Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 239 - 205: My Lifetime Reputation (Seeking Monthly Ticket)_1

Chapter 239: Chapter 205: My Lifetime Reputation (Seeking Monthly Ticket)_1

"Is the one General Tingtian referred to as Li Erlang none other than Duwei Li?"

In the high tower of Confucius Temple, the second prince, Yu Jianji, seemed a bit stunned, "I see, so the evil fate he mentioned had this meaning. I didn’t expect that Duwei Li happens to appreciate the love between men."

Princess Changle was also enlightened, "This makes sense. Perhaps this is the reason they were hesitant to come out? Exposing such a private matter, Duwei Li is genuinely altruistic and upright."

Afterwards, she thought of Xue Yunrou, who is deeply devoted, it seems that she also felt something for this Duwei Li?

"This is, this is——"

Changle couldn’t help but feel sorrowful for her best friend, yet she resisted the urge to laugh.

Thinking about how Yunrou left her in Qixia temple and returned to Nanjing to meet her lover.

Quan Dingtian then wondered if Li Xuan was able to pass the test of lust in the Heart Asking Bell because he preferred men?

But he shook his head slightly. The Heavenly Demon has myriad transformations and can become both men and women. So, how could it possibly overlook men?

It could just be that Li Xuan truly had deep feelings for this Youjiao named Luo Yan, and thus was not swayed by lust.

"Amitabha!" Master Zhenru sighed, "I did not expect that there would be such amazing people in this world."

He thought his friend Xuanchen was truly pitiful. If only he hadn’t been damaged so, he would still have hope.

What a pity, what a pity——"

Jiang Hanyun, who was flying in mid-air, had her mouth agape. She was initially shocked that two individuals who have never practiced together before, were actually able to use the ’Zhengfan Yinyang Tianjidihe Array’ so seamlessly.

Subsequently, Jiang Hanyun noticed something wasn’t right and instinctively remembered the scenes from the day on the ship.

Does this mean that Li Xuan’s affection for Luo Yan is real?

At this moment, she felt a bit of regret in her heart. She thought, did she go too far in her strictness, which led Li Xuan to take a wicked path?

The male Winged Devil, who was bleeding heavily in the sky, also let out a wretched howl.

"How is this possible? How can there be such affection between two men?"

The female demon also couldn’t believe it, "Detestable! The affection between two men is even stronger than the love between Lin and I. Where is the justice in this world?"

Li Xuan felt as if his heart had been stabbed by these two again, it hurt significantly. They were clearly screaming in agony, yet their words hurt him immensely. It was so intense that he could hardly believe it; it was almost as if they had emptied a tube of his lifeblood.

Damn it! It’s you two, the male and female dog, who are in love!

"Be careful, watch out!"

Following Luo Yan’s reminder, Li Xuan noticed the huge demon cocoon in the sky was splitting open in the middle. Countless resentments and evil energies poured out from within, forming thin threads and merging with the Winged Devil.

— The health of this demon was irreversible, but countless blood-colored flesh buds began to grow from various parts of its body. Expanding and spreading, they filled several dozen feet of void. Moreover, a layer of blood-colored armor coalesced in front of the two demons.

The male demon let out an even more furious roar, "You are dreamers! Even if you two have reached the second door and your hearts resonate, how could you stop me from being with Yu today?"

The female demon had cold eyes, brimming with murderous intent, "Kill them!"

In Li Xuan’s view, this was good news. It meant that the Winged Devil, in its dire situation, had temporarily abandoned the attempt to break the boundary and open the door, redirecting its energy to fight the enemy.

However, this also put him and Luo Yan under great pressure. The tentacles stretching out everywhere, each one had the force to split mountains and rocks, filled with evil energy, capable of possessing one’s spirit.

Fortunately, Luo Yan’s movements were ghost-like, like smoke and fog; and Li Xuan’s ’Unsettling Divine Thunder’ had matured to a certain extent, allowing him to cope even without using the wind wings behind him.

However, both of their figures were repelled far away by the Winged Devil and couldn’t get close to it at all.

At this moment, Li Xuan’s unfamiliarity with the ’Zhengfan Yinyang Tianjidihe Array’ was revealed. Even when he was practicing with Yue Qianqian, he was too distracted and had never seriously practiced it.

The cuts at the beginning were okay, and they applied quite nicely. But in the heat of real battle, Li Xuan could no longer integrate his true understanding of Martial Law into it. This caused the power of the blade he swung to greatly decrease, and he was no longer a threat to the two demons.

Seeing the situation from a distance, Luo Yan slightly furrowed her brows, "Don’t use the battle array, let’s fight separately."

After that, she indeed didn’t adhere to the battle array anymore. She put away her longsword, and with just a wave of her hand, nine long whips were swung out. Li Xuan also didn’t hesitate and chose the ’Huandian Knife’.

Using this knife technique, which he was so familiar with that it has almost become an instinct, Li Xuan instantly found his usual smooth rhythm. One ’Thunder and Electricity’ attack immediately created a huge thunder snake thirty feet long in the air.

The knife was rolling, and the thunder swept away, immediately crushing nearly a quarter of the flesh tendrils protruding from the body of the male demon. The remaining lightning even directly struck the male demon’s heart area, wrapped in numerous fragments of the blade, blasting a patch of blood on its chest.

As coincidence would have it, it was quite similar on Luo Yan’s side. The tentacles that she shattered with her whip were mostly stretched out from the same area of the female Winged Devil. The timings were in sync, not a moment too soon or too late.

