NFBE Chapter 204 I've fallen into demonic possession, but my heart remains pure.
Chapter 204 I've fallen into demonic possession, but my heart remains pure.
Xue Lan is silent until he speaks, and when he does speak, it is always something shocking and absurd.
Before Wu Jin could react, a crisp "ding-a-ling" sound came from beside him.
That was a magical artifact on Xue Chongyu's body that isolated space.
The body reacted faster than the mind. The instant the snow-white sword light shot out from Xue Chongyu's fingertip, several pale blue bamboo leaves flew to Xue Lan's front like arrows, transforming into a hexagonal array with vines growing on it. A thick grass shield appeared in front of Xue Lan, firmly blocking the snow-white sword light.
The sword light struggled like a living creature, but ultimately could not escape the grasp of the grass shield and disappeared from the spot, leaving only a small patch of white frost.
Wu Jin breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Xue Lan, who had a smile on her lips and a calm expression. This person had just offended Xue Chongyu with her careless words, yet she still acted as if it were none of her business, which infuriated Wu Jin.
He wanted to tear this person's disgusting mouth to shreds.
You could have just made a sarcastic remark about the Wu family patriarch; you've been waiting for that old geezer to pass away for ages anyway.
But... Wu Jin secretly glanced at Xue Chongyu.
You share the same surname, why did you provoke her?
Xue Chongyu gave Wu Jin a cool look but didn't say anything.
Wu Jin: It's not that I owe you two anything.
From then on, whenever he saw someone surnamed Xue, he would run away immediately, without wasting a single moment.
Xue Lan watched as Xue Chongyu's sudden attack was blocked by Wu Jin, and the hand seal she was forming slowly disappeared into the man's palm. She looked around and revealed a satisfied smile.
Before the fight, the child was thinking about the mortals around him; it seems he has been well-taught by Ember.
Xue Chongyu glanced at Wu Jin, and when he turned his head, he actually saw a hint of affection on Xue Lan's face.
The girl pointed her sword directly at Xue Lan's head.
"Don't look at me like that."
Xue Lan was speechless. The girl pointed to her eyes and said, "You're Miss Chongyu, and my eyes... do they even have any spirit?"
Wu Jin felt that Xue Lan's words made sense, but he dared not rashly agree with them.
There's no other reason than that this Miss Chongyu's temper has become increasingly irritable ever since she met with her father last time.
He used to be cold-hearted, but at least he was reasonable. Now he's irritable and vicious, and he's always thinking of killing people.
If he told Xue Lan what he said, Xue Lan would retort with a high-pitched voice: "Don't you even know who raised this?"
"Alright, Miss Chongyu, I have no time to argue with you here. I know the whereabouts of the person you're looking for. I haven't done anything to him."
"It's not just that we didn't do anything to him," Xue Tong thought to herself.
Xue Lan devoted herself wholeheartedly to nurturing Lian Chuan.
"That child must be of great significance to Miss Chongyu and the entire wolf clan. It would be a waste to leave him in Xue Lan's care. Why don't you accept Xue Lan's request and take him back to the Upper Realm?"
Xue Chongyu stared intently at Xue Lan with his icy blue eyes, as if trying to discern a flaw in the man's face.
But she failed; Xue Lan's performance was flawless.
After a long while, Xue Chongyu raised his hand and summoned down a string of golden bells that were floating in mid-air.
After the golden bell flew back into the girl's hand, the surrounding noise gradually subsided, and the tense atmosphere of the previous confrontation dissipated, and the bustling city of Linyun returned to normal.
Xue Chongyu bowed to Xue Lan and said, "Miss Xue, please forgive me. I was rude just now."
Xue Lan thought to herself that this was the daily life in the Upper Realm, where everyone was polite on the surface but ruthless and vicious behind the scenes.
There are always conditions to be negotiated until things reach a point of no return.
Xue Lan's words just now humbled her, completely satisfying Xue Chongyu's arrogance as a prodigy of the upper realm demon race.
Xue Lan played along, saying, "Not at all, Miss Chongyu, have you made up your mind?"
Seeing that Xue Chongyu remained silent, Wu Jin knew that the man felt somewhat embarrassed by his rash action earlier, so he stepped forward first to pick up where Xue Lan left off: "Miss Xue is a righteous disciple of the Xuanhuang Sect, why would you want to offend the City God?"
Xue Lan cleared her throat and said nonchalantly, "I practiced an evil art and was expelled from the sect. Now I'm a complete evil cultivator."
The two who were waiting for Xue Lan's long speech were both taken aback, especially Wu Jin, whose eyes were full of disbelief.
Behind Xue Lan, Xue Tong, who had been silent all along, covered her face.
"You've fallen into demonic possession?" Wu Jin's voice suddenly rose eight octaves.
Xue Lan nodded: "Yes and no, pretty much the same."
Xue Chongyu felt his mind was a little confused: "Just a few months ago you were fighting against the demons on Luoxia Mountain, and now you've fallen into demonic ways and started practicing evil magic..."
The girl didn't say the rest of her sentence, but Xue Tong could read the unspoken words in her eyes.
What kind of demonic possession could a cultivator like you have? Don't be ridiculous!
Xue Lan clearly didn't want to waste too much time on this issue, so she slightly loosened the restriction in her divine sense.
The two immediately sensed the overwhelming demonic energy emanating from the girl.
"Did you believe me?" Xue Lan asked.
The two nodded.
Xue Lan exposed her demonic energy in front of Wu Jin and Xue Chongyu not because she disliked living too long, but because she clearly knew that people in the upper realm would not care about the affairs of the lower realm.
Even if the lower realm is filled with suffering and death, the powerful beings high above in the upper realm will not even glance at it.
This applies to even the most gifted individuals.
Wu Jin could not hide his astonishment, and his gaze toward Xue Lan grew increasingly strange.
"So you're sending the two of us to provoke the City God in order to declare war on the righteous path?"
Xue Lan shook her head: "Of course not... Although I've fallen into demonic possession, my heart remains pure. I sent you to find the City God to prove my guess..."
With a gentle smile on her face, the girl told the two people in front of her everything she had discovered and guessed.
After hearing Xue Lan's words, Wu Jin exclaimed somewhat dramatically, "A grand gesture!"
If Xue Lan's conjecture is correct, then all the city gods, mountain gods, and land gods of the entire Dali Dynasty have already fallen victim to the demons. This country would probably have long since become a demon kingdom.
If the Great Shun Dynasty were to be betrayed by the Great Li Dynasty at a crucial moment while resisting the Demon Clan, there would truly be no way out.
"I'll leave this matter to you two. Please test the City God for me. If there are no problems, hand over this talisman to him. After it's done, I will tell you the truth about what you want to know on the Qinglin River."
"Then so be it." Xue Chongyu relented, the coldness in his eyes slowly dissipating.
The two groups bowed to each other, and then Xue Chongyu and Wu Jin disappeared from the spot, leaving Xue Lan standing among the bustling mortals.
"What do we do next?" Xue Tong asked.
"Go see Mingcheng."