Chapter 18: Of Course, You’ll Forgive Me, Won’t You?
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Jun Wen felt a slight ache on his face and tried to change the subject:
“Little junior sister, Xue Tianjue must hate us to death! As for me, it’s alright—I at least have some means to save my life. You’d better stay obediently within the sect from now on, don’t go anywhere! Otherwise, if you run into that old demon or his minions, you’re as good as dead!”
Feng Xi looked at him with a half-smile:
“You have means to save your life? Are you sure? If it weren’t for me this time, grass would already be growing on your grave!”
Jun Wen: “...”
Talking like that will make me lose you!
He forcibly saved face:
“If anyone’s to blame, it’s our Xuanyuan Sect for being too poor! The other three great sects have countless life-saving methods for their direct disciples—various talismans, formation arrays, spiritual tools beyond counting, not to mention all sorts of life-saving pills. Unlike me, who only has a few spirit stones in total, and they’re all used to activate the teleportation array.”
Feng Xi smiled softly: “Fifth senior brother, we’re about to get rich soon! Once we mine the high-grade spirit stone vein, we’ll have plenty of good stuff to protect our lives!”
Jun Wen’s eyes lit up: “Right! From now on, we’ll be wealthy!”
The two of them dreamed about the future, their eyes sparkling like spirit stones.
“By the way, Fifth senior brother, what exactly is the identity of that old demon? He seems to be very powerful.”
Jun Wen promptly replied, “He is the Dharma Protector Elder of the Blood Demon Clan, responsible for slaughtering many of our people, and his methods are extremely cruel. A hundred years ago, for reasons unknown, he infiltrated deep into our human territory, which led to the four great sects joining forces to kill him. But who would’ve thought, he didn’t actually die.”
After hearing this, Feng Xi blinked:
“Fifth senior brother, help me keep an eye out. I want to have a friendly exchange with the old demon.”
Jun Wen was stunned!
“Little junior sister, what did you say?”
“I want to send a message to the old demon to explain that everything earlier was a misunderstanding. From now on, we’re still his loyal subordinates, and we will wholeheartedly serve as spies for the demon clan.”
Jun Wen: “... Are you crazy?”
They only pretended in the mine to survive. Now that they’ve escaped the demon’s clutches, why would she go out of her way to act again?
Feng Xi sighed: “Fifth senior brother, do you think I want to act? I’m doing this for our Xuanyuan Sect, for the human race! As long as I can gain the old demon’s trust, we’ll get first-hand information from the demon clan, which would be overwhelmingly beneficial to humanity! So I have to act, and keep acting.
Fifth senior brother, the fewer people who know about this, the better. Apart from you and me, no one else can be told.”
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“Not even Master.”
It’s not that she distrusts Master, but Master would definitely try to stop them out of concern.
“So, Fifth senior brother, from now on, it’s just the two of us fighting side by side! For Xuanyuan Sect, for humanity, we must endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens...”
After Feng Xi’s passionate speech, Jun Wen’s blood boiled; he felt as if the fate of humanity rested on their shoulders.
After a long moment, he calmed down.
“Little junior sister, what you’re thinking is good, but the key question is: can the old demon still trust us?”
You just betrayed him—why would he trust you?
Feng Xi smiled, her eyes curved like a crescent moon: “We’ll see once we try!”
She then asked Jun Wen to keep watch and took out the Blood Demon Clan token that Xue Tianjue had given her.
“My lord, I deserve death! To avoid arousing suspicion among the humans, I rashly took it upon myself to wound you earlier.
I have full confidence in you, knowing you would escape. That’s why I staged this act—it’s the legendary self-inflicted injury ruse...”
Moments later, a gritted-teeth voice came from the token:
“You reckless girl, do you take me for a fool?! How dare you deceive me like this! Just wait—I will turn you into a living puppet, unable to live or die as you wish!”
Feng Xi sighed:
“My lord, I know you are very displeased with me, and no words I say can change that.
But my loyalty to you is witnessed by heaven and earth. Don’t forget, I swore a poison oath before you!
In just over half a month, the Tianhen secret realm will open. I will find a way to sow discord among the four great sects as a token of my allegiance.”
After a moment, a cold voice came from the Blood Demon Clan token:
“Very well, I will give you one more chance. I hope you will not disappoint me.”
Because Feng Xi used her spiritual sense, Jun Wen couldn’t hear what Xue Tianjue said. Seeing Feng Xi smiling as she put the token away, he hurriedly asked:
“Little junior sister, what did he say?”
Feng Xi smiled brightly:
“What else? Of course, he forgave me!
Besides, a spy as excellent as me is hard to find on earth or heaven!”
Jun Wen: “... Can you speak human language?”
Only then did Feng Xi give a full account.
Jun Wen: “... Wait, have you immersed yourself too deeply in this role? Are you really planning to create discord among the four great sects?”
Feng Xi glanced at him: “Fifth senior brother, can you use your brain once in a while? Haven’t the four great sects been fighting among themselves all this time? Do I even need to stir up trouble?”
“Besides, Shen Zhi Lan utterly hates me. When the time comes, she’ll stab me in the back without any prompting from me!”
Jun Wen: “...”
He used to think himself clever, but ever since meeting little junior sister, he began to doubt whether he had any brains at all.
Feng Xi continued to deal with Xue Tianjue not for the sake of humanity as she claimed, but simply to protect herself.
She did have a sense of righteousness, but... not much.
Right now, she could barely protect her own life, let alone worry about humanity’s future!
According to Jun Wen, Xue Tianjue was the Dharma Protector Elder of the Blood Demon Clan, meaning that this old demon was not only powerful but also influential.
If she didn’t make amends, the Blood Demon Clan might issue a kill order against her.
She was too weak now to make too many enemies.
Once her wings are fully grown in the future, she could do whatever she pleased!
On another front, Xiao Baidao arranged personnel to excavate the second layer of the mine.
The reasoning was sound: Xue Tianjue had been hiding inside before, so perhaps they could find some clues.
Though part of the mine collapsed during excavation, most of it remained intact.
Xiao Baidao’s heart was icy cold.
Because they had not found the high-grade spirit stones Feng Xi had mentioned.
Yet, at Feng Xi’s repeated insistence, Xiao Baidao continued to order the digging.
One day, progress was made.
While tunneling horizontally, they encountered a heavy rock.
Heavy rock has a special property: it blocks spiritual energy.
Once the heavy rock was removed, a strong aura of spiritual energy was detected.
Sure enough, it was a high-grade spirit stone vein!
The entire Xuanyuan Sect went wild with excitement!
It was said that at the scene, four peak masters fainted in pairs!
Only Xiao Baidao remained calm and unperturbed.
Everyone admired their sect leader greatly — truly, their leader was deep-minded and unshaken by storms.
Little did they know, Xiao Baidao himself could hardly believe his eyes!
Was it really a high-grade spirit stone vein?
Had heaven truly dropped a gift?
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