Infiltrating the righteous path? Just another place to be a sycophant.

"Master misunderstands. I was just thinking about how to find out about the affair between Her Highness the Holy Maiden and that traitor Lu An. It's not that I don't want to get involved."

"Is that so? Then let me test your loyalty."

Li Nayue suddenly turned sinister. She laughed wickedly, and then Yue'er felt something moving between her legs, which made her face turn red instantly.

"Master, stop! You can't..."

"Good disciple, you go ahead and try it out. Your master hasn't even reached the higher levels yet."

Yue'er held onto the pillar beside her with both hands, her cheeks gradually turning red, and her eyes becoming increasingly unfocused.

"If you don't listen, there's something even more exciting."

"Master, please stop. I promise I will obey, I promise I will... obey..."

Yue'er gritted her teeth, trying her best to suppress the feeling of shame that made her feel.

But the next moment, a piercing, bone-scratching pain suddenly came from my chest.

"Aaaaaah...! Stop it...!"

One moment in heaven, the next in hell. Although it was only a few minutes, Yue'er was like a puppet with its strings cut, collapsing to the ground instantly, her eyes filled with tears.

"I just sensed that you had ulterior motives, my disciple. Do you think I'm truly insane? That I wouldn't have any tricks up my sleeve?"

"Disciple...Disciple knows he was wrong."

Yue'er gritted her teeth and whispered her apology.

Was it really wrong?

"Wrong! Wrong! Master, stop! Stop... Ahhh...!"

Chapter 201 This is a Yandere

Inside Zhao Mengyuan's residence, all was still quiet.

The bamboo forest remained unchanged, and Xia Wan and Zi Li, who were standing at the entrance, were still there, as if they had never left.

After all, no one else could stand here except them.

However, the two of them looked very tense, as if they were on guard against something at any time. They even kept turning around to look at the door of Zhao Mengyuan's room behind them.

"Is Her Highness acting strangely today?"

"There shouldn't be any; everything is normal so far."

"Forget it, we're the only ones here now. Do you think we don't know whether they've gone crazy or not?"

"Yeah, you're right."

The two women sighed, their haggard appearance speaking volumes about the torment they had endured during this time.

It's really terrible.

However, it seems to have quieted down in the last few days and is not so noisy anymore.

Perhaps today will be another peaceful day?

“Ahhhhhh! Why is this happening?!”

Just as the two were rejoicing that they might be able to get through another day peacefully, a sharp scream rang out.

The Holy Maiden screamed again, startling the two of them so much that they turned around.

As expected, the intermittent attacks started again.

"Lu An... impossible... impossible..."

Inside the room, the items on the table were scattered haphazardly on the floor. Zhao Mengyuan was squatting beside the corner of the table, muttering to herself, clutching her hair with both hands, looking as if she had collapsed.

"The Heart-Eating Gu didn't work!? Why is there no connection!?"

Zhao Mengyuan looked at the unresponsive dark red dot on the small jade pendant, feeling somewhat overwhelmed and confused.

This is the Heart-Eating Gu she previously placed on Lu An. The jade tablet can display its status; its current dark red color indicates that it is in a dormant state.

However, this jade tablet can also be activated, since it was nurtured with her spiritual blood. Therefore, Zhao Mengyuan can activate the Heart-Eating Gu if she wants to.

But for some reason, no matter how she tried to activate it, the Heart-Eating Gu remained unresponsive.

As for why she activated the Heart-Eating Gu, it was because she wanted to teach Lu An a lesson.

According to a report from a spy within the Yuan Tian Sheng Zong sect, his junior brother seems to be getting very close to Yu Wanqing, and there are even rumors that Yu Wanqing's father, Zhao Jijie, the leader of the Righteous Path Alliance, wants to marry her off to Lu An.

Although it's just a rumor, it's unacceptable. But how can I so easily approach my junior brother who's an undercover agent in the Yuan Tian Sheng Sect?

She was really difficult to approach, so she came up with this method.

Torture him, make him suffer terribly, then find some time to care for him, comfort him, and finally plead with your master, saying that he is unwell and requesting that he be allowed to return to the Heavenly Demon Sect under a different identity.

The plan was well-thought-out, but it failed at the step of activating the Heart-Eating Gu.

The Heart-Eating Gu that was placed inside Lu An's body simply wouldn't listen to her.

I learned this skill of cultivating the Heart-Eating Gu from my master, so how could it be useless?

It's really puzzling.

Should I ask Master? But how can I explain it to Master?

“I understand. I must go to him myself. I must pull him back from the abyss.”

After a period of internal strife, Zhao Mengyuan touched her head, feeling an urgent sense of mission.

She had a feeling that Lu An must be being exploited and oppressed in the Yuan Tian Sheng Sect, forced by that damned Yu Wanqing, living a life worse than death.

Because being an undercover agent is very difficult, she should go and rescue him instead of getting bogged down in internal strife.

"Lu An is mine, and I absolutely cannot let anyone else take him away."

Zhao Mengyuan stood up, her disheveled appearance bearing a striking resemblance to Li Nayue.

"Absolutely not! Ahhhhh! Absolutely not! No no no!"

Zhao Mengyuan started screaming hysterically again, she was completely out of her mind.

Xia Wan and Zi Li listened outside the door, their faces full of helplessness.

Her Highness has indeed fallen ill again.

I don't know what's so great about this Senior Brother Lu. He is indeed quite handsome and very willing to fight for love, but that doesn't mean he deserves to act like this.

