Are all the love-brained villains my apprentices?

Shen Mingshe put down the wine jug and fell silent.

After a long while, he spoke again.

"Where did you hear this news?"

"The descendants of the original Demon Lord revealed it to me."

"This news..." Shen Mingshe frowned.

He didn't doubt Cheng Anshi, but he was worried that this was a divisive plot by the demons.

Cheng Anshi seemed to see what Shen Mingshe was thinking and explained.

"I've checked it out, it's true, and..."

Cheng Anshi opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing: "No, nothing."

Shen Mingshe tactfully stopped asking and changed the subject: "So what are you going to do next?"

"I will cross the barrier and meet them at the edge."

"Are you crazy?" Shen Mingshe even suspected that he had heard it wrong.

"I have established trust with them now. They now have the identity and evidence of the person who colluded with the original demon. I must get those things."

"Do you know how big the risk is? Even if they can be trusted, it's still the demon world!"

"I know it well."

Shen Mingshe was angered by Cheng Anshi's words and spoke in a harsher tone.

He said the words that Du Sheng had heard: "If you insist on doing this, I will have to collect your body soon."

Cheng Anshi did not refute Shen Mingshe's angry words, but just drank the warm water in his cup in silence.

Shen Mingshe calmed down for a while before speaking again.

"...Why do you have to go? Even if you don't take your own life seriously, what about your wife?

Have you ever thought about what will happen to her and her unborn child if you do this?"

When Bai Hengyun was mentioned, Cheng Anshi fell silent, looking as if he was worried about something.

“…That’s why I’m going.

This trip is dangerous, but if it succeeds, then Hengyun, Ze'er, and the others won't have to bear any risks."

"...Is there anything else you haven't told me?" Shen Mingshe asked.

Cheng Anshi and Shen Mingshe's eyes met. Knowing that he could not hide the secret from his good friend, he explained the reason in detail.

"Pang Qianxue—the descendant of the original Demon Lord. She told me that the place where the original demon was reborn was not in the Demon Realm."

"Where would that be?" Shen Mingshe had a bad feeling in his heart.

"In the Immortal Cultivation Realm. To show her sincerity, Pang Qianxue told me that there have been a lot of recent movements in the Demon Realm. The demons who followed the original demon are trying to gather their men.

If it were just one or two, it would be fine, but according to Pang Qianxue, more than half of the demons have taken action.

I'm afraid... they're going to cause trouble again." Cheng Anshi's face was heavy.

Shen Mingshe frowned: "The barrier is still there, and the original demon hasn't... I don't think it has recovered its full strength."

"But the original demon's forces have colluded with the immortal sect." Cheng Anshi said.

"If I can stop the original demon's plan before they take action, I can avoid a huge loss of life."

This time it was Shen Mingshe's turn to remain silent.

After adding glass after glass of wine, Shen Mingshe finally spoke again.

"How can I help you?"

Facing Shen Mingshe's question, Cheng Anshi just smiled.

He knew that Shen Mingshe, as the head of the Xuanling Sect, was often helpless.

So he just picked up the cup and said, "If, I mean if. If something really happens to me, please help me take care of Hengyun and Ze'er, Brother Shen."

Shen Mingshe also raised his glass and clinked it with Cheng Anshi.

"Well, that's natural."

But things don't develop as people wish.

The speed at which the original demon acted was far beyond their expectations, and they did not expect things to develop like that in the end.

Cheng Anshi was labeled a traitor and disappeared. Bai Hengyun was forced to take Cheng Junze away from Qiankunmen and then disappeared.

In order to stop the original demon, Shen Mingshe's spiritual veins were damaged and he fell into a deep sleep.

Before falling asleep, Shen Mingshe sent people to look for Bai Hengyun, but they could not find him.

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"Mrs. Bai, I have always felt guilty about Brother Cheng's advice." Shen Mingshe lowered his head.

After listening to Shen Mingshe's story, Bai Hengyun shed tears secretly.

Bai Hengyun could sense that Cheng Anshi was doing something.

But if Cheng Anshi didn't say anything, she would just pretend she didn't know.

This is exactly why she fell in love with Cheng Anshi, so she would not stop him, but would sometimes secretly remind him to protect himself.

Now that I think about it, when Cheng Anshi said to her before he left, "I have something to tell you," he must have wanted to confess to her.

But he never came back.

Bai Hengyun wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, "This isn't Sect Leader Shen's fault. The incident happened suddenly, and you, me, and... An Shi, couldn't have anticipated it would have come to this..."

"...I will definitely seek justice for Brother Cheng." Shen Mingshe's expression was serious.

Lin Wenyu and Du Sheng listened to the whole process nearby.

Lin Wenyu thought about it seriously, and always felt that the opportunity that Quan'er mentioned was about to come.

[The host guessed correctly]

The sound of the circle suddenly rang in Lin Wenyu's mind, scaring her so much that her body trembled.

Fortunately, Shen Mingshe and Bai Hengyun were talking in the hall, and Du Sheng also looked thoughtful, so no one noticed her movements.

[…Quan'er, could you please not appear so suddenly next time? You know how scary it is to scare people to death.]

Although it is a Tongzi.

She was so scared that her heart almost jumped out of her chest.

[Okay host, I will pay attention next time]