Gu Lan felt that this speculation was a bit too far-fetched, so she said:

"How about I try to restore the state of this room? Let’s see what’s really going on."

Fu Manman nodded, "Okay."

Gu Lan immediately activated the Evolutionary Dao, and the obscure and profound Dao energy emanated from her, rippling throughout the room.

The Qi and the Dao were rapidly reversing, but the specific things in the room seemed to be frozen, motionless.

Beside them, Jiang Sha asked Fan Wubing, "Do you want me to give you a hand?"

"Help me with what?"

"Help you dispel their doubts about this dressing box."

Fan Wubing paused, "How to do that?"

Jiang Sha smiled, "You just say whether you need it or not."

Fan Wubing cautiously asked, "This won’t count as a favor I owe you later, right?"

Jiang Sha looked into his eyes and asked, "Have I ever forced you to do anything?"

Fan Wubing paused, well, indeed not. Even when he came to take care of her once a month, he could leave anytime he wanted.

"Alright then."

Then Jiang Sha crossed her hands slightly and tilted her head.

Soon, the dressing box started to move, quickly transforming into an ordinary small box. At the same time, another type of Qi appeared in the room out of thin air.

Gu Lan quickly said, "Junior Sister Manman, this is not a dressing box at all! Just a regular box!"

Fu Manman was shocked, rubbed her eyes in disbelief, and took a closer look. It was indeed an ordinary box.

"How could this be?"

"This Qi, look at this Qi!" Gu Lan continued, "It seems... to affect the soul."

Fu Manman felt it for a moment, "Indeed, it interferes with the soul. That means we were misled by this Qi to mistake this small box as the dressing box I gave to Wubing?"

"That should be it." Gu Lan thought for a while, "You must have missed him too much."

Fu Manman took a long breath, "I was really too careless, to be deceived like this."

Gu Lan laughed, "Now you can be relieved, right? I told you, Junior Brother Wubing isn’t that kind of person."

Fu Manman pursed her lips and lightly nodded.

Seeing this expression, Jiang Sha said to Fan Wubing, "They really believe you aren’t the kind of person who would use a dressing box given by a beloved little lover to dress up other women."

Fan Wubing was speechless, suspecting that Jiang Sha cleared their doubts just to say that elaborately decorated sentence.

Is this like specifically making a plate of dumplings for a little jealousy?

Whenever he thought Jiang Sha might not be a bad woman, she immediately played a tricky hand, toying with him in bizarre ways.

Perhaps this suits the name Slaughter Demon Lord best.

Suddenly, Gu Lan exclaimed, "Junior Sister Manman, there’s something new!"

Fu Manman hurriedly looked over and saw a wisp of demonic energy slowly materializing in front of the coffin. She quickly used the Eternal Dao to freeze it in an eternal state.

Then she felt it for a moment, and her eyes burst with brilliance: "Greed Demon Dao demonic Qi, and it’s very dense and profound, maybe it’s the Greedy Demon Lord’s demonic Qi. And there’s also a message within it." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"What message?"

"The Path of the Demon Lord in the Nether Demon Dao will be opened by a demon cultivator named ’Lv Liang’ on Taiping Continent in a year’s time," Fu Manman said solemnly. Her gaze was uncertain because she was very familiar with the name "Lv Liang". Previously, in Great Li Buxu City, she met a person named Lv Liang. Could it be a coincidence?

She was still doubting the possibility of coincidence, but Fan Wubing was sure it was the same Lv Liang he knew! Because he had seen in the time river of the Celestial Snake, Xianchan swallowed a flood dragon and then spat out Lv Liang. Back then, he was sure, Lv Liang was a demon cultivator.

Gu Lan said, "This Qi is from two months ago. That means, in eight months, the Path of the Demon Lord will open on Taiping Continent."

"Yes!" Fu Manman frowned, "We need to prepare seriously."

The two did not linger long in the Slaughter Hall and left quickly.

Watching the two depart, Fan Wubing reluctantly withdrew his gaze and looked at Jiang Sha, asking,

"You intentionally let them know this message, right?" He was certain that if Jiang Sha had stopped her, no matter how Gu Lan used the Evolutionary Dao, she couldn’t recreate that wisp of demonic Qi.

Jiang Sha kept a straight face and said, "No, I just forgot about it."

Fan Wubing didn’t believe her one bit but didn’t want to guess what she’s thinking, since he probably couldn’t guess right anyway.

This woman, is still too dangerous.

As Fan Wubing was pondering this, he saw a hand reaching out before him. He instinctively grabbed it and began massaging.

Jiang Sha turned her head and said, "My hand isn’t numb."

"Then why did you reach it out to me!" Fan Wubing threw her hand away.

"I was stretching." Jiang Sha’s eyelashes slightly trembled, and she stretched lazily.

Fan Wubing felt a bit annoyed, "Damn it, Fan Wubing, you’ve massaged so much it’s become a reflex!"

Then, he saw Jiang Sha extend her hand again toward him.

He raised an eyebrow and said, "Again! I won’t be fooled this time!"

"No, this time it’s really numb. Help me press it." Jiang Sha smiled charmingly.

Fan Wubing had no energy to complain because he was honestly feeling numb as well.

While massaging Jiang Sha’s numb left hand, he suddenly remembered something and quickly opened his Qiankun Bag to find that the dressing box Man’Er gave him was quietly lying inside. Only then did he realize that he always had a habit of putting things away immediately after use.

So, the dressing box on the dressing table that caused a series of misunderstandings... was completely fake!

He stared blankly at Jiang Sha, "You..."

Jiang Sha looked at him quietly and said nothing. Her eyes, like a clear mirror, seemed to be layered with countless shadows, deep beyond measure.

Fan Wubing suddenly understood,

He always thought that he and Man’Er had a very good relationship, yet there was still an unbreakable barrier, preventing them from being perfect. He also always wanted to understand what she was truly thinking.

Today’s farce allowed him to understand it from an outsider’s perspective.

And Jiang Sha, just by arranging a counterfeit dressing box, had solved his long-standing concern.

He didn’t know what to say, and after a long silence, he whispered: "Thank you."

Jiang Sha didn’t respond, just smiled slightly, "We should set out."

"Right, we should set out."

Fan Wubing looked into the distance, moved his body, and with Jiang Sha, instantly disappeared from where they were.

In the Central Region of Taiping Continent, deep within a valley constantly struck by scattered lightning throughout the year, there was a barely noticeable black line.

This was a space-time rift.

Frozen in the void of the rift was a circular palace.

The palace had eight tall thrones arranged around it.

At this moment, six thrones were already occupied.

They were: Charm Demon Lord, Food Demon Lord, Beast Demon Lord, Rot Demon Lord, Greedy Demon Lord, and Anger Demon Lord.