Asked About The World Of Mortals

Chapter 48: Ye Ling in Their Eyes

When Li Qinglin led his army to besiege Changsheng Temple, Qin Yi had just been attacked. The two places were theoretically not far apart, and Changsheng Temple was not far from the palace. However, in terms of the so-called "not far" in the capital city, it was almost the distance of a county from east to west. The attacks from both sides were happening almost simultaneously, but they were unaware of each other.

It was only when the Immortal Ascension Platform was engulfed in flames that Qin Yi was on his way from the Princess's Mansion to the Crown Prince's Mansion.

Seeing the distant fire, Qin Yi paused for a moment, and suddenly everything became clear in his mind.

"Big Brother-in-law is truly an amazing teammate!" He let out a sigh of relief and smiled at Liu Su.

Liu Su responded calmly with a "Hmm." Li Qinglin was such a reliable collaborator that it made Liu Su feel somewhat indifferent—like there was no more excitement to be had.

At this moment, Qin Yi even had a thought... If Wang Zhan saw this fire, he would definitely flee the city... The Crown Prince's Mansion should theoretically not be very dangerous at this time. Shouldn't I find a way to delay Wang Zhan and let him die in Nanli?

But this thought only flashed through his mind. When faced with the choice between the two, he couldn't suppress his concern for Li Qingjun and flew back to the mansion.

Ye Ling's injuries had not yet healed, and if a Body Transformation Stage Great Monster appeared, they would still be in danger.

The Wooden Sword Formation was lifeless and unable to move. If the two sisters stayed in the safe zone at the center of the formation, they would naturally be safe. The problem was that the enemy's target might not necessarily be them. If they were to wreak havoc elsewhere, such as capturing Li Qinglin's family, Li Qingjun would definitely be unable to resist the urge to leave the formation and rescue them.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be Li Qingjun.

............

The two Body Transformation Stage Great Monsters that appeared at the Crown Prince's Mansion were not just one, but two. When Ming He activated the Seven Star Formation, they happened to be outside its range and narrowly escaped disaster, becoming Donghua Zi's last main force.

One was an eagle demon, the other a wolf demon, both of them having completed their Body Transformation and truly resembling human men. However, one had a prominent hooked nose that had become a real hook, while the other still had fangs and a lot of gray fur on his face.

Hmm... Actually, it was a bit difficult for them to disguise themselves as humans, because it was hard to find humans as ugly as them...

It was obvious that both of them were in the early stage of Body Transformation, but it was already quite impressive. If they were two Foundation Building cultivators who were well-versed in various high-level techniques, they could easily turn the whole Nanli upside down with their cooperation, let alone just the Crown Prince's Mansion.

Fortunately, these two were similar to Ye Ling and hadn't learned anything decent. If they were to be sent to face thousands of troops, especially with Li Qinglin, an Innate war general, leading the charge, they would indeed be unable to make much of an impact. But if they were used to raid the Crown Prince's Mansion and hold Li Qinglin's family hostage, no one would be able to stop them.

If they could force Li Qinglin to retreat, it was still uncertain who would come out on top.

Donghua Zi's on-the-spot decision couldn't be said to be wrong.

The two demons flew through the air, but before they reached the inner courtyard, hundreds of crossbows were hidden somewhere, and they all fired at the two demons in unison.

The eagle demon let out a fierce laugh and waved his right hand, causing a strong wind to blow, scattering the hundreds of arrows.

"If it were a volley of ten thousand arrows, it might be a bit troublesome. But with just a few hundred arrows, it's like scratching an itch for me, the Eagle Lord."

The eagle demon spread his arms, and a huge wing shadow appeared as he swooped down.

The wolf demon shot forward, reaching the courtyard gate in an instant.

Both of them were famous for their speed... but they didn't expect that there was someone even faster than them.

A black light flashed, and two black feathers shot out like lightning, directly aiming for the throats of the two demons. The speed was so fast that it created a piercing whistling sound as if the air was being torn apart.

The two demons abruptly stopped their movements, narrowly avoiding the attack. They turned their heads and saw Ye Ling's small figure chasing after them at high speed, with Li Qingjun not far behind, holding a silver spear and rushing towards them with all her might.

Qin Yi guessed correctly. Almost as soon as she saw the demons flying towards the inner courtyard, Li Qingjun rushed out with the silver spear. Ye Ling had no choice but to catch up. Her speed was famous, so she ended up ahead of Li Qingjun.

