Chapter 97: You Can Only Like Me (23)
The people in the cultivation world looked up at the figure in the sky, no one spoke for a moment.
“Is that the Demon Lord?”
“He seems different from the rumors?”
“It is the Demon Lord, I saw him when I reinforced the seal,” the ancestor of the Wanfa Sect said, chuckling. “This is probably her idea.”
“So is what he said true or false?”
No one offered a definite opinion.
The sudden phenomenon in the sky was unsettling; they were worried about unexpected changes, but besides a sense of oppression, there were no other issues.
“The disciples are filled with doubts, if we delay any longer, they might develop inner demons, we should make a decision soon and present a united front.”
“What about the Wei family? They didn’t come today.”
“No need to worry about them, they knew Jiang Zhiyan’s identity but never said anything, which means… they must have some plan in mind.”
…
Jiang Zhiyan held Song Jin’yue’s legs, taking in her breaths. Song Jin’yue reached for her clothes, only to find they had been burned away at some point. She sighed softly.
“I don’t have any clothes left,” Song Jin’yue said.
“I do, it’s fine,” Jiang Zhiyan released Song Jin’yue, nuzzled her nose with hers, and said, “Let’s dual cultivate.”
Hearing the words “dual cultivate,” the System immediately muted them.
It checked the situation in the three realms and figured that Jiang Zhiyan and Xie Liaoyi were probably the only ones happy right now, those tasked by Jiang Zhiyan were all running around like headless chickens, and many people in the cultivation world were trying to contact Jiang Zhiyan, but couldn’t reach her.
It realized it hadn’t seen Wei Jingqian for a long time and asked the world consciousness about him.
“He won’t die,” the world consciousness said coldly.
System: ?
“Huh?” The system felt that Wei Jingqian’s situation must be very bad, it felt like the world consciousness was also slacking off, which made sense, considering it was about to be devoured, who would care about the male lead’s well-being, as long as he was alive, it was fine.
Alive, that was Jiang Zhiyan’s only requirement for the male lead when doing missions.
Now the world consciousness was also like this.
The System was still curious about Wei Jingqian’s situation and discreetly took a look, then froze.
Wei Jingqian was surrounded by the Wei family, as if he was being interrogated, everyone’s expressions were unpleasant, and even Wei Jingqian, whose emotions were usually unreadable, looked troubled.
It listened for a while and realized that the Wei family wanted to carry out some plan against Jiang Zhiyan and have Wei Jingqian call her out, supposedly to talk, of course, this was just an excuse to deceive Wei Jingqian.
Wei Jingqian wasn’t very cooperative, not because he had a good relationship with Jiang Zhiyan, but purely because what the Wei family wanted him to do went against his Dao Heart.
“She’s already a demigod, you can’t hide your actions from her, and she won’t come out,” Wei Jingqian said. “Instead of scheming, you should focus on cultivating.”
“Wei Jingqian! You’ve grown wings, haven’t you? We are your elders, how dare you speak to us like that? Everything you have, the Wei family provided it!”
Wei Jingqian sat there expressionlessly, showing no guilt or other emotions, and didn’t bother arguing.
“You’re asking for it!” The Wei Family Head raised his hand, his expression pained, but his attack showed no restraint.
The System almost screamed. A beam of light pierced through the Wei Family Head’s chest, shattering his heart meridian.
Although the beam of light didn’t have a name on it, its intuition told it that it was most likely Jiang Zhiyan’s doing.
Blood splattered on the surrounding people, who, caught off guard, initially thought it was Wei Jingqian’s blood. They didn’t expect the person who fell to be the Wei Family Head.
Wei Jingqian was also shocked, looking down at the lingering light on his body.
“What happened…”
“Wei Jingqian! That’s your father!”
Curses mixed together. An elder checked the Wei Family Head’s condition, frowned, and shook his head: “He’s dead, his Nascent Soul is also gone, this isn’t something he could do, are you in contact with Jiang Zhiyan?”
Wei Jingqian wiped the blood from his face: “I don’t know.”
“You don’t know? That’s your father! Wei Jingqian, are you a monster?”
“What a disgrace to our family! What a disgrace!”
They cursed, but no one dared to attack, after all, the Wei Family Head had just died here.
The System sighed softly, unable to discern Wei Jingqian’s current emotions, his expression, besides the initial shock, was completely calm.
Wei Jingqian left directly, no one dared to stop him.
The System looked at his trajectory and direction, it felt like he was heading towards the Demon Realm.
“His Dao Heart is unstable,” the world consciousness said.
“Is he going to kill Jiang Zhiyan?” the System asked worriedly.
“Who cares why he’s coming, he can’t defeat her anyway, and he probably won’t even be able to find her.”
“You have a point, how are things on your end?”
“Almost there, almost there.”
“You said that yesterday too,” the System complained.
…
When Jiang Zhiyan and Song Jin’yue came out, the volcano wasn’t even smoking anymore, this cultivation sanctuary was completely ruined.
The effects of dual cultivation were remarkable, Song Jin’yue directly reached Nascent Soul, and because the Heavenly Dao was currently preoccupied, there wasn’t even a heavenly tribulation.
Song Jin’yue put on the clothes Jiang Zhiyan prepared for her and glanced at her: “I prefer the Demon Realm style clothing.”
