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Heavenly Demon Sect.

"Holy Maiden! Holy Maiden!"

"Reporting to the Holy Maiden, Qin Luo—the one you previously asked us to keep an eye on—seems to have been put on trial by the Taixu Sacred Land!"

"Hmm?" The woman who had been cultivating opened her eyes. They were like two glittering stars, at times bright as day, at others deep as black holes, as though they could pierce through every secret in the world.

The woman beneath her gaze immediately lowered her head.

She slowly rose to her feet. She possessed a pair of heaven-defying long legs and an extraordinarily voluptuous figure. Her jet-black hair draped casually over her shoulders, dancing lightly in the wind as though it contained endless demonic power. Her exquisite face was strikingly alluring.

"Taixu Sacred Land... Heh, they truly do not know whether they live or die."

"Pass down the order. I want to see Qin Luo alive."

"He saved my life, so I will save his. A life for a life—that is enough!"

"Yes!"

Only Qin Luo himself knew that the Taixu Sacred Land had not wronged him with their accusation that he had colluded with the Heavenly Demon Sect's Holy Maiden.

Within the secret realm, Qin Luo had saved the severely injured Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Demon Sect, Ye Lingxuan.

The previous owner of this body had been obsessed with appearances. He believed that good looks were justice. Who cared if she was the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Demon Sect? How could someone so beautiful possibly be a demon?

The Great Qin Imperial Capital was the largest city in the Great Qin Dynasty, with a population exceeding ten million.

Within a luxurious manor, a fair-faced man held an incomparably seductive woman in his arms as he listened to his subordinate's report. He gave a cold laugh. "Tsk, tsk. Is that wild child who was left to roam outside finally coming back?"

"Wasn't it nice and carefree out there? Why insist on coming to this dragon's pool and tiger's den?"

"This is a place that eats people alive. Don't you agree?" The man lowered his head and lifted the woman's chin.

The woman gave a flirtatious smile. "Whatever Your Highness says is naturally right."

The man was Qin Feng, the Eighth Prince of the Great Qin Dynasty.

"Just give the order, Your Highness. This subordinate will make the arrangements."

Qin Feng tapped his fingers against the table as he pondered.

After a while, his eyes lit up. Looking at the woman, he said, "Why not give her to my younger brother?"

The woman smiled seductively. "Everything will be arranged according to Your Highness's wishes."

Qin Feng patted her cheek. "My younger brother is a prince. How about becoming his concubine?"

In another manor within the Imperial Capital, a woman looked at her father and angrily declared, "I will not marry him!"

"The Qin Emperor has already issued the decree. How can you refuse?"

"Do you want our entire Gu Family to be exterminated?"

Gu Qingxue was a renowned beauty in the Imperial Capital, and her father was one of the vice presidents of Great Qin Academy.

Great Qin Academy was where the Great Qin Dynasty cultivated talent. Around half of the marquises in the Great Qin Dynasty had once studied there.

As a vice president of the academy, Gu Yanting himself possessed Saint Realm cultivation. On top of that, many of his students were marquises, granting him an extraordinarily lofty status.

Gu Qingxue, too, was someone courted and admired by countless young ladies and young masters in the Imperial Capital.

Her cultivation had already reached the ninth level of the Sea-Opening Realm. She was only one step away from the Divine Ability Realm, making her a true genius.

Now, the Qin Emperor had decreed that she was to marry the Ninth Prince of the Great Qin Dynasty, and she found it utterly absurd.

"I do not know where he came from. I do not know what he looks like. I know even less about his character."

"Just because he is a prince of the Great Qin Dynasty, I have to marry him?" Gu Qingxue said indignantly.

Gu Yanting nodded. "That is right. That status alone is enough."

"But I simply do not want to marry him."

Gu Yanting sighed. "Unless he himself is willing to annul the engagement, otherwise..."

Gu Qingxue's eyes brightened. That was right—the Gu Family were subjects and could not defy the Qin Emperor's command, but what if Qin Luo annulled the engagement himself?

Now that she had a way, it was only a matter of how to carry it out. She immediately summoned her friends.

Among them were quite a few of her sycophants. As a famous beauty, she had no shortage of pursuers in the Imperial Capital.

Naturally, her childhood sweetheart and mutual lover, Lin Xuan, was also among them.

He was a descendant of a fallen poor family. Through his own efforts, he had become a disciple of Great Qin Academy and successfully joined the Great Qin Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. His future was bright.

Gu Qingxue merely mentioned that she was about to marry the Ninth Prince of the Great Qin Dynasty, someone who had appeared out of nowhere, and her sycophants were immediately enraged.

She sobbed pitifully. "Qingxue dares not disobey His Majesty's order, unless..."

"Unless what?!" the grandson of the Heroic Martial Marquis impatiently pressed.

"Unless... unless the Ninth Prince is willing to call off the engagement himself."

The moment those words were spoken, many people's eyes lit up.

"That Ninth Prince who appeared from nowhere is not worthy of Qingxue. I think we should make him retreat in the face of difficulty!"

"Leave this matter to me! I'll go find out when that Ninth Prince is arriving. I'll personally greet his grand carriage at the city gates!" said the Heroic Martial Marquis's only grandson, practically itching to get started.

As the Heroic Martial Marquis's sole grandson, he was famously arrogant and domineering throughout the Great Qin Dynasty.

He had already decided that Gu Qingxue was his woman. Yet some Ninth Prince who had appeared from nowhere actually dared to snatch his woman? Chen Mo would not stand for it!

Gu Qingxue's tearful appearance stirred an immense urge to protect her in Chen Mo. He promised her, "Even if that Ninth Prince who appeared from nowhere refuses, I will beg my grandfather to petition His Majesty. Qingxue, do not worry!"

At that moment, he looked exactly like the ultimate bootlicker, utterly failing to notice that Gu Qingxue was already exchanging flirtatious glances with Lin Xuan.

"Thank you, Brother Chen Mo."

That single "Brother Chen Mo" made Chen Mo's bones go soft. He could practically see himself crushing Qin Luo beneath his feet and holding Gu Qingxue as they lived freely and happily together.

After sending those people away, Gu Qingxue threw herself into Lin Xuan's arms.

"Brother Lin Xuan, Qingxue missed you so much."

Lin Xuan stroked Gu Qingxue's silky hair, giving her an immense sense of security.

"Do not worry, Qingxue. I will not let you marry anyone else."

"If that Ninth Prince does not know whether he lives or dies, I will teach him how the word 'death' is written."

"No..." Gu Qingxue hurriedly stopped Lin Xuan. "Brother Lin Xuan, do not act rashly. He is the Ninth Prince of the Great Qin Dynasty."

Lin Xuan sneered. "He is merely the Ninth Prince of the Great Qin Dynasty. Even if I kill him, no one will be able to trace it back to me."

The reason he had risen from a poor family was because he had obtained an inheritance—an Emperor Realm inheritance, no less.

"Hopefully, he knows how to read the situation. My, Lin Xuan's, woman is not someone just anyone can covet."