After Being Betrayed, The Immortal Master Ran Away With The Demon Venerable

ly cut off halfway.

 

Did something happen? Yan Xuan furrowed his brow, investigating the surrounding area for a time, yet still came up empty.

Suddenly, an unassuming bone lying in a corner attracted Yan Xuan’s attention. 

He stared at that bone for a beat, then reached out a hand and picked it up.

The instant the bone left the ground, a large hole appeared beneath Yan Xuan’s feet, sucking him in.

When he reopened his eyes, the sight before him was that of a place not dissimilar to a palace.

On top of the dark red palace wall, a silhouette swaying their little legs turned their head to look at him, hurriedly gesturing for him to keep quiet. 

It was Gan’er.

Yan Xuan’s lips twitched, flying to her side and looking at the scene within the palace walls.

It was an immense pool, with a snowy-white lotus floating on its surface.

The person lying within it was actually Mu Xiaoyun. 

Within the lotus, Fang Shilan carefully wiped his forehead and temples with a handkerchief, then gently pressed a kiss to the corner of his lips.

“How did you find this place?” Yan Xuan transmitted.

Gan’er puffed out her chest proudly, intending to brag a little, only to nearly fall off the wall.
Luckily for her, Yan Xuan reached out and fished her back.
She said embarrassedly, “I searched for a long time, finally discovered the breakthrough point of the Underground Movement skill, and snuck inside.

She said it so simply, but Yan Xuan knew that it wasn’t something that could be easily accomplished. 

It seemed as though Fang Shilan was still worried about Mu Xiaoyun discovering her true identity, so she used a technique to put Mu Xiaoyun to sleep.

“I will kill Fang Shilan, you take Mu Xiaoyun away.” Yan Xuan instructed quietly.
Gan’er excitedly nodded her head, impatiently hopping down from the palace wall.

Fang Shilan was in the middle of transmitting energy to Mu Xiaoyun.
She needed to help Mu Xiaoyun maintain his lifeforce while he was unconscious, yet what she didn’t expect was that halfway through the process, she would be interrupted by a long saber.

Her pupils shrunk and she hugged Mu Xiaoyun to her body as she barely avoided the attack.
She stared disbelievingly at the attacker. 

“How did you find this place!?” Fang Shilan pulled out the scimitar hanging at her waist, the killing intent emanating off her ballooning drastically.
With Mu Xiaoyun here, she would risk her life to protect him.

However, Yan Xuan didn’t intend on killing Mu Xiaoyun along with her.
If he killed people indiscriminately, he would be in for a scolding again.

 

“As I said, no matter where you hide him, I will find him.” Yan Xuan stretched out a hand and beckoned Yinzhen to return, watching as fine black fur started to sprout on Fang Shilan’s skin.

She was about to turn into a devil. 

To go this far for a human.

“Venerable Lord, I know I can’t win against you in a fight, but I beg you to give me and Xiaoyun a chance.” Fang Shilan hugged Mu Xiaoyun tightly, her eyes filled with sorrow.
“I only wish to be together with Xiaoyun.”

F*ck.
Yan Xuan rubbed his temples.
He didn’t like this sort of feeling, it was like he had once again become the villain who tore apart a loving couple.
If it weren’t for Yi Ning begging him, he wouldn’t give two damns about what Fang Shilan was up to.

Fang Shilan supported Mu Xiaoyun’s body, gently kneeled on the ground, and said, “I beg you, Venerable Lord, you should know what it feels like to love someone.
You and Immortal Master Yi Ning…” 

“Shut up.” Yan Xuan lifted his saber.
Every single time, Fang Shilan tried to use Yi Ning to distract him.
This time, he definitely couldn’t let her go.

Seeing Yan Xuan’s expression was unchanging, Fang Shilan’s face was pale as as sheet as she slowly exposed her neck, saying softly, “If this is how it must be, then I can only beg the Venerable Lord to let Xiaoyun go, and to not tell him that I am a demonic cultivator.”

“En.” Yan Xuan casually agreed.
Then, he watched as Fang Shilan kissed Mu Xiaoyun with her eyes brimming with tears, then placed him on the ground.

Just as Yan Xuan moved towards her, she suddenly waved her saber and slashed towards Yan Xuan’s throat, only for Yan Xuan to kick her aside in the next instant. 

As expected, it was another false surrender.
Yan Xuan expressionlessly lifted his hand, demonic fog entwining around Fang Shilan’s body like a venomous snake.

“Yan Xuan, if you kill me, then Yi Ning will be taken away by Fu Zhuo.” Fang Shilan said to him unwillingly, “You probably don’t know what Fu Zhuo did after you were sealed away, do you?”

When he heard those words, the saber that was about to fall finally halted.

“He found a lot of human slaves to vent… his desires.
I’ve run into them a few times, each and every one of them looked like Yi Ning!” Fang Shilan revealed a smile, her eyes filled with the joy of retribution. 

Since you want to separate me and Xiaoyun, then don’t expect to get off so easily either.

“Is that so?” Yan Xuan said pensively, as if he didn’t care about what she said at all.

Seeing this, Fang Shilan refused to give up and tacked on, “If you kill me, then don’t expect to ever learn what Fu Zhuo did.
Fu Zhuo is incredibly intelligent, one of these days, he’ll snatch away Yi Ning.”

Suddenly, Yan Xuan laughed coldly, the tip of his saber pressed below her chin, and said slowly, “Nine years ago, he plotted to have me sealed by Yi Ning.
Did you think I didn’t know?” 

That day, the heavy rain churned up the mud, and the half-demon’s demonic fog that surrounded that corpse was evidently done by Fu Zhuo.

Fang Shilan’s face was white, she never expected that Yan Xuan would know everything.

 

If it was like this, then she could only use her final trump card.
Fang Shilan suddenly gripped Yan Xuan’s saber.
Even if her palm was sliced open by the demonic fog on Yinzhen’s blade, she didn’t retreat.
Her teeth lengthened and became sharp, and she viciously bit down on Yan Xuan’s wrist.

Yan Xuan was unable to escape, his wrist turned into a mess of bloodied flesh.
He cursed under his breath, stabbing through Fang Shilan’s shoulder in one strike. 

“What are you doing!?”

Fang Shilan’s body stiffened and she tremblingly let go of Yan Xuan.

Mu Xiaoyun had awakened.

“Shilan…” Mu Xiaoyun stared at her blankly.
His ordinarily gentle and sensible wife had, at this time, become so foreign and terrifying.
It was enough to cause him to forget to breathe, his fingertips trembling slightly. 

Fang Shilan stiffly turned her head back, wanting to smile at him.
Yet, the fur on her face and the fresh blood at the corners of her mouth caused her smile to become horrifying.
She saw the disbelief in Mu Xiaoyun’s eyes, and her smile slowly disappeared.

Ahh, that’s right, she should have known that this day would come.