After Faking Her Death and Escaping, the Junior Sister Fell to the Demonic Path - Chapter 134

“He can’t find you here.”

The flood dragon continued to coil around Qin Qingyi and ran for nearly four hours, traversing the entire swamp before finally slowing down. It gently set Qin Qingyi down in a clean area.

The dragon’s head affectionately dipped down, its serpentine eyes looking at Qin Qingyi, and slowly blinked.

A voice suddenly appeared in Qin Qingyi’s mind.

May I ask you to stroke me?

It was the voice of the flood dragon before her.

Qin Qingyi was very surprised, but she complied, reaching out and gently stroking the dragon’s head.

The serpentine scales under her hand were a very unique sensation.

Feeling her touch, the flood dragon obediently closed its eyes, even retracting its tongue. Extremely devoutly, it gently pressed against her hand and rubbed a little.

Qin Qingyi generously stroked down the scales. Perhaps because it was already in the process of transforming into a dragon, the flood dragon’s scales did not have the cold, slick feel of a snake. Instead, they were warm, like jade.

Looking closely, the dark green scales concealed numerous specks of mithril that sparkled like the stars in the sky, making it exceptionally beautiful.

“Your scales are very beautiful,” Qin Qingyi couldn’t help but exclaim.

The next second, she clearly felt the flood dragon excitedly flick its tongue.

Thank you.

A very polite flood dragon.

I can only bring you this far. Other places, I cannot go.

The flood dragon’s voice was still hoarse, but it was clearly speaking more smoothly than at the start.

It seemed that indeed, it needed to talk more so it wouldn’t forget how to make sounds.

Qin Qingyi had already received the authority over the entire secret realm from Exalted Immortal Wuwang, so she naturally understood what the flood dragon meant.

The moment she received the authority, the overall view of the entire small world had been imprinted in Qin Qingyi’s mind. If she wished, with just a thought, she could see what was happening in any part of the secret realm.

For instance, right now, she could see that her junior sister was still lost in the swamp. The swamp had many poisonous miasmas and even more vines that disrupted the senses. It would likely take her several hours to get out.

In other places, a few scattered disciples were exploring the treasures of the secret realm at its edges, stuffing any immortal herbs they found into their spatial rings.

It could be said that they stripped everything bare, not leaving a single blade of grass wherever they went.

This secret realm was quite large, almost the size of the Xuantian Realm. The secret realm was divided into many territories, most of which were guarded by high-level spirit beasts like the flood dragon. There were also a few small areas that were ownerless, but those places had nothing—no treasures, and poor environments—so naturally, no spirit beasts would fight over them.

They weren’t fools.

“Thank you for bringing me here,” Qin Qingyi thanked sincerely.

You’re welcome.

The flood dragon was extremely gentle, its serpentine eyes slightly narrowed, clearly feeling very comfortable.

Hesitating for a moment, Qin Qingyi began to speak: “I would like to ask you for a favor, if I may?”

Please say it.

The flood dragon agreed without any hesitation.

The flood dragon flicked its tail and added:

You are the master of this secret realm. Please do not hesitate with any command you have.

Qin Qingyi smiled, and then she said, “These people who came in with me are cultivators from the Xuantian Realm. I would like to ask you to inform the other spirit beasts that if they are only collecting immortal herbs and do not start any conflict, please do not harm them.”

Understood.

The flood dragon assented.

But then Qin Qingyi thought that these cultivators were a mixed bunch, and there might be some with malicious intent, so she added:

“However, if they intentionally provoke trouble, you don’t need to hold back. Give them the lesson they deserve.”

The flood dragon agreed again.

After saying this, Qin Qingyi tilted her head and thought for a moment.

“Do you know if there is a demon god’s remnant here?”

Perhaps the question was too strange, or perhaps the flood dragon did not understand what “demon god’s remnant” referred to. Its serpentine eyes widened and then shrunk before it finally shook its head.

