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Chapter 246 The Gentle Trap of the Heavenly Demon Young Master
Lin Miaoyin did not respond immediately.
Her slender fingers rested on the neck of the pipa.
I gently ran my fingertips along the broken edge of the string, feeling the faint texture of the rough wood.
The spiritual energy that had just broken through to the late stage of Core Formation circulated through the meridians for a full cycle.
Like an awakened ice snake, it gathers from the fingertips to the palm.
"Since the young master says he has been waiting for a long time, he probably doesn't mind waiting a little longer."
Her voice was cold and steady.
His gaze swept over the sturdy body beneath the opponent's black and gold armor, quickly assessing the difference in combat strength between the two sides.
Late-stage Core Formation versus peak late-stage Core Formation.
It's a whole minor realm difference.
A direct confrontation is the worst possible strategy.
The young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect tilted his head, a playful smile appearing on his handsome, almost demonic face.
He didn't approach, nor did he release even a trace of demonic energy to suppress him.
He simply stood with his arms crossed atop the pile of monster remains, looking down at the renowned Holy Maiden of the Joyful Union Sect.
"Is Her Highness nervous?"
"You've been hiding and developing your strength in these nameless ruins all day long."
"I saw it all: I killed demons and monsters and also dealt with a few lackeys of the righteous path."
He held up one finger, his tone now tinged with admiration.
"Do not be greedy for credit, do not act rashly, and leave no trace after killing people."
"Your character is unmatched by any of your peers in the entire historical site."
Lin Miaoyin's pupils contracted slightly for a moment.
He saw it all.
This statement implies that her every move in the ruins was under surveillance.
This includes the ambushes and cleanup operations that she thought were perfectly concealed.
A thin layer of sweat seeped from her back, but her expression remained unchanged.
"Young Master has been following a lone woman for so many days; it might not sound good if word got out."
Upon hearing this, the young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect burst into laughter.
Laughter echoed through the empty ruins, causing rubble to fall from the cracks overhead.
Halfway through his laughter, he suddenly suppressed the suffocating, violent demonic energy emanating from his body.
It's like a ferocious beast with a gaping maw that voluntarily retracts its fangs in front of its prey, revealing only a set of neat white teeth.
"Your Highness has misunderstood."
He leaped from the high platform, his black and gold armor making a crisp metallic sound in mid-air, and landed steadily fifteen feet away from Lin Miaoyin.
"My words about 'the complete you' were not meant to be frivolous."
He stretched out his right hand, his five fingers spread out towards Lin Miaoyin, and a wisp of extremely pure Heavenly Demon True Qi surged from his palm.
The trajectory of that true energy and the energy flow of the Heavenly Demon Dance technique within Lin Miaoyin's body presented a strange mirror symmetry.
"The highest pure Yin cultivation method of the Hehuan Sect and the supreme mental cultivation method of my Heavenly Demon Sect are, in essence, from the same school."
He spoke slowly, enunciating each word clearly and firmly.
"The only person in the entire ruins who can join forces with me is you."
"What do you mean?"
Lin Miaoyin's tone did not soften.
But his center of gravity shifted slightly backward from the pipa, changing from a desperate stance to a listening stance.
The young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect noticed this change, and the smile on his lips widened even further.
"Seventy miles ahead lies an ancient demon lord's hidden medicinal garden, sealed for thousands of years, called 'Nine Nether Cold Spring Garden'."
"The seal at the entrance to the medicine garden requires the simultaneous infusion of both the supreme yang and pure yin energies of the Heavenly Demon to be opened."
He spread his hands, making an open and honest gesture.
"I have Yang energy, you have Yin energy, neither can be lacking."
"That's why I've followed you for so many days. It's not because I'm attracted to your beauty, but because I'm attracted to your spiritual power."
Lin Miaoyin stared into his eyes for three breaths.
Those dark pupils showed no flickering, no evasion, and were so open and honest that there was not a single flaw.
She sneered inwardly.
This very openness is its biggest weakness.
"What's in the herb garden?"
"The core fragment of the Heavenly Demon inheritance, and at least three thousand-year-old pure Yin spiritual plants."
The young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect spoke extremely quickly when announcing the names, giving her no time to think.
