Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 824 - 683: I’m Not That Kind of Person

Chapter 824: Chapter 683: I’m Not That Kind of Person

Chapter Thirty-Three: 683

By the time Li Xuan had caught the palace-dressed woman, the commotion had disturbed all sides of Fen Yang Alley.

"Who is this woman again?"

The first to appear was Xue Yunrou, her eyes cold and surprised as she looked at the person in Li Xuan’s arms.

She had just been in the Taoist temple, remotely conversing with Zhang Shenye when she sensed the commotion outside.

Xue Yunrou’s eyes held a hint of caution, wondering what the relationship between this beautiful stranger and the fellow Li Xuan was.

Even though the woman was passed out, Xue Yunrou could still sense something extraordinary about her.

Especially the overbearing martial intent and aura of Rule of Extreme Heaven surrounding her, which caused Yunrou to feel truly startled.

The second to emerge was Jade Kylin, who instantly looked at Li Xuan with a disdainful gaze.

She thought to herself that this guy was truly a randy beast on the prowl. How long had it been since she and Li Xuan had parted ways? Yet now there was another stranger in his arms.

But in the next moment, Jade Kylin’s gaze was captured by the palace-dressed woman.

She was certain she had never seen this woman before, yet inexplicably felt a strong familiarity.

Following her were Leng Yurou and Dugu Bilo, who looked at Li Xuan with similar expressions in their eyes.

There was another, Lord Huang Wuhuan—pitifully, ever since the demon market was destroyed by Dasiming, she and her servant Mr. He could only stay inside Ao Shuying’s temple at the entrance of the alley.

The Bashe Queen also arrived swiftly, her eyes filled with a strong sense of crisis.

She hadn’t expected Xuan to be so in demand, attracting powerful women who possessed the Rule of Extreme Heaven to his doorstep.

Close behind came Yue Qianqian and Luo Yan.

Liudao Division’s headquarters was not far from here, and they were among the first to rush over.

Upon seeing the coma-stricken woman who was as beautiful as a banished fairy, they also looked at Li Xuan with hints of surprise and suspicion in their eyes.

Li Xuan felt the malice hidden within their gazes and immediately became angry, "What are you all thinking? I have nothing to do with this woman. Just now, I was simply saving her! I, as the Hufa of Neo-Confucianism, am clear as Haoqi Liuli, certified as a gentleman by both the Heart Asking Bell and General Tingtian. What do you take me for? I surely do not fall for every woman I see."

He was furious, these women really treated him as if he were a thief to be guarded against, but Li Xuan believed he was not such a person.

The girls at the scene turned their gazes towards the entrance of the ’Fen Yang Prince Mansion’ in unison.

Tingtian Ao, who was coming outside to watch the commotion, suddenly stiffened.

It wondered why these women were looking at it with such gazes, as if it had committed some unforgivable crime.

Tingtian Ao suddenly felt that moving north to join Li Xuan might not have been a wise decision after all.

Xue Yunrou remembered that she herself had believed Tingtian Ao’s words in the past, affirming Li Xuan was a gentleman, and felt an urge to skin this dog alive.

Lord Huang Wuhuan, with arms folded across her chest, let out a mocking laugh without worrying about making the situation worse, "Ridiculous! If she has nothing to do with you, then why didn’t she fall on someone else’s head, but had to fall right on top of yours?"

Li Xuan opened his mouth but found himself speechless.

He could only turn his head toward Tingtian Ao, "Tingtian, since you can listen to the voices in people’s hearts, come and testify for me."

Tingtian Ao immediately nodded vigorously, "Indeed, Li Xuan does not know her."

It was now relying on Li Xuan for its meals, so it had to take a firm stand.

However, the girls were reluctant to trust the dog completely, as its credibility had long since been bankrupt in their eyes.

