The Demon Lord Relied on His Imagination to Get Together with the Protagonist. - Chapter 89

Chapter 89

Although the North Sea was called the North Sea, the palace was actually built on the shore and, contrary to legend, did not require entry into the sea.

Tong Siqing still remembered that the first time she was teleported above the North Sea to undergo her heavenly tribulation, she had eagerly wanted to see the palace in the sea. After all, she had never left the Xianning Sect. Even when she did leave, it was only briefly to show her face somewhere before leaving, never staying for an extended period.

That time undergoing the thunder tribulation could barely be counted as a longer absence.

However, after the tribulation, she glanced at the North Sea palace and felt her illusion shattered, losing the desire to stay and play for a few days.

Visiting the North Sea now, she felt the same way.

The North Sea was not even as beautiful as Yuyin Palace. If it weren’t for Ji Hui, she wouldn’t have stayed as a guest, let alone been forced to get involved in this huge mess.

Speaking of which.

Little Golden Snake Ji Hui hasn’t come to play with her recently, has she?

Tong Siqing supported Zhihua and then turned back to ask Qing Lin: “Is Ji Hui being good lately, not causing trouble or anything?”

Qing Lin’s eyes froze, and she opened her mouth blankly: “The Little Golden Snake is not with me. I thought she was with you.”

Tong Siqing was stunned: “She’s not with us.”

Qing Lin then turned to ask Su Rong: “Did she run off to play with you?”

Su Rong also shook her head: “She’s not with me.”

The group was dumbfounded.

The Golden Snake, lost?

Tong Siqing instantly became distracted. Even when the First Prince talked endlessly to her in the main hall of the North Sea, she didn’t hear a single word.

She had only one thing on her mind how to find Ji Hui.

She transmitted her distress to Shi Zhihua: “The Little Golden Snake is so silly; she can’t recognize people. What if she gets lost in the North Sea and is eaten by someone else?”

Shi Zhihua was a little helpless. Although the Golden Snake seemed a bit foolish when in human form, it was not stupid at all when it was her pet. Besides, Ji Hui’s combat power was comparable to Jiuying’s. It was impossible for her to be eaten by the vermin of the North Sea.

She was, after all, the top ferocious beast under the Demon Lord.

It was impossible for her to be so weak.

To ease Tong Siqing’s unnecessary worry, Shi Zhihua could only raise her hand and pat her on the back, signaling her not to panic, that it was not a big deal.

Tong Siqing, however, transmitted to her: “Zhihua, you must also be very worried, right?”

Shi Zhihua: “…”

This is what you call being able to understand my feelings well?

How is this even worse than not understanding?

Shi Zhihua had no temper left and could only silently agree with the other party’s statement.

The First Prince on the side had been talking to himself for a long time but still hadn’t received any reaction from Tong Siqing. He tentatively turned his head to glance at her, only to find that she didn’t seem to be listening, her eyes distant.

He didn’t know if she was spacing out or what.

The First Prince originally came on behalf of the North Sea to invite someone from Xianning to help solve the case. Who knew that the Heavenly Venerable Sheng Wen of Xianning coincidentally went into seclusion, and the Demon Lord clearly didn’t want to take on the job? Among the guests, only the Siqing Immortal Saint held a high position, and he absolutely had to persuade her to help.

But the problem was.

He couldn’t grasp what she was thinking now.

The First Prince had been in power for many years and had seen a lot of scheming. Logically, a glance at someone would allow him to figure out their inner calculations.

Now, he also tried to analyze Tong Siqing’s inner thoughts.

From the beginning of the conversation, he deliberately emphasized certain phrases, trying to catch her attention. Who knew that Tong Siqing didn’t react at all, making him feel very anxious?

Later, he switched his strategy, deliberately saying a few wrong things, making his sentences contradictory, the kind that a normal person would immediately notice. Yet, Tong Siqing still showed no reaction, only looking distant, deliberately ignoring him.

