21: A stunningly beautiful woman has awakened! I am Qin Feng!

The air in the stone chamber seemed to solidify into something tangible.

Su Chen felt like an insect trapped in amber; even his thoughts became sluggish.

He stared fixedly at the woman who was about to wake up. Each heartbeat thundered in his ears like a drum, making his head spin and his vision blur.

The only thought in his mind was his Golden Finger—the Diary System.

“System! System, save me!”

Su Chen screamed frantically in his heart.

However, the only response he received was a cold, dead silence.

It made sense; the Diary System only granted rewards for writing in the diary. In this situation, let alone writing, he hadn't even brought the diary with him when he came out.

It was over.

Failing before the mission even started, dying before he could slack off... his Dao was collapsing.

Just as Su Chen began to think about what his epitaph should say...

That woman finally slowly opened her eyes.

What kind of eyes were those?

The pupils weren't black, but a dark red so deep it reached the extreme, like two Blood-colored Demonic Suns that had been dormant for eternity.

There was no focus, no emotion.

Only a bone-deep emptiness and dead silence that had settled after endless ages.

Her gaze slowly moved across the stone chamber.

It swept over the walls engraved with Emperor Dao Runes and the Divine Chains of Order that pierced through her body.

Finally, it landed on the tiny man in the corner of the chamber who was nearly about to have his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering from fear.

The moment their eyes met...

Su Chen felt his Soul being completely pierced through by those two dark red gazes. All secrets and all disguises became meaningless at this moment.

Time seemed to be infinitely stretched out in this instant.

One breath, another breath... it felt as long as an entire era.

The woman looked at Su Chen, and a tiny, imperceptible ripple finally appeared in her hollow eyes.

It was a kind of... curiosity.

Like a being locked in a sterile laboratory for billions of years seeing a speck of dust drift in from the outside world for the first time.

She slowly opened her slightly pale lips, which hadn't moved for ages.

A hoarse, dry voice, sounding like two pieces of rusty metal rubbing together, abruptly broke the silence of the stone chamber.

“Who... are you?”

The voice was soft, yet it carried a demonic quality that brooked no question, piercing straight into Su Chen's Divine Soul.

Su Chen's mind went blank.

Who am I?

I am Su Chen, the Divine Son of the Su Family, a salted fish who just wants to wait for death.

No!

I absolutely cannot say that!

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.

The woman before him was clearly suppressed by the ancestors of the Su Family.

If he announced his name as part of the Su Family, wouldn't that be like dancing in a deep fryer while bringing his own cumin and chili powder?

She would probably turn him to ash with a single glance in the next second!

He had to think of a foolproof plan!

In the spark of a moment, a thought so bold it felt absurd even to him took shape frantically in his mind.

Su Chen forcibly suppressed the fear that nearly made him faint and forced out a smile that looked worse than crying. His voice trembled slightly due to extreme tension.

“I... I am here to save you!”

As soon as the words left his mouth, Su Chen wanted to slap himself.

Too fake!

Too stiff!

With his measly Saint Realm cultivation, he claimed he was going to save a woman who looked incredibly powerful?

Even a three-year-old child probably wouldn't fall for such a lie!

He was already prepared to face her wrath, which was enough to destroy everything.

However, to his surprise...

When the woman heard his words, her face didn't show any expression of mockery or anger.

Her dark red demonic pupils merely flickered slightly, as if she were trying to comprehend the meaning of the word 'save'.

“Save me?”

She repeated it. Her voice was still hoarse and dry, but it held a hint of... amusement.

“With just you?”

Her dead gaze swept over Su Chen.

That look was like a master butcher sizing up a suckling pig, considering where it would be most appropriate to strike with the knife.

Cold sweat instantly soaked Su Chen's back.

He knew he was standing on the edge of a cliff; one wrong word would mean eternal damnation!

Driven by the desire to survive, his brain worked at an unprecedented speed.

“Senior, please let me explain!”

Su Chen's voice became somewhat sharp due to his urgency.

“This Junior is not a member of the Su Family, but a Loose Cultivator who accidentally stumbled upon this place!”

“This Junior possesses a special Bloodline that can sense the purest resentment and... loneliness in the world!”

“It was your suppressed, heaven-reaching resentment from ages past, and that... that loneliness as vast as the starry sky, that guided this Junior here!”

These words were half-true and half-false, a blend of reality and fiction.

The resentment and loneliness were things he had just made up on the spot.

But being guided here was, in a sense, the truth. If it weren't for hiding from Ling Qingzhu, he indeed wouldn't have fallen into this place.

As Su Chen spoke, he carefully observed the woman's expression.

He noticed that when he mentioned the words 'loneliness' and 'solitude', a very complex light seemed to flash deep within her dark red demonic pupils.

It was working!

Su Chen steeled his heart and decided to commit fully to his role as a master actor!

A look of pity and compassion for the world appeared perfectly on his face, and his voice became sorrowful.

“After this Junior entered, I saw you locked by these Divine Chains, and my heart was filled with grief and indignation! What kind of insane person could lay a hand on an incomparable beauty like you, Senior!”

“Such actions are an outrage to both gods and men, and cannot be tolerated by heaven and earth!”

“Therefore, this Junior boldly wishes to give everything to help you escape! Even if my body is smashed to pieces, I will not hesitate!”

His words were righteous and impassioned.

By the end of it, Su Chen was almost moved by his own performance.

It would be a waste of talent if this acting didn't win an Oscar.

The stone chamber fell into a dead silence once again.

The woman silently looked at Su Chen, at his face flushed with 'indignation', and at his eyes filled with 'sincerity'.

After a long time...

She suddenly laughed.

It was an extremely eerie laugh.

The corners of her mouth only curled up slightly, yet the temperature in the entire stone chamber suddenly dropped by over ten degrees.

The laughter didn't seem to come from her throat, but rather sounded like the demonic music of countless vengeful Souls playing simultaneously in the depths of one's Soul.

“Hehe... interesting, what an interesting little thing.”

At some point, her voice was no longer so hoarse and dry, but had gained a lazy, demonic quality that seemed capable of dragging one into an endless nightmare.

She sized up Su Chen with great interest, as if admiring a novel toy.

“What is your name?”

Su Chen's heart tightened, knowing the most critical question had arrived.

His mind raced, and he blurted out: “This Junior is... Qin Feng!”

That's right!

Better a Fellow Daoist dies than me!

Brother Qin Feng, since you are the child of Luck, your life must be very tough. Please take this blame for me for now!

“Qin Feng?”

The woman softly repeated the name, and the eerie smile on her lips deepened.

“Good, Qin Feng.”

She slowly raised her head, her gaze passing over Su Chen and looking into the void, as if she were remembering something.

“I haven't... had a name for a long time.”

Her voice paused slightly, and a flash of bewilderment and... pain, which even she hadn't noticed, crossed her dark red demonic pupils.

The moment her voice fell...

Boom!

An indescribably terrifying demonic power erupted violently with her body as the center!

That demonic power was overbearing, sinister, and filled with a madness that sought to destroy everything!

“Crack! Crack!”

The nine golden Divine Chains, condensed from the Law of the Emperor Dao, actually let out groans of being overstrained under the impact of this demonic power, and fine cracks appeared on their surfaces!

The entire stone chamber was trembling violently!

Su Chen was directly blown away by this Aura, slamming hard against the wall, feeling as if every bone in his body was about to break.

He looked in horror at the woman who was struggling frantically, and at the Void Realm behind her that was twisting and boiling due to the Devilish Qi.

He knew that he had just awakened a... devil who had been imprisoned for eternity!