Chapter 623: So You Are

Following the uninvited guest's presumptuous shouting, the tranquility of the Qingzhuan Dojo was torn to shreds.

Yet, it did not incite a disturbance, nor was there a single roar of exasperated rage.

Instead, that head-tilted, squinting stone statue gave Ren Yidao a sidelong glance without any surprise and said casually: 【"Oh, you're back."】

Of course Sikong Yu knew Ren Yidao had returned; before the other party entered the Divine Path Sect mountain gate, or even before entering Chongzhou City, He already knew.

Strictly speaking, this was also because Ren Yidao did not conceal his tracks along the way, and all Immortal Gods could notice his movements.

Regarding what happened in the Western Desert previously, the outside world did not know much; Ren Yidao was not treated as a protagonist, but merely as a related person connected to the "Fox Immortal."

He received focused attention, but it was only attention; no one dared to jump out and look for trouble.

No one wanted to provoke that mysterious Fox Immortal and that even more ferocious Demon Buddha at this juncture.

The Western Desert Divine Continent was currently regarded as the private territory of these two great Demons, and the various Immortals took the initiative to avoid them, temporarily dodging their sharp edge.

"Mm, I'm back," Ren Yidao nodded to Sikong Yu.

Children, I'm back!

I won the resurrection match!

【"Come over, I have been waiting for you for a long time."】

The head-tilted, squinting stone monster did not care about the little fox's clamor, but the little fox was curious about the changes in the Daoist Field.

Xinying looked not much different from the past, still appearing dazed, and was currently looking over here excitedly, wanting to fly over, but was grabbed by a strange woman and could only flap back and forth on the spot like a large moth.

Flap, flap, flap... no matter what, she could not fly out.

Wait, who is that?

A new face.

Ren Yidao squinted his eyes to size up the other party for a moment and easily saw through her identity.

Another Immortal, and this dragon-roaming dharma robe, this noble temperament—she is likely no ordinary person.

Was she someone who had been hiding in the Divine Path Sect and recently revived?

Or could it be... that old geezer abducted her from outside?

Wow, kidnapping a minor?

And, the person's crystal coffin is still there; what, what is the meaning of this?

What does it mean?

Others have twilight romances, and you are here engaging in ice... uh, crystal romance?

This thought was a bit too abstract, and even Ren Yidao abandoned it after it flashed for an instant.

Don't, don't be too outrageous.

The old geezer shouldn't be that crazy; there must be some hidden story behind this.

It's just that this situation...

Although the old geezer and this Immortal aren't dead yet, it looks like a fucking ghost marriage!

A romance between human and ghost that never ends!

Thinking this, Ren Yidao gave Sikong Yu a subtle sidelong glance and met an equally disdainful, tilted gaze.

"Heh heh~ Old geezer, you've got it going on!"

"Hmph! You brat, stop letting your imagination run wild."

Both of them had a feeling of, "We are the same; since neither of us is a good person, let's not have the big brother criticize the second brother."

A big fox meets a little fox.

Both are thousand-year-old foxes, so let's not play any Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio.

While Ren Yidao and Sikong Yu were silently communicating through tacit understanding, Yaochi finally soothed the struggling Xinying, nodded toward Ren Yidao, and said softly, "We meet again."

"Again? Have we met somewhere before?"

"Naturally, we have met."

Ren Yidao frowned slightly and scrutinized the other party carefully. Given her appearance and features, he was certain that this person had not appeared in his memory; otherwise, he would definitely not have forgotten.

But she did not seem to be lying to strike up a conversation, so it must be that she met him in another guise before she was exposed.

"I wonder if fellow Daoist could give a little hint? Like when and where."

"A few days ago, fellow Daoist left two riddles in a palace, which gave me quite a bit to ponder, but in the end, there was no way to prove right or wrong."

Yaochi believed that with Ren Yidao's level of intelligence, giving these hints was enough; it was equivalent to laying her cards on the table.

Now that things had come to this, since she had chosen to live under someone else's roof, she had to adjust her attitude; she could no longer puff herself up to maintain her past lifestyle, could not put on those airs, and it was time to bow to the bleak reality.

"Holy shit!"

And sure enough, Ren Yidao was very shocked after hearing her words, his eyes darting around as if looking for something.

He knows who I am!

Mm, perhaps this old guy told him voluntarily; otherwise, he couldn't be this agitated.

Suppressing her surprise, Yaochi shook her head, cast out the messy thoughts in her heart, nodded to Ren Yidao, and slowly opened her mouth: "That's right, I am precisely..."

"Ao Zhun!!?"

Yaochi:?

What the hell?

"You are Ao Zhun!? No! How did you become Nan Liang!!!"

Ren Yidao's shout, filled with fear and some unclear meaning, made the atmosphere here completely change.

"Don't come near me!!!"

???

Who is Ao Zhun!!?

I, I—

As the once-revered Heavenly Maiden of Yaochi, whom everyone under Heaven respected, Yaochi had never suffered such grievances.

Never before!

She even had the urge to curse someone out!

Yaochi:???

"Shut up! Who is this Ao Zhun! I am the Heavenly Maiden of Yaochi, personally bestowed by His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor!!!" Yaochi was furious, whipping up a... breeze in the Qingzhuan Dojo.

This place was suppressed by Sikong Yu, and in her current state, she couldn't stir up much of a storm.

"You!"

【"Ahem, cough cough."】 Sikong Yu remained calm and composed, looking straight ahead as if he hadn't heard Yaochi's angry shout.

"Wait a moment, you say your name is Yaochi?"

Although Yaochi's momentum had plummeted, she still successfully caught the attention of Ren Yidao; he blinked and asked uncertainly: "Heavenly Maiden of Yaochi?"

This was the attitude Yaochi was familiar with; she snorted coldly, temporarily letting Sikong Yu off the hook, and looked at Ren Yidao, knitting her brows.

"You know me?"

"No, I don't, it's just that I happened to see a Heavenly Maiden recently."

"Hm? Who did you see?"

There was news of someone else's whereabouts!?

"Heavenly Maiden of Hunyuan."

Ren Yidao answered casually; by this point, how could he not guess that the other party was the mysterious woman who had instilled knowledge into Zhang Mang's mind, and he understood that this person might have some connection to Zhong Ling.

Yes, his overreaction just now had been intentional.

"Hun... what did you say!!?" Yaochi was shocked; she had been lamenting how that woman said one thing but did another, but now she had cast all that to the back of her mind, wanting only to see her immediately.

"Where is she!?"

"Right here in the sect; go to the forbidden area and find a bell, she is buried inside... oh, living inside."

She was right here!?

Huh?

【"Go, you may travel freely within the sect; take Xinying with you, she should already be waiting for you at the Divine Path Bell."】

Yaochi understood that these two were singing in harmony to get rid of her, but at this moment, she couldn't hold back at all; she grabbed Xinying and rushed toward where the Divine Path Bell was located.

The Qingzhuan Dojo was finally left with only Ren Yidao and the stone statue before him.

【"... Alright, finally sent the miscellaneous people away."】

"Since that's the case, let us begin the real business."

Ren Yidao nodded, then shook his head, and asked: "But before that, I have a question I would like to ask."

【"Oh? Speak."】

"It's very simple, how should I address you?"

"Is it Sect Leader Sikong Yu? Or..."

"Demon God?"

【"..."】

Ren Yidao squinted at the silent stone statue, nodded slightly, and remarked with emotion:

"By the way, the Buddha statue you gave me is quite nice; I like it very much."

"It helped a great deal."