Chang Hong looked at Shen Ange with surprise and doubt, only to find that she was focused on the woman's movements and did not seem surprised by Fu Mingxu's actions.
Did the young master already know?
Chang Bo quickly confirmed this. Although he was curious about how a mortal with no immortal qualities could embark on the path of cultivation, he was relieved to see that the man's eyes were clear, his expression was respectful, and he had no aura of having strayed into evil ways.
Although the Heavenly Ladder of the Cangling Continent was severed, it was still full of vitality a thousand years ago, with many powerful figures emerging and numerous cultivation methods. However, many of these texts were lost to the river of time.
He thought that Fu Mingxu must have had his own extraordinary encounter.
After a brief moment of surprise, Chang Hong turned his gaze back to the woman on the bed.
He recalled the remains that had just been placed yesterday, and a flash of murderous intent crossed his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.
If this Demon Realm royal family hadn't known the secret of the Demon Seed, he would never have agreed to let his young master bring this demon back.
Fu Mingxu investigated quickly. He withdrew his divine sense, stood up, and said to Shen Ange, "Since you met her at the edge of life and death, you should know that she must have been eroded by the gale. If you hadn't used pills to keep her alive, she would probably be a lifeless lump of flesh and blood by now."
Shen Ange nodded: "I used the Spring Eternity Pill that you once refined to barely maintain her life."
She tried many methods to wake the other person up, but with little success.
"She's badly injured." She looked at the person on the bed, her beautiful face showing instinctive concern. "She's been unconscious the whole time."
Fu Mingxu was not surprised and said slowly, "That's because she injured the source of the demonic energy."
"The source of the demon?" Shen Ange didn't understand.
“Cultivators have dantian, and demons have demonic sources. Ultimately, both are places where qi is stored and life force is gathered. Once damaged, it is equivalent to damaging the source, which will affect cultivation and physical constitution.” As he said this, Fu Mingxu suddenly remembered Han Tao’s broken half of the dragon soul.
I wonder if he was injured by Immortal Lord Siyang.
Shen Ange's words interrupted his thoughts, her tone urgent: "Then do you have a solution?"
After she finished speaking, she looked at him expectantly.
Fu Mingxu pondered for a moment before slowly speaking: "To repair the root of the demonic source, we must go to the demonic realm to purchase the Demon Life Flower, which is the main ingredient for refining the Demonic Source Pill."
“I can find substitutes for other materials, but not for this Demon Flower that grows in the Demon Realm.” His tightly furrowed brows relaxed, and his voice was unhurried. “I can refine the Demon Source Pill, which can also restore her to a temporary state of consciousness.”
"You can figure out the rest yourself."
Upon hearing this, Chang Hong spoke first: "Young Master, you should have Young Master Fu briefly rouse her. I will inquire and be able to find out about the Demon Seed while she is conscious."
This means there's no need to bother looking for any magical flowers.
Since Shen Ange brought the person back, Fu Mingxu did not comment.
Unexpectedly, Shen Ange shook her head: "No, she is my friend, I can't treat her like this."
Chang Hong panicked: "She's a demon!"
"But she saved me." Shen Ange said solemnly, "She is indeed a demon, but demons are just people who cultivate demonic energy; there are good and bad among them. Doesn't the human race also have people who are two-faced and hypocritical?"
"If one day she kills innocent people indiscriminately, I, Shen Ange, will be the first to not let her go."
Chang Hong was speechless, but he couldn't refute her words. He could only remind himself to keep a close eye on this demon, lest she wake up and repay kindness with enmity.
After the master and servant had finished discussing, Fu Mingxu continued, "I heard that an expedition team returning from the Demon Realm will be selling things tomorrow. If we're lucky, they might even have Demon Flower."
The Demon Realm is vast, and the demons are mostly fierce, but not every inch of land is guarded. Moreover, it is rich in minerals and has many rare items that are not found in the territories of the immortal sects, so many expeditions travel there.
Moreover, the Demon Flower only grows in the Demon Realm, not on the hands of demons.
Upon hearing this, Shen Ange nodded and said, "I know someone in the market. I'll use telepathy to ask her to inquire for me."
Seeing that there was no way to change the situation, Chang Hong nodded and said, "I will go to buy the alchemy furnace first thing tomorrow morning."
He thought for a moment, then asked Fu Mingxu, "What kind of alchemical fire does Young Master Fu usually use?"
Fu Mingxu was taken aback, and his smile was a little strange: "No need, I have my own nourishing alchemical fire."
Upon hearing this, Chang Hong became even more convinced that he had had a miraculous encounter.
After speaking, Fu Mingxu took out two jade bottles from his storage bag and handed them to Shen Ange, explaining, "This is a top-grade muscle-regenerating pill, and there is also a bottle of healing liquid."
The woman on the bed was dressed cleanly, presumably Shen Ange had already changed her clothes.
Fu Mingxu handed her the medicine, rubbed his temples, and asked, "Is there a place to rest?"
Chang Hong immediately spoke up: "Young Master Fu, I'll take you there."
The two left without realizing anything was amiss. Shen Ange came to her senses and swallowed the question, "Where is Lord Han?"
As before, she undressed the person in bed and carefully applied medicine to her wound, afraid of missing even the smallest cut.
As night deepened and drowsiness crept in, Fu Mingxu arrived at the room Chang Hong had prepared for him, pausing before closing the door.
"Uncle Chang, how long does it usually take for a duel between evenly matched cultivators to end?"
Chang Hong was taken aback by his question, but didn't think much of it. After considering it, he said, "Several days and nights are normal."
"Oh." It's good not to have to sleep, Fu Mingxu thought to himself, and smiled, "Then I'll rest first. If there are any problems with An Ge, come find me."
