Gu Yuanzhen’s action instantly made Ye Yu’s body stiffen.

What was going on here?

How had things suddenly escalated to physical contact?

That was nothing like something Gu Yuanzhen would normally do.

Could it be that her inner demon had completely taken over her body?

Ye Yu’s expression kept shifting.

Gu Yuanzhen also noticed that he seemed nervous now.

But instead of restraining herself, she pressed even closer and directly leaned into his arms.

“What? Are you scared now? Liu Yuenong isn’t here. Besides, there are already so many Dao companions around you. Would one more really matter?”

Such bold words left Ye Yu speechless for a moment.

Back in the dream, Ye Yu had already known that Gu Yuanzhen liked him.

But the hatred between her and Tongtian Pavilion had long since reached the point where it could never be reconciled.

She could not abandon everything just to become the Dao companion of someone tied to her enemy.

And so the two of them had simply missed their chance.

But now, Gu Yuanzhen’s attitude practically screamed:

I’ve already thrown everything away, so what exactly are you afraid of?

No, this was completely different from what Ye Yu had expected!

The two of them being together was fine, but she needed to get rid of her inner demon first!

Otherwise, it would remain the biggest hidden danger of all.

And what kind of garbage was this damned Sinking Mirror anyway?

It had already been shining on her for over a minute and still hadn’t drawn out the inner demon.

Instead, he had somehow ended up getting seduced by the inner demon himself!

Wasn’t this just wasting time for no reason?

Just as Ye Yu was furiously complaining inwardly, heavy knocking suddenly sounded from outside the door.

“Ye Yu, get out here! What are you doing in there alone with a woman? I’m telling you, that kind of thing is extremely dangerous! You absolutely cannot do anything too excessive!”

Hearing those words, Ye Yu had just opened his mouth to speak when Gu Yuanzhen suddenly stood up.

She directly drew her sword, opened the door, and thrust out a strike.

In an instant, sword qi erupted outward, leaving a bottomless slash in the ground at Elder Ge’s feet.

The strike was so powerful that it even sliced off a corner of his robe.

“Shut up. If you dare interfere with my business again, the next strike won’t hold back.”

Bang!

After throwing out those cold words, Gu Yuanzhen slammed the door shut once more.

What a joke.

In Gu Yuanzhen’s eyes, this entire world was false.

Everyone here was merely a role fabricated by the inner demon.

And now, she had already surrendered completely, fully prepared to immerse herself in the illusion woven by the inner demon.

Yet some insignificant supporting-character inner demon actually dared to come disturb her?

If she killed him with a sword strike, he would deserve it.

Outside the door, Elder Ge stood frozen in place for quite a while.

To be honest, he had nearly failed to react in time.

Since the sword strike had not been aimed directly at him, the divine artifact on his body had not automatically activated to protect him.

And precisely because of that, Elder Ge had been able to witness just how astonishing that sword strike truly was.

This girl was definitely no ordinary talent.

Given enough time, she might truly have a chance to glimpse the position of Divine Sovereign.

Moreover, her sword had been steady and decisive, without the slightest hesitation. No matter how he looked at it, she did not resemble someone possessed by an inner demon at all.

Damn it.

Had Ye Yu been lying to him the entire time?

The next day.

Ye Yu sat in the main hall looking refreshed and full of energy.

Last night, he and Gu Yuanzhen had spent the entire night talking face to face.

They had spoken about many things.

Including their first meeting in reality.

Why had she attacked him immediately back then?

Simply because after awakening from the dream, she believed an inner demon had appeared, and so she had tried to kill the inner demon the moment they met.

But after experiencing everything that followed—

Gu Yuanzhen had stated that she was willing to abandon everything.

Even if it meant remaining here forever, she would have no regrets.

Once the two of them finally laid everything out openly, nothing remained hidden anymore.

After connecting all the events that had happened before, Ye Yu instantly understood everything.

