Ye Ling in Their Eyes

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When Li Qinglin led his army to besiege the Longevity Temple, Qin Yi had just been attacked. The two locations were theoretically not far apart. The Longevity Temple was not far from the palace, but what was considered "not far" in a capital city was almost the distance from east to west in a county town. The attacks and defenses on both sides were happening almost simultaneously, but they were unaware of each other.

It wasn't until the great fire on the Ascension Platform burned through the sky that Qin Yi was on his way from the Princess Residence to the Crown Prince Residence.

Seeing the distant fire, Qin Yi paused, and the confusion in his heart suddenly cleared. He understood everything.

"Big brother-in-law is truly a divine teammate!" He relaxed and smiled at Liu Su.

Liu Su gave a flat "Mm." A collaborator like Li Qinglin was truly reliable, so reliable that it felt a bit boring – like there was no show to watch.

At this moment, a thought even flashed through Qin Yi's mind... Seeing this great fire, Mang Zhan would surely flee the city... The Crown Prince Residence should theoretically not be very dangerous at this time. Should he not go back, but instead find a way to hold back Mang Zhan and let him die in Nanli?

The thought was just a fleeting one. Weighing the two options, he ultimately couldn't suppress the worry in his heart for Li Qingjun and still rushed back to the residence.

Ye Ling's injuries had not yet healed. If a Transformation Stage great demon appeared, they could still be in great danger.

The Wooden Sword Array was a static object and could not be moved. If the two girls stayed in the safe area at the center of the array, they would naturally be fine. The problem was that the enemy's target might not be them. If they rampaged elsewhere, for example, to capture Li Qinglin's family, then Li Qingjun would definitely be unable to resist leaving the array to rescue them.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be Li Qingjun.

The Transformation Stage great demons that appeared at the Crown Prince Residence were not one, but two. When Minghe activated the Seven Stars Defense Array, they happened to be outside the range, luckily escaping this calamity and becoming Dong Huazi's last main force.

One was an Eagle Demon, and the other was a Wolf Demon. Both had successfully transformed and indeed looked like human men. However, one had a particularly prominent hooked nose, to the point of being truly hooked; the other still had fangs and a lot of gray fur on his face.

Hmm... it was actually a bit difficult for them to pretend to be human, because it was hard to find humans this ugly...

It was clear that both were in the early Transformation Stage, but it was already quite impressive. If they were two early Foundation Establishment cultivators who had learned various high-level techniques, and they cooperated well, they could turn the entire Nanli upside down, let alone a mere Crown Prince Residence.

Fortunately, these two were similar to Ye Ling and hadn't learned anything decent. If they were to charge into an army of thousands, with a congenital general like Li Qinglin at the forefront, then these two mere demons would indeed not be able to play much of a role; but to break into a Crown Prince Residence and hold Li Qinglin's family hostage, they were truly unstoppable.

If they could force Li Qinglin to withdraw his troops, then it was still unknown who would win.

Dong Huazi's on-the-spot decision could not be said to be wrong.

The two demons came through the air. Before they even reached the Inner Courtyard, hundreds of bows and crossbows were ambushed from somewhere, unleashing a volley at the two demons in the air.

The Eagle Demon let out a sinister laugh, waved his right hand, and a strong wind suddenly rose, actually blowing the hundreds of arrows scattered.

"If it were ten thousand arrows fired at once, it would be a bit troublesome. But these few hundred arrows are just a drizzle, aren't they just scratching your Eagle Grandfather?"

The Eagle Demon spread his arms, and a huge virtual image of flapping wings appeared, swooping down with a whoosh.

The Wolf Demon's figure shot out, reaching the courtyard gate in an instant.

Both were demons famous for their speed... But they didn't expect that someone was even faster than them.

A black light flashed, and two black tail feathers, like lightning, shot straight at the throats of the two demons. Their speed was so fast that they brought up a sharp whistling sound as if the air was being torn apart.

The two demons' figures stopped abruptly, narrowly avoiding the attack. Turning their heads, they saw Ye Ling's small figure chasing after them at high speed. Further away, Li Qingjun was holding a silver spear, desperately rushing towards them.

Qin Yi had guessed correctly. Almost the moment she saw the demons flying towards the Inner Courtyard, Li Qingjun grabbed her silver spear and rushed out. Ye Ling had no choice but to follow. Her speed was famously fast, and she actually rushed ahead of Li Qingjun.

