She still remembered what he liked to eat, and the dishes she served him were all his favorites from the past.
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Chapter Sixty-Five: Dangerous Situation
Night falls in Liu Xinya's room.
Liu Xinya took a long bath, immersing herself completely in the water. Her long hair was loose and slowly soaked up the water before hanging down into the water.
The water, sprinkled with flower petals, had reached up to her neck, and her entire body was hidden in the wooden tub by the petals.
Her eyes were tightly closed, her eyelashes trembled anxiously, steam rose from the water, and sweat poured down her forehead.
Suddenly, Liu Xinya's eyes widened, a cold, dark green light flashing within them, like the damp, icy skin of a frog.
“There are experts everywhere in Wuchen Residence. I haven’t found a place where I can break through.” Liu Xinya spoke, her voice low and hoarse, completely different from her usual voice. In the darkness, it had a chilling quality that sent shivers down one’s spine.
"Wuchenju is the residence of the Demon God, so it won't be so easy to get here. You must be careful and make sure the Demon God doesn't notice." A flat, monotone voice rang out.
"Today I made an excuse to wander around Wuchenju, and Peng Zhen warned me." Liu Xinya still felt lingering fear when she thought about what happened that evening.
"It's alright." The flat voice didn't seem to be blaming Liu Xinya. "The people around the Demon God are all highly skilled. If you want to find a weakness, you can only look for it in the Demon God himself."
Liu Xinya paused, a malicious glint in her eyes: "Right now, the Demon God cares most about Liu Lanyan, and his information is even more accurate than ours. I can confirm that the Demon God cherishes Liu Lanyan dearly. If possible... we can start with Liu Lanyan."
"Yes, that's only one aspect. The most important thing is to find a weakness in the demon god. No one in the world has weaknesses, and besides, the information we received may not be entirely unfounded." The flat voice agreed with Liu Xinya's plan, but he wanted absolute certainty.
"I'll be more careful." A cruel smile appeared on Liu Xinya's lips, the dark green light in her eyes disappeared, and at the same time, her connection with that voice was severed.
She stood up, the petals parted to the sides, stepped out of the wooden tub, took a clean, large cloth from the side and wrapped it around her body, and called out, "Someone come here."
The maid at the door immediately pushed the door open and entered, quickly tidied up the room, and quietly withdrew.
The maid remained calm and didn't seem to have heard Liu Xinya's strange conversation in the room earlier.
On the other side, Peng Zhen finally waited until the Demon God finished his dinner at a leisurely pace.
"Your Majesty, Liu Xinya made a special trip to check out Wuchen Residence during the day."
"Is Wuchen Residence something to be ashamed of?" The Demon God's words left Peng Zhen speechless. He couldn't help but mutter to himself that ever since he met Liu Lanyan, the Venerable Lord's personality seemed to have become more and more "lively".
"Lord, should we be wary of Liu Xinya?" Peng Zhen decided to pretend he hadn't heard what the Demon God had just said.
"No need." The demon god waved his hand casually. "A little reprimand will suffice. You did very well today."
“However, Liu Xinya is a hidden danger after all…we must be wary of her.” Peng Zhen still did not want such a treacherous person to appear in Wuchenju. In his opinion, it would be better to eliminate her as soon as possible.
"This is fine as it is." The Demon God did not change his mind at all because of Peng Zhen's persuasion.
“Your Excellency…” Peng Zhen called out.
"The time is almost up," the demon god said, immediately silencing Peng Zhen. Peng Zhen's expression changed, and he hurriedly retreated, no longer daring to disturb the demon god.
Peng Zhen left the Demon God's courtyard with a furrowed brow, still somewhat puzzled by the Lord's intentions.
Is the tranquility of Wuchenju really about to be broken?
This is not a good thing for the Lord.
Inside Liu Lanyan's room, she was leisurely drinking tea. After finishing the cup, she gently tapped the air with her index finger, as if she had tapped the surface of water, and faint ripples spread out from the spot where she had just tapped.
Immediately, Bingling's cheerful voice rang out: "Miss, you've finally contacted me again."
"Yes, I've been staying at the Dustless Palace lately, it's not very convenient there," Liu Lanyan said with a smile. "Has anything happened there recently?"
"Everything is normal, Miss, please don't worry." Bingling solemnly assured her, but after a short while, she asked curiously, "Miss, what has been happening lately? I heard that you performed a stunning dance at the Prince's mansion."
Liu Lanyan smiled slightly. She knew that Bingling and the others were capable of gathering information, and these things could not be kept from them.
"Actually, things haven't been that complicated lately..." Liu Lanyan didn't think there was anything to hide about these things, and told Bingling about what had happened recently, of course, omitting her strange feelings about the Demon God.
For no reason at all, Liu Lanyan instinctively believed that it was a secret between her and the demon god, and she didn't want anyone to know it.
“Liu Xinya clearly has ulterior motives. What are the Demon Gods doing? Why don’t they get rid of her?” Bingling asked curiously.
If she could tell that Liu Xinya was not normal, how could the Demon God not be able to tell?
"Do you know the phrase 'luring the snake out of its hole'?" Liu Lanyan said with a smile.
"Ah, Miss means that the Demon God wants to lure out the people behind Liu Xinya and eliminate them in one fell swoop?" Bingling suddenly realized after hearing Liu Lanyan's words.
