Actually, I really am a demon

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Outside Martial Town at night, in the desolate wilderness of Wind Prison, Qin Siyu leaned on Lin Yu's shoulder, panting heavily.

Even though they had been away from that town for almost an incense stick's time and had traveled hundreds of miles, Qin Siyu was still somewhat shaken.

After all...

She had just seen four Great Demons who had taken human form, could speak human language, and were known as "Demon Lord"!

There was even a spider demon summoned by this senior who was carrying him and flying through the air.

This almost completely overturned Qin Siyu's worldview.

And...

Although we had already witnessed this senior's ability to control the wind, actually flying at an extremely high speed in the high-altitude Wind Prison was a completely different matter.

Qin Siyu's mind was filled with many questions, but in the end, she didn't ask any of them, and instead simply said thank you.

"Thank you so much for saving me again, senior... If it weren't for you, I probably would have died just now!"

Lin Yu shook his head and said softly, "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have encountered such danger tonight."

"That's true, senior, but you could have completely ignored me," Qin Siyu said, struggling to lift her head to look at Lin Yu's profile. "I knew it! You were just putting on an act when you told that Demon Lord you didn't care whether I lived or died!"

Upon hearing Qin Siyu's words, Lin Yu replied, "It really wasn't that... In that instant, I truly had no time to care about your life or death."

"You survived, which means you're very lucky."

Lin Yu frankly stated that he did not intentionally deceive Qin Siyu or consider her feelings.

However, Qin Siyu remained unperturbed by Lin Yu's words.

"Senior, you really are all bark and no bite... I never imagined that someone as handsome as you could be so kind and sincere."

"You always say your acting is great, but actually... even though you're handsome, you're really not good at lying!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu was momentarily speechless.

After a long pause, he finally spoke, correcting Qin Siyu's statement.

"First of all, I'm not kind-hearted; secondly, I'm quite good at lying... and finally, what does this have to do with appearance?"

Qin Siyu pondered for a moment and then said, "It's probably a lesson I learned from a book. The book said that the more handsome a man is, the more likely he is to deceive you, and the more you should be wary of him!"

Lin Yu frowned. "Where did you read this book? What kind of philosophy is this? How can a book teach people such philosophy!"

Qin Siyu was a little embarrassed. "It's a biography of a martial arts prodigy from ancient times. That prodigy's mother was from a prestigious righteous sect, while her father was a heretical Martial Artists. Before her father was forced to his death by the righteous sect, he whispered this truth to her."

Upon hearing Qin Siyu's words, Lin Yu initially only sighed at how chaotic the historical records and biographies of the Prison Mountain Realm were, recording all sorts of things...

But after two seconds, Lin Yu suddenly realized something was wrong and complained.

Is this a gender-swapped version of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber"? A female Zhang Wuji and a male Yin Susu?

Qin Siyu asked curiously, "Senior, what are you talking about?"

Lin Yu thought for a moment, then didn't explain to Qin Siyu, "It's nothing, I just remembered a similar story from our area... Hmm, speaking of which, does this biography have an author?"

Qin Siyu nodded. "It's said to have been written by a guy named 'Wan Xiaosheng,' but it's been so long that the author's name is no longer known."

Hearing this, Lin Yu was basically certain.

This is definitely something that came up with by some "Player" from the previous version.

"Wow, you're something else! Someone even plagiarizes martial arts novels in the Prison Mountain Realm... But it's a good idea, there really is martial arts here... Martial arts novels here could definitely be considered biographies or non-fiction."

Lin Yu sighed inwardly, then said to Qin Siyu, "That's good. I should find some of Wan Xiaosheng's writings to read when I have time."

Because of the "Chaos of Huotian," there weren't many traces left by the "Player" in the Previous Version the Prison Mountain Realm. So now that some clues have been found, Lin Yu wants to learn more about them.

"No problem, senior... I've collected quite a few of these books," Qin Siyu readily agreed, then added, "After all, libraries usually don't have any experts stationed there to keep watch."

Lin Yu couldn't hold back any longer. "You even steal books? Qin Siyu, your nickname is 'Moon-Exploring Star-Plucking,' can't you steal something of value?"

In contrast, her good friend Li Nian was more normal—after all, Li Nian never stole anything cheap.

If she touches something worthless, she'll return it.

Qin Siyu said apologetically, "Actually, some of the ancient books aren't bad... we should save money where we can."

Lin Yu silently rubbed his forehead.

"Okay, you have your Values too..."

Perhaps feeling that her conversation with Lin Yu had brought them closer, Qin Siyu pondered for a moment before speaking cautiously.

