After Faking Her Death and Escaping, the Junior Sister Fell to the Demonic Path - Chapter 105

At this point, Feng Ying finally understood that a highly secretive demon seed was parasitic in Feng Ning’s body. Previously, due because of Feng Ning’s damaged Dantian and severed meridians, this demon seed had been dormant within her body, slowly, little by little, traversing her body, leaving demon threads everywhere in preparation for seizing control of the body later.

Until—

She regained her spiritual root.

The demon seed that had been dormant in her body for a long time instantly erupted, seizing control of the body.

After saying that, Feng Ning seemed powerless to resist the demon seed’s invasion and tightened the grip on Feng Ying’s neck again.

However, how could Shangguan Yu on the side just sit back and wait for death? She struggled to get up and attacked the demonized Feng Ning again.

The opponent, annoyed, threw Feng Ying aside, where she fell unconscious.

“I don’t know what happened after that.”

A heavy shadow passed across Feng Ying’s face. After she fainted that day, when she woke up, the Sword Sect had already undergone a major change.

Shangguan Yu told her that Feng Ning had run away after seriously injuring both of them. Due to her severe injuries, she couldn’t pursue, so she could only let the other party escape from the Sword Sect.

“After I woke up, I cast several divination spells in a row, all of which indicated that A-Ning’s life candle was flickering in the wind, about to be extinguished.”

“She is dying, please, save her.”

Feng Ying’s eyes pleaded. She looked at Qin Qingyi, almost lowering herself to the dust to make the other person feel soft-hearted and agree to save Feng Ning.

Qin Qingyi felt completely uncomfortable under her gaze and could only turn her head away.

Now that the whereabouts of Feng Ning were unknown, how could she boast about saving her?

Moreover…

Qin Qingyi frowned, grasping the key point: “But… that demon seed is now in the body of Martial Uncle Sect Leader. A demon seed can only parasitize one person. The demon seed is no longer in Feng Ning’s body, so where could she go?”

“I don’t know.”

Feng Ying said bitterly.

Since she fell unconscious, she had not seen Feng Ning again. Even divination could only barely tell her that Feng Ning’s life force was weak, but the location was completely unknown.

The three of them fell into a stalemate for a moment.

It was Zhou Zhixue who slowly questioned again after carefully pondering Qin Qingyi’s words: “Did Martial Uncle tell you how the demon seed transferred?”

Feng Ying froze.

Then she slowly shook her head.

“What does that mean?” Qin Qingyi was slightly curious.

Zhou Zhixue looked at her and gently explained: “Senior Sister may not know, but during this time I have been guarding Cliff Mountain, and many disciples from other sects have also been parasitized by demon seeds. However, no matter what method is used, the demon seed is difficult to strip from the body. It can only be left to the demon seed to slowly drain the host’s essence and vital energy, and then the host explodes and dies.”

Qin Qingyi’s face turned pale when she heard this.

She suddenly recalled that if it weren’t for the help of Immortal Venerable Wuwang before, then wouldn’t it have been…

“Demon seeds are extremely difficult to strip away. I don’t know what method Martial Uncle used, or if the demon seed actively switched hosts, but in general, after being parasitized by a demon seed, the demon seed will completely consume the host’s essence and vital energy.”

“Even if the demon seed is no longer in Feng Ning’s body, she has been parasitized for too long, I’m afraid—”

It’s beyond saving.

Zhou Zhixue was too calm. She had seen too many identical cases on Cliff Mountain, and without exception, they all ended in death.

It’s likely that Feng Ning is also facing a grim fate.

“But Master and the others were actively parasitized by demon seeds and they ascended—”

She hurriedly wanted to refute Zhou Zhixue.

But the other party just looked at her peacefully: “Senior Sister, Master and the others were already powerhouses at the Half-Step Ascension Realm at that time. Those disciples who were parasitized are not.”

Cultivators at the Half-Step Ascension Realm, after being parasitized by a demon seed, would be fed back by the demon seed, breaking through the boundary with surging demonic power and directly achieving ascension.

But those who were barely at the Transformation God or Celestial Realm, or even some at the Nascent Soul Realm, they couldn’t even touch the Half-Step Ascension Realm. After being parasitized by the demon seed, could they really withstand the power given by the demon seed?

The more Qin Qingyi thought about it, the colder her spine became.

Zhou Zhixue sighed, completing the rest of the sentence.

“Just today, I personally witnessed a disciple of the Kunwu Sect who was parasitized by a demon seed. They had just entered the Celestial Realm, but because of the demon seed parasitism, their strength surged and then plummeted. In the end, their meridians snapped, their Dantian burst, and they bled from all seven orifices until they lost their life.”

