Poisonous Goddess: I'm just lazing around in the mortal realm.

Zhou Jinghuai remained silent, leaning back slightly in silence.

Now that he had suddenly come to his senses, he understood the meaning behind Shen Mu's words.

Despite being a native of Xichen, his greatest enemy was the Demon Lord Chongming. In fact, ever since he took over as the General of Xichen, his mission had been to dig him out.

But after being overwhelmed by the joy of reuniting with an old friend, he completely forgot about it.

After a long while, he finally raised his head to look at Shen Mu, his eyes bloodshot and quite frightening.

"What did you say? Thirteen has lost his divine power?"

Perhaps he was too excited when he saw the thirteenth female prime minister, and completely forgot that her divine power had dissipated.

That face was so familiar to him, yet so unforgettable!

“She was struck by Sun Youzhi’s palm and nearly died. If she hadn’t deliberately poisoned Sun Youzhi with her own life, I might not have been able to escape unscathed that day.”

Shen Mu's already furrowed brows tightened even more.

When Sun Youzhi's palm struck Thirteen, he felt fear for the first time.

Even though he had lived for hundreds of years and fought against the Demon Lord many times, he had never experienced such a feeling, yet he was able to perceive it unexpectedly because of Thirteen.

Thinking of this, Shen Mu's face darkened, and he continued...

"If I had arrived a moment later, you might not even know where her body is today. Under such circumstances, you tell me why I didn't tell you Thirteen's identity?"

"I didn't know it would be like this... I didn't know..."

Zhou Jinghuai was somewhat agitated; his body trembled, as if he were enveloped by terrifying emotions.

I can't breathe!

"Of course you wouldn't know, so I'll be frank with you: once the Demon Lord is eliminated, whether you and Thirteen are old friends reunited is no longer my concern."

Shen Mu handed him the letter that he had already researched.

This is what he found in Xieqiao these past few days about the old stories on Haohai Cliff.

"What is this?" Zhou Jinghuai frowned as he opened the letter.

He looked down at the contents of the letter, his face gradually turning pale.

"No...this can't be! This isn't real!" His eyes were bloodshot as he looked up and roared at Shen Mu.

At this moment, Hao Jing and Xie Qiao arrived outside the tent together, and they also heard Zhou Jinghuai's roar from outside the tent.

"Go inside..."

"Go inside..."

The two of them spoke at the same time and closed their mouths at the same time.

Haojing touched his nose, feeling a little guilty.

"It seems that Young Master Zhou already knows the identity of Thirteen. If we go in now, we might get implicated."

Xie Qiao rarely agrees

"I think the adults should have shown the letter I brought back to Young Master Zhou."

"A letter? Where have you been these past few days? I was just about to ask you that." Hao Jing glanced at the tightly closed curtains out of the corner of his eye, then pulled Xie Qiao aside to a secluded spot.

Ever since Qin Rao showed up that day, Xie Qiao has been sent out by Shen Mu.

Even he didn't know Xie Qiao's whereabouts.

Xie Qiao looked around and, seeing that no one was around, lowered his voice and said...

"The master sent me to Haohai Cliff in the Demon Realm."

"Haohai Cliff?" Hao Jing frowned, thinking to himself that the name sounded very familiar.

"Yes, at the border between the demon and monster realms. My lord has asked me to inquire about the whereabouts of a young woman named Shi Wanyan."

"Shi Wanyan?"

Hao Jing exclaimed in surprise, his face full of astonishment, which startled Xie Qiao so much that she quickly looked up and covered his mouth tightly.

"Keep your voice down! What are you doing?"

Haojing realized something was wrong and quickly restrained his emotions, knocking Xie Qiao's hand away from his mouth.

"Do you know who Wanyan was back then?"

"Who is it? Isn't it the sister of the current ruler of the demon realm?" Xie Qiao glared at him impatiently.

Hao Jing's expression froze; even he had never heard of the sister of the Demon Realm Lord.

"Who do you think she is?"

Xie Qiao thought Hao Jing hadn't heard her clearly, so she repeated it.

"I said Shi Wanyan is the younger sister of Shi Jinchen, the ruler of the demon realm, and she's currently on Haohai Cliff in the demon realm. Do you know her?"

He was naturally affected by Hao Jing's reaction and couldn't help but frown. He felt as if he had heard the name somewhere before.

Hao Jing felt a chill run down his spine and couldn't help but shiver as he stood there.

"If you say Shi Wanyan is in the Demon Realm now, then who is Thirteen?" He pointed in the direction they had come from.

In his memory, Shi Wanyan was thirteen!

It's the name of the girl we saved at the foot of Cangqiong Mountain a hundred years ago!

It was the jade pendant around the girl's neck that allowed him to witness for the first time how manic Shen Mu could be when he lost control.

Therefore, even after so long, he still finds it hard to forget the destruction of every blade of grass and tree at the foot of the mountain by Shen Mu's divine power.

Xie Qiao was naturally reminded by Hao Jing's words, and he subconsciously murmured aloud.

"I remember when the Bright Moon Palace was burned down, Young Master Zhou seemed to have called out the name Shi Wanyan. If that's true, could Shi Wanyan be..."

"Could it be something?"

Hao Jing was somewhat apprehensive, even now he was particularly afraid that Zhou Jinghuai and Shen Mu would argue over this matter.

Inside the tent

Zhou Jinghuai's eyes were bloodshot, and he leaned precariously against the table beside him.

The letter in his hand was crumpled into a ball and clenched tightly. He still couldn't accept this fact.

At this moment, as if all his strength had been drained, he collapsed to the ground, letting out a mocking cry.

"You mean it was Aunt Qin who summoned me back to Xichen back then? Why would she do that? She clearly didn't know whether that girl was a demon or a goddess..."

He looked up at Shen Mu, and even with the truth laid bare before him, he still couldn't accept it.

Seeing Zhou Jinghuai so dejected, Shen Mu couldn't help but sigh.

"So you're so sure she didn't know about this?"

Shen Mu revealed the truth of the matter in one sentence.

He originally had no intention of interfering in Zhou Jinghuai's search for his old friend.

But it wasn't until he first met the renowned female general of Xichen a few days ago that he suddenly realized that Xichen Divine Lord's methods were not ordinary.

Over a hundred years ago, Zhou Jinghuai, as General Xichen, was ambushed and tragically fell to the Haohai Cliff in the Demon Realm. It was a girl who happened to be passing by who rescued him and took him to a thatched hut by the cliff for treatment.

This stay lasted for several months, and the two developed feelings for each other.

Unexpectedly, just as the two were preparing to pledge their love, news of war arrived from Xichen, urgently summoning Zhou Jinghuai back.

"When Aunt Qin summoned me back to Xichen, I never mentioned this girl to her, so it's impossible that my aunt would have stopped me. Why would she have stopped me?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Mu couldn't help but chuckle.

He stood before the table, looking down at him. Moonlight fell upon him, subtly radiating an aura of power.

"You can't possibly forget what caused the Battle of Cangjue back then, can you? If that girl was a demon, and you are a god-king..."