The First Prince instantly held her in awe.

He cautiously observed her expressionless face, interpreting her demeanor as a state of holding back and being unfathomable.

Truly worthy of being the daughter of Heavenly Venerable Sheng Wen.

Her mindset is truly stable, her strategy unpredictable.

He thought.

The First Prince didn’t dare to be presumptuous anymore and immediately started talking sensibly.

He said: “The Serpent Clan belongs to the North Sea, and the Serpent Clan Elder is also an important minister of the North Sea. It’s just that his health has not been very good these years, and he has been bedridden just like my father. Logically, no one should attack a person who is about to die of illness. It’s just that life is unpredictable…”

His opening was too long. He droned on and on without getting to the point. Tong Siqing felt bored after listening to a few sentences, then started zoning out, getting bored, zoning out, getting bored…

After a very long time, the First Prince was parched from talking and finally meaningfully asked her: “What does the Immortal Saint think?”

Tong Siqing hadn’t heard anything and had no thoughts in her mind.

But she could guess. It was probably a bunch of conspiracies, power struggles in the North Sea, and so on. This First Prince spoke circuitously, unwilling to get straight to the point, forcing them to slowly guess and solve the puzzle to know the truth.

Tong Siqing felt so bored just thinking about it. These people were so idle. They couldn’t live a good life; they had to scheme against each other.

With a total of nine princes, things were already complicated enough, plus a Father-King who was about to die. This was a whole drama, not to mention other subordinate forces, where everyone was suspicious of each other and sought alliances…

Tong Siqing held Zhihua’s hand, letting her mind wander and complaining to her mentally.

“Zhihua, why do you think we outsiders would know about their grievances in the North Sea? Why do they insist on dragging us into it?” Tong Siqing said. “Could it be that they want assistance from Xianning to help them achieve something? That seems like a loss, and even if we can help, they have so many factions. It’s impossible to please everyone, and someone will surely be dissatisfied.”

Shi Zhihua transmitted: “When this Lord encounters such a situation where it’s impossible to please everyone, I always use the same method to solve it.”

Tong Siqing asked: “What method?”

Shi Zhihua’s voice was lazy: “I cannot make everyone happy at the same time, but I can make everyone equally troubled at the same time.”

Tong Siqing: !!!

Zhihua truly lives up to her title as the great villain of the story. Her style of action is so unconstrained and unique!

The First Prince on the side was still enthusiastically talking to Tong Siqing, implying that the North Sea had always been peaceful and rarely experienced such heinous murders, and that the Immortal Saint must uphold justice for them… and so on.

He had talked for so long, and his only goal was to get Tong Siqing involved in this matter.

But Tong Siqing’s comprehension had always been poor, even capable of twisting things in another direction.

Hearing the other party say this, Tong Siqing immediately and innocently countered: “Are you implying that people from our Xianning came to the North Sea and killed your Serpent Clan Elder?”

The First Prince froze, cold sweat breaking out.

Heaven and earth bear witness, I did not mean that!

Why did the Immortal Saint suddenly adopt such an accusing tone? The First Prince was inwardly panicked, thinking, Could it be that she saw through my intentions the moment we met, which is why I’m facing such a cold interrogation?

The First Prince’s heart pounded, and he was extremely embarrassed: “How could that be? Although our North Sea is neutral, we have always been loyal to the Xianning Sect. How could we suspect people from Xianning?”

Tong Siqing: “Then are you suspecting people from the Demon Realm?”

Following her logic, if it wasn’t people from Xianning, then the other party must be suspecting Zhihua and her people. Because the guests consisted of only Xianning and Demon Realm personnel, these wicked North Sea people must be implying that Zhihua and her people committed the murder!

Too wicked.

Tong Siqing’s expression turned unhappy: “Don’t think that just because the Demon Lord is injured and can’t hear you, you can openly slander the Demon Realm.”

First Prince: ???

No, when did I slander the Demon Realm?

No, I absolutely didn’t mean that!