I do not know.

Receiving this answer, Qin Qingyi was not discouraged.

These spirit beasts were here long before the demon god descended upon the Xuantian Realm, so it was normal for them not to know about the demon god.

But immediately following, the flood dragon said something else.

A thousand years ago, a cultivator suddenly broke in and died in the Moon Lake. After she died, the Moon Lake became very strange. There is something there completely different from spiritual energy, like malevolence, that has been growing in the Moon Lake. I don’t know if that is what you are looking for.

The serpentine eyes blinked. Perhaps it was unaccustomed to speaking so much for the first time; the flood dragon kept flicking its tongue, which hung down and made it look particularly clumsy.

Qin Qingyi pondered for a moment after hearing its words.

Something completely different from spiritual energy… and the flood dragon mentioned a dead cultivator.

Qin Qingyi recalled what Exalted Immortal Wuwang had told her earlier in the killing array: a thousand years ago, to seal the demon god, its body was divided into six parts and suppressed separately.

From this, it was likely that the cultivator brought a remnant of the demon god’s body in, sealed it here, and then perished.

“What you said is a huge help. I truly must thank you.”

For the first time, Qin Qingyi felt relaxed.

When she hadn’t entered the secret realm, she never imagined that searching for the demon god’s body would be so easy.

Now, with the help of the spirit beasts inside the secret realm, it was truly as easy as could be.

You don’t need to be polite.

Call me anytime you need me.

The flood dragon finished speaking and turned to swim back into the swamp.

Qin Qingyi stood in place, first closing her eyes to feel the map of the secret realm in her mind, confirming the location. Then, she opened her eyes.

Summoning the Liubai Sword, Qin Qingyi didn’t hesitate. She stepped directly onto the sword hilt and sped towards the direction of the Moon Lake.

Of course, she considered that her current appearance might run into other disciples. To avoid this trouble, she simply reverted to her original appearance, and her demonic energy instantly transformed, changing her sect disciple’s white robe into a demon race outfit.

She specifically chose an extremely bright and bewitching red dress, adorned with silver ornaments, a style completely different from her previous attire. After thinking for a moment, Qin Qingyi fashioned a new face for herself, based on her mother Qin Banruo’s features, and then lowered her voice to speak a sentence.

“In this appearance, it’s impossible for anyone to suspect me again, right?”

There was no similarity in voice, figure, or face.

It was impossible for anyone to suspect her again.

If anyone asked, she would just say she secretly sneaked in.

At the same time, the spirit beasts within the secret realm all received the message from the flood dragon—

The Master has returned.

Aside from the flood dragon, the other four spirit beasts roared in excitement, too thrilled by Qin Qingyi’s arrival to contain themselves, and couldn’t help but flip and move within their territories.

The consequence of this was that the entire secret realm shook significantly due to their movements, and the spirit beasts’ roars rose and fell, leaving the disciples from various sects who happened to be exploring for celestial treasures in those spirit beasts’ territories utterly stunned.

“This sound… there seems to be something in the secret realm.”

Some timid disciples were already on the verge of tears.

“Didn’t they say it was very safe here when we came?”

A few timid disciples were huddled together, not daring to even breathe too loudly.

And some experienced ones had already realized that this secret realm was not as safe as they thought.

“When we investigated before, the secret realm was very quiet, with no such abnormality. Now, why—”

A disciple who had previously entered to investigate the secret realm and was now leading the team for a second entry looked very distressed by the sudden changes around them.

They had thought that when they came in to investigate, they had already eliminated most of the hidden dangers in the secret realm. Who would have thought that this secret realm was hiding so deeply?

Spirit beasts!

They had never seen them before!

If they hadn’t been able to read records about spirit beasts and spirit races in some ancient books, they wouldn’t even be able to tell what these roars were.

But even so, they could only discern that there was more than one spirit beast in the secret realm. Yet, they had no idea if these spirit beasts were benevolent or malevolent.

