So it turns out I'm the demon!

Chapter 252 Not Human, Ah Xiang

Chapter 252 Not Human, Ah Xiang (First Update)

Outside the waterfall, a misty haze hangs in the air.

Bai Xiang stood quietly before the black-armored divine soldier, gazing at that incredibly familiar face, a glistening tear in the corner of her eye: "Uncle Huo—do you still remember me?"

In a foreign land, I finally met a familiar relative.

Even though the other party was not related by blood, in her past memories, this man had always silently protected the royal family and the Mirror Kingdom.

Even as they perished alongside the Kingdom of Mirror, they uttered not a single complaint.

The black-armored warrior remained silent.

He simply knelt silently on one knee in the muddy puddle, like a statue.

His empty eyes gleamed with a scarlet light, devoid of any emotional fluctuations or feelings.

It was as if this kneeling action was merely an instinct ingrained in his bones after his mutilated body sensed the familiar royal aura emanating from Bai Xiang.

Bai Xiang extended her slender, jade-like fingertips and gently touched the other's cold armor.

The moment her fingertips touched her, a chilling aura of bloodthirsty demonic energy surged out from the armor and instantly wrapped around her fingertips.

Bai Xiang carefully examined the wisp of demonic energy, her handsome, arched eyebrows furrowing in surprise: "This is... the death energy of the underworld? How could Uncle Huo have something like this on him?"

When the Mirror Kingdom collapsed, the Black Armor Divine Soldiers, as a legion of suicide soldiers, were also completely wiped out.

According to the ironclad rules, the Black Armor Divine Soldiers were originally living dead created using secret methods.

It belongs to the category of evil spirits.

Once the nation's fortunes are completely exhausted and the power of the sorcerer god disappears, the black-armored divine soldiers will vanish into nothingness.

Unexpectedly, he came back to life.

"Did someone recreate this body for you?"

Bai Xiang secretly wondered what was going on.

The problem is, after the Mirror Kingdom was destroyed, that place had long since become a place of divine punishment and death. Who could force their way in?

Moreover, even the remains are gone, so how did the person behind it manage to reconstruct them from nothingness?

She looked down at the white feather in her hand and probed it with her divine sense.

Sure enough, they discovered that it also contained a wisp of death energy of the same origin.

Bai Xiang released his hand thoughtfully.

As if drawn by some force, the white feather slowly drifted to the black-armored general, then transformed into a streak of light, merging directly into the space between his eyebrows beneath his helmet.

"Buzz—"

In an instant, wisps of black energy emanated from the black-armored general's body.

The crimson ferocity in his eyes faded considerably, and the previously taut killing intent subsided.

Bai Xiang brought two fingers together, lightly touched the other person's brow, closed his eyes, and focused his mind to sense it.

A moment later, she opened her eyes.

"I see----"

She sensed a mysterious aura residing within Uncle Huo's dantian.

The core of the aura contained a bead the size of a walnut.

It was this bead that kept this broken body functioning.

However, this bead is extremely unstable, in a boiling state, and seems to be on the verge of collapsing and exploding at any moment.

The death energy extracted from the white feather was injected, forcibly suppressing the restless energy and calming it down.

"So, it's that mysterious bead inside Uncle Huo's body that's keeping everything going. Because the bead's energy is unstable, he instinctively searches everywhere for and absorbs these kinds of treasures containing death energy to prolong his life—"

Bai Xiang felt a sudden sense of relief.

Although she didn't know who had secretly resurrected her, or what their purpose was.

But now that Uncle Huo's body has been reconstructed, she is confident that she can awaken his scattered consciousness given enough time.

Of course, all of this is predicated on the prior restoration of the nation.

The "restoration of the country" here does not mean immediately recruiting soldiers, rebuilding the city, and then ruling over countless people.

Rather, it is to restore the ruined national fortune of the Mirror Kingdom.

In this world where the Way of Heaven reigns supreme and laws are strictly enforced, the single word "luck" is the foundation of everything.

Fortune is the thought of all living beings and the pivot of heaven and earth.

