Chapter 35
Perhaps Zhao Yuan had truly taken Qiu Chi’s words to heart, or maybe it was because they had reached the Demon Sect’s territory. In any case, the rest of the journey was uneventful.
They reached the heart of the Demon Sect’s main stronghold.
A Protector asked, “Have you brought the person back?”
The leader nodded, his feelings exceptionally complex. His gaze swept past Si Ling before landing on Zhao Yuan. “We brought her back. That’s her.”
The Protector looked at Zhao Yuan, his brow furrowing slightly. “She is Si Ling?”
The leader shook his head. “No…”
Before he could finish, Qiu Chi stepped forward. “I am Si Ling.”
The Protector’s gaze shot toward the leader like an arrow, his voice grim. “What is going on?”
The leader took out the compass. “In addition to pointing at Miss Si Ling, the compass also pointed to her.”
He pointed at Zhao Yuan.
But the Protector noticed his form of address for Qiu Chi. “What did you call her?”
The leader forced himself to answer, “Miss Si Ling.”
“Miss Si Ling?”
The Protector scoffed. Before he could order the leader to be taken away for punishment, he saw Qiu Chi draw her blade.
“What? You don’t accept it? Why don’t we have a fight?”
The Protector thought Qiu Chi was simply courting death.
He sneered, dismissing Qiu Chi entirely, and reached out to restrain her.
Without hesitation, Qiu Chi swung her blade at his outstretched hand. A bloodcurdling scream echoed through the hall.
Numerous members of the Demon Sect rushed in, surrounding them.
The leader gave a bitter smile.
Meanwhile, one of the men who had been resentful of the leader’s words during the journey stepped forward to make an accusation. “Reporting to the Lord Protector, Lord Qi was exceptionally attentive to this woman the entire way. She, in turn, used her power to lord over us and order us around. I suspect the two of them have been colluding for some time.”
“You—what nonsense are you spouting? It was obviously because Miss Si Ling was too powerful! You say our leader was attentive, but didn’t you try to suck up to her as well?”
The man who had made the accusation snorted. “I was merely pretending to go along with her.”
The Protector, who had lost a hand, was in no mood to listen to their infighting.
“Spare the pretty woman. As for the others, kill them all!”
At his command, all the surrounding Demon Sect members charged.
Qiu Chi didn’t need anyone else’s help. She took care of them all herself, felling them one by one with her blade as easily as slicing tofu.
Before long, the stench of blood permeated the great hall.
Those who had charged forward fearlessly now began to cower, hesitating to approach.
No matter how the Protector roared, they merely surrounded her, none daring to step forward to their deaths.
At that moment, Zhao Yuan suddenly spoke up. “Kill your Protector, and you can live.”
And so, the very men who had been cowering in fear now charged at the Protector.
The Protector was originally stronger than them, but he had lost a hand to Qiu Chi. Now, with so many Demon Sect members rushing him, he was killed with almost no resistance.
This farcical scene unfolded before his very eyes, and the leader no longer knew how to describe his feelings.
The traitors now began to beg for mercy. “Miss Si Ling, we were just…”
In the blood-soaked hall, it was easy to awaken the innate cruelty within them. The Demon Sect members loyal to the leader killed the traitors before they could even finish their pleas.
For members of the Demon Sect, killing was as common as eating or drinking. Qiu Chi glanced over, unconcerned, and said to the leader, “Take me to the altar for resurrecting the Demon Lord.”
Now that the Protector was dead and Qiu Chi had just demonstrated her power, he had no room to refuse.
The group proceeded to the altar for resurrecting the Demon Lord.
Upon arriving, Qiu Chi said nothing, simply raising her blade and splitting the altar in two.
The instant the altar was split in two, Zhao Yuan transformed from a pretty woman into a handsome man. It wasn't just his appearance that changed; he could feel the internal restraints binding him vanish. The title, which he had always considered just a pleasant-sounding name, was gone too.
He was now just an ordinary demonic cultivator.
Qiu Chi retracted her blade and looked at Zhao Yuan. “Your destiny has now been completely changed. Are you satisfied?”
Zhao Yuan pursed his lips, his feelings complex.
He looked at the bisected altar and, unwilling to accept it, struck it with his palm. Despite his high cultivation level, the two halves of the altar merely cracked a little further.
Qiu Chi was in no mood to care what he thought. She needed to go to the Tianhua Sect and drag Wu Shao out for another beating. With that, the plot would be finished.
System: 【...】
In the System space.
The System numbly recited the statistical results.
【Ding! Task completion has been calculated at 40%. This is a failing grade. A consolation prize has been issued. Please continue to work hard, Host.】
Qiu Chi ignored the System, closing her eyes to feel the two new streams of energy within her.
One was the reward issued by the System; the other was the one that was actually useful to her.
This stream of energy was larger than those from the previous two worlds, but Qiu Chi didn't bother to figure out why this time. She already knew the reason for this world's abundance.
“Next world. Let’s continue.”
This world was very strange.
Her current identity was also very strange.
And the plot of this world left Qiu Chi speechless.
One might say the original host mindlessly devoted her everything, but given her identity, that didn't seem entirely out of place.
Yet, even after gaining self-awareness, she still acted according to her ingrained programming.
This was a world where it would be difficult for Qiu Chi to let loose.
Her current identity was that of a custom-made robot.
Qiu Chi said expressionlessly, “Are you getting revenge on me?”
The System vehemently denied it: 【I did not! You're spouting nonsense! I'm not that kind of system!】
Qiu Chi snorted. “Of all the worlds to choose from, why did you pick one with robots? Dare you say this isn't you getting petty revenge?”
The System, of course, wouldn't admit it: 【Of course not! It's obviously because you're too cold and ruthless and need to experience what love is. That's why you're in this world. Don't frame me, I'm not that kind of system!】
Qiu Chi gave a sarcastic laugh.
“I’ll be damned if I believe you.”
Under the sun, a handsome man held out his hand to Qiu Chi, his voice gentle. “Alice, come here.”
Qiu Chi wanted to curse up a storm.
Alice, Alice your sister!
With a cold expression, Qiu Chi stood perfectly still. The System nearly burst out laughing.
The handsome man’s brow furrowed slightly, his tone turning serious. “Alice, why aren't you coming over? Are you going to disobey my orders now?”
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