Miss Demon Lord will never surrender to the Saint

"Isn't it? The interactions between those ordinary couples are not as intimate as you two."

"That's your illusion. This is how all the sisters and brothers in Yao Chi get along with each other." Qian Lin retorted with a straight face.

The courtesan naturally couldn't believe this. She had spent quite a while observing Yao Chi's base, and it was obvious that the only ones who had such a good relationship here were Qian Lin and Ye Qiuhan!

Although the relationship between other Yao Chi disciples can be considered harmonious, it is still not close enough compared to Qian Lin and Ye Qiuhan, the two sisters.

So, it is the authorities who are confused?

"I hope so. Oh, I'm a little tired after working all day. There won't be any big commotion in Hehuan Valley for a while. Is there a place where I can take a rest?"

"Go ask Senior Sister Gu. I don't know where there are any empty rooms."

"Okay, okay, you mean little girl."

"Hey!"

……

"Master Yue Sheng, it's bad! According to the reports from our secret agents in the Canglong Empire, a large number of monks from the Holy Land are rushing towards the imperial capital! They are probably the reinforcements called by Yao Chi!"

While Yao Chi was preparing for a defensive counterattack step by step, Hehuan Valley received some not-so-good news.

Before Hehuan Valley took action, Yao Chi had already sent out a distress signal to all the major holy places. The news that such a large empire was about to be destroyed by Hehuan Valley immediately attracted the unanimous attention of all the holy places.

"The fastest team is a team from the Sword Sect. They will arrive in the Imperial Capital by this evening at the earliest!"

Among them, the Qinglian Sword Sect was undoubtedly the sect that reacted the fastest. Disciples from other holy places still had to ask their superiors whether they should go to help Yao Chi, but the Sword Sect disciples would not ask at all.

What, there are demons causing trouble?

I'll come right over!

That's pretty much it.

This group of crazy people are not only very mobile, but also very powerful. Yue Sheng felt a headache when he heard the news.

We have been unable to capture Yao Chi’s base for a long time, and Yao Chi’s reinforcements are about to arrive. What should we do now?

“Hu… calm down, calm down, there is still a way, there is still a way…” Yue Sheng sat on the chair, supported his forehead with his hand, and began to ponder.

Not long after, she suddenly raised her head, with a fierce light flashing in her eyes. Since your Yao Chi claims to be a holy land of righteousness, you can't just watch these civilians of the Canglong Empire die!

"Tell those people in Yao Chi to surrender before noon, otherwise we will kill civilians in one city every half an hour. I want to see what they will choose!"

Anyway, those civilians were not going to stay anyway, so it wouldn't be a big problem to clean them up early.

"…clear!"

"Holy Land of Righteousness, let me see how righteous you really are."

253. Do not accept threats

"They are using the civilians of the Canglong Empire to threaten us and ask us to lay down our weapons and surrender?" When Qian Lin heard the news, he hardly believed his ears.

Are these people in Hehuan Valley fools? Why do they think Yao Chi will accept such outrageous conditions?

If we lay down our weapons and surrender, the safety of the civilians in the imperial capital will be even less guaranteed. It would be better for us to continue hiding here and wait for help.

"What a bunch of shameless guys." The expressions of several senior sisters of Yao Chi remained unchanged. Hehuan Valley's move was really putting Yao Chi on the fire.

Everyone knows that Yao Chi will never surrender at this time, and Hehuan Valley is now threatening Yao Chi with the lives of innocent civilians in the imperial capital. If Yao Chi does not take any action, Hehuan Valley may spread rumors that Yao Chi is not worthy of being a holy place of righteousness by not saving people in danger.

Given the network of relationships in Hehuan Valley, the impact of such rumors would not be small.

"Then let them kill, kill everyone in the imperial capital!" Qian Lin sat on the chair with his arms around his chest, saying calmly.

What does the life and death of these civilians have to do with her? Hehuan Valley is really thinking too much by using these people to threaten her.

"Senior Sister, Hehuan Valley has captured many civilians and brought them to the gate of our base. They said that if we don't surrender when the time comes, they will execute all of them at the gate of our base!" A disciple in the Body Tempering Realm rushed into the meeting room in a hurry, and reported to the Grandmaster disciples who were discussing countermeasures while panting.

Including Gu Xue, the faces of all the Yao Chi disciples present turned extremely bad. Hehuan Valley's move was too cruel.

It was impossible to surrender, but watching the people of Hehuan Valley slaughtering civilians... everyone felt a little bit reluctant.

Of course, those who couldn't bear it did not include a certain former supreme demon.

"Or I can just shoot those civilian hostages at the gate of the base with one arrow. Without the hostages, what can Hehuan Valley use to threaten us?" Qian Lin said calmly, fiddling with his fingers.

"Junior Sister Qian... isn't this a bit too radical?" Upon hearing this, several senior sisters hurriedly advised Qian Lin to calm down. "Auntie, you are the signature of our Yao Chi, you can't do this."

Besides, civilians are innocent, so you can’t shoot them no matter who you shoot, right?