If the nation's destiny is preserved, even if the country is shattered and it is confined to a corner of the country, there will be a day when a single spark can ignite a prairie fire.

If a nation's fate is lost, even a vast territory will ultimately amount to nothing more than dust.

If the Pisces Jade Pendant can be retrieved and the national fortune of the Mirror Kingdom can be gathered, Uncle Huo's soul can be restored.

"However, it seems that the amount of death energy in the feathers is far from enough at present."

Bai Xiang hesitated for a moment, then took out a leaf that shimmered with a pale golden light from her sleeve. She then bit her fingertip, drawing out a drop of her pale golden blood, which she dripped onto the leaf.

With a flick of a finger.

The golden leaf transformed into a golden ray of light and swept into the chest of the black-armored general.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Xiang quickly formed hand seals, and a semi-transparent golden feng shui compass appeared beneath her feet.

The pointer spun and finally pointed to the southeast, flashing a faint light.

Bai Xiangyu waved her hand lightly.

The golden compass was moved to the feet of the black-armored general.

"Uncle Huo, follow the directions on this compass."

Bai Xiang gently instructed, "When you reach your destination, the compass will naturally remind you to stop. It's an ancient battlefield ruin in the Fallen Soul Swamp, filled with deathly energy, which is perfect for your current state."

You should rest there for now and not wander around. I will come to find you in a while.

The black-armored general silently rose.

He didn't speak, picked up his black halberd, and left in the direction indicated by the compass, his figure gradually disappearing.

Bai Xiang withdrew her gaze, finally able to relax her tense mind that had been holding her back for the past few days.

She looked at the waterfall, a slight smile curving her lips.

This kid actually helped me find Uncle Huo. Not bad, considering he was at least somewhat helpful, I'll cook him some good food when we get back.

However, thinking of the two beautiful women beside this guy, the woman's mood became depressed again.

Inside the curtain cave behind the waterfall.

The roar of water echoed through the cave.

Jiang Mu was sitting cross-legged on a pile of hay, munching on wild fruit he had taken from a nearby stone table, while telling Ling Ye about Qiu Yuexin.

"Anyway, that's how it is. Yue'er is actually a victim too."

She could never be the murderer of my family. The real culprit must be the Fog Demon. The court has made a mistake.

Sister Ling, you must believe me.

Ling Ye glanced at the petite girl sitting on the rock beside him, swinging her legs, then turned his gaze to Jiang Mu with a lingering look: "Then why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"Uh, well—"

"It's not his fault, I'm the one who told him to keep it from you."

Qiu Yuexin jumped down from the rock, put her hands behind her back, and smiled sweetly. "Instead of letting the other idiots from the Demon Slayer Division hunt me down, I'd rather you do it. After all, I think you're a person who distinguishes right from wrong and isn't the kind of person who's unreasonable."

Ling Ye said calmly, "Now that the Commander-in-Chief has removed me from the mission to capture you, he will probably send out even more capable people soon."

"I know, but it doesn't really matter."

Qiu Yuexin picked up a wild fruit from the table, took a bite, and said crisply, "Anyway, in my eyes, all the inspectors, big and small, in your Demon Slayer Division are useless."

Jiang Mu coughed and said, "Sister Ling isn't useless. She let you go on purpose because of me. It's a favor!"

Ling Ye pursed his lips and said softly, "Don't flatter me. I did try my best, and I really couldn't catch her. She is indeed very capable."

Qiu Yuexin curved her pink lips into a smile, winked her alluring eyes at Jiang Mu, and looked smug, as if to say, "Look, she admitted it herself."

That brat—

Jiang Mu shook his head helplessly.

Just then, the barrier inside the waterfall suddenly disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, the graceful figure shrouded in a hazy, ethereal light stepped through the water and appeared inside the cave.

The three people who were chatting suddenly tensed up.

Ling Ye stepped forward, cupped his hands in gratitude, and said, "Thank you so much for saving my life, senior. I will never forget your kindness."

