The Demon Lord Relied on His Imagination to Get Together with the Protagonist. - Chapter 94

Chapter 94

Shi Zhihua, as the black leopard, had already developed sentience, so she ultimately did not actually eat the rabbit.

It wasn’t because she believed Sheng Wen, but because, as a black leopard, she dared not be too presumptuous when facing a celestial being from the heavens.

At that time, there were also spirits and animals in the mountains that had developed sentience. Everyone dreamed of cultivating a human form and achieving celestial status.

So, whenever an immortal from the heavens passed through the mountains, the news would be spread for years or even decades.

All beings had an instinctive reverence for “immortals.”

Shi Zhihua had a bad temper and didn’t like worshiping anyone, but she was very good at weighing the pros and cons.

The rabbit was clearly protected by the immortal in front of her. It was probably an animal companion raised by the immortal.

If she ate it, she might not see tomorrow’s sun.

The black leopard thought for a moment and decided to spare the rabbit.

Sheng Wen was quite satisfied with her awareness.

Shi Zhihua, as the black leopard, observed the rabbit not far away, seeing it held in the immortal’s arms, looking at her side with misty eyes, completely fearless. She thought, It’s a good thing the other party is protected by an immortal. If it had grown up wild in these mountains, it would have died countless times by now.

Shi Zhihua squinted her dark red eyes in disdain, her slender tail swishing back and forth, sweeping the dry leaves aside and scattering them on the ground, rustling and attracting the rabbit’s attention.

The rabbit noticed her, and the immortal would notice her too.

Shi Zhihua thought at the time that by getting closer to the immortal, she could rub off some of his luck and cultivation, making it easier for her to cultivate and transform into human form sooner.

And that was indeed the case.

The black leopard, through multiple trials, discovered this pattern. To accelerate her cultivation, she deliberately varied her ways of approaching the rabbit to play, carrying strange flowers and grasses in her mouth. The colors were vibrant, and the scents were fragrant, successfully enticing the rabbit to play every time.

Later, as they became more familiar, she noticed the immortal would even bring out treasures to help the foolish rabbit transform.

Shi Zhihua looked down on the rabbit even more. How foolish could it be, unable to cultivate on its own, and needing the immortal to chase after it to help it transform?

However… although she thought this, she still shamelessly edged closer and refused to leave, just to take advantage of the situation.

To avoid being discovered by the immortal, she brazenly played dumb, pretending not to understand human speech, holding the rabbit in her mouth, pretending to play, but secretly rubbing off spiritual energy and cultivation.

“When this Venerable used the Azure Edge Jade to help Siqing transform, your Demon Lord shamelessly came to rub off the cultivation,” Sheng Wen looked out the window and sighed. “Considering she was still a black leopard, this Venerable didn’t want to dwell on it. I pretended not to see, and while Siqing transformed, it also boosted her cultivation.”

What could Su Rong say? She didn’t know how to respond. Should she praise her Demon Lord for being “flexible and adaptable,” or should she say Heavenly Venerable Sheng Wen was magnanimous?

Su Rong could only remain silent and continue listening to the Heavenly Venerable’s reminiscences.

Of course, she believed that her Demon Lord was capable of such secretive cultivation-rubbing. This was because once, when the Demon Lord took them to steal treasures, they encountered a fierce magical beast. That beast had a rule: it loved to challenge people one by one. If defeated, it would present a treasure to them, but if victorious, it would eat the challenger.

Her Demon Lord immediately negotiated with the magical beast. They talked back and forth seriously for a long time, and only started fighting after both parties were satisfied.

To everyone’s surprise, after showing her weapon, the Demon Lord immediately ordered all of them to attack together.

The magical beast was dumbfounded. It had spent so much effort negotiating, only to have the Demon Lord immediately go back on her word and change the one-on-one duel to a group attack!

Later, the Demon Lord led her subordinates to gang up on the trustworthy magical beast, claiming it was “eliminating a scourge for the people,” and looted all the treasures in its cave.

The Demon Lord’s golden saying: Why should a magical beast be so trustworthy? It can’t even guard its wealth. Better for this Lord to bring it back to Yuyin Palace to watch over. Such ill-gotten gains should be confiscated.

The subordinates: “…”

Demon Lord: “Don’t be so morally upright. We are people of the Demon Realm. We should do the things that villains should do.”

The subordinates: Oh, right, we are villains!

Su Rong had also pondered these questions. She didn’t know why, but most of their Demon Lord’s subordinates were very trustworthy demon tribesmen, whereas the Demon Lord herself was more uninhibited, doing both good and bad deeds without any pressure.

Su Rong had already grown accustomed to it.

So, she believed what Heavenly Venerable Sheng Wen said.

Her Demon Lord was indeed capable of such cultivation-rubbing behavior.

Sheng Wen also said: “Of course, she couldn’t just rub off this Venerable’s cultivation whenever she pleased.”

Su Rong asked: “So, did you punish her?”

Sheng Wen’s compassionate gray eyes lowered slightly: “No, this Venerable merely made her pay a small price.”

When Siqing was completing the path of beasts, she was about to undergo the path of mortals. At this time, three lightning tribulations would test her. As the Heavenly Venerable, he was unsuitable to directly intervene, so he arranged for the black leopard to help protect the rabbit.

As long as the black leopard could protect Siqing, he would allow the black leopard to also enter the path of mortals.

Su Rong: “Then our Demon Lord must have protected her, right?”

Sheng Wen closed his eyes: “She did protect her, but this Venerable overlooked one thing. If the black leopard was also to enter the path of mortals, then there would be more than just three lightning strikes.”

