CH 19
T/N: Here's a bit of an explanation between beast cultivators and demon cultivators to dispel confusion between the two (especially since I've been having trouble trying to translate yao huang[妖皇] and mo huang[魔皇] since it's kind of hard for me to differentiate between them).
Essentially, beast cultivators and demon cultivators do not refer to what the cultivators themselves represent (since some demon cultivators are beasts like LQ), but instead refer to their method of practice.
Demon cultivators cultivate demonic or supernatural energy to gain strength and achieve their goals. They may also be associated with the worship of dark or demonic entities, and may be willing to use any means necessary to achieve their ends, including harming others or engaging in forbidden practices.
Beast cultivators are those who cultivate the natural spiritual energy of the world as well as make use of their own bloodline abilities, etc. to transform, gain power and achieve their respective goals. Beast cultivators do not only refer to beasts like foxes (BW), but they also refer to plants that have gained spiritual awareness. (The more appropriate translation would've been Spirit Cultivator. For now, I won't be changing it and the Spirit Cultivator will continue to refer to ghosts)
Changes I'll be making:
(Northern Dark Demon Sect -> Mysterious Northern Demon Sect / Mysterious Northern Sect)
PS: If you see any old chapters being re-published, some minor edits have been made(fixing inconsistent translations, and spelling/grammatical errors).
......
It was twilight when Lin Qianshuang was awakened by a knock at the door; she felt someone had entered the room and was calling her.
But she was still groggy and fell back asleep shortly after being woken up. She slept soundly, unresponsive, until someone else entered the room and stood in front of the bed.
Bai Wan sat at the edge of the bed and said to the maid who was trembling from nervousness, "You can go. I'll wake up the Left Protector."
The maid said, "But the Sage has instructed that you are not allowed to set foot in the Left Protector's bed chamber. If she finds out about this, I'm afraid that my life will be in danger."
Bai Wan raised her willow leaf-shaped eyes slightly, its ink-black colour was a little lighter under the sunlight. She gave a faint smile to the maid and said, "The Left Protector can't afford to miss breakfast. Do you not believe me?"
She has a clean and pretty face, and she appears very innocent and pure when she smiles. In addition, she usually treats others in a warm and friendly manner, and her every move contained the gentleness and elegance that only a refined noble lady could have.
Such a calm and beautiful woman was the least likely to arouse others' suspicion and vigilance.
The maid was bewildered by Bai Wan's smile and wondered why the Sage was always on guard against this kind and gentle woman.
She, like many others, believed that the frequent conflicts between Han Shengyao and Bai Wan was due to her jealousy of the Demon Emperor's favour towards Bai Wan.
The maid hurriedly said, "This servant does not dare and will leave now. I'll be bothering you to take care of the Left Protector."
Bai Wan watched the maid close the door and felt a little proud as she smugly raised her hidden fox tails.
She turned her gaze to Lin Qianshuang who was still lying in bed. She was in an awkward posture with her limbs spread out, her undergarments half lifted, and the quilt kicked to one side.
Bai Wan's gaze wandered over Lin Qianshuang's pale waist, and she couldn't help but think to herself that although she was a fox, why did this majestic-looking little beast still manage to be more seductive than her, a fox who had been cultivating for seven hundred years? She even had a similarly small waist, if not more graceful.
Her gaze circled around her snow-white skin, and she reached out and roughly pulled her ear.
"Master, ow ow ow..."
Lin Qianshuang felt a sharp pain in her ear and opened her eyes groggily. Her vision was still blurry and unfocused.
It seemed that after hearing the word "Master", the person pulling her ear pinched it harder.
Lin Qianshuang jolted up in response like a fish jumping out of a frying pan, now fully awake and sitting upright on the bed.
"Bai Wan?" she said.
She realised that the person sitting by her bed turned out to be the weak and fragile-looking Bai Wan, and remembered that they had just agreed to cooperate the night before. Assuming that she had come to wake her up for breakfast, she let down her guard.
Lin Qianshuang complained while rubbing her reddened ear, "Why did you pinch me so hard? It's not that hard to wake me up."