Bai Xiang, bathed in celestial light, coldly glanced at this "magnanimous" woman, her tone indifferent: "Now that you know I saved you, does your life now belong to me? Would you do anything I ask?"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the three people inside the cave changed simultaneously.

Ling Ye tentatively asked, "What does Senior want me to do? As long as it's within my power, I will do it even if it means going through fire and water."

"There's no need to go through fire and water."

Bai Xiang's eyes flickered, her gaze landing on Jiang Mu. She said casually, "I have a friend who's still unmarried. I think this guy is decent-looking enough, so I'm planning to play matchmaker myself, but—"

Bai Xiang's voice suddenly turned cold: "But I want to make sure this kid doesn't philander in the future."

So, I want you to stay away from him from now on, and never see him again. Do you understand what I mean?

Ling Ye was startled, and then her pretty face turned pale.

Jiang Mu was also dumbfounded.

Wait, who are you, lady? Why are you trying to set me up with someone?

Does being handsome mean you deserve to be forced into prostitution?

Jiang Mu was immediately displeased.

He stepped in front of Ling Ye and said coldly, "Senior, feelings are something that cannot be forced."

I've never met your friend, and your friend has never met me. This arranged marriage, where we're forced together, will ultimately lead to us becoming a resentful couple.

As the saying goes, a forced marriage will not be sweet, and a forced relationship will not be happy.

You can't just randomly matchmake your friend and push them into a fire pit, can you?

Bai Xiang sneered, "Forced relationships are never sweet, but they'll quench your thirst! If my friend weren't so desperate to get married, how could she possibly be interested in you?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mu gasped.

Alright, alright, so it's a tank, right?

They only gave it to me because they couldn't get married themselves?

Jiang Mu immediately refused with righteous indignation: "To be honest, I already have a woman I admire, and I will marry no one but her in this life!"

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"Oh?"

Bai Xiang's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly behind the celestial light. "I don't care who you like. The important thing is that I must guarantee that from now on, there will be no other woman by your side."

Having said that, he turned his gaze to Ling Ye: "Well? Have you thought it through? Do you want to repay the debt of gratitude, or go back on your word?"

Ling Ye stood frozen in place, biting her red lips so hard that a trace of blood seeped out.

She wanted to say that she and Jiang Mu were just friends, but when she opened her pink lips, she couldn't bring herself to say it, afraid of hurting the man's feelings.

Seeing that Ling Ye remained silent, Bai Xiang said, "Very well. Since you are unwilling, I will not force you. However, there is a price for my saving people."

I happen to be short of a servant to bring me tea and water —

Jiang Mu, I'm giving you a choice. Today, you can only take one person from here.

The other one must stay and serve me. The choice is yours. My time is limited; I'll only give you the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to consider.

"Only one person?"

Jiang Mu frowned, her face grim.

"Yes, only one person can participate."

Bai Xianghao looked at him with great interest.

She wanted to see whether, faced with a life-or-death choice, this wicked man would choose his "broad-minded" confidante or this delicate vixen.

"good!"

I thought Jiang Mu would go through a painful internal struggle, and might even stage a tragic drama of "I'll stay if you want me to stay."

Unexpectedly, he readily agreed without even a second's hesitation.

Under Bai Xiang's astonished gaze, Jiang Mu grabbed Ling Ye's soft hand with his left hand and quickly pulled Qiu Yuexin's delicate wrist with his right.

"Walk!"

Then he swaggered off toward the outside of the waterfall.

Bai Xiang was stunned, then her pretty face darkened: "Stop! I told you to take only one person with you. Can't you understand human language?"

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Jiang Mu stopped and turned around, looking completely innocent. "Yeah, it's just me."

He pointed to Qiu Yuexin beside him and said matter-of-factly, "She's not human."

Qiu Yuexin nodded her little head, her face full of innocence: "Yes, yes, I am a fox, not a human."

Baixiang: "————"

At that moment, I was rendered speechless by this guy.

Jiang Mu spread his hands: "Senior, you are a dignified hermit, you can't go back on your word and cheat in public, can you?"