She personally watched that disciple explode and die in front of her, which increased her hatred for the demon race even more.

She was young when the human imperial city was massacred in her childhood, but that doesn’t mean she has forgotten the past.

She always remembered her Imperial Mother fleeing with her. If it weren’t for her dragging her down, perhaps her Imperial Mother could have escaped earlier, instead of getting injured at the root while fighting the demon race with her, and eventually losing her life.

And if she hadn’t met her Master, she might have turned into an ice sculpture in that snowy night, or been discovered by the demon race and taken back to become a vessel for a demon seed, ultimately meeting the same end as that disciple.

The demon race is truly detestable!

Therefore, even if the demon seed in Feng Ning’s body was removed, her body was already riddled with holes from the demon threads.

“If I hadn’t persuaded her to agree to transfer her spiritual root in the first place, perhaps this wouldn’t have happened.”

Feng Ying was full of remorse, tears streaming down and soaking her clothes.

For many days, she hadn’t shed a tear, thinking that seeing Qin Qingyi would lead to a way to save Feng Ning. This hope kept her going until now.

But now hearing that even if Feng Ning was found, she wouldn’t have many days left to live, Feng Ying was so heartbroken that she almost vomited her heart and liver.

Zhou Zhixue looked at the sky and said, “It’s too late today. Tomorrow we will go to find Martial Uncle and ask for the details, so we can go find Feng Ning.”

Feng Ying had no other choice and could only nod.

After sending her away, only Qin Qingyi and Zhou Zhixue remained in the room.

It was only then that Qin Qingyi finally had time to catch up with her and ask about the various changes in the Sword Sect during her absence.

This went on for several more hours.

By the time the conversation ended, the sky had already turned a faint white.

Not getting any rest on the first day back at the Sword Sect, Qin Qingyi frowned, blinked her slightly dry eyes, got up and said to Zhou Zhixue:

“Let’s go, accompany me to find Martial Uncle.”

Zhou Zhixue naturally agreed.

But half-way there, Qin Qingyi’s steps slowed down again and again.

Yesterday she refused Martial Uncle’s intention to pass the position to her. She wondered if the other party would still be so unreasonable when they met again today.

Thinking of this, Qin Qingyi glanced at Zhou Zhixue.

If Martial Uncle could pass the position to Junior Sister, perhaps it wouldn’t be unacceptable?

Besides herself, Junior Sister is the first in line, so this wouldn’t be against the rules either.

Thinking it through, Qin Qingyi’s heart also lightened up.

Although Zhou Zhixue didn’t know why she suddenly became happy, seeing her smile made her unknowingly curve her lips as well.

When they reached the Peak of Sword Mastery, they saw Feng Ying’s figure from afar.

But only after they got closer did Qin Qingyi exclaim in surprise: “Why do you have such big dark circles under your eyes?”

“Didn’t sleep all night,” Feng Ying said tiredly.

Not only Qin Qingyi and Zhou Zhixue were sleepless this night. Feng Ying tossed and turned in bed like a pancake on a griddle, constantly wondering what she should do tomorrow to see Feng Ning.

Qin Qingyi understood, knowing the reason why she couldn’t sleep, so she could only sigh and say, “Let’s go.”

The three walked together and soon arrived at Shangguan Yu’s residence.

But before the three could knock on the door, Shangguan Yu’s voice was already heard from inside.

“Come in.”

Qin Qingyi’s raised hand, intending to knock, paused, then she opened her palm and pushed the door open.

“Martial Uncle, we have something we want to talk to you about today—”

The rest of the words got stuck in her throat, and Qin Qingyi froze in place.

The two behind her didn’t know why she was stuck in place and peered in. Upon seeing it, Zhou Zhixue and Feng Ying were also stunned.

And the person inside the house smiled at them: “You’ve arrived?”

Feng Ning looked at the three people frozen at the doorway and smiled: “Why don’t you come in? Or do you not recognize me?”

Qin Qingyi looked at her and stammered: “Feng Ying said you… you weren’t… why are you here?”

The conversation took several turns, and Qin Qingyi finally only managed to ask why Feng Ning was here at this moment.

“She is my disciple, of course she should be here with me.”

Shangguan Yu, at the side, watched the three of them with her arms crossed, looking leisurely.

Qin Qingyi stared at her, even more dumbfounded.

“Martial Uncle, you… why are you… you’re fine?!”

The same joke was made twice, and Feng Ning couldn’t help but chuckle at the side.

“Qin Qingyi, what’s wrong with you? Why are you even stuttering when you talk?”

