Chapter 346: Demon Princess Ning Ke

At this moment, Duan Fengyun was also constantly evaluating this Yuwen Tuo in his heart; he really was a cunning little fox.

Duan Fengyun did not dare to continue chatting with him, so Duan Fengyun spoke up:

"Young Master Yuwen, come,

I will teach you how to write poetry today."

Duan Fengyun and Yuwen Tuo arrived at the study; fortunately, Duan Fengyun had practiced calligraphy quite a bit while at the World Society and Dragon Gate, so he could write with a fine hand.

Seeing that Duan Fengyun had prepared the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, he wrote fluently on the paper:

"A loving mother loves her child, not for the sake of repayment."

Watching Duan Fengyun write this classic quote from the Western Han Dynasty's Liu An in "Miao Cheng Xun" of the *Huainanzi*, Yuwen Tuo's eyes instantly turned red.

He naturally understood what this sentence meant: a mother's love for her children seeks no reward.

Yuwen Tuo murmured to himself:

"Mother!"

Duan Fengyun patted Yuwen Tuo on the shoulder and said:

"There is another thing I will tell you orally; just keep it in your heart.

Endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens, only then is success possible!

If you want to rescue your mother, you must continue to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens just as you have before; only when you have the strength to contend with Yang Su will you be able to rescue your mother.

Yuwen Tuo, the road you have to walk is still very long."

Yuwen Tuo nodded, then looked at Duan Fengyun.

He felt that although Duan Fengyun had ulterior motives, he held no malice toward him.

And most importantly, the Xuanyuan Sword in his hand actually had an inexplicable sense of affinity for Duan Fengyun; it seemed this Qin Shuang was someone he could trust.

Yuwen Tuo trusted his own feelings and the Xuanyuan Sword very much, so his feelings toward Duan Fengyun also began to change significantly.

Now that Ning Ke had not yet appeared, the young Yuwen Tuo felt extremely lonely in his heart, and the appearance of Duan Fengyun gave him someone to confide in.

He said with a smile on his face:

"Brother Qin, didn't you say you were going to teach me to read and write?

Can we start now?"

Seeing the smiling Yuwen Tuo, Duan Fengyun naturally knew that Yuwen Tuo had let down his guard against him; at the very least, they could trust each other now.

"Very well, Young Master Yuwen.

Follow me and practice this *Huainanzi·Miao Cheng Xun*."

Yang Su, who had come to scout the situation, was also astonished to see Yuwen Tuo respectfully following Duan Fengyun to study.

He had not expected Yuwen Tuo to be so obedient; it seemed this Qin Shuang truly had some ability.

Yang Su did not concern himself with what had happened between the two of them; it remained the same principle: in the face of absolute strength, everything else was just passing clouds.

Yang Su watched for a while before turning and leaving, while Duan Fengyun, with his back to Yang Su and a look of focused dedication as he taught Yuwen Tuo calligraphy, had a trace of a cunning smile on his face.

Over the next half month, Duan Fengyun taught Yuwen Tuo calligraphy every day and urged Yuwen Tuo to study military strategy.

Seeing that Yuwen Tuo was so obedient, Yang Su gradually stopped restricting Yuwen Tuo's movements and began to allow others to go to Yuwen Tuo's courtyard.

At this time, Commandery Princess Ning Ke, who had been running a persistent high fever inside the Shun Prince Mansion, began to slowly recover.

The Prince of Shun, who was the current Emperor's own nephew, had only this one young daughter, Ning Ke; when little Ning Ke's fever would not break and all the doctors were helpless, he had nearly killed all the doctors in a rage.

In the end, it was only after the Prince of Jin, Yang Guang, sent doctors from the palace that Ning Ke began to recover.

Of course, this was only how it appeared to outsiders; in reality, when Ning Ke's high fever would not break, her soul had already been taken away by the Demon Lord.

Following this, the soul of the Demon Lord's daughter entered little Ning Ke's body, and from then on, she became the new Ning Ke.

