After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

Shi Yan looked at Ming Zhongqing with concern.

This guy has clearly broken through to the Spirit Realm, but his physical condition has not improved; in fact, it has worsened.

He was as frail as an ordinary person.

No, it's even weaker than ordinary people.

Adding to his frail health, a consequence of being a genius envied by heaven, Shi Yan even felt that this guy might not live much longer.

I'm writing this after hearing about someone... What exactly did that bastard do?

"What robbery?" Ming Zhongqing hurriedly withdrew his hand.

The only person she didn't want to know about her physical condition was Shi Yan.

As it turned out, this guy was so ruthless... he just let the spiritual energy run right through his body and thoroughly explored him.

"I...I don't need you to take care of my body."

"It's my own fault."

Then--

Ming Zhongqing saw that Shi Yan had a look of worry mixed with a look of as if he were looking at a fool.

"What do you mean, Shi Yan?!"

"That look in his eyes..."

Shi Yan couldn't help but facepalm. "You haven't been sold out and you're still helping the seller count the money, have you?!"

"Oh My God..."

"How could you be so stupid?"

If it weren't for the fact that his body was so weak right now, as if he had gone limp from his toes to his spine, Ming Zhongqing would definitely have pounced on Shi Yan and given her a barrage of tiny punches.

"What does it mean to be sold out and still help the seller count the money?!"

I was genuinely worried about you...

The girl's frail shoulders trembled as she became angry.

Shi Yan was genuinely afraid that Ming Zhongqing would simply turn his back on her.

She pressed down on Ming Zhongqing's shoulder.

Shi Yan wasn't too flustered.

Ming Zhongqing's condition was actually not bad. Compared to Yun Mengji, whose lifespan limit was directly reduced due to his ability to predict the future, Ming Zhongqing's lifespan was merely broken through without any increase.

I'll find her longevity pills and long life pills... that will extend her lifespan.

But... her health is just too poor.

Even games don't have this feature.

It seems that even normal cultivation growth has been erased.

“That Wenren Ershu is not a good person.” Shi Yan pressed on Ming Zhongqing’s shoulder and looked at her seriously.

Ming Zhongqing looked up at Shi Yan.

She swallowed hard, and only then did Ming Zhongqing realize the distance between them.

Okay...closer...

The soft, black hair that fell beside Shi Yan's ear was very close.

It felt as if if I were to breathe just a little louder, I would 'disturb' that soft strand of hair.

Fragrant breath brushed against my face.

It still seemed to carry the scent of that chaotic and rampant spiritual energy from before.

Ming Zhongqing even felt that he could no longer breathe, could no longer think, and his brain was trembling.

However... she is, after all, an exceptionally intelligent girl.

Ming Zhongqing quickly regained his composure, "I know..."

Shi Yan was stunned.

She knows nothing!

In Shi Yan's view, Ming Zhongqing is now no different from those who have been scammed and brainwashed.

"I can sense... she's like a shadow..."

Then, Ming Zhongqing turned his gaze to the pure-colored mandala who was coaxing the child.

"Just like that girl."

“To write about someone is like a shadow.” Ming Zhongqing cultivates the “Blazing Sun Burning Heaven Scripture,” and the light and darkness, good and evil of the world are like shadows under the midday sun in front of her.

Clear and impossible to hide.

This is something that even Wenren Ershu had never known.

“No…” Ming Zhongqing looked at the Pure Color Mandala with some apprehension.

The Pure Color Mandala looked up with interest, raising its eyebrows to look at Ming Zhongqing.

That's very interesting!

This little bug.

In her... I seemed to see the shadow of that black crow that used to be with that annoying guy.

"You... are more like the shadow itself."

Hearing Ming Zhongqing's words, Jingse Mandala's lips curled up in a pleasant smile.

She really liked Ming Zhongqing's assessment.

Shi Yan then slowly sat down again.

Fortunately, Ming Zhongqing doesn't seem to be so easily fooled.

"So what exactly is wrong with your body?" Compared to Wenren Ershu, Shiyan was more concerned about Ming Zhongqing's condition.

Ming Zhongqing turned her head away, unwilling to mention her drastic modifications to the Blazing Sun Heaven-Burning Scripture.

"There was a slight mishap during my cultivation, but it's nothing."

“But Shi Yan…” she looked at Shi Yan again, “that person who writes about people… what’s going on?”

Shi Yan looked at Ming Zhongqing with a complicated expression.

There seemed to be no need to hide anything from Ming Zhongqing.

"She is a demon—"

"Failed to cultivate the [Record of Departure from Heaven]...a demon possessed."

rub--

Pure Color Mandala stood up while holding the little girl Ba.

Part 300: The location of the Loulan Tomb, and... Qi Yin [Chapter 3K3]

No matter how much the Pure Color Mandala thought about it, it never came to this conclusion.

The spectator got caught up in the drama and ended up getting hurt himself.

She stood there blankly, the little girl in her arms could only cling tightly to the pure white mandala with her limbs.

It wasn't until Shi Yan's gaze turned towards him that this happened.

Only when she felt the little girl trembling in her arms did Jingse Mandala slowly sit down again.

He opened his mouth, looking at Shi Yan and Ming Zhongqing, but seemed unable to say anything.

The pure-colored mandala hugged the little girl Ba tightly, and then transformed into a cold and icy demeanor.

Shi Yan and Ming Zhongqing continued to speak softly and gently.

"Demon?" Tilting his head, Ming Zhongqing repeated what his master had said.

"But how could this be..."

She knew that the "demon" Shi Yan spoke of was different from demonic sects like the Love Sea Demon Sect and the Futian Sect.

The one the master was referring to... should be the same as the peerless demon lord of Loulan from a thousand years ago—

magic.

But... that shouldn't be the case.

According to what Ming Zhongqing knew about the past.

Since the Lord of Loulan transformed into a demon lord and was then killed by an immortal who fell to the mortal realm, there should have been no trace of demons left in the Nine Provinces.

The last celestial demon was killed by an immortal who had descended to the mortal realm.

All the magic scrolls in Kyushu that could summon and transform otherworldly demons were burned to ashes.

That kind of thing should no longer exist in this world.

But Ming Zhongqing did not doubt whether Shi Yan was talking nonsense.

Perhaps the teacher misunderstood.

Ming Zhongqing turned his head to look at the pure white mandala.

She could sense that the girl she called 'the shadow itself' was not as simple as she appeared.

This girl has a similar appearance to Jun Qianrou back then.

However, Ming Zhongqing had learned about everyone who appeared around Shi Yan.

Jun Qianrou is the only daughter of Jun Huaigong.

The Jun family has no other younger sisters.

Most importantly... Ming Zhongqing withdrew his gaze from the Pure Color Mandala. If Wenren Ershu, whom he felt like a shadow under the sunlight, was so categorically referred to as a 'demon' by his master...