This made the male Winged Devil, whose mouth was bleeding, reveal an extremely complex expression on his face. It looked as if he had seen a ghost; shock and disbelief coexisted.

"They achieved synchronization without using cooperative combat techniques? The world has gone mad, truly mad!"

Yet, a spark lit up in the eyes of the female demon beside him, and she giggled, "Indeed, it has! Such a high level of synchronization is terrifying. But the interesting part is, I can’t sense any affection between them, not even lust. Lin Lang, don’t be frightened by them."

The male demon was taken aback, a glint appearing in his eyes, "You mean to say, they achieved this merely through synchronization? Intriguing, truly intriguing!"

Luo Yan furrowed her brows slightly. She had tried attacking the demon core of the female demon with the end of her whip, but had encountered a formidable resistance. Her strength was not enough to make it budge.

The words of the two demons further confused her.

Meanwhile, atop the Liuli Tower in the Great Baoan Temple, Qiu Qianqiu frowned, "That attack should have hit the demon core of that Winged Devil. But its demonic blood cloud doesn’t seem to be fading."

"Their demon cores are indeed undamaged."

The blind old man closed his eyes, sensing spiritually, " now that’s a problem. They achieved this level with just coordination. To completely exterminate these Winged Devils, we need not only the highest level of synchronization but also affection and love towards each other. Without that, we won’t be able to break the Immortal Twin Souls of these Winged Devils—"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Qianqiu let out a sigh of relief. Did this mean that Li Xuan and Luo Yan had no homosexual feelings for one another? If so, that would mean that Li Xuan could marry and have children in a normal way.

But then, he realised that if there was nothing between Li Xuan and Luo Yan, how are they to kill the Winged Devil?

For a moment, Qiu Qianqiu was torn. He didn’t know whether to hope that Li Xuan didn’t have a taste for men or to wish that the two of them could fall in love with each other, stepping into the abyss of homosexuality.

As the two discussed atop the Liuli Tower, Li Xuan found himself in a state of complete confusion.

It was his fault for having a powerful Primordial Spirit and extraordinary sensing abilities. With Jiang Hanyun’s help in refining his body, his hearing had dramatically improved. Even from a distance of a mile, he could hear people’s conversations.

"Remarkable! They can communicate telepathically even without using ’Zhengfan Yinyang Tianjidihe Array’"

"These two are in such a deep harmony! I wish they would get together now."

"Look, their weapons are in unison. Even if they aren’t using the same moves, they can hurt the same point at the same time."

"I see. So, the Colonel has fallen for a man. Considering Luo Yan’s beauty, it’s understandable why the Colonel is infatuated."

"I knew it. There was something odd about the way Colonel Li looked at Luo Yan."

In those conversations, the familiar voice of Ma Chenggong sounded, "No wonder he stopped going to Qinhuai River, it all makes sense now. Look, Xiao Ruo, there’s no such thing as a man who doesn’t cheat. Unless the person he likes isn’t a woman."

Li Xuan almost spat blood, thinking that all his reputation was now lost.

This large-scale social humiliation had happened to him. After this battle, how would he show his face?

At this moment, Li Xuan sincerely hoped that his coordination with Luo Yan would falter so he could prove that there was no deep connection between them.

But the problem was, even with his mind in chaos and his focus divided, he still managed to keep up with Luo Yan.

After their unsuccessful attempts to strike at the Winged Devil’s heart, they shifted their approach. No longer seeking to slay the demon in one blow, they instead opted to cut off its limbs and tendrils first.

With the persisting high level of synchronization, they were effectively able to reciprocate each other’s moves, producing an effect comparable to the ’Zhengfan Yinyang Tianjidihe Array’ combat technique.

Had it not been for the words of the Winged Devil, Li Xuan would have begun doubting his sexual orientation at this point. Was he attracted to men?

Seeing Li Xuan’s tortured expression, Luo Yan couldn’t help but chuckle. She found the pitiful, funny and adorable Li Xuan quite tragic at this moment.

Despite knowing his reputation could be completely ruined, he resolutely stepped forward.

Then, looking at the Winged Devil which was regrowing its severed limbs, Luo Yan’s eyes sparkled with a different color.

Shared understanding and coordination were not enough; were emotions necessary as well?

At this moment, she recalled her first meeting with Li Xuan. At first, she disliked him for blocking her path and causing her to lose treasures worth more than a hundred thousand ounces of gold; yet, after witnessing him helping the elderly and orphans, she changed her mind. Then watching him solve major cases, slay demons, and even get involved in the turmoil in the Underworld, Li Xuan in her eyes, transformed from a dandy pretending to be useless to a pillar of the Six Paths Bureau.

But the moment she really started to trust him was when he discovered the cause of old Mrs. Duan’s death in Zhen Dong Marquis Mansion and cleared her name.

After that, working with Li Xuan was quite amusing. Yet, shockingly, the man who was terrible at dealing with women had quietly become the protector of Neo-Confucianism! It was truly unbelievable and difficult to comprehend.

So, did she have romantic feelings for Li Xuan?

Luo Yan thought about it intently, then she smiled at Li Xuan across from her, "Colonel, it’s not a solution to drag it like this. What are we to do? If your reputation is ruined and the demon is still not banished, won’t you be at a loss?"

At this moment, a purple illusory fire ignited in her eyes.

Caught unawares, Li Xuan was momentarily stunned. All he could see was a breathtakingly beautiful Luo Yan, with nothing else in his sight.