Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

The little queen felt uneasy whenever she thought about it, and at the same time, she made up her mind to leave this lousy academy.

It's just a courtyard house! She's the incarnation of the Demon Slayer's True Blood. How could a mere courtyard house possibly confine her?!

"Hmph, once I get out of this godforsaken place, I will definitely find a chance to avenge that arrow wound!"

Determined to avenge her previous humiliation, the petite queen cautiously approached the back gate and peeked furtively through the crack in the door.

—Very good. Apart from the junior sister who was sleeping soundly on the stone table and whose light bulb occasionally glowed with the sound of her breathing, there was no one else in sight.

Although it's a bit dangerous, since Duan Xingchen is already fast asleep, as long as I'm a little careful and don't make any loud noises, it should be fine, right?

"Okay... let's do it this way!"

She slowly pushed open the door, trying her best to make her voice barely noticeable.

Therefore, she even chose to lower her body, taking each step with extreme caution, as if walking on thin ice.

She knew that if she made a mistake, everything would be lost.

One step, two steps...

At this moment, the little queen is an assassin with extremely high infiltration skills. She can even sense the direction of air movement, making the breeze part to make way for her in a wide and quiet path.

All she had to do was follow this road and head towards the gate called freedom!

She wants freedom!

"Um..."

In the utterly tranquil space, a subtle murmur suddenly rang out.

The girl got goosebumps all over her body, cold sweat dripped from her forehead, and her delicate crimson eyes trembled as she stared at Duan Xingchen, who was lying on the stone table and seemed to be waking up.

Wake up...you're awake?!

I didn't make a sound, so why did I suddenly...?

Duan Xingchen squinted, let out a soft moan, and murmured, "I've told you... I can't call you 'little sister' in front of outsiders... I've told you so many times..."

She frowned, her expression heavy, as if she were feeling some unbearable pain, and slowly turned over.

Then, there was silence again.

……

What's wrong? It was just a false alarm.

The little queen's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled back into her stomach.

She had originally planned to temporarily hand over control of her body to Lin Yuan, letting her make up some lies to get by, but since Duan Xingchen hadn't woken up, there was no need to do so anymore.

Her gaze shifted slightly, landing on the gate of the courtyard house, which was less than ten meters away.

—Once you step out of this door, you will be free!

Freedom! Freedom!

The thought that she would no longer have to endure the threats from that young man in white filled her with unparalleled joy. Moreover, she had already devised an extremely meticulous plan. Once she escaped, she was confident that within a hundred years, she could restore the glory of the Demon Clan and allow the Demon Clan to once again rule the three heavenly domains!

"To be honest... I think it's better not to make a fuss anymore."

—As a result, at this critical juncture, another very discordant voice emerged.

The little queen's expression grew even more somber, and she thought impatiently to herself, "What do you know, you little girl? If it weren't for the fact that we share the same body, I would have kicked you away long ago."

"Yuan'er, this is for your own good. If you keep making a fuss, your teacher will get angry."

"Angry? Ha! The moment I leave this godforsaken place, I'll go find a way back to the Abyss of the Demon Clan. Once I'm back in the Abyss of the Demon Clan, I really don't believe he can do anything to me!"

"The teacher is very powerful. Even the Abyss of Demons... shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Tch, you naive little girl~ I'm too lazy to waste my breath on you."

The little queen curled her lip in disdain, then ignored Lin Yuan's advice and continued to move step by step toward the courtyard gate.

However, when she was less than five meters away from the courtyard gate, a blob of blue things caught her attention.

It was a huddled group of children curled up by the front door, basking in the sun with a contented expression, seemingly thoroughly enjoying themselves.

A dog.

Little Lei?!

The little queen, who had seen this dog once or twice at Yuntian Academy, immediately recognized it.

However, the little queen only had two impressions of this puppy—cute and lazy.

I've hardly ever seen it do anything, and it rarely barks. It spends its days either sunbathing or sleeping soundly in Zhang Ruoxue's arms, posing absolutely no threat.

However, the little queen seemed to have learned that this little thunder dog was probably the guard dog of their Cloud Sky Academy.

—Can such a small dog guard the door?

Anyway, the little queen doesn't believe it.

