Chasing after her husband? Is it even possible to win him back?

This statement is one of the doctrines of the Supreme Sword Sect.

"But your sword is neither devoid of emotion nor overflowing with emotion."

"You don't even know what you want. You can't sever your emotional ties, yet you can't be heartless. You're only planning for the sake of planning. You can't even find your own way forward. Your spiritual practice is a complete mess, and you're a terrible person. Yet you're completely oblivious to it."

"If you're not pitiful, then you're only hateful."

"Ning Qiuning".

The young lady of Baidi City looked down at Ning Qiu Ning, who was trembling.

The horrified and astonished gazes around them.

She ignored it all and didn't take it to heart.

Today, all she wanted to do was beat Ning Qiu Ning to a pulp.

Chapter 52, The History of the Demon Race

"Miss Hongji, where are we going now?"

The city guards' training ground is located in the southwest of the imperial city. Chu Xunfeng thought that Hong Ji would take him and Ao Hanli back to Denglong Pavilion, but Hong Ji did not take the route Chu Xunfeng expected.

“After all, there are too many people and too many eyes at Denglong Pavilion. It would be better to find a quieter place to discuss what we need to do next,” Hong Ji said with a smile.

Chu Xunfeng frowned slightly but didn't say anything. Unexpectedly, this scene was seen by Ao Hanli, and the dragon girl spoke directly, "You brat, stop being so wary of this and that. If my dragon clan really wanted to kill you, would we need to beat around the bush like this?"

Chu Xunfeng turned and glanced at Ao Hanli, then suddenly said, "You don't understand."

Ao Hanli smacked her lips. "I went out to train when I was in the third realm. Do you know more than I do?"

"Are you a demon?" Chu Xunfeng asked with a puzzled expression.

“Yes.” Ao Hanli nodded. “Isn’t it obvious?”

"You are a dragon from the royal family of the demon race."

"Nonsense." Ao Hanli rolled her eyes, raised her hand and wiped her forehead, revealing dragon horns. "See this?"

"That's why I said you don't understand." Chu Xunfeng looked at Ao Hanli's dragon horns, which were still covered with a layer of downy fur, and then looked away.

Ao Hanli paused for a moment, then suddenly understood what Chu Xunfeng meant.

You have powerful backers, so you act recklessly; I don't.

"You're quite interesting, aren't you? You're a coward to the end, but you can't muster any real backbone either." Ao Hanli now truly looked up to Chu Xunfeng. "I heard from outside that the dragon and phoenix phenomenon in Bianzhou has only been around for four months?"

"Three and a half months."

"In other words, you've only been a cultivator for three and a half months?" Ao Hanli squinted. "Wait... you should be a body cultivator, right?"

Chu Xunfeng turned his head and glanced at Ao Hanli.

Ao Hanli's golden pupils narrowed slightly, and the reflection of Chu Xunfeng's figure in her vertical pupils appeared incredibly long and thin.

"Dual cultivation." Chu Xunfeng withdrew his gaze.

Having left Baidi City, he no longer needed to hide. Although there was a method for grafting weapon bones, it wasn't like the Sharingan, a quick and easy cheat that could be used immediately. The grafting of weapon bones required the original owner of the weapon bone to do it personally.

The stronger the soldier's backbone, the harder it is to graft; even soldier's backbone has its pride.

“No wonder I’ve always disliked you.” Ao Hanli squinted. “Your military rank should be no less than seventh grade.”

"I don't know," Chu Xunfeng replied casually. Based on his life trajectory, he really shouldn't know what rank his soldier bone was.

"Shall we go test it later?" Hong Ji, who was leading the way, suddenly interrupted the conversation.

"No need, as long as it works, that's fine. Knowing it wouldn't be a good thing for me." Chu Xunfeng withdrew his gaze. "I'm still a body cultivator."

That's a lie. He knows everything; he just doesn't want others to know.

"Sister, how did Fourth Brother manage to get this monster from White Emperor City?" Ao Hanli clicked her tongue. "Even if it's the Phoenix Blood Dragon Bone Pill, it actually has a weapon bone. For me to resonate with it, it must at least be of the same grade as my weapon bone."

"Don't speak with ambiguity, and don't ask questions you shouldn't ask." Hong Ji glared at Ao Hanli, then turned to Chu Xunfeng, "Young Master Chu, please don't take offense, Hanli has been wild since she was a child."

"It's alright, I was originally brought to the demon realm by His Highness the Crown Prince." Chu Xunfeng smiled.

Hong Ji sighed inwardly and turned to glare at Ao Hanli.

Ao Hanli was glared at by his sister-in-law, so he looked away and muttered under his breath, "Stingy man."

Hong Ji rubbed her forehead in exasperation. "We're almost there. Han Li, calm down a bit."

The Dragon Girl stuck out her tongue.

The three of them walked along the edge of the city towards the imperial city to the north, gradually passing by the uneven houses, and arrived at the neatly arranged area, the southern district.

"We've arrived." Hong Ji stopped in front of an unremarkable house. She stepped forward and gently knocked on the door. After a maid opened the door, she led Ao Hanli and Chu Xunfeng into the house.

"Brother Chu, it's been a long time." In the huge courtyard, Ao Ning stood in the courtyard, looking at Chu Xunfeng and Ao Hanli who were led in by Hong Ji, with a gentle smile on his face, "And Hanli, it's been even longer since we last met."

