In the dimly lit space.
The various powerful demons who had set out to release the demon empress at night were now crowded into this small space, their faces tense as they looked at the green-skirted young girl in the center.
After waiting for several hours, they finally received a message from their own recently unsealed demon empress.
And the one deciphering this message was none other than the trusted confidante of the little fox demon empress, the little tree demon Xiao Guai.
As the “sister” of the demon empress, the little tree spirit happened to possess the means to receive communication from her elder sister.
With a light flick of her finger, points of light emerged out of thin air, converging into the shape of a letter.
However, as Xiao Guai read the contents of the letter, her expression became increasingly peculiar.
“What… What does this expression of yours mean, Xiao Guai? Could it be that something has happened on the demon empress’s side?”
On the side, the deer demon, observing Xiao Guai’s silence, grew anxious and couldn’t help but ask.
With his remark, the atmosphere in the space became tense.
“… No, the demon empress is fine.”
Xiao Guai shook her head, but she didn’t know how to continue from there.
The powerful demons did relax somewhat upon hearing her words.
“Phew, it’s good that Her Highness is fine…”
On the other side, the sparrow demon’s tightly stretched wings relaxed slightly, but with some confusion, he said, “But since the demon empress is fine, Xiao Guai, what does your expression mean? What exactly happened at the bottom of the lake tonight? And where is Her Highness at this moment?”
“Her Highness is currently… in a residence outside the Demon Artifact Pavilion in the royal city.”
The various powerful demons grew even more puzzled by Xiao Guai’s words.
What was the Demon Artifact Pavilion? It seemed somewhat familiar, as if it had been mentioned frequently recently?
How could the demon empress be in a nearby residence of the Demon Artifact Pavilion?
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Guai seemed to calm her emotions and continued, “The tower master of the Tower of Heavenly Mechanics, Yue Xuanji, did not go back on her word. She did indeed help lift the suppression on the demon empress tonight… However, she didn’t come to find me; instead, she chose to have the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect unseal the demon empress…”
“That residence is none other than the dwelling of the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect, Luo Wusheng.”
At this moment, the powerful demons were left dumbfounded.
And this wasn’t the end. Xiao Guai extended her palm towards them, and illusory leaves flew up, combining in mid-air to form words.
The content of the text was identical to the contents of the demon empress’s letter, but it could be seen by all the powerful demons present.
Seemingly feeling it wasn’t enough, the young girl added another lengthy section of text on the side.
These were pieces of information about a certain Holy Saint of the Demon Sect.
A hiss—
Gasps continuously resounded in the space among the powerful demons.
Most of them were shocked by the information about the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect.
Refining a middle-grade artifact that are nearly as powerful as top-grade ones, shattering tribulation clouds with a single strike, causing astonishment all around?
Conceiving common Artifact that could make even Foundation Establishment cultivators tremble in fear, stirring up a commotion in the royal city?
With a Golden Core cultivation base, able to effortlessly obliterate three Nascent Soul-stage opponents, displaying peerless might?
And even the disruption of the plans of the newly-appointed lord of the demon race in the royal city might be related to this person?
(Is he still human?)
Such thoughts involuntarily crossed the minds of the powerful demons.
Then, they turned their thoughts back to the letter from their demon empress.
In an instant, the space grew noisy.
“He… Isn’t he a human? Why would he take such a risk to unseal the demon empress? Isn’t he afraid of being scorned by humans?”
“According to the information Xiao Guai provided, it seems that he had some kind of relationship with Her Highness before…”
“Could such a relationship make a person help the demon race? I guess he probably has ulterior motives for Her Highness! Her Highness’s beauty is unparalleled in the world; he must be lusting after her! And now she’s trapped in the wolf’s den, it’s urgent!”
“That’s a bit exaggerated… Yue Xuanji is also human, and she helped unseal Her Highness too, right? Besides, now that Her Highness is still in her demon form, she can only appear as a demon. That Holy Saint of the Demon Sect shouldn’t…”
“What’s wrong with appearing as a demon? Is appearing as a human always more attractive than appearing as a demon? I’ve heard rumors for years that the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect avoids female companionship. Maybe he has a taste for this? And now that the demon empress is in a dire situation, this is urgent!”
The powerful demons argued fervently, but the direction of their discussion inexplicably grew skewed.
“Quiet! Silence!”
A loud voice echoed throughout the entire space, causing the powerful demons’ eyes to blur, and they quickly quieted down.
The one who spoke was the Nascent Soul stage ape demon. He straightened his somewhat thin body and took a couple of steps forward to appear in front of the tree spirit, Xiao Guai, nodding his head twice.
The young girl seemed to quickly understand his intention and nodded in response.
“As stated in the letter from the demon empress, I will enter the royal city with Elder Ape after removing the demonic aura. Once the demon empress’s third tail is fully formed and she consumes the Demon Emperor’s Pill, we can return to the demon territory.”
