18: The Origin of the Seven Demon Gods in the Necklace

At the end of the day, the city's residents still cherished their lives.

Few people dared to go to the city walls to watch, let alone fly into the sky for a clear view.

Lin Sheng still remembered the matter of the Demon God Seven Edicts. Using aura lock-on, he quickly found Baili Fengming, who was standing alone in the imperial palace's back garden.

She was wearing a dazzling, magnificent golden dress, standing in the pavilion by the lake.

She quietly gazed at the sparkling lake surface, as if waiting for something.

"Are you waiting for me?"

Lin Sheng silently appeared in the pavilion, casually picked up a cup of tea already poured on the table, took a sip, and said.

Hearing this.

Baili Fengming turned around, trying her best to hide her inner joy, and responded with an elegant curtsy and nod: "Yes, Holy Son."

"I just noticed that after you subdued the Former Holy Son, your gaze shifted to me."

"Baili Fengmings humble guess is that you have something you need to see me about."

"Therefore, I have been quietly waiting for you here."

Looking at her beautiful, fair, dignified, and elegant face, and scanning the graceful and elegant posture revealed by her jade-like body beneath the magnificent golden dress.

Lin Sheng thought, as expected of a princess of a nation, as expected of the foremost beauty of Cloud Continent.

He was also very direct, his gaze directly casting upon her swan-like fair and elegant neck: between that flawless jade neck and delicate, alluring collarbones, hung a silver necklace inlaid with a sapphire-blue gem.

Looking at it, Lin Sheng said directly: "I want the one on your neck."

Baili Fengming was clearly startled.

About two breaths later.

Only then did she lower her head somewhat belatedly. From her angle, she couldn't see the necklace on her neck, only the large expanse of fairness supporting the front of her dress.

Her face flushed slightly, then she reached both hands to the back of her neck and gently unclasped the necklace.

Holding it in her palm.

She slightly tilted her neck back, her charming face directly facing Lin Sheng, her tone soft yet solemn: "Holy Son, although this is Baili Fengmings ancestral necklace, it is not something particularly precious. After all, the treasures passed down from my great-great-grandfather number in the thousands."

"However, this necklace is the one my late mother liked the most among those thousands."

"Her imperial father told me that if I met someone trustworthy whom I liked, I could give this to him as a token of love."

"Now, if you want it, I am willing to give it to you."

She handed over the necklace.

Her gaze fixed on Lin Sheng was sincere and pure.

And listening to her account, Lin Sheng naturally recalled Baili Fengmings detailed background.

Her mother's name was Yunque Rakshasa, a Demon Clan assassin from the first nation of Cloud Continent, the 'Cloud Demon Kingdom', three hundred years ago. Later, when the Hundred Birds Dynasty's former emperor passed away and the Seven Kings warred, she accepted a mission to infiltrate the imperial capital.

Along the way, she met Baili Dongsu, who was then the Crown Prince and being pursued. Yunque Rakshasa saved the Crown Prince, and both sides concealed their identities before entering the imperial capital.

During the two-year 'Seven Kings Rebellion', the two developed feelings for each other and gave birth to their daughter—Baili Fengming.

On the day she was born, ten thousand birds celebrated.

Baili Fengming was very fortunate; she unexpectedly awakened the True Phoenix bloodline—this meant that one of her parents' ancestors had a forbidden love affair with the Phoenix Clan.

But she was also unfortunate.

Because only human bloodlines can perfectly integrate with the bloodlines of all races.

However, within her body, the relatively inferior 'Night Dog Clan' bloodline of her mother, Yunque Rakshasa, still flowed.

This led to bloodline conflict within her body; not only could the advantages of both bloodlines not be highlighted, but it also made her physique weaker than ordinary people, prone to illness, and she even nearly died prematurely.

To resolve the bloodline conflict issue, Yunque Rakshasa went to the ruins of the East Sea Demon Kingdom to search for the rumored Demon God Seven Edicts. It was said that one of the edicts could completely resolve bloodline conflict.

Ultimately.

She was fortunate enough to obtain the Demon God Seven Edicts within the ruins.

To comprehend these seven edicts, she didn't hesitate to expend her life, yet her comprehension was ultimately insufficient, and she still couldn't fully grasp even one of them.

Before her death, she could only carry boundless regret and engrave these seven edicts into the necklace she wore.

And she entrusted her final wishes to Baili Dongsu.

...

Recalling up to this point, only a few breaths had passed in reality.

Lin Sheng took the necklace.

After a moment of hesitation, he still asked: "Do you know what's inside this necklace?"

Baili Fengming shook her head.

"Although I don't know what it is, anything the Holy Son takes an interest in must be extraordinary."

"Hmm... This is the life-saving method your mother sought for you."

Looking at Baili Fengmings wide-eyed, extremely surprised expression, Lin Sheng deliberated for a moment before letting out a sigh of relief: "Since it is now in my hands, I will also carry on her last wish and help you resolve the bloodline issue within your body."

Hearing Lin Sheng say this.

Baili Fengmings beautiful eyes, which were fixed on him, widened even further.

She stared blankly at him, as if she saw her mother's figure appearing in the sky behind him.

That gentle smile bathed in holy light...

It also seemed as if she faintly heard her smiling and calling out "Little Baili Fengming", telling her to come over...

After a moment of trance!

When she looked at the man she had only met today, a lot more familiarity than before had appeared.

"You..."

Baili Fengming quickly reacted and hurriedly corrected herself: "Holy Son, do you... know my mother well? My... my imperial father rarely spoke to me about her. Every time I asked, he seemed unhappy..."

"Once, he even said I caused my mother's death and didn't want to see me..."

At this moment, she looked particularly fragile.

"Something like that."

Lin Sheng didn't want to chat here with a woman he had just met, so he turned and said: "It's time to part. When I can resolve your problem in the future, I will naturally come to find you."

"Wait!"

With a 'thump', Baili Fengming quickly knelt on the ground, looked up at Lin Sheng, and asked: "Baili Fengming knows her talent is low, but if I don't say this, I will truly regret it for a lifetime."

"I just want to ask, with my conditions, is there any hope of becoming your disciple in the future?"

Lin Sheng was startled.

One of the original novel's female leads wants to be my disciple?

He looked at Baili Fengming, who was kneeling on the ground with a face full of piety and eyes full of pleading, and was very certain in his heart that her root bone and comprehension were absolutely top-notch.

But what did he need a disciple for?

Hmm?

If he had a disciple, he would be able to intervene in some later plot points...

Lin Sheng considered it and found there were benefits without drawbacks, so he nodded and said: "You are qualified to be my disciple, but you must prove your determination to me."

"From here to the Ten Thousand Beasts Holy Land requires crossing a great continent. Given your current cultivation level, this is not easy. Once you are ready, depart from here. When you reach the Holy Land, that is when you will be my disciple."

"Of course, if you want to give up halfway..."

"I will not give up!"

Baili Fengming said firmly!

At this moment, she tightly clenched her fists, her fair and beautiful face flushed with excitement.