The Demon Venerable extended her jade-like palm toward Jiang Shouzhong, intending to swap bodies with him.
However, just as her palm was about to touch Jiang Shouzhong’s body, less than twenty centiters away, it was suddenly repelled by an invisible, imnse force.
At the sa ti, the woman’s long white hair scattered in the wind, revealing her bare, unshielded body.
The scene was so abrupt that the air seed to freeze.
The two stared at each other with wide eyes for a mont, dumbfounded.
"What are you doing?"
"What are you doing?"
They asked in unison.
Recovering from her shock, the Demon Venerable hurriedly used her long hair to cover her body, glaring angrily at Jiang Shouzhong with a murderous look in her eyes: "Jiang Mo, do you have a death wish?"
Jiang Shouzhong felt utterly baffled: "You’re the one who got naked first."
The Demon Venerable raged: "This venerable one was trying to enter your body—why won’t you let in? I wouldn’t even be as rough as before. What are you afraid of?"
"I didn’t stop you."
Jiang Shouzhong argued, "I don’t even know what happened."
Unwilling to give up, the Demon Venerable attempted once more to swap bodies with Jiang Shouzhong, but again, she failed.
"Strange. Do you happen to have so sort of magic artifact hidden on you?"
The Demon Venerable frowned, puzzled.
Jiang Shouzhong shook his head forcefully, saying:
"I really don’t know what’s going on. But right now, I can’t fly, and I’m stuck in Nanjin Country. It’s far away, and if I want to return to Dazhou, I’ll have to go on horseback."
The Demon Venerable paused, closed her eyes to sense her surroundings.
A mont later, she seed to realize sothing: "Ah, Zhao Wuxiu tried to ascend, but the Heavenly Gate was destroyed..."
The Demon Venerable’s eyes glinted sharply as she fixed her gaze on Jiang Shouzhong: "What did you see just now?"
The rapid shift in her thought process left Jiang Shouzhong montarily stunned. Feeling the murderous intent radiating from the Pancake Emperor, he shivered and quickly answered:
"I didn’t see anything—not a single hair!"
The White-Haired Demon Venerable nodded in satisfaction.
Still, the thought that she couldn’t enter Jiang Mo’s body to confront Zhenxuan Mountain left the Demon Venerable deeply frustrated, her chest burning with anger that churned within her.
Furious, the Demon Venerable seethed and muttered to herself.
This grudge—this venerable one will rember!
The Demon Venerable had wrongly blad Qi, though. After Feng Yichen delivered their ssage, the cowardly sect leader had already laid out his treasured Dragon Essence in the Phoenix Blood Pool, waiting for the Demon Venerable to co claim it.
But after waiting for over three months, the Demon Venerable didn’t show up.
Of course, Qi didn’t know about the close relationship between Jiang Shouzhong and the Demon Venerable, so he hadn’t ntioned it to Jiang Shouzhong.
"The Dragon Essence from Zhenxuan Mountain can’t compare to the royal family’s authentic Dragon Essence, but if it could be refined, this venerable one’s soul could beco more solidified. In the future, if I possess you, I’ll be able to wield even greater power."
The Demon Venerable said casually, "Next ti you go to Zhenxuan Mountain, you must inform . I refuse to believe I can’t deal with that little Qi. I’ll even dig up their ancestral graves!"
Jiang Shouzhong broke into a cold sweat.
Won of a certain age—truly, their tempers get more and more explosive.
The Demon Venerable’s dazzlingly beautiful face suddenly broke into a mischievous smile as she eyed Xiao Lingqiu in Jiang Shouzhong’s embrace and teased: "Kid, not bad—you’ve managed to charm yet another gem."
Jiang Shouzhong cleared his throat, saying, "She’s just a friend. Only a friend."
The Demon Venerable sneered: "You can know a person’s face but not their heart. I used to think you were a loyal fool, but now it seems you’re just a philandering scoundrel—a real born troublemaker!"
Jiang Shouzhong couldn’t take it anymore.
He couldn’t help but retort: "I rember you used to tell to find more won for dual cultivation. Why didn’t you criticize then?"
"Then go ahead and dual cultivate. But just holding soone—what kind of cultivation is that?"
The Demon Venerable rolled her eyes.
For a mont, Jiang Shouzhong was speechless, muttering under his breath: "You like dual cultivation so much—why don’t you cultivate with ?"
"What did you say!?"
The Demon Venerable’s voice turned icy, her beautiful eyes glinting with frost.
Jiang Shouzhong didn’t back down, eting her gaze directly:
"If you’ve got the guts, kill . Anyway, I can’t rember the details of this third trial in the Water Moon Dream Mirror. It seems like soone took my heart. Once I die, you’ll accompany to the grave as well."
