Submissive Above, Unrestrained Below

Chapter 27: To be frank, I am also a person of the Demon Path

“Eh, why are you back again?”

After only a few dozen breaths, bored and feeling like time was crawling by, Li Xiuyuan was pleasantly surprised to see the girl in white flying in through the window.

“Shut your bird mouth!”

The girl in white had a pale complexion, and the hem of her dress was soaked in blood.

Upon seeing this, Li Xiuyuan immediately understood; she must have lost too much blood to walk and had obediently returned.

“Ah!”

Suddenly, the eight-zhang-long Jiaolong pulling the beast cart let out a blood-curdling roar.

The beast cart came to an abrupt stop, causing several people to bump into one another, cursing loudly.

“Demoness, we know you’re hiding in the cart. Come out and die!”

A wild Immortal Sound rang out, causing pain in everyone’s eardrums.

What was happening?

Chen Ansheng was also startled by this voice and hurriedly opened his eyes, looking out the window.

At a glance, he quickly shrank back.

Outside the beast cart, it was surrounded by a dense crowd of skinless, bloodthirsty figures, the foul smell making him want to vomit.

At the same time, a black mist swirled within the cart, spreading rapidly to form a barrier, encasing everyone inside.

“If you dare to attack, everyone in this cart will die with me!”

Without anyone seeing her mouth move, a cold female voice echoed.

“Hahaha.” A sneering voice came from outside the cart. “As long as we can kill this demoness who has sneaked into our holy ground, it doesn’t matter if tens of thousands of ants die, let alone a mere few dozen people!”

“Hmph.” The woman snorted coldly, “Give it a try!”

“What… what is going on? Who is the demoness?”

“Everyone outside, please don’t attack! We are all simple, kind-hearted ordinary villagers.”

“I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die, boo hoo.”

Panic ensued within the cart.

Chen Ansheng was also filled with anxiety; he turned to look at the calm, pale-faced girl.

She was the only woman on the cart.

Those fools were still searching for where the demoness was; it was ridiculous.

“Can you not kill me? I’ll give you anything.”

Chen Ansheng blinked his eyes, looking like an innocent child.

Li Xiuyuan was also completely bewildered, nearly wetting himself in fear. He stuttered, “Miss, on my honor, I have no prejudice against demon cultivators! There are even rumors that my father once dealt with a demoness…”

“Shut up!”

The girl struck Li Xiuyuan on the head, and his eyes widened before he fell over.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ansheng’s heart tightened.

Damn it, am I really going to be killed by the demoness like this?

Even if I’m not killed by the demoness, once those guys outside launch an attack, I’ll be turned to ashes alongside her.

It seemed like a dead end either way.

“Crossing Stone!”

In this tense moment, Chen Ansheng prepared to activate the Crossing Stone to temporarily retreat to the lower realm.

After seven hours, the crisis here would probably have passed.

“Damnit! How is it still half an hour away!”

Chen Ansheng nearly cursed aloud.

Every time he crossed realms, the Crossing Stone would seal itself for twelve hours, and now he still had half an hour to wait for it to unseal.

What bad luck! If only he had known, he wouldn’t have been in such a hurry and would have tried his luck at Lingfeng Tower beforehand; given his bodily condition, half an hour would have been more than enough.

“The demoness is over there! Everyone, let’s go together and capture her, and we will be saved!”

Amidst the chaos, someone finally guessed that the girl was the so-called demoness.

“Yes, kill her, and we’ll be saved!”

“Everyone, charge!”

The crowd pulled out their weapons—scythes, hoes, and the like—and surged forward.

“Ah!”

Before they could reach her, screams rang out from the crowd.

“Damn it, Er Gouzi, you stabbed me!”

“My ear! Which bastard sliced my ear off!”

And they dared to brag about killing the demoness, this rabble of fools.

Chen Ansheng quietly shrank into a corner, playing dead; perhaps if he waited out the activation of the Crossing Stone, he might save his life.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…

A few strands of black mist shot out, heads flew, and bodies fell to the ground.

Aside from the demoness, there were no living beings left in the cart except for Chen Ansheng and the incapacitated Li Xiuyuan.

“You’re not going to kill me?” The girl turned her head and looked coldly at Chen Ansheng.

“I wouldn’t dare,” Chen Ansheng shook his head repeatedly.

“Is it that you don’t dare, or you don’t have the power?” The girl scoffed, then said, “If you had any strength, you would have acted against me long ago, right?”

Chen Ansheng felt panic rising.

“On my honor, I, Chen Ansheng, have no prejudice against demon cultivators…”

“He’s already said that.”

The demoness pointed at the fallen Li Xiuyuan.

“I’m different.”

Chen Ansheng forced himself to be calm.

“How are you different? No matter how you argue, it won’t change anything. Even if I don’t kill you, once they unleash the killing formation, this beast cart will be turned to rubble, and you won’t escape death either.” The girl said indifferently.

“I’m truly different because… my master is also a demon cultivator.” Chen Ansheng blurted out.

The girl’s brow furrowed; secretly, she thought to herself that this kind of lie to save himself was too ridiculous, did he take her for a fool?

“You don’t believe me? Experiencing countless tribulations, cultivating an indestructible heart, killing the evils of the common people…”

Chen Ansheng recited a passage as if it were an incantation.

This passage was from the True Magic Heart Sutra, and Chen Ansheng didn’t know its intricacies; it just sounded very demonic.

“Blood Demon Scripture!”

After hearing this, the girl was clearly astonished.

Chen Ansheng felt delighted in his heart; it seemed this woman had some understanding.

“Indeed, indeed, now you should believe that I am also someone of the Demon Path, right?”

The girl drew a long sword from her back and pointed it at Chen Ansheng, “The Blood Demon Scripture is something my master only glimpsed a half-scroll of by chance. Yet you’ve recited over a thousand characters effortlessly. That’s impossible!”

Damn!

I accidentally recited too much.

Chen Ansheng regretted it and quickly said, “Perhaps what your master obtained is the fragmented version passed down by mine.”

The girl’s expression softened; she thought if that were the case, this kid’s background was quite remarkable.

“Fine, show me a few moves.”

“To be frank… I haven’t practiced any of it.”

“Not even one move?”

Chen Ansheng silently nodded.

“If you’re really such a useless person, which demon cultivator would want you as a disciple, blabbering nonsense? Go die!”

“Don’t, don’t, don’t kill me! I have one move, but I’m just too afraid to use it against a lady!”

Chen Ansheng quickly protected his head.

“Nonsense, as a proper Xuanxian, do you think I can’t withstand even one of your weak moves?”

The girl said dismissively.

“You don’t understand, my one move is an unexpected method. If you’re prepared, I can’t act, but if you’re relaxed, I will definitely succeed in my sneak attack!” Chen Ansheng explained.

“That sounds like something of the Demon Sect. I will close my Immortal Sense; feel free to use your methods on me.”

The girl was originally cautious, but after Chen Ansheng recited the complete Blood Demon Scripture, she was truly shocked at heart; that was a treasure her master yearned for.

To verify its authenticity, she patiently negotiated with Chen Ansheng; otherwise, she would have already killed him with a single sword strike.

Moreover, she was of the Xuanxian body, while he was merely an ant of the Immortal Third Realm; even if he stood there to let her use an immortal weapon against him, he couldn’t harm a single hair on her.

Chen Ansheng gently coaxed, “Relax, relax, I’m going to invade you.”

The girl: “？？？”

---