The deep-minded First Prince was so flustered and wronged for the first time. He couldn’t speak of his suffering. In just a few conversations, he was incredibly impressed with Tong Siqing.

Her rhetoric was flawless. Not only did she fail to agree to his request, but she also leveled several rounds of accusations, scaring him so much that he broke out in layers of cold sweat. He had never been this uncomfortable before.

Of course, what he didn’t know was that Tong Siqing hadn’t actually understood the implied meaning of his words, let alone any request.

In Tong Siqing’s mind, the two of them had simply walked a section of the road together and casually chatted a bit.

They hadn’t even gotten to the main point.

Perhaps it was also because the First Prince always spoke rather euphemistically, loved to beat around the bush when stating his intentions, so he hinted several times without giving Tong Siqing any useful information.

Tong Siqing chatted with the First Prince for a long time, feeling extremely bored.

She took Zhihua’s hand and said: “Zhihua, where do you think Ji Hui ran off to play?”

Shi Zhihua transmitted to her, keeping her company: “How would I know? When she was in Yuyin Palace, Ji Hui ran around everywhere. She’s active and loves to play. I didn’t restrict her much either.”

“We’ll go back and look for her later. Since I’m her owner, I should be able to summon her back quickly,” Tong Siqing said, then her thoughts were interrupted again by the First Prince on the side.

The First Prince pointed to a nearby shrine and asked: “If the Immortal Saint is interested, you might want to take a look there. It enshrines the North Sea’s Nature God, who manages the North Sea waters and…”

The First Prince’s eyes deepened as he looked at the distant shrine. He thought he was just one step away from luring her into the trap. Since he had said so much, the other party should take the bait now.

As long as Tong Siqing naturally agreed, he could drag both her and the Demon Lord inside, thus benefiting the entire North Sea. At that time, he would be the most meritorious prince of the North Sea, and his father’s position would be his.

One must know that the North Sea had been suffering for many years. The water area had shrunk significantly, and many tribes were forced to be stranded on the shore. Large numbers of citizens died, and their palaces all had to be moved to the dry land.

The First Prince looked sinisterly at the distant shrine, thinking that the Nature God enshrined there was useless. After all this time, it still couldn’t stop the decline of the North Sea. What good was it?

His Mother-Queen had always said that it was because the Nature God’s divine power was weak, so they needed a powerful figure from the Xianning Sect to help. But how could this “help” be so easy? It would require contributing a considerable amount of merit and luck, and which powerful figure would be willing to make this sacrifice?

The First Prince had always disagreed with enshrining this water-managing Nature God, but since his Mother-Queen insisted, he could only comply.

Now that someone from the Xianning Sect had finally arrived, and a few people in the North Sea had conveniently died, which could induce a powerful Xianning figure to stay and solve the cold case for them, he absolutely had to seize the opportunity and trick Tong Siqing into worshipping at the shrine…

At that time, the item enshrined inside would unknowingly borrow the other party’s luck and merit. Then, he could boast of his achievement to his Mother-Queen. Following that, they would observe whether the Nature God could start being useful. If it could, it would be the best outcome. Even if it couldn’t, he would still be a meritorious person for verifying this idea.

There was no downside to this plan.

The First Prince spoke again: “Siqing Immortal Saint must really want to go, right? Let me lead you…”

Tong Siqing didn’t want to go. She wasn’t interested at all.

A normal person asked this way would naturally agree to go out of courtesy, but she wouldn’t. Her thoughts were simple; if she didn’t want to go, she wouldn’t go, regardless of how earnestly the First Prince invited her.

She wanted to hurry back and look for the Little Golden Snake.

“I still have important matters to attend to. The shrine can wait until I have free time later.”

Tong Siqing said this and turned to go back.

First Prince: “…”

This is too unconventional. I’ve brought the other party all the way here. Could it be that I’ve been discovered again? That shouldn’t be right.

If the other party had discovered him long ago, she wouldn’t have walked so far with him.