You just said yourself that you could only take one. You didn't specify whether it was a human or a demon, so why is it against the rules if I take a fox?

Bai Xiang suppressed the urge to slap this bastard into the waterfall and coldly said, "Don't try to play these tricks on me! I mean what I say. Here, whether you're human or demon, you can only take one with you today!"

"Oh, I see—"

Jiang Mu looked at Bai Xiang, "Then can I take you away with me, senior?"

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Bai Xiang was momentarily stunned.

Ling Ye and Qiu Yuexin, who were standing nearby, also had strange expressions.

This guy is really reckless, daring to mess with even a big shot like him?

Jiang Mu said emphatically, "As a senior with unparalleled cultivation, your word is as good as gold. You can't go back on your word and renege on your promises time and time again, can you?"

You said you could only take one person from here, so my choice to take you doesn't violate the rules, right?

Bai Xiang was speechless for a moment.

A moment later, she turned her back to Jiang Mu, her voice deep and enigmatic: "Sharp-tongued. Fine, then I'll try another way. You just need to tell me, who do you most want to marry?"

"Whether it's these two beside you, or someone else, I will let the three of you leave safely."

"Don't drag me into this!"

Qiu Yuexin immediately distanced herself from the situation, rolling her eyes playfully, "I have absolutely nothing to do with him!"

Ling Ye remained silent.

She turned her pretty face slightly away, but her slender hands unconsciously clenched her skirt.

There was a hint of secret anticipation, and a palpable tension.

She was even afraid that Jiang Mu's loose tongue might actually utter her name.

Jiang Mu finally understood.

This mysterious woman is deliberately causing trouble!

He wanted to use this tricky, potentially disastrous question to sow discord between them, hoping to make him publicly acknowledge his "scumbag" status and create resentment between Ling Ye and Yao Mei towards him.

Scheming woman!

Jiang Mu said with clear and sincere eyes, "Men should marry when they come of age, and women should marry when they come of age. Naturally, I will marry the woman I love."

Seeing that Jiang Mu was still dodging the question, Bai Xiang couldn't help but pout.

At the same time, a sense of loss also arose in her heart.

She couldn't help but ask herself if all those gentle and considerate words and thoughtful actions he had shown her were just empty words, spoken casually.

Are these all his tricks to deceive women?

However, a woman's innate curiosity still made her want to find out who was truly in Da Luo's heart.

Bai Xiang waved gently.

A talisman floated down like a falling leaf and hovered in front of Jiang Mu.

Her tone was as cold as frost: "If you can't say it out loud, then write it down."

Don't worry, since I said I would let you go, I will not go back on my word, and I will never tell any outsider the name you wrote down.

If I break this oath, may my soul and spirit be annihilated!

Jiang Mu originally wanted to scoff at the other party, but upon hearing such a ruthless oath, he froze on the spot.

Are you serious?

Is it really necessary to make such a vicious oath?

Looking at the glowing talisman in front of him, Jiang Mu couldn't understand this woman's thought process.

Bai Xiang deliberately scared him, saying, "This talisman is made using a secret method and is extremely special. It must be written with blood."

You'd better write down your truest thoughts, otherwise your handwriting will never show up. Once you've written them down, I'll let you leave immediately.

Although Jiang Mu was somewhat disdainful, the current situation was beyond his control.

In order to escape safely with the two women as soon as possible, he had no choice but to bite his fingertip and start writing.

Although Ling Ye and Qiu Yuexin were curious, neither of them peeked out.

Jiang Mu originally intended to write something casually to get by, just to avoid this woman deliberately causing trouble.

But as his fingertips, stained with blood, hovered above the talisman, a series of graceful figures involuntarily flashed through his mind.

These figures flashed through my mind like a revolving lantern, but the image finally settled on a tranquil afternoon.

Sunlight streamed into the courtyard.

That graceful figure, always dressed in a plain long dress, with her hair in a simple bun, silently watering the vegetable garden every day.

The skirt swayed gently in the wind, exuding a sense of peaceful and serene charm.

Jiang Mu's eyes softened for a moment as her fingertips fell.