"Zhaoyang Princess..." The Wolf Demon saw Li Qingjun behind Ye Ling and cackled, "Is capturing this one a little more useful than capturing Li Qinglin's wife?"

The Eagle Demon strongly agreed: "A person like Li Qinglin can remarry if his wife dies. What's the use of capturing his family? Zhaoyang Princess can at least threaten that Qin Yi..."

The two demons shared the same opinion and did not enter the Inner Courtyard. Their gazes simultaneously fell upon Ye Ling.

Capturing Li Qingjun was easy; this little girl was the troublesome one.

"The little snake that escaped the Demon Refining Array back then..." Both demons looked quite solemn.

They had experienced the taste of the Demon Refining Array.

Dong Huazi had left a backdoor in the Demon Transformation Poisonous Mist. Any demon nurtured by the Demon Transformation Poisonous Mist, upon reaching the peak of the Spirit Communication stage and condensing their Demon Core, would feel a spiritual summons and stumble into the Demon Refining Array in a daze. They would then be refined to a state worse than death, their Demon Core forcibly extracted. The pain was truly beyond description.

They had only knelt and begged Dong Huazi for mercy because they couldn't bear the pain, swearing a blood oath of allegiance to him. Later, they had another opportunity and broke through to the Transformation Stage.

They had seen too many demons, just like they were at the peak of the Spirit Communication stage, who didn't even have the strength to beg for mercy and were refined to death.

There was only one exception.

A small snake with wings had actually broken through to the Transformation Stage amidst the extreme pain of the Demon Refining Array, forcibly breaking out of the array. Before anyone could react in their astonishment, it transformed into a black bolt of lightning and disappeared outside the temple.

On the day the Crown Prince was assassinated, when the Crown Prince's guards mentioned "a black light flashed," everyone in the Longevity Temple knew who the culprit was.

That was a terrifying great demon who had broken through on its own amidst extreme pain, whose resilience and forbearance far surpassed its peers.

The memory flashed by in an instant. Ye Ling was already in front of them, hands on her hips, scolding, "You two ugly monsters, bleh bleh bleh~"

"???" The two demons looked blank.

A terrifying... great demon?

Was something wrong?

As they spoke, Li Qingjun also arrived, taking over the taunting, "You've both transformed into human form, so why is Ye Ling so beautiful and you're so ugly? I think you should go back to that Demon Refining Array or whatever it's called and be re-smelted. It's too embarrassing, no, too embarrassing for demons."

The two demons were fuming with anger.

Ye Ling seemed to be performing a crosstalk with her, adding, "Anyway, they've already embarrassed demons enough. Princess, you don't know, back then they knelt and kowtowed to Dong Huazi and swore a blood oath, practically wanting to call him grandpa, tsk tsk..."

The Wolf Demon couldn't help but say sharply, "Didn't you swear a blood oath to Li Qinglin? Otherwise, how could he trust you?"

"It's been dissolved," Ye Ling said with a grin. "His Highness was going to transfer me to Qin Yi, so it was dissolved. Then Qin Yi didn't even ask me to swear an oath. I'm a free demon. Aren't you envious?"

To be honest, they were truly envious. Who would want to bear a blood oath and be treated like cattle and horses? Not to mention, if their master died, they would have to die with them. Who could stand that!

There was a way to break free right now. Dong Huazi was in deep trouble. If they captured Li Qingjun and brought her back, there would be a great opportunity to ask Dong Huazi to dissolve the blood oath.

Both pairs of demonic eyes stared at Li Qingjun, revealing fierce glints.

Li Qingjun's expression was calm. With a flick of her fair wrist, her silver spear pointed lightly.

She knew her speed couldn't compare to these demons. It was impossible to lure them back into the array now. The sword array Qin Yi had painstakingly set up had completely lost its meaning.

But she didn't regret it.

If she could selfishly hide in the array and watch her brother's family suffer, she wouldn't be Li Qingjun.

Ye Ling sighed like a little adult, also giving up the idea of stalling for time with nonsense.

The Longevity Temple was already ablaze with fire reaching the sky. Even if these two demons were stupid, they wouldn't really be held up here by a few words of nonsense.

They had to fight eventually.

Ye Ling's eyes suddenly became somewhat fierce. With a flip of her small hand, a black flame flickered eerily.

Teng Snake, God of Fire, dwelling in Si, presiding over fear and terror, a fierce general.