It was quite a distance from the main hall to the outside.

The First Prince’s legs were already tired, and he felt even more depressed.

“That’s enough for today,” Tong Siqing walked back. “Don’t rush about the death of your Elder. It’s not too late to wait and see.”

First Prince: “…”

Huh? She’s leaving just like that?

Tong Siqing supported Shi Zhihua and returned to their room.

The moment they returned to the room, Shi Zhihua opened her eyes and also felt helpless with the other party: “So it was just this trivial matter. I thought it was some serious trouble. That First Prince is not very cunning either. He spoke a lot of irrelevant things along the way, rarely getting to the point. Moreover, his intention is too obvious. We just need to avoid that shrine in the future. It’s clear that nothing good is waiting for us there.”

Tong Siqing nodded: “Yes, no shrine.”

The two of them had walked for a long time and were very tired.

Tong Siqing stretched out her arms and fell onto the couch, casually calling for Ji Hui. She wanted to first try if a verbal summon would work, and then she put it into action.

Before long, the Little Golden Snake was indeed summoned back to her.

A large golden head suddenly appeared on the window lattice, its shadow looking extremely adorable and simple.

Tong Siqing quickly opened the door to let Ji Hui back in, then played with her for a while. The Golden Snake affectionately rubbed against her, like a puppy, its tail almost wagging.

The clear sound of the midday bell came from inside the room. Tong Siqing suddenly felt the sound was a bit abrupt. She picked up the bell on Ji Hui’s neck and asked Zhihua: “Has the midday bell always been on Ji Hui?”

“She swallowed a portion of Cen Yue Tian’s soul. To better restrain the midday bell, I later told her to always wear it,” Shi Zhihua said. “In any case, she has recognized you as her owner and will not defect. Moreover, Ji Hui has the Emperor’s Grudge Mark, and her cultivation won’t be poor. It’s unlikely that others could easily snatch the immortal artifact on her.”

However, although the midday bell was worn by Ji Hui, Ji Hui usually kept it discreetly hidden, unlike today, where she was wearing it openly, filling the entire room with the sound of the bell.

“Ji Hui,” Tong Siqing stroked her. “Why are you wearing it today?”

The Golden Snake suddenly stopped moving, then hid in her arms and instantly transformed into a little golden-haired girl.

The little girl blinked, appearing so innocent as if she didn’t understand human speech. She curled her feet, hugged Tong Siqing, and her large eyes stared at the other party curiously, seemingly returning to her simple-minded state.

Tong Siqing said to Shi Zhihua: “Zhihua, I find that Ji Hui becomes silly whenever she turns into a human.”

Shi Zhihua sat by the table, watching the two of them: “Who says she doesn’t? When she turns into a human, she is even dumber than you by a few degrees.”

Tong Siqing, of course, had to object. She said: “I’m not that dumb.”

“Good, good, good,” Shi Zhihua said helplessly, only able to coax her. “Everything you say is right. Both of you are very smart. I feel inadequate.”

Shi Zhihua didn’t notice that a smile lingered on her lips as she looked at the two of them. Although the beautiful and delicate little girl was the illusion of their pet, she had long regarded her as their shared daughter. That sense of a happy family made her unconsciously revel in it…

The Demon Lord, leaning on her hand and smiling, sniffed a faint, almost imperceptible smell of blood in the air.

As a demon, she was always exceptionally sensitive to the scent of blood.

It wasn’t obvious just now, but now that she carefully identified it, the smell of blood indeed seemed to be emanating from Ji Hui.

Shi Zhihua stopped smiling, walked over subtly, pretending to talk to Tong Siqing.

As she drew closer, she stared intently at Ji Hui in Tong Siqing’s arms and finally confirmed it. The smell of blood was brought back by Ji Hui.

Shi Zhihua looked closely and, sure enough, found a spot of blood near the midday bell on the Golden Snake’s neck.

Did Ji Hui kill someone?

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