Shame and panic surrounded Ah Qing, making her reveal an uncharacteristic fluster that was completely captured by her greatest adversary in life.

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Shi Qingjun narrowed her eyes, observing Ah Qing’s trembling corner of the eye, momentarily puzzled.

She was willing to take the stage, and from what the surrounding girls said, Ah Qing’s outfit was something she prepared herself before going on stage.

Since everything was her own choice, then... why be shy?

In Shi Qingjun’s eyes, Ah Qing’s actions included but were not limited to ’pretending to be a young girl’, ’suppressing cultivation to the Open Source Realm’, ’feigning fatigue’, and many other strange things.

Shi Qingjun thought simply from another perspective.

If she had done something like this and been seen... well, she actually would not care about it. Since it’s her choice, she can calmly deal with whatever happens. But Ah Qing is different; standing in her shoes, Shi Qingjun can foresee the explosive mindset she’d have upon being discovered.

Shi Qingjun currently has no intention of confronting Ah Qing; she quite likes the girls of Flower Moon Building and would be unhappy if hurt.

"The book says... women are strange." Shi Qingjun lowered her head, thinking that this made some sense. Compared to her, Ah Qing is obviously more like a woman; thus she cannot comprehend Ah Qing’s mindset, which is understandable.

In summary, the disguise Ah Qing did on stage, the only genuine parts being her shyness and panic, and although Shi Qingjun doesn’t understand relationships between men and women, her expertise in the Yin Yang Dao allows her to somewhat perceive the faint overflowing girlish heart from Ah Qing.

As long as one isn’t blind, they can see...

She definitely has someone she likes present.

’Who could it be?’

In this world, could there really be someone capable of easily capturing the heart of the Demon Sect Lady?

Shi Qingjun pondered this and two figures popped into her mind. Strangely, the figures were a man and a woman, a little couple nonetheless.

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Shi Qingjun covered her fair forehead with one hand, lightly sighing.

How could there be such an extraordinary scene in this world? Had she thought of this before now, she would never have imagined that the first predicament she’d face after relinquishing her Dao Rhyme with the Demon Sect Lady... would be such an embarrassing scene.

’What to do next?’

She must clearly figure out how to converse with the other party once discovered.

There’s no avoiding it; with her presence here, from a karma perspective, getting discovered by Ah Qing is only a matter of time, so preparations need to be made.

As for turning and leaving before being discovered... Shi Qingjun hadn’t considered that.

No matter what scenario she faces, she wouldn’t flee.

Nor does she wish to leave.

Ah Qing is the only one in this world who can meet her eye to eye.

The Sect Leader, who has never had friends, instinctively finds the discovery that makes her invisible—

Interesting.

Fretful.

This was the emotion inexplicably emerging after shame for Ah Qing, yet she had no idea where this fretfulness stemmed from.

Because she could ignore the gazes of Flower Moon Building’s girls, feel anticipation toward Yun Qian’s gaze, feel shame at Xu Chang’an’s glance, but should not have fretfulness.

In the Qiankun Realm, such inexplicable emotions wouldn’t appear.

How could this be...

Was something about to happen, thus the Karma Dao gave her a warning?

If something could make her feel fretful, it’s probably significant, maybe even likely to bring harm.

What was it?

Celestial Tribulation?

Heart Demon Tribulation?

Or perhaps, it’s... Shi Qingjun.

For a moment, various factors capable of affecting her floated in her mind, and Ah Qing’s expression grew serious. It is critical to know that both Yun Qian and Xu Chang’an are by her side; if truly like before, with the Heavenly Dao causing trouble and descending Tribulation Thunder like...

If she accidentally injured Yun Qian or Xu Chang’an—

Ah Qing couldn’t bear such a blow.

The dancing Ah Qing temporarily set aside her shame, turning to scan the surrounding environment as her skirt created a graceful trace in the air.

First and foremost, her attention was all on the ambiance, Spiritual Qi frequency, initially ruling out any accumulated Celestial Tribulation, and Ah Qing did not carefully observe the women under the stage, causing her gaze several times to miss Shi Qingjun’s presence.

’Everything is normal...’

As Ah Qing confirmed no disturbance in the Spiritual Qi, an uneasy premonition in her heart became even more distinct.

If there wasn’t a Celestial Tribulation, then why would she feel this way?

She hadn’t experienced such restlessness and anxiety in a long while.

And even if she had, it was from long, long ago—matters of her girlhood, during the age when she still dreamed, sometimes dreaming of that destroyed town, dreaming of that rainy dusk, dreaming of the hardships she’d folded up along her journey.

Fretfulness, first and foremost, symbolizes helplessness.

The appearance of this emotion caused Ah Qing to flash back to the lonely, abandoned cub years, adding to her current use of a girlhood body, weighting Ah Qing’s mind-body turmoil, fogging her thoughts while dancing.

She isn’t a helpless person.

Her girlhood past was long buried as she ascended to the Frosty Heaven; she is no longer weak and powerless, unable to accomplish anything.

Despite using the girlhood body, she’s long since ceased to be a feeble half-demon; those emotions akin to mold in the dark corners of the town, those damp thoughts, shouldn’t still appear on her, should they?

So why be anxious?

Does she have any reason to be uneasy?

Ah Qing pondered carefully and couldn’t find anything that would cause her current self to feel anxious.

She could even endure being admired by Xu Chang’an in such attire, so would there be anything to fear?

’I wouldn’t even be afraid of being seen by him.’

Thinking thus, Ah Qing’s breathing gradually calmed, exhaling traces of white fog.

All things considered, even though this body is hers, the impact of girlhood on her mentality is unavoidable; if it were her original form, there wouldn’t be such wavering or even weakness.

Since both are her bodies, despite being the blended soul and thoughts, appearing in this clone and the original form would be two different people, certainly, Ah Qing could forcibly maintain only the Sect Leader’s thoughts, only she hadn’t pursued that. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Both being her bodies, enjoying the girlhood thought logic a bit more is a worthwhile experience.

Just like now, even though restlessness and unease are a nuisance, it’s an emotion her original form would never experience... so, as long as no Celestial Tribulation descends, she somewhat delight in it.

’Uneasy...’

’A young girl in love is always anxious, isn’t she?’