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"W… who are you?! What did you do to Angier!" another girl shouted as Chen Liao Xuan finished channeling a bit of his energy. He looked up, looked at the other little girl, who now looked hysterical to see him embracing Angier. Then, another girl approached, pushing Chen Liao Xuan's body until he fell, And Angier fell to the ground.

"Are you crazy? She fell just because of you!" angry Chen Liao Xuan.

"Isn't it you, Sir? Who are you? Why are you touching my best friend, huh? Don't you know manners? Don't you know that what you're doing is so impudent!"

Chen Liao Xuan seemed to chuckle. Politeness, which politeness is that rancid girl saying? He is the Demon Lord, of course. And who dared to scold him like this? Especially when it comes to touching a woman. He can do it whenever and with whomever he wants. So, why is he here on trial like he is the most despicable human being in the world.

Chen Liao Xuan seemed to massage his temples, yes he forgot. Where is he now, and what is he disguised as. Of course, all the damn rules of the human race make it stiflingly hot.

Pulling off his robes, Chen Liao Xuan brought Angier back, and with his fierce gaze on the girl, he appeared to be grinning.

"Do you think you will be strong enough to carry this friend of yours home? Or will you drag her feet to do it because you don't want my help? Come on, I'll take her to the hut, wait for her to come to her senses, and then do whatever you want with her," the cold voice seemed to interrupt Yang Si Qi. Without protest, she finally complied as she continued to follow Chen Liao Xuan's steps from behind.

"W… where are you from? I've never seen a young man like you in this area. From your clothes, it looks like you're not from a random family. Everything attached to your body is real silk, Sir."

"Then if I'm not from a random family, you change the way you look at me, Miss?" Chen Liao Xuan snapped.

Yang Si Qi seemed to be silent for a moment, and then she seemed to frown. Walking in the middle of a pine forest like this seemed to make her nostalgic for something.

"How did you meet Liu Angier, Sir? How could Liu Angier be with you in this unconscious state?" Yang Si Qi asked again.

Chen Liao Xuan, who seemed to know the little girl's name in his arms, seemed to be silent for a moment. Liu Angier? Angier… why does that name sound familiar to his ears? Why does he seem familiar and miss that name so much? Angier? Actually, what does that name mean in his life?

"Master, can you hear me?"

The question then made Chen Liao Xuan come to his senses, for then he looked at the girl who kept asking his questions non-stop with a rugged look.

"She helped me when I was injured in a war. And last night we had a bit of a misunderstanding. I thought she was an enemy in disguise, so I injured her. Until now she has become weak like this," Chen Liao Xuan lied.

"Hurt?"

"I choked and took her inner strength," he corrected quickly.

"It's a good thing you didn't kill my best friend, just so you know she's a special girl. She was given privileges by the heavens, which no one else had. And you have to be careful to think you can hurt her, Sir."

"What are you saying?" Chen Liao Xuan asked, somewhat curious about what the little girl said. It seemed this was related to the light that emerged from within Anqier's body, and Chen Liao Xuan was interested in what light it was.

"Liu Angier's birth is precisely that terrible ten thousandth anniversary in the sky. Long ago, it was said, ten thousand years ago, on the first night of the full autumn moon, the sky was mourning. Reportedly that night in the sky, there was a fierce battle between the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of demons. Victory belongs to the kingdom of heaven, with the mark of the Demon King beheading and her head being brought back by the Crown Prince back to heaven. However, right at that very moment, who killed the future wife of the Crown Prince in a sadistic way. Until finally, the Crown Prince avenged the death of her future wife. He killed one of the King's advisers, and it succeeded in angering the Heavenly King. Many fortune-tellers and scribes say that the King punished the Crown Prince by being sent down to earth. Some say that the Crown Prince is confined in a cave of exile in the sky. And until now, the Crown Prince of the Crown, there has been no news. The tragic story of the sorrowful love of the Heavenly Crown Prince and his lover is genuinely legendary, and even the legend reaches all levels of creatures on this earth. That is why that terrible night is called the heavenly sorrow of deep love. Although the news is still not necessarily accurate, everyone believes. And that Anqier's birth, right on the night of the ten-thousandth anniversary of that fateful incident, and very coincidentally, the night that Angier was born, the sky was genuinely terrifying, storms and thunderstorms came and went until Angier was born in the world. Her body emitted a blazing golden white light, and everyone believed that Angier was a holy girl who had a blessing from the heavens. Even her father, a sacred healer, thought that the light emanating from Anqier's body was the light of the Goddess. In fact, from birth to this moment, Angier has never been sick. Anyone who wants to harm her will not be able to. That light always protected her. And seeing from Anqier's physique, the villagers mentioned that Angier was one of the incarnations of the Goddess from heaven who was punished to come down to earth. Yes, more or less like that."

Hearing Yang Si Qi's story, Chen Liao Xuan seemed to chuckle. He doesn't believe in the incarnation, reincarnation, or whatever. A living being for himself, and when he dies, he will lose his life. So, according to him, there is no such thing as reincarnation, that once he dies, he will die forever. And perishing is not a very pleasant thing for anyone who wants to live forever, especially him.

"Master, what is your name? Why didn't I know your name earlier? Which village are you from? Or are you a noble family lost in this forest?" Yang Si Qi investigated. "My name is Yang Si Qi, I'm Liu Angier's childhood friend," she introduced herself again.

"Chen…," Chen Liao Xuan paused. No, he couldn't possibly say what his name was in front of this girl called Yang Si Qi. "Chen… I am from the Chen family, from the southern region," Chen Liao Xuan replied again.