Asked About The World Of Mortals

Chapter 22: Wings

Qin Yi didn't have to be bored for long. Early the next morning, Li Qinglin came to his door.

Qin Yi hadn't slept well these past few days, and he only slept for a few hours this night. When he woke up, Li Qinglin was already standing outside the door, patiently waiting without disturbing him.

Qin Yi didn't know he was outside when he woke up. He calmly washed up and neatly dressed before opening the door to practice his staff skills. At first glance, he saw Li Qinglin standing in the courtyard, looking at the flowers. Behind him was a black-clad girl, around twelve or thirteen years old, standing quietly behind him.

Qin Yi was taken aback for a moment, and then he heard Liu Su's voice in his mind, "He has been standing there for a long time and even stopped others from calling you."

"Why didn't you say anything when I was washing up?" Qin Yi couldn't say it out loud, so he put on a smile and greeted Li Qinglin, "How can the Crown Prince wait outside the door?"

Li Qinglin shifted his gaze from the flower bed and smiled at Qin Yi, "Don't talk nonsense. I'm not the Crown Prince yet."

"Almost..." Qin Yi said, "Who else would you be?"

Li Qinglin didn't respond to that. He looked at the wolf-toothed staff in Qin Yi's hand with a strange expression, "You're carrying the wolf-toothed staff early in the morning... Are you practicing?"

Qin Yi blushed and could only say, "You'll see it often in the future. Come in and have a seat?"

Li Qinglin chuckled and walked side by side with him into the room. The little girl followed closely behind.

Qin Yi didn't pay much attention to the girl. It wasn't uncommon for young maidservants in ancient times. But he was genuinely comfortable with Li Qinglin's attitude. He imagined that after Zhuge Liang woke up from his nap in the thatched cottage and saw Liu Bei waiting outside the door, he probably had a similar feeling. He could imagine the feeling of "gratitude and willingness to serve the former emperor" mentioned in the historical records, regardless of how much of it was a show.

However, Qin Yi didn't want to sacrifice his life like Zhuge Liang did.

Lost in thought, a rainbow light suddenly appeared in the corner of the room where the package was placed.

Qin Yi reacted quickly. It was the peach wood sword!

Without considering anything else, the rainbow light moved like lightning and passed by Qin Yi in the blink of an eye, aiming directly at the girl behind him.

The incident happened suddenly, and even Li Qinglin's martial arts couldn't react in time. He instinctively made a blocking motion, but the sword had already whizzed past. The girl behind him quickly retreated, avoiding the rainbow light. The peach wood sword didn't give up and continued to fly towards its target.

The black shadow moved at an extremely fast speed, and Qin Yi could only see the black figure shuttling back and forth. He hadn't paid attention to the girl's appearance before, but now he vaguely saw that she seemed to have opened a pair of black wings under the pursuit of the rainbow light, moving up and down like black lightning.

Qin Yi immediately remembered Li Qinglin's account of the Crown Prince's assassination, "I only saw a black shadow flash by, and then my brother..."

He didn't say anything, just turned to look at Li Qinglin.

Strangely, Li Qinglin didn't say anything either. Instead, he watched with interest as the black shadow and the sword tangled together.

"This is a demon," Qin Yi finally spoke.

"Yes," Li Qinglin answered as if it were a matter of course, leaving Qin Yi speechless.

In the midst of their conversation, the rainbow light of the peach wood sword had already grazed the black shadow. Qin Yi could see a trace of blood on the blade, and a black feather fell to the ground.

The little girl let out a cry and fell to the ground, instinctively covering her head with her wings, closing her eyes as if waiting for death.

A loli... crouching and protecting her head... Qin Yi didn't know what he was thinking for a moment. He instinctively swung his wolf-toothed staff and shouted, "Stop!"

Seemingly unrelated, this action caused the rainbow light of the sword to suddenly stop behind the girl's head and no longer move.

The rainbow light dissipated, revealing the appearance of the peach wood sword. It fell to the ground with a "thud" and bounced twice. Its tragic appearance seemed to be asking Qin Yi, "What are you doing..."

Li Qinglin was still laughing, "Qin Xiong, your way of ending the technique is quite special."

Qin Yi solemnly asked, "Is she your person?"

Li Qinglin replied, "Yes."

"But even when she's about to die, you didn't stop her?"

"I know that Brother Qin cares about my reputation, so I will handle it."

