Chapter 33
The word "hehe" was quite intriguing.
Zhao Yuan couldn't figure out what Qiu Chi meant, so he could only continue to serve her like a lackey.
As they traveled, he felt that the gazes from the Demon Sect members were full of mockery.
At noon, one of the Demon Sect members hunted a demonic beast and threw it in front of Zhao Yuan.
Zhao Yuan feigned a confused expression. "What is this for?"
"Miss Si Ling needs to eat three meals a day. Aren't you trying to curry favor with her? Then cook this for her."
In reality, the Demon Sect members were very resentful about this. They could clearly sustain themselves through fasting, yet she insisted on eating. If they weren't unable to defeat her, they would have forced her to break this wretched habit!
Unfortunately, they could only complain inwardly.
Zhao Yuan, who had a demonic beast carcass suddenly thrown at him, was dumbfounded. He hadn't expected the Demon Sect members to just make him cook for Qiu Chi without even asking if he knew how. They had acted first and asked questions later.
He did, in fact, know how to cook. After all, he had assumed countless identities over the years and had naturally learned all sorts of miscellaneous skills.
But just because he knew how didn't mean he wanted to do it.
He had originally planned to say he didn't know how to cook if they had asked.
As things stood, even if he said he couldn't, they probably wouldn't accept it, would they?
Zhao Yuan looked at Qiu Chi, who was sitting there leisurely while someone handed her spirit fruits, and felt incredibly frustrated.
This treatment was so unfair!
Just as Zhao Yuan was reluctantly butchering the demonic beast's carcass, a group of cultivators suddenly appeared. The weakest among them was at the early Golden Core stage, while the strongest was at the late Nascent Soul stage. They were clearly there for Qiu Chi.
When they appeared, the eyes of the Demon Sect members and Zhao Yuan lit up simultaneously.
At that moment, their thoughts were:
The Demon Sect members: Great! We can finally use the chaos to get rid of that demoness!
Zhao Yuan: Great! I can finally be saved!
The arriving group of cultivators wasted no words and charged forward, their targets being Qiu Chi and the members of the Demon Sect.
The few with the highest cultivation levels all rushed toward Qiu Chi, shouting, "Demoness, surrender without a fight!"
Qiu Chi unhurriedly finished the last spirit fruit and threw the pit directly at the fastest charging cultivator. The pit pierced through his shoulder, drawing blood instantly.
"Demoness, how dare you injure my senior brother! You deserve to die!"
Qiu Chi cracked her knuckles. Without even taking out her blade, she charged in with just her fists.
Even so, they couldn't harm her in the slightest. Instead, Qiu Chi had them completely suppressed.
As for the cultivators fighting the Demon Sect members, they had a much easier time.
After all, the Demon Sect members had no intention of fighting to the death. They just wanted to grab the substitute and get away from the demoness as soon as possible. However, the cultivators clearly had no intention of letting them escape.
Zhao Yuan was even more direct. He said to the female cultivator charging toward him, "Fairy, save me! I was captured by them and forced to serve that woman."
Seeing Zhao Yuan's handsome face and extraordinary bearing, the female cultivator immediately believed him. She stood in front of him, blocking the Demon Sect members who were drawing near.
Zhao Yuan was no kind soul. Seeing that everyone was preoccupied with fighting and no one was paying him any mind, he immediately crouched down and slipped away.
The System had been keeping an eye on him. Seeing him flee, it immediately said: 【He ran away! He ran away again!】
Qiu Chi was still busy hammering people and paid the System no mind. However, someone from the Demon Sect noticed and immediately shouted, "The substitute ran away! Don't let him escape!"
As soon as he said this, the Demon Sect members became as agitated as if they'd been injected with chicken blood. Those who had only been thinking of leaving immediately began to fight back in earnest. The two groups were soon fighting with genuine animosity, and for a while, no clear winner emerged; instead, both sides sustained injuries.
By now, Zhao Yuan had long since disappeared.
The female cultivator who had been fending off most of the Demon Sect members for him was on the verge of collapse.
After soundly beating down the few who had foolishly tried to surround her, Qiu Chi stopped the Demon Sect members from attacking the woman. She said leisurely, "It's no big deal that the substitute ran off. The real one is still here, isn't she?"
The Demon Sect members fighting the cultivators barely managed to keep from spitting up a mouthful of blood.
Qiu Chi looked at the woman and said, "Miss, pretty men are the best at deception. Don't be a fool and trust someone just because of their face. See? He ran off. If it weren't for me, you'd be thoroughly dead by now."
The woman supported herself with her sword, her gaze toward Qiu Chi filled with confusion. "Why did you save me?"
Qiu Chi looked up at the sky and thought for a moment before replying seriously, "Perhaps I have a soft spot for fair maidens."
The woman: "..."
The Demon Sect members at the side: "..."
The chaotic battle ended with the cultivators fleeing in disarray and the Demon Sect suffering heavy casualties.
Many of their members had died. Even though they knew how powerful Qiu Chi was, some were still filled with resentment. "Weren't they here to kill you? Since you're so powerful, why didn't you just kill them all? What's the damn point of taking their storage bags! So many of our people died!"
With a cold expression, Qiu Chi took out her blade. The person who had been accusing her immediately fell silent.
The leader spoke up. "It was our own lack of strength. Miss Si Ling didn't help them fight us; on the contrary, she even took care of several Nascent Soul cultivators for us. Instead of wasting time blaming others, you should reflect on yourselves. We are all Golden Core cultivators, so why were they able to kill our people, while we could barely kill any of theirs?"
Someone grumbled in dissatisfaction, "I could have killed that woman if she hadn't stopped me..."
"Miss Si Ling only stopped you from killing that one person. Why didn't I see you go after the others? Why could they help their fellow sect members, while you focused only on a single woman, ignoring whether our own brothers lived or died?"
At these words, all the Demon Sect members fell silent.
Qiu Chi gave the leader an appreciative glance. "Not bad. You're the only one here who seems halfway human."
Compared to the mutual support shown by the attacking cultivators, the Demon Sect members were far more disorganized.
If the cultivators saw one of their own struggling, they would help as long as they had any strength to spare.
As for the Demon Sect, even when they saw one of their own about to be killed by a cultivator, they would still think, I have to deal with my own opponent, and wouldn't bother to help at all.
That was why, in the end, their casualties were so much heavier than the cultivators'.
However, bringing it up now was useless. When the next fight came, they would act the same way they always did.
A leopard can't change its spots, as they say.
Their earlier accusations against Qiu Chi weren't because they were heartbroken over their fallen comrades. They were simply thinking that they could have been among the dead, and thus resented Qiu Chi for not ensuring their complete safety.
As for the fact that those people were there to kill her?
Qiu Chi sneered. "You people really fail to recognize your own status, don't you? Did you never encounter situations like this before you met me?"
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