Bai Wan stood up, wiped her hands with a handkerchief with a look of distaste, and threw it aside. She said, "You looked so ugly, drooling and sleeptalking... How do you even recover from such a deep sleep? The maids have been calling you for half a day, and I've been waiting outside for so long."
When Lin Qianshuang heard that Bai Wan had been waiting for her for a long time, she felt embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Bai. It's only the first day, and I've already troubled you and kept you waiting."
"Then why don't you hurry up? Don't waste any more time."
Lin Qianshuang responded and picked up her brocade dress from the bed. She felt like she was rushing to work for fear of being late and getting her pay deducted.
Bai Wan added, "From now on, just call me by my name since we're going to be like two grasshoppers tied by the same string(1). Miss Bai sounds too distant."
Lin Qianshuang put on her veil—white like the moon—and hastily said to Bai Wan, "Then you can call me Xiao Shuang. I'll also feel awkward if you call me Miss Lin."
Bai Wan urged Lin Qianshuang while she herself walked to the dressing table in the room and inspected her own attire and fringe.
In the process, she compared herself to Lin Qianshuang, who was struggling to put on her clothes and fix her hair. She wondered how she found this little beast to be so charming and beautiful, when she was clearly sloppy and incomparable to herself.
Lin Qianshuang called for a maid who helped her fix her messy hair and loose lavender dress. She looked at the strange yet familiar woman in the mirror and felt a little dazed.
The white moonlight Senior Sister was truly one in a million. No matter how she dressed, she looked beautiful. No wonder Liang Jingxuan was infatuated and couldn't forget her after so many years since her death.
Under the lead of a maid, Lin Qianshuang and Bai Wan walked a distance apart towards their destination.
When they arrived at Tianyou Pavilion, a group of pretty and beautifully dressed female demon cultivators walked ahead of them, chatting and laughing.
In the middle was a woman wearing a green dress, making it look as if a myriad of stars surrounded the moon. She seemed to be the one with the most prestige among the group of beautiful concubines.
"That is Qing Ji, the personal disciple of the Sect Master of the Mysterious Northern Sect, one of the three great sects. Her original form is a piece of an emerald jade ring. Last year, she was given as a birthday present to the Demon Emperor by the Mysterious Northern Sect's Sect Master. The Demon Emperor fears the Mysterious Northern Sect's growing power and thus favours her very much. But she can't compare to my position."
Listening to Bai Wan's voice transmission, Lin Qianshuang looked at Qing Ji with scrutiny and followed Bai Wan inside.
Inside the elegant pavilion, the large table was already full of pastries. After the Demon Emperor's harem rushed in, the originally quiet atmosphere became lively.
Bai Wan gracefully walked to the seat on the Demon Emperor's right and sat down.
Lin Qianshuang hesitated about where to sit as she looked around. All the chairs were already occupied, and she felt a bit awkward standing still.
She walked towards the door, intending to call a maid to help her get a chair when she was stopped by the Demon Emperor's oppressively commanding tone.
"Left Protector, where are you going? Come to this deity's side."
The Demon Emperor sat there imposingly, and the tyrannical aura he released made Lin Qianshuang very uncomfortable. But after a moment's hesitation, she still climbed the three flights of stairs towards the Demon Emperor.
The concubines sitting around the long table were green with envy as they watched Lin Qianshuang approach the Demon Emperor.
Bai Wan on the other hand, looked at the Demon Emperor whose fiery gaze never left Lin Qianshuang since the moment she entered. She listened to the Demon Emperor's thoughts and turned red, secretly cursing him as a dirty pervert.
Lin Qianshuang pretended to look timid and scared and slowly moved forward. She was only one step away when he suddenly pulled her into his arms and circled her waist with his strong and sturdy hands.
Her back pressed so tightly against his broad chest to the point she could hear his heartbeat. When she felt something hard pressing against her inner thigh, she flinched with an almost petrified face.
Lin Qianshuang's heart skipped a beat, thinking that this guy—who was in heat in broad daylight—was poisonous.
The Demon Emperor held Lin Qianshuang in his arms. His restless hands caressed her waist while his chin, with some stubble, rubbed against her cheek, causing some pain.
