36 Chapter 35

When I informed Zhi Yan the next day about going on a journey to Jin Zhou City tomorrow, Zhi Yan appeared to be a little dumbfounded.

"You… Are bringing me along to get revenge?"

"If you want revenge, then that's fine, too." I laid on the bed, next to Zhi Yan's body. I propped up my head and looked at her soul standing by the bed, "Li Chen Lan is going with us. I'm planning to go check out some information first. However, if you have the ability, then immediately go seduce him and make him help you get revenge, that's also suitable."

As far as I was concerned, whether the Jian Xin Sect Leader lives or dies, it did not matter to me.

Zhi Yan sat on the bed with her back facing me and her mood was somewhat heavy.

From behind her, I sat up slightly, stretched my head closer, and then placed my head on her lap. I stared up at her tightly stretched lips: "Are you hesitating whether or not to kill Liu Wei?"

"That's not it." Zhi Yan vetoed my question, "My father… With my own eyes, I saw my father died in his hands. This hatred of murdering my father, I will definitely get my revenge."

"Oh, and here I'm thinking that you are hesitating is because of Liu Cang Ling."

Zhi Yan's gaze darkened: "It is because I have not felt any hesitation in regards to him, so I am very sad." For the first time, she confessed her heart's dilemma to me, "I like Cang Ling Gege, but his father, I definitely have to kill."

I sneered: "What's the point of liking him. Put him aside, look for someone better-looking than him in the next day, and in just two or three days, you will forget him."

While Zhi Yan glanced angrily at me, I got up from her lap, "Anyway, speaking from the angle of revenge, you should feel happy right now. During this short time, your body has eaten two Nine Reversal Pills and you have adjusted and harmonized your energy for a long time under my guidance; compared to the previous you, you should already experience a world of difference. Although, I have never fought with this Liu Wei directly, but I have fought with his elder. Comparing this junior to his old man, there really isn't much difference in strength.

"Not to mention that Mo Qing wants to help you now, even if he doesn't help; I'll enter your body, fight in your stead, so it's not impossible to kill him. You lend me your body to use at night, was it not because of this? Now that it's on the eve of your great revenge." I raised my hand, took ahold of her chin, drew her face down slightly, and overbearingly forced her to look me in the eyes, "What are you worrying about?"

While Zhi Yan obediently allowed me to pester her, her eyes shed all tenderness and innocence: "Before I came to Wan Lu Sect, I witnessed my father stabbed in the heart by Liu Wei. When he was on the verge of death, he risked his last strength to send me away. In Jiang Hu, I helplessly wandered for a long time to find my big uncle, and then I heard the news of my father's tragic death. I told my big uncle that Liu Wei killed my father, but no one believed me.

"They all thought that my mind was abnormal. They thought that I was crazy. Okay, that's fine. They even said that I had accidentally entered the darkside. So then, I will simply enter the darkside." She stared at me, "Therefore, that day happened, when I knocked my head badly against your gravestone."

I nodded, I had roughly guessed bits and pieces of the entire course of this development.

"It's just that up until now, I still don't understand why did Old Man Liu Wei wanted to do such a thing… Why did he suddenly wanted to harm my father."

"Then let's go and investigate." I released her chin, "The truth that you want to investigate and the matter that I want to investigate should be the same thing."

"What are you investigating?"

"A deadly hatred."

I carefully discussed the plan with Zhi Yan. In the early wee moments of the next day, I would take possession of Zhi Yan's body to go find Mo Qing. Then I would instant travel together with him to Jin Zhou City. First, we would find a place in Jin Zhou City and wait for morning to come. By then, Zhi Yan's soul would have automatically return, therefore, she would also be there.

Then during the day, we would look for a guest house to stay in and make Mo Qing use his entire body of naturally demonic aura to serve as a shield. Even though, there would still be some wounds on his body, but it would still be nothing difficult to conceal the mixture of celestial and demonic auras in Zhi Yan's body.

