Shen Gui broke out in a cold sweat as he looked at Nuwa, whose beautiful eyes were frosty, her expression clearly saying, If your answer doesn't satisfy me, I'll destroy you.
What should he do if Nuwa wanted to silence him forever? Waiting online, urgent.
"Um, in reply to Empress Nuwa, Fellow Daoist Qing Luan showed me around the scenery of Your Empress's cultivation grounds just now. It truly is a blessed land of immortals, enough to make anyone envious."
At those words, Qingluan could not help widening her eyes at Shen Gui.
That was an option?
When had she ever shown him around the scenery here?
Even making things up had to have limits, didn't it?
She had never seen such a shameless person!
However, regardless of what Qingluan thought, Nuwa found Shen Gui's answer only barely acceptable, though she was not particularly satisfied.
The expression on her face softened slightly. Looking at Shen Gui, Nuwa asked, "Did you come to seek refuge with my brother?"
Shen Gui secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He knew the greatest danger had passed.
"In reply to Your Empress, yes."
Then he heard Nuwa say, "My brother is not here. As it happens, aside from Qing'er and Little Jin, I have no one under me to command. You can stay here and work for me for now. You have no objections, do you?"
Shen Gui opened his mouth.
He really wanted to say that he did, but if he said it, he would definitely die horribly, right?
"In reply to Your Empress, it is my fortune to serve Your Empress."
After Shen Gui finished those words through tears and against his conscience, Nuwa's mood improved considerably.
Casting Shen Gui a casual glance, Nuwa said, "Heavenly Demon City is managed by my brother. Since you are now under me, there is no need for you to live in Heavenly Demon City like those people under him. Later, pick a place anywhere in this valley and build yourself a cave dwelling. Qing'er, come inside with me!"
After giving Shen Gui those instructions, Nuwa glared at Qingluan, then rose and walked into the cave dwelling.
Qingluan followed Nuwa with a miserable expression. However, when she saw Shen Gui standing to the side with the same miserable look, she could not help laughing.
Shen Gui said: ******
Once Nuwa and Qingluan entered the cave dwelling, Shen Gui was the only one left outside.
He sat down on a stone stool with a lifeless expression. So after all that, he had basically walked straight into a trap?
With a thud, he slammed his head onto the stone table.
I might as well bash my head in and die.
However, Shen Gui then sniffed. Why did there seem to be a fragrance in the air?
Then Shen Gui realized that Nuwa seemed to have been leaning right here just now...
A chill ran through him, and Shen Gui hurriedly stood up.
He guiltily glanced toward the cave dwelling. Only after seeing that no one had come out did Shen Gui relax.
That scared the life out of him. If anyone had seen that just now, he would definitely have been beaten, right?
He should quickly drink some tea to calm himself down.
Hm? Why was there only half a cup of tea?
The doubt flashed through his mind only briefly.
The next moment, Shen Gui set the teacup down on the stone table.
Carefully and deceptively, he refilled the cup to its original level.
He needed to run.
Inside the cave dwelling, visible black fumes swirled over Nuwa's head.
Qingluan tightly hugged Nuwa from behind and repeatedly said with a laugh that was not quite a laugh, "Please calm your anger, Your Empress. Please calm your anger."
Seriously, why was this Small Turtle so determined to court death?
Sensing Shen Gui's retreating figure outside, which carried a hint of fleeing in panic, Nuwa said coldly, "Qing'er, let go of me. I'm going to chop that fellow up and make soup out of him!"
Fortunately, Qingluan understood her Empress well. She knew Nuwa was only saying it. Otherwise, how could she possibly hold back Nuwa, who was at the peak of Daluo?
Thus, Qingluan naturally held Nuwa tightly and refused to let go.
With this excuse to back down, Nuwa merely snorted and did not continue her outburst.
"Fine, Qing'er, let go. For your sake, I'll spare that fellow this once. But where did you find such an odd specimen? He has truly infuriated me."
Awkwardly releasing Nuwa, Qingluan began recounting how she had met Shen Gui, what misunderstandings had occurred along the way, and how she had ultimately brought him to Mount Buzhou.
Meanwhile, as Qingluan reported to Nuwa, Shen Gui had slipped away to a secluded corner of the valley.
He looked back and, seeing that no one was chasing after him, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Thinking about what he had just done, Shen Gui grew more frightened the more he thought about it.
That cup of tea had definitely been drunk from by Nuwa before, right?
Why did he suddenly feel like he was so eager to court death?
Still, it seemed he had not been discovered. Otherwise, he would probably be a dead turtle by now.
But no matter what, he probably could not leave this place for the time being.
Since that was the case, he could only take things one step at a time. First, he would build himself a cave dwelling.
No matter what, he still had to eat and sleep, right?
As he thought, Shen Gui looked around.
This place seemed quite secluded, and the surroundings were not bad either.
There was even a small pond beside the stone wall over there. The scenery was quite nice.
After thinking it over, Shen Gui decided to carve out his cave dwelling here.
No sooner said than done. Cultivating the Law of Earth was quite convenient when it came to creating a cave dwelling.
Thus, before long, a brand-new cave dwelling appeared beneath the stone wall.
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