My Dear Mother, Are You Afraid?

Vast Peak.

Inside a secret chamber plastered with talismans, Li Yinglian sat cross-legged atop an Azure Jade Prayer Mat, circulating his cultivation technique to heal his injuries.

His face was frighteningly pale!

As though he had only just suffered a grievous loss of vital energy...

After the time it took an incense stick to burn.

Li Yinglian barely managed to suppress the backlash within his body, his gaze icy to the extreme!

"Bzz..."

A huge, ancient bronze mirror in the secret chamber suddenly lit up, pale pink ripples of light swirling within it.

At last, a red-robed woman of breathtaking charm appeared in the mirror.

She possessed peerless seductiveness and unabashed allure!

Every smile and frown carried an enticing, soul-hooking charm.

If an ordinary man married such a woman, he generally would not survive more than three months before dropping dead.

For she was born with truly seductive bones!

"Giggle, giggle... Brother Yinglian, are you hurt? It looks quite serious. This little sister will be heartbroken, you know!"

The red-robed woman covered her mouth with a jade-like hand and chuckled, her voice indescribably seductive and teasing.

Li Yinglian's face darkened as he said unhappily, "Pink Madam, I'm not in the mood to trade nonsense with you! Today's plan failed... Fortunately, Peach Blossom Sword Maniac died, his body and soul extinguished. Otherwise, the trouble would have been enormous!"

"Oh? Our plan was supposed to be foolproof. Why did it fail?" Pink Madam asked in confusion.

Li Yinglian narrowed his eyes, lingering fear still in his heart. "If I tell you, you may find it absurd! Even utterly unbelievable..."

Without concealing anything, he told her about Bai Bingyan.

"What? This..."

Pink Madam was stunned as well, unable to speak for a long while.

In the end, she could only comfort him. "Brother Yinglian, don't be discouraged! The more this is the case, the more good things can be obtained from Chen Xuan!"

"As for that Seventh Princess... Hehe! Humans and demons walk different paths. Her status is far too noble, and Ten Thousand Demon Mountain will certainly never agree to their union!"

"The most effective and direct way to solve a problem... is to eliminate the problem itself! So that trash is even more doomed to die!"

Upon hearing this, the stifling frustration in Li Yinglian's heart finally dissipated somewhat.

At that moment, the ancient bronze mirror grew even brighter, and Pink Madam actually emerged from it.

Her eyes smoldered and her steps swayed, her beauty peerlessly bewitching!

"Brother Yinglian, how about letting my avatar help you heal?"

Li Yinglian hesitated for a moment before finally nodding.

Before long, indescribable sounds drifted from the secret chamber.

Within the Jade Maiden Great Hall, shielded by an array, Ji Wushuang clutched his cheek, fury blazing in his eyes.

"Why? Why didn't you stand up for me? Are you afraid, my dear mother?"

His body trembled from sheer rage.

What utter humiliation!

Scenes from Xuan Hall surfaced in his mind one after another, making him want to lose his mind!

Bai Bingyan's slap and her scornful words would surely spread throughout Central Province, turning him into a laughingstock behind closed doors.

Yet what he found most unacceptable was that Ji Yaoyue had not said a single word from beginning to end!

As though... at that moment, she had betrayed him and taken Chen Xuan's side!

Ji Yaoyue narrowed her long, beautiful eyes and rebuked him unhappily, "Shut up! Would it have been of any use for me to step forward in that situation?"

"This..."

Ji Wushuang's mouth twitched, and he was boiling with frustration.

Only then did Ji Yaoyue continue, "Wushuang, you must learn to adapt to circumstances. You need to know when to bend and when to stretch! Bai Bingyan's appearance did indeed disrupt that plan..."

"But so what? Her identity will push Chen Xuan into an abyss ten thousand fathoms deep, beyond all hope of redemption! He will have no chance to contend with you!"

"Oh?"

Ji Wushuang was already intelligent. After thinking deeply for a moment, he sneered!

