After Faking Her Death and Escaping, the Junior Sister Fell to the Demonic Path - Chapter 94

Thinking that Zhou Zhixue might panic and be at a loss when she couldn’t find her later, Qin Qingyi felt a mixture of helplessness and tenderness.

Although immensely powerful, she was still a child after all.

Strictly speaking, her junior sister was not yet twenty years old.

At this age, in the mortal world, she might already be of marrying age. But cultivators were not restricted by age; for those dedicated to the Dao, cultivating for ten or eight years was short, and some even went into secluded meditation for centuries or millennia. Therefore, a young person like Zhou Zhixue, not yet twenty, was considered quite young in the Xuan Tian Realm.

Being a child naturally came with certain privileges. When their master was still around, he was extremely partial to this junior sister, even guiding her through every step of her cultivation, afraid she might take a wrong turn.

Although their master had ascended now, there was still her, the senior sister, holding the fort at Hidden Snow Peak. She would certainly not allow her to suffer any grievances.

Shaking her head to clear these useless thoughts, Qin Qingyi picked up a brush and left a brief letter for Zhou Zhixue.

After writing the letter, before leaving, she hung it on the doorknob. This way, when her junior sister came looking for her, she would see the letter immediately and be put at ease.

Qin Qingyi felt her arrangements were proper, nodded with satisfaction, and only then had time to look at the two demons who had been waiting for a long time in the courtyard.

When Yanli saw her emerge, her eyes lit up. Perhaps because a fellow demon was present, Yanli let her cat ears peek out from the top of her head, twitching endearingly.

“Young Master, are we finally going back?”

Yanli was very excited. She had stayed at the Sword Sect for too long. This place was not good at all; there were so many rules, and it lacked the freedom of the Demon Clan.

Qin Qingyi nodded. Her mother was injured; both as her mother’s child and as the Young Master of the Demon Clan, it was proper for her to return for a visit.

“Alright, let’s go.”

She gestured to the two demons and then cast two Invisibility Spells on them.

“Don’t be so blatant at the Sword Sect. It’s not the Demon Clan’s territory. Tuck in your tails and behave yourselves.”

Seeing the two demons nod repeatedly, Qin Qingyi was finally satisfied and withdrew her hands.

She led the way, taking the two demons to the Sword-Wielding Peak first.

She didn’t know how many days it would take to return from this trip, so she had to inform her Martial Uncle about the matter first.

Along the way, many people greeted her, and Qin Qingyi returned each greeting with a smile. The two demons behind her huddled like quail, not daring to make a sound, afraid of being discovered.

However, during their movement, it was inevitable that their demon energy would occasionally be poorly concealed. Perhaps due to the excitement of returning to the Demon Clan soon, Yanli’s ears kept twitching, and her cat tail excitedly swayed back and forth. Finally, by accident, it brushed against a disciple walking past.

“Eh?”

The disciple who had just walked past Qin Qingyi suddenly felt something soft and furry brush her arm, and she immediately let out a puzzled sound.

“What’s wrong?” her accompanying disciple asked her.

The first disciple looked doubtfully in the direction Qin Qingyi had left, then slowly turned her head back when her companion questioned her, saying, “Nothing.”

“I just felt… as if something soft and furry touched my hand.”

As she spoke, she raised her hand.

“It felt like… a kitten’s tail.”

The accompanying disciple chuckled, “You must be imagining things. Where are there cats on the Sword-Wielding Peak?”

The first disciple slowly nodded, “You’re right. I’ve been at the Sword Sect for so long, and I’ve never seen a kitten on the Sword-Wielding Peak. On the contrary, there are many little cats at Hidden Snow Peak, I wonder where they came from.”

As they talked, the two slowly walked away.

But their conversation reached Qin Qingyi’s ears, word for word.

As soon as the two were far away, Qin Qingyi’s sharp, knife-like glare cut across Yanli, scaring Yanli into shrinking back and looking at Qin Qingyi pitifully.

Meanwhile, the Demon Emperor’s personal guard, upon seeing the sudden surge of aura when Qin Qingyi turned around, was extremely delighted and muttered excitedly, “Your Majesty, the Young Master has truly grown!”

