Chapter 44: The Luminous Pavilion

Mu Yunqing’s face showed a hint of worry. He glanced at Su Jiu, then at Cang Qianxue, his eyes filled with hope, “Master Uncle, did you find a cure for the poison this time?”

Cang Qianxue sighed softly and shook his head slightly, “It’s not exactly a cure, but at least it’s a clue, compared to being clueless.”

He changed the subject and asked, “Have you ever heard of the Luminous Pavilion in the demon realm’s Wanxiang City?”

Qi Chaoye’s eyelashes trembled slightly, but he didn’t say anything. He just listened quietly to Cang Qianxue.

“I went to the demon realm this time, and the demon king told me that there is a spiritual spring in the Luminous Pavilion that can cure all poisons in the world. Perhaps it can help with this ‘Three-Day Red Face’ poison. But I heard that only those who are destined can enter the Luminous Pavilion. I inquired in Wanxiang City for a few days, but I couldn’t find the entrance. Perhaps Su Jiu has to go there herself to see.”

Cang Qianxue looked at Su Jiu, seeing that the girl was looking at him in a daze, with a hint of worry in her eyes.

“What if I can’t find it either?”

Su Jiu muttered, she had never heard of this so-called “Luminous Pavilion” in the original text.

Cang Qianxue heard her thoughts and fell silent for a moment.

He had thought that Su Jiu might know something.

As they stood in silence, Shen Wangchen’s voice was exceptionally calm, “Turn the demon realm upside down, I don’t believe we can’t find it.”

Cang Qianxue looked at him intently, seeing that Shen Wangchen was calm and collected, not joking at all. After a while, she couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Your Master is right.” She looked at Su Jiu, walked over slowly, and patted her head gently, like she was coaxing a child, “Don’t worry, you have Master Uncle and your Master.”

With the strength of these two powerful beings, there was really nothing in the three realms that could stop them.

Su Jiu felt a little relieved.

Having decided that Su Jiu would go to the demon realm, they discussed who would accompany her.

Cang Qianxue pointed to Mu Yunqing.

“I need to investigate the Demon Sealing Array recently, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to spare the time. Just so happens, the clue to the second half of the elixir formula is in the current Li Dynasty. Little Yunqing, you were once the crown prince of the Li Dynasty, and the current emperor of the Li Dynasty is your brother. You should be most familiar with that place. So, please, accompany little Su Jiu on a trip, how about that?”

Mu Yunqing naturally wouldn’t refuse.

“Anything related to Junior Sister, I would be honored to do it.” Mu Yunqing said warmly, “Please rest assured, Master and Master Uncle, I will definitely protect Junior Sister.”

Shen Wangchen responded faintly, his gaze falling on Su Jiu. He seemed to want to say something, but he stared at her for a long time without uttering a word.

Su Jiu, however, was quite considerate and moved closer to him, softly calling out, “Master.”

The coldness in Shen Wangchen’s brows and eyes melted away, and a hint of warmth appeared in his glassy eyes. His cold fingers gently stroked her delicate brows and eyes, his voice was cold, but his tone was exceptionally gentle, “If you encounter danger, crush this jade pendant.”

He lowered his head and placed a palm-sized jade pendant around Su Jiu’s waist. He looked up at her again, and after a while, he said softly, “Go with your Senior Brother.”

Su Jiu nodded.

For some reason, she felt that Master was a little strange today.

He said to go, but one hand was still holding her sash.

Su Jiu shifted slightly, feeling a little awkward.

“Master…”

[No, you have to let go of my sash first!]

Shen Wangchen’s fingertips loosened slightly.

He naturally felt a little strange himself.

Before this, Su Jiu had gone on many trips, and although he felt a little reluctant and worried about her, he could let go of her well and let her go to train herself.

But since a few days ago, when he saw Su Jiu being pressed down and kissed by Mo Lin, on his bed…

In the past few days, Su Jiu’s figure had been constantly flashing before his eyes.

She was lying on his bed, her eyes filled with mist, her brows and eyes damp.

Not just during the day.

But also at night…

Suppressing those chaotic thoughts, Shen Wangchen forced himself to let go of her hand, turned his back on her, and no longer looked at her.

“Go.”

Su Jiu saluted, then said goodbye to Cang Qianxue, and then walked out with Mu Yunqing side by side.

Cang Qianxue, Shen Wangchen, and Qi Chaoye were left in the hall.

Shen Wangchen quickly regained his composure.

Now that the demon realm had begun to act, Qi Chaoye, as a demon, was the key to figuring out his attitude and how he would handle this matter.