Ji Yaoyue then flipped her hand over and produced a pill, handing it to him.

"This is a Top-Grade Spirit Pill, a Life Spirit Pill. It works wonders for healing and can even make your teeth regrow quickly. Take it now. In three days, my son shall appear at the Apprentice Ceremony with the bearing of jade and the grace of a god!"

"Thank you, Mother!"

Azure Wave Cave.

Liu Ruyan looked at herself in the mirror, her jade-like hand gently stroking her red, swollen cheek.

She stood there in a daze for a long time before laughing at herself!

"Have I become a joke now?"

Liu Ruyan's murmur echoed through the cave.

She narrowed her beautiful eyes. Bai Bingyan's appearance and manner surfaced in her mind, and she could not hide her envy.

"I heard that Bai Bingyan was born with nine tails, shaking Ten Thousand Demon Mountain!"

"And her cultivation talent truly lives up to the name Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox. Though still so young, she has already reached the Tribulation Realm... She is hailed as the next Demon Race Empress of the Southern Border Demon Race!"

"With her looks and talent, what kind of outstanding husband could she not find? Why did she choose trash like Chen Xuan?"

"Could it be... Chen Xuan has some special talent unknown to ordinary people? It seems my attitude toward Chen Xuan needs to change! I must try to squeeze his great secret out of him..."

Her murmurs echoed through the cave, drifting away in wisps.

Inside a side hall of Xuan Hall.

After taking medicinal pills, Elder Tian Xing was healing his injuries. His aura was exceedingly weak and fluctuated violently.

He had already been afflicted by the strange poison of the Dark Mandala Flower. Then, he had taken a forbidden pill to forcibly restore his peak combat strength, suffering a backlash as a result.

His combat strength had now fallen to the Golden Core Stage...

Most dangerous of all, the strange poison had penetrated ever deeper into Elder Tian Xing's limbs and bones, making it several times harder to purge!

Du Meng frowned deeply and sighed. "Sigh! Xuan Ge did give us a huge surprise, but... Sister-in-law is the foremost beauty of the Demon Race. Her identity is rather troublesome!"

"Troublesome? Didn't Xuan Ge already get her?" Niu Ben scratched his head in confusion.

Du Meng said speechlessly, "Are you missing a screw in your head? I mean Xuan Ge will have trouble in the future... He'll face the wrath of countless Demon Race prodigies!"

At that moment, Elder Tian Xing slowly opened his eyes and spoke.

"I've thought it over and over. Right now, there is only one best path to survival for that boy Chen Xuan—after offering up the Panlong Treasure Ring and the Haotian Sword, he must concede defeat and end his wager with Ji Yaoyue ahead of schedule!"

"Once the wager is lifted, the Great Dao Contract will no longer exist, and he can leave with the Seventh Princess! With the Seventh Princess's methods, it would be easy for her to properly settle him somewhere safe..."

Du Meng, Niu Ben, and Shi Lei's eyes all lit up at these words!

They nodded one after another in agreement.

"I'll be the one to speak of this matter, this old man here! I imagine the Sect Master and Ji Yaoyue will still give me some face..."

Elder Tian Xing spoke calmly and slowly closed his eyes.

Deep within Xuan Hall, inside a secret chamber.

Chen Xuan held Bai Bingyan in his embrace, the two of them leaning against one another.

An emotion of parting reluctantly flowed through the secret chamber.

After a long while.

Bai Bingyan suddenly smiled. "Husband, don't pull such a long face! We're only separating temporarily, not never seeing each other again in this lifetime! I promise you, I'll come visit you two or three times every month, all right?"

"Mm, but I still can't bear to part with you..." Chen Xuan nodded and answered.

Bai Bingyan extended a jade-like finger and tapped Chen Xuan between the brows, smiling. "Then let's do something happy? For example..."

"But didn't we just... this morning..."

"Husband, you're not being good, are you?"

"All right, all right, I'll listen to you!"

"Heehee! That's more like it..."

"Wife, do you have any requests now?"

"Don't stop!..."