After being reborn, the cannon fodder junior sister quickly left the sect.

Chapter 69 Demon

Lin Ji continued, "I'm very confident in my ability to conceal my presence. No one but you could detect me. So, how did you find out?"

At that moment, Su Luo's mind raced. She tentatively asked, "If I answer you, will you let us go?"

"Don't worry, I didn't kill them, and I won't do anything to you. I just want to ask you some questions. If your answers satisfy me, I'll let you go."

Su Luo breathed a slight sigh of relief.

This person didn't kill anyone, nor was he trying to capture her; it seems he's not Ancestor Lingya...

After feeling slightly relieved, Su Luo couldn't help but feel anxious again, because she couldn't explain the feeling of being pricked by needles. She bit her lip and carefully said, "You may not believe me, but I've always had very sharp senses, especially when it comes to eyesight, so I was able to notice your gaze just now."

"I see... sensitive to visual cues..."

Is that why I was able to notice him?

Lin Ji seemed to be deep in thought. Seeing the girl constantly breaking out in a cold sweat, he suddenly felt uneasy. "Are you afraid of me?"

Su Luo: ……

That's a fatal problem!

How was she supposed to answer that? If she answered yes, the other person might kill her out of anger; if she answered no, the other person might think she was lying and kill her too! She was caught in a dilemma!

Lin Ji got annoyed, grabbed Su Luo's hands tightly with one hand and raised them high, while reaching out with the other hand to pinch her chin slightly and command, "Answer me!"

Su Luo took a deep breath and chose to tell the truth: "Senior suddenly appeared and attacked the others, and then grabbed me and wouldn't let go. It happened so suddenly, I couldn't see your face, I didn't know who you were, and I didn't know your purpose, so I was indeed a little scared..."

Lin Ji was taken aback by this reason. Su immediately loosened her grip, allowing Su Luo to break free.

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you...and I won't go on a killing spree..."

He didn't like the way Su Luo was afraid of him. He liked it when Su Luo smiled at him, cared about him, and only had him in her heart and eyes!

Lin Ji thought for a moment, and to put Su Luo at ease, he told her about his other identity, "Although I can't let you see what I look like right now, to put your mind at ease... I can tell you a secret."

"……what?"

"I'll only tell you this secret." Lin Ji's lips curled up, his eyes instantly turning blood red, and he said, word by word, "I am the Heavenly Demon."

"!"

Su Luo suddenly raised her face, her mind blank and buzzing.

The Heavenly Demon? The Heavenly Demon! Is it the Heavenly Demon she knows?! That villain from the novel?! That madman?! Why did he also come to the human realm after leaving the Heavenly One Sect?!

Seeing the girl speechless with shock, Lin Ji thought maliciously, "If you knew that I, the Heavenly Demon, had been hiding by your side all along, you'd probably faint from fright, wouldn't you?"

Of course, he wouldn't say.

At this moment, Su Luo was ice-cold all over and her face was pale. She was so shocked that she didn't know what to say.

Lin Ji's lips drew close to her ear, his tone alluring yet laced with a warning: "I've only told you this secret, so don't tell anyone else, or if I come looking for you again..."

Su Luo's expression froze, and she felt goosebumps all over her body, with a chill running down her spine.

"There will be a next time?! I'd rather die than do that!"

Su Luo screamed inwardly, but suddenly felt the man's slender fingers brush past her temples, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear, and her body stiffened like a stone again.

With a cryptic chuckle from the other party, a chilling wind blew, and the demon's aura vanished without a trace.

Su Luo could only vaguely detect a faint, somewhat familiar, lingering fragrance...

Time passed second by second. When Chu Wenqing woke up on the stone steps, he found that the stone door had been opened again, and the light from outside was gradually seeping into the water prison.

"How did I faint? Ouch! My head hurts so much!"

He froze for a moment, then clutched his head and scrambled to his feet, nearly kicking Su Luo who was standing stiffly beside him. He exclaimed, "Su Luo?!"

Su Luo turned to look at him, her face pale. She swayed and almost fell, startling Chu Wenqing. He quickly caught her, "Oh dear, what's wrong?!"

Su Luo held Chu Wenqing's hand and smiled bitterly.

She couldn't tell anyone that she had single-handedly confronted the Heavenly Demon, the ultimate boss in the novel...

As Chu Wenqing asked, he also looked around, "By the way, where are the people who attacked us?!"

As a result, he didn't see the attacker; he only saw Feng Xiyue, who had fainted against the wall on the right, and a group of cultivators lying haphazardly below.

Su Luo lowered her eyes. "The attackers are gone, and everyone is fine."

"Huh? That person just left like that? So kind?"

Su Luo's lips twitched. Kindness? There are probably more kind people in the whole world than that person!

She didn't want to say much; she just felt weak all over and dizzy. So she patted Chu Wenqing and said, "It's up to you now."

After saying that, she could no longer hold on and fainted.

