Volume 3, Chapter 220 – The Shattered Teacup

“Your Highness the Princess is too kind with your praise,” Lu Zhuxin said. “If Your Highness the Princess could release Nanny Qin, I would be even more grateful.”

“After all…” Lu Zhuxin paused. Her eyes looked at Qin Qingfen with regret.

“The way Nanny Qin is now… even if she was once useful, she’s become useless now.”

The wolf clan princess first paused, then her eyes curved with amusement. “Indeed so. Little girl, if you hadn’t said it, I wouldn’t have thought of it.”

“It seems she indeed found herself a way to survive.”

Qin Qingfen was completely confused by their conversation. “What… what do you mean?”

The wolf clan princess released Qin Qingfen. Her curved eyes wrinkled slightly.

She placed her hand on her cloak and lightly wiped it. She even kindly explained to Qin Qingfen, “Just the literal meaning. Congratulations on picking up a life from my hands.”

Of course, there were some words the wolf clan princess didn’t say.

What would happen to this old servant named Qin Qingfen afterward had nothing to do with her.

Qin Qingfen touched her neck in disbelief. She hadn’t expected this fierce wolf clan princess to actually release her.

The legendary brutal and vicious demon, could she really be this easy to talk to?

“Nanny Qin, you should leave quickly!” Lu Zhuxin said. “You’re safe now.”

“When you return and see Sister Xiyan, please tell her for me…”

“Sister Xiyan’s kindness, Yu Lizhi has no way to repay it.”

“I’m very sorry. Yu Lizhi cannot keep the previous promise to walk to the end together with Sister Xiyan.”

After finishing, Lu Zhuxin pressed her lips together. “…That should be all. Please go back, Nanny Qin.”

Qin Qingfen walked forward in a daze. Only after she reached the Demon Suppression Bureau officers’ position did she wake as if from a dream, discovering she was already safe.

“I’m saved! I survived!”

The surrounding Demon Suppression Bureau officers all looked at Qin Qingfen with extremely complex gazes.

Wei Qingyu’s face was cold. She waved her hand. “Take her away. Don’t let her continue to make a spectacle of herself here.”

Several officers stepped forward and pulled Qin Qingfen away.

The wolf clan princess looked at Lu Zhuxin and asked, “Were you just saying your last words? You think you can’t return alive?”

Lu Zhuxin said, “My life is entirely in Your Highness’s hands. What use is it if I myself think I can return alive? Better to prepare in advance.”

“Ha.” The wolf clan princess laughed lightly and said, “Don’t tell me these useless things.”

“You’re so clever. You should be able to understand that the person controlling your life isn’t me, but that Inspector Wei from the Demon Suppression Bureau.”

“Whether you can keep your life depends entirely on what that inspector chooses to do.”

“However…” The wolf clan princess’s tone shifted. “Looking at it now, that inspector doesn’t seem to have any intention of giving you a way to live, does she?”

“Tell me, what should I do? Little girl.”

Lu Zhuxin couldn’t help rolling her eyes.

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Who was she calling little girl?

This wolf clan princess, although she had some brains, truly didn’t have many.

But that made sense. If she really had brains, she wouldn’t have walked so carelessly straight into the trap the Demon Suppression Bureau set.

As the saying goes, when fellow townsmen meet fellow townsmen, they deceive each other until tears flow.

Even meeting someone from your hometown in a foreign land requires careful consideration, much less the rat clan, a race everyone despises!

This wolf clan princess actually believed the words of a rat clan member. Simply laughable.

Moreover, more importantly, she still hadn’t noticed to this point that Wei Qingyu was obviously stalling for time?

Wei Qingyu was waiting for people, waiting for the Chi family’s support.

This was Beihe Commandery. The Chi family was the local power here.

The Chi family’s legitimate daughter was captured on their own territory. How could the Chi family be so slow as to have no reaction?

Wei Qingyu was also waiting to see the Chi family’s attitude.

Unfortunately, this clever wolf clan princess hadn’t realized this point. She was still waiting for Wei Qingyu’s response.

“Demon Suppression Bureau human, this princess has already released one person as promised. You should also fulfill your promise and open the formation, right?”

Wei Qingyu looked coldly at that wolf clan princess without speaking.

Indeed, this wolf clan princess had released one person.

She released an evil servant with absolutely no value.

Wei Qingyu felt that if she really sent this evil servant back to the Chi family, not only would she not receive thanks, she’d probably get the Chi family’s contempt instead.

“Hehe… Your Highness the Princess, please don’t be hasty.” Wei Qingyu said. “To trap the powerful demon clan, the Demon Suppression Bureau’s demon-subduing formation is extremely complex. Dismantling the formation is even more difficult than setting it up.”

