Chapter 25: The Villain Alliance Lu Li woke up slowly and just when he was about to stretch his body, he felt his limbs were restrained by something and he couldn't move. At this time, the sky outside the window was bright. Lu Li raised his head with difficulty and saw He Qing sitting at the end of the bed. With the slight shaking of her right index finger, the shadow of the whisk hanging in the air slowly pulled back, and the whisk tail wrapped around Lu Li's limbs gradually tightened. Seeing this, Lu Li sighed helplessly, and lay back leisurely, saying lazily: "Master, do you want to put your disciple under house arrest and hide a beautiful woman in your golden house?" He was already controlled by others, yet he still wanted to gain advantage by talking. Hearing this, He Qing's eyebrows twitched: "Why bother to talk nonsense? It won't do you any good." Upon hearing this, Lu Li couldn't help but close his eyes and chuckle: "Okay, I will listen to you, Master." He dragged out the last syllable as if he was coaxing a child. He Qing suppressed his dissatisfaction and said with a straight face: "Let's cooperate." "Cooperation?" Lu Li seemed a little surprised. He turned his head and looked at her with raised eyebrows: "What do you mean by cooperation?" He Qing said, "I have examined your body. You have an extremely mysterious forbidden spell that suppresses your Dantian and Sea of Consciousness. Although I can't think of anyone who could cause such harm to the Demonic Young Master, I guess you committed yourself to my Yaoguang Sect to hide your whereabouts, right?" Lu Li continued to joke nonchalantly: "Oh, it seems that the master wants to protect his disciple." He Qing lowered his eyelids and said dejectedly: "I can't protect myself either, so I want to cooperate with you."
Hearing this, Lu Li's eyes flashed with interest—— At the moment, the woman was obviously dissatisfied with him, but she still forced herself to talk to him calmly. This calmness and restraint was completely different from the out-of-control state she had been in last night when she decisively used the Soul-Chasing Nail to torture him. He had seen many sides of this woman so far. His hypocrisy towards the disciples of the Immortal Sect, his indifference in front of his first disciple, his disdain for the ancient gods and the way of heaven, his softness towards the old woman of Gu Village who was actually his enemy, his playfulness when teasing the half-demon, and his cruelty when torturing him last night, and his helplessness at this moment. Lu Li couldn't help but wonder which one was the true face of this woman. Or maybe, how many unknown masks this woman is hiding. Perhaps because of this curiosity, Lu Li put away his teasing thoughts and asked, "How do we cooperate?" He Qing was silent for a long time before he said quietly, "If one day you completely unlock the forbidden spell, you must help me do something." "What's the matter?" "Kill Gu Changnian." As soon as these words came out, Lu Li's pupils suddenly shrank. Shocked, he looked up at He Qing again: "What did you say?" He Qing's expression was very calm, and he even repeated it again without getting tired of it: "Kill, Gu Changnian." Lu Li stared at her for a long while with a strange expression, and suddenly sneered: "I thought Master had something important to do. What happened? Did Master and Senior Brother have a quarrel?" If he really wanted to kill Gu Changnian, why wait for him to release the forbidden spell? He was clearly just showing off. He Qing could tell that Lu Li was mocking her, but she couldn't tell him the truth. Not to mention whether he would be regarded as a demon who could predict the future, if the young master of the Demonic Path knew that he was just Gu Changnian's whetstone, who knows if he would just give up and throw the pot away? Fortunately, He Qing had already thought of his excuses before coming to Lu Li to discuss cooperation. She sighed and said, "Have you ever heard of past lives and present lives?" Lu Li closed his eyes in boredom and said lazily, "Why, Master wants to say that you and Brother were a couple in your previous life?" "No, it's the enemy." He Qing put himself into the original owner's shoes in his mind, repeatedly replaying the scene of being killed by Gu Changnian and Hua Chiyu. For a moment, a sense of sadness rose in his heart. She said, "In my dream, Gu Changnian would kill me." Lu Li still did not open his eyes, but frowned impatiently: "Oh, then Master, why don't you just kill him to prevent future troubles?"
Lu Li didn't wait for He Qing to say anything else. He only heard the rustling sound of clothes rubbing against each other at the end of the bed. He turned his head and saw that He Qing had taken off his outer robe. Lu Li's face was dazed for a moment: Is this woman crazy? But as He Qing half-took off his inner garment, revealing the scabbed scar on his left shoulder, Lu Li's gaze couldn't help but droop. He Qing said expressionlessly: "I can't kill him." "..." After making sure Lu Li had seen her injuries clearly, He Qing put on his clothes again and continued to lie, "When the knife stabbed into my body, I knew that the dream was real. He would kill me sooner or later. And I couldn't kill him even if he had really endangered my life." Lu Li narrowed his eyes slightly and looked He Qing up and down, as if examining him, as if considering him, and was speechless for a moment. After all, what He Qing said was too absurd. Using dreams to connect past and present lives is the ability to see through the mysteries of nature and predict the future, an ability that even gods may not possess. He Qing, a cultivator in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, actually said that he could sense the date of his own death. Isn't that absurd? But, despite being ridiculous... Lu Li couldn't help but think about everything that had happened since he met He Qing - First, he broke the sect rule of one master and one disciple, then he deliberately distanced himself from Gu Changnian, and even when he knew that the Gu Village was in danger, he deliberately allowed Gu Changnian to enter. Finally, what had always puzzled Lu Li was the only time He Qing showed a look of fear after seeing Gu Changnian being rescued by the head of Tianxuan Mountain... Although it was absurd, it seemed to make perfect sense when all the things that had once caused him doubt were connected... He Qing quietly looked at Lu Li's uncertain expression, and her heart settled down a little. To show her sincerity, she also struck while the iron was hot. She waved her hand to put away the shadow that was controlling Lu Li, and sat back at the end of the bed. She said, "This is what I want to cooperate with you on. What I can do for you is to help you conceal your identity and continue to stay in Lingshan before the forbidden spell is completely lifted." Lu Li came back to his senses, touched the wound on his chest and sat up, took a long breath, looked at He Qing and said: "So, you have already arranged everything." "Yes." He Qing took out the Soul Chasing Nail that had severely injured Lu Li before and waved it in front of him: "Master Xuan Qing has checked the Ever-Bright Lamp, it is safe for the time being." "Who replaced him?" He Qing raised his eyebrows slightly as if he had achieved success, and uttered three words briskly: "Gu Changnian." "..." Lu Li really didn't expect that the leader of the Yaoguang Sect would actually resort to such a despicable method. This woman was just as bad as he liked. He Qing asked again: "However, if the forbidden spell you were hit by is not broken, it should keep your body in the shape of a teenager. Why did it suddenly grow bigger?" When this matter was mentioned, Lu Li's happy mood suddenly sank again. He smiled sinisterly and asked back, "What do you think, my good master?" I have received many recommendation votes from you in the past two days. I am so happy! Thank you!
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