I am Guhuoniao, not an umbrella demon, please do not disturb me.

Liu Changsheng stood up. "She is my older sister, and also my aunt's adopted child."

After spending four long years on the mountain, Dongqing finally had the chance to come down. She had waited far too long to see her aunt again.

Riding on a flying sword, Dong Qing's strength was not great, only at the Nascent Soul stage, of course, this was compared to Chang Sheng and the others.

Two people followed her on either side; they were Yunru's two apprentices, Lin Yimiao and Li Wujiang.

In just four years, Dong Qing's strength has surpassed Lin Yimiao's, which makes Lin Yimiao somewhat unhappy. However, Dong Qing's talent is too strong, and she can't catch up no matter what.

"Dongqing, you're a cultivator now, so it's best to keep some distance from your aunt. She's a demon, and you're a disciple of Tianyang Palace. Besides, we've only been down the mountain for ten days, so why don't you visit us today and leave tomorrow? How about we go out and have some fun?"

Lin Yimiao offered this suggestion.

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Volume 1: Chapter 217 Lin Yimiao, who was brutally murdered

Feng Yuan originally planned to delay Dong Qing's departure from the mountain for a year, but Dong Qing's talent was too terrifying. She went from Foundation Establishment to the early Nascent Soul stage in less than five years. Seeing that her strength was already quite strong, she simply let her go down the mountain. It was also almost the New Year, so she could go back and reunite with her family for ten or twenty days.

As for Li Wujiang and Lin Yimiao...

Yunru had long seen that Li Wujiang's love tribulation stemmed from Bai Qingyu, and she was utterly perplexed, but reality was undeniable. As his master, she could only think of ways to help her disciple overcome this tribulation.

Yunru knew that Li Wujiang and Bai Qingyu could never be together, so she thought that since Bai Dongqing was going down the mountain, she could have Li Wujiang go with her to protect her. Once she returned home, she could have Li Wujiang talk to Bai Qingyu and make him give up on the idea.

After all, it was like falling in love at first sight. Without ever having spoken to each other, Li Wujiang always harbored a sliver of hope. It was this feeling that made him unable to forget Bai Qingyu and unable to accept her identity, a complex and contradictory situation.

After the conversation, he gave up and then secluded himself for another ten years, and this love tribulation was finally over.

Then there's Lin Yimiao. Knowing that Bai Dongqing and her senior brother were going down the mountain, she cried and insisted on going down with them. Yunru softened her heart and considered that this girl could comfort Li Wujiang, so she let her come along.

“No, Sister Yimiao, although Aunt is a demon, she is also the aunt who raised me and is my closest relative. I want to stay and keep her company,” Dongqing replied earnestly.

“But you are a cultivator from Tianyang Palace, and your talent is so amazing. Master said you were born with a great spiritual body, and your future achievements will surely be great. If your spiritual body is corrupted by demonic power, what will happen to you in the future? Although she raised you, this kindness can be repaid slowly in the future.”

"Yimiao, stop talking." Li Wujiang couldn't help but scold her when he heard this while she was deep in thought.

Lin Yimiao spread her hands, looking completely innocent.

She was telling the truth. Dongqing is such a powerful spirit, and demonic power belongs to the category of "turbid energy," so it should be kept away. If her aunt knew this, she would definitely agree with her.

There's also the debt of gratitude for raising him, which Lin Yimiao believes can be repaid and the debt settled. If we're talking about gratitude, Feng Yuan Shibo owes Dong Qing more than her aunt did. Her aunt only raised Dong Qing for thirteen years, while Feng Yuan Shibo taught Dong Qing swordsmanship for over a hundred years.

This is the true debt of gratitude that is impossible to repay.

"Dongqing, what do you think?" Lin Yimiao ignored her senior brother and looked at Dongqing instead.

It seemed as if she wanted to get some answer from Dong Qing, and then slap her senior brother Li Wujiang in the face.

"what?"

Didn't you hear what I just said?

Dongqing scratched his head. "I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you were saying, Sister Yimiao. I was just spacing out. I was thinking about what kind of gift to give Auntie when I see her later. I've prepared so many gifts, but I don't know which one Auntie will like."

"Little sister Dongqing, although you're already stronger than your senior sister, you should still listen to what I say," Lin Yimiao said helplessly. "I was just saying..."

"Hey, isn't that Changsheng?" Upon seeing Liu Changsheng in the distance, Dongqing didn't wait for Lin Yimiao to finish speaking before flying over on his flying sword, leaving Lin Yimiao with a deep frown.

