Luo Jianqing pressed his abdomen, making the Fiend Exalt confused. The next moment, a blood fruit suddenly appeared from his abdomen, during which he felt painful as if his soul was being torn. With beads of sweat rolling down from his forehead, Luo Jianqingâs face turned pale. He gritted his teeth and finally separated the fruit from his body.
Blood oozed from his mouth. Now, Luo Jianqing understood why his master asked him to returned the fruit only when he arrived at the Fiend Palace. He was extremely weak and needed someone powerful to heal him. Besides, no one could stop the spiritual powers of the fruit from escaping from Luo Jianqingâs body.
Seeing that, the Fiend Exalt was wide-eyed with astonishment. He subconsciously forgot his status and grabbed Luo Jianqing hurriedly, âLuo Jianqing, what are you doing?â
Luo Jianqing looked pale and weak. He held the Blood Spirit Fruit with both hands and said respectfully, âIâm returning it to its rightful owner.â
The Fiend Exalt felt speechless.
After a while, the Fiend Exalt took back the Fruit. He pressed his hand against Luo Jianqingâs back to heal him. Fifteen minutes later, Luo Jianqing was completely healed, yet the Fiend Exalt didnât leave. He asked seriously, âDo you understand that once you lose this fruit, your practice process will slow down?â
Luo Jianqing nodded slightly, âI understand.â
âThen why do you return it? Since I didnât kill you, I donât have the intention to take it back.â
Luo Jianqing looked up at the Fiend Exalt and replied seriously, âSir, Iâve heard from my master that youâre trying to reach Deity Transformation Period, and the fewer you know it, the better it is for you, so I didnât talk about it in the Main Hall. Although Dao Cultivators have always been irreconcilable with Fiend Cultivators, it will be a good fortune for human beings if you really make it. It will take me at least one or two hundred years to reach Deity Transformation Period no matter how talented I am, but you are a Fiend Cultivator, much more powerful than those at the same level. Therefore, if you can reach that period, humans can secure real and everlasting peace.â
The Fiend Exalt fell into silence.
After a long time, he asked, âIf humans gain peace, then the agreement we made hundreds of years ago will be invalid, isnât it?â
Luo Jianqing was a little bit baffled, but he still nodded after a thought, âYes.â
âInteresting. Thatâs what Xuan Lingzi really aims for.â
Luo Jianqing didnât understand his words, yet the Fiend Exalt still stayed in his room. They gazed at each other. Luo Jianqing felt that he had been through this scene for many times, but he couldnât recall any details.
When the Fiend Exalt intended to leave, Luo Jianqing walked him to the door. Before he left, the Fiend Exalt grabbed Luo Jianqingâs left hand and pressed the center of his palm, leaving a mark there.
After the Fiend Exalt left, Luo Jianqing saw a character âQiuâ glowing with red light on his palm. He was totally confused and didnât figure out anything about it.
âWhatâs wrong with him? When did he imprint his name on my hand? Itâs inappropriate anyway. I have to erase it before I return to Tai Hua mountain. Maybe I can show it to Sir Yu Qingzi, she might know something about it.â
Mo Qianqiu was eavesdropping not far from him, ââŠâ
âDamn it! I will kill you idiot!!!â
The next day, Luo Jianqing left with the elders of Tai Hua mountain. The Fiend Exalt didnât show up again, nor did Qin Guihe, who was being punished. Instead, the right Dharmapala Qin Siyi came to see them off, who accompanied them to the foot of the Fiend Mountain and left, without saying anything.
Those Dao Cultivators were dissatisfied with his indifferent attitude, yet they didnât say anything. After all, âthanks toâ Gui Yi of the Duan Hun Sect, Qin Siyiâs innocent younger brother and lover was being punished. He had exercised great restraint and done his best not to give them bad attitude.
The team headed to the border of the Fiend Realm. Since they had been familiar with the way, they came back directly without any guide.
There was something interesting. Although Gui Yiâs hands were cut off by the Fiend Exalt, the panacea of Duan Hun Sect should have cured him already, but he hadnât hadhis new hands back yet. It seemed that each time the panacea was about to cure the cuts, a blood- red Fiend Power would swallow it completely.
Gui Yi kept cursing the Fiend Exalt all the way.
When he was still in the Palace, he barely dared to take a deep breath and cried like a coward, but the moment he left the Palace, he could throw any bad languages he liked. His dirty words made Luo Jianqing frown. He told his younger fellow sister, âDonât listen to these pestilential words.â
Wei Qiongyin nodded and told her considerate senior brother, âNor do you.â
Dozens of days later, the team finally saw the big river that divided Yun state and Fiend Realm. Sir Yu Qingzi took out her flying pagoda and invited the elders of Tai Hua mountain on. Luo Jianqing was the last one to get on-he kept looking back at the Fiend Palace as he felt that he had neglected something, but failed to recall anyway.
Yu Qingzi stood under the pagoda and said, âJianqing, get on.â
Luo Jianqing turned around. Just as he raised his leg and was about to get on, a black Fiend Qi billowed towards him and took him away!
Yu Qingziâs eyes widened. She quickly took out her whisk and overtook it, yet the powerful Fiend Qi knocked him away, which then disappeared in the sky with Luo Jianqing.
Yu Qingziâs eyes went red, âJianqing!â
The master of Gui Yuan sect also clutched his beads with eyes wide open, âThe early-stage Da Sheng Period Fiend Cultivator!â
Sir Yu Qingzi was furious and wanted to go back to the Fiend Palace for an explanation, but the master of Gui Yuan Sect said, âDonât go! There are altogether eleven Da Sheng Period Fiend Cultivators, five in the Palace, while the other six are not under the command of Fiend Palace. I think that one doesnât serve the Fiend Palace, otherwise he wouldnât have waited until now.â
Hearing that, Yu Qingzi gradually calmed down. She gripped her whisk and said with guilt, âItâs all my fault. Iâve failed to protect my disciple. My fellow masters, please take care of the rest of the cultivators of Tai Hua mountain. Just take them to Gui Yuan Sect to settle down temporarily. I will head back to Tai Hua mountain as soon as possible and report it to Sir Hao Xingzi andâŠXuan Lingzi.â