When evening comes, Zhi Yan and I would leave her corporeal body and sneak into Jian Xian Sect to scout for information.

If I got to see that famous malicious spirit, I would serve as a bridge between Zhi Yan and her father. Then from her father's mouth, I would know the truth of his death and gather the information.

I planned it out quite well and actually followed through with the plan.

When night came, I instant traveled to Jin Zhou City together with Mo Qing. Compared to the secularly flourishing Jiang City and the never-stop-to-sleep Feng Zhou City, Jin Zhou City appeared so much more solemn and quiet. It was just like those capitals of the human dynasties, solemn and serene.

It was super late and this large city was already completely blanketed with a magical prohibition array; it was so tightly secured that even people were unable to instant travel into the city. The city gates were locked and was closely guarded; the patrol team consisted of half soldiers and half Jian Xin Sect's people; each person had a well-made sword hanging at their waist. It indeed deserved the title of being the capital city of Wan Jian.

Outside the city, I was not feeling anxious and took a quick glance around: "Master, tonight, let's find a guest house outside the city to rest first. Tomorrow, we'll disguise ourselves and enter the city."

Mo Qing naturally went accordingly to my suggestion.

Outside Jin Zhou City, there were many small guest houses. It was for all the people who rushed here to use as a place to rest because they missed the alloted time to enter the city walls. In this place, there were a mixture of celestial people and ordinary people.

Mo Qing and I randomly chose a guest house and rented two fine rooms near each other. Then he and I each went to our respective rooms.

I stayed alone in the room for a while and was finally unable to sit still. It was not the time to sleep just because it was late at night! I stuck myself against the wall, listened for Mo Qing's movements on the other side, and then knocked on it: "Master."

Not even a moment had passed before an inquiring voice could be heard through the wall: "What's wrong?"

Mhm, the materials used in the walls of this guest house were really thin, but I liked it: "I can't sleep." I asked him, "What are you doing?"

"Meditating."

"Am I disturbing you by being like this?" When meditating, if there was someone chattering non-stop beside that person's ears, then that person would naturally feel very distrubed, but Mo Qing said:

"Not likely."

I flashed a quick glance at the wall: "Are you sure?"

"Hearing your voice makes it easier for me to calm down."

I was surprised, it was unexpected that Mo Qing was someone who could easily say such words of love. I had originally wanted to tease him to pass some time, but I found myself blushing from his easily said words instead.

I coughed once: "I'm going to meditate, too." I sat on the bed, closed my eyes to focus, leaned my back on the headboard, and then separated my soul. I looked at Zhi Yan's body, it was still seated firmly and I went to pass through the wall to go straight into Mo Qing's bedroom.

In a situation like this, I absolutely had no qualms about Mo Qing being able to see me. So, I stood in front of him with ease and brazenly sized him up.

He was really meditating with his eyes closed and his back straight. His always-filled-with-starlight eyes were tightly closed, which gave off a peaceful and solemn vibe. If people say that when Qin Qian Xian meditated, he resembled a compassionate buddha in the temple, then when Mo Qing meditated, he looked like a god high up in the sky, untouched by the dusty world.

The son of the Demon King but who did not even have the slightest hint of a demonic character…

I should have vehemently disliked his type of appearance. The type that I should like was the willfully savage appearance similar to that of Jiang Wu's.

However, it was like I was bewitched. As I stared at Mo Qing's face, my gaze swept over his brows and eyes to the bridge of his nose. I reached out with my fingertips to brush across his cheeks and lips. Could he sense me? I believed that it was inevitably impossible for him to sense my presence.

No matter what I did, he would never find out.

Suddenly, a desire rose sharply within my heart.

As my fingertips brushed across his lips, I abruptly wanted to know the temperature between these god-like lips. Was it slightly cool like the palm of his hand? Or was it hotter than a raging fire?

