"The hardships I've endured can't be dismissed with a simple 'good luck' from you."
"Maybe you don't know that you once succeeded..."
"But it doesn't matter anymore."
Shen Qing murmured to herself. She originally didn't want to say too much to Lin Yibai.
Lin Yibai was originally a soul from another world. If it weren't for the system, she would never have been able to step into this world and seize others' good fortune.
Now Lin Yibai's annoyance and remorse were just because she had made a wrong move and lost to Shen Qing. It wasn't a sincere repentance. It was useless to say more to such a person.
Half an incense stick of time had passed when Shen Qing finished the melon seeds in her hand. She looked at the sky and thought it was about time.
"Li Xian, are you ready?"
Li Xian clapped his hands, put the remaining melon seeds back into the storage bag, and nodded with the Silent Breath Sword in hand. "I'm well-fed and ready."
"That's good. I think that person will be here soon."
As soon as she finished speaking, dark clouds covered the sky over the back mountain. An ominous aura enveloped the sky above.
Lin Yibai's consciousness had been a bit scattered. Sensing the familiar aura, she forced herself to stay awake through the drowsiness. She opened her eyes wide and showed a forced smile.
"Hahaha, I'm not destined to die. Shen Qing, look. In times of crisis, there will always be someone to save me."
Shen Qing smiled secretly. "I've been waiting for your savior."
Lin Yibai's smile froze. A look of confusion flashed in her eyes. "What are you talking about? What do you mean? You knew someone would come to save me?"
Shen Qing held the Never Forget sword and twirled it in a beautiful arc. The air instantly turned cold.
"I should thank you for being the bait to catch Ji Zhongming, the big fish!"
Lin Yibai was a bit flustered but still held on. "What are you talking about? Who is Ji Zhongming..."
"Stop pretending to be stupid. You and Ji Zhongming have been in cahoots for a long time. Those skeletons you buried under the flowerbed on Worry-Free Peak were the disciples you killed to save Ji Zhongming, weren't they?"
"You originally wanted to frame me for this, but luckily I got out of your scheme early, which completely messed up your plan."
"I once swore in front of those skeletons that I would avenge them. So when Pei Xuanjing sent me a message, I made up my mind to use you to lure Ji Zhongming out."
The smile on Shen Qing's lips gradually became wild. This wanton smile stabbed Lin Yibai's eyes painfully.
"So you knew when I sent a distress signal to the Demon Realm just now. You just pretended not to see it..."
Shen Qing nodded matter-of-factly. "Of course. Your purple light was so obvious. If I couldn't see it, I'd be blind."
"No!" Lin Yibai's expression was full of fear, but it instantly turned vicious. "Shen Qing! Don't act like you know everything. Ji Zhongming is more powerful than you. With just a flick of his finger, he can kill you instantly."
"Moreover, you won't even have the chance to ask the Azure Cloud Sword Sect for help!"
The more Lin Yibai spoke, the more she felt that Shen Qing was just bluffing. Shen Qing couldn't have predicted that she would ask Ji Zhongming for help, nor could she have predicted that Ji Zhongming would come here to save her.
Before, Shen Qing didn't even know about her connection with Ji Zhongming!
It's impossible! Shen Qing couldn't have predicted it!!
But Shen Qing just raised an eyebrow and tilted her head with a malicious smile. "Really? Then let's give it a try."
"Shen Qing... How can you not take me seriously at all!"
Lin Yibai could only roar to cover up her inner panic. Why did Shen Qing know about her relationship with Ji Zhongming?
Was it when she fell into the devil's way in the Sea Coral City that Shen Qing guessed it?
No! That's not right!
Shen Qing also knew about the skeletons under the flowerbed, which meant she had known even earlier.
When exactly did Shen Qing know about her connection with the Demon Realm? Why did she keep quiet and act like she had been bullied badly by her?
One question after another made Lin Yibai's head spin. The pain of her soul being burned was infinitely magnified under this kind of emotion, making her start to scream.
Ji Zhongming was originally dealing with the matter of transporting demons to the mortal world in the Demon Realm when he suddenly received Lin Yibai's distress signal.
At first, he was very confused. Most people in the main shrine knew that Lin Yibai was his woman. Who would be so blind as to offend Lin Yibai?
Ji Zhongming was worried. He quickly followed the small path to the Nine Desolate Continent and traced the trail left by the purple light.
To his surprise, he found that Lin Yibai wasn't in the main shrine but had returned to the Azure Cloud Sword Sect.
Ji Zhongming, who learned this, was almost consumed by jealousy. His first reaction was that Lin Yibai still couldn't let go of those young men from the Azure Cloud Sword Sect. As soon as she left the Demon Realm, she went to find her old lovers.
But then he thought that if she were going to see her old lovers, Lin Yibai wouldn't have sent a distress signal. So he circled in the air several times but didn't dare to land.
The mountain-protecting formation of the Azure Cloud Sword Sect was extremely powerful. He could only enter the sect with Lin Yibai's help last time.
Now his demonic aura was so strong that he was afraid he would be instantly wiped out by the mountain-protecting formation before he even got close.
"Yo, it seems your old lover doesn't dare to come down."
Shen Qing watched the dark clouds hovering above but never daring to land. She knew that Ji Zhongming was afraid of the mountain-protecting formation of the Azure Cloud Sword Sect.
Lin Yibai was irritated by Shen Qing and let out a loud scream. She didn't want to die. She wanted to live. So Ji Zhongming must come to save her.
"Aaaaah! Brother Zhongming, come and save me quickly. I'm trapped in the formation. If you don't come to save me, I'll be completely destroyed!"
"Brother Zhongming, I'm in so much pain. Am I going to die? I don't want to never see you again. Come and save me quickly."
Ji Zhongming hovered in the sky. Hearing Lin Yibai's delicate and weak cries for help, his heart ached.
Without thinking about anything else, he said to the new general of the Demon Realm who followed him, "You lead everyone to attack the mountain-protecting formation of the Azure Cloud Sword Formation in the front. When the formation weakens, I'll break through it and go to save my wife."
The new general of the Demon Realm was originally a subordinate of Magic Bell, named Delusion. When Magic Bell had an accident, he pretended to betray to survive.
Later, because of his good looks, he was casually pointed out by Lin Yibai and promoted to general.
But Delusion didn't like the Demon Lord's wife who promoted him but framed Magic Bell. So when he heard Ji Zhongming ask him to lead people to attack the mountain-protecting formation, he refused without hesitation.
"Demon Lord, are you going to sacrifice dozens of brothers just to save a woman!"
"If we attack the mountain-protecting formation, it will attract the attention of those cultivators. We only brought dozens of guards. How can we resist the attacks of these cultivators? I'm afraid we'll all be killed in less than half an incense stick of time."
Ji Zhongming frowned impatiently and glared at Delusion menacingly. "I'm the Demon Lord. You just need to follow my orders. So what if those guards lose their lives? I'm going to save the woman I love!"
Hearing this, Delusion felt a chill run down his spine.