After Faking Her Death and Escaping, the Junior Sister Fell to the Demonic Path - Chapter 126

By the end of the third year, Qin Qingyi finally lit the last main array core.

The main array core consumed a vast amount of demonic power, and because of this, after lighting the last core, she forced herself back to the demon clan before instantly collapsing into unconsciousness.

“Senior Sister, you made me wait so bitterly…”

Qin Qingyi’s eyes were tightly shut, a thin sheen of cold sweat seeping from her forehead.

“Senior Sister, do you even have a heart…”

Qin Qingyi’s brows furrowed, her pale lips pursed, as she shook her head left and right, seemingly caught in a nightmare.

“Senior Sister, I miss you so much… Senior Sister, where exactly did you go, Senior Sister… I will always find you!!!”

The last sentence pierced her soul, making Qin Qingyi instantly wake up from her dream.

She abruptly opened her eyes and sat up, the dramatic movement nearly sending the thin quilt flying off her.

Qin Qingyi was gasping for air, the blood-stained face of Zhou Zhixue from the dream constantly replaying in her mind, making it hard for her to distinguish if she was still dreaming.

She closed her eyes and shook her head, constantly telling herself that it was just a dream, just a dream…

After a while, she gradually calmed down, and only then did she realize that her back was completely soaked.

That nightmare had actually startled her into a cold sweat.

“Ah…”

Qin Qingyi covered her face, her emotions complicated and difficult to articulate.

“How could I have such a dream…”

She muttered the sentence, unsure if she was lamenting or asking herself.

“Daytime thoughts lead to nighttime dreams.”

A sudden, unexpected voice startled Qin Qingyi, nearly causing her to tumble off the bed.

Realizing who it was, Qin Qingyi gritted her teeth: “Senior, next time, could you please give me a heads-up before speaking? If you do that two more times, I’m afraid I’ll be scared to death.”

The Immortal Venerable Wuwang materialized, throwing her hands up helplessly: “Then kill me.”

Qin Qingyi rolled her eyes at her.

If she could actually kill the other party, she would have done so long ago. Being startled like this all the time, she felt like she was losing her three souls and seven spirits.

However, merely having the murderous intent was useless; she couldn’t defeat the other party.

The Immortal Venerable Wuwang obviously knew this, so she was reckless.

Qin Qingyi suddenly recalled something—

While she was in the killing array, the Immortal Venerable Wuwang never appeared once.

This was very unusual.

Extremely unusual.

For three whole years, the Immortal Venerable Wuwang had never been in slumber for such a long time; even if she was weak, she shouldn’t have failed to show up even once for three years.

The excessive silence seemed eerie.

Yet, as soon as she returned to the demon clan, as soon as she left the killing array, the other party appeared again. If someone claimed there was nothing suspicious about it, would they believe her?

“Senior, have you been in slumber for the past three years?” Qin Qingyi narrowed her eyes, observing the Immortal Venerable Wuwang.

The other party’s body stiffened for a moment, then returned to a calm and composed state.

“Yes, why? Did you miss me?”

Qin Qingyi did not miss that fleeting moment of unnaturalness. She realized there must be something wrong, but the other party refused to tell her.

According to the Immortal Venerable Wuzui, this wisp of the Immortal Venerable Wuwang’s divided soul, along with the killing sword, was originally left in the Xuantian Realm to help her overcome a great tribulation. Why wouldn’t the Immortal Venerable Wuwang appear to meet her?

Could it be that there was some conflict between the Immortal Venerable Wuwang and the Immortal Venerable Wuzui that she was unaware of?

Qin Qingyi couldn’t figure it out.

Perhaps there were deeper secrets involved that she didn’t know.

Although she didn’t know why the Immortal Venerable Wuwang hadn’t woken up for so long, or had woken up but hadn’t appeared, she was sensible; if the other party didn’t say, she wouldn’t press the matter.

Curiosity killed the cat.

And it would also kill the fox.

So, she tactfully changed the subject.

“Yes, Junior missed you very much. After all, you promised to impart the Dao to Junior, and Junior has been waiting.”