"Princess Zhaoyang..." The wolf demon saw Li Qingjun behind Ye Ling and chuckled, "Capturing her would be more useful than capturing Li Qinglin's wife, wouldn't it?"

The eagle demon agreed, "Li Qinglin is the kind of person who can remarry even if his wife dies. What's the use of capturing his family? Princess Zhaoyang can at least coerce that Qin Yi..."

The two demons shared the same opinion and no longer entered the inner courtyard. Their gazes fell on Ye Ling at the same time.

It's easy to catch Li Qingjun, this little girl is just troublesome.

"The little snake that escaped from the demon refining array..." The expressions of the two demons were quite solemn.

They have experienced the taste of the demon refining array.

Donghua Zi had left a backdoor in the demon transformation miasma. Whenever a monster born from the miasma reached the peak of Spirit Communication and condensed its Beast Core, it would feel a spiritual calling and enter the demon refining array in a dazed state. Then it would be refined to the point of being worse than death, with its Beast Core forcibly extracted. The indescribable pain was beyond words.

They all kneeled and begged for mercy from Donghua Zi because they couldn't bear the pain, and they made a blood oath to submit to him as part of the Monster Race. Later, they had another opportunity to break through the Body Transformation stage.

There were many more monsters like them who had reached the peak of Spirit Communication, but they didn't even have the strength to beg for mercy and were refined alive. They had seen too much of that.

Except for one exception.

A little snake with wings actually broke through the Body Transformation stage in the extreme pain of the demon refining array, broke the array, and disappeared in a flash of black lightning before anyone could react.

On the day of the prince's assassination, when the prince's guards mentioned "a flash of black light," everyone in Changsheng Temple knew who the killer would be.

It was a terrifying Great Monster that had broken through itself in extreme pain, with a resilience and endurance far surpassing its peers.

The memories flashed by, and Ye Ling had already arrived in front of them, scolding with hands on hips, "You two ugly freaks, blah blah blah~"

"???" The two demons' expressions were wooden.

Terrifying... Great Monster?

Is something wrong?

While speaking, Li Qingjun also arrived in front of them and joined in the mockery, "You both have reached the Body Transformation stage, so why is Ye Ling so beautiful and you two so ugly? I think you should go back to that demon refining array and refine yourselves again. It's too embarrassing, no, too disgraceful for monsters."

The Monster Qi of the two demons was steaming from their seven orifices.

Ye Ling seemed to be doing a cross talk routine and continued, "Anyway, they have already been disgraced enough. Princess, you don't know, they kneeled and kowtowed to Donghua Zi, wishing to call him grandpa, tsk tsk..."

The wolf demon couldn't help but speak loudly, "Didn't you make a blood oath to Li Qinglin? Otherwise, how could he trust you?"

"It's resolved." Ye Ling smiled mischievously, "If His Highness wants to transfer me to Qin Yi, it's resolved. And Qin Yi didn't even ask me to make an oath. I am a free monster. Are you jealous or not?"

Honestly, they were really jealous. Who would want to bear a blood oath, serving others like a slave, and if the master died, they would die too. Who could bear that?

Now there was a way to be released. Donghua Zi was currently in trouble, so if they captured Li Qingjun and brought her back, there would be a great opportunity to have Donghua Zi release the blood oath.

The eyes of the two demons were fixed on Li Qingjun, revealing a fierce light.

Li Qingjun remained calm, her white wrist trembling as she lightly pointed her silver spear.

She knew she couldn't match the speed of these monsters, and it was no longer possible to lure them back to the array. Qin Yi's carefully arranged sword formation had completely lost its meaning.

But she had no regrets.

If she selfishly hid in the array and watched her brother's family get into trouble, she wouldn't be Li Qingjun.

Ye Ling sighed like a little adult and gave up on the idea of continuing to waste time with idle talk.

The Changsheng Temple was already ablaze, and these two monsters weren't so foolish as to be delayed by a few meaningless words.

They would have to fight eventually.

Ye Ling's eyes suddenly became somewhat fierce, her small hand flipped over, and a black flame appeared strangely.

Winged Serpent, the fire god, resides in the Snake sign, causing fear and terror, a fierce general.

(End of this chapter)