If I had known I wouldn't have saved you!

Seeing her reaction, Lin Shiyi quickly changed his words and said, "Uh... no... he meant that I should be loyal to you and not have any second thoughts, not... um..."

Lu Qingyao's expression eased a lot, but she was a little unconvinced: "Did Lingxi really say that? By the way, where did he go?"

Lin Shiyi quickly replied: "He went into seclusion, saying that he wanted to break through to the late stage of the Spiritualization Realm. He probably won't be able to come out in a short time..."

Lu Qingyao nodded doubtfully, but then looked at Lin Shiyi and said, "You...don't you have anything to say to me?"

"what?"

Lin Shiyi was stunned for a moment, looking around, not knowing what to say. He thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's right! Now that Long Tianyou is dead and the war is over, the Palace Master can bring the original cultivators of the Demon Refining Palace to create a new Demon Refining Palace! This is really cause for celebration!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingyao rolled her eyes at him and sighed, "Wood..."

She stood up and said calmly as usual: "Let's go... I've almost rested, and I want to go out and see what's going on outside."

Lin Shiyi recalled how Lu Qingyao had been tortured by the Qiankun Pill, and asked with concern, "Aren't you going to rest for a while? Are you okay?"

Lu Qingyao gave him a meaningful look, shook her head slightly and said, "It's okay, let's go."

The two of them left Linglong Palace and came to a pavilion in the Divine Palace, only to see monks from the Demon Refining Palace and the Jade Maiden Pavilion flying everywhere in the Divine Palace. They were demolishing walls and removing tiles, as if they were going to raze the Divine Palace to the ground. Of course, anything that had a bit of treasure was taken away, it was like a swarm of locusts, leaving nothing behind.

Seeing such a grand scene, Lu Qingyao frowned and lamented, "They are all used to following you to do banditry. Who is willing to go with me to rebuild the Demon Refining Palace?"

Lin Shiyi felt a little embarrassed and could only smile bitterly: "Now there is no war to fight...their bandit nature will be retracted sooner or later. The Divine Palace is a bandit, so we treat them in a bandit way. Of course, we will not rob good people. Don't worry, these brothers and sisters are clear about gratitude and resentment. Take a closer look, except for those who have been oppressed by the Divine Palace, the rest of the independent cultivators are quite sensible, aren't they?"

Hearing this, Lu Qingyao looked in the direction Lin Shiyi pointed, and indeed saw some people who were pure-hearted and had not rummaged through the palace's items, nor had they participated in destroying these magnificent buildings.

"No, anyway, I can't lead this Demon Refining Palace anymore. They all follow your lead now. Even if I force them to go back in the name of the Palace Master, their hearts are still with you. How can they like it if they are forced to do things against their will like this?"

Lu Qingyao thought about it and gave up the idea of ​​rebuilding the Demon Refining Palace.

Lin Shiyi was somewhat speechless and said: "Then...what about the Lu family? If you don't rebuild the Demon Refining Palace, how can you revive the Lu family? Don't you..."

He looked at Lu Qingyao thoughtfully, his eyes full of confusion.

Lu Qingyao smiled and shook her head, saying, "When did I say I wanted to revive the Lu family? Now that Long Tianyou is dead, my parents' revenge has been avenged, and the Lu family was only glorious at that time, just like the Divine Palace. Once it is destroyed, it is destroyed. It cannot be forced."

After hearing her words, Lin Shiyi was silent for a moment. Looking back on the past, he couldn't help but sigh: "You are different now than when we first met."

Lu Qingyao became interested and asked, "Oh? So when we first met, what kind of person did you think I was?"

Lin Shiyi looked into her eyes and told the truth: "When I first saw you, I was shocked by your beauty. You are mysterious, noble, and cold... I don't know what words to use to describe you..."

After hearing this, Lu Qingyao couldn't help but smile. Afraid of being discovered by Lin Shiyi, she turned her face away and suppressed her smile, "Really... Why don't I think I am like this?"

Lin Shiyi followed with a smile and said, "It's definitely not like that now. The mystery is gone, the nobility has retreated, and it's not cold anymore. Instead, it's still as beautiful as a flower, and sometimes silly, which is quite cute when you see it..."

Thinking of the journey of life and death together, Lin Shiyi was also quite emotional. During the time she was traveling with him, the Palace Master of the Demon Refining Palace had shed her icy protective shield and unconsciously revealed her true nature. She was actually a woman with a chivalrous heart.

Being told this, Lu Qingyao didn't know whether it was a compliment or an insult, but she always felt that the words sounded irritating and she couldn't help but feel her cheeks getting hot.

So she was confused and quickly changed the subject, "Heh... Don't think that just because you said that, I won't mind you taking away my Demon Refining Palace monks. Let me tell you, although I don't plan to rebuild the Demon Refining Palace, I must have a place in your temple, and I will still be in charge of my monks."

Lin Shiyi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded, "If you want to stay, who dares to chase you away? It's up to you."

He didn't want to meddle in so many other matters, such as the shrine or the temple. Whoever wants to meddle in it can do so. He just wanted to have a good time with his friends, that's all.

At this moment, he remembered Long Tianyou's treasures again, and immediately took out the jade slips and night pearls he had found earlier.

"By the way, these were found in the Immortal Item Pavilion. According to Long Tianyou, the Qiankun Gong that can control other cultivators also belongs to your Lu family. Do you want to take it back?"

The jade slip and the night pearl were floating in the air. As Lin Shiyi pushed forward, these things flew in front of Lu Qingyao.

But Lu Qingyao shook her head and said, "I don't want to practice this kind of vicious martial arts. It will tarnish the reputation of my Lu family. This night pearl..."

She returned the jade slip to Lin Shiyi, but picked up the night pearl and looked at it carefully.

Seeing the eight characters "Even if the seas run dry and the rocks crumble, I will never let you down" in the light of the bead, Lu Qingyao's eyes suddenly lit up and she said, "This... this bead seems to belong to my mother... I used to play with it when I was a kid! This night-shining pearl has no other function except glowing. Long Tianyou even stole this, how shameless! Fortunately, you have found it now!"

Lu Qingyao held the beads in both hands, looking very happy.

Lin Shiyi was a little confused for a moment. If it was her mother's relic, how could it appear in Long Tianyou's treasure house? And it was hidden so secretly under the holy water.

So he asked curiously: "Is this pearl...really your mother's? Is it her own, or was it given to her by someone else?"

Lu Qingyao was happily playing with the night-shining pearl. Upon hearing this, she frowned and said in a daze, "I don't know either... As far as I can remember, this night-shining pearl has been on my mother's dressing table. It should have been a gift from my father, right?"

Lin Shiyi nodded, but couldn't help frowning in thought.

What does it mean that Long Tianyou put such an ordinary night pearl and an extremely precious martial arts technique together?