Now they increasingly feel that Zhao Mengyuan is simply insane.

"When will Her Highness get rid of this habit of occasionally going crazy over Lu An?"

"I don't know. Someone from the Demon Doctor's Hall came to see her last time. It seems that she rushed through her tribulation too quickly, and her condition was not good. She encountered a mental demon barrier, and the mental demon was about to emerge but couldn't, so this is how it happened."

As everyone knows, the state of mind one is in during tribulation is very important for the emergence of inner demons later on.

If you are filled with hatred when you are going through a tribulation, you will likely develop a very vicious inner demon later on.

If there are feelings in one's heart, then there is a high probability that the obsession with that person will become even deeper.

Some experienced practitioners explain this kind of inner demon as the obsession with what one desires but cannot obtain. If one cannot control the influence of this inner demon, it will definitely affect one's spiritual practice later on.

Some irritable demonic cultivators are like this, and this situation can also occur among righteous cultivators.

However, undergoing tribulation while having someone on your mind is quite terrifying, as it can turn your longing for that person into an obsession. How obsessive can that obsession become?

That is, when someone dies, everyone will try their best to revive him or her, even if it means turning the corpse into a puppet and summoning it, just to find that person.

Of course, some people are soulless and are just empty shells, so some people even go so far as to practice soul-binding techniques and snatch people from the underworld, which is incredibly dangerous.

"Lu An, you're mine! I must have you! I absolutely must have you!"

Zhao Mengyuan's voice was extremely shrill, like a ghost's cry, and her eyes were also extremely bloodshot, filled with blood-red veins.

Xia Wan said in a low voice, "An elder has already included this situation in a book. I've read it, it's called something like this..."

Zi Li pricked up her ears and asked curiously, "What's your name?"

Xia Wan looked around, then reached out to Zi Li. Zi Li leaned closer and asked with great curiosity, "What's your name? What's your name?"

"I remember the elder saying that the saintess's condition should be called yandere."

"Yandere? What kind of term is that?"

"It's probably about being very obsessed with someone, feeling that that person must belong to you, and feeling like you'd rather be dead if they're with someone else. You have to take them away no matter what, even at the cost of your life."

Xia Wan took out a booklet and read it carefully, while also sharing it with Zi Li.

Zi Li didn't know where she had taken out this booklet, and she was stunned when she saw its contents.

What are the symptoms?

Is this considered a mental illness?

"It could be considered one way, but it could also be seen as a case of inner demons possessing the body."

The two women were studying the object at the doorway, completely unaware that a figure exuding murderous intent had appeared behind them.

"What are you two doing?"

The cold, murderous voice startled the two women. They turned around and saw a familiar figure.

Zhao Mengyuan.

"Holy Maiden, we're not doing anything, we're just discussing work-related matters..."

"Yes, we were just... talking about work."

Snapped!

Ignoring their explanations, the two women each received a slap.

"I'm going away for a while. You all keep an eye on this place and do your jobs well. If you don't, I'll demote you to the Magic Craft Hall to do hard labor!"

"Yes...Your Highness!"

Chapter 203 Not drinking coconut juice means you're an undercover agent

The back mountain of Tianmo Peak, Tianmo Sect

Li Podao looked at the jade tablet in his hand, the tiny dark red dot on it seemed to be trying to say something.

"Strange, why is this Heart-Eating Gu completely silent?"

Li Podao patted the jade tablet; the red dot on it emitted only a very faint red light, as if it were about to breathe its last.

Before Lu An left, she planted the Heart-Eating Gu in his body to prevent him from betraying her; this was standard procedure.

She had done this before. If someone harbored disloyalty, she would activate the Heart-Eating Gu, making that person wish they were dead. If they still didn't obey, she would directly cause their heart to explode and die.

Unless one cultivates to the Tribulation Transcending stage or possesses a special method, the Heart-Eating Gu is difficult to remove, and the person afflicted with the Gu can only be manipulated by the one who cast it.

But now something strange is happening. Although the Gu worms in Lu An's body are not dead, they are not moving. The tiny red dots are just telling her that I am still alive.

This is no simple matter. If she remembers correctly, she never told Lu An that he had a Gu worm in his body. "You better behave yourself, or I'll make you wish you were dead."

As for why she tried to activate the Gu worm, it was purely to test its power. Even if it really hurt Lu An, she could just comfort him by saying that he had just eaten too much unclean stuff.

"That's not right. Could it be that he accidentally removed the curse? But if that's the case, the curse worm shouldn't be alive, right?"

Li Podao fell into deep thought. She really couldn't understand why the Heart-Eating Gu had stopped moving.

In her experience, it is extremely difficult to remove a curse without pain or injury, unless a renowned reclusive Taoist doctor from the righteous path intervenes.

But how did this kid get in touch with such an existence? They've probably been hiding for years in preparation for ascension.

unless……

Li Podao opened the book, and the content of the first line caught his attention.

"If the Heart-Eating Gu encounters its own kind, and happens to be a male and female pair, then it will enter the breeding period. During the breeding period, the Gu worm is harmless to the host."

"Or perhaps it's a fight between people of the same sex, resulting in mutual destruction."

Could someone else have planted the Heart-Eating Gu on Lu An? But how could that be? The Heart-Eating Gu is rare, and the conditions for planting it are very strict. It's difficult to plant it on someone who isn't close to him. How could that have happened?

That's strange, isn't it?

He pondered the path of liberation from time to time, but could not understand it, so he simply stopped thinking about it.