The voice of the little tree spirit was clear and melodious.
Although the various powerful demons also wanted to go to the royal city, they ultimately didn’t want to go against the intentions of their own demon empress, shaking their heads with sighs.
“With Elder Ape here, this old man can’t say much… Fine, fine!”
“Xiao Guai, you must keep an eye on Her Highness. Don’t let her be taken away by a human man!”
“Sigh…”
As the powerful demons left one by one, the space returned to silence.
Finally, Xiao Guai and the ape demon also gradually disappeared.
…
Within Luo Wusheng’s dream.
The Holy Saint of the Demon Sect was lost in thought.
He had played into her hands again.
(Really, at first, I just wanted to test Miss Kirin’s so-called ability to manipulate dreams…)
At the beginning, Luo Wusheng had only thought that his method of testing whether he was in a dream was still not entirely accurate. Therefore, he wanted to use words to entice Miss Kirin to manipulate a dream once, thereby completely confirming that he was indeed in a dream.
Well, he quickly came to a conclusion.
He was indeed in a dream, and Miss Kirin’s identity as the mortal form of the Empress of the Immortal Nation was definitively confirmed.
Once a brightly lit night market bustling with people appeared before his eyes, he no longer had any doubts.
Due to his busy schedule in the past half-month, he hadn’t had the chance to visit the night market in the royal city. Therefore, this night market in the dream couldn’t have been created from his own memories.
In other words, this was the night market from Miss Kirin’s memories.
And in this dreamy night market, the girl with the scale-like mask was standing by his side as he had requested.
(He actually succeeded?)
Didn’t this mean that he could play in creator mode during a lucid dream under these circumstances?
At that moment, excitement surged within him.
He also realized at that time that Miss Kirin really didn’t want to reveal her ability to manipulate his dreams.
Perhaps she was afraid he would deduce her identity as the Empress of the Immortal Nation from it.
For him, this was completely advantageous.
The more Miss Kirin acted like this, the more he could have fun in the dream.
After all, the dream wasn’t going to end so soon, and he could enjoy the beauty of the dream for a little longer.
So, he went all out and had a blast.
Luo Wusheng looked at the well-lit residence in front of him, then glanced at the girl beside him… the one with a phoenix crown and a veil covering her face, making her features indistinct.
On the fair wrists of the girl, like frost and snow, a jade stone set within a bracelet emitted the light of stars and moon.
In the dimly lit space.
The various powerful demons who had set out to release the demon empress at night were now crowded into this small space, their faces tense as they looked at the green-skirted young girl in the center.
After waiting for several hours, they finally received a message from their own recently unsealed demon empress.
And the one deciphering this message was none other than the trusted confidante of the little fox demon empress, the little tree demon Xiao Guai.
As the “sister” of the demon empress, the little tree spirit happened to possess the means to receive communication from her elder sister.
With a light flick of her finger, points of light emerged out of thin air, converging into the shape of a letter.
However, as Xiao Guai read the contents of the letter, her expression became increasingly peculiar.
“What… What does this expression of yours mean, Xiao Guai? Could it be that something has happened on the demon empress’s side?”
On the side, the deer demon, observing Xiao Guai’s silence, grew anxious and couldn’t help but ask.
With his remark, the atmosphere in the space became tense.
“… No, the demon empress is fine.”
Xiao Guai shook her head, but she didn’t know how to continue from there.
The powerful demons did relax somewhat upon hearing her words.
“Phew, it’s good that Her Highness is fine…”
On the other side, the sparrow demon’s tightly stretched wings relaxed slightly, but with some confusion, he said, “But since the demon empress is fine, Xiao Guai, what does your expression mean? What exactly happened at the bottom of the lake tonight? And where is Her Highness at this moment?”
“Her Highness is currently… in a residence outside the Demon Artifact Pavilion in the royal city.”
The various powerful demons grew even more puzzled by Xiao Guai’s words.
What was the Demon Artifact Pavilion? It seemed somewhat familiar, as if it had been mentioned frequently recently?
How could the demon empress be in a nearby residence of the Demon Artifact Pavilion?
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Guai seemed to calm her emotions and continued, “The tower master of the Tower of Heavenly Mechanics, Yue Xuanji, did not go back on her word. She did indeed help lift the suppression on the demon empress tonight… However, she didn’t come to find me; instead, she chose to have the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect unseal the demon empress…”
“That residence is none other than the dwelling of the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect, Luo Wusheng.”
At this moment, the powerful demons were left dumbfounded.
And this wasn’t the end. Xiao Guai extended her palm towards them, and illusory leaves flew up, combining in mid-air to form words.
The content of the text was identical to the contents of the demon empress’s letter, but it could be seen by all the powerful demons present.
Seemingly feeling it wasn’t enough, the young girl added another lengthy section of text on the side.