After writing it down, he folded the talisman and handed it to the other person: "Senior, I don't know where I offended you that you have such a big prejudice against me."

But in any case, I am very grateful to you for saving my friend.

However, we have urgent matters to attend to right now and cannot stay here any longer. If you ever need my help in the future, as long as it is not against morality, I will go through fire and water for you.

Now, we beg you, senior, to be merciful and let us leave.

Bai Xiang drew the folded talisman into her palm from a distance.

She held the light piece of paper, wanting to unfold it immediately, but stopped when she touched the crease, a hint of fear creeping in.

I'm afraid to see someone else's name written on it.

She feared that in this man's heart, she was just a dispensable passerby.

Just as she was hesitating, a jade bracelet on her wrist suddenly emitted a buzzing sound.

It is a vital communication tool for female bodyguards in emergencies.

The jade bracelet trembled, indicating that the female guard had arrived at the Fallen Soul Swamp and had something important to report.

Bai Xiang tucked the talisman into her sleeve, her tone returning to its initial indifference, tinged with a hint of dejection: "I'll make a note of this debt for you. I'll come looking for it later."

Huh?

Does this mean—they're letting us go?

Jiang Mu's eyes lit up, and she tentatively took a step toward the gap in the waterfall.

Seeing that the other party made no attempt to stop him, he immediately grabbed the two women and ran away as fast as he could, only managing to throw out a cry into the wind: "Thank you so much, senior!"

In the blink of an eye, the three of them disappeared.

The water curtain closed again, completely blocking out the outside light.

Bai Xiang sat down on the stone bench.

The celestial light gradually faded, revealing her breathtakingly beautiful face.

But at this moment, his face was filled with loneliness and bewilderment.

The luminous pearl inside the cave emitted a cold, eerie light, casting her solitary shadow on the stone wall, making her look like a lifeless puppet.

What am I grieving over?

There was never much possibility of a relationship developing between her and Jiang Mu to begin with.

With the restoration of her kingdom still unfulfilled, she never dared to hope for any romantic relationship with him.

If that's the case, why care so much about whose name he wrote on the talisman?

What's the point?

Who he likes and who he wants to marry has nothing to do with her.

Bai Xiang shook her head self-deprecatingly.

She casually pulled the talisman from her sleeve, opened it, and glanced at it.

The woman froze.

She closed the talisman, then reopened it.

A smile spread upwards from the corner of her lips onto her previously tense and beautiful face.

She pressed her red lips together tightly, trying to suppress it, but she couldn't, and even the corners of her eyes and brows were tinged with a captivating smile.

"Hmph—it's definitely just nonsense!"

Bai Xiang gave a coquettish snort in her heart.

But the jade hand holding the talisman tightened unconsciously.

On the talisman paper, which shimmered with golden light, was written a large character—

Fragrant!

next moment.

Bai Xiang's delicate body flashed and disappeared from the spot in a flash.

Then it reappeared in front of the three people who were running wildly.

Holy crap!

Jiang Mu was so startled that she slammed on the brakes.

His face darkened. "Senior—isn't that a bit unnecessary?"

He thought the other party had suddenly changed their mind and was planning to take them back.

Bai Xiang stood with his hands behind his back, his expression calm, and said, "I suddenly remembered something."

"————What is it?"

Jiang Mu had a bad feeling for no reason.

Bai Xiang spoke calmly: "That woman who was hugging and cuddling you so intimately in the underground dragon vein of Yancheng last time—"

She had a big butt. I think you called her "Water Master" back then, right?

There's also a pretty zombie banshee who's quite close to you, right?

Bai Xiang pointed to Ling Ye beside her: "Your Water Master is better than her."

Then, Bai Xiang turned her finger and pointed to Qiu Yuexin on the other side: "As for that zombie banshee, she's better than this little fox."

After saying that, the woman disappeared and went straight to her personal female bodyguard.

Only the three with dark expressions remained.

Jiang Mu gritted her teeth as she cut the meat, cursing, "You're not human!"

(Cardano, the second update will be posted tomorrow.)

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