Ao Hanli clasped her hands in greeting to her elder brother, "Fourth Brother."

"I wonder what business Your Highness Ao Ning has with me?" Chu Xunfeng looked at Ao Ning.

“Brother Chu, there’s no need to be so wary…” Ao Ning said with a smile. Seeing that Chu Xunfeng’s expression did not change, he shook his head with a smile. “Hongji, go and make some tea. Brother Chu, Second Sister, come with me.”

Hong Ji led the way, and the three of them silently followed her footsteps around the main hall and into another courtyard, where a huge green tree stood, and tables and chairs made of tree roots that had sprouted from the ground.

"Sit down." Ao Ning smiled and watched Chu Xunfeng and Ao Hanli sit down before taking his seat in the main seat.

The three of them were silent.

Chu Xunfeng looked at Ao Ning, who smiled and gently fanned herself. Only Ao Hanli looked around, seemingly unable to sit still.

"Your Highness, Young Master, Hanli, please have some tea."

After setting down the three cups of tea, Hong Ji smiled slightly and returned to the tea table to sit down, seemingly having no intention of participating in the conversation.

"Your Highness, if Hong Ji marries you, will she still hold her current position?"

Ao Ning paused for a moment, then turned to look at Hong Ji, who smiled gently and looked away.

"Of course not, but I am curious why Brother Chu would ask such a question."

"It's nothing, just curiosity." Chu Xunfeng held his teacup but didn't drink. "Your Highness, please speak freely if you have anything to say."

“Alright.” Ao Ning closed his folding fan and tapped it lightly on his palm. “But let me think about how to bring this up.”

"Your Highness, why don't we start with the previous generation of the royal family?" Hong Ji suggested from the side.

With a smile on her face, Ao Hanli turned to look at Chu Xunfeng, wanting to see Chu Xunfeng's expression after being humiliated.

However, Chu Xunfeng remained silent, calmly waiting for his fourth brother to speak...

He's a rather boring person; he's completely different from how he is on the training field.

“Alright, then let’s talk about the decline of the previous royal family.” Ao Ning had a gentle smile on her face, and seemed to have a sense of tranquility in everything she did, even when telling stories, she was unhurried.

"From the very beginning of its founding, the Demon Kingdom was based on a system of feudal monarchy. At that time, the demon race was still active in the land of Kyushu. However, as the demon race was driven to the wild marshes and wetlands, the demon race's system gradually changed."

“The system of enfeoffment remains unchanged, but the imperial power has changed.” Ao Ning smiled. “The demon race is ultimately driven by bestial instincts. Not all kinds of demons are suitable to be emperors. Some races are born to be strategists, some are born to be scouts, and some are born to be unsuitable for fighting.”

"In the long struggle against humans, ghosts, and demons, the first true royal family member of the Demon Kingdom stood out and won over many subordinates and nobles, thus becoming the royal family."

"To ward off evil, is that right?" Chu Xunfeng looked at Ao Ning.

He still remembered the various tools and implements in the first half of the imperial city that were suitable for the living conditions of 'giants'.

"Yes, Bixie. After ruling the Yaosheng Kingdom for more than 500 years, Bixie's bloodline was cut off. Then, the struggle for the royal succession began more than 200 years ago."

Ao Ning smiled.

Chapter 53, The Demon Royal Family

"Two hundred years ago, in the struggle for the royal bloodline, my dragon clan won, and has been sitting in this position ever since, for two hundred years."

"Fourth Brother, that sounds nice, but the royal family of the demon race is just slaves to the entire demon race!" Ao Hanli pouted and suddenly interrupted Ao Ning's story.

"Give your brother some face, this is not the time for you to interrupt." Ao Ning frowned slightly and glared at his sister, but he wasn't angry.

Little Dragon Girl pouted and simply raised her gaze to look at the big tree behind her fourth brother, whose leaves were rustling.

"Your Highness Ao Ning, please continue." Chu Xunfeng picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea.

“Well, since Hanli mentioned it, let’s start from this direction.” Ao Ning breathed a sigh of relief. “The Bixie is a demon with a very ‘kingly’ aura.”

"Royal aura?" Chu Xunfeng frowned slightly at this strange term.

"He is sincere and generous to others, ruthless and disdainful to enemies, farsighted, good at using people, knows how to maintain balance, and has the skills. Most importantly, Bixie spent more than four hundred years completely transforming the originally disorganized demon race from a tribal alliance into a true nation."

“Each race is in its proper place, and outstanding individuals within each race have clear pathways for advancement.”

"What does all this have to do with the current dragon race?" Chu Xunfeng listened for a long time but didn't hear anything important.

"Don't rush." ​​Ao Ning tapped the table with his finger. "In the Demon Kingdom, Bixie was surrounded by countless honors and halos, but ultimately his bloodline was severed. You must clearly understand this."

“Yes,” Chu Xunfeng nodded.

"Then, the struggle for the royal family was not actually very serious. Rather, after the number of people who could ward off evil had decreased to a certain extent, they had already made arrangements for the future. It was under these circumstances that the Dragon Clan, because of the existence of the Queen Mother, met certain conditions and became the royal family."

Chu Xunfeng stroked his chin, pondering something.

If that's the case, then the dragon race should be the so-called royal family that everyone hopes to become. What secrets are hidden in these stories? They might even involve myself.