Chapter 74: Lin Qingxi

"Do you still remember where she is hiding?"

Lu Chen asked.

"Hmm, but..."

The woman looked at Lu Chen somewhat warily.

Although Lu Chen had a strong righteous aura, he had indeed previously used demonic cultivator techniques.

If she recklessly revealed the princess's whereabouts, it might harm the princess.

"Don't worry, I'm a good person." Lu Chen's expression calm, "Besides, if you don't speak, I have a thousand ways to make you tell me."

Hearing this, the woman instantly startled and stepped back several paces.

The person before her was indeed a demonic cultivator.

She immediately tried to run, but was promptly stopped by Lu Chen.

After several escape attempts, Lu Chen never laid a hand on her.

Seeming to realize she couldn't escape, the woman resigned herself, tears streaming as she revealed the princess's location.

"Wang Cai, come down!"

Having obtained the answer, Lu Chen summoned Wang Cai down, and with the woman flew toward the place she had indicated.

All the way, wind howled; the woman clenched her eyes shut, her heart full of apprehension, unsure if her choice was right, but she could only pray that the man before her was a good person.

Soon, several people arrived at a secluded valley.

The valley was extremely tranquil; only a faint wind and sparse insect chirps and bird calls could be heard.

"The princess... is right inside."

Following the woman's indicated spot, Lu Chen nodded slightly, signaling her to stay put, and he alone entered a cave.

Just as he approached the cave entrance before he could enter, he keenly sensed a presence within.

"Ha!! Demonic cultivator!! Take this sword!!"

He hadn't even made a move when he noticed the owner of that aura rushing out from within.

Eyes shut tight, he wildly waved the weapon in his hand.

But the next second, Lu Chen reached out and seized the weapon.

The princess pulled hard, but felt the long sword seemed lodged in the stone, unmoving no matter how much force she exerted.

"Miss, don't be impulsive, I'm a good person." Lu Chen tells everyone he's a good person, to the point he himself finds it somewhat amusing.

In the next moment, his righteous aura manifested all around him.

Only then did the princess's expression relax a little.

In their understanding, any cultivator who attains righteous aura must be an accomplished righteous path master.

They have nothing to do with demonic cultivators.

"Who are you?!"

Just as Lu Chen was about to answer, he saw the woman from earlier quickly approach the princess and whisper a few words in her ear.

Lu Chen heard those words clearly.

They basically said that he was actually a demonic cultivator.

Hearing this, the princess's vigilance increased further.

But her weapon still couldn't budge an inch.

"It's just that I'm good-tempered; if any other demonic cultivator came, you'd have already seen the Chaos Heaven Banner."

Lu Chen produced the Chaos Heaven Banner; the black aura it released and the faint howls audible made people involuntarily break out in gooseflesh.

"What do you want?! Even if I die, I will never become your demonic cultivator's cauldron!!"

The princess, face set with determination, said while pulling the maid beside her to commit suicide.

Lu Chen felt helpless; the other party being royalty made genuine communication with an ordinary person like him truly difficult.

But as a princess, she surely knows much about the Heaven Continent; he needed to quickly learn about it in a short time, so he had to rely on her.

Since the gentle approach won't work, we'll have to use force.

"Su Qian, take her out; I will have an in-depth discussion with this princess."

He spoke with a cold expression.

"Yes, master."

In the next moment, Su Qian took the maid away, then led several people and Wang Cai away from the cave as if nothing had happened.

Lu Chen's expression shifted slightly as he reached out, grabbed the princess's wrists, and brought her into the cave.

The princess struggled desperately, but Lu Chen's strength far exceeded imagination; all her resistance was like a mayfly trying to shake a tree.

Having entered the depths of the cave, Lu Chen set her down and had her face the wall.

"Ah!! Pervert!! Lustful thief!! Lecher!! Deviant!!"

The princess fiercely resisted, as if she already foresaw what she was about to face.

Back in her early years, her parents had once told her some things about demonic cultivators.

This included the cauldron.

This also made her deeply fearful of the cauldron.

"What is your name?"

Lu Chen let her struggle, his expression remaining calm.

"Lustful bastard!! Let me out!!"

"Ah ah!!"

"Sigh..." Seeing that the other party had no intention of telling him anything, Lu Chen let out a helpless sigh.

There's nothing I can do; we'll have to talk about it later.

"What are you doing?! No!!"

Afterward.

"What's your name?"

Lu Chen looked at the princess beside him and asked again.

"Qingxi."

I don't know if it's because she gave up struggling or for some other reason.

This time, she seemed much more obedient.

"What's your surname?"

"Lin."

Lin Qingxi's expression was very complicated.

There was some joy of having survived a disaster, also a post-event flush, and even a desperate, deathly pallor.

"This time, do you believe I'm a good person now?"

"I believe you."

Lin Qingxi leaned into Lu Chen's embrace, and that desperate look gradually faded.

During that time just now, she could feel that the man before her really wasn't a bad person.

"Where is the Daxuan Dynasty you're in located?"

Lu Chen took out the drawing made by Gu Xiangxiang and handed it to Lin Qingxi.

"Here."

Lin Qingxi pointed to a spot north of Heaven Continent, near Perfection Continent.

"It's not far from here......"

"We can make a trip and ask for other information along the way."

Gu Xiangxiang didn't know the exact location of her hometown, only its name.

So, we can only look for clues slowly along the way.

"Get dressed and come out; I'll take you home."

Lu Chen walked out of the cave.

Not long after, Lin Qingxi, having dressed, also came out.

A flush still lingered on her face.

Her previously complicated expression had vanished; only shyness remained on her face.

He scooped her up, Lu Chen rose into the sky, and met with Su Qian, Qin Yan, and the others.

Seeing Lu Chen come up, Su Qian and the others immediately turned their gaze toward him.

"As expected of the master...... he's already conquered her..."

Su Qian looked at Lin Qingxi's expression and understood what had happened.

The Gu sisters naturally understood some of it, just not as deeply as she did.

Chu Lian saw Lin Qingxi's expression, immediately thought of herself, her cheeks flushed, and she slightly turned her head away.

Qin Yan was the one who understood the least.

She had thought Lu Chen used some violent means, even suspecting that he, as a Demonic Path Great Expert, was employing some ancient soul-searching secret technique.

But upon further thought, that seemed unlikely.

After Su Qian's several hints and combining Lin Qingxi's expression, she finally came to understand everything.

"Princess, are you alright?"

"I'm fine."

After glancing at Lin Qingxi, Lu Chen sighed again.

Afterward, he looked toward the side where Wangcai was lying down, resting.

"Wangcai, stand up, we're ready to depart."