"We each take what we need; the remaining scrolls of the inheritance are mine, and all the spiritual plants are yours."
"all?"
"all."
"Young Master is being far too generous."
Lin Miaoyin's lips curled up slightly, and her phoenix eyes held a cold scrutiny.
"The thousand-year-old pure yin spiritual plant is like a chicken rib to our Heavenly Demon Sect."
"But for your Hehuan Sect's cultivation techniques, that's priceless."
As he spoke, the young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect took out a beast skin contract covered with dark red blood patterns from his bosom.
After spinning it twice between his fingers, he tossed it into the air.
The animal skin contract floated between the two, its surface covered with dense patterns of the laws of heaven and earth.
"The blood oath between Heaven and Earth is binding; those who break it will have their Dao heart shattered and their cultivation completely destroyed."
He stepped back ten paces, stood still at a distance, put his hands behind his back, and remained composed.
"Your Highness, please take your time reading this before making a decision."
Lin Miaoyin raised her hand and brought the animal skin contract in front of her, scanning the terms word by word.
The terms are indeed ridiculously generous.
All the pure Yin spiritual plants obtained from the medicinal garden belong to the Holy Maiden of the Hehuan Sect.
The Heavenly Demon Sect only takes the incomplete scrolls of its inheritance and the relics of the Demon Lord.
During the cooperation, neither party may use lethal moves against the other, nor may they try to uncover the core of the other's martial arts techniques.
Those who violate the laws of heaven and earth will be punished, and their Dao heart will be shattered.
Can't fault it.
It's so perfect it's unsettling.
After reading the contract, Lin Miaoyin folded the animal hide and slowly put it into her storage bag.
Her long fingernails tapped lightly twice on the strings of the pipa.
"The conditions offered by the young master are hard for me to refuse."
"Then don't refuse."
The young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect smiled sincerely, like a pure businessman discussing a win-win deal.
Lin Miaoyin was silent for a moment, then nodded.
"Then it's a pleasure to cooperate."
The two traveled north together.
The young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect walked ahead, his pace neither hurried nor slow.
The edges of the black and gold cloak fluttered in the breeze blowing through the rock face.
Lin Miaoyin lagged behind him by three zhang, maintaining a safe distance from which she could instantly summon her pipa.
Her phoenix eyes, hidden in the shadows of her disheveled hair, never left the young master's back.
The collaboration proceeded smoothly without any major incidents.
One evening, they encountered six rock python demonic beasts at the early stage of Core Formation.
Without a word, the young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect rushed forward, and the demonic runes on his black and gold armor lit up wildly.
With a single punch, he smashed the head of the leading rock python into dust, then slew four more, leaving the last one for Lin Miaoyin to practice on.
From beginning to end, not a single drop of the rock python's venom landed on Lin Miaoyin's skirt.
One morning, a broken ancient formation blocked their way.
After studying it for the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, the young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect chose to use his own body to withstand the backlash from the formation's trial and error, and forcibly carved out a safe passage.
He was shaken by the aftershocks of the formation, causing blood to trickle from the corner of his mouth. He simply wiped it away and smiled as he told Lin Miaoyin that it was nothing serious.
One day at noon, eight stragglers from the Taihua Sword Sect rushed out from behind a ruined wall.
The righteous cultivators recognized Lin Miaoyin's Hehuan Sect attire and, shouting to eliminate demons and defend the righteous path, began to surround and attack her.
The young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect and Lin Miaoyin cooperated seamlessly.
He crushed the three's sword formation with his savage demonic energy, tearing a gap in it.
Lin Miaoyin plucked the broken strings of the pipa from behind, and an invisible blade of sound pierced through the gap, precisely severing the throats of the remaining five people.
The eight corpses fell to the ground within thirty breaths, without a single drop of blood splashing onto Lin Miaoyin's sleeve.
When the spoils of war were distributed after the battle, the young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect pushed all the recovery pills and high-level spirit stones he had looted in front of Lin Miaoyin.
"You've just broken through, and your foundation is unstable. You need these things more than I do."
His tone was as natural as if he were instructing an old friend who had fought alongside him.
Looking at the pile of pills radiating spiritual energy in front of her, Lin Miaoyin smiled a perfectly appropriate expression of gratitude.
"Thank you, young master."