After all, no matter how strong Su Luo's heart was, it couldn't withstand her directly confronting the Heavenly Demon and managing to survive until someone woke up. She fainted first as a sign of respect!

Su Luo was dreaming again.

In her dream, she saw a boy whose face she couldn't make out crawling out of a cave, covered in bruises.

The boy numbly crawled out of the cave, and before long, he saw laughter and cheerful voices in the distance. The spring breeze was gentle, the scenery was enchanting, and the boys and girls, dressed in beautiful clothes, laughed and played, full of innocent naivety.

He was taken aback, then instinctively hid behind the bushes, watching everything unfold. After a moment of stunned silence, a look of confusion slowly appeared in his eyes.

After a long pause, he murmured, "This isn't fair..."

Why is it that while he suffers daily from torture, these people can play carefree outside? Why is it that he is the only one locked up alone in the cave, while these people all have someone to keep them company? Why!

You have it, I have it. I don't have it, and neither do you. That's fairness, that's true fairness. Only he doesn't have it! That's not fair! That's not fair! That's not fair!

Why is this world so unfair to him?! What is the point of such an unfair world?! Since it has no meaning, might as well destroy it...

In that case, there will be no one in this world whom he would ever feel envious or jealous of...

The boy's hands, hanging limply at his sides, trembled uncontrollably. But slowly, his hands stopped trembling, and he slowly raised his head to look at the distance. At that moment, his dark eyes turned blood red, as terrifying as an abyss.

He murmured, "Yes, just destroy everything... that way, everyone will be fair..."

"Ho!"

Su Luo woke up with a start, gasping for breath, cold sweat pouring down her face, the ominous red eyes still lingering in her mind.

Red eyes! Only the Heavenly Demon has those signature red eyes! She actually dreamed of the Heavenly Demon! How could she dream of the Heavenly Demon?!

Su Luo was puzzled when suddenly a cold hand grabbed her, startling her so much that she screamed reflexively.

"Ahhh!"

"Su Luo! What's wrong with you?" Lin Ji looked at her blankly, holding her hand tightly.

"It is you……"

Once she saw the person in front of her clearly, Su Luo realized that she had exaggerated a bit and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's nothing, I just had a nightmare..."

"A nightmare?" The boy leaned closer, his dark eyes flashing. "What did you dream about?"

What exactly did Su Luo dream about that caused her so much pain and distress, and why was she still so afraid after waking up?

Su Luo couldn't say, so she casually brushed it off with "I can't remember."

Lin Ji was unwilling to give up and wanted to ask again.

Just then, the door was hurriedly pushed open, and Feng Xiyue and another person walked in. He had no choice but to let go of her hand, get up, and stand quietly to the side.

"Su Luo, you're awake?"

Seeing Su Luo sit up, Feng Xiyue happily ran over, and Su Luo smiled and nodded at her.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Chu Wenqing's focus was different: "What happened to you?! Why were you screaming so pitifully just now?"

Su Luo lowered her eyes, "I suddenly had a nightmare and was scared."

Chu Wenqing: "Tsk tsk..." Su Luo is too weak, she was actually scared by a nightmare like that.

Su Luo guessed what he was thinking, rolled her eyes at him, and then asked about her condition after she fell unconscious.

Chu Wenqing told her that Qin Lao and the others were all fine and were in the village looking into the situation, and that they would do their best to help the villagers.

The giant crystal python was gradually dealt with by the cultivators who arrived later.

As for those two cultivators...

Chu Wenqing paused for a moment, and for Su Luo's mental well-being, he didn't reveal the gruesome deaths of the two men. He simply said, "The cultivators who stayed upstairs to guard them were knocked unconscious. When they woke up, they found both men dead. So, we're all suspecting that someone hiding in the shadows did it..."

Lin Ji glanced at him sideways, a barely perceptible smile playing on his lips.

Feng Xiyue crossed her arms and snorted coldly, "Good riddance! A truly satisfying end!"

Chu Wenqing smiled bitterly.

It's true that he died a good death, but the way that short guy died was too horrifying! His eyes were gouged out, his tongue was pulled out, and even his hands were chopped off. He was turned into a human pig. Before he died, he looked like he was frightened by something terrifying, with his face twisted and ferocious.

Thinking of this, Chu Wenqing subconsciously covered her mouth, "Ugh..."

Su Luo was taken aback upon hearing this.

Could it be that the Heavenly Demon killed them? Why?

Su Luo couldn't guess what the other person was thinking, and then suddenly remembered what had just happened in her dream, and pondered for a while.

Finally, she gave up due to a splitting headache.

Oh well, at least the ending was good! They're all safe and sound, the matter is resolved, and those two scumbags getting killed is a relief for them.

Although it's unclear why that demon came here, he said he wouldn't indiscriminately kill the people here, so it's unlikely he would. After all, major villains in novels usually don't go back on their word!