Qin Yi pursed his lips and sighed. It seems like the words weren't said like this... If you remain silent, wouldn't it be normal for me to kill her if I treat her as an assassin disguised as a maid?

He didn't say these things and turned his head to look at the maid. She was indeed just a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, with a very young face. At this moment, she was pale and half-kneeling on the ground, her left hand covering a wound on her right arm. She looked at the peach wood sword on the ground with some fear, as if she was afraid it would move.

She had a pair of black wings on her back, like a cloak, which were currently folded on both sides of her body and not spread out. The black feathers shimmered with a glossy color in the sunlight, with arrow-like tips, very handsome.

There were no monstrous features on her face; she was a very beautiful girl. If one didn't know she was a demon, it wouldn't be a problem to consider her wings as a specially designed cloak. It wasn't uncommon to see people in strange attire on the road, so it wasn't particularly rare. Qin Yi didn't pay any attention to it when he first saw her.

According to Liu Su's theory, she was already a successful Body Transformation demon, which was essentially the same as Ming He's Zither Heart Realm. There might be a significant difference in their small realms, after all, Ming He was almost perfect, while she had just recently achieved Body Transformation.

Regardless of how long she had achieved Body Transformation, it was equivalent to a human's Foundation Building. If it weren't for the constraints of someone like Ming He, she could probably dominate the southern region. No wonder Li Qinglin dared to leave her alone in the mountains... um...

"Brother Li..." Qin Yi looked at the girl's face for a long time before carefully asking, "Won't you introduce her?"

Li Qinglin's thoughts turned quickly, and he suddenly smiled, "It's interesting to see Brother Qin staring at a girl without blinking. It seems you like this age group... How about letting her follow you? After all, you don't have a personal guard by your side."

Liu Su secretly gritted her teeth, "Qin Yi, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person..."

Qin Yi remained expressionless.

"I don't dare to trouble a Body Transformation Stage Great Monster as a guard." Qin Yi said, "It hasn't been long since the incident at Zhang's Village, Brother Li, have you forgotten?"

Li Qinglin smiled, "That's right, she is a demon, and she has also achieved Body Transformation. Her current appearance is natural, and her age is naturally revealed. She's not like Mrs. Zhang, who wore a disguise."

Qin Yi turned to look at Li Qinglin, who remained calm.

"I remember telling you that in many cases, demons don't cause trouble for humans. If humans can use them, why can't demons?" Li Qinglin said, "Ye Ling has taken a blood oath and has always been loyal. I suddenly felt that you and her could get along... But I still advise you, the lesson from Zhang's Village is still fresh in your memory, so it's best not to touch this... even if you have a preference for it."

Qin Yi was speechless and didn't know how to respond to these strange words.

Li Qinglin's nonchalant attitude made it seem like hiding a demon was a very ordinary thing, not worth mentioning at all, and it could even be given as a gift... Yes, ordinary people wouldn't easily associate him raising a demon with assassinating the crown prince. On the surface, there was no connection.

Even if there was a connection, theoretically, it had nothing to do with Qin Yi.

Li Qinglin patted Qin Yi's shoulder and smiled, "Let's go inside and talk. Will another sword suddenly appear?"

Qin Yi shook his head and finally led the two of them into the house. He and Li Qinglin sat facing each other, while the girl in black called "Ye Ling" stood silently behind Li Qinglin, her gaze curiously fixed on Qin Yi, as if she wanted to see if he had any ulterior motives.

Qin Yi remained calm, but he was also feeling anxious. Don't be fooled by this loli appearance... a demon's Body Transformation is equivalent to a human's Foundation Building! She's only slightly weaker than Ming He, who Liu Su praised endlessly! Li Qinglin actually had such a talented person hidden in his house, and he went out to find some useless immortal!

After thinking for a moment, Qin Yi said, "This... Miss Ye Ling, please have a seat."

Ye Ling seemed somewhat surprised by his invitation to sit, her eyes flickered slightly, but she remained quiet, neither answering nor sitting.

"Tsk, a silent loli?" Qin Yi reached out and poured tea from the teapot, ignoring her, and turned to Li Qinglin, "You came to me early in the morning, originally for something else, right?"

Li Qinglin had been looking at Qin Yi with an interesting smile all along. Qin Yi didn't dwell on the fact that he was raising a demon, and even invited the demon to sit, his attitude was very natural, which made him find it interesting.

Perhaps they could have a more open conversation?

(End of this chapter)