After Faking Her Death and Escaping, the Junior Sister Fell to the Demonic Path - Chapter 67

“Why is Junior Sister still staying here?”

Worry was evident in Qin Qingyi’s eyes.

Zhou Zhixue clearly saw it too. She quietly gave Qin Qingyi a reassuring glance, signaling that she was fine.

Qin Qingyi could only temporarily suppress her worry and continue following Yefu forward.

Until they reached Zhou Zhixue, Yefu stopped and said in a cold voice, “We are here to see Lord Tifina. Open the door.”

Only then did Qin Qingyi notice that behind where Zhou Zhixue was standing was a thick stone door.

Is Junior Sister on duty standing guard here? Did she discover something behind this door, which is why she asked her to come here?

Qin Qingyi pondered internally, but her expression remained unchanged.

In Tefu’s memory, Qin Qingyi had never found anything related to this place, so she had never suspected anything unusual here.

The door opened, and Qin Qingyi followed behind Yefu, walking inside. Before entering, she looked at Zhou Zhixue again. Just before the door closed, she saw an unutterable emotion in the other person’s eyes.

Why does Junior Sister have that look?

The situation was complex right now. Yefu was watching her with lingering suspicion, and she couldn’t use spiritual transmission to ask her Junior Sister. It was quite troublesome.

Suppressing these worries, Qin Qingyi followed Yefu, passing through several winding corners until they finally reached the innermost area.

It was a secret chamber.

Similarly, the outside of the secret chamber was covered by a barrier.

A blood mist enveloped it, completely concealing the inside of the barrier. Qin Qingyi had a premonition that behind this barrier was probably the item her master asked her to find.

At this moment, her heart pounded like a drum.

Yefu placed her right hand on her shoulder and knelt on one knee: “Lord Tifina, Yefu requests an audience.”

Qin Qingyi mimicked her, lowering her head.

She could feel a gaze from inside the secret room constantly fixated on her.

Tifina, the demon who severely wounded her Junior Sister before, one of the twelve Demon Kings under the Demon God, it must be him.

“Come in.”

A proclamation came from inside the chamber.

As the words were spoken, the barrier was removed before the two of them.

The full appearance of the secret chamber’s stone door was revealed, with hideous demonic runes drawn on it. At the seam of the door was a blood-red demon eye split in two, which turned, displaying utter strangeness.

The massive demon eye scanned Qin Qingyi and Yefu, and then slowly opened the door. Qin Qingyi was finally able to enter and see the full scene inside the secret chamber.

But the moment she saw clearly, she froze in place, unable to move.

A chill rushed up her body from the soles of her feet, straight to the top of her head, making her scalp tingle.

Yefu obediently walked to Tifina, her expression pious, and bowed again.

“Lord Tifina.”

Yefu reported the events that happened in the Black Water Cliff Demon Lair a few days ago to Tifina, including the matter of Tefu killing the two Immortal Sect disciples who came to challenge them.

Hearing this, Tifina nodded approvingly: “Well done.”

Tifina’s gaze shifted, and he saw Qin Qingyi still standing frozen in place. Tifina frowned, his heart suspicious: “Tefu? What are you standing there for?”

Qin Qingyi quickly recovered. Facing Tifina, who was much stronger and more imposing than her, she had to muster all her focus. Just as she was about to speak, Yefu scoffed, mocking his confusion: “Tefu, you couldn’t be staring in awe, could you?”

“That’s right, this is the future birthplace of the Demon God. Lord Tifina never allowed you to come here before, so it’s normal for you to be momentarily stunned.”

Yefu’s sarcastic words saved Qin Qingyi from an awkward situation, and also reminded Tifina that Tefu was visiting this place for the first time, immediately dispelling his suspicion.

He scanned Qin Qingyi, no longer harboring doubts, and casually said to Yefu: “Since Tefu is here for the first time, you should teach him what to do.”

Yefu reluctantly agreed.

Qin Qingyi didn’t speak, her mind stunned by the sight before her.

