Looking at Lin Xuan's expression, Ling Qingzhu realized that something was wrong. She seemed to have misunderstood something just now.
Grabbing Ling Qingzhu's wrist, Lin Xuan's brow furrowed slightly. As soon as he touched her, Lin Xuan could sense a sense of weakness coming from Ling Qingzhu's soul.
However, what puzzled Lin Xuan was why Ling Qingzhu herself hadn't noticed anything? With Ling Qingzhu's strength and talent, she shouldn't be unaware of her own abnormality.
Moreover, what made Lin Xuan even more strange was that the special aura he sensed in Ling Qingzhu's body was not the rich Yin Fiend Qi from Facing Abyss Peak. Although somewhat similar, their essence was completely different.
Yin Fiend Qi is mainly Yin and cold. The biggest characteristic of Yin Fiend Qi is like Lin Qingtan's physique, which is not only extremely Yin and cold, but also has a kind of aggressiveness.
However, the power that Lin Xuan felt from Ling Qingzhu's body was not Yin and cold, but more inclined to Yin and soft, and also revealed a special sense of thickness.
"Have you been cultivating in seclusion here recently?"
Lin Xuan turned his head and asked Ling Qingzhu, his brows deeply locked as he spoke. The abnormality in Ling Qingzhu's body was definitely not something that could be created in a day or two. It must have been the result of a long period of accumulation.
Previously, when he was outside Facing Abyss Peak, Lin Xuan had noticed some abnormalities in Facing Abyss Peak. He suspected that the abnormality of Ling Qingzhu's soul was related to the secret in Facing Abyss Peak.
As for what exactly the secret was, Lin Xuan didn't know. The only clue was Ling Qingzhu in front of him. He just didn't know if she had noticed anything.
Ying Huanhuan first glanced at Lin Xuan suspiciously, and then stared at Ling Qingzhu. Just now, she was only paying attention to Lin Xuan's movements, and only now did she vaguely realize that Ling Qingzhu seemed to have some problems.
Suddenly, Ying Huanhuan's eyebrows twitched slightly, and a strange color flashed in her eyes, but it quickly disappeared, replaced by a look of doubt, and she asked Ling Qingzhu softly.
"Senior Sister Ling doesn't feel uncomfortable?"
Faced with Lin Xuan and Ying Huanhuan's inquiries, Ling Qingzhu first nodded, then shook her head, and replied with some doubts.
"Qingzhu has indeed been in seclusion at Facing Abyss Peak recently. Since the Supreme Force has been mastered, the Soul-Eating Cold Wind here has little effect on me. Senior Sister Ying asked like this, could it be that she has discovered something?"
Although Ling Qingzhu didn't know what it was that made Lin Xuan react like this, Ling Qingzhu was not surprised that Lin Xuan could detect something she hadn't noticed. This was the man who could win against her every time.
But why could Ying Huanhuan also detect it? This was worth pondering.
The idea that had just been extinguished once again appeared in Ling Qingzhu's heart. According to some of the information Ling Qingzhu had learned recently, the only one who could compare with Lin Xuan in terms of perception was her senior sister.
Even Lin Xuan couldn't help but turn his head to look at Ying Huanhuan, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, but he was still relatively calm.
Ying Huanhuan, who was asked by Ling Qingzhu, didn't know how to answer for a while, and secretly regretted that she had forgotten to hide it. She must not be noticed by this blockhead.
Just as Ying Huanhuan was thinking about how to explain, she heard Lin Xuan take the initiative to explain.
"Miss Ling, the sense of weakness in your body is already very obvious. Could it be that you haven't noticed it?"
For Lin Xuan, it was indeed particularly obvious. The feeling of being strong on the outside but weak on the inside could be felt without careful investigation.
"Qingzhu didn't feel anything."
Ling Qingzhu frowned upon hearing this. She really didn't notice the abnormality in her body, not even a little bit.
"Then how does Senior Sister feel about her current state?"
Ying Huanhuan asked, looking at Ling Qingzhu in front of her, a strange feeling flashed in her heart, as if she and Ling Qingzhu had a fateful connection.
"Qingzhu feels that she is in excellent condition, and her strength has also improved a lot."
Hearing Ling Qingzhu's answer, a look of understanding flashed in Ying Huanhuan's eyes, but these were all hidden in that look of doubt and incomprehension.
However, Lin Xuan's face changed slightly after hearing this. The next moment, his right hand instantly raised, and then, before Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan could react, he slammed a palm on Ling Qingzhu's chest.
