370: Xiao Qing'er, what are you thinking about!

Inside the room, Demonic Qi permeated the air.

The black head of the great demon, resembling both a Dragon and a snake, lay on the ground, its black and white eyes hollow, having long since lost its sentience.

The Female Yan Emperor merely looked at Moluo's severed head in silence, her expression strangely calm; with her Senior Sister's great vengeance avenged, she did not feel the joy she had imagined.

Her Senior Sister, Gu Yue, was once the Human Race's most formidable Alchemist; she knew best that if there were sufficient Materials, she could refine a true Immortal Pill, and precisely because of this, she aroused the fear of the Heavenly Demon Realm, which did everything in its power to plot her murder.

She had also been raised by Gu Yue herself; in the Female Yan Emperor's heart, her Senior Sister was no different from her own mother.

"Gu Ling, the deceased are gone; what should be let go must eventually be let go..." Shen Min sighed softly, a trace of worry lingering on his face for a long time, though mostly it was a sense of indebtedness.

He owed Gu Yue and Gu Ling too much; in the past, in order to help her step into the Dao Integration Realm and reach the peak in one step, Gu Yue had not hesitated to venture deep into perilous lands to obtain the Materials for the Dao Integration Divine Pill for him, even though she already knew that Shen Min came from the Shen Family and that such a risk was completely unnecessary.

Yet she went anyway...

"Your remnant soul has drifted for too long; although you have a host body, it is not a long-term solution. After paying respects to your Senior Sister, how about Wang Xuanzhi and I reshape a Physical Body for you?"

Hearing the name Gu Ling, the Female Yan Emperor looked dazed, as if she had almost forgotten her own surname and name.

"There is no need..."

"For the sake of Shen Nian, I will let bygones be bygones regarding the past, but wanting me to accept your favor, Shen Min, is absolutely impossible!"

The Female Yan Emperor said with a resolute expression, a hint of coldness appearing in her eyes.

As soon as these words were spoken, Shen Min wanted to say something but stopped, only to hear Wang Xuanzhi's voice transmission ring in his mind.

"What's the rush? Her temperament is just that stubborn; we must take it slowly..."

Meanwhile.

Outside the courtyard.

The light of Chaos gradually dissipated, and two figures appeared.

"I... I must return to White Jade Capital immediately..." Luo Xuanyin's face was flushed, her beautiful eyes filled with a trace of shame, her jade hands clenched tightly, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

Damn it!

Where on earth did he learn those tricks!

Seriously, he looks so serious on the surface, but in reality...

This time, she had not come as an Incarnation, but as her true self; she had merely deliberately concealed her aura, leading others to mistakenly believe that she, like the Confucianists and Buddhists, had only sent an Incarnation. Shen Nian naturally saw through this point; otherwise, how could he have done such a thing?

Shen Nian nodded slightly and said, "Mm, go."

After taking two steps, Luo Xuanyin suddenly looked back, a trace of worry appearing on her face, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "I don't know what Candle Nine Nethers wants to trade with you, but that old demon is by no means a good person; be careful in everything..."

Slap!

A palm landed.

Luo Xuanyin immediately felt a burning pain in her buttocks; it was already painful, and now it was adding insult to injury, almost making her cry out.

The next second.

Luo Xuanyin fled in a panic, not saying another word.

Seeing her fleeing in such a disarray, Shen Nian shook his head and smiled.

"Women..."

Immediately after, Shen Nian stepped into the courtyard and first saw the dazed Ning Fuyao. He opened his mouth as if to speak but stopped, ultimately saying nothing.

Regarding this, Shen Nian was quite helpless and ignored him, his gaze falling on Xiao Qinger in the distance.

"Senior Brother..."

Xiao Qinger immediately stood up and forced a smile, but her gaze lingered vaguely on the mark on Shen Nian's neck, causing her to clench her fists tightly, a sense of inexplicable sadness rising in her heart.

"Xiao Qinger, what are you thinking about!"

"He is your Senior Brother!"

"Senior Brother has found someone he likes; shouldn't you be happy? Why are you sad!!"

At the same time, the Female Yan Emperor's voice rang out in her mind.

"Heh, what's the use of being anxious now? You've already been beaten to the punch by that woman. If you don't act faster, you won't even be able to rank for the second position."

"Your Majesty, you have returned?" Xiao Qinger asked in surprise in her heart.

The Female Yan Emperor did not answer the question but continued, "A figure like your Senior Brother is unique in the entire Human Race. In the future, who knows how many women will use unscrupulous means to cling to his thigh. If you don't do something soon, you really won't have a chance..."

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about!"

"He is my Senior Brother!" Xiao Qinger's face turned red instantly.

"So what if he is your Senior Brother? There is no blood relation. The world of cultivation values clarity of thought; how can the rules of the mortal world constrain a Cultivator? Of course, if you don't want to, then pretend I said nothing..."

Hearing this, Xiao Qinger was stunned for a moment.

Shen Nian glanced at her, revealing a trace of surprise, having sensed Xiao Qinger's abnormality.

What is wrong with this girl...

So strange.

Could it be because of that remnant soul of the Female Yan Emperor?

"You are gathering the ten thousand year profound ice flower to resist the chill of the Pure Lotus Divine Flame, right..." Shen Nian sat on a stone stool and spoke softly. At his feet, Xiaoqing appeared at some unknown moment, licking her lips and wanting to hug him, but was forcibly blocked by an invisible force.

At this moment, he needed a large amount of preaching value to speed up the demon sealing assessment, so that in the shortest possible time, he would have the strength to contend with the Ancient Realm, or at the very least, have the strength to withstand all the Immortal Kings in a single battle, and it must be a crushing victory!

Otherwise, once they were free to hold Shen Nian back, the Human Race would simply not be able to withstand the attacks of the Immortal Kings.

He only had one day left!

And the source of the preaching value was his Junior Sisters; he had to increase the intensity for them as well. Because of Shen Nian, the development of the plot had accelerated, and the Daughter of Destiny was clearly failing to keep up with the pace; how could that be allowed?

Xiao Qinger came back to her senses and nodded, saying, "Yes, Senior Brother."

She was not at all surprised that her Senior Brother had seen through her purpose; instead, she felt it was only natural.

"What else is missing?" Shen Nian looked up, his gaze fixing on Xiao Qinger's eyes, as if he could see through everything.

"What's missing is..." Xiao Qinger was about to speak when she heard the Female Yan Emperor in her mind whisper, "Thousand-year Nine Sun Flower, Wuji Wood, Zhongyuan Spring..."

At this moment, her expression was somewhat dazed, as if it were only yesterday that Shen Nian was still on the Heavenly Sword Sect's Ninth Mountain, only at the Golden Core stage, yet in the blink of an eye, he could now see through her aura at a glance and had become the indisputable strongest person in the Human Race!

She was shocked by Shen Nian's talent!

But now that this day had truly arrived, she felt as if she were in a dream.

Everything had come too fast!

So fast that she couldn't even react.

"Your Majesty?" Xiao Qinger called out in disbelief.

The Female Yan Emperor's figure gradually condensed beside her; she looked at Shen Nian and spoke with a slight smile.

"Formerly of the Great Sun Sect, Yan Emperor Gu Ling, greets the Human Emperor..."

She sensed that Shen Nian's words were clearly directed at her, so she no longer hid and directly revealed her remnant soul.

Shen Nian nodded slightly, then said, "The Shen Family should have these things; I will have someone go and get them..."

"So fast?" The Female Yan Emperor immediately showed a look of surprise.