Concern?
Well, I suppose it is concern.
Shen Qingyi didn’t like owing others anything.
Since you saved me, it’s only natural that I care about you in return.
This had nothing to do with any past life feelings.
Even if there weren’t any, even if you used to be a pervert, as long as you saved me, then I feel obliged to worry about your condition.
What’s more, people called her Shen Immortal Doctor, and saving lives was her duty.
“So, are you really all right? You coughed up a lot of blood just now, didn’t you?”
Shen Qingyi asked.
She couldn’t see, and her Ling Sense only gave her a rough outline, so she couldn’t clearly tell what state Su Qiulian was in.
Su Qiulian didn’t answer right away.
She simply held Shen Qingyi, looking at the worried expression on the beauty’s face in her arms, and couldn’t help but curl her lips up slightly.
This was someone worrying about her, an expression revealed just for her sake.
At this moment, Shen Qingyi belonged to her alone, and not possibly to that woman, Bai Luoshuang.
The reason she’d spat blood earlier was because, after absorbing all the Evil Thought in Shen Qingyi’s body, both her spirit and flesh were worn out, and then she thought about the possibility that Shen Qingyi might also have a connection with Bai Luoshuang.
Overwhelmed with rage, she nearly suffered a backlash.
As the Demon Emperor, she shouldn’t have been so weak, but whenever she thought that Shen Qingyi might not belong to her alone, her mood soured.
Once the heart falters, even the Demon Emperor loses her imposing dignity.
Su Qiulian gently stroked Shen Qingyi’s cheek with her hand.
She decided, while Shen Qingyi belonged to her at this moment, not to ask about Bai Luoshuang for now, but instead to cherish and savor this time.
So, she spoke softly, with utmost seriousness:
“Yes, Little Shen, something’s wrong with me. If Little Shen doesn’t give me a kiss right now, I might die!”
Of course Shen Qingyi understood what she meant.
She elbowed her right away and said, “I’m being serious! Are you really all right or not?”
“I’m serious too! If Little Shen doesn’t kiss me right now, I really will die!”
“You!”
Shen Qingyi frowned, both exasperated and amused.
This woman, give her a little sunshine and she’ll beam at you—she’s really taking it too far!
Fine, fine, a debt is a debt—what does it matter how you repay it?
Letting out a helpless sigh in her heart, Shen Qingyi raised her head.
“Here, go ahead and kiss me.”
But Su Qiulian was dissatisfied, pouting as she said, “I want Little Shen to take the initiative, just like before!”
“You!”
She really is pushing her luck!
Shen Qingyi held back, clenched her fists, and then resigned herself, releasing them.
Just like before, she placed her hands on Su Qiulian’s cheeks and kissed her.
But this time, unlike before, Su Qiulian didn’t start her usual fierce counterattack as soon as she got her wish.
Instead, even after being kissed for a while, she remained still, as if… simply enjoying Shen Qingyi’s initiative?
Does she like being kissed proactively that much?
Thinking of this, Shen Qingyi suddenly remembered being held down and kissed by her earlier, and her competitive spirit surged.
She had to take the initiative this time, no matter what.
So, just as she was about to pull away, her lips pressed even tighter.
Even though Su Qiulian held her in her arms and hugged her waist, right now Shen Qingyi felt that she was the one on top.
She began to attack fiercely.
Su Qiulian was, of course, delighted.
Just one kiss was enough for her to savor; now that Little Shen wanted more, how could she refuse?
She relaxed completely, letting herself be thoroughly ravished.
Su Qiulian, in her joy, fell backward, pulling Shen Qingyi down with her.
She landed on the floor, Shen Qingyi sprawling atop her.
Su Qiulian enjoyed it, and Shen Qingyi took what she wanted.
After a long while, Shen Qingyi slowly got up from Su Qiulian.
The two parted, lips crimson and glistening.
Sitting atop Su Qiulian, Shen Qingyi licked her lips.
The Demon Emperor’s flavor…
“Truly sweet!”
Su Qiulian’s face turned red in an instant.
Even though she’d been so wantonly taken by Shen Qingyi just moments ago, she had never been as shy as she was now.
Her two fox ears first stood upright from embarrassment, then drooped on either side of her head.
Her face turned to the side, unable to look at the one sitting atop her.
This bashful appearance made it almost impossible to associate her with the words Demon Emperor.
But Shen Qingyi couldn’t see. Not hearing Su Qiulian make another sound, she thought her ‘kiss therapy’ had probably cured her.
So she asked, “Since you’re all right now, I’m going outside to check on the townsfolk, all right?”
She didn’t wait for a response, getting up on her own.
Su Qiulian simply replied with a soft “Mm,” lying on the floor as she watched Shen Qingyi leave.
After pushing open the door and stepping outside, Shen Qingyi realized that her Ling Sense’s range had expanded.
From the original three meters, it had grown to at least fifteen meters.
She still couldn’t see more than a rough outline, though.
Shen Qingyi didn’t know why this had happened.
Her spiritual energy inside hadn’t increased much, so why did her Ling Sense strengthen?
But since it was a good thing, she didn’t worry too much about it.
She left the courtyard and walked through the town, constantly “seeing” the townsfolk lying on the ground.
Fortunately, as Su Qiulian said, they were only asleep and nothing was seriously wrong.
Still, Shen Qingyi kept moving outward, making sure no one was left behind.
Like this, she walked around the town for several hours.
There were, of course, some injured people, and whenever she came across them, Shen Qingyi stepped forward to heal them.
So busy, dawn gradually broke.
The first rays of morning sunlight slanted down along the edge of the giant pit’s opening, warming Shen Qingyi as they touched her.
Much of her fatigue from the night seemed to melt away.
As the sun rose higher, the townsfolk began to wake up one by one.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, but quite a few reacted quickly.
Seeing the massive hole overhead, some of them shouted, “Heavens! Our town has sunk underground!”
Their cries quickly spread, and soon, exclamations echoed through every corner of Hao Ren Town.
At this moment, another earthquake began.
“Rumble—!”
A thunderous noise sounded.
But, before the panic could spread, everyone saw a massive Formation Mark appear in the sky above Hao Ren Town.
It flashed for an instant, then shattered.
Immediately after, from the void connected to the Formation Mark, a faint membrane gradually dissolved in the sunlight, vanishing completely.
In that moment, the invisible Formation Field that had covered Hao Ren Town vanished for good, and the Evil Thought in the hearts of its people would no longer be drawn away.
From today, the townsfolk would experience the most ordinary human Evil Thought.
Whether this was good or bad, who could say?
“Shen Immortal Doctor! Are you all right—!”
Hearing someone call from afar, Shen Qingyi turned her head in that direction.
After a moment, her Ling Sense picked up someone flying over, standing on something long and slender.
It was Qiu Ziling, with Qiu Zimei right behind her.
The commotion just now was caused by them destroying the Array Core of the formation.
“Shen Immortal Doctor! Are you all right?!”
Landing in front of Shen Qingyi, Qiu Ziling hurriedly grabbed her hand and asked anxiously.