The Demon Lord's intention in this was, of course, to have Ning Ke approach Yuwen Tuo; for one, Yuwen Tuo held the Xuanyuan Sword, and the Demon Lord had once been sealed into the Scar of the Sky by this very sword and its master, the Yellow Emperor, so the Demon Lord had to take this Xuanyuan Sword seriously.

Secondly, the Demon Lord wanted Ning Ke to approach Yuwen Tuo so that Yuwen Tuo would embark on the path of searching for the Five Divine Artifacts in order to save his mother.

Possessing the Xuanyuan Sword and having once held the Earth Emperor Destiny, Yuwen Tuo would be his best candidate for seizing the Five Divine Artifacts.

It was just that the Demon Lord had not expected that Yuwen Tuo, who had been stripped of his Earth Emperor status, would be the Kunlun Divine General among the Five Divine Generals, and that the banner of resistance against the Demon Lord would also be the first to be raised by Yuwen Tuo in the future.

The new little Ning Ke opened her eyes; the memories of the old Ning Ke had all been instilled into her mind by the Demon Lord, so Ning Ke was not a stranger to the people before her.

Little Ning Ke pretended to have just recovered from a serious illness and asked with an ignorant expression:

"Father, Mother, what happened to me?

I feel so dizzy."

The Princess of Shun hugged Ning Ke tightly and said:

"It is nothing, my dear daughter.

You just slept for a long, long time; it is good that you have woken up, it is good that you have woken up.

You worried your father and mother to death."

"Oh, is that so!"

Ning Ke replied with a smile.

The Prince of Shun and the Princess of Shun felt that after this illness, the Ning Ke before them seemed to have changed somewhere, but they could not feel where it was.

Of course she had changed; the Ning Ke before them had long since swapped souls.

Ning Ke sensed the awareness of the Prince of Shun and the Princess of Shun, and to avoid being discovered by these two, Ning Ke decided to eliminate them.

Deep in the night, a demonic shadow appeared in Ning Ke's room, and little Ning Ke addressed the shadow respectfully:

"Father!"

The demonic shadow was none other than Ning Ke's father, the generation's Demon Lord.

The Demon Lord said with a chuckle:

"Daughter, how is it?"

"Does this little girl Ning Ke fit your ideas well?"

"Your father found a good one for you, didn't he!"

Little Ning Ke smiled and said:

"This physical body is quite good; I quite like it.

It's just, Father, does this Shun Prince and the Shun Prince Consort seem to have sensed something?

To avoid them discovering any problems, do you want to take action and eliminate them?"

The Demon Lord said with a serious face:

"Of course, this seat does not allow anyone to disrupt my plan.

Your task is to collect the Five Divine Artifacts, open the Red Piercing Demon Star, and let my Demon Realm descend upon the world once more."

Ning Ke said with a heavy expression:

"But the Five Divine Artifacts have yet to appear, and there are Five Divine Generals guarding them; how is your daughter supposed to obtain the Xuanyuan Sword?"

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The Demon Lord said:

"Do not worry about this; your father has long had plans.

You still remember the Demon Seed I planted in that Yang Su a few years ago, right? He will be a good chess piece.

He recently made the descendant of my great enemy, the Yellow Emperor, his disciple; this disciple of his possesses the Earth Emperor Destiny.

Yang Su made Yuwen Tuo's hands bloody, shattering his Earth Emperor Destiny.

However, as a former Earth Emperor, and with the Xuanyuan Sword in his possession, he and Yang Su will become our best chess pieces for seizing the Five Divine Artifacts.

Let them charge and break through the lines for us; we shall wait in peace for them to find the Five Divine Artifacts for us.

Tomorrow, find a way to go to the Situ Gong Mansion to see Yuwen Tuo; take the opportunity to get close to him and keep him firmly in your grasp."

"Daughter understands!"

Ning Ke replied.

"Good, then be careful in everything!"

After the Demon Lord finished his instructions, he left, but Ning Ke looked at her surroundings with an unfamiliar expression; this was not her home, it was too foreign to her, and she could not sleep at all.