It's best not to cause any trouble for now.

In order not to make a sound, the little queen did not choose to kick the troublesome little thunderbolt aside, but rather quite gently chose to walk around it.

But just as she successfully bypassed Xiao Leizi and was about to place her hand on the door—

Because the sun was blocked from above, Xiao Leizi, who suddenly could not feel the warmth of the sunlight, suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes, which seemed to be overflowing with lightning, staring intently at the little queen.

It seemed to sense that the person in front of it was different from Lin Yuan on ordinary days, especially the faint demonic aura emanating from the surroundings. Although the demonic aura had become very thin due to the sealing of the spiritual essence, Xiao Lei could still detect it.

It bared its teeth at the little queen, its small body no longer curled up, but staring at the person in front of it with a rather wary look.

Hey, I didn't bother you, but you still deliberately caused trouble, huh?

The little queen had absolutely no interest in such a weak magical beast. She glanced at Duan Xingchen, who was fast asleep, and her heart skipped a beat.

She slowly crouched down, a queen-like wicked smile playing on her lips, her crimson eyes flashing with a threatening light.

"I'm warning you, you mere low-level magical beast. If you dare to make a sound, I'll chop you up in a heartbeat, and tonight we'll have a dog meat platter, understand?"

As the embodiment of the true blood of the Demon Slayer, her words are almost absolute commands to most magical beasts whose bodies are tainted with the aura of the demon race, provided that the difference between the two sides is not too great.

However, even a demonic hound like Xiao Leizi, which doesn't seem to have much combat power, should be able to be successfully controlled by the little queen whose spiritual energy has been stripped away.

however--

Little Leizi continued to stare intently at the little queen, baring his teeth, as if he were about to shout out at any moment.

"Hey, you're really getting cocky, aren't you?"

Seeing that the little dog completely ignored her, the little queen was furious. As the ruler of the demon race, how could she be contradicted by a weak demon dog?

She immediately released her demonic energy, then whispered in a commanding tone:

"I'm warning you one last time, get out of here now, or I'll..."

Before he could finish speaking...

sizzle--

An extremely terrifying electric current rapidly swirled around Xiao Leizi's body. His body, which was originally only a few dozen centimeters long, was magnified dozens of times in an instant. A terrifying thunderhound, about ten meters tall, with its mane radiating blinding lightning, suddenly appeared in the courtyard.

The enormous body blocked out the sunlight above, and the petite girl, trapped in the shadow of the lightning, blinked blankly.

"Tonight..."

She looked up at the little thunder spirit, whose head was bigger than her own body and whose fangs were bared like lightning, and sweat poured down her forehead.

*gulp*—swallowing saliva.

"Sorry to bother you."

She quickly stood up and bowed apologetically to Xiao Leizi in front of her.

Without the slightest hesitation, he turned and ran, his face ashen, looking as if he had seen a ghost.

What the heck?! What the heck?!

But no one told her that this watchdog could transform!

However, Xiao Leizi had no intention of letting her leave. He turned around and let out a terrifying roar, biting down on the petite body that was running away.

Awoo~

……

"What...it's so noisy..."

Startled awake by the roar, Duan Xingchen rubbed his eyes and looked ahead with a somewhat blank expression.

In her memory, the small demon dog was currently holding the upper body of a girl in its mouth, while its two short legs were flapping incessantly in mid-air.

Duan Xingchen, who was stunned for a few seconds, hurriedly ran to Yun Ping's room and quickly knocked on the door after regaining his senses.

"teacher--"

"What's wrong?"

The old rogue's familiar voice came from inside.

"Teacher, come out quickly! Something terrible has happened!"

"what happened?"

"My senior sister got eaten by a dog!"

Yunping: "?"

15. Surname Gu, name Xingzhuo

"Um... although it might seem a bit rude to ask that—"

noon.

The young man, dressed in black and carrying a heavy black sword, chuckled and scratched his head before shifting his gaze away from the two beauties, one large and one small, who were lying on the ground as if their souls had left their bodies.

What's going on with them?

As you can see—

Lying in an elderly chair not far away, the ordinary-looking young man in a white shirt sipped his tea, his expression one of utter contentment.