Demon-like Man

Loving Family Peak.

A group of people gathered livelily inside the room.

"Master! You have to believe me!" Li Yingling stood before her master holding something resembling rouge. Her tone was serious, but the smile on her face carried a distinct hint of schadenfreude as she said,

"I've studied the art of painting too. I guarantee I can paint you to look like a withered flower and ruined willow, so the Buddhists will know at a glance that Master doesn't have much longer to live..."

Before Li Yingling could finish her guarantee.

Chu Xingchen delivered a ruthless strike to this rebellious disciple—he knocked on her waterlogged brain.

Cui Hao, who had originally intended to join in and boast about his own peak-level painting skills, tactfully decided against expressing his desire to paint after seeing this.

At the same time, he felt a lingering fear in his heart—thankfully his mouth was a bit slow, otherwise he would have received a smack from Master too.

Hearing his eldest senior sister's nonsensical method, Li Xingtian couldn't help but speak up:

"The Buddhist cultivators are all in the Tribulation Transcendence realm. Just doing superficial work won't fool them; it will only make them look down on Master."

"So I have a plan. I will stir up the vitality and blood within Master's body. As long as those Buddhas see that Master's internal aura is unstable, they will naturally know that Master's injuries haven't healed and are severe."

As his voice fell.

Cui Hao looked at Li Xingtian with a rather sluggish gaze.

He couldn't quite tell if his second senior brother was joking or being serious.

If he was joking, then Second Senior Brother's talent in that regard was probably at the peak level too.

It was only because Lin Luoyu was currently tied up with Li Junzi's affairs and wasn't in the Tianyan Sect; if she were here, her expression right now would probably be similar to Cui Hao's.

Cui Hao had seen with his own eyes how the person Second Senior Brother brought back ended up laughing so hard they spewed blood because of him.

"Better not," Chen Baiqing spoke up to veto it. "After all, Master's injuries really haven't fully healed yet. We shouldn't take such a risk."

The fact that Second Senior Brother treated people until they laughed and sprayed blood, and that he was a fool who would even use talismans incorrectly, were already well-known facts within the sect.

With this kind of track record, Chen Baiqing naturally wouldn't let Master actually try it.

Bai Xuanling stood to the side and chuckled upon hearing this:

"Look at how lively and energetic your master is. If you ask me, there's no need for such trouble. My control over strength is the steadiest. I'll just give him a punch. I guarantee it won't hurt his foundation, the effect will be excellent, and there won't be any lingering consequences."

Hearing this, Chen Baiqing shifted her body slightly, blocking Bai Xuanling's line of sight toward Chu Xingchen, while also looking at Xie Lingyu to the side.

Xie Lingyu listened to the circle of people speaking, and basically not a single one had come up with a good idea.

Chen Baiqing cared about Master far more than she cared about herself, and it looked like she was getting quite stressed out.

Facing Chen Baiqing's gaze, she gently shook her head first to indicate that this plan would not be approved.

Xie Lingyu thought for a moment and said:

"When the time comes, Master can just accompany Xingchen. It will isolate divine sense probing and also use your own aura to block the Buddhas from probing Xingchen's aura."

Chu Xingchen reached out and first snatched the unknown makeup item from Li Yingling's hand. Then, he smeared a little on his hand and rubbed it onto Li Yingling's face.

Li Yingling turned her small head incredibly fast and retreated backward.

However, Cui Hao reacted very quickly, or rather, he instinctively reached out and pushed his eldest senior sister who was preparing to retreat.

Naturally, a very bright crimson smear appeared on Li Yingling's face.

And so, under Li Yingling's furious glare at Cui Hao, Cui Hao looked at his master with an innocent and dumbfounded expression.

Chu Xingchen ignored Cui Hao's plea for help. He backhanded a smear onto Li Xingtian's face as well, making the already somewhat fierce-looking Li Xingtian appear even more blood-red, before slowly saying:

"I need to conceal my injuries, and Sister Bai naturally needs to conceal her cultivation aura too. After all, the unknown is the most terrifying."

