After Faking Her Death and Escaping, the Junior Sister Fell to the Demonic Path - Chapter 47

However, Qin Qingyi’s suggestion was still rejected.

“The current situation is probably not suitable for descending the mountain.”

Real Person Wenqing shook her head.

The Demon Race’s movements are increasingly frequent; it seems a new upheaval is imminent.

“But…”

Real Person Wenqing’s tone shifted.

“There is one matter I need to discuss with you.”

As she spoke, the two had returned to Hidden Snow Peak and found a stone table to sit at.

Qin Qingyi took her seat: “Master, please speak.”

Real Person Wenqing set out the tea cups, poured two cups of tea first, and then said:

“Among the disciples who returned yesterday, some came back from the Human Realm and brought back a piece of news.”

She looked at Qin Qingyi and sighed: “Since the Human Emperor’s demise, the main line of the Human Emperor is now without an heir. A child from a side branch has inherited the great throne. Being a side branch, their strength is naturally inferior to the previous Human Emperor. Because of this, the Human Realm has been constantly encroached upon by the Demon Race.”

“That would be one thing, but there are always bursts of intense demonic energy erupting from the Demon Race’s side. According to the returning disciples, the interval for this bizarre demonic energy eruption used to be once a month, then once every half a month, and now it’s once a week.”

“So, Master wants me to go and investigate?”

Qin Qingyi interrupted Real Person Wenqing’s long speech, a look of gloom on her face.

It happened that the wind stroked the treetops, rolling up petals of peach blossoms.

Qin Qingyi reached out, plucked a peach blossom petal that had landed on her shoulder, then let go, sending it off with the wind. Hearing Real Person Wenqing’s words, she couldn’t help but complain, “Master, I just came back, and you want to order me around again?”

“Hidden Snow Peak doesn’t only have me as a disciple now.”

Real Person Wenqing was suddenly exposed, feeling a little awkward, and only covered it up by drinking tea: “Ahem…”

But then, as if making amends, she added: “Of course, it’s not just this matter.”

“This morning, I divined a hexagram. In the place where the demonic energy surges into the sky, there is a great opportunity, and it is related to you.”

Qin Qingyi scoffed lightly: “Master, don’t try to deceive me. You’ve said this kind of thing no fewer than eight or ten times, and none of them were real.”

Her tone was certain, as if she was sure that Real Person Wenqing was playing a trick on her this time too.

If she thought about it, Real Person Wenqing always used this line to trick her before, saying that there was a great opportunity somewhere, and deceiving her into searching for it, but it was never true.

She was no longer a child; the story of the boy who cried wolf was useless against her.

But this time, Real Person Wenqing was completely unfazed by her skepticism, merely speaking to herself: “The Human Realm, Black Water Cliff, fifteen li to the east.”

She raised her eyes to meet Qin Qingyi’s, her look meaningful: “Whether it is or not, you’ll know once you go.”

Qin Qingyi didn’t speak, staring fixedly at her Master.

The fox race’s inherent love for treasures battled with the thought that her Master was definitely trying to fool her again.

Real Person Wenqing remained composed, her face betraying nothing.

After a long while, Qin Qingyi gritted her teeth and said: “I’ll go!”

She refused to believe she would fall for it this time too!

After being fooled so many times, surely there must be one time that is real, right?!

Real Person Wenqing had obviously anticipated her answer, not even lifting an eyelid. She raised her hand and tossed a floral cloth bundle to Qin Qingyi:

“In that case, set off immediately.”

Qin Qingyi caught the bundle with her hands, and only after a moment did she realize she had been tricked by her Master again—

“Now?!”

“Master, do you know that even flying non-stop from the Sword Gate to the Human Realm takes at least ten days and nights! Not to mention going to Black Water Cliff! Are you sending me to deliver food to the Demon Race?!”

Qin Qingyi jumped up and down.

Black Water Cliff!

That place was the Demon Race’s garrison in the Human Realm, with sentries every three steps and patrols every five. Would she even have a life left if she went in?!

Real Person Wenqing, however, ignored her agitation and merely instructed: “Remember to conceal your identity. If you encounter danger…”

As she spoke, she finally spared a glance for Qin Qingyi. After pondering for a moment, Real Person Wenqing raised her hand and gently touched the center of Qin Qingyi’s brow. A ray of light flowed from her fingertip into Qin Qingyi’s spiritual platform.

