Unexpected

Yunxi held a High-Grade spirit stone in her hand and absorbed its energy. After weighing her words, she said, "Demon King Lu, the one who planted the Evil Seed within you should have been a female cultivator."

After a long while, Lu Zhihui merely replied with an "Mm," clearly unwilling to say more.

But Yunxi wanted to know more. After some thought, she swept her sleeve and sent portraits of the female disciples of Ascending Cloud Tower, outlined with spiritual energy, before the Demon King. She asked carefully, "May I ask whether that female cultivator was among these people?"

Lu Zhihui lifted his eyes and gave them a glance before shaking his head. "It wasn't any of these female cultivators. Her cultivation had been at the late Nascent Soul Severing stage."

After thinking for a moment, he still used demonic power to outline a portrait and pushed it toward Yunxi. "I do not know whether this was her true appearance, but I vaguely remember that she carried a pleasant scent of hibiscus flowers."

Yunxi nodded and carefully memorized the female cultivator's appearance and distinguishing traits before dispersing the portrait.

Lu Zhihui pursed his lips, looking somewhat uncomfortable as he said, "That was my only encounter with human cultivators. After I entered a human cultivator city, I met that female cultivator. She seemed to be fleeing pursuit at the time, and her spiritual energy should have been nearly depleted. After she collided with me head-on, she fainted. I took pity on her and brought her to my temporary residence. She did not wake that day, so I meditated nearby and did not rashly treat her. But in the latter half of the night, the hibiscus scent around her grew increasingly intense. It made me lose myself for a moment, and somehow,