This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 201 - 196: Qingqiu [Extra for Alliance Hierarch Orange Eating Orange!]

Chapter 201: Chapter 196: Qingqiu [Extra for Alliance Hierarch Orange Eating Orange!]

After recuperating at home for two days, Liang Yi, fully healed, brought the little fox to the Mystic Bureau to meet with Wu Yangshuo and put forward his request to enter the outer area of the Immortal Dynasty’s Treasure Vault.

"Naturally, you may, but does this mean Young Hero Liang intends to leave?" Wu Yangshuo keenly sensed Liang Yi’s intention.

"Mm, I need to do something for Elder Qing, there’s no delay," Liang Yi slightly nodded, confirming that indeed, he was about to depart.

"Elder Qing, haha, last time that old man Meng San drained all the water from the city’s river, and when it returned, a whole half was missing, which really infuriated Elder Qing."

"What’s more terrifying is, the entire river was boiled by the spirit of the Vermilion Bird, hahaha!" Wu Yangshuo recalled the incident and laughed so hard his stomach hurt, not knowing how many people in Qingliang City used it as post-dinner conversation fodder.

"How’s Senior Meng San? He’s all right, isn’t he?" Liang Yi had a fairly deep impression of that haughty old man.

"What could happen to him? Even though all his bones were shattered and his face was so burned by the Vermilion Bird that I could barely recognize him, he was still breathing. He’s now receiving treatment from Elder Gu and Elder Wen. As long as he’s not dead, he can always be healed."

"According to that youngster Meng San, he says once his injuries are healed, all he needs is a brief period of seclusion to take that next step."

Wu Yangshuo’s tone carried a bit of envy; after all, they had all been progressing more or less at the same pace, so how did this old fellow suddenly overtake them?

The little fox by their side couldn’t help but roll her eyes at Wu Yangshuo; others are close to reaching the Seventh Realm while you’re not hurrying to practice cultivation, yet you still have the face to laugh here.

Of course, Wu Yangshuo saw the little fox’s eye-roll, but he wouldn’t stoop to argue with a mere half-demon of the First Realm.

"Then, Young Hero Liang, please follow me. I’ll take you to the Treasure Vault."

After Wu Yangshuo gave a few brief instructions to his subordinates, he led Liang Yi towards the Imperial Palace.

"Speaking of which, on the second day after Young Hero Liang fell unconscious, all those Abnormal People turned into white light and vanished, truly a wonder."

Wu Yangshuo thought back to the sky filled with white light, still shaking his head in bafflement.

That burst of white light was noticed by all the cultivators in Qingliang City, but not a single one understood what was going on. The head of the Bureau even asked Emperor Zhou during the court meeting, but His Majesty only made a brief comment to ignore it, and said no more.

"Maybe it was just the end of an episode of the Heavenly Dao’s anomaly?" Liang Yi knew the reason, but couldn’t exactly say it, so he casually brushed it off.

"The records of Heavenly Dao anomalies usually last for a long time. One recorded instance is when certain deadly forbidden zones appeared on the continent, and another is when massive mirages of sea cities appeared. Both instances lasted for a long time without exception, and now this one lasted only a few months?" Wu Yangshuo was perplexed, but those were accounts from ancient texts, and no one knew the real situation.

"Perhaps it’s temporarily over? Maybe in a few months, these Abnormal People will reappear," Liang Yi said ambiguously.

"Haha, that could be," Wu Yangshuo agreed, mentioning it in passing without placing much importance on the matter.

On their way to the Imperial Palace, Liang Yi felt as if the battle had no impact on Qingliang City at all; the people of Qingliang were going about their business as usual.

Even the houses that Senior Meng San had knocked down were repaired within a week, showing no signs of damage.

"The people of Qingliang have seen the world; what’s a battle to them?" Wu Yangshuo said proudly, after all, the Xuanzhou Immortal Dynasty was founded through warfare, and the blood of its people flowed with a martial spirit.