Moreover, these spirit beasts had been completely silent before, yet now they were roaring together. Did someone provoke them?

Or did something happen in the secret realm that they did not know about, thereby causing the spirit beasts’ anomaly?

Everyone was completely confused.

Including Zhou Zhixue, who was still trapped in the swamp.

She was confined by the obstruction of the surrounding vines.

These vines did not attack her; they simply formed an airtight cage of vines around her, trapping her within.

Compared to the aggressiveness they displayed at the beginning, these vines were now extremely docile.

It was as if something was manipulating them.

Zhou Zhixue picked up her sword and cut one of them, but quickly, another one filled the gap, completely sealing the cut opening.

No matter how many she cut down with a single stroke, the next instant, they would be filled again. As long as she didn’t completely kill these vines, they would infinitely reproduce new branches, trapping her and preventing her from leaving.

No attack, just confinement.

No matter how she tried to break through, she could not escape the vines’ encirclement.

From the outside, it looked like a gigantic, hollow sphere surrounded by countless vine branches, with Zhou Zhixue trapped inside.

After sending Qin Qingyi away, the flood dragon slowly swam back. It looked at Zhou Zhixue, trapped in the vines, and its huge serpentine eyes blinked.

The Master said not to harm this human cultivator, only to delay her for a while.

So, the Master does not want her whereabouts to be discovered by the other party.

The huge flood dragon head summarized its master’s objective.

Thus, the flood dragon wagged its tail contentedly and curled its massive body into a circle, its head resting on its body, watching Zhou Zhixue tightly wrapped by the vines.

It commanded the surrounding vines to wrap around the already tightly bound vine sphere even more densely, making it much sturdier than before.

Perhaps sensing that the flood dragon had returned, the movement inside the vines suddenly quieted down. Two breaths later, the surroundings suddenly grew cold.

Frost gradually spread out from the vine sphere, covering layer after layer of the vines with ice, freezing them from the inside out.

An extremely powerful energy gradually manifested inside the vine sphere. The flood dragon realized that the vines could no longer hold it back, so it flicked its tail and swiftly moved backward, lest it be affected.

Just as it had retreated a few steps, a crack appeared in the ice-sealed vine sphere. It started as a thin line, then gradually widened, and finally, an angry, cold light completely tore through the vines and slashed directly at the flood dragon.

The flood dragon’s serpentine eyes sharply contracted. Subconsciously, it wanted to activate its combat state and counterattack, but then it remembered that it could not harm her, so it could only grudgingly use its tail to block the attack.

“Stinky snake! Where did you hide her!”

The flood dragon lowered its tail and saw a person suddenly appear before it.

Who else could it be but Zhou Zhixue?

At this moment, Zhou Zhixue had completely torn off her former facade of being otherworldly, cold, and emotionless. Her murderous intent was overwhelming, and raging fire burned in her eyes, melting that eternal iceberg.

Again, and again!

She was once again forced to watch the people around her be taken away!

Even though this time it was not the person she cherished, she would never, never allow such a thing to happen again!

The powerlessness of the past completely overlapped with the present, and the soaring anger made her practically lose her mind.

The cold gleam of the Chang’le Sword pointed straight at the serpentine eye.

If Qin Qingyi were here, she would probably laugh out loud.

Her good junior sister was actually so furious she was losing control one day.

Zhou Zhixue no longer restrained her strength. The formidable spiritual power of the Heaven Human Realm fully unfolded, and the overwhelming cold air pressed down, covering this entire swamp with a layer of frost.

She hovered in mid-air, a small human figure confronting the massive flood dragon.

Ice crystals condensed into six-petaled snowflakes beneath her feet. Zhou Zhixue stepped on them, glaring down at the flood dragon’s serpentine eyes, which were larger than her entire body, her expression icy:

“Hand her over, and I’ll spare your life!”