“Taking a bit longer is very normal.”

“I’m sure Your Highness the Princess can understand this, right?”

The wolf clan princess’s brows furrowed slightly.

No, she actually couldn’t understand at all.

The Demon Realm people’s formation attainments truly were inferior to the human race, and moreover, she didn’t understand formations.

But continuing to delay like this, she faintly felt somewhat uneasy.

“I’m very curious,” the wolf clan princess said, gripping Lu Zhuxin’s neck. “Even at this point, why can you still be so calm?”

“Are you truly not afraid of death at all?”

Lu Zhuxin really wanted to roll her eyes at this wolf clan princess.

Why should she be afraid of death?

She was the wolf clan’s hostage. These several wolf clan members’ goal was to break free, not fight to the death with the human race.

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So before the Demon Suppression Bureau forced these wolf clan members to become desperate, she didn’t need to worry at all that the wolf clan would harm her.

And Wei Qingyu understood this point equally well.

It could be said that among everyone present, except for Qin Qingfen, not a single person hoped Lu Zhuxin would die here.

Of course, Lu Zhuxin could also be this calm because she had the cultivation of an Eighth Realm great demon as her backing.

As long as it wasn’t those old things from the Sword Sects or the Empress personally taking action, no one could take the Fox Monarch’s life.

However, if they continued wasting time like this, this wolf clan princess’s situation would probably become even more dangerous than Lu Zhuxin’s.

The fox clan and the wolf clan weren’t actually familiar. They were closer to the tiger clan instead.

Compared to the wolf clan, these proud and stubborn hotheads, the tiger clan, these simple and easy-to-deceive big cats, were more liked by the fox clan.

However, as fellow great clans of the Demon Realm, within the scope of what she could do, Lu Zhuxin didn’t mind helping them a bit.

Although this wolf clan princess used a cloak to cover her waist and a veil to cover her pretty face, from her eyes and brows one could still see this should be quite a handsome young lady.

Lu Zhuxin slowly raised her hand and gently pressed it against this wolf clan princess’s hand.

This wolf clan princess hadn’t revealed her beast form, so her current posture was no different from a human girl.

A pair of slender jade hands, with distinct finger joints and smooth, warm skin.

The wolf clan princess felt Lu Zhuxin’s touch. Her voice gradually became somewhat strange. “Human… what are you doing?”

“Your Highness the Princess, no one is unafraid of death,” Lu Zhuxin said leisurely. “Even though I’ve already prepared to dedicate everything to Sister Xiyan, when that moment truly comes, I’ll still feel panic, fear…”

“You think I’m not afraid only because I’ve already grown accustomed to handing my fate over to others…”

“Yes… mortals without cultivation are just this fragile…”

Lu Zhuxin’s voice was low. However, she was certain every expert present could hear clearly what she was saying.

“In this situation, I seem unable to do anything…”

“No… no, that’s not right. I can’t say it like that…”

“I think actually I can still do some things.”

The wolf clan princess’s brows furrowed. She said, “Human girl, what exactly are you saying?”

“Your Highness the Princess.” Lu Zhuxin’s lips curved slightly. She gently caressed this wolf clan princess’s hand, her fingers sliding forward, lightly grasping the wolf clan princess’s finger joints.

“Your fingers are very beautiful.”

“Dying under such lovely hands, Yu Lizhi’s life would have no regrets.”

The wolf clan princess still frowned. She faintly felt something was wrong. “Wait! What do you want to do!”

At this moment, Wei Qingyu, who was still waiting for the Chi family’s response, also had her expression change drastically. “Wait! Miss Yu! Don’t be impulsive! Don’t do anything foolish! Things haven’t reached that step yet.”

“Sister Wei, don’t worry about me! Don’t let me alone drag all of you down.” Lu Zhuxin shouted loudly, her voice resolute.

The wolf clan princess suddenly felt something hot on her hand. Scalding fresh blood flowed out.

Her expression changed slightly. This girl in her hand had actually used her fingernails to cut open her own neck along her fingers.

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Beihe Commandery, Chi Residence.

Chi Xiyan dragged her exhausted body back to her own courtyard.

She looked toward the maid who handed her sobering spiritual tea. “Why don’t I see Zhizhi and Nanny Qin? Haven’t they returned yet?”

The maid answered, “Eldest Young Lady, after Nanny Qin and Miss Yu went out this morning, they haven’t returned.”

Chi Xiyan frowned slightly. “Strange, that shouldn’t be right. What they needed to do this morning wasn’t much. By this time, they should have returned long ago…”

Thinking of Yu Lizhi, Chi Xiyan would recall what Qin Qingfen said to her this morning.

