Chapter 37: He is not a demon, but a god

Everyone under the Profound Terrace fell silent, each quietly gazing at the beautiful yet terrifying Shen Qingli.

Some of the timid ones couldn't help but tremble.

"It hurts, doesn't it?"

Shen Qingli asked gently.

Hearing it made people's scalps go numb.

Su Chacha felt like she would faint from pain.

"Come, take a pill."

Shen Qingli fed Su Chacha the finest healing pill.

"You're better off; my mother never fed me pills, she just yanked them out."

"Hold on, there are still two hundred and five pieces."

As Shen Qingli stated the facts, Su Zhengzong finally arrived by stepping through the air.

"Shen Qingli!"

Seeing the scene on the Profound Terrace, Su Zhengzong's beard and hair stood on end from anger.

Shen Kuo, fearing he would harm Shen Qingli, had already flown up to block him.

But this was not what Shen Qingli wanted…

She looked at the furious Su Zhengzong and asked, "Grand Elder, are you going to stop me?"

"\"A Li, you've vented your anger; it's time to stop. \" Bai Ren Shan spoke.

Zhao Yue suppressed the urge to crush Shen Qingli to death and also spoke, "Not bad, you've already pulled out a piece; leave it at that. These bones are of no use to you either."

"\"How is it useless? \" Shen Qingli wiped the blood off the bone with a handkerchief, \"You've been wronged, having this filthy blood soak for so long. \"

"\"A Li, \""

"\"Shh. \""

Shen Qingli pointed her index finger toward the Azure Jade Sect, making a silencing gesture.

"\"If I don't take the bone back, how can I get the other three legacies for you? \""

Shen Qingli spoke gently, making people feel chilled to the bone, yet it was enough to silence the still-chattering Zhao Yue.

Su Zhengzong's face turned ashen, \"Envoy of the Profound, are you just going to watch her act recklessly? \"

"\"Shen Qingli, \" the Envoy of the Profound spoke up, but——

"\"Shh. \" Shen Qingli made the Envoy of the Profound stay quiet, then smiled and asked, \"You forgot, before the demon verification it was agreed that I could act on my own, life or death notwithstanding? \""

The Envoy of the Profound furrowed his brows slightly; back then he merely hadn't objected, which didn't mean he had consented.

"\"Envoy of the Profound, you didn't object back then, and Patriarch Bai outright agreed; we all heard and saw it. \" Zhou Chuanqi suddenly spoke.

"\"That's right. \" Zhou Chuanfeng echoed.

"\"Exactly! \" Zhao Jianming chimed in, he had originally wanted to kill Su Chacha!"

Once someone spoke up, naturally more people voiced their testimony.

The Envoy of the Profound's expression was indifferent, \"Your grudges have nothing to do with the sect tournament; you can settle them after the competition. \"

"\"No can do. \" Shen Qingli said, then abruptly pulled another bone from Su Chacha's body, \"You need to bear witness. \"

The Envoy of the Profound's expression instantly turned cold, and Su Zhengzong immediately snapped, \"Impudent! Who do you think you are to order the Envoy of the Profound around? \"

"\"Can't you? \""

Shen Qingli smiled coldly, her eyes gradually growing dim, truly like a demonic cultivator!

However, purple light burst from her surroundings, and the Taiyi Divine Sword flew out, circling in the air.

"\"How about this? \""

Shen Qingli's voice was like that of a deity, like the Dao that judges all beings; no one could resist her.

"\"Taiyi Divine Sovereign! \""

The Envoy of the Profound even cried out in shock!

Only then did the people snap out of their daze from the dazzling Shen Qingli, seeing the illusory divine image behind her.

Shen Qingli looked back, and only then did she see that deity appear behind her.

Although blurry, she instantly recognized it as the very deity whose image she had obtained from the Immortal-Demon Transformation Legacy.

He is not a demon, but a god—indeed, the legendary Taiyi Divine Sovereign?

After a moment of losing herself, Shen Qingli again looked toward the soaring Su Zhengzong and the members of the Azure Jade Sect above and below.

"\"It really is you. \" Pei Jianshu wasn't surprised; he had been guessing it was her, from initially refusing to believe, to gradually wavering, to almost certain, then denying it again after she obtained the Medicine God Legacy.

After all, no one had ever received two legacies on Profound Mountain, but Shen Qingli was that exception.

Before Shen Qingli, Profound Mountain had never seen a divine-level legacy;

before Shen Qingli, Profound Mountain would never give a second legacy to the same person;

No, this is the third one.

The first was the Fire Phoenix Fairy's legacy.

The second was the Medicine God Legacy.

The third was the Taiyi Divine Sovereign's legacy, unparalleled in ancient and modern times.

"\"How could this be... \""

Gu Cihe gasped in disbelief, filled with intense resentment and indignation!

\"Why does he get nothing while that poisonous woman Shen Qingli receives so much favor? \"

\"Have all those ancients gone blind! \"

"\"If you get what you wish for, would you truly be willing to return to the Azure Jade Sect and hand over the legacy to us? \" Peak Master Xu suddenly spoke.

"Of course." Shen Qingli chuckled lightly.

"You swear!" someone shouted.

Shen Qingli's voice clear, "He Song, it's you again."

The named He Song looked flustered, even faintly fearful.

Not only was he afraid, but those who in the past, after Shen Qingli had her phoenix bone removed, came to her courtyard to mock and trample her, were all trembling.

"Qin Xiaosu."

"Cheng Zhen."

"Wang Zhenxin."

"……"

Shen Qingli, just as before, called out names one by one.

Everyone who had received her great kindness, without exception, became an elite disciple of the Green Jade Sect.

These people, however, now completely changed their demeanor; they dare not add insult to injury, nor even dare to look directly at Shen Qingli.

He Song even more simply went "plop" and knelt, saying, "Senior Sister, don't blame us; we have no choice either, for Junior Sister has the Supreme Elder behind her—we can only speak up for her, and we dare not not do so!"

"Exactly!" With He Song taking the lead, the others knelt without pressure, "Senior Sister, we are all forced by others; please forgive us."

"Yes, Senior Sister, please forgive our petty faults." All the disciples of the Green Jade Sect participating in this competition, except Pei Jianshu, knelt.

They were afraid!

They indeed ought to be afraid.

Even the Sect Leader asked for the Senior Sister to return, and the Senior Sister is still this strong; they……

Sorry, we can only let the Junior Sister bear everything.

The Junior Sister is so understanding; she will surely understand them.

"You……"

Su Zhengzong never expected that the junior generation of the sect would react like this!

Su Chacha's face turned deathly pale, and she trembled as she tried to speak.

"Ah!"

Having another bone pulled out, she couldn't say anything.

No matter how eloquent she was, no matter if she had the ability to speak like a lotus blossom,

At this moment, it was useless.

"Ah!"

"Ah! Ah! Don't——"

Su Chacha, whose bones were being pulled out one after another, screamed in utter agony.

The kneeling disciples grew even more panicked, fearing they would be held to account.

"Shen Qingli, don't go too far!"

Su Zhengzong, after all Su Chacha's grandfather, still issued a reprimand, but he didn't dare to go on stage.

He who didn't dare to rush past Shen Kuo's obstruction earlier now dares not go up at all.

The Supreme Unity Divine Sword, like a life‑taking sword hanging over the heads of all in the Green Jade Sect, exudes an extremely powerful aura! The divine phantom it projects is like an invisible massive mountain, pressing upon their vital gates.

No one dared to reach out to save Su Chacha.

Just as when Shen Qingli had her bones pulled out by Zhao Yue back then, with no one stepping forward to intervene,

This time, too, no one intervened.