No wonder the Sinking Mirror had shown no reaction at all.

It turned out Gu Yuanzhen never had any inner demon in the first place. The “inner demon” she believed existed was actually him, while he had mistakenly believed she possessed an inner demon.

The two of them had completely misunderstood each other from the very beginning.

Still, this misunderstanding had accidentally produced a good result in the end.

The two of them had officially become a couple.

Sometimes, misunderstandings really could be beautiful things.

When Ye Yu explained the misunderstanding clearly that morning, Gu Yuanzhen had remained stunned for a very long time.

Clearly, she could no longer distinguish what was real and what was false anymore.

But it did not matter.

Time would eventually help her understand.

At the very least, the inner demon crisis had now been completely resolved, and Ye Yu could finally leave for a while without worry.

However, Elder Ge had been glaring sideways at him for nearly half an hour already.

Being stared at by another man like this did not feel pleasant at all.

Ye Yu immediately tapped the table.

“How much longer are you planning to stare at me? Are we still going to the Blazing Sun Sect or not?”

Elder Ge curled his lips.

“What exactly did you do with her last night? Removing an inner demon takes an entire night now?”

“Of course. It’s exhausting work. Besides, why are you asking so many questions? Is this really any of your business?”

Ye Yu frowned slightly, clearly displeased.

He felt Elder Ge was meddling far too much.

After being bluntly shut down twice in a row, Elder Ge suddenly slapped the table and stood up.

Subconsciously, he almost blurted out:

I’m your future father in law. Why can’t I interfere?

But the words stopped at the edge of his mouth.

A small lack of patience could ruin a greater plan.

No matter what, he first needed to lure Ye Yu away.

As for whether he would truly become his father in law, that was another matter entirely.

If Ye Yu could turn back from his reckless ways, then so be it.

But if this brat remained stubbornly incorrigible, Elder Ge would rather become the executioner who chopped him apart than allow him anywhere near his precious daughter.

Thinking of this, Elder Ge let out a long breath to calm himself down.

“Enough. Let’s go. We leave now.”

“Then just say we’re leaving. Why’d you slam the table? Anyone watching would think you were about to explode. Don’t do that again next time, got it?”

“Got it! Oh right, give me back my Sinking Mirror.”

“Why are you in such a hurry? Let me borrow it for a couple more days. Don’t be so stingy. Oh right, and that staff thing too. Let me take a look at it.”

“In your dreams!”

Ye Yu and Elder Ge bickered nonstop as they left the Ye residence and headed toward the Blazing Sun Sect.

Meanwhile, within the Cui family’s main peak—

Qi Yuan and Cui Yanshui had finally met each other.

The first and second sentences the two women spoke overlapped perfectly.

“Ye Yu is with you?”

“Ye Yu isn’t with you?”

Hearing the two speak in perfect unison gave Cui Baisheng an immediate headache.

Ever since Cui Yanshui awakened from her closed-door cultivation last time, her personality had completely changed.

She no longer cultivated at all and instead insisted on marrying a God Clan man named Ye Yu.

Then she could not even find him.

And despite failing to find him, she still refused to give up. Along the way, she casually killed Cui Hongyuan from one of the branch families.

That entire series of actions had been almost impossible to believe.

Yet Cui Yanshui had claimed it was because Cui Hongyuan had colluded with the Xuanling Sect, which made him deserving of death.

If he had not been killed, the entire Cui family would have ended up in danger.

Later investigations proved that it had indeed been true.

That absolutely could not be a coincidence.

Cui Baisheng immediately discarded his suspicions that Cui Yanshui had suffered cultivation deviation.

At the same time, he became deeply curious about what kind of person Ye Yu truly was.

In the end, before Ye Yu himself could even be found, someone claiming to be Ye Yu’s Dao companion had arrived first.

And judging from appearances, she and Xiao Shui already knew each other.

Seriously.

What kind of ridiculous situation was this?

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