I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon-Chapter 927 - 345: Empress, Empress Consort, and Daoist Venerable—They Are All My Wings!_3
Chen Mo’s various heroic deeds had long spread throughout the Capital City. Many of these people lived in South City, and having been rescued by Chen Mo this time, their families were finally out of danger, naturally feeling deeply grateful, beyond words.
Ji Lianxing lay on top of the cat’s head, looking at the enthusiastic crowd surrounding them, her gaze somewhat surprised.
She hadn’t expected that this man’s reputation in the Sky Scale Guard had reached such heights.
If he had risen in rank through favoritism alone, it wouldn’t be possible to win people’s hearts like this.
Qin Shou squeezed through the crowd and approached, "Boss, why are you back? You should be at Qilin Pavilion right now, shouldn’t you?"
"That place is too far from home, inconvenient for work. I’ll spend most of my time at the Government from now on," Chen Mo replied casually, then took out several silver notes and handed them to Qin Shou, "The brothers have worked hard recently, take them out to relax tonight."
During the days when he was missing, the Sky Scale Guard and the Imperial Army had been searching for his whereabouts outside the city.
Especially the brothers from the Fire Department, who practically stayed up all night, turning the whole area within a thousand miles upside down.
"Got it, leave it to me." Qin Shou said, patting his chest.
"Congratulations on your promotion, Sir!" Qiu Longgang swaggered over, his tone insidious yet soft, "It’s been less than two months, and you’ve gone from Deputy Thousand Households to a Thousand Households, breaking the many years of history of our Sky Scale Guard. Let’s all rub off your promotion luck."
"I’ll rub some luck too."
"Let’s rub together, rub together."
"..."
Chen Mo’s eyelids twitched, and in a flash, he disappeared, leaving the crowd in mutual bewilderment.
When passing by the Fire Department Court, he saw Li Yuan busy organizing the bookshelves but did not disturb her, heading straight to the inner chamber of the residence.
He closed the door, set up an array to block out the aura, then took out the bronze key from the Heavenly Profound Ring.
Seeing Chen Mo’s mysterious demeanor, Ji Lianxing asked suspiciously, "What are you going to do?"
"Take you to see Daoist Venerable," Chen Mo said.
"See who?" Ji Lianxing doubted if she had heard wrong.
Chen Mo said no more, injected Primordial Qi into the key, accompanied by a dazzling white light, the void was torn open, forming an oval portal.
Looking at the misty mountains on the other end, Ji Lianxing’s expression was slightly dazed.
"This is..."
Before she could react, Chen Mo stepped into the World Gate.
Sight suddenly blurred, and upon regaining clarity, he was already in a clean courtyard, surrounded by a sea of clouds, full of immortal aura.
"This Magical Treasure can actually traverse the void?!" Ji Lianxing was utterly shocked. Anything involving ’space’ carries extraordinary significance, let alone traversing between places, making it a top-tier among top-tier Magical Treasures!
Moreover, the Central State is a plain and lacks such large-scale mountain ranges, meaning this place must be at least several thousand miles from Tiandu City!
Only an Ultimate Venerable could possess such means!
At this moment, the air rippled, and a figure clad in a white Daoist robe appeared from thin air.
The woman’s eyebrows and eyes were like subtle spring mountains, her deep eyes like a bottomless cold pool, with her three thousand strands of black hair loosely tied with a sheep fat jade hairpin, a few wisps of stray hair draped along her snowy cheek, yet it did not appear untidy at all, but rather added to her distant and cool demeanour, as though she was rejecting all from thousands of miles away.
"You’ve come."
Ji Hongxiu had her hands behind her back, lightly treading on tiptoe.
As she gazed at Chen Mo, her eyelashes lightly fluttered, stirring a pool of autumn water, and her ear lobes quietly tinted with a very faint blush.
Earlier, she was still at Fuyun Mountain discussing matters with the Sect Elders, but upon sensing activity here, she immediately left everyone and broke through the void to arrive... In fact, she had been silently counting the days, not expecting Chen Mo to come to her right after the deadline, which naturally made her very happy. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
Chen Mo cleared his throat and cupped his hands in salute, "Junior greets Daoist Venerable."
?
Upon hearing this distant tone, Ji Hongxiu’s delicate brows furrowed slightly, then she noticed the paperman on his shoulder.
"Who are you?"
"I, I, I..."
Ji Lianxing was tongue-tied, "You, you are Daoist Venerable?!"
"Using a Dharma Body to cloak her aura, even I did not immediately sense it." Ji Hongxiu squinted her eyes slightly, scrutinizing her, "Seems like a Magic Cultivator, with quite a high Realm. There aren’t many First-grade Sorcerers nowadays, and even fewer who master Paper Puppet Technique... Are you from the Moon Brilliance Sect?"
Seeing through her background at a glance, Ji Lianxing felt her scalp prickling and hurriedly lowered her head, "I am Ji Lianxing, the Sect Leader of Moon Brilliance Sect, greeting Daoist Venerable!"
For the Nine Provinces Cultivators, none are unaware of what the term "Daoist Venerable" signifies.
Even as a First Grade Grandmaster, one’s status is unfathomable, not to mention without considering the anomaly Yu Youhan, Ji Hongxiu represents the pinnacle of the Daoist!
"I recall the Moon Brilliance Sect was obliterated, wasn’t it? So, you’re the surviving Sect Leader?" Ji Hongxiu raised an eyebrow.
Ji Lianxing’s cheeks flushed, and she said softly, "Merely surviving by chance."
Ji Hongxiu did not pursue further questioning, glanced at Chen Mo, and spoke softly, "Why did you bring an outsider here?"
Chen Mo sensed the Daoist Venerable was a bit displeased, so he conveyed through sound transmission, "Actually, here’s the situation..."
After briefly explaining the antecedents and consequences, Ji Hongxiu’s expression softened a bit, and her hostility towards Ji Lianxing diminished, saying, "Show it to me."
"Okay."
Ji Lianxing opened a seam on her belly, reached inside for a moment, and took out a conch.
It was originally the size of a fingernail in her hand, but suddenly it expanded with the wind, accompanied by intense vibrations, emitting golden Buddhist lights as if something was calling out to it!
"Humph, still not obedient."
Ji Hongxiu snorted coldly, raised her hand to seize it, directly suppressing the Buddhist light into extinction!