Xue Yunrou’s gaze shifted slightly, "Tingtian, I heard you’re looking for a new home, right? As it happens, Tianshi’s mansion is in need of a guardian beast, and I think you, Tingtian, are a perfect fit. You’re aware of Tianshi’s mansion’s foundation—the annual offerings alone would satisfy you.

If you think our Tianshi mansion is tainted with karma, I could also introduce you to Immortal Master Shuide, who’s the lord of the Two Rivers and five lakes, worshipped by millions of devotees. Not to mention the Lord next to us, the leader of the Demon Tribe in north Zhili, is also lacking a servant who could help her avert disaster and resolve difficulties."

Tingtian Ao’s thoughts changed in an instant, and it decided to speak the truth, "Li Xuan doesn’t know this woman, but this woman does recognize him."

At Xue Yunrou’s feet, a crackling sound emerged in an instant, and Luo Yan instinctively reached for her blade, both thinking that this woman indeed had issues.

Li Xuan was dumbfounded, thinking to himself that the bone soup he ordered every day from Shanwei House really did go to a dog’s stomach.

"Enough," said Yue Qianqian, bending down to examine the woman carefully before slightly frowning, "Her condition doesn’t seem very good, it’d be best to have Dr. Jiang take a look at her soon."

Close by was the Jiangnan Medical Hall, and Li Xuan immediately used his mana to wrap up the woman and flashed directly in front of Jiang Yunqi.

Jiang Yunqi had already noticed the disturbance outside, but at the time, he was treating a patient.

By the time he was free, the situation outside had reached a point where it was no longer suitable for him to go out.

Observing the woman Li Xuan had brought before him, Jiang Yunqi’s expression was a mix of a forced smile and cold, frosty admonishment, "Li Xuan, you really have quite the knack for getting mixed up with women."

What was infuriating was that his wife had already exchanged wedding pledges with Mrs. Liu, and now he had no way to back out of this marriage arrangement.

Li Xuan looked embarrassed, feeling that he had suffered an injustice akin to that of Dou Er.

Yet, in front of his several fathers-in-law, Li Xuan felt he couldn’t quite stand tall.

"Father-in-law, what do you mean by that? This lady comes from no ordinary background; she may be of the ’Great Heavenly Position.’ She suddenly fell before your son-in-law today, which I fear might be no simple coincidence."

Jiang Yunqi’s face twitched slightly, secretly thinking that this guy had a thick skin indeed, calling him ’father-in-law’ with such familiarity.

However, he still sharpened his gaze and directed his attention to the unconscious woman in palace attire, examining her closely with the Spirit Eye technique.

After a short while, Jiang Yunqi’s complexion gradually changed, and his eyes filled with astonished doubt, "Who is this woman? She wields the ’Extreme Heaven’ power with a ’Great Heavenly Position’ body. If placed in ancient times, she could have instantly ascended to an ’Extreme Heavenly Level’, becoming akin to a figure like a Golden Immortal of Taoism or a Bodhisattva of Buddhism."

He then grabbed the palace-clad woman’s right hand, concentrated, and sensed, "The power that grievously wounded her was the Rule of Extreme Heaven, and the force that saved her life was also the Rule of Extreme Heaven. Her internal organs are all damaged—this is the ’Lvling,’ an extremely powerful enterprise of Extreme Heaven.

Yet within this woman’s body, there is also an incredibly powerful Extreme Heaven principle related to life and death, which is keeping her last breath alive. Li Xuan, you’re right; this lady might indeed bring a great deal of trouble."

As Jiang Yunqi spoke these words, Xue Yunrou and Luo Yan, who had just entered, could not help but change their expressions.

They had already realized the noble origin of the woman in palace attire but had not anticipated that she would be a practitioner of the ’Rule of Extreme Heaven’, with cultivation approaching that of a Golden Immortal of Taoism.

"Extreme Heavenly Position!" Xue Yunrou said with a sharp look in her eyes, "There can’t be more than a handful of people with such cultivation in this world. Life and death and Lvling? She is—"

"She is the Shaosiming of the Jinque Palace!"

