“You!”
Shen Qingyi, her face flushed with embarrassment, let out a soft rebuke, but said nothing more.
It could be taken as tacit approval for Su Qiulian to keep holding her like this.
She thought of the scene just now, when Su Qiulian had stepped forward to stand in front of her.
She recalled how Su Qiulian had gently held her hand.
Her heart suddenly felt a bit ticklish.
It seemed… having this Demon Emperor by her side wasn’t so bad after all?
But then she remembered for whom she was here, providing free medical consultations.
Instantly, she frowned in irritation, not caring whether Su Qiulian noticed or not.
In any case, she had to express her displeasure.
“Hmph!”
Shen Qingyi snorted softly, but did nothing more.
Instead, she found a comfortable position and rested her head against Su Qiulian’s collarbone, inhaling her fragrance.
Although she’d smelled it day and night, the fox’s natural scent had its unique charm.
No matter what mood she was in, whenever Shen Qingyi caught this scent, she felt a little more at ease, and her mental exhaustion eased.
Unconsciously, a sigh of contentment slipped from her lips.
Su Qiulian carried her like this, strolling down the street in search of an inn.
There was still a faint light at the edge of the sky.
Glancing down at Shen Qingyi, who seemed on the verge of falling asleep, Su Qiulian felt the urge to tease her.
She gave a gentle shake, then rubbed her chin against Shen Qingyi’s forehead and said, “Whose little Shen is so cute, hmm? Sleeping like a little baby!”
Almost asleep, Shen Qingyi was startled awake by the jostle.
Hearing Su Qiulian’s words, she immediately retaliated by butting Su Qiulian’s chin with her forehead.
“You’re the baby! Your whole family is full of babies!”
“That’s right! My whole family is just you, little Shen!”
“You!”
“Hmph! Slick-tongued, smooth-talker, long-winded, incomprehensible, nonsensical, cryptic and hard to understand!”
Shen Qingyi blurted out all these words in one go, not caring whether they fit or not, just saying whatever came to mind.
Su Qiulian simply smiled.
“Cryptic and hard to understand? I think I’ve been quite straightforward, little Shen.”
It was true.
Su Qiulian had always been alone from childhood to adulthood, even after becoming the Demon Emperor.
The only close retainer she had might have betrayed her in a previous life.
So, in this world, Shen Qingyi was the only family she had left.
To her, Shen Qingyi was family, was her beloved, was her one and only in this lifetime.
But it seemed Shen Qingyi wasn’t so willing yet!
Sure enough, Shen Qingyi viciously bit her on the collarbone.
“Hiss~ Little Shen, if you bite me, I’ll have to bite back!”
Looking down at Shen Qingyi, who now looked like a top predator biting her prey, baring her teeth fiercely, Su Qiulian exhaled gently by her ear, then lightly bit her earlobe.
Shen Qingyi shuddered all over, immediately let go, and turned her head to face forward.
“If you dare bite me back, you won’t be allowed to sleep on the bed tonight!”
“Oh?”
Su Qiulian leaned in with interest and whispered in her ear, “But didn’t little Shen say before that I should kneel by the bed? Why the sudden change?”
“You!”
Shen Qingyi was speechless, puffing out her cheeks in frustration.
She thought to herself, once she solved the problem of the Evil Thought inside Su Qiulian, she’d never let her tag along again!
All that Predecessor Memory, Predecessor Love—let it all go to hell!
They were just fragments, nothing that could really explain anything…
With that, she steeled herself and struggled to get down from Su Qiulian’s arms, intending to walk on her own.
But how could Su Qiulian let her go so easily?
She held Shen Qingyi tightly, no matter how much she struggled, refusing to put her down.
At the same time, she said, “Hey, little Shen, there’s a lot of dirty water on the ground. If you get down now, your shoes will get all filthy!”
“Nonsense! Do you take me for a fool?”
Shen Qingyi retorted.
Su Qiulian fell silent.
Still, she let Shen Qingyi down in the end, but continued holding her hand.
Shen Qingyi tried to shake her off, but after several attempts failed, she “tacitly approved” Su Qiulian’s hold.
The two walked on in silence.
Every now and then, Su Qiulian would lift Shen Qingyi’s hand to her face and caress it, smiling as she did.
“Hehe, little Shen, do you want to touch my… again?”
“Touch what?”
Shen Qingyi was bewildered.
Until Su Qiulian guided her hand to her chest.
Soft, just like an oversized marshmallow.
Shen Qingyi was instantly furious, trying to pull her hand away but to no avail.
She said, “Tomorrow, I’m really joining Yushenzong! You lecherous fox, your head is full of Evil Thought!”
“Ah? I’m just letting you touch me, little Shen! When I was influenced by the Evil Thought, it wasn’t like this!”
Su Qiulian tried to explain.
But Shen Qingyi ignored her, walking ahead with Su Qiulian “trailing” behind.
But with her spiritual perception limited to only fifteen meters, it was still Su Qiulian who had to lead the way in this unfamiliar place.
So, after strutting ahead a few steps, Shen Qingyi had no choice but to obediently walk alongside Su Qiulian again.
Su Qiulian chuckled softly, delighted!
But as she smiled, she suddenly felt a chill behind her, as if something was watching.
Yet even with her Divine Platform Realm peak-level divine sense, she couldn’t sense anything following them.
Puzzled, Su Qiulian looked back, but there was nothing behind them.
She couldn’t figure it out and simply assumed she was being overly cautious.
Meanwhile, under the concealment of the World-Hiding Pearl, Pei Xianyun was a bit stunned.
After observing all day, she thought: aren’t this fox demon and the blind girl the perfect loving couple?
Flirting, bickering—was there ever a moment when they weren’t?
Just then, she sensed something and turned to glance at Bai Luoshuang beside her, only to be so startled she trembled all over.
Bai Luoshuang looked as if her soul had been drained, eyes blank and empty, her hand gripping her sword hilt, itching to move.
“Ahem, ahem.”
Pei Xianyun coughed softly and advised, “Sword Sovereign, please remain calm!”
Calm?
Bai Luoshuang shot Pei Xianyun a cold look—she’d already been told to stay calm by Jun Ziyi before coming.
Could she be calm?
Calm, my ass!
She was about to draw her sword and strike.
Fortunately, Pei Xianyun reacted quickly, having already stacked another Six Desires Soul-Calming Array in advance.
With the double array’s influence,
Bai Luoshuang finally calmed down a little and comforted herself inwardly.
It’s fine, maybe the fox demon just tricked Qingyi!
Yes, fox demons are best at disguising themselves and seducing people.
Didn’t this Sect Master Pei get tricked by a fox demon too?
But even she could hardly believe it, because from start to finish, she hadn’t sensed the slightest trace of a fox demon’s charm on Shen Qingyi.
As the Sword Sovereign, with a Tribulation Stage sword intent, how could she possibly miss such a thing?
What did this mean?
This meant…
This meant…
Yes!
It must be the fox demon’s lies that have fooled Qingyi!
Otherwise, how could Qingyi be so close to a stranger?
Even if she’d heard from Qiu Ziling and Qiu Zimei that Shen Qingyi was helping the fox demon with the Evil Thought inside her, there was no need to stick so close, was there?
Can’t they keep a little distance?!
Qingyi, just use a bit more strength and shake off her hand!
Stop holding hands already!
Bai Luoshuang’s brow twitched, her expression growing twisted.
Pei Xianyun was so frightened that she kept stacking more and more layers of the Six Desires Soul-Calming Array, afraid that this Sword Sovereign would let loose in anger.
After all, this was the territory of Yushenzong, and as Sect Master, she couldn’t just stand by and watch