Chapter 69: Source of the Demon

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"Are you okay?"

Taking advantage of the gap while everyone was preparing dinner, Mu Nujiao walked over quietly, sat down beside Lv Cheng, and gently patted his shoulder.

Lv Cheng came back to his senses, "What's wrong?"

"I feel like you've been absent-minded all day today," Mu Nujiao said.

"Is it... because of that Mu Ningxue?"

Having known each other for so many years, Lv Cheng had never hidden these things from her, and had even complained to her about the time he was stood up by his fiancée.

Lv Cheng was taken aback, finding it somewhat amusing, "Are you jealous?"

Mu Nujiao turned her head away, "No, how could I afford to be jealous of you?"

It wasn't as if she didn't know what kind of person Lv Cheng was, and besides, she was the one who came later; in matters like this, she had no right to say much.

It was just that Mu Ningxue's talent and strength made her feel somewhat frustrated.

"Don't worry, I'm not the type to neglect one thing for another; you will always be my Jiaojiao," Lv Cheng said earnestly.

"..."

As their eyes met, Mu Nujiao felt as if she saw an absurd sincerity in Lv Cheng's eyes!

No, big brother, do you even hear what you're saying?

Why can you say such shameless words with such righteous indignation?

"Go to hell!"

Mu Nujiao pushed Lv Cheng away in annoyance and stood up to walk toward the campfire.

She had thought Lv Cheng was absent-minded because he didn't know how to handle this relationship, but as it turned out?

Her worry was truly unnecessary!

Shameless scoundrel!

"Mo Fan, I know Mu Nujiao, but what's the situation between Mu Ningxue and Teacher Lv?" Zhao Manyan asked curiously.

His Zhao family had already made up their minds to befriend Lv Cheng, as this guy's cultivation talent was simply too terrifying. Many elders in the family were certain that Lv Cheng would definitely reach the Forbidden Curse in the future, and his father had also told him to interact more with Lv Cheng at school; even if he couldn't be directly brought into the family, he had to show respect and leave a good impression.

"If you don't want to be silenced, you'd better not be curious about this," Mo Fan said gloomily.

"Uh..." Zhao Manyan's expression froze.

"Is it that serious?"

Mo Fan looked speechless, "Nonsense, Old Lv doesn't have a good temper. He seems good-natured and almost never gets angry because he doesn't care, but if you touch something he cares about..."

"Remember the Black Vatican from a while ago?"

Zhao Manyan's expression stiffened, "Got it!"

Damn it, he really is another smiling tiger!

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"We've been on the road all day, why don't we go take a bath?"

After dinner, Bai Tingting, feeling sticky all over, suggested.

"Song Xia and I checked when we went to fetch water earlier; the water in that small stream is clean, and there are no traces of demons nearby, so it will be fine."

"I'm not worried about demons, but..." Mu Nujiao cast her gaze toward the boys by the campfire.

"There are quite a few perverts here."

"How about we ask Teacher Lv to keep an eye on them for us?" Jingjing suggested.

"Captain, you know Teacher Lv, why don't you go ask him?"

Hearing this, Mu Ningxue's expression became somewhat unnatural, "I... will ask."

She was asking on behalf of everyone!

Under the varied gazes of the others, Mu Ningxue walked toward Lv Cheng, who was not far outside the camp.

"Come to think of it, is Teacher Lv really the same age as us?" Jingjing was somewhat skeptical.

Is there really someone who can reach High-level Mage at this age?

Moreover, before setting off, listening to the academy teachers, Lv Cheng's strength belonged to the strongest batch even among High-level Mages.

This "strongest" didn't refer to High-level Level 1 Mages, but the group of Mages including those with High-Level Full Cultivation!

In other words, Lv Cheng had already reached at least High-level Level 3!

Is this really not a joke?

"..."

"A-Cheng?"

Mu Ningxue approached cautiously.

"What's wrong?" Lv Cheng, who was preparing a Dimension Shuttle, turned his head.

The matter of Tso Lan could not be delayed; it had to be done as soon as possible.

For the Blood Li Zi of the Demon Element that would come next, he intended to let Tso Lan help him see if it could be improved to truly create a new element.

The high-level power of the Shadow Element was the Dark Plane. After Shendu obtained the authority of the Dark Plane, he discovered that he could sense humans in Reality who possessed the Shadow Element through Dark Energy, and could even carry out a certain degree of intrusion.

