The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 780 - 286 The First Step to Turning Evil

Lin Yun and Qian Qian’s situation wasn’t as dangerous as it seemed, and even Zhen Li, watching the live broadcast, could tell. The wave crests would slow down a bit each time they neared Lin Yun and Qian Qian, almost as if they were deliberately avoiding drowning the two while still forcing them to flee in panic.

This was clearly toying with them!

Zhen Li felt complicated watching Lin Yun being tormented.

On one hand, seeing him bullied made her uncomfortable, for Zhen Li was the caring little padded jacket who would feel sorry for her brother.

But on the other hand, seeing Lin Yun flirting with Qian Qian, getting interrupted by the waves, and running away with that Qian Qian made Zhen Li feel a bit of dark joy.

Hmph, serves you right for flirting around!

If she were the one controlling the waves, she’d surely only wash away Qian Qian.

"Wait, could it be that the one doing this is also a woman who fancies Lin Yun?"

With a flash of insight, Zhen Li guessed the answer.

The fact that the other party could control water and could force Qian Qian to flee rather than confront her head-on showed she definitely had the strength to do so.

It would have been easy to kill both Lin Yun and Qian Qian, yet she chose to play this game, and the motive for revenge was quite clear.

"This flood wasn’t caused by you, was it?"

Qian Qian’s first thought was of the "Heart Demon" with her.

This "Heart Demon" with her extensive divine skills was unfathomably strong, and even Zhen Li did not know the extent, she was just guessing.

And there weren’t many other suspects that Zhen Li knew of.

And this guess was right on the mark.

"Are you feeling sorry? But you were actually very happy to see the flood I created disturbing their intimacy, weren’t you? So why keep pretending?"

A flicker of hesitation finally appeared in Zhen Li’s heart.

Recently, no matter how the "Heart Demon" had spoken ill of Lin Yun, Zhen Li’s heart had remained as firm as rock, unwavering.

The more she vilified Lin Yun, the more resolute Zhen Li’s affections for him grew.

But this time was different; she made Zhen Li truly experience joy.

Joy was subtly sabotaging them when Lin Yun got intimate with someone else, if I can’t have you, neither can anyone else!

This was the shadow hidden beneath Zhen Li’s virtuous facade.

People are always selfish, and not just humans, but gods are no exceptions either.

Perhaps only the Heavenly Dao could attain complete impartiality and selflessness.

Sensing Zhen Li’s vulnerability, the "Heart Demon" seized the opportunity, "Do you know why Lin Yun doesn’t like you?"

This question hit Zhen Li like a hammer.

Zhen Li fell silent, pondering for a long time without finding an answer.

"Because you’re hypocritical!"

Hearing the "Heart Demon’s" words, Zhen Li defensively countered, "I’m not!"

Where was she being hypocritical?

Zhen Li refused to accept it, but felt anxious inside.

Could it be that Lin Yun saw her as hypocritical, which is why he refused to accept her?

"You are hypocritical, you do want to stop him being intimate with other women but you don’t dare to, even though your heart is filled with desire, you act all prim and pure in front of him..."

"I don’t have such desires!"

"Look at you being hypocritical again, who was it that took advantage of him when he was unconscious to do those bad things?"

Zhen Li: "..."

Although she wanted to say that it was the pent-up frustration that clouded her mind and led her to such foolish actions at that time, the more she thought about it, wasn’t it just proving the "Heart Demon’s" point?

"Not only are you driven by lust, but you’re also particularly cunning. Dare you say you didn’t think of exploiting his soft heart? You knew he wouldn’t shirk responsibility, so you went ahead and made things irrevocable, yet you pretend to be all pitiful. You’re the most hypocritical one!"

Zhen Li: "..."

She suddenly felt that the "Heart Demon" was filled with rage when saying these words, as if harboring great hostility towards her.

And she couldn’t refute a single thing.

Not only could she not refute it, Zhen Li even started to doubt whether she really was such a person.

The so-called purity and sanctity were all a facade...

"You are this kind of person, why can’t you accept yourself as you are? It’s because you never show your true heart, that’s why he doesn’t like you!"

This sentence hit Zhen Li like a ton of bricks, leaving her head buzzing.

Is that so?

It seemed not wrong; the women around Lin Yun had probably all opened their hearts to him, which is why Lin Yun liked them.

But she always appeared to be very good in front of Lin Yun, and as a result, Lin Yun disliked her instead.

But...

The self she presented was also her true self!

Zhen Li fell into confusion and for a moment, she even forgot that she shouldn’t listen to the "Heart Demon"; it was seducing her to fall from grace!

After upholding her defenses for so long, Zhen Li finally took her first step towards a dark transformation.

At this time, Lin Yun and Qian Qian were still running from the poison.

Initially, it was just the floodwaters chasing them, but as the waves washed over, poisonous gas, deathly aura, and even Demonic Qi hidden beneath the rocks all began to seep out.

Lin Yun couldn’t help but complain inwardly, wondering if Xuanwu had died with laryngitis!

The various inexplicable negative forces, brought forth by the floodwaters, would likely be their end if touched even slightly, let alone the floodwater itself being a threat.

Thus, their flee from the water turned into a flight from poison.

The danger wasn’t too severe, Qian Qian only worried about one thing; what if she was really poisoned later?

"This Xuanwu’s death is very strange. Pure Qi rises, impure Qi sinks, yet why is there such a concentration of impure Qi up here?"

Qian Qian expressed her doubts.

When a God dies, all things flourish. After their death, their body naturally contains both pure and impure forces—purity to lead the flourishing of all, while impurity brings danger.

This also fits with the principles of the natural world, the harmony of Yin and Yang, seeking fortune amidst danger—it’s impossible for all beings to simply receive the benediction of a God.

And the distribution of pure and impure also has its laws: high places are pure, low places are impure. Overcoming the trials of the low allows one to attain the opportunities of the high.

Xuanwu’s case was clearly abnormal.

"It might be due to the battle with the Demon Race."

Lin Yun casually guessed, thinking that after getting out, he would ask the Snow Maiden; meanwhile, his eyes kept wandering around.

If Zhen Li could see that the waves were playing with him, how could Lin Yun not see it?

Realizing that the instigator behind these waves was likely Qing Nu, Lin Yun also felt a headache coming on.

His plan to shake off Qing Nu seemed to have failed; it was clear that she was retaliating.

Lin Yun had his own unspeakable difficulties; now that he had let her go, he certainly couldn’t just go back to Netherland to pick Qing Nu up again—that would be too embarrassing.

But he hadn’t given up hope. The absence of Qing Nu’s main body indicated she was still under some kind of restriction. If he continued to let the Statue of Qing Nu stay with him, he might gradually help her break free.

Lin Yun didn’t want to be an insider traitor again.

Thinking back to when he first found the Statue of Qing Nu, he was forcibly summoned to it only within a certain range, and before that, there were crazy hints in his dreams.

This suggested that while Qing Nu possessed vast Divine Skills, she wasn’t unbeatable.

This time, he definitely wouldn’t surrender!