31: Little Demon Lord~

Inside Cijing Palace.

Wafts of immortal fragrance drifted around, calming the heart and mind, making it extremely pleasant.

Lin Sheng and Cizhai Jingren sat opposite each other across a tea table, listening to the sound of women laughing and splashing water from behind the screen on the right. He silently calmed his mind.

What does this Third Elder want to do?

Seduce him with beautiful women?

Lin Sheng knew that Cijing Palace had a hot spring pool available for bathing.

But he never expected that on his first day inside this palace, he would "just happen" to encounter this.

No.

This wasn't an accident, but an intentional arrangement by this Third Elder.

He and the women who were playing in the water were currently in the same room, separated only by a three-meter wide, two-meter high screen. Perhaps as a hint, the screen was embroidered with a pattern of nine phoenixes and one dragon.

"Have some tea."

Cizhai Jingren unhurriedly poured him a cup of hot tea and extended her fair, jade-like hand, indicating for him to pick it up and drink.

Lin Sheng nodded and drank the entire cup in one go.

Cizhai Jingren slowly poured him another cup, filling it to eight parts.

After setting down the teapot, she held the teacup in front of her with both hands, opened her tender lips to gently blow on it, then closed her eyes slightly and took a gentle sip.

Sunlight shone in from the window on the side, illuminating the stone wall behind her, which was carved with the 'Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix' pattern.

At this moment.

She projected elegance and tranquility into Lin Sheng's eyes.

"Do you like it here?"

She was still holding the tea, but suddenly spoke leisurely.

Her voice was like a clear stream flowing through a forest after the rain, fresh and clean.

Along with her words, she slightly raised her eyelids, casting her gentle, water-like gaze, which seemed capable of nurturing all things, onto Lin Sheng's face.

"It's alright."

"If you like it, come more often. My Cijing Palace will always welcome you."

"No problem."

Cizhai Jingren set down the teacup in her hand.

It seemed she had only used the tea to moisten her lips and teeth; there was still a little less than half a cup left.

Slowly turning her head, her gaze seemed to penetrate the screen as she looked at the women playing, saying, "Besides Xianyan, the other eight are my and Xianyan's most loyal maidservants."

"We can speak openly."

"For example..."

"How did you know that I practice forbidden techniques, and how did you know that I possess the Demon Clan bloodline?"

Lin Sheng smiled.

He didn't answer, but instead asked, "Before that, shouldn't the Third Elder thank me first? Without..."

Before he could finish speaking.

He saw Cizhai Jingren stand up very neatly, her hands clasped in front of her lower abdomen, and she bowed deeply to him with a respectful expression: "Thank you for helping me conceal the matter of the forbidden techniques. I repay kindness, and I will definitely repay you later."

She bent her waist almost ninety degrees, to the point where Lin Sheng could clearly see the snow-white skin beneath her blue gauze skirt.

He didn't know if the other party was doing it intentionally or unintentionally.

In short, everything in this palace seemed to be making him think in other directions.

After finishing her bow.

Cizhai Jingren slowly sat back down in her original seat, as if nothing had just happened, and looked at him with that curious expression, waiting for his answer.

"Alright then."

Lin Sheng picked up the teacup in front of him and drank it all, saying, "It's fine to tell you. Actually, I have another identity."

"Oh?"

The curiosity in Cizhai Jingren's gentle, water-like beautiful eyes intensified.

"An Innate Sage!"

Lin Sheng curled his lips, his expression a half-smile: "My other identity is an Innate Sage who can see through everything with a single glance!"

In the original work.

The fourth Heavenly Mandated Protagonist to appear was the Innate Sage.

As long as he took one look at anything, he could know its essence and understand its patterns. He was the 'strategist' and 'encyclopedia' of the protagonist group.

Although Lin Sheng wasn't.

Having read the entire book, he was in some ways even more powerful than the Innate Sage!

"An Innate Sage?"

Cizhai Jingren refilled Lin Sheng's tea while thinking and questioned, "But if I remember correctly, isn't this the ancestral identity of the Li Family, the head of the Ten Great Families?"

"Is your real name Li?"

"Who said only they have it? Heh heh."

Lin Sheng shook his head, looking as if he had hidden all his words in the tea, and drank the freshly filled tea in one gulp again.

Cizhai Jingren was not one to be easily deceived after all.

She smiled softly and gently, not at all annoyed: "I feel like you're trying to fool me... Never mind, if you don't want to say it, then don't. I was just curious."

"Speaking of which..."

She propped her chin with her hand, leaned slightly closer to him, and whispered, "Privately, what do you wish for me to call you? By name? Or should I call you Little Demon God?"

"Whatever."

Lin Sheng shrugged, showing no concern at all.

"I just have this bloodline; it doesn't mean all Demon Clan are my subordinates."

"But if all the Demon Clan were to truly unite, only you would be qualified to be the king, wouldn't you?"

"......"

"And..."

Cizhai Jingren raised her curved willow-like eyebrows at him, her water-like beautiful eyes filled with tenderness.

She continued to speak softly in a gentle voice: "You cannot deny that there are still many Demon Clan in the world who are willing to pledge allegiance to the owner of the Demon God Bloodline, can you?"

"As long as you are willing to reveal yourself, you will quickly gather countless Demon Clan powerhouses and dominate a region. Aren't you tempted?"

Lin Sheng shook his head firmly.

His 'Golden Dragon Holy Son' being the main villain in the first half of the book was largely due to this Demon God Bloodline.

He knew very well what the outcome would be after it was exposed.

In the past, the Demon Clan could contend with or even suppress the Human Clan, but in the full-scale war that erupted tens of thousands of years ago, the Demon Clan suffered a great defeat and heavy casualties because some demons rebelled due to the Human Clan's incitement.

The clever Human Clan seized this opportunity and pursued the remnants of the Demon Clan for the next ten thousand years.

Now.

Only a small number of Demon Clan are still barely surviving and hiding everywhere.

Although there are strong individuals among them, compared to the number of strong individuals in the Human Clan, they are pitifully few.

"You're not tempted? No ambition?"

"That's one reason."

"Oh..."

Cizhai Jingren showed no obvious change in emotion.

She maintained her posture, but her beautiful eyes had narrowed into small crescents, containing a smile: "Then guess, guess if I am a supporter of the Demon God Bloodline? Or something else?"

"The former."

"So decisive?"

Nonsense, what kind of person are you if I don't know?

Lin Sheng understood very well, because Wen Qin's parents were staunch supporters of the Demon God Bloodline, so Wen Qin, deeply influenced by her parents, was also a staunch 'God Protection Faction' member.

Otherwise, how would he dare to expose his bloodline in front of Wen Qin?

"You guessed right! It seems you really have a couple of tricks up your sleeve, Little Demon God~"

Cizhai Jingren extended her fair and tender jade-like hand towards Lin Sheng, a soft and beautiful smile overflowing on her rosy face: "Let me formally introduce myself, my name is Wen Qin, Wen as in warm, Qin as in cool."

"Since I can remember, my family has been hunted by Human Clan powerhouses, living a life of constantly hiding. My parents' biggest regret before they died was not being able to meet the inheritor of the Demon God Bloodline."