Having no time to deal with the other demon’s mumbling, Qin Qingyi looked at Yanli, waiting for her explanation.

“I’m sorry, Young Master, I won’t feed the cats on Hidden Snow Peak anymore…”

The cats at Hidden Snow Peak that the disciple mentioned had gradually gathered after Yanli arrived. Because Yanli herself was a little cat demon, even if she didn’t want to, she attracted a group of kittens seeking protection.

Seeing their plight, and out of compassion for her kind, Yanli set up a small habitat for the kittens outside her dwelling.

They hadn’t yet gained intelligence and couldn’t understand why Yanli, who was human, carried the scent of their kind. They only instinctively sensed that it was safe to be around her.

Qin Qingyi had known about these things beforehand.

This wasn’t a bad thing; it was an act of kindness. She sighed, still choosing not to scold her.

“Keep your tail tucked in, and don’t touch anyone else again.”

In the end, Qin Qingyi only said this one sentence.

Not being scolded naturally made Yanli immensely happy. She chirped a cheerful response and then continued to frisk behind Qin Qingyi. Her tail wagged like a propeller. Qin Qingyi could only helplessly turn a blind eye, and when someone passed by, she would pull Yanli back to prevent her from touching anyone again.

After meeting Shangguan Yu, she briefly explained the current situation of the Demon Clan, and Shangguan Yu granted her leave without hesitation.

“Go with a calm heart. It won’t be too late to return after the matter is resolved. You don’t need to worry about Hidden Snow Peak; I will take care of it for you.”

Qin Qingyi was naturally grateful for her words.

However—

“There is one more thing that might require Martial Uncle’s help.”

When Qin Qingyi said this, she suddenly became a little bashful, twisting and turning, seemingly extremely hesitant on the surface.

Shangguan Yu found it amusing and just told her to speak frankly.

Having been given permission, Qin Qingyi naturally didn’t hide her thoughts anymore.

“This junior niece would like to borrow your token.”

Qin Qingyi had a bit of a hidden agenda.

On this trip back, her mother was severely injured, and she would inevitably be asked to preside over the overall situation. The group of Demon Clan Elders under her mother were all troublemakers, who habitually relied on their seniority by saying things like, “I even held you when you were a child” in the past. They certainly wouldn’t listen to her commands properly; she had been suppressed by these words and suffered a lot of annoyance during those first ten years.

In that case, if she could borrow the token of the Sword Sect Master, leveraging its influence, those Elders would surely show some restraint out of respect for the Sword Sect.

This was the plan Qin Qingyi had in mind.

Shangguan Yu’s mind quickly turned, and she naturally guessed what Qin Qingyi was up to.

“You child…” she chuckled softly.

But in the end, she still handed over the token.

“Take it, but remember… to use it sparingly.”

Shangguan Yu’s words held a deeper meaning, which Qin Qingyi naturally understood. This item was a double-edged sword. Used well, she could “borrow the tiger’s might” to suppress the unruly great demons. But if used poorly, it could provoke their rebellious nature, easily backfiring on her.

Qin Qingyi carefully put away the token, smiling with satisfaction, her fox-like eyes almost squinting into slits.

“Thank you, Martial Uncle.”

She then stood up ingratiatingly and bowed to Shangguan Yu.

“I don’t know how many days it will take to return. Hidden Snow Peak… I entrust Junior Sister to Martial Uncle.”

She left contentedly, leaving Shangguan Yu to watch her receding figure and speak words so softly they were barely audible.

“This child… only thinks of her little junior sister. Are the remaining two junior brothers not people?”

Shangguan Yu stood up and walked to the back. Her meditation for the day wasn’t over yet. Now that the person had left, she should continue her cultivation.

Time was pressing. After leaving the Sword-Wielding Peak, Qin Qingyi didn’t stop, heading straight for the outside of the Sword Sect.

When leaving the Sword Sect, she showed her travel token to the guarding disciple and then left quickly.

She left the disciple on duty that day puzzled.

“What’s going on? Senior Sister Qin was clearly alone, but why were there three gusts of wind when she left?”

These words made Yanli and the other Demon Emperor’s personal guard’s fur stand on end, and they quickly sped up their departure from the area.