The next morning, Ning Ke had a maid take her out for a stroll.

When they walked to the Situ Gong Mansion, Ning Ke asked deliberately:

"Whose mansion is this? How does it look so solemn and magnificent?" The maid replied:

"Commandery Princess, this is the mansion of Situ Gong Yang Su.

Would you like to go in and take a look? I heard that Situ Gong Yang recently took in a young master; perhaps you would like to make friends with him, Commandery Princess."

This was exactly what Ning Ke wanted, so she nodded and said:

"Alright, alright, I also like making friends."

The maid brought Ning Ke to the entrance of the Situ Gong Mansion, but they were stopped by the guards of the Situ Gong Mansion.

"Who are you?

The Situ Gong Mansion is not a place for you to come; leave quickly."

The maid pointed at Ning Ke and said:

"Audacious, you are blind!

Do you know who this is!

This is Commandery Princess Ning Ke of the Shun Prince Mansion.

Commandery Princess Ning Ke is here to find your Young Master Yuwen; let us in quickly!"

Once the guards heard it was a Commandery Princess from the Shun Prince Mansion, how would they dare to block her?

"Greetings, Commandery Princess. This lowly one is blind and did not recognize the Commandery Princess; please forgive me, Commandery Princess.

Young Master Yuwen is currently in the courtyard practicing martial arts; I wonder if you would like me to announce your arrival, Commandery Princess?"

Ning Ke waved her hand and said:

"No need, we will go in ourselves."

Under the guidance of the guards, Ning Ke and the maid walked toward Yuwen Tuo's courtyard.

At this moment, Yang Su, who happened to be walking out of Yuwen Tuo's courtyard, saw Ning Ke and her maid. Yang Su noticed Ning Ke's extraordinary temperament, so he did not shout, but asked politely:

"Who are you?

Why have you come to my Situ Gong Mansion?"

Ning Ke recognized Yang Su, but she had to pretend not to know him and said:

"My name is Ning Ke, and I am a Commandery Princess of the Shun Prince Mansion.

I am here to find Yuwen Tuo; who is this old man?"

Once Yang Su heard that Ning Ke was a Commandery Princess from the Shun Prince Mansion, he was no longer suspicious of her extraordinary temperament.

He was only very confused as to why she was looking for Yuwen Tuo, as Yuwen Tuo would not know any Prince Shun or Commandery Princess Ning Ke.

Yang Su replied:

"This old man is Yang Su, Yuwen Tuo's master; I think it is fine for me to ask, right?"

Upon hearing that the old man before them was Situ Gong Yang Su, the maid hurriedly bowed and said:

"Greetings, Situ Gong Yang!"

Yang Su waved his hand, signaling for her to rise.

Ning Ke said in a carefree manner:

"Oh, so you are Situ Gong Yang. I often hear your name from my father the Prince and the Emperor, but I didn't expect you to be an old man."

"I came to see Yuwen Tuo because I heard he is quite formidable, and I would like to make friends with him."

Upon hearing that Ning Ke had come to find Yuwen Tuo to make friends, Yang Su laughed heartily in his heart.

"Looking for Yuwen Tuo to make friends?

That is truly hilarious; that brat is currently single-mindedly focused on practicing martial arts to kill me, so how could he have the heart to make friends with you?

Forget it, forget it; let's see if you, little girl, can manage to influence that block of wood.

If you can influence that block of wood, then in the future, this old man will have one more trump card in his hand to scheme against Yuwen Tuo, hahahaha."

Yang Su smiled and said:

"Tuo'er is currently in the courtyard behind me; if the Commandery Princess wishes to find Tuo'er, feel free to go.

I will not interfere in matters between you young people; I am going to find your Emperor grandfather."

Watching Yang Su's departing back, Ning Ke silently grumbled in her heart:

"Old fox.

Don't think I didn't see what you are trying to do.

Let's see which one of us plays the other to death."

Although Ning Ke had the appearance of a seven or eight-year-old, her soul was that of a Demon Race princess who had lived for five hundred years, and her cunning was more than just a little deep.

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