These were pieces of information about a certain Holy Saint of the Demon Sect.
A hiss—
Gasps continuously resounded in the space among the powerful demons.
Most of them were shocked by the information about the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect.
Refining a middle-grade artifact that are nearly as powerful as top-grade ones, shattering tribulation clouds with a single strike, causing astonishment all around?
Conceiving common Artifact that could make even Foundation Establishment cultivators tremble in fear, stirring up a commotion in the royal city?
With a Golden Core cultivation base, able to effortlessly obliterate three Nascent Soul-stage opponents, displaying peerless might?
And even the disruption of the plans of the newly-appointed lord of the demon race in the royal city might be related to this person?
(Is he still human?)
Such thoughts involuntarily crossed the minds of the powerful demons.
Then, they turned their thoughts back to the letter from their demon empress.
In an instant, the space grew noisy.
“He… Isn’t he a human? Why would he take such a risk to unseal the demon empress? Isn’t he afraid of being scorned by humans?”
“According to the information Xiao Guai provided, it seems that he had some kind of relationship with Her Highness before…”
“Could such a relationship make a person help the demon race? I guess he probably has ulterior motives for Her Highness! Her Highness’s beauty is unparalleled in the world; he must be lusting after her! And now she’s trapped in the wolf’s den, it’s urgent!”
“That’s a bit exaggerated… Yue Xuanji is also human, and she helped unseal Her Highness too, right? Besides, now that Her Highness is still in her demon form, she can only appear as a demon. That Holy Saint of the Demon Sect shouldn’t…”
“What’s wrong with appearing as a demon? Is appearing as a human always more attractive than appearing as a demon? I’ve heard rumors for years that the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect avoids female companionship. Maybe he has a taste for this? And now that the demon empress is in a dire situation, this is urgent!”
The powerful demons argued fervently, but the direction of their discussion inexplicably grew skewed.
“Quiet! Silence!”
A loud voice echoed throughout the entire space, causing the powerful demons’ eyes to blur, and they quickly quieted down.
The one who spoke was the Nascent Soul stage ape demon. He straightened his somewhat thin body and took a couple of steps forward to appear in front of the tree spirit, Xiao Guai, nodding his head twice.
The young girl seemed to quickly understand his intention and nodded in response.
“As stated in the letter from the demon empress, I will enter the royal city with Elder Ape after removing the demonic aura. Once the demon empress’s third tail is fully formed and she consumes the Demon Emperor’s Pill, we can return to the demon territory.”
The voice of the little tree spirit was clear and melodious.
Although the various powerful demons also wanted to go to the royal city, they ultimately didn’t want to go against the intentions of their own demon empress, shaking their heads with sighs.
“With Elder Ape here, this old man can’t say much… Fine, fine!”
“Xiao Guai, you must keep an eye on Her Highness. Don’t let her be taken away by a human man!”
“Sigh…”
As the powerful demons left one by one, the space returned to silence.
Finally, Xiao Guai and the ape demon also gradually disappeared.
…
Within Luo Wusheng’s dream.
The Holy Saint of the Demon Sect was lost in thought.
He had played into her hands again.
(Really, at first, I just wanted to test Miss Kirin’s so-called ability to manipulate dreams…)
At the beginning, Luo Wusheng had only thought that his method of testing whether he was in a dream was still not entirely accurate. Therefore, he wanted to use words to entice Miss Kirin to manipulate a dream once, thereby completely confirming that he was indeed in a dream.
Well, he quickly came to a conclusion.
He was indeed in a dream, and Miss Kirin’s identity as the mortal form of the Empress of the Immortal Nation was definitively confirmed.
Once a brightly lit night market bustling with people appeared before his eyes, he no longer had any doubts.
Due to his busy schedule in the past half-month, he hadn’t had the chance to visit the night market in the royal city. Therefore, this night market in the dream couldn’t have been created from his own memories.
In other words, this was the night market from Miss Kirin’s memories.
And in this dreamy night market, the girl with the scale-like mask was standing by his side as he had requested.
(He actually succeeded?)
Didn’t this mean that he could play in creator mode during a lucid dream under these circumstances?
At that moment, excitement surged within him.
He also realized at that time that Miss Kirin really didn’t want to reveal her ability to manipulate his dreams.
Perhaps she was afraid he would deduce her identity as the Empress of the Immortal Nation from it.
For him, this was completely advantageous.
The more Miss Kirin acted like this, the more he could have fun in the dream.
After all, the dream wasn’t going to end so soon, and he could enjoy the beauty of the dream for a little longer.
So, he went all out and had a blast.
Luo Wusheng looked at the well-lit residence in front of him, then glanced at the girl beside him… the one with a phoenix crown and a veil covering her face, making her features indistinct.
On the fair wrists of the girl, like frost and snow, a jade stone set within a bracelet emitted the light of stars and moon.
