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

Seeing Zhou Jinghuai's face turn pale, Qingfeng quickly comforted him.

"Sir, there's no need to worry. If you ask me, you should explain to Aunt Qin properly. She only came because she was worried about you since you haven't been back to Xichen recently. If you come up with a reason, she'll definitely be fooled."

"It turns out that Qingfeng understands me better than I understand myself."

Suddenly a clear, cold voice rang out, and a pretty young woman appeared before them.

Qin Rao was dressed in a crimson dress and wore the most fashionable hairpins and ornaments in Nanyang at the time. Because of her extraordinary divine power, she was disguised as a young girl.

Although she was dressed as a charming young girl, her serious expression as a former female general of Xichen sent a chill down the spines of Zhou Jinghuai and Qingfeng.

"Aunt Qin... Aunt Qin!"

Qingfeng turned pale with fright and immediately scurried behind Zhou Jinghuai.

Qin Rao, a once-renowned female general of Xichen, quelled hundreds of wars, large and small, in Xichen without a single defeat.

If she hadn't wanted Zhou Jinghuai to become the next Young General, she might have already surpassed the current Emperor Xichen in popularity. However, because of her strict training of Zhou Jinghuai, both Zhou Jinghuai and his men were terrified of this female general.

Zhou Jinghuai, equally afraid of Qin Rao, subconsciously shrank back, feeling a chill run down his spine. But knowing he was too late, he steeled himself and walked up the wall to bow to Qin Rao.

"Greetings, Aunt Qin."

Qin Rao glanced at the master and servant with an expressionless face.

She knew that Zhou Jinghuai was still a well-known young master in Nanyang, so she swallowed her anger.

"Young Master Zhou, there's no need for such formalities. After all, I'm someone who's easily fooled."

Qin Rao glanced coldly behind Zhou Jinghuai, which startled Qingfeng so much that he immediately shrank back and began to tremble with fear.

Qin Rao can be considered one of the few remaining thousand-year-old god-kings in the ancient divine realm. He is straightforward and decisive, no less so than that male god-king.

During the Battle of Cangjue, four emperors perished one after another. She happened to be in the mortal realm capturing the disobedient Zhou Jinghuai, and thus missed the disaster.

Out of guilt towards Emperor Xichen, she treated Zhou Jinghuai as her own son and raised him alone.

Because of her superior cultivation, she held an undisputed position in the Western Divine Realm, and everyone respectfully addressed her as "Aunt Qin".

"Aunt Qin is joking. It's just that Qingfeng's mind isn't very sharp, as you know."

Zhou Jinghuai's explanation at this moment was rather weak and unconvincing; neither of them had even noticed someone approaching them.

It's unclear how much Aunt Qin actually overheard.

"I don't think you're very smart either. Qingfeng really is just like you. Like master, like subordinate."

Qin Rao naturally didn't hold back, after all, half of Zhou Jinghuai's disobedience was due to Qingfeng.

"Could it be that Aunt Qin has come here just to ask me to return to Xichen?"

Zhou Jinghuai quickly changed the subject. If he continued to argue with Qin Rao about who was stupid and who was dumb, he was afraid that Qin Rao might get upset and tear them both apart.

“Not entirely. I think Young Master Zhou met that girl in the mortal realm?” Qin Rao raised an eyebrow slightly, his probing gaze falling on Zhou Jinghuai.

"girl?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jing frowned, then suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Qingfeng.

This guy's brain isn't working properly!

He's already told everyone!

“Aunt Qin…Aunt Qin asked me, and I dared not not tell her.”

Seeing Zhou Jinghuai's gaze, Qingfeng quickly shrank back and explained. Even though he was the lowest in status among them, he couldn't afford to offend anyone.

He couldn't afford to offend either Aunt Qin or Zhou Jinghuai.

However, Zhou Jinghuai was also afraid of Aunt Qin, so he had no choice but to listen to her first.

Zhou Jinghuai glanced at Qingfeng and vaguely guessed that Aunt Qin had used some tricks. He quickly looked up and forced an awkward smile.

"Auntie, you're joking. What girl? I'm in the mortal realm right now to capture Chongming."

As long as he doesn't admit it, Aunt Qin naturally won't find out.

Qin Rao gave Zhou Jinghuai a deep look, her face full of disbelief, and a cold smile curled at the corner of her lips.

"Then why don't I, your aunt, go and take a look at that thirteenth gentleman for you?"

After saying that, she prepared to turn and leave.

"aunt!"

Zhou Jinghuai instinctively stepped forward and blocked Qin Rao's path.

Her guilty gaze met Qin Rao's seemingly confident expression, and she finally deflated.

"I really couldn't find that girl!"

The girl he and Qin Rao were talking about was Shi Wanyan.

Qin Rao naturally guessed the reason why Zhou Jinghuai had been in the mortal realm recently and had not returned to Xichen to report back, so his tone softened somewhat.

"Young Master Zhou, there's no need to worry. I won't tell the Emperor about this. However, I hope you can focus on important matters first, rather than on other romantic relationships."

Qin Rao naturally knew that Zhou Jinghuai had once had a romantic relationship with that girl in the demon realm.

She also knew that Zhou Jinghuai was of age and wouldn't try to stop her.

However, Demon Lord Chongming is their mortal enemy in the Western Divine Realm.

The mastermind behind the Cangjue War that led to the fall of four divine emperors was none other than Chongming himself. Now, having returned with a vengeance, he seeks to recreate the tragedy by absorbing the essence of the mortal realm.

This person absolutely cannot be allowed to stay.

Therefore, as long as Chongming is killed, it has nothing to do with how many girls Zhou Jinghuai finds.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jinghuai nodded hurriedly and said, "Aunt is right. I must capture Chongming first."

As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to realize something and quickly added...

"Aunt Qin, I suddenly remembered that I have something to do with Shen Mu." At this moment, he finally remembered that he needed to go to the palace to see Shen Mu.

"Why don't you let Qingfeng take you back to my place to rest first?"

Zhou Jinghuai was naturally afraid that Qin Rao would hear about his 'outrageous deeds' in Nanyang, so he quickly pointed to Qingfeng, who was squatting in the corner, curled up in a ball.

Upon hearing this, Qingfeng forced a smile that looked more like a grimace at Qin Rao and stood up gracefully.

Qin Rao glanced at Qingfeng with obvious disdain and refused.

"No need for that. I've already booked a room at Fengyazhai. Just come find me there after you've finished your business."

After she finished speaking, she left the place directly.

Zhou Jinghuai watched Qin Rao's retreating figure before slowly exhaling a breath of stale air.

"I'll settle the score with you properly later!" He glared coldly at Qingfeng.

"It's not my fault. Aunt Qin already knew about this. I think she must have descended to the mortal realm a long time ago!" Qingfeng didn't lie to Zhou Jinghuai.

Judging from Aunt Qin Rao's attire and her knowledge of the capital, he knew she had long since descended to the mortal realm.

I just haven't told them yet.

"That's your fault! You should find someone clever to follow your aunt. I still need to go see Shen Mu now."

"Yes!"

After saying this, the two parted ways at the foot of the city wall.