Chapter 69: Many Secrets

"And the monk treats you no differently from before?" Ji Yunhe examined Luo Jinsang's expression.Luo Jinsang thought for a long time.

"Can't say no because it seems a little different, but if I say yes, it doesn't really feel solid... Anyway, he is a weirdo, I can't tell. Why don't you keep an eye on it for me?"

"Ok," Ji Yunhe promised her.

"Just... I won't be able to help you for much longer. You will eventually have to deal with these things yourself." Luo Jinsang wanted to say something to comfort her, but Ji Yunhe smiled and changed the topic.

"And afterwards? After you guys left the snowy plains, did you find Snow March and Qing Ji?"

"Yep. But when we found Qing Ji, March was no longer with her. She said March left soon after leaving the Demon Valley." Ji Yunhe was surprised.

"Where did she go?"

"Well, what happened to Li Shu..." Ji Yunhe remembered that Li Shu had sacrificed himself to free the jade phoenix, and it was only then did Snow March realize that she had been just a substitute for the real one in his thoughts.

"Qing Ji said after they left the Demon Valley, March was depressed for a while. They even got into a fight. After the fight, March said she wanted to put the past behind her and leave the country, so Qing Ji advised her to go overseas..." Ji Yunhe frowned, "Qing Ji shoved Snow March over to the islands overseas?"

"How could this be considered shove? Qing Ji said in the old days, many renowned demon masters and powerful demons gained knowledge and acquired great advancements from traveling overseas." Ji Yunhe nodded.

"Books in the Demon Valley documented some of those islands and how their rare and exotic herbs could be very beneficial for spiritual cultivation. But they were all classified as legends and myths. Now we have an actual life person there to confirm..."

"Yes, I really wanted to go too. March wasn't aware that you were in trouble, so she could leave at ease. But I couldn't, I had to stay and save you."

"You care about me the most." Ji Yunhe tapped Luo Jinsang in the forehead.

"But useless concern. The one who saved me ended up being the fish."

Luo Jinsang pouted, "I am the reason that fish could save you!"

"Oh?"

"Qing Ji agreed to help him because of me!" Luo Jinsang eagerly fought for her credit.

"Remember the monk saved me in the snowfields? I later learned that he did not go there to look for me, he was looking for Qing Ji. While I was lost in the north north, the fish and the monk took down Demon Terrace together." Ji Yunhe remembered hearing about the news in the Grand Master's prison. She nodded.

"I've also heard about it."

"The fish drove out all the demon masters from the terrace and turned it into a stronghold in the Northlands. Then he and the monk made plans to recruit as many people as they could who wanted to rebel and offset the supreme power held by the Grand Master's house. That baldy had always wanted to do so, but he was never able to find a demon master or a demon powerful enough, and with the same goals in mind until he met the fish. So they partnered up… The fish stayed in the Northlands to oversee things while the baldy went further north to recruit Qing Ji."

"Mhm," Ji Yunhe nodded, "that was a good idea."

At that time, Changyi and Kongming just started and had not yet solidified their power and status, but if a world famous demon from a century ago came to their aid, their strength and fame would soar. All the people who sat on the fence would join them without further hesitation.

"Yep! That's what they were hoping for. But..." Luo Jinsang smiled, "Qing Ji did not agree."

"Why not?" Ji Yunhe thought about the Ten Square Formation. The demonic attachment born from the feelings of the jade phoenix was so emotional, she should have some extreme hatred for demon masters.

Qing Ji should have wanted to take down all the demon masters in the world to pay for her century-long entrapment. But when the chance came, she refused?