Desolations Continent, my father has never led the demonic army to set foot here."
"Why have we ended up in such a sorry state?!"
After saying that, Huan Qianyu started wailing loudly again.
Huan Qianyu considered herself a kind person. It wasn't her fault that she was born in the Demon Realm.
If she could choose, she would also like to be born in the Nine Desolations Continent and be an ordinary cultivator, instead of a monster who could only cower in the Demon Realm, be chased and beaten, and be regarded as someone who didn't value human life in others' eyes.
"Now I won't kill you, but you have to tell me everything about the Demon Realm, especially about Lin Yibai."
Huan Qianyu stopped crying. She wiped her tears while sniffling, "You really... won't kill us?"
Shen Qing nodded, "I won't."
Not for now.
She had just been worried about not having anyone who knew about the Demon Realm. Now Lin Yibai had sent her two people. It was just like getting a pillow when she was sleepy.
Moreover, the enemy of one's enemy is one's friend. There was a deep hatred between the Huan family and Lin Yibai. Maybe she could even win over Huan Zhong and Huan Qianyu and use them for her own purposes.
In her previous life, Huan Qianyu had died early. Although Huan Zhong had followed Ji Chongming and led the demonic army to exterminate sects, this plot would definitely not happen again in this life. So Huan Zhong wasn't a threat to her.
If possible, in the future, Huan Zhong might even lead his troops back to the Demon Realm.
He was really a rare talent...
Huan Qianyu immediately stopped crying and smiled. Her eyes looking at Shen Qing were filled with kindness.
"Thank you. You people from the Nine Desolations Continent are all good people."
Just like this, the group reached an agreement. Huan Qianyu would tell Shen Qing everything that had happened in the Demon Realm, while Shen Qing would be responsible for treating Huan Zhong's injuries and hiding their identities.
But Chu Lanqiu was still a bit worried. She secretly asked Shen Qing, "Aren't you afraid this is some kind of plot from the Demon Realm? What if they set a trap for you?"
Shen Qing smiled faintly. Her look at Huan Qianyu was rather meaningful.
"The Huan family... won't."
Huan Qianyu had been engaged to Ji Chongming. In her previous life, Huan Qianyu had died early because Ji Chongming was afraid of Huan Zhong but didn't want to marry his daughter. So he secretly had Lin Yibai's system interfere.
But the plot had changed a lot in this life. Huan Qianyu had become the wife of the Demon Lord, which had even attracted Lin Yibai's hatred.
In any case, the two people on the opposite sides of the interests were impossible to cooperate.