Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 709 - 586 - A Man Must Learn to Protect Himself Abroad_1

Chapter 709: Chapter 586 - A Man Must Learn to Protect Himself Abroad_1

When Li Xuan returned to the Jinkui Stone Room, he found Yue Qianqian sitting solemnly in a corner.

Just as Li Xuan was about to approach her, Yue Qianqian pinched a spell technique and said, "Stop!"

In front of her, ten yards away, a statue of a deity with no discernible face or gender suddenly appeared, blocking Li Xuan’s path.

Yue Qianqian’s face reddened: "My Lord, you are not allowed to come near me, from now on you must not get within ten yards of me."

Li Xuan couldn’t help but click his tongue and cursed Prince Yi and the Hanlin scholars in his heart.

He blamed these people for scaring away his little white rabbit, how hateful—

Li Xuan then showed interest in the ’god statue’ in front of him: "Is this the Immortal Artifact you exchanged for? It doesn’t seem particularly impressive."

He felt he could easily deal with this hunk of larger.

"Yes!" Yue Qianqian explained from behind the statue: "It’s called the ’Faceless God Puppet’. Don’t underestimate it. Its strength is only equivalent to the False Heavenly Position, but it serves to channel the will of gods when need be. As such, when gods descend, it won’t harm my body.

However, it has its disadvantages, I have to provide a considerable amount of blood every month to feed it, keeping its aura one with mine. Especially after the gods descend, I must give up half of my essence to cleanse it before inviting other gods."

"Why is this?" Li Xuan was stunned: "Why does Qianqian need to give so much blood? That sounds rather sinister."

"No, it’s not. It’s an ancient witchcraft technique." Yue Qianqian shook her head: "Also known as the Invocation Spell, one has to cleanse the traces of the previous god before inviting the next."

Li Xuan frowned: "Can’t it be focused on one deity only?"

"If so, my ’Faceless God Puppet’ will grow facial features and be completely assimilated into the incarnation of that god. Therefore, I have to change the gods I invite. There are many taboos in the Invocation Spell."

Yue Qianqian knew Li Xuan was worried about her and gave a little smile: "Don’t worry, it’s better than directly using my own body. My cultivation speed will increase as well.

Also, there’s a Heavenly Level ’External Pill’ within its body, sufficient for the god’s use and the need for extractions from my Life Element is no longer necessary. When I reach the Fourth Gate, I can invoke the Rule of Extreme Heaven with its help,"

—— but this was far from happening. Yue Qianqian’s current cultivation had only reached the Fifth House Level.

And this was the result of Li Xuan and Mr. and Mrs. Yue seeking various Spirit Pills and pouring them into her body.

The next five tiers were like a chasm to Yue Qianqian.

Unless she could get a hold of an Upper-class Immortal Pill that reaches eight orifices, eight practices and eight transformations, it would be a blessing if she could reach the Fourth Gate before she turned thirty-five.

According to Yue Shishi, her parents were resigned to fate, the couple were now planning to build a defensive Immortal Artifact for Yue Qianqian to combine with her existing Supreme Magical Implement to achieve a better defense effect.

Though the couple wasn’t by Yue Qianqian’s side when she was young, they certainly had her safety at heart.

"By the way," Yue Qianqian looked at Li Xuan, a hint of curiosity in her eyes. "Who was knocking at the door just now? Was there an emergency?"

"It was very urgent, but it has nothing to do with us." Li Xuan shook his head, unfazed: "The True Emperor was reported and accused of planning to restore his power. Reddish discerned wisely, even the Ciqing Palace of the Empress Dowager was locked up. Scared, Prince Yi sought me."

Upon hearing this, Yue Qianqian gasped in surprise. This court was already chaotic enough. Now with this allegation, wouldn’t that simmer the chaos into a boiling frenzy?

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Li Xuan stayed with Yue Qianqian until late at night, accompanying her as she read, before leaving the Hanlin Academy.

Originally, he intended to escort Yue Qianqian back to the Marquis of Guanjun’s mansion. From there, he could drop by the nearby Taoist temple of Xue Yunrou and wait for her to finish her retreat.

However, Yue Qianqian insisted on returning to the Liudao Division to clean up her backlog of work.

Helpless, Li Xuan decided to escort her back before heading to Xue Yunrou’s place.

Next, he had to ’make do’. He rushed on his ’Jade Qilin’ towards the direction of the Marquis of Guanjun.

Three days ago, Xue Yunrou had mentioned she intended to exit her retreat at the fourth moment (8 PM) however he feared she could appear earlier.

But today, for some reason, his ’Jade Qilin’ didn’t seem willing to give its all.

It was listless and sluggish, its pace slow and leisurely; it hardly covered any distance in half a day.

Furious, Li Xuan said: "You bastard, I’ve been feeding you with the best food and still you fail me when it’s time to perform? Did I ever deny you North Sea ice fish? Do you even know how much that costs?

Now, when I truly need your service, you chose to slack off. What use do I have for you?"

However, scolding it only led to the Jade Qilin throwing a tantrum. It suddenly reared up, trying to shake Li Xuan off.

When this Kylin flies into a fit, it’s more violent than any regular horse.

Li Xuan wanted to whip it but his intuition held him back.

He didn’t know why, but he felt it could be extremely dangerous and potentially life-threatening.

Feeling helpless, Li Xuan dismounted the Kylin and started running towards Marquis of Guanjun’s mansion.

Thanks to his Second Mind’s diligent cultivation, his escapement technique had improved significantly over these few months. He wasn’t worried about being discovered and stopped by the patrolling Xiuyiwei and Jingying soldiers along the way.