"Puff!"
Under that palm strike, the completely unprepared Ling Qingzhu was instantly heavily injured. As her delicate body flew backward, a mouthful of dark red blood spurted from her rosy mouth.
"Bang!"
Ling Qingzhu, who landed on the dark stone path, raised her head, looking at Lin Xuan, who had suddenly changed his face and attacked, with an expression of disbelief.
Ying Huanhuan, who was behind Lin Xuan, had actually noticed the moment Lin Xuan raised his hand. A hint of approval flashed in her eyes, but she did not stop him.
On the contrary, after Ling Qingzhu was injured and fell to the ground, Ying Huanhuan exclaimed in 'belated realization', shaking off the large hand Lin Xuan was holding, and exclaimed.
"Lin Xuan, what are you doing?"
While speaking, Ying Huanhuan flashed to Ling Qingzhu's side, reaching out to help Ling Qingzhu, who had been directly heavily injured by a palm strike and lost her combat power.
Lin Xuan's expression was calm from beginning to end, and he did not show any change in color because of the sneak attack on Ling Qingzhu, causing her serious injury, or Ying Huanhuan's accusation.
Even after seriously injuring Ling Qingzhu, Lin Xuan directly turned his head to look elsewhere, ignoring Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan.
After scanning the eight stone paths, Lin Xuan's eyes wandered as he softly spoke.
"Since you have already made a move, why continue to hide, Your Excellency?"
Ling Qingzhu, who was originally carrying a bit of coldness, had a hint of suspicion flash in her eyes after hearing Lin Xuan's words. Ying Huanhuan, who was supporting Ling Qingzhu, also exclaimed with a 'shocked' expression.
"There's someone else here? Is it an Otherworldly Demon?"
While speaking, Ying Huanhuan also changed her expression appropriately, causing the coldness in Ling Qingzhu's eyes to instantly decrease, even carrying a bit of self-blame.
Ling Qingzhu wasn't stupid, and now she naturally understood that she must have unknowingly fallen for the Otherworldly Demon's trick.
"Heh heh heh, this kid has quite the keen perception, to be able to detect this."
A burst of gloomy laughter echoed in the ears of Lin Xuan and the others. Immediately afterward, on the cold pond on the ground, the water surface began to churn, as if something was about to drill out from under the pond.
As the cold pond water continued to churn, streams of cold air also began to rage in the cave, causing Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan to shiver involuntarily.
Lin Xuan frowned slightly, letting out a soft hum from his nose. The Vermilion Bird Force within his body surged out, overflowing from his body. Surrounding the stone path under his feet, he raised walls of scarlet flames, restricting all the cold air to the surface of the cold pond.
At this moment, something special also drilled out of the cold pond. Ying Huanhuan raised her eyes to look, and the pupils of her eyes, which had a flash of ice-blue light, shrank slightly in the next moment.
Ling Qingzhu's Willow Eyebrows sank, strangely looking at the pitch-black wooden board that rose from the cold pond. That 'wooden board' was more than thirteen feet high and about five feet wide, and above, on the left and right sides, near the edge, there seemed to be a fine seam. On closer inspection, what was that wooden board? It was clearly a door.
And as that pitch-black door of unknown material appeared, a special pressure fell on Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan.
Ying Huanhuan merely glanced at it before retracting her gaze. She naturally recognized that thing, and even the guy inside, she knew. However, Ying Huanhuan did not expect that thing to have such a hard life, that it hadn't died yet.
Therefore, in order not to be recognized by her 'old friend', Ying Huanhuan had to try to lower her sense of presence as much as possible. Anyway, with Lin Xuan standing in front, Ying Huanhuan had absolute confidence in the charm of this man she had set her sights on.
However, this time, that charm seemed to have lost its effect.
"To think that this king would encounter an old acquaintance just after being born, hehe, Ice Master, long time no see!"
The voice coming from inside the door, although carrying a bit of faint laughter, the killing intent within that faint laughter was also extremely obvious.
After hearing that voice, Ling Qingzhu's pupils shrank slightly, and she subconsciously turned her head to look at Ying Huanhuan, only to meet Ying Huanhuan's shocked eyes.
"Senior Sister Ling, you..."
Ying Huanhuan looked at Ling Qingzhu in disbelief, her bright eyes wide open, seemingly not expecting that the Senior Sister she knew would be the famous Ice Master.