"I wanted to shoot Mo Dao and rescue them, but Mo Dao was too cunning and actually used innocent civilians as shields. Can you blame me?" Qian Lin tilted her head. Perhaps she couldn't stand this discussion that would not produce any results. She stood up and walked towards the door.

"We must let Hehuan Valley know that their methods have no effect on us. Otherwise, if anyone uses this method against us in the future, it will be even more troublesome."

If the people of the Demonic Path knew that the hostage tactic could really make Yao Chi afraid to act rashly, then the Demonic Path would take hostages whenever they encountered problems in the future, and the people of Yao Chi would be annoyed to death.

Therefore, the best way is to tell Hehuan Valley in the most drastic way that this trick is useless to us Yao Chi!

As for who will bear the blame later, Qian Lin feels that he is a very suitable scapegoat.

Her current fame is so great that she has to stop doing bad things and throw some dirty water on herself. It's normal for a perfect person to be popular, but as long as this perfect person has a stain, her popularity will surely drop quickly.

Qian Lin’s wishful thinking was very clear.

By taking on the responsibility for this tough response, she achieved a win-win situation, twice in a row!

Not to mention how cool it is!

Seeing Qian Lin get up and leave, Ye Qiuhan quickly got up and chased after him.

As the two direct disciples left, Gu Xue breathed a sigh of relief and said to the remaining grandmaster disciples, "Let Junior Sister Qian do whatever she wants. If anything goes wrong, I will take the responsibility."

"…clear."

……

"Qian Lin, do you really want to kill all those hostages?" Ye Qiuhan caught up with Qian Lin, who was walking towards the magic circle he had used before, and grabbed Qian Lin's hand.

"If Hehuan Valley is willing to let the people go, I certainly won't do this. But if they don't release the hostages, then I can only tell them that this trick is useless to us." Qian Lin nodded. She was not joking. "And the best way to make the people of Hehuan Valley understand this fact is for me to personally send all the hostages away."

You captured hostages to force us to surrender, but we killed the hostages directly. Will you consider using this tactic again in the future?

"The price is just a few scoldings and being called a cold-blooded bad woman. I wouldn't even want that." Qian Lin shrugged. She really didn't care about these things.

If she can't make it in the Holy Land, the worst that can happen is that she will go back to the Qian family. She has countless ways out in her life.

"I can't let you bear this infamy alone. I will bear it with you..."

"Why are you here to join in the fun? Don't forget that you are going to be the Saint of Yao Chi. I don't care about my reputation, but you have to care about it and be obedient." Qian Lin broke away from Ye Qiuhan's hand and poked Ye Qiuhan's forehead hard, "You can't let the old master be without a disciple with a good reputation, right?"

"Can…"

The slender white fingers pointed at Ye Qiuhan's lips, stopping her from saying anything else.

Qian Lin looked at Ye Qiuhan with irrefutable determination in her eyes. The moment Ye Qiuhan saw this look, he knew that nothing he said would work, as Qian Lin had already made her decision.

"I wish more people would scold me so that my popularity, which is so high, can be suppressed a little." Qian Lin curled his lips indifferently and turned to walk towards the magic circle that was used to broadcast to the whole city not long ago.

"This little fellow will become something great in the future. It's really true that young people are to be feared." The courtesan walked out from the side and witnessed the whole process. She couldn't help but sigh.

The means were so cruel and decisive. With righteous disciples like Qian Lin around, the evil sect would probably have a hard time in the future.

She reached out and patted Ye Qiuhan on the shoulder. "Let's go. Even though she wants to take all the blame, we can't let her face it alone."

"Ms. Huaxi..."

"At most I can do it for her. I don't care about my reputation anyway." The Oiran licked her lips, took Ye Qiuhan's hand and walked towards the courtyard where they had been before, "And you, can't be absent either."

After a day of observation, the courtesan has determined that the relationship between the two girls is definitely not normal.

It's very awkward, but there is a hint of wonder in the awkwardness. If this awkwardness can be resolved, the relationship between the two little guys will definitely usher in a qualitative leap.

As a caring older sister, the Oiran's favorite thing is to guide young girls to recognize their own feelings.

Oh, it’s so good to be young.

……

"Is Qian Lin from Yao Chi serious? Isn't she afraid of damaging her reputation by saying such things?" Looking at the shadow of the girl appearing above Yao Chi's base, Yue Sheng turned his head and asked the people around him.

At first, when Yue Sheng heard that Yao Chi’s base had set up another projection, she was still very excited. She thought that Yao Chi would be furious and scold Hehuan Valley for being villains for using such a despicable method to threaten Yao Chi.

If Yao Chi really scolded him like this, Yue Sheng would feel happy instead, because this proved that his hostage tactics were useful to Yao Chi.

If that happened, she would not hesitate to use the lives of all the residents in the city to force the people of Yao Chi to surrender.

But unfortunately, the white-haired girl who appeared above the Yao Chi base did not curse Hehuan Valley emotionally, but told all the civilians in the city with a calm expression that Yao Chi would not be threatened by the hostages of Hehuan Valley.

"We will not lay down our weapons and surrender just because of the hostages. That would be irresponsible to everyone."

