I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon

Chapter 1249 - 475: Defiant Disciple! "Disciple Wishes to Share With Master..." (Part 2)

Ji Lianxing’s face turned even redder.

Previously at the Chen Mansion, Chen Mo’s reactions were indeed intense, even she and the kitten couldn’t hold him back, it seemed he truly was hard to read...

Seeing the conversation veering off course, she felt embarrassed, stood up to run away but was stopped by Gu Manzhi.

"Master, where are you going?"

"I want to check on Henshui..."

"Don’t worry, with the Lord present, nothing unexpected will happen, besides, we have important matters to attend to."

"Wh-what important matters?"

"Didn’t the disciple just demonstrate for quite some time, shouldn’t there be a need to test Master’s learning outcomes?"

"What do you mean by that... uh, where are your hands going? Mischievous disciple, stop, Master is really angry now..."

...

...

Chen Mo walked out of the bedroom and unfolded his Divine Sense, covering the entire Cloudwater Hall, soon locking onto Ye Henshui’s location.

With a flash, he arrived in the bathroom.

There he saw a thin figure sitting in the pool, arms wrapped around knees, wet clothes clinging to the body, the silhouette looked very desolate.

Chen Mo stepped forward, placed a hand on her shoulder, and asked, "Are you okay?"

Ye Henshui’s body trembled slightly, lowered her head, tears rolled down, creating ripples on the water surface, she said in a trembling voice, "Mr. Chen, my heart feels so heavy..."

"I know." Looking at that pitiful sight, Chen Mo sighed and sat down beside her.

Receiving such astonishing information all of a sudden, it was naturally hard to accept. Ye Henshui was still inherently childlike and innocent, unable to digest it immediately, was quite normal.

Ye Henshui leaned on Chen Mo’s shoulder, murmuring: "Actually, I don’t blame Master. If it weren’t for her, I would have already died in the wilderness years ago."

"Over the years, Master treated me like her own, raised me into adulthood, and even taught me the Cultivation Method. Calling her my second mother wouldn’t be an exaggeration, and this kindness may be one I can never repay in this lifetime."

"The problem is, who should I really blame?"

Chen Mo understood this feeling.

Ye Henshui originally also had a complete family, with parents who loved her dearly, but now it’s shattered, and the culprit responsible had long since died, leaving no outlet for revenge.

"At least you still have a sister, and you have me." Chen Mo held her gentle hand and softly said, "In the future, we will have our own family and our children. You’re not just the Ye Family’s orphan, you will be my wife and the mother of our children. There are many things waiting for you to do, why dwell on the past?"

[・_・?]

Ye Henshui’s breath hitched.

She looked up at Chen Mo, tear stains still on her pretty face, sniffling, foolishly asked, "What did you say? Wife? And have children?"

Chen Mo frowned slightly, feigning displeasure, "What, you don’t want to?"

Ye Henshui’s cheeks flushed like ripe apples, stammering, "Of course not, no, I mean of course I do... it’s just a bit sudden, I’m not mentally prepared..."

Chen Mo’s lips curled into a smile, reaching to embrace her slender waist, "And your body? Is it prepared?"

"Lord..."

In Ye Henshui’s chest, it felt like a small deer was jumping wildly, the earlier waves of sorrow had long dissipated.

All along, she felt more like an "add-on," that Chen Mo only thought of her whenever with Gu Manzhi... yet unexpectedly, Chen Mo had long planned a future with her.

So in his eyes, she was also someone important.

Her heart filled with tender emotions, the missing blank spaces slowly being filled.

Ye Henshui, holding back shyness, put her arms around his neck, tentatively nibbling on his ear lobe, murmuring with breath like orchids: "Why don’t you personally check, Mr. Chen?"

"Here?" Chen Mo raised an eyebrow slightly, "Aren’t you afraid someone might come in?"

Earnestly, Ye Henshui responded, "As long as I’m with you, I’m not afraid of anything."

She took a deep breath and slowly started to submerge—

Then, from the corner of his eye, Chen Mo glimpsed a sneaky figure opening the bathroom door and stepping in, but he kept silent.

