Zhou Mengya originally planned to return the Heavenly Dao before going to see the Demon Venerable.
But the Maid insisted, saying: Demon Venerable has urgent matters to see her.
What urgent matters could there be?
With difficulty suppressing her displeasure, Zhou Mengya had to take the Heavenly Dao first to the Demon Venerable's Palace to find him.
Before, she was very patient with the Demon Venerable, but ever since that cunning Old Man's favorability reached 50%, the favorability had not increased, and Zhou Mengya was too lazy to continue interacting with him; he was of no help to her.
But deep within the Demon Venerable's territory, she could not easily break face.
However, this visit did bring her an unexpected harvest.
She saw a boy and a girl standing outside the Demon Venerable's Palace.
The boy had a stern expression, his face serious, the girl was crying with red eyes, held by two Guards who seemed to be taking her away; she struggled continuously and said to the boy: “Brother! Don't listen to that Demon Venerable, he used Father as a pawn, and now, he wants to cultivate you into his pawn! To make you work for him!!!”
“Even if Father is gone, we don't need him! We can find Mother ourselves! I will go with you to find Mother…”
The girl cried uncontrollably, but the boy showed no sign of relenting.
He simply watched the girl being taken away by the Guards, finally saying: “Lin Qi, the Demon Venerable has not taken a liking to you.”
She doesn't need to suffer with him; when he grows up, he alone can bring Mother back.
Zhou Mengya raised an eyebrow, feigning curiosity and asking the Maid beside her: “Those are…the two children left behind by the Demon Lord?”
The leading Maid simply nodded, without saying more.
However, upon seeing the System Prompt indicating a new Target for Conquest, Zhou Mengya smiled lightly: “How pitiful, how can a mother abandon her own children?”
“Since she couldn't give the children a good life, why was she so selfish as to have children to suffer?”
Although the Demon Venerable did not allow public disclosure, Zhou Mengya, as the Saintess, still knew some inside information.
Lan Yan, that foolish woman, abandoned her good partner and children, colluded with the Daughter of Destiny to kill her husband and abandon her children, and finally fled the Devil Realm like a stray dog.
It was as if she had gone mad, ruining her own life, and it's unclear what she was aiming for?
But luckily, it happened to let her pick up a bargain.
“Shut up! Don’t you dare slander my mother!” After hearing Zhou Mengya's words, the boy turned his head with an ugly expression, his eyes filled with killing intent!
The moment the boy turned his head, the smile on Zhou Mengya's lips disappeared.
She was not intimidated by the boy's imposing manner; instead, she insisted, continuing: “You know deep down that it was her fault, don't you?”
“I…”
“Since it was her fault, after you find her, you should make her realize her mistakes, to resolve your heart knot.” Children's minds are easy to guess, after pointing out the boy's heart knot, Zhou Mengya patiently guided: “But perhaps she won’t realize her mistakes at all, and will leave you and your sister again, but at that time, you also need to realize that an incompetent mother, you don't need her!”
Dealing with this kind of Target who already has a White Moonlight, you must first make him disgusted with the White Moonlight, before he can accept others.
Zhou Mengya was very good at this.
Mothers and White Moonlights are similar; you can tell at a glance that this is a child lacking love, just be thick-skinned and conquer him several times, the increase in favorability should be easy.
“No! I will never make the same mistake as Mother!” Abandoning them!
The boy angrily refuted, unable to accept it.
But after he finished speaking, he realized something.
Zhou Mengya immediately said: “Look, you clearly know it's her fault…”
This time, the boy didn't retort, but ran away as if escaping.
This put Zhou Mengya in a good mood; it seemed that conquering him was only a matter of time.
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Tian Ning and Lin Hao walked a long way, encountering only minor Demonic Cultivators along the way.
The Demon Sword, relying on its speed, absorbed one after another, infuriating Lin Hao behind it to the point where he wanted to smash this broken sword!
To think he had toiled so hard all the way, and even had to interrogate those Demonic Cultivators for Tian Ning, and in the end? He got nothing!
He was at least the Former Demon Venerable!
Not a Servant at this girl's beck and call!!
Fortunately, perseverance ultimately brought hope; they finally arrived at Lin Hao's long-awaited destination.
Before them was a huge pit blocking their path, filled with deep black, viscous water, emitting a pungent stench.
Even though Tian Ning and Lin Hao were a considerable distance from the pit, they could still smell the unbearable odor.
“Damn it!” Lin Hao's brows twitched.
The Treasure he was looking for was at the bottom of this pit, and these bastards who had usurped the place, what had they done here?!
Just from the smell, Lin Hao felt that the Treasure he wanted was already tainted…
If it weren't for the necessity of obtaining the item, Lin Hao wouldn't have come forward with Tian Ning.
Because the water in the pit was too dark, it was only when they approached that they saw clearly what was floating inside.
Those were several bloated corpses, like inflated balloons, their bodies severely swollen; they had been there for an unknown length of time, their faces were indistinguishable, but from their figures, one could tell that they were the corpses of children.
The Devil Realm never lacked perverts; Lin Hao wasn't surprised by these children's corpses, he just found them disgusting.
How long had this corpse-infused water been here?
He had to find a way to retrieve the Treasure below.
At this moment, Lin Hao's mind was filled with thoughts of quickly getting the item and leaving, away from this troubled place, so he didn't notice that the skin of those corpses in the pit occasionally showed abnormal twitching, as if something was hidden beneath.
Then, a male voice echoed from the darkness: “Children, go play.”
Those swollen corpses, like balloons about to burst, suddenly exploded!
Inside were not blood and flesh, but a large number of black Gu Worms splashing out.
If Tian Ning hadn't used Defensive Talismans in time to block them, these disgusting Gu Worms would have landed directly on their bodies and skin, then burrowed into their bodies and begun to devour their essence.
Lin Hao frowned, vigilantly scanning his surroundings.
Finally, his gaze fell on one spot.
There, another male voice sighed, saying ‘what a pity’.
The original voice laughed: “Left Protector, don't underestimate my children, even as larvae, they are not to be underestimated.”
After that voice finished speaking, the Gu Worms that had originally been blocked outside by the Defensive Barrier created by the Defensive Talismans suddenly made a 'creaking' chewing sound; the Gu Worms were gnawing on the Defensive Barrier, and after a while, the Barrier showed cracks like broken glass.
“Oh dear, it seems that even Defensive Talismans can't protect you.”
A light laughter came from the darkness as expected.
But the laughter hadn't lasted long before it was interrupted by Tian Ning pulling out another batch of Defensive Talismans from her Dimensional Pouch.
Lin Hao: “…”
The person in the darkness: “…”
No way, all this way, it’s been dangerous, how does she still have so many Talismans?
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