Lin Qianshuang restrained her desire to punch someone and lowered her head, her face showing what looked to be a slightly shy expression.
While the Demon Emperor wasn't paying attention, Lin Qianshuang signalled to Bai Wan with her eyes, and the two exchanged a knowing glance.
"Your Majesty, I...I will serve you breakfast," Lin Qianshuang pretended to be shy and lowered her head, not daring to look directly into the Demon Emperor's eyes. She urged the maid beside her, "Hurry and pass me the pastries."
The maid nodded and carefully presented a plate of pastries.
Lin Qianshuang picked up a piece and fed it to the Demon Emperor's mouth. She watched him swallow it with a smile on her face and asked, "Your Majesty, how does it taste?"
The Demon Emperor was very satisfied with the well-behaved Lin Qianshuang's service. Looking at her sweet smile, he fell into a daze for a moment. He couldn't help but touch the soft hair on her head, sniff it lightly, and ambiguously said, "The Left Protector's taste is naturally wonderful."
Lin Qianshuang felt chills but she held herself back, picked up another piece, and placed it in the Demon Emperor's mouth. She gave a signal to Bai Wan the moment she turned her head.
Bai Wan immediately stood up from her seat on the right, walked up and courteously greeted, "Your Majesty, this concubine will also serve you breakfast."
After speaking, Bai Wan took a pair of chopsticks and brought a pastry to the Demon Emperor's lips.
Bai Wan's chopsticks drove straight in and suddenly blocked the Demon Emperor who was about to eat the cake brought by Lin Qianshuang.
The two pairs of chopsticks began a duel in front of everyone's eyes.
The concubines below thought that the two were fighting for the Demon Emperor's favour due to Bai Wan's jealousy of Lin Qianshuang; They watched the drama with great relish.
The Demon Emperor obviously had the same thoughts. He sat there with a sense of superiority and a smug look, feeling very pleased with himself as he watched the two women fight for him.
But the next moment, before a smile could even form on his lips, Bai Wan's chopsticks poked his cheek, causing his eyelids to twitch a few times.
Someone's hand had "accidentally" hit his right cheek hard, almost as if they were slapping him in the face, making him a little dazed.
Next, this hand continued to hit the Demon Emperor's face several times in a row.
Lin Qianshuang aggressively rammed her hand against the Demon Emperor's face, pretending that she was merely retaliating in response to Bai Wan's obstruction. But in reality, she was hitting the Demon Emperor with 80% of her strength.
Even in childhood, the Demon Emperor had never been slapped in the face before and was a bit angry. But before he could act out, a soft and sweet voice dispelled half of his anger.
Lin Qianshuang looked at him with a pitiful look on her beautiful face and bit her lower lip, "Your Majesty, Shuang'er was wrong. She shouldn't have served you breakfast with Sister Bai Wan and hurt you in the process by mistake."
The Demon Emperor has always been lenient towards beauties, especially towards the woman who currently piques his interest the most. Moreover, this woman had mistakenly injured him due to her jealousy of his most favoured concubine.
Lin Qianshuang's every display of affection, jealousy, and coquetry from the beginning has filled him with a sense of conquest.
Suddenly, the Demon Emperor thought of the impending arrival of the Sage. If the Sage found out that her personal disciple was serving him like a lowly servant, she would surely look down on him.
He instantly sobered up and realised that he had made a big mistake. As the Left Protector, Lin Qianshuang's position was second only to the Demon Emperor's. Wouldn't holding her in his arms lower her status?
The concubines watching the show thought that the Demon Emperor was going to drive Lin Qianshuang away. However, to their surprise, not only did he not get angry, but his tone became even gentler.
"How could this deity's Left Protector be left to such a thing as 'serving meals'?."(2)
The Demon Emperor ordered a maid to bring a seat to his left and released Lin Qianshuang from his embrace. Then he turned to Bai Wan and said, "My love, you're pregnant. Let the maids do this kind of thing."
Lin Qianshuang sat down and felt much more relaxed. Her eyes involuntarily glanced at Bai Wan on the right.
