Chapter 9: The Great Devil Head, Leng Li

Chapter 9: The Great Devil Head, Leng Li

"To chase away your legitimate future husband for a mere Child of Luck, Mu Qingxue, you've really narrowed your own path. What was once the status of a legal wife can now only be reduced to a maid who warms the bed!"

Qin Xuan, having left Qingxue Pavilion, returned and arrived at the courtyard behind the building.

A sudden shift to a tough attitude means one is either an idiot or has the confidence to back it up.

He was not the former; clearly, he had come prepared.

Upon reaching the backyard, Qin Xuan followed the System's guidance to a storage room filled with miscellaneous items. He moved a heavy storage cabinet, revealing an earth-gray wall covered by an illusion technique.

"A barrier created by the Immaculate Sacred Body can repel anything defined as unclean. Once an outsider intrudes, it would immediately alert Mu Qingxue. Unfortunately for it, it encountered me, a Chaos Hongmeng Body that is immune to all forms of physiques."

Qin Xuan reached out and passed through the wall.

The moment he touched it, the illusion vanished, exposing a portal leading underground before his eyes.

Descending the cyan stone steps, the closer he got, the more oppressive the atmosphere permeating the air became.

It made breathing difficult.

This wasn't because Mu Qingxue had cast some Restriction to suppress cultivation here, but simply the result of the aura leaking from the Demonic Path powerhouse hidden within.

Walking a few dozen more steps, the space suddenly opened up.

In a spacious underground chamber surrounded by barriers, there was only a bed of ice that remained frozen for ten thousand years.

Lying on this ice bed was a woman dressed in black robes, with seventy-one sage-burial nails driven into her from her face down to her legs.

A large Sacred Artifact sword pierced through her chest, right at her full breasts. While suppressing the woman, the blade itself was cracked and shattered, as if a slight touch would turn it to ash.

"Stabbed into a honeycomb by sage-burial nails, with even your heart shattered by this Sacred Artifact, yet you are still not dead. Your vitality is truly immense!"

Watching the faint rise and fall of the woman's chest, Qin Xuan stepped forward and removed the black hood covering her face.

A peerless, flawless, and stunningly beautiful face appeared before him.

A man of culture would say: a refined nose, cherry lips, rosy cheeks, a single glance that could charm a hundred, leaving all the beauties of the six palaces colorless in comparison.

Qin Xuan was different. Upon seeing Leng Li, he only had one thought: "Holy crap! So beautiful, I want to 【redacted】!"

Tap, tap, tap! Rapid footsteps sounded from the entrance, and Mu Qingxue, dressed in a cyan long dress, arrived alone.

Not even her personal maid, Xiaolan, knew about this underground chamber.

She did not know how Qin Xuan had found this place.

Suppressing the anger in her heart as much as possible, Mu Qingxue shouted angrily at Qin Xuan, "I told you to get lost, didn't you hear me? You still dare to come to Qingxue Pavilion? Do you think I dare not strike you?"

Qin Xuan pointed at the woman lying on the bed, a smile on his lips, and countered, "Are you sure you want me to leave?"

"This woman, within the Yaochi Sacred Land, single-handedly slaughtered several Saints. Even the Peak Masters of Thunder Prison Peak and Wan Jian Peak were severely injured because of her."

"It took the combined effort of the top Saints of the entire Yaochi Sacred Land to severely injure her and Seal her Divine Soul within her body."

"If outsiders were to find out that the Demonic Path powerhouse who wreaked havoc on the Yaochi Sacred Land was hidden right under your nose by you, Mu Qingxue, I wonder if you, this True Disciple of Wan Jian Peak, would be able to keep this woman alive?"

"Or are you thinking that the Mu Family behind you can vouch for you and turn hostility into friendship with the Yaochi Sacred Land!"

Boom! Mu Qingxue's pupils shook violently. She never expected that Qin Xuan would actually know this woman's identity.

Hadn't he just arrived at the Yaochi Sacred Land from the Qin Family?

Why was he so knowledgeable about the events that had occurred within the Yaochi Sacred Land?

Qin Xuan pushed Leng Li's body further into the ice bed, sat down on it, crossed his legs, and teased Mu Qingxue, who was looking at him in shock:

"I have to say, your way of doing things is truly unconventional, disregarding worldly shackles. Even knowing that Leng Li is the great Devil Head your Master spoke of, you dared to risk the wrath of the Holy Land to hide her, all because you remembered she once saved your life!"