A moment later, Ye Henshui exclaimed in surprise: "Yu’er, why did you come? Quickly, go out!"

"I just missed you, Master, don’t worry, continue what you’re doing, just pretend I’m not here."

"No, you can’t!"

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Demon Suppression Department.

In the small courtyard, Ling Yishan leaned on a rocking chair, his hair and beard greyish white, his aged face full of lines, looking even more haggard than before.

Qi Chengze sat opposite, sipping and savoring tea from a kettle.

"You mean to say, Wei Xuan went to Qing Province himself?" Ling Yishan’s voice turned somewhat hoarse.

"Indeed, this time it was a covert operation, I only realized later," Qi Chengze said, "However, once Wei Xuan returned, he didn’t report to the palace, seems things didn’t go smoothly."

Ling Yishan frowned even deeper, "This Secret Realm is indeed not as simple as imagined; there must be something crucial to His Majesty inside... can’t you calculate?"

"..."

Qi Chengze nearly choked on his tea, grumbling, "Old fellow, you still want to cheat me? Last time you had me calculate for Chen Mo wasn’t enough, now for His Majesty too? You’re not long for this world, and you want to drag me into dying too!"

Ling Yishan chuckled embarrassingly, "Zhi’er is also inside that Secret Realm, she said she wants to help me find Immortal Materials, I’m just worried."

Qi Chengze sneered, muttering, "Having such an understanding granddaughter, heaven’s really blind."

"Alas, I wish Zhi’er weren’t so sensible." Ling Yishan sighed, "Five Elements Immortal Materials, even Tianshu Pavilion doesn’t have them, how could they be so easily found? Not to mention the dangers encountered, even if by chance the materials are gathered, refining the Golden Core is immensely difficult..."

He had already resigned to fate, having no hope of reshaping his Dao Foundation, yet Ling Ningzhi, full of passion, refused to give up.

Qi Chengze was silent for a moment, then said, "With that kid Chen Mo there, your granddaughter will be fine, besides, I have a feeling he’ll give you a surprise... Hey, speak of the devil, here he comes."

Creak—

His words just finished when the courtyard door opened, and Ling Ningzhi walked in quickly, wearing a Moon White Daoist robe.

"Grandfather!"

"Zhi’er, you’re back."

Ling Yishan managed a smile, finally feeling relieved.

"Qi Jianzheng is here too." Ling Ningzhi greeted with a bow, then hastily went to Ling Yishan’s side, concerned, "How have you been while I was away, taking the Life Continuation Pill regularly?"

The Life Continuation Pill contained Vitality Essence, temporarily delaying aging, but for Ling Yishan, it was a mere drop in the bucket.

His current state resembled a leaky bucket, needing to fix the leaks, or adding more water would be futile.

But Ling Yishan didn’t want her to worry, so he tried to perk up, saying, "I feel much better, Zhi’er, you needn’t blame yourself, even if you haven’t found the Immortal Materials..."

Before finishing, Ling Ningzhi interrupted, "The Five Elements Immortal Materials have been gathered, once Master gets the pill formula back, we can prepare to refine the Golden Core."

Ling Yishan froze hearing this, "You’re saying, the two remaining Immortal Materials have been found?"

Ling Ningzhi pulled out a dark green branch and a continuously flowing marrow-like essence from her sleeve, the intense elemental aura wafted forth, "This is Evergreen Branch and Gold Sand Marrow, Mr. Chen found it in the Secret Realm, oh, and he also avenged you by personally slaying Monk Huineng."

"What?!" Ling Yishan sat up abruptly, exclaiming, "Chen Mo killed Huineng? How... how’s that possible?!"

He then realized, thinking that the monk likely used the Golden Cicada Shedding trick, abandoning the physical body, possessing another, creating the illusion of his demise.

After all, that guy had a considerable background, not easy to kill.

"Why not? I saw it with my own eyes," Ling Ningzhi said, "That ’Huineng’ was just a shell, the essence was actually that string of Buddha Beads, it also involved the Ancient Emperor No Desire Buddha from a thousand years ago, but Mr. Chen eradicated them all."

Ling Yishan: ???

Qi Chengze: ???