Shen Qingyi was dragged to the mountain peak of the Yushenzong by the two women, her entire being still in a state of daze.
‘Wait, wait, wait, wait!’
‘How did things develop like this?’
Shen Qingyi wasn’t sure.
She felt she had played the role of a delicate girl quite well just now.
Was she still unable to escape the fate of a final reckoning?
She was truly out of options.
However, she still possessed a strong will to survive.
Seeing the two women on either side of her seemingly about to lead her into a room that looked like a great hall, she quickly strained her voice again and said timidly, “How about… we talk about this another day…”
But as she spoke, her voice grew quieter and quieter, eventually becoming as faint as the buzz of a mosquito.
The moment she opened her mouth, the two of them simply froze in place, making it so she couldn’t continue speaking or keep walking.
She couldn’t see the expressions on their faces, so she couldn’t judge what their current emotions were.
Sigh… this was truly difficult!
She really wanted to complain.
Why should she have to pay for the emotional debts of her past life in this one?
To make matters worse, the fragments of memory she had recovered were all about… that…
If she really had to explain things clearly to them, how was she supposed to even start?
It was hard, so hard!
Please stop making things difficult for the Immortal Doctor!
‘Can’t you two just make up and be good friends?!’
“This is the Evil Thought?”
Bai Luoshuang was the first to speak.
She seemed to be questioning Su Qiulian.
Upon hearing this, Shen Qingyi immediately realized why they had stopped walking.
Su Qiulian’s Evil Thought had flared up.
Why did it have to be at a time like this?
If Bai Luoshuang took this opportunity to suddenly strike at Su Qiulian, wouldn’t Su Qiulian be finished?
No!
Shen Qingyi tightened her grip on the hand Bai Luoshuang was holding and said, “A Shuang, please don’t do anything!”
But saying this clearly displeased Su Qiulian.
Even though her mind was currently groggy because the Evil Thought was suddenly disturbing her Divine Sense, she could still clearly see Shen Qingyi’s action of gripping Bai Luoshuang’s hand.
Another wave of extreme irritation washed over her.
She yanked Shen Qingyi toward her side and said, “Little Shen doesn’t need to plead! It is merely Tribulation Transcendence Stage Sword Intent. Does she think I am truly afraid of her?!”
“Humph!”
Bai Luoshuang only gave a cold snort.
After entering the Yushenzong, with the help of the grand Six Desires Soul-Calming Array, she was indeed somewhat calmer than before.
Naturally, she had noticed the abnormality in Su Qiulian just now.
Combining that with what she had heard earlier from those two disciples of the Qin Shui Sword Sect, she now knew that this was the so-called Evil Thought.
Evil Thoughts originated from the human heart and were not things that ordinary objects could carry.
Only a Demon Emperor like Su Qiulian could withstand such a massive amount of Evil Thoughts.
However, she now seemed to be on the verge of being unable to endure it.
‘Evil Thoughts…’
‘Ancient Demon Cult…’
‘Reincarnation…’
‘Xiao Yi…’
‘Is there some inevitable connection between all of this?’
Bai Luoshuang couldn’t help but ask herself this question.
But in the end, she hadn’t personally witnessed the earlier crisis in Hao Ren Town and didn’t know the details, so she was unable to think of anything.
As for Shen Qingyi, she was naturally worried about Su Qiulian’s state.
After all, everything had been fine for so many days, with almost no instances of the Evil Thought losing control.
Why was it happening at a time like this?
She wanted to show some concern for Su Qiulian, so she leaned toward her.
But by doing so, since she had already been pulled a certain distance by Su Qiulian, leaning further caused her to press directly against her.
Bai Luoshuang felt a pang of jealousy upon seeing this and immediately pulled her back.
“Xiao Yi, don’t lean over. What if you get contaminated again? She is a Demon Emperor; can she not even handle this?”
“But…”
Shen Qingyi was about to say that Su Qiulian was only like this because of her, but before she could speak, the two of them pulled on one of her hands each with such force that she felt like she was about to be hoisted into the air.
Fortunately, Pei Xianyun, who was following behind them, talked them down.