“If you encounter danger, this burst of spiritual power from your Master will surely protect you through the ordeal.”

“If you don’t find the opportunity, then you don’t need to come back.”

Having said this, Real Person Wenqing waved her sleeve and swept Qin Qingyi out of Hidden Snow Peak.

“Master, you &¥&……@￥#…… you #%#……!!!”

Qin Qingyi was so angry she started cursing directly, but within a few moments, she was swept away from Hidden Snow Peak. Her voice was eroded by the wind, and by the time it reached Real Person Wenqing’s ears, it was too scattered to form a coherent sentence.

“Hmm?”

Real Person Wenqing raised an eyebrow.

“She was probably praising this Venerable One.”

She casually lowered her head to savor her tea, her voice sounding relaxed and cheerful: “No need for further praise, after all, we’ve been Master and disciple for many years. Why bother with such superficialities?”

She put away the tea cups and the stone table, then turned and slowly walked back to her room, preparing to meditate and gain insight again.

“However, since she loves her Master so much, I’ll give her another treasure when Qingyi returns.”

“But what should I give her…”

Qin Qingyi was carried by the spiritual power all the way to the outside of the Sword Gate Sect before the power completely dissipated.

“Stingy Master! Not willing to send me even one step further.”

Qin Qingyi grumbled, resignedly putting the floral cloth bundle into her Cosmos Bracelet.

She looked up at the Sword Gate Sect, which pierced the clouds, and then down at her feet.

It seemed she had no choice but to go.

Qin Qingyi sighed, reluctantly pulled out her sword, and jumped onto it to fly with the sword.

“Seriously, using this trick again. Master really knows how to order people around.” Qin Qingyi complained under her breath, but ultimately didn’t say anything more.

She took out a few Teleportation Talismans and complained in a low voice: “She must be tricking me again. I absolutely won’t fall for it next time.”

Then, she crushed a Teleportation Talisman.

The next moment, the person vanished from the spot.

Ten breaths later, a figure appeared on a certain mountain top in the Human Race territory.

It was Qin Qingyi.

“Thank goodness for the Teleportation Talismans, otherwise, I really would have had to fly for ten days and nights.”

Qin Qingyi landed lightly, first letting out a sigh of relief, then summoning her Whitelock Sword and flying towards Black Water Cliff.

She traveled rapidly westward without stopping and finally arrived near the Demon Race’s location at dusk.

She squatted on an unknown cliff, looking in the direction of Black Water Cliff.

“Black Water Cliff, why does it have to be this place?”

Qin Qingyi clicked her tongue.

Black Water Cliff was not a good place. She was still far away, but a glance showed a vast expanse of dense demonic energy over there. She didn’t need to think twice to know that a Great Demon must be stationed there, otherwise, the demonic energy wouldn’t be so concentrated.

“It’s always like this. If she’s annoyed with me, she should just be annoyed, but she has to find an excuse to kick me out.”

Qin Qingyi was quite indignant about Real Person Wenqing “sweeping” her out. If she just disliked her for not cultivating properly on Hidden Snow Peak, then she should just send her away, but instead, she had to find such a high-sounding excuse.

What kind of opportunity could there be in this lousy place? Master was definitely trying to fool her again.

Thinking this, Qin Qingyi changed into a comfortable position, sitting cross-legged on the edge of the cliff, preparing to observe Black Water Cliff for a while.

If she didn’t see any opportunity later, she could go back and report.

So, Qin Qingyi simply sat down to meditate on the cliff, intending to observe from there.

Although she didn’t open her eyes, observing with her Divine Soul allowed her to see even more clearly than with her eyes.

“Where is the opportunity here? Master’s divination must have gone wrong again.”

She complained inwardly, but unexpectedly, a huge noise suddenly came from the direction of Black Water Cliff.

“Hmm?”

Qin Qingyi abruptly opened her eyes and looked towards the source of the commotion. Then, she frowned tightly. “What’s going on?”

Her surprise was understandable. The commotion at that moment was too intense. The previously calm demonic energy surged violently, seemingly forming a vortex, frantically rushing towards that spot.

“There’s actually a demonic energy riot?”

Thinking of what Real Person Wenqing had said before she came, curiosity flickered in Qin Qingyi’s eyes. To be honest, she really wanted to go and join the fun.