That instant left Ling Qingzhu somewhat dazed, but she quickly recovered. Perhaps her Junior Sister Ying... no, her Little Senior Sister, had not yet awakened from Reincarnation Realm.
Lin Xuan was not surprised by the voice coming from within the gate, but the killing intent in his heart grew even stronger. He could sense Ying Huanhuan's identity and even tell others, but he absolutely could not allow others to actively sense Ying Huanhuan's identity, especially the Otherworldly Demons!
The Ice Master was the hope of this world, and nothing could happen to her.
A sword appeared in his hand, a powerful sword intent already contained within it. At the same time, Lin Xuan's gaze was fixed on the black gate as he said in a cold voice.
"I wonder which Otherworldly Demon King Your Excellency is? To be able to erode the Heaven and Earth Gate, which ranks seventh on the Ancient Divine Object List, you must have been a famous figure in ancient times, right?"
"Tsk tsk, kid, you have a sharp eye, to be able to recognize the Heaven and Earth Gate."
The gaze cast from the black gate swept over Ying Huanhuan before landing on Lin Xuan again, as it said with a chuckle.
"This king is known as the Illusion Demon King, not exactly famous. Back then, I was just a defeated opponent of the Ice Master."
As it spoke, another gaze was cast from the black gate, sweeping over Ying Huanhuan, seemingly somewhat puzzled.
"Your Excellency is too modest. The name of the Illusion Demon King, said to be the number one under all the kings, is like thunder to even Lin Xuan."
Although he said so, Lin Xuan's eyes still maintained that calm and unperturbed demeanor. To be able to trick Ling Qingzhu, who had already mastered the Supreme Force, into falling for it, only the Otherworldly Demon True King, who was skilled in illusions among the Otherworldly Demon race, could do it.
"Illusion Demon King?"
Ying Huanhuan muttered to herself, her Dai Eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if she had heard of it but couldn't remember, instantly dispelling the Illusion Demon King's doubts.
The next moment, a stream of black Otherworldly Demonic Qi spewed out from the black gate, then transformed into an elegant man in a green robe. His gentle eyes always made people feel a sense of closeness unconsciously.
After the green-robed man, the Illusion Demon King, appeared, the gaze he cast at Ying Huanhuan seemed to carry a hint of regret.
"It seems that the Ice Master has forgotten her defeated opponent from back then. Well, the Illusion Demon King is just a mere king-level, not worth the Ice Master remembering."
However, Lin Xuan could sense the surging, strange demonic qi and a special energy from within the Illusion Demon King's body.
Ling Qingzhu took a deep look at Ying Huanhuan. Her intuition told her that Ying Huanhuan must know this Illusion Demon King. Eyes were hard to deceive. Although Ying Huanhuan's eyes had flickered with confusion just now, her peripheral vision was on Lin Xuan, clearly paying attention to Lin Xuan's reaction.
If she was really trying to recall something she couldn't remember, her eyes should be unfocused, not fixed on an unrelated person.
So, the truth was likely that the person who was truly moved by that guy who didn't understand how to cherish women was her simple-minded Senior Sister, not Ying Huanhuan.
Thinking of this, Ling Qingzhu couldn't help but turn her head to look at Lin Xuan, looking at that profile that was as cold and sharp as ice, a hint of curiosity flashing through her heart.
What was so good about this stinky man? His temper was foul and cold, and he didn't know how to control his strength. Although Ling Qingzhu knew that he had temporarily crippled her combat power to prevent her from being controlled by the Illusion Demon King, this guy was too ruthless, wasn't he? Not only did he temporarily cripple her combat power, but he also left her in excruciating pain, her meridians seemingly broken.
Although Lin Xuan's talent was outstanding, why would he make her, such a proud Senior Sister, be so cautious, lowering her posture to actively pursue him?
Could this be the so-called love? That was too humble, wasn't it?
Under the gazes of Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu, Lin Xuan stared intently at the Illusion Demon King in front of him, then suddenly chuckled and said.
"Your Excellency wants to leave this place?"
The Illusion Demon King looked at Lin Xuan in confusion, wondering what he was up to. As for what Lin Xuan said, it was simply nonsense. If it didn't want to leave this damned place, would it have gone to great lengths to erode the Earth Gate of the Heaven and Earth Gate?
"Coincidentally, Lin Xuan also wants to kill Your Excellency. How about Lin Xuan makes a bet with Your Excellency?"
As Lin Xuan spoke, he even raised the sword in his hand, inserting the sword, sheath and all, into the ground, and said to the Illusion Demon King.