Qin Qingfen naturally knew about Chi Xiyan’s aversion to touching others.

And this time, Qin Qingfen was also the first to discover something was off about Chi Xiyan and Yu Lizhi’s interactions.

Usually, when those maids approached Chi Xiyan even slightly, Chi Xiyan would feel uncomfortable.

But now, Chi Xiyan could personally help Yu Lizhi arrange her clothing and even intimately touch Yu Lizhi’s hair.

These things were all things the previous Chi Xiyan wouldn’t dare imagine doing.

“Could it be… that interacting with Zhizhi really cured my cleanliness obsession?”

Chi Xiyan frowned slightly. She didn’t believe her cleanliness obsession could be cured this easily.

However, she indeed had inadvertently made very intimate movements with Yu Lizhi.

Whether it was being completely honest with that girl, lightly sniffing the bewitching fragrance on her body, or personally touching places on the girl’s body that shouldn’t be casually touched, none of these were things Chi Xiyan could normally do.

Ridiculous. Chi Xiyan had previously suspected and tested that girl, wondering whether she harbored impure intentions toward Chi Xiyan.

In the end, Chi Xiyan discovered the one who truly acted improperly was only Chi Xiyan herself.

Yu Lizhi, from beginning to end, hadn’t made any inappropriate actions. She’d even constantly had her back toward Chi Xiyan.

Instead, it was Chi Xiyan herself who had looked at and touched everything. Afterward, she even marveled that her cleanliness obsession hadn’t flared up, and even somewhat missed it. Missed that unfamiliar feeling of intimate contact with others, missed the bewitching body fragrance on the young lady that made body and mind comfortable.

Just who was the one harboring impure intentions?

Ha…

Chi Xiyan laughed at herself mockingly.

However, it was only this much.

Qin Qingfen told her to mind her distance, to stay away from Yu Lizhi.

Could she be worried Chi Xiyan would truly develop improper thoughts toward that girl?

How was that possible?

Truly laughable to the extreme.

Chi Xiyan clearly knew what she liked and what she wanted.

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Her will was incomparably firm. How could it be so easily shaken by someone?

Thinking this, Chi Xiyan reached out her hand, preparing to receive the spiritual tea the maid brought over.

“Eldest Young Lady, this is bad!” A maid ran over. “News just came. When Nanny Qin and Miss Yu were resting at the Chi family inn, they encountered the Demon Suppression Bureau capturing demon creatures.”

“Then those demon creatures grabbed Nanny Qin and Miss Yu and took them as hostages!!”

A cracking sound was heard.

The teacup suddenly shattered.

The precious spiritual tea, releasing hot steam, scattered across the floor in an instant.

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“Are you insane?! Human girl!!”

The wolf clan princess released Lu Zhuxin’s neck and gathered her into her arms.

Abundant demonic power gathered in the wolf clan princess’s palm. She lightly tapped several places on Lu Zhuxin’s neck, trying to use demonic power to seal the wound on Lu Zhuxin’s neck.

This girl couldn’t die yet. If she died, they would lose their life-saving trump card, and the Demon Suppression Bureau people would also have no more concerns.

Wei Qingyu’s face was cold. Gripping her horizontal blade, she slowly walked over.

The old man holding the beast staff stepped before her first. “Stand back, human.”

Wei Qingyu didn’t look at the old man before her but looked toward the wolf clan princess.

“Hand her over to me! Her wound isn’t deep. If we save her now, there’s still time!”

“Human martial artist! I should be saying this to you!” The wolf clan princess also roared at Wei Qingyu. “Although her wound isn’t deep, if she’s not treated promptly, she’ll slowly lose her life force as her blood flows away…”

“If time drags on! She’ll surely die!”

The wolf clan princess held Lu Zhuxin, glaring furiously at Wei Qingyu. “Now, the one who will kill her isn’t me, but you!”

“So, human, how long will you keep the formation sealed!”

Wei Qingyu looked at Lu Zhuxin, whose face was pale as she was held in the wolf clan princess’s arms.

The horizontal blade in her hand tightened again and again.

Wei Qingyu said coldly, “You give her to me. I can save her.”

“Laughable. Human, even at this point, you’re still saying such things.” The wolf clan princess said. “Give me herbal medicine. I can save her just the same.”

“This kind of injury is routine for the wolf clan.”

Wei Qingyu shook her head. “I don’t trust you, nor can I accept this.”

“Then you can only receive this girl’s corpse.” The wolf clan princess said. “You need to think clearly. For a mortal without cultivation, the harm caused by blood loss is fatal.”

“Every drop of blood she loses, she draws one step closer to death.”