"Senior brother, has Dongqing changed? She wasn't like this before."

“It’s not that she’s changed, Yimiao. You can be a little willful when you’re on the mountain, you can be willful with me and with Master, but after you come down the mountain, or with other people, you should think before you speak. Not everyone and everything is as you think. Sometimes, try to think from other people’s perspectives.”

Li Wujiang gave her a heartfelt piece of advice, then turned to look at Lin Yimiao's pouting face. He sighed helplessly, realizing that the girl hadn't listened to him again.

"I'll go take a look too. That kid named Liu Changsheng is quite interesting. He had such a sharp eye when I froze him back then. I wonder if I can still do that now. Hmm... He's just a demon, he probably isn't that powerful."

Dongqing has such amazing talent, yet it took this demon thirteen years to reach the Foundation Establishment stage. After arriving at her Tianyang Palace, she directly reached the Nascent Soul stage in just four years. If only Dongqing could have gone up the mountain a few years earlier, it would have been such a pity that such amazing talent was wasted for so many years.

In Lin Yimiao's opinion, Liu Changsheng couldn't possibly be that powerful.

Ahead, Dongqing flew swiftly to Liu Changsheng's side. Looking at him, who hadn't changed much over the years and was still the same silly Changsheng she remembered, she almost couldn't hold back her tears. The emotions she had suppressed for four or five years finally burst forth.

Her eyes were red, and she reached out to wipe away her tears, but somehow the more she wiped, the more tears she shed.

"You idiot Changsheng, long time no see! I'm back! Don't tell me you don't recognize me!"

She went up and gave Changsheng a hug, then stood up and continued to wipe away tears while choking back sobs.

Life at Tianyang Palace was fulfilling, bringing her closer and closer to her dream of becoming a sword immortal. But no matter how good it was, in Dongqing's eyes, it couldn't compare to that quiet little valley.

Over the years, Dongqing has changed a lot. She is no longer the chattering little girl, but has grown into a beautiful young woman.

From a young age, Bai Qingyu transferred demonic power to Dong Qing every day to change her physique, so much so that Dong Qing now looks very much like Bai Qingyu. Their eyes are like they were carved from the same mold, and their faces are at least 70% similar. When they stand together, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they are twin sisters.

Liu Changsheng's face was expressionless, but his feelings were no less than Dong Qing's; he was just not good at expressing his emotions.

"It's good that you're back."

After many years, the siblings reunited, but it was not a perfect reunion.

Changsheng heard a "hey" sound and suddenly saw a spell slowly flying towards him.

Upon seeing this spell, Changsheng's pupils constricted, and he almost instantly drew his demonic sword. The sheer power of the sword shattered the small spell. Without a word, he drew his sword and slashed. A dark purple sword light swept across the sky, accompanied by bursts of dark purple lightning, heading straight for Lin Yimiao, who had been thrown behind him.

"Huh?"

Lin Yimiao was completely dumbfounded by the dark purple blade of light that seemed to slice through space itself. Her eyes saw it, but her brain couldn't process it at all. What was even stranger was that the blade of light actually seemed to be traveling very slowly in her eyes, as if countless centuries had passed between them. Just as her heart skipped a beat and her body's instinctive warning screamed at her to run, every cell in her body seemed to be screaming at her to run.

The blade's edge has arrived.

With a single palm strike, Li Wujiang sent Lin Yimiao flying, and drew his sword to block.

However, he underestimated the power of the sword. After he blocked the sword's edge, it split open in the middle and flew out to the left and right.

The two sword beams that split apart were slightly weakened, but the remaining power was still beyond Lin Yimiao's ability to block.

Having just faced that knife head-on, she couldn't even process the despair. Now that she has, the feeling of despair, enveloped by the aura of death, has rendered her unable to move.

Ding!

Just as the blade was about to strike Lin Yimiao, a semi-transparent phantom of an ancient bell appeared, enveloping her and blocking the attack. Under this terrifying power, the flying sword beneath her feet shattered into countless stardust fragments. The ancient bell vanished, but the residual force of the blade remained, unleashing countless tiny blade beams that sliced ​​numerous wounds into Lin Yimiao's body, turning her into a blood-soaked figure in the blink of an eye.

The ancient bell was a life-saving device that Yunru left on Lin Yimiao, and it could only be used once. Without it, Lin Yimiao would have died just now.