Bai Wan had yet to return to her seat. She was walking back leisurely when at some point, several round beads fell to the ground by her feet with a crisp sound.
Lin Qianshuang stood up and looked at Bai Wan with slightly narrowed eyes. In the case of an ordinary person, she couldn't avoid the round beads unless she used demonic energy.
However, any demon cultivator with common sense knows that a pregnant demon cultivator can not use demonic energy. Otherwise, it will harm the child.
Someone wanted to harm the child in Bai Wan's belly.
Although Lin Qianshuang knew that Bai Wan was faking her pregnancy, in this situation, Bai Wan would be forced to go with the flow and fall down the three flights of stairs...
It would be troublesome if Bai Wan had a "miscarriage".
With this thought in mind, Lin Qianshuang quickly moved to catch Bai Wan just as her body leaned over. But a surge of demonic energy suddenly rushed straight to her from the side of the long table and hit her in the back. She lost her balance and fell down the stairs with Bai Wan.
Under everyone's eyes, Lin Qianshuang protected Bai Wan and rolled down to the ground. People around them screamed, and even the Demon Emperor was startled by the sudden turn of events and stood up.
The moment they were about to land, Lin Qianshuang quickly released a few strands of demonic energy and suspended their bodies in the air without touching the ground.
She looked up at Bai Wan with an expressionless face. Her ink-coloured eyes flashed with a hint of scrutiny as if she had long expected such a thing to happen.
"Your Majesty, the Sage has arrived."
Master has arrived?
For a moment, Lin Qianshuang was stunned when she heard the announcement. The demonic energy she released was already unstable, and due to her absent-mindedness, it was abruptly pulled back into her dantian.
With no demonic energy to support them from below, her back quickly hit the ground, followed by Bai Wan falling onto her from above.
By coincidence, the lips of the two touched amidst the collision of their bodies.
Lin Qianshuang was crushed by the body above and rendered breathless while Bai Wan laid on top of her. The two stared at each other with wide eyes, stupefied.
......
(1)T/N: A chinese idiom, the original being "Like two grasshoppers tied by one string, neither can escape from each other". This idiom refers to two parties with mutual dependence on each other, neither of the two being superior to the other.
(2)T/N: Pun not intended.
Essentially, beast cultivators and demon cultivators do not refer to what the cultivators themselves represent (since some demon cultivators are beasts like LQ), but instead refer to their method of practice.
Demon cultivators cultivate demonic or supernatural energy to gain strength and achieve their goals. They may also be associated with the worship of dark or demonic entities, and may be willing to use any means necessary to achieve their ends, including harming others or engaging in forbidden practices.
Beast cultivators are those who cultivate the natural spiritual energy of the world as well as make use of their own bloodline abilities, etc. to transform, gain power and achieve their respective goals. Beast cultivators do not only refer to beasts like foxes (BW), but they also refer to plants that have gained spiritual awareness. (The more appropriate translation would've been Spirit Cultivator. For now, I won't be changing it and the Spirit Cultivator will continue to refer to ghosts)
Changes I'll be making:
(Northern Dark Demon Sect -> Mysterious Northern Demon Sect / Mysterious Northern Sect)
PS: If you see any old chapters being re-published, some minor edits have been made(fixing inconsistent translations, and spelling/grammatical errors).
......
It was twilight when Lin Qianshuang was awakened by a knock at the door; she felt someone had entered the room and was calling her.
But she was still groggy and fell back asleep shortly after being woken up. She slept soundly, unresponsive, until someone else entered the room and stood in front of the bed.
Bai Wan sat at the edge of the bed and said to the maid who was trembling from nervousness, "You can go. I'll wake up the Left Protector."
The maid said, "But the Sage has instructed that you are not allowed to set foot in the Left Protector's bed chamber. If she finds out about this, I'm afraid that my life will be in danger."
Bai Wan raised her willow leaf-shaped eyes slightly, its ink-black colour was a little lighter under the sunlight. She gave a faint smile to the maid and said, "The Left Protector can't afford to miss breakfast. Do you not believe me?"
She has a clean and pretty face, and she appears very innocent and pure when she smiles. In addition, she usually treats others in a warm and friendly manner, and her every move contained the gentleness and elegance that only a refined noble lady could have.
