"Yes, I still have things to do. You wait for your parents here. You'd better not go out alone in the future."
Chu Lingwei took out a few spirit stones from her pocket and handed them to Shui Qin. "You might find these useful."
Shui Qin watched Chu Lingwei walk away, not daring to step out of the shop.
"Weiwei, why did we help her?" Huanmao turned his head and looked at Shui Qin standing at the shop entrance. He felt that the young woman in front of him was somewhat familiar.
"I don't know, I just had a feeling that I should help her," Chu Lingwei shook her head. When she saw Shui Qin's face, Chu Lingwei had a sense of déjà vu.
It was this feeling that made Chu Lingwei help.
"She doesn't have any demonic energy on her," Huanmao suddenly said. "That demon cultivator said she was half-human, half-demon. If that's the case, how could she not have any demonic energy?"
"You mean, she might not be a demon?" Chu Lingwei also found this point a bit strange. A child born between a human cultivator and a demon cultivator should have some demonic characteristics.
"I don't know, I just feel it's a bit strange," Huanmao shook his head. He didn't know either.
Yanshan Town was actually very small. A few more steps and you could walk through the entire town.
Chu Lingwei returned to Leng Family Inn, planning to rest there for a night and return tomorrow to continue cultivating spirit grass.
In the evening, Chu Lingwei was cultivating in her room when a surge of demonic energy suddenly came from outside, causing the entire house to shake.
Chu Lingwei opened her eyes and quickly walked out of her room, only to see the shopkeeper rushing towards her.
"Fairy Chu, a great demon has appeared outside. You'd best not go out."
Their small town hadn't seen a great demon in hundreds of years. One great demon could easily destroy their town.
"He's not going to do anything, is he?" Chu Lingwei looked outside. The room was still shaking.
"He probably won't," the shopkeeper shook his head with certainty. Great demons generally didn't kill people easily. "It's just that if you go out now, you might be accidentally injured."
"Alright, I'll go back."
Chu Lingwei nodded and returned to her room. The room was no longer shaking.
"Weiwei, I'm going out to take a look," Huanmao tugged at Chu Lingwei's clothes. There was a great demon outside, and he wanted to see what kind of demon it was.
"Be careful, don't cause trouble." Chu Lingwei closed her eyes again and entered the cultivation state.
Suddenly, she sensed someone in the room. She opened her eyes and saw a man standing in the room, staring at her.
The man was exuding demonic energy all over.
"Are you the great demon from outside?" Chu Lingwei quickly stood up, her Ice Jade Cold Frost Sword already unsheathed, ready to strike the great demon at any moment.
"Knowing I'm a great demon, your sword won't be able to hurt me," the great demon chuckled and walked to the table in the room. "You saved my daughter. Tell me, what do you want? I can grant you anything."
"You are Shui Qin's father?"
Chu Lingwei's confusion deepened when she heard the great demon's words. Shui Qin had clearly said today that her father was a man.
"Do you know? Those who dared to say that to me before are all dead now," the great demon glanced at Chu Lingwei, his smile devoid of any warmth.
Chu Lingwei, "..." What did she say wrong?
"I'll give you a little more time. What do you want?" Seeing Chu Lingwei remain silent, the great demon asked good-naturedly.
"Can you send me away from the demon realm?"
Regardless of what she said wrong, Chu Lingwei didn't care anymore and proposed the thing she wanted to do most at the moment.
"No." The great demon refused outright. "Don't ask for something else."
"You can't even leave the demon realm?" This was a great demon, and he couldn't leave the demon realm? This must be a fake great demon.
"It's that I cannot send you away." The demon realm sneered. Sending her out of the demon realm would destroy his hundred years of cultivation. He was not that foolish.
"Then please grant me something, senior."
Since he couldn't send her out of the demon realm, Chu Lingwei shrugged. Anything else would be acceptable.
"This is for you. It can withstand one attack from a great demon. Take care of yourself." As the great demon spoke, he disappeared from Chu Lingwei's sight.
Chu Lingwei opened her palm. A feather appeared in her hand.
It was a black feather, filled with dense demonic energy and a spell.
"Fairy Chu."
The shopkeeper, realizing he could move, immediately rushed to Chu Lingwei's room. If anything happened to Chu Lingwei, his own life would be in danger.
"Shopkeeper, don't worry, I'm fine."
The shopkeeper breathed a heavy sigh of relief. No, he had to report that Fairy Chu was at his establishment. If anything happened to her, the entire demon realm would be in turmoil.
"It's good that Fairy Chu is alright."
The next day, Chu Lingwei, along with Huanmao and the others, returned to where she planted spirit grass and planted the Immortal Bell Grass.
"In our demon realm, as long as you behave yourself, there will definitely be no danger to your life," Granny Hua said with a satisfied smile, seeing that Chu Lingwei was quite well-behaved.
"Why does your demon realm keep cultivators here?" In the demon realm, for example, they did not allow human cultivators to exist.
"We just want peace in the demon realm."
Granny Hua saw Chu Lingwei diligently planting the Flower Bell Grass and turned to leave.
Chu Lingwei sighed and murmured, "As long as one cultivates spirit, and wishes to reach the peak of the Great Dao, there will be no peace anywhere."
"However, the lifespan of demons is longer than that of cultivators." The lifespan of every demon is very long, ranging from a hundred years to thousands or tens of thousands of years. As long as they live peacefully, it is longer than a cultivator's entire life of cultivation.
"Alright, hurry up and water it." Chu Lingwei recited the Rain Summoning Spell and began to water the freshly planted Immortal Bell Grass.
Three days later.
Chu Lingwei had accepted this lifestyle. In the morning, she tended to the Immortal Bell Grass, and in the evening, she cultivated.
One evening, as she was diligently cultivating, a sound came from outside. Chu Lingwei opened her eyes, and a faint aura drifted past.
Chu Lingwei's eyes darkened, and she quickly pursued.
"Who are you?" Chu Lingwei chased for half an hour and arrived at a dense forest.
"Chu Lingwei."
The person accurately uttered Chu Lingwei's name. "You're finally here."
Yang recognized her now. Chu Lingwei became even more vigilant. "Who are you, and how do you know me?"
"Do you recognize this?" The person smiled slightly and threw something towards Chu Lingwei. "If you want to know who I am, stay."
After speaking, the person disappeared like a wisp of mist.
"Weiwei." Huanmao and the others caught up, but the person was long gone.
"Let's go back first." Chu Lingwei looked at the item the person had given her, returned to her room, and opened it. When she saw what was inside, she was so shocked that she stood up abruptly.
A withered plum branch.
Chu Lingwei quickly took out the plum branch that Meng Qinghe had given her from her storage bag. They were very similar.
"Is this the sacred tree of the Phoenix clan?" Huanmao stared at the plum branch in front of him, looking puzzled.