She saw that within this barrier, there were densely packed blood-red demon cocoons, at least several hundred of them. Inside were the younglings of various races, wrapped in the cocoons, quietly sleeping, breathing in and out.

Qin Qingyi knew that these were the talented younglings that the Demon Clan had continuously stolen from various races and realms, including younglings from the Beast Clan.

The first time she came to the Black Water Demon Lair, she had also seen similar cocoons on the outskirts, but not as many as here.

Moreover, the cocoons here were clearly more terrifying than the ones she had seen before.

The cocoons containing the younglings of various races were all connected to the enormous blood pool in the center of the secret chamber. The fleshy tubes linking the cocoons to the blood pool constantly gurgled, drawing nutrients from the blood pool and transmitting them inside. The smell of blood and demonic energy in the entire secret chamber was nauseating.

Qin Qingyi lowered her head, her submissive and timid appearance pleasing Yefu, which made her “kindly” willing to enlighten Qin Qingyi:

“Although you haven’t been here before, you’ve captured human younglings before, so you know they are offerings to the Demon God. These lowly human younglings before you are all sacrifices for the Demon God.”

“This is the birthplace of the future noble Demon God. He will reincarnate from these demon seeds. When the Demon Emperor descends, we can occupy all lands and rebuild our homeland here!”

Yefu’s eyes were fanatic, and her words were filled with worship for the Demon God.

And these words completely confirmed Qin Qingyi’s previous conjecture.

Master, your divination was not wrong.

The Demon Clan truly has vast ambitions!

Qin Qingyi’s heart sank to the bottom.

Meanwhile, Yefu continued to inspect all the cocoons one by one.

When she saw a cocoon that was already turning faintly white and no longer absorbing nutrients from the blood pool, Yefu’s eyes became even more fervent. She loudly called Tifina over.

Upon seeing this discolored cocoon, Tifina immediately knelt down towards it:

“Your most loyal servant, Tifina, welcomes the great Demon God to return!!!”

Yefu also knelt behind Tifina, with the same fervent expression.

So Qin Qingyi knew that this cocoon was about to hatch.

She also pretended to be devout and knelt down.

After a rustling sound, the cocoon broke.

Qin Qingyi looked up and saw a young boy, enveloped in demonic energy, stepping out from the shattered cocoon shell.

The demon child looked at the three kneeling people, his gaze sweeping over them multiple times, then directly fixed on Qin Qingyi. His vacant eyes blinked, and his sight locked onto her.

Qin Qingyi’s body immediately tensed, feeling as if her heart was gripped by an extremely eerie sensation.

She raised her eyes, meeting that pair of misty eyes, and the next moment, her spiritual platform shook, feeling as if her soul had been captured.

The alarm bell rang wildly in Qin Qingyi’s heart, but her body couldn’t move.

The demon child slowly walked towards her.

Tifina stood up, his gaze closely following the demon child, highly excited by his clear target.

Yefu, seeing that she was ignored and Tefu was chosen by the Demon God, was both jealous and resentful: “Tefu, it’s only your first time here, yet you’re favored by the Demon God.”

Qin Qingyi, however, had no time to worry about what Yefu was saying. Only one voice was frantically screaming in her mind: Run away!!!

But she couldn’t control her own body.

Damn it!!!

In just a moment, the demon child had reached her, raising his finger directly towards her and opening his lips.

Yefu trembled with excitement, hoping to hear the words of the god from the mouth of the “Demon God.”

Qin Qingyi’s pupils contracted as she stared intently at the opening and closing of the demon child’s lips.

“You……”

An utterly hoarse demonic language sounded.

With just this one word, Qin Qingyi felt that the spiritual energy and demonic energy within her body were stirred up and violently unstable, as if something was agitating them. Her body was invaded by demonic energy, her spiritual platform was in chaos, and her entire body hurt terribly. It was as if she had heard the demonic whisper from beyond the heavens, and her ears even bled.

