Mo Shangxie felt a chill run down her spine. This little girl's mind must have been scared into a state of damage. She needed to find the Master immediately... let the Master use his great love to save her.
"Oh... I'm sorry."
But the little girl's next words made her feel even more creeped out.
The girl slowly lifted her head, tilted it, and asked, "Sister, you've been here for a long time, haven't you?"
Mo Shangxie: "..."
She felt as if all the blood in her body had frozen in an instant. Shouldn't a three- or four-year-old girl be crying and screaming? How could she be so calm... and even say something like that?
But indeed, she had been there for a long time!
As a member of the demon realm, although she didn't agree with the demons slaughtering humans, she turned a blind eye to it. When she passed through this village... she had originally planned to ignore the matter. But then, she happened to see this little girl and felt a sense of pity.
In other words—
She could have saved everyone in the village, but she didn't!
She was also one of the enemies responsible for this little girl's clan's destruction.
Now, the girl had directly called her out on it.
"No, I'm just passing through. How about I take you to a safe place?"
The little girl didn't say a word. Mo Shangxie took her silence as agreement.
A child that young, if left alone in this place, would starve to death within a few days at most. Mo Shangxie knew very well that she was a demon and no saint. The reason she was saving this girl was twofold: first, her cute and likable appearance; second, she shared the same experience of having her clan wiped out. As for the third and most important reason... she felt a deep connection with this little girl.
When Mo Shangxie took her away, the little girl didn't cry or scream. She just followed her silently.
...
"Master! Master!"
Mo Shangxie returned to the demon palace with the little girl.
As for Jiang Che, he was in the back garden of the demon palace, reclining on Yao Yue's lap as he fished. When it came to enjoying life, as Mr. Jiang, he was second to none, and hardly anyone dared claim first place.
Jiang Che had rested his head on the laps of countless beauties, but none was as comfortable as Yao Yue's. Yao Yue had a curvy figure... it was really satisfying to lean on, unlike Yu Wan'er, who barely weighed over sixty pounds, and had only recently gotten up to around seventy after Jiang Che fattened her up.
"Cough, cough..." When Jiang Che heard Mo Shangxie's call, he quickly gave Yao Yue a signal. Yao Yue lowered her eyes and, with a wave of her hand, changed her clothes into a formal set, as proper as could be.
All the high-ranking demon masters and demon emperors in the demon palace knew about the relationship between Jiang Che and Yao Yue, but they all stayed silent, especially in front of Mo Shangxie... no one dared to say a word.
Jiang Che slowly stood up, changed into a white robe, and let his long hair flow freely, giving him an immortal air. Paired with Jiang Che's handsome features, he really had that cold and aloof Master vibe from a female-oriented novel.
Yao Yue watched Jiang Che slip into character instantly, a look of helplessness flashing in her eyes. Her demon ancestor husband's antics were sometimes beyond her imagination.
...
"Master! Master! Guess what... I brought you something?"
Mo Shangxie's little face broke into a smile. She felt that with her Master's mindset, he would definitely take the pitiful little girl into the sect. Then, she would have a junior sister to play with.
"Did you sneak out again? Go to the Demon Hall later and accept your punishment."
Jiang Che put on his aloof Master act.
"Oh, Master, I'll take the punishment! Come and take a look!"
Mo Shangxie wasn't afraid at all. Other than her Master, who dared to hit her in the whole demon palace?
Jiang Che frowned slightly. Why did he have a strange feeling of unease?
Could it be—
...
"Master, this little girl is a pitiful soul I picked up from the human world. Her parents died in the war... she's all alone now. Do you think our demon palace can take her in?"
Mo Shangxie pulled out the little girl. However, the young girl's eyes were still numb and empty. It was hard to imagine that this was how a three- or four-year-old girl should look. At that age, most girls had just been weaned and were starting to learn to talk.
"This—"
When Jiang Che saw the little girl behind Mo Shangxie, his eyes widened.
The girl had been cleaned with a purifying spell. Her clothes were neat and tidy, her little face was fair and cute, and she wore two braids, clearly destined to be a beauty when she grew up.
So that's it!
So that's how it was!
Jiang Che sighed inwardly with deep feeling.
Yes, the girl with the two braids was none other than the demon ancestor's second disciple—the Evil Emperor, Ji Qingyi.
But right now, Ji Qingyi was only three or four years old, and her state looked extremely dire.
Having witnessed her biological parents die right before her eyes, the shock was immense... Unless Jiang Che directly used time reversal, reviving Ji Qingyi's parents would be useless. A deep scar would remain in her heart forever.
Jiang Che didn't speak. He stood in front of Ji Qingyi, looking down at this little milk child.
He couldn't imagine how this soft, tender little girl would end up falling into the evil path and founding the Path of Evil Spirits in the future.
"Master, Master, she's so pitiful. Why don't you take her into our demon palace? I've checked her, and her cultivation aptitude is incredibly high. She's a true prodigy!"
Mo Shangxie fanned the flames.
Jiang Che stood with his hands behind his back.
"What's your name?"
But faced with Jiang Che's question, Ji Qingyi didn't speak. Her gaze was still vacant, like a doll that had lost its soul.
Jiang Che was a bit awkward. No wonder Ji Qingyi would turn dark in the future—her personality was so stubborn!
"I already know about your parents' death. I can revive your parents. It's easy for me..."
Jiang Che pulled out his trump card. This method had easily worked when he manipulated Mo Shangxie in the past. Facing a three-or four-year-old girl, it should be a sure thing.
But Ji Qingyi still didn't react. It was as if everything had nothing to do with her.
Jiang Che: "..."
He refused to believe it. I, young master, don't care what kind of personality you have—I'll just revive your parents directly. Whatever depression you have, go talk it out with your dead parents!
Jiang Che waved his hand and directly revived Ji Qingyi's deceased parents.
Of course, he had to put on a bit of a pitiful act too. By now, Jiang Che had become quite skilled at playing the martyr.
Soon, Ji Qingyi's parents were revived.
"A Yi? What... what's going on?"
A middle-aged couple appeared and rushed straight toward Ji Qingyi. Sure enough, the girl's empty eyes finally showed a trace of emotion.
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