"But if the outside world were to find out about this, how would the Yaochi Sacred Land view you? Would they still let you continue being that high and mighty Fairy Qingxue?"

Mu Qingxue's angry expression was gradually replaced by killing intent.

"You know too much!"

She drew her three-foot green sword, the sword's radiance surging like crashing waves against the sky.

She struck with a killing blow, thrusting her sword toward Qin Xuan's chest.

Clang! Qin Xuan caught the tip of the sword with two fingers and pulled it toward himself. As Mu Qingxue came before him, he ruthlessly punched at the wickedness on her chest that he had long wanted to get his hands on.

Thud—accompanied by a muffled sound, Mu Qingxue suffered a heavy blow to her chest and was sent flying.

Qin Xuan shook his hand, nodding with a lewd glint in his eyes as he commented, "Your figure is truly exaggerated. Aside from Sharp Weapons, any other blunt attacks come with built-in armor. A true breastplate!"

"Shameless scoundrel!"

Qin Xuan put on a straight face. "Watch your attitude! The leverage that could cost you your life is now in my hands."

With her sword tip pointing diagonally at the ground, her face full of rage and her chest heaving, Mu Qingxue scolded, "Qin Xuan, you were expelled from the Qin Family, and you deserved it! Bullying maids, beating servants into disability—your crimes are heinous. Even if I have to die with you today, I won't let you have it easy!"

She hadn't expected that she, at the second level of the Supernatural Realm, would actually be no match for Qin Xuan.

A single punch from him had nearly caused her internal injuries.

Even so, she, Mu Qingxue, was completely unafraid and would never be threatened by Qin Xuan in any way.

Even if she wasn't Qin Xuan's match and ended up being killed by him, she would absolutely not let this despicable and shameless scoundrel manipulate her!

"Big-chested but brainless creature, do you think you can kill me by risking your life?" Qin Xuan rolled his eyes in disdain.

As expected, these Children of Luck and Daughters of Luck are all the same.

Hot-headed, stubborn, and extremely stupid.

They never consider problems based on the actual situation.

They rely entirely on their Luck to turn danger into safety.

However, it is precisely this hot-headed stupidity that gives him an opportunity to exploit.

Qin Xuan pointed at Leng Li, striking directly at Mu Qingxue's Dao Heart. "You went to great lengths to hide her here. If you die, can she still live?"

"You, Mu Qingxue, when facing your own savior, can you not even endure the slightest grievance?"

"Think about it from another angle. Even if you risk your life and are killed by me afterward, do you think I will lose my life because of it? I don't think so. After killing you, a traitor to the Yaochi Sacred Land, and taking the remains of this great Devil Head as a gift, I think whether it's Thunder Prison Peak or Wan Jian Peak, they would all give me a satisfying reward."

"Who knows, after you die and there is no proof, I might even take the opportunity to smear your name, shifting the fact of your collusion with the great Devil Head onto the Mu Family. It is very possible that the Mu Family would then become enemies with the Yaochi Sacred Land and be wiped out."

It was terrifying to think about!

Mu Qingxue, whose killing intent had been soaring, thought about how after her death, Leng Li would be sent to the Yaochi Sacred Land as a token of submission, and even her own Family might be slandered by Qin Xuan for colluding with the Demonic Path.

It was as if a basin of cold water had been poured over her from head to toe.

An indescribable chill swept through her entire body, making her increasingly panicked and uneasy.

She looked at Qin Xuan and shouted with a trembling voice, "Stop spouting nonsense! Hiding Leng Li was my doing alone; the Mu Family has absolutely nothing to do with it!"

Qin Xuan shrugged indifferently. "You'd be dead, with no proof. Who could prove the Mu Family's innocence?"

Mu Qingxue bit her lips tightly, her beautiful eyes filled with anxiety.

No matter how much she thought, she could not find a single solution.

She helplessly put away her three-foot green sword, lowered her exquisite face with a lonely expression, and asked with unwilling indignation, "What do you want in order to let the Mu Family go?"

From beginning to end, she was not considering her own gains or losses.

As long as she could kill Qin Xuan, she was willing to die.

But she had no certainty of success.

If she couldn't kill Qin Xuan, not only would she die, but Leng Li would also be implicated.

Even the Mu Family that raised her would be dragged into a catastrophe because of her.

She dared not gamble; the price was too high.

"That's right, this is the attitude you should have."

Seeing Mu Qingxue give in, Qin Xuan wore a smile as gentle as a spring breeze.

As he spoke, the System's alert sounded in his mind: 【Congratulations to the Host for triggering an option】