Chapter 0: 93. What kind of order is this?
“Brother Qin is so excited, you must be very satisfied with this name?”
“What a hammer satisfaction! Your silly younger sister just bestowed my real name on me again. How can I not be excited?” Old Qin looked annoyed and amused.
“Your real name? Hmm… As long as Brother Qin is happy, it’s a good thing that you can accept this brand new name so quickly!” Huan Baiyao smiled, still not seeming to have recovered.
“Alright, didn’t Baiyao just ask me what secret I wanted to tell you? This is perfect. Since you know the name ‘Qin Gou’, you must be able to recognize my appearance too?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Gou dispersed the power of the Faceless Hermit and, in the blink of an eye, resumed his original appearance.
“You…”
With a soft exclamation, Huan Baiyao instinctively took two steps back, covering her small mouth, her beautiful eyes filled with shock: “Brother Qin, could it be that you really are…”
Qin Gou nodded and smiled.
For a moment, even Huan Baiyao’s breathing became rapid: “Then do you know that Baiyao is actually…”
“A Little Saint Monarch with a Residual Soul/Emotion Fragment, right?” Qin Gou couldn’t help but say it directly, seeing how excited the girl was.
“That’s right, I understand. If that’s the case, Baiyao understands everything now!”
A look of sudden realization appeared in Huan Baiyao’s eyes, and her pretty face suddenly blushed shyly: “It seems that Brother Qin’s choice to become enemies with the Fire Crow Envoy before was not purely for righteousness, but more to protect Baiyao!”
“So you’re just not going to let me and the Fire Crow Bi Fang have a grudge, right?” Qin Gou was don’t know whether to laugh or cry, “Of course, there is indeed a part of the reason you said, Baiyao.”
“By the way, this matter must be told to Sister Xi You quickly!”
“Xi You?”
“That’s Baiyao’s Residual Soul/Emotion Fragment.”
After finishing speaking, Huan Baiyao closed her eyes without hesitation and fell into a certain state of consciousness.
Seeing this, a flash of surprise crossed Qin Gou’s eyes. The last Little Saint Monarch who trusted him so much, and showed such complete defenselessness in front of him, was Little Banwei.
At the same time, within the Phantom Dream.
“Sister Xi You, I’m with Qin Gou now!”
“Qin Gou?!”
A woman with a similar appearance to Huan Baiyao, but who seemed a few years older, graceful and elegant, with a more mature and composed demeanor, immediately turned around.
“What’s going on? Baiyao, explain it to me in detail.”
A moment later.
The Residual Soul/Emotion Fragment Xi You’s dark eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and she looked at Huan Baiyao with great confusion: “You mean, without knowing it, you actually plotted against and harmed that kid in various ways?”
“How strange, if this is true, how could Baiyao still be alive after offending him?!”
“Ah?” Huan Baiyao’s expression was startled, and she stood there bewildered.
“How strange, this doesn’t seem like Qin’s style at all.”
“Sister Xi You, that’s because Brother Qin already knew that I am a Little Saint Monarch, so he didn’t blame me. Instead, as long as I am willing to apologize properly, he plans to forgive me.” Huan Baiyao quickly explained.
“Yes, as you said, you are just a Little Saint Monarch, not the true body of the Nine Saint Monarch, so even if you ‘die’ temporarily, it won’t have a big impact.”
A trace of recollection flashed in Xi You’s eyes. “Moreover, saying such a thing shows that you still don’t understand this person enough. A human who has stood firm in the Demon Race Abyss during those years of irreconcilable conflict has long been accustomed to nipping all threats in the bud. He is extremely cold and decisive towards anyone other than the true Saint Monarch. Lu Ruchu of the Wind and Snow Returnee clan at that time must have deeply understood this!”
“But people always change.”
“Perhaps… forget it, no matter how much is said, it’s not as good as ‘this master’ going to see him directly now!”
A short while later, under Qin Gou’s gaze, Huan Baiyao, who had reopened her eyes, had a change in her entire demeanor. From the lively and agile person she was before, she suddenly became much more composed, and as if meeting for the first time, she kept looking Qin Gou up and down.
Qin Gou immediately understood tacitly, “Xi You?”
“Indeed.”
Xi You lightly nodded her head. “Of course, if Qin Gou wants to call me ‘Master Sister’ directly as before, it’s also fine. After all, although the Little Saint Monarch possesses an independent personality, I am one of the true Residual Souls/Emotion Fragments from the Nine Saint Monarch.”
“Master?” Qin Gou chuckled dumbfoundedly. “In that case, I can already guess which part of Luo Wei Ban’s memory you have inherited.”
“How can you call me directly…” Xi You was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and chuckled. “Oh well, perhaps this is also related to the way this master taught you back then.”
“Can you tell me more? I’ve always been very curious about how the Saint Monarch taught his disciples back then.” Qin Gou’s interest was immediately piqued. “By the way, you might not know, but I seem to have forgotten many things due to some accident.”
Xi You said without hesitation, “That is to do whatever you want, indulge your desires, and then you can attain the Great Dao!”
“And then?”
“What then? This is the sect rule. Do you want to hear about the guidance on cultivation later?”
“Amazing.” Qin Gou’s mouth twitched, and he said with a wry smile, “If this is how you educate your own disciples, it would be a ghost! Fortunately, Old Luo insisted that Luo Wei Ban was once known as a generation of saints. I didn’t fully believe him, otherwise, I would have been completely fooled by that old fox.”
“You, how can you slander this master like this? It’s as if you have any right to speak about educating disciples!” Xi You glared at Qin Gou angrily.
Joy and sorrow, originally antonyms, but the blending and cancellation of these two emotions made her seem much more normal than other Residual Souls/Emotion Fragments like Fear and Ao Ai, whose emotional expressions were too exaggerated.
Hearing this, Qin Gou’s interest grew even more, and he said proudly, “If it were in the past, I would have nothing to say. But now, no matter what, my Arc-Moon Mountain lineage has disciples all over the world. Regarding how to nurture excellent disciples, I naturally have the most right to speak!”
“Then why…”
As she spoke, a playful smile bloomed on Xi You’s beautiful lips, and she said word by word, “All your disciples are from the Demonic Path?”
Old Qin’s face instantly turned green, and he was extremely embarrassed, “How do you know?”
“The title of the dignified Demon Master of Arc-Moon Mountain, who doesn’t know after a little inquiry?” Seeing Old Qin so flustered, Xi You was full of pride and her smile was sly.
“You… why are you so proud? Moreover, listening to your tone, you clearly haven’t inherited the latter part of our memories, and those past events are what I want to know most now.” Qin Gou shook his head with a bitter smile.
“The latter part of you and me?”
“Indeed, after you and I got married, why did we both end up like this, and is it related to the Demon God…”
However, as soon as Qin Gou finished speaking, he heard Xi You exclaim in shock.
“How dare you!”
Xi You’s pretty face turned angry as she looked directly at Qin Gou, her beautiful eyes trembling slightly, “Qin kid, what do you mean ‘you and I got married’? Do you really want to betray your master and ancestor!?”
Qin Gou was stunned for a moment, and said with a pained expression, “You don’t even know this? Actually, I haven’t figured it out either, but I learned from other Residual Souls/Emotion Fragments that this is indeed the truth!”
“No… this is absolutely impossible! There are distinctions between master and disciple. What kind of order is this?!” For a moment, Xi You was extremely flustered, her face turning red.
Old Qin sighed, holding his forehead, “This is too familiar a phrase!”