As this voice spoke, a figure in black with a douli hat appeared behind the several girls.

Luo Yan’s expression immediately turned stern, and instinctively, she drew her twin blades, her figure flickering like a flash of light.

She recognized this person as ’Shenlie Blade’ Zong Xuanhua, their longstanding enemy with whom they had clashed several times.

"Stop! Stop! Stop! I come as a friend, not an enemy this time."

Zong Xuanhua raised his hands high, letting Luo Yan’s blades come to a halt right before his neck. His face serious, he looked aloofly towards Li Xuan, "I bring under Master Zhongliu’s name, three messages for County Prince Fenyang. One is that there was a power struggle within Jinque Palace yesterday, resulting in the tragic death of seven celestial ranks, with Taiwei Palace Master Yuan Taiwei killed at the border of Tian Mountain and Kunlun Mountain, and the Shaosiming severely injured and missing.

Another message is that the Dasiming of Jinque Palace has triggered the great northern ice river, causing the long-pent-up cold waves from the far north to burst. It is predicted that for the next ten to twenty years, the climate in the north will be extremely cold, possibly even leading to continuous drought on both sides of the Yellow River."

Li Xuan’s thoughts sank slightly, but then he relaxed a bit.

The threat of ice rivers and the cold wave from the North likely referred to an ice age.

In another world, the Ming Dynasty also experienced a Little Ice Age, after which the Guanxi region suffered consecutive years of drought, locust plagues, and rat plagues, lasting more than a decade.

The temperature in Liaodong, it’s said, could go as low as minus forty degrees.

Fortunately, he was not completely unprepared for this side.

At that moment, Li Xuan even began to think that, as Lv Qiluo had said, he might genuinely embody the fortune of humanity.

But then, he felt a ’thump’ inside his heart, as an extreme surge of resentment and anger ignited within him. He hated even Dongfang Liang, who was watching the excitement from afar, and glanced sideways at him, "Is this how your Jinque Palace upholds that so-called heavenly mandate? Even evil spirits are not as malicious as you. In your eyes, are the common people, the billions of living beings of this world, no different than pigs, dogs, or ants?"

Dongfang Liang felt an unbearable shame, instinctively avoiding Li Xuan’s gaze.

At the same time, Dongfang Liang also felt a surge of unresolved anger and doubts rising within him.

He recalled that the reasons he had decided to join Jinque Palace back in the day were firstly out of gratitude to his master, the Tianshi Palace Master, for his upbringing, and secondly, because of Jinque Palace’s mission to preserve the natural order of the world.

But now, Dongfang Liang couldn’t help but harbor doubts about himself, the Heaven Palace, and even the so-called ’heavenly mandate’.

Li Xuan then turned to Shenlie Blade Zong Xuanhua, "Why didn’t Master Zhongliu stop them?"

"Couldn’t stop them," Zong Xuanhua shook his head. "Centuries ago, the Master attempted to break into Jinque Palace but was repelled by the Dasiming, who tore off one of his arms. The Dasiming’s power is equivalent to a Golden Immortal around the palace. The heritage of Jinque Palace is far beyond your imagination. If they were that easy to deal with, the Master wouldn’t have been repeatedly defeated, ultimately becoming so desperate he sought help from White Lotus and Meng Wu. The only good news now is that because Dasiming defied the Heavenly Law, the entire palace is no longer immortal. Oh yes—"

Zong Xuanhua’s voice shifted, "I bring another message for Prince Fenyang, Prince Ning Yu Dianpei has raised an army. While he has not declared rebellion, he has detained his palace officials. Right now, he has gathered a force of two hundred thousand troops and fifty thousand naval forces, their blades pointed directly at Jiujiang City. This military intelligence is en route, and it will reach the capital at most in two hours."

Li Xuan’s spirits lifted, thinking that this was good news.

He had been waiting for over ten days, and that Prince Ning, who had the mightiest military force, finally showed tangible signs of rebellion.