Such a calm and beautiful woman was the least likely to arouse others' suspicion and vigilance.
The maid was bewildered by Bai Wan's smile and wondered why the Sage was always on guard against this kind and gentle woman.
She, like many others, believed that the frequent conflicts between Han Shengyao and Bai Wan was due to her jealousy of the Demon Emperor's favour towards Bai Wan.
The maid hurriedly said, "This servant does not dare and will leave now. I'll be bothering you to take care of the Left Protector."
Bai Wan watched the maid close the door and felt a little proud as she smugly raised her hidden fox tails.
She turned her gaze to Lin Qianshuang who was still lying in bed. She was in an awkward posture with her limbs spread out, her undergarments half lifted, and the quilt kicked to one side.
Bai Wan's gaze wandered over Lin Qianshuang's pale waist, and she couldn't help but think to herself that although she was a fox, why did this majestic-looking little beast still manage to be more seductive than her, a fox who had been cultivating for seven hundred years? She even had a similarly small waist, if not more graceful.
Her gaze circled around her snow-white skin, and she reached out and roughly pulled her ear.
"Master, ow ow ow..."
Lin Qianshuang felt a sharp pain in her ear and opened her eyes groggily. Her vision was still blurry and unfocused.
It seemed that after hearing the word "Master", the person pulling her ear pinched it harder.
Lin Qianshuang jolted up in response like a fish jumping out of a frying pan, now fully awake and sitting upright on the bed.
"Bai Wan?" she said.
She realised that the person sitting by her bed turned out to be the weak and fragile-looking Bai Wan, and remembered that they had just agreed to cooperate the night before. Assuming that she had come to wake her up for breakfast, she let down her guard.
Lin Qianshuang complained while rubbing her reddened ear, "Why did you pinch me so hard? It's not that hard to wake me up."
Bai Wan stood up, wiped her hands with a handkerchief with a look of distaste, and threw it aside. She said, "You looked so ugly, drooling and sleeptalking... How do you even recover from such a deep sleep? The maids have been calling you for half a day, and I've been waiting outside for so long."
When Lin Qianshuang heard that Bai Wan had been waiting for her for a long time, she felt embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Bai. It's only the first day, and I've already troubled you and kept you waiting."
"Then why don't you hurry up? Don't waste any more time."
Lin Qianshuang responded and picked up her brocade dress from the bed. She felt like she was rushing to work for fear of being late and getting her pay deducted.
Bai Wan added, "From now on, just call me by my name since we're going to be like two grasshoppers tied by the same string(1). Miss Bai sounds too distant."
Lin Qianshuang put on her veil—white like the moon—and hastily said to Bai Wan, "Then you can call me Xiao Shuang. I'll also feel awkward if you call me Miss Lin."
Bai Wan urged Lin Qianshuang while she herself walked to the dressing table in the room and inspected her own attire and fringe.
In the process, she compared herself to Lin Qianshuang, who was struggling to put on her clothes and fix her hair. She wondered how she found this little beast to be so charming and beautiful, when she was clearly sloppy and incomparable to herself.
Lin Qianshuang called for a maid who helped her fix her messy hair and loose lavender dress. She looked at the strange yet familiar woman in the mirror and felt a little dazed.
The white moonlight Senior Sister was truly one in a million. No matter how she dressed, she looked beautiful. No wonder Liang Jingxuan was infatuated and couldn't forget her after so many years since her death.
Under the lead of a maid, Lin Qianshuang and Bai Wan walked a distance apart towards their destination.
When they arrived at Tianyou Pavilion, a group of pretty and beautifully dressed female demon cultivators walked ahead of them, chatting and laughing.
In the middle was a woman wearing a green dress, making it look as if a myriad of stars surrounded the moon. She seemed to be the one with the most prestige among the group of beautiful concubines.
"That is Qing Ji, the personal disciple of the Sect Master of the Mysterious Northern Sect, one of the three great sects. Her original form is a piece of an emerald jade ring. Last year, she was given as a birthday present to the Demon Emperor by the Mysterious Northern Sect's Sect Master. The Demon Emperor fears the Mysterious Northern Sect's growing power and thus favours her very much. But she can't compare to my position."
