Chapter 90: Chapter 90: This Woman Must Not Be Kept Alive

Qingqing asked curiously after hearing the end, "Those last two lines are pretty good, are they referring to me?"

Chu Xuan was speechless, "You’re the first two lines. There’s no one who has both Dengming, Taiyi, and also Tiande, Yuede."

Qingqing rubbed her forehead helplessly, even regretting finding this guy for fortune-telling.

Fortunately, Chu Xuan continued, "But your official wealth, your life wealth, and the wealth stored in your palace are all quite good."

"It matches the line: getting the wealth of status, destiny, and life, then husband will be honored, and son will be noble."

Qingqing’s face improved slightly, "Stop the eight-character breakdown here, what I want to know is about good and bad fortune, so just tell me that now."

Chu Xuan agreed wholeheartedly and then calculated again, then he exclaimed, "Hey."

"Your luck is pretty good, with clear auspicious signs, but you need to cherish the person in front of you, don’t let go."

Qingqing was cheerful hearing the first half, but got angry at the second half, taking back the "Profound Nether Armor," "I shouldn’t have trusted this bastard!"

Chu Xuan was utterly speechless, "I’m not taking advantage of you, that’s just the result of the calculation."

"Plus, cherishing the person in front doesn’t necessarily mean me."

"Think carefully if there’s anyone close to you in your daily life, or someone you interact with often, like your parents, close friends, etc."

When Qingqing heard this, she became even more incredulous because she immediately thought of that woman she hated the most.

Making Qingqing cherish that person? Forget it, she wished the person would drop dead.

"Divination fee..."

Before Chu Xuan could finish his sentence, Qingqing interrupted, "Don’t even think about it, you jerk, you open your mouth to say I’m lecherous, then close your mouth to say I’m lustful, and always claiming you’re taking advantage of me. It’s already good I’m not asking you for money."

Chu Xuan shook his head helplessly, "Then forget it, let’s part ways here." Saying this, he stood up.

Unexpectedly, Qingqing’s eyes rolled, "Wait, you said it yourself, cherish the person in front of you, don’t let go."

"Moreover, our destination is the same, why not travel together?"

Chu Xuan was puzzled, "Didn’t you just say you didn’t believe it?"

"I didn’t say that." Qingqing flatly denied.

"Fine," Chu Xuan extended his hand, "Give me that armor from earlier."

"Deal!"

Chu Xuan initially said it casually, but unexpectedly Qingqing immediately handed the Profound Nether Armor to him as if worried he’d change his mind.

This time Chu Xuan was caught off guard, he said with a laugh, "You’re tricking me, aren’t you?"

Qingqing earlier deliberately acted as if she treasured the item, seemingly not intending to pay at all from the start.

Not to mention Chu Xuan’s fortune-telling result didn’t satisfy her, even if it satisfied her, she’d find another excuse to avoid payment.

When Chu Xuan formed this mistaken belief, he’d casually use it to set conditions, directly falling into the demoness’s trap.

This made Chu Xuan gain a deeper understanding of Qingqing:

This woman wasn’t dumb, on the contrary, very clever.

Thinking it through, he asked, "First tell me, what’s this thing called? How is it used?"

Qingqing smiled sweetly, "Profound Nether Armor, a low-grade profound-tier magical artifact, forged from Profound Nether Black Steel."

"Originally should be high-grade profound-tier, but to allow Foundation Establishment cultivators to barely use it, they slightly reduced some of its power during refining."

"You activate it with magical power, and it can immediately dismantle and wear onto you, providing strong defense capabilities."

Chu Xuan nodded slightly, sounds good.

Even though going down the mountain this time, his master gave him some protective magical artifacts, but one can never have too many.

Chu Xuan tried injecting magical power, and the armor in his hand immediately floated in the air, expanding, then cracking into individual components, and finally clapping together onto him.

The cool "transformation effect" took Chu Xuan by surprise.

Moreover, the style of this armor suited his aesthetics, with an overall sheen of the unique dark cold light of black metal.

Even better, the wearing experience was very comfortable, without hindrance, extremely lightweight, indicating special arrays were engraved within the artifact.

Only a bit regrettable was that wearing this made Chu Xuan look like a demon cultivator...

Not saying righteous cultivators can’t use black or grey artifacts, but this armor’s overall design style is somewhat at odds with justice, brightness.

"Wait, who made this artifact?" Chu Xuan suddenly asked.

"Heard the Celestial Evil Demon Venerable first developed the refining technique, he favored these odd things."

"Clearly weapons are weapons, yet he liked calling them ’cold weapons,’ are there actually hot weapons?"

"He also created a term, what’s it called..." Qingqing pondered, holding her chin.

"Oh right, ’violent aesthetics.’

"Later, Celestial Evil’s refining techniques became passed down, now a precious legacy."

"From what I know, actually some righteous ones can refine too, but because of Celestial Evil’s demon path origin, they hardly dare use similar techniques, even if refinings, there feature craftsmanship, appearance modifications, such hypocrisy."

Chu Xuan was already feeling a bit numb. As expected, every time he realized, "Could this be something I did?" the answer was nine times out of ten: Yes.

