“Don’t worry, I’m fine, aren’t I?”
Changqing said, shaking the Hundred Flowers Token in his hand.
“What happened to your hair? Why do you look so pale? Are you injured somewhere?”
Seeing half of his hair turned white and his face ashen, Luo Hongyan asked with concern.
Before Changqing could comfort her again, Luo Hongyan caught sight of Dan Ji behind him and instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
“This… This is the Evil Lord?”
“Don’t be nervous.” Changqing poked Dan Ji’s face. “Look, she’s just a Puppet under my control now.”
This action startled Luo Hongyan again, and only when she saw that the Evil Lord in front of her was indeed like a doll, with blank eyes, not reacting at all no matter how Changqing touched her, did she relax.
“What’s going on?”
“You can lie to her and say that my soul was extinguished by the Hundred Flowers Remnant Soul, the Restriction of this Legacy, and that you used Blood Law methods to control my Physical Body. Even if this little girl is knowledgeable, she won’t be able to distinguish the truth.” Dan Ji’s voice reminded him.
So he answered, and Luo Hongyan believed him.
“What about Liu Lu?”
“Don’t worry, she’s dead. I killed her with my own hands.”
“While I was being sent out of the Hundred Flowers Cave by you, you already solved all the trouble?”
Luo Hongyan found it hard to believe, but seeing that there was indeed no sign of Liu Lu in the cave, she had no choice but to believe his words.
However, looking at Changqing’s almost deathly pale face, and putting two and two together, Luo Hongyan vaguely understood something.
“Did you use some Evil Path forbidden art to kill Liu Lu? You idiot! Using such forbidden arts casually will harm your Origin, you’ll die!”
“Am I not still alive?” Changqing smiled slightly, gently stroking her hair. “Oh, sorry, sorry, I accidentally touched you again. Next time I’ll remember to ask.”
“You… sigh, never mind. Let’s talk about it outside. Let’s leave first. There’s no time to lose, lest any more unforeseen circumstances arise.”
“Don’t rush, there’s still something left to do.”
“What is it?”
“Such a valuable Legacy, don’t you want it? This is a Legacy left by a Saint Realm Cultivator, a great Opportunity. Now that it has fallen into our hands, how can we not take it?”
“Legacy?” Luo Hongyan was stunned, then suddenly realized. Yes, this Hundred Flowers Cave should be a place of Legacy. She had been so preoccupied with escaping with Changqing that she had forgotten everything else.
She hesitated.
“A Saint’s Legacy is indeed precious, but you must promise me a few things, otherwise I will never let you take this Legacy.”
Seeing Luo Hongyan’s serious expression, Changqing also nodded earnestly.
“Go ahead.”
“First, our escape from this Hundred Flowers Cave can be said to be entirely your credit. One should not accept rewards without merit. All of the Legacy will be yours, I don’t want anything.”
“Half for each of us.”
Changqing interrupted her.
Luo Hongyan sighed helplessly, “Second, after this Legacy is obtained, you cannot Cultivate the Cultivation Technique within it, nor can you refine the Imperial Spirit within it. This is an Evil Path Legacy. You have already delved deep into the Evil Path, and I cannot watch you fall further. You will bring the Cultivation Technique and Imperial Spirit from the Legacy back to the Family with me and exchange them for equivalent rewards. I will not take a single cent; it will all be yours.”
“This is a good thing. It’s most beneficial for you to Cultivate Blood Law with me. Keep the Imperial Spirit, and exchange the Cultivation Technique with her. It also saves you the trouble of fencing stolen goods.” Dan Ji’s voice appeared in Changqing’s mind.
Changqing, however, said with slight displeasure, “I already said half for each of us. If you don’t want anything, then let’s just leave.”
“Hey, hey, hey, don’t!” Before Luo Hongyan could say anything, Dan Ji hastily interjected.
Luo Hongyan saw Changqing actually make a move to activate the Hundred Flowers Token to take her away, so she said,
“Alright, alright, we’ll each take half, but you have to promise me you won’t Cultivate the Cultivation Technique within it, and you won’t refine the Imperial Spirit within it.”