Qin Qingyi brought up what the Immortal Venerable Wuwang had said before, smiling sweetly to smooth things over and move past the topic.

With an out, the Immortal Venerable Wuwang naturally shifted the topic with Qin Qingyi without any burden.

“No hurry for that.” The Immortal Venerable Wuwang curled her lips, and a flash of white light erupted from her fingertips, which were becoming an increasingly faint white illusion.

In just an instant, this white light sent shivers down Qin Qingyi’s spine and made her eyes suddenly contract. The instinct of a fox avoiding danger screamed at her to quickly dodge, to hide, not to be discovered.

It was not for any other reason but the killing intent contained within that beam of white light. Even though only a trace was revealed, it was so formidable that Qin Qingyi could barely breathe.

She had a premonition that if she were locked onto by this killing intent, even though she was now half a step away from ascension, she would instantly vanish into thin air, leaving no trace.

She turned to flee.

“Why are you running?”

A lazy and confused voice came from behind her.

But Qin Qingyi acted as if she hadn’t heard, focusing solely on scrambling away.

However, before she could escape the confines of the bed, a powerful force wrapped around her waist and dragged her back.

“Thud—”

She tumbled onto the bed, rolling wildly a few times within the soft silk bedding, wrapping herself into a large cocoon, and finally stopping just at the edge of the bed.

Fortunately, the bed was large enough that she didn’t fall off.

Qin Qingyi was still not resigned, panting heavily, her already bestial claws scratching deep marks into the bed frame, producing a harsh, grating sound.

“This little fox is quite wild.”

The Immortal Venerable Wuwang walked to the edge of the bed, picked up Qin Qingyi by the scruff of her neck with one hand, completely disregarding the other party’s threatening hiss, joined her two fingers together, and pointed them directly at Qin Qingyi’s glabella.

In an instant, the white light submerged into Qin Qingyi’s glabella, giving her a sudden cool sensation there.

Nothing else happened.

Qin Qingyi gradually calmed down, no longer struggling, her eyes regaining clarity.

The Immortal Venerable Wuwang knew she was awake and immediately released her grip.

“Plop—”

As soon as she let go, Qin Qingyi fell back onto the bed.

The fall made Qin Qingyi’s head buzz.

“Hiss—” Qin Qingyi covered her head and gasped, complaining, “Could you be a little gentler?”

How much effort would it take to gently set her down?

Seriously.

The Immortal Venerable Wuwang raised an eyebrow: “Still want gentleness? You were clawing and showing your teeth just now. Someone who didn’t know might think you were going to eat me.”

Qin Qingyi now realized what had happened and immediately felt a little embarrassed. She blushed, scratched her head, and tried to explain: “Just now… Junior was just too scared. I don’t know why, but I felt like if I didn’t run away immediately, I would lose my life, so I…”

As she spoke, she realized that it was just her sense of crisis acting up, and in reality, nothing had happened.

That white light was like a drop of cool water entering her glabella and then disappearing in an instant. She didn’t feel any difference.

Qin Qingyi blinked. She felt nothing.

After carefully inspecting her dantian and meridians for a full cycle, Qin Qingyi found that single drop of water in a small corner of her dantian.

A drop of water that would be completely unnoticeable without careful observation.

“This is?”

She was puzzled.

“Close your eyes and sink your consciousness into your dantian, carefully perceive it.”

The Immortal Venerable Wuwang spoke concisely.

“This is my most treasured thread of killing intent. Perceive it well, don’t disgrace me.”

Saying this, the Immortal Venerable Wuwang couldn’t hide her pride, “Once you fully comprehend this killing intent, I’ll teach you other things.”

Qin Qingyi was helpless and could only follow the instructions.

Qin Qingyi held her breath, focusing all her attention on her dantian. The miniature person, a replica of her, in her dantian immediately woke up, moving its limbs and shaking its head.

After confirming that she was in complete sync with her Nascent Soul, Qin Qingyi controlled the miniature Nascent Soul to approach the drop of water suspended in her dantian.

