The Demon King is an Idiot [BL]-Chapter 132: My life depends on his.

"What do you need the master of curses for?"

"Do you think I’ll tell you?"

"It’s not like telling me will do you any harm," Jin Shifeng shrugged her shoulders as she spoke.

"It would also not do me any good."

Jin Shifeng thinly smiled, "But I might just have the heart to help you after hearing your reasons."

"..." That was actually a very tempting offer.

"Think about it," Jin Shifeng spoke with a smirk, "I have a lot of secrets to reveal about the master of curses and since he killed Yu Wei, it’s not like I feel particularly loyal towards him. Even if I use you to get my revenge, there would be nothing wrong with it."

Jie Fu Lian gulped as he heard this and thought about it for a minute before he spoke, "Eight years ago, a man called Jie Fu Lian was killed after being accused of colluding with the demons and a year later, his entire sect was also destroyed by the Jin Sect under the excuse that they were sheltering demons."

As soon as Jin Shifeng heard this, her eyes slightly widened and the smirk on her face disappeared.

"The master of curses was involved in both the cases, wasn’t he? And the Jin Sect was helping him."

Jin Shifeng clenched her fist as she heard this but kept her mouth sealed, saying nothing.

From her reaction alone, Jie Fu Lian could tell that their guesses were correct. The Jin Sect really was working with the master of curses and helping him.

With a small teasing smirk, Jie Fu Lian spoke, "Madam Jin, didn’t you say you were going to tell me everything you know? Don’t you want me to ruin that master of curses for you? I thought you hated him."

"Before that, I also have a question," Jin Shifeng gritted out, "Who is Jie Fu Lian to you?"

"Huh?" Jie Fu Lian raised an eyebrow, not quite understanding the question.

"Even if Jie Fu Lian was innocent, you cannot completely say that he had no connection to you, can you?"

Jie Fu Lian’s eyebrows creased together but he gave no response to that.

When Jin Shifeng saw his speechless reaction, she gained a little more confidence and continued as she spoke, "You were always secretly following him, weren’t you? Even when he died, you secretly snuck into the abyss in search of the scattered parts of his soul."

Jie Fu Lian was a bit stunned but he didn’t dare let his emotions show on his face. With his quick thinking, he nonchalantly questioned, "How do you know that?"

Jin Shifeng smirked, "Did you think nobody knew?"

Jie Fu Lian’s eyes dangerously narrowed down on the woman but he said nothing as a response.

"Actually, you weren’t the only one who secretly went there," Jin Shifeng thinly smiled as she revealed.

Jie Fu Lian raised an eyebrow as he heard this and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Let me ask you a question," Jin Shifeng spoke, without explaining anything, "Is Jie Fu Lian really your own blood?"

As soon as Jie Fu Lian heard this question, his eyes widened in shock and for a second, he felt as if his heart had stopped beating.

The mere thought of him being connected to the demon king by blood was ridiculous and yet, at the same time, it was completely possible and the possibility answered a lot of questions that had been troubling them.

"I am right, aren’t I?" Jin Shifeng questioned, feeling a little excited, "He really is your nephew."

As soon as Jie Fu Lian heard the word ’Nephew’, he felt a sense of relief.

Being the demon king’s nephew was still much better than being his direct son or grandson.

"If he was my nephew, do you think I would have just stayed still and done nothing when he died?"

Jin Shifeng smirked, "You only pretended not to be involved but in reality, did you really accept his death with an attitude of indifference? ’cause it didn’t look like that to me."

"Let’s say that you are right and Jie Fu Lian really is my nephew. Would knowing that make you feel like helping me by giving me information on the master of curses?"

Jin Shifeng smirked as she heard this and spoke, "Of course. Depending on the answer you give, I would decide whether to help you or not. It would be better if you give me a sad story that I can sympathize with."

Jie Fu Lian sighed as he heard this and with his quick thinking, he came up with a believable story. Thanks to the story about Xue Lan that he had read, he had a little more knowledge of the demon king and his connection with Quan Mu.

"Jie Fu Lian was my brother’s only child. His birth wasn’t natural and before he was even born, both of his fathers passed away and I became the one responsible for taking care of him. For a few years, he was under my care but staying under my care made it difficult for me to keep him safe. As long as he was with me, people would target him as well and in a moment of distraction or negligence on my part, he might even end up losing his life. In order to keep him safe, I sealed his demonic blood and sent him to the mortal realm to be adopted by someone else. It just so happened that the one who adopted him was the sect master of the Yan sect."

So far, Jin Shifeng seemed to believe the story that the man was narrating, and Jie Fu Lian gained a little more confidence to keep on spouting bullsh*t.

"I thought I had done what was best for him and that he was living the best life he could possibly have. However, I was wrong. Without me knowing, there were people who had started targetting him and by the time I realized that it was already too late. He was killed and I didn’t even know who the culprit was. I went to the abyss in search of his scattered soul but found nothing. I was devastated by his death and in the beginning, I couldn’t even come to accept it. By the time I accepted the fact that he was already gone, the only feeling I felt was grief and anger. I wanted to avenge him as soon as possible but no matter how much I looked, I could not find the culprit."

Jie Fu Lian paused for a few seconds as he took a deep breath in and slightly shook his head, acting as if he was recalling a devastating memory (that didn’t even exist).

"However, after so many years, I finally have a lead and that’s the master of curses. My Nephew never colluded with the demons nor did he know his real origin. He had lived an honest life only trying to help others. He was wrongfully killed and I only want to avenge his pitiful death. He was the only family I had left and somebody abruptly took that only family away from me. How can I not be angry? I do not expect you to understand me but knowing that you have also lost a loved one who was killed by the master of curses makes me think that we are two people holding the same amount of hatred in our hearts, wanting to avenge the one we loved."

Jin Shifeng gulped as she heard this and then smirked just a few minutes later, acting completely apathetic.

"You are right," Jin Shifeng spoke as she laughed, "I also lost a loved one and just like you, I too feel anger. If I could, I would’ve long killed the master of curses and avenged Yu Wei but unfortunately, although we have the same thoughts and feelings, I do not believe we are on the same side. You want to kill the master of curses but I am in no position to do the same."

"What makes you say that?"

"My circumstances," Jin Shifeng sighed out, "I cannot kill him even if he was standing defenseless in front of my sword."

"Why?"

"Because my life also depends on his. If he dies, so do I. "

Jie Fu Lian’s eyes narrowed down on the woman with suspicion as he heard this, "What do you mean?"

With a thin smile, Jin Shifeng spoke, "I mean exactly what I said. My life depends on his. If I want to live, I cannot have the master of curses be killed."

"Is the master of curses threatening you?"

Jin Shifeng laughed as she heard this and shook her head at the ridiculous thought before she spoke, "It is nothing like that. I am not being threatened by anyone. I just took a decision and got myself into a contract that I now cannot get out of."

"A contract with the master of curses?"

Jin Shifeng once again chuckled and shook her head as she spoke, "Shen Fang, you are going after the wrong person. If you want to know who killed Jie Fu Lian, I can assure you that it wasn’t the master of curses. If you are looking for the killer’s accomplice then the master of curses is your man."