He also wanted to know if the Demon Realm royal family knew anything about the Demon Seeds. If so, then all his efforts wouldn't have been in vain.
"Alright, then Young Master Fu, you should get some rest."
Chang Hong watched him close the door before turning and leaving.
The guest room was fully equipped with all the necessities. Fu Mingxu lay on the bed and wondered how Han Tao was fighting with Si Yang Xianjun. He thought he wouldn't be able to sleep, but his fatigue came faster than he expected.
Before long, he drifted off into a sweet dream.
The nights inside the formation were always exceptionally quiet. Shen Ange fed her medicine and applied the ointment that night. Seeing that her breathing gradually became steady, he finally felt relieved.
The worries of the past few days could finally be put to rest. Not wanting to move her tired body, she sat down to meditate and regulate her breathing on the side of the bed.
Time passed slowly, and the elixir took effect within the body. As the first rays of dawn shone down, the person who had been in a coma for many days finally opened their eyes.
This is?
She looked around in confusion, her gaze settling on a pretty face nearby.
Wasn't she supposed to die at the edge of life and death? Why did she meet this person?
Before she could finish thinking, Shen Ange, who had noticed the movement, woke up. The two looked at each other, and shared memories flooded back.
"Ah Shu, you're awake!" Shen Ange stood up in surprise, quickly walked to the bedside, skillfully lifted the quilt, and looked at the fair skin, unable to help but sigh, "Mingxu's medicine is really effective!"
Two blushes appeared on Yili's face, dispelling the deathly pallor she had felt while unconscious. You Shu hurriedly sat up, covering herself with the blanket, her voice weak and unsteady: "This is..."
"It's normal that you don't know. I met you at the edge of life and death and brought you back." Shen Ange joked when she saw that Shen Ange was acting like she was guarding against a wolf. "We're both women, I've already seen everything, you don't need to be shy."
You Shu: ...
Aren't all demons unrestrained and wild? Why is A-Shu so reserved? Shen Ange attributed this to her being different from other demons and didn't think much of it.
After a few words, You Shu naturally realized that she had been saved. She wasn't used to someone being so kind to her, and said with a complicated expression, "Thank you."
Shen Ange chuckled twice and reached out to press her shoulders down: "You should rest first. I'll go get you a set of my clothes, a brand new one."
You Shu looked down at her undershirt and could smell the medicine on her body. She smiled at Shen Ange.
That smile was like a red lotus in the wind, fragile yet beautiful, captivating the heart and soul.
Shen Ange stared blankly for a moment, then felt embarrassed and quickly ran away.
As soon as she left, You Shu closed her hands under the covers, withdrawing the pure demonic energy that had automatically appeared in her palms when she first woke up, and her fragile expression turned into coldness.
"Tsk, I'm still alive."
A note from the author:
Mingxu: Sleeping so well.
Han Tao: Where's my wife? My wife ran away!
The next chapter will be the one where the seme and uke meet, and I bet the seme will go a little crazy, tsk tsk. Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants between 2022-03-23 00:00:00 and 2022-03-24 00:00:00!
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
Chapter 32
Fu Mingxu woke up to a sunlit room. Full of energy, he opened the door and was greeted by Shen Ange's beaming smile.
"Is he awake?" he asked, closing the door behind him.
Shen Ange was holding two sets of clothes and hesitating when she saw him arrive. Her smile widened: "The medicine you gave me is very effective."
Fu Mingxu raised an eyebrow and asked softly, "Did you ask about the demon seed?"
To everyone's surprise, Shen Ange shook her head and said only, "She just woke up. I'll get her some clothes to wash up, and I'll ask her later."
Upon hearing this, even though he desperately wanted to know, he couldn't very well follow her into the room to ask.
Seeing that he seemed very concerned about the demon seed, Shen Ange asked curiously, "Why are you so interested in the demon seed?"
"Could someone have been infected with a demonic seed?" she asked again.
Fu Mingxu's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't answer. Instead, he changed the subject: "I want to try to see if there's a way to cure the demon seed."
This reason was reasonable enough that Shen Ange didn't suspect anything after hearing it, and nodded instead: "Don't worry, I'll tell you as soon as possible."
She guessed that Fu Mingxu probably saw this demonic seed as a foreign object in his body and wanted to try to remove it.
This is a good thing, at least for the human race.
Shen Ange was very fast. It was unclear what she said to the demon, but about an incense stick's time later, she brought him the news.
“It’s true that A-Shu is a member of the Demon Realm’s royal family and knows how to cultivate demon seeds, but she doesn’t know how to get rid of them.” Shen Ange repeated her words, “However, there are records of the origin of demon seeds in the royal palaces of the Demon Realm’s successive Demon Lords. She has seen them before and only remembers that they were related to the Demon Flower. The specific method of getting rid of them should be hidden deep within the royal palaces.”
When Fu Mingxu met her gaze and carefully considered his words, he had a rough idea of what was going on.
Compared to how to cultivate demon seeds, the Demon Realm must have kept the method for eliminating demon seeds much more secret.
"Don't worry, A-Shu has already promised to take me disguised back to the Demon Realm. When I find a way to remove the demon seed, I will definitely tell you." Seeing a hint of worry in his clear eyes, Shen Ange subconsciously revealed their plan.
Fu Mingxu, however, did not support this: "The Demon Realm is dangerous, you..."
Before he could speak, he suddenly seemed to realize something and asked in surprise, "Could it be that you've found the murderer who harmed your parents?"
Shen Ange's expression turned serious as she replied, "The exact identity of the murderer is currently unknown, but all the clues point to the Demon Realm King's Palace. I have to go there."
"Don't worry, with Ah Shu's identity, I'm very safe."