She spat out a mouthful of blood, her face turned deathly pale, and Lin Yimiao lost all her strength and fell downwards, but Li Wujiang used his spiritual power to pull her up.

With her legs too weak to support her body, Lin Yimiao slumped onto Li Wujiang's spiritual energy, panting heavily.

Because of the despair I experienced, the feeling of surviving such a disaster is all the more blissful.

However, as soon as Lin Yimiao looked up, she saw Liu Changsheng holding the Demon Sword in one hand, protecting Dong Qing tightly behind him.

She never imagined that the one who unleashed this sword strike would be him, the boy who, ten years ago, could be easily imprisoned by her magic.

how can that be!

How could it possibly become so strong?

He's always been by that bird demon's side, so he shouldn't be able to grow up.

Unable to believe what was happening before my eyes, a surge of anger welled up inside me for no apparent reason after that thought passed.

She was just trying to make a joke.

Is there really such a lack of magnanimity?

With your abilities, you could easily break this binding spell.

Is it really necessary to go this far?

If it weren't for the help of her senior brother and master, she would have died from that sword strike!

This guy did it on purpose, he definitely did it on purpose.

The atmosphere instantly plummeted to freezing point.

Liu Changsheng drew his sword to protect Bai Dongqing behind him, while Li Wujiang also drew his sword to shield Lin Yimiao.

It looked like an unnecessary conflict caused by a small confinement spell. Lin Yimiao would never have imagined how nervous Changsheng was when she cast the spell, the feeling that his heart was being squeezed.

Years ago, he was imprisoned under a big tree and watched helplessly as she approached his family. That feeling was nothing short of a childhood trauma for Changsheng, and it directly changed his entire being.

Now that the scene has reappeared, it's like a nightmare has been reawakened, so how could he not retaliate?

He never wanted to experience that feeling again.

The black and white demonic power swept in wildly, and Shuten-dōji appeared directly in his demon king form, exuding an extremely strong sense of oppression.

Standing behind Li Wujiang with his arms crossed, Shuten asked calmly, "Brother Liu, what's wrong with these two? Did they follow Sister Dongqing?"

An overwhelming surge of demonic power erupted from Shuten-dōji, making one feel as if their body were a lone boat adrift on a vast ocean.

Lin Yimiao still couldn't muster any strength. She looked left and right, her eyes filled with utter despair. "Senior brother, it's a powerful demon! It turns out this guy has been colluding with the demon race all along. We can't escape now. What should we do? Quickly call Master!"

With Ibaraki's appearance, the three sides were surrounded, and Lin Yimiao thought to herself that her life was over.

I really shouldn't have let Dongqing come back.

Demons are demons, and humans are humans. How can demons and humans mix together? Now look what's happened, everyone is going to die.

Even if she dies, her master will definitely come back to avenge her!

"You idiot Changsheng, what happened? Sister Yimiao and Senior Brother aren't bad people!"

Dongqing tugged at Changsheng's sleeve.

Sheathing his sword, Liu Changsheng said calmly, "It's nothing, just retaliating against someone who tried to attack me."

Looking at Li Wujiang, Liu Changsheng turned and left, saying, "You two should go back. You're not welcome here."

Shuten raised an eyebrow, saying nothing more. It seemed that Changsheng knew the two of them.

He turned and left as well, quickly following Changsheng's steps. Dongqing glanced at Shuten who had followed, and Shuten also glanced at Dongqing. He was about to say, "This lord is called Shuten," but when he saw Dongqing's face, which was seven or eight parts similar to Bai Qingyu's, and then his eyes, which were exactly the same, he realized that he was wrong.

When that gaze swept over, Shuten thought it was Bai Qingyu who had returned. The arrogant and unruly expression on his face disappeared, and he swallowed back the words "This Great One". "Hehehe, um, you must be Sister Dongqing. My name is Shuten, and I am also my aunt's adopted child."

"Oh, nice to meet you, my name is Bai Dongqing."

Dongqing blinked. This was actually her aunt's newly adopted child! He seemed so amazing, even more so than her and the idiot Changsheng.

No, that idiot Changsheng is also very powerful. How could he suddenly become so much stronger? I thought that after going down the mountain, my Nascent Soul stage strength would be enough to make me look good in front of that idiot Changsheng. I didn't expect that I still couldn't beat him.

Also, were both of these demons adopted by Auntie? Just how many children has Auntie adopted?

Am I still the boy she loves most?