This reminded him of what the Ice Sea Demon Monarch had said before: "If you’re really interested, you can hear all sorts of different stories about him from different people..."

Qingqing hadn’t finished speaking: "Finally, what you’re wearing is just the basic version. There’s also an advanced version and a high-level version."

"I’ve heard that they were all designed based on the Celestial Evil’s [Blood God Armor]."

"The true Blood God Set, each individual piece is a Celestial Tier treasure. It’s said that when combined, its power equals that of an Immortal Artifact, or even a Divine Artifact."

"Unfortunately, with the fall of the Celestial Evil, the Blood God Set has disappeared. Some say it was taken by the Profound Silence True Monarch and ascended to the Immortal Realm together."

"Some say it was left by the Profound Silence for the descendants of the Profound Celestial Sect; others say it was completely destroyed in the final battle, turned to dust."

"Do you admire the Celestial Evil Demon Venerable?" Chu Xuan suddenly asked.

Qingqing pouted, "I hate men who fall for every other woman."

"But there’s no denying he was a genius. At least we in the demonic path can acknowledge his achievements, unlike those hypocritical righteous people who only know how to slander tirelessly."

Chu Xuan nodded, "By the way, I’ve read the records of the Celestial Evil, but there’s no part about the Blood God Armor. Where did his... set come from?"

At the same time, he recalled the scene he saw in the blood light during a previous fate deduction.

Qingqing answered without hesitation: "It was originally a sacred relic of the Blood Clothing Sect, which is also considered an old sect in the evil path."

"This sect has long worshipped an evil god called the [Blood God]; the doctrine is: When the Blood God descends, the world will be blood-washed."

"They firmly believe that when the Blood God sets foot in this world, the entire world will be submerged in a boundless sea of blood, and the gods will rule the world. All living beings will kneel at its feet."

"Back then, the famous Blood-robed Saintess in the cultivation world was conquered by the Celestial Evil Demon Venerable and served him as the Sect Leader."

"Thus, the Blood God legacy, along with that Blood God Set, naturally fell into the hands of the Celestial Evil."

"It’s a pity that during the nearly hundred years of three major battles between righteousness and evil, in the final battle, the Blood Clothing Sect was completely wiped out. It’s said that the Saintess also died with the Celestial Evil."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xuan felt a pang in his heart, emotions churning within him, hard to describe.

Qingqing noticed his abnormality, a bit puzzled, "What’s wrong with you?" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Chu Xuan shook his head, not speaking.

He took off the Profound Nether armor, returned it to its miniature form, and stored it in a storage bracelet.

"Let’s go, hit the road. I said I would, and I won’t play tricks like you."

...

In Langhuan Grotto Heaven, seeing how easily Chu Xuan accepted traveling with Qingqing, Ji Mingyu took a deep breath, exhaled, inhaled, and exhaled again.

The little snow sable trembled until its owner asked blandly, "Is that vixen really that charming?"

"Little Snow isn’t male, so I don’t quite understand." The snow sable actually spoke human language.

Its voice was timid, sounding like a seven- or eight-year-old girl.

"Sometimes I really wonder if Chu Xuan, this fool, was actually taught by me?" Ji Mingyu slightly furrowed her brows.

"Isn’t he worried this woman might stab him with a knife in the middle of the night?"

The snow sable wisely chose to keep quiet and did not respond.

"The sunrise is in Fusang, entering Xianchi; climbing bright and beautiful, Taiyi is lustful."

Ji Mingyu murmured a few phrases, "This woman must not be left alive..."

The snow sable was slightly startled in its heart; was she going to strike mercilessly?

...

If it were any other man, Qingqing would think the same:

Hehe, so easily deceived. When I succeed, I will strip you bare, hang you on the city gate for the whole world to see your disgrace.

But with Chu Xuan, she couldn’t quite figure it out, even suspecting if he had some ulterior motives against her?

Could he be eyeing her beauty, planning to capture her and ravish her?

Qingqing immediately recalled the bottle of "Happy Water" that Chu Xuan specifically bought at the Mountain and Sea Pavilion. She looked at him with increasing caution, deciding she must be on guard against his every move and not easily eat anything he offered.

Seeing Qingqing’s suspicious demeanor, Chu Xuan inwardly shook his head.

He did have a hidden objective, but it was worlds apart from what she guessed.

Earlier, discovering that Qingqing knew quite a lot about the Celestial Evil, including parts he hadn’t seen in the Scripture Repository, Chu Xuan was very curious.

But he couldn’t ask outright, only lead the topic about the Celestial Evil "inadvertently" like this time, coaxing Qingqing to speak out herself.

Now, since she misunderstood, it was a blessing in disguise, preventing her from any further associations.

As for safety concerns, Chu Xuan was no fool, he would pay attention.

Moreover, he’s not an ordinary person who needs sleep. As long as he doesn’t get consumed by lust and fall for this enchantress’s trap, there won’t be any danger.

And so, with both harboring their own ulterior motives, this man and woman set off together toward Wuyou Valley.