“I’ll prepare some for you when we get back,” Jiang Zhiyan said, taking out her communication jade and looking at the recent mission reports, besides the Demon Lord being embarrassed and going into seclusion, everything was proceeding according to her plan.
The cultivation world had taken the initiative to propose cooperation, but besides cooperating, they also had some other schemes in motion, as she expected. They weren’t harmful, so she didn’t bother interfering, after all, the person in the cultivation world who had consumed half of the Demon Lord’s heart was still putting pressure on them. That person seemed to be delusional about ruling the cultivation world, he wasn’t difficult to deal with, once the Demon Lord adjusted his mentality, he would probably go and retrieve his heart.
The world consciousness had already started rebuilding the cycle of reincarnation, and it clearly had the upper hand in its struggle against the Heavenly Dao. Once the cycle of reincarnation was rebuilt, Jiang Zhiyan could find an opportunity to leave.
“Are you reassured now?” Jiang Zhiyan took Song Jin’yue to the mortal realm and showed her the separated humans and spirits. “Once the world consciousness rebuilds the cycle of reincarnation, they can be reborn.”
“I feel a bit better,” Song Jin’yue nodded.
Jiang Zhiyan glanced at Song Jin’yue, who cupped her face and kissed her: “Thank you.”
She knew Jiang Zhiyan did all this just to reassure her.
“Tsk tsk tsk, I was wondering why I couldn’t contact you,” Su Huo said, looking at the two. “So you were on a date, even kissing, I saw everything, you dual cultivated, the effects seem quite good.”
She had been enjoying herself, but because they were short-handed, she had also been called to help, she wasn’t very willing, but Zhao Xiting refused to pay for her expenses, without money, she could only work. After arriving here, she hadn’t rested for half a month, working from morning till night, she was a cultivator, but she couldn’t keep working like this.
“What nonsense, it’s obvious My Lord was attending to important matters, My Lord, are you here to observe the situation in the mortal realm? I can show you around,” Zhao Xun said, looking at Jiang Zhiyan with a smile.
Su Huo looked at Zhao Xun, puzzled, had this person also been corrupted by Zhao Xiting? Why were they all so subservient? Zhao Xun pretended not to see her disdainful gaze.
“No need, we can look around ourselves, haven’t you encountered any problems recently?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.
“Everything is normal, everyone is cooperating with us, and the people in the cultivation world know the gravity of the situation and haven’t caused any trouble,” Zhao Xun glanced at a certain direction.
Jiang Zhiyan looked over, they were all disciples of the Myriad Swords Sect, her former fellow disciples, they looked at her with awe.
“With everyone working together, things will return to normal soon,” Jiang Zhiyan said casually, wanting to leave.
The people around her nodded, and a demon cultivator shouted “Well said, My Lord,” and started clapping, the others followed suit.
The easily embarrassed System silently muted the sound.
Jiang Zhiyan pulled Song Jin’yue away, the crowd was getting larger and larger, she just wanted to go on a date with Song Jin’yue! Not to work!
Her divine power had indeed increased significantly, but it didn’t matter to her, since she was about to leave.
Jiang Zhiyan nodded towards the crowd and disappeared with Song Jin’yue.
“As expected, it’s better to keep a low profile when going out.”
Song Jin’yue ruffled Jiang Zhiyan’s hair: “It’s fine, seeing you so popular makes me happy too.”
“Oh, right, Host, I forgot to tell you something, Wei Jingqian is looking for you, he’s been looking for you for a long time,” the System said, it had been meaning to tell Jiang Zhiyan, but kept forgetting, it only remembered now after seeing the people from the Myriad Swords Sect.
It had seen him searching every city in the Demon Realm these past few days, he would probably come to the Demon Realm this time.
“Oh, let him look, what does it have to do with me?” Jiang Zhiyan didn’t plan on seeing him, she didn’t want to explain, and she had no obligation to, he could believe whatever he wanted.
Hearing Wei Jingqian’s name again, Jiang Zhiyan looked at Song Jin’yue sourly: “Do you really like Wei Jingqian that much?”
“Huh? Who?” Song Jin’yue was stunned for a second. “It was Song Jin’yue who liked him, what does it have to do with Xie Liaoyi? I was following the plot, it wasn’t my own feelings, and… I don’t think I liked him that much either, there was just a program making me do those things.”
“If it weren’t for the missing soul fragment, I think I would have awakened very quickly in this world,” Song Jin’yue said, rubbing Jiang Zhiyan’s face. “Wei Jingqian tried to give me something before, but I didn’t accept it.”
“You still remember!” Jiang Zhiyan exclaimed, quite dissatisfied, jumping up and down. “Look, look, you still remember him giving you a gift.”
“I remember because I want to exchange it for a kiss. I didn’t have anything on me, I didn’t take anything from him, I was all alone, risking everything to come to the Demon Realm to find you, this proves that I love you.” Song Jin’yue pressed Jiang Zhiyan’s shoulders, jumped onto her, wrapped her legs around her waist, and covered her mouth. “I don’t care about him at all, if you really mind, I can kill him? As long as we run away fast enough…”
System: ???
“Forget it,” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Song Jin’yue. “I want every second of your time to be with me, don’t give him a single second, even if it means taking his life, and seeing you like this, it’s best not to take any risks.”
Song Jin’yue released her hand and bit Jiang Zhiyan’s lip, gently grinding her teeth.
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