“Braindead, braindead sweet romance? Is this… really that braindead?”
Su Qiulian suddenly felt a bit uneasy for some reason, and even her body, pressed close to Shen Qingyi, stiffened a little.
“Of course! It’s super braindead. Just think about it: how could a dignified Demon Emperor possibly fall in love at first sight with a mere mortal girl? That’s completely ridiculous!”
Shen Qingyi said as she held her rice bowl.
“How, how is that impossible?!”
Su Qiulian was actually getting anxious now.
“What if the Demon Emperor just happens to like that sort of thing?!”
“Why would the Demon Emperor like that? Who knows more about the Demon Emperor, you or me? I’ll tell you, from all the stories I’ve listened to over the years, the Demon Emperor is always ruthless, evil to the core, hated by everyone, and makes little kids cry just by hearing the name. How could such a Demon Emperor fall for some plain, ordinary mortal girl?”
Shen Qingyi spoke calmly, her face not even blushing, as if she hadn’t noticed Su Qiulian’s sudden panic at all.
“That—that’s all just rumors! The Demon Emperor isn’t evil to the core! At most, she just acts on a whim, it’s not like she does those things on purpose. And besides, Xiao Shen, you’ve never even met the real Demon Emperor, how can you slander her like that!”
Su Qiulian protested angrily.
“That’s true, now that you mention it…”
With that, Shen Qingyi bit the tip of her chopsticks, thinking for a moment, then continued, “But even if your Demon Emperor isn’t good or bad, with her cultivation that high, how could she possibly fall for a mortal woman? It’s still too far-fetched!”
“What’s so far-fetched about it!”
Su Qiulian, flustered, jumped to her feet.
“What if the Demon Emperor just thinks she’s pretty! Maybe she acted on impulse… you never know!”
As she said this, she fixed her gaze nervously on Shen Qingyi’s face.
Honestly, Xiao Shen’s face is just so beautiful—who wouldn’t like it?
Whether she’s smiling or crying, she’s so pretty and lovable.
Anyone who says she isn’t must be blind!
Speaking of which, Xiao Shen really is blind right now!
Thinking this, Su Qiulian sat back down and gently straightened Shen Qingyi’s shoulders so she faced her.
Looking at the face that once left her soul adrift in the human world, Su Qiulian asked, “Xiao Shen, hasn’t anyone ever told you you’re really pretty? Hasn’t anyone ever had bad thoughts about you?”
“Pretty?”
Shen Qingyi was stunned for a moment, then nodded, “People have said I’m pretty—everyone in Hao Ren Town praises me as a Heavenly Immortal Descends to the Mortal World. As for whether anyone’s had bad thoughts, I can’t read minds, how would I know? But…”
“But?”
“But there was someone who did something bad to me once!”
“Who?!”
Hearing that someone had harassed her precious Xiao Shen, Su Qiulian was instantly furious, wishing she could drag that person out and subject them to the Demonic Sect’s cruelest punishments!
That was what she thought, but she saw Shen Qingyi raise a finger and point at herself.
Su Qiulian reflexively turned to look behind her.
Of course, there was no one there, just a wall.
When she turned back, Shen Qingyi was still pointing at herself.
Su Qiulian:
“……”
Su Qiulian grabbed Shen Qingyi’s delicate hand and quickly explained, “Didn’t I already say before, that was just a normal mogu! And besides, I didn’t do anything really bad. At most, I just asked for a kiss, and Xiao Shen, you agreed to it yourself!”
At these words, Shen Qingyi bristled with anger and retorted, “You have the nerve to say that! If you hadn’t insisted on clinging to me, I wouldn’t have kissed you! Also, since it was mogu, you never told me what you found! I’m asking you now, what did you see in my bones?”
Looking at Shen Qingyi’s puffed cheeks, Su Qiulian did feel a little embarrassed.
Ahem, she really was too impatient before.
As for the result of the mogu, besides inexplicably sensing a strand of Bai Luoshuang’s Sword Intent, there wasn’t anything else.
Xiao Shen’s talent and Linggen in this life were just the same as her past life—an ordinary Linggen.
“Of course I found something, I just didn’t say it because I was afraid Xiao Shen couldn’t handle the truth!”
“Oh? Then tell me now, how’s my aptitude and foundation? If you can’t answer, you’re sleeping on the floor tonight!”
“This…”
Su Qiulian sighed helplessly and placed a hand on Shen Qingyi’s fair wrist.
“Xiao Shen, you only have an ordinary Linggen, and your aptitude is normal. In this lifetime, if you cultivate, even reaching the Zhuji Stage will take a lot of time.”
It’s very difficult, it’ll take a long time, and by then Shen Qingyi might already be past fifty.
But with her, the Demon Emperor, around, cultivation is nothing but a breeze.
She’s seen all sorts of Twin Cultivation Methods before!
It’s just that now’s not the time.
Never mind whether Xiao Shen can withstand her Divine Platform Realm peak “nourishment,” the real issue is that if she doesn’t use force, she can’t do anything with Xiao Shen, but if she does, Xiao Shen will definitely cry.
It’s a tough problem, so she has to start from the Memory angle.
As long as she can help Xiao Shen recall everything from their previous life, wouldn’t she be able to savor every inch of Xiao Shen?
All those superhuman feats she didn’t have a chance to try last life, she can put into practice now.
Thinking of this, a sly smile crept onto Su Qiulian’s face.
Hehe, soft and juicy Xiao Shen.
However.
She had already basically recounted all their previous life experiences in the form of stories, so why hadn’t Xiao Shen reacted at all?
She herself was reincarnated with her memories, so why couldn’t Xiao Shen?
And there was something suspicious about this reincarnation itself.
Supposedly, this was reincarnation, but the events of this life had clearly changed.
Xiao Shen had become a Blind Girl and even possessed a heaven-defying Talent for Healing.
Moreover, that woman, Bai Luoshuang, also seemed to have interacted with Shen Qingyi ahead of time.
But according to the previous timeline, Bai Luoshuang should still be in seclusion at the Jian Zong right now or something.
After all, in this life, she herself hadn’t fought a battle with Bai Luoshuang, and there was no reason for Bai Luoshuang, as a Sword Sovereign, to have any contact with Xiao Shen, right?
Could it be that by changing the course of events, she had caused all these problems?
Su Qiulian didn’t know.
She just felt that everything was shrouded in an air of strangeness.
By the time she returned to her senses, Shen Qingyi had finished eating and was preparing to go to bed.
“You wash the bowls. If you don’t want to, just leave them. I’ll wash them tomorrow.”
Shen Qingyi’s voice sounded a bit sullen.
She really wasn’t very happy.
How annoying.
She had such a heaven-defying Talent for Healing, yet her Linggen and aptitude were still ordinary?
That perverted, evil woman must be lying to her again. No way her aptitude was really that lame.
That’s right, she just didn’t have a Cultivation Technique.
Once she got her hands on one, she’d become the strongest under heaven in no time!
Hmph, she was a dignified Transmigrator!
How could she fail?!
But for now—
Shen Qingyi yawned and lay on the bed, wrapping herself up like a zongzi.
What’s done is done.
Might as well sleep first.
Except… she seemed to have forgotten there was only one bed.
Watching Shen Qingyi obediently tuck herself in, Su Qiulian grinned and prepared to climb in, too.
If she couldn’t do anything serious, just cuddling would be nice.
That was her thought—until her expression suddenly froze.
The Fox Spirits had sent her a message.