“He’s not the kind of person who likes to leave hidden dangers; that’s the only explanation.” For some reason, Liu Lanyan was very certain of the Demon God’s thoughts and had no doubts whatsoever, as if she was always meant to know him this way.
Although the Demon God quickly changed the subject during dinner, the faint, strange atmosphere had already seeped into her heart. Something must have happened; something must have occurred between them.
"But that's not right." Bingling thought of something else. "If Miss noticed it, wouldn't Liu Xinya, who was planning to deal with the Demon God, have sensed it too?"
This is not Bingling's fault for being strange. As for Liu Xinya, since she came here to deal with the demon god, she should be much more vigilant and cautious than ordinary people, and should observe the surrounding situation more carefully.
Didn't she notice anything unusual?
"I'm afraid Liu Xinya will attribute all of this to one reason."
"What's the reason?" Before Liu Lanyan could finish speaking, Bingling impatiently pressed for an answer.
"Because the Demon God treated me so specially, he showed leniency towards the Liu family," Liu Lanyan said casually.
However, Bingling was not calm after hearing this and anxiously exclaimed, "If we show mercy to the Liu family because of Miss, wouldn't that tell his enemies how special Miss is to them? Wouldn't that expose Miss to the enemy? Wouldn't Miss's situation be very dangerous?"
Bingling grew increasingly frightened, wishing she could rush to Wuchen Residence and drag Liu Lanyan back.
Is the Demon God showing affection to the young lady or trying to harm her?
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☆ The Meaning Behind Chapter Sixty-Six
"Bingling, you're excited." Compared to Bingling's burning anxiety, Liu Lanyan didn't seem nervous at all.
"Miss, how can I not be excited?" Bingling's words were no longer cheerful and playful as usual. She was surrounded by deep fear, as if Liu Lanyan was surrounded by enemies and could die at any moment.
"Bingling, do you really not trust my abilities?" Liu Lanyan said with amusement, knowing without even looking that Bingling was in a hurry.
"I believe you, of course I believe in your abilities, Miss." Bingling admired Liu Lanyan immensely, but... "Miss, this is an enemy coming to fight the Demon God. Can they be compared to us?"
They dared to come and fight the Demon God, so their strength must be very high. Otherwise, wouldn't coming to fight the Demon God be suicide?
"Don't overthink it. I haven't finished my business yet, so naturally I'll be fine." Liu Lanyan smiled and changed the subject. "By the way, is he still there?"
"Hmm, she's still cultivating, there's been no movement yet." Bingling opened her mouth to speak, but in the end, she chose to change the subject by going along with Liu Lanyan.
Having followed Liu Lanyan for so many years, don't you know her temper?
Once she's made up her mind, she never changes it.
No amount of persuasion will help now; all we can do is pay close attention to what's happening outside and try to get news of the young lady as soon as possible.
"Okay, I'll contact you again if anything comes up." Liu Lanyan smiled and ended the call, but she could already imagine Bingling throwing a tantrum at home.
She got up, walked to the bedside, threw herself into the soft quilt, kicked off her shoes, wrapped herself in the quilt, and comfortably closed her eyes.
She had considered the problem Bingling mentioned.
To be honest, the identity of the Demon God is naturally extremely noble. As the protector of the demon realm, her ability to become the Demon God's disciple and receive the Demon God's special favor is naturally the envy of everyone.
However, everything has two sides; there is good and bad.
She seemed to have received the ultimate favor from the demon god, which also pushed her step by step into the eye of the storm.
Those who respect the demon god will naturally respect her in the same way, and those who fear the demon god will naturally not dare to offend her.
Similarly, those who want to deal with the demon god will immediately think of capturing her to threaten the demon god.
The Dustless Palace is a forbidden place that only demon gods can set foot in.
But because of her, an exception was made, and she became the first person to live there besides the demon god.
Extreme honor comes with extreme danger.
Don't forget the identity of the Demon God, the god of the demon realm, or more accurately, the protector of the demon realm.
Because of the presence of the Demon God, the Demon Realm has been able to live peacefully year after year. Even ordinary demons in the Demon Realm have received the Demon God's blessings.
If it weren't for the power of the demon god sealing off the demon realm, how could those newly born demons who couldn't cultivate demonic power have transformed into human form at birth?
Demons with magical powers will naturally have offspring that inherit the bloodline of the most powerful being.
However, there are always exceptions. Sometimes, some demons inherit a weak bloodline from their parents, or even just a useless bloodline, which means they are demons who cannot cultivate.
Such a demon, if not sealed away in the demon realm, would be unable to transform into human form due to the constraints of the laws of nature.
They can only be eliminated by nature.
Today, thanks to the power of the demon god, they are able to survive and even live well in human form.
The power of a demon god is something that any force would covet.
It is also what they fear.
Therefore, eliminating the demon god is equivalent to taking over the demon realm.
Some even wanted to capture the demon god alive to use in their world.
Capturing the demon god alive is more difficult than killing him.
The demon god's power was indeed awe-inspiring throughout the three realms, but that was a thousand years ago. As time passes, people forget some terrifying memories and their impressions become blurred.
Naturally, coveting the power of the demon god, various parties became restless and eager to make their move.