The Demon Venerable’s expression shifted between light and dark until, finally, she smiled sweetly:
"Why are you picking a fight with , you brat? In this world, I might be the only one who’s hoping you live a long, long life. Jiang Mo, once I get out, I’ll teach you an Immortality Technique. Then you and I—becoming a pair of immortal lovers wouldn’t be impossible. Dual cultivation wouldn’t be impossible either..."
Pancakes, pancakes, pancakes... Countless pancakes flew before Jiang Shouzhong’s eyes. But he couldn’t reach any—not a single one.
Perhaps realizing the "pancake" she painted was too big to be taken seriously, the Demon Venerable gave a light cough and, looking at Xiao Lingqiu in Jiang Shouzhong’s embrace, said:
"No jokes this ti. That woman is still a virgin—a pure maiden. Her pure yin energy is still abundant. When you retrieve the Taoist River Map, be sure to consummate with her. Don’t waste it.
Moreover, this woman’s body is highly fertile. If you don’t want to beco a father too soon, you better take it easy.
Also, since you’ve co to Nanjin Country, why not visit the ’Moon in Water Bridge’? This venerable one rembers there being a treasure there—you might gain so fortuitous encounter there."
Moon in Water Bridge?
Jiang Shouzhong wasn’t familiar with the place.
Just as he was about to ask further, the rippling surface of the mirror slowly faded.
The white-haired figure disappeared as well.
Jiang Shouzhong gazed blankly at the night sky for a while before gradually pulling his thoughts back. Looking down at the woman in his arms, he murmured softly: "Highly fertile physique?"
...
Morning ca, the sky gradually lightening from the horizon.
Xiao Lingqiu opened her drowsy eyes to find she wasn’t sleeping in the man’s embrace but instead hugging his luggage, leaning against a rock.
Jiang Shouzhong was roasting slices of at over a campfire.
"Eat more at if you want the strength to keep chasing ."
Jiang Shouzhong handed a piece of roasted at to the woman’s mouth, smiling as he said, "You’ve been eating dry rations for the past two days—aren’t you tired of them?"
Xiao Lingqiu turned her delicate face away, got up, and started preparing her horse to leave.
"Want to hear tell a story?"
The man asked with a grin.
"No!"
Xiao Lingqiu coldly refused, but she took her water flask from the saddle to freshen up a bit before sitting back next to the campfire, picking up the roasted at to eat.
Jiang Shouzhong gazed at her gently and teased: "With a temper like yours, I wouldn’t dare marry you."
"Hmph, as if you have the qualifications!"
Xiao Lingqiu shot back, mocking him.
Understanding the woman’s heart was filled with grievances, Jiang Shouzhong didn’t dare tease her too much and opted to change the subject: "If you leave, what do you think will happen to the Heshan Tribe if the Fourth Prince attacks?"
Eating her at, Xiao Lingqiu stayed silent at first.
Only after a while did she reply: "I’ve handed all my plans over to Liao Feihu. With his skill, as long as he doesn’t get kicked in the head by a donkey, he’ll be able to hold the line."
Jiang Shouzhong realized: "So that’s why you spent all day surveying the terrain and writing last night. Turns out you had already planned everything and were ready to leave with ."
"Who said I wanted to leave with you?"
Xiao Lingqiu’s pretty face stiffened. "Even if you stayed, I would leave—and it’s clearly you who’s been following ."
"Yes, absolutely! I’m following you."
Jiang Shouzhong grinned, "Following ahead of you."
"Then I’m leaving first!"
Embarrassed, the woman stood, dusting off the sand from her clothes before mounting her horse.
Jiang Shouzhong hurriedly said: "Eat more!"
With a flick of her whip, Xiao Lingqiu’s horse galloped away.
Deliberately steering her horse’s rear toward the campfire, she kicked up enough sand to extinguish the fire and cover Jiang Shouzhong in dust.
Looking at the dirt-covered piece of at in his hand, Jiang Shouzhong muttered quietly: "This woman’s getting more and more out of hand. One day, she’ll bear ten little brats."
Xiao Lingqiu rode a distance away, then stopped to look back at Jiang Shouzhong.
Seeing him follow, she resud her journey.
To avoid losing her way, she occasionally glanced back at him—thus, the two traveled like a pair of bickering companions.
When tired, the woman leaned into his embrace to rest.
When traveling, she kept a distance, exuding an icy indifference as if they had nothing to do with each other.
Jiang Shouzhong couldn’t help but marvel at this woman’s stubbornness.
Luckily, they soon arrived at a small town.
"Let’s find an inn!"
Without waiting for the man to speak, Xiao Lingqiu headed off toward an inn—after days in the desert, she was eager to cleanse herself.
Jiang Shouzhong followed behind her.
Entering the town, Jiang Shouzhong realized that this supposedly remote area seed to be teeming with Jianghu adventurers.
After questioning a passerby, he learned that they were all heading to the Moon in Water Bridge.
Apparently, the bridge had shown signs of a supernatural phenonon recently.
A cactus had grown on the bridge.
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