Shendu even felt that he could fuse his Demon Qi with Dark Energy, and then, by infusing Dark Energy, invade and control those human Mages who possessed Shadow Magic, turning all humans who had awakened Shadow Magic into his own servants!

Of course, the difficulty of achieving this was immense because there was more than one king in the Dark Plane. Shendu had currently only obtained partial authority of the Dark Plane; unless he could kill all the other kings of the Dark Plane and concentrate the power of the Dark Plane, this idea would be too difficult to realize.

However, from this idea of Shendu's, he also gained some inspiration.

The Shadow Element could be done this way, but what about the Demon Element?

What if he became the source of power for the Demon Element?

The origin of the Shadow Element was the Dark Plane. After cultivating to a high level, one's strength basically depended on their relationship with the Dark Plane. However, because they were two different planes, even the Dark King could not interfere too much with Reality.

But he is different; he is right here in Reality!

The Demon Qi of a Demon possesses extremely strong aggression!

Once the Demon Qi is absorbed, one will inevitably become a puppet of the source of this Demon Qi!

If he modifies the Demon Element to weaken its harmfulness and increase its controllability, would the Magic Association still reject this Magic element?

Can humanity refuse this terrifying amplification?

Can those greedy Forbidden Curse Mages refuse this power?

"Want to take a bath?" Lv Cheng raised an eyebrow, waved his hand, and summoned the parrot-sized Jingyun.

"Help her keep watch; if anyone can't restrain themselves, send them on their way."

Jingyun nodded and jumped onto Mu Ningxue's shoulder.

Mu Ningxue stood frozen in place, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

"What, want to bathe with me?" Lv Cheng laughed.

"No..."

Mu Ningxue's earlobes turned slightly red; she hesitated for a moment, then turned and ran back.

"Young girl..."

Lv Cheng shook his head and continued preparing the energy for the Dimension Shuttle.

"Is this Teacher Lv's Summoned Beast?"

"It's my first time seeing a sub-dragon that can change size."

"Forget seeing it, I haven't even heard of it."

"I've seen monsters that can shrink their bodies within a certain range, but shrinking from over a hundred meters to this size is just too magical!"

"..."

In the heated stream, the women were gathered together without a stitch of clothing, curiously watching the Jingyun that Mu Ningxue had brought over.

With Jingyun's deterrence, the boys on the other side didn't dare to have any sneaky thoughts.

After all, although it looked only this small, Jingyun's power hadn't changed in the slightest—or rather, the shrunken Jingyun was even more terrifying than in its hundred-meter state.

With the same power, the smaller the size, the greater the threat!

"Speaking of which, have you noticed that the monsters we encountered on the road today were a bit strange?" Mu Nujiao said.

"Strange?" Bai Tingting looked puzzled.

"What's strange?"

"Many times, those monsters ran away directly while they were still some distance from us," Mu Nujiao said.

"It was as if they had seen something terrifying."

Although they only encountered Servant-class monsters on the road, human Intermediate Mages have absolutely no deterrent effect on Servant-class monsters!

Not to mention that those monsters were all in packs; even when encountering a High-level Mage, those monsters would dare to charge.

It was simply impossible for them to slip away for no reason like they did today.

"Could it be... because of this sub-dragon?" Song Xia guessed.

Mu Nujiao shook her head, "A-Cheng didn't summon the sub-dragon at that time, so it shouldn't be..."

"Teacher Lv! It's Teacher Lv!"

Noticing the women's strange gazes, Mu Nujiao's face flushed, and she hurriedly corrected herself.

"Oh~ A-Cheng~" Jingjing looked subtle.

Her gaze wandered unconsciously between Mu Ningxue and Mu Nujiao.

It was time for the beloved Eight Trigrams session again.

"I'm done washing."

Mu Ningxue got up and left, not wanting to become the center of the upcoming topic.

"I'm also..." Mu Nujiao was just about to slip away when she was pressed down by Bai Tingting.

The other women also gathered around.

Mu Ningxue's personality was too cold, and they didn't want to be suddenly frozen into ice blocks while asking questions, but Mu Nujiao could be bullied!

"Tell us, how far have you two progressed?"

"How do you plan to handle this awkward love triangle?"

"I've heard that in many noble families, one is in the light and the other is in the dark, and the one in the dark can even get a lot of compensation."

"There's such a thing?"

"Of course, my cousin has several..." *Cough cough! *

"Looking at Teacher Lv, I'm afraid it's not just you two, right?"

"Who else is there?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)