Even hybrid monsters have their day

Geng Miaowan opened her mouth as if to speak, but found it difficult to even make a sound, so she could only shake her head.

She looked somewhat disheveled, but her eyes, though panicked, still shone with a light no less bright than the stars. Gongye Hong stared at her for a long time, but couldn't find even a trace of fear in her.

This discovery made him feel inexplicably angry. In the demon realm, he was a figure who could make people tremble with fear just by frowning, yet she could ignore his anger to this extent.

Gongye Hong lifted her up and took two steps forward, pressing her against the tree trunk behind him, his fingers slowly closing. He wanted to see if she could still be so fearless when she was on the verge of death.

Geng Miaowan clearly sensed that Gongye Hong's anger was rising, but she didn't know why. However, the reason didn't matter now. As the air entering her chest became thinner and thinner, her face turned red, and she was so uncomfortable that she couldn't even cough.

Luan Hao, standing motionless in his sea of ​​consciousness, thought, "He really does such a thing. Even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cub." His eyes held the calm before a storm, and with a slight movement of his fingers, spiritual energy suddenly surged forth from his entire body.

"He...he won't kill me..." Geng Miaowan said with some difficulty, "You...you shouldn't move around, you've only just recovered some of your cultivation..."

"What is there that he wouldn't do!" Luan Hao's tone was like that of a roaring wild beast.

On the verge of life and death, Geng Miaowan did not notice his tone of voice, which made it seem as if he and Gongye Hong had known each other for a long time.

Luan Hao ignored Geng Miaowan's words and slowly channeled his spiritual energy into her body. A very faint purple hue appeared in Geng Miaowan's slightly open eyes, and her previously drooping arms slowly rose, as if something was brewing in her palm.

Just then, a black figure swept over with incredible speed, striking Gongye Hong with a palm while simultaneously grabbing Geng Miaowan and pulling her into his arms as Gongye Hong defended himself. At the same time, the power belonging to Luan Hao slowly withdrew from her body.

"Are you alright?" he asked, looking down. His icy blue eyes were tinged with darkness by the night, making it impossible to discern the emotions hidden within them, and his handsome face remained expressionless.

Geng Miaowan never expected it would be him...

"Qiu Pi, how dare you!" You actually dared to attack him.

Qiu Pi helped Geng Miaowan sit up, then knelt before Gongye Hong. "Your Majesty, I deserve to die. Please punish me." His attitude was neither servile nor arrogant, making it seem as if he had done nothing wrong.

With a wave of his hand, Gongye Hong unleashed a powerful gust of wind imbued with demonic energy towards Qiu Pi. Qiu Pi did not dodge, but knelt there, allowing the considerable force to strike him heavily.

He groaned, and a few drops of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

Insubordination, especially by Gongye Hong, is an absolutely grave crime. For Gongye Hong, this is merely a minor punishment. Without even wiping the blood from his mouth, he said firmly, "I beg Your Majesty to spare the Third Princess."

"You!" Gongye Hong looked at Qiu Pi. This was the first time he had openly defied him like this. If he remembered correctly, the two of them should not have had any relationship. Why would he risk angering him to save her?

Gongye Hong felt that he couldn't quite figure out what the young man in front of him was thinking.

Qiu Pi didn't know why he saved her. Perhaps it was because they had experienced something unusual together more than thirty years ago, or perhaps it was because of those strange dreams.

That year, he and she escorted the two children to the Green Mountain Sect together. They spent more than half a month together, day and night, and many of his views on her changed. Later, he waited at the foot of the mountain for two days, but only received a letter from her telling him not to wait for her. This matter had always bothered him.

After that, she seemed to vanish into thin air. He had inquired at the Green Mountain Sect, only to learn that she had died in the violent explosion. At that moment, he couldn't describe how he felt; he only knew that the instant he heard of her death, his heart clenched violently.

No one knows how secretly delighted he felt when he saw her in the woods, a feeling of relief that she was still alive welling up inside him. It was as if a burden he had carried for a long time had been lifted off his shoulders.

Although he thought this in his heart, his face remained expressionless, revealing no personal emotion. He simply lowered his head slightly, not letting his eyes betray his true thoughts, and said righteously, "She is, after all, your daughter. I don't want you to regret this later."

Whether his words struck a nerve or not, Gongye Hong snorted coldly. After a moment of silence, he spoke, "Don't let me see her again!"

It wasn't until Gongye Hong's figure had walked quite a distance that Qiu Pi stood up from the ground. Enduring the discomfort in his body, he walked to Geng Miaowan's side and found that she had fainted.

He looked at her, a somewhat bewildered expression on his face. He shouldn't have acted so impulsively, offending Gongye Hong at this moment and making him unhappy. But when he saw Gongye Hong choking her, his body reacted faster than his brain.

In an instant, he wiped the bewilderment from his face and resumed his expressionless demeanor. Since he'd already saved her, this was the only way.

He checked her over and, thankfully, although her injuries appeared severe, none were fatal. He figured Gongye Hong must have been mindful of her status as his daughter and hadn't killed her.

The most serious injury was to her chest. But she was lucky; he happened to have the Qilin Ointment that Gongye Hong had given him last time with him. As long as the bones and meridians were not damaged, applying it a few times would be enough.

Qiu Pi looked at her face, which was almost identical to that of thirty years ago, without much emotion. After all, for demons, thirty years was just a blink of an eye. Only humans would exaggerate like this, calling her a "fairy nun." If the people of the Green Mountain Sect knew that the person they respectfully called a fairy nun was actually a demon, I wonder what their expressions would be.

He thought with a touch of wicked humor, then realized he seemed a bit out of sorts today, acting too strangely. He and she probably weren't that close yet; he figured it must be those weird dreams affecting him.

He shook his head, feeling both amused and exasperated. If others knew that he, the mighty ruler of the demon realm, had actually confused dreams with reality, they would laugh their heads off. (To be continued.)