84: The King of Imagination! Ling Qingzhu's Perfect Misunderstanding!

Myriad Dao Auction House, second floor.

Inside the Heaven-grade private room of Yaochi Holy Land, the temperature was terrifyingly low.

In the corner, a pot of "Fire Cloud Flower", famous for its fire resistance and year-round blooming, now had a thick layer of white frost on its petals and leaves, its life force extinguished.

“Saintess, people have been sent to investigate all parts of the city, but there is... no sign of Divine Son Su yet.”

A Yaochi Disciple knelt on one knee, her head buried extremely low, her voice trembling slightly in the bone-chilling cold.

Ling Qingzhu stood silently by the window with her back to her, her figure like an emotionless ice sculpture.

After a long time, she only waved her hand indifferently.

The Disciple retreated as if granted a great amnesty, rolling and crawling out, not daring to stay for a moment longer.

Dead silence returned to the private room.

In Ling Qingzhu's mind, the final scene after leaving the treasury was replaying frantically over and over.

That man who impersonated Su Chen, that man so sinister it made her heart palpitate, had actually forcibly abducted Su Chen right in front of her!

The darkness that tore through space seemed to tear through her heart as well.

Worry, anger, and a hint of unease she hadn't even noticed herself pricked her Divine Soul like countless cold needles.

Su Chen was captured.

To protect her, to let her successfully retrieve Yaochi's sacred object, he had placed himself in the most dangerous situation!

She thought back to the "loot distribution meeting" at the entrance of the treasury.

Looking back now, how was that some absurd farce? It was clearly a shocking, meticulously planned grand scheme!

He intentionally used the most ridiculous and unreliable reason, "stealing pigs," to mold his image into an unambitious, hedonistic foodie.

It was to paralyze that fake and the Nine Nether Demoness, making them focus their attention on the treasure and thus overlook her, the “Saintess of the Righteous Path”!

He intentionally scolded her in public, saying outrageous things like “much less your father.”

It was to clear the relationship between herself and him in front of the two devils, so she wouldn't become a target for their attacks!

He even gave half of the origin emperor qi of the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art, which could drive even a Great Emperor crazy, to that fake!

That wasn't a compromise; it was an open scheme!

He used half of the supreme Opportunity to temporarily feed that most ferocious jackal, creating the safest opening for her to take the jade pool mirror fragment!

Every step he took, every word he said, every absurd thing he did—though seemingly ridiculous—actually protected her perfectly in the center of the storm.

And at the time, she actually misunderstood him and even felt resentment toward him.

Thinking of this, Ling Qingzhu's heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, hurting so much she could hardly breathe.

“Idiot...”

She bit her teeth tightly. In her cold eyes, the ice that hadn't melted for ten thousand years quietly cracked, and a mist called “heartache” diffused uncontrollably.

“You... absolute idiot!”

No!

I absolutely cannot let anything happen to him!

I absolutely cannot let his painstaking efforts go to waste!

An unprecedented resolve exploded in her heart!

She must save him! No matter the cost!

...And just then.

At the entrance of the venue downstairs, a sudden commotion and silence instantly caught her eye.

She focused her gaze.

When those two figures that made her heart shake walked out from the distorted Void Realm.

Ling Qingzhu's breath suddenly stopped!

Her pupils shrank to the finest needlepoints in an instant!

It's Su Chen!

He actually came back!

But why is there a woman by his side?

Ling Qingzhu's mind went blank with a buzz.

She saw Su Chen's arm being intimately held by that Demoness.

On his handsome face, which always carried a bit of laziness, was now written a weariness and helplessness she had never seen before.

There was even an extremely subtle “pampering” that seemed forced out, as if his head were being held down?

She saw that Demoness lean her head on his shoulder and whisper in his ear.

And Su Chen, though his face was full of reluctance, did not push her away!

He even gave her a smile with a twitching mouth, looking worse than crying!

Boom!

Jealousy!

Anger!

Grievance!

A monstrous rage of being betrayed and toyed with overwhelmed all her reason.

“Crack—”

The thousand-year warm jade coffee table beside her was instantly covered in spiderweb-like cracks and frozen into an ice sculpture!

That Dao Heart, which had just melted a sliver, was ruthlessly frozen again at this moment, even colder and harder than before!

Liar!

All liars!

Protecting me, having me in his heart—it was all fake!

He just escaped from the fake and immediately got mixed up with another woman!

But, the second before her Dao Heart was about to collapse and her profound ice power was about to lose control.

Her brain—that self-justification system comparable to an Emperor-grade Formation—roared to life!

No!

Things are definitely not what I see!

A thought forcibly squeezed into her mind, allowing her chaotic thoughts to instantly find a pillar of support!

That woman!

She must be the fake who impersonated Su Chen and teased me before!

She actually dares to show up again!

Not only did she impersonate Su Chen, but now she's even holding Su Chen's true body hostage!

Yes! It must be so!

Although Su Chen's true body is strong, this Demoness is even more bizarre. She must have used some evil Demonic Technique to control Su Chen!

Ling Qingzhu's train of thought became clearer than ever at this moment.

She stared fixedly at Ye Linghan, her cold eyes burning with substantial anger, but the object of her anger had undergone a perfect displacement.

Demoness!

This damned Demoness!

She is doing this right in front of me to provoke me!

She knows I am Su Chen's Fiancée, so she's intentionally using this intimate posture to humiliate me and strike at my Dao Heart!

The helplessness and “pampering” on Su Chen's face aren't real at all!

He must be controlled by a Demonic Technique, acting against his will!

That smile, with his mouth twitching, is clearly because he is in extreme pain!

He is calling for help!

He hopes I can see through all this and save him!

Ling Qingzhu's overthinking completed a perfect logical loop within a few breaths.

A Hell-level social death scene was perfectly interpreted by her as a tragic drama of “a fiancé imprisoned for love, sending me SOS signals with his eyes”!

And she, Ling Qingzhu, was the only fated female protagonist who could save him!

In an instant, the jealousy and grievance in her heart were all transformed into a monstrous Battle Intent and sense of responsibility!

“Demoness! Not only did you ruin Su Chen's reputation, you even dare to be so intimate with him in front of his Fiancée; it is simply an absolute disgrace!”

Ling Qingzhu roared word by word in her heart, her jade-like hands gripping the windowsill so hard her knuckles turned white.

“Su Chen, just you wait!”

“Don't worry, I understand! I understand everything now!”

“I will definitely find a way to save you from the clutches of this Demoness!”

Her cold eyes were fixed on Su Chen, who was being held by Ye Linghan, her gaze filled with unprecedented determination and resolve.

She had already made up her mind.

No matter the cost, she would expose this Demoness's true face at this auction!

Rescue her “poor and helpless” fiancé!