I moved closer and used my petal-like lips to gently meet his lips.

My lips softly brushed across his lips.

I could not sense any changes in the temperature because he and I were originally separated by life and death. So it was impossible for us to sense each other's touch. But the moment I opened my eyes, I discovered that I did not know when Mo Qing had opened his eyes.

It was like a bell ranged distinctly beside my ear. I lost my soul for a moment, then immediately turned around in a panic to run haphazardly outside. I leapt over the rooftop and ran two great loops before I reluctantly stopped.

Finally after, I managed to calm down enough to think, what did I panic for…?!

During that moment, Mo Qing's eyes did not even fall on my face at all. It was likely that he was unable to feel my touch; therefore, he naturally could not even see me! So what was I running for?! Additionally, even if he was able to see, what would be the problem?! It was true that I kissed him, teased him, and even if I were to push him down today, so what then?!

How could I not have any sort of courage?!

I patted my face a few times, and then from above the rooftop, I passed through the roof. Below was Mo Qing's room, I hovered on the beam of his room and quietly looked at him. I only saw him still sitting on the bed, his gaze had fallen on an unknown corner in the room and his facial expression looked like he was thinking deeply about something.

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No longer paying attention to him, I returned to Zhi Yan's room but did not rushed into Zhi Yan's body. Instead I just lay on the bed, somewhat in a daze.

In the morning, Zhi Yan's soul returned and dropped down into Jin Zhou City's boundary. Her expression immediately became heavily clouded with worry, so she did not detect anything out of the ordinary with me.

Leaving the guest house, Zhi Yan and Mo Qing entered Jin Zhou City together and planned to find another guest house to settle down inside the city.

Along the way, she and Mo Qing did not say a single word to each other. As they passed through the city gate, she saw the city guards scrutinize each passerby very carefully; she obviously seemed a little nervous. I was next to her and reminded her: "Don't be afraid, Mo Qing has used an enchantment magic on your body already. When they look at you, they will only think that you're an ordinary person. They won't recognize you and won't remember you. Just relax a little bit."

Zhi Yan took two deep breaths and blindly followed behind Mo Qing into the city.

Just as Mo Qing and Zhi Yan were about to pass through the gate, a guard suddenly blocked their path.

Zhi Yan showed no changes in her expression, she just let them investigate and ask for their names and origins. Zhi Yan was able to answer very clearly and logically every time. I was beside her and felt a sense of admiration. After entering the city, Zhi Yan casually found a guest house to wait until evening.

I waited for Zhi Yan's soul to glide out and immediately praised her: "This morning, you lied quite smoothly."

Zhi Yan nodded her head repeatedly: "Acting in front of them is so much more effortless than my usual performance in front of Demon Li."

As I raised my eyebrows, I thought that she was correct. Every single day, she always had to put on an act in front of the greatest demon in the world, therefore, the guts that she got out of this experience was definitely not ordinary. I patted her shoulder: "You must thank me." I gave her the opportunity to grow up.

Zhi Yan flashed a glance at me and her expression was no longer relaxed like usual. She gazed out the window of the guest house and looked at Jin Xian Sect that was two streets away: "Let's go."

I nodded and as I glided towards Jian Xin Sect, I asked Zhi Yan: "Do you feel that there's something different about tonight?"

Zhi Yan was baffled and asked in return: "What's the difference?"

I knew that she was definitely unable to see the current situation – the moon in the sky was covered by dark clouds, raging flames of resentment and malevolence emitted terrifyingly from Jian Xin Sect, and along the ground hung black fumes that were like vines that intertwined around our legs.

I told myself that it was better for Zhi Yan, if she did not see this. Even if she knew these things were all caused by her father, I guessed she would still be frightened to death.

He was truly worthy of being called the strongest malicious spirit in the last hundred years. Apparently, Zhi Yan's father died a very-hard-to-understand death.

Translated by Sonrisa t.n.t

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