Only then was Changqing satisfied.
In truth, Luo Hongyan didn’t really care much about this Legacy. The reason she wanted Changqing to obtain it was due to a selfish motive.
“This idiot has no other talents, his Cultivation aptitude is a complete mess, and he’s from the Evil Path. Even if he has a special Physique that allows him to use Imperial Spirit directly without refining, those old fogeys in the Family probably won’t look favorably upon him… But if he can bring back a Saint-level Legacy, perhaps…”
“So, it’s settled then?”
Her thoughts were interrupted by Changqing, and Luo Hongyan, as if guilty, quickly nodded.
“Hmm? What’s wrong with you?”
“Nothing, nothing.” She waved her hand as if nothing was amiss, but her heart beat a little faster.
“Luo Hongyan, oh Luo Hongyan, what are you thinking? He hasn’t even said anything yet, and you’re already rushing to help him figure out how to give yourself away.”
After composing herself, she asked,
“How much do you know about this Legacy?”
“I was just about to talk about that.” Changqing took out the Soul Cleansing Dew he had prepared beforehand from his acupoint.
“To obtain the Legacy, one must undergo a trial, and the condition for the trial is that one’s Realm must be below Fleeting Rotation. So I prepared this.”
“This is… Soul Cleansing Dew! Where did you get it?”
“You can’t say that you can refine me into a blood slave, let alone that you can use the Imperial Spirit on my body. Otherwise, if this little girl is stubborn and makes you hand me over to her Family, it’ll be troublesome.” Dan Ji hastily reminded him.
“This was something Dan Ji prepared for me to Cultivate Blood Law with her back then. I secretly kept it, and now it can come in handy.” Changqing could only lie.
“So that’s it, that’s great! Now you can get rid of your Evil Path identity.”
Changqing could hear the genuine joy in Luo Hongyan’s tone, but he could only scratch his head, a little embarrassed.
If she knew that he also planned to continue Cultivating Blood Law later, she would probably be very sad.
“Are you planning to use the Soul Cleansing Dew to lower your Realm to Fleeting Rotation to participate in the trial? Will it be dangerous?”
Luo Hongyan thought for a moment, then asked with some unease.
“Since this Legacy is prepared for Cultivators below Fleeting Rotation, it shouldn’t be particularly difficult, right?” Changqing comforted her.
He was still quite confident. After all, he had a major weapon like the Earth Palace Viscera, which ordinary Fleeting Rotation Cultivators didn’t have. Participating in the trial with a powerful Imperial Spirit shouldn’t be a big problem.
This was like bringing a laptop to a final exam prepared for elementary school students; it was pure cheating.
“Indeed, most powerhouses leave Legacies to find a suitable successor for themselves, or they need future generations to use this Legacy to fulfill their unfulfilled wishes.”
Luo Hongyan then thought again, and said indignantly,
“You won’t inherit the Legacy and then turn from a Blood Arts cultivator into a Poison Law Cultivator, will you?”
“Oh, I’m inheriting the Legacy, it doesn’t mean I have to Cultivate Poison Law, right? Don’t worry.”
Luo Hongyan tugged at his sleeve.
“Promise me, even if it’s truly unavoidable and you Cultivate Poison Law to inherit the Legacy, you’ll still come back to the Family with me and use Soul Cleansing Dew to abandon your Realm and start over, okay?”
Changqing asked, somewhat perplexed,
“This Poison Law doesn’t seem as evil as Blood Law, why are you so repulsed by it?”
“Even if the Cultivation process isn’t evil, it’s the Evil Path. You cannot Cultivate the Evil Path.”
“If it’s not evil, then it’s fine for me to Cultivate it, isn’t it? Does Cultivating the Evil Path mean I can’t walk the Righteous Path?”
“Oh, it’s not that problem. In short, it just won’t do.”
“Why not?”
Under Changqing’s questioning, Luo Hongyan’s face gradually turned red. After holding it in for a long time, she finally mustered up her courage and whispered,
“My, our Family won’t allow Evil Path Cultivators to marry in.”