Listening to Bai Wan's voice transmission, Lin Qianshuang looked at Qing Ji with scrutiny and followed Bai Wan inside.
Inside the elegant pavilion, the large table was already full of pastries. After the Demon Emperor's harem rushed in, the originally quiet atmosphere became lively.
Bai Wan gracefully walked to the seat on the Demon Emperor's right and sat down.
Lin Qianshuang hesitated about where to sit as she looked around. All the chairs were already occupied, and she felt a bit awkward standing still.
She walked towards the door, intending to call a maid to help her get a chair when she was stopped by the Demon Emperor's oppressively commanding tone.
"Left Protector, where are you going? Come to this deity's side."
The Demon Emperor sat there imposingly, and the tyrannical aura he released made Lin Qianshuang very uncomfortable. But after a moment's hesitation, she still climbed the three flights of stairs towards the Demon Emperor.
The concubines sitting around the long table were green with envy as they watched Lin Qianshuang approach the Demon Emperor.
Bai Wan on the other hand, looked at the Demon Emperor whose fiery gaze never left Lin Qianshuang since the moment she entered. She listened to the Demon Emperor's thoughts and turned red, secretly cursing him as a dirty pervert.
Lin Qianshuang pretended to look timid and scared and slowly moved forward. She was only one step away when he suddenly pulled her into his arms and circled her waist with his strong and sturdy hands.
Her back pressed so tightly against his broad chest to the point she could hear his heartbeat. When she felt something hard pressing against her inner thigh, she flinched with an almost petrified face.
Lin Qianshuang's heart skipped a beat, thinking that this guy—who was in heat in broad daylight—was poisonous.
The Demon Emperor held Lin Qianshuang in his arms. His restless hands caressed her waist while his chin, with some stubble, rubbed against her cheek, causing some pain.
Lin Qianshuang restrained her desire to punch someone and lowered her head, her face showing what looked to be a slightly shy expression.
While the Demon Emperor wasn't paying attention, Lin Qianshuang signalled to Bai Wan with her eyes, and the two exchanged a knowing glance.
"Your Majesty, I...I will serve you breakfast," Lin Qianshuang pretended to be shy and lowered her head, not daring to look directly into the Demon Emperor's eyes. She urged the maid beside her, "Hurry and pass me the pastries."
The maid nodded and carefully presented a plate of pastries.
Lin Qianshuang picked up a piece and fed it to the Demon Emperor's mouth. She watched him swallow it with a smile on her face and asked, "Your Majesty, how does it taste?"
The Demon Emperor was very satisfied with the well-behaved Lin Qianshuang's service. Looking at her sweet smile, he fell into a daze for a moment. He couldn't help but touch the soft hair on her head, sniff it lightly, and ambiguously said, "The Left Protector's taste is naturally wonderful."
Lin Qianshuang felt chills but she held herself back, picked up another piece, and placed it in the Demon Emperor's mouth. She gave a signal to Bai Wan the moment she turned her head.
Bai Wan immediately stood up from her seat on the right, walked up and courteously greeted, "Your Majesty, this concubine will also serve you breakfast."
After speaking, Bai Wan took a pair of chopsticks and brought a pastry to the Demon Emperor's lips.
Bai Wan's chopsticks drove straight in and suddenly blocked the Demon Emperor who was about to eat the cake brought by Lin Qianshuang.
The two pairs of chopsticks began a duel in front of everyone's eyes.
The concubines below thought that the two were fighting for the Demon Emperor's favour due to Bai Wan's jealousy of Lin Qianshuang; They watched the drama with great relish.
The Demon Emperor obviously had the same thoughts. He sat there with a sense of superiority and a smug look, feeling very pleased with himself as he watched the two women fight for him.
But the next moment, before a smile could even form on his lips, Bai Wan's chopsticks poked his cheek, causing his eyelids to twitch a few times.
Someone's hand had "accidentally" hit his right cheek hard, almost as if they were slapping him in the face, making him a little dazed.