Maybe she could scoop up some good treasures.

She stood up, stretched her wrists, weighed her Nascent Soul stage strength, and then looked towards the area of the demonic energy riot.

“A pity, it’s just a bit short.” Qin Qingyi looked regretful. She was currently only in the early Nascent Soul stage, but the demonic energy over there was clearly at the Core Transformation stage. If she rashly went over, she might be blasted into slag by the opponent in no time.

But it wasn’t impossible.

“This is the Human Realm…” Qin Qingyi’s eyes darted around. If she used some other means, no one would notice, right?

Forget it. Even if she was found out, Master would back her up. After all, Master was the one who said there was an opportunity here, which was why she came.

Thinking of this, Qin Qingyi no longer had any scruples. With just a snap of her fingers, demonic power surged madly from her Dantian, replacing spiritual energy and enveloping her whole body. As if frustrated from being suppressed for the past two days, this demonic power was especially clingy, climbing up Qin Qingyi’s waist. In just two breaths, she had transformed from a spiritually pure Immortal Sect disciple into a great demon, full of seductive charm and demonic aura.

Feeling the demonic power’s affinity for her, Qin Qingyi waved her hand, re-familiarizing herself with this body.

Switching from spiritual energy to demonic power elevated her strength by a large margin. Feeling the same Core Transformation stage strength, Qin Qingyi was full of confidence, gripping her sword and plunging into the fiercest swirling demonic energy.

The demonic energy was dense, and there was a spell formation assisting it. As soon as Qin Qingyi entered, she lost her sense of direction, unable to distinguish east, south, west, or north.

However, she wasn’t panicking. Instead, she wandered around this array filled with demonic energy as if she were strolling in a backyard, looking left and right. When she encountered a formation node blocking her path, she simply sliced it open with her sword.

With the boost of Core Transformation stage demonic power, these formation nodes seemed particularly fragile and vulnerable under her sword. Qin Qingyi continued in this manner, using the most brutal method to break through the nodes while slowly and leisurely moving towards the more concentrated demonic energy.

She wanted to see what kind of good thing was hidden inside this mix of demonic energy and spell formations.

The further she went, the demonic energy was so dense it almost solidified. She gradually began to feel a sense of being spied upon. Qin Qingyi narrowed her eyes, and the demonic power all over her body surged, directly using the demonic power to isolate that spying sensation.

She knew that this was likely the owner of the demonic energy here, that Great Demon, watching her.

But why wasn’t it coming to fight her?

After all, she had been destroying the spell formation along the way, and her strength wasn’t overwhelmingly powerful. By all accounts, it should have come out long ago to drive her away, or kill her.

Therefore, this Great Demon was probably preoccupied with something, which was why it couldn’t spare the time to deal with her.

What kind of thing could preoccupy a Core Transformation stage Great Demon?

Could this be related to the demonic energy that suddenly surged just now?

“This crappy place is short on everything but formation arrays.”

Qin Qingyi cursed under her breath as she once again swung her sword to cut open a formation node.

This was the fifty-fourth formation node she had broken through, and her sword-wielding hand was exhausted.

Just when she thought she would encounter another formation node in a couple of steps, the path ahead suddenly opened up.

Even the demonic energy became much sparser.

However, this didn’t seem like a good thing…

Qin Qingyi stared wide-eyed at the mountain cave in front of her, which was covered in red blood threads. The emanating bloody stench almost completely enveloped her.

“Oh my god…”

She couldn’t be blamed for her limited experience. The scene before her was something she had never witnessed, even after spending three centuries in the Demon Race and more than ten years as a disciple in the Sword Gate, combined—

In the middle of the sky full of blood threads, a massive red cocoon was encased. Demonic energy swirled around it, looking utterly bizarre and inauspicious.

However, what made her hair stand on end was not the blood cocoon that was beating like a heart, but the demonic energy constantly surging behind her.

That Great Demon had returned.

Damn it!

She had actually overlooked the presence of this formidable figure here.

Qin Qingyi’s breath caught in her throat. Feeling the anger conveyed by the demonic energy behind her, she couldn’t help but mumble an apology:

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to trespass into your territory. I’m leaving right now, I’m leaving right now…”

As she spoke, Qin Qingyi’s fox fur bristled, suppressing her aura to the absolute minimum, slowly turning around to assume a posture of begging for mercy.