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

"I'll send someone to find it right now... no, I'll go find it myself!"

After saying this, Zhou Jinghuai shook off Xie Qiao's hand and was about to leave when Qin Rao stepped forward and stopped him.

"Auntie, you..."

Zhou Jinghuai frowned and looked at Qin Rao. Although Qin Rao still had a young appearance and body, the pressure emanating from her body was enough to show that she was already angry.

"Come back to Xichen with me."

"Impossible, Thirteen is missing!"

"That's Cangling's business, it has nothing to do with you and me."

Qin Rao's tone was firm and left no room for refusal.

"you--"

Zhou Jinghuai frowned, staring blankly at Qin Rao for the first time, as if he were realizing Qin Rao's ruthlessness for the first time.

Qin Rao assumed he had agreed, so she raised her hand to grab his arm.

Suddenly, Zhou Jinghuai looked up and slapped her hand away.

"you--"

Qin Rao looked up in surprise, only to meet Zhou Jinghuai's cold gaze.

Cold-hearted and heartless

This caught her completely off guard by Zhou Jinghuai's resistance, leaving her hand frozen in mid-air. For a moment, both of them remained silent.

Seeing that the two were still arguing, Xie Qiao lost patience and slowly walked forward, patting Zhou Jinghuai on the shoulder.

"Young Master Zhou, don't forget the agreement between you and your master. If you insist..."

He looked up at Qin Rao; in his mind, he wasn't very familiar with this female general from Xichen.

That's why he dared to openly break her spell.

"If you're going to force yourself, you might as well go back to Xichen sooner."

After saying that, Xie Qiao turned and left the courtyard.

He said all he had to say, leaving the choice to Zhou Jinghuai.

Upon hearing Xie Qiao's words, Qin Rao felt a pang of panic for the first time and couldn't help but speak first.

“Come back with me. This is the mortal realm. The thirteenth girl won’t cause any trouble. You’ll only cause them more trouble if you stay here.”

She tried to keep her tone calm, after all, she didn't want to create any rift with Zhou Jinghuai because of a stranger.

"I'm not going back, Aunt. Please respect my choice."

Zhou Jinghuai's expression was cold, no longer showing the submissive demeanor he had displayed earlier. Perhaps it was only at this moment that he finally realized what was truly important to him.

"I said I'd let you descend to the mortal realm again after I resolved the Xichen matter. This is already my biggest concession!"

Qin Rao frowned slightly; she was quite displeased with his resistance.

Zhou Jinghuai, however, turned his head away dismissively, took a few deep breaths, as if only in this way could he calm down as much as possible and deal with Qin Rao properly.

“I told you, I’m not leaving. Aunt, you can’t force me.”

Perhaps he had reached the edge of his sanity, Zhou Jinghuai was unwilling to continue the argument, and he turned to leave.

"If you leave today, you'll no longer have me as your aunt!"

Qin Rao raised her hand and rushed towards him, but unexpectedly, the other party dodged her sneak attack.

With just one palm strike, Qin Rao was sent flying.

Qin Rao was naturally unprepared for Zhou Jinghuai's counterattack. She nimbly flipped over and landed, but still slid a few steps off the ground before barely managing to steady herself.

"you!"

At this moment, she could no longer care about anger; instead, she was filled with shock.

She hadn't expected that Zhou Jinghuai would be able to evade him.

It should be noted that although she only retained 20% of her divine power in the mortal realm, her divine power far surpassed Zhou Jinghuai's. Therefore, even in the mortal realm, she was able to completely suppress him.

Zhou Jinghuai expressionlessly dusted himself off and said in a deep voice.

"Aunt, do you think I can't beat you? In the past two hundred years in the Three Realms, I have been working hard to improve myself. Do you know why?"

Perhaps because he rarely saw Zhou Jinghuai so serious, Qin Rao slowly straightened up, put his hands behind his back, and said...

"Is it to get rid of the Demon Lord?"

She naturally assumed that Zhou Jinghuai's lifelong wish was to get rid of Chongming.

"Not only that, there's another reason because I want to be able to protect her for the rest of her life if I ever manage to find her. Even if you're on my opposite side."

He slowly lifted his eyelids and glanced at Qin Rao.

Before the other person could speak, he continued...

"Shen Mu reminded me before that when the accident two hundred years ago made me leave Haohai Cliff, was it a coincidence or was it orchestrated? Because of this, I specially sent Qingfeng back to Xichen. Didn't you notice that Qingfeng hasn't appeared for a long time?"

He couldn't hold back any longer and revealed what he had been doing over the past two weeks.

What do you mean? Are you doubting me?

Qin Rao suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, and a cold sensation spread from the top of her head to her entire body.

If she hadn't summoned Zhou Jinghuai back to Xichen back then, his beloved wouldn't have suddenly disappeared on Haohai Cliff for over two hundred years, and there's still no news of her.

A cold smile curled at the corner of Zhou Jinghuai's lips.

"Qingfeng secretly investigated and found that a minor demon actually appeared on the border of Xichen back then. I wonder if this was an unexpected event in your plan?"

"What are you talking about? I don't understand at all. Did I instigate the chaos in Xichen back then?"

Qin Rao stood there upright, his eyes cold and indifferent, showing absolutely no sign of guilt.

"The trouble in Xichen is real, but could it be that only the demon realm, which should be living in Haohai Cliff, could cooperate with the demons from within and without to take away my beloved?"

"You're talking nonsense! How could my divine realm collude with such a despicable person!"

Qin Rao's face immediately filled with anger; she naturally despised that lowly creature from the demon realm.

If it weren't for her sudden betrayal of the cooperation

……

He didn't want the woman to die!

Zhou Jinghuai was not surprised by Qin Rao's reaction. As the illustrious female general of Xichen, how could she admit to colluding with the demon realm?

He said coldly

"Whether my aunt admits it or not is not of much concern to me. Since I was able to dig this out, I must have had evidence before I dared to tell you about the others, right?"

After saying that, he turned and walked away.

"you……"

Qin Rao still wanted to offer some further explanation.

"Once the three-month period is up, I will return to Xichen to report. I hope my aunt can leave the mortal realm today and stop causing me trouble. At that time, I will destroy the evidence in my possession."

His icy voice reached Qin Rao's ears, causing Qin Rao to involuntarily take a few steps back.

She never expected this.

Zhou Jinghuai actually managed to find out about this!

Qin Rao looked up at Zhou Jinghuai's receding figure, unsure whether to be happy or sad.

I'm happy because he's finally grown up, able to stand on his own two feet, and even dares to strive for his own goals...

But the sadness also stems from the fact that he is finally leaving his protection...

Thought of here

Qin Rao slowly lowered her head, and after a long while, she forced a bitter smile.

Yes, she was the one who was disgraceful first, so why blame others?

……

Qin Rao slowly clenched her fists, and when she raised her head again, her eyes were filled with fierceness.