The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 722 - 230: I Am More Than Enough to Be the Empress!
Thinking about how the Snow Maiden might have fallen victim to the Heart Demon Gu Worm’s schemes, Wu Xin immediately felt that things in the Demon Capital had taken a turn for the worse.
Big trouble!
If Lin Yun were to learn the causes and consequences of the event, she would definitely not escape unscathed.
She had already accepted Lin Yun’s task; no matter what happened, unless summoned by Lin Yun, her primary mission was to protect the Snow Maiden and keep surveillance over her.
Having the Snow Maiden come to harm under her own watch, she couldn’t escape blame!
Besides, the Heart Demon Gu was cultivated by her; although its current development was not what she wished to see, it was hard to ensure that Lin Yun wouldn’t bear resentment against her because of it.
Wu Xin also had to admit that Lin Yun’s rise to power had been too swift; within such a short time, he had gained a strength that could control her.
She used to think that after Yuzhen’s death, she could be the unchallenged ruler.
One could only say that the young people nowadays were just too unnaturally talented.
It was also her ill fortune and a life fraught with setbacks.
"Let’s go find her!"
Wu Xin made a decisive decision to go back and look for the Snow Maiden.
Even if the Heart Demon Gu had used tricks to control the Snow Maiden, with the Snow Maiden’s cultivation level, the Heart Demon Gu shouldn’t be able to fully occupy her body in a short time; if she hurried over now, she might still be on time. Plus, with Hu Yuling’s Dream-Entering Technique, it should be enough to drive the Heart Demon Gu away.
Thus, the two demons carried Yuan Zihe up the mountain.
Having been up the mountain before, she felt a different atmosphere this time.
It was as if a terrifying entity was lurking on this mountain, now nearing its awakening.
Sharply sensing this change, Wu Xin grew even more worried.
Snow Maiden, you have to hang in there!
If you go down, won’t both of us suffer?
At this moment, Wu Xin’s state of mind was like that of a little palace maid, who feared being executed by the Emperor for not taking good care of a favored concubine.
At that thought, Wu Xin was instantly full of regret.
To think that Wu Xin, who had roamed the world for nearly ten thousand years, now ended up in Lin Yun’s harem, acting as a mere palace maid!
With her beauty and strength, she had more than enough to be an Empress!
How utterly absurd!
Feeling that her position and identity were misaligned, Wu Xin was infuriated, but no matter how angry she got, she still had to save the people.
It wasn’t long before Wu Xin returned to the ruins of the Snow Mountain Divine Temple.
From a distance, she could see a dark blue towering beam of light on the mountain. Considering the circumstances, there must have been an accident, and moreover, a significant one.
"Trouble!"
Wu Xin always had the feeling that Lin Yun’s iron fist was about to land on her own head, but she had really tried her best this time...
Now, she had no choice but to fly towards the direction of the beam of light, even though her heart kept flashing with warning signs. To her, that beam of light was an extremely dangerous thing.
But then again, Lin Yun was even fiercer than a tiger!
At the foot of Great Snow Mountain, Liu Ji had also seen the beam of light. The light reached the sky, and anyone at the foot of Snow Mountain should be able to see it.
A powerful cultivator like Liu Ji could even sense the terrifying power contained within, as if it possessed the ability to destroy heavens and earth.
At his level of cultivation, the beam of light was an opportunity; closely comprehending this kind of power could benefit his own Great Dao.
Cultivation, after all, is a process of exploration. In a cultivator’s life, it manifests as the strength of power. Feeling stronger power enables a deeper understanding of the path ahead on the Great Dao.
But Liu Ji just glanced at it and continued to carry the body of Zhang Biyu, walking onwards.
He did not use Sword Flight but walked step by step down the mountain, just as he had left Purple Cloud Mountain in the past, to let his heart gradually calm down.
The wind was strong and cold, and the woman in his arms was also cold.
Zhang Biyu had cooled quickly because she had been killed by an ice cone. The power of the frost almost froze her. Had it not been for Liu Ji’s protection, her body would have turned into a lump of ice by now.
But without the spark of life, and with the weather on Great Snow Mountain being so cold, Zhang Biyu, of course, had turned completely cold.
The footprints on the snow were deep, and the snowfall suddenly grew heavier.
Liu Ji, seeing this, took off his coat and wrapped it around Zhang Biyu.
"You guys always say that if something were to happen, I’d be the first among the three of us to die, but unexpectedly, you ended up walking ahead."
The relationship within the Three Venerables of the Demon Sect was actually very good, and this generation’s three great Demon Lords were all very young, with Zhang Biyu being the oldest—wise and composed—while Dongfang Hongyue, the youngest, was crafty and cautious.
Only Liu Ji, being the Sect Hierarch of the Green Lotus Sect, had a nickname given to him by the other two Demon Lords in private, called "Blockhead."
Liu Ji actually knew, but never made an issue of it.
In the Three Great Demon Sects, Liu Ji’s role was to charge into battle, with no need to cower, ready to fight at first sight.
This was also related to Liu Ji being a Sword Cultivator.
There was not a single Sword Cultivator with a good temper.
Dongfang Hongyue sat stable as a military strategist, while Zhang Biyu played the role of the mediator.
Every time a conflict arose, the White Lotus Sect would come in to mediate.
Therefore, over the past century, though conflicts between the Righteous and Demonic paths in the Central Plains were incessant, there was never a battle to the death.
Thanks to the alliance of the three, the Demon Sect’s momentum grew strong.
Two strategists leading a Blockhead created a power balance between the Righteous and Demonic forces.
However, Dongfang Hongyue and Zhang Biyu also joked that if a real fight were to break out one day, Liu Ji would definitely die first, Dongfang Hongyue would be the first to flee, and Zhang Biyu would outright defect.
It was nothing but a joke, yet who would have thought that Zhang Biyu would truly defect and become the first to die.
As memories of the past flashed before him, a tear surprisingly slid down Liu Ji’s cheek.
Humans are not emotionless like plants and trees.
The more someone like Liu Ji cultivated to the point of seeming to have little emotion, the more intense their feelings were when they did feel, far more than the average person.
But a Blockhead like him didn’t understand love, nor dared to reveal his feelings, exposing his own weakness. Besides, this friendship-style interaction was enough for Liu Ji.
He had never expected everything to end here.
His burning tears had just fallen when they instantly froze into ice, landing on Zhang Biyu’s body.
"Brother Ji?"
When he heard this faint call, Liu Ji froze on the spot.
A hallucination?
Liu Ji stood still, daring not to make a move.
"Brother Ji, why are you crying?"
Only then did Liu Ji lower his head to meet Zhang Biyu’s opened eyes.
"You’re not dead?!"
Zhang Biyu coughed twice, weakly saying, "You underestimate me—how could I die so easily?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Ji suddenly realized the truth.
Right!
How could Zhang Biyu die so easily when, among the three, although Dongfang Hongyue seemed the most stable, Zhang Biyu was actually not weaker than her?
Zhang Biyu never involved herself in anything that would endanger her own safety.
Before every mission, Zhang Biyu would always make sure to gather thorough intelligence on her opponent.
"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated"—that was a phrase Zhang Biyu often said.
Being taken down so quickly this time was indeed too abnormal.
It was his own concern that clouded his judgment, not realizing there could be a reversal.
"Was all this within your plan?"