Next, this hand continued to hit the Demon Emperor's face several times in a row.
Lin Qianshuang aggressively rammed her hand against the Demon Emperor's face, pretending that she was merely retaliating in response to Bai Wan's obstruction. But in reality, she was hitting the Demon Emperor with 80% of her strength.
Even in childhood, the Demon Emperor had never been slapped in the face before and was a bit angry. But before he could act out, a soft and sweet voice dispelled half of his anger.
Lin Qianshuang looked at him with a pitiful look on her beautiful face and bit her lower lip, "Your Majesty, Shuang'er was wrong. She shouldn't have served you breakfast with Sister Bai Wan and hurt you in the process by mistake."
The Demon Emperor has always been lenient towards beauties, especially towards the woman who currently piques his interest the most. Moreover, this woman had mistakenly injured him due to her jealousy of his most favoured concubine.
Lin Qianshuang's every display of affection, jealousy, and coquetry from the beginning has filled him with a sense of conquest.
Suddenly, the Demon Emperor thought of the impending arrival of the Sage. If the Sage found out that her personal disciple was serving him like a lowly servant, she would surely look down on him.
He instantly sobered up and realised that he had made a big mistake. As the Left Protector, Lin Qianshuang's position was second only to the Demon Emperor's. Wouldn't holding her in his arms lower her status?
The concubines watching the show thought that the Demon Emperor was going to drive Lin Qianshuang away. However, to their surprise, not only did he not get angry, but his tone became even gentler.
"How could this deity's Left Protector be left to such a thing as 'serving meals'?."(2)
The Demon Emperor ordered a maid to bring a seat to his left and released Lin Qianshuang from his embrace. Then he turned to Bai Wan and said, "My love, you're pregnant. Let the maids do this kind of thing."
Lin Qianshuang sat down and felt much more relaxed. Her eyes involuntarily glanced at Bai Wan on the right.
Bai Wan had yet to return to her seat. She was walking back leisurely when at some point, several round beads fell to the ground by her feet with a crisp sound.
Lin Qianshuang stood up and looked at Bai Wan with slightly narrowed eyes. In the case of an ordinary person, she couldn't avoid the round beads unless she used demonic energy.
However, any demon cultivator with common sense knows that a pregnant demon cultivator can not use demonic energy. Otherwise, it will harm the child.
Someone wanted to harm the child in Bai Wan's belly.
Although Lin Qianshuang knew that Bai Wan was faking her pregnancy, in this situation, Bai Wan would be forced to go with the flow and fall down the three flights of stairs...
It would be troublesome if Bai Wan had a "miscarriage".
With this thought in mind, Lin Qianshuang quickly moved to catch Bai Wan just as her body leaned over. But a surge of demonic energy suddenly rushed straight to her from the side of the long table and hit her in the back. She lost her balance and fell down the stairs with Bai Wan.
Under everyone's eyes, Lin Qianshuang protected Bai Wan and rolled down to the ground. People around them screamed, and even the Demon Emperor was startled by the sudden turn of events and stood up.
The moment they were about to land, Lin Qianshuang quickly released a few strands of demonic energy and suspended their bodies in the air without touching the ground.
She looked up at Bai Wan with an expressionless face. Her ink-coloured eyes flashed with a hint of scrutiny as if she had long expected such a thing to happen.
"Your Majesty, the Sage has arrived."
Master has arrived?
For a moment, Lin Qianshuang was stunned when she heard the announcement. The demonic energy she released was already unstable, and due to her absent-mindedness, it was abruptly pulled back into her dantian.
With no demonic energy to support them from below, her back quickly hit the ground, followed by Bai Wan falling onto her from above.
By coincidence, the lips of the two touched amidst the collision of their bodies.
Lin Qianshuang was crushed by the body above and rendered breathless while Bai Wan laid on top of her. The two stared at each other with wide eyes, stupefied.
......
(1)T/N: A chinese idiom, the original being "Like two grasshoppers tied by one string, neither can escape from each other". This idiom refers to two parties with mutual dependence on each other, neither of the two being superior to the other.
(2)T/N: Pun not intended.
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