"If Hehuan Valley hopes to use this method to make Yaochi surrender, then I have to tell you that you are too naive! They are just some mortals, why should we lay down our weapons and surrender?"

"For the greater good, some sacrifices are inevitable. Unfortunately, we have to accept this sacrifice this time..."

Qian Lin talked a lot, but it could be summed up in one sentence: Yao Chi will not surrender, you can kill the hostages as much as you want, and I lose if I blink.

Of course, Qian Lin definitely didn't directly say that he was going to kill the hostages. It would be fine if he said this in private, but if he really broadcast it to the whole city, he would be doomed.

Qian Lin only mentioned it casually in the middle of a long speech, saying that Yao Chi would do its best to rescue the hostages captured by Hehuan Valley.

As for whether this rescue is very Northern...who knows.

"I feel like she doesn't seem to be that angry and reluctant?" Standing next to Yue Sheng was another late-stage Grandmaster from Hehuan Valley. She looked up at the cold-faced white-haired girl and sighed, "How old is she? Yao Chi is so lucky. How many geniuses have emerged in these years?"

"He is about twenty years old. He is indeed a peerless genius. Moreover, he has such a character at such a young age. He will definitely become a great threat to our demonic sect in the future." Yue Sheng nodded slightly. If she were to say, among the new generation of righteous disciples who pose the greatest threat to the demonic sect, Yao Chi's Gu Xue and Qian Lin would definitely occupy two seats.

Gu Xue is too strong and has a sharp personality. This girl cannot be regarded as a disciple of Yao Chi at all. Just treat her as a disciple of Jian Zong.

Qian Lin took a different approach. She wasn't as aggressive as Gu Xue, but just from the things she revealed, one could tell she was dangerous.

His fighting skills were eclectic, his character was strong, he was not vulnerable to the threats of magic, and his talent was ridiculously strong. These advantages combined made Yue Sheng feel dangerous.

"Cut off what she said, process it a little and send it out. It would be best to make her become a cold-blooded monster who does not help others in danger, and by the way, put all the responsibility for the hostage's death on her." Yue Sheng said coldly.

"Okay, but since Yao Chi doesn't buy into our tricks, should we keep our previously planned plan..."

"No need to change it. If Yao Chi doesn't surrender when the time comes, it means the negotiations have broken down. We can just attack the civilians in the imperial capital." With a cold laugh, Yue Sheng raised a dangerous arc at the corner of his mouth. "With so many people, I don't believe that the spiritual energy squeezed out can't break Yao Chi's turtle shell!"

For the demonic world, ordinary mortals are also a resource that can be used at will.

Just as the two grandmasters of Hehuan Valley were discussing what to do next, a disciple of the Body Tempering Realm suddenly stumbled over and said, "My Lords, the place where we are holding the hostages seems to have been targeted by an attack!"

What does it mean?

Yue Sheng was stunned when he heard this. Didn’t Yao Chi say that he would not care about the hostages?

Why are they targeting that place with their attacks now?

Could it be that... Yao Chi actually still cares about the hostages, and Qian Lin just said that just to lower our vigilance, make us careless, and then take advantage of our carelessness to rescue the hostages?

Yes! That should be it!

Haha, Yao Chi, I have seen through your plan this time!

I knew you weak guys couldn't bear to watch these hostages being killed!

“So that’s how it is. Send more people to look after the hostages… Let a few masters go over to guard them. We must not let Yao Chi rescue them!” Yue Sheng waved his hand and gave the order.

"Understood!" The disciple in the Body Tempering Realm took the order and ran away in a hurry.

Yue Sheng stood where she was, the smile on her face becoming more and more outrageous. She felt that she had grasped Yao Chi's pain point, and she wanted to watch those bastards who were soft-hearted but dared not surrender suffer the torture of their conscience!

Don't you want me to let my guard down? No, I'm going to strengthen the defense over there!

I will never let your sneaky actions succeed!

"Then should we continue to attack civilians?"

"Of course we have to keep moving. It's unrealistic to expect Yao Chi to surrender like this. In the end, we still have to fight with strength. I am now breaking down their psychological defenses, but the defensive formation will not collapse just because of the collapse of their psychological defenses. We still have to smash it with a hammer." Yue Sheng snorted coldly, "The upper limit of such a defensive formation will definitely not be too high. I don't believe that I can't break it even if I use the lives of an entire city!"

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"Hehuan Valley is increasing the number of people guarding the hostages. Now there should be three more early-stage grandmasters guarding them. Do they think we will launch another surprise attack to rescue the hostages?" Because Hehuan Valley placed the hostages not far from the gate of the Yao Chi residence, the noise over there quickly reached Qian Lin's ears.

Qian Lin was really confused about Hehuan Valley's strange reaction.

Does Hehuan Valley really think these hostages are important?

Logically speaking, even if these hostages were rescued, couldn't we just capture another wave in Hehuan Valley? There are so many people in the imperial capital, it would not be a problem to capture a few hundred.

After thinking about it, there is probably only one reason, that is, the people in Hehuan Valley are sick.