"Senior, actually I was a little curious earlier. May I ask you a somewhat presumptuous question?"

Lin Yu glanced at Qin Siyu, and was about to agree, but then suddenly remembered Qin Siyu's previous behavior and changed his mind.

"Let's skip the issue of overstepping our bounds in the lower realms."

Qin Siyu was somewhat speechless. "... Senior, what exactly do you think of me?"

"A guy whose speech is always rather impolite and whose thoughts always tend towards filth."

Lin Yu said without any politeness.

Qin Siyu opened her mouth, wanting to explain, but finally spoke with some helplessness and resignation, "It's really too much of me to say that, senior... Okay, I actually just wanted to ask you... why were you able to summon a Great Demon again just now?"

"That 'Heavenly Demon' from before was one thing, but this spider Yaomo is no ordinary being either. She calls herself the 'Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord'... a 'Demon Lord'!"

"And I seem to have vaguely heard that this is a Great Demon that even the Daoist Sect masters could hardly defeat."

Lin Yu said calmly, "I told you before... in a sense, I am also Yaomo."

Although she had previously thought that Lin Yu's words were just some kind of quirk, Qin Siyu couldn't help but waver a little when Lin Yu brought it up again.

"Is... is that so, senpai?"

Then, Qin Siyu shrank her neck, feeling the wind speed begin to slow down but the temperature was getting colder, and changed the subject.

"Senior, are we... about to leave Wind Prison and enter the territory of Nine Cold Mountain?"

"It's not even dawn yet, is it really a good idea to go into Nine Cold Mountain?"

Qin Siyu looked at the dark expanse ahead on the horizon and spoke.

That solid "darkness," where not a single ray of light could penetrate in the night, was none other than "Nine Cold Mountain" itself.

Although Martial Town was already located in a mountainous area, and Lin Yu and the others had taken off from a very high position, compared to Nine Cold Mountain itself, their current altitude while flying was still not even considered "halfway up the mountain".

Lin Yu said, "This is unavoidable, after all... we only have one way to go into the mountains now."

"Although there are many Yaomo within Nine Cold Mountain... if we don't enter the mountain, we'll face those three Demon Lord catching up with us."

"Even if things get really bad inside Nine Cold Mountain, we won't immediately encounter three Demon Lord chasing after us, right?"

Hearing Lin Yu say this, Qin Siyu was somewhat surprised. "But, Senior, didn't you have that spider demon hold them off? As fellow Demon Lord... even though it's three against one, that spider demon doesn't seem weak either. It should be able to hold them off for a long time, right?"

Lin Yu shook his head. "She's already back... and she probably won't be able to make a move anytime soon."

After all...

At this moment, Zhu Qiansi has returned to his [Item Space]!

Originally on vacation, Zhu Qiansi had to borrow her past through "Destiny" to temporarily restore her [Item] state and return to the [Item Space] in order to heal herself.

After all, all negative effects tend to be static within this [Item Space], so she can rely on this to temporarily prevent "decay" from affecting her further, and thus gradually remove the "decayed" parts that have been eroded from her body through the self-correcting function of "Destiny".

Qin Siyu sighed upon hearing this, "After all, it's three against one... It seems a bit too much."

"However, senior... even so, I don't think we should rush into Nine Cold Mountain. We're running so fast, and we're traveling on the wind, do you really think they can catch up with us and find us?"

Lin Yu nodded. "Of course we found it... because that 'Cold Cicada' left some kind of... well, I can't quite put my finger on it."

Lin Yu's Mental Power swept over Qin Siyu —he could clearly sense that a strange power was flowing through Qin Siyu's blood at this moment.

Those strange energies were like some kind of "life" that had come to life, but they were not independent Living Beings... They had Life Force, but no soul.

If Lin Yu were to say it, then it would be...

A part of some kind of "life" remains active even after being removed from the body.

Similarly... it should also maintain a "connection" with the mother.

"In short, he should be able to pinpoint your location using this method."

As Lin Yu spoke, Qin Siyu's expression changed slightly. "There's actually such a thing."

Then she asked, "Then... senior, do you have a way to conceal, lock, or remove this method?"

"If not... how about we split up, senior!"

Qin Siyu spoke, Lin Yu shook his head.

"There's no need for separate operations, nor is there any need to remove or conceal..."

"Because I also need them to be able to find our location."

"That's why... I chose to enter Nine Cold Mountain at this time."

As he spoke, Lin Yu, holding Qin Siyu, suddenly stopped in mid-air.

"Let's go, Qin Siyu... Hold on tight to me."

Then, a gust of wind blew from behind Lin Yu again, causing the two of them to plummet towards the ground.