Master, stop pretending. I know you are not a good person.

Chapter 24: Fight, a bicycle turns into a motorcycle

Hearing Gu Changnian's false concern, He Qing just wanted to take out Yeying and use her as a pot scrubber to smear it on his face, but she couldn't.

He Qing, a mid-level villain, expressed his intention to kill the righteous male protagonist in Tianmu Cave the day before, and today he seriously injured the villain in his room.

What happened to the promise to change my fate of dying midway? Now it seems that I am being attacked from all sides, and every step I take is on the verge of death...

But no matter how explosive He Qing's mentality is now, she has to endure it. Since Gu Changnian still doesn't want to break the window paper, she is happy to play along and stay put and develop.

He Qing forced a very friendly smile and turned around, saying, "Nothing, I can adjust it myself when I get back. But you came at the right time, take a look at this?"

Gu Changnian hadn't seen his master smile at him like this for a long time. After being stunned for a moment, he looked at the thin needle held between her right thumb and index finger.

"Is this... a soul-chasing nail?"

"Yes." He Qing smiled more kindly and said, "Take a closer look, is there anything wrong?"

Gu Changnian was a little confused and couldn't help but reach out to take it. He Qing "happened" to hold the needle forward, and the sharp needle tip immediately pierced into the fingertips of Gu Changnian's left hand.

"hiss--"

"Hey?" He Qing quickly retracted the Soul Chasing Nail and hid the drop of blood, pretending to be worried and asked, "Are you okay?"

Gu Changnian noticed that He Qing was removing the needle very quickly and deliberately. He felt that something was wrong and shook his head blankly: "Disciple is fine, but I just took a quick look and didn't think there was anything wrong."

He Qing smiled: "Nothing is wrong, that's all. I just asked casually. It's getting late, you should go back and get some rest."

"..." He Qing smiled at him again and again in a short period of time, which made Gu Changnian feel suspicious.

He glanced at the barrier outside Lu Li's room and asked hesitantly, "Master, please forgive me for not understanding one thing. Why did you set up a barrier outside this room?"

He Qing lied without blushing, "Well, Lu Li was accidentally injured by a bolt of lightning last night, and I set up this barrier just to let him rest in peace."

Accidentally injured by the thunder? Gu Changnian frowned subconsciously: Although the thunder last night affected a wide area, how could it hit Lu Li who was far away from Tianmu Cave?
If this is true, then He Qing's current unstable breathing is due to the treatment of Lu Li's injuries?

Gu Changnian temporarily put aside the doubts in his mind and just nodded respectfully and said, "Do you need me to notify the people from Kaiyang Palace to come and take a look?"

"No need." He Qing quickly refused: "I have already taken care of his injuries, and he was not hit head-on, so it's not a big problem."

Gu Changnian felt that He Qing was hiding something, but he didn't know how to ask further, so he could only say in a roundabout way: "If Master has any plans, perhaps I can lend a helping hand."

He Qing laughed with relief after hearing this, and in his heart he was furiously thinking: It's good enough that you don't stab me in the back! But he said, "Okay, I'll call you if I need you." After that, he said no more and turned around and left.

Gu Changnian was hesitant to speak. He watched He Qing leave for a long time before returning to his room next to Lu Li.

The lights in the room were not on yet. Gu Changnian leaned against the door, rubbing his fingertips that were pierced by the Soul-Hunting Nail in the darkness, seeming to be a little lost.

He originally wanted to test He Qing a little more to confirm whether she had really let go of her evil intentions, but he didn't expect that when he saw He Qing's amiable smile, he didn't know what to say or do.

Perhaps, his relationship with He Qing had been bad for too long, so he no longer knew what attitude he should use to get along with He Qing, which was normal... Thinking of He Qing's smiles and frowns before, Gu Changnian was secretly distracted -

Ever since he wounded his master with a dagger, his master has never spoken to him so intimately again. Why did he feel that his master, with such a smile on his face, seemed so strange?

No, perhaps it should be said that the master in Tianmu Cave, who although burst out with strong murderous aura, was able to put himself in his shoes and subconsciously chose to protect him in the moment of crisis, already made him feel very strange.

If the master really changes her mind and lets go of her obsession, should he also respect her again as a disciple? Can their master-disciple relationship really start over?

Still, is it too late?

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He Qing, who had separated from Gu Changnian, did not return to his room, but went straight to the side hall where the lamps were offered, carrying the drop of blood from his fingertips hidden in his sleeve.

Although the eternal lamps of the disciples of Lingshan are placed at the Tianshu Gate, there are still side halls for offering lights in each immortal gate.

Bright lights were arranged neatly, with flickering candle flames emitting a warm and soft glow, but He Qing's face, illuminated by the lights, appeared a little dark.

She stared blankly at the two unlit lamps in front of her, feeling mixed emotions.

The book says that Yue Qingru was able to temporarily conceal her half-demon identity during the lighting ceremony thanks to the help of Hua Chiyu and Gu Changnian. Previously, He Qing thought that this branch line broke the rules of the male and female protagonists, but now, she still has to use Gu Changnian's fingertip blood to complete the lighting ceremony.

There are two kinds of ever-burning lamps, which will be red and blue respectively according to the gender of the disciples. He Qing wants to use his own blood to replace Yue Qingru's heart blood, and then use Gu Changnian's fingertips blood to replace Lu Li's.

In this way, no matter who checks these two lamps that are guided by spiritual energy, no evil spirit or demonic energy will be detected in them.

But, once you take this step, He Qing, there is no turning back.

Her relationship with Lu Li, or rather, with the Demonic Young Master Su Guang, will be completely bound together, and from now on, the two of them will be tied to the same rope.

There are actually two choices before He Qing.

One is to try every possible means to please Gu Changnian. If successful, everything will be fine. If failed, it will be shameful and he will lose his life.

The second is to win over the villain Lu Li, who has no old grudge against the original owner. If successful, the protagonist will be replaced by someone else, and if unsuccessful, someone else will be dragged down as a scapegoat.

He Qing knew that the first path had the lowest risk, but when he thought of the knife that Gu Changnian had stabbed without hesitation, and the look in his eyes that refused to give up in Tianmu Cave...

Rather than leaving your life to Gu Changnian and letting others decide your life and death, you might as well take a chance and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle.

Thinking of this, He Qing dripped the fingertip blood he got from Gu Changnian into one of the lamps. Then, he lightly scratched his index finger with his left thumb, and blood flowed out and dripped along his fingertips into the other lamp.

The wick suddenly lit up, reflecting two faint flames in He Qing's pupils.

(My name is Lu Li, the bizarre Lu Li.)
Thinking of the scene when he first met Lu Li, He Qing couldn't help but murmured: "We are both tools of Tianya... I hope I made the right bet."

(End of this chapter)