"Dark Wolf and Li Xian, you two cover the rear. And you two handsome guys over there, come on!"
Elder Yaoyue shouted and rushed away in a hurry.
Li Xian cast a helpless glance at Elder Yaoyue, then resignedly held the Silent Breath and stood behind the two of them, blocking the demon soldiers who were trying to pursue. He said in a deep voice,
"If you want to catch up with them, you have to get past me first!"
The sounds of fighting behind them grew fiercer, but Elder Yaoyue couldn't care less. She took the Heart-Piercing Jade Pendant and ran quickly on the road to the Purple Imperial Palace.
"Ling Zhou, you dead man! Reply to me quickly. Where on earth are you?"
There were also guards in the Purple Imperial Palace. The two of them had to look for Ling Zhou's figure while avoiding the pursuit of the guards.
Shen Qing spread out her spiritual sense and detected that a certain place was shielded by a barrier. She had an intuition that Ling Zhou must be there.
So she pulled Elder Yaoyue and ran in the direction shielded by the barrier. That place was in the deepest part of the palace.
When Shen Qing and Yaoyue arrived, they found that the place surrounded by the barrier in front of them was a pavilion. In front of this pavilion, there were two huge demonic beasts standing guard.
These two demonic beasts stared with their scarlet eyes. Their largest claws stepped on the ground, and without much effort, they left a shallow pit. Their nostrils puffed out a layer of white mist, looking extremely ferocious.
A light bulb went off in Shen Qing's mind. She took out the Silver Moon Whistle and blew it twice. The two giant beasts shuddered, their four claws dug into the ground and they stood up straight. Then, their whole bodies seemed to stiffen and they fell straight down.
Elder Yaoyue looked at Shen Qing in admiration, "How do you have such a skill?"
But she just sighed. After that, she quickly passed by the two demonic beasts and rushed towards the pavilion.
The barrier of the pavilion was easy to break. Shen Qing instantly sensed the aura belonging to Ji Chongming.
It seemed that Ling Zhou must be here.
The two of them quickly went up along the spiral staircase of the pavilion and pushed open the door on the top floor. What came into view was a group of gorgeously dressed women.
Shen Qing stared blankly. She never expected the situation to develop like this.
These women were twisting their slender waists and climbing onto a big bed. On the bed, there was a person tightly hugging the quilt and huddling in the corner of the bed.
Shen Qing was stunned by the scene in front of her. The impact was no less than when she saw the so - called scene of catching someone in the act in a storybook.
Elder Yaoyue deeply inserted her big knife into the floor. The women were so startled that they fled one after another and hid in the corners of the room.
Elder Yaoyue was so angry that her face turned black. "Ling Zhou!"
The person hugging the quilt heard Elder Yaoyue's voice and poked out his head. Before he could show a touched expression, he was stunned to see Shen Qing also appear here.
"Hey? Little disciple?"
Even though he had Ji Chongming's gorgeous face, Shen Qing recognized from the tone that this was her master.
Elder Yaoyue held the big knife and walked menacingly towards the bed. The big knife was dragged along, leaving deep scratches on the floor and making a harsh sound.
The women covered their mouths, afraid that Elder Yaoyue would take her anger out on them.
Ling Zhou threw the quilt away in a hurry to show Yaoyue his relatively intact clothes.
"Yaoyue, listen to my explanation. I really didn't do anything. I was forced. You know, I... Ah!!"
Before Ling Zhou could finish his explanation, Elder Yaoyue slapped him. Ling Zhou's head was knocked to one side.
There were tears in Yaoyue's eyes and her lips were trembling. "You told me to go to the Demon Abyss to bring back your sealed body and that you would come here to get something important. As a result, you're here marrying these women?"
"You know I broke into the Purple Imperial Palace for three days. I fought at the palace gate every day. And you're here, surrounded by women, enjoying yourself. I was really blind to wait for you for a thousand years!"
Yaoyue's tone was full of grievances and her eye sockets were red.
At this moment, she wished she could pick up the knife and chop Ling Zhou to death here.
Seeing this, Shen Qing knew that there was nothing for her to do here. But she couldn't resist the crazy burning of her gossipy soul. She pretended to take two steps towards the door, but instead took out a small handful of sunflower seeds from her storage bag and ate them with relish.
Ling Zhou saw Elder Yaoyue's red - rimmed eyes with tears welling up. He felt extremely distressed and raised his hand to wipe the tears from Yaoyue's eyes.
But before he could touch Yaoyue, his head was knocked to one side again by Yaoyue.
Ling Zhou knew he had gone too far. He nuzzled Yaoyue's palm like a puppy. "Stop hitting me. You've made your palm red."
"It's my fault. Yaoyue, please don't cry. If you're angry, just chop me with the knife to vent your anger."
Shen Qing almost choked on the sunflower seeds. She secretly sighed that Elder Yaoyue was really good at taming men.
Look, she had tamed her arrogant master like this.
Elder Yaoyue didn't want a group of people to watch the show here. She pointed the big knife at the door and said coldly, "Get out!"
The women in the corner of the room felt relieved as if they had received amnesty. They rushed out of the room in a hurry and almost knocked Shen Qing, who was standing at the door, down.
After that, Shen Qing gradually understood what had happened from the conversation between Ling Zhou and Elder Yaoyue.
It turned out that when Yaoyue came to the Demon Abyss with Yu Xuzhi's team for discussion, she saw the seal of the Demon Abyss loosen. She immediately saw Ling Zhou, who had turned into a stone statue.
She quickly passed through the entrance of the Demon Abyss and came to the stone statue.
At this time, she happened to encounter the demon soldiers and demonic beasts pouring out of the Demon Abyss crazily. From Yu Xuzhi's perspective, it looked like Yaoyue was swallowed by the demonic beasts.
Elder Yaoyue was also very frightened. She quickly hid behind the stone statue. Fortunately, the demonic beasts didn't notice her, and Elder Yaoyue managed to escape.
And Ji Chongming, who was Ling Zhou in disguise, also saw the stone statue at this time. He originally wanted to take his stone statue away, but accidentally found Elder Yaoyue hiding behind the stone statue.
The two of them recognized each other under such circumstances.
Ji Chongming originally planned to return to the Purple Imperial Palace to get the Demon Lord's order. But thinking that Yaoyue was a cultivator and couldn't stand the demonic energy in the Purple Imperial Palace, the two of them discussed to act separately for the time being.
The demon soldiers who followed Ling Zhou here saw that their useless Demon Lord had fallen in love with a female cultivator again. They knew something was wrong.
So they secretly reported it to other royal families. Those royal families thought that it didn't matter if the Demon Lord was stupid, but he must have children with pure blood.
So the scene just now happened.
The demon soldiers guarding the Purple Imperial Palace thought that Elder Yaoyue was the Demon Lord's new favorite. They were afraid of offending the Demon Lord, so even though Elder Yaoyue broke into the Purple Imperial Palace, they didn't dare to really kill her.
It was really a ridiculous blunder.
Ling Zhou coaxed Elder Yaoyue for a long time. He slapped himself and knelt down. Finally, he managed to coax her.
Elder Yaoyue was full of grievances, but she knew that she couldn't completely blame Ling Zhou.
After making up, the two of them were affectionate again, inseparable.
But Ling Zhou had Ji Chongming's body, which Yaoyue didn't like. So Yaoyue took out Ling Zhou's body and placed it in front of him.
"Your body turned into a stone statue because your soul left. As long as your soul returns, your body will return to normal."
"Ling Zhou, it's time for you to come back."