"The Xuanqing Heaven Sect's Innate Primordial Qi-Stabilizing Dual Beads are still on me. A little concealment is still possible."

Chu Xingchen looked down at the considerable traces of crimson still left on his hand, and then his gaze turned to Chen Baiqing.

Chen Baiqing did not try to dodge. Instead, she slightly turned her face to the side, as if to make it easier for her master to apply it.

Chu Xingchen smiled gently. He reached out and tapped the center of Chen Baiqing's brows. With a slight movement of spiritual energy, a beautiful floral mark was dotted on her forehead.

Chen Baiqing pursed her lips into a faint smile.

Seeing this, Cui Hao also poked his head over. Chu Xingchen did not hesitate at all and directly drew a few strokes on Cui Hao's forehead, writing the character for King.

Chu Xingchen chuckled, "When there are no tigers in the mountains, the monkey reigns as king."

After saying this, Chu Xingchen stood up from his chair:

"You bunch of rebellious disciples, every single one of you is looking for a chance to bully your master, aren't you? Where did you hear the news that made you all swarm over here to come up with these so-called solutions for me?"

Li Yingling raised an eyebrow and naturally looked toward Cui Hao.

"It wasn't me!" Cui Hao hurriedly denied.

This was truly an injustice. He had only come to join the fun after seeing a bunch of people heading into Master's room.

Eldest Senior Sister was purely slandering him! She was taking revenge!

Chu Xingchen waved his hand. "Go, go, go. Children shouldn't meddle in adult affairs. Go do what you need to do. Those who have nothing to do can stay, and your master will arrange some tasks for you later."

As his words fell, Li Yingling, acting as the warm-hearted eldest disciple, was the first to leave.

Li Xingtian cupped his hands, leaving behind a sentence, "Master, just call me if you have any orders," before departing.

Cui Hao defended himself a few times, insisting it really wasn't him, before resentfully leaving together with Li Xingtian.

Only Chen Baiqing remained standing in the room, looking at her master with calm eyes—looking as if it didn't matter if her master assigned her a task.

Chu Xingchen stood up leisurely and reached out to grasp the Xiantian Dao-Fixing Dual Qi Bead.

"It still has to be Little Baiqing; you know exactly how to handle your master."

"Master..." Chen Baiqing's voice carried a hint of grievance.

Chu Xingchen chuckled lightly and began to trigger the Xiantian Dao-Fixing Dual Qi Bead, saying, "This is a compliment. You can accompany me later. The matters of the Xuanqing Heaven Sect can be put on hold for now. Who knows, your fourth junior sister might need your help when the time comes."

Chen Baiqing nodded gently. "Yes... Master."

Seeing this, Bai Xuanling couldn't help but shake her head slightly.

Although she indeed hadn't left the Tianyan Sect in the past dozen years, it didn't mean she was ignorant of what was happening in the outside world.

The Chen Baiqing before her, who wore an obedient and somewhat aggrieved expression, had quite a formidable reputation nowadays.

In the rumors, she was the Incalculable Demoness of the Xuanqing Heaven Sect.

Someone who schemed the grand picture and could pull chestnuts from the fire as if performing a work of art.

Compared to letting one's cultivation base do the talking, using schemes to settle matters was truly an anomaly among anomalies in the cultivation world.

The word 'Demoness' was precisely a title for such anomalies.

As for 'Incalculable', it meant that even if one calculated everything, they still couldn't outscheme this Demoness.

Many people had suffered great losses, and even more lost their courage just hearing her name.

Yet the extremely ruthless Incalculable Demoness of the rumors... was now exceptionally obedient.

Bai Xuanling turned her gaze toward Chu Xingchen.

Sure enough, the only one capable of subduing such a Demoness was an even greater Demon.

Even her own disciple had been deceived by this Demon.