The miniature Nascent Soul cautiously extended a finger and gently nudged the water drop.

The moment of contact, the water drop silently dissolved, seeping into the miniature Nascent Soul’s fingertip.

And precisely at this instant, Qin Qingyi felt her entire body enveloped by a powerful and overbearing killing intent.

Pure killing intent.

Not for revenge, not for hatred.

Without love or thought, without spirit or intention.

Only for killing.

Slay all living beings in the world.

Slay all mundane things.

Slay all new life, slay all decay.

Even slay time itself.

Slay the past, slay the future.

Slay the illusion, slay the reality.

Slay all that can be slain.

And slay all that cannot be slain.

Unmixed with any emotion, only—

KILL!!!

After a long while, Qin Qingyi was still dazed and unable to recover.

Seeing her still lost in a trance like a fool, the Immortal Venerable Wuwang immediately acted like an extremely proud phoenix, holding her head high, and pacing over to Qin Qingyi:

“Hey, little one, come back to your senses.”

Qin Qingyi turned her head blankly, looked at her, and blinked.

The Immortal Venerable Wuwang tucked in her chin: “Hey, it’s time to wake up.”

“Although I know I’m very powerful, you don’t have to be like this. You look too foolish. I’ll start doubting my own judgment.”

Qin Qingyi blinked again but still didn’t speak.

The Immortal Venerable Wuwang pressed against Qin Qingyi’s forehead, staring straight at her: “Wake up quickly, if you don’t wake up, I’ll kill you right now, take over your body, and make sure you never see your good Junior Sister again!”

“And then I’ll use your body to deceive people everywhere and completely ruin your reputation!”

Although she was saying this, the Immortal Venerable Wuwang’s eyes became increasingly nervous, and she even started muttering to herself uncontrollably: “What’s going on?”

“Could it be that the killing intent was too fierce and scared her into a fool?”

“It shouldn’t be. I carefully controlled the force; nothing should go wrong.”

“Did I make a mistake? Oh, what should I do now? If she’s a fool, where will I find another good candidate like her? This demon clan is suffering from a lack of talent, and there are no other promising little ones.”

Hearing this, Qin Qingyi could no longer hold back and burst out laughing.

Seeing that she was completely fine, the Immortal Venerable Wuwang was immediately enraged: “You were tricking me?”

Qin Qingyi laughed even harder, so much so that her stomach hurt, and she rolled around on the bed.

The Immortal Venerable Wuwang spun around in circles, pacing back and forth in the small space of the bed, clearly furious.

“How dare you trick me? How dare you trick me?!”

“Do you believe I won’t skin you alive? You little fox, you have the guts of a bear and a leopard to dare to make fun of me!”

She kept repeating only these two sentences, which made Qin Qingyi laugh even more.

Until she had laughed enough, Qin Qingyi wiped away the tears brought on by laughter from the corners of her eyes, tried her best to control the upward curve of her lips, and apologized to the Immortal Venerable Wuwang: “I’m truly sorry, Senior. I really couldn’t hold it in just now. I haven’t offended you, have I?”

The Immortal Venerable Wuwang huffed proudly and turned her head away, refusing to acknowledge her.

Qin Qingyi’s lips couldn’t help but curl upwards again.

The Immortal Venerable Wuwang immediately bristled: “You’re still laughing!!!”

Qin Qingyi cleared her throat as a cover, then tried her best to suppress the urge to laugh again.

She couldn’t be blamed for this. Who told the Immortal Venerable Wuwang to hide so many secrets from her? She was always speaking in riddles, treating her like a child.

In her heart, Qin Qingyi had a little revenge on the Immortal Venerable Wuwang.

Although the price was coaxing the other party for over an hour.

After all the fuss, the Immortal Venerable Wuwang finally returned to her dantian, refusing to speak to her no matter how softly and sweetly Qin Qingyi pleaded.

She was as silent as if she had died.

Qin Qingyi was so frustrated that she clawed and scratched, even tearing off the carved branch ornament at the head of the bed.

Finally, having exhausted her anger, she could only throw out a useless threat:

“Have the guts to never speak again!”