Feng Ying, on the other hand, ignored everything else. Seeing Feng Ning standing alive and well in front of her, the next moment her eyes were teary, and she rushed over with a choked sob.

“A-Ning!”

Feng Ning caught her and coaxed her gently: “It’s alright? Aren’t I standing here well? You don’t have to worry anymore.”

Feng Ying opened her tear-filled eyes, full of grievances, complaints, and days of worry, accusing Feng Ning: “Where did you go? I couldn’t find you, and you wouldn’t come to see me. Are you happy watching me not sleep well every day because of you?”

Feng Ning had no temper at all and could only humble herself further to coax her.

“It’s alright, Xiao Ying, I was also distressed watching you, but Master wouldn’t let me see you, so I couldn’t do anything.”

She directly dumped the blame entirely on Shangguan Yu.

Seeing her favouring her friend over her Master, Shangguan Yu shook her head amusedly, but didn’t blame her. She just shook her head and conceded: “Alright, alright, it’s all my fault, it’s all my fault as your Master.”

The atmosphere on that side was harmonious, but Qin Qingyi, who was still standing at the door without much movement, was about to explode with anger.

She looked at the two people in front of her and felt like she had been thoroughly tricked by this pair of master and disciple.

“You… you…”

She first looked at Shangguan Yu, then at Feng Ning and Feng Ying, so enraged that she couldn’t speak.

Shangguan Yu, who was weak yesterday, was now lively and hopping, looking nothing like someone seriously injured and near death.

And Feng Ning, wasn’t she said to be missing? Who was standing in front of her now? A ghost?

So, she was the only one being played for a fool?

They were good master and disciple, good sisters, a harmonious family.

What was she, who had been worried and scared since yesterday, counted as?

Was she considered self-romanticizing, right?

Zhou Zhixue thoughtfully soothed her. She had somewhat guessed what she saw, and since both were fine, that was the best outcome, so she didn’t care about anything else and focused on comforting Qin Qingyi.

“Senior Sister, don’t be angry.”

The slender, soft hand placed on Qin Qingyi’s chest, carrying a coolness, easily extinguished Qin Qingyi’s anger. She gave a huff and placed her hand on Zhou Zhixue’s.

“Good Martial Niece, don’t be angry, be careful not to harm your body.”

Shangguan Yu looked at her and offered a cup of tea with a smile.

Qin Qingyi reached out to take it, took a sip, and couldn’t help but say sarcastically: “Good Martial Uncle, if you had just said a few more words to your junior yesterday, your junior wouldn’t have worried so much that she didn’t sleep all night.”

“Your junior now sees that you and Feng Ning are perfectly healthy, so I guess you don’t need me anymore. Junior Sister, let’s go.”

Saying that, Qin Qingyi was about to pull Zhou Zhixue to leave.

This place was not suitable to stay long. She would only be tricked by this dark-hearted master and disciple here. It was better to run away quickly.

However, Shangguan Yu flashed over, blocked the two of them, and offered two more cups of tea.

“Ay~”

“Good Martial Niece, why are you in such a hurry to leave?”

Shangguan Yu spoke softly, leading Qin Qingyi and Zhou Zhixue to sit down.

“This matter is truly a bit complicated, Martial Niece, please sit down first, and I will explain it slowly.”

By this point, the anger in Qin Qingyi’s heart had mostly dissipated. Seeing Shangguan Yu’s extremely humble posture, she finally turned her head haughtily:

“Since Martial Uncle insists on telling, I will reluctantly listen.”

Shangguan Yu was not angry, finding her appearance extremely cute, and couldn’t resist reaching out to pinch Qin Qingyi’s cheek, which was quickly slapped away by Qin Qingyi, who glared at her angrily.

Zhou Zhixue’s eyes also cooled down at the side. She took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, moistened it with her ice spiritual root, and wiped Qin Qingyi’s cheek that had been pinched.

Shangguan Yu raised an eyebrow at this sight, knowing she had been offensive, and didn’t say anything, but just cleared her throat and changed the subject.

“Alright, no more teasing my good Martial Niece, let’s talk about serious matters.”

She suddenly became serious, which made Qin Qingyi couldn’t help but straighten her back, sitting even more rigidly.

Feng Ning and Feng Ying, at the side, had also finished their private conversation and now gathered around. Feng Ning looked at Shangguan Yu and asked:

“Master, why don’t you let me tell the story?”

Shangguan Yu was naturally happy to be lazy and yielded the opportunity to narrate to Feng Ning. She moved a chair over and lay down lazily.

“Then let the main person involved in this matter tell the story.”