Liang Yi, however, was lost in thought and passed the candied haw he was holding to the little Yue Bai by his side.

Just now, upon seeing an old man selling candied haws on the street, he bought a skewer subconsciously. But after buying them, he realized that his snacking junior sister wasn’t with him.

Yue Bai became slightly melancholic as she took the candied haws, missing the days of sharing them with Sister Su.

Wu Yangshuo, noting the shift in mood of the two beside him, also gave a soft sigh and focused on leading the way in silence.

The Imperial Palace was so vast it left the little fox behind Liang Yi dizzy; she always came here following Sister Chu, but this time it was as if she’d entered a whole new world, completely unclear about which way was which.

Wu Yangshuo seemed very familiar with the palace maids, as many greeted him amicably. However, the little fox couldn’t help but feel that the maids’ eyes were all firmly fixed on her master.

The little fox was so irritated that she wanted to lie on her master’s face to keep other women from looking at him.

Whenever Sister Su wasn’t by master’s side, all sorts of demons and spirits would try to take advantage of him.

Wu Yangshuo was also puzzled, when had he become so well-known in the palace?

Through twists and turns, the trio had already passed numerous pavilions and towers, now standing before a hundred-foot tall vermillion door.

"By imperial command, I am to bring Taoist Sect’s Liang Yi into the Treasure Vault. This is the decree."

Wu Yangshuo took out a scroll made of special parchment from his ring and handed it over to the unguarded door.

The little fox’s eyes were full of curiosity as she stared at Wu Yangshuo, not knowing who he was talking to.

Liang Yi seemed to have noticed something, his gaze shifting to the vermillion door.

The vermillion door, which was previously motionless, reacted upon Wu Yangshuo presenting the scroll.

Ripples that resembled waves appeared on the door, as if the wooden door had turned into the surface of a lake.

"Yawn..."

A lazy and deep voice suddenly arose, echoing around, startling the little fox so much that the fur on her tail poofed up.

When Liang Yi looked up again, a beastly face had appeared on the door without warning, its gaze fixated on the three people standing before it.

The beastly face resembled a lion but wasn’t quite one, exuding a majestic aura and evident righteousness.

The mythical beast opened its mouth wide, and the decree in Wu Yangshuo’s hand seemed to be pulled in as if by a force.

"Gulp."

The beastly face chewed three or four times before swallowing the decree down, an expression of contentment on its face.

"This taste, it’s the Emperor’s decree alright. Then, you must be Liang Yi?" The mythical beast’s eyes, large as lanterns, turned and focused on the young boy in the center.

The little fox drooped her tail and timidly hid behind Liang Yi, not daring to even show her ears.

With a mouth as big as the mythic beast’s, she feared she could be eaten up in one bite.

"Oh? This little fox’s bloodline is quite interesting. Where did you catch her from? Aren’t you afraid of Qingqiu knocking on your door?"

The mythical beast glanced at the little fox, curious as to why a Qingqiu bloodline fox would follow a human.

"The senior can see the little fox’s bloodline?" Liang Yi pulled the trembling little fox out from behind him and bowed to the beastly face in the door.

"Whimper." The little fox, once pulled out, closed her eyes in terror.

"Foxes from Qingqiu Mountain, eh? I could smell them from eight hundred miles away." The mythical beast looked down with an imperious gaze. Those Qingqiu foxes had tried to trick him with Daoist Skill to create a female Pi Xiu to confuse him into stealing a treasure from his vault.

But since when did treasures smell better than a female Pi Xiu?

Illusion Technique was useless against a naturally-born auspicious beast like him. He had driven those foxes away with a random swing of his paws, even warning them to not covet his treasures in the future.

However, he hadn’t seen a Qingqiu fox for countless years since then. Although the bloodline of the fox today was not pure, she was unmistakably of Qingqiu heritage.