But suddenly, Li Xuan’s eyebrows furrowed, and he stopped in his tracks, fixing his gaze into the distance.

He had sensed two exceptionally strong heavenly auras lurking in the depths of the dark night, keeping him locked in both their sights.

"It’s him, why aren’t you making a move yet?"

Li Xuan found this voice familiar, it turned out to be the Bai Snake Queen.

During the White Lotus uprising, the Bai Snake Queen didn’t do anything other than fleeing frantically in the Underground, so she didn’t dare to make any over-the-top demands from Li Xuan afterward.

However, since she was conferred the Water Deity of the Tongtian River by The Court a month ago, the Bai Snake Queen has been lingering in Jingying and refusing to leave.

At this moment, another rather crude male voice sounded, "I’m just hesitating! Although this Divine Skill of mine can immobilize him for a while, it would seriously offend the Marquis of Guanjun."

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan became alert and started to guard against it.

The so-called ’Divine Skills’ of this world were unique to the Demon Tribe and were second only to the Rule of Extreme Heaven, possessing immense divine might.

The ’Flying Time’ that Jade Qilin uses as a weapon is a kind of powerful time-shifting Divine Skill.

The spells of spell cultivators originally mimicked ’Divine Skills’, and eventually, both the Buddhist and Taoist sects created hundreds of ’Divine Skills’, all of them powerful forces that rival the Rule of Extreme Heaven.

Without hesitation, Li Xuan held the Gelong Knife in one hand and summoned the power of the ’Huntian Zhenyuan Cauldron’ for protection with the other,

Two months later, Yu Jie has already formed a ’Zhenya’ technique for this divine treasure.

"Yet you promised me." The Bai Snake Queen’s voice contained impatience, "Do you want that thing or not? If you don’t want it, I’ll find someone else."

The rough voice was filled with helplessness: "Fine! I’ll make a move. But remember, Bai Snake Queen, my Divine Skill can immobilize him for a while, but you must not have any hostility or malice to stimulate this man.

This is absolutely not allowed. Once you have even a bit of hostility, it will stimulate his Primordial Spirit, allowing him to recover and escape my control of the Divine Skill.

Also, this man has Liuli Haoqi around him that repels all evil and holds a fake divine treasure. Although I can forcibly immobilize him with the help of the treasure at hand, it can only last at most six Shichen."

"Six Shichen, that’s enough."

After hearing this, the Bai Snake Queen giggled, "Don’t worry, I don’t mean to harm him. I just want to have a child with him, this won’t break your Dingshen Technique of five Qi, right?"

"It wouldn’t harm." The crude voice said with a grin, "The more you drain him, the longer my Divine Skill can last."

A chill ran down Li Xuan’s spine, and he immediately transformed into a bolt of lightning, preparing to retreat towards the direction of the palace city.

The opponent is two heavenly-level creatures with a powerful ’Divine Skill’, he thought it’s better to play it safe.

However, at this moment, a five-colored light had already engulfed him. Li Xuan suddenly felt stiff all over and was fixed in place, unable to move.

The next instant, the figure of the Bai Snake Queen, along with a middle-aged man, appeared in front of Li Xuan.

This man was tall and thin, with delicate features, three wisps of beard under his chin, and two pairs of antlers on his head. His hair was green.

"Is it done?"

The Bai Snake Queen, excited, circled around Li Xuan, even reaching out to pinch his cheeks, "I finally got my hands on him! Look at this face, so tender and fair, and his muscles, so firm. It’s worth all the longing. The child I bear with him will be the best."

Li Xuan glared at the Bai Snake Queen, struggling with all his strength.

However, for some reason, his entire Primordial Spirit was feeling sluggish and couldn’t muster any strength.

Li Xuan couldn’t help but feel a pang of despair, thinking he was done for.

He even thought of Yue Qianqian, and he might lose his chastity tonight, becoming a lesser hero.

Seeing his gaze, the Bai Snake Queen became even more smug, "What are you looking at? I said that I must mate with you.

Since I was born, there is nothing I wanted to do but couldn’t. Just accept your fate. Ah, you’re glaring at me, I love your fiery character."

However, at this moment, the man with deer antlers frowned deeply, with confusion in his eyes. He felt like he lost something?

He then turned his gaze to the half-drawn sword in Li Xuan’s hand, a bad feeling welling up in his heart, "Is this the Gelong Knife of the Jinque Palace? What did you just castrate from me?"

What slightly reassured the man with deer antlers was that he didn’t feel any pain in his lower body. But his unease lay precisely in this too.

Li Xuan couldn’t reply, he couldn’t even open his mouth at the moment.

The Bai Snake Queen also took a close look at the man with deer antlers and showed a puzzled expression.

"It seems like nothing is missing?"

The deer-antlered man’s face turned pale, "I’m done for, he castrated my ’Dingshen Technique of five Qi’. Now, I can’t use this Divine Skill."

He felt that he had suffered a great loss this time. ’Dingshen Technique of five Qi’ was the technique he used to survive.

If he couldn’t dispel this Rule of Extreme Heaven, and lost this Divine Skill, any big demon at the heavenly level could easily eat him, regardless of who it was!

The Bai Snake Queen didn’t care after hearing this, she didn’t care what would happen to the man with deer antlers.

Now that Li Xuan was in her hands, the next important task was to have a child.

The Bai Snake Queen however was taken aback, with a blank look on her face.

She found that Li Xuan was now surrounded by many defensive immortal treasures and magical instruments.

This made Li Xuan look like an iron nut, leaving her no room to start.