They never wanted to come to the Sword Sect again. The Sword Sect disciples were too sharp and too terrifying!

A few days later, Zhou Zhixue finally emerged from her seclusion.

“Junior Sister, open this letter. Senior Sister has an urgent matter and needs to go out for three to five days. She will return after handling the affairs, do not worry.”

After continuous seclusion for ten days, Zhou Zhixue, whose realm had finally broken through, finally found this letter hanging on the door after searching all over Hidden Snow Peak and failing to sense Qin Qingyi’s presence.

“Do not worry…”

Zhou Zhixue looked at the short line of text on the letter and lightly chuckled.

“Senior Sister, you’ve left me behind again…”

You clearly said you would never leave me again, you promised to always be by my side.

Looking down, a dark shadow stirred in Zhou Zhixue’s eyes.

“Oh dear, she disappeared alone again? Oh, how pitiful. Do you still remember? Ten-odd years ago, she left you and vanished just like this.”

The heart demon laughed sinisterly beside Zhou Zhixue. It transformed into Qin Qingyi’s appearance, treating all of Zhou Zhixue’s negative emotions as a delicious feast, deliberately saying things to provoke her and try to enrage Zhou Zhixue.

Mentioning the incident from over ten years ago, when Zhou Zhixue chose to cultivate the Path of Emotionlessness and Qin Qingyi left abruptly upon finding out, the heart demon spoke with increasing fervor. As Zhou Zhixue’s other half, the heart demon knew exactly where to sting to make Zhou Zhixue suffer the most.

“Sweetheart, the Senior Sister you love has abandoned you once more~”

Senior Sister won’t abandon me.

“Being abandoned, once it happens, it will happen again. You can’t keep a person tied to your side forever.”

I can. One day, she will willingly stay by my side forever.

“You give your heart to her, but unfortunately, she treats your devotion like dirt.”

No, Senior Sister is not that kind of person.

“Haven’t you seen the reality yet? How many times has this happened? When you helped her resolve her ‘heat of desire,’ did she ever say she loved you? Don’t be foolish, you’re not in her heart at all. If it wasn’t you, it would be someone else.”

No! It’s impossible for Senior Sister to have anyone else!

“You’re too naive. How could there be no one else? Have you forgotten? That child who came back with Senior Sister last time, how attentive she was to Senior Sister.”

Yanli!

Zhou Zhixue suddenly broke down. Her eyes reddened, and she angrily thrust her sharp blade towards the heart demon.

“Shut up!”

But the sword could not harm the heart demon, and her loss of control further confirmed to the heart demon that Zhou Zhixue was extremely bothered by that outer disciple. Therefore, the words it spoke were aimed even more directly at her heart’s vulnerability.

Zhou Zhixue was so enraged she was nearly incoherent, and the spiritual energy around her began to show signs of riot.

“I said shut up!”

How could Senior Sister have anyone else! Senior Sister could only have her! Only her!!

Zhou Zhixue gasped for breath, fiercely hacking a sword at the peach tree. Her eyes were red, and she dared not imagine how she would cope if Senior Sister truly had someone else.

That outer disciple named Yanli clearly had impure intentions toward Senior Sister. If Senior Sister really…

Impossible! How could Senior Sister accept her!

She’s just a child; absolutely impossible for Senior Sister!

“Even if it’s not her, there will be others…” The heart demon’s words echoed in Zhou Zhixue’s ears again.

If Senior Sister had someone else…

Then she would kill that person!

That way… Senior Sister would only have her alone…

Forever, she would only have her alone!

At this moment, Qin Qingyi, who had already arrived at the Demon Clan and was holding Shangguan Yu’s token to “borrow the tiger’s might” and discipline the restless great demons of the Demon Clan, suddenly sneezed.

“Who is speaking of me?” she muttered.

Hidden Snow Peak, Peach Forest.

Zhou Zhixue gradually calmed down. She still held the letter Qin Qingyi had left for her.

Smoothing out the wrinkled paper in her hand, Zhou Zhixue looked at the familiar handwriting and suppressed the turmoil in her heart.

Senior Sister asked her to wait for her return, so she would wait.

Senior Sister would definitely not lie to her.