Yefu next to her was even worse, bleeding from her seven orifices without realizing it, kneeling on the ground, trembling with excitement.

She muttered, “Great Demon God, please bestow your grace upon your believer……”

But unfortunately, the moment the so-called “Demon God” spoke, the young boy, shrouded in demonic energy, exploded and died right in front of Qin Qingyi.

The “Demon God’s” descent failed.

Tifina, who had just reacted, was greatly disappointed.

Yefu was the same. She ignored her bruised forehead and knees, and only wiped the blood on her face once before immediately getting up, grumbling, and picking up the shattered limbs from the ground, carelessly tossing them into the blood pool.

Gurgle, gurgle—

The remaining limbs sank, once again turning into nourishment for the blood pool.

Yefu turned around and saw Qin Qingyi still kneeling in place without getting up. She even kindly walked over and pulled her up: “Tefu, get up, the Demon God’s descent failed.”

She sighed, resigned, and began to clean up the mess, which included kicking the remaining shattered flesh on the ground into the blood pool, as well as the now empty white cocoon shell, also throwing it in.

Qin Qingyi didn’t dare to reply. She didn’t understand the intricacies here, and if she spoke rashly, she might expose her identity.

Yefu had probably witnessed this scene many times and was very skilled in her movements. She cleaned up the site quickly.

Seeing her still in a daze, Tifina, with a gloomy face, walked over: “The talents of these seeds are still too mediocre. They can’t withstand even one-thousandth of the Demon God’s power, so exploding and dying is quite common.”

Seeing that Qin Qingyi still wasn’t speaking, Tifina thought Qin Qingyi was saddened by the Demon God’s failed descent, and kindly comforted her: “You don’t need to feel sad for the Demon God. He will come again.”

“But don’t worry, the great Demon God sent down a divine decree yesterday, telling us to find the most talented seeds in the Immortal Sect now. It won’t be long before the Demon God will surely return.”

When Qin Qingyi heard these words, a chill suddenly shot up from the soles of her feet. This chill rushed straight to her heart, even climbing to her throat, choking her and preventing her from speaking.

The Demon God…

He really didn’t die?!!!

She expelled the chill coiled in her heart, managing a smile to address Tifina’s questioning eyes: “What a pity. I thought the Demon God could stay a little longer.”

Tifina laughed loudly: “Don’t worry, one day, we will find a suitable seed for the Demon God.”

“When that day comes, both you and I will have made a contribution, and His Majesty the Demon God will definitely grant us blessings!”

Perhaps because Qin Qingyi was given a prolonged look by the descending Demon God earlier, Tifina actually started treating “Tefu,” his subordinate, as a comrade.

“Maybe the next Demon King will be you, Tefu,” Tifina said meaningfully, patting Qin Qingyi’s shoulder.

“But you must hurry up. You know, the side at Qidong Mountain can already allow the Demon God to descend for a short day. We can’t be surpassed by them!”

He grew more excited as he spoke. Seeing that the blood pool had consumed a considerable amount and no more nourishment was temporarily being sent, he directly uprooted and threw several cocoons around the blood pool that were visibly weak.

“There’s no need to keep these useless seeds. Only the strong ones should be left.”

Tifina called to Qin Qingyi, and together they threw the cocoons containing the younglings of various races into the pool. In the end, only two strong cocoons remained, which looked vibrant and constantly wriggled.

Qin Qingyi’s heart was being torn apart. These younglings were once treasured genius disciples of various races and realms, but now they were being treated like trash and thrown into the blood pool to become nourishment for the Demon Clan.

But she couldn’t show any emotion. She could only watch helplessly, and even had to participate herself to avoid suspicion.

Although she knew that these younglings had long been contaminated and assimilated by demonic energy, and even if she killed all the demons here, she wouldn’t be able to save them.

Yet, watching them painfully wail and melt in the blood pool, Qin Qingyi was so heartbroken she could barely breathe. She saw that one of the younglings still had obvious features of the Beast Clan.

Her soul was nearly torn apart by this pain.