At that time, after the three strikes, Shi Zhihua thought there wouldn’t be any more and didn’t pay attention to the lingering dark clouds in the sky.

Until—

An unexpected fourth lightning tribulation suddenly struck, toppling the ancient tree in front of her. The tree fell, hitting her spine dead center, crushing her firmly on the ground, almost breaking her back.

Fortunately, she still had a breath left and didn’t die on the spot.

As long as she didn’t die immediately, she could be saved.

Sheng Wen pitied her, already having reached the path of beasts, it would be too difficult to start cultivating again from the beginning, so he intervened and used the Azure Edge Jade to save her.

Sheng Wen’s voice was faint: “Your Demon Lord has an old back injury. Even after transforming into a human, it would occasionally hurt. Although the pain wouldn’t be life-threatening, the injury was sustained during her black leopard phase. The pain she registered the moment she became human would be etched deep into her soul, making it hard to forget, impossible to forget later on.”

The moment Shi Zhihua became human, Tong Siqing was also about to enter the path of mortals for the third trial.

Because Tong Siqing was Heavenly Venerable Sheng Wen’s daughter, Sheng Wen couldn’t bear to truly throw her into the mortal world to struggle, so he created a mustard seed space for her, allowing her to peacefully spend a mortal lifetime within it.

At that time, Heavenly Venerable Sheng Wen was about to leave with Siqing.

He turned around and saw the black leopard, newly in human form. Because she transformed while her injury was still healing, Shi Zhihua was still clutching her back in pain when she first became human, her brows tightly furrowed, wishing she could faint on the ground.

It was almost dark then, and the mountains were full of beasts at night.

Sheng Wen felt that if she really fainted, all her previous efforts might be wasted.

After all, this black leopard is destined to bond with my daughter. I can’t just leave her to die…

Sheng Wen glanced at the person on the ground, noticing that the black leopard had a good appearance, worthy of his daughter.

Sheng Wen looked at Tong Siqing in the mustard seed space, seeing her naive and ignorant appearance, a wave of sadness washed over him—As her father, I can’t possibly protect her forever. I will eventually perish. When that time comes, will no one protect my daughter?

Tong Siqing, newly in human form, landed in a corner of the mustard seed space. People were constantly passing by on the street. She was curious yet timid, clutching her knees, and instinctively wanted to pluck a blade of grass to eat while observing the world.

Sheng Wen: “…”

This… someone must teach her what to eat and what not to eat, right?

Sheng Wen needed to control the entire mustard seed space and found it difficult to attend to every detail. He was constantly worried, feeling he needed to pull someone else in to help look after his daughter.

At this moment, he noticed Shi Zhihua on the side.

Shi Zhihua was a transformed black leopard, with a sharp and stunning appearance, and an excellent physique. She should be quite capable of taking care of herself when human.

Remembering how she often amused his daughter when she was a black leopard, Sheng Wen’s heart softened. He thought it wouldn’t hurt to let her share the advantage one more time and accompany his daughter in the mustard seed space.

To prevent his daughter from being lonely.

After all, if the mustard seed space was entirely fabricated, it would be difficult to explain to the Fates.

Sheng Wen thought it over and found it very worthwhile, so he also brought Shi Zhihua into the mustard seed space.

Su Rong was surprised when she heard this: “You actually helped our Demon Lord this much?”

Since they had so many interactions, why did they later become enemies?

Su Rong asked.

Sheng Wen said: “I didn’t know back then that she would eventually become the Demon Lord, nor did I know she was malicious and proactively went to the Demon Realm.”

Now Su Rong understood.

So, the Heavenly Venerable wanted his Demon Lord to cultivate to immortality, to follow the righteous path. However, the Demon Lord did not follow the righteous path and was subsequently despised by the Heavenly Venerable, who then became unwilling to entrust his daughter to her.

This was quite reasonable.

This action had a distinct Xianning characteristic.

“But… if one can attain celestial status, usually no one would willingly fall to become a demon, right?” Su Rong was curious. “Although our Demon Lord is not entirely righteous and great, she knows the pros and cons. It’s impossible for her to abandon the Great Dao and choose unconventional paths.”

At this point, Sheng Wen lowered his voice. He turned around, clearly unwilling to explain further.

“Her choice was not a momentary lapse. This Venerable could not save her.”

Why did she choose the Demon Realm?

Did she really consider it carefully all along?

What happened to His Excellency in the path of mortals?

Su Rong was itching to hear the story, feeling restless without knowing. However, she wasn’t so impulsive as to forget herself. She knew she was currently conversing with the Heavenly Venerable and couldn’t unceremoniously ask him so many things.

Unless the Heavenly Venerable or her Demon Lord voluntarily spoke…

Wait, I don’t think I’ve ever heard my Demon Lord mention this either?

Su Rong: “Our Demon Lord seems not to remember these things. We, her subordinates, have never heard her talk about them. The earliest memories we’ve traced back to are those after the path of mortals.”

When she arrived at Yuyin Palace, she only heard the stories from Qing Lin, and those stories traced back to the time they went to Xinglin Country to steal the mirror.

That period was long after the path of mortals, with a significant gap in between.

So, what happened to the Demon Lord in the path of mortals?

Sheng Wen sighed: “This Venerable erased both of their memories of the path of mortals.”

Su Rong was shocked: “Why?”

Although Sheng Wen’s expression couldn’t be seen, judging from his gray pupils, the expression beneath the mask must not be very relaxed.

Sheng Wen: “If I didn’t erase their memories, this Venerable worried there would be a great disaster after they came out.”

Shi Zhihua was too domineering and too persistent.

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