There wasn’t much time for him to ponder those strange and unusual feelings in his heart.

Unfortunately, Qi Chaoye was always good at evading questions, even now, he still had a smiling attitude. Shen Wangchen and Cang Qianxue couldn’t probe anything out of him, fearing that they would make him suspicious and harm Su Jiu, so they had to let him leave first.

As soon as Qi Chaoye left Undao Hall, the smile on his face quickly disappeared.

On that flamboyant and dazzling face, a coldness appeared, as if he didn’t care about anything.

Perhaps, his identity had been exposed.

Qi Chaoye thought casually.

It should be Su Jiu, if he wasn’t mistaken.

This unremarkable little junior sister, who he hadn’t even paid attention to before.

Qi Chaoye clenched the Hundred Sparrow Immortal in his hand, a hint of killing intent flashed in his fox-like eyes, then quickly disappeared.

Su Jiu, perhaps, was more interesting than he had imagined.

She seemed to know more than he expected.

Since that was the case, she would have to stay in the demon realm for a few more days.

It took Mu Yunqing and Su Jiu three days to travel from Qian Yuan Sect to the border of the demon realm.

They had reached the Mist Forest outside Wanxiang City in the demon realm. After passing through this forest, they would reach Wanxiang City.

A few days ago, clues about the entrance to the Luminous Pavilion suddenly appeared in the city. It was said that the Luminous Pavilion, which was like a mirage, had appeared in Wanxiang City, and it would receive three destined people every day.

Upon hearing this news, Mu Yunqing and Su Jiu traveled day and night.

They were about to reach Wanxiang City, but Su Jiu suddenly had another attack of the poison.

She had already experienced the second “Three-Day Red Face” a few days ago.

Mu Yunqing sent a message back, but Shen Wangchen and Cang Qianxue were deep in the Demon Sealing Array and hadn’t replied to him.

Fortunately, Mu Yunqing had previously refined some pills, and Su Jiu’s condition was still barely manageable until the afternoon.

But Mu Yunqing was still worried.

“After we leave this forest, Senior Brother will transfer some spiritual power to you…”

Su Jiu shook her head.

Although she was still very hot, she could at least maintain some clarity.

“No need to trouble Senior Brother, this poison will subside after noon… Besides, I can still endure it now… Ugh.”

Su Jiu groaned softly.

Mu Yunqing quickly reached out to support her, his palm touching her skin, only then did he realize that under her thin clothes, Su Jiu was burning hot.

Mu Yunqing almost broke out in a sweat, “Junior Sister, wait a little longer…” He suddenly heard the sound of flowing water, his heart filled with joy. He didn’t care about anything else, half-carrying Su Jiu in his arms, and walked towards the sound of the water.

Not far ahead, there was a river, the water clear and bright.

Mu Yunqing placed Su Jiu on a rock by the river and transferred cool spiritual energy from their clasped hands.

Su Jiu regained some consciousness.

“Senior Brother, I’m fine.” She stared at the river, which she knew would be very refreshing, and felt a little impatient. She tied her skirt to her waist, rolled up her pants underneath, and gently pushed Mu Yunqing, “I’ll just go in for a while, you wait for me on the shore.”

Mu Yunqing was worried, “Can you do that?”

He wanted to help Su Jiu into the water, but he felt that even though they had grown up together as senior and junior siblings, it was still inappropriate for a man and a woman to touch each other. He hesitated.

Su Jiu’s cheeks burned with heat, and she didn’t care about Mu Yunqing’s discomfort. She simply pushed him away and walked to the deepest part of the river.

The icy river water flowed through her burning skin, bringing a wave of coolness.

The uncomfortable feeling, which came from deep within her body and almost burned everything away, finally began to fade.

Su Jiu took a long breath and closed her eyes wearily.

Mu Yunqing stood on the shore, seeing that Su Jiu’s face slowly returned to normal, he finally felt a little relieved.

But his heart was still on edge.

Master Cang and Master hadn’t sent any news back, and the poison in Su Jiu’s body was starting to act up. Mu Yunqing had thought that at least with his previous experience, he could handle it.

Moreover, he had pills made from the half-formula.

But he never expected that Su Jiu’s poison would erupt so suddenly.

It had already erupted a few days ago.

Mu Yunqing was baffled.

As he was pondering, he suddenly felt that the silence behind him was eerie.

Mu Yunqing’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly turned around.

He saw a white mist swirling over the river behind him. The sound of the flowing water remained, but he couldn’t hear any other sounds of anyone else.

Mu Yunqing quickly flew onto the river surface, but there was no figure there.

Only mist.

The person who should have been there was gone.