Pei Xianyun first used the Six Desires Soul-Calming Array to give Su Qiulian some focused attention, helping her stabilize the Evil Thoughts within her body.
She then advised, “Ladies, it would be best not to argue with such force. Otherwise, before a result can be reached, Miss Shen will be torn into two halves by you!”
“Follow me into the hall first!”
Hearing this, Su Qiulian and Bai Luoshuang looked at each other, both still wearing expressions that showed their mutual dislike, but they did indeed loosen their grip.
It wasn’t that they were yielding to the other, but simply that they didn’t want Shen Qingyi to suffer.
The two of them supported Shen Qingyi from either side and followed Pei Xianyun into the Yushenzong’s Sect Master’s Hall.
Then, they sat on cushions with Shen Qingyi in the middle, creating a rather comical scene.
Shen Qingyi had no choice but to be squeezed by the two of them.
Both of them wanted to be as close to her as possible.
From the main seat, Pei Xianyun brewed a cup of tea for each of them and then picked up her own cup to blow on it.
She first asked Su Qiulian, “May I ask what the Demon Emperor’s view on the Demonic Sect is?”
“Anyone who touches my Little Shen, I wish to eliminate!”
The answer came very quickly.
Pei Xianyun nodded and was about to say something when Bai Luoshuang started competing again, saying, “I feel the same! Anyone who touches my Xiao Yi, I shall naturally slay with a single sword strike!”
‘Fine, fine, you two are truly… something else!’
“Since the Demon Emperor also wishes to eliminate the Demonic Sect as quickly as possible, then we have a basis for cooperation. Since we can cooperate, shouldn’t we talk things over calmly?”
Pei Xianyun said.
“Even if I do not cooperate with you, I can still wipe out the Demonic Sect. It is merely a matter of time!”
‘Well, this is…’
Pei Xianyun rubbed her temples, beginning to regret being the mediator in this situation.
However, at the thought of the message a certain fox had sent her through Divine Sense, she endured it.
After all, if she couldn’t endure a little now, she would lose the fox!
‘Mei Yin, since you’ve put it that way, as the Sect Master of the Yushenzong, how could I not help you with this favor?’
At the thought of being able to get her hands on that fox she had been longing for, Pei Xianyun couldn’t help but swallow her saliva.
She quickly applied the effects of the Six Desires Soul-Calming Array to herself as well before saying, as if nothing were wrong, “The Demon Emperor is being a bit cold. After all, the Demon Emperor is currently troubled by Evil Thoughts. If you cooperate with us, I will naturally activate our sect’s ancestral treasure, the Six Desires Turbid World Scroll, to dispel the Evil Thoughts for you.”
“Furthermore, even if the Demon Emperor isn’t particularly willing, you should first ask for Miss Shen’s opinion. After all, I heard that she came to the foot of our Yushenzong for your sake and even worked hard at the free clinic on the street for an entire day. Does the Demon Emperor really want to let Miss Shen’s efforts go to waste like this? Miss Shen would be unhappy, wouldn’t she?”
As she spoke, Pei Xianyun intentionally used the last sentence to prompt Shen Qingyi.
Shen Qingyi understood perfectly.
Since they were willing to help, why worry about so much else?
Since they all disliked the Demonic Sect, wouldn’t cooperation be a good thing?!
So she quickly nudged Su Qiulian with her elbow and said, “Hurry up and agree! Otherwise, I won’t be your friend anymore!”
Of course, these words also made Bai Luoshuang jealous.
She tugged on Shen Qingyi.
“Xiao Yi, don’t be her friend! Isn’t she very capable? Just let her go deal with the Demonic Sect herself. It’s only right for Xiao Yi to stay by my side!”
As she said this, Su Qiulian and Bai Luoshuang naturally began to argue again, making Shen Qingyi feel as if she were the mutual best friend of two elementary schoolers who were fighting over her.
‘This is so annoying!’
Shen Qingyi simply used her hands to give each of them a hard pinch.
The thing was, she seemed to have pinched the wrong place?
‘Why